. Canadian forest industries 1897-1899. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Mr. G. L. Purdy, Book-Keeper. ent, Mr. Gilbert L. Purdy the book-keeper, and James S. Gregory chief clerk. The firm are in a position to manufacture spruce lumber for any market, and being wide-awake, shrewd and business-like naturally sell where they get the best returns. Personally Mr. George S. Cushing, the chief member of the firm, is a whole-souled man, whom it is a pleasure to meet. In business affairs his boldness is nicely blended with caution. Of keen re
. Canadian forest industries 1897-1899. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Mr. G. L. Purdy, Book-Keeper. ent, Mr. Gilbert L. Purdy the book-keeper, and James S. Gregory chief clerk. The firm are in a position to manufacture spruce lumber for any market, and being wide-awake, shrewd and business-like naturally sell where they get the best returns. Personally Mr. George S. Cushing, the chief member of the firm, is a whole-souled man, whom it is a pleasure to meet. In business affairs his boldness is nicely blended with caution. Of keen reasoning powers, good judgment and decision of char- acter, he easily and quickly arrives at correct conclusions. INTERESTING INSURANCE CASE. Judgment has been given in the long-pending suit of the Katrine Lumber Co. against the different insurance companies to recover the amount of insurance on a saw mill at Katrine, Ont., destroyed by fire last Mr. Frank H. Jobson, Millwright and Builder. The decision is in favor of the Katrine Lumber Co., and is as follows : Katrine Lumber Company v. The Union Assurance Society, $5,546 25 ; Phoenix Insurance Company of Hart- ford, $2,775 ! Liverpool, London & Globe Insurance Company, $17,860 65 ; Insurance Company of North America, $5,000 ; Lancashire Insurance Company, $8, 285 ; total, $39,266 90. These cases came up for trial at the Assizes at Hamilton, before the Hon. Judge Rose. Mr. Wallace Nesbitt, of Toronto, and Mr. S. F. Washing- ton, of Hamilton, appeared for the plaintiffs ; Mr. D'Alton McCarthy, , and Mr. H. S. Osier, of Toronto, ap- peared for the insurance companies. The claims arose out of a fire or fires at Katrine, near Parry Sound, on the 7th and 8th of May last, when the mill and a large quantity of lumber and other property were destroyed, and some cars belonging to the Grand Trunk Railway Co. Mr. J. J. C. Thompson was the manager of the lumber company, and made a statutory declaration as to the loss, that
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