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fanuary, 1890. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

c. €. CLEVELAND. G. F. CLEVELAND.

J. L. GOODHUE & CO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

J.eather Belting

RAILROAD, BANK & OFFICE

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THIS SPACE FOR SALE

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DAN VILEE, - 9+ QUEBEC. 300 ST. JAMES STREET, MONTREAL. |

STORAGE OF LUMBER.

We are prepared to receive any quantity of Lumber for storage.
Freight and money will be advanced on same. Also, Warehouse
Receipts issued, which can be hypothecated to banks and others.
Storage charges easy. For further particulars apply to

W. LEAK & CO.

Faumber, Coal and Wood.

DUNDAS STREET, - - TORONTO.

JOHN BERTRAM & SONS,

CANADA ¢ TOOL + WORES [
DUNDAS, ONTARIO.

MANUFACTURERS OF
WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY
: MACHINE TOOLS, ETC.

rite for Prices and Catalogues

GOOBBAY, BENSON & Ce.

QUEBEC, P. ¢

General Lumber 2 Timber Merchants,

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Correspondence is solicited from parties having choice stocks of Har and P
to offer, either in the log or in sawn lumber.

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Packing Cases

large orders for Case Boards is requested to Wholesale and Retail Dealer in

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ELECTRICAL AND GENERAL MACHINERY.

Complete installations of > team and Hydranli

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Estimates furnished and every information

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- B.—Only first-class work on which a full

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MANUFACTURERS OF

Uoors, Sash, Blinds, Stairs

AND ALL KINDS OF WOODEN HOUSE FINISHING MATERIALS. |

20 H.P. engine, boiler and smoke stack.

Rip saw bench,
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with which they can be moved. TORONTO
The 70 horse power can be taken overtherough-

est roads, or into the forest, and set up as easily

and quickly as an ordinary zd see power port-

able engine, and as firmn as a brick-set stationary . . ean ;

engine. Engines and boilers of every size and des- TS 5 gies ss Saw Mills, Timber Limits and Mineral | KOOOHCHH OOO OOD

eription. Kotary Saw Mills, Shingle and Lath ‘ 9 Lands

machines, Law Grinders, Planers, etc. Mill :

tachinery and supplies of every description. DEALER IN

Works: Lachine, Quebec.

Special attention given to buying and selling |

. - , ; In the United States and Canada. E make a Speciality of Wheels suitable for
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THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. \ _January, 1894
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mn any case, or to any distance, in or out of doors. The ordinary space between centres
being limited, to say, 100 feet, after which additional Carriers can be added to any distance.

for full information and particulats, apply to |

Dodge Wood Split Pulley Co,

City Oilice, $3 King St, W. TORON'LO. TELEPHONE 2080

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The Finest Tempered, Fastest Cutting ; Manufactured of Triple Refined Silver Steel,

and Best Saw made on the Continent.

= Rolled specially for us from Superior Ingots.

THE KING ‘OF CROSS-CUT SAWS.

R.H. SMITH COMPANY, Ltp., ST. CATRARINES, ONT.

Sole Manufacturers

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PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY
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OFFICE:
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Advertising Rates Furnished on Application.

OUR NEW QUARTERS.

The Offices of THE CANADA LUMBERMAN have
been rémoved to the: :

CANADA LIFE BUILDING,
King Street, West, Toronto.
: TO VISITING LUMBERMEN.

LUMBERMEN visiting Toronto are invited to use the
office of the LUMBERMAN as their own. We shall take
pleasure in supplying them with every convenience for
receiving and answering their correspondence, and hold
ourselves at their service in any other way that they
may desire.

THE TIMBER TRADE OF QUEBEC.

Messrs J. Bell Forsyth & Co. Leview the Vimber Trade

of the Past Twelve Months.

At the close of another season we beg to lay before
you the usual trade returns comprising the supply, ex-
port and stock of timber, deals, &c., at this port, together
with comparative statements, &c.

The arrivals of ocean steamers show a larger amount
of tonnage than last year, while there js a falling off in
the list of sailing vessels from sea, and a steady in-
crease in the number of craft coming from the lower
provinces. Ths statement compiled by Mr. F. John-
son shows that 250 vessels, 238,162 tons, cleared at this
port laden with timber, deals, &c., against 275 vessels,
240,892 tons in 1889.

At the time of writing our annual circular a year
ago, the markets in Great Britain were firm and con-
sumption comparatively large, while many anticipated
that the requirements for the coming year would exceed
that of the past.- In this market the prices of all woods
had advanced and contracts were freely entered into
with the manufacturers at the enhanced rates for this
season's delivery. The high prices then current had
the result of stimulating the manufacture especially of
white pine, while unfortunately the demand fell far
short of what had been reckoned on as the probable
shipment. The result has been on the whole a heavier
supply than usual, a very moderate export, and a win-
tering stock considerably over that of late years.

WHITE VINE.—From the opening of the season
to the close there has been an utter absence of demand,

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

apart from some Ottawa timber delivered on contract,
only four rafts changed hands throughout the entire
season.

The supply of waney, as well as square, has been ex-
cessive ; the export light and the stock wintering
heavier than it has been since the year 1886. The usual

and a striking feature and one worth noticing is, that |

quantity of good and choice timber is included in the
supply which has come to market and been Jaid up in
coves without any attempt being made to sell, so dull
and depressed has our market been.
such heayy stocks it would be well could we state that
no timber was being manufactured this winter, still we
learn that the estimated quantity on the Ottawa is un-
precedentedly small, while in the Georgian Bay, Mich-
igan and elsewhere it will be exceedingly light. A
very large proportion of the timber wintering is held on
manufacturers’ account.

The local requirements have

not absorbed as much of the common and inferior
wood as usual.
Supply. Export. Stock.
Square . . 5,082,772 5 a 4,799,633 Square.
18904 Square . -5,082,772 . ,09 22, {4,799,033 Squ

\ Waney.
{ Square.
(| Waney.

- 3,094,742 (3,528,209 Waney.

-4,224,426 6
OVO OZ

RED PINE.—-The supply has
half of the previous year, while the
above the

1889 872,960

(1,914,001 Waney.
been light, barely
stock wintering is
present average, though far short of some

years ago when this wood was in greater request, es- |

pecially for the Irish markets. The manufacture this

year will be almost nil.

Supply. Export. Stock.
TOOO. pees ieee 324,702 355,520 612,918 |
WSSO be cae t ees 739,435 397,080 653,918

OAK.—The quantity measured shows a slight di-
minution with a considerable decline in shipments,
and a larger wintering stock than in 188g. Prices
have been fairly maintained during the season, and
closed at firm rates; the impression prevailing
that the production this winter will be light. The
quantity remaining over at Garden Island is smaller
than usual.

Supply. | Export. Stock.
SOOM erence 1,227,982 1,119,160 753,506
WOOOR trian ie 1,359,060 1,538,080 596,399

ELM.—The demand has been sluggish, and while |

there is a falling off both in supply and_ shipments, the
quantity now in the coves is almost double that of last
year. The manufacture has, we believe, almost ceased
for the present, the wintering stock being considered

ample for next year’s requirements.

Supply. Export. Stock.
NO QOM state cys 3 611,582 530,260 459,501
DOGO sphere: scales 759,559 791.800 238,735

ASH—Has been in very limited request, while the

stock wintering is extremely light. The figures receiv-

{ 3,146,676 Square, |

In the face of |

ed from the Customs as to the export are manifestly in- |

correct as regards both birch ana ash.

Supply. Export. Stock.
MOQOMy lets. sites 142,450 15,280 99,383
TOG) Wienke trey cons 250,558 335.360 127,001

BIRCH —Has been dull of sale with a moderate en-
quiry at times for prime fresh wood. The export fig-
ures give a hedvier shipment than has actually taken

place.

Supply. Export. Stock.
WOOO fie wes was 224,652 493,740 135752
TSOr Ie irate a: 3555550 479,280 38,784

STAVES.— There is little to report in this branch
of our trade, the receipt and shipment of staves hav-

ing almost ceased at this port. Our quotations are

nominal.
Supply. Export. Stock.
{ Pipe iI 77 34
1890 | Puncheon 8 142 21
f Pipe 79 72 41
1889 | Puncheon 125 116 122

DEALS—PINE. —There is a considerable decrease
as will be seen by the statements, the amount of
business usually carried on in pine deals. Not only
has the supply and export been small in comparison to
years gone by, but the stock now on hand is unusually

in

light. The quantity held over at Ottawa and Montreal
is also reported to be less than usual. There has been
a fair demand all season for the lower grades, but firsts

and seconds have been difficult to dispose of at current
rates. Large shipments have been made as usual from
the port of Montreal.

Supply. Export. Stock.
ISOO Re ao eons 878,810 1,075,992 246,055
EBBO es ails ores 1,389,869 1,307,842 693,197
Do.—SPRUCE— Have been dull and neglected al!

season, prices have declined, and at the present time
it is very difficult to effect sales. We believe the pro-
duction will be small unless higher figures can be pro-

cured in Great Britain, which seems doubtful

at pre-

sent owing to the low pric es of North Europe woods.
Supply. Export. Stock.
1890.....-.... 3,839,914 3,975,576 774,020
TOOL A = ae . 3,084,468 3,584,468 1,159,682

SAWN LUMBER.—Throughout the season the

market has been much depressed for shipment to the
United Kingdom, but the American market has con-.
tinued fair, and the demand for Canadian goods is an
increasing one.

The South American trade has been very dull in-
deed, and present prospects are not encouraging.

We quote pine at $15 to $18 per thousand feet b. m.
and spruce at $10.50 to $12, according to quality, size,

&c,

Freights opened at 25s. for timber, and Gos. to 62s.
6d. for deals, closed at 16s. for timber and 4os. to 42s
6d. for deals.

The following are the arrivals and tonnage at the

port of Quebec for the five years from 1886 to 1890,

inclusive. -
SAILING VESSELS FROM SEA.
1886 1887 1888 1889 1890
Vessels. ... 432 393 318 392 381
Tons... . 331,568 295,912 260,301 326,706 320,093
OCEAN STEAMSHIPS.

Steamships 285 287 244 324 341
Tons.... 528,950 541,324 484,449 596,598 642,874
LOWER PROVINCES.

Vessels... 348 425 447 37 442
Tons.... 145,189 193,136 231,518 196,269 241,242

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of sailing vessels cleared
at the port of Quebec, for sea, (Lumber laden) 1877
to 1890, from the opening to the close of navigation.

(Compiled by Mr, F. Johnston, Quebec Exchange.)

