The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-23


w magnificent salmon commands throughout the cv
ed world she widely known and appreciated for the great business
she lumber Of millions Of feet going hence domestic and
foreign, each year.
Oregon and Washington stretch almost unbrokcn forests Of gigantic
Oregon r with quantities OF spruce hemloek eedr
and all mbe woods hundreds Of thousands Of extent and
the majority Of it, yet virgin From these drawn
continually the supplies that keep the six great milling plants on
Aoa harbor front going night and day. through the years TO fill
Of hundreds Of steamships ships and hoon that bark
to the nearest and farthes markets Of the world.
From logger to sailor the handling Of this output in
wolves millions Of money lands camps railways yards plants and
mills let alone the huge payros that go nemnab with rare
apses such prevails this writing due the reaction following
the rngency and abiding the issue Of the ratecase instituted by
the umbemen Of the Northwest against the railways pending
before the Interstate Commerce Commission The OF the business
as represented Astoria constitutes Of the principal factors
commerce. and the and assuring of the steady
growth Of the industry since there are very many owners OF forest
tracts indigenous this market that have boached their hold
gs taken steps to get the materials even started Tor market
Of these may be the Mccormack interests with $4,000 acres
Of virgin timber and mse already purchased in close proximity
the city, the Hammond interests with seventy odd thousand acres
and superb water frontage Of Hammond for mills and
docks beside other Of the character still await
ing practical development BY possible mchanc save the ravaee
OF unprecedented and voumne can this port ever
be deprived the mab expansion Of this great industry while
the attendant advantages ccrng from the erection oil mills and fac
tories for the manufacture Of kindred supplies OF wooden base
always with number Of them already seeking oothod IN he
city and its immediate neghborhood which the shpbudng
business which particularly affiliated to such exhauess timber re-
sources abound hereabout
short review Of the numbering interests and plants in this secton
will not be amss at this juncture:
The largest Of the six big plants in and about Astoria that OF
the Tongue Point laundering Company established betwx rail and
water transportation under the westerly shoulder Of the famous point
OF land jung the Columbia and from which the mill takes its
name The company equipped with AsChames Co band
mills 9foot and sot two Merhon band aws and large
As Chalmers Company 66nch by 1Onch edge sahers mmers
ah machines ETC. The plant capacity Of 100000 feet of lumber
and 10000 ah 10 hours The planning mill contains nine machines
and is l10x1s0 feet in size, with wing 6OxS5 feet
The box factory 60xlSs feet in size and has capacity of $4,000
feet Of lumber equipped with three cutoff machines
three edgers 60ch Mershon band and twocoor printing
press The company makes specially OF fine r flooring and has
large shed for flooring alone that holds 100000 feet In all the COM
pany has large sheds capable covering 100000 feet of lumber
Alongside OF the sheds loading track which projects shed
roof loading be done under cover which notable adj
vantage owing the number Of rainy days Astoria In oil the
company 1900 feet Of loading track capable OF accommodate
inc Is cars The company ship about $50 carloads OF lumber
month when cars are available besides doing large business
During the months Of 1907 the company shipped out 1863
carloads of lumber to Eastern markets. six steamers and one sailing
vessel for foreign devy 26 steamers and IL sailing vessels for
domestic markets. its foreign shipments involving S13SOOO feet its
domestic deliveries agggang feet the entire output IN
yovng the cutting and use Of 350O0000 feet Of logs
The company maintains working force in logging camps and
at the MILL $50 people, and has payroll aggregang $4,000
month $000 per and has between seven and eight thou
sand acres the beands the lower Columbia Valley The
officers Of great George Hume presidents @
Hume vcepresident Jay Demng secretary; with B. Hazen
manager at the Astoria Office and to whom the Historian indebted
for the details above set out
Among the active numbering industries at this port may be men
toned in jusiay prdeu way the Astoria Box Company which
controls not only large business but the established clearing
house for the industry this city and section operates one OF the
smaller but exceedingly modern plants and to November h last
wear exported shipments to Eastern California 50O feet
ane lumber while its sea cargoes footed up O feet besides
100000 feet Of shocks sent out the owse Steamers its
output being for period 100000 Of lumber and 100000 sho
making handsome total Of 100000 feet Of stuff taken from its
booms which foated 100000 feet Of logs during that time
The company employs 105 constantly often increasing the