. Canadian forest industries 1901-1902. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Mr. H. H. Spicer. V ancouver, since which time he has been con- stantly connected with the manufacture and sale of British Columbia red cedar shingles. In the spring of 1893 he made a visit to On- tario and introduced B. C. shingles into that province. Previous to that time we under- stand that one or two concerns had sold a few car loads in Ontario, but had made little effort to push their sale. Mr. Spicer extended his trip to Boston and sold the first B. C. red
. Canadian forest industries 1901-1902. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Mr. H. H. Spicer. V ancouver, since which time he has been con- stantly connected with the manufacture and sale of British Columbia red cedar shingles. In the spring of 1893 he made a visit to On- tario and introduced B. C. shingles into that province. Previous to that time we under- stand that one or two concerns had sold a few car loads in Ontario, but had made little effort to push their sale. Mr. Spicer extended his trip to Boston and sold the first B. C. red cedar shingles ever marketed in that part of the United States. During the year 1893 he sold 159 car loads of B. C. shingles in Ontario and 30 car loads in Boston, in addition, of course, to his regular trade in British Columbia and the Northwest. The Spicer Shingle Mill Company, of which Mr. Spicer is the head, built a new and up-to- date mill in the fall of 1901. It is located at Vancouver and consists of a two-storey frame structure, 35x110 feet, with a boiler house 35X 60 feet. The equipment consists of seven latest improved type of Dunbar shingle ma- chines, built by the Schaake Machine Works, of New Westminster, also automatic saw filing and automatic regrinding machines and other necessary machinery for a modern mill. The capacity is 100,000,000 shingles a year. The dry kiln in connection therewith has a capacity of 2,500,000 shingles, and the storage shed of 7,000,000 shingles. An illustration of the mill appeared in the Canada Lumberman of January last. ROBERTSON & HACKETT. The above firm commenced business in Vancouver, , in the year 1887 as contract- ors and builders in a small building situated on Pender street. In a short time they be- came the leading contractors in the city, erect- ing a number of the largest and most substan- tial buildings. During this time their business increased to such an extent that in 1891 they decided to establish a factory for
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