USw7e, MVIESSEISH Ake ee 7905 Tons 2. =.= 670,627
1878. SaeR ne oe 476. shes ees 399.833
1870. e G3 Me eee eee 364.628
1880. ee oie O34. « eee eee 355.451
1881. Waa 4 a en eet ASOD. tele an ee 380, 186
1882. Le fp eee a 426. es ein Ar ei; 359,025
1883. Say Sy oe are ASG Saya eee 416,169
1884. cee eee ee She 300 cmafo, oacen eionees 291,395
1885. CE pe ar M Ep OO! an. Stee 294,759
1886. OE le sagt O25, SR Sc Sas 250.635
1887. A ee Nee 22, Saga a ne 206,172
1888. Spe atewe a: Depaak 3p tee 195,928
1880. Ro) et ag aT See) oe nt ee 240,892
1890. cre - ee ZO ime | en MERE Irs one 238,162

Following is a rule for estimating standing timber,
prepared by George Bonsfield, of London, England :-—

“When a tree stands so that a length of its shadow
can be measured, its length can be readily ascertained
by setting a stick upright, and as the length of the
shadow of stick is to its height, so is the length of the
shadow of the tree to the height of the tree ; or, mul-
tiply the length of the shadow of the tree by the height
of the stick and divide by the length of the shadow of
the stick.

E-xample--Supposing the height of the stick bess feet
and its shadow 6 feet, and the length of the shadow of
the tree 25 feet, what is the height of the tree?

Gry 5,292

wuiut

6)125
20 ft. 10 in. height of tree ;
But when there is no shadow to assist you in your cal-
culations it would be advisable, in the absence of a rod
o1 short ladder, to screeve the tree, say at 6 feet, and
walking backwards take a full view of the tree and
judge the number of 6 feet lengths there are in it.

But after a little practice in this way it will be seen
that shadow, rod and ladder can all be dispensed with
(except in special cases), and your eye becomes then
your sure guide.”

WOODS FOR FURNITURE.

A writer ina New York paper Says: The styles
furniture now-a-days change nearly as often as those
in women’s bonnets or men’s scarfs, and like these are
continuaily reverting to modes that found favor in the

davs of our forefathers. Marufacturers have not

exhausted their powers of invention as far as fin-
ishes are concerned,. but they are busy puzzling their
heads trying to ascertain what kind of woods will sup-
ercede the American white oak now so extensively used

in the manufacture of furniture.
120 black

Several years ag walnut was popular,

4

and

very
an enormous quantity of stock made up from that
wood was sold. After walnut came cherry stained
black.or “ebonized,” as it was then called. Its forbidc-
ding appearance ruined it in the minds of buyers, and
it did not last long. Then came cherry stained to 1mi-

This proved a
Oak is finished

The latest 1s in imitation of

tate mahogany, * mahoganized.”

Or
good venture, and is still popular.
in every conceivable way.
an antique and Louis XVI. designs.

The cost of furniture to-day averages ten per cent.
more than a year ago. Oak has advanced from twenty
to thirty per cent. owing to its growing scarcity, while
the trade is paying from ten to thirty per cent. more
for mirrors, tacks, brass and bronze finishes than they

did this

craze for heavily carved furniture, and it ran to such an

time last year. Two years ago there was a

extreme that good taste was ignored. To-day the care
is expended in finding fine-grained woeds. The per-
centage of very finefurniture manufacturedis small. The
medium and cheaper grades constitute the greater part
of the manufacturer’s outfit.

To summarize : The woods used in making furni-
ture are rosewood, mahoganey; walnut, cherry, oak,
cedar, ash, sycamore, birch, maple, beech, poplar, white-
wood and pine. Rosewood is the most valuable, ma-
hoganey follows, and the others in the order named.
Ebony, satin, tulip and olive woods are also used, but
to a very slight extent.
by manufacturers. The

free from The
Rejected seconds rank
seconds. Culls

which contain many knots and checks comprise the

Four qualities are bought

first grade timber is_ entirely knots.
second contains a few knots.
next, and are almost as good as
lowest grades.

Rosewood is no longer in greatdemand. Ithas been
used in all styles, and, like mahoganey, 1s always con-
sidered in good taste.

Walnut

Western States

comes principally from the Southern and
Southern and Western walnut differs from that grown

in the East in that tt 1s softer, more easily worked,

and warps less. It is much preferable for cabinet use.
A small quantity is imported from France and called
walnut. It

Circassian is dark and smooth-grained.

Both the domestic and foreign grades can be hand-

somely polished. The butts, or roots, which formerly
were used in manufacturing gun-stocks only, have of
When fin-

ished naturally they show beautiful mottled figures.

late entered into fine grades of furniture.

Walnut is imitated, but not to a great extent, by

white woods—maple, birch, and even poplar. The imi-
tations are easily made. Maple is used in the west for
this purpose and is difficult to detect. Cherry finished
smooth is also brought into play at times, but the dif-

Wal-
and

ference in price is so small that it does not pay,
nut ranges in prices from forty to one hundred
forty dollars per thousand feet.

Two kinds of oak, plain and quarter-sawed, are the
woods now demanded manufacturers.

by Quarter-

sawed oak is made by cutting a log in quartcrs, and

then “slicing” off the boards with the grain. When
finished naturally it has a grain and brown mottle of
uncommon finish. When used for bureau tops it

ranks with marble or agate. The grain is very hard to
imitate.
The “antique” oak furniture sold nowadays is an

of

American oak, which is hghter in color.

itation English Brown oak. It is made from

It is stained
in order to obtain the dark brown and white mottle of
with

sauty.”” This

the. genuine. “ Tinkering amy wood,” an expert

rs, “destroys its seems especially

Bleached oak ts the latest thing in fin-

‘HE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

ishes. The plain oak ts subjected toa treatment which’
brings it out white. The oak supply comes from West
Virginia, Tennesee, Arkansas, Missouri and Indian
Territory.

English brown oak is imported in comparatively
fifty cents foot.
Owing to the large waste in finishing, it becomes near-
Only the oak trees are
They are cut down just previous to the per-

small quantities ; itis sold at per
ly as expensive as rosewood.
valuable.
iod of decay, so that the two shades of brown can be
Dealers in valuable woods say that indi-
Cherry is one of the
fner domestic woods, lighter in color than mahoganey
used
largely for its own good qualities and as an imitation.

obtained.
vidual trees only are purchased.
and having less character in the grain. -It is
It can be and is imitated by poplar, birch and maple,
but takes a better polish than any of these. New York
State supplies considerable cherry tothe trade. Penn-
sylvania also supplies a great deal. The balance comes
from the Southwest and West. It
ranging from forty dollars to one hundred and twenty

is sold in grades
dollars per thousand feet.

Cedar is used in making wardrobes, chests, etc. It
is knotty, and difficult to obtain clear.
very seldom found.

A clear log is
It comes principally from South
considerable cedar,
In color it is a ght
Cedar has a peculiar

America. This country
which is not used to any extent.
red. hard to imitate.

smell not possessed by any other wood.

grows

which is
Owing to this
bogus cedar can easily be detected. Only about one
tenth of the cedar sold by dealers is used in the manu-
facture of furniture.
boxes and lead pencils.

thirty cents per foot.

It is principally made up in cigar
In prices it ranges from ten to
Ash is one of the domestic woods found in large
It can be imitated by painting and grain-
ing birch and whitewood ; but owing to its cheapness,
this is not done by many manufacturers. This applies
also to sycamore, birch, maple, beech and poplar.
Ebony, satin, tulip and olive woods are used _princi-
pally in making small fancy cabinet work. Ebony can

quantities.

be obtained only in small logs. Those which are ten
inches in diameter are considered of good size. It
comes chiefly from Ceylon and Madagascar. It is not-

able for its hardiness. Importers sell it at eight cents
per pound. Satin wood is grown on the Island of San
Domingo and in Porto Rico. It is one of the beautiful
woods, and ts described asa “‘canary yellow.” It is
searce, and ts now considered a rare wood. In the log
it sells at seventy-five cents a foot.

SAW MILL EVOLUTION.

[SOUTHERN LUMBERMAN. |

From the primitive hand saw to the modern circular
saw was a tong step inthe path of mechanical progress,
and the band saw now.coming fast into general use,
bids fair to signalize a more important advance still in
woodworking industries.
tallow dip of our grandfathers, and the incandescent and
are electric lights in turn eclipsed the gaslightas an il

Just as coal gas eclipsed the

luminant, so does the band saw threaten to consign the
service of the circular saw to the limbo of the lost arts.
That it is destined ultimately to supercede the circular
saw for most purposes of wood manufacture we do not
entertain a doubt. The chief obstacle to its perfect suc-
be the lack of skilled band

But it is maintained by the advocates of the

cess at present seems to
sawyers.
band saw process, that the circular saw im its inception
encountered a like obstacle and experienced the same
ordeal which the band saw is now experiencing. It isa
matter of history that at one time many circular saw-
mill experiments were practically abandoned by reason
ot the fact that operators were not sufficiently expert in
the management of them.

In the introduction of the band

that many of the parts were too light, the wheels too

saw it was found
small, and the saws too thin and narrow, and when it
was attempted to run at the same feed as the circular,

the saw ran “snaky,” in the sawyer’s vernacular, and
when strained sufficiently to avoid that they were bro-
ken. Experience has demonstrated that the band saw
must have sufficient strength to sustain it against the

feed required ; the saws must be wider and thicker ;

—. - a

January, 1891

the wheels of greater diameter, and the whole machin-

ery heavier. New devices are now being supplied with
improved methods for supporting the wheels, improved
construction of saw guides and band wheels anda su-
perior system of straining the saw. A Cincinnati mach-
ine, much favored, has a cast-iron lower wheel, much
heavier than the upper wheel, so that its inertia, together
with that of the heavy driving pulley will “carry on”
when the saw enters a cut and lead the top wheel even
should the lack of sufficient power permit a slight slack-
ening of speed in the cut. With this arrangement it is
claimed there can be no trouble from crooks at the
comimencement of the cut or from dished boards. It
is further claimed that these band mills can be made
to run so that the travel of the saw will be 10,000 feet
per minute, which is from 1,500 to 2,000 feet more than
is accomplished by other forms. The output, however,
depends not less on improvements in the machinery
than upon the, training and skill of the operator. A
sawyer may be a first-class operator of the circular
saw, and yet a very indifferent band saw operator, un-
til he has become.an expert by training. Very likely as
the band saw comes into more general use, apprentices
will be specially trained for their manipulation, just as
printers are being trained to operate the new type-set-
ting machines. Doubtless there will be much “snaky”
wood turned out, and many saws broken before the band
saw process reaches the perfeetion that will enable it to
Band saw
mills are being erected in various parts of the South,
and a Chicago firm will try one in Mississippi on yel-
low pine. That success will attend their efforts is de-
voutly to be wished.

successfully compete with the circular saw.

INSERTED TOOTH SAWS
By J. H. MINER.

The inserted tooth saw is the best saw in its place.
The question is, how is the mill man to know this?
Many men have failed in the business when if they
had had a good inserted tooth saw they would have
made money. Then this subject is a matter of inter-
est, that is for mills of small capacity.

