. Canadian forest industries July-December 1923. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN. Pitt River Shingle Mill Co., at Port Coquitlam, , has shut down and will not reopen until the shingle market strengthens. The Whalen Pulp & Paper Mills in British Columbia are all operating to capacity. In the plant at Port Alice a complete oil- burning system has 'been installed. The Canadian Axe & Harvest Tool Mfg. Co., Limited, 1464 St. Patrick St., Montreal, will start work shortly on a new factory at a cost of about $6,
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1923. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN. Pitt River Shingle Mill Co., at Port Coquitlam, , has shut down and will not reopen until the shingle market strengthens. The Whalen Pulp & Paper Mills in British Columbia are all operating to capacity. In the plant at Port Alice a complete oil- burning system has 'been installed. The Canadian Axe & Harvest Tool Mfg. Co., Limited, 1464 St. Patrick St., Montreal, will start work shortly on a new factory at a cost of about $6,000. A. S. Nicholson, of Terry-Nicholson-Cates, Limited, and wife, have been spending a pleasant holiday in Winnipeg and other points West. The report also shows that the situation continues to be improved over that of last year, there being 954 fires for the week ending Aug. 18, as against 2021 for the same period last year. The sawmill of W. E. Owens at Richards Landing, Algoma, Ont., was burned to the ground recently, lhe total loss was about $25,000 and there was no insurance. The cause of the fire is un- known. The Brunton Lumber Co., of Ottawa, Ont., in addition to their yard and operations m that city, have started a bush operation in the vicinity of Dougias, Ont., and have at the present time a gang of men taking out material. Stuart Lake Shingle Company's sawmill at Squamish, , with the exception of the boiler house, was totally destroyed by fire recently. The mill was located at the head of Howe Sound. The loss is a heavy one and only partially covered by insurance. The tug "Butterfield" recently left Port Arthur with a raft con- taining 7,5uO cords of Canadian puipwood. This constitutes the largest single raft on record at the head oi: the lakes, lhe wood was consigned to the Newago Company, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. A decrease in the cost of fighting forest fires this year as com- pared to last year is recorded in the weekly forest fire report issued by H
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