The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-02
MICHIGAN
PENINSULA'S MILLS
All the Plants Are Busy or Prepar-
ing for the Early Resump-
ton Of Work.
Shipments Of Lumber From Menom
inee and Marinette Estimated
at 100000 Feet.
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Special to The Journal.
Calumet, Mich, June 2--The many mills
Of the upper peninsula arc saving on the
summers cut and those not in commits
sion are bling put in condition for, work.
The shingle mill of the Worcester Lum-
Der company at Chassell has been over
hauled and will be put in operation in a
few days. About 20 100000 shingles will
be cut this season.. The saw mill is run
ming day shift now, eighty men being
employed. Next week the mill will be
operated both day and night shift, and the
force doubled.
Lindsey Bros. are erecting double
block single mill at Alfred, a small vii
lage just started on the Escanaba &
Lake Superior railroad in Menominee
county. They have 11,000 acres Of cedar
there and estimate that it will keep the
mill going about ten years.
The saw mill at Dead River, lin Mar
quette county, has started on the sea-
sons cut, employing its customary force.
The mill has contracted to cut for Kib-
hey &. White Of Albany. N. Y their last
600 feet Of logs. The mill Is run
ming on this pine. The logs Of Reichel
Bros. on the Dead river will also be cut
at the Dead river mill. The pond is full
Of logs and the plant will be busy for
several months.
!. 1t Is reported that the Metropolitan
Lumber company has consummated deal
for the purchase of a large tract Of tim
Der land In Ontonagon county and other
parts Of the upper peninsula and will re-
move its saw mill from Atkinson, Alger
county, to Ontonagon. The work Of dis
mantling the plant, it is said, will be
started at once
The Crystal Falls Woodenware company
is operating Its factory at Crystal Falls
About q half a carload Of clothes pins
are being manufactured each day, birch
and maple logs being used
G. A. SENEGAL Of Lake Linden has ius1
completed his contract with Charles Heb.
ard & Son of Pequaming, which called fol
| the banking Of 100000 feet Of logs or
the shore Of Lake Superior near the
mouth of the Fire sael river, in Ontona.
gon county. The wo1k Of driving the log:
down the river was finished a few day.
ago. Joseph Either Of Lake Linden also
Hoated several hundred thousand feet O.
logs down the streams during the sprine
freshets. The logs will be towed to Pc
quaming and sawed at the mill Of tn,
Hebards.
Persons from Tonawanda, NJ Y, hav,
been at Sidnaw for the past few days in
| specting the Booth saw mill with view
OF purchasing it. The plant has an idea
| location and the mill could be placed i,
commission on short notice.
/ Shipping is very quiet on the Menom
inee river, altho it is expected that thing
will pick up before long. The report O
the Milwaukee custom house shows tina
there were Is, 100000 feet of lumbe
shipped from Marinette since April. 1, bu
lumbermen say that they think this i
below the actual amount shipped. On
Of the best informed lumbermens estimate
that the amount of lumber shipped from
Menominee since that date exceeds 20,
100000 feet, and he thinks that abou
an equal amount has been shipped iron
Marinette.