The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-01

FINE RAFTING YEAR
But One Raft Lost This Season at
Duluth End of the
Lake.
Drives on the Water Courses the
Cleanest and Best in a
Long Time.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Duluth. Mimi. Aug. Concerns towing
logs on Lake Superior this year state that
they have never had so good a season.
But one raft has been lost at this end
of the lake. and that was one of the w. II.
Gilbert RATS, going from north of Baptism
river, north shore to Ashland. There have
been fewer northeast storms than have
been known in past years. So far the
work Of the Salvage association Is light.
but what may come later is uncertain. tho
the bulk Of all logs are now safely in mill
booms.
The season has been excellent. too. for
driving on streams, and some logs have
been successfully taken out that were gen.
orally supposed to be fixtures on the up
per waters. The Cross river drive has
been an example of the work possible to
do, and the Cloquet waters are pretty
clean. -
Big PIIIng Contract.
The Hines Lumber company has taken
a contract from the Barnett & Record
i company for the Canadian Northern road,
for 5000 40-foot piles, to be delivered at
Port Arthur, Ont, within thirty days.
They will be cut in northern Wisconsin
and towed across the lake to the Canadian
town. A contract for delivery at Port Ar
thur has been taken by Whitney Bros,
who have tugs here. These piles are to
be used for the foundations Of about 4,0o0,
erected at once for the Canadian Northern
This capacity is to be f1reproof, the work
ing house Of steel and the storage of tile
bins, circular in shape and similar to those
built by the same people at the same place
last year. The piling contract Is about
the only wood used in the work and is one
of the largest contracts Of the kind under
taken this year.
Logging Road Construction.
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road across Douglas county, from a point
on the Omaha road near Rockmont to a
point on the Great Northern near Foxboro.
! the two places being few miles from Su-
perior. The Scott-Graff mill will be thru
with its Richardson &, Avery saving con-
tract in a few days and will then cut about
100000 for itself and large contract for
others. The company has been engaged on
the present contract since last fall, it be-
ing but one of many similar contracts for
the same people that this concern has car
ried out In the past few years. These con-
tracts have included the handling of the
tree from the stump to the mill dock anc
deck Of the vessel, and in that way have
been unique In the mill experience Of this
region, the Scott-Graff company having
been the first to engage In the complete
operation. .-.a
Heavy AlI-Rall Shipments.
The logging business Of the Duluth, Vir
ginia & Rainy Lake road is growing fast
and will be very large the coming winter
The company is bringing logs for the vir
ginia mill and on the contracts of thu
Taber Lumber company and Others, TO-
timber to be delivered into the ST. Croi,
at Saltwater. The road Is increasing it
outfit, and is 10 have a new manager a
once.
The Duluth & Iron Range road is haul
Ing sixty cars a day of logs for Brooks
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local mills, and 80 to 100 cars for Alge
Smith & Co. -