Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-06-25
OUR INDUSTRIES
ABERDEEN, A TYPICAL LUMBER
ING CITY.
Reproduced by Permission From the July
Number Of 1.-THE Coast Magazine. A
Splendid Showing Of Manufacturing In.
dustries.

| The July number of "The Coast" con-
tanned we'll written article on the city
Of Aberdeen, from which is taken the
following relating to the manufacturing
plants G! the city:
largest institution here. 1t has ca
pacity OF 23:5 900 feet OF lumber every ten
hours, and employs 2lO men. with a
monthly payroll of over Sill 800 This
company maintain a store, local water
pant, shingle mill, dry kilns, ETC., and
have just comp eted steel refuse burn' r
40 feet in diameter, 1OS feet high, for Il 9
co sumption of offal, sawdust and
refuse. The officers are A. J. West.
PRESIDENTS. E Slade, vice president, and
W. 3. Mack secretary and treasurer
The Anderson & Middleton Lumber
Company operate the second largest mill
at Aberdeen. Their sawmill cuts 125, 0C0
feet every ten hours, and the pIaner has
a capacity of $1,000 feet. This plant is
the outgrowth of the old Weatherwax
mill. The company employs 125 people
and has a monthly payroll of $500.
This is a rail shipping and cargo mill.
The officers are II. N. Anderson, presi-
dent; A. w. Middleton, vice president
and secretary, and S. NJ. Anderson,
treasurer.
The American Mill Company has a
capacity of $4,000 feet every ten hours,
and employs 70 workmen. The payroll
is about $1,000 per month. B. +. John.
son is president OF the concern. and H..
M. Antrim secretary and manager.
Wilson Brothers 4 Company would
give no statistics of their plant, but it is
ranked as 100.OO0-foot mill. They ems
ploy about 100 men and are presumed 10
pay out monthly about $4,000 or 1000.
y. K. Wilson is president and manager !;
Henry r. Wilson, vice president, and A..
B. Johnson, secretary. This institution
operates several vessels and is princi-
pa)ly cargo mill.
The Aberdeen Lumber & Single Com
pany operate a sawmll with a daily
capacity OF $4,000 feet, and two single
mills with daily output Of 225,O00
shingles. The payroll runs about $1,000
monthly. A. II. Farnam is president
and f. Hubert secretary and manager.
The Dryden & Leitch Lumber Com
pany cut go, 900 feet of lumber daily and
operate planer OF the same capacity.
They have been established three years
and employ forty men. This is an ex.
elusive cargo mill and last year shipped
| 4,712 900 feet of lumber. The officers
are: James Dryden, president; G. E..
Burrows, vice president. A. p. Stock
well, treasurer, and j. II. Leitch, secre.
tary and manager.
The Michigan Lumber Company has
| just begun operations. but so great is the
demand fer lumber that their entire
output has been contracted for the COM
ing year. At present this plant cuts
$4,000 feet of lumber daily and employs
thirty men. 1t is now an exclusive
cargo mil, but the company has had a
spur built into the mill and rail ship
ments are made. George d. Hauptman
is presidents F. J. Gilbert. vice presi-
dent, and Walter X. Morley, secretary
and treasurer.
The Western Lumber Company is also
a new institution. 1t has just built a
mill of $4,000 feet with planer of 80, O0C
feet capacity and when running will give
employment to fifty men and have a
payroll of about $1,000. b. S. Weather.
wax is president and W. Il. Macfa,lane
secretary and treasurer.
The Western Cooperage Company
manufacture slaves and headings of all
kinds and size-tight and slack work.
The plant has been established eight
years and employment is given seventy
men. The payroll is $4,000 monthly.
w. W. Eastman is president; W. Sulli.
van. vice president; G. p. Clerin, secre-
tary and treasurer. This is the home
office, with mills at Fremont (Seattle),
and Los Angeles, California.
John Lindstrom here maintains ship
yard, which he established in 1898, since
which time he has built seven sailing
vessels and five steamships. He has
lately purchased marine railway, which
he is installing. Mr.. Lindstrom is the
first ship builder on the Pacific Coast to
launch vessels chow on" He has the
only permanent shed on the Harbor.
Other shipbuilders are: N. A. Springer,
who constructs fishing boats, vapor
launches, yachts, rowboats, ETC., and
employees fourteen people, and the Nc.
Whitney Shipbuilding Company.
The Aberdeen Manufacturing Com
pany make general woodwork, boxes.
moulding, turning, scroll work, etc., for