. Canadian forest industries 1897-1899. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. May, 1898 '3 WOOD PULP ~® ®~ DEPARTMENT PROPOSED PULP MILL AT MISPEC The St. John Sulphite Pulp Company, which is composed of Scotch capitalists, has commenced the erection of a large pulp mill at Mispec, near St. John, N. B. The manager is Mr. M. F. Mooney, of St. John, who returned last month from a visit to Scotland, where he completed the final arrangements with the directors for pro- ceeding with the work. The mill will be a large brick and stone struc- ture
. Canadian forest industries 1897-1899. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. May, 1898 '3 WOOD PULP ~® ®~ DEPARTMENT PROPOSED PULP MILL AT MISPEC The St. John Sulphite Pulp Company, which is composed of Scotch capitalists, has commenced the erection of a large pulp mill at Mispec, near St. John, N. B. The manager is Mr. M. F. Mooney, of St. John, who returned last month from a visit to Scotland, where he completed the final arrangements with the directors for pro- ceeding with the work. The mill will be a large brick and stone struc- ture, three hundred feet in length and one hundred feet high, and will be supplied with a modern pulp making plant. The large steel boilers and acid reclaimers will be imported from the United States, but as far as possible Cana- dian machinery will be used. The site on which the mill will be built is an advantageous one. It is not far from the Bay of Fundy, making the shipment of goods comparatively easy. The manufactured pulp will be conveyed to St. John in barges, and thence loaded on steamers and vessels for Glasgow. The site is most desirable also for the purchase of wood. THE MANUFACTURE OF SULPHITE FIBRE. Whitney, Ont., March 28, 1898. To the Editor of the Canada Lumberman : Dear Sir,—I am pleased to know that another sul- phite pulp mill is to be built in New Brunswick this spring-, at Mispec, by a Scotch company, and probably another in St. John, which I hope will materialize shortly, and possibly a large pulp and paper mill in the Province of Quebec. This goes to show that the Canadians are now beginning to realize that they really do hold the key to the pulp industry of the world. On this latter point I am thoroughly satisfied, provided there is an export duty put on pulp wood. It is pretty generally known, or I might say well known, that the Provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia possess the finest black spruce in the world, which is the best timber for the manu
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