The San Francisco call., 1897-04-03
BUTLER READING IN HIS CELL.

} only few miles UP from the mouth of
that river.
The purchasers are a powerful syndi-
cate, comprising all the leading lum ber-
men who have their offices and yards in
San Francisco. II. r. Robertson, who
launched the original Joggins RATS some
ten years ago on the Atlantic coast, and
who has since The inception of the cigar
shaped RATS on this coast been with Mr..
Baines, remains in the company. Mr..
Baines, it Is said, made handsome sum
by his sale, but it is probable that the
profits of the new com bine will go into
hundreds OF thousands, if not millions.
The lum bermen are satisfied the ciga r.
shaped RATS will revolutionize the lumber
business of the Pacific Coast. 1t has
been proved that they are a success
that is. that the big RATS can be safely
and successfully brought here from points
on the upper coast and from Puget Sound.
More than this, not alone are pile TIM
bers brought as formerly, but logs for
making all kinds of lumber. Here, too,
ere long are TO arise extensive lum ber-
mills, employing probably many thou
sands of men.
Nor does this stop here. The refuse of
the mills is to be utilized in many differ
ent ways, as the blood, hoofs and bones
are from the great beef and pork packi ing
| establish ments in Chicago, Omaha and
Kansas City.
]. F. Kennedy, the extensive mill and
lumber man of this City. has been made
president of the new syndicate. AT his
office yesterday he told OF the organiza-
ton OF the big company and its object.
His story fully bore out all that rumor
had ascribed to the enterprise.
| He said that some years ago. when Man
ager Don nohue was yet alive. be had con-
| tracted with II. r. Robertson the proprie-
tor of the Joggins rats on the Atlantic
coast, to come here and build and float
RATS TO this City. Soon after Robertson IS
| arrival Mr.. Donohue died, and as Mr.. Rob
ertson was by contract tied up with the
estate be could not Immediately carry out
| his purposes.
| He and his associates, however" SAID
Mr.. Kennedy, finally launched raft in
October, at a time OF the year when the
most experienced lum herman thought he
could not possibly reach this City with il.
He was unfortunate in striking bad
weather, but besides this the towage was
insufficient.
When the next raft was launched.
however, the Mineola, load ed with 1000
tons of coal, was used as tug, and the
raft came through safely. Every other
effort was also attended with success.
1--WE. the lumbermen OF this City, at
| once saw that It was hopeless for US to at
tempt to compete with the new method
by bringing logs here in vessels as for
merly. They could SO undersell us that
We couldn't do business at all. The old
method was thing of the past.
"As result there has been a very strong
company formed here. composed of all
the leading lum mbermen. anu we will go
| into general rafting business. was on
| the Column bia two weeks ago. and arranged
for 100000 feet of logs. Mr.. Robertson
is there now, and we will at once proceed
to build great raft, and will bring two at
least this year--one in June and one in
! August. Our cradle there is capable of
holding 10000 sticks, averaging fifty feet
in length. or 100000 linear feet. believe