Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-02-21
LUMBER INTERESTS,
Meeting of the Kennebec Op-
orators in Augusta, tuesday.
Believed the Cut This Winter Will
Reach 16O,OOo,OOO.
Achon Taken by Kennehec Log Driving Co.
for the Season.

I III ''' - = i-bS DRIVING 60. ibr me Nt1l
iN'9 shows TIA; the total ,ut IN III,
i.'nn"bt" liver. II L year. was H.
.'1l."l fvct. This is a gain of about
| i4"oo.oUn feet over the previous yeal
and ia" figures for 1900 will be away
h"l "hd any Of these. These were tn,
circumstances that faced the stock
holders ot the large concern when they
began up IN their meeting in g. a. r.
nam. AT 10 o'clock Tuesday morning
Il was a lIrg" meeting. about 80 of thu
lumber kings or representatives. being
present Tn" meeting was not one ol
me easy going sort that sometimes
charlcjrriZcs such i meeting. The
time VAS when the me, ting of the Ken
nchtc Log Driving 80. was the Signal
for the opening Of the batteries uf the
members and some warm diScusSi ms
~ nS". Tuesday, for time. promised
some of these same features. but all
was arranged 50 that nothing great
ucV loprl aside from one little sparring
match of words between President Ira
II. Randall of the Augusta Lumber Go.
ANA the directors Of the company.
This great company IS preparing for
\ Large years work. 1t viii BE- th"
ii ~ i'+'tiiN IL anu pen EbS lIl,'
L 's, ," record ". i. Lannigan of
w.. V thr representative of the in
tcrrsts of the great pllinssworth x
Whitney interests. who is one Of tn
hD-t if not the best informed man on
hrnn"brc lumber matters in the whole
section. has made estimates Of the
years cut ana what Will Le ncated
down the broad kennrbcc during the
coming season. He informed the Jour
nal. Tuesday forenoon. that not far
from lGo 600. coo feet Of lumber VIII be-
cut. this year.
"Where viii the greater p1rt Of the
increase be-" asked the Journal.
1T will be in every cut ana in every
numbering section. All are laying out
for a larger amount than usual"
The price of lumber il high ana the
market is bright This was shown in
the sale Of the prize logs. They sold
at auction as last year The records
90 To show that the sale in 1899 was to
j. :. x f. f. Hildstreet Of Gardiner
fpr the price of $>.25. They We're also
t. b" taken under rigging At the Halo
WcIl boom. the company paying thu
hpomiu% ana rafting. The terms. this
year. We're that the company is free
from expense after the Five Island
boom is reached. The bidding was
started at $50 by Mr.. Brldstreet
Nj Shaw. the moderator. Kept things
moving ana the result was the sale To
Lawrence Rrothers of South Gardiner.
for $ll per thousand. This method of
sale is also ~ cents more Per thou
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suited in the selection Of :. ". Phil
brick of SkOWhcgan, while Ed +. PaE'
of oWhc@an, was again elected audi
for.
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Tba bnor,ara a+ Sand.s hoom was
tfx..d M 10 cents na,. loo with addition
aI ,xr..ns.s added. tha contract fnr
taking the logs out Of the Riverside
boom and putting them into the Halo
well boom was let to the lowest re-
Spuusihle bidder The directors Werr
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