Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-03-03
OUR SAW MILLS.
Still Manufacturing an Enormous
Amount af Lumber and VIII For
Years to Come.

AH1 siASiAt diId ude dAiu OiAS -
tories day times, the year round, EN-
ploying an army Of hands and olis-
bursting immense SUMS OF money year
ly to their employees. There are foiui
saw mills in the city, the MehI
Lumber Co., the Heinemann Lumber
Co., the Barker & Stewart Lumber
Co. and the Jacob Mortenson LuIn-
Der Co.; two sash and door and inter
ior finish factorieS-the Curtis &
Yale Co. and the j. NJ. Kuebler Co.;
three box factories, the Wausau Box
& Lumber Co., the Goodwillie Bros.
and the Wisconsin Box Co.: the Un-
derwoOd Veneer Co. and the Wauslu
Excelsior Co., ali busy at the present
time using up rnillions upon millions
of feet of timber in turning out theiI
products for the ready markets Of
this country and some of the Euro
pean countries as well. A vast
amount of timber therefore is re-
quired to keep these concerns in busy
operation; but they seem equal to it,
the weather, Of course, permitting,
during the winter season to secure
this tremendous stock of raw material
for their different outputs. OF late
years most of this stock is rallied in
here by the railroad companies, the
river route being almost entirely
abandoned The assertion some
thirty years ago that the timber of
northern Wisconsin was about ex-
hausted and the oft repeated question
asked, what is to become of Wau.
sau when the timber is all gone?''
seems to still remain unanswered and
Wausau is still engaged in securing
all the timber necessary and will con-
tinue to secure the same for very
many more years to come and then
it will reforest for the years to fol.
low.
Now TO show what the saw mills Of
Wausau are doing at the present time
We subjoin the following:
The Mohr Lumber Co., formerly
tn e Schubring Lumber Co., lately
purchased by the former and remod-
led and equipped, is located at the
end of the city, now in full
operation and running night and
day, is cutting $4,000 feet of logs a day
and gets its logs by rail from Oneida
county. The company also purchase
logs from the farmers which they
cuts during the winter season, and de-
liver to the mill on contract for saw
ing or custom work. The timber is
composed of hardwood, hemlock, pine
and tamrack. The company employ
It's hands in the woods and mill dur
ing the season and is the owner Of
many millions of feet of timber
enough at least to stock its mill for
the next twenty years.
The Heinemann Lumber Co.'s mill
is located at the foot of First street,
formerly known as the mill of the
Stewart Lumber Co. and
which of late was purchased by
the first named company, is run
ming night and day and is saving
at the rate of 2O,OOO,0 600 feet of lum-
Der yearly, or in other words,
twenty car loads of logs daily. The
company receives the bulk of its logs
by rail from the st. Paul and North
Western railways from Marathon,
and Langiade counties, from
the triangle tract between Wausau,
Merrill and Amigo. Also purchase
logs from the farmers and do custom
saving. The stock manufactured by
this concern runs as follows: Hard
wood 40 per cent, hemlock, so per
cent, and pine, 10 per cent, the logs
being cut and furnised by jobbers.
The mill and yards employ 225 hands.
Besides in addition to its manufac-
turing industry the company does
an extensive jobbing business.
The Jacob Mortenson Lumber Co. S
mill is located north of the city and
is one of the oldest and best mill
sites in Wausau, runs night and day
the year round and cuts on a conser-
vative estimate $4,000 feet of hard
wood, hemlock, tamerack and pine
lumber daily, the stock coming by
rail from Parish and daily receive
many car loads. The company also
purchases logs from the farmers and
does custom saving. In the company's
employ in the woods and mill there
are 40 hands and they are almost
employed.
The Barker & Stewart Lumber Co.'S
mill, located on McIndoe's island and
one of the oldest and most prosper
Gus mills in the city, was built in
1881 by Mr. Clark from the state of
who operated il for num-
ber of years, afterwards selling it to
Messrs. Barker & Stewart in 1887 who
in turn operated it under that name
until 1903 when it was incorporated
as the Barker & Stewart Lumber Co.,
since which time it has sustained its
present name. The mill runs day
and night the year round, its
cutting capacity being 10000 feet of
lumber daily, giving employment to
225 hands in its MIL, yards, etc. The
stock is one-third hardwood and two
thirds hemlock aid pine. The tim
Der is logged ner Glandon, on the
Gleason branch of the St. Paul road,
by the company and jobbers, 150 of
its own hands being thus engaged
and daily rallied to its mill, two trains
a day delivering the stock TO the
mill in this city. The company also
purchase logs from the surrounding
farmers and do considerable custom
The company expects this
to be its last year of lumber opera
tions in this city, unless it finds
other timber that can be purchased
and hr0upht IN WARSAW at an adyan-