. Canadian forest industries July-December 1923. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Pioneer and Leader in the Industry (ffiadaTumkrman ^ ' /bunded 1880 Recognized Authority for Forty Years Vol. 43 Toronto, August 1, 1923 No. 15 Windsor Lumber Firm Introduces New Features Where Beauty and Utility Combined to Give the Attractive Setting Surrounding the Busy Office of the Windsor Lumber Company When one approaches the at- tractive, well-kept office of J. C. Scofield, president of the Wind- sor Lumber Co. Limited, Wind- sor, Ont., and forme
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1923. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Pioneer and Leader in the Industry (ffiadaTumkrman ^ ' /bunded 1880 Recognized Authority for Forty Years Vol. 43 Toronto, August 1, 1923 No. 15 Windsor Lumber Firm Introduces New Features Where Beauty and Utility Combined to Give the Attractive Setting Surrounding the Busy Office of the Windsor Lumber Company When one approaches the at- tractive, well-kept office of J. C. Scofield, president of the Wind- sor Lumber Co. Limited, Wind- sor, Ont., and former president of the Ontario Retail Lumber Deal- ers' Association, he is uncertain while walking up the path, whether he is entering a beauti- ful flower garden or a model lum- ber yard. Around the front of the building roses in various colors are blooming and there are decorative plants which add to the inviting character of the surroundings. Mr. Scofield is an enthusiastic floriculturist as well as an aggressive lumberman and believes that beauty and utility can be combined with splendid effect and decided advantage to a retail lumberman. There is a touch of the artistic to the pre- mises of the organization. This is seen as one strolls through the well laid-out and admirably- arranged yard. Neatness and order are in evidence everywhere as well as the latest facilities for unloading stock, routing, delivery, etc. There has just been added to the company's planing mill and factory a brick addition 30 x 35 feet, which is used for bench work and relieves the other departments of the plant. The foundations for the lumber piles are in splendid repair and admit of free ventila- tion, and as rapidly as possible tile draining is being extended throughout all portions of the premises which cover nearly seven acres. By the use of gravity rollers the greater portion of the lum-. J- C. Scofield, President of the Windsor Lumber Co. ber shipped in is transferred direct from the car to the sh
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