. Canadian forest industries 1892-1893. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. —Among visitors at the Lumberman office during Decem- ber, were J. B. Barr, of Medonte, Ont., and R. Cruickshank, of Hamilton. Hon. Senator Snowball, of New Brunswick, succeeds Mr. Gibson, the well-known lumber king, as one of the managers of the Canada Eastern Railway. —The death is chronicled of W. J. Macdonald, crown timber agent of the Ontario Government at Ottawa. Deceased was 55 years of age ; la grippe was the cause of death. George E. Blake, a well-known
. Canadian forest industries 1892-1893. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. —Among visitors at the Lumberman office during Decem- ber, were J. B. Barr, of Medonte, Ont., and R. Cruickshank, of Hamilton. Hon. Senator Snowball, of New Brunswick, succeeds Mr. Gibson, the well-known lumber king, as one of the managers of the Canada Eastern Railway. —The death is chronicled of W. J. Macdonald, crown timber agent of the Ontario Government at Ottawa. Deceased was 55 years of age ; la grippe was the cause of death. George E. Blake, a well-known American lumberman, a representative of the Kentucky Union Lumber Co., died on Dec. 2, as a result of a disease caused from a fall from a ladder. —John MacBeth, for some time assistant inspector of Domin- ion land agencies, has been assistant crown timber agent for the Winnipeg district. The appointment is popular in Mani- toba, where Mr. McBeth is well known. —Mr. D. Hazard, of the Clark & Hazard Manufacturing Co., of Marquette, Mich., paid the Lumberman a visit a few days ago. Mr. Hazard is endeavoring to place with manufacturers here, an important patent for saw mill mach- inery. —After a short illness William R. Thistle, the widely-know-n lumberman, died at his residence, Ottawa, Ont., on Tuesday, the 5th inst. Deceased was a director of the Keewatin Lum- ber Co, and the Hawkesbury Lumber Co., a member of the firm of Thistle, Carswell & Co., and of Carswell, Thistle & McKay. He has been a resident of the Ottawa section for the past 30 years, part of the time in Aylmer, and latterly in Ottawa. He was married to a daughter of the late John Egan, three daughters being left to mourn his demise. He was noted for his extensive acts of private benevolence. There died in Brockville, Ont., in December, after a linger- ing illness, Lt. -Col. David Wylie, one of the best known newspaper men in Canada, his long connection with various journals of the Dominion havi
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