CALIFORNIA LUMBER COMPANY
Porter
July 24, 1890: “Manager Hinchman, John A. Gray and Otto Greenwald made a flying trip to Coquille City on Saturday in the interest of the California Lumber Co.” (The Coast Mail)
July 24, 1890: “The C. H. Merchant was chartered by the Cal. Lumber Co. for a cargo to San Francisco. The Bay City mill having closed down for repairs, she did not have a cargo ready.” (The Coast Mail)
July 24, 1890: “The locomotive for the Cal. Lumber Co's railroad, on Coos river, was shipped on the Maggie Ross last week, and is looked for daily at Porter. The heavy timbers put in on the floating wharf are to let the machine down easy, onto a scow.” (The Coast Mail)