. Canadian forest industries 1909. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Fraser River Lumber Co., Limited Interior of Sawmill, looking from Trimmer Tables to Bandsaws and Jack Ladder end. Washington. The automatic trimmers, of which there are two, were also made by the Sumner Iron Works. The No. 1 trimmer is 40 feet, set with 20 saws. No. 2 is 44 feet, with 22 saws. There is a 60-inch dia- meter steam jump saw on each line of rolls from band saws. There is also a 60-inch Wickes gang driven by separate engine, 24 x 30-inch. All the three ri
. Canadian forest industries 1909. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Fraser River Lumber Co., Limited Interior of Sawmill, looking from Trimmer Tables to Bandsaws and Jack Ladder end. Washington. The automatic trimmers, of which there are two, were also made by the Sumner Iron Works. The No. 1 trimmer is 40 feet, set with 20 saws. No. 2 is 44 feet, with 22 saws. There is a 60-inch dia- meter steam jump saw on each line of rolls from band saws. There is also a 60-inch Wickes gang driven by separate engine, 24 x 30-inch. All the three rigs cant for this Fraser River Lumber Co., LimitedâInterior of Engine Room Showing two of three Engines Installed. mill site, while throughoutâ the yards, mill and sheds are 6-inch and 8- inch laterals. The log storage boom is four miles above the mill on the Pitt River, and has pockets with a capacity to held 30,000,000 feet of logs at one time. The company does all its own towing, having just finished the construction of a stern wheel steamer, "Senator Jansen," named after the vice-president of the company, the Hon. Senator Jansen, of Jansen, Neb. This steamer is 110 fet long, 24 feet beam and 24 fet draught. It is equipped with two 12 x 60-inch engines. The boiler is of locomotive type, 25 feet long, with 60-inch shell and carries 200 pounds working- pressure. The steamer is also equipped with a 10,000-gallon Worthing- ton pump, to be used in case of fire along the water front. Fraser, Mills, which is the name of the post office and sta- tion, is about fifteen miles from the mouth of the Fraser River and about, three miles east of the city of New Westminster. The Great Northern and Canadian Pacific railroads have spur lines into the mill, affording an outlet for rail shipments over both systems. The mill site is an ideal one, there being ample water in the Fraser River to take care of the largest lumber carrying vessels afloat, as well as having the
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