Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-04-25
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a Saginaw firm puxehased zOnbooo
iest OF pine logs Last week. ct $s 8 thou-
One day lately, the Moutarue. Mioh
y. vo.2oen ootter plsts factory turned cut
;s,asg - p,atss, one nimble girl doing ls,-
A. pine tract of 40 acres. IN Lake
eo1nty, Mich, estimated to have on il
o.UD,o0 fest OF pine. was recently sold
a. SiO.ao. OF ~ stumpaee.
Williams 4 Co, Memphis, Tenn,
write that they have used several Of the
Fz-Aneh simonds saws until they were
worn down to 81 inches. without rsham-
mefinR.
j. H Lesh Il Co. Goshen, Ind, re-
GENTLY paid $500 for . single black wal
nut tree. u isI said 60 be the largest
eyer cut in Ellthart cOanty, and scaled
5000 feet.
One Of the firm Of Emery 4 Mack
Aberdeeu, W. T., was in this city last
week, and among other saWmill ma
ehinery parshaBed vas q band mill of
BelItsni q kifeher. and the set works
OF e. p. AIiis & Co.
A forrest trss In Georgia was recsu,ly
eut down at 6 o'clock in the morning,
made into pulp ct factory aad into
paper BY 6 O'Clock in the evening, and
at Q o'clock the next moruinR was dis
tribnied a. printed Newspaper.
Since the removal Of the Chippewa
Logging Company fr m Eau Claire,
WIFI, 20 ChIppswa Fails, about two
years ago, i1t500,0c0 hsve been paid
out by the eg,icern, or q, the rate Of
over S35.000 Q daY. 5000 q day Of
which goes - labeTsFs.
Don y. Lsaahers, of Grand Rspids,
Mich, recently sold 90 the West MIchi
gan Lnmber Company O tract of pine
IN hcwaRo eonnty, Mich, comprising
$50 sections, ct q consideration Of $s0,-
900. II Is estimated that there is $780,
00o feet Of standing timber on the trsct,
two-tbirds Of which is pine.
A bin 70 sst apart 1900 acres of land,
tneludinn Little Clsax pond, go acrss
In extent, In franklin county, n. T.,
for the Adirondack fsh hatchery, has
passed both Houses Of the Legislature
of that State. The timber, largely
spruce. has been considerably cut of,
bus an abundant second growth 10 in
progress. IL is thoueht that this reserve
viii be good test of practical forestry.
Tho Adirondack region is prolific Of
hmbes erowtf. With . peculiar sdspta-
niiity for Reproduction. like the State Of
Maine.
Contracts have been made By the Dia-
moHd Match Company with mills as
0ntonae0E. Mich, for the transporta-
tiori Of 100000 feet Of lumber this
season. It IL said by vesseI men that
these contracts win take out Of the grain
and ore trade quite large amount Of
tonnage. including the steambarRe H.
B. Tnttie and her tov Kinghsher, the
Frank Perew. the tug Thomss Quayle,
eith the tow Zach Chandler, aud the
Commodore and the Psck-nearly 5000
tons. It 10 also reported that tow Of
Buffalo boats will share 10 these con-
tracts.
The Lndisgton, Wells d Van Schaiok
Company sold one coal and wood con-
oern IN this city ZOO cords Of slabs the
pass winter, and they were shipped TO
thAs point from Msnominee BY rail.
The same dealer offers 10 take 5000 cords
she coming season. The slabs sell at
Mei1cmines for 81 cord. and tue ship
par Rets the lowest freight rate he can.
This h new trade, and at the present
sime is psomisine. II would seem. how.
evef. that o rail freight rate could not
ssu,pete with lake rate. A large guam
sity Of slabs 10 brought from Maskeeon
10 shis port by lake. Chicago LEpsber-
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