ABRAMS & BROTHERS
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Lane County - Eugene
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April 1, 1876: "We saw one day this week in operation at Abrams & Bro.' planing mill an automatic saw mill carriage which will be of inestimable value to owners of saw mills. This arrangement does away entirely with the labor of one or two men's work. It is calculated to saw cants which have been first cut in the ordinary way. Then a cant say 12 inches thick, no matter how wide, is put onto the carriage, and it may be set to cut it into boards of any width, from 1/4 pf an inch up, without and attention other than removing the boards as they come from the saw. The machine is the invention of W. H. Abrams. It will shortly be placed in the saw mill, and when fairly running we shall give a more explicit description of it." (The Eugene City Guard)
October 28, 1876: "Steam was raised at Abrams' sawmill yesterday. They will commence making lumber next week." (The Eugene City Guard)
May 19, 1877: "Abrams Brothers' steam saw mill is now running, and making a superior quality of lumber." (The Eugene City Guard)
June 30, 1877: "The sawmill of Abrams Bros. will commence sawing again next Monday." (The Eugene City Guard)
August 25, 1877: "B. C. Van Houton has sold all his lumber accounts to W. H. Abrams & Bro." (The Eugene City Guard)
September 1, 1877: "W. H. Abrams & Bro. sold their steam saw mill to parties from Corvallis last week." (The Eugene City Guard)
May 11, 1878: "Mr. W. H. Abrams has been working upon an improvement in saw mills and head blocks for several years and last fall perfected his invention. He went East several months ago and returned a few days since having secured a patent for his invention. His improvement consists in an automatic arrangement of machinery to shift the 'Cant' so as to cut a board of any thickness. After a log is cut into 'cants' two men can with this mill cut 10,000 feet of inch lumber per day, besides this saving of labor, there is a great saving of timber, the saw cut of this machine being one-half less than an ordinary circular saw. Mr. A. has secured a patent for seventeen years, and a fortune in this invention. We yesterday visited the large steam planing mill and sash and door factory of W. H. Abrams & Bros. and were surprised at the amount of work they were turning out. Mr. A. informed us that they were now prepared to furnish all kinds of dressed and finishing lumber, doors, sash, mouldings and everything else pertaining to their business in unlimited quantities at the very lowest figures. They are live men, and fair and honorable dealers." (The Eugene City Guard)