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Schafer Brothers Logging Company's first locomotive, two-truck Heisler no. 1, with crew, ca. 1931
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| Title | Schafer Brothers Logging Company's first locomotive, two-truck Heisler no. 1, with crew, ca. 1931 |
| Photographer | Kinsey, Clark |
| Date | ca. 1931 |
| Notes | The man seated highest is John Schafer (1913-1986), son of founder Peter Schafer. The man seated on the right is camp foreman Russell Hoyt. The man standing at the front of the train may be camp foreman Elmer Due.
Caption on image: Schafer Bros. Logging Co., Brady, Wn. C. Kinsey Photo. No. 48
PH Coll 516.3626 |
| Contextual Notes | Schafer Brothers Logging Company got its start in 1893 when brothers Peter, Albert and Hubert Schafer began logging on the family homestead 6 miles upstream from the mouth of the Satsop. They logged with oxen and horses for 20 years. The company's first donkey engine was purchased from Washington Iron Works. Hubert went to work at the factory to learn how donkey engines were made and also to have all of his wages, except for living expenses, applied toward the cost of that first donkey engine. In 1913, they bought a 45-ton Heisler locomotive and laid tracks into the woods from Brady to begin their railroad logging operation. A shingle mill was purchased in Montesano in 1919, the first of many manufacturing plants the company would own throughout Grays Harbor County. At the peak of operation, the Schafers were running one of the largest logging, milling and shipping concerns in the lumber industry of the Pacific Northwest. Their properties and equipment at that time, not counting ships and tugs, included five sawmills in operation, served by six camps sending logs over 100 miles of rail. This required 18 locomotives, both geared and mainline types, and a total of 70 donkeys and 325 logging cars. To operate all of this equipment called for approximately 3000 employees. Simpson Timber Company purchased Schafer Brothers Logging Company in 1955.
Brady is a farming community, formerly a logging town, is 4 miles northeast of Montesano in southeast Grays Harbor County. In 1917, the name was given by Northern Pacific Railway officials. It was for Emily Brady, from whom the railway acquired a right-of-way. Earlier names were Woods Crossing and Juno. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Railroad locomotives--Washington (State)
Schafer Brothers Logging Company--People--Washington (State)
Schafer Brothers Logging Company--Equipment & supplies--Washington (State)
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Heisler locomotives
Locomotive firemen--Washington (State)--Grays Harbor County
Locomotive engineers--Washington (State)--Grays Harbor County
Logging--Washington (State)--Grays Harbor County
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| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Grays Harbor County |
| Digital Collection | Clark Kinsey Photographs
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| Order Number | CKK0674 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info Please cite the Order Number when ordering. |
| Negative Number | C. Kinsey 3626
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Clark Kinsey Photograph Collection. PH Coll 516
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| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | Silver gelatin, b/w ; 11 x 14 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 2003. |
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