. Canadian forest industries 1911. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Spanish Mills Company, Limited—General View of Mills. as the Spanish Mills Company, Limited, in which Mr. J. O. Smith Superintendent, and Mr. A. J. McDonnell, Sec-treasurer, have an interest. The Spanish Mills sawing plant is one of the best equipped on the north shore. Its capacity is about 175,000 feet in ten hours. The equipment consists of one single cutting band saw, one gang saw, one twin band slabber, one rift edger, one horizontal resavv, two edgers, etc. in a
. Canadian forest industries 1911. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Spanish Mills Company, Limited—General View of Mills. as the Spanish Mills Company, Limited, in which Mr. J. O. Smith Superintendent, and Mr. A. J. McDonnell, Sec-treasurer, have an interest. The Spanish Mills sawing plant is one of the best equipped on the north shore. Its capacity is about 175,000 feet in ten hours. The equipment consists of one single cutting band saw, one gang saw, one twin band slabber, one rift edger, one horizontal resavv, two edgers, etc. in addition to a well equipped lath and picket mill. In connection with the saw mill plant the company have about one and a half miles of tramways and a piling capacity of about 20,000,- 000 feet. They have daily con- nection with the Soo Line at Cutler by means of the mail and passenger boat from Little Current. The Spanish Mills is also a point of call for the steam- ers of the Northern Navigation Company. The company are also connected with the Railway at Spanish Station by private tele- phone line. The output of the Spanish Mills is principally white pine with a small percentage of Norway. Up to the present time it has been marketed almost en- tirely by cargo shipments to the United States at points on the Great Lakes from Chicago to Buf- falo. For the handling of logs, m connection with their plant, the company have a powerful tug, the "Fanny Arnold" and also a 35- foot gasoline launch equipped with powerful heavy service en- gines, which is used for picking up logs and despatch purposes. The employees at the mill are well looked after and comfortably housed. The company have from thirty to forty dwelling houses. Spanish Mills Company, Limited—Loading Scene. Spanish Mills Company, Limited—View from the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appeara
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