. Canadian forest industries 1897-1899. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. The Late Walter McFarlane. where he entered the employ of a street car company. Upon his return to St. Marys, he entered into partnership with Mr. Frank Bird, now of Burtt's Corner, and purchased a small blacksmith business at St. Marys. Mr. Bird retired from the firm at the expiration of one year, and Mr. McFarlane continued the business, which, under his judicious management, flourished, and has since developed into one of the most im- portant and successful in
. Canadian forest industries 1897-1899. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. The Late Walter McFarlane. where he entered the employ of a street car company. Upon his return to St. Marys, he entered into partnership with Mr. Frank Bird, now of Burtt's Corner, and purchased a small blacksmith business at St. Marys. Mr. Bird retired from the firm at the expiration of one year, and Mr. McFarlane continued the business, which, under his judicious management, flourished, and has since developed into one of the most im- portant and successful industrial establishments in York county. Shortly after Mr. Bird's retire- ment, the surviving partner dropped the carriage and general blacksmith business and took up the manufacture of horse hames, peevies and patent hay lifting machines. Mr. McFarlane's success as a manufacturer of these articles was phenomenal, and demands for his goods came from all parts of the country, from Cape Breton to Vancouver. His factory was destroyed by fire in 1882, but was immediately rebuilt of brick and stone on a somewhat larger scale, to meet the demands of his rapidly growing business. The present large establishment occupies sub- stantially the same site as the small wooden struc- ture in which he commenced business over thirty- years ago. In addition to his manufacturing business, Mr. McFarlane controlled and operatedj a large coal mine at Grand Lake, Queens county, and was also interested in the St. Marys Soapl Factory. His estate is valued at $50,000. ROBERT SWIM. Herewith is presented a portrait of the late1 Robert Swim, of Doaktown, , to whose death reference was made in a former The Late Robert Swim. Mr. Swim was an extensive lumberman on the south-west branch ot the Miramichi river and tributaries from 1870 to 1893, when he sold out his lumber business, timber lands, stores and saw mill to Swim & Co., consisting of F. D.| Swim, Alonzo Kelly and Henry Swim. He be-j cam
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