The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-06
LUMBE II NEW ;
West Coast Zimmerman.

West Coast Lumberman-
J. W. Heron, an Aberdeen logger. round
a fir tree recently from which he cut nVe
twenty-four-foot logs. the largest being
ninety-seven inches in diameter at the
big end: the smallest was nifty inches IN
diameter at the small end. The nVe logs
scaled about 5000 feet
Work on the extension of the wharves
for the Slade & West mill at Aberdeen
is nearly completed.
The three cargo mills OF Aberdeen
shipped 323S. $50 feet OF lumber by water
during the month OF July.
\. Damitio runs small sawmiu IN ABB
erdeen, cutting lumber for fish boxes. He
is the proprietor Of a new automatic log
haul up. Two chains are fastened 70 a
large log under the dock. AT high tide
the log TO be lifted is attached TO the
other end of the chains. and as the tide
goes down il lifts this smaller log to its
place on the wharf.
Twenty cars of lumber and sixteen
cars of shingles were shipped from Elma
in July.
Orders are plentiful with the Frances
Lumber Company at Frances. A side
track will shortly be put in to the mill,
which will save the expense OF hauling
lumber to the main track.
Logging operations around Shelton in
dictate a better demand for good logs. 4
corps of surveyors is locating fifteen
IllI6S Oh new IOdu lOA Tie AAdAl-
road Company, formerly the Washington
Southern. The new road will extend di-
rectly west from the old line, opening up
a fine body of timber. Business in the
Shelton & Southwestern is also rushing.
The Sprague Lumber Company, at
Sprague. fortunately escaped uninjured
in the big fire in that city, apd Is in shape
TO meet the demands Of the building ac-
tivity that will follow the fire.
G. A. q +. II. Mudgett, OF Snohomish,
loaded 1871. 600 five to two clear shingles
in a Great Northern 36-foot car recently.
The punches were twenty-three inches in
length.
r. II. kim. of Snoqualmie, lost his
shingle dry kiln by fire three weeks ago.
A new one has been built.
The Cornwall sawmill at New What
com has started up after long ldleness.
The recent oveThauling of the plant. to-
gether with the addition OF new machIn-
cry. makes it strictly up TO date mill.
The City of Puebla cleared from the mill
July % with $1,000 feet of lumber to be
used in the construction of cars for tho
San Francisco e. Joaquin Valley railroad
by J Hammond e. Co, the San Francisco
car builders. Several fair-sized cargo or
ders are on the hook.
e. Simpson and G.. Kinney are operat-
ing a new logging camp on the Dewatto
river in Mason county.
Healv & Sisco have completed the rail-
road ait their logging camp near Marys-
vile. and the camp is now In active opera
ton. turning out 10000 feet a day for the
Port Blakeley mill.
The Lester Single company, OF Lester
King county. is waiting for the railroad
company to put in Il switch in order TO
get the machinery TO the mill site.
Montesano is to have a new sawmili
s. y Estus, the well-known lumberman
has purchased the machinery of the cid
Tower Manufacturing company at Contra
liza and viii move il to Montesano at once
The mill will cut $4,000 feet OF lumber
daily.
The Elma Single Company, operating
Bisselrs mill, is putting in another dry
kiln. The mill is operated by good crew.
averag ing considerably over 100000 per
day on double blocker.
Blackman Bros. of Granite Falls. have
added siding machinery 10 their shingle
mill in order TO cut mixed orders.
The machinery of the Hungry Culch
shngle mill is being moved TO Mount Yer
non where it will be set up near the site
OF the big mill which was burned two
months ago.
F. o. Erlich's double block mill at Nc
Murray has cut on an average Of 10000
shingles every day for a month past.
\ single mill. siding machine and four
dry kilns are being added TO the plant OF
the South Fork Lumber Manufacturing
Company near Saxon.
The Burlington Manufacturing Com
pany's shingie mill al Burlington has been
shut down Indefinitely. G. w. Reed. for
merly manager OF the company, and
George Green are now operating r L.
Fox & Sons double block Single mill A
new boiler has been added.
s. ". Blumaur and +. 8. Whalen have
incorporated the Des Chutes Logging &
Boom Company with a capital stock
$4,000. general logging business vii.
be engaged in on the Des Chutes river
The headquarters Of the company will be
at BueOda. +
s. d. Wyman recently bought the prop
erty Of the Globe Shingle Mil at New
Whatcom at sherif's sale. paying $4,000
for the plant.
Lumber business at Olympia is In a bet
ter condition than IL has been for many
months. The West Side MIL Company
has started up on orders that will test the
capacity OF the mill for two months to
come. night crew has been put on re-
Gently 70 run the planners. The Olympia
Lumber Company is showed under with
orders 70 such an extent that Manager
Smith says he don't have time 70 eat
meals. Springer & White have plenty OF
orders on hand for sash and door stock.
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