Brown’s Bay Logging Company Joseph Irving, who came to Snohomish County from Canada in 1891. began his career in the logging business by cutting pulpwood for the paper mills, and in 1893. he began cutting timber near Getchell. There he built four miles of railroad, employed 90 men. and accumulated valuable capital. In 1903. he took on two partners. Edward E. Brehm and C.T. Mathews, the three men organizing the Standard Railway & limber Company. About 1905. they bought the timber on a school section near Scriber's Lake, and prepared to log. i They secured a right-of-way through lands owned by Puget Mill Company, but before they could start operations, they had a chance to log a much larger tract. Consequently, they sold their right to the timber on the school section to Dighton A. Robinson, a contractor who had built grain elevators at Smith Cove, who was anxious to get into the logging business. Robinson agreed to pay the Standard i Railway & Timber Company $54,500, payable in six months, and since Brown's Bay seemed to be the best place to deliver the logs to tidewater, his company, organized in May 1906, was called the Brown's Bay Logging Company. There were 1000 shares of stock issued at $100 par, and Robinson held 998 of them. As the summer passed, it became evident that Robinson would not be able to pay off his commitment, so to protect his interest, E.E. Brehm took over the presidency of the Brehm took over 666 shares company on Sentember 1. 1906, •! , OCR Text: Brown’s Bay Logging Company Joseph Irving, who came to Snohomish County from Canada in 1891. began his career in the logging business by cutting pulpwood for the paper mills, and in 1893. he began cutting timber near Getchell. There he built four miles of railroad, employed 90 men. and accumulated valuable capital. In 1903. he took on two partners. Edward E. Brehm and C.T. Mathews, the three men organizing the Standard Railway & limber Company. About 1905. they bought the timber on a school section near Scriber's Lake, and prepared to log. i They secured a right-of-way through lands owned by Puget Mill Company, but before they could start operations, they had a chance to log a much larger tract. Consequently, they sold their right to the timber on the school section to Dighton A. Robinson, a contractor who had built grain elevators at Smith Cove, who was anxious to get into the logging business. Robinson agreed to pay the Standard i Railway & Timber Company $54,500, payable in six months, and since Brown's Bay seemed to be the best place to deliver the logs to tidewater, his company, organized in May 1906, was called the Brown's Bay Logging Company. There were 1000 shares of stock issued at $100 par, and Robinson held 998 of them. As the summer passed, it became evident that Robinson would not be able to pay off his commitment, so to protect his interest, E.E. Brehm took over the presidency of the Brehm took over 666 shares company on Sentember 1. 1906, •! , Granite Falls Historical Society,Library (Books & Booklets),General Library,Searchable Books,Brown's Bay Logging Company.pdf,Brown's Bay Logging Company.pdf Page 1, Brown's Bay Logging Company.pdf Page 1