Author : Inc Miller Freeman Publications
Release : 2013-09
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Book Synopsis The Timberman Volume 17 by : Inc Miller Freeman Publications
Download or read book The Timberman Volume 17 written by Inc Miller Freeman Publications. This book was released on 2013-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ...men in Southwest Washington. Extensive repairs are being made to the mill and as soon as these are completed, the plant will be put in operation, after being closed down about a year. Hanify Lumber Co.'s mill started up April 1, after being closed down for sixteen months, and is now operating full time, under the management of W. S. Cram and Jacob Siler. A couple of days before this plant was started, a crew of men were clearing away the ash heap from the burner, and when they they had got down well into the ash pile, they discovered that fire was still buming in the sawdust and debris, notwithstanding that it had been 16 months since the fire was supposed to have died out. The Hart-Wood mill, which was expected to be ready to operate by the first of April, will not be ready to run until May 1, according to Manager F. A. Hart. Extensive repairs are being made, and the plant will be practically a new concern when it finally starts up. The directors of the Willapa Lumber Co. are given notice that on June 14, 1916, a meeting of the stockholders will be held for the purpose of voting to increase the capital stock of the company from 8500 shares to 9130 shares of a par value of $100 each, making an increase in the capital stock of $63,000. The capital stock now stands at $850,000. The company's business is rapidly expanding, and it is one of the few companies which were able to keep their plant operat With the opening of the National mill, April 10, the average daily cut of lumber mills of this city will reach the 1,685,000-foot stage, the greatest perhaps in many years. The cut is as follows: National Lumber & Manufacturing Co.'s saw mill, 275,000 feet; National Box factory, 60,000 feet; Grays Harbor Lumber Co., 375,000 feet; Coats...
