JEWETT SAWMILL
Gardiner
Continued from: Gardiner Mill Company
November 5, 1917: "That the new mill at Gardiner which W. H. Jewett is constructing on the site of the mill formerly operated by the Gardiner Mill Co., will be ready for operation within 90 days announced W. H. Jewett today.
Mr. Jewett arrived last night from Gardiner on business connected with the mill and was conferring with mill men on Coos Bay.
Pile driving started this morning at Gardiner he said. The machinery was ordered a month ago and can be delivered in ten days. None of the equipment which was used in the mill which burned December 1916, has been retained and only the docks of the former Gardiner Mill Co. plant will be in use.
Ten million feet of lumber in the river has been purchased from the Gardiner Mill Co., which with the mill capacity at about 40,000 per day will provide for operations for approximately one year. Twenty per cent of this supply is spruce and the remainder is Douglas fir.
From 20 to 50 men will be employed in the mill when it first starts operation.
Many of the boats which formerly transported the lumber to California market have been sold by the Gardiner Mill Co. and are no longer operating from the Umpqua River. This limits the output which is considerably less than that of the plant which was destroyed by fire.
It is probable that arrangements will be made to ship much lumber by rail, installing loading devices at Gardiner and at Reedsport where the Southern Pacific line crosses the Umpqua River.
Mr. Jewett will leave in the morning for his home city." (Coos Bay Times)
Mr. Jewett arrived last night from Gardiner on business connected with the mill and was conferring with mill men on Coos Bay.
Pile driving started this morning at Gardiner he said. The machinery was ordered a month ago and can be delivered in ten days. None of the equipment which was used in the mill which burned December 1916, has been retained and only the docks of the former Gardiner Mill Co. plant will be in use.
Ten million feet of lumber in the river has been purchased from the Gardiner Mill Co., which with the mill capacity at about 40,000 per day will provide for operations for approximately one year. Twenty per cent of this supply is spruce and the remainder is Douglas fir.
From 20 to 50 men will be employed in the mill when it first starts operation.
Many of the boats which formerly transported the lumber to California market have been sold by the Gardiner Mill Co. and are no longer operating from the Umpqua River. This limits the output which is considerably less than that of the plant which was destroyed by fire.
It is probable that arrangements will be made to ship much lumber by rail, installing loading devices at Gardiner and at Reedsport where the Southern Pacific line crosses the Umpqua River.
Mr. Jewett will leave in the morning for his home city." (Coos Bay Times)
November 8, 1917: “W. H. Jewett, of Gardiner, announced Saturday that he has arranged for the immediate construction of a new 60,000 to 70,000 capacity sawmill at Gardiner, to replace the old mill belonging to the Gardiner Mill company, which burned last spring.” (The Glendale News)
January 3, 1918: "According to Mr. Dailey the lumbering business in the vicinity of Gardiner is taking on a newimpetus owing to the great demand for the finished product made so by the war conditions. Dr. Dailey is also responsible for the statement that the Jewett mill, now under construction at Gardiner will be ready to commence operation by the first of February. The company has a year's supply of logs now on hand, which were purchased from the old Gardiner Mill Company." (The News-Review)
January 30, 1918: "The Jewett sawmill, now almost ready for operation, is a record-breaker in point of speed in construction. The first foundation timbers were laid in October last and next Monday the machinery of this fine new 50,000 capacity mill will make its trial run. The Jewett mill is the outgrowth of the destruction by fire of the Gardiner Mill company's plant a little over a year ago. Large timber holdings on Smith river and the Umpqua are behind the Jewett mill, with better than a year's run of logs in boom. The prospects are very bright from a lumber viewpoint on the Umpqua, with the Jewett mill completed and two others at Reedsport, a few miles up the Umpqua river, under construction. It is also rumored that plans are now being consummated for the early development of a ship yard at Reedsport." (The Eugene Guard)
May 24, 1918: "The Jewett mill at Gardiner will open up a camp on Smith River about June 1, in timber, understood to be that belonging to the Gardiner mill Co. Joe Hunt will operate the camp is the report.
Since the Jewett mill started it has been using logs in the river which were taken out for the Gardiner mill when it was operated by the Gardiner Mill Co." (The World)
Since the Jewett mill started it has been using logs in the river which were taken out for the Gardiner mill when it was operated by the Gardiner Mill Co." (The World)
July 8, 1919: "Walter Austin, head sawyer at the Jewett mill at Gardiner, was up from that town the last of the week on business." (Roseburg Review)
August 15, 1919: "Will Angus, the popular clerk and assistant bookkeeper for the Gardiner Mill company, accompanied by J. W. Ford, of the Jewett mill, was in Reedsport the last of the week attending to matters of business." (Roseburg Review)
January 7, 1922: "Rumor has it that $10,000 are being expended on the Gardiner Mill plant under the direction of William Jewett, who has a force of men now engaged in preparing the mill for operation in January,
The roof of the mill is being repaired and re-roofed in places that are necessary, and this work is about completed. In addition the company is buying a large shipment of machinery, which is expected to be on the ground and installed some time this week.
