H. P. DUTTON COMPANY (WESTLAKE LBR CO)
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Lane County - West Lake
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Continued from: Westlake Lumber Company
January 24, 1918: "Westlake Lumber company, Portland; capital stock, $30,000; incorporators, H. P. Dutton, F. S. Pepin and H. S. Wilson." (The Oregon Daily Journal)
February 1918: "NEW INCORPORATIONS: Westlake Lumber Co., Portland: capital stock, $30,000: incorporators: H. P. Dutton, F. S. Pepin and H. S. Wilson."
& "Westlake Lumber Co. Inc., has been incorporated with H. P. Dutton, Portland, as the controlling factor to take over the plant of the Westlake Lumber Co., an unincorporated company, at Westlake, Lane County, Oregon. Negotiations are now under way. The mill has been cutting spruce." (The Timberman, v.19)
& "Westlake Lumber Co. Inc., has been incorporated with H. P. Dutton, Portland, as the controlling factor to take over the plant of the Westlake Lumber Co., an unincorporated company, at Westlake, Lane County, Oregon. Negotiations are now under way. The mill has been cutting spruce." (The Timberman, v.19)
June 14, 1918: "The Westlake hotel has been sold by R. Hammond, who has been conducting the Westlake Lumber company, which will continue the business, at least for the present. The retiring manager states that under the management of Mr. Fairchild, of the Westlake Lumber company, he can cheerfully recommend the house to his friends and patrons." (Eugene Daily Guard)
July 1918: "Westlake Lumber Co., controlled by H. P. Dutton, of Portland, is operating with an output of about 35,000 feet a day, and is cutting spruce exclusively. A. A. Fairchild id manager. The Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen is strongly organized at Westlake, and recently erected a 75-foot flagpole from which float the American and Legion flags. The company operates its own hotel at Westlake, which is becoming known as a summer resort." (The Timberman, v.19)
August 1918: "Westlake Lumber Co., of which H. T. Dutton, of Portland, is chief, is located on Lake Siltcoos. The lumber is barged across the lake a distance of three miles to a station on the Coos Bay railroad for shipment." (The Timberman, v.19)
September 1918: "W. C. Morris, formerly sales manager of the Eagle Lumber Co., Westimber, Ore., is now with the Dutton Lumber Co., Portland, which, besides being a wholesale firm, also operates a mill at Westlake, on the Coos Bay branch of the Southern Pacific." (The Timberman, v.19)
January 1919: "Westlake Lumber Co., Westlake, on the Coos Bay branch of the Southern Pacific, is taking advantage of its new year shut-down to install a new engine and build a new dock. The plant will resume in February." (The Timberman, v.20)
April 1919: "The Dutton Lumber Co. and the Westlake Lumber Co., the latter owning a sawmill in the Coos Bay district, have been succeeded by the H. P. Dutton Lumber Co., newly formed with a capitalization of $100,000. John Lee, for several years with the C. A. Smith company in Minneapolis and later sales manager for the McCormick Lumber Co. at McCormick, is sales manager of the new company." & "Westlake Lumber Co., Portland; changed its name to H. P. Dutton Lumber Co." (The Timberman, v.20)
November 10, 1921: "The H. P. Dutton Lumber company, whose mill is located near Siltcoos lake, has also purchased some timber from the Siuslaw forest, according to Mr. Wilcox. The mill started operating again about a week ago and is prepared to turn out a large cut, says the examiner." (The World)
January 5, 1922: "The H. P. Dutton company operating a mill at Ada, on Siltcoos lake south of the Siuslaw, is shipping to Coos bay, thence by water to California points." (Morning Oregonian)
1922: From the Directory of the logging industry (Pacific Coast): "H. P. Dutton Lumber Co., Lumbermen's Bldg.; camp address, Westlake; 3 sides; daily output, 60 M; 3 donkey engines; 1 high lead; machine shop; electric light plant; 20 men; manager and purchasing agent, H. P. Dutton." (Directory of the logging industry, 1922)
July 1924: "The plant of the Dutton Lumber Co. at Siltcoos has been closed for some time, according to Captain F. C. Lewis, member of the company. The company has 2,000,000 feet of lumber on hand." (The Timberman, v.25:no.7-12)
July 4, 1924: "The mill of the Dutton Lumber company at Siltcoos has been closed down on account of lack of a market for its products, according to Captain F. C. Lewis, who was here.
The company, Mr. Lewis says, has 2,000,000 feet of lumber on hand and is unable to get rid of it. The company has employed about 60 men at the plant. He believes that the mill will be able to resume operations in about a month." (The World)
The company, Mr. Lewis says, has 2,000,000 feet of lumber on hand and is unable to get rid of it. The company has employed about 60 men at the plant. He believes that the mill will be able to resume operations in about a month." (The World)
July 8, 1924: "The plant of the Dutton Lumber company at Westlake resumed operation yesterday, according to Captain F. C. Lewis, who was in town yesterday on mill business. The plant closed down a week ago." (Morning Register)
July 15, 1924: "The slash fire on the holdings of the Dutton Lumber company at Westlake that caused some alarm and which was the cause of a trip there last week-end by R. S. Shelley, supervisor of the Siuslaw national forest, and E. H. McDaniels, of the district office in Portland, was not at all dangerous, said Mr. Shelley yesterday.
