. Canadian forest industries 1880-1881. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. YOL. 1. PETERBOROUGH, ONT., NOVEMBER 15, 1881. NO. 20. The new mills for the Georgian Bay Lumber- ing Co. are under contract and the work is being pushed on with the greatest speed. The ma- chine shops are built and taken possession of, and the stone foundation of the mill is nearly completed. A. J. Geigee, Philadelphia, is reported as having the largest lumber warehouse under one roof in the United States. It is 164 feet wide and 200 feet long. It required 13,00
. Canadian forest industries 1880-1881. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. YOL. 1. PETERBOROUGH, ONT., NOVEMBER 15, 1881. NO. 20. The new mills for the Georgian Bay Lumber- ing Co. are under contract and the work is being pushed on with the greatest speed. The ma- chine shops are built and taken possession of, and the stone foundation of the mill is nearly completed. A. J. Geigee, Philadelphia, is reported as having the largest lumber warehouse under one roof in the United States. It is 164 feet wide and 200 feet long. It required 13,000 square feet of tin for the roof, which is so arranged that it can be opened when the weather is fair, and closed when it is stormy. THE ONTARIO BANK. We regret to learn, directly and indirectly, that some of the depositors and note holders of the Ontario Bank have become alarmed at re- cent developements, and are withdrawing their deposits and refusing to take its notes as usual, notwithstanding that there is not the slightest ground for alarm on their part. Did we for a moment think that there is the slightest possibility of any of its creditors suffer- ing inconvenience, much less loss, by the Ontario Bank, we should be the the last to dis- couraging them taking every possible means of securing themselves, but as matters stand we deem it our duty to discourage everything tending to discredit this Bank's entire solvency so far as the public is concerned. It is unfortunately too true that through past management, a considerable portion of the Stockholders' money has been lost, but taking even the most gloomy view of the state of its affairs, and accepting Mr. Holland's report as certain to be fully realized, the bank still pos- sesses undoubted assets, which amount to with- in a fraction of one hundred and thirty-five cents for every dollar which it owes to the pub- lic. But perhaps the best evidence that the Bank is thoroughly solvent so far as its credi tors are concerned,
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