| Alpha-Numeric Key: | MS-17 |
| Corporate Name: | Long & Gaggers |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | David Long and a Mr. Gaggers |
| Location: | 1880: Precinct 1 1884: Cason |
| County: | Morris |
| Years in Operation: | 6 years |
| Start Year: | 1879 |
| End Year: | 1884 |
| Decades: | 1870-1879,1880-1889 |
| Period of Operation: | 1879 to at least 1884 |
| Town: | 1880: Precinct 1 1884: Cason |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | 1880: Lumber. 1884: Dressed lumber, staves.
 Sawmill |
 Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | 1880: 24-horsepower steam engine
| Horse |
Mule |
Oxen |
Water |
| Water Overshot |
Water Turbine |
Diesel |
Unknown |
| Pit |
Steam |
Steam Circular |
Steam Band |
| Gas |
Electricity |
Other |
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| Maximum Capacity: | |
| Capacity Comments: | 1880: 300,000 feet of lumber during the reporting period of the Census |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | 1880: a circular sawmill. 1884: a planing and stave mill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
| Historicial Development: | The David Long sawmill was listed in Precinct 1 of Morris County in the 1880. By 1884, it appears Long had taken a partner by the name of Gaggers. The facility was listed in the latter year at Cason in an 1884 railroad directory.
The d capital value of the mill was $1,500 in 1880. Long employed six workers at peak production and normally five men. He worked the sawmill eight months at three-quarters capacity. His men were paid wages of $1.00 to $2.50 daily for eight-hour shifts in the winter and ten-hour shifts during the summer, receiving a total wage of $900. From $1,650 worth of supplies and sawlogs, the facility milled three hundred thousand feet of lumber valued at $3,000.
Logging was done on Boggy Creek. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 04-02-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |