THE KELVIN GROVE MILL.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 50, 18 June 1879, Page 2

THE KELVIN GROVE MILL.

This mill was recently erectebl byMessrs. Gillies and . !IseriaersoE,/a^b6ut: half a mile irain the Terrace " i£nd*i3ta- ;- tiori, on the 'Bpnn^ythorpe aide. ;^TB® proprietors have Headed 4PP--'acreß:, v of" mixpd.bush, prihciiiaJly rimu,.* Thpcmillj shecl is ft 3 x."33, fitted u.p' with the accessories incidental: to mill .wprk-^t^aTel-. ling benches, ? vertical <an{JLpircu2ar Saws, etc: 'The engine is*^^ a-, hbrizontal-^ne^ <i»f 16-hopSe power, drmng^ a fly-wheel."|^ feet in ' diameter,, .arid weighing 2 tons}. 5 cwt. The a,)ripu,nt 'of timber . cut a verages "25,000 feet per-week,^. a^jteas t i twill do so wjien in:fullworkingorder. One pleasing feature m this -.fnilL is that 1 the engine, boilers,- and in 'all.-thp^inan. chiriery> is of Colonial -make,,-liavirig-beep;turned out by Mr. 'D. Murray, ofWanganui Foundry^ aihd proTes fully eqlial to the impbi-ted article.. The' cn n. girie works very,;smbbtlily, and' tlTero Is. an utter a'*?nce dr"./tha]t v^fatiori so. frequently characteristi.c off stationary. motive power] ."■'"", The , propriptors. iriet with considprable di'fl^jultyin pbta".niriga water supply, having had to wait mbr*. ..than sixty feet. .The work tprned-ppt is really ;first-class.! Some twb-leet boards of beautiful grain were lying atthp mill when we visited it,, the cattingof which reflected great -credit on tho. benchmen. There are about four-chaina of tramway^ with iron rails, already laid from the main 1 line of .railway- 'to th*jf mill; and about 'fift'p' ch^^^ train' will be 'la id into 'bnih- At', present the » oply .',ineaiiß^^, available fo?.. bringing the logs to the ihill is by bullock. „!•-.;.. •.,...,.,.. 2\;2: t 2.. r -: .-.,,,'".. *'.'.