I will now explain the advantages of a good inserted
tooth saw. If the mill
man is sawyer, filer, engineer, vard clerk. etc., the in-
serted tooth saw js much the best saw. This is with a
man who may understand fairly well about gumming
and filing. The principal difference comes m the sav-
ing of time. If a mill man’s time is worth more attend-
ing to customers, belts, engines and machinery at odd
times than it is to be buying emery wheels and files,
losing ume filing and gumming, to say nothing of saw
growing smaller and requiring hammering, then there
is no question about the inserted not being the best saw.
In small mills, from four to eight thousand capacity only,
I have noticed that the owner or sawyer attended very
nearly to all the machinery, looking after the water.
On the other hand, if mill is to be run regular and the
sawyer knows his business, has an engineer and has
time to file his saw and gum it, and does it right, the
solid saw may be used, but then there is an inclination
to favor a good inserted tooth unless mill goes above
fifteen The great trouble about
solid tooth saws is,as I have stated already, they
vet too many teethin them. It is a fact that with too
many teeth and light power the best man in the world
could not run a saw successfully, especially in hard
The inserted tooth overcomes this in that the
The

Some are not worth buying.
Py co}

thousand capacity.

wood.
makers do not and cannot put in so many teeth.

inserted teoth requires less hammering, which is an ad-.

vantage to small mills, and many inserted tooth saws
are run one to two years without regumming or ham-
mering.

would stand a good
chance of not only having saw hammered several
times, but would probably have hammered into a new
Why? Because aman that cannot file or swage
a solid saw soon ruins it. With the inserted there is
some retort, viz: Put ina set of sharp teeth ; hence a
new saw every time. Inserted teeth saws are generally
not abused half as much as the solid, and I have had
many to ask why, in the same hands, this is plainly
seen. With the solid saw running bad, what is done?
Cannot stop and file, as saw has just been filed and

The same mill with the solid

Saw.

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_ fanuary, 1890.

swaged. That would not help the case. What is
done in many cases? Sawis cooled off with
dashed on it, which only adds to its ruin. The insert-
ed is not treated Why? Because the
knows that it will run with sharp teeth, stops and puts
them The filer might stop and file the solid, but
only to make it worse. There are plenty of men run-
ning saws who know practically nothing about them.
This is not saying anything against them, as it certain-
could not be expected that all men could be experts.
The inserted tooth for edger saws in large mills is be-
coming a. favorite and gives good results, and main-
tains another important item, viz: Attains their
Inserted teeth saws of reputable makes maintain their
tension for a long while because the teeth

water
so. sawyer

in.

size.

and rings

are milled to a guage, the rim is not stretched more in

one place than another by teeth not exactly the same
size. If rivets or keys are used a very light blow gives
all an equal strain. Such saws are hammered as the
solid, but with less tension, as centrifugal force does
not act as much on them.

TRANS-ATLANTIC LUMBER SHIPMENTS.

The lumber shipments from Miramichi to the United
Kingdom, Continent, Australia, etc., for the season just
closed, were as follows :—

Names of shippers. No.of Tons. Sup. feet Deals, Palings
Vessels. scantling.boards, pes.
etc.

A: B Snowball 47 28.371 23,971.126 2.531,150
W. M. McKay 30 20,877 20,044,505
D.& J. Ritchve wAEO. "22 11,770 11.016, 319 87,100
N. B. Trading Co. 19 10.385 9, 320,493
F. Hutchison is 9,321 8.827.352 139.696
Geo. K. McLeod 13 7.495 6.787.197
G. Burchall & Sons 10 6.445 6.143,000 13.550
Muirhead & Co. x 1.851 1,517,264

159 97.015 87,635,256 2,771,499

_ In addition to the above Mr. Snowball shipped 14
tons of birch timber and 33,000 laths to U. kK.
Miramichi shipped 22,000,000 s. f. less

year.

than last

The trans- attic shipments, for the season, from
Richibucto, together with those from
July tst, were as foliows :—

Buctouche, to

Name of Shipper. No. of Tons. Sawn Lumber,
Vessels. sup. ft

J. & T. Jardine 9 5,168 4.731.746
Geo. McLeod 14 4.669 4.090.000
Edwd. Walker 7 2.048 2.120.411
Henry Irving 2 678 570.730
John B. Wright 1 282 312,400
Total, 33 12.736 13.82=,287

Under the head of miscellaneous wood goods, Geo.
McLeod & Co. shipped 150,000 s. f.; J. & T.
97.974 and H. Irving 89,797 s. f. hardwood.

Following are the total shipments of wood goods from
the port of Bathurst to trans-Atlantic ports during the
season of 1890 :—

Jardine

Name of shipper. tad of Register@ Total sup. ft. Birch Deals
’ Vessels Tonnage Deals. scant- sup. ft.
ling. boards
and ends.
K. F. Burns & Co. 966 906.9 45
St. L. Lumber Co. (ld. 1x6 8y22 7.460.750 198.000
W. M. McKay ye 1,646,408 :

ue 10,767 190,014,103 We8.co0
Bathurst shipped fifty per cent. less lumber to trans-
Atlantic ports this year than Jast.

The trans-Atlantic lumber shipments of Dalhousie,
for the season of 1890, were as follows :—

Shippers No. of Tonnage Sawn lumber
Vessels. supeft.
Geo. Moffatt & Co. 14 6.604 5.724.000
Geo. K. McLeod 5 3.744 3,267,720
ae. Benson & Co. 2 2.306 1.849.859
Bing Bs i 3 1,540 1,426,958
eMais 4 1,114 1,105,951
G. Dutch & S. ap cm 2 619 503.000
Dutch, Laugh ae J

; cNair r 466 263,000
Henry O'Leary 5 i 439 383.000
Total. 32 16,832 14.633, 488

Geo. Moffatt & Co. shipped also 540, and N. McNair
48 tons timber. d
The shipments of Campbellton were :-—

- M. McKay 86 ,

W. M. McKay & H. O'Leary 1 "30 i aes
Henry O' Leary 2 1.190 1.149.689
\ D. Sowerby % 1,491 1,387.802

P. Mowat 1 £56 312. 842
Total 14 8.4% SE 483,287

The North Shore shipments may be put, in round
numbers, at 132,000.000 s. f. for 1890, against 162,000,-
ox last year, a falling off of 30,000,000 s, f.

St. John’s shipments up to 1st December this year

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

were 132,608,516 s.f., avainst 80,167,488 s.f. for the cor-
responding period last year—a falling off this year of

47,558,972 s. f.

Vlal= RELATION “OF BANKS TO BUSINESS
INTERESTS.
[NORTHWESTERN LUMBERMAN. |
on the
part of banks it has been towards unification, and has

Business methods are continually changing :

resulted in concentration of power, which, if not used

can break business men at will, or, if that sensi-
called capital takes fright,

The time of greatest need on

wisely,

tive thing can smash things
the part of
general business interests is at that critical period when
banks become conservative and
their money.
a direction which naturally, under present banking con-
ditions places them at the mercy of banks. In the
manufacturing and mercantile line at least 75 per cent.
of the volume of business is represented by time paper,
making necessary large discount lines at banks. The

generally

call in more or less of

3usiness interests have been drifting in

required. The fact that a business house transacts
business at any particular bank becomes well known to
other local banks, so that any attempt at enlarging dis-
count lines by opening an account at another local bank
is almost certaim to be looked upon with suspicion, and
im most cases will result in starting a line of investiga-
tion which will find weakness, if any exists.

If an attempt be made to open an account at a bank
in a town other than that in which the business man
may have extensive local interests—visible assets—the
applicant will be met with a polite refusal.

It has been demonstrated time and again that quan-
tity of assets and size of surplus, in excess of liabilities;
will not prevent failure when the bank closes or unrea-
sonably shortens the discount line, such action by the
bank being certain just at the time of the greatest need
on the part of the borrower.

In fact, a bank can break
almost any extensive business interest, and if it becomes

alarmed, whether justly so or not, and it can get first
and when
manipulated conformity
to the general policy of those who originated and con-

security, a crash is sure to follow ; it comes,

-assets, which, with time, in
trolled the business, would pay every cent of liability
and leave a competency, but by reason of changed con-
a still larger per cent. In
or tide over a present difficul-
ty, a chattel mortgage or other preference is given in

ac

=5;
pull through,”

ditions, shrinks

50 or

“cc

hopes to
most cases. Thisis the beginning of complications
which quickly make an end of the business.

On general principles, preferences of any kind are
wrong, and the making of such places power in the
hands of the holder or holders, which sooner or later
proves to be uncontrollable by the giver. The prefer-
red interests will take no chances.

When a crisis aiises in the affairs of a business house,
the wise course is to keep all creditors on the same ba-
sis, then a satisfactory compromise and extension is

possible. If fewer bank preferences were given there

/ would be fewer failures.

THE IMPORT DUTY ON CEDAR.

[NORTHWESTERN LUMBERMAN. |

After March 1, 1891, as provided by the new tariff
bill, railroad ties and poles im-
ported from Canada will become subject to a duty of
20 per cent. ad valorem. A great deal of complaint
has been heard in the past, from Minnesota and Mich-
| igan especially, regarding the disadvantages at which
producers of cedar in some portions of those states
| were placed on account of the facilities enjoyed by
Canadians for marketing cedar in the United States,
and a memorial from farmers who were injuriously af-
fected in that way was sent to congress, asking that a
duty be placed upon cedar. This request was heeded,
although complaints were heard on the other side of
the question.

Certain Michigan operators have claimed that the
_ lack of a tariff on cedar was not what ailed the market,
but that the large Chicago concerns that controlled the
cedar business were responsible for the poor returns
| to those engaged in getting the wood out. One opera-
| tor in particular, who publishes a paper at Rogers

cedar paving, posts,

©

more extensive the business the larger the discount line.

=
/

a

City, Mich., gave the Chicago cedar mena severe
roasting some time ago. His paper went on to say

that the Chicago cedar syndicate had killed the goose
of Canadian

that it

that laid the golden egg : that the ait

cedar had not choked off home production, but

had been done by the infamous inspection meted out
at Chicago to home shippers, and the refusal to give
home inspection; that there was a large amount of
cedar. timber still standing in Michigan; that the
industry, once the largest in northern Michigan and
Wisconsin, had died an unnatural death, and that
operators had said that the cedar might rot where it
stood, or Canada supply the demand, unless Chicago
handlers gave home inspection, fair prices and a
square deal.

It is well enough known that a few large operators

have controlled the cedar business. and that

tion has not been of such a nature as to prevent them

competi-

from making good profits. Inspection, however, is
rigid largely because the railroads, paving men and

others insist on it, and the contractor must also have it.
That the cedar business of northern Michigan and Wis-
consin is really dead is emphatically denied, while the
practicability of allowing home inspection is not ad-
mitted.
a great deal of cedar at remunerative prices, outside of
the agency of the contractors of this city.

