KLAMATH TIMBER PRODUCTS CO.
Altamont
July 12, 1928: “Material is being delivered for the erection of a sash and door factory which is to be between the roundhouse and the highway. We understand that James Driscoll is backing this project.” (The Klamath Basin Progress)
July 19, 1928: “Lumber for construction is piling up rapidly on the site of the sash and door factory on the new spur off the O.C. & E., in Altamont. Charles Driscoll, rather than Jas. Driscoll is in charge of this enterprise. The sash and door factory and the O.C. & E. roundhouse are the first of several proposed additions to the Altamont industrial district.” (The Klamath Basin Progress)
August 9, 1928: “The main building of the sash and door factory is progressing rapidly. The foundation and floor are completed and the framework of the building is under way. This building is to be 63 feet by 208 feet and will be equipped with some ten machines, Chas. Driscoll is manager of the new firm which is to be known as Klamath Timber Products. Walter G. Lindholme is in charge of the construction and will supervise the operation of the plant when completed.
This plant will meet a long-felt need in its production of sash and door stock and knock-down finish. In spite of the enormous production of rough and finished lumber and products, all the sash and door products are shipped in here.” (The Klamath Basin Progress)
This plant will meet a long-felt need in its production of sash and door stock and knock-down finish. In spite of the enormous production of rough and finished lumber and products, all the sash and door products are shipped in here.” (The Klamath Basin Progress)
August 30, 1928: “Some damage was done in the Altamont community by the severe wind storm, Saturday afternoon. Possibly the most serious was that done at the Sash and Door Factory which is under construction. The cyclone and blow pipe which had just been erected, were blown down.” (The Klamath Basin Progress)
January 15, 1929: "The first car of window and door frames ever shipped from Klamath Falls left last night over the Great Northern for Manitowoe, Wisconsin. The carload of re-manufactured Klamath pine was shipped by the Klamath Timber Products company, whose plant is on South Sixth street.
More than 1080 frames were stacked in the car, which was consigned to the John D. Mershon Lumber company, whose headquarters are in Saginaw, Michigan.
Each bundle of the knocked down frames was stenciled separately with the size and the place the timber contained in that package fits into the frame, carefully marked. All that will be necessary when the frames are put in dwellings is for the carpenter to put in about four nails.
Only about 14 or 15 frames are generally used in one dwelling, so persons in 72 dwellings in the mid-west will soon be gazing through windows framed in Klamath pine, manufactured in Klamath Falls.
The Klamath Timber Products company is now working on a carload of frames which will be sent to New York, and an order for a carload to be shipped to Massachusetts is next on the list. C.W. Driscoll, owner of the company, stated last night.
The re-manufacturing plant, started last September, is one of the Klamath's latest industries. The force of the plant now numbers nearly 25 experienced workmen, with a dozen of the latest type machines making Klamath lumber into a finished product.
In pointing out opportunities for further industries in Klamath, Mr. Driscoll stated that 4,320 pulleys which were used in the frames had to be ordered from Spokane; 250 gross of screws were not obtainable here, and were secured in San Francisco; and 7,000 feet, or one and one-half miles of band iron, used to be purchased in Seattle, because is not manufactured in Klamath." (The Klamath News)
More than 1080 frames were stacked in the car, which was consigned to the John D. Mershon Lumber company, whose headquarters are in Saginaw, Michigan.
Each bundle of the knocked down frames was stenciled separately with the size and the place the timber contained in that package fits into the frame, carefully marked. All that will be necessary when the frames are put in dwellings is for the carpenter to put in about four nails.
Only about 14 or 15 frames are generally used in one dwelling, so persons in 72 dwellings in the mid-west will soon be gazing through windows framed in Klamath pine, manufactured in Klamath Falls.
The Klamath Timber Products company is now working on a carload of frames which will be sent to New York, and an order for a carload to be shipped to Massachusetts is next on the list. C.W. Driscoll, owner of the company, stated last night.
The re-manufacturing plant, started last September, is one of the Klamath's latest industries. The force of the plant now numbers nearly 25 experienced workmen, with a dozen of the latest type machines making Klamath lumber into a finished product.
In pointing out opportunities for further industries in Klamath, Mr. Driscoll stated that 4,320 pulleys which were used in the frames had to be ordered from Spokane; 250 gross of screws were not obtainable here, and were secured in San Francisco; and 7,000 feet, or one and one-half miles of band iron, used to be purchased in Seattle, because is not manufactured in Klamath." (The Klamath News)
February 7, 1929: "The Klamath Timber Products company, a pine re-manufacturing plant located on South Sixth street. Tuesday shipped its second carload---and the second carload ever shipped from the county---of manufactured, stenciled and bundled, window frames and sashes.
Another carload of completely finished materials for construction work will be shipped the last of this week, Charles Driscoll, president of the company, stated. The carload shipped by way of the Great Northern was consigned to Massachusetts, and the carload which will be shipped in a few days will go the New York." (The Klamath News)
Another carload of completely finished materials for construction work will be shipped the last of this week, Charles Driscoll, president of the company, stated. The carload shipped by way of the Great Northern was consigned to Massachusetts, and the carload which will be shipped in a few days will go the New York." (The Klamath News)
September 12, 1929: "Charles Driscoll, owner of the Klamath Timber Products company, has been moved to his home and is recovering satisfactorily from a major operation it was learned yesterday." (The Klamath News)
November 2, 1932: "E.F. Coram filed suit in circuit court Tuesday against Charles W. Driscoll, doing business as the Klamath Timber Products company, asking $138.79 allegedly due on a labor claim and $50 attorney fees. F.O. Small is attorney for the plaintiff." (The Evening Herald)