Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-12-19

NEWS FOB THE LrMEEHMES.
The puip-mill at Hayerhil, Mass i
De,hc extensively repaired. Fifty Iner
VIII Be erapioyed in II next spring.
Mayor Howard, OF Port Huron. Mich.
aHu bay City man, made q sale O
sl60,ooo. -
Complaint is made at Muskecou
Micn-. OF the scarcity of oxen for the
logging camps. They are selling at 81:
to 500 yoke.
A Poplar tree recently cut in CLARK
county, by, Was seven feet in diameter
coo shingles
J. W.. Porter, at Strong, Franklin
county, Me-. has been adding consider
able new machinery for the manufac-
ture OF croquet sets.
Recently the Oscoda Salt d Lumber
Company. at Oscoda. Mich. with two
circulars and a gang saw. cut 10000
feet Of lumber in one day.
! A new butter tub and pail factory at
itnaca, Mich, Is nearly completed. II
! IS one OF the largest establishments of
the kind in the State.
On Saturday, November 18th. the
Kirby Carpenter Compsny's two mills
at Menominee. Mich. had cut out O.
uo,oSo feet of lumber for the season.
The mills on the Penobsco.. Me. are
running on full time, and tie planning
mills are also quite busy. Bangor Is
iiVeiier than usual at this time of the
year.
The Camp i Walker mill, at Mime
apolis. MINI shut down last week, hav-
ing cut 100000 feet of lumber this
season, rs against 100000 feet last
year.
Z. l.. Colman. of La Crosse, Wis. re
Gently bought of n. II. Withee 24O acres
OF pine land in town %, five miles from
water, the consideration being sc, 900.
The Ottawa, Canada, agent of the
New York d Lake Champlain Transpor-
tatlon Company shipped to the United
States during the present season IL, 1884,
81 feet of lumber.
The Chippewa Logging & Boom Com
pany's rafting operations this season ex
ceeds by 100000 feet the largest
amount ever before RATED in "a season.
403, 10000 feet.
A Mandan, ID. T., man has invented
an iron railway tie that is designed TO
dlsplace wood. He is making arrange
ments for its extensive manufacture in
the East.
The Dominion of Canada Freehold
Estate d Timber Company is building
three pulp mills at Portneuf en- Bas,
Quebec. Next spring the company will
build a saw-miil.
steel IN cooperage IS late English in
ventlon. A cask is made of sheet steel,
and Is intended for use in the convey
ance of oils and varnishes, in the place
OF wooden barrels and metal drums.
Hayden's hame factory, at Muskegon,
Mich, Is being remodeled and enlarged.
The klndling-wOod factory machinery
therein Is being removed and shipped
away to make room for the hame bust
ness.
James Tufts, of Clay Banks, Wis, is
preparing to build a mill on the site of
the one lately destroyed by fire. His
ne:ghbors contributed $500 to help him
rebuild.
The tug o. b. Green one day last
month, towed from Lake Michigan into
Green bay, through the Sturgeon bay
canal, seven vessels in one string, said
to be the largest single tow that eyer
passed through tho canal.
The South Planning. mill Company, at
Brewer, Me-. has recently built three
mills. two of which are running night
and day. A brush and broom factory is
running on full time, and a box factory
will soon start up.
A railroad from Ottawa to Hudson
bay, by the way of Desert river is talked
OF. The route would be about 45O miles
long. 1t is claimed that the country
traversed would be quite rich in timber
and minerals, with some agricultural
land.
The Willamette Linen Company, ut
Howard, Me-, has built additions to its
spool factory, erected Il boarding house,
etc. The company is manufacturing at
the rate of 10000 gross,of spools per an
mum, and will this winter employ 800
men.
Thomas Morrill, and Charles Grant. Of
Yarmouth, Me-, are cutting ship-timber
at Albany. From some rock maple pur-
chased at Bethel, splendid keel pieces
we're cut. From one trunk was cut a
picCo ~ IcSt loNp, I'D ltlCueS AT the top
22 inches at the butt.
The lumber business has been exceed
ingly good with the mills of Lewiston,
Me-, the past season. In October the
Lewiston Steam Mill Company shipped
l05 Car loads of lumber to Massachusetts,
points. This was the largest business
ever done by the company in one month,
and large shipments are still going for
ward.
The Adirondack, N. Y, Pulp Company
has filed articles of incorporation at AL
bany, the capital being $750,OOO. The
object of the company is to manufac-
ture wood pulp, rubber stock, paint and
similar articles from tale, asbestos,
soapstone, etc. The principal office is
in Now York, and the works will be To-
Gated in the towns of Fowler, Edwards,
Gouverneur, st. Lawrence county, New
York.
In Cincinnati there have, in nine
months of this year, been erected as
many ,.nd as valuable buildings as dur
ing The year 1881. Building permits
numheting 575 have been issued, with a
total valuation of $1,700.OOO There is a
growing demand for small houses in
Cincinnati. East End property has
doubled in value within three wears.
From $500 tot 5000 are the highest
rents paid for dwellings. Houses cost
ing 5000 to 5000, rent for $45 to $50