. Canadian forest industries July-December 1915. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 54 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER November 1, 1915 The Making of Shell Boxes in Canada A Description of the Method of Manufacture and the Equipment of Plant—The Beverley Wood Specialty Company, Toronto The manufacturers of shell boxes, for holding ammunition re- quired by Great Britain, has become one of the mainstays, for the time being, of the woodworking industry in Canada. A great many woodworking plants which were idle or running far below their no
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1915. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 54 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER November 1, 1915 The Making of Shell Boxes in Canada A Description of the Method of Manufacture and the Equipment of Plant—The Beverley Wood Specialty Company, Toronto The manufacturers of shell boxes, for holding ammunition re- quired by Great Britain, has become one of the mainstays, for the time being, of the woodworking industry in Canada. A great many woodworking plants which were idle or running far below their normal capacity, commenced to receive orders last fall for the pro- duction of boxes to hold two rounds of in. howitzer shells, and boxes to hold six rounds of 18-pound shrapnel. The production of these boxes is now being carried on on an enormous scale, and is not only resulting in employment to many thousands of Canadians, but is bringing in a sufficient profit, although not a large one, per box, to make it worth while for plants to turn them out in as large quantities as their capacity permits. The great benefit which this business brings to Canada, under present conditions, can scracely be over- estimated. Not only are the mills kept in motion, and thousands of employees enabled to earn a good living wage, but the money thus circulated is finding its way through every other channel of trade, and doing a great deal towards keeping general trade conditions on a fairly normal basis. To the lumber manufacturers, the shell box business has been a great benefit, having created an urgent demand for vast quantities of spruce, which is used for the sides and bottoms bf the boxes, that requests have lately been made to permit the use of pine, as spruce stocks have become scarce. A number of manufac- turers .advise us that this permission has been given and that some boxes are now being made in this manner. We have not, however, any official statement on this point. There has even
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