. Canadian forest industries July-December 1915. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. November 1, 1915 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER McAuliffe Davis Lumber Co., Ottawa Fine Equipment and Practical Layout of Plant The McAuliffe Davis Company, Ltd., Ottawa, operate on Cham- berlain Ave. a very complete planing- mill plant. Their buildings at this location were erected at a cost of $30,000 and their machinery cost $25,000. The heavy machinery is located on the main floor, the lighter machinery upstairs. The equipment was purchased from the
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1915. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. November 1, 1915 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER McAuliffe Davis Lumber Co., Ottawa Fine Equipment and Practical Layout of Plant The McAuliffe Davis Company, Ltd., Ottawa, operate on Cham- berlain Ave. a very complete planing- mill plant. Their buildings at this location were erected at a cost of $30,000 and their machinery cost $25,000. The heavy machinery is located on the main floor, the lighter machinery upstairs. The equipment was purchased from the Berlin Machine Works, the American Woodworking Machinery Com- pany, and the A. R. Williams Machinery Company. The factory building is 120 x 90 ft. two storeys high. Power is developed by two boilers and a Corliss 150 engine. Approximately, the plant will handle 10,000,000 feet of lumber annually, and about two-thirds of this will be put through the machines. The company manufacture many other things, sash and doors, hardwood flooring, mouldings, newel posts, etc. They also operate a planing mill on Duke Street, Ottawa, in connection with their head office and yard "; At this point they have exceptionally large storage yards and do a large amount of milling work, for which they have installed modern equip- ment. Each machine in this plant has a unit motor drive. The build- ing at this plant covers a ground space of 99 feet x 200 feet. The McAuliffe Davis Lumber Co. Ltd., operate, in all, three planing mills and one sash and door factory. In the sash and door factory they have every kind of equipment necessary for taking care of any woodworking orders required in the construction of houses. The company advise us that they would be prepared to increase their staff, and if necessary, work 24 hours a day, in order to assist in turn- ing out a large number of portable houses that might be required on short notice. They could work about 200 men to advantage in this p
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