. Canadian forest industries 1886-1888. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. THE CANADA LUMftEHMAN. 5 feet, consequently the more that is manufac- tured and sold the better. But this objection is entirely done away with as soon as good lumber is considered. A gain of from 20 to 35 per cent, in the amount of lumber turned out, in favor of the band saws, is a prime object, when such logi produce good lumber. What, for instance, would have been the result, if up to date, the Wolf river stock had been manu- factured by band saws ? Much of the
. Canadian forest industries 1886-1888. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. THE CANADA LUMftEHMAN. 5 feet, consequently the more that is manufac- tured and sold the better. But this objection is entirely done away with as soon as good lumber is considered. A gain of from 20 to 35 per cent, in the amount of lumber turned out, in favor of the band saws, is a prime object, when such logi produce good lumber. What, for instance, would have been the result, if up to date, the Wolf river stock had been manu- factured by band saws ? Much of the timber cut on that river was excep'ionally fine, as high as $20 a thousand having been paid for logs, yet these logs have been cut with circulars. The waste of timber has been so great that had that waste been sold as lumber, as a large portion of it would have been had thin blades been used, fortunes would have come from it. Old operators have in mind just such cases, and while they cannot undo the past they are deter- mined to do better n the future. There has been a doubt in the minds of many manufacturers as to the feasibility of using band saw mills. This not to be wondered at. The outcome of any prominent innovation is always doubted by many. The old, if not so good as the new, is, as a general thing, clung to by the majority. We believe there is no manu- facturer of band saws who will say that his machine is perfect; still there are band mills doing excellent work, day after day, as figures, published from time to time in these columns, prove. And after all it may turn out that there are better mills on the market than many give them credit for being. Along in the fifties, somewhere, the first circular that was put in a Manistee mill was discarded because it wai thought to be worthless. Practically it was worthless, but it was so because it was a new thing. Tne mill men were not used to it, and did not know how to run it. Yet the circular which was thrown out had the sa
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