. Canadian forest industries 1907. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Mill and Log Pond, Great West Lumber Company, Red Deer, Alta. recent date that the lumber industry has be- come prominent on the eastern slope and in the foothills. One of the companies to grasp the advant- age of having a mill plant closer to the mar- ket has been the Robinson-Mackenzie Lumber Company, of Cranbrook. These gentlemen have, for some years past, been operating a saw and planing mill plant at Cranbrook. About a year ago they turned their attention to the
. Canadian forest industries 1907. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Mill and Log Pond, Great West Lumber Company, Red Deer, Alta. recent date that the lumber industry has be- come prominent on the eastern slope and in the foothills. One of the companies to grasp the advant- age of having a mill plant closer to the mar- ket has been the Robinson-Mackenzie Lumber Company, of Cranbrook. These gentlemen have, for some years past, been operating a saw and planing mill plant at Cranbrook. About a year ago they turned their attention to the possibilities of lumbering on the east- ern slopes, and decided to commence the manufacture of lumber at Red Deer, Alta. Here they formed what is known as the Great West Lumber Company, Limited, capitalized at $500,000. The head offices of the company are at Red Deer, the Cranbrook plant of Messrs. Robinson & Mackenzie becoming a branch of the Great West Lumber Company. The timber on their limit on the eastern glope consists chiefly of spruce and pine, of which the company control extensive areas, amounting in all to some 500 square miles, and yielding an estimated cut of over three hundred million feet. The timber compared with that on the prairies and on the eastern slope of the Mountains, is said to be con- siderably larger in size, the logs running from 8 to 36 inches in diameter and the average being about 12 inches. The timber grows tall and straight and is exceptionally sound, being free from shake and loose black knots, and lies along the banks of the Red Deer and The Great West Lumber Company. Limit- ed, purchased the mill which was formerly owned and operated by Mr. W. T. Bawten- beimer. of Red Deer. The mill property and yards occupy some 30 acres all told on the banks of the Red Deer River, adjoining the town. The company have expended a large amount of money in constructing a mill pond, an 18-foot head for water, which they are considering utilizing for the gen
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