. Canadian forest industries 1897-1899. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Saw Mill of A. C. & C. W. Elderkin at Eatonville, English markets, but they have all their boards yet on their wharf, preferring to hold them rather than sell at the prices prevailing in the United States markets. The firm intend getting out about four million feet the coming winter, and are prepared to saw for the best paying market. They are looking over the South American and West India markets, and will probably test both. Boston and New York have be
. Canadian forest industries 1897-1899. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Saw Mill of A. C. & C. W. Elderkin at Eatonville, English markets, but they have all their boards yet on their wharf, preferring to hold them rather than sell at the prices prevailing in the United States markets. The firm intend getting out about four million feet the coming winter, and are prepared to saw for the best paying market. They are looking over the South American and West India markets, and will probably test both. Boston and New York have been the best markets for their short lumber and boards, and when business in the United States gets back to its normal condition, it will absorb such goods as heretofore. Vessels of six to eight hundred tons can load directly at the mill wharf, but when they sell to parties shipping to the English markets, the deals are lightered either to West Bay, near Parrsboro, or to Grindstone Island, about ten miles distant, where the largest steamers can take cargo, there being a good depth of water, plenty of sea room, and good anchorage. For South American trade vessels of five to eight hundred tons are the most profit- able. These can load at mill. The timber property of this estate is nearly all spruce, and comprises about twenty thousand acres. By preserving the timber as far as ex- pedient, the supply will stand a cut of about two quantity. They believe that they can take a smaller quantity of logs and by careful manu- facture make quite as much money out of them, allowing nothing to go to waste, and thus con- serve their forest area. The firm own a steam mill and general store at Advocate Harbor, and also have a store at Eatonville. They have some good schooners which they built them- selves and run in the coasting trade. They are natives of the county of Cumberland, and are very enterprising young Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may
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