The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-08
NOT ENOUGH men
IN THE CAMPS
MARKED SCARCITY OF LABOR IN
PENINSULA DISTRICTS.
Shipments Of Pulpwood This Season
the Heaviest Ever Known in the
Business-Rafts Taken Thru the 500
Canal on Long Journey to the Re-
ceiving Points.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal, ST..
Calumet, Mich, Nov S.-Ihere is a marked
scarcity OF labor In the lumber camps, and when
woods operations assume greater magnitude sew
eral operators will be handicapped by the short
age. Lumber companies are importing Italians
from Chicago and Milwaukee. Several large
crews have been brought IN lately on the Good
rich boats and have been put to work in the
lumber camps Since the scarcity of men in
the northern country, the companies are COM
peiled III large degree, to resort to this labor,
aitho the men are not nearly so good for the
work as Scand1nay1ans and French Canadians
which whom this country is largely populated.
Italians generally stay for few weeks or a
month and then return to the cities. The
trenchmen are best on the drives and the
river work, while the Swedes and Norwegians
are generally best for camp work. r..
The rafting season for pulpwood on Lake Su-
perior is practically closed, and it is asserted
that the amount of pupwood RATED this season
is the greatest in the history of the business.
Green Bay, Wis, which is the principal receiving
point for RATED pulpwood, is said to have re-
ceived GOO cords. the RATS coming from Lake
Michigan and Lake Superior points. OF this
amount, 2O,o0o cords came from Lake Superior.
The RATS reach Lake Michigan and Green bay
ten days or two weeks. Contractors sustained
few losses from storms. The fact that pulp
wood mills are so we'll supplied with wood for
the coming season is said to have strong ten
dency to curtail the prospective wood pulp cut
this season In this district. The pulpwood in
dustry has been an important item in the in
come OF the new settlers who have into
northern Minnesota and Michigan. While clear
! ing their lands, they have been enabled to de-
| rive steady income by selling pulpwood ant
cedar. 49, - ~.
! Several logging camps are being operated BY
jobbers along the Copper Range railroad, il
| Hougbton and Ontonagon counties. While thu
cut at each camp will be ordinary in size, the ag
gregate will be very large.
Dumville & Gagnon, well-known loggers Of
Menom1nee, will start camp at Pembine th1
| week They expect to put in 100000 feet Of
pine this winter for the N. Ludington company
The Worcester Lumber company of Chassell il
| operating near Besselner on the South Shore
| road. About 3,00O,OOO feet of hardwood log
! Will be put in there and landed at lula fo
! shipment to the mill at Chassel 1925 miles dis
| tant. $780,.
| D. A. Hapeman of Sidnaw is in the market fo
| cedar products. Kenton will be center fo
cedar posts and poles this winter. The Spar
| row-kroll Lumber company of that place hal
several jobbers at work in cedar exclusively
| august Nordine has force of and a port
able engine at Jet Siding.
| Lumber shipments from Menominee and Mari
nette last month showed falling off. Til,
! amount shipped from Menomnee was 1880, OO(
feet, and from Marinette 10515OOO feet.
| hudson Donaldson of Garnet on the So
| road, have a fine plant. The equipment is new
| and consists of double-band mill, planingmill
| etc Pine, hardwood and hemlock lumber a.
we'll as lath and flooring, are being manufac
| tured Profting by the experience Of two pre-
v1ous disastrous fires, corrugated iron f1reproo
bo1erhouse, with frepumps in various locations
has been put in.