Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-04
LOGGING NOTES.

Inc BROOKS " RoSS Lumber Co. at
Schofied will tear out the old dam be-
low its mill this fall and build a new
one. This is done in connection with
repairs and changes being made in the
cOmpany's mill.
The Werhem Mfg Co. has decided
to build an addition to its factory, and
work will commence within short time
The addition will be 60xS0 feet, two
stories high, the lower floor to be used
for rough cuttings, the upper as an adj
dition to the cabinet shop.
The Brooks & Ross Lbr Co.'s mill at
Schotield will close down about the 18th
to allow contemplated changes to be
made. All the logs in the pond were
cleaned up yesterday, bit logs will be
received by rail in sufficient quantities
to keep the mill supplied until the above
date.
The Fenw cod Lumber Co. has three
camps in operation in the town of
Vein. The crews employed in these
camps are at present engaged in cutting
and skidding logs, which will, as soon
as there is sleighing, be hauled to the
company's mill at Fenwood The tim
Der being cut is mostly hardwood.
The Brooks & Ross Lumber Co. at
Schofield will remodel its mill this fall,
necessitating close down of several
weeks, after which the mill will be
operated continuously during the win
ter. The mill was rebuilt from top to
bottom few years ago and has been
operated both summer and winter since,
but the owners find that changes are
now necessary. Therefore a stock of
new machinery has been ordered of
the d. j. Murray Co., of this city, which
is being manufactured, and as soon as
this machinery is ready, the work of
re-modeling will begin. The company
has been supplying its mill with logs
cut on the Eau Claire river and is also
hauling by rail from Mercer. Il has
enough timber in sight to operate for
great many years to come. Were 1t
not for this mill, Schofield would be a
pretty dead burg.
The Curtis & Yale Co. has decided 10
dismantle its mill in the town of Berlin
and at least part of the machinery
will go into the mill to be built by
the Ingram Lumber company at
Ingram, Gates county. The Berlin
mill was built about twenty-five years
ago and tor a great many years has
been under the management of the
Curtis q Yale Co. 1t had a saving
capacity of 80, 900 feet in ten hours run
and was operated every year during
the summer season. 1t furnished a
good market to the farmers in that
vicinity who had logs to sell and also
was a source of employment for great
many of the farmers and their
sons when their services were
not required on their farms. The
lumber was hauled to the yards of the
company in this city during the winter
and this also gave employment to many.
The dismantlement of rae mill will be
regretted by those living in that vicin
ity
T. M. Smith and John johnson, of
of this city, have four crews at work on
Pine river in cutting timber The work
is all being done by contractors but is
under the supervision of Messrs. Smith
and johnson. They will cut about
5000, 900 feet of mixed timber this
winter, which will be hauled to the
old Simmer mill and sawed. They
will also furnish the Wausau Paper
Mills CO. with about 5000 cords of pulp
wood The latter will be dumped into
the river and floated to the Brokaw
mills The tract of timber from which
this is TO be cut was purchased of
Jacob Simmer, before the latter sold
his mill year ago. During the sum-
mer crew has been kept at work
peeling bark, which has been shipped
out on cars. Skidding of logs is now in
progress and as soon as there is sleigh
ing, hauling to the mill will begin. The
larger hemlock trees will be cut into
saw logs-the tops into pulp bolts.
Everything four inches or larger is
used for bolts.