OREGON & CALIFORNIA LUMBER CO.
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Lane County - Florence
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Continued from: O. W. Hurd Lumber & Navigation Co.
February 9, 1906: “The Eugene Register of last Sunday says:
Yesterday there was filed with the county clerk a deed transferring from Hurd Lumber and Navigation company of Florence all their extensive holdings, to the Oregon & California Lumber company. The deal includes a large quantity of land at Florence and at Glenada, besides large acreage in other parts of the county.
The right granted to the Hurd company by the secretary of war to put in piling and booming on the Siuslaw river is specified as a part of the transfer.
The Hurd sawmill at Florence and logging machinery of the company is included. The consideration named is the nominal sum of $10.” (The West)
Yesterday there was filed with the county clerk a deed transferring from Hurd Lumber and Navigation company of Florence all their extensive holdings, to the Oregon & California Lumber company. The deal includes a large quantity of land at Florence and at Glenada, besides large acreage in other parts of the county.
The right granted to the Hurd company by the secretary of war to put in piling and booming on the Siuslaw river is specified as a part of the transfer.
The Hurd sawmill at Florence and logging machinery of the company is included. The consideration named is the nominal sum of $10.” (The West)
March 23, 1906: “The schooner Oakland is expected here in a few days to load with lumber from the Oregon & California Lumber Co.” (The West)
March 23, 1906: “F. W. Carey, one of the stockholders in the Oregon & California Lumber Co. and in the Hurd Lumber & Navigation Co., arrived here from San Francisco, Saturday evening, and is spending a few days looking after business interests in Florence.” (The West)
April 6, 1906: “The Oregon & California Lumber Co. started up their logging camp on Hadsall creek this week for the season's work. Mr. LeBlue is in charge as superintendent.” (The West)
April 6, 1906: “The Oregon & California Lumber Co. are preparing to start up their mill in a few days.
From O. W. Hurd we learn that the company have chartered two large schooners for a year---the Oakland and the Hogan---to carry out their lumber.
Both are light draft vessels suited for work on shallow bars. The Oakland will carry about 500,000 feet of lumber and the Hogan about 700,000 feet.” (The West)
From O. W. Hurd we learn that the company have chartered two large schooners for a year---the Oakland and the Hogan---to carry out their lumber.
Both are light draft vessels suited for work on shallow bars. The Oakland will carry about 500,000 feet of lumber and the Hogan about 700,000 feet.” (The West)
April 13, 1906: “The schooner Oakland left Saturday afternoon for San Francisco, with a cargo of lumber belonging to the Oregon & California Lumber Co. The vessel was very fortunate on this trip as she got to sea without any delay after loading.” (The West)
April 13, 1906: “The Oregon & California Lumber Co. expect to start up their mill about the first of next week.” (The West)
April 13, 1906: “Marion Morris went to the Oregon & California Lumber Co's logging camp yesterday to work at scaling logs.” (The West)
April 20, 1906: “The Oregon & California Lumber Co. are extending the mill wharf down the river to Lincoln street. They are also building it back from the river to Front street, thus giving them plenty of room for piling lumber.
A raft of logs was brought down the river Monday and placed in the boom under the wharf.
The pile-driver has been at work several days this week driving piles for the wharf.” (The West)
A raft of logs was brought down the river Monday and placed in the boom under the wharf.
The pile-driver has been at work several days this week driving piles for the wharf.” (The West)
April 20, 1906: “A deputy United Sates marshal arrived here yesterday and attached the steamer Robarts on a libel of $6700 in the suit of the Hurd Lumber & Navigation Co, against Wm. Kyle and others. D. E. Severy was placed in charge of the vessel.” (The West)
April 20, 1906: “The application of the Hurd Lumber & Navigation Company for an injunction forbidding Wm. Kyle and others to enter upon certain land claimed by the Hurd company, was set for hearing before Judge Hamilton Wednesday. No report of the outcome had been received up to the hour of going to press.” (The West)
April 27, 1906: “The Oregon & California Lumber Co. started up their mill Monday morning after a few days shut down.” (The West)
April 27, 1906: “A raft of logs for the Oregon & California Lumber Co. was brought down the river Wednesday afternoon. The tide carried the raft past the mill and down opposite the lower part of town when it was finally stopped by the anchors with the assistance of a couple launches.” (The West)
April 27, 1906: “The steamer Robarts which was tied up last week by a U. S. deputy marshal on a suit by the Oregon & California Lumber Co. was released last Saturday.” (The West)
April 27, 1906: “After having the case under advisement for several days Judge Hamilton denied the application of the Oregon & California Lumber Co. for an injunction in the suit brought by that company against Wm. Kyle and others.” (The West)
June 15, 1906: “Among the real estate transfers recorded this week is: Wm. Kyle et al to the Oregon and California Lumber Co., certain tide lands in and about Florence, $500.” (The West)
July 13, 1906: “The Oregon & California Lumber Co's mill has been shut down this week. The brick work under the boilers is being taken out and rebuilt.” (The West)
November 30, 1906: “The Oregon & California Lumber Co. have recently purchased a controlling interest in the schooner Sausalito, and the vessel is now on her way here. We are informed that the schooner will carry 500,000 to 600,000 feet of lumber.” (The West)
February 1, 1907: “For some time past it has been known that the Oregon & California Lumber Co. were planning to improve their saw mill here, and we are glad to say that these plans are to be carried out at once.
