. Canadian forest industries July-December 1912. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. General View of Works of Brompton Pulp The pulp and paper industry of Canada has devel- oped greatly of late years, owing to the increasing demand from the United States, and to the depletion of the spruce forests of the Eastern States. As a result numer- ous plants have been erected in Canada, more par- ticularly in Quebec Province, where the pulpwood re- sources are said to be practically inex- haustible. One of the hrst to realize the possibilities ,o
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1912. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. General View of Works of Brompton Pulp The pulp and paper industry of Canada has devel- oped greatly of late years, owing to the increasing demand from the United States, and to the depletion of the spruce forests of the Eastern States. As a result numer- ous plants have been erected in Canada, more par- ticularly in Quebec Province, where the pulpwood re- sources are said to be practically inex- haustible. One of the hrst to realize the possibilities ,of this-industry was Mr. E. W. Tobin, for Bromptonville, Qife., who, in 1898, or- ganized the Brompton Pulp and Paper Company. Since that time the company has been making steady progress and to-day is in the foremost rank of manufacturers, owning and operating mills at Bromptonville and East Angus, Que. A fine power just below the village of Bromptonville was the first to be developed. A pulp mill was erected and fourteen grinders installed. Also the lay-out for a large paper mill was provided. Limits further up the river were acquired and the mill was run at full capacity from the beginning. It soon became apparent that an extension of the plant was necessary, and two years later the Bromp- ton plant was enlarged by the installation of seven more grinders. It is, therefore, now operated as a 21-grinder mill, making ground wood pulp, and with a full head of water has a capacity of 140 tons per day. About 120 hands are employed at this mill. Have Splendid Power The company estimates that it has for its purposes here 10,000 For six months of the year it actually reaches this. Back of the Bromptonville power is not only the St. Francis River, but the Magog River as well, which joins the St. Francis at Sherbrooke, and also the Massawippi which unites at Lennoxville. The Bromptonville power is capable of important additional de- velopment. This will be accomplished either b
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