. Canadian forest industries 1901-1902. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. March, 1900 THK CANADA IvUIwIBKRI^JLII factory for the manufacture of doors, sashes and other woodwork. Mr. John Hanbury is manager of the com- pany. — Basswood lath is being- manufactured in Minnesota to take the place of pine lath, owing to the high price of the latter. They sell at about two-thirds the price of pine lath and are said to give good satisfaction. —The route has been surveyed for a line of railway from Bristol to Foreston, N. B., a distance of 15
. Canadian forest industries 1901-1902. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. March, 1900 THK CANADA IvUIwIBKRI^JLII factory for the manufacture of doors, sashes and other woodwork. Mr. John Hanbury is manager of the com- pany. — Basswood lath is being- manufactured in Minnesota to take the place of pine lath, owing to the high price of the latter. They sell at about two-thirds the price of pine lath and are said to give good satisfaction. —The route has been surveyed for a line of railway from Bristol to Foreston, N. B., a distance of 15 miles. The project is being promoted by the lumbermen, in order to provide a means of transport for their lumber. —Ker & Harcourt, of Parry Sound, Ont., are installing an exhaust fan in their spool and bobbin factory. It was manufactured by the Sturtevant Company, of Boston, and supplied by the A. R. Williams Machinery Company, of Toronto. —The steamer Guernsey recently sailed from Vancouver, , for Shanghai and Valdivistock, carrying 3,000,000 feet of lumber supplied by the Hastings and Moody ville mills. This is the largest cargo ever taken from a British Columbia port. —The Turner Lumber Co., Limited, of Midland, Ont., has been incorporated, with capital of $10,000. The members are : Jos. Turner, of Bay City ; D. J. Turner, of Detroit; A. B. Turner, of New York, and C. A. Turner, of Midland, Ont. —The Rat Portage Lumber Co., at the annual meeting held last month, re-elected its officers and directors, with the exception that J. M. Savage is replaced on the Board of Directors by M. Brown. The business of the past year was shown to be satisfactory. —Playfair & White, of Midland, Ont., have given a contract to Toner & Gregory, of Collingwood, to cut io,ooo,oco feet of lumber during the ensuing season. The latter firm has decided to make extensive improvements to their mills, including the replacing of the lath mill with modern machines. —The Canad
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