Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-25

Ittakes &c. 900 boxes TO supply the crane
packers OF santa Anna valley, Cal, this
season. .
The Meridian Lumber Company, OF
Meridian, Wis, has recently built II
residences.
The Diamond Match Company has lC
camps already started In the Outonaoou
{ Mich region.
A lumberman of Wilmington (y.C.)
has floating savmill on Cape Peal
River, and manufactures boxes
Lately the Maine Manufacturing Co.
OF Fairfield, shipped two carloads OF
voodenvafe to Australia
A machine has been invented, and ID
IN successful operation at Glen Fails,
IN. ~ for making pulp for paper on,
of sawdnst.
The Amigo Lumber Co. has been or
Ranized At AnsiRo. Wis, for the pur
pose Of dealing in pine and cherry logs,
lumber, etc.
The Oshkosh match factory will soon
reach the capacity intended At the start,
800 cases per day, which il regarded as a
large product
The drought has put up the price Of
lumber somewhat at Bangor. Me. Spruce
lumber is half dollar higher, and the
advance affected other grades.
The White River Logging and BOOM
ing Company, whose works are at Mon
taoue and Whitehall, Michigan, up to
October 18Th had delivered to 81 differ
ent parties aud firms 335,5l9 logs, or
123.072, IZ3 feet.
J. w. Porter Il Sons, of Strong, Me-,
will this winter get out the material for
10000 croquet sets, TO say nothing about
what is required for an indefinite guam
tity Of Indian clubs, tenpins, chair bot
toms, clothespins, excelsior, etc.
The lumberman Gibson, of New
Brunswick, has this season shipped
from st. John 100000 of deals, re-
curing 115 vessels, to she English and
French markets. The total seasons
shipments last year were 900, 600 feet
in l36 vessels.
s. j. Mitchell. who is Engaged in the
of last blocks at Vance
boro, Me-, brings his timber down the
lake in scows. Last year he made &c.,
600 last blocks, and 5000 for rubber
work. The goods find chief demand
in the Eastern States.
Chaplin d Russell have erected two
story kindlinR- wood factory, alx50 feet,
at Manistee, Micn., with an engine room
a6x38 feet. The factory contains ten
wood machines. The melting
and dipping house is 2ox20 feet, and a
Ox5O feet is being built.
A company has been incorporated at
Me-, for the manufacture of
a machine for producing wood fiber for
paper making. The capital stock is
: 10000. George f. Morse of Leomin-
ster Is president of the company. Fiber
is claimed to be much cheaper and bet
ter than ordinary pulp.
A Milwaukee Wis., company, having
a capital of 1872 ,00O, will 90 into the
business of making wood pulp. now in
50 much demand as material for vari
Gus purposes, such as trunks, chair
seats, butter plates, etc. mill on the
Fox river, az Kaukauna, will have a
of from three to four tons of
pulp day.
E. d. Albro d Co., of Cincinnati. O.,
of hardwood lumber and
vcnesrs, are putting q fourth story on
the building devoted to turning ous cigar
box stuff, and are adding to their dry
house. Cedar veneersd poplar for cigar
boxes has had great run, and the de-
mand for the general producs has BEEN
large.
The shipments Of lumber from Mus
kegon (Mich.) to Chicago were $40,
DO0 feet for this year up to Oct. /, and
La, 100000 shingles had been shipped.
This shows q decrease from the ship
Inents for the corresponding period of
1882 Of 12,045 600 feet Of lumber and an
excess in saingies Of s4,734 900, or oyer
100 per cent.