| Historicial Development: | D. A. Berkshire & C. C. Cook mortgaged with Hall & Brown in 1889 in the sum of $848 for planing mill equipment.
D. A. Berkshire, Raywood, and Bengers mortgaged with Hall & Brown in the sum of $2,364 on September 13, 1889, for planing mill equipment: a Nagle engine, a boiler, a steam pump, a 36-inch band saw, a moulder, a woodworker, a swing saw, a part borer, wood lathe, a Fay & Co bed planer, a resaw, a ripsaw, a Eureka scroll saw, an Ames sander, and an emory grinder.
It is not known at this time if these above records reflect either one or two planing mill plants.
The flooring plant of Berkshire and Co soon passed into the hands of G. R. McDonald. In 1890, he executed chattel mortgages on the following: a double Mississippi flooring machine; and the planing mill of Berkshire & Co., comprising a Nagle engine and boiler, a band saw, a double spindle shaper, moulder, a swing saw, and other items. |