. Canadian forest industries 1909. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Gillies Brothers, Limited—The Inn. the Ottawa river above the Chats Falls were available as sources of supply. The partnership formed in 1873 was changed, in 1893, into a limited company, under the name of Gillies Bros., Limited, with the four or- iginal partners and the oldest sons of two of them as directors. Later other sons were admitted, and the present board of directors consists of John Gillies, president; David Gillies, vice-president; John S. Gillies, secreta
. Canadian forest industries 1909. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Gillies Brothers, Limited—The Inn. the Ottawa river above the Chats Falls were available as sources of supply. The partnership formed in 1873 was changed, in 1893, into a limited company, under the name of Gillies Bros., Limited, with the four or- iginal partners and the oldest sons of two of them as directors. Later other sons were admitted, and the present board of directors consists of John Gillies, president; David Gillies, vice-president; John S. Gillies, secretary-treasurer; William Gillies, J. A. Gillies, 1). A. Gillies, and A B. Gillies, all (excepting Mr. Win. Gillies) actively engaged in the vari- ous branches of the business. The original partners continued together without a break for thirty-six years, until the death, in January, 1909, of James Gillies, the senior member of the partnership and the president of the succeeding company from its incorporation until his death. This thows a continued active connection with the timber trade extending over sixty years, and three generations. GtflHeB Brothers, Limited, have therefore good claim to being among the old pioneer firms in the Ottawa Valley. They have inherited a splendid name among the lumbering fra- ternity and have maintained its merits undiminished to the present day. The properties bought in 1873 consisted of the; mill at Braeside, ca- pacity 13,000,000 feet yearly, and some 250 miles of timber limits on the. Gillies Brothers, Limited The Cedar Mill. jCoulonge river, formerly owned and operated by the Rev. Henry Us- borne. Since that date the business has been gradually extended both in mill capacity and timber holdings, until the present time. The sawmills now have a capacity of 35, feet in the season running ten hours only, and contain two bands, twin cylinder, and a 54-inch double cant gang, with every equipment for careful manufacture and economical handling
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