Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-02-21
|HOQUlAM FIRM
PURCHASES Mill
Hoquiam Sash and Door Co.
Buys Syverson Saw Mill
at Montesano
COUNTY SEAT REJOlCES
Purchase May Mean Ultimate
Removal of Sash and
Door Factory

MONTESANO, Feb. 20.-By far
the most important transaction that
has occurred in Montesano for over
year, is the announcement that the
SyversOn mill plant was sold Tues
day, to the Hoquiam Sash & Door
Co., of Hoquiam. This company, in
purchasing the plant, announces that
the wheels will be running within a
Door Co. are the owners of a plant
in Hoquiam which turns out over 600
fir doors alone every day, and it de-
sires lumber mill to run in con-
nection with it's plant. Eventually
it is the intention of the management
to move the Sash & Door plant to
Montesano, and conduct all it's busi-
ness from this point. The sash and
door plant alone employs nearly 100
men.
1t will be remembered that the Sy
verson mill has been tied up for nearly
two years in different law suits, the
last one being brought by the Mon
tesano Lumber & Manufacturing Co.
to eject them from the premises, on
the ground that part of the land on
which the plant was located was own
ed by the latter company The suit
was successful, and the Court made
an order that the Syverson plant
would have to be removed from the
premises as far as this particular part
of the land was concerned. To do
this would have necessitated the tear
ing down of the whole mill. The
Montecoma Investment Co., owners
of the Syverson mill, endeavored to
make a purchase of the land desir
ed, from the Montesano Lumber, &
Manufacturing Co., so that the plant
might remain intact and be sold to
some one who would operate it here
in Montesano. 1t was unsuccessful
in this, and the directors determined
to sell the machinery in the mill at
the best figure that could be realized
for the same. To this end Mr.. Hill
Hudson, machinery expert of Ia
coma, came down to Montesano a
little over week ago, and took a
complete inventory of everything He
then offered the machinery for sale
to several parties.
A settlement, however, was after
wards made, through the instrument
ality of r. H. Fleet, who then secured
an option on the Syverson plant, and
closed the sale to the Hoquiam Sash
& Door Co. Mr.. Fleet states that
the settlement between the two mill
companies was entirely satisfactory
to all parties concerned, and he de-
sires that the people commend Mr..
Clemons and Mr.. Ninemire for their
action in this matter, in considering
the welfare of Montesano, first as
paramount to their own interests.
Montesano has had particularly
hard luck in the last year or two, ow-
ing to the fact that these two mills
were not running, and the city SEEM
ed to have a black eye as far as
mill matters went. Even our own
citizens have been disheartened and
everyone was feeling the effects Of
conditions as they existed. Now,
however, that these boundary dis
putes and the other various law
suits have been settled, and the Syv-
erson plant has been disposed of to
a company absolutely financially able
to handle it, and the spur track into
these mills is being rushed to CON-
pletion, things certainly look good
for Montesano, and the citizens have
every reason to be thankful, and the
city will take on new lease of life.