. Canadian forest industries 1885. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 137 Jambs Price was killed by a falling tree at Kalkaska, Mich. Saginaw mill men are making contracts to saw logs at $ to §2 a thousand. John Murray has put in 12,000,000 feet of logs at his camp near Roscommon, Mich. It is stated that there are 400,000,000 feet of logs on, and in the Menominee, Mich., river, ready to be run down to-the mills. The lumber piled at Selkirk, Manitoba, was lately removed to high ground to prevent its being washe
. Canadian forest industries 1885. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 137 Jambs Price was killed by a falling tree at Kalkaska, Mich. Saginaw mill men are making contracts to saw logs at $ to §2 a thousand. John Murray has put in 12,000,000 feet of logs at his camp near Roscommon, Mich. It is stated that there are 400,000,000 feet of logs on, and in the Menominee, Mich., river, ready to be run down to-the mills. The lumber piled at Selkirk, Manitoba, was lately removed to high ground to prevent its being washed away by the spring freshet. Ed. White, employed in Bellant's camp, Cheboygan district, Mich., was so injured by a log rolling over him that his recovery was con- sidered doubtful. The farmers in Victoria and Madawask, Me., have got out during the past winter 45,000 railroad ties, which have found their way into the hands of A. B. Spence, of St. Stephens, |n. b. - The largest cedar camp on the Lake Michi- gan shores is said to be that on Drummond island, Mich., conducted by Warren Baily for himself and Joseph Smith. About 80 men are employed. James Dunbar is building a mill at Sun dridge, Muskoka district, Ont. There is pine in the vicinity tributary to the mill amounting to 60,000,000 feet, standing within McArthur Brothers' limits. An effort is being made to save the Duluth & Winnipeg land grant by building the road" within the required timeâthree yearsâand meetings in promotion of that endeavor have been held at Duluth and Grand Forks. The total estimated value of lumber shipped from Puget Sound ports during Feb. was $41,- 947. There cleared from Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, during the same month, five cargoes, mostly from Australia, containing lumber of the estimated value of $43,229. It is proposed to form a company with a capital stock of $75,000, for the purpose of doing the towing on the Erie canal in a wholesale way. It will require 600 mules, and by
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