Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-29
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~.,rua and mills In the Duluth
~ ;ncindiuQ thoss on the Nemadji,
ls.t ma S.. Louis, employ ECO
!. ...,.spoudent writes that at Broad
q. fs., 1A-inch dry poplar is
y. =. - SlS per thousand, and
Ia - al from $1s to $3.50.
-. ison blast furnace at Elk Rapids,
- ~iIi have 70 shut down ON March
=. sseoant of lack of fuel. II uses
sSo eoeda Of wood . year.
rsaLu Angeles q Humboldt Lum-
xs...uany has besn formed at Los
..ssiea' Cal, for the purpose OF drying
S.6a foe shipment east.
q. edition il being made to the
,sssei6e Lnmber company's mill, near
H-skoQon, Mich, which viii contain Q
5;.sis.milI, with Q daily capacity Of
- Wilson Hoop company at West
- ON. Mich, propose to manufac
SSis vear 100000 sets Of barrel
sssrs ~ 100000 sets Of keg hoops,
~ v.ino o( I'll bsinR stated 70 b t86.-
at Iandera Il NJ Carmel, Ill, has
80 nsoViGion for his wife and chill
- s. uIeutiua 10000 valnuts, which
~ erpscss 0ill produce trese Is inches
r. dicmste IN 70 years, and yield an
E1popdsnt fortune.
a. Of the largest Wooden-pump fac
1.ria in the United States is located at
TeakyilIs, Tenn, whore three circulars
srl four engines are run, and which
sa I boxing capacity Of 100 pumps a
-. A boz factory is attached, and
M hands smployed. Last year 2,W0,-
% fsee Il lumber were consumed.
kduss Of nine deer, and two perfect.
b vhi1o, were encountered February
-. in tie woods near Hebard 4 Thur
- amp, on the Tobacco, in Michi-
-, Aft0e . two-mile chase through
~ ~ a snov, the largest Of the
ueWy pair was captured.
CbL Dennis, late Deputy Minister of
- 1n1Rioe. at Ottawa, Ont, estimates
~ euautity Of pine between Lake Su-
nriee snd Lake of tho Woods, on the
6nnads ads, ct 26, ,W0, ,O00, 900 fest. But
upbably b has only made . wild guess,
- ~ Ssst Of them.
n Russsl Wheel and Foundry Com
~. Detroit, Mich, has now over 500
~ Standard eight wheel logging cars
II sogyice In Michigan, Wisconsin,
1nulvania and California, and IL
1ni1g oedsrs for the Chippewa Lumber
- bocm Company, Of C6ippsws Falls,
NJ; Henry Stevens q Co.. of st.
-, 4ioh.; Il. g. Peters, Of 2Anis-
r. m T. D. Stimson, Of Muakegon.
Aleeal paper says that . farmer re-
i1ipg nsas Emporia, Kan, was careful
- - plow up any Of the small trees
- eame up voluntarily In his corn-
~ Within hve yeaEs he Vas obliged
lDoboudon the cultivation Of . cousid-
oak1e portion Of his land, owing % the
tmocouD cottonwood, NAPLES, Walnuts
~ 1slms that grew % thriftilv upon his
m. In time hs cleared half an acre
j - midst Of his young forest, and
bQlb farm house.
h inquest over the infant corpse in
1lnsod in q sack and uneaxthed recently
ha Cadillac lumber yard, disclosed ths
~ that the child had died in natural
~, but that IL father had been too
~ 70 bury IL dsosntly about the most
|uploeable lack Of gumption that could
y imaGinod. He, hOWeveg, Was on the
Diut Of repeating the Job, whom sOme
~, inclined 70 sympathy, bought .
~ box.
TIE tA2aEina Of charcoal II q Oonsid-
rahle Industry In Michigan along the
~ Of the Flint d Pere Marquette
lileuad. Kilns arc built Of brick that
~ hold 70 cords Of wood, and are
rod twice . month. Tho product In
hippsd to Wyandotte, Detroit, Monroe
I'd Cleveland. Twenty pounds consti-
ntes . bushel Of charcoal, and cord of
nod will produce 10 bushels. Between
Isuroe and Wayne thsre are . kilns |;
~ q Stony Hun, two at Otter lake
"A eight aS Sears. Tho cost Of the
Iood ranges from 81 30 70 81 7b psr