Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-06-02
THE LUMBER TRADE.
A Revival of this Great Indu.try
Neur at HIND.

A Revival of this Great Indu.try
Near at Hand.
All the lumbermen on Gray's IIar
hor feel good at this time though all
Will not confess it. The advent Of the
Northern Pacific along the north side
OF the harbor through Aberdeen to
Hoquiam is assured. This will put
five good mills on the list Of ear
shippers. The demand for spruce j.
beyond the capacity Of the mills and
fair prices are being realized for all
grades that can be shipped East. IL
Is no boom statement to stay that as
the conditions now exist the Gray's
Harbor lumbermen have an easy
twenty per cent. advantage. The
lumber industry will make all the
mill towns on the Harbor good ones
and give the resident who pledged his
last dollar on additions and town lots
dividend on his investments.
The shipments for April from the
Harbor were 4,l57 600 feet.
Good spruce logs have reached SC
and loggers feel better Last year
they averaged less than -.
A Gray's Harbor real estate man
says that logs will always be low on
the harbOr as the primitive logger's
outfit of "sack of flour and lack
screw" can be used to advantage there
for many years.
w. d. Mack, of Hoquiam, has just
bought logging engine in Astoria.
Oregon. This makes the fourth one he
is operating on his logging road. He
employs 100 hands and has facilities
for putting in 10000 feet of logs per
day.
Alex. Poison, the Hoquiam logger,
is having logging engine made by
Moran Bros, Seattle. He has some
novel and practical ideas that will
save the wear on the steel rope, which
in other engine drums is cut out
rapidly. His rope will be an endless
one and only passes around the drum
three times.
The great and growing demand for
spruce lumber means more to the
north side of Gray's Harbor, than the
most sanguine now realize. In quality
an quantity, there is no point in
Washington to which so much of this
special timber is tributary. Through
the waterways of the Wishkah, Ho-
quiam and Humptul.ps rivers, mill.
ions of spruce will float to the mills
on the north side. Already the mills
are increasing their cutting plant.
The largest, best and most improved
means for drying are being constructed.
Some OF the mills have orders ahead
that will keep them busy for months.
Daily inquiries from the East are
made, as to our output of shingles
and lumber. With the shingle mi !
on the south side, the more than busy
mill at Cosmopolis, and our mills on
the north side running as they will
run. means that the output of lumber
and shingles, this year, will be greater
than ever. before. This indicates
better prices to loggers, and, with the
protection they now have, by reason
of an official scaler, they will become
more independent and financially sue
cessful as they should be. Their
earnings will build up and beautify
homes, start new industries, and aid
in our onward march.-Aberdeen BuI-
letin.
After all that has been said the or.
ders received on this coast from
Eastern points indicate the need of
more light on the lumber question.
One engineer recently wrote for quota.
tions on spruce for bridge timbers
Another man recently wrote to know
if redwood was all that was found in
Washington. Numerous instances
might be called to show that after all
has been said and written many yet
remain in ignorance of the merits and
value of our timber. Briefly it might
be said, fir for flooring, strength and
finish; spurce for siding, boxes, finish
cedar for shingles and for finish; red
wood for shingles and finish. 1t will
be noted that all four of these wood
are good for finish and can be adapted
to any taste.