. Canadian forest industries 1916. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. February 15, 1916 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 39 Machinery and Equipment What Manufacturers of Logging, Sawmill and Woodworking Appliances are Doing Economy in the Handling of Stocks Modern methods of handling lumber and shingles were demon- strated recently at the plant of the Windsor Lumber Company, of Windsor, Ont., where cars are being unloaded and the lumber con- veyed to the separate piles, two men performing the service of four. The equipment used was that
. Canadian forest industries 1916. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. February 15, 1916 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 39 Machinery and Equipment What Manufacturers of Logging, Sawmill and Woodworking Appliances are Doing Economy in the Handling of Stocks Modern methods of handling lumber and shingles were demon- strated recently at the plant of the Windsor Lumber Company, of Windsor, Ont., where cars are being unloaded and the lumber con- veyed to the separate piles, two men performing the service of four. The equipment used was that of the Mathews Patent Lumber Car- riers who have perfected a type of steel ball-bearing roller that will convey by gravity upon a grade of four per cent., boards, flooring or. Modern Method of Conveying Shingles siding in bundles, and timbers of any size in a straight line or about curves as required. They have been adopted by the leading lumber manufacturers throughout the Dominion and the users arc enthusi- astic with respect to the saving to the lumber dealer. The above cut represents shingles being conveyed upon the steel ball bearing rollers in British Columbia mills. The Canadian Mathews Gravity Carrier Company, 484 Richmond Street West, Toronto, Ont., are the manufacturers. The "Kendall" Gang Circular For a number of years the Wm. Hamilton Company, Limited, of Peterborough, Ont., have been manufacturing a machine known as the "Kendall" Gang Circular, a cut of which can be seen elsewhere in this issue, designed and patented by Mr. I. N. Kendall, the well- known consulting millwright, of Ottawa, Ont. This machine has been designed for the express purpose of manufacturing into more and better lumber small logs which it is not found .profitable to put through the circular or band saws. It has indeed filled a long-felt want in this regard and from the number of well satisfied users of it in Canada today it is bound to command the attention of every wide- a
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