. Canadian forest industries 1894-1896. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 16 THE CJLUJLIDJL LUMBERMAN November, 1894 BIG CANADIAN MILLS. pOLLOWING up a discussion in the Timberman A on the largest saw mills of the country, a corres- pondent, evidently from the Ottawa district, sends to our contemporary the following particulars of large Can- adian mills :— "Until John R. Booth's mill at Ottawa burned a few weeks ago, it was the largest mill on this continent. There were fourteen band mills, four gang and four twin circulars in the
. Canadian forest industries 1894-1896. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 16 THE CJLUJLIDJL LUMBERMAN November, 1894 BIG CANADIAN MILLS. pOLLOWING up a discussion in the Timberman A on the largest saw mills of the country, a corres- pondent, evidently from the Ottawa district, sends to our contemporary the following particulars of large Can- adian mills :— "Until John R. Booth's mill at Ottawa burned a few weeks ago, it was the largest mill on this continent. There were fourteen band mills, four gang and four twin circulars in the mill. The capacity was about 1,200,000 feet per cHy, but owing to the cramped position and bad arrangement of machinery it never cut 1,000,000 feet per day. This was not the largest mill in the world, however, as I understand there is now running in Sweden a mill cutting every twelve hours over 3,000,000 feet of lumber. I am inclined to think that W. J. Young, of Clinton, la., has now the largest on the continent. I will give you the capacity of the leading mills in Canada for comparison : J. R. Booth, of Ottawa, has now four band saw mills, two gangs, and a twin circular. Runs day and night, and cuts about 100,000,000 feet a season. Buell, Hurdman & Co., Hull, Quebec, have in one mill three band saw mills and a gang. In the other mill, five gangs and one twin circular. These gangs in this last mill are, however, all old style, and two are slabbing gangs. In both mills, running only day time, they cut about 70,000,000 feet a season. Gilmour & Hughson have two band saw mills, a twin circular and a gang. They run only nights and cut 50,000,000 feet last year. This is their new mill. Their old mill up river has several old style gangs and cuts about 40,000,000. W. C. Edwards has three bands and a gang at New Edinboro, at Rockland three band saw mills, a gang and twin circular and cuts all told about 60,000,000. Gilmour & Company, Trenton, Ont., have three band saw m
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