Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-11-12
WILL BE BUILT BY SPRING
Financial FURRY Does Not Interfere
With Development of the Big Mill
ing Project on Craig Mountain
Will Be Cutting by Spring.


cial situation, which has already
stopped several large enterprises,
the Northwest Lumber company is
going ahead with its gigantic task
of acquiring $4,000 acres of virgin
timber land on Craig mountain, with
sufficient funds to establish the mill
by early spring.
Dominiek Cameron, to whom the
credit for securing the investment
of $2,000.000 of Eastern capital is
due, spoke this morning of the work
OF the company as follows
Just before the party or Pennsyl-
Vania capitalists left the Northwest
lthey voted an assessment of $780,
600, which is Immediately available.
We have been buying lease hold
ings for several weeks, and we will
continue to do so until we have ae-
quired all of the available timber on
Craig mountain. We have the mon
ey to complete our purchases, and no
temporary financial stringency can
hinder us in our work.
by early spring the mill will be
in operation, and the blast of the
saill whistle will call to work a large
force of men in the virgin forest.
Next week we will send our survey
ors out to locate a mill site, and as
soon as the Northern Pacific com
pletes its line to VoVllmer we will
begin to build the spur into the
timber.
I'VE are in a position to entertain
a proposition from Lewiston, and If
they have any offer to make regard
ing the location of our mill in the
city, it should be made at once. we
DO not expect to delay our work
pending any offers from any one,
The mill equipment is in Pennsvl-
vania, and can be shipped on short
notice, SO that is can be in operation
in few months.
I'VE will establish mill which
Will be Independent of railroads. for
we will build our own spur and de-
liver our products to the railroad
company without expense to them. "
remarked Mr.. Cameron in closing
the subject.
The announcement at this time
brings good tidings to the Lewiston
country, for 1t was feared that the
work might be temporarily embar-
rassed by the financial furry. which
is retarding many like enterprises in
the Northwest The entire capitaI
stock, $2,000,O00, is Immediately
available, and nothing can hinder
the work of building the mill Mr.
cameron declared that the mill
would be in operation in the spring
giving employment to several hun-y
dred men. The spur will be built
from a point at or near Vollmer into
the eompany's holdings, and from
the edge of the forest it will be ex-
tended as the timber is cut.
III the Lewiston expects to secure
the mill site it behooves them tn
take immediate action. The company
is ready to entertain a proposition.
and with the building of the Lewis.
ton and Southeastern electric rail.
road they will be strongly entrench-
ed with a mill in the city. Two
transportation lines will be at com
mand to bring the logs to the mill.
and competitive rates will reduce the
cost of transportation.
In order to secure the mill, how
ever it will be necessary for the
citizens to take immediate action,
otherwise the company will begin in
at an early date, locating
the mill on their own holdings on |
Craig mountain.