The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-08
anna Canal

Several weeks g mention was made
in The Messenger that the Waccamaw
Land and Lumber Company expected
to locate a large lumber mill either Ia
Wilmington or Southport. The COM
pany has decided TO locate in Whining
ton and has bought out the Chadbourn
Lumber Company.
Mr.. f. w. Wheeler. the president OF
the Waccamaw Land and Lumber
| Company, came to Wilmington about
a week ago to inspect the sites. He
had several locations in view but on
! account of the excellent location of the
Chadbourn Lumber Company the en-
tire plant was purchased. Southport
mill but Mr.. Wheeler considered the
advantages in Wilmington superior to
Southport. All the papers in the rams
action were signed yesterday and the
property will change hands about De-
cember list.
The Chadbourn Lumber Company is
located in the northern section OF the
city between the Seaboard Air Line
railroad and the Cape e river. 1t
has a wharfage of 72O feet and the site
is amply sufficient TO accommodate a
mill of a very large capacity. The mill
will be enlarged to a capacity of about
10000 feet per day and will be made
up-to-date in every particular. When
the improvements to be made are COM
pleted the plant will be one Of the
most modern in the south.
The Messrs. Chadbourn will become
members of the new company hus in
surfing them their Immense local and
foreign trade which they have enjoyed
for a numbe of years. 1t has not been
settled yet in just what capacity they
will be connected with the new firm.
Mr.. F. w. Wheeler will make VIII
mington his home and expects to move
his family here in the near future.
Mr.. E. H. Silliman, secretary OF the
company, has already moved to Will
! mington and occupies a house on Mar
ket street. Mr.. J. E. Clark. a wealthy
and experienced lumber man from
Cheboygan, Michigan, will have gen.
eral supervision of the mill. AL of the
gentlemen connected with the mill are
experienced lumber men and they ex-
pect to do an enormous business.
The Waccamaw Land and Lumber
Company was recently organized with
a million dollars capital. The company
owns the vast body of timber known
as Green Swamp and which contains
212, 600 acres. The proper v is located
in Columbus and Brunswick counties
and has on IL millions of feet
of pine, cypress and juniper timber. The
mill will turn out principally cypress
and juniper lumber, but a large amount
of pine will also be sawed. This COM
pany has a contract TO furnish the
United Staes government with cypress
and juniper lumber TO be used in the
work on the Panam canal 1t was
with his object in view that the COM
pany purchased the large tract or land
and decided to locate a mill In this sec
ton.
1t is believed that the company made
a wise move in selecting wilm ington
as the place for locating their mill and
it will mean much to Wilmington Tor
many men will be employed and
il will also add TO the importance Of
this port. There are few who realize
how rapidly Wilmington is forging TO
the front. A contract was awarded
several weeks ago TO a northern man
u~facturing firm by the Angola Lumber
| Company for machinery TO double the
capacity OF their plant and no later
than last week several representatives
of the Heinz Pickle Company were In
Wilmington relative TO locating a oox
factory that would have a capacity or
about 5000 boxes per day and a car
load OF barrels. This company his not
yet decided whether they viii locate
in Wilmington or not. The site
being considered by them was the To-
cation formerly occupied by the Pitts
burg Lumber Company, which compa-
ny's plant was burned last spring.
The Waccamaw Land and Lumber
Company expect to have another plant
in addition to the one in Wilmington.
This plant viii be located At some
point in Columbus county near the rail-
road and on the Waccamsw river. from
which river the company derives It's
name. The plant in columbus viii be
OF a large capacity and viii turn oai
almost exclusively cypress and Junspe:
lumber. Ths company expects TO hays
a canal cut through the Green Swamp
in order 10 better get out the timber.
There are some sections OF the swamp
that could be made tiIlabie IL wei