. Canadian forest industries 1901-1902. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. E, H. Heaps & Company, Vancouver, B. C— Cedar Cove Mill. E. H. HEAPS & COMPANY. The operations of the above company in British Columbia date from the year 1892, when business was established in Vancouver. The present establishments of the company are shown in the accompanying illustrations. Their first mill was known as the Cedar Cove mill. It was commenced with two shingle machines and the employment of ten men. The establishment now comprises a sawmill
. Canadian forest industries 1901-1902. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. E, H. Heaps & Company, Vancouver, B. C— Cedar Cove Mill. E. H. HEAPS & COMPANY. The operations of the above company in British Columbia date from the year 1892, when business was established in Vancouver. The present establishments of the company are shown in the accompanying illustrations. Their first mill was known as the Cedar Cove mill. It was commenced with two shingle machines and the employment of ten men. The establishment now comprises a sawmill 400 feet long and 50 feet wide, with double teen steel cylinders are used in operating the plant and fifty circular saws for cutting up lumber. The establishment is lighted by a private electric plant. A large machine shop is operated in connec- tion with the mill, where special machinery is made and adapted for use in the different departments. The company have a glass department, where a full stock of plain, fancy and stained glass is kept on hand. Fourteen camps are operated in the woods, employing about 300 men, and two steamers are employed for towing logs from the camps. There is a railway siding capable of accommo-. in the year 1886. In 1890 he purchased a site at Cedar Cove and erected a shingle mill, which he operated until it was destroyed by fire a couple of months ago. From the beginning his business steadily in- creased, and in the year 1900 he purchased tke mill owned by the late Archibald McNair and sit- uated at Hastings. This mill was reconstructed and many improvements made ; the dry kiln capacity wa- increased and a new engine and other machinery installed. This mill is still operated by Mr. Kirkpatrick, who since the destruction of his Cedar Cove mill has purchas- ed the A. R. Welsh mill property at New West- minster. In connection with the mills are electric light plants, which permit ot operations being carried on night and day. The Hastings mill is loca
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