. Canadian forest industries January-June 1919. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 334 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER May 1, 1919 the other in Ontario. In connection with the trade extension work now to be undertaken on a much broader basis, the need for publi- city and advertising has been appreciated and to attend to that branch of the business, William Turnbull, who for the past two years has been secretary to the minister of lands, has been appoint- ed. Major Young and Major Brechin are practical men in the lum- ber business and bo
. Canadian forest industries January-June 1919. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 334 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER May 1, 1919 the other in Ontario. In connection with the trade extension work now to be undertaken on a much broader basis, the need for publi- city and advertising has been appreciated and to attend to that branch of the business, William Turnbull, who for the past two years has been secretary to the minister of lands, has been appoint- ed. Major Young and Major Brechin are practical men in the lum- ber business and both have service in France to their credit. What is undoubtedly the most gigantic lumber enterj)rise ever conceived is about to be launched by a syndicate headed by Percy M. Furber, president of the Mexican Oil Fields Company of New York, and John Arbuthnot, financier, well known in Victoria, This .syndicate will be known as the Furber Lumber Company. Orders hav already been placed with the .syndicate by British interests to deliver 30,000,000 feet of lumber which, in the event of a satisfactory agreement being reached on purchase price with the saw mills and lumber manufacturers will be supplied by British Col- umbia mills. Mr. Arbuthnot states further contracts are pending from European interests, for lumber that will run into billions of feet. The Beaver Cove Lumber and Pulp Co. at Vancouver, expect their new pulp mill and saw mill at Beaver Cove, , to be in operation the latter part of June. The saw mill will have a capacity of 125 M feet in 10 hours, while the pulp mill will turn out 40 tons of sulphate or kraft pulp. The company expect that their market for pulp will be divided between the United States and the Orient, and they also hope to ship some of their output to Australia and New Zealand. The Beaver Cove Lumber and Pulp Co. have over 500,000,000 feet of timber, consisting mostly of hemlock and larch, which will be used entirely for pulp, the larch making pr
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