The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-05-13
The LUMBER INDUSTRY

THE LUMBER INDUSTRY
~u LAncx nKnruAST saw MILLS
Al sxATTLE.
nswfse Capacity - Moro Thss Half
. nsIIsss Feet Per Dsy-The LesA-
sn~ Ifem Of LEGAL gesufsesuSe.
The amount Of lumber required in .
new and rapidly growing city like Sc
stsIe Is something amazing, and Il i
only when one takes the troutie 70 In
yestigate the matter and ascertain the
facts, that due and realizing sense Of
magnitude of the demand can be ar
rived at reporter Of the PosT-IsrEL-
LreEycEn was yesterday detailed 10
work up this subject and 10 get the-e
facts, ard his report l. given below.
Like everything else PERTAINING to the
progress Of this fair city. it wiIl be
found very interesting reading
There are seven sawmili- IN active
operation in seattle at fhi. time. name
81: The stetson < Post mill. the Conn
mercial. the Oregon improvement
Company min, the Hall < Pa1lson
mill the Western mill. Seveiis, and
the Lake Washington u,in.
sTErsos 4 rosT's MILL
Is situated at the foot Of Commercial
street, and together with the sash and
door factory and the lumber yard oc-
cup;es an entire block. Eighty-five
men are eNv-loyed in the sawniil and
lumber yard The daily cut Of lumber
At the mill i on an average of about
1000 feet.
Last year nearly all Of this company =
product was shipped To Southern Cali
lorna. and during the past winter a
rood deal was shipped 10 Spokane
Falls; now most Of the timber il used
here in Seattle.
In the sash ard door factory and
planning mill B hands are employed.
and they work 1871 hours per day, ~
hours being a days work, and thu
men are, OF course, paid accordingly.
mouldings and castings. all sorts 81
house furnishing brackets, etc. Thi.
firm has orders for the work on sever
al big Jobs, such a. the Boston Inn
provement Company two new build
iDgs on Second and Columbia streets
and the Occidental hotel. The bust
ness done during the past four months,
more especially In the factory, far ex-
ceeds anything ever done by the firm
during any past corresponding period.
Last year the mill cut Between sixteen
and seventeen million feet Of lumber,
and the total sales amounts 20 sssl,-
5l625. A new boiler and engine have
recently been put in, and half dozen
new planners, together with new sash
and door machinery, il on the way
from the east.
THE COMMERCIAL MILL eoNpAsy's Plant
Is situated on the water front, be-
tween Marion and Columbia streets
II comprises saw and planning mill,
sash and door factory and box factory
The number OF men employed is i0i,
OF whom ~ work at night in the saw
mill. Forty eight men work in the
mill, ~ in the sash and door factory,
and four In the box factory. The
quantity Of lumber cut daily il from
1000 10 1000 feet. most Of which Is
for home consumption. The box fac
tory l. yainly endeavoring 10 keep up
with the demand for boxes required
for crackers, soap. medicine and min
eral waters.
THE OREGON IMPROVEMENT COMPANY
MILL
Is situated on South Sound street, at
the Columbia and Puget Sound Rail.
road Company's wharf. The number
of men employed il fifty and the daily
cut OF lumber runs from % 90 Ia ~,
900 feet. The mill began operations
only about six months ago. aud such
has been the increase OF business that
the company have been Obliged to keel,
on increasing their capacity right
along. In n month or two they ex-
pcct to have their sash and door
factory In operation. Their lumber
IL used largely at the company's mines
mt Newcastle and Franklin; hat very
considerable quantity 81 il, perhaps
the most Of IL, il ordered for building
purposes In this city.
THE HALL 4 rauLsox MILL,
At the head of the bay, cuts an average
Of about 1900 feet per day. An Inn
portant part Of their company's bust.
ness IL the manufacture Of shingles
About fifteen men are employed at the
mill.
THE WESTERN MIL
Is at Lake Union. and cuts about 1000
feet Of lumber each day. II il all used
in or near Seattle. The number ~
men employed is about fifty on an
average.
The Lake Washington mill, known
n ihinney's mill. has a capacity Of
5000 To 5000 feet per day. and like
all Of the Others. its product il chiefly
used here at home. Twenty totwenty-
five men are on the pay roll.
SEwEiL's Mill,
At South Seattle, employs thirteen
men. counting those engaged in getting
out the logs. The mill has daily
capacity of 1000 feet, the daily cut
ranging from 500 up tn the latter
figure. In connection with the mill
IL u chair factory, OF small scope at
present. but which bids fair To develop
into a big business before long. The
legs Of these are 81 maple. the rings
OF ash. About go chairs per month
are turned out. They are all shipped to
Stockton. California. where seats uf raw
hide are put into them. and they are
sold at a handsome profit. Adjoining
the present mill Mr.. Newell has about
completed the erection uf a larger and
better mill. one which will he capable
of producing daily output Of - 600
ar D.ooo feet,
rHr LUMBER INDUSTRY ~ 0rSERtt.
In addition to these mills, most ~
which are occupied in supplying seat
ties insatiate demands for iumber,
there are several outside milis-Sit-
uatcd ON the Sound at distances Of
three. ten and thirty miles-shieh are
sending lumber 90 This city. Then III.
Rlackman brothers at Snohoni~h. and
mill at Tumwater ship about sS,ts0
feet 90 this city daily. The Puget Mil
Company aud the Coleman mill at
Cedar Mountain ton the line Of the
Columbia and Puget Sound railroadi,
are also shipping lamhcr to this point
every day.
A number Of additional mills. new
ones either now in prscess ii cree
ton or soon 10 he errctcd, viii mate
rally help Ia solve the present diiti-
cuity'oi obtaining fuil and prompt
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