Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-28
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Henry Stephens d Co., Of st. Helens,
Aioh., will this winter pat In 6,000, ,W0
feet Of logs.
The mills Of Oscoda and An Sable,
Mioh.. shipped 1882, 7l2 fest Of lum-
ber from April TO November, inclusive.
A pine tree was recently felled at John
Eatoa's camp, on the An Gree, in Mich
igaU, from which eleven 16-f00t logs
were out.
Il Ia said that never In the history of
the lumber business have 90 many men
been trampinR the Michigan woods In
search Of work.
Renwick, Shaw d Crosset will pull up
stakes With q 100000 business at Da-
venp0rt, Ia, and 20 to Cloquet, Mimi.
In this connection is will be remembered
that the Knife Fails Lumber Co. Ia back
ed BY Davenport parties.
Last winter the Kirby Carpenter Co.,
Of Menom nee, Mioh., employed about
LOO men in it, logging camps and hank.
winter about 750 men will be employed
and probably absut 6,000,O00 feet Of
logs banked.
There was . rush of Canadian labor
ers into the Alpena (Mich.) district BE-
fore the close of navigation, and now
there ID an over-supply for the operations
in tho woods. The tendency will be to
cheaper labor this year, and, - con-
sequ ,noe, q diminished cost in log pro-
ducti0n.
With the modern top-sav mill q very
large log can be ont, but l6-f0ot log
1as recently ont for Wilson, Luther h
Wilson, near Luther. Mich, which was
too large Tor the firms mill, and IL will
be retained a. curiosity. Il scaled 34Sl
feet, and Was six feet In diameter at the
small end.
A seven-mile spur 10 being constructed
from the Grand Rapids and Indiana
road at Deer Lake. Mich, 70 the mills
Of Fox. May & Co. and Raignel 4 Co.
An effort ID being made 10 have the main
line extended from Carey's, the present
terminus. to Aanistse, thus tapping .
billion feet Of pine.
Il h thought The log out In the Aroos-
took Ae.) region this winter will not
exceed 4o,000000 fest. TIE season has
been favorable for swamporu. bat the
ground h too s0ft for tho handling Of
supplies. Maine stumpaQe 10 higher
than Canadian, bat h more accessible.
Aroostook operations are nov in the
hands Of provincial partiss.
George q. Tyler, at Baltimore. Nd, IL
= manufactures Of packing oasss for
canned goods. He obtains logs from
the forests Of Virgipia and North Caro-.
liha, towing them TO the mill and split
TING than into All Gixea for ahin. hFSd00
and ordinary ~. including the manu-
facture OF lumber for boxes. During
the late severe gales on Chesavsake bay
he tOWed tVo immeuee rafls safely IN,
though the kale was ths wosst ever
kneWn. Some Of the timbers bro0Ght
in are g fest loae and II or Ii inckss
equaSe. TIE Canton Boz Factory, Of
East Baltimore. OCCUPIES six aoees Of
ground with IT. buildinas and goods.
The great Frsoch walnut Leg brought
aeroas the vatsss b L. RirssA I Bsn-
ther. New York city, Wa seosntly eat in
too, and half Of q made into vensess.
4 12-foot oroso-e1t eav was especially
made 70 cat e. bat In . half day it was
bsokon, and . larger ooe made. Two
days Of constant saving Weee required
70 compls1s ths lob. Then The LOO had
70 b Q1Aroosod. beoause tAe lafgoot ~
nees knife vas not equal to the eOer-
gency. The venoeEa made from the log
are described - having hAndoo0e o.
anon and black eo1ee. and boAntifully
figured. The quarter that wne cut con-
tanned about 1900 eese Of vsoesee, which
b . baaio for estimating The ooosenis of
The whols loe q 5000 fssG