GILBERT & SONS
Rainier
November 1899: “The Smith mill which has recently been purchased by F. J. Glibert is running full time, and is turning out about 75,000 feet per day. Quite a number of improvements are contemplated, including the erection of a new dock.” (The Columbia River and Oregon Timberman)
November 1899: “F. J. Glibert, the saw mill man of Rainier, has just returned from a short business trip to San Francisco.”
& “Glibert & Sons, of Rainier, will add a lath mill to their plant in the near future.”
& "A sidetrack is being laid at Glibert's mill at Rainier.” (The Columbia River and Oregon Timberland)
& “Glibert & Sons, of Rainier, will add a lath mill to their plant in the near future.”
& "A sidetrack is being laid at Glibert's mill at Rainier.” (The Columbia River and Oregon Timberland)
December 1899: “Glibert & Sons, at Rainier, are doing a good business. Last month they loaded the Ida McKay with 300,000 feet of lumber, and report their rail trade excellent.” (The Columbia River and Oregon Timberman)
February 1900: “Glibert & Sons of Rainier, are shut this week for repairs to their log hoist, which came into contact with a 70-foot log and completely wrecked it. On Monday, the Kellogg, while moving a barge loaded with 205,000 feet of cedar for the North Pacific Planing mills of Portland, got afoul of a snag necessitating it to be transferred to another barge.” (The Columbia River and Oregon Timberman)
March 1900: “Glibert & Sons, of Rainier, are sawing on a big order of spruce for the San Francisco trade. The only difficulty is to secure enough spruce to fill orders.” (The Columbia River and Oregon Timberman)