The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-10
MINNESOTA
HEAD OF LAKE
MILLS STARTING
SAVING SEASON WILL SOON BE
IN FULL SWING.
Ice Holds Driving in Check, but There
Will Be Abundant Water a Little
Later-Prices of Stock Are Holding
Firm, Tho No Large Sales Have Been
Reported. ~,

Special to The Journal.
Duluth, Mimi, April 10.-several Of the head
of the lake mills are running this week, in
addition to those that have been busy during
the winter. The Red Cliff. Merrill Ring and
other mills are at work, the Alger, Smith &
Co.'s west end mill will be running in a day
| or two the Murray-McCann this week, the St..
Louis this week. and others between now and
the Goth. The Mullory MILL formerly the Hub
bard & Vincent, has been running day and night
for some weeks, and ScottGraff have been busy
for some time. The Rice's point mill Of Alger,
Smith & Co., which has been running all winter,
Is to close down for spring overhauling in a
short time. &s-'.r s:-#. -.
There is no saving in sight vet for the Leisure
mill, and that Of Morley & Heth will be idle
for the year in all probability. The Peyton
mill Is about torn down. Mills in the north
| country along the ranges, are to resume soon
| as possible, probably about the 25th inst Both
those at Winton have large summers work
cut out as has that of the Tower Lumber conf
| pany at Tower. The three mills will make a
season cut Of about 1901 100000 feet. The ASH,
mill at Virginia, recently bought by Cook 6
OBrien, has been running all winter and will
be busy all the year. W. 4. Bailey also at
Virginia, is making extensive improvements to
Longyear Lake mill. near Hibbing, viii have
about 1s,o0o,oO0 feet of logs to cut, which are
either at the mill now or ready to be placed
| there E5,.... :, .,., 49,. ~. s..~.~ .-
Most Of the rivers are pretty high. waite,
is running freely but on many of them the ice
| has not yet entirely gone, so driving cannot com
| mence. There Is every indication of abundant
water, and at the new work of the Great North
| ern Power company on the st. Louis below the
| Cloquet mills the water is at the crest Of
| the high coferdam built last winter to protect
| the works from floods. The upper st. Louis II
! very high, but the high water has hardly com
! menced yet, for the SHOWS in the swamps are
scarcely melted, while the spring rains have moi
begun. There is to be no trouble this spring
probably, in getting down all logs that are
| driven. --. .
| The large mill of the Crookston Lumber com
pany at Walker commenced saving for the sea
| son on Thursday. 1t will make large cut .>
! The steamer Flora is being put ntreadiness
to tow logs on Cass lake. The boat has beer
bought by the Mueller Lumber company of Iowa
| and will handle that concerns 5000, 900 fee
that were cut the past winter north of Wake
| to Pokegama dam. The: boat will probably ais,
handle the II 900 900 feet Of the Northland Pin.
| company banked above and to be driven dow
| the Mississippi river.
! , A RAILROAD is to be built from the little new
village of Luck, Wis., northward toward Su
perior and Duluth. and it is assumed that II
addition to its ostensible cha.acter OF loggin;
mately become the branch of the 500 line II
the head Of the lakes. 1t has been stated o,
what seems good authority that the 500 lin
has bought the logging road of the Empire Lum
Der company OF Dubuque, which runs from tn
st. CroiX northward almost to Superior. -
Effective April 1 the rate on shingles fron
Duluth and Superior to all stations on Dulutl
lines and connections will be the same as TO
lumber. This change in tariff. is in accordanc
with the recent decision: Of the interstate com
merce commission, filed a few weeks ago in tn
case of the Duluth Shngle company agains
several of the roads.
No large sales of lumber took place last week
One Of 1000 900 feet of stock now on the saw
was practically closed. but was called of later
Prices are holding very stiff.S RI
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