Michigan and Wisconsin railroads have taken

both sides of
the question, but, so far as cedar imports are concerned,
there are many operators who have not suffered from
Chicayo inspection, but who have been knocked out by
Canadian cedar. A Toronto exchange reports that hun-
dreds of car loads of telegraph poles are shipped yearly
from different points in Ontario, principally from Dun-
dalk, Buckhorn Kingsville to Buffalo,
Pittsburg, Syracuse, Cleveland and other points in the
United States,
horn and Kingsville keeps many Canadian vessels con-
The McKinley Bill,
would entail a great financial loss upon those who are

A great deal can, of course, be said on

Romney, and

while the tie trade of Romney, Buck-

stantly employed. it was thought,

engaged in shipping this class of products, many con-
s for a year at

stated prices, but the date on which the di uty should go

tractors having entered into engagement
into effect was postponed in order to help such contrac-
tors out to a reasonable extent.

A FIGHT FOR LIFE.
The Ottawa /7yee Press publishes a
count of an encounter

sensational ac-
wko
belong te Ottawa, and a pack of ravenous wolves in the

between four shantymen,
woods in the vicinity of Gordon creek, on the Kippewa
river. John and James Barrett, Peter Murphy and
Jobn McManus are working in a shanty near Bois
Frane depot on the limits of Messrs. Booth and Gor-
All four had quit work in the evening and _ start-
ed to return to their camp. The Barrett brothers, who
were aheaa, verged a little from the brush road in
order to examine a_ trap. which they had set in the
woods to catch marten. Their two companions went
on ahead, but had not proceeded more than ten min-
utes when they heard loud shouting mingled with the
barking,of wolves. They hurried back along the path
and soon discovered the cause of this terrible uproar.
A short distance off the road at the foot of a big pine
the Barretts were standing, their backs to the tree,
desperately defending themselves their axes against
15 of the ravenous animals. Murphy and McManus
ran to the rescue, and not a minute too soon, for one
large animal had torn the trousers oft Barrett
and inflicted a wound on his leg with its sharp teeth.
The four men then laid about them and were appalled
to see that the pack of wolves was growing | be-
ing reinforced by a number of equally desperate ani-
mals. After fully ten minutes of this fighting for their
lives, seven of the wolves had been killed, which had
an effect upon their companions, for they turned tail
and fled. All the men were bleeding from the legs and
side, where they had been bitten, and when they met
foreman Charles O’Neil and his men a short time af-
terwards their blanched faces showed plainly what they
had undergone. No doubt remained in the camp that
ifthe Barretts had been left to fight it out alone they
would have lost All four men are well
known and have relatives living in Lower Town.

don.

James

arger,

their lives.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

.
January, 1891

EDITORIAL NOTES.

STATEMENTS prepared by Government Statistician
Johnson go to show that while Canada only sent $1,-
100,000 worth of lumber and other products of the for-
and South Central
$7,000,000. There is

est last year to the West Indies
America the United States sent
a big market for lumber to the south of us, outside of
the United States, and to that market it would be well
well

if our lumbermen would direct their attention as

as to the West Indies.

CANADA has fifty-six paper and pulp mills now in
operation, employing 2,250 hands. The manufacture
of pulp is fast becoming a special industry, and it is
probable that before long wood pulp will forma special
item of export. The best wood fibre is made from
spruce and poplar, of which the country produces un-
limited quantities, particularly in Quebec and New
Brunswick, and the conditions for manufacture in those
provinces are very favorable.

SINCE the Dominion log export duty matter has been
disposed of, says the Northwestern Lumberiman, Am-
and Canadian
men, excepting the spruce men, are highly encouraged.
To have the differences between the two countries set-
tled has been a beneficial result all around, and thereis
no danger that either country will suffer by the arrange-
ment. While the matter was pending imagined evils
appeared worse than the actual trouble itself. It is to
be hoped that both governments will take pains to pre-

erican lumbermen feel better lumber-

vent future difficulty from a like cause.

REGARDING the good points of cypress, an architect
says: “It has more nearly the qualities of white pine
wood and yet it is firmer and stronger ;
It
It partakes of the high-

It finishes beautifully in oil.

than any other
it shrinks less, it warps less, and it expands less.
-holds paint better than pine.
est polish. It is easily
worked.
hence is less inflammable than pine.

tanks, vats, etc. It is insect proof.

durable wood in the world.”

It is as cheap as pine. It has no pitch and
It makes the best

It is the most

THE total exports from Canada for the year ending
June 30th, 1890, amounted to $96,749,149, of which
$27,289,264, or twenty-nine per cent. of the whole were
products ofthe forest. As regards the exports of lum-
ber, etc., an increase of $2,820,008 is shown as compar-
ed with the corresponding period of 1889. Next to
lumber the exports under the heading of animals and
their products stand first on the list, amounting

to $26,630,672 in value. In the previous year
the exports under this heading exceeded lumber
shipments. Ofthe products of the mine, the value

exported amounted to $5,126,131; the fisheries $8,524,-
508 ; agricultural products $17,245,575 : manufactures
$6,388,064 ; miscellaneous articles $183,081.

At the present time a project is under contemplation
which 1s the revival of an old scheme, for the comple-
tion of a water route for large vessels between Chicago
and Europe by the construction of a ship canal between
the Georgian Bay and Lake Ontario, and the deepen-
ing of the St. Lawrence chanrels above Mortreal. Only
sixty odd miles of canal are needed to unite the waters
of the Georgian Bay with those of Lake Ontario, and
competent engineers pronounce the scheme perfectly
feasible. It is entirely within the bounds of possibility,
and it is very probable that the next decade may wit-
ness the completion of such a canal or ship railway to
serve a similar purpose, and in that event, who shall
on the commercial benefit to be derived

put a limit

from it.

CHANCELLOR Boyb recently delivered judgment in
this city in the suit of Thompson vs. Hurdman & Co.,
of Ottawa. In case Messrs. Thompson sued
Messrs. Hurdman for $123,000, a balance claimed from
them to plaintiffs on the purchase of the water power
on the Chaudiere, both where their mills

this

stand and the

_a defence Messrs. Hurdman claimed

table rock power.
sold under a charter granted Christopher Wright by
the province of Lower Canada, 3rd January, 1806. As
that the power
was not included in the grant or charter, but was the
property of the Quebec government, from whom it was
their, Mr. W. Chancellor
Boyd, in his judgment, holds that the original charter
includes all the power, and gives judgment in full for
the plaintiff.

This property Messrs. Thompson

leased by G. Hurdman.

The importance of the lumber trade of the Dominion
may be estimated from the fact that in noother branch
of her export trade did the figures reach those repre-
senting the value of lumber and forest products
exported to other countries.

A MAN at Apple River, N. S., has contracted to pick
6oo lbs of spruce gum this winter, to be delivered
packed in six pound boxes at Parrsboro.__Exchange.
What a gratification it is to know that Canada can
at least realize something from its spruce forests. It
now devolves upon the U.S. government to pass an
act prohibiting the removal of gum from spruce logs
taken into that country.

JosrEpH B. ApBort, chief salesman and confidential
clerk of the lumber firm of H. W. Sage & Co.. of Al-
bany, N. Y., committed suicide in that city on the 3rd
ult. Mr. Abbott was practically manager of the con-
cern, and although drawing a salary of $5,000 per an-
num, he turns out to be a defaulter of from $80,000 to
$100,000. Extravagant living and gambling are said
to be the cause of his defalcation.

THE exploring expedition, appointed by the United
States government, which went to the northern bound-
ary of Minnesota to look into alleged timber depreca-
tions by Canadians, returned lately and reported that
the thieving, if any, was of less consequence than had
been supposed. The result happens to be just what
was predicted by THE LUMBERMAN some months
ago.

MAJOR HIGH is the name of the personage who has
charge of sending out special agents to catch thieves
on United States government timber lands, and he is
said to be very reticent about the far-famed Rainy
Lake expedition sent out a short time ago to catch al-
ieged timber thieves, and bring back from over the
border the thousands of feet of stolen timber. Four
special agents were detailed for this purpose, and
since their return szz72 has been the word, and so far
neither the timber nor the thieves have been forthcom-
ing. A Washington correspondent of the AZ7sszss7ppr
Valley Lumberman undertakes to throw some little
light on the affair. He says “they had a row among
themselves, over some question of authority or man-
agement of the expedition, and when the expedition
completed its summer outing they no longer spoke as
they passed by one another. Whatever they did with
their unusually large outfit of tin kettles and other pic-

nic paraphernalia, I don’t know, and there is no trace

of them in the accounts of the department. They
may be heard from later. But the four special agents
in charge are yet to be heard from.
sufficiently good terms to unite on a report, so each
one went in for himself. Four reports were made out,
and all will in good time come to Major High. It is
hinted that when the agents come to headquarters to
settle up finally, there will be four different kinds of

They were not on

music in the air.”

THE bill respecting the protection of public interests
in rivers, streams and creeks, introduced by Hon. Mr.
Duhamel, is of considerable importance to lumbermen
and those whose lands are traversed by lumbering
streams. This act does not apply to the St. Lawrence,
nor the Ottawa rivers, nor to rivers or streams in which
salmon, trout, ouananiche, touladi, black bass or perch
do not abound. Neither does it apply to dams, wiers
or bridges Nothing in the act shall
affect the right of joint stock companies for the trans-
mission of timber down rivers and streams. The ob-

on such rivers.

ject of the measure is to allow any person, firm or com-
pany, during spring, summer and autumn freshets, to
float and transmit timber, rafts and crafts down all
rivers, streams and creeks in the Province, subject to
regulations set forth in theact. These regulations pro-
vide for the payment of tolls for the using of improve-
ments made on these waterways by private persons,
the protection of such works from injury, the manner
of collection of tolls and prosecutions for injuries. The
act also provides a system of fines and penalties for
dumping refuse of mills and other obstructions into
rivers and streams. It is similar in its provisions to
the Ontario Act on the same subject, and will obviate
disputes and difficulties regarding the rights of lumber-
men such as gave rise to the famous lawsuit between
the Dominion and the Province of Ontario concerning
jurisdiction over rivers and streams.

WHILE the great staple of Newfoundland is her fish-
eries, there is growing evidence that at no distant day
the colony is bound to become a timber centre, if not
a strong competitor for trade in the English market.
There are now 55 mills at work in the great Bay of
Notre Dame, or Green Bay, where there is some excel-
lent forest timber, consisting principally of birch, pine,
spruce and fir, or as it is called in Canada, balsam.
The pine board obtained is closer grained and much
wider than what is generally obtained from the neigh-
boring colonies. It is estimated that in Green Bay
there are 720 square miles of pine and spruce timber,
which if manufactured into lumber, would be worth
millions of dollars. Newfoundland is rich in minerals
as well as timber, and as capital is seeking investment
in that direction, there is no doubt that in the near
future these resourceswill be developed to a consider-
able extent, as they are in close proximity to desirable
markets.

