ALGOMA LUMBER COMPANY
Pokegama
April 15, 1908: “In discussing the freight situation Mr. Abbott stated that this road had made an agreement with the Algoma Lumber Co., of Los Angeles, to operate trains for at least three years. This lumber company is now building a large sawmill at Pokegama. The mill is to have a capacity of 100,000 feet per day, and the company expects to cut at least 50,000,000 feet of timber in the three years. Most of this will be shipped to Montague to be worked into boxes and the rest will be shipped to other California points to be sold for building purposes. During the three years that the Klamath Lake Railroad will haul lumber it will also haul any and all freight that is shipped that way. Mr. Abbott states, however, that he will not engage in bucking the Southern Pacific and that he will engage in no rate war.” (The Evening Herald)
September 7, 1908: "Fire practically wiped out Pokegama, the terminus of the Klamath Lake Railroad in Klamath county, Friday night. The depot, warehouse, store, post office and offices of the Algoma Lumber Company were burned to the ground. The loss of goods will amount to $4000 and the buildings were worth $5000.
The fire started at 5:30 Friday evening and was caused by the explosion of a gasoline tank. E.T. Abbott, General Manager of the road, states that he was filling two five gallon cans with gasoline from a tank. He had filled one of the cans and was just returning with the second one, when he noticed a flame of fire coming from the tank. The gasoline was scattered over the building and it spread in an instant. Mr. Abbott was not more than four feet from the tank when the fire started, and it is considered miraculous that he was not burned. He says that he id unable to explain how he escaped. There was no fire anywhere around and Mr. Abbott says he was the only person in the vicinity when the fire started.
Quite an amount of freight was stored in the warehouse, which had not been taken away since the freight was taken off the road. This was a total loss. It is estimated that, the value of the freight would amount to $1200 or $1500. The Algoma Lumber Company had about a $2500 stock of supplies in their store. This was destroyed with all of their office fixture, books and records. The men from the lumber mills came to the assistance of the employer and prevented the spread of the fire to the hotel and cottages.
Mr. Abbott states that railroad company will probably put up a small warehouse and office, but that there will be no need of any large buildings. The lumber company will build a store near their saw mill." (The Evening Herald)
The fire started at 5:30 Friday evening and was caused by the explosion of a gasoline tank. E.T. Abbott, General Manager of the road, states that he was filling two five gallon cans with gasoline from a tank. He had filled one of the cans and was just returning with the second one, when he noticed a flame of fire coming from the tank. The gasoline was scattered over the building and it spread in an instant. Mr. Abbott was not more than four feet from the tank when the fire started, and it is considered miraculous that he was not burned. He says that he id unable to explain how he escaped. There was no fire anywhere around and Mr. Abbott says he was the only person in the vicinity when the fire started.
Quite an amount of freight was stored in the warehouse, which had not been taken away since the freight was taken off the road. This was a total loss. It is estimated that, the value of the freight would amount to $1200 or $1500. The Algoma Lumber Company had about a $2500 stock of supplies in their store. This was destroyed with all of their office fixture, books and records. The men from the lumber mills came to the assistance of the employer and prevented the spread of the fire to the hotel and cottages.
Mr. Abbott states that railroad company will probably put up a small warehouse and office, but that there will be no need of any large buildings. The lumber company will build a store near their saw mill." (The Evening Herald)
November 5, 1908: “Milling operations, interrupted by the rain of last week, resumed in full force Monday morning. Superintendent Edmunds is completing the appurtenances to the mill on rush orders.” (Klamath Republican)
November 19, 1908: “With the prospects of fine weather the falling crew of the Algoma Co. resumed work Monday morning.” (Klamath Republican)
December 3, 1908: “The mill ceased operations Nov. 25, owing to inclemency of the weather. The falling crew will probably work on through the winter.” (Klamath Republican)
March 4, 1909: “H. L. Swift, timekeeper for the Algona Company, is again on duty, after spending the winter with relatives in St. Louis, Mo.” (Klamath Republican)
April 1, 1909: “Work installing the band saw and enlarging the pond has commenced. A new track to facilitate logging will also be built at once.”
“Supt. H. H. Edmonds and wife are now comfortably settled in a new house near the mill.” (Klamath Republican)
“Supt. H. H. Edmonds and wife are now comfortably settled in a new house near the mill.” (Klamath Republican)
June 23, 1909: "The finest lot of horses to be seen in this part of the country are used by the Algoma Lumber Company at their plant at Pokegama, Or. These horses are used for logging purposes and are kept in prime condition. They are a close rival to the prize Armour team." (The Sacramento Bee)
June 23, 1909: "Prohibition has struck the camp of the Algoma Lumber Company of Pokegama. Most of the crew at work there were discharged last week for indulging in the fiery fluid. Manager Grant says he will not employ a man that drinks, even if he has to hire Greeks to run the plant.
The liquor question is creating quite a little stir in this section. The 'dry' workers have offered to produce the necessary funds if the Board of Supervisors will call an election." (The Sacramento Bee)
The liquor question is creating quite a little stir in this section. The 'dry' workers have offered to produce the necessary funds if the Board of Supervisors will call an election." (The Sacramento Bee)
January 1911: "Algoma Lumber Co., Pokegama, has purchased the Charles Coe timber land." (The Timberman, Vol. 12)
November 4, 1911: "The mill at Pokegama has been dismantled and loaded onto the cars, and this shipment of eighteen cars of machinery and steel is expected to arrive in Klamath Falls within the next four days." (The Evening Herald)
July 25, 1912: "With the completion of the timber cut in the vicinity of Pokegama and the subsequent tearing up of the railroad from that point to Fall River, the existence of Pokegama as an active mill center passed away. The mill has been moved to Upper Klamath Lake and the Weyerhaeuser road from Fall River to Thrall has been leased to the California & Oregon Power Company." (Ashland Tidings)