CONE BROTHERS
Troutdale / Portsmouth / St. Johns
September 19, 1900: "Cone Bros.' sawmill at Troutdale is being dismantled and will be moved away in a few days. A site has been secured for it at Portsmouth, five miles below Portland, where new buildings will be erected and the machinery put in place. Docks will be built along the waterfront for shipment of lumber, which will also be used for lumber yards." (The Morning Oregonian)
April 15, 1902: "Cone Bros,' saw mill is now running 11 hours a day. The mill is unable to fill all its orders and a number of new one have been refused." (The Evening Journal)
February 18, 1903: "Cone Bros.' sawmill at Portsmouth has been disposed of by the owners to persons who will shortly incorporate, and operate the mill. The details of the transfer have not been completed, but will be shortly. The plant will probably be enlarged and improved. It has a capacity of about 50,000 feet of lumber per day, and is well located. The Oregon Water Power & Railway Company's St. John spur passes on the east side of the plant and is connected with it by a long bridge.
Cone Bros. who retire from the ownership, built the mill several years ago. They formerly operated a sawmill at Troutdale and also in Washington. At the former place they engaged principally in the manufacture of railway ties. The new proprietors have ample means to enlarge the plant and operate it." (Morning Oregonian)
Cone Bros. who retire from the ownership, built the mill several years ago. They formerly operated a sawmill at Troutdale and also in Washington. At the former place they engaged principally in the manufacture of railway ties. The new proprietors have ample means to enlarge the plant and operate it." (Morning Oregonian)
September 14, 1903: "Cone Bros., who formerly owned and operated the Portsmouth sawmill, will build a sawmill at St. Johns with a capacity of 50,000 feet of lumber per day. Thompson, Hartman & Powers will provide grounds for the plant north of the Douglass planer. Cone Bros. are old sawmill men. Before starting the Portsmouth plant they ran a mill at Troutdale and also in Washington." (Morning Oregonian)