The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-27
BIG LUMBER SALE
In WEEKS DEALS
SHARP DEMAND NOTED FOR WEST
COAST TIMBER.
Duluth Reports Show Great Activity,
Especially on North Shore to Inter
national Boundary, with Large Army
Of Loggers at ork-Portable Mills
Building for North District.
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Special to The Journal.
Duluth, Mimi, Jan. 27.--sales of the week
include about 10, 0O0, 900 feet OF No. 8 and bet
ter for William o. Brien for Saginaw shipment
There have been some others and many smaller
sales. The Hines company has made large
sale Of lumber to be- cut at Ashland and the
head of the lakes, 5000, 900 feet i'll all. This
is the heaviest sale made this year, or on the
new crop of logs. -
There is sharp demand here for west coast
dimension stuff, and the receipts are large. In
addition to what is required for the large
docks OF the Duluth Missabe s. Northern, the
Great Northern and the three or four immense
coal docks to be built the present winter, there
are shipments thru here of some 5000, 900 feet
for Marquette and half as much for other points
between here and the Sault. In all, it is esti-
mated that no less than 40 000, 900 feet of Wash
ingtoD timber will be consumed here and along
the south shore Of the lake in eight OF ten Jobs
this season. r. ~..-H
In this connection it is stated that the plans
Tor a large dressing and distributing yard for
Pacific coast timber are well along and that tina
yard will be established during the summer.
Just now the railroads are so busy with their
regular work, and their cars are so in demand
that there is no necessity for looking about for
additional work for them. a.-~. ~.
There is far greater activity on the north
shore, and as far down as Cook county and the
international boundary than ever in the past
and the number Of men employed in logging
there is very large. -
The Duluth Log company is building and will
SIdik up Ill u Lew udyS d ucW SnluSl6 ulll at
Aitkin. It will be in charge of @. E. Holmes.
Not only do loggers find it rather hard to get
men for their operations, but the mills are more
or less troubled and it is evident that there is to
be scarcity of labor the coming summer, unless
conditions thruout the country change materially
In the meantime.
Need Preserving Plants.
1t is said BY tie people here that northern
Minnesota produces each year about 5,OO0,Oo
railway ties. nearly all Of which are cut in
the counties Of st. Louis, Lake, Cook and Itasca
Almost all these ties are cedar. tamarack and
| pine, few oak and other woods. The area
of distribution of ties cut in this district is con-
stantly Widening and those engaged In the bust
ness here continually enlarging their sorting
and shipping yards, and extending the confines
! Of their trade. Ties from this region 80 into
| most of the central west, and far into the
| southwest the line of Missouri. The North
! Western road has a He-preserying plant at Esca-
naba, on the western shore Of Lake Michigan,
where between 100000 and 700. 900 ties are treat
| ed with acid every year and are shipped as far
over the tracks Of that road as~that number will
go, even to the southern parts Of the Dakotas,
Illinois, Michigan Iowa and other states. There
Ia as yet no preserving plant in this district but
there Is talk of putting in one. .
Several portable mills are to be built this
winter thruout the district near this city. to
| utilize dead and down timber, logs that were
cut In earlier days and left on the ground for
! any reason, from supposed worthlessness to the
| failure Of the contractor to his forgetfulness
/ Farmers are all getting lumber at lower prices
( than otherwise account Of these portable
=! mills. One has recently been put in on thu
Rice lake road, five six miles back of the
logs to 1t for custom saving or for sale. Mos
Of these mills get hold Of surprisingly good logs
among the half-rotted stuff, of which they might
be expected to have surplus.