Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-01-16
What the American Lumber
Comp ny viii Do.
ATTORNEY MERRIAM INTERVIEWED
accompanied by GsnsraI Manager
Bennett, Ha Left for Chicago.
MAKING PATENT PAPER CIGAR BOXES

Ira D.. Bennett, general manager of
the American Lumber ccmapny, and
Hon. d. w. C. Merriam, attorney for
the company. and both directors, left
on the delayed passenger train No. 2
this morning for the north, the former
for Detroit, and the latter for Chicago.
A Citizen representative called at
the Alvarado this morning, and found
both gentlemen making preparations
to leave the city, having, as far as
practical, completed their duties as to
the location of the big lumber mill
here.
Mr.. Merriam was approached by the
newspaper man and asked for some
facts relative to his company and
what the members intend doing here
and on their immense timber lands
west of the city. He consented to an
interview and said:
The American Lumber company
treasury holds about half a million dol
lars in cash and about 3d. SOC, 900 in
stock. The first meeting of directors
was held in Chicago, January 16, 1902,
one year ago today. The directors
gave me one year to raise $500, 900 In
cash. That sum and above was raised
in less than nine months and the COM
pany was declared fully financed on
November "a. 1902, by the board of d.
rectors.
General Manager Bennett and Chief
Engineer Davis are scheduled to meet
our millwright, H. G. B~adstubner, at
the Chicago office of the company next
Tuesday to settle on plans for the mill.
The mill to be erected will have an an
nual capacity of about $4,000, 900 feet
of sawed lumber. We shall construct
on the timber lands. as soon as climat-
ic conditions permit, twenty miles of
standard guage railroad into the
woods. Negotiations are on and we
will soon purchase 12O logging cars at
a cost of about $400 each. In addition
to that purchase, we will order two
that will cost about $4,000 each, and
two standard gauge locomotives at a
cost of about $50 900.
I'VE estimate cost of improvements
in Albuquerque, on the site donated,
at 5000 900, although we are prepared
to expend a sum considerably in ex-
cess of that amount If found neces-
sary.
Operations on the above lines will
cover a period of about forty or fifty
years, and will add to the population
of this city about 400 heads of families.
which, with followers, will increase
the actual population of the city about
1000.
I'VE will be ready to commence
work in the woods and in this city as
soon as the plans and specifications
are accepted by the executive commit
tee. | believe that Mr., Bennett, the
general manager, will return to AIbu-
querque in the next three weeks, with
the engineer and millwright, and he
will come along with authority and
power from the executive committee
to commence actual construction work
as soon as possible thereafter"
Survey to Mill Site.
This morning. Assistant Surveyor
Beckett, of the Santa Fe Railroad
company, with Chief Engineer Davis
for the American Lumber company.
and Engineer Pitt Ross for the city of
Albuquerque, commenced running a
line from the Santa Fe railroad track,
just above the city, to the lumber mill
site located just beyond the city limits
to the northwest. The gentlemen are
running the lines for a railroad spur
for the parties interested, and will
probably be ready with their report in