. Canadian forest industries 1897-1899. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 8 THE CAUJLDJL LUMBERMAK October, 1898 Works Company, of Brantford. Mr. Foster, the manager of the company, lives at the mill. He has, in one season, got his boarding house and mill yard, and all the surroundings of the mill, in exceedingly fine shape. It is, in fact, one of the most complete mills of New Bruns- wick, and is thoroughly modern in its equipment and methods. Mr. Foster has shown great energy and ability in getting it into shape. A great deal of the
. Canadian forest industries 1897-1899. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 8 THE CAUJLDJL LUMBERMAK October, 1898 Works Company, of Brantford. Mr. Foster, the manager of the company, lives at the mill. He has, in one season, got his boarding house and mill yard, and all the surroundings of the mill, in exceedingly fine shape. It is, in fact, one of the most complete mills of New Bruns- wick, and is thoroughly modern in its equipment and methods. Mr. Foster has shown great energy and ability in getting it into shape. A great deal of the stock is pine, and this is ton, sometimes five or six million feet in a year. New Brunswick, forty-five years having elapsed Mr. Hale has been connected with the lumber since he first engaged in the business. Until 1878 trade for a quarter of a century or more, and has Mr. Murray resided and operated mills at Spring- a thorough knowledge of the timber resources of hill, some miles above Fredericton, on the St. John the upper St. John district. His partner, Mr. George A. Murchie, who lives in Calais, Me., is also of the firm of James Murchie & Sons, who have mills at several points in New Brunswick. The Victoria mill is connected both by rail and water routes with the markets, and has excellent. Saw Mill of Hale & Murchie at Fredericton, N. B. largely cut into clapboards for the eastern markets, automatic machines being used for this purpose. The clapboards, after drying a few weeks, are planed before shipping, there being a first-class planing mill outfit in connection with the mill, including, besides the clapboard planers, two other large and heavy machines for flooring and timber, besides considerable other equip- ment. The planing mill has all modern applian- ces for handling the material to be planed. The output of the mill is from 50,000 to 60,000 feet of lumber per day, and from 30,000 to 40,000 j clapboards, besides the other ma- terial. HALE & MURCHIE. The
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