. Canadian forest industries 1903. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. East Kootenay Lumber Company's Mill at Cranbrook, B. C. under the name of the East Kootenay Lumber Company, with headquarters at Cranbrook. The mills operated by this company have a combined capacity of over 42, feet an- nually and constitute one of the largest lum- ber plants in the East Kootenay section of British Columbia. The company own in their own right over 40,000 acres of fine tamarac, pine and fir, while they have a ten year lease on 175,000 acres of
. Canadian forest industries 1903. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. East Kootenay Lumber Company's Mill at Cranbrook, B. C. under the name of the East Kootenay Lumber Company, with headquarters at Cranbrook. The mills operated by this company have a combined capacity of over 42, feet an- nually and constitute one of the largest lum- ber plants in the East Kootenay section of British Columbia. The company own in their own right over 40,000 acres of fine tamarac, pine and fir, while they have a ten year lease on 175,000 acres of lands. All their limits are located on the Moyie and Kootenay rivers. The Park Mitchell mill occupies a site of fifteen acres on the Moyie river at Ryan, thirty miles west of Cranbrook, the main line of the Crows Nest Pass Railroad running right through it. The plant consists of a saw mill, tie mill and planing mill. The main building is 45 x 120 feet and is equipped with the lat- est improved machinery, including circular, twin saw for ties, bevel edgers, trimmer, slash table and two planers. Power is supplied by two 60" x 16' Leonard boilers and one 20 x 24 Hamilton engine, while a dynamo and engine provide light for the mill and yard. The capacity is 50,000 feet of lumber on the circular side and 2,000 ties per day. The Palmer Bar mill, one of the Cranbrook Lumber Company's properties, is a small port- able mill with a capacity of 15,000 feet per day. The Cranbrook mill is situated on a site of ten acres adjoining the tracks of the Crows Nest Pass Railroad at Cranbrook. It is a cir- cular mill with a capacity of 35,000 feet of lumber daily. The Jaffray mill occupies a site of twenty acres, one and a half miles west of Jaffray depot, on the Crows Nest Road. It too is a circular mill equipped with the most modern machinery and possessing a manufacturing ers in the Dominion. Some idea will be gained by the reader of the vastness of the shipments of ties for the
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