. Canadian forest industries 1901-1902. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Patent Dunbar Shingle Machine. The following- well known firms are a few of the many who are using- the celebrated Dunbar Shingle Machine:—Metis Lumber Co., Quebec, 15 machines ; Tohn A. Morrison, Fredericton, N. B., 16 machines ; Gibson R'y. & Manufacturing Co., Marysville, , 10 machines ; Hastings Shingle Manufacturing Co., Vancouver, , 16 machines. The McFarlane, Thompson & Anderson Dunbar Shingle Machine is a record breaker in the west—(New Wh
. Canadian forest industries 1901-1902. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Patent Dunbar Shingle Machine. The following- well known firms are a few of the many who are using- the celebrated Dunbar Shingle Machine:—Metis Lumber Co., Quebec, 15 machines ; Tohn A. Morrison, Fredericton, N. B., 16 machines ; Gibson R'y. & Manufacturing Co., Marysville, , 10 machines ; Hastings Shingle Manufacturing Co., Vancouver, , 16 machines. The McFarlane, Thompson & Anderson Dunbar Shingle Machine is a record breaker in the west—(New Whatcom Blade, Washington State). The following may be of interest to mill operatives and others ; it is, we believe, the best six day record ever made on this class of machine—a Dunbar upright ; the bolts were taken as they came from the woods, without selection, and were a good average quality. This remarkable run was accomp- lished recently at the George A. Cooper mill, Chuckanut siding : Total cut for six days, 2 shifts of 10 hours each per day, 394,000 eighteen inch shingles. In the day shift, Harry A. Edison, sawyer, cut 218,000, an average cut of 36^ thousand, and the night shift, Levi Loop, sawyer, cut 176,000, an average of 29^ thousand of eighteen inch shingles per day. " When all the rest fail, or are down for repairs, or are cutting shims, the McFarlane, Thompson and Anderson DUNBAR SHINGLE MACINE is still cutting the standard shingle of the ; From the Atlantic to the Pacific they all say Rotary Saw Mill, Manufactured by McFarlane, Thompson & Anderson. Latest Bulletin from the seat of war, October 17th, 1901—From the Metis Lumber Co., Price, Que., in reference to the 15 Shingle Machines sold them last season : " Replying to your enquiry as to the running of the Shingle machines you sold us,would say that they have given entire satisfaction, and have run very successfully so far. We have sawn 30 million shingles in 70 days to date,
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