. Canadian forest industries 1903. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. TP CANADA LUMBERMAN Volume XXIII Numufr M. } TORONTO, GfVN«Df\, NOVEMBER, 1903 (Terms, $ Per Year \ Single Copies, 10 Cents THE BURRILL LUMBER COMPANY. The Burrill Lumber Company, of Burrill Siding, Que., have recently completed a new saw mill at Three Rivers, which is shown in the accompanying illustration. It is modern in every respect and capable of producing lum- ber at the minimum of cost. The mill is situated on the east side of the St. Maurice river, in the
. Canadian forest industries 1903. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. TP CANADA LUMBERMAN Volume XXIII Numufr M. } TORONTO, GfVN«Df\, NOVEMBER, 1903 (Terms, $ Per Year \ Single Copies, 10 Cents THE BURRILL LUMBER COMPANY. The Burrill Lumber Company, of Burrill Siding, Que., have recently completed a new saw mill at Three Rivers, which is shown in the accompanying illustration. It is modern in every respect and capable of producing lum- ber at the minimum of cost. The mill is situated on the east side of the St. Maurice river, in the parish ot Cap Made- leine, and about one mile from the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, to which a siding has been built. As shown in the picture, the land across the water is an island in the middle of the river, so that their booms and logs are well protected against freshets. Canal boats can come up alongside the mill, in fact, any boat not drawing over 10 feet of water. The company are in a position to ship by rail or boat. The power equipment in- cludes two five foot tubular boilers 12 feet long set upon Dutch ovens. These ovens have given the best satisfac- tion, the company having equipped six mills in a similar manner. They claim that there is no better furnace, when properly built, for burning sawdust and refuse. The en- gine in 18 inches in diameter with a 42 inch stroke, the resaw being driven by a sep- arate engine 10x12 inch. The mill is a circular, wFth steam leed and a No. 3 Wil- liam Hamilton Manufacturing Company carriage, the capa- city being from 35,000 to 50,000 feet per ten hours, according to quality of logs. There is a gang edger with one stationary and two move- able saws, moved by guides and with locked stops, a Duncan resawing machine for slabs to be butted, and four saw slashers. It is the intention to install a couple of shingle mills and a planing and finishing outfit for lumber, as well as a cutting-up rig for pulp wood. The log supply for t
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