The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-02
MICHIGAN
MILLS NOT TO CLOSE
shingle Makers Are Said to Be Rec.
onciled to the Manufac-
turers' Scale.
Plant at Northland Will Start This
Week and Others May Fol
low Soon.
Special to The Journal.

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Calumet, Mich, Dec. 2.-Late develop
ments indicate that the shingle mills Of,
Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota may
not close down this winter after all The
Wolverine Cedar & Lumber company will
start operations at Northland this week
at a new scale of wages agreed upon by
the shingle weavers' union and the manag-y
ment Of the company. This would in
dicate that the union men have become
reconciled to the scale submitted by the
Northwestern Shingle Manufacturers as
sociation, and there Is every Indication
that other unions will adopt it, The
scale adopted at Northland is practically
the same as proposed by the association
The Worcester Lumber companys saw
mill at Baraga has closed down after a
successful seasons cut. Some repairs will
be made and the mill will start again in
January The plant has been in commits
sion since last May and the total cut is
20,O0O,000 feet of lumber, 10000, 900
shingles and 5000, 900 lath. 1t is expected
that the camps will begin shipping logs
to the plant after the first Of the year.
A hot pond has been made at the mill.
The entire seasons cut of the Bay de
Noque Lumber company's mill at Nahma,
Delta county. has been shipped and op-
erations will be resumed next spring. The
last consignment made a total of 2O,OOO,-
900 feet of lumber shipped by water dur
ing the fall. The logging operations are
now well under way and will provide
employment for several hundred men, four
large camps being in commission, while
| 16,000,000 feet will be cut.
| The White Marble Lime company s
shingle mill and tie, plant at Manistioue
has been closed. 1t is expected it will
open again in January and in the mean
i time the machinery will be overhauled and
/ three new boilers installed.
+ A Hardwood Mill.
! It is reported that G. e. Leverque, who
/ is engaged in the lumber business st
Germlask, will put in a haruMl>l mil
! at Cooks bay, on Lake Manistique Mr.
!. Leyerque cut As. 900 cedar ties, 5000, ,OO(
! shingles, 5000 poles and 10000 cedar posts
last season. He expects to get out large
amount of bassMoo elm, ash and bircf
j this winter, to be cut in the hardwood
mill, and three camps are IN operauon
More will be started soon.
w. II. Mylrea, who has been treasure,
| Of the w Worcester Lumber company anc
manager of its operations at Chasse.l, has
! sod MS interests and viii remove to Wau.
sau to resume the practice Of law. MIR
! Mylrea was once attorney general of Wis
consin. t tt
Joseph Gauthieris logging for Charlie:
Efepard & Sons southwestern Sauk' s. head
he has about 5000, feet Of pine, iWhlcl
Will pc cut this year and next. One, ca~.4
| is employing ninety men. Work has beer
under way Tor weeks and 2, 900, 900 1eet O
logs are on the skias. The logs viii. b.
nauied to Sauk's head ana toWed in tn
spring to The Hebard mill at Pequa1ning
! Where Men Are Needed
/ Loggers in the vicinity of Mass City ar
4 handicapped on accouiILe or Shortage
=, men. Al least LOO Inen couid tind EN-
ployment in the various. camps in-Iia
sectlon. The holt Lumber conlpanyiI Cal
ianan q onamcey, Richard Me.sn an
s. many cedar JooDers are IN need OF mer
i over 2UO men are emp Dyed III tfe nv
camps OF Ferguson BFoIners in Marquett
y county. 1noy nave ali excellent CLASS Q
Woousinen ana are nQt Suffering from tn
senei al shortage OF iapor.s
Fred ana frank Carney of Marinette
WIS, who recently purchased a tract O
zOO,UOO,UUO 1eer OF pine on the Spanls
river in Ontario, Cam, have three 4osglu
J camps established and will get out 1900,
UOO teet tnls winter to be saved next lal
The Witpeck mill at Menominee will b
moved to the new scene OF operations
Will give employment to 800 men an
, ABOUT 1000 more viii be employed in tn
t. woods. #SE @