Two movements of great moment are being pushed
by Philadelphia business men. One is that of rapid
transit, the other the establishment of a “ Bourse,” or
a place for the transaction of general business. The
idea was suggested to Mr. Bartol white on a visit to the
continent of Europe. On his return home the matter
impressed him to such a degree that he called together
representatives of nearly all the commercial exchanges
in the Board of Trade rooms, where the matter was
thoroughly discussed and a committee appointed to
investigate. The proposition is to secure from the city
a plot of ground known as “Washington Square,” lo-
cated in the heart of the city, at 7th and Walnut Sts.,
and now used as a public park containing a number
o° acres. Here it is proposed co build a general ex-
change building, where business men will congregate,
where buyer and seller can barter, and the two great -
classes, the purchaser and the purchasee, can transact
as much business tn an hour as they ordinarily could
in an entire day. Here it is proposed to put up apart-
ments for sample rooms and the various offices and
departments incident to a work of this character. The
committee is hard at work on preliminary arrange-
ments. The plan is growing in. favor. The idea of
concentration is strongly urged by Mr. Bartol, who
goes on tosay: “Every person who desires to be con-
sidered a man of business, either of Hamburg or any
of the adjacent towns, must not only be a member of
the exchange, but must be represented there daily.
Prior to the opening hour members may be seen arriv-
ing from all quarters and passing at once into the sur-
rounding corridors, where the statistical information of
the world is before them. Ina few moments all can
acquaint themselves with those matters which are of
interest to them in their own fields of operation, so that
on the striking of the gongall are ready to assemble
on the large central floor for business. There are no
calls of the different articles handled that I was able to
learn of, All meet for actual business and trade di-
rectly with each other, with the result that the volume
of business transacted in the limited space of time
mentioned is marvellous. It will readily be seen that
an immense business can be done under the circum-
stances, when all parties necessary to a transaction are
within touch of each other.”

__ January, 1891.

9

THE reduction in the export duty on lumber has
occasioned a considerable stir in lumber shipments
from the Parry Sound district to the United States.
Large stocks had accumulated in the different mill
yards in anticipation of the change in the tariff, and it
is safe to surmise that the holders have not lost any-
thing by refusing to sell until the new tariff came into
force.

A CHARTER of incorporation has been granted by
the Ontario Government to Messrs. Cant, Galt, Ont.,
under the title of “The Cant Bros. Co., of Galt,
Limited.” The company will continue the manufac-
ture of wood-working machinery, which has received
two gold medals at the Toronto and London ex-
hibitions, and also iron tools. The amount of capital
stock is $40,000.

A CORRESPONDENT writing from Portland, Me., says
that it would be well for some of the Canadian mill
men to turn their attention more to local trade. Many
of them, he says, saw too many boards, while if their
logs were cut into dimension lumber they would get a
better price, as many shippers from Canada do not
grade their boards well enough to pass inspection on
the Boston or other American markets.

ONE of our Barrie subscribers, on renewing his sub-
scription to THE LUMBERMAN for 1891, voices his
sentiments in the following complimentary style: “I
take pleasure in congratulating you upon having
reached the position which enables you to secure one
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WITH this issue of THE LUMBERMAN we again en-
close statements of subscription accounts, many of
-which are long past due, while others are for the cur-
rent year. In balancing our books for the year we
-find—and the fact is much to be regretted—that up-
wards of $2,000 is outstanding on our subscription
books. We very much dislike “ dunning” our readers
for these small amounts, but the aggregate is so large
that we have no other recourse but to urge payment.
Ifall who find a statement enclosed in their paper
would pay off the old score, and forward an additional
dollar for the year 1891 the editor would be made
happy and subscribers generally would benefit in
proportion.

MAJOR-GENFRAL STRANGE'S aiticle in the United
Service Magazine on the Canadian Pacific Railway is
of an eminently practical character. He is not content,
as so many travellers have been, to expatiate on the
beauties of Canadian scenery or confine himself to
grandiloquent predictions. He tells us what the goods
aré which are lying in Canada and in Australasia
awaiting a steam service to effect their exchange. “I
saw on the wharves of Tasmania,” he writes, “ pine
lumber from Norway and the Baltic shores. Fourteen
thousand miles across two oceans it had been catried,
while at about one-third the distance the gigantic pines
of British Columbia wave in millions waiting to be
felled ; while the magnificent hard woods of Australasia
would find a ready market in Western Canada, where
literally for 1,300 miles no hardwood grows from which
you could cut an axe-handle.” As for the present
illogical constitution of the British Empire, General
Strange can hardly restrain his contempt for “the mis-
chievous and wasteful pranks of the Lords of Misrule
in the British Disunited States.” Here is one instance:
he was refused a money order from Tasmania to his
son in Canada “because the only arrangements for
_ postal communications between Australasia and Can-
ada were through the United States Post Office.”

THe Miramichi Advance, in a recent issue, takes the
London Timber Trades Journal to task for statements
concerning the St. John harbor and the effect the
severe cold has upon shipments from that port. The
New Brunswick journal says that St. John is never for

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

a moment, at any time of the year, closed by ice, and
navigation is never stopped. The reason why St. John
deals do not go forward in winter, as in summer, is be-
cause it does not pay, save in exceptional cases, to
either saw or handle spruce for shipment there in win-
ter. Very few of the spruce-cutting mills are operated
in winter, because they are located on the river above
the Falls and open port of St. John, and their booms,
by reason of the ice, can neither be supplied with logs
nor kept open, so that they can be handled. The out-
put of these mills can be shipped during the summer
and few of them winter any appreciable portion of their
cut. Some of the smaller mills on the railway lines
running to St. John take advantage of low freight rates
in winter to send their deals to St. John for shipment ;
but, as a rule, it does not pay to ship spruce deals any-
where in New Brunswick in winter, and no possible
displacement of sailing tonnage by steam can materi-
ally increase the transatlantic winter wood trade of St.
John or any other port of this province. If prices in
the transatlantic markets were considerably better than
they are, we might load quite a fleet of steamers at
that port with Miramichi and other North Shore deals,
but there do not seem to be any other conditions under
which the spruce trade of St. John can be maintained
during the winter months at anything approaching its
summer volume.

SPLINTERS.
THE LUMBERMAN has again the pleasure of wishing
its many readers a happy and prosperous New Year.
ak tel i
LEWis D. SANBORNE, of the lumber firm of Brown &
Sanborne, has disappeared from Saginaw, Mich. It is

said that he is involved to the extent of $50,000.

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*

A TRUS? has been formed by all the leading lumber
concerns of Georgia to control the world’s supply of
long leaf-pine. It is said to be an immense concern,
involving millions of dollars.

cj * 2 *

THE second annual convention of the Northwestern
Lumbermen’s Association will be held at Minneapolis,
Minn., beginning Wednesday, Jan. 28th, 1891, and
continuing three days. j

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‘

“THE box shook and spruce men of Canada are as
blue as a streak of sap. Things seem to be a little
against them.—V. WW. Lumberman. Yes, the big
American hog has been snorting around again and
picking up feed.

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*

Iv is claimed that American lumbermen have made
more money the last season than for some three or
four years past. The recent heavy failures in the lum-
ber line have not been taken as an evidence that the

lumber trade is not prosperous.

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*

THE recent snowfall throughout the country has
proved very beneficial to the lumber trade so far. Log-
ging operations are progressing favorably, and from
present indications the cut of logs will be successfully
hauled to water.

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*

THE Marine Department has just published two
charts based on Commander Boulton’s hydrographical
survey in the Georgian Bay last year. One chart
covers St. Joseph’s Channel, the other that portion of
Byng Inlet from Collins’ Inlet to McCoy Island,

ae

AT a*meeting of the local Board of Works, held
December 16th, the following tenders were accepted :
W. Leak & Co., lumber, gang sawn, two inches thick,
$12.57 per 1,000 feet, board measure ; scantling for
sleepers, $12.57 per 1,000 feet. A. W. Godson, cedar
paving posts, per cord $5.95 ; cedar plank, as per
specification, $13 per 1,000.

*

A Lumberman found a bottle containing $1,000 in
gold dust near Sly Park, El Dorado County, Cal. He
could not imagine what the saw could be striking in
the middle of a tree three feet thick. After the tree
was cut down and an examination made, a bottle con-
taining $1,000 in gold dust was found in the centre of
the tree. It was probably put there by some old miner.

*

_ pine.

WE beg to draw attention to the advertisement in
another column of J. Bell Forsyth & Co., Quebec, who
are offering 300 miles of virgin pine limits to the pub-
lic. This block, though apparently lower down on the
Ottawa, is bordering on the territory lately explored by
the Quebec Government. The pine is said to be of
choice quality and large growth.

NEW BRUNSWICK MATTERS.
From Our Own Contributor.

The notice given in the last issue of THE LUMBER-
MAN regarding the remarks of a Baltimore corres-
pondent, on the subject of the recent change in the
tariff on lumber, has been carefully noted. The corres-
pondent referred to says: “lam surprised at the quiet
position of the lumber press regarding the change ia
the tariff heretofore existing between the United States
and Canada. We may as well acknowledge that we
have been out-generaled, or that in diplomacy that the
Canadians are our superiors,” etc., etc. No doubt the
Dominion Government will swallow such flattery with-
out seasoning ; but those who know the facts, and
understand the consequences, will say the lumber press
has only been showing its good sense in keeping com-
paratively silent on this subject. It is only those who
can see the true inwardness of the situation that can
realize how our government has been duped by remoy-
ing the export duty on all our lumber in consideration
of the paltry reduction of $1 import duty on Canadian
The correspondent above referred to evidently
well understands the importance of any country pro-
tecting its manufacturing interests. He says: “If
crown lands could be bought with no restrictions as to
where the logs should be manufactured into lumber,
Americans could then continue to furnish employment
for American laborers at home.” All of which goes to
show that this particular writer is looking after selfish
interests without regard to the claims of others on his
consideration. He would take possession of the virgin
wealth of our forests and allow our native labor to lie
dormant, and permit those who depend upon the work
in our forests for sustenance to starve or steal. So far
as the Dominion Government is concerned, its recent
legislation on .the import duty question is calculated
solely to encourage the removal of our spruce and
other woods for manufacture in American mills, thus
encouraging foreign capital, labor and consumption
instead of our own. Such legislation requires no com-
ment, but should be looked upon with disgust and
contempt by all patriotic men.

If the Dominion Government would devote more
attention to subsidizing manufacturers of our woods
into articles of practical utility for export to all nations,
instead of giving all to railways, it would hold twenty
of our citizens where the railways will not hold one.
Railway navvies and others are naturally shiftless,
while mechanics are permanent, and materially assist
in building up a prosperous community.

