ALGOMA LUMBER COMPANY - 1920's
February 1925: "Algoma Lumber Co., Algoma, reports the heaviest shipments of lumber during December, 1924, and January, 1925, in its history. A large amount of this lumber consisted of 11/16 boards and shiplap. They have been taking the box lumber down and grading out the stock suitable for 11/16 and piling the box lumber back in the yards. A number of other mills would like to follow suit in this respect, but lack of planing mill equipment prevents this." (The Timberman, Vol.26)
March 14, 1925: "The Algoma Lumber Company is building a large and modern planing mill." (The Sacramento Bee)
March 16, 1925: "Mr. and Mrs. H.S. Wood were Klamath Falls visitors over the week end. Mr. Wood is mill superintendent for the Algoma Lumber Co."
# "James H. Kline and Louis Shobar millmen from Algoma, made a business trip to Klamath Falls last Thursday."
# "James Dedimos, engineer in the Algoma Mill, spent considerable time during the past winter trapping in the hills around Algoma. He reports a profitable catch."
# "P.A. Erickson arrived the first of the month from San Francisco to do some boiler work on the Algoma mill."
# "Mr. and Mrs. A.N. Simpson were in Klamath Falls on a pleasure trip Saturday. Mr. Simpson is store manager for the Algoma Lumber Co."
# "Henrick Bushey has taken a place in the Algoma kitchen, replacing J.H. Bresenesan."
# "Dick Bease has resumed his duties with the Algoma Lumber Co., after spending his vacation in the Rogue River valley."
# "W.H. Gensib has accepted a position as millwright with the Algoma Lumber Co."
# "Fred A. Stewart, master mechanic in the Algoma shops, was in Klamath Falls Friday, on his way to Medford and other Rogue River valley points. He will be gone about a week."
# "Albert Ladiner, night watchman for the Algoma Lumber Co., spent Saturday in Klamath Falls."
# "George Hoffman, factory superintendent for the Algoma Lumber Co., was in Klamath Falls two days last week for medical attention." (The Lumberlogue)
# "James H. Kline and Louis Shobar millmen from Algoma, made a business trip to Klamath Falls last Thursday."
# "James Dedimos, engineer in the Algoma Mill, spent considerable time during the past winter trapping in the hills around Algoma. He reports a profitable catch."
# "P.A. Erickson arrived the first of the month from San Francisco to do some boiler work on the Algoma mill."
# "Mr. and Mrs. A.N. Simpson were in Klamath Falls on a pleasure trip Saturday. Mr. Simpson is store manager for the Algoma Lumber Co."
# "Henrick Bushey has taken a place in the Algoma kitchen, replacing J.H. Bresenesan."
# "Dick Bease has resumed his duties with the Algoma Lumber Co., after spending his vacation in the Rogue River valley."
# "W.H. Gensib has accepted a position as millwright with the Algoma Lumber Co."
# "Fred A. Stewart, master mechanic in the Algoma shops, was in Klamath Falls Friday, on his way to Medford and other Rogue River valley points. He will be gone about a week."
# "Albert Ladiner, night watchman for the Algoma Lumber Co., spent Saturday in Klamath Falls."
# "George Hoffman, factory superintendent for the Algoma Lumber Co., was in Klamath Falls two days last week for medical attention." (The Lumberlogue)
April 1925: "Algoma Lumber Co., Algoma, recently added a second shift. Construction of the planing mill is well under way. Ten dry kilns are being built." (The Timberman, Vol. 26)
April 6, 1925: "The California Oregon Power company is assembling their big suction dredge in the mill pond of the Algoma Lumber company preparatory to dredging out the pond." & "Guido Peuruccini has replaced Joe McCarron as filer in the Algoma factory. Joe has held down the job for the past two years." & "Carl Engel is back on the job as head cutoff man in the Algoma factory after several weeks spent in California." (The Evening Herald)
August 1925: "Algoma Lumber Co., Algoma, is making extensive improvements to the plant, which at present is running two shifts, cutting about 200,000 feet per day. Resident Manager Matt Egan says the mill will cut about forty million feet this season. Included in the improvements is a battery of ten reversible internal fan kilns, being installed by the North Coast Dry Kiln Co., of Seattle. The kiln building is 108x128 feet, constructed of interlocking tile. This unit will be ready to operate about the first of October. The green sorting chains are being extended to accommodate eight loading units with an additional building 68x84 feet. Electric transfer cars will be used. The cooling shed is 700 feet distant and is 64x96 feet. The new planing mill is 116x160 feet, equipped with a No. 95 Yates matcher, 19-inch matcher with ripsaw and profile attachment, 54-inch Yates resaw and 44-inch Yates resaw; 44-inch Mershon band ripsaw with feed-in table attachment. Another 30-inch double surfacer and two stickers will be placed later.
