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Jan. 5, 1889 Northwestern Lumberman

DIRECTORY LISTS OF THE MILLS, FACTORIES AND LUMBERMEN OF MICHIGAN.

With this issue the LUMBERMAN presents the great white pine manufacturing state of Michigan in a list which not embraces manufactures of white pine lumber and shingles, but also those who are engaged in the manufacture and handling of forest products of almost every description.

A count of the list will show 917 saw mills reported, of which 222 have shingle mills machinery as part of the plant. Beside these shingle mills there are 150 which have no connection with saw mills.

Of planing mills there are 450, of of which 223 are owned by saw mill concerns. One hundred planing mills are reported as reaching the dimensions of sash, door and blind factories.

One hundred and twenty stave and heading mills are represented in the list and 30 box factories. Over 225 report themselves as wholesalers, 55 as commission dealers and about 300 as retailers.

As far as reported there are 176 firms that use dry kilns, 63 that operate logging railways, 81 saw mills that are equipped with band mills and 206 general stores are conducted in connection with manufacturing business. Of the 917 saw mills only 53 are are portable.

Many other particulars are given in in the list which will be seen on examination. The name of many loggers and log dealers are given, but there was no attempt made to obtain even an approximately compete list of such. While the list in every line is not claimed to be complete, its deficiencies are due to the the apathy of those most interested. It is, however, by far the largest list of bona fide names and address of those interested in the lumber business of Michigan ever printed, and in the amount of detail it furnishes is simply unexampled in any line.

The following list was extracted from the the above article, to show only town or village were on or to be on the Ann Arbor railroad.

The code table follows the listing, each code item is separated by a semicolon


Location

Coding

Operators

Railroads

ALMA

Gratiot


Sh;4;G

S;4;P;D;DK

Hamlin & Green, elm, hoops

E. J. Roys

Tinker & Lancashire, hard and soft woods

D. L. & N.

S.V.&St. L

T,AA&NM

Ann Arbor

Washtenaw

S;2

P;4;D;R;DK

R

F. M. Hallock (L. J. Hallock,owner), hardwood, oak

John Armstrong & Co.

James Tolbert, pine, hardwoods

M.C.

T,AA&NM

Ashley

Gratiot

S;5;H

S;2;LR

Salliotte & Chittenden, hdwds, hoops, (2 mills).

Sarkweather & Clifford, hardwoods, pine.

T,AA & NM

T,S & M

Bannister

Gratiot

H;DK

A. W Dickerson, hardwoods.

T,AA & NM

Benzonia

Benzie

P;R

Case Bros.

Via ship from Frankfort and Manistee

Byron

Shiawassee

S;2;M

S;2

W;R

S

Campbell & Nowlin (P. O. Detroit), hardwoods, oak

Perry Hadsad, oak

Mrs. F. H. Starkey, hardwoods

T,AA & NM

Cadillac

Wexford

S;3;Sh;4

P;D

W

S;4

P;R

S;5;Sh;4;BS;P

S;5

R

S;5

P;7;R

P;6

S;5;Sh;3;BS;LR

Sh;5;G

Sh;4

W;L

S;3;Sh;4

S;3;M

Brett Bros., hemlock, cedar, hardwoods (mill at Price's Siding).

Cadillac Sash & Door Manufacturing Co.

Cobbs & Mitchell, pine, hemlock

Cobbs, Mitchell & Co., pine, hemlock

Cummer & Cummer, pine

Cummer Lumber Co., pine

W. W. Cummer, pine

J. Cummer & Son, pine

F. A. Diggins & Co., Hardwoods, pine, hemlock

Jas. Haynes & Sons.

Mitchell Bros., pine, hemlock.

Mitchell Bros & Murphy, pine, hemlock (mill at Jennings).

John A. Wade

W. J. Williams

G. A. Bergland, pine

J. E. Root, Pine, Hardwoods

C. Wells & Bro., hardwoods, pine, hemlock (mill at Price's Siding).

C. & N. E.

G. R. & I.

T,AA & NW

Calkinsville

Isabella

S;2

L. N. Kennedy, hardwoods, basswood.

T,AA & NM

Crawford

Isabella

S;3;P

J. Darrow, hardwoods, pine, hemlock, basswood

Ships via Mt. Pleasant

F & PM

T, AA & NW

Dundee

Monroe

S;2

S;2;P

H

R

Bemis & Nogar, hardwoods, long timber.

long & Rawson, hardwoods.

