. Canadian forest industries July-December 1912. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA [,1' AX AND WOODWORKER 95. dressed stock. In connection with the mill is also to be found a well laid out machine shop, fully equipped with a large planer, three lathes, two drill presses, bolt machine and wood lathe, all made by Bertrams, of Dundas. In connection with the mill operations one could not help noting the modern methods employed in the manufacture of lumber, and, as a result, the splendid class of lumber lying piled in the diffe
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1912. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA [,1' AX AND WOODWORKER 95. dressed stock. In connection with the mill is also to be found a well laid out machine shop, fully equipped with a large planer, three lathes, two drill presses, bolt machine and wood lathe, all made by Bertrams, of Dundas. In connection with the mill operations one could not help noting the modern methods employed in the manufacture of lumber, and, as a result, the splendid class of lumber lying piled in the different yards. Only the best machinery, the best workmen and the most up-to-date systems are employed, with the results that buyers of red and white pine and spruce from Lumsden's Mills realize that they have a line of lumber that in quality and manufacture can be thor- oughly relied upon. Mr. W. H. Cowper, the manager of the mills and woods operations, is a thoroughly experienced lumberman of long standing. He ha^ been in the employ of the lirm for over twenty- six years, and for the past eight years, Mr. Lumsden's manager. A line of steamboats are maintained by Mr. Lumsden on Kipawa Lake for passenger, freight and towing purposes. These are the "R. Hurd- man," " Mac,'" "Quebec," "Otter" and two other smaller yachts. At Lumsden's Mills is also located a large boat works manu- facturing "Pointers" and Winch boats for lumbermen. With an ex- perience of over twenty-five consecutive years in the "driving" and "sweeping" of logs down the Gatineau River to the Ottawa and from the head of the Quinze River through to the Des Joachim and from Kipawa Lake to the same point and in a general lumbering business in the Temiskaming and Kipawa Lakes country, pressing need was early felt by the late Mr. Alex. Lumsden for the best lumberman's boat that could be built. To fill that want he, being a prescient and practical ma
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