An additional shed for storing dry lumber, located tributary to the planing mill, will be installed later in the year. One shipping track will be located between the shed and the planing mill and another track will pass through the center of the new shed. Manager Egan has designed a system of continuous flow of lumber from the mill to the car as automatic as it is possible to have. A new boiler house, 54x120 feet, constructed of brick, built around the present boiler house, will be installed and will contain four 78x20 P.S.M.D. boilers.
An addition for a lath and picket mill was finished about the middle of August. Provision is being made for the installation of another band in the sawmill, which may be made next year. The box factory has seven cut-offs, but is cutting up only about 70,000 feet per day at present. A sprinkler system will be installed.
The company has timber for about 25 years' operation. Logging equipment consists of six pair of high wheels, six Holt five-ton caterpillars, McGiffert loader. A 20-ton Ohio locomotive crane is also used to do some logging. An 11x11 Willamette donkey and a Clyde track layer are also employed. Two Baldwin locomotives are used on the eight miles of logging road to deliver logs to the Southern Pacific at Kirk, 35 miles distant from the mill. The pond is being dredged and will hold about eight million feet. At present the log supply exceeds five million feet.
E. J. Grant, of Los Angeles, secretary and manager of the company, visited the plant in July, accompanied by Kenyon Fay, whose father is interested in the company." (The Timberman)
An additional shed for storing dry lumber, located tributary to the planing mill, will be installed later in the year. One shipping track will be located between the shed and the planing mill and another track will pass through the center of the new shed. Manager Egan has designed a system of continuous flow of lumber from the mill to the car as automatic as it is possible to have. A new boiler house, 54x120 feet, constructed of brick, built around the present boiler house, will be installed and will contain four 78x20 P.S.M.D. boilers.
An addition for a lath and picket mill was finished about the middle of August. Provision is being made for the installation of another band in the sawmill, which may be made next year. The box factory has seven cut-offs, but is cutting up only about 70,000 feet per day at present. A sprinkler system will be installed.
The company has timber for about 25 years' operation. Logging equipment consists of six pair of high wheels, six Holt five-ton caterpillars, McGiffert loader. A 20-ton Ohio locomotive crane is also used to do some logging. An 11x11 Willamette donkey and a Clyde track layer are also employed. Two Baldwin locomotives are used on the eight miles of logging road to deliver logs to the Southern Pacific at Kirk, 35 miles distant from the mill. The pond is being dredged and will hold about eight million feet. At present the log supply exceeds five million feet.
E. J. Grant, of Los Angeles, secretary and manager of the company, visited the plant in July, accompanied by Kenyon Fay, whose father is interested in the company." (The Timberman)
October 7, 1925: "New drying sheds, with an approximate capacity of one and one-half million feet, are soon to be constructed at the Algoma Lumber company plant. Plans for the structure are now being designed by Matt Egan, general manager of the company. The sheds will store the output of the planer and dry kilns. The kiln battery, it is expected will be placed in service sometime during the coming week. Installation of the boiler has delayed operation." (The Evening Herald)
March 11, 1926: "The Algoma plant will employ around 500 men in the woods, mill, yards and box factory when they get well under way in the next week or so." (The Klamath News)
July 5, 1928: "Logging operations have been discontinued on the incline and started at Kirk." (Klamath County Courier)