At the time this letter is being written we are having
by far the most severe storm of the season. It is blow
ing a gale and the roads are fast being blocked for
traffic. The depth of snow is beginning to threaten a
great drawback in lumbering operations. Even should
the season prove favorable for work in the woods, we
may count on a falling off of about fifty per cent. on
the production of previous seasons.

The employees of Miller & Woodman, mill owners,
at St. John, have gone out on strike. Their mill is
situated at Milford, on the west side of the river. It
employs nearly 150 men and boys. The strike is in
the shingle mill. The cause of the men’s refusal to go
to work is a ten per cent. reduction which was made in
their wages. The owners say they will shut down the
mill until the men return to work.

The lumber shipments from the northern portion of
New Brunswick during the season show a falling off as
compared with 1889. The present year the shipments
amounted to 132,000,000 superficial feet as against
162,000,000 feet the previous year—a falling oft of
30,000,000 feet. Baie Verte sent in round numbers
11,000,000 superficial feet to the United Kingdom, and
Parrsboro’ 32,566,186 feet.

‘THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

January, 189%

THE NEWS.

ONTARIO.

Vigars Bros. have opened a lumber office at Fort

— Messrs.
William.

—QOwen Brothers have started a shingle mill on the Lee

farm, not far from Warminster.

—The Waubaushene box factory is running full time and
doing all the work it is capable of doing.

—Mr. N. A. Beach,

saw mill at Magog in the spring.

of Georgeville, proposes building a

—aA future city of importance is predicted on the Rainy
River at Fort Francis, where there is a fine. water power.

—It is reported that there is not likely to be much lumber-
ing done in the Penetanguishene district during the present
winter.

—Bronson & Weston are operating on their limits on the

Rockliffe river, and Perley & Pattee are operating on the
Black River.
—Taylor & Lount, saw millers, of Whitevale, Ont., have

failed. The mill, it is said, has heen a losing concern since
its inception.
—The Victor

machine in one of their mills which, together with the shingle

ia Harbor Lumber Co. are placing a planing

machine, is to run during the winter.

—A. Lumsden’s saw mili, at Gordon Creek, has shut down

for the season. He hasa small gang getting out logs for

next summer’s cut, but does not intend taking out any for

sale.

Daniel Baker
building another saw mil] at Uhthoff. This will make four
mills at Ubthoff, and all intend stocking to their full capacity
this winter.

has completed arrangements for

—A boom of logs brought to Midland by Mr. Nickerson
from Victoria Harbor broke loose near Peters & Cain’s mill
and half went adrift. Men had to go ont witha tug to save
the balance.

—The snow is reported by lumbermen fully two feet deep
in the line adjacent to South Bolton. Ifthe weather is pro-
pitious there wili be more logs drawn to the river in the vic-
inity of South Bolton than for several years past.

—Owing to the scarcity of work around the Chaudiere,
Messrs. Bronson & Weston have opened up a couple of shan-
ties on the Schyan river, principally for the benefit of their
mill hands whom they have employed during the summer.

—W. C. Edwards & Co. are carrying on lumbering opera-

They

have six camps of men at work and are about to start another

tions on the Gatineau quite extensively this. winter.
shanty. The pine on that river is, however, becoming rapid-
ly exhausted.

—A new branch of the Knights of Labor has been formed in
Ottawa. It already numbers 56 ‘men,
that

as to include the

and they expect to

largely increase number, and are contriving to extend

the movement so men in the shanties on the
Upper Ottawa.

McClymont & Co. have sent nomeninto the woods
Mr. Mc-
Clymont says there has been so much stocking done this year
it is only destroying the woods without there being suff-
cient remuneration and the stock remains unsold.

—The weather has been operations
around Sturgeon Bay, and log cutting has been going on
in good style. Shields’ men having finished-cutting near the
mill, have moved up into their winter quarters to finish cut-

—Messrs.

this winter, and will close down for next summer.

splendid for timber

ting next summer’s stock of logs.
—The cedar mill at Deseronto, after a splendid run, closed
3rd, for several weeks in order to the
annual repairs which wiil be more extensive than usual this
year. After
probably run ail w
teers: Boyle & McCr
cient number of men to the woods to take out three rafts of

down on Dec. make

there repairs ace effected this establishment will

inter.

eken, of Ottawa, have sent a suffi-

square pine timber and one of cedar on the Desert and Gati-

neau. They say that heavy frost has been favorable to lum-
ber operations, as the swamps are now completely frozen
over.

—The youngest son of the late David Moore, of Ottawa,
lumbering business

eldest

having recently attz
by the
trustee, will now be wound up.

uned his majority, the

carried on deceased. and later by his son as

The estate consists of valu-

able timber limits and real estate, and is estimated to be

a] 7

worth half semillion dollars.
Mr. Allan C Hl, of Re

} n the | er Ottawa, says that the resent seasar

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arswe nfrew, a well-known Jumber-

one

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i

ot the dullest he can recollect in the trade.
waska he has as many men at work as he had last winter, but
other firms have decreased their operations by one-half and
some are not doing anything. On the Petewawa, where
Carswell, Thistle & McKay had three shanties Jast winter,
they have only one this year, with about one-third of the
number of men employed.

—_Mr. Alexander Lalonde, owner of a saw mill in the roth
concession of Roxborough, county Grey, committed suicide
December 6th by hanging himself in the upper story of his
house. Deceased was an honest, upright man, who had been
greatly depressed by financial reverses, and it is thought his
troubles had affected his reason.

—Lumbermen’s wages started out very Jow at the begin-
ning of the season, but have slightly advanced during the past
month. In the Ottawa district choppers get from $18 to $22,
teamsters from $15 to $17, and road makers from $13 to $15.
Little square timber will be gotten out, owing to a dull mar-
ket and large stocks on hand.

—The big mill at Deseronto commenced cutting on April
7th, and has made a magnificent record during the season,
The mill closed down on December Ist, and had the wea-
ther allowed it to cut for a few days longer this great establish-
ment would have completed a long season of eight months.

—Reports from the Black River district state that this fall
has been a most favorable one for bush work. Mr. Booth has
two shanties in operation at his Couvreau depot, and the
other lumber firms have about the same number as during
the past two winters.

—Douglas C. Cameron, Walter Ross, Hugh Wm. Kennedy,
-Matthew Brown and Richard Hall, lumbermen’ of the town
of Rat Portage, are applying for incorporation as the Rat
Portage Improvement Company, for power to acquire, con-
struct, maintain and operate slides, dams, booms and other
improvements to render possible and to facilitate the passage

of timber and logs down the Whitefish and other rivers.

—J. G. Bryson, of Fort Coulonge, has recently purchased
the Grand Lac limits, on the Ottawa, owned by P. Fitzpat-
rick, of Allumette island. These limits were sold to Mr.
Fitzpatrick at the provincial sale at Quebec, January goth last,
the price then paid being $58,600. It is not stated what the
Messrs. Bryson now pay but it is a
above figures.

—Mr. J. R. Booth has torn down his old mill on the Chau-
and now has about 76 men at work taking out the ma-
chinery. ‘The erection of the new mill will be.commenced as
soon aS the ground is cleared, and it will be fitted with the lat-

substantial increase on: the

diere,

est improved machinery throughout. The new machinery is

manufactured by Messrs. E. L. Perkins & Son, of
Ottawa, and will keep a number of men busy day and night
during a large part of the winter. The whole cost of the al-

terations is estimated to be in the neighborhood of $250,000.

being

—-Mr. Hebron Harris states that this season he has rushed
ties into the United States, and now is busy shipping by rail
all that he can get cars for so as to have as many in as pos-
sible when the duty comes in force on March Ist.
rushing supplies of ties for the C. P. Ry. He states this win-
ter he has one hundred jobbers, employing in all some two
thousand men in the bush in the Ottawa district getting out
ties and hop poles largely for the States.

He is also

—Gradually the Jumber traffic through this port, says an
Owen Sound paper, has been working up, notwithstanding
that during the early part of the season the traffic was practi-
cally barred, owing to lack of room, and in, fact the. ship-
ments did not really begin to arrive until August. But during
the entire.season there were 36 vessel loads received, bring-
ing in their cargoes about 5,200,000 feet for through ship-
ment— 3,000,000 feet of which is now in the C.P.R. yard.
We learn from Mr. William Foster, who has handled all of
this lumber, that if there had been room at least 7,000,000
feet more could have been handled. Now, however, that the
C.P.k. have expressed their determination to have the lum-
ber traffic, we can have little fear but that provision will be
made for all that can come this way, even if they have to
construct another slip to the north of their present lumber
yards. In addition to the lumber received for through ship-
fully 2,000,000 feet Ekave been received for Messrs.
Maitland, Rixon & Co., John Harrison and H. Lymburner ;
2,000,000 lath also came to this port, half of which was for
through shipment. Then there arrived 16 vessel loads of
paving Umber, making in all 70,000 pieces, the greater part
of which was sawn here and shipped through to Toronto.
The value of such traffic to Owen Sound must necessarily be

ment,

very great, because of the number of men employed, and the
In addition
to this. the supplies to these vessels and their crews is an im-

consequent amount of money put in circulation.

, While four of the vessels in the trade have made

\
On the Mada- | this port ‘their winter quarters, and their fitting out in the

spring will be worth something to the town. Yet, when the

C.P.R. consider that their traffic through this port in lumber
is so little known that the management ask the co-operation:
of the Town Council and the Board of Trade in inducing

dealers to ship via this port, it is but reasonable to conclude

that we are on the eve of something gigantic, and as ow har-

bor leads everything on the lake, so will our traffic in every
department.

NEW BRUNSWICK.

—James D. Leary, the raft man, has been at Ottawa seek-
ing Government aid for a proposed wharf and elevator on his.
property on the west side of St. John harbor.

—Mr. D. F. George recently brought down 2,000,000 lath
from Gibson, opposite Fredericton, to St. John in scows, a
vessel not being obtainable.

—Deals for the English market that are sawed at Frederic-
ton and on the Nashwoak, which joins the main river at Gib-

son, are taken to St. John in woodboat schooners.

—TJhe Victoria mills, at Fredericton, have closed for the
During the season about 7,000,000 feet of lumber
were cut for the English and United States markets, princi-
pally the latter.

winter.

—The north shore lumber exports for this season amount
to 132,000,000 feet, a falling off of 30,000,000 feet as com-
pared with last year. St. John’s shipments are 180,000,000:
feet, a decline of 47,000,000.

—During the season just ended 10,014,103 superficial feet
of deals, ete., were sent forward to transatlantic ports from.
Bathurst, N.B. . This total does not include 198,000 feet of
birch deals shipped by the St. Lawrence Lumber Company.

—F. Moore & Son, of Woodstock, have about completed a
new mill to take the place of the one destroyed by fire last
The mill 1s two storeys, and for the present three:
shingle mills will be in operation, to be increased to five ina

summer.

short time.

