The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-22
AIT OPEN WATER
Mills at Duluth Will Be Running
in Ten Days.
SOME HAVE ALREADY STARTED
Will Cut a Hundred
Million Feet-Ail-Rail Ship
ments Closing.
Snaci.al to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Duluth, Mimi, March 22.-Several Of
the mills will be running in ten days, If
no severe weather intervenes to stop the
melting of ice in the river and harbor.
Most of them are ready to commence
work and only await open water.
The Merrill Ring mill will commence
as soon as any summer mill, and will cut
about 1O,OCO,000 feet more than last year,
or about 50,O0OO00 feet. The company IS
rebuilding the dry kiln that was destroyed
some time ago in the fire at the Duluth
Box company's WORKS. Shipment OF lum
Der has been under way until now all
rail to- the east and south, amounting to
about 1900 feet daily.
The Leisure mill will be running soon
with larger cut assured than last year.
This mill would have started for the
biggest cut in its history had the weather
stayed cold enough for hauling few
days longer. ~ ,
The Scott-Graff mill. is now saving
steadily for Richardson & Avery, whose
logs come from the Scott-Graff company
camps near Two Harbors on the D. & l..
road. The company's wood working fac
tory is closed for a short time in order
that certain repairs be made. 1t has been
running very steadily and heavily for a
long time and needs some changes.
There is an immense amount Of work on
hand and the factory will be full of bust
ness all summer.
Alger, Smith G. Co.'s mill is running
steadily, and will cut 25,000,000 feet be-
fore April 1. The company will saw at
this mill and that of the West Superior
Lumber company about 100,0 100000 feet of
lumber, almost exactly what it made last
year. . - ...s-s SIS
The mill of E. schoield & Co. at SUI
! perior will start up at the first practical
BILE date and will saw 100000 feet for
the Hines Lumber company, the logs for
which are coming in constantly by rail.
This will be by 100000 feet the largest
cut the company has made in any year.
About 2O0 900 feet of logs are being
banked near the mill daily.
P. D. Jones will increase his last years
cut by about 100000 feet, and will be
saving on his contract with w. H. Gill
bert as soon as may be-. The logs are be-
! ing banked opposite the mill at the rate
| of 100000 day. t...e
The large Warren tract of timber, in the
vicinity Of Ely, is being estimated pre-
| liminary to a sale under an option nov
outstanding. The price runs very high
and the option is held by a saw mill con-
! Germ. ~. T.. ,-=.@ Eaa. a.-
All rail shipments of sawn lumber tc
the east and south has been heavy of late
and the mill Of E. Schofield & Co: has
alone been sending down about 100000
| ieeL daily lof some' lime. 21Aese SHIP
ments are about over, however. ~ s
| Many camps have been closed on &C
count Of the warm weather, including
most of those along the Duluth & 1ro1
Range road. The hester estate, which i;
| logging very heavily on the north shore
! has closed two camps, but will continue
operations in the woods all summer on s
large scale. There are about $4,000, 00(
feet of logs banked at the mouth o.
| Gooseberry river, where are the Nestel
! banking grounds, and rafting to Ashland
and Baraga will begin when the weather
| is settled and rafting on Lake Superior
! is safe The hester tug, Vigilant, has
been in dry dock hereafor some time anC
J has been completely overhauled and viii
commence the seasons work in few
days. The Nesters have been employing
about 800 men all winter and have car.
| ried on a tremendous operation. L.