. Canadian forest industries 1911. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Saw Mill of Waldie Bro's. Limited, Spragge, Ont. edger. This is a most useful machine with Simmonds in- serted teeth and is used for cutting the four and five inch cants. Two lath machines are operated which were manu- factured by P. Payette & Co., of Penetanguishene, Ont. The power for the mill is furnished by six Waterous boilers of the latest improved type with Dutch ovens. The output of the com- pany is largely white pine with a small amount of red View
. Canadian forest industries 1911. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Saw Mill of Waldie Bro's. Limited, Spragge, Ont. edger. This is a most useful machine with Simmonds in- serted teeth and is used for cutting the four and five inch cants. Two lath machines are operated which were manu- factured by P. Payette & Co., of Penetanguishene, Ont. The power for the mill is furnished by six Waterous boilers of the latest improved type with Dutch ovens. The output of the com- pany is largely white pine with a small amount of red View of Shipping Dock—Waldie Bro's. Limited, Spragge, Ont. The lath mill and bolter in this mill is one of the best machines turned out by P. Payette & Company, of Penetanguishene. The bolter is then- well known No. 1, all iron frame, bolterr with four saws, and the lath mill is their five-saw No. 2, all iron frame. On these machines P. Payette & Company last year made a record lath cut of 128,350 laths in ten hours. Among the balance of the mach- inery in the Spragge mill is one of P. Payette & Company's latest patent mill dogs, which dogs equally well in frozen or wet timber. The mill of Waldie Bros., Limited, at Spragge, was purchased by them some years ago from Cook & Bros. Lumber Company. The machinery in the original mill was all built by Wm. Hamilton Com- pany, Limited, of Peterborough, who have also supplied much of the machinery which has been installed since its erection. In addi- tion to the large gang saw built by the Wm. Hamilton Company,, which has already been mentioned, they recently installed on their carriage a four-inch steam set works, one of the latest and most important improvements in sawmill machinery. The limits of the company are located on the Serpent River and the head logging office and store houses are at Blind River. The officers of Waldie Brothers Limited are as follows:—Presi- dent, F. JM. Waldie; vice-president, R. S. Waldie; se
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