N. & H. O'Donnell, hardwoods.

Wm. Slayton, shingles.

T,AA & NM

LS & MS

CJ&M

Durand

Shiawassee

R

Symes Bros., pine, hem, hdwds, (see Bancroft)

C & GT

D,GH & M

T,AA & NM

Elsie

Clinton

P;2

Wm. Wooll

T,AA & NM

Emery

Washtenaw

R

H. W. Robinson, pine, oak

T,AA & NM

Farwell

Clare

S;4;Sh;4;G;DK

S;4;P

Sh;4

Sh;4

S;2

J. E. Austin & Co., hardwoods, pine, hemlock.

J. L. Littlefield, hardwoods, pine, hemlock.

J. W. Gardner, pine and cedar.

Saxton & Pence.

John Reid, pine, hardwords.

T,AA & NM

F & PM

Howell

Livingston

S;2;M

S;2

Campbell & Nowlin (P. O. Detroit), hardwoods, oak.

D. O. Smith, Hardwoods.

T,AA & NM

LD & N

Ithaca

Gratiot

R

Nelson & Barber Co., pine

T,AA & NM

SV & St L

Marion

Osceola

S;3

S;1;Sh;3;DK

J. E. Chadwick, pine, hemlock, hardwoods.

C. Clarke, pine, hardwoods, water.

T,AA & NM

Milan

Washtenaw

H

S;2;LR

H

LR

Wm. Hayden, elm, oak, ash, bass.

C. H. Wilson, hardwoods.

C. Balus, hardwoods.

S. W. Andrus

T,AA & NM

WABASH

Mount Pleasant

Isabella

W

W;R;C

Sh;4

LR;4;D

S;H


W

Crosby & Collin (P. O. Greenville), pine.

Morrison & Dains, pine, hardwoods.

Wiley & Wyman, pine, hemlock.

White & Walker.

Chatterton & Palmer.

F. E. Prince & Co., hoops.

J. W. Hance.

T,AA & NM

F & PM

North Star

Gratiot

H

S

S;2;M

Frank Gardner.

Hanes & Stackwell

Chas. Lyon, hardwoods

T,AA & NM

Owosso

Shiawassee

S;4;LR

S;3

H

LR;D;W;R;DK

Estey Manufacturing Co., hardwoods (2 Mills).

J. J. Parmely, hardwood, oak.

Todd & Roper, hdwds, oak (also Trezevant, Tenn.).

L. E. Woodard, Hardwoods, pine, hemlock.

MC

D,GH & M

T,AA & NM

Pompei

Gratiot


Ship via station Ithaca

SV & St L

T,AA & NM

St. Louis

Gratiot

S;4;L;P

S;4;H

H

C

W. F. Glasby, pine, hemlock, hardwoods.

St. Louis Hoop Stave Co., pine, hemlock, hdwds.

Smith.,Claggett & Co., elm, basswood

Hughes Bros., hardwoods.

DL & N

T,AA & NM

SV & St L

Shepherd

Isabella

S;3

P

S;3

S;3

W;R

Kennedy & Hazleton, pine, hemlock, hardwoods.

S. D. Clark

Hardgrove & Forbes, hardwoods, pines.

J. Darrow, hardwoods, pine

J. N. Shepherd, hardwoods.

T,AA & NM

Stella

Gratiot

S;3;H

Bush & LaRue (ship. Sta. Ashley), hardwoods.

T,AA & NM

SV & St L

Vernon

Shiawassee

S;2;P

Chas. H. Sayre. Hardwoods

D,GH & M

T,AA & NM

York

Washtenaw

S;2

A. G. McIntyre, hardwoods, oak (ships sta. Milan)

T,AA & NM

WABASH


Key: Letter indicates kind of business, Figures , daily capacity in feet:

S

Saw Mill

1

5000 or less

P

Planing Mill or Machinery

2

6,000 to 10,000

Sh

Shingle Mill

3

12,000 to 25,000

H

Stave and Heading Mill

4

30,000 to 50,000

W

Wholesale Dealer

5

60,000 to 100,000

R

Retail Dealer

6

110,000 to 200,000

C

Commission Dealer

7

225 and over

D

Door, Sash and Blind Factory

B

Box Factory

L

Logger or Log Dealer

DK

Dry Kilns

BS

Band Saw

M

Mill is portable

LR

Logging Railroad

G

General Store

Water

Means water power; all other steam power