. Canadian forest industries 1903. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Saw and Shingle Mills of John Fenderson & Company, Sayabec, P. Q. has been in operation eight years, having been started in 1895. The stock is principally own- ed by Mr. John Fenderson, formerly of Oswe- go. N. Y., and Mr. Arthur C. Dutton, presi- dent of the A. C. Dutton Lumber Company, of Springfield, Mass. The president of the new corporation is Mr. John Fenderson, a gentle- man who has devoted the last forty-five years of his life to the operating of lumbering
. Canadian forest industries 1903. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Saw and Shingle Mills of John Fenderson & Company, Sayabec, P. Q. has been in operation eight years, having been started in 1895. The stock is principally own- ed by Mr. John Fenderson, formerly of Oswe- go. N. Y., and Mr. Arthur C. Dutton, presi- dent of the A. C. Dutton Lumber Company, of Springfield, Mass. The president of the new corporation is Mr. John Fenderson, a gentle- man who has devoted the last forty-five years of his life to the operating of lumbering plants. His son, Mr. Chas. Fenderson, is vice-presi- dent and manager of the company's mills at Sayabec, P. Q. The secretary and treasurer of the company is Mr. Arthur C. Dutton, of Springfield, who handles the finances and the sales department of the business. Mr. Mase Fenderson, a brother of the presidents super- intendent of the mill at Red River, which is operated only during the winter months, and of the Salmon Lake mill, which is exclusively a summer plant. Illustrations of the mill and yard at Sayabec are presented on this page, and will give the reader a fairly clear idea of the extent of the company's plant at that point. It is located on the Intercolonial Railway and on the St. Pierre River, and is a model plant in every re- spect, having been constructed in 1897. 11 in- cludes a circular saw-mill of 30,000 feet per day capacity and eight shingle of turning out 35,000,000 shingles per year. In- cluded in the equipment is a lath mill and a heavy planer and matcher for dressing the spruce boards and scantling. The company also operates a general'store at this point. The saw-mill is operated days only, while day and night crews handle the shingle mill. A siding from the railroad runs directly to the sheds and shingle piles in the mill yard, and the Intercolonial road furnishes an excellent outlet for the product to all points in New point instead of eight,
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