. Canadian forest industries 1905-1906. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Mr. Levi Pond, The Veteran Contractor for Log Driving. booms and went to St. John, leaving his men in camp. On the shore a half mile below and in the immediate vicinity of the booms, the lumber company's men camped, prepared, so it was said, to meet with firearms any attempt to cut the booms. In the meantime navigation upon that part of the river was blocked and a very important portion of last winter's cut of logs belonging to the mill owners at St. John and alo
. Canadian forest industries 1905-1906. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Mr. Levi Pond, The Veteran Contractor for Log Driving. booms and went to St. John, leaving his men in camp. On the shore a half mile below and in the immediate vicinity of the booms, the lumber company's men camped, prepared, so it was said, to meet with firearms any attempt to cut the booms. In the meantime navigation upon that part of the river was blocked and a very important portion of last winter's cut of logs belonging to the mill owners at St. John and along the river were hung just above Van Buren. A few days later the Van Buren Lumber Company extended the olive branch, their manager, Mr. Allen Hammond, agreeing to meet the wishes of Mr. Pond rather than pro- long the strife. He assured the latter that the booms would be tripped, thus allowing a clear passage for boats. If it became neces- sary for the company to use their sheer booms again before Mr. Pond had finished his driving operations, the company agreed to anchor them some distance from the shore, so that there would always be a clear passage. Mr. Pond is a man well advanced in years, but is of a fearless, determined character, and was convinced that he had right orchis side. As contractor for the Madawaska Log Driv- ing Company, having charge of the drive from the Allegash River to Grand Falls, he is not supposed to know whose logs are floating in the river, his duty being simply to drive the logs left remaining in the river or on its banks. If one mill owner diverts the logs of his neigh- bor towards his own mill he contends that it is none of his concern. That is a matter for the mill owners to settle between themselves. But in order to drive the logs in the river it is necessary for him to go up and down the river with his crew accompanied by tow-boats and bateaux, and he claimed that he had the right to do so and could remove any obstruction that impeded his passag
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