The Minneapolis journal., 1901-03-13
EARLY THAWS HURT
Many Small Logging Operators
Forced to Suspend.
"BIG UNs" HAVE BETTER ROADS
Sales in the Ashland District the
Heaviest for II Good Many
Seasons.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Ashland, Wis, March 13. = The early
spring thaws have struck this region and
greatly effected logging operations. A
majority Of the small operators have been
forced to suspend and the woodsmen from
these camps are beginning to pour into the
cities of northern Wisconsin and Mime
sofa.
In the camps of the larger operators the
thaws have not been attended with such
detrimental effects. because most of the
roads used are formed of ice between six
and fourteen inches thick. These roads
will last for some time to come.
An important sale made last week was
that of the logging road of the Red Lake
Transportation company. This road was
built by the Halvorson & Richards COM
pany between Nebash the headquarters, and
Red Lake, where the company had a
steamboat line across the lake to Red
river. The line is about fifteen miles in
length and was constructed three years ago
for the purpose of logging the Red Lake
reservation for Shevlin, Carpenter & Co.
and T. B. Walker of Minneapolis. The
lumber companies have about 3OO,OOO,O0O
feet of timber to log in this region yet
and the contract of the road includes a
yearly haul of 80, 100000 feet. Probably
one third of the timber has been taken OF.
1t is not known whether the sale Of the
road will carry with it the logging con-
tracts or not. The road is to be delivered
to teh Northern Pacific company and COM
pleted to the new line of the Minnesota
and International road the coming sum-
mer. The purchase Of the logging road
and it's connections will give the Northern
Pacific an outlet to Red Lake and into
the heavily timbered district. The Hal
vorson- Richards company is now laying
Pacific and by the end Of next summer will
have about sixty miles of the new road
built toward Koochiching.
Hall G. Munson, who have been logging
some $4,000 900 feet of pine near Maple,
Wis, are said to be making arrangements
to bring the logs to the head of the lake
to be sawed. If this is done, a branch
road about six miles long will be built to
conect with the Northern Pacific.
Largest This Year.
The largest timber deal that has taken
place in Ashland this year was consum
mated to-day The Soper Lumber COM
pany of Chicago sold all their timber be-
tween here and Duluth to Eddy & Glynn
the weIl-known Ashland and Green Bay
lumbermen. 1t is estimated that the
amount of timber transferred figures up to
Sc OOO, 900 feet. This with other holdings
makes Eddy & Glynn the largest timber
includes a quantity of logs in the Brule
includes a uantity of logs in the Brule
river which are to be sawed at the SEQ
field mill at West Superior. The SEQ
field mill has a contract calling for the
saving of all this timber, but whether it is
binding in the transfer is yet secret.
L. K. Kerr, one Of the very oldest log
gers of the Chippewa river, last week COM
pleted his contract for banking 20O,00O,0O0
feet of logs in the vicinity of Phillips,
Price county. Mr.. Kerr began logging in
the vicinity of Phillips in the winter of
1875 when Phillips was part Of Chippewa
county His contract covered period of
fifteen years and is the last of the large
contracts that Price county afforded.
Wonderfully Good Season.
Head of the lake and Cheuamegon Bay
lumbermen certainly have no reason to
complain of the present conditions of the
market. The opening months of tho
spring season are bound to show some of
the heaviest individual sales on record,
and the total amount, if the lumber con-
tinues to go at the present rate. will ag-
gregate more than has tbeen sold in some
whole seasons.
The big sale by the Clark Jackson COM
pany Of 21,000,00O feet, made late last
week. was eclipsed by the sale of 80 900, 900
feet by the Duncan Brewer company to
the Pilsen lumber company of Chicago.
This Will include the entire seasons cut
of the Duncan Brewer company. The
price paid was 1856, 900. The sales of the
Duncan Brewer and the Alger-Sm com
panies have already amounted to $1,000. 900
feet and the estimated sales OF the Duluth
Ashland district during the past few
weeks footed up 100000, 600 feet.
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