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i( THE CUMBERLAND \ OBlediSTUAH SAW MILLJohntialt;•inATPUBLIC SALESsrst^HIS Mill i* situated upon the Potomac lliv-_ t*r, nsar Lynn's Whnif, i» the lt;-itv of lt;Jum-Wrland, with nmplo ground f-r Lumber Yard, Ac,, and is built iu the moat substantial manner.I ho Machinery consists of a iirst classEngine of 30 Horse Power,with tluo boiler, 8 feet in diameter and 30 led long ; I Sash Saw, 1 Mu ley Saw, and 1 Circular Saw, put up on the moat approved plan, together with all the usual tools, lt;.vc. ‘1'ho Mill iscapable of sawing 8000 feet of Oak or 10,000 ^ fet?t of Pine every 12 hours. The entire Milljfj,| and gearing are in perfect order; |Tho I oca tl mi is admirably adapted to a heavy trade, as the Baltimore and Ohio Hail road aud the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad,Aprrrq'touch tho river within a few rods of the MilM where the timber is dropped from tho ears intoCthe river. This gives the timber all the handling facilities and nil tho other water advantages of that which is rafted down tho Riv-Chaor to tho Mill. , ! H.... . a m ik i « l n s* % Al.itrerypilitheir thedial,v dotieethe l heCttiIrrit 10 fhillwetheper* r, wekV ofThe abundance of nil kind* of timber on the Potomac, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and Will’s Creek, ami in the mountains west of thisplace, renders the supply inexhaustible, while the facilities for getting \t fc the Mill by Hail-road, National road, Canal ami Uivcr, cannot hesurpassed. j i»» *! The miTt his now largu contracts of lumber j n«*» on hind, for the Government, the IMstrict of j ij»« Columbia and Baltimore, and has lean obliged to decline other profitable work, t he Lund* rmanufactured at this Mill is considered by the Inspectors lt;»f Baltimore and the Strict of ( *-lumbia equal to the Susquehanna Lumber, and commands as high a price.WHITE PINEJtietin
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Democratic Alleganian
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Sat, Jun 25, 1859
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