Pulp and paper magazine of Canada . was terminated, at his own request, by the retire-ment of Mr. Barber. A joint stock company was thenformed and John R. Barber, his brother, took over hisinterest and was elected President of the Company, andJohn F. Ellis, Vice-President and Managing Director. Therehas been no change in the officers of the Company fromthat date to the present time. In those days the office and factory was situated at Bay Street. In the fire of 1904, nine years ago, thestock and machinery, in fact everything connected with thebusiness, was completely destroyed. It wa
Pulp and paper magazine of Canada . was terminated, at his own request, by the retire-ment of Mr. Barber. A joint stock company was thenformed and John R. Barber, his brother, took over hisinterest and was elected President of the Company, andJohn F. Ellis, Vice-President and Managing Director. Therehas been no change in the officers of the Company fromthat date to the present time. In those days the office and factory was situated at Bay Street. In the fire of 1904, nine years ago, thestock and machinery, in fact everything connected with thebusiness, was completely destroyed. It was then decidedto move the manufacturing branch to Brantford, retainingthe warehouse and head offices in Toronto. Since that date the business has grown to such propor-tions that it became evident the factory equipment wouldhave to be very largely increased, in fact it was found neces-sary to construct a new building, and in addition to thatopen up w-arehouses in Winnipeg and Vancouver. August 1, 1913 PULP AND P A P E H M A (IAZINE. (Special to Pulp and Paper Magazine) The Keyes Fibre Company which makes millions of pulppie plates every year, is meeting with continued prosperityand growth, as shown by the fact that the company isbuilding an additional boiler house at its present plant atWaterville, Me. The mill is one of the few pulp productsmills in the United States that are located in two towns—one half being in Waterville, and the other half in Fairfield. At 7 oclock yesterday morning, a new 134 inch papermachine was in operation at the Hollingsworth Whitneymills at Winslow, Me. The machine has just been set inplace by the Portland Company, and its addition will re-quire about 100 more men, and will increase the capacityof the mill almost one third. The mill previously had fourmachines, two 160 inch, and two 134 inch. Another im-provement just begun is the installation of two more diges-ters, 15 x 45 feet at the lower end of the mill near theoffices. They are to be made of
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