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HARDWOOD RECORD 



General View Williams "Brothers Company Satcmill, Las, 



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LAST BLOCK AND TEX-PIX I'HODUCT OF FACTORY. 



ire thoroughly fumigated with steam jets 

 'rora the locomotives. Above all, the men 

 ire well fed. The bill of fare at one of 

 hese camps is far better than the traveler 

 vill find at the average $- ■; •'"ly hotel. 



Logging operations are carried nn the year 

 iround. The logs are loaded upon standard 

 lat cars with the aid of McGiffert log load- 

 'rs, as fast ;is thev :irr skidded out to the 



tracks, and are promptly manufactured into 

 lumber after arriving at Cadillac; thus no 

 logs are left in the woods during warm 

 weather, to dote and stain. One of the most 

 interesting and economic appliances used in 

 these woods operations is the McGiffert log 

 loader, of which the company employs two. 

 An average load of logs, as depicted in the 

 accomiianying illustration, may be loaded 



witliiii ten minutes. The macliiue propels 

 itself on its own wheels, disposes of the 

 loaded ears, pulls other empties underneath 

 its own framework, and spots them for 

 loading. 



At Boyne Falls, Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc.. 

 maintain a roundhouse and repair shop, 

 where all the railroad machinery and log- 

 ging appliances are kept in repair. At Cad- 

 illac, as the pictures show, the company op- 

 erates two band mills. The maple logs are 

 manufactured at mill No. 1; the hemlock 

 and minor quantities of hardwood at mill 

 Xo. 2. This lumber is all sold to the jobbing 

 trade, retail yards, or wholesale consuming 

 element, save the maple, which is very 

 largely retained for the company's big 

 flooring factory. The model character of 

 these mills and the manufacturing methods 

 employed are well set forth in the illustra- 



VIEW OF MAXTOX LAST-BLOCK FACTORY, WILLIAMS BROTHERS' COMPANY. 



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