. Canadian forest industries January-June 1923. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN' 47. Hon. Mr. Kaine Joins the Silent Majority Hon. John C. Kaine, , a well-known lumber and pulp- wood dealer, of Quebec, 1'. Q., passed away on April 1, after a short illness, in his 68th year. He was one of the best-known citizens of the ancient capital and had a successful business career. Mr. Kaine was horn and educated in Quebec and com- menced his career, when quite a young man, in shipping circles when the wooden sailing ves-
. Canadian forest industries January-June 1923. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN' 47. Hon. Mr. Kaine Joins the Silent Majority Hon. John C. Kaine, , a well-known lumber and pulp- wood dealer, of Quebec, 1'. Q., passed away on April 1, after a short illness, in his 68th year. He was one of the best-known citizens of the ancient capital and had a successful business career. Mr. Kaine was horn and educated in Quebec and com- menced his career, when quite a young man, in shipping circles when the wooden sailing ves- sel and the timber trade of the port of Quebec was at its zenith. He also became a steamboat pro- prietor and operated sea tugs and van passenger and freight steamers in the coasting trade. Of late years Mr. Kaine was in- terested in the lumber and pulp- wood line and canal transporta- tion. Previously, he was con- The late Hon. J. C. Kaine, Quebec tractor for the St. Lawrence buoy service, and carried on this work for many years between Quebec and Montreal until the federal government purchased the steamer "Shamrock," which the deceased had built at Quebec especially for this service. It is still in the* government service. Mr. Kaine built a number of other vessels; some he sold and others he operated. He had a keen general knowledge of shipping and transportation matters acquired toy experience and business acumen, and through his entire career, was highly esteemed for his integrity of character. Personally he was a man human in every respect, genial in disposi- tion and ever ready to help a friend. In 1894, Hon. Mr. Kaine was chosen toy the electors of Quelbec West division to represent them in the local legislature, and the following year was invited by Sir Lomer Gouin, then Prime Minister of Quebec, to accept a seat in his Cabinet as Minister without portfolio, a position he occupied up to the time of his death. On the death of Hon. John Sharpies, chief of the Q
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