The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-15
MINNESOTA
LOGGING AND SAVING
Conditions Could Not Well Be Improved
. iinor-sonoe Late Deals.


, Upon-son,e Late Deals.
DULUTH. ,AlINN.-There' will be more
winter saving here this season than IN
any preceding year. Five mills on the
bay front, half the mills in Duluth, are TO
be run during the winter. and all are
either now at work or are making prepare
tons for an early start.
The most important deal that has been
closed the past few days for this class OF
work has been between Alger. Smith a.
Co., and the st. Louis Lumber company
A tract Of standing pine situated in the
northwest part Of 55-1l and adjoining
lands purchased some time ago by John
McAlpine of this city from Richardson &
Avery, has been bought by Alger, Smith G.
Co.. and contract has been closed for It's
logging at once and it's saving by the st.
Louis Lumber company. The entire cut
has been purchased by the American Lum-
Der company Of Chicago. Mr.. Holt was
here the other day closing the purchase,
and it will all be worked up in that COM
pany's mills in this city,. The tract Is es-
timated to cut out about 100000 feet
and will keep the mill Of the st. Louis
company busy steadily for nearly two
years. The interest Of Alger, Smith & co.
in this deal was very brief as to time
and the logging will be done by persons not
connected with them. The timber will be
hauled to Duluth over the main line OF the
Duluth & Iron Range road. which will put
in spurs from Thomas for the purpose.
Logging is to commence Immediately and
the mill, which is now undergoing the GUS
tomary overhauling, will start up in a
couple of weeks or more.
W. H. Gilbert, of Ashland, has closed a
contract with Hubbard Sc Vincent for
winter saving at their west end mill, and
earliest possible date. They are now re-
ceiving logs for this, contract. The tim
Der comes from north shore points. The
winter saving planned by Alger. Smith &
Co., the Red Cliff Lumber company and
the Scott Graft Lumber company has al
ready been referred to in detail
Sales of the Week
There have been come sales of lumber
for immediate local delivery, in special
bills. etc. and for the east in the spring.
Shipments for the year have closed so
far as lake business is concerned, but there
is good reason for anticipating large all
rail business later In the winter. There is
much lumber on docks that has been sold
but is not delivered and the business of
the wholesale yards now here will be many
times what it has ever been in preceding
winters. The American Lumber company
is a leading factor in that trade and will
make and ship a very large amount OF
stock during the present season.
Scanlon Gipson company has received
several cars Of rails at NlckerSOn and will
lay new railway lines into timber there.
Nolan Bros. & Laird have been granted
permission by the county to construct two
sluice dams across the st. Louis river in
section 22-5S-12. The rate for sluicage
is to be six cents q, thousand feet. These
dams are to assist the company to gel
logs to their mill near Skibo.
A. A. Harper. of Cass Lake, has bought
$4,000, 900 feet Of logs In that vicinity. an6
a Of n c
shipped. rail and river to Iowa and ILL
nois mill points the coming summer. The
logs will be hauled by rail down the Great
Northern to Cloquet then by the Northern
Pacific to Saltwater and there dumped
into the st. Crox. - ~..~s =.
Conditions A One
Logging conditions are now IDEAL Tht
weather is cold and the roads are good
there is not too, much snow for easy skid
ding and the logs are going in very fast
At the camps of the Swan River Loggint
company. north of and west from Hibping
they are making about%3 .000.0 900 feet Of log
weekly. and the eXpecta tons are for
splendid winter. They are now lumberin,
around the Stevenson mine which 11a
been opened within the past year or two
There IS a large amount of dead tiInbe
between Hibbing and the Stevenson
which they were unable to cut after tn
fires that destroyed it several years age
and which has been left standing. It Wi
be cut this winter and later, though sew
eral years will be required to clear out tn
four miles between the two villages, o.
account Of the immense stand Of pine. ]
is an interesting fact that this timber j
worth as much now, after standing dea
and wormy for some years, as If it ha
been cut Immediately after the fires "a
through. At that time it was ex
pected that If 1t could not be cut at once
would be ruined. but the price for worm
eaten boards is such as to equal that G
sound stock at the time the fires wen
through this timber.