March, 1883.
THE WEST SHORE.
47
E. D. Smith began the first logging on Sno
homish river, V. T in 1863, ind has since cleared
1,900 acres, getting 40,010,000 feet. Th best
he has awgfd lii 7J.CCO fitl to tit acre, though
the lands vary exceedingly in the amount of
merchantable timber alnnding on them.
The rush for limber lands haa been very great
all through weatern w.nmgion am. w
continue! unabated. It Is estimated by mill
men that the atumpnge of good quarter icctlon
favorably iltuatetl la worth $ 15,010. It coati
about $500 to get title from Uncle Sam.
Two new logging railroads have been completed
near Olympla, V. T. One of them li Ihree
miles in icngin ani use. noises ior mmv
erty would be of some value. The failure of Jay feet will won be completed at Sumner, Tierce
Cooke & Co. in 1873 stopped work on the road, county, W. T.
.J? " V PrOPOr!T r "T A hw mill hM been built on Asso.in creek, W.
In .877 work was resumed, and since .879 ha. from which , U 4
been energetically pushed. With the resumption , . , ,. , .
, i.u .1.1 , . . . market for its product,
of labor on tlie road began that mighty stream of
immigration that has transformed three feeble A ,ree WM recen,,y eut oa John, rtver'
territories into earnest applicants for admission W' Tl' nine,y fl ln circumference
into the Union. To particularize would be use. nd containing 16,000 feel of lumber.
less j every one knows the history of their wonder- The Fort llcnton Room and Lumlier Co. and
ful growth. A wilderness has become a scene of the Montana Lumlier Co. of Hillings, were re
prosperous industry under the magic wand of the cently Incorporated in Montana,
railroad. Millions have been added to the wealth A mill with a daily capacity of 1 3,000 feet will
of the nation and of the people whose lands are be built on Elk river, Curry county, Oregon, in
claimed to have been squandered. Is it not good the spring. Tort Orford is the shipping point.
ZZ 7Z..Z Z Z , I 7 Dufin ,he !" n ,he ,wtn,y'U loCKln The other is a narrow gauge laid with thirlypound
" p."" uun'B "ic icuiuuiiik .. fvt.lrnm W T .mnUllI , , . .. .... .1. .1 J
three-quarters are doubled in value? This 1. just ' 7 V, V , ' 1 11 -.. ."
what the United State, has been doing. Land h;"d ,nd CUt i0'000'000 ' valued at ,lm and cars, and will open sip . bout 5,000,000
in the regions penetrated by these road. ha. been fl "f le l" 1"" '" ml"'
increased in value from almost nothing to many 'Ihere U Rtneul e'""!'1"'"" f 'he scarcity of A logging railroad and tlmlwi chute are being
dollars per acre. Populous cities have sprung ,um,r for huilding purposes, thuugh new mills C(lrui;,ei at Ankeny'. landing on the Columbia
up. Schools and churches make one continuous re K,,ine UP on emv han(1 n1 W one " "" K1IW Calhlamet. The road will have Iron rail,
line across the continent. The wealth, popula- ninB n'Bh nJ lly- , wi) be operated by a fifteen-ton locomotive,
lion and financial prosperity of the country has The New Tacoma Furniture Co. has begun j wi h extended gradually Into the vat limber
lieen increased so as to make us the admiration work in its new sash, door and furniture factory forest, south of the river. It Inmlnatrs on the
and wonder of the world. Loss of the grants, if at that place. A saw mill will soon be put up by river bank at the top of a bluff 700 feet high,
they could be taken away, would not retard rail- the same parties. jown width chute of reversed railroad lion will
road building now. It has progressed too far to be Wadhains & Elliott', new steam mill on the lie constructed to guide the logs In their descent to
stopped- The country has been developed suffici- Chchalis liver, near Chchalis, W. T.( is 36s! jo the river.
ently to make it profitable to build roads. But is it fat and cost $20,000, They have 1, 500,000 feet A new composite building material has lieert
right to take away that which has been the cause 0fOgs in Newaukum river. patented by F. W. Ilaitlell of Buffalo N. Y. It
of thil mighty transformation? Justice, without . . furnilu,. I.,.,,, Is neailv comoleted al 1. enmoosed of layers of wood and natural .Ion
Sellwood, one of Portland's new luliurlw, snd a suitably Joined together, the sb.no forming the
saw mill to utilise llmlier standing on the townlespowd or wearing turface ami the wooa 1110
site will soon be built. attaching surface. The wood Is first treated with
In 1882 Dean & Go's, mill al M.rshfield, Coo. Privative, to prevent decay, It. w.rh
I .1.1. ..f ll liinl la
steam .aw mil. ha, begun opera- -nty, Oregon, ran 30, day, cu, up ""2 '
1 snd manuiaciurcu ij.iii.jj) icei 01 luinoer, 1 - , .
