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saw-mills.
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connection, the oldest steam saw-mill in Sweden. It was founded in 1851, but
has since been rebuilt and enlarged. The company which owns it has been
celebrated for its dividends, which are unique in Sweden (amounting to as much
as several hundred per cent per annum on the original value of the shares); in
1896 it was reorganized into a company with limited liability. The saw-mill has
12 saw-frames, 4 edging-benches and 3 planing-machines, and its shipments
amount to more than 18 000 standards.
As the third in importance of the great saw-mills in this district, we should
mention Svartvik, situated near the outlet of the River Ljungan, south of
Sundsvall. It has 12 saw-frames and 5 planing-machines, etc. The
shipments are estimated at about 16 000 standards, of which 6 000 standards
consist of planed wood. Svartvik was formerly owned by the Dicksons, of
Gothenburg, a family famous in the history of the timber trade, but it now
belongs to the Trävarubolaget Svartvik (not a limited company).
J. A. Enhörnings Trävaruaktiebolag is also one of the most important
timber exporters, owning the Kubikenborg mill (with 8 saw-frames) south of
Sundsvall, and the so-called Heffrier steam saw-mills, north of this town. Its
estimated shipments amount to 20 000 standards of sawn timber, and 5 000
standards of planed wood. Besides these, we need only mention Mon (the
oldest and most renowned planing-mill in this district), Sund, Johannedal,
Klampenborg and Tunadal, in the vicinity of Sundsvall; on Alnö island, which
protects the harbour of Sundsvall from the sea-gales, lie Karlsvik, Eriksdal,
Gustavsberg, Nacka, Strand, and Hovvid, and, on a small island near Alnö, is
the Hörningsholm saw-mill.
If we next pass on to Hälsingland, we find in the vicinity of Hudiksvall
the three steam saw-mills Bergsjö, Saltvik, and Håstaholmen, and further inland,
Hybo, all of which belong to the Hudiksvalls trävaruaktiebolag. Of their
products, about 30 000 standards, a large proportion (about 8 000 standards) is
sold after being converted into planed wood. Further, we may mention Stocka.
In the Söderhamn district lie Ala and Bergvik, belonging to a large
joint-stock company partly working with English capital. Their combined shipments
amount to about 10 000 standards of sawn goods and 50 000 railway sleepers.
The Sandarne planing-mill and the Askesta steam saw-mill, which is connected
with Sandarne by a short railway, are now owned by Sandarne Aktiebolag,
in which the above-mentioned Bergvik och Ala Nya Aktiebolag have a
controlling interest; the shipments are estimated at 12 000 standards of sawn and
5 000 standards of planed wood. Near Askesta lies Marma, Källskär, Långrör,
Åsbacka; and further inland, Kilafors and Lottefors.
The Gävle district, with regard to the export of sawn timber, is not far behind
the Sundsvall and Härnösand districts. The two biggest saw-mills in Europe
belong to the Gävle district. One of these is the magnificent establishment of
the Korsnäs Sågverksaktiebolag, (30 saw-frames), situated at Bomhusvarvet
(Kastet) and Lövharsudden just outside Gävle, having been removed some few
decades ago to its present site from Korsnäs in Dalarne (whence its name).
The other is Skutskär in the Län of Uppsala; (24 saw-frames), which resembles
an entire town and has a very good harbour. Both mills are connected with
the Dalälven by long canals for floating timber. The amount stated as shipped
from each place is above 40 000 standards.
Skutskär belongs to the Stora Kopparbergs Bergslags Aktiebolag, which
also owns Domnarvet in Dalarne and some smaller saw-mills. Domnarvet is
principally an iron-works, but its saw-mill, which is driven partly by water-power
and partly by electric-power supplied by a neighbouring waterfall, is of fairly
great importance (9 saw-frames) and is large enough to employ about 200 workmen.
Further, we may mention Kopparbergs och Hofors Sågverks Aktiebolag,
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