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move which brought the Murphy interests to the redwood country, he did not live to see the actual transfer. His sons and associates carried his plans to their conclusion. The new owners promptly determined that all manufacturing would be centralized at Scotia.

The former owners had projected a mill at Freshrvater, near Eureka, and had much construction work done, but this was abandoned and a second mill built at Scotia. This Mill ts was the latest in sawmill equipment, and a good complement to Mill A which was built in 1895 on the site of tfie original mill rvhich was completely destroyed by fire the previous year.

So all facilities were modern in every respect, as of that