The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-28
MICHIGAN
DRIVES And MILLS
High Water and Warm Weather
Are Advancing the Work All =
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Along the Line.
Many New Mills Starting in the
Upper Peninsula-A Logging
Road Extension.

Calumet Mich, April zo.-1Ho ~
are now IN full swing on most OIL tns
straoms High water and continued
uyarrn wea ther in most localities are aldlng
the work. and only on few streams WIN
fhere he many logs hung up. Ihe drlVe
of logs on the Otter river was cohpleteu
Few days ago. The logs, amounting TO
over 1000, 900 feet, are now IN Otter axe;
but they cannot go thru the laKe un'n
the ice goes out. =..... - - = =, r,,,
will he employed on the drive which Will
eta # on the east branch Of the Ontonagon
river this week. Over 3,0OOooo 1eet VI
logs are to be moved for the sparrow
Kroll Lumber company.
: win Mas has control of the drive on
tho paint river, and will start work with
IN a few days. He will employ thlrty-nVe
men. and the drive will last four Gays.
There are about 100000 feet of logs to
come down, mostly being cedar. This is
quite different from the spalmy days, When
the river was crowded with logs. &.l5.
F: w Read & Co. have sent a gang OF
men to the woods to start the drive on the
river near Michigamme. The streams are
omen and all the operators are preparing to
start their logs moving. It will take. from
four to Six weeks, as the distance TO
cover is greater than last spring.
Ferguson Bros have put in their logs
on Mulligans creek, near lshpemlng.
There has been some friction between the
operators on this stream regarding their
respective rights.
The drive on the Dead river, in Mar
quette county will start next week. Fer
guson Bros. will bring down 5000, 900 feet
and the Reichels about 10000 feet. The
drive at Republic has started with a full
head of water. 1t will take month to
get all the logs down, tho the drive TO
Scholtzen's mill will be completed IN less
time. = .,. :. "aerr' :.
~Iiumbermen say that the weather in
Marquette county has not been favorable
for good drives. 1t has been playing fast
and loose, with alternate thaws and freez-
es, having the effect Of letting the annual
spring flood into the river beds slowly and
by piecemeal. II. II E. e.. ..r.- .@-z-~. ...+-y
New Saving Industries.
| A sawmill recently purchased at Che
boygan by the Marais Lumber company
to replace the plant destroyed by fire sew
eral weeks ago, has arrived at Grand Ma
rails. It Is being set up and equipped, ana
will probably go into commission June l..
| Three sawmills will start up shortly at
Germfask, in Schoolcraft county. They
will operate thruout the summer season.
| A numbering concern which makes spe-
cialty of hardwood flooring is negotiating
| for the purchase of the sawmill plant at
Garth, owned by the Garth Lumber COM
pany, which has exhausted its supply OF
pine and will not operate the mill In the
future The plant is valued at $4,000,
The prospective purchasers have secured
on option on tract Of 21,O00 acres OF
hardwood timber and will, If the deal goes
| thru, employ $50 men at the plant, In ad-
dition to large logging crews.
| Joseph Atkinson, who operates mead
ing and stave factory at Ontonagon, is
lumber will be cut at Munising this sum
mer The Brown & Moore and Forster
mill will be in operation. The Big Bay
Lumber company will very likely have Its
new mill under way shortly. The Worces-
ter Lumber company will employ many
men,.
The Sparrow Kroll Lumber company
has started it's mill at Kenton. AS it has
manufactured all the nearest available
! pine, the cut this season will consist OF
boards Logging operations last winter
were in the white pine belt. The cut will
average, 10000 to 100000 feet daily
/ The saWmill of the Observation-Disclosures
Lumber company at South Lake Linder
has gone into commission. The plant Is
one Of the finest In the upper peninsula,
and this win be it's busiest season.
shlngle Making.
The Wolverine Cedar and Lumber COM
i pary will manufacture 100, ,0o0, 900 shingles
! this season. OF this number the mills at
1 Northland, Marquette county, will saw
| 60, 900, 900, and the remainder will be cut
by the mills Of the Mason Lumber COM
pany at Gladstone and the Escanaba
Woodenware company at Escanaba. One
1 camp, No T. nine miles from Northland,
will operate all summer loading cedar.
/ D. N. Mcleod, owner of the Sucker
1 River railway, a logging road, states that
4 1t will be extended twelve miles, giving an
outlet to Lake Superior at Grand Marais
for the timber he is cutting for the Hall &
Munson company of Bay Mills. Over 10,
4 100000 feet will be hauled over the new