This fire was started by the Dutton Lumber company last May and has been burning more or less since but the supervisor said that it is entirely under control at all times and is not threatening any timber at all." (Morning Register)
This fire was started by the Dutton Lumber company last May and has been burning more or less since but the supervisor said that it is entirely under control at all times and is not threatening any timber at all." (Morning Register)
April 4, 1925: "Word received from Westlake this morning was that the cause of the blaze is not known as there was nobody around the plant as far as known and that there had been no fire on the premises for some time. A message telling of the fire was received by Sheriff Frank E. Taylor who left on the early morning train for Westlake to investigate the cause of the fire. A large supply of logs was said to be on hand ready for start of operations.
No estimate as to the financial loss or if there was any insurance on the plant and equipment was available at Westlake today, according to report received here.
Advises from Portland late this afternoon bore the information that Mr. Dutton was out of the city, and that no one else from the main office of the Dutton Lumber company was authorized to give an estimate on the probable loss from the fire at the millsite at Westlake this morning." (Eugene Guard)
No estimate as to the financial loss or if there was any insurance on the plant and equipment was available at Westlake today, according to report received here.
Advises from Portland late this afternoon bore the information that Mr. Dutton was out of the city, and that no one else from the main office of the Dutton Lumber company was authorized to give an estimate on the probable loss from the fire at the millsite at Westlake this morning." (Eugene Guard)
April 6, 1925: "Total destruction of the buildings and equipment of the Dutton Lumber company sawmill at West Lake, on the west side of Siltcoos lake, resulted from a blaze of unknown origin that broke out shortly before midnight last night and swept the plant. The mill had been closed for the past several months.
The plant had a capacity of 40,000 feet when in operation, and preparations had been made for a reopening of the mill early next week. The mill was owned by the Dutton Lumber company of Portland.
Sheriff Frank E. Taylor left for the scene to investigate the origin of the blaze." (The News-Review)
The plant had a capacity of 40,000 feet when in operation, and preparations had been made for a reopening of the mill early next week. The mill was owned by the Dutton Lumber company of Portland.
Sheriff Frank E. Taylor left for the scene to investigate the origin of the blaze." (The News-Review)
April 6, 1925: "Evidence that the burning of the sawmill of the Dutton Lumber company at Westlake early Saturday morning was of incendiary origin has been found according to Sheriff Frank E. Taylor who returned yesterday morning after investigations at the scene of the blaze. 'Although nothing is available as yet for publication there has been conclusive evidence that the blaze was incendiary,' the Sheriff states. The fire burst through the whole mill building at once and there was no chance for any saving of property, according to residents near the mill who were interviewed by the Sheriff. The mill building and a portion of the dock were entirely destroyed but the direction of the wind saved the hotel building at Westlake from destruction. H. P. Dutton, owner of the mill, has not yet made a report on the probable loss. Mr. Dutton makes his headquarters at Portland." (Eugene Guard)
April 1925: " 'It is very likely that the mill will be rebuilt at the old site,' said H. P. Dutton, of the Dutton Lumber Co., of Westlake. The mill was burned April 3. It was to have resumed cutting operations April 7, after being down since July of last year. H. P. Dutton, head of the company, arrived at Westlake April 7 from California and southern Oregon, where he was on a vacation. The loss has not been estimated, but Mr. Dutton stated the insurance would take care of the loss. The company has 4,000,000 feet of logs in the pond ready for cutting. The logging camp on Siltcoos Lake is being continued in operation. No definite decision as to plans for rebuilding the mill will be arrived at until later. The mill had a capacity of 40,000 feet daily." (The Timberman, v.26:no.1-6)
May 1925: "Reports reaching this city are to the effect that the H. P. Dutton Lumber Co., whose mill recently burned at Westlake, is planning to start rebuilding by June 1. The logging camp is operating on Siltcoos Lake, despite the burning of the mill at Westlake." (The Timberman, v.26:no.7-12)
July 1925: "H. P. Dutton Lumber Co., Portland, which has been cleaning up its logging operations at its mill site at Westlake, Ore., since the mill burned, and shipping its logs to Coos Bay, expects to be finished in July." (The Timberman, v.26:no.7-12)
September 1925: "H. P. Dutton Lumber Co., Portland, sold approximately six million feet of logs in Siltcoos Lake to Stout Lumber Co., North Bend, Ore. About 1000 carloads of logs are included in the sale. Shipment by rail will start October 1. The Dutton mill, which was destroyed by fire in March, will not be rebuilt." (The Timberman, v.26:no.6-12)
February 24, 1929: "Word has been received by the Register correspondent at Siltcoos Lake from H. P. Dutton of Portland, that the large hotel building and several lots at Westlake owned by the Dutton Lumber company, have been sold recently. Also the large gasoline launch that the company used goes with the deal. The name of the purchaser has not yet been made public, but there is little doubt that the hotel, which is beautifully located at the head of the Siltcoos outlet at Westlake." (Morning Register)