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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Approved Type Single 'Band Hardtoood SaWmilL 



In response to numerous requests the Hard- 

 wood Record herewith presents the plans and 

 mindry illustrations covering an approved type 

 of a single band sawmill, especially adapted 

 to the cutting of hardwood lumber. The one 

 selected for this purpose is the recently con- 

 structed Eawmill of Bliss & Van Auken of 

 Saginaw, Mich. This house has had many 

 years' experience in the building and run- 

 ning of sawmills of many types, and this one 

 was erected by the firm as the result of all 

 these years of experience. It has been thor- 

 oughly worked out and demonstrated that 

 for cost, efficiency, economy in the number 

 of men employed and output, it fully equals 

 or excels the best mills of this type ever 

 erected. 



The mill plans herewith presented show a 

 mill 30x96 feet in size, illustrate the machin- 

 ery floor, saw floor and the filing room in the 

 third story. 



The mill is equipped 

 with machinery manu- 

 factured by the M. 

 Garland Company of 

 Bay City, Mich., one 

 of the foremost manu- 

 facturers of sawmill 

 machinery in the 

 country. This equip- 

 ment is made up of 

 an eight-foot Garland 

 band mill, a Garland 

 three block carriage, 

 a Garland three saw 

 e d g e r , a Garland 

 trimmer and a Gar- 

 land slasher. The 

 carriage is fitted with 

 Prescott steam set 

 works manufactured 

 by the Prescott Com- 

 pany of Menominee, 

 Mich. 



The machinery is 

 actuated by a rope 

 drive, which, with pul- 



FI.OORING WAREHOUSE AND LOADING SHED. 



CORNER OF MAPLE YARD OF BLISS & VAX AUKEN. SAGINAW, MICH. 



leys and shafting, 

 was installed by the 

 Dodge Manufacturing 

 Company of Misha- 

 waka, Ind. The mill 

 is very closely con 

 nected, and is entirely 

 free from complicated 

 appliances. The ar 

 rangement of car- 

 riage, live rolls, etc., 

 permits o f sawing 

 timber up to twenty 

 four feet in length. In 

 the case of Bliss & 

 Van Auken this equip 

 mcnt was put in to 

 accommodate the saw- 

 ing of hemlock, al- 

 though the chief out- 

 put of the mill is 

 maple cut to one inch, 

 which is manufactured 

 to supply their floor- 

 ing factory. 



The regular output 

 of the mill in a ten 

 In. in run. is from 26,000 to 30,000 feet of 

 one inch hard maple, and from 45,000 to 

 55,000 feet of hemlock, cut to one and two 

 inches, and timbers. The maple logs average 

 ten to the thousand, while the hemlock run? 

 eight to the thousand. This entire sawmill 

 construction and equipment cost less than 

 $20,000. 



There are some peculiar features connected 

 with the great Bliss & Van Auken enterprise 

 at Saginaw. In addition to this sawmill, they 

 operate a custom planing mill; a maple floor- 

 ing factory; a plant for the manufacture of 

 roller bearings; another for the construction 

 of gasoline pumping engines, and still another 

 in which windmills and water-tanks are made. 

 Besides this, they are producers of salt, and 

 supply power for the running of some minor 

 plants in the vicinity. The power for thin 



INTERIOR OF THE FLOORING WAREHOUSE. 



