WESTERN CEDAR COMPANY
Rainier
March 5, 1901: "The Western Cedar Company, of Rainier, will today commence the construction of a 30-inch V-shaped flume up Fox Creek. The flume will be 1 3/4 miles long, and will be used for carrying 70-foot sticks of timber. The work of constructing the flume will be in charge of J. R. McMillan, the constructor of the Leadbetter flume, at La Camas, Wash. The company has let the contract for cutting 10,000 cords of wood, which will be flumed down to its docks on the river front. In operating the flume about 30 or 40 men will be employed.
At the head of the flume a sawmill for cutting ties will be operated. The survey and cuts and the dam for the flume are completed, and the work of construction will be pushed rapidly as possible." (Morning Oregonian)
At the head of the flume a sawmill for cutting ties will be operated. The survey and cuts and the dam for the flume are completed, and the work of construction will be pushed rapidly as possible." (Morning Oregonian)