. Canadian forest industries 1886-1888. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 5 (Ship. It was estimated that the strike of the yard hands in Chicago entailed a loss of $10,000 on the laboring men of Muskegon, Michigan. A. T. Stone recently shipped 110 000 maple trees from Manton, Mich., for resetting on his tree claim in Dakota. Gilmodk's big mill at Trenton commenced operations on May 3rd. The drive of logs down the Trent is expected here this month. It is said that the Ontario Lumber Company are making preparations
. Canadian forest industries 1886-1888. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 5 (Ship. It was estimated that the strike of the yard hands in Chicago entailed a loss of $10,000 on the laboring men of Muskegon, Michigan. A. T. Stone recently shipped 110 000 maple trees from Manton, Mich., for resetting on his tree claim in Dakota. Gilmodk's big mill at Trenton commenced operations on May 3rd. The drive of logs down the Trent is expected here this month. It is said that the Ontario Lumber Company are making preparations to rebuild Dollar's mill. The mill will be completed this fall. The first drive of logs down the Moira has all arrived at the Bay of Quinte and booms of them are being taken to Trenton and Deser- onto. It is reported from Manistee that Milmo & Stokoe, of Jeanerette, La., are trying to in- troduce cypress lumber and shingles in that market. Late hemlock and hardwood land purchases within a few miles of the mouth of the Men- ominee, in Wisconsin and Michigan, are said to amount to 12,000 to 15,000 acres. The oldest and the largest tree in the world is a chestnut near the foot of Mount Etna, Italy. The circumference of the main trunk is 212 feet. Do not force a boiler. If you do you are liable to soar upwards some fine day, and brickbats, hot water, steam and pieces of the overburdened boiler will go with you. The gang board or plack has an ancient history. It was the plank of the ship that passed from stem to stern across the seats of the rowers, and along which they passed, and upon which the mast was laid when it was un- hipped. A simple method, which is very closely cor- rect, is as follows : The sum of the diameter of the roll and the eye in inches, multiplied by the number of turns made by the belt, and this product multiplied by the decimal .1309, will be the length of the belt in feet. On May 29th, at Sandy Cove, Ont., a boy named Greaves, son of Wm. Greaves, was drown
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