. The wood industries of Canada [microform]. Lumbering; Lumbering; Lumbering; Lumbering; Lumber trade; Forests and forestry; Exploitation forestière; Exploitation forestière; Exploitation forestière; Exploitation forestière; Bois; Forêt et sylviculture. '7" \\i" i|i i\hi -1 i; Ml ( \\,\|i.\. from the Strait of Northumberland. The mouth of the stream is eight miles from Point du Cheiie, where the ships l.)ad, the deals bein^ ta'ven thjre in rifts froii thj mill. The firm have a sejonJ mill farther up the s'.reani. .Mesirs. Hlack & Son own 15,030 acres of timber lands on the h
. The wood industries of Canada [microform]. Lumbering; Lumbering; Lumbering; Lumbering; Lumber trade; Forests and forestry; Exploitation forestière; Exploitation forestière; Exploitation forestière; Exploitation forestière; Bois; Forêt et sylviculture. '7" \\i" i|i i\hi -1 i; Ml ( \\,\|i.\. from the Strait of Northumberland. The mouth of the stream is eight miles from Point du Cheiie, where the ships l.)ad, the deals bein^ ta'ven thjre in rifts froii thj mill. The firm have a sejonJ mill farther up the s'.reani. .Mesirs. Hlack & Son own 15,030 acres of timber lands on the head of the river, and, in addition to their own cuts, purchase logs from the owners of adioininT hndj. The and a few shingles. The mills are equipped with water power gang, lath-cutter, and shingle machine, and the product is a will-manufactured article. The firm have found it to be more satisfactory to ship direct Id the British market, their present Knglish agents being Karnworlh >V Jardine. Mr. J. L Black, the head of the firm, whose portrait appears, has had a su-cussful business career,. cut is ni )stly spruee, although tliey also ship considerable birch, beeeh, ami maple, in the form of planks iV to 4 inch js thick, 7 in:hes an 1 upwards wide, ani 14 to iG feet lon^. Tiiey CD' ab)utf'jur million feel of logs themselves, and, iiicludicig what lh.;y purcliase, ship from six to seven million feel of lumber each year. The spruce is cut into deals, bal- lens, long seaiillin^, boards, planed and matched, laths, and is one of the b»-,t-known men in the province ; for, apart from lumber, he is the largest tanner and stock raiser in his parish, and his general store in Sackville is the centre ol a \ory business, covering every branch of general merchandise. Mr. Black represented Westmoreland county in the New Brunswick Legislature for seven years, but declined further service, being too active. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page
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