The Lake Charles echo., 1894-05-25
The Lake Charles Lumber Industry.
We clip the following from the Chicago
Tiabsrmat, which shows in what Tepute
Lake Charles is held as a lumber town:

I
TiBabsrma4l, which shows in what Tepute
Lake Charles is held as a lumber town:
a4gT1IAKE CHARLES.
The little city Of Lake Charles has I'M
pruveil more within last three years than
any other town of its size in the south.
Not only have tliere been active, eneT-
getic and strong men advancing their
own interests in Lake Charles and yiein-
ity. but these same men have materially
benefited their own town in every move
they made Lake Charles has become a
rice and sugar market as well as a lum
Der market. This is largely a new devel-
opment, but the lumber interests have
not suffered thercfrOm On the contrary.
more lumber has gone into local coll
sumption than before, Thus giving
better outlet for the lower grades. Still
there is no especial prospect for further
improvement at this time. ! find things
! quiet in all lines at Lake Charles. as IS
the case in every town in the south
today.
| While there, for the sake of a little
outing, from curiosity and to have
pleasant ride with John Poe. went five
miles mp the country to the cypress
swamps belonging to Mr.. Poe, where his
pull boat ''swamp Angel was pulling
ont logs one mile from the west fork Of
Calcasieu. The equipment of this boat
Is a powerful one. Two men operate the
levers governing the ropes which haul
thirty foot cypress logs az easily as if
they were fishing poles, and keep the
crew of men in the woods quite busy
getting them ready to pull out. This
immediate neighhorhood of Lake Charles
was supposed to have been cut 0ut sev-
eral Years ago, hut Mr. Poe in looking to
the f1lturc has secured enough 10 keep
his mills running for some years to come.
The Swamp Angels camp Is q very
cozy affair. where French Pete presi0es
as cook and also as general assistant to
to the manager Of the woods crew This
is one of the best looking camps i'll tho
state for neatDcss both in the culinary
department aud the general living room
of the men.
On my return spent few hours al
the office Of the Bradley Ramsay Lumber
Company. at Goosport, suburb of LAX,
Charles. Here mill No, ! and the main
ofiice Of the company arc lOcated. Thls
mill is closed down for short time, but
the Mt Hope mil Of the company has
t been running with extreme success
t averaging about g., co.. feet daily. Whik
% sitting i'll their office. Assistant manager
D Brown received an order from PTesiden
- ". Z. Ramsay for 100 cars Of eommoI
+ dimension, Mr.. Ramsay having beef
6 among the retailers of the north. BEOthe
Ramsay has one peculiar characteristic
/ which is that he knows how 70 sell lum
+ ber as well as to manufacture it-tw,
y abilities that do not always 20 together
g In this connection it may be mentiODe,
). that Chester Brown, who for a number q
4 years was with the firm of W. L, MeI
= shon q Co., Of Saginaw, Mich, IOOkin
5, after the financial part Of the business
Il severed his connection with that iBstitu
It tion some time ago and will more tina
Il likely be permanently connected wit
o the bradley Ramsay Lumber Compun
re as assistant manager, and probably hol
:, an official position also. Mr. Brown ha
t. been spending some time in the south
is search of health, and if he is successful
L.
es This will give Lake Charles another oi
be of MichiGan's active Young men, wi
e. will both advance the interests of j
a adopted town and state and be found
rk valuable associate to President ",
ig and Secretary Charles Ramsay. Th
m company are adding to their steam pow
a plant at the Large mill three lG-fo
at 3-ineh ilue boilers, which will great
e, facilitate their operations,
Id While talking with Mr.. r. SHUTS, Il
II timber surveyor of Lake Charles, Feeer
rd ly, he made the surprising stateme
up that the boundary lines Of the BradIe
'ss RAMSAY Lumber Company's lands mea
ured about 4OJ miles This hardly seel
lis possible, bat coming from such gO
III, authority cannot bc rashly denied. NJ
he SHUTS has surveyed every logging TO
re that has been bnilt in this section; al
.at 10 talking Of them waB very enthusiast
he when he made the remark that the T0a
,se beds Of the trans at Lake Charles We
is better than those of the Southern Paci
Of or Of any Of the large trunk lines Of IL
Ire section, which refuse to take the Sal
nd risk as do the insurance companies "
od carry accident and life insurance Oh I
It'll lumber newspaper correspondents W
Isl travel over them.
) it The Bel-Bunker Lumber C0npal
leb which has operated at Lake Charles
er- several years, although until Februa
as of this year it was known as N. I. JOl
,rlS d Co., are particularly fortunate in ID.
5he ing president BIr. J. Albert Bel, ]
in Bel is very active man and in direeti
res, the operations Of this COMPANY has b.
ON SO successful that recently he seems
eN have gOttena corner on the '.hOrns" VIII
have been going the rounds Of the m
has inthis city for the largest cut Of a sin
ON circular. The mill Of this company y
her cut every day 5000 feet While it
The trne that this company have as fine i
the as a man ever looked at and plenty
leat them, yet the work OF the nill gi
mot assurance that Mr.. Bel is master Of
like saw business. Ills company have alb
me 60, 900 logs on hand and abonf 5000
heir them are ID their boom at the milL
far writer went out on the gallery Of Il
col coy tw0-sioFy office haililing and too
Aeln glance through an opera glass at
rust boom. j was sufficiently attaeted
10 the naInl,er and size Of the logs to m
erk. an extra trip to see them, which assn
me that caleasieu pine log is the ~
ast like the old-tiaae cork pine of