The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-13
MINNESOTA
MINNESOTA
LOGGlNGANDLUMBER
The Former Hampered by Lack of
Men-0ther Industries Are
Taking Them Away.
The Latter Suffers From Lack of
Shipping Facilities-Harbor
Improvements.
Special to me Journal.

special TO tne journal.
Duluth, Mimi, July 13.-Logging con-
tinues as usual all summer, but it is car
ried on now in very unsatisfactory way.
There is a pest of flies in the woods, and
about the middle of July hundreds Of
men who have been working more or less
contentedly in the woods of this district,
have an idea they can do better in the
west and they. skip there Harvest is
coming on, with its enormous call for men
and it's big wages, as well as it's hard
and severe work, and this will be calling
men by the wholesale soon. Then there
is more railroad building in the north
west than for some time, and contractors
from Washington to Dakota are looking
this way for labor. Wages have not
changed materially, simply because no
more can be paid than has been; hut
men are going off. They will be back
later in the year.
Vessels are now arriving in lesser num-
bers than was looked for, and the ship
ments of July look light again For last
month there were sent out by water from
the head of the lake, aside from lumber,
the following forest products: Shingles,
24,560,000; lath, 100000; ties, posts and
poles, 5000. The lumber business of all
Lake Superior for the month was 1876, 0O0,-
900 feet, Of which that from Duluth-Su-
perior was 40 per cent. For this year to
July 1 there have been shipped out Of
:,
compared with 1000, 900 for the same
period year ago and 24S,O00,000 feet for
the same period of 1901. The growth of
the trade is shown by a comparison of
the business of the two months of May
and June, 1908, with the full seasons prior
to 1889, for there was never a year until
then that the lumber traffic reached the
totals 1t has already passed this season.
Trade continues quiet, and sales have
been few the past few days.. Some small
| lots have been closed and more are under
negotiation and at prices that are about
unchanged excepting in few lines where
tritiing concessions have been made, large
| ~ on account Of some defect of stock or
| excess Of supply of certain classes Of lunl-
Der. In shingles the trade continues dull,
and in lath it is about the same.
All mills at the head Of the lake con-
! tinue as last week.. Talk Of closing of
some Of them little later in the sum-
mer continues and the change may take
place about Aug. l. Now, however, logs
and water, and the drives are pretty well
in null boons all thru the. district. June
was a very dry month -: ~
| The government has, had a bureau OF
engineers here for some days looking into
proposed improvements under the river
and harbor bill. The board was taken
to Split Rock, where the Merrill Ring
Lumber company has extensive interests.
under charge of w. A. Eddy, and is now
considering the advisability of improving
the mouth of the river so that 1t can be
made into a safe harbor. 1t is not prob
able that very much money will be ex-
pended there under government direction
howcYer. The bureau has also takens un-
der advisement the project4of deepening
the channel up to New Duluth, which i;
now about fifteen feet. If this is decided
upon, it will be a matter of considerable
importance for wood working industries
and is expected to assist in the location
Of several important concerns in that par
of the head of the lake harbor. Whateve,
interests are there now are in the line
Of woodworking plants. Altho the gov.
eminent has completed it's great plan o.
deepening the main harbor of Duluth
Superior, it is by no means thru here
and as commerce continues to grow, will
continue it's expenditures for many years
to come. ' .E..-.- T. = @'.
Two more Of the Great Lakes & st
Lawrence steel ships have been launched
one at Superior and one at Detroit. The
former was named H. G. Dalton, the lat
ter A. M. Marshall, after the head of thu
Marshall Wells Hardware company of Thu
city, who is one of the heavy stakeholder
in the great enterprise. This compan,
numbers among its leading stakeholder
several Duluth men, and two Of 1T
ships have been named for persons here
the G. G. Howe and A. M. Marshall. TIL
company is also buying the A. B. Wolyin
named for well known Duluth man, AM
w. P. Palmer, both Of which were Wei
land size ships owned by the United State
Steel corporation. This will give tn
Great Lakes company the ownership o
thirteen ships, all steel, and all of a siz
fitting them to pass the Canadian canal
to the Atlantic .1..ra. -, $50