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58 stories matching lumber
- The Lumber Industry Faces a Hard Winter
Puget Sound mills struggle through the worst slump in twelve years as global markets dry up.
- Free Wool, Free Lumber: Washington's Mill Towns Brace for the Tariff Shock
Seattle and Tacoma manufacturers warn that the new Havemeyer tariff will cut wages, ruin sheep raisers and hand the lumber trade to Canadian timbermen.
- A Mill Owner's Warning: Free Trade and the Fight for Seattle's Lumber Future
Port Blakely's C. P. Holmes saw tariff-free lumber helping British Columbia, doubted the China-Japan war would rescue trade, and still believed Seattle's natural harbor would win.
- A Chicago Syndicate Wants a Refrigerator-Car Factory — and It Wants the Land for Free
A Chicago car builder tours Tacoma and Seattle touting a plant that could turn out up to sixty refrigerator cars a day, weighing Puget Sound lumber against Eastern iron — and letting it be known the syndicate is open to "propositions for donated sites."
- A Railroad Blockade Broke the Lumber Glut
Puget Sound mills had been selling below cost. Then floods and a strike cut the supply line—and manufacturers finally got the upper hand on prices.
- Snohomish's Standard Mill Goes Up in Flames
A boiler-side fire consumes the Loggie Bros. mill and its lumber, threatening a town payroll already strained by strike.
- Railroads Hike Lumber Freight Rates
Local lumber mills face an uncertain future as major rail lines announce a sharp increase in freight rates for shipments to the Midwest.
- Senator Squire Speaks Out Against 'The Day of Doom'
Washington State’s Senator Watson Squire takes to the Senate floor to argue that the pending Democratic tariff reform will destroy the state's lumber and mining industries.
- The Mill That Vanished Before Its Workers Got Paid
Kent mill hands won wage liens, then found the company's assets allegedly shifted to a new corporation—and the sheriff returning 'No property found.'
- The Woodin Mill Burns Down
A fire sparked by a friction belt destroys a major Fairhaven lumber mill, leaving forty-seven men jobless in an already struggling economy.
- Fire Threatens Major Snohomish Mill
Workers and citizens labor through the afternoon to save a prominent local lumber mill after its dry kiln catches fire.
- Bothell Mill Destroyed in Spectacular Blaze
A major shingle and lumber mill goes up in flames, leaving the community with a $75,000 loss.
- Midnight Fire Wipes Out a Whatcom Shingle Mill and 19 Jobs
A hot box in the shingle mill ignites a $15,000 blaze on the Alton road, leaving Kenoyer Bros. and a lumber operator uninsured.
- The Assistant City Clerk's Gambling Debt
Tacoma’s Assistant City Clerk F.D. McCain has fled after allegedly forging thousands in city warrants to pay off gambling debts.
- Ballard's Council Feud: Mayor and Council Say Ex-Councilman Winsor Let His Own Trial Go by Default
The Ballard city council row continues as the mayor and council answer Thomas Winsor's reinstatement petition, accusing him of selling lumber to the city and then refusing to defend himself.
- A South Bend Mill Assigned Itself to Creditors, Then Burned to the Ground That Night
The Willapa Cedar Lumber Company signed its assets over to creditors at 4:55 p.m. By 11 that nightthe shingle mill and dry house were in flames, five car loads of shingles lost and $12,000 gone up in smoke.
- Seattle's First Direct Cargo to Honolulu
The bark Oakland sails for Hawaii with flour, lumber, cattle, horses, mules, farm machinery—and 12,000 gallons of water for the livestock.
- The Self-Help Gospel of the Wishkah Mill
An editorial urging local unemployed men to bypass wage labor and directly operate a shuttered sawmill to kickstart the regional economy.
- The Ballard Kilns Go Up in Smoke
A fire in the Stimson Mill dry house threatened $150,000 in lumber and shingles before Seattle and Ballard crews brought it under control.
- The Logging Frontier’s Monstrous Spruce
A Wishkah River logger claims a record-breaking tree that hints at the scale of the region's ancient forests.
- South Bend’s Mill Burns While the Hose Company Stays Home
The Willapa Cedar Lumber Company’s mill and dry house burn to the ground; a kerosene-soaked fireball and a short hose supply leave the town reeling.
- Ousted Over an $18.90 Lumber Bill, a Councilman Gets His Seat Back
Ballard's council removed Thomas Winsor without a hearing — right after he accused the city treasurer of pocketing $1,058. A judge ruled the whole thing illegal and threw out his replacement.
- Aberdeen's Bold Rail Gamble
Citizens rally to secure the Northern Pacific connection by donating land, lumber, and labor to bypass rail delays.
- The Teacher Who Saved the Schoolhouse
A quick-thinking teacher organized students into a bucket brigade to save a burning schoolhouse at Hughes' mill.
- Ballard Mill Workers Win Wage Fight
After an attempt to cut pay, Ballard shingle mill workers successfully pressured owners to maintain the old wage scale.