Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-05-17
THE GERRY LUMBER co.

pany.
| The Gerry Lumber Company's saw
mill, in this city, started up for the
season Monday. 4 representative o
this paper visited the plant yesterday
and found everything moving along
like clock work. Tlleir plant IS one o.
the finest ia this part OF the state and
includes, besides the saw mill. Il large
planning mill. During the past winter
the company have been making eX-
tensiye repairs and improvements.
They have given the saw mill general
overhauliag. aud have f:1edi It up in fine
shape The repairs have all been of q
permanent kind and made with an eye
to the future. Among other things
they have put in three new forty eight
flue boilers. manufactured at Dayton,
Ohio. Tie entire plant is lighted BY
electricity.
Besides lumber, shingles and lath,
the company intend TO so quite extern
siyely Into the manufacturing CT pic}1ets
for fence. Besides dressing all OF their
lumber at the planning mill they also
manufacture patent lath, flooring, cell
ing ana all kinds Of mouldings.
At present the company are running
one haEd saw and q rotary and are en-
pIoying about one hu dred and twenty
men around the mills and yard, besides
q large sorce On their drives.
The officers Of the company are
Henry Sherry, President, Herman
Finger, Vice President and G. %.
Miller, Secretary and Treasurer. Mr..
Finger is General Manager and has
charge of the plant here. They also
have a yard al Appleton OF which AR,
Miller has charge. JOS. Nemachek has
charge OF the books Of the company.
Walter Starett is salesman and keeps
track of the stock on hand. W. j.
Reilly has charge Of the yard and looks
after the shipping. Higgins and john
son haye the contract for piiing the
lumber, and Mr.. Higgins is foreman Of
the mill. Steve Bouker has charge Of
the shingle mill and John Bowers looks
after the manufacture OF lath and pick
It's. JOS. Lonkey is the planning mill
brennan and looks after all Of that part
# the work, while Samuel Walters is
.hief engineer and has charge Of all OF
he engines.
The company have lately added a
lab cutting machine and viii cut upall
II their slabs for fire wood.
During the past winter they have
purchased several million Of pine on
sand Lake ard are negotiating for
another large tract.
Lumber is being shipped from the
'ards every day but they report the
sales as being only about one third Of
What they were last year.
Fred 0. Porter, our hustling and
,nterp Using young liveryman, is d man
hat does stop half way or DO things by
halves. This spring he has finished
md painted, inside and out, the house
md other buildings that he bought CT
u. Savageo, graded and fixed up the
avn, setting out shade and ornamental
,rees and planting shrubbely. He has
slso put nice fence around the same
which is artisuically painted and he
low has one CT the most attractive set
If buildings in that locality. He has
llso made similar improvements on the
lcuse and lot that he bought OF Fred
Shaw. About two weeks ago he bought
lis partners interest in the livery barn
md lot prefering to paddle his own
.anoe TO sailing longer in partnership. !
Since then he has not been idle. lie
las torn up and built over the rear
table where he kept his horses, max
ne the stalls larger and more roomy,
,ut in new floors throughout the whole !
hung out new sign and !
made various other improvements in
md about the building. Mr.. Porter
low has the best equipped livery in the
ity and will use everyone light and
invites one ard all to call and see his
'igs and get prices before going else
where. He has the only hea.'se in the
ity and all funeral parties should pat
onize him, and may be sure Of prompt
-ttention. careful drivers and always on