. Landmarks of Niagara County, New York; . H. Sawyer Lumber Co.,David G. Cooper, Fassett & Bellinger, Frost, Rider & Frost, Monroe &McLean, Cornelius Collins, George H. Damon. Among former lumber concerns were J. S. Bliss & Co., formed in1886, whose mill, which was burned recently, was built as a gristmill by John and James Sweeney in 1853; The Tonawanda Lum-ber and Saw Mill Company, incorporated in June, 1891, with a capitalof $300,000, which succeeded the Tonawanda Lumber Company,whose predecessor was the New York Lumber and Wood WorkingCompany, which was incorporated by George P. Smith and
. Landmarks of Niagara County, New York; . H. Sawyer Lumber Co.,David G. Cooper, Fassett & Bellinger, Frost, Rider & Frost, Monroe &McLean, Cornelius Collins, George H. Damon. Among former lumber concerns were J. S. Bliss & Co., formed in1886, whose mill, which was burned recently, was built as a gristmill by John and James Sweeney in 1853; The Tonawanda Lum-ber and Saw Mill Company, incorporated in June, 1891, with a capitalof $300,000, which succeeded the Tonawanda Lumber Company,whose predecessor was the New York Lumber and Wood WorkingCompany, which was incorporated by George P. Smith and others in1885; the Hollister Brothers Company, Ltd., organized in January,1889, with a capital of $450,000, which on September i, 1890, was in-creased to $600,000; the L. A. Kelsey Lumber Company, organized in1886, which established the first hardwood lumber trade in North Tona-wanda ; W. E. Marsh & Co., organized about 1888 ; W. H. Kessler &Son, formed in 1887; Plumsteel, Gillespie & Himes, organized in F. W. BHNTLEY, M. D. 351 A. M, Dodge & Co. began business here in 1883, erected a planing millin 1885, and were succeeded by the Dodge & Bliss Cc^. The firm of McGraw & consisting of John McGraw, T. H. Mc-Graw, C. B. Curtis and Ira D. Bennett, was for many years heavy deal-ers in lumber, their yards and docks covering more than six acres ofland, with a main dock 400 feet long and two slips of 600 feet each. W. H. Gratwick & Co., about two miles below the city, establishedan immense lumber interest several years ago. Others connected withthis company were Robert S. Fryer, in Albany, under the style ofGratwick, Fryer & Co., and Edward Smith, in Michigan, under the firmname of Smith, Gratwick & Co. These companies owned more than30,000 acres of Michigan pine lands, where their mills were capable ofturning out 28,000,000 feet annually. Their docks had a frontage onthe river of 2,000 feet, with every facility for handling and shippinglumber economically. Willia
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