332,000 laths, and 228,000 broom handles. elr natural 'ougn '. " "
, ,, , , ..11 I 10 the loi lilt SUIiace 17 irairai m ' -
incororated at Olympia, W. T., to build and
operate a .team mill in thai city for manufactur
ing laths, shingles, doors, saih, mouldings, etc.
The Coldsborough Creek Kailroad Co. lias
been Incorporated with a capital stock of $50,000,
any "supplement," says "No."
LUMBER.
Carson's new 1
tion. at New Tacoma, W. T.
A new saw mill i. being constructed in Kittitas I
valley, Yakima county, W. T.
A new steam planing mill i. being erected In I
Pomeroy, Garfield county, V. T.
The new mill on Durnt Bridge creek near Van
couver, W. T., i. now ready for business.
A new uw mill i. going up among the fine 1 10 build a loEi;lng railroad In Mason county, W.
cedar tree, of Brush prairie, Clarke county, W. T. I Ti jwo amj one-half mile will be built this
A lumber, lath and shingle mill has just been aeason.
completed in Pleasant valley, Baker county,
Oregon.
The contractor, for the bridge across the Colum
material.
Fiom $3.50 per 1,000 frrt In 1H77, the rU of
logs on Puget nund has advanced steadily season
by season to $7,00, and the demand I. giealer
than ever More. The number of men engaged
in the wods has Increased three fold In three
years. There Is one mill that cuts iHo.oon feel
of lumlier daily, another 150,000, and anotlier
that will soon handle 150,000 feel. Foreign ship-
Blackman Brca. & Co. are constructing a steam . (ltm , ,00,000 lo 7,000,000 frel per
saw mill at Snohomish City with the present L,,,,,, lM shipments rearh 15,000,'
capacity of 1 5,000 feet er day. It will soon lie (rtl -p,, hme demand is supplied by alniut
,, 1 . .au, mill .1 rath, t enlarged and manufacturing machinery be Intro- . d M eunB f,mn j.ooo to 50,000 fci
ma near rLBini, ; - - - - .
lame( duced. day, and the markel Is in a chronic Mat or
.. , , . 1 r Hanson & Co., of New Tacoma, W. T, have (lhaution.
The new m l of the Yamhill Lumbering Co. .....
!he new mm (he , (h, wof(Ji f(nw
ha, commenced work and turn, out 25.000 Teet J$ ,on, ,d h . M1Ml,r loO(O0O fee, ,' fot lX M.IUmrnc. V.l-
y" of one-inch boards per day. The steel shaft is iim()Mu, Calleo, S.llna Crui, Towna-
A new saw mill at Canby, Clackamas county. l)chff jn ditmeleri Auc.rahlt(-shanghai, Sydney awl Uaaymaa.
Oregon, is working on ft contract for 80,000 rail- g( mM ( ,,(f( (;iml)Uf ijiiy,
road ties. en()n wi u ,7J fef, lof1, and have five pier, port Hlakely and Sealwck, with cargoes e.mipria-
tu ;n s,,ih Ri-nd. Pacific county. W. T., .1 ri hih. Tliev will be connected inir tvAKHfl feet roogh lumlwr, 374-57$ '.
1, turning out about 50,000 feet per day and can . he ,im,,r, KCvn, ,r,her with chain. and 51 J. 1 $5 feet surfaced lumlier, 61,0. pkeU ami
not fill order wire rot The swinging boom will be 35 feet 200 pile., the aggregate v.lua.U of
c. rt.,m.i. Munt. Oregon, will W SHJ- In F.bnr.r, th. shlpmrnt. lo Chili.
til a tviv sf w.w..... y '
have two new saw mill, and .ash and door
factory this spring,
it.- , xtiii Cn hroun oneration.
111c jtctii.i i-i... 1 .n I .liinil I lier. arjvOOO reel M oreiaeu rumiwi, uj.,
A new uw mill with daily capacity of 1 5,000 per o.y
Amilltocutaofeelperdaywillnl- Slwlch U.nda, IU..H. and thin. fr.-
A mill to cul 20 000 j" Jk lort ,;,,,,,, Se,ltUi ,
bull, ten mile, with of ,rLls, wer. J.8.4.000 feel A LHigh lum-
radiu. of . steen mile, from thai City there win ' -
I " .11. ... ami shingle I". $. feet of d,..d lumUr. 65l.o