The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-05
MILLS ARE READY
Several More Lake Plants to Start
Next Week.
FAIR SUPPLY OF LOGS ON HAND
Grand Rapids New Paper Plant Is
Making Two Tons of Print
Daily.

Special to The Journal.
Duluth, Mimi, April 5.-There are about
100000 feet of logs at the Merrill Ring
mill, and 1t is probable that the plant
will start up next week. Mitchell & Nc
Clure have about 16, 900, 900 feet at the mill.
They will also resume next week as will
Duncan & Brewer. The other adjacent
mills are about ready for work. The Mes
ter estate, which is logging on the north
shore and has its mill at Ashland, has
1about million feet of logs on hand at
the mill for few days run, and hopes
to raft supplies very early. Most firms
do not care to raft so early. The mill
of the Longyear Lake Lumber company
at Chisholm started up this week. 1t has
been put in fine condition for large sea-
sons work and the Mashek Lumber COM
pany, which takes the product, has en-
larged it's planning mill.
The Duluth Lumber company, which
started in here year or so ago as a retail
concern, has been a heavy al-rail ship
per this season, having sent out five or
six million feet by cars. The local trade
will consume more lumber this year than
1t has for ten years or more. There will
be little in the way of heavy construc-
tion jobs in which local lumber will form
large part, for this material comes from
the coast.
paper mill is in operation. This plant
consists of very large brick building
and smaller brick building used as an
office. 1t receives power from sixteen
foot fall of the Mississippi river, which
has been damned for the purpose. The
paper making room is 70x20S feet, and
the grinding room is 20X12S feet. There
are also boiler and engine rooms, both for
auxiliary power and for steam for drying
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about two tons of print daily. There Is a
large stock Of pulpwood on hand.
Effects Sawn Lumber Markets.
The change in style Of elevator con-
struction is having an effect in the guam
tity of saWn lumber used on large work.
There have been but 3,250,000 bushels
capacity OF wood elevators built in sew
eral years, while during the same, OF
shorter period, there have been 100000
bushels of steel and concrete storage put
| up. AS a general thing, grain men lean
| to the wood working house, containing the
machinery, and to some sort of treproo1
! storage, connected with the working
house by belts and tunnels. 1t was FOL
this purpose that the Chicago, st. Paul
| Minneapolis & Omaha road built its flint
| 1,25O, 900 bushel wood working house, tt
which it will add fireproof storage later
1t was for this that F. H. Peavey & Co
| built 100000 bushels of WOOD capacity
and have already added 5000, 900 bushel
Of concrete storage, connected to tn
working house by five receiving and fv
discharging belts, through which grail
can be transferred at the rate Of 10000
bushels per- hour.
The Great Northern railway built
great steel working house of 100000
bushels capacity, which was expecte
| to be run without insurance, but it ha
been found that there is necessity 70
some insurance protection ard the com
panies are now charging at the rate .
Is cents per $500. The rate on a first
class wood elevator is not more thai
twice this, while the difference in frs
cost is more.
The Canadian Pacific road is to bull
about 1000 900 bushels storage at it's LAX
Superior terminals. A few years ago thi
would have consumed about II 900 900 fee
of lumber now it will be all concrete
steel or tile. The officials OF the rOa
have been here lately to inspect. the va
rious systems in operation and expresse
) themselves as much pleased with the con
crete construction.