. Canadian forest industries 1892-1893. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. TO CANADA LUMBERMAN Volume XIII Number ii } TORONTO, ONT,, NOVEMBER, 1892 /Terms, $ Per Year \ Single Copies, jo Cents A LARGE LUMBER CONCERN. 'P'HE town of Arnprior, as is the case with many growing towns to-day, owes its inception and pros- perity largely to the enterprise of one man. Arnprior is beautifully situated at the confluence of the Madawaska and Ottawa rivers. Here a little more than forty years ago the late Daniel McLachlin pur- chased the water
. Canadian forest industries 1892-1893. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. TO CANADA LUMBERMAN Volume XIII Number ii } TORONTO, ONT,, NOVEMBER, 1892 /Terms, $ Per Year \ Single Copies, jo Cents A LARGE LUMBER CONCERN. 'P'HE town of Arnprior, as is the case with many growing towns to-day, owes its inception and pros- perity largely to the enterprise of one man. Arnprior is beautifully situated at the confluence of the Madawaska and Ottawa rivers. Here a little more than forty years ago the late Daniel McLachlin pur- chased the water power and 400 acres of land in the township of McNab, within the limits of which the municipality of Arnprior now stands. At that time there were but few families resident in the locality. Immedi- ately on acquisition of the site by Mr. McLachlin, in the year 1851, he proceeded to create a town. He had it surveyed, and the present town was laid out. Several lots were sold at a very low figure and a goodly number presented as free gifts to intending settlers. The result of this generous action was speedily manifested in the erection of several buildings, and in a short time the dense pinery gave place to the village streets and the hum of industry took the place of the silence of the forest. For some time previous to this a saw mill with one circular saw was operated, but did not prove a success, and •after lying idle for some years was event- ually carried away by a freshet. On the com- pletion of the Canada Central Railway, about the year 1862, a water mill was built by Mr. McLachlin, and in the fall of the same year the construction of another water mill was commenced. The lat- ter mill was completed the next season, and both mills have been running every season since without intermis- sion. A third mill, oper ated by steam, was built on the shore of the Chats Lake in 1871, and after running successfully for four years was destroyed by fire. It has been replaced by another,
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