The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-16
"A NIPPING AND
AN EAGER AIR"
DEEP SNOW AND GOOD ROADS
TOO, FOR LOGGERS.
Contractors Will Get Their Cuts Out
Early if the Present Conditions
Hold-Great Activity in the Forests
OF the Upper Peninsula-Inpor-
tant Operations and Transactions.
Special to The journal.

Special to The Journal.
Calumet, MchA Dec. 16.--Logging condi-
tons III the upper peninsula could not be
better. There are from two to four feet
Of snow on the ground and the weather is
the irmest experienced al this time Of the
season for several years. Many of the
!oggers have made their ice roads and are
hauling.
!siphe & White Of Albany, n. Y, will
have 100000 fet of pine put in by job
bers IN the Marquette country this sea-
son. Sol Fraser of Menominee is operat-
ing two camps at Randville. He will cut
100000 feet for the J. w. Wells Lumber
company. Most Of the logs will be f1oated
down the Menominee river next spring.
Andrew Shallnan of Pembina is operating
a camp near Summit. where he will get
out 100000 feet Of pine for A. Spies &
Son of Menominee.
Forests Melting.
The Hamilton & Merryman company is
pushing it's logging operations at Loretto,
where over 10000.000 feet will be cut. The
camps of the Marinette Lumber COM
pany at Armstrong creek are getting out
a large amount of timber. The Sparrow
Knoll Lumber company is cutting in On
tonagon county. A large force of men is in
the woods for the Escanaba WoodenWare
company of Escanaba. That firm will
get out 100000 feet of hardwood this
winter and is among the largest operators
in the peninsula. 49,,
Crawford e. Sons of Cedar River have
six logging camps employing thirty to
forty men each. Work at the Diamond
Match company's camps on the middle
branch of the Ontonagon river and the
Baltimore is we'll advanced. A large
amount of logs is on the skids. In ke-
weenaw county the various contra ctors are
well advanced with their work.
The lumber DrODerty Of late Ed
mund Hall Of Detroit including the pine
timber in five townships in the Georgian
Bay district estimated to contain It's, 900,
600 feet. short logging road into the
timber from the Spanish river and it's
equipment a large saw mill plant at Sar-
mia. three lake tugs, two dredges and other
lumber equipment. have been sold to a
syndicate of Canadians. The considera :
ton is approximately 5000. 900, third
being cash down.
Late Timber Deals.
The National Hardwood company, which
purposed to erect a cordwood mill at Saw
yer lake. three miles north of Charming
has changed it's plans, owing to-the delay
Of the railroad in providing facilities, and
will build at Granite Bluff instead. A sec
ton of timber has been purchased in that
vicinity
The Northwestern Cooperage &, Lumber
company, which has plants in Ohio and
upper Michigan, has made arrangements
to start a large plant at Ashland.
Mcdonald & Moore of Bay City have
| purchased the numbering interests of the
late Con C.ulhaue in Luce and Chippewa
counties. The outfit consists of twenty.
Five miles of logging railroad, and equip
ment, camp supplies, etc. The firm vii
carry on the business and has already
begun operations. r-
| : A. M. Chesbrough has purchased from
! the estate of Francis Palms n tract o.
hardwood near Whitefish Point comprising
1854 acres. The consideration was $40,
633., y