. Canadian forest industries 1901-1902. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. NEW SHINGLE MILL. On May 26th last the shingle mill of the Spicer Shingle Mill Company, of Vancouver, , was completely destroyed by fire. Steps were taken immediately to rebuild, and early in August the new mill was put in operation. The new mill is a two storey frame structure 35 feet wide and 110 feet in length, with a detached boiler house measuring 32x68. The boiler house is constructed with an iron roof and iron sides. The mill itself and all the buildin
. Canadian forest industries 1901-1902. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. NEW SHINGLE MILL. On May 26th last the shingle mill of the Spicer Shingle Mill Company, of Vancouver, , was completely destroyed by fire. Steps were taken immediately to rebuild, and early in August the new mill was put in operation. The new mill is a two storey frame structure 35 feet wide and 110 feet in length, with a detached boiler house measuring 32x68. The boiler house is constructed with an iron roof and iron sides. The mill itself and all the buildings are whitewashed inside from a recipe furnished by the Board or Fire Underwriters, and outside they are coated with special fire-proof paint. The power for driving the machinery is furnished by three 60 inch by 14 feet boilers and an 18x24 slide valve engine. The mill is equipped with several Johnson-Schaake upright shingle ma- chines manufactured in New West- minister. In addition there will be two cut-off machines for preparing the blocks and a special machine for shingle binders. The power is distri- buted from a four inch steel shaft which runs from one end of the mill to the the other. The capacity of the mill is 350,000 shingles in 24 hours. THE BAND RESAW FOR THE SAW MILL. In discussing the utility of the band resaw for work behind the big saw, either circular or gang, a prominent maker of resaws gave it as his opinion that it is not so much its rapid cutting for a limited time as it is to have a machine that will stand a moderate feed, say 50 to 60 feet a minute, and keep steadily at it. A high rate of feed involves more saws in a given time, more wear and tear during the actual cutting, and shorter life to the saws and machine. At the same time, the resaw would have to wait on stock for a third of its time, taking an ordinary run of logs. While the big saw is getting a log sawed into cants for the Carrying Logs across a Canyon with a Wire Rope. feet for three or four
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