The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-27
GOOD LUMBER SALES
Winter Cut and Fall Stocks Almost
Cleared Up.
SITUATION UNUSUAL FOR SEASON
Big Deal of Sauntry-Weyerhueu
Interests Is Still Hang
a.,a.-e- ing Fire.

Special to The Journal.
Duluth, Mimi, Jan. 27.-There is con-
tinued selling of large and small lots of
lumber here, both from deep-water mills
is now such that but little of the win
ter's cut or of what was on hand at the
opening of navigation now remains.
or the forty million feet unsold at the
close OF navigation at mills here there
are now but few million. The winters
cut, made for these three concerns, Alger,
Smith 4 Co., the Red Cliff Lumber COM
pany and Richardson & Avery, practically
all Is sold there being but few lots of
low grade stock now on the market. Prices
for this have ranged from $17.50 to $3.50
for No. and better. OF the cut Of the
coming summer Duncan & Brewer Lumber
company Is sold out, Alger Smith & Co.
are sold up to fall on low grades and part
ly on better stocks; Mitchell & Mcclure
are practically Off the market, and some
other sales have been made OF which
nothing is announced yet. The situation
Is. therefore, remarlza bly, we'll cleared up
1or thus early in the season
sale Of 100000 feet Of factory stock
was made Saturday by the Saun-
try interests to go from their mill at
Carlton to Oshkosh by all rail.
The proposed big timber deal between
the Sauntry Weyerhaeuser interests to the
Clark-Jackson Lumber company has not
looked for, though the timber may so to
an entirely different interest and be sawn
q good many miles below here at interior
points. The timber is located on the
Nemadji and Aminicon rivers, chiefly in
towns 46 and At, ranges IL and 13. 1t has
been In the hands Of the present holders
for a long time. There are $50, 900, 900 feet
in the scale of this timber, but it is ad-
mitted that it will cut at least 800, 900 900
feet, and the price Of 100000 is figured
on the latter basis. 1t is good timber,
generally speaking, though there is some
little Norway, and it is handy to water,
rail and mill The universal hope here
is that 1t will be taken by the Clark
Jackson Lumber company, in which case
it will be logged as fast as possible.
An interesting commentary on the con-
tinuance of timber in locations where it
might have been supposed to be cut off
years before is to be found in some work
the Leisure Lumber company is doing
three miles north Of the end Of the Wood
land suburban electric line, and but nine
miles from the business center Of Duluth.
Here the company is cutting nearly a mil
lion feet of as good timber as was ever
brought to q Duluth sawmll. 1t is large
and sound and will make fine merchant
able lumber.
Reports from the new village Of Scan
lon, where the Brooks Scanlon company
IS at work, are that the town is booming
and that there are not enough dwellings
for the people. Many are compelled to
go to Carlton and Cloquet nights. The
mill is employing about 600 men and is
running day and night and logs are COM
ing with reasonable steadiness, though
there have been occasional stoppages on
account of slack receipts.
The old Merrill & Ring Lumber company
Is being reorganized by the owners and
the Merrill & Ring Mill company has been
po1 onl,
Eddy and T. D. Merrill as incorporators
capital 100000.