. Canadian forest industries 1905-1906. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Tm CANADA LUMBERMAN and WOOD-WORKER volume xxv. T~ TORONTO. MONTREAL - JUNE. 1905 - WINNIPEG. VANCOUVER {linX^es Pf0R Cenu Number 5- J ' THE BRITISH COLUMBIA MILLS, TIMBER & TRADING COMPANY. Of all the long list of lumber firms on the Pacific Coast, the British Columbia Mills, Tim- ber & Trading Company stands at the head. The company own the Hastings Saw Mill, Vancouver; the Moodyville Saw Mill, Burrard Inlet; the Royal City Saw & Planing Mills, Vanc
. Canadian forest industries 1905-1906. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Tm CANADA LUMBERMAN and WOOD-WORKER volume xxv. T~ TORONTO. MONTREAL - JUNE. 1905 - WINNIPEG. VANCOUVER {linX^es Pf0R Cenu Number 5- J ' THE BRITISH COLUMBIA MILLS, TIMBER & TRADING COMPANY. Of all the long list of lumber firms on the Pacific Coast, the British Columbia Mills, Tim- ber & Trading Company stands at the head. The company own the Hastings Saw Mill, Vancouver; the Moodyville Saw Mill, Burrard Inlet; the Royal City Saw & Planing Mills, Vancouver, and the Royal City Saw & Planing Mills, New Westminster. It is one of the old- est companies doing business in the West. The dailvcapacity of their combined mills is 500,000 feet of lumber, 200,000 shingles, 600 doors and 100,000 lineal feet of mouldings, in addition to other products. The Hastings Saw Mill has been in active operation for the past 40 years and has been enlarged and remodelled so many times that to-day it stands as one of the largest and most thoroughly equipped in Canada. The capacity is 200,000 feet perday and it gives employment to 300 men. It possesses an unsurpassed wharfage front, at which nine vessels can load at once, with sufficient depth of water for the largest ship afloat. It has also numerous private sidings from the railways entering Vancouver, giving first-class transportation facilities both by land and water. Connected with the mill are large planing mills, dry kilns and a machine shop. The Royal City Planing Mills are located on False Creek and consist of a saw mill, planing mill, sash and door factory and a lath and shingle mill. Their extensive ready-made house business is also conducted from this branch. It is equipped in a thoroughly modern manner and possesses unsurpassed transporta- tion facilities by rail and water. The Royal City Mill, New Westminster— Here is another saw mill, planing mill, sash and door factory, each equ
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