, 1892-08-13
FOR LUMBERMEN.
What is Going on in the Saw
Mills Of the State,

Changes in PIants--NeW Railroad
Rates--AdditIOnaIS ShIngIe Mills
are Being BuiIt--Cars for East-
ern ShiPment--A Big flag Pole.
Frank B. Coles letter to the Chicago
Lumberman says:
The Mealy-Lacy Lumber company, at
Chehalis, WASH. will make great changes
in its plant in the fall. A planning mill
and dry kiln will be built. The saw mill
will be generally overhauled. This COM
pany has made ample capital to carry
through any project in which it may en-
gage. 1t has a dam in the Chehalis river
a few miles above the mill, which is used
for flushing dam. This will raise the
water twelve feet and when opened the big
gest logs that flourish along the banks will
be brought down. In this county, Lewis,
are found some Of the largest and finest
specimens Of our timber. There are several
cedars and frs which are over twelve feet
in diameter, and L was told that one cedar
is over twenty feet through. 1 hardly ex-
pect any one to believe that. Elders are
found here that are eighteen inches in di-
ameter and alders two feet. To give you
an idea of how our cedar stumpage is in
creasing in value, let me state that 100
acres were recently sold in Lewis county
for Sc, 500. On the other hand when it is
known that the estimate made by the
cruiser calls for 10000 feet of cedar on
this tract the figures are not large.
The Gray's Harbor people have been
promised trans-continental rates by the
Northern Pacific railway. Ihey Wllllgo INTO
effect at once. This let's CosmOpOlis and
A int Z fold ON a
even footing with the other mills Of the
state. The facts that these points would
certainly have this rate has been the cause
of a number of shingle mills being erected.
The Aberdeen Cedar Manufacturing COM
pany started up August l, cutting 2OO,O.J
shingles daily.
Two Tacoma men have Just broken out.
Col. J. NJ. Steele is building mill at May
wood, Wash. 1t will have two machines
and SturteYant blower. }. Il. DEVON
will build at once a ten block and hand
machine plant. Todd & Richardson are
building about 10 miles from Tacoma,
double block plant. The blower people are
having big sales now. Thirty-two Sturte-
wants have been put into this territory in
the last four months,
The Ohio Rubber company, OF Tacoma,
has bought the Barnaby saw and shlngle
mill plant at Centralia; it was sold at
sherff's sale for s., $50. 1t cost originally
about $20,0C0.
The Mason County Logging company
has been organized with headquarters at
Shelton, Wash. The incOrpOratOrs are
Bordeaux Brothers and Mark Draham, and
the capital, $4,000. The company will
operate the logging camps along the line
Ofthe Washington Southern railWav. The
Mason County Central railway Will soon
be turned over to new organization, which
will operate it as a logging road only. 1t
is new nearly 10 miles long, and taps some
fine timber.
Shingle manufacturers are finding some !
difficulty in getting cars for eastern ship !
ment-that is, those mills that are located !
in the northern part of the state, and
which look to the Canadian Pacific and
the Great Northern for shipping facilities. |
So far as have heard there is no complaint
from those who ship over the Northern Pa
cifc. At Hartford and Blaine are about
800 shingles which have been awaiting
cars some time.
If You have a log roller or good lobby
man that you can spare, please send him
to Washington, u. c., 10 try and get an
appropriation of sufficient magnitude To
allow the government tests on timber to |
be extended to this state. 1 am informed
by the chief of forestry division, d. E.
Fernow, that the former Appropriation IS
exhausted. 1t seems from my standpoint
that nothing is more essential thau 10 have
these tests made and in shape tn present |
lu6 I6olltS ~ tllb NlOl'lilHl@ "a l'D9AbLOI's
The value Of the woods OF the PaClnc coast
is an unknown quantity. The govern !
ment mas started in on this work. and II Is |
but just that the greatest timber district i'll
the United States should have the benefit
at once of these tests. Can the influence
Of the lum herman be secured in this work
for the Pacific coast
At LaCOnner WASH; a flag pole has
just been erected which is $50 feet high and
only III inches in diameter inside the bark
at the butt. Il is hr and as straight as
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