. Seattle and the Orient. e dry kilns, a planing mill andfactory built in connection with thesawmill as soon as men and moneycan rush them to a finish. At present the capacity is but 50,000feet daily; with the additional side inoperation 90,000 will be a days run. The mill is a double affair, i. e., thesame as two single sawmills, side byside, under one roof. The mill proper is 256 feet in lengthby 56 feet in breadth, with two stories,the upper story for the manufactureof lumber and the lower story occu- size. This planer is made by the Ber-lin Machine Works, Beloit, Wis. is 25,000
. Seattle and the Orient. e dry kilns, a planing mill andfactory built in connection with thesawmill as soon as men and moneycan rush them to a finish. At present the capacity is but 50,000feet daily; with the additional side inoperation 90,000 will be a days run. The mill is a double affair, i. e., thesame as two single sawmills, side byside, under one roof. The mill proper is 256 feet in lengthby 56 feet in breadth, with two stories,the upper story for the manufactureof lumber and the lower story occu- size. This planer is made by the Ber-lin Machine Works, Beloit, Wis. is 25,000 pounds. It will occu-py a place on the upper floor of themain mill. The piling under the mill is protect-ed by the Perfection process, a homeenterprise. Besides the mill property the com-pany also owns the tugboat Lady Lakeand a number of large scows. Whenin full operation the company will em-ploy about 100 men. The new mill is so located as regardsrailroad trackage that it has access,free of switching charges, to all the. The Mill of the Kerry Lumber Co. pied by planing engines and a lathmill. The boiler room is a separate build-ing, to the west of the mill, with con-crete foundation, corrugated iron sides,and gravel roof. There is a battery offour boilers, capable of developing 300-horse power. A prominent feature of the KerryLumber Companys new sawmill is thelarge Berlin timber planer that will,at one and the same time, dress allfiQur sides of a timber 20x30 inches in railroads entering the city. This is agreat advantage and one of the feat-ures of Seattles railway facilities, fora manufactory located anywhere alongthe water front is accessible alike tOall the great railway systems. Separate from the mill land acrossthe railway tracks, on the east side ofRailroad Avenue, is the companysoffice, a neat building, 18x28 feet. Thedown-town office is in the BaileyBuilding. When the plant is fully completed SEATTLE AND THE ORIENT. 85 there will be an overhead transfer,from the mill
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