. Canadian forest industries January-June 1919. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 190 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER president and two commissioners. Authority was given this commis- sion to establish regulations for the government of shipping in the harbor and to exercise control on the foreshore, as well as appoint a staff to carry out these rules. This work has been done in conformity with the practice observed in the best regulated harbors of the world. In addition to the regulations and control exercised by the Harbor Commission,
. Canadian forest industries January-June 1919. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 190 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER president and two commissioners. Authority was given this commis- sion to establish regulations for the government of shipping in the harbor and to exercise control on the foreshore, as well as appoint a staff to carry out these rules. This work has been done in conformity with the practice observed in the best regulated harbors of the world. In addition to the regulations and control exercised by the Harbor Commission, it also directly operates one of the finest public wharves on the Pacific coast. This wharf is located on Burrard Inlet, in the heart of the central harbor. The wharf is of the reinforced concrete type of construction, a new method on the Pacific coast being employ- ed in the work, involving the use of cribs reinforced with concrete and a heavy mass wall of concrete. The wharf is 800 feet long and 300 feet wide and is so located as to give a depth of 35 feet at low tide. On the wharf are two sheds, with trackage on each side, the easterly being 676 feet 10 inches in length and 78 feet 8 inches in width, and the westerly 843 feet long and 97 feet 9 inches wide. This shed is pro- vided with a depressed track. There is a steady demand for accom- modation at this wharf, and during the past year, the Harbor Commis- sion has been compelled to turn away business from it owing to the berths being occupied, or storage accommodation being completely taken up. Adjoining this wharf is a Dominion Government grain elevator which has a capacity of 1,250,000 bushels. The receiving capacity is 20,000 bushels an hour, and the loading capacity 60,000 bushels an hour; the plans providing for this loading being carried on for four vessels at one time. The equipment also includes a sacking plant capable of handling from 3,000 to 5,000 bushels an hour. The Harbor Commission judges that the fostering
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