The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-10

HEAD OF LAKE
MILLS STARTING
SAVING SEASON WILL SOON BE
IN FULL SWING.
Ice Holds Driving in Check, but There
Will Be Abundant Water Little
Later-Prices of Stock Are Holding
Firm, Tho No Large Sales Have Been
Reported. AZ. ia "a,
Special to The Journal.

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Duluth, Mimi, April 10-several Of the head
of the lake mills running this week, in
addition to those that have been busy during
other mills are at work, the Alger, Smith &
Co.'s west end mill will be running In 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 s. Vincent has been running day and night
for some weeks, and Scott-Graff have been busy
Smith & Co., which has been running all winter,
is to close down for spring overhauling in
short time. -, &%.'-5 5r..
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 as soon
as possible, probably about the 25th inst Both
| those at Winton have a 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 100, 900 feet. The Ash
mill at Virginia, recently bought by Cook s
OBrien, has been running all winter and will
| be busy all the year. W. T. Bailey, also at
Virginia, is making extensive improvements to
! the property, and is to resume shortly. The
| Longyear Lake MILL near Hibb1ng, Will have
about 1S,000,000 feet of logs to cut, which are
either at the mill now or ready to be placed
there. .s-... p, ,-,- r, ga . = .. =,
Most Of the rivers are pretty high. Water
! is running freely, but many of them the ice
has not yet entirely gone, SO driving cannot COM
| mence. Inere IS every 1nQ1catlOn or aOunOanC
| water, and at the new work Of the Great North
! ern Power company on the st. Louis below the
! Cloquet mills the water is now at the crest of
| the high coferdam built last winter to protect
| the works from foods. The upper st. Louis is
! 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 not
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. o..
| The steamer Flora is being put in readiness
to tow logs on Cass lake. The boat has been
bought by the Mueller Lumber company of Iowa
and will handle that concerns 5000, 900 feet
that were cut the past winter north Of Walker
to Pokegama dam. The, boat will probably also
handle the II 900 900 feet Of the Northland Pine
company, banked above and to be driven dowI
the Mississippi river. H.
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 character. OF logging
mately become the branch of the 500 line IL
the head Of the lakes 1t has been stated OF
what seems good authority that the 500 line
has bought the logging road Of the Empire Lum
Der company OF Dubuque, which runs from thu
st. Croix northward almost to Superior. -
Effective April 1 the rate shingles from
Duluth and Superior to all stations Duluth
lines and connections will be the same as fol
lumber. This change in tariff is in accordance
with the recent decision Of the interstate com
merce commission, filed a. few weeks ago in thu
case of the Duluth Single 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 saws
was practically closed but was called off later
Prices are holding very stifsf II