M. E. Phillips, superintendent of the mill left last Friday on his way to San Francisco to visit the foundries in that city, and to order new machinery for the mill here.
It is the intention of the company to put in all the latest improvements and increase the cutting capacity of the plant.” (The West)
M. E. Phillips, superintendent of the mill left last Friday on his way to San Francisco to visit the foundries in that city, and to order new machinery for the mill here.
It is the intention of the company to put in all the latest improvements and increase the cutting capacity of the plant.” (The West)
February 8, 1907: “The schooner Oakland which arrived here last Saturday brought in two new engines and three new boilers for the Oregon & California Lumber Co. The vessel also brought in about 50 tons of merchandise for the different stores on the river.” (The West)
March 8, 1907: “The Oregon & California Lumber Co's. Whistle is heard again this week calling the men to put the new machinery in place.” (The West)
March 8, 1907: “The Oregon & California Lumber Co. have been having bad luck this week. First their boom at the mill broke letting some of their logs go, then, Thursday morning their pile driver broke loose, overturned and the Roscoe had to tie it up.” (The West)
March 15, 1907: “The Oregon & California Lumber Co. has brought suit against W. E. Brown president of the Eugene Loan & Savings Bank to recover 1500 acres of land on upper Knowles Creek which O. W. Hurd transferred to Brown several years ago. The company claim that the land was given to secure the payment of $35,000 and that Brown refuses to re convey the land back to Hurd or the plaintiff though they are willing to pay him the amount due, $18,849. They also ask for $5,000 damages.” (The West)
March 22, 1907: “The schooner Sausalito arrived here Tuesday from San Francisco. She brought some more machinery for the Oregon & California Lumber Co's mill and will load with lumber at that company's wharf.” (The West)
March 29, 1907: “The Oregon & California Lumber Co. are building a refuse burner near their mill in town.” (The West)
March 29, 1907: “The schooner Hugh Hogan brought in a large quantity of brick for the Oregon & California Lumber Co., to build a refuse burner at their mill.” (The West)
July 19, 1907: “More improvements are being made at the Oregon & California Lumber Co's mill. The frame has been put up for an addition to the mill and the slab burner is nearly completed.” (The West)
August 9, 1907: “There is a new man in charge of the engine at the Oregon & California Lumber Co's mill. He arrived here from Portland last Friday.” (The West)
December 13, 1907: “The Oregon & California Lumber Co's mill quit sawing last week. It is uncertain when it will start up again.” (The West)
February 21, 1908: “Register: The case of the Oregon & California Lumber Co. against W. E. Brown, which involved the title to 1600 acres of good timber land on Knowles Creek, and which was tried before Judge Burnett, was finished on Friday evening and the attorneys agree to submit the case on briefs. A decision will not be handed down until after March 10.” (The West)
March 13, 1908: “The Oregon & California Lumber Co. have had a crew of men employed for several days placing their new boilers in position.” (The West)
June 26, 1908: “Shortly after noon last Friday an alarm was sounded by the mill whistle. Nearly all the men in town were soon on the scene and found that a blaze had started in the slab conveyor at the end next to the burner. The fire pump was quickly brought out, a line of hose laid and the water was soon playing on the flames. The fire was extinguished before and serious damage was done.” (The West)
June 26, 1908: “S. J. Seymour has taken a position as superintendent of the Oregon & California Lumber Co's mill, succeeding M. F. Phillips.” (The West)
July 3, 1908: “The Oregon & California Lumber Co. resumed sawing yesterday morning.” (The West)
July 3, 1908: “The Oregon & California Lumber Company's mill shut down last Friday on account of the big engine breaking down which prevented their sawing for a few days.” (The West)
July 10, 1908: “The Oregon & California Lumber Co. are running their mill twelve hours a day now. The men go to work at six o'clock in the morning and quit at half past six in the evening, taking half an hour at noon.” (The West)
August 22, 1909: "Important changes are soon to be made in the Oregon and California Lumber company's mill at Florence and the capacity will be increased." (Morning Register)