26o A RAFT PILOT'S LOG 



The Renwick mill, built in 1854, operated by Ren- 

 wick and Son, later by Renwick, Shaw and Crossett 

 and last by Weyerhaeuser and Denkmann. Was an ex- 

 tremely hard place to land and hold logs as the water 

 was not deep but very swift. 



In 1849 Strong Burnett built a saw and planing mill 

 at foot of Scott street, later operated by Dessaint and 

 Schricker, then by Schricker and Mueller and after 

 1883 by Chr. Mueller and his sons, later incorporated 

 as the Mueller Lumber Company, still a going business. 



In 1849 a Mr. Howard built a mill about Warren 

 street, later owned by French and Cannon and then by 

 French and Davies. It was later operated by Paige and 

 Dixon and under the management of Mr. E. W. Dixon. 

 Its career was interrupted by the financial complica- 

 tions arising from the suicide of Mr. S. B. Paige of 

 Oshkosh, Wisconsin, who killed himself in his room in 

 the Burtis House one Sunday afternoon in March, 

 1883. After the tangled affairs of Paige and Dixon had 

 been cleared away, a new company called the Daven- 

 port Lumber Company took hold of the old mill and 

 started sawing in 1887. S. J. Keator was president and 

 Henry Jager was manager. They pushed the business 

 with vigor and success until their log supply gave out 

 and the mill closed for good in 1891. 



"Mueller Lumber Company's new mill" at Cooks 

 Point. The old mill at Scott street burned in 1901. The 

 larger, modern mill was erected in 1902 and continued 

 sawing until the logs gave out in 1907. 



As stated elsewhere, our company took care of all 

 Mueller logs wherever rafted and supplied the old mill 

 from March, 1887, until it burned in 1901, and we sup- 

 plied every raft cut at the new mill during its prosper- 

 ous run. 



