Source: Northwestern Lumberman,
August 27, 1887

The rate at which railroad construction this year is
absorbing mill vroduct is well illustrated in the Lake
Superior region. The purchasing agent of one of the lines
being constructed through the upper peninsula, probably
the DSS&A Ry., states he has purchased 51,000,000 feet of
timber and lumber to be used by the company for which he
is operating. This is as much as one of our great mill
concerns cuts in a year, says Kirby-Carpenter Co. of
Menominee. It can be plainly seen that the total mileage
under construction in the United States is absorbing a
large proportion of this years mill product.

peaeing - General
S&A Ry.

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