The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-22
AROUND THE MILLS.

Moultrays mill at Nooksack has shut
down for the winter.
Monroe Bros. mill men OF Arlington.
have removed to Wooley.
Hall & Bishops logging camp at Gettys-
burg has shut down till early next spring.
+. A. Shaw & Co. have closed their saw
mill ar Nelson siding, Kit,itas county. for
the winter.
The Bell Mil Lumber Company of Ev-
erett recently cut 10000 feet OF lumber in
ten hours on one saw.
kunze Bros. & Stanton have leased the
Ford single mill at Arlington, which they
are now placing In repair.
A Westport logger has three big RATS
of logs ready for shipment for which he
has refused an OFFER OF Sc per 1000 feet
The shinsls mill at Acme cut an average
OF 1884 shingles day during October. 1898,
past.
The destruction of the Hastings Shingle
Company's dry kiln full OF shingles at Co.
shen caused a loss estimated at sl.500 in
sured for $500.
The Fflion Mill and Lumber Company. OF
Port Angeles. IS running full time. filing a
big eastern order and al an advanced price
over previous shipments.
The Seattle Logging Company's camps
AT Freshwater bay and Port Crescent are
running with smaller crews for the winter
work. The past season has been very
successful one.
The Bell Lumber Company OF Everett ia
shipping this week 10000 feet OF lumber and
railroad timhers to Skagway. 1sooo feet
left "Wednesday on the steamer Protection
and the balance will be taken by the Shir-
ley.
The building proper OF the Bellingham
Bay Improvement Company's new tempo
rary mill is completed and a force of men
is at work arranging the machinery in the
mill IT will probably be In running order
this week.
Both the Royal City and Brunette saw
mills, Vancouver. r. c., are running on
for several months. The Royal City mills
are running night and day, and the Rru-
nette mills are running time and third.
Fl. NJ. Goodrich. Of the Geneva Lumber
Company, Lake Whatcom. states that the
company closed its shingle department last
Saturday for two months or more The
company's mill is we'll stocked with fir and
cedar lumber and can fill orders promptly
The Pine Manufacturers Association Of
San Francisco, has increased the jobbinr
price OF lumber 81 a thousand. the new rate
being S.5o. The reason given for the ad-
vance Is the scarcity OF logs on Puget
secure enough hands during the las, sea
son TO get out logs 10 meet the demands of
the mills
The cargo shipments from Washington
for October were 2. 24l. 80 feet of lumber
and 4.337. 2S3 lath of which y 400 orc feet OF
lumber and 64i.l23 lath went foreign. The
total rail shipments OF lumber from Wash
ington for the ten months OF 1SS were sss
cars. as against s.5cs cars In 1897, 8 9a3 cars
In 1896, and 7"5 cars in 1895 The shin
men;s OF lumber In 1888 have exceeded 1897
by 4+.eo ~ feet.
Ran shipments east from the state dur
ing October were aia ears. or Is i.4p 600 feet
OF lumber, against f2aHlo feet in October
last year. and the total shipments of the
year 10 date have been IsS COS 900 feet
against Ia. 49, go feet for ten months last
year. Single shipments In October were
1877 ears. or agS. So .1 against rs. $50 40
In the same months last year and for tho
year tSH ,os'"n shingles compared with
aj12. 5000 in ten months OF iss7.-~West
Coast Trade
a mere complete account OF the loss by
fire Of the Hastings mill, which was To-
Gently burned at Vancouver r. c. shows
that the insurance on the mill amounted
20 $3.50. The stock in the yards was in
surea for $satts. and the total loss il 4sti
mated at ABOUT saa 90. II Is now though.
that II Vancouver does not offer bonus
for the rebuilding 81 the plant In that CITY
tire mill company viii move 10 a pdin.
some ninety miles UP the coast where thew
control big limits.