ISLAND LUMBER COMPANY
Columbia County - Sauvies Island
January 2, 1920: "After having tried out the machinery for several days past and sawn quite a little lumber, the new saw mill of the Island Lumber Company located on the end of Sauvies Island, will begin steady operation today.
The mill will have a capacity of about 70,000 to 75,000 feet of lumber per day and give employment to 40 or men. The St. Helens Dock and Terminal Company who will handle the product over their dock will employ a number of men, so it can be said that the starting up of the mill means employment for 55 to 65 men.
The mill has a rapid carriage and feed and uses circular saws on the head rig. The 12 inch edger formerly used by the St. Helens Lumber Company was installed in the new plant and a 40 ft. automatic trimmer practically completes the list of the sawing gear. The lumber will come out of the mill through a shoot and onto a sorting table where it will be marked and tallied and placed in piles. The traveling crane will pick up the loads or piles and place them on a flat car and distribute the lumber at any place on the dock desired. At a later date when the plant is well broken in, the Mist will give a complete story as to its output, cost, officers, etc." (St. Helens Mist)
The mill will have a capacity of about 70,000 to 75,000 feet of lumber per day and give employment to 40 or men. The St. Helens Dock and Terminal Company who will handle the product over their dock will employ a number of men, so it can be said that the starting up of the mill means employment for 55 to 65 men.
The mill has a rapid carriage and feed and uses circular saws on the head rig. The 12 inch edger formerly used by the St. Helens Lumber Company was installed in the new plant and a 40 ft. automatic trimmer practically completes the list of the sawing gear. The lumber will come out of the mill through a shoot and onto a sorting table where it will be marked and tallied and placed in piles. The traveling crane will pick up the loads or piles and place them on a flat car and distribute the lumber at any place on the dock desired. At a later date when the plant is well broken in, the Mist will give a complete story as to its output, cost, officers, etc." (St. Helens Mist)
January 25, 1920: "St. Helens, Ore.---The Island Lumber Co. is increasing its capital from $50,000 to $150,000." (Lumber World Review)