The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-22

three story factory. which WITH necessary
wharf and yard facilities will cost sk.a,
The Puget Sound Saw ,li.I & Shiasle
Company. OF Fairhaven cut liz. iaa 90
shingles and s.gis, 1s2 fee; OF lumber last
year. This is the shingie record OF tie
United States.
The building OF new branch lines by the
Oregon Railroad Il NAVIGATION Company
into Latah and Shoshone counties. Idaho.
Will open Up an extensive Body Of white
pine. estimated at 3.eNu,gsa feet
Whitman & Wintergate. who have
bought the Olympia Shingie Company =
mill al Porter. arc making contracts for
shingle bolts with parties OH the river
and tributary creeks.
w. r. Horr, of the Hollans. -tiorr Mil
Company, OF Spokane, has purchased a
large block of stock in the International
Lumber Company, OF Idaho. and VIII be-
come manager OF the company.
b. F. Brock. OF Eufaula, has purchased
Il mile and a half OF new rails for the tx
tension Of his road. This extension viii
enable Mr.. Brock 10 tap ono ef the finest
bodies OF yellow fir in the state.
Kent & Moorhead. of Waitsburg. has
purchased the planning mill AT that place
from James Wickersham. and IL Is said
will In the near future conduct Il lun.iser
yard in connection with the pianer.
A. E. Mcfarland and Ii. j. Mattoon Of
this city. are engaged on a contract 10
a Il.
on the iatter's tract o; timber land triau-
tary to Nell creek. near a Ashland. ore.
The property of the Royal Canadian
Canning Company located at Claxtoa on
the Skeena river. including a sawmili,
store ETC. We're sold recently at auction
at Victoria. The price paid was Ni,5ep.
The Smith Manufacturing Company of
Marysville. has been incorporated by S. r.
Smith. G. Il. oiney. s. W. Sisco. J. =.
keene and j. A. Gould with a capital
stock OF $lS.ooo. The company will build "a
shingle mill.
T. Ludgate. the holder of the lease in
connection with Dead Mans Island. is re-
ported 10 have investment in another mill
at Vancouver. +. c., In view II IS said
that he has made overtures to purchase
the Buse mill.
One OF the most important logging deals
which has taken place on the Columbia
is the reported sale OF the entire logging
interests OF the Benson Logging e. Lu1n-
boring Company. OF Waterford and Oak
Point, TO Esvercsing & Farrei, OF Portland.
Pat Mccoy who has moved one ana one
half miles up the river from where he
logged last season, will operate with a
crew or forty-ltve men, two steam dohkeys
and one 10 horse team, and Will put in s.
GO foa or 3.fpaeH feet Of logs, both cedar
and fir
H Mccormick OF the Mccormick Lum-
Der Company. Pc ELL will purchase ma
chinery for new sawriiil IL will have
a capacity OF 5a.f9e feet day. There are
already five other mills in the vicinity all
running full capacity. The company has
t5so acres OF timber lands.
The Sound Lumber Company holds the
record for fhe largest shingle shiprnen. In
one car. February 10 the firm shipped from
Arlington a3. so "a S and 26T, 20 clears
the total being 3sl coo shingles at q guar
antesd weight OF *, Is pounds. The deSti-
nation OF the car IS Indiana.
Direct shipments Of redwood lumber
from Eureka. cal. 10 foreign ports during
the year promise to be a feature. Already
IL Hawaiian cargo has left the bay. and
lately there were FIVE cargoes loading or
20 be loaded! the whole aggreZafing , 20
feet. OF this. l.gs0oeo will be rough clear
lumber destined for Australia.
The North River Boom Company has
been organized at South Bend with j. u
Bennett president and Il. Hyatt secretary.
The company is composed Of forth river
IogGers and settlers. who are determined
to remove the jam w.lita ooStFucts tee
course OF that stream fi.s hi'n ircd DOL
lars has been raised for The purpose.
The largest bill OF big .innhers that was
ever turned cut in the Cowlitz valley by
"a sawuill is now being cut at Elders
mill catltn. The ;in5ers are To ~ used
I'm the steamer Lakme, which WAS recent
ly fred by her cargo Of lime and now lying
at Astoria for repairs. says tbs Kelso
Journal. The largest timber is Isx@. inch
es and lss feet long. and VIII re USED as
the keelson. The leg that furnishes this
large piece ~ tisab~ is i2s feet long and
- inches at the small end and contains
sslu feet of lumber. The stick alone tsas
1 20 gset. Two 81 her tiulbera measure 100
feet In length. and are u ny a.