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saw-mills.
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what farther to the west lies Törefors, with 3 saw-frames and an annual
shipment of 8 000 standards of sawn timber.
In the district of Piteå lie Munksund and Skuthamn (owned by the
Munk-sund Sågverksaktiebolag), the former with 10 saw-frames and the latter with
5, and shipping altogether about 18 000 standards. Not far away lies the
Storfors saw-mill, belonging to a joint-stock company of the same name, which
also owns Brännfors, in the Län of Västerbotten. Its shipments probably amount
to nearly 20 000 standards.
In the län of Västerbotten we find Furuögrund, owned by the Ytterstfors
trävaruaktiebolag, and, in the vicinity of Skellefteå, the important saw-mills
of Sävenäs and Björnsholmen, which are owned by the Sävenäs Nya
Aktiebolag; altogether, these mills have an output of about l.r> 000 standards. Bure,
belonging to the company of the same name, ships about 12 000 standards of sawn
timber and 2 000 standards of planed timber. Robertsfors is a water (turbine-)
saw-mill with 5 frames and 2 edging-benches. At the mouth of the Umeå lie
Holmsund and Sandvik, each of them owned by a separate joint-stock
company. Further south, in the parish of Nordmaling, are situated Rundvik (with
8 saw-frames) and the Mo (or Norrbyskären) ångsåg; the latter, which is the
largest saw-mill north of the Sundsvall district, has 1 2 saw-frames and a
planing-mill with 4 planing-machines; the shipments amount to about 20,000 standards.
The establishment belongs to the Mo och Domsjö Aktiebolag.
The province of Jämtland, being distant from the sea, has only a few
sawmills of importance. The principal ones are Oällö and Trång (or Trångsviken)’,
both ship their products largely over Norway.
Västernorrland, on the other hand, is distinguished for its many big mills,
only a few of which can here be mentioned. Belonging to the Örnsköldsvik
shipping district, there are Järved, with 9 saw-frames, Köpmanholmen, and
Domsjö, with 6 saw-frames, a planing-mill with 2 planing-machines, and a shipment
of 9—10 000 standards; it is owned by the Mo och Domsjö Aktiebolag.
Along the Ångermanälven (the district of Härnösand) there is a big
assemblage of large saw-mills. At Nyland, where the river begins to be navigable for
sea-going vessels, we find the first steam saw-mdls. Not far from Nyland lie
Marieberg, Köja, and, on the southern bank, Bollsta, belonging to
Graninge-verkens Aktiebolag and shipping about 12 000 standards of sawn timber.
Further down lie Lugnvik and Hallsta; Dal, with a large planing-mill; Sandö on
an island in the river; Sandviken, Strömnäs, Svanö, also situated on an island in
the river, and Sprängsviken, both of which latter belong to the same company,
and finally, Kramfors, the largest in the district, with 12 saw-frames, 4
planing-machines, edging-benches and heading machines, etc.; its shipments amount to
more than 20 000 standards. Near Härnösand lie Ulvvik and Lövvik, shipping
altogether 13 000 standards, and in the town itself there is Härnösands ångsåg,
belonging, as also Björknäs, to the Björknäs Aktiebolag, whose annual
shipments are estimated at about 17 000 standards.
More important still than the Härnösand district is that of Sundsvall (or
Medelpad), both as regards the magnitude of its shipments and, particularly,
the prices obtained for the goods shipped. The principal saw-mill owners there
are the Skönviks Aktiebolag, which, among other mills, run the great steam
saw-mills of Skönvik and Östrand (the latter recently burnt down), each with
15 saw-frames, besides edging-machines, planing-machines, etc. The company
was organized in 1861 and has had a most successful career, at the same time
having devoted large amounts to experiments made for chemical and technical
purposes. Its total shipments amount to about 23 000 standards of sawn or
planed timber, besides fire-wood, charcoal, etc.
Vivsta varv, north of Sundsvall, is, as has already been mentioned in another
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