The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-03-09
Railroad LAUNDERING.
(Fr0m the Lumberman's Gazette. |
NIRvANA, LAKE Co.,

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other prospects on this line of Rail
road.
We commence mt Baldwin the
county scat of Lake county the
headquarters of the Ludington job
bcrs in logs. Tho supply of logs
which keeps Ludington mills in OPP
Grafton are mostly obtained in Lake
and Newaygo counties, full sup
ply will be got in without doubt
this winter and Ludington can feel
happy in grinding up about 49,
100000 of logs into lumber, saw
dust and slabs "a good share of the
latter).
Around Baldwin there is but lit
tic lumber cut, and but few shingles.
Tho cnterprising firm of Foreman
Bros. erected n mill OH the Middle
Branch about three years ago and
marked their Single at the rate of
$4,000 feet per day; that they are
gentlemen of enterprise none can
doubt, they put their money in the
lumber business and exhibited a
disposition to make things go; but
hard times put check rein on their
bit and in place of rushing along at
the rate of IS M per day, they
stopped on onc-half the amount.
The mill is one of.Stcarn's No. /,
built at Eric, Pa. 1t is number
one mill with one of the best of tur-
bine water wheels, and they can
rush along at the rate of six inch
feed and make enough poor lumber
every year to make any man look
blue over his balance sheet, but
they begin to see the evil and as
they stop to consider am satisfied
that they will reduce their cut one
half if not more. This Mill Com
pany employ about 20 men in the
woods and arc putting in about 4
million; they have a haul of from
half mile to mile and half.
They have about 100000 feet of
lumber on hand, mostly common.
The correspondent is evidently
in error regarding the present pro-
prietors of the mill built by Forman
Bros. 1t is no longer owned by
them, We understand, but is run by
another firm.-EDIToR STAR1.
Foreman Bros. contemplate put
ting up mill near the railroad this
spring, it will have a splendid loca-
ton on a lake, and will be mill of
about 10000 cut, and what they call
a timber mill.
After u walk of two and one half
miles to Forman Station we found
ourselves at the depot Tor place
where there should be onc) where
We found Cook & Brother in the
single trade, making every effort
possible to get poor by cutting out
shingles and selling them for about
what it costs to pay the stumpagc
and manufacture. Still l suppose
it is something of an object to be
Boss, that is all the pay some of the
lumbcrmcn and shinglc-men get
nowadays, but as most of the men
in the lumber trade arc running on
expectations suppose Cook Bros.
are not exceptions. They have a
pile of go-ahcad-ativencss and are
making all efforts to succeed.
a short ride of four and n half
miles brings me to Nirvana, which
was started three years ago, it now
has four single mills and one lum-
Der mill; two Of the Single mills
arc running on half time and max
ing struggle to keep the wheels
moving; one year ago VIC called it
hard times at this place, with only
two mills they cut about 1000, 900
shingles, but this year think some
of them will have to make start,
if all of the four mills cut that
amount. Nirvana has a large amount
Of timber to back up town, and
all of it will have to come out by
the railroad, and Nirvana will some
day profit by it.
One and half miles distant, we
find the little town of Summitvillc,
where Randall Il Horn arc running
u Portable Saw Mill, and also have
a large planning machine and match
cr. They work up their timber
close, and l have reason to believe
that they arc making a little more
than expenses.
Three miles further we come to
Chase which has four mills near |
town, and one of them in town,
lumber and shingles; none
of these mills arc running more |
than quarter time. 10 make a
guess of it | would say, there will
not be more than one-half the lum-
Der and shingles cut along this line
of railroad in 1876, that was cut
in rs.
Mills arc not stocking up at all,
all arc looking to sec if the large
mills get large stocks. If they do,
mills along this line may as well
hang up until tho Iumbermcn stop
lumber, and giving it away.
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