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rafting steamers, it having operated the “Silver Wave” and “Le Clare Belle" during all that time, and the steamer, “Musser,” for two years. All were sold during the season of 1888 to Capt. S. R. Van Sant. The company’s plant covered an area of thirty-five acres, and the yards were stocked according to the season of the year, in the amount of 8,000,000–25,000,000 feet (2,400,000–7,600,000 m) of lumber and a proportionate amount of lath and shingles. To convey an idea of the growth of the business from the date of its origin with the firm of Hoeh & Musser, it was reported that the amount of business done the first year was about US$ 100,000, while the 1898 annual business of the company exceeded $ 750,000. This corporation had its own system of water-works, which was established in 1872, and in which a Duplex pump and
Cameron pump, was used. This company also had one of Barry’s Niagara rotary hydrants, which could throw a three-inch stream a distance of about 400 feet (120 m) and to a height of 200 feet (61 m), and thus the supply of water and force was equal to emergencies which might arise.
60:, and the officers elected being the same as given above. During the same year, the company rebuilt and enlarged the mill, which they fitted with the most modern and improved machinery, making it one of the most complete and capacious saw mills on the Mississippi River, with capacity for manufacturing 50,000,000 feet (15,000,000 m) of lumber, 12,000,000 feet (3,700,000 m) of lath and 12,000,000 feet (3,700,000 m) of shingles for the working season. The power was furnished by two engines, the combined force of which equaled 500 horse-power. In 1882, the company erected a planing mill, detached from the saw mill, which afforded facilities for dressing lumber and the manufacture of flooring, siding and boards. The business of this company was strictly wholesale, and their trade was principally located in the states of
39:, was incorporated in February, 1881, with a capital stock of $ 200,000. Peter Musser was elected president; Richard Musser, vice-president; P. M. Musser, secretary and treasurer; and C. R. Fox, yard and planing mill superintendent. This company was an outgrowth of the pioneer lumber firm of R. Musser & Company, which was established by Peter and Richard Musser and Edward Hoch in 1855. These gentlemen began by buying rafts of lumber in the river, which they yarded and sold by retail and Wholesale. They also established a lumber yard at Iowa City in 1856, where Peter Musser resided, it being managed by that gentleman until he went to
52:, which was included in the corporate limits of the city of Muscatine, and began the manufacture of lumber. The mill cut about 11,000,000 feet (3,400,000 m) of lumber a year. In 1873, Richard Musser retired from the business, selling his interest to P. M. Musser, and the firm became P. M. Musser & Company. Three years later, Richard Musser renewed his connection with the company, and the firm name of Musser & Company was again adopted.
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In 1877, the company enlarged their mill, putting in improved machinery and increasing its capacity materially. Four years later, the proprietors decided to organize under an act of incorporation, which was done in
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Chippewa Logging Company and the Mississippi River Logging Company, two large lumber corporations, of which the Musser Lumber Company was one of the incorporators,. For about 12 years, this company owned and operated its own
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Muscatine was reported in 1875 at 38,000,000 feet, with 21,000,000 shingles; that of 1880 at 55,000,000 feet, with 18,000,000 shingles, while that of 1897 reached 110,000,000 feet of lumber, 30,000,000 shingles and 25,000,000 lath.
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Mussers were also the original incorporators of the Mississippi River Logging Company and Chippewa Lumber and Boom Company; they were also largely interested in the Musser-Sauntry Land, Logging and Manufacturing Company of
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