FARRIS - STEVENS LUMBER COMPANY
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Lane County - Walton
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November 5, 1918: "C. Tenant, fireman for one of the donkey engines for Stevens-Farris Lumber company, was hit by a line and quite severely hurt Friday." "The Stevens-Farris Lumber company has installed electric lights in the mill, store, office and cook house." (Morning Register)
January 31, 1919: "The Stevens-Farris Lumber company has installed a planer in their mill." (Morning Register)
July 1920: "Stevens-Farris Lumber Co., Walton, Ore., is constructing a logging railroad two miles long into its timber. The company has purchased a Baldwin locomotive and a number of log trucks. About 20 million feet of timber is available. The daily production of the plant is 30,000 feet." (The Timberman, v.21)
January 20, 1922: A lumbering Survey: "To reach mill, get off at Shanlon Station. Walton is one-half mile. E8ugene side of line. Capacity, 25M, 8hrs. Timber: Old growth fir. Sawmill consists of: Double circular head 50", 52" 4x48 Portland Iron Works edger. No resaw, 66 x 16 boiler; 16 x 18 Ames engine. Planer, 8 x 24." (Lumber)
February 28, 1922: "The Stevens-Farris Lumber company is located at Walton on the Coos Bay branch of the Southern Pacific railroad. C. H. Farris is president and George J. Stevens s secretary and treasurer. The capacity of the mill is 35M. The average annual cut is 8,000,000 feet. Sixty-eight men are bow employed at the mill and in the logging operations and the annual payroll of the company is $81,600." (The Eugene Guard)
1922: From the Directory of the logging industry (Pacific Coast): Stevens-Farris Lumber Co.; camp address, Walton; 1 side; daily output 35 M; 3 donkey engines; 1 sky line; commissary; electric light plant; air compressor; 65 men; managers, Geo. J. Stevens and C. H. Farris; superintendent, W. C. Richards (woods); purchasing agent, C. H. Farris; master mechanic, W. W. Duncan; 2 miles of s. g. track; 40 lb. rail; 1 direct locomotive; fuel used on locomotive, wood; maximum grade, 3 1/2 per cent; 2 logging trucks; 1 pile driver." (Directory of the logging industry, 1922)
December 1924: "Two million feet of timber will soon be cut by Stevens-Farris Lumber Co. at Walton, according to C. E. Archer, who has a contract for hauling for the company. The company has during the past few months cut and hauled in 2,700,000 feet. The hauling is done over planked and corduroy roads." (The Timberman, Vol. 26)
February 5, 1925: "Mr. Farris and his partner, Charles F. Stevens, recently sold their mill at Walton to Thomas Morgan and associates of Grays Harbor, Wash.” (The Turner Tribune)