. Canadian forest industries 1894-1896. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. HASLAM'S SAW MILL, NANAIMO, B. C. The property was purchased by Mr. Haslam, as agent of the Royal City Planing Mills, of New Westminster, thir- teen years ago. In 1888 Messrs. Haslam & Lees took over the business for themselves, and a year later Mr. Haslam purchased his partner's interest and became sole proprietor. Under his management the saw mill has de- veloped from a primitive arrangement, almost archaic in its simplicity, into a large and thriving insti
. Canadian forest industries 1894-1896. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. HASLAM'S SAW MILL, NANAIMO, B. C. The property was purchased by Mr. Haslam, as agent of the Royal City Planing Mills, of New Westminster, thir- teen years ago. In 1888 Messrs. Haslam & Lees took over the business for themselves, and a year later Mr. Haslam purchased his partner's interest and became sole proprietor. Under his management the saw mill has de- veloped from a primitive arrangement, almost archaic in its simplicity, into a large and thriving institution con- ducted on a sound commercial basis and provided in every department with the best of modern ma- chinery and appli- ances. In the early days it used to be one of the small bov sgreatest pleas- ures in life to take a ride upon the logs while they were being sawn up into lengths. The small boy of 1896, whose advent urousdisposi- ion prompted him to try a similar ex- periment would, in all likelihood, share the fate of the log. The mill comprises an area of nearly two acres and has a capacity of 55,000 feetintenhours. The saw mill proper is further supplemented by a planing mill, and a sash and door factory with a capacity of about 100 doors and 200 windows per day. The whole mill employs on an average about thirty men. Mr. Haslam gets his logs from his fir and cedar limits, 19,000 acres in extent, situ- ated on the island and the mainland. There are perhaps 400,000 feet in a boom, and the logs when required are towed up the mill-stream in small quantities. The saw mill proper contains a large circular saw, a gang saw, an edger, a trimmer and a lath saw. The engine room is be- neath the saw mill and contains four stationary engines measuring respectively 18x24, 15x24, 16x20 and 12x16. a picket machine and a cut-olf saw. The machinery in this building is operated by one 12x16 engine. The drying kiln is situated at a convenient distance from the saw mill and measures 30 x
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