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HISTORY OF SAGINAW COUNTY.

fast as the log is worked through, another comes up to the saws,
the log having first been sided or slabbed off by an upright saw.
Aside from the gang saws, this mill drives two upright and six
buzz saws. The cost of this mill was $40,000, and it cut last season from 6,000,000 to 7,000,000 feet of lumber.
D. Johnson's mill, which was built by Shephard, is below the
former and has two upright and two buzz saws.
Fisher & Johnson's mill, which was built by Purmont, has one
upright and one buzz saw.
D. Johnson has still another mill, at Zilwaukee, devoted wholly
to making lath from the offal of the other mills.
Water's mill is near Portsmouth, about 12 miles below East
Saginaw, on the east bank of the river. It has two upright, one
siding and two buzz saws, and cut last year 3,000,000 feet.
Russell's mill, called the " old Portsmouth," was built by B. F.
Towne and others in 1838. It has two upright, one siding and
two buzz saws, and cut last year 3,000,000 feet.
Russell's new mill, which is 20 rods below the old, has two
upright saws and two buzz saws, and cut last season 1,500,000
feet.
Campbell & McCormick's mill is at Portsmouth, about half a
mile below Russell's, and has one upright and two buzz saws, and
cut last season 1,500,000 feet.
Wm. Doty's mill is half a mile below the last named, and is now
nearly ready to saw. It has two upright, one 3-feet siding, and
five buzz saws.
Stanton's mill, is at Lower Saginaw, half a mile below; it has
two upright, one siding and four buzz saws, and cut last season
about 1,500,000 feet.
Frazer & Catlin's mill, so called, owned by Hugh Dunlap of
Chicago, is 40 rods below the last named. It has two upright, one
siding and buzz saws, and cut last year 3,000,000 feet.
Frazer & Hopkins' mill, so called, owned by Hugh Dunlap of
Chicago, is 40 rods below the last named. It has two upright, one
siding and five buzz saws, and cut last year 3,000,000 feet.
Mr. Raymond, formerly of Trenton, Mich., has a mill half a
mile below the last, which has two upright, one siding and four
buzz saws, and cut last season 2,500,000 feet.
Drake's mill, so called, is owned by Judge Copeland and
others, and stands on the west side of the river, near Lower Saginaw. It has two upright, one siding and five buzz saws, and cut
last season 3,000,000.
Whitney's mill, so called, owned by Judge Copeland and others,
is at Bangor, just below the former. It has three upright, one
siding and six buzz saws, and cut last season 5,000.000 feet.
Partridge's mill, on the east side of the river, is nearly ready to
run. It has two upright, one siding and five buzz saws.
McEwen's mill, which is about three miles below the last, has
two upright, one siding and four buzz saws, and cut last season
3,000,000 feet.