—Of recent years several operators from York county have
gone up into Quebec province and cut Jogs. One of these,
John Kilburn, of Fredericton, left with a second gang this.
week. They go to St. Vallier by rail and then drive about
40 miles. He has, all told, 100 men and 20 horses.

—The woodboat men are now considerably excited over a
rumor that Alex. Gibson, the great Nashwoak operator, pro-
poses to build large lighters to carry his deals to St. John
hereafter, the lighters to be towed both to and from the place:
of loading. Gibson’s cut goes almost wholly to the British
market.

—The lumber cut in Westmoreland county is considerably
less this year than that of last year, and operators have been
receiving 20 per cent. less for their lumber. The outlook
does not indicate improvement for 1891. {

—Jt is stated that lumbermen’s supplies around the Bay of
Fundy are 20 to 30 per cent. higher this year than last. Oats,
for instance, that could be bought last year for 37 cents, cost
47 to 48 cents this year, owing to the failure in that ee
throughout New Brunswick.

—C. M. & J. J. Bostwick have purchased the real estate «
which belonged to the late William Davidson, of St. John,
paying therefor the sum of one hundred thousand dollars cash.
The property consists of timber lands and two mills on Big
Salmon River, St. John county, and other lands and mills at
Martin’s Head, with three buildings and lots in the city, and.
some small properties in other parts of the province.

—At the inquiry touching the explosion of the boilers of
the South Bay mill, Mr. Jewett, a former owner, testified that
the boilers had not been tested for seven years or more, and
that the engineers did not have certificates. Public attention
has now been directed to these facts, and an agitation is quietly
going on for a Dominion act compelling periodical inspection
and competent engineers in all saw mills.

—The Maine Labor Commissioner’s next report will con-
tain an article showing, among other things, that the total
amount of logs rafted into the St. John river from Maine
streams and cut by mills in New Brunswick the past year has.
been 106,080,994 feet. The mills are those situated at St.
John, and which are controlled by Americans. The article
gives some particulars regarding the amount stated. From
Aroostook there came 31,430,331 feet, consisting of 1,753,990-
feet of cedar, 1,596,973 pine and 28,079,368 spruce ; from
Meduxnekeag river, through Woodstock, 13,487,649 feet,
consisting of 1,157,673 cedar, 33,830 pine, 12,067,285 spruce
and 222,861 hemlock, while Three Brooks, Bridgewater and
other places contributed 2,169,014 feet of spruce, and from
the headwaters of the St. John river itself, about 59,000,000
feet pine, spruce and cedar. Other tributary streams con-
tributed the balance.

yy.

January, 1891.

—The large trade done in New Brunswick birch has almost
entirely fallen off.

—An item of correspondence from Shenstone, a small
village in Albert county in this province, shows to what an
extent small mills are operated in some localities where there
are not facilities for extensive operations. It says that within
a radius of three miles there are two steam mills and eight
water-power mills. In the aggregate the cut of all of them
makes a respectable showing.

_—Notice is given that application will be made for the
incorporation of the Lawton Saw Company. The object for
which its incorporation is sought is the manufacture and sale
cof saws of all kinds. The chief place of business will be at
St. John, N.B. The capital stock’ will be $20,000, divided
into 1,000 shares of $20 each. The names of the applicants
are William Henry Thorne, Arthur T. Thorne, T. Carleton
Lee, J. Frederick Lawton and Thomas Bell.

—Clarke Bros., at Bear river, N.S., just across the Bay of
Fundy from St. John (Bear river emptying into Annapolis
basin), will have about 100 men in the woods this winter, and
operations there will be quite extensive. Large shipments of
Jumber are now being made from there to the West Indies.
Clarke Bros. last year shipped to foreign ports upwards of
4,000,000 feet of lumber, besides four or five cargoes of pulp
wwood and a lot of logs and piling.

—There are at present 11,000 men in the lumber woods of
New Brunswick. These men spend about six months of the
year far removed from settlements andthe ministrations of
clergymen, and almost entirely without Christian literature.
The British American Book and Tract Society has granted
$500 for the purpose of supplying these men with Christian

literature. Two men have been employed by the society to

' visit the various camps and distribute a Bible or Testament,

hymn books, a few story books, devotional books, illustrated
papers and tracts.
NOVA SCOTIA.

—E. Gibson & Sons, who ran a planing mill at Halifax,
have assigned.

—Gold River Lumber Co., Gold river, registered part-
nership: Alex. Chisholm, A. H. Zwicker, James Ernst and
C. W. Anderson.

—One hundred and fifty cargoes of grind-stones, piling,
etc., were shipped from the Joggins this season, and 32,000,-
000 superficial feet of deals were exported from Parrsboro’ in
41 vessels of 36,000 tons.

QUEBEC.

—The Quebec 7e/egraph, a paper noted for its sensational
statements, says that the timber trade of that city is on the eve
of a crisis, and that some of the banks are loaded to the
chimney pots with lumbermen’s paper.

—Hull Despatch: ‘* Yon. Mr. Duhamel, the Quebec
Commissioner of Crown Lands, had a conference with the
Bushrangers of this district yesterday. Doubtless the Govern-
ment are putting up another job on the lumbermen. They
amust have money, you know, at Quebec.

—The lumber shipments from the port of Montreal to the
United Kingdom in the past season were 160,650,426 feet
board measure, and from Pierreville 10,427,863 feet, a total
of 171,078,289 feet. From Montreal to the River Platte,
3,362,699 feet were shipped, and from Lower St. Lawrence
to the same destination 3:798,000 feet, making a grand total
of 178,738.983 feet.

—The following amounts of timber from the United States
were rafted from July 1st to December Ist, this year, by the
Calvin Company, Garden Island, for Quebec: Oak, 13,060
pieces ; white wood, 263 pieces ; longitudinals, 1,045,478
feet ; pipe staves, 12,822 pieces; ash, I1 pieces; poplar, 4
pieces ; walnut, 53 pieces ; e'm, 320 pieces; West Indian
staves, 19,030 pieces.

MANITOBA AND NORTH-WEST.

—Mr. W. H. Atkinson has bought out W. J.
lumber yard at Deloraine.

Mathers’

—Losee & Morrison, saw-mill proprietors, Shawnign, cons
prop , gn,
template admitting a partner.

BRITISH COLUMBIA.

—E. Buse, of Vancouver, has made arrangements with
A. lf. Van Etten, lumber dealer, Winnipeg, to handle as his
agent all kinds of British Columbia lumber, especially cedar,
manufactured at the Buse mill.

—The German steamer Remus, which recently sailed from
Nanaimo, had on board the largest cargo of timber that ever
left British Columbia by steamer for Australia. The cargo
was loaded at Moodyville, and consisted of 1,600,000 feet of
timber. The Remus is the first steam vessel to take a cargo
of British Columbia timber or coal to the colonies.

ee

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

—An unusual activity is reported in alf the logging camps |

around Vancouver this fall. None of the camps have closed
down for the winter yet, and possibly they will continue
operations all winter. The season is undoubtedly the busiest
Vancouver has ever seen.

—The Royal City Planing Mills, and the Brunette Saw
Mills, at New Westminster, are now engaged in getting out
5,000 ties each for the Westminster Southern Railway. The
railway company has been unable to get its ties down from
up the river, where it has many thousands.

—Mr. James Corcoran, a well-known capitalist of Strat-
ford, Ont., who has recently been visiting British Columbia,
has decided to build a saw mill in close proximity to New
Westminster. He has made arrangements for the acquisition
of large timber limits, and he will return to Westminster in
the spring to begin operations.

—A new electric plant has just been put in the Brunette
Saw Mills at New Westminster. The yard will be illumi-
nated with four large arc lamps, and in the interior of the
several buildings some 236 incandescent lights have been
fixed. The plant is operated by a 36-horse power engine
which has been put in specially for the purpose.

—The Westminster Co/umétan of recent date says: ‘*A
large scowload of choice hard timber arrived round from
Howe Sound this morning, consigned to Messrs. Wintemute
Bros., of this city.
and other hard woods, and among the maple there is some
which is extraordinary in its way. This consists of a number
of planks of bird's-eye maple, many of the planks measuring
as much as 24 inches across, and from zo to 28 feet long.
This timber is beautifully marked and will make up into mag-
The fact of bird’s-
eye maple growing in this country will no doubt surprise
many who imagine that this species of the genus acer is indi-
genous to Eastern Canada. Some experts who have seen the
timber say it is quite equal to the best they have seen in the
BaStea:

nificent furniture and interior decorations.

AMERICAN.
—Hemlock has advanced fifty cents per thousand in Buffalo
and Tonawanda.
—Minneapolis saw mills beat the record in 1890 by saw-
ing 344,574,362 feet of long lumber.

—There are only 20,000,000 feet of lumber on the Muske-
gon docks this year, as against six times that amount the
corresponding time last year.

—A trust has been formed by the leading lumber firms of
Georgia to control the world’s supply of long leaf pine.
Millions of dollars-are involved.

—The Boston Herald is responsible for the statement that
preparations are being made for lumbering this winter in
Maine upon a more extensive scale than heretofore.

—The lumber cut in Minnesota will exceed that of last
year by several million feet. The estimates placed it at
325,000,000 feet and not more than 350,000,000 feet.

—There aie thirty lumber dealers in Tonawanda, N.Y.,
twenty of them having lumber yards. All have nice offices
and some exceedingly handsome places of business.

—Of the $400,000,000 worth of pine now standing in the
forests of Georgia, $160,000,000 worth has already been
killed by the turpentine farmers, most of it within the last ten
years.

—A mill containing two gangs and a rotary with an annual
capacity of 30,000,000 feet is to be built at Trenton Falls,
N.Y.
Adirondacks’ country.

The lumber supply for this mill will come from the

—Night sawing has been rather more general this year
among the Wisconsin and Minnesota saw mills than hereto-
fore, and the demand tor labor has consequently been greater
than it usually is.

—The Detroit Lumber Company expects to bank 34,000, -
000 feet of logs this winter. This firm shipped 41,000,000
feet of lumber the past season. Out of that amount 29,500,-
ooo feet was sawed this year.

—The report of the collector of the port of Tonawanda
shows that 313,569,621 feet of lumber, 13,186,000 shingles
and 1,258,604 cubic feet of timber were shipped by the canal
at that point. This is an increase of 23,366,229 feet over
what was shipped last year.

~-A discovery has recently been made of a grove of giant
redwood trees in Pierce county, Wash., similar in character to
those of the Yosemite National Park in California. Some of
the trees are said to be 400 feet high and 13 feet in diameter.
The people of Tacoma are agitating the subject of having a
flag pole made of one of the tallest trees and sending it to
Chicago as one of the contributions of the State of Washing-
ton to the World’s Exposition.

