. Canadian forest industries 1903. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. October, 1903 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN A TRIP TO THE MARITIME PROVINCES. [By Our Travelling Representative.] No person in Ontario can get a conception of the vast extent of our Dominion unless he makes two journeys. To go either to the Pacific coast or to the Atlantic coast is looked upon as quite a trip. When I packed my grips at Toronto in August I had a run of 1175 miles to reach Halifax via the Inter- colonial. But the actual fact was that I put in nearly two thousand
. Canadian forest industries 1903. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. October, 1903 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN A TRIP TO THE MARITIME PROVINCES. [By Our Travelling Representative.] No person in Ontario can get a conception of the vast extent of our Dominion unless he makes two journeys. To go either to the Pacific coast or to the Atlantic coast is looked upon as quite a trip. When I packed my grips at Toronto in August I had a run of 1175 miles to reach Halifax via the Inter- colonial. But the actual fact was that I put in nearly two thousand miles of travel, with side journeys, before I reached the sea. The trip from Toronto to Quebec was uneventful. At the Ancient Capital I had the pleasure of meeting several of the best known lumbermen, amongst whom were Dobell, Beckett & Company, Goodday & Company, Carbray, Routh & Company, Sharpies & Company, Calvin Company, the McArthur Export Company, and J. J. Murphy. Other offices at which I called showed that many had not returned from their summer holiday. The timber industry is a real live one at Quebec. Whilst not so many ships loading as in former years, there is a steady demand and a steady export. Whilst at the Capital I had the pleasure of visiting the British cruiser "Ariadne," the German cruiser "Gazelle," and the French man-of-war " ; These warships carried considerable quantities of lumber and timber for their own use. I noticed it was nearly all South American teak or British oak. At Bathurst, on the Baie des Chaleurs, I found over one hundred men thrown out of employment by the collapse of the foundation under the engine in Sumner's big saw mill. The foundation sinking caused the accident which closed the mill for a week or more. A pleasant run brought me to Newcastle, on the Miramichi river. All the saw mills were running full blast and a big cut is promised for this season. Considerable talk was going on at
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