. Canadian forest industries 1903. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Plan of Murray & Gregory s Mill, St. John, gers ; G, runs from edgers ; H, trimmers ; I, heading splitter ; J, opening in floor, three feet deep, in which run chains to carry away edgings ; K, chains ; L, bridges across open- ing ; N, boiler house ; M, cutter for lath lengths ; O, lath machine ; P, heading ma- ch ines ; Q, stave machines ; R, shingle ma- chines ; S, wing to building, the floor of which (containing shingle machines, lath machines, etc.) is abo
. Canadian forest industries 1903. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Plan of Murray & Gregory s Mill, St. John, gers ; G, runs from edgers ; H, trimmers ; I, heading splitter ; J, opening in floor, three feet deep, in which run chains to carry away edgings ; K, chains ; L, bridges across open- ing ; N, boiler house ; M, cutter for lath lengths ; O, lath machine ; P, heading ma- ch ines ; Q, stave machines ; R, shingle ma- chines ; S, wing to building, the floor of which (containing shingle machines, lath machines, etc.) is about 8 feet lower than that upon which stand the stock gang, rotary, etc.; Sa, resaws ; T, engine room. The stock gang, resaws, edgers, etc., were supplied by the St. John Iron Works, St. John, ; the boilers and engines by James Fleming & Company, St. John, ; the shingle and clapboard machines by Alex. Dun- bar & Sons, Woodstock, THE NANAIMO SAW MILL. The saw mill of Andrew Haslam at Nanaimo, B. C, was one of the first mills established on Vancouver Island. The mill was established in 1885 by the Royal City Lumber Company, of New Westminster, Mr. Haslam being a share- holder in the company, and manager of the Nanaimo mill. Operations were commenced in a very small way, the business being devoted exclusively to the sawing of rough lumber up to the year 1887, when Mr. Haslam, in conjunction with Mr. A. E. Lees, purchased the property, the part- nership heralding the expansion of the business and the manufacture of all kinds of lumber. In 1889 Mr. Haslam secured full control of the business, and at once began extensive improve- all of them being close to shore and easily ac- cessible. The mill is driven by eight powerful steam engines of 350 horse power, and five boilers, an uncommon feature in the working being seen in the fact that each machine is driven by a separate engine. At present the mill em- ploys about 100 hands, and has a capacity of 60, 000 feet of
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