. Canadian forest industries 1907. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Janiary, 1907 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 1 s A HARDWOOD MILL IN THE BRUCE * PENINSULA. Located at Lion's Head, Ontario, in what is known as the Bruce Peninsula, is the saw- mill of Pedwell & Lemcke, which may be classed among the best hardwood mills in Canada. Although small in comparison with vast establishments where logs of the white pine variety are manufactured, it is none the the less complete,and to the owners Mr. Charles Pedwell and Mr. Charles Lemcke
. Canadian forest industries 1907. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Janiary, 1907 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 1 s A HARDWOOD MILL IN THE BRUCE * PENINSULA. Located at Lion's Head, Ontario, in what is known as the Bruce Peninsula, is the saw- mill of Pedwell & Lemcke, which may be classed among the best hardwood mills in Canada. Although small in comparison with vast establishments where logs of the white pine variety are manufactured, it is none the the less complete,and to the owners Mr. Charles Pedwell and Mr. Charles Lemcke, credit is due for their energy and enterprise. The mill frame is 30 x 131 feet, with filing room 12 x 14 feet and sorting platform under cover 15 x 30 feet on the opposite side of mill and not shown in the accompanying photo- graph. The boiler house is 40 x 50 feet and contains two boilers with Dutch ovens,engine, heater, etc. The equipment of the mill consists of a heavy Waterous carriage, steam loaders, steam nigger, gun shot feed, Waterous double edger, trimmers, live rolls, endless log chain, and three butting saws, one for slabs, one for cutting edgings into stove wood lengths, and one in rollers for cutting ties, timber, etc. Sixty inch circular saws, ten-guage, are used. They also operate a lath mill and two shingle machines. The filing room equipment is very complete, consisting of an automatic saw filer, etc. The mill is equipped with conveyors for handling the sawdust and shingle refuse, which is delivered to the fire room, and the fine sawdust not required fot making steam passes through into a hopper. The shingle RECIPROCAL DEMURRAGE CONVEN- TION. The lumbermen of the United States are taking an active interest in the agitation to bring about an improvement in transportation facilities, and we would be glad to see corres- ponding activity on the part of Canadian lumbermen. A National Reciprocal Demur- rage Convention is to be held in Chicago on Friday, January 4th
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