Canadian wood products industries . of is also an auxiliary pump, capable of pumping1,000 gallons a minute direct from the lake into the sys-tem, and always ready to start at a moments notice. The lumber used in the construction of the com-panys medium-grade dining-room, bedroom, drawing-room, and kitchen furniture is largely hardwood, andis carried in three yards—one at the railway siding,where all shipments by rail are piled; one at theirwharf, to take care of that arriving by water; and athird surrounding the factory. In these yards will befound at all times between two and three
Canadian wood products industries . of is also an auxiliary pump, capable of pumping1,000 gallons a minute direct from the lake into the sys-tem, and always ready to start at a moments notice. The lumber used in the construction of the com-panys medium-grade dining-room, bedroom, drawing-room, and kitchen furniture is largely hardwood, andis carried in three yards—one at the railway siding,where all shipments by rail are piled; one at theirwharf, to take care of that arriving by water; and athird surrounding the factory. In these yards will befound at all times between two and three million feetof lumber, air drying before it enters two spaciouskilns with a capacity of about 100,000 feet. The onekiln is of the moist-air type, while the other is the Cabinet j£eom flae/nic Room Stem**. -, Stuck i u>hire- [fjtrpfip A pack. T*j» S*£LETCH SfCr/(XV On i/HE A - A t™ir~l I 1 i I 1 ! U/neeH. illi i1 i I 1 i i 1 ! ii I !r-i UJ I-I srt>c/tae * I Cabinet R>or>i Machine room (rhchint rccrn. £r»t>oSfrn> 1 room frrfint mom SrtELEWfl $£Crrtrf Or/ UfY£ C~C. Fern/Cure. St orage. fvrniturt Sforafe iPeea bleaching SKunwr secrion or uneSS _£ i^flS— — - — — 5 T. ;os£ R 1 V E a. Layout of the plant of J. W. Kilgour & Bros., Ltd., at Beauharnois, Quebec. October, 1916 CANADIAN WOODWORKER 61 standard dry type. After passing through the kiln thelumber is run out on transfer cars to a siding and al-lowed to cool for about 24 hours. After being takeninto the factory it is first brought to thickness on a highspeed planer, situated close to the entrance. Threeswing-saws are used for cutting the stock to lengths,after which it passes on to the larger power feed bandripsaws, then to the automatic jointer, and so on till itis prepared for the cabinet makers on the third finishing and packing departments are on the samelevel as the cabinet room. A reference to the accom-panying diagram will show the locatio
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