. Canadian forest industries July-December 1915. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Sawmill of the Rathbun Company, Deseronto, Ont. An Important Deseronto Industry The Rathbun Company's Extensive Sawmill and Wood Products Plant—Waste Practically Eliminated One of the oldest established lumber manufacturing industries in Canada is that of the Rathbun Company at Deseronto, Ont., which has long been known as an example of exceptional efficiency in the conversion of raw materials from the forest into .finished products. The company has made
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1915. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Sawmill of the Rathbun Company, Deseronto, Ont. An Important Deseronto Industry The Rathbun Company's Extensive Sawmill and Wood Products Plant—Waste Practically Eliminated One of the oldest established lumber manufacturing industries in Canada is that of the Rathbun Company at Deseronto, Ont., which has long been known as an example of exceptional efficiency in the conversion of raw materials from the forest into .finished products. The company has made a long and detailed study of the problem of avoiding waste in lumber manufacturing, and has been one of the most successful industries in this connection existing in Canada. The company had its beginning in 1848, w hen the late Mr. H. B. Rathbun erected a mill on the Bay of Quinte at a place which has since grown into the town of Deseronto. Mr. Rathbun secured large timber limits, extending over thousands of acres, to feed the mill with raw material. From this early beginning the company has continu- ally grown and prospered, until to-day its great variety of product is favorably known in many markets. With the object of avoiding waste many new industries have been inaugurated, and the result now is that the company work up practically all the residue from their lumber mills. One of the most important plants operated by the company is its box factory. This is a large plant equipped with everything mod- ern for labor saving and efficient production. Among our illustrations we show pictures of the interior and the exterior of the box factory. In this plant the company give employment to from 150 to 200 men and boys throughout the year. The machines are placed in such a manner as to provide a regular progression of raw material from the time the lumber enters the shop until it has been successfully passed through the various machines and has reached the store room at the far en
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