Siler Logging Company - 1924'1931 Harry 0. Siler came to the Northwest in 1886. Following his start in logging activities in 1889 on a 160 acre parcel of timber land on the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River, which he eventually sold, he began work for the Port Blakely Mill Company, overseeing timber purchases. When the Port Blakely Mill Company, which had been incorporated in 1876 in San Francisco, incorporated the Florence Logging Company on January 71910, Harry 0. Siler became one of the board of trustees which also included: Victor H. Elfendahl, D. E. Skinner, John W. Eddy, and James G. Eddy. From 1910 to 1925 the Florence Logging Company operated several logging camps, # 1 northeast of Pilchuck, #2 near Sunday Lake, north of Silvania, #3 northeast of Arlington, # 4 northeast of Monroe and # 5 near Maltby As timber was cut the new camps were constructed and the old camps closed. The final camp being # 5, began operation in June of 1922 and continued until August 27,1925 when the company closed and was replaced by a new company called Siler Logging Company under the direction of Harry 0. Siler. At the time of closing of camp 5, the Florence Logging Company rail­ road line had extended horn a connection with the Northern Pacific Rail­ way at Bromart about 4 miles south of Snohomish to a point about 3 miles east of Grace and just south of the Snohomish County Line. Even though the Florence Logging Company operated this portion of the line, the 1917 Railroad Map of Washington, issued by the Public Service Commission identifies the line as the S. L. Co. (Siler Logging Company) (editor.) Although the exact date of commencement of operations of the Flor­ ence operation by Siler is unknown, records show that Siler purchased the following used equipment from the Florence Logging Company: a.-- 1910 2 ton Shay Locomotive serial # 2265 in 1923 b.~ 1919 12 x 14 Washington iron Works 2 speed yarder serial #3089 on 12-31-1923. As Siler pushed the operations south into King County, in 1923 he purchased 2 Northwest gasoline powered, crawler tracked convertible shovels, to assist in construction of the railroad grade extensions. , OCR Text: Siler Logging Company - 1924'1931 Harry 0. Siler came to the Northwest in 1886. Following his start in logging activities in 1889 on a 160 acre parcel of timber land on the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River, which he eventually sold, he began work for the Port Blakely Mill Company, overseeing timber purchases. When the Port Blakely Mill Company, which had been incorporated in 1876 in San Francisco, incorporated the Florence Logging Company on January 71910, Harry 0. Siler became one of the board of trustees which also included: Victor H. Elfendahl, D. E. Skinner, John W. Eddy, and James G. Eddy. From 1910 to 1925 the Florence Logging Company operated several logging camps, # 1 northeast of Pilchuck, #2 near Sunday Lake, north of Silvania, #3 northeast of Arlington, # 4 northeast of Monroe and # 5 near Maltby As timber was cut the new camps were constructed and the old camps closed. The final camp being # 5, began operation in June of 1922 and continued until August 27,1925 when the company closed and was replaced by a new company called Siler Logging Company under the direction of Harry 0. Siler. At the time of closing of camp 5, the Florence Logging Company rail­ road line had extended horn a connection with the Northern Pacific Rail­ way at Bromart about 4 miles south of Snohomish to a point about 3 miles east of Grace and just south of the Snohomish County Line. Even though the Florence Logging Company operated this portion of the line, the 1917 Railroad Map of Washington, issued by the Public Service Commission identifies the line as the S. L. Co. (Siler Logging Company) (editor.) Although the exact date of commencement of operations of the Flor­ ence operation by Siler is unknown, records show that Siler purchased the following used equipment from the Florence Logging Company: a.-- 1910 2 ton Shay Locomotive serial # 2265 in 1923 b.~ 1919 12 x 14 Washington iron Works 2 speed yarder serial #3089 on 12-31-1923. As Siler pushed the operations south into King County, in 1923 he purchased 2 Northwest gasoline powered, crawler tracked convertible shovels, to assist in construction of the railroad grade extensions. , Granite Falls Historical Society,Library (Books & Booklets),General Library,Searchable Books,Florence Logging Co and Siler Logging Co.pdf,Florence Logging Co and Siler Logging Co.pdf Page 1, Florence Logging Co and Siler Logging Co.pdf Page 1