The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-26
SHIPMENTS HOLD UP
The Water Nov cement Of Lumber Is
About, the Same as One
8 Year Ago.
Cut at7Ashland Is Tumbling and the
City Is Losing Prsstigeaas
a Market. e seA fss!
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Duluth. Mimi. June 26.-water shipments Of
lumber; for the month to date have been $4,000
600 feet which Is at about the same rate as a
year ago. There is no special selling Of lumber
here Just now, tho small sales being made
constantly. The seasons stock of the Ager
Smith & Co. mill at Grand Marais has just been
placed at higher price than the, company ever
got before. 1T IS expected that about 30;0o0 600
last wne but when e % ss
by fire the deal was on and has now been
settled anew The lumber cut by this mill. is
exceptionally good coming sfrem a good class Of
timber
The cnt OF this year at ashland " in falitabout
4o,00o,00O feet below 1902 and another season
VIII be much less than now. Buyers realize that
Ashland as lumber market. Is pretty we'll
thru. This will throw the burden OF supplying
the eastern trade from Lake Superior still more
upon Duluth, and manufacturers think 1t cannot
have any effect other than to strengthen the
local market In a permanent way.. ard: that 1t
will tend to avert fluctuations more and more
New mills in this district. in the back country
and on roads coming Into this City Will not be
able to make up for the deficiency caused BY its
decline. r:< - ss.s a!sss.s IS
The sawinilI Of the Algoma Commercial com
pany at sault ste. Marie, Canada. has just
cleaned up all It's cut of the past six months or
more. at an average price of S22 thousand,
mill run, buyer to pay the duty. This lumber
goes to Buffalo and is being shipped from ithe
mill dock. - 4>17-': z 3#s -
There is a rnn,or that the e. Hines Lumber
Lumber company for the purchase Of the latter's
mill and plant at: the village. Of Nebagamain,
including saw and planning mills. o railway and
very large logging outfits. So far nothing def
mite Is given out by either party, but it would
not be at all surprising II the runor had some
foundation. The Nebagamon Lumber company
has several years experience. and the Hines COM
pany has lot Of timber in this district that it
can saw there successfully, including the 1o0,-
100000 feet that was to- have been cut by the
Schofeld mill and for which there is now no
saving provision other thane what may be con-
tracted from time to time. ,'4orls 80 -
The firm of Plumlner & Ash, opera ting the new
mill at Virginia, has dissolved, C. Ralph Ash
buying out c. T. Plummer, who returns to- West
Duluth. The mill is double band. and day
two ago made $4,000 feet Of lumber in a
shift 1t is making, soon make about
225, COO day and night. There are now 70. e60,-
600 feet Of logs in the pond, A little later the
Virginia Lumber company, for which, Mr.. Ash Is
saving, will build a mill, probably at Pelican
lake, thirty five miles north of. Virginia.
At Reinidji surveys to be made sfor a
waterPower plant andEia subsequent paper nd
pulp mill Capitalists with large backing have
ben interested IN the scheme and the DEAL If it
goes thru. will Includes sawmill, both saw and
paper mills to be located on the Mississippi
river seven miles above Bemidu srr4> 49,. sa,e