. Canadian forest industries July-December 1912. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Scene in the Shipping Yards—Lumsden's Mills. General View of Plant and Offices—Lumsden's Mills. owned entirely by Mr. Lumsden. Besides the saw and planing mills, head offices and large general store, the village boasts of a church, school, many good substantial homes, a large bakery and a lumber boat works. The town is lighted by electricity, generated by water power at the mill. The sawmill was built by the late Alexander Lumsden in 1887. In August, 190
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1912. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Scene in the Shipping Yards—Lumsden's Mills. General View of Plant and Offices—Lumsden's Mills. owned entirely by Mr. Lumsden. Besides the saw and planing mills, head offices and large general store, the village boasts of a church, school, many good substantial homes, a large bakery and a lumber boat works. The town is lighted by electricity, generated by water power at the mill. The sawmill was built by the late Alexander Lumsden in 1887. In August, 1904, at his death, and when taken over by his son, it was rebuilt and enlarged and fitted with the latest improved mach- inery. The mill, as it now stands, contains a Ken- dall Gang and resaw and a circular saw, as well as a lath and picket mill. The gang includes thirteen saws cutting from one inch up to three inches in thickness. It will cut cants up to thirteen inches and is especially adapted for the manufacture of lumber from small logs. Among the smaller ma- chines in the mill are the slab resaw7, one five saw edger and slash saws. The average daily capacity of the mill is 90,000 feet and the lath and picket mills make an average of 25,000 laths and 15,000 pickets per day. The mill is driven by water power secured from Gordon Creek, on which built, 260 being oenerated in the building. A smaller power house alongside, of 120 , supplies the light for the town. The lumber is transferred from the mill to the sorting table by an endless chain system and dis- tributed by wagons to the three yards located along the river banks for three-quarters of a mile. Private switches are installed throughout the yards and all shipments are made by rail over the Canadian Pacific Railwav. The refuse from. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustration
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