Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1891-09-25

"OEA u COu6CEuCC1Ou IL U0Auts CtlII1cu
on with that purpose, and although
the only present rail outlet from Lit
tie Falls is the Northern Pacific, the
new prosperity that has come to
Dakota and the wheat country is
to give the company q
good market. Presumably too If
they make, and are likely to make,
from 100000 to 10O.QO0,000 feet of
lumber annually other rail outlets
will be provided. The company has
extensive piling grounds ON
both sides of the river, controls the
riparian rights and will have all the
the Little Falls dam in
which to store their logs except the
necessary channel for the passage of
logs destined to Minneapolis. The
trees that now dot the pond are to
be cut out and an open storagespace
will be secured in which 100000 to
50, 0O0, 900 feet of logs can be stored.
The new enterprise ia the largest and
most important the Weyerhauser
syndicate, so called, have In hand
and the frequent visits made to Little
Falls by Frederick Weyerhauser, the
Messes. Musser, !Messrs. Laird and
Norton, E. Rutlege and Mr.. Sauntry
indicate the interest they feel in the
new enterprise. The "boys" into
whose hands have been given the de-
tails OF the. business will not suffer
from lack of advice and council.
Meantime they have already given
evidence that the confidence reposed
in them has not been misplaced.
I presume I can tell the story now
that it has been determined that the
Weyerhauser syndicate will not par
ticipate In a little scheme to boom
real estate out on the coast. It was
at a meeting Of the members OF the
Mississippi Logging company recent
" that the subject was brOachd.
Mr.. Weyerhauser did it in about this
way:
Here is $3,OO0,0OO to be divided.
How many of you want to come in:
It will partially make up for the $11,
0OO, 900 deal out ON the coast that we
let get away from u.s." -t.,......
Mr.. Weyerhauser referred to the
purchase Of timber made by the gen
tlemen now constituting the St. Paul
and Tacoma Lumber company,
Chow many want to come in. Do
not all speak at once. This is none
of those frauds. I'vehad a good man
look the timber all over and it's all
right
Then Mr.. Weyerhauser went on to
detail that the proposed purchase
was q lot of timber at the mouth Of
the Snohomish river in WASH, and
went on to say, "Our partners in this
deal will he John Rockefeller, Colgate
Hoyt, Colgate Hoyt's brother, "and
numerous others who were named
and who constitute the Standard OIL
crowd, and the syndicate now build
ing whalebacks at Superior and who
propose to out on the coast. The
whole scheme has been exploited In
thenewspapers since the little auction
Of opportunity in which Mr.. Weyer-
hauser INDUCED at the. meeting OF
members of the Logging company.
81 don't know about that crowd, "
sagely remarked Chauncey Lamb
who il an inveterate joker. II don't
know about goingi In with them. We
might be compelled to help carry
them.'' ~
! It was part OF the scheme to boom
Anaeortes and the new town propos-
ed at the mouth Of the Snoh0mish,
that the Weyerhauser syndicate
E1hould acquire q good big block Of
timber, put In q saw min and supply
an anticipated local demand which
would follow the establishment Of q
|lunber business by 90 strung . syn.