. Canadian forest industries 1909. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 2 I Items of Interest from Miscellaneous Points Rockvale Mills Purchased by Dr. Jamicson. Dr. Jamieson, , of Durham. Ont., president of the Durham Furniture Company, acting for the company, has purchased from Mr. Mark Armstrong, administrator for the estate of the partnership of him- self and the late W. A. Armstrong, what is known as the Rockvale Mills property and timber limits connected therewith. The mills are situated five mi
. Canadian forest industries 1909. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 2 I Items of Interest from Miscellaneous Points Rockvale Mills Purchased by Dr. Jamicson. Dr. Jamieson, , of Durham. Ont., president of the Durham Furniture Company, acting for the company, has purchased from Mr. Mark Armstrong, administrator for the estate of the partnership of him- self and the late W. A. Armstrong, what is known as the Rockvale Mills property and timber limits connected therewith. The mills are situated five miles north-east of Flesherton station on the Collingwood gravel road. There are nine and one-half acres of land, on which there are about a dozen buildings in all. The limits consist of 800 acres of fairly good land on good road and within easy distance of the mill. Seven hundred acres of the limits are choice, unculled bush, nearly all being hardwood, and well suited to the manufacture of furniture. The price paid wis i'i the neighborhood of $28,000. Serious Damage to St. John River Booms. The St. John River Log Driving Company, of Fredericton, sustained a heavy loss recently by a sudden thaw accompanied by a prolonged rain storm, which caused considerable damage all over New Brunswick, to bridges and other property. The company's sheer booms are always stored for the winter in a- small stream, named the Nash-. ' St. John River Booms Destroyed by freshet. waaksis, which enters the St. John River a mile or so above Fredericton. The thaw caused a tremendous rise in the stream and about $20,000 worth of booms were torn from their moorings and driven out onto the ice of the main river. Heavy sheer booms of 5 timbers, 10x12, bolted side by side, were snapped off by the force of the rush, which lasted but for a few minutes. Some booms were actually driven under the main river ice for some 250 feet. Very little was saved from the wreck and the company is hard at work preparing n
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