The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-20
AROUND THE MILLS.

Sparks saingie msli 81 Getchesl = run
ing fun time.
The t,sy u,lIl a: Port Ludlow is KEEP. busy
-eSeveTa hours day.
The Ferguson Taylor mill. az Blaine has
a cutting capacity az zs.fsa Per day.
TIE Buck Lumber and Silingis Company
has c<~es Incorporated AZ Snolpo-iisn-
A shingie hill % iao1so daily cutting ca
pacity Will be erected sooa AZ Olympia
TIE Atlas Lumber Company al McMur-
ray, coZsseTnplates putting IN Textbook
machine shortly.
Three OF the six camps q the Hastings
NIL. OF Na-scogver, q. e, have been closed
for The winter season.
A logging company has let the contract
fer building four and onc-half miles OF log
gag road il Tharsion county.
Z. g. Morgan, receiver q the Dean L.gn1-
Der Company, has been ordered by the
c.ou-s 70 pay creditors a : per cent divl-
6end.
Hugh Hart. r knot sawyer a. the What
com Falls mill. cut the little finger OF his
left hand qaile badly while at work Friday
night
H r. Bo-thwsck. the ense-prising mill
man OF Goble. Is contemplating building a
logging Taslroad about three miles in iess n.
20 bring his logs 20 the mill
The old Wickersham saw mill al Buck
ley, Pierce county. was burned recently.
The mill was being operated by \. Z. Bar
rett. OF Puyaiiup. The loss is about s6,o9o,
with no Insurance..
The Airline Saw Mill Company has been
Incorporated al Tacoma by oryllle Z.
Riggs. Herbert r.. Robbins and William f.
Xerkes. The mill viii be located on the
water front ~ Old Town. Tacoma
Charles Patton. spool tender IN S. a.
Souie's logging camp az Frances. had his
right hand recently caught in the wire ca
bic as IL was winding up on the spool and
the fourth and fifth fingers were badly
mashed.
MeJcaIf & Wade have a crew OF men over
hauling and charging their shingle pant.
The firm have 6a0 cords OF bolts at their
mill at present. a large crew OF men are
about e,o00 cords banked ready for the
spring drive. The mill Will start up again
il February.
Oscar Hilton. who was working for Ed
well * k2haley until their camp closed
down, was badly cat about the neck a few
he was temporarily employed. \ piece OF
q cToSScut saw was broken off with great
force and struck Hilton, making a serious
cash III his neck
While operating an edger ia a South Bend
saw mili. n roller dropped down on Fran x
Ceshley's arm and pulled his hand between
TWO SAWS about four inches apart. As
quickly as possible he raised the roller bur
not before his thumb and forefnger had
been sawed of and his fourth finger badly
Liceraied and the knuckle joint cut open.
Mr.. Hansen, of the Enumclaw Lumber
company, say plans are being made 10 50
increase the capacity of their plant that il
viii be the largest saw mill at any interior
paint i'll the state. They have recently
built Ii new structure for kiln-dried luyB-
Der, and are now putting Up large built-
ing for the storing OF any quantity OF stock
on hand.
The Hannaford is becoming one OF the
livelest and most prosperous little valleys
in Lewis county. Five logging camps are
already n operation there Since the Glib
son boys opened up the creek which drains
the valley, for logging purposes this has
become the chief industry Of the valley.
They now have over I.0c0el0 feet cut, 500 NJ
Of which is now being driven TO the Cen
tralta mills.
Articles Of incorporation of the Canyon,
MIL Company have been filed with the
county auditor at Everett. The incorpor-
ators and trustees Of The company are w
t. Stocker. president; c. f. Hartmann, vice
president Il. +. Croker secretary and
treasurer. The capital stock OF the com
pany Is $4,000. 1t already owns the Robe
mill on the Everett < Monte Cristo rail-
way. which will be put in operation as soon
as the market for shingles Will demand il.