. Canadian forest industries July-December 1922. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. r. IBS The Nicholson mill of Austin & Nicholson showing large pond The Dalton mill showing ties coming out on live rolls the west of Chapleau. It is interesting to visit these mills and watch the tie m the making. The product of this firm is prac- tically all jack pine ties, but by the modern method of sawing, there is no waste left over as the case of the hand-made product for the refuse after the tie is cut is turned into profitable lumber a
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1922. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. r. IBS The Nicholson mill of Austin & Nicholson showing large pond The Dalton mill showing ties coming out on live rolls the west of Chapleau. It is interesting to visit these mills and watch the tie m the making. The product of this firm is prac- tically all jack pine ties, but by the modern method of sawing, there is no waste left over as the case of the hand-made product for the refuse after the tie is cut is turned into profitable lumber and lath. The waste produced annually in the operation of hand-made ties must amount to many thousand board feet and pieces of lath, and at the present time our governments continually talk timber conservation which is certainly becoming necessary. Such firms as Austin & Nicholson are already working along these lines. There appeared in the "Canada Lumberman" in May of last year an article on the mills of this firm, but at the time the large plant at Dalton was still under construction. I shall give a detailed description of these mills as I saw them in operation recently. The Nicholson mills, situated on the Windermere Lake, is equipped with a Waterous circular mill, Waterous carriage, steam feed, hand set, Mershon horizontal resaw, Waterous edger, slab slasher, trimmers and Payette lath bolter and lath machine. The logs come from the jack ladder to the saw, are flipped on the carriage, set, one cut, back, flipped and reset, second cut, dogs released and a sixteen-foot tie drops on to the live rolls. The total time taken up is thirty seconds, or for a four-cut tie (squared) around fifty-ifive seconds. The tie continues its journey on the live rolls to the butting saw, where it is butted and cut into eight-foot lengths, thence on to the inspector who inspects and stamps it as the case may be,—1st, 2nd or cull; it next pass'es direct into the waiting cars. Splendi
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