The mill will operate for some time on logs which the Gardiner Mill company have on hand, those left over from the surplus when the plant was closed down. The company has a camp on Smith river, which can be opened on short notice, if more logs are needed.
The product of the mill will be shipped by both rail and water cargoes, according to the manufactures and owners of the company.
According to the progress of the repairing work now being done, the mill should be ready to start by the middle of this month and perhaps sooner.
With the opening of the mill at Gardiner, all the sawmills on the Lower Umpqua will be in operation, which will give employment to many men in both Reedsport and Gardiner. The mill when running to a full capacity will employ about 40 men.
The Gardiner mill is the oldest mill on the Lower Umpqua, being built for many years. The mill has been laying idle for about two years." (The News-Review)
The roof of the mill is being repaired and re-roofed in places that are necessary, and this work is about completed. In addition the company is buying a large shipment of machinery, which is expected to be on the ground and installed some time this week.
The mill will operate for some time on logs which the Gardiner Mill company have on hand, those left over from the surplus when the plant was closed down. The company has a camp on Smith river, which can be opened on short notice, if more logs are needed.
The product of the mill will be shipped by both rail and water cargoes, according to the manufactures and owners of the company.
According to the progress of the repairing work now being done, the mill should be ready to start by the middle of this month and perhaps sooner.
With the opening of the mill at Gardiner, all the sawmills on the Lower Umpqua will be in operation, which will give employment to many men in both Reedsport and Gardiner. The mill when running to a full capacity will employ about 40 men.
The Gardiner mill is the oldest mill on the Lower Umpqua, being built for many years. The mill has been laying idle for about two years." (The News-Review)
January 9, 1922: "Between $10,000 and $15,000 will be spent in improving the Jewett Mill at Gardiner to put it in readiness to operate this spring, according to the owner, W. H. Jewett, who was in Roseburg today. Mr. Jewett was accompanied by James Ford, manager of the mill and the two are spending a short time in the city attending to business matters. No definite time has been set for starting the mill. Mr. Jewett says, but it will probably start work about the first of April. At the present time the buildings and equipment are being thoroughly repaired." (The News-Review)
1923: From the Directory of the lumber industry (Pacific Coast): Jewett Mill, Gardiner; camp address, same; manager, James W. Word, Jr.; 4 miles s. g. track; 40 lb. rail; 1 geared locomotive; fuel used on locomotive, wood; maximum grade, 3 per cent; not operating." (Directory of the lumber industry, 1923)
January 14, 1924: "J. T. Gaskill, formerly of Byrley, Idaho, who has made several business visits to Reedsport in the past several months on Monday told a Courier representative that a deal is pending at Eugene whereby the Jewett mill at Gardiner is to be leased and in operation within a few days, says the Reedsport Courier.
According to information given by Mr. Gaskill a company composed of Harvey Hadley, a Mr. Johnson from Eugene, and himself , was to take over the property and commence operating shortly.
He stated that Mr. Johnson of Eugene experienced sawmill man, is to be in charge and that Harvey Hadley, known locally, is to assist. Mr. Gaskill stated that although a member of the firm, he would not take active part in the affairs of the mill, as operated.
Mr. Gaskill stated that the new company is as yet undecided as to where logs will be cut, but that there is an available supply from three to five miles from the mill.
Gardiner officials of the mill company expressed no knowledge of the deal which is pending, except that Mr. Hadley and some associates has been discussing leasing the property. The matter of available log supplies has been deferring the deal, Gardiner officials say." (The News-Review)
According to information given by Mr. Gaskill a company composed of Harvey Hadley, a Mr. Johnson from Eugene, and himself , was to take over the property and commence operating shortly.
He stated that Mr. Johnson of Eugene experienced sawmill man, is to be in charge and that Harvey Hadley, known locally, is to assist. Mr. Gaskill stated that although a member of the firm, he would not take active part in the affairs of the mill, as operated.
Mr. Gaskill stated that the new company is as yet undecided as to where logs will be cut, but that there is an available supply from three to five miles from the mill.
Gardiner officials of the mill company expressed no knowledge of the deal which is pending, except that Mr. Hadley and some associates has been discussing leasing the property. The matter of available log supplies has been deferring the deal, Gardiner officials say." (The News-Review)