. Canadian forest industries January-June 1922. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Hon. J. K. Flemming Juniper, Hugh J. Flemming Juniper, Operating- four busy mills with an annual production of over 10,000,000 feet, one of the most progressive firms in the lumber line is Flemming & Gibson, Limited, o!f Juniper, N. B. Its history has been progressive and its development steady. The firm manufact- ures and deals in many specialties, including railway shims. It was in 1910 that Hon. James K. Flemming, John Gibson and C. F. Ro
. Canadian forest industries January-June 1922. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Hon. J. K. Flemming Juniper, Hugh J. Flemming Juniper, Operating- four busy mills with an annual production of over 10,000,000 feet, one of the most progressive firms in the lumber line is Flemming & Gibson, Limited, o!f Juniper, N. B. Its history has been progressive and its development steady. The firm manufact- ures and deals in many specialties, including railway shims. It was in 1910 that Hon. James K. Flemming, John Gibson and C. F. Rogers formed the organization. Mr. Gibson retired a few months later and the others then carried on until 1917 when Mr. Rogers withdrew, leaving Mr. Flemming in complete control. It was at this period that Mr. Flemming's sons and S. A. Billings, who is superintendent and in complete charge of the milling plants, came into the organization and continued the lumber business on the Miramichi River at Juniper, which is also located on the Canadian National Railways and is a live community. In 1920 Flemming & Gibson, Limited, and the Welch Com- pany, established a mill at Welch Siding on the C. N. R., a short distance above Juniper. This organization was incorporated as The Juniper Lumber Company, and began work immediately. A year or so later the Welch Company's property, which had been operated for a long period by that firm and also their interests in the Juniper Lumber Company, were purchased by Flemming & Gibson, Limited. This deal included the steam sawmill at Foreston, nearly 5,000 acres of freehold lands, 21 square miles of Crown lease and 16 miles of railway lands. Flemming & Gibson, Limited, now have mills at Foreston. Juniper, Clearwater and Welch Siding, with a total daily capacity of albout 100,000 feet of long lumber and a large quantity of by-products such as lath, shingles, railway shims, etc. Special machinery has been installed for the manufacture of har
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