. Canadian forest industries July-December 1920. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 56 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER November 15, 1920 Logging Operations up the Gatineau Valley How Successful Jobber for Large Lumber Firm in Quebec Province Gets Out Timber, Builds Roads and Accommodates the Men—The Cut-over Areas : *By W. G. Wright, H. M. Hughson and F. H. Horton It was the original intention of our party to study operations at a shanty ran directly by Gilmour & Hughson, Limited, Hull, P. Q. one of the bigger lumber firms operating
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1920. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 56 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER November 15, 1920 Logging Operations up the Gatineau Valley How Successful Jobber for Large Lumber Firm in Quebec Province Gets Out Timber, Builds Roads and Accommodates the Men—The Cut-over Areas : *By W. G. Wright, H. M. Hughson and F. H. Horton It was the original intention of our party to study operations at a shanty ran directly by Gilmour & Hughson, Limited, Hull, P. Q. one of the bigger lumber firms operating in the Gatineau Valley, but as the nearest shanty was some 60 miles from the railhead, and, as the roads were not in condition for either wagon or sleigh, we were given the opportunity to go into a camp, about seven miles from the Gatineau Valley branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway, run by one of Gilmour & Hughson's most successful jobbers, M. Miljour. This jobber's contract resulted from Gilmour & Hughson's de- cision to cut 41,000 logs, reported available by their cruiser, in the Township of Alleyn, east of Kanakagamo Lake and north of the Pickanock River, and in Ranges 1 and 11 in the Township of Toting teams at sub-depot of Gilmour & Hughson, Hull, Que. The contract calls for delivery of the logs in the Gatieau at $ per This was on the whole, a fair price, though it was expected that part of the tract would be operated at a very small profit or even at a loss. The cutting of 26,0*30 pieces was sub-let to other jobbers in the southwestern and northern portions of the area, Miljour reserving for his own operation the difficult part of the con- tract, about 12 square miles in Ranges VH and VHI in Alleyn, and Range 1 in Dorian. The particular tract studied lies at the head of a small stream running south-east to the Pickanock River and included part of the watershed between this stream and Cherry Creek, into which latter stream the sub-c
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