The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25
SAVING AND SHIPPING
The Lumber Producers Of the Lake Su-
perior District Fairly Busy.

The Lumber Producers Of the Lake Su-
perlor District Fairly Busy.
DULUTH MINN.-Prices are stiff for
all the better grades of lumber, and some
sales have been made this week at pre-
vailng figures. Among them were 2,oOo,VVV
feet Of No. and better by the Merrill
Ring Lumber company, 100000 feet by
the Leisure Lumber company and smaller
amounts by others. Also sales of shingles
and lath in small quantities and scatterlrsNr
Some buyers are here and there Is IN
curry for more stock, but the bulk of the
spring saving is not yet dry enough to
ship and the larger part or the winter
cut is off the docks and away.
The two mills of Alger, Smith e Co.
have ceased their night runs for the COM
ing month or two. There Is no change at
the others, which are pounding away as
usual, day and night. Some of these mills
may curtail their product later. but 1t is
not likely, for they are selling fairly we'll,
have enough logs to last some time and
have sufficient piling room for a. consider
able period. The weather for the past
few days has not been the best for dry
ing lumber in the pile, and there IS some
danger of stain. There always is at this
time Of the year. and this fact may in
fuence few mills The mills of the Du-
luth district away from deep water are
running heavily and making a great deal
of lumber. That of the Tower Lumber
company, which mas Deen ClOSeu uOWu lOl
a week days for repairs, is running
again. That of the w. r.. Bailey Lumber
company is closed for the summer, but the
two mills at Hibbing, the Virginia mill,
those at Cloquet, Scanlon and Lake Ne
bagamon and elsewhere are all very busy,
just they have been since their sea-
sons opened.
Shipments Of lumber for the month to
this date have been fairly large, amount
ing from Duluth, Two Harbors and Super
Tor to 100000 feet. There is no change
in the tonnage market and the vessel sit
uation.
1t is expected that the suit brought by
the Hines Lumber company against F.
Schofeld & Co. to recover alleged dam
ages on account of the failure Of the latter
to continue the saving of the formers
timber at the original contract price, and
for the refusal of the defendants to re-
build their burned MILL is liable to be
settled out of court.
The Duluth Log company has completed
tie and post shipments from Drunmond,
but will put camps in the same place the
coming winter.
Nolan Bros. Laird. with mills at
Skibo, on the Duluth & Iron Range road,
are shipping about 800, 900 feet a month,
most of which is going thru by rail to
southwestern points, tho some comes to
Two Harbors and Duluth for eastern water
shipment. The mill will keep shipments
as close to the saws as possible TINS year.
The McAlpine Lumber company has
been obliged to buy nearly two miles of
steel rails for it's spurs north of Highland,
and is laying them now reaching it's tim
ber
Since the opening of the new mill at Vir-
ginia five very serious accidents, part Of
them fatal have occurred there. 1t Is
probably chiefly due to the fact that many
of the men employed therein have been
green hands about sawmills. The. last of
these accidents was due to the fact that
the carriageman attempted to square a
twelve-foot log with the niggers while the
carriage was coming forward. 1t was only
to be ordered at that more serious ac-
cident, did not occur, for the carriage was
at a high rate Of speed and it was an
absolute impossbility that what he tried
to do should have been successfully car
ried out. The carriageman was supposed
to be an experienced hand.