The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-01-26
Mason Go. Log Product in 1893.

Following is the detailed report of work done
| In Sol. G. Simpson d Co.'S logging camps on the
Puget Souni & Gray's Harbor R. r., Mason
County, for the year 1893:
CAMP l.
Worked 1o1z months, employing So
to 60 men; product in feet 1912, 95t
Worked months, employing SIS
men; product $500, 24s
CAMP g.
| 4mOnths, SIS men average, product 5q1q 7S1
| CAMP a.
months, 60 men average, product n,25s,sI7
Total product 1852, 2sg
I01ai number OF logs about ipiecesl 25,0OG
per day about 259. when all are being operated.
| this product, was as follows;
Camps d Each two horse teams of 5 spau
each, or 20 horses two loading teams, horses,
line horses and two donkey engines. Total
Camps 3 4 4-Each one horse team, one bull
team and one donkey engine.
Total, donkey engines.
S0head of horses
80 head of oxen.
Comparisons:-Simpson' camps P. S. & G. H.
r. R. produced in 1898. 1900 600 feet of logs,
placing an average value of S. so per NJ. would
aggregate about s245, 500. In 1892, the product
was 40 900 900 feet valued at about S25O0OO. In
1891, 3SOOo,o0O, valued at $247, 900. Placing an
servatlve, because good proportion of the pro-
| duct consisted of spars and long timber, rating
s10 and upwards per thousand feet good No. /
logs from $3.50 to S. per thousand
The logs are hauled to the landing booms on
Little Skookum Bay, by the P. s. & g. H. r. R.,
and when the four camps are in operation the
| road uses three locomotives and about one hum
dred logging trucks, employing nearly one hun
dred men.
Only one of the camps worked the full year,
mo o don Dy 1885,
tract and their full output is taken by the Port
Blakely Mill Co.; they are operated by Mr.. Sol.
u. Simpson, who is veteran lumberman, and
operates on an extensive scale
WASHINGTON SOUTHERN RAILROAD,
SHELTON.
Three logging camps were operated on this
railroad during 1893, during which time the
road was under the control of a receiver.
Mason County Logging Company, with two
camps. operated7 months. employing about 65
men and producing l3.690000 feet of logs.
ing IS men. produced 6,51o,OOO feet stopped
work August 18th.
Value Of product of the two Companies operat-
ing on Washington Southern, about Sic, O0O
Product of road in 1892, sc, 100000 feet.
'' 1884, 100000 feet.
SHELTON SOUTHWESTERN RY., SHELTON
Two camps operated by Williamson Logging
Company. average So men, months,
hauled, in feet l4,78S61O
Other Loggers on road 2,3S9,S61
Total of R. R. [logsl 17.13s.471
III pies TO the value OF $500 were also hauled
1898, of lumber was 799 ,742 feet.
HOOD CANAL.
SKOKOMIsH RIvER.-Jos. Doyle with average
of IL men, worked 5,252 days during 1898, pro-
ducing 5, 10000 feet of logs. This was one of
the best logging propositions on the Sound, as
this small crew often producing more than 1000
feet per day to the man, and the average per
man for the full time at work is shown to be
about $50 feet. This is rarely duplicated in sue
cessful logging, the conditions being a short
haul, fine timber and willing crew.
Edward Simpson also produced about S,009, 600
feet; Benny Wiley, about 100000, all of these
logs being safely doomed at the mouth of the
Skokomish River. Other loggers operating on
Hoods Canal during the year, make the output
tributary fully 100000 feet. The product in
1892 was 100000 feet; in 1891, $4,000.
Small loggers worked OH Big Skookum Bay,
North Bay and Pickering Passage, but no
figures obtainable from this source In
prior years this output ranged from 3 to II mil
lion feet but was probably about ten million
feet in $685. less than usual, because of the diff
Guilty OF small loggers to run long or sell their
product.