. Canadian forest industries 1897-1899. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Mr. William Edwards. throughout Ontario, his judgment of standing timber being well known among lumbermen as very accurate, and his services being often in de- mand as a valuator. He has handled a number of limits in different parts of the province, con- verting the standing timber into lumber with portable saw mills, and giving employment to a large number of men. Mr. Edwards is held in high esteem by his fellow townsmen. He has unbounded faith in the future pro
. Canadian forest industries 1897-1899. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Mr. William Edwards. throughout Ontario, his judgment of standing timber being well known among lumbermen as very accurate, and his services being often in de- mand as a valuator. He has handled a number of limits in different parts of the province, con- verting the standing timber into lumber with portable saw mills, and giving employment to a large number of men. Mr. Edwards is held in high esteem by his fellow townsmen. He has unbounded faith in the future prosperit) of Brantford, having already BREAKING SHINGLE BUNCHES. How much money has been made, or rather lost, in the selling of a part of a bunch of shingles ? The aggregate would no doubt be large if it was only known. I never yet met a man, aside from those who were, or had been in the business, that knew what a shingle was, says C. H. Ketridge, in the Mississippi Valley Lum- berman. A shingle was a shingle to them, whether it was wide or narrow, and for that rea- son this one item in the details of retailing lum- ber is the cause of much dissatisfaction on the part of him who wants so many shingles and thinks the dealer is beating him in his charge for them. It is generally known that 250 of them make a bunch ; they figure it out that way because four bunches make a thousand, and if you give a man two or three dozen of loose shingles it takes a good proportion of a bunch. Most dealers are in the habit of guessing at the value of them, but it rarely suits the buyer. I have a way of getting at this that suits me. It is an accurate way of getting at it, and it can be shown to the buyer as a fair one. Instead of pulling them out of the end of a bunch, I break the band and take them from the top as they are packed. I then count the layers that are left, and charge the buyer for that per cent, of the bunch I have given him. To illustrate, there are twenty-five layers in a bunch. Su
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