TRONDJEIM MILL.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 50, 21 June 1879, Page 2

TRONDJEIM MILL.

Proceeding along the l<ne, at a distance or six miles f vom tlie Kelvin Qr.ove Mi11, ,« come to; t'.ie Trondjeim, a larger and Jongrrestj,b?ishe(l mil), r hav'.ng been ! elected by tae .p?op ;ietorjnea./ly two years. ago. 'The sheu U 80 x 70, and .the at-ahgemen^s are very cdiapleie. The larger log*) are placed on' a travel) ng bench,, whicii conveys tliem -to then'ne-foot vei-fcica' saw ; wben cut thvougaby tuis, tbey are placed, on skids with a gooc ineiirie, Vhich :ende "a the process of w aclog oa 1 1 j flitcher beaj-i, a 1 so a traveller; t? tuey aye pgnin etit tai'ongli by, a ciicn:iw ftve feet indiiiiietex-.aiicl tJen(".'ans- :-"[- to ,t«»- v.ipping • b«uoh^-\ra«. > »-a-«a'B--sijj.co feet io d'lmitiof cuts i.bern to t'ue .-e---qui.cd dime a- »p^ i. iviie fluch>Qg bencLi it a'so used fo.* lo^3 2 feet 6 iaci'es ihroug i. Underneata she ».a':gop. i^avelliug bencb ;s au iagej'ous invention , fo.* . &ha: uenitig the Saws. £he engine— a horizoaral one— is'of •16-hofie-po»ve.', lilted with a 'fly-wheal 12 feet m diameier, »nd weighjog upwards of m :e* tons; T;ie bo'le:'^~l6 feet long by 4,\ m diamtte?— is of ptc'ulia.*-.. const'. uction, ha'f Coruisli and half t:>bula% The lowel* half i«s bxpoted to fcue beat oc che fire. Ihe smoke anil lieat, ai.e-- travevsing the endive lMgi,.l'.;a-e fovced through the cubes of the" upper -half to the chiainey, wbicb i» placed over the f u/aace doo.\ By .this tneaaif the beat i% ntUised ; i<>tbe ; iitmost. T-^e out-put, when the mill i» wovkingjfull tlaie, is about 33,000- reel- pe: week. — ; v Tlie g» : I'ietovs I)ave a fine biuh of 700 aci'ei, ws. f eehpld. Thb timber is.chieSy totiiva, . & a faif •nattfi, -'imu, anc' p'ne. To b!:iiig the logs to the m<ll tiiei-e a:e wooden tram wnys leading to va ioas pris of tbebu*h; about tw© and a "ialf u?'les Jong m the aggregate. ■ T.iere co iwea\y-two men eui ployed; for whom eccomino'dftucon.is p -oyideJ m eleven. cottage* oiT a nubslxntial kind. l Tbe ;.co»t of tlie entJ.re plant, exclusive.- of the p.-ice ; of tbe^: land,' is not. less than £3QCJ. The work of tlie mill is done by cp;ilvacj, Mr. Fitzgemld being tie epnt^cto. 1 foi^ the sawiiif, aad Hi. Jeassen for hauling arid logging. '