. Canadian forest industries 1905-1906. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. January, 1905 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN 53 itself, situated 300 yards further up the Fraser river. This mill was first built for the purpose of cutting bolts, but a new addition was added for the cutting of logs in recent years, its dimensions to-day being 50 feet long by 70 feet broad. It is equipped with three of Johnson's upright shingle machines, manu- factured in the local machine shops owned by Mr. Henry Schaake. Power is supplied by one boiler, with Dut.'.i ove
. Canadian forest industries 1905-1906. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. January, 1905 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN 53 itself, situated 300 yards further up the Fraser river. This mill was first built for the purpose of cutting bolts, but a new addition was added for the cutting of logs in recent years, its dimensions to-day being 50 feet long by 70 feet broad. It is equipped with three of Johnson's upright shingle machines, manu- factured in the local machine shops owned by Mr. Henry Schaake. Power is supplied by one boiler, with Dut.'.i oven, and one 50 horse power engine. The capacity of the lumber mill is 100,000 feet per clay and that of the shingle mill 100,000 shingles a day, most of this huge output being marketed in Manitoba and the Northwest Territories. The com- pany, however, are developing a large trade in On- tario and Quebec, their red cedar shingles being in urgent demand even as far as Boston, Mass. The box factory is considered the largest and best equipped in the province. It is an entirely separate. Solcan Lake, B. C. building, and is situated at the eastern, extremity of the company's property. It is equipped with all the necessary trimmers and cut-off saws, three auto- matic nailing machines, one dove-tail and one set- ting-up machine and a two-colored printing machine. No other factory in British Columbia can claim pos- session of such a modern outfit. The majority of the machines were manufactured in St. Paul, Minn., by the Dove Tail Machine Company. The capcity of the factory is over 5,000 boxes a day, the company sell- ing over 400,000 yearly to the salmon packing com- panies around the mouth of the Fraser river. Other shipments are made all through the province, fruit boxes finding a ready market in the Kootenays and the Okanagon territory. The company have 35,000 acres of good fir, cedar and spruce where they keep a large force of men em- ployed getting out logs. Three modern steam tugs,
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