The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-10
MINNESOTA
mo DEARTH OF COAL
Receipts on Lake Superior Are Far
More Than in Any Preceding
Year.
Movement, Too, Is, by No Means
Over-Acti Lumber Trade
at Head of Lakes. 81.
Special to The Journal.

Duluth, MINI, Oct. 1O.-Coal re-
celpts on Lake Superior for 1908 have
been 5,650,OO0 tons. This is far more
than in any preceding year to the cor
responding time, 100000 tons more
than for any one Of the last years,
equal, and 100000 tons more than
in 1899, which had been the largest
season up to that period.
+ There will, therefore, be no dearth
OF coal for the northwest the coming
winter. In addition to these immense
receipts some soft coal is coming by
rail- from Illinois and Iowa, the Great
Northern road alone having 100000
tons Of Illinois bituminous under con-
tract FOR delivery later. Large amounts
OF eastern coal are yet under charter
Tor delivery here this fall, and the
movement is by no means over
FOR the full seasons of 1901 and 1902
coal receipts on Lake Superior were
100000 and 4,S1O,O00 tons, respect
lively, or nearly 100000 tons less
than What has already come for the
present year. OF course not all the
coal coming into this lake is for Du-
luth-Superior or for the western trade.
Much IS for copper and iron mines
ana steam users around the lake, but
the proportion for shipment to the in
terlor varies little year after year.
Ood1 LOCKS Ellc0 High.
Coal docks at the head of the lake
are filled with both anthracite and BIZ
luminous. There are said to be 2,O0O.-
600 tons in store here. The movement
to cities and the country is not as
rapid as dock managers desire, and
they are put to it for room for fresh
arrivals. In many cases ships are de-
!ayed day after day while room is
round FOR their cargoes, and are some
tlnes compelled to move from dock to
dock while unloading. l. r..
This is due to lack of cars and mo-
tive power on railway lines. The
roads are busy with wheat The aver
age monthly shipments from here
range about 100000 tons, of all classes
of coal. s~-~.. ...-'-~. :. -
Too Wet in the Woods.
Alger, Smith & Co. have reduced
their operations for the rest Of the
iali TO an average of sixty carloads
daily, and will not increase while the
woods are as wet and difficult to work
IN as now. With the freezeup they
VIII ADD materially and will probably
cut about the same as the present sea-
son. .T-. ~ '
The woods are very wet, and it is
with difficulty that work can be car
rled on. Men are plenty. Probably
1000 could be picked up in Duluth
alone In days time; they are waiting
Tor the commencement of winter
WORK. Many nave come in from the
harvest and many more are here by
reason OF the temporary cessation of
railway and other work, stopped by
weather conditions. There has never
been time, at this season, when men
were more plentiful than they are lust
now. -s.. y, = - y - '~ y
Tie and post contractors are start
ing IN, but are waiting for dry weather
or a cold spell with much anxiety.
Ihey are cutting and piling material
Tor the time when roads will be fit for
use. The outlook is for a, large cut
OF this material the coming season.
@ Lumber Selling Readily.
The price of lumber has settled to
point where large sales have been
made, not far from 10000, 900 feet. of
which one was for half that quantity,
10 the Eastern Lumber company of
IonaWanda. This was the cut of a
large local mill for the remainder of
the season. Another sale of about
100000, being the cut of the St,
Louis mill for a considerable time, is
being closed, and there have been
others. -
Knapp & Howenstein of this city are
70 erect a small planning mill and fac
tory at Grand Marais. They say they
Will shortly put in small furniture
factory and supply a growing trade
along the lake. -. :, q, : -, 30
The c.. R.. Ash mill at Virginia is
saving up as high as 10000 feet in a
zo-nour run, and since May Is has
made 22,000,00O feet Mr.. Ash ex-
pects to continue running all winter
ana TO cut TOR the calendar year not
less than 60,000,OO0 feet, perhaps