ASHLAND MANUFACTURING CO.
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Jackson County - Mistletoe
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April 25, 1901: "The Ashland Manufacturing Company, owned by T. H. Simpson, A. E. Sims, George N. Anderson and the H. J. Hicks estate, operating a saw mill on Neil creek, and who will have their planing mill and box factory in operation on the old woolen mill site next week. Their pay roll is $2,500 per month, and it will be increased during the year." (Valley Record)
March 15, 1902: "A huge 60 horsepower engine and an 80 horse-power boiler arrived from Portland today, consigned to the Ashland Manufacturing Company.
The machinery was purchased by D. B. Grant, who has just returned from Portland. Part of the machinery desired he was unable to get there and it will be shipped from the East.
This lot of new equipment is for a new box factory which will be constructed in Ashland immediately. The output of the modern concern will be large and many hands will find employment from the new enterprise.
The company will also add a planer and a lumber drier to its plant here." (The Evening Journal)
The machinery was purchased by D. B. Grant, who has just returned from Portland. Part of the machinery desired he was unable to get there and it will be shipped from the East.
This lot of new equipment is for a new box factory which will be constructed in Ashland immediately. The output of the modern concern will be large and many hands will find employment from the new enterprise.
The company will also add a planer and a lumber drier to its plant here." (The Evening Journal)
October 4, 1902: “A 50,000 capacity sawmill is to be put up on Neil creek, south of Ashland.” (Glendale News)
May 14, 1917: "The Neil Creek sawmill and the Ayer's Spur box factory, property of the Ashland Manufacturing Company, have been sold to George E. Hart and associates of Los Angeles and a crew of 100 men is being engaged to begin immediate operations at both mill and factory. The mill has a capacity of 50,000 feet daily and the box factory can care for that output." (Ashland Tidings)
May 25, 1917: “A box factory and sawmill located on Neil creek, seven miles south of Ashland, formerly operated by the Ashland Manufacturing company, but which have been in the hands of the First National Bank of Ashland for the past year, have been sold to a group of Los Angeles capitalists, who expect to have 100 men at work in the woods and at the mills inside of 30 days.” (Silver Lake Leader)