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lock Factory, Dry Kilns and Storage Sheds at Cadillac 



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The oHiceis of Cobbs it Mitchell, liu-., arc 

 W. \V. Mitchell, president and treasurer; P. 

 J. Cobbs, vice president and secretary. 

 Henr_y Ballon is superintendent of the com- 

 pany's operations and M. E. Thomas is 

 sales manager. 



"ELECTRIC" FLOORING. 



One of the great maple flooring plants of 

 this section is that of Cobbs & Mitchell, 

 Inc., at Cadillac, producers of the ' ' Elec- 

 tric" brand. This plant covers a ground 

 area of nearly 200 bj- 600 feet, and is two 

 stories in height. Every detail of construc- 

 tion and equipment has been attended to 

 with a view to long years of hard service. 

 and is up-to-date in every respect. A big 

 battery of boilers, with the fuel obtained 

 from the refuse of the plant, furnishes tlie 



sr.HIOHLOADS OF MAPLE I.OCS— 2.529 \XD 2626 FEET KK.SI'ECTI VELY. 



steam power. A fine Corliss engine drives 

 the main shaft and the eiglit flooring ma- 

 chines, while a giant electric generator fur- 

 nishes the power for all the minor machin- 

 ery and incidentally supplies the lighting. 

 Tlie ]iictures aceompauyiua' this story show 



the details of maple flooring manuf-icture as 

 carried on here. One picture exhibits the 

 air-dried maple lumber at the kilns. This 

 lumber was open cross-piled for a full year 

 before being kiln-dried. Kiln trucks are 

 loaded from .tn elevator, and as fast as 



r.OGS AT MAXTON PLANT. 



TRAIXLOAD OF MAPLE LOGS AT CADILLAC PLAXT. 



