The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-17

Poison, logger. councilman of the same
town. w. n. Nudd of Nudd & Taylor,
Centralia, was defeated for mayor. ana
so was f. A. Frost. OF Chehalis. n Camp
bell, the shingle manufacturer of Ballard.
was also defeated for mayor a couple OF
weeks ago.
The Vulcan Iron Works Company. OF
this city, recently made the abnormal
record OF selling seven logging engines IN
six days. which is believed to be the oest
sale ever made on the Coast. The en-
gines were loaded and shipped the same
day.
f. r Allen. who was conducting gov
ernmental Investigations of the forests
of this state during the last summer,
shortly prior to his departure for the
Last last month had a series of tests
made to ascertain the weight of hemlock
lumber The lumber was kln-dried, and
then showed that it's specific gravity was
2.240 pounds to 1000 feet. This shows 1t
to be only a little heavier than spruce,
and that when it is still further light
ened by dressing will. as far as weight
is concerned. be a good substitute for
spruce for box shocks.
f. F.. Overton will soon close his Bal
lard single mill for two weeks for re-
pairs.
The Stlmson MI Company may close
its single mill at Ballard for a time
after orders now on hand are filled.
The Sobey Manufacturing Company, at
Ballard. will soon close its mill a week
for repairs, and will then resume oper-
atoms
The Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacture
ing Company, at Ballard. is putting in a
new 1896 boiler that has capacity OF
100-horse power.
f. Campbell & Co. will not close their
Ballard shingl. mill at all this winter
II is reported unless a short period of
idleness shoulc be necessary for repairs.
The West Coast Manufacturing and
Investment Companys shingle mill at
Ballard will probably be closed for a short
time for necessary repairs. but it is not
the intention of the firm to indulge In a
protracted period of idleness this winter.
The Salmon Bay Single Mil Company
will continue to operate its Ballard shin
gle mill all winter. but is furnishing the
product to only one dealer in the East,
and IL his orders should diminish in VOL
ume the output will be correspondingly
decreased. The company does not intend
to invade the local market
The Kellogg Mill Company. at Ballard.
intends to close the mill for three weeks
for repairs in the near future The MEM
bers of the firm are talking of adding
a double-block shingle machine to their
plant, so that they may make better
grade Of shingles and keep up with the
demands of their trade II they install
this they will cut 10000 to 100000 shingles
a day.
Hickman & Hanson. OF Ballard. have
purchased the property of the Winsor
Lumber Company. whose mill was burned
last summer, and will convert it into. a
shpyard. This gives the firm about 600
o. ..fx
Is required for the shipbuildng operations.
All the machinery that is being Installed
In the plant Is Of the latest pattern, and
adapted to the superior methods of ship
construction. The builders will soon be
in position to take contracts for YES
sells of as high as 1000 tons burden. They
are now devoting themselves to finishing
their plant and repairing various craft.
They generally have several on their
ways.
A new lumber yard has been establish
ed at Arlington by c. A. Hudson.
ID. ]. Cain & Co. will double the capac-
ity of their mill at Prairie this winter
The Wiese-Hill Lumber Company has
been Incorporated at Everett. with a cap
ital stock of $1,000
David Tozer will establish saw mill
to work $50 acres OF timber he recently
bought near Summit.
A. T. Holmes Is experimenting the cree
ton of a saw mill in the "Hoodoo'' sec
ton of Eastern Washington.
The Bellingham Bay & British Column
bia Railroad Company is building fiat
cars at the shops at New Whatcom.
The property of the Washington Mil
Company, of Walls Walla. has been
bought by w G. Cordiner for $4,000
Esary Bros mill, at La Conner. was
destroyed by fire November %. Loss,
$500; insured for a third of its value.
II is reported that the Great Northern
viii establish a freight car factory at
Everett. to build Its rolling stock.
The Simpson Lumber Company is re-
building ITS mill at South Bend. II will
have daily capacity of 5000 to 100000
feet.
The government has declared its In
tention of constructing saw mill at the
Puget sound naval station at Bremerton.
The plant will. however, be used solely
for the purpose OF saving up timbers pur-
chased from private mills, so that they
can be used In government work. and
saving such timbers as cannot be secured
by private contract
Somervile Bros, OF Napavine have
constructed a dam below their mill No
/, and moved mill No. two miles cas-,
of Napayine.
Mr. HUI has withdrawn from the saw
mill firm OF Henry & Hull. at Goodhope
near Vancouver, and will enter the log
ging business.
George c. Benjamin, formerly with the
Lincoln Shlngle Company. of Arlington
and more recently at Spokane Is now
located at Teton. Mont.
Ira JOY. who has been conducting the
Lake Stevens shngle mill. bought a sitt
on Lake stevens from II. W. Illman, and
viii erect a mill there
The Union City saw mill has been sold
to company consisting OF Monroe Nance
and Henry Nance, OF Harrison, and Mr.
Smith, OF Dawson. n. w T.
proposition is under consideration a,
| Hoquiam TO donate site to G. II Carl
son, formerly manager of the Weston
Basket and Manufacturing Company. Il
enable him to establish a BOX factory and
saw mill there
A. Mealy has sold his interest In tbs
! Mealy Lumber Company, Of Chehalis. Ia
| Allen Bros. and II Is reported that with
some Tacoma associates he will start
a mill near the splash dam on the che.
halis-South Bend road, few miles ives,
OF Chchaiis.
The PORT Discovery saw mill owned by
the Moore & Smith Lumber Companv
was subjeoted TO foreclosure proceeding.
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