. Canadian forest industries January-June 1913. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Temporary Office Abitibi Pulp and Paper Mills capacity of 180 tons per day will be constructed first. This mill will be equipped with 18 10-ton grinders, which have been contracted for. A chemical pulp mill will be established later and paper mills will also be erected ultimately. During the winter. 300 men have been employed in clearing the site, etc., and there are about 3,500,000 logs on the banks of the river. During the summer the company will em- pl
. Canadian forest industries January-June 1913. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Temporary Office Abitibi Pulp and Paper Mills capacity of 180 tons per day will be constructed first. This mill will be equipped with 18 10-ton grinders, which have been contracted for. A chemical pulp mill will be established later and paper mills will also be erected ultimately. During the winter. 300 men have been employed in clearing the site, etc., and there are about 3,500,000 logs on the banks of the river. During the summer the company will em- ploy 1,000 men. The Iroquois Falls are capable of developing 75,000 At present only 21,000 will be developed. The limits contain spruce, balsam, jack pine, poplar and white wood. The company have the right to cut timber 7 inches and upwards on 2-foot diameter from the ground. The average pulpwood stand is reported to be between 13 and 15 cords per acre. Work is now proceeding on the branch line of the T. & N. O. railway to Iroquois Falls which it is expected will be completed by the end of June. The company will derive their power from Iroquois Falls which has a drop of 23 feet. The con- tractors will increase this by 13 feet, securing a drop of 36 feet in all. The water will be backed right up to Couchiching Falls near Lake Abitibi and up the Black River to the town of Matheson, making both these rivers navigable. In some places the Abitibi will be nearly a mile wide. The government will not allow any timber to be drown- ed. A large force of men will be employed all summer cutting down the bush up to the high water mark. A good deal of this work has. Plenty of Power at Iroquois Falls been done already. In these clearing operations lots of good logs which are good for lumber are being sent down" to the mill to be sawed. Pulpwood is also being kept for use and a lot of good cedar suitable for posts is being cut. The brush is being burned as fast as the land is c
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