Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-07-19
MUCH MONEY.
The Globe Describes Come ct,
Paul Mathematics, Kmo
Them Frederick Weyer-
A stss M haeuoer. i. &, v

\ Sundays st. Paul Globe contained
descriptive articles and portraits d
the millionaires OF that city, given as
Y Elk In number. They are j. J. Hill,
4 Frederick w eyerhaeuser, D. G.
shepard, w. r. Merriam. Alexander
! Ramsey and Nm. Dawson. III
and Neyerhaeuser arc each credited
Y with wealth to the extent OF $780,
900, 900, Dawson has 5000. 0OO. and
Merriam, Ramsey and Shepard
/ 81, OOO, 900 each. The following
\ sketch Of the life of Mr.. Weyerhaeuser
win be read with interest by people
U fLittle Falls and Morrison county:
S Frederick Weyerhaeuser is the &C
knowledged king Of Americ lum-
bermen. His wealth is estimated at
the same stupendous figure as that
4 OF the railroad kingtwenty million
dollars. t n. T.. y, :.
Mr.. Weyerhaeuser was born in
Mayence, Germany Just sixty years
ago. He spent his childhood in the
Fatherland. at the age Of twelve
he ca me to- America, and settled in
Pennsylvania. After residing in that
state for about ten years, Mr..
Weyerhaeuser removed in. 1856 to
\ Rock Island, III. 1t was there that
he obtained employment in the busl-
ness in which he was destined to
become famous. His first position
was that of an ordinary hand in a
saw mill. He was then twenty-one
years OF age. Even in this humble
capacity his industry and ability
soon became manifest to his employ
ers, and III less than ten years ne
was sent by them to manage a re-
tail yard at Coal Valley, Ill. After
experimenting the yard for a year
he bOughtit. Though his income
up to this time had not been large,
through economy and frugality,
qualities as characteristic of the man
who, becomes rich as they are essen
tial to that reward, Mr.. Weyer-
haeuser had quite snug little sum
to his credit. But what was still
more valuable, he enjoyed the con-
sfidence Of his employers and all
Others who had business relations
with him. Not long after Mr.. Weyer-
haeuser had purchased the retail
lumber yard, his former employers
failed in business. Thereupon Mr..
sWeyerhaeuser stepped in and ant
bought the mill plant. Here his
career SIS u N manufacturer OF lumber '
began. He conducted the business
alone for while, hut soon took his
brother-in-law, Mr.. Denkmann, into
partnership, thus forming the ia
sm0us saw mill firm Of Weyerhaeuser
s& Denkmann, which 10. still in ex-
Fistence. Subsequently Mr.. Weyer-
|haeuser became connected with the
Mississippi Logging company. 1t
was in this enterprise that Mr..
sWeyerhaeuser attained the promi-
hence which constantly increased as
the years rolled by. The company
was organized in 1870 for the pur-
pose Of sorting the Chippewa logs
belonging to down river mills at
Beef Slough: to save the mill owners
trouble and expense. Mr.. Weyer-
slaeuser became president Of the
com pany in 1872, and so successful
was his management that the entire
care OF the business was entrusted
to him, and each year witnessed his
reelection to the Office of president.
Mr.. Weyerhaeuser also became
president Of the Chippewa Logging
company, an office he has retained
ever since. In the thirteen years OF
its existence this company handled
over &, OOO, 900, 900 feet OF logs. Other
enterprises with which Mr.. Weyer--.
haeuser has been identified are the
chippewa Lum Der and FBoom com
pany. the Shell Lake and Barronett
companies, the White River Lumber
company, the North Wisconsin
Lumber company, the, Chippewa.
River & Menumonee railroad, q log.
sging line; the st. Paul Boom com
pany, the Mississippi & Rum River
Boom company, the Pine Tree Lum M:
Der company, at Little Falls, and the
Mississippi River Lumber company.
The Lass company is. one OF the
latest corporations under the man
agelnent OF Mr.. Weyerhaeuser. II
brought out the holdings OF the st.
Anthony Lumber company and the
Cross Lake Logging company with
It's railroad at q cost Of more than g
million dollars. .se :s. B. i. ,11 \
TO nearly all OF these companies
Nj. Weyerhaeuser gives his personal
attention.. Every winter he Visits at
least 200 lumber camps on the Chip
pewa and III other parts OF Northern