. Canadian forest industries January-June 1912. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Wolverine Cedar ami Lumber Company —The Filing Room most satisfactory on the north shore, for the sawing, drying and shipping of lumber. The log pond, entirely protected in any wind, and an adjoining bay which is used for storage, together hold in safety about 200,000 logs, and a sorting jack of four pockets between the main log pond and the jack ladder of the mill enables the com- pany to separate white pine, norway and spruce logs before sawing, and als
. Canadian forest industries January-June 1912. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Wolverine Cedar ami Lumber Company —The Filing Room most satisfactory on the north shore, for the sawing, drying and shipping of lumber. The log pond, entirely protected in any wind, and an adjoining bay which is used for storage, together hold in safety about 200,000 logs, and a sorting jack of four pockets between the main log pond and the jack ladder of the mill enables the com- pany to separate white pine, norway and spruce logs before sawing, and also to make two sortings of its white pine logs. This facility enables it to get the greatest value out of its logs and is greatly appreciated by the company's customers. The mill itself, now in a high state of efficiency as regards both daily output and quality of manufacture, is an interesting example of what can be done with a mill which had fallen into a bad state of repair, and also of the constant attention necessary to keep such a mill up. When it was taken over by the Wolverine Company in V)06 it had not been operated for several seasons, contained some machinery which had been superseded in most modern mills, and a good part of its essential timbering was in bad repair. It was hur- riedly overhauled and some new machinery installed before the first season's sawing, and then as that season showed up many of its weak spots, was repaired part by part the following winter and spring, and has been every season since. One very satisfactory feature about it from the outset, however, was that the engine, gang, and band mill foundations were very firm, being built independently of the mill, direct on the rock which makes the island, and the resulting absence of vibration no doubt accounts in large part for the excellent quality of the manufacture. The mill itself is a two-storey frame building about 56 ft. by 150 ft., with a filing room above the saw floor and an iron roof. The
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