. Canadian forest industries July-December 1912. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Interior View—River Ouelle Pulp 6r Lumber Co. section of their limits which arc located on the headwaters of the River Du Loup, the logs from which cannot be driven to the main mill at St. Pacome. This mill is equipped with a circular saw and has a capacity of from 35,000 to 40,000 feet per day. It is located at Powerville, quite close to the line of the new National Transconti- nental Railway. The company also have a mill with a capacity of 25,000 feet
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1912. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Interior View—River Ouelle Pulp 6r Lumber Co. section of their limits which arc located on the headwaters of the River Du Loup, the logs from which cannot be driven to the main mill at St. Pacome. This mill is equipped with a circular saw and has a capacity of from 35,000 to 40,000 feet per day. It is located at Powerville, quite close to the line of the new National Transconti- nental Railway. The company also have a mill with a capacity of 25,000 feet per day located upon the waters of the River Du Loup in the first range of the Township of Painchaud. These two mills on the River Du Loup are operated only in the winter time. When the Transconti- nental Railway is completed they will be operated all the year round and shipments will be made via this railway. At present the lumber is hauled a distance of 12 to 16 miles to two points on the Inter- colonial Railway. The company will construct another mill on the River Du Loup as soon as the National Transcontinental Railway is completed, and still another mill will be constructed at the discharge of Lake St. Anne. This mill will operate upon timber secured from some of the company's Crown land limits. The company will then have five mills operating in various parts of their limits. Logging Methods and Conditions Most of the logs upon which the River Ouelle Pulp & Lumber Company's mill at St. Pacome operate are taken out by contract. The company only operate one camp themselves. The logging opera- tions as a rule commence during the month of October and are com- pleted about March 20th. The timber upon their limits is excellently situated from the logging point of view. The average haul is only about one mile and the drives vary from 25 to 55 miles. Most of the streams are very rapid and the company have erected 12 dams on them as well as a large reservoir dam on the discha
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