. Canadian forest industries 1910. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. General View of Fassett Lumber Co.—Showing Mill, Log Pond and Burner The 350' sorting and grading table, is equipped with live rollers, which run the iull length of the table, and enable the operator to deposit the lumber on the particular trucks or cars, without any lifting whatever. As the manufactured lumber leaves the sorting table it is placed on the different trucks by the live rollers and transferred to the docks by meatus of a transfer table or car, and from t
. Canadian forest industries 1910. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. General View of Fassett Lumber Co.—Showing Mill, Log Pond and Burner The 350' sorting and grading table, is equipped with live rollers, which run the iull length of the table, and enable the operator to deposit the lumber on the particular trucks or cars, without any lifting whatever. As the manufactured lumber leaves the sorting table it is placed on the different trucks by the live rollers and transferred to the docks by meatus of a transfer table or car, and from there by rail to the lumber piles around the yard. No haulage is necessary by ordinary push-trucks, the yard being honey-combed with a system of rails and switches, both ground and over-head. The yard is fitted up with eight railroad docks and has a capacity of 15,000,000 feet which is constantly being enlarged. Owing to the many labour-saving devices employed, only 75 men are necessary around the mill and yard, which is now turning out over 25,000,000 feet per year. Arrangements have been made for a cut 6f 30,000,000 feet this season, and on January 1st it is intended to com- mence to double tower which will place the company in the unique posi- tion of running day and night summer and winter. The shipping facilities are excellent, switches being laid between each row of lumber pile6 for standard guage cars, by which lumber can be loaded in cars without any haulage. Shipment is made either by rail or water; by the former by means of a spur from the , and by water over trackage direct to the dock on the river bank. It is a notable fact, that around the mill, the comapny have no need for horses, their perfect rail system doing all the work. All kinds of pine, spruce hemlock, and different kinds of hardwoods are manufactured, and the company specialize in long timber, cutting lengths up to 40 feet. With their railway system they can convey the timber to the mill at any tim
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