The timber consists of maple, birch, ash |

if

It is estimated that 7,765,000 poles are required to carry
the ‘telegraph lines in the United States. This figure does
not include the poles used for telephone, electric light, fire
alarm and district messenger lines, etc. The poles used are
chiefly cedar.

—One Buffalo firm, af least, benefited by the tariff law.
They bought a load of pine intending to pay the old tariff
rate and it came in under the new tariff, which saved them
$350. Now the Canadian dealers have put up their price
which leaves it the same as before.

—Wages in the woods in the American north-west continue
to be reported higher than have ruled for several seasons. In
the Menominee district and around Green Bay lumbermen are
paying $26 where formerly they paid $16 and $18, and $30
and $35 where they paid $26.

-The lumber storage shed is a feature of New England.
In the West a specially enterprising lumberman may put his
dry as well as dressed lumber under roof, but down East
about all of a stock is so protected. The sheds at Boston,
Portland and other cities would make a Southerner or West-
erner open his eyes. Think of a shed holding 6,000,000 feet
of lumber! And yet a Portland exporter has such an affair
standing on his dock, and is merely somewhat complacent in
its possession and not at all elated.

—The business of transporting Canadian logs to American
points having become of great importance since the removal
of the Dominion log export duty, the Michigan Log Towing
Company has been incorporated, with a capital stock of
$75,000, by Emery Bros., of Bay City, R. A. Loveland,
R. E. Loveland, R. H. Roys and D. L. White, jr., of Sagi-
naw, Nelson Holland, of Buffalo, and others, to tow logs
from Georgian Bay to Michigan mills. The company now
The affairs of the Loveland Transpor-
tation Company, Saginaw, will be wound up.

owns two steamers.

CASUALTIES.

Clarence Wright, a boy employed in a lumber camp at
Newburg, was instantly killed by a falling tree some days
ago.

Two shantymen named Thomas Mulligan and Jos. Leroux,
working in a shanty on the Madawaska, were recently
crushed by a falling tree. Both of whom sustained internal
injuries.

Murdoch McLeod, whose home was in the township of
Kinloss, Bruce county, Ont., had his leg broken in the Michi-
gan lumber woods a short time ago, from which he lost his
life. He was brought home for burial.

S. Ott, a workman in the employ of A. Harris, Son & Co.,
of Brantford, Ont., while tending a circular saw, had his
right hand drawn in and two fingers taken off.

Edward Doonan, of Tyendinago, Ont., while chopping in
‘he woods, was struck by a falling branch and so injured that

he died.

William Patterson, employed at the stave mill, at Essex
Centre, Ont., got his arm caught between a belt and the
pulley which drives one of the saws, and was drawn upon the
saw. But for the timely pulling of his head to one side by
one of the men, it would have been severed from his body.
As it was the saw shaved off part of the skull, and his left
arm was badly smashed.

Andrew Daly, working in the woods on J. R. Booth’s
limits north of Ottawa, fell on his axe and inflicted such a
wound on his left leg that when he attempted to get back to
the shanty the bone snapped. He had to make a journey of
150 miles in a sleigh to the nearest station on the Canadian
Pacific Railway before he could get the assistance of a

surgeon.

Louis Leblanc, of Hull, Que., a mill hand in the employ
of Mr. J. R. Booth, was killed by a dynamite explosion in
the mill on December 13th. A big hole, several feet round,
was blown clean through the six-inch floor of the new flume,
and the dynamite house and contents were scattered in all
directions. Leblanc was in the dynamite house at the time

of the explosion.

AN exchange thinks that when shingles are honestly
and intelligently branded and counted, when flooring
is manufactured everywhere according to a uniform
gauge, when retail dealers make as good grades as they
buy, and when the mill men of different regions cease
asserting that the wood they saw is superior to any
other, then a lumber millienium may be regarded at
hand.

January, ig

HOME AND FOREIGN TRADE REVIEW.
Office of CANADA LUMBERMAN, |
Jan. Ist, 1891. J

The holiday season has come and gone since the last
issue of THE LUMBERMAN, and, as is usual at that
period of the year, trade in lumber, as in everything
else, becomes practically 27.

Local. trade may be said to be at a stand-stiil, and
the depression during the holidays is perhaps felt even
more keenly this year than heretofore on account of
the preceding sluggishness of trade. Most of the
lumber-consuming establishments have been holding
back their orders, in order to reduce their stocks and
facilitate stock-taking, in which they are now busily
engaged. The prospects cannot be said to be any too
bright, though many of the dealers are looking forward
to a fairly brisk spring trade when the factories begin
to stock up, and it is to be hoped that their expecta-
tions may be fully realized. The Grand Trunk Rail-
way, on the urgent requests of the lumber trade, and
with a view to meet special adverse conditions of the
trade, has reduced its charges .on lumber to the
United States, and also increased the allowance on the
local trade from 2,000 to 3,000 pounds for shipment on
flat cars during the winter season. The dealers have
been notified that unless advantage is taken of these
concessions, it will be impossible to obtain a renewal
of them in future winters.

Trade in the West has not suffered to the same
extent from the holidays as the Toronto trade, yet there
has been a noticeable falling off of shipments, and it
will take some little time before it will recover its
usual activity.

Shipments of hard woods to the United States have
gradually fallen off, until at present only an occasional
This is due principally to the
exhaustion of dry stocks. Mill men are making the
best of the scanty sleighing, however, in getting their
logs to the mills, and there will soon be a fair showing
of new stock if no serious change in the weather occurs,
and we feel safe in predicting a good opening for hard
woods in the early spring, as enquiries are abundant.
In this connection we would suggest to mill men that
they would do well to pay special attention to the
manufacture of basswood and maple. By sawing their
logs while the frost is in them they obtain a class of
lumber that is always in demand, and at better prices

car is being moved.

than the ordinary stock will bring.

Cars can be readily obtained at present for all local
shipments, and foreign cars are fairly plentiful. There
is very little lumber in Toronto yards at present.

There is a better feeling existing among lumbermen
in the Ottawa district than for some time past, and
most of the mill owners express the belief that the
present season will make up for the dullness of 1890,
and that business will be brisk in the spring. The
feeling seems general that a brighter opening of trade
may be looked for with the United States. As regards
the English trade it is generally conceded that it can-
not be any worse than it was during the year just
closed, and there are chances that it may be better,
stocks having run pretty low. With respect to the
South American trade, though matters are more set-
tled, it is generally admitted that the present high
value of gold will prevent an early revival, as lumber-
men will not accept so depreciated a currency and will
not give credit on it.

The operators in spruce, both in Quebec and New
Brunswick, are strongly protesting against the removal
of the export duty on logs of all descriptions to meet
the requirements of the McKinley bill. They contend
that they are placed at a disadvantage as they cannot
now pay $2 duty on spruce and ship to the United
States, while pine goes in at $1 duty. The McKinjey
bill has made matters worse for the operators in the
lower provinces by laying a duty of 20 per cent. ad
valorem on cedar railroad ties and telegraph poles,
which goes into effect March Ist next. Last year Que-
bec sent to the States ties to the value of $78,000,
while the shipments from New Brunswick footed up to
$77,000.

Across the lines reports go to show that the lumber

trade 1s ina very Satisfactory condition. Despite the

continued stringency in the money market, the move-

| money markets of, the world.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

ment of lumber during the month of December has
held up stronger than during the same month in any
corresponding year. The month will round out a year
during which the consumption of lumber has been

phenomenally large from start to finish. The pros-

pects are exceedingly bright for the opening up of a_

good spring trade. As the figures are made up they
go to show that at no point is there an excess of stock.
It is generally thought that should trade in the spring
start with vigor, there is no reason why prices should
not advance to some extent. Prices for southern lum-
ber have advanced sharply, and it is beheved that
unless the money stringency shall upset present calcu-
lations, that a further advance will not only be possible,
but quite probable.

At Tonawanda the full reports are not in for the
season’s business, so no estimate can be made with
any accuracy as to the season's trade. The canal busi-
ness has probably fallen off some. It has however,
gone away ahead in lumber and timber. Shingles
have fallen off. Lumber shipments show 23,369,229
feet over last year. The shipments this year for boards
and scantling were 313,569,621 feet, shingles 13,186,000,
timber 1,258,604 cubic feet, and 425 cords of wood.

Albany dealers are now in their winter quarters
taking inventory of stock on hand. From all indica-

| tions there is a good assortment of all grades except-

ing 14 inch and 1x12 inch, and thick uppers, which
are a scarce article in the market now. The bulk of
the shipments was disposed of before the closing of

navigation, and the dealers are now prepared to fill -

orders for car shipment.

Taking it as a whole, the lumber trade at Boston can
look back upon a generally favorable season. There
has been a very good demand nearly all the time for
all desirable stock, and prices are well maintained.
The season has been characterized as one remarkably
free from financial troubles of all kinds, in spite of the
disturbed state, for some time past, of the stock and
The spring season
promises to open well; supplies are not excessive, and
the prospects are for a good distribution throughout
the coming year.

In New York, at this season of the year, trade is
very quiet. In the main, assortments are in good
shape. There is room for considerable first quality
spruce and hemlock.

There is a great scarcity of good lumber in Buffalo.
The supply from Michigan is diminishing more and
more every year, and stocks must soon come from
elsewhere. Reports from the Pennsylvania lumber
district indicate a sharp competition for all good tim-
ber lands, many of which have lately changed hands.
With these things in their minds, lumbermen are
looking more than ever toward Canadian forests as a
solution of the present problem.

The trade at other American lumber points in which
Canada is particularly interested show signs of con-
siderable activity for this season of the year, and the
prospects seem good for a heavy demand for Canadian
stocks oh opening of navigation.

The 7imber Trades Journal, speaking of the timber
trade throughout Britain, says: ‘Everyone is com-
plaining of bad trade, but is looking forward to better
things next year (they could hardly be worse), but we
do not think there will be any immediate advance in
prices of anything until people see how business goes,
and that will not be till well into the new year. The
large stocks of pine and spruce will ensure plenty of
those descriptions being represented in the public
sales of next year, as there are so many inferior par-
cels in the docks which it will not pay to hold, but the
really dry stuff we anticipate will make fair value. The
year now passing away must have been most unsatis-
factory to the generality of the trade, as very few can
have made anything out of it, and when merchants
come to take stock at the present low values, as every
one must, to be fair in his balance sheet, we expect
they will all pull Jong faces at the result. However, it
is no use looking at the black side; let us hope, with
the examples afforded in the past, that the trade will
adopt a system which will keep them on the right side
in the future, and that the losses of 1890 will be more
than counterbalanced by the profits of 1891.”

CORRESPONDENCE

kaditor Canada Lumberman :

DEAR SIR,—Would you kindly give me your opinion,
or the opinion of any authority, on the following ques-
tions :—

Do you think it practicable for a planing mill in this:
locality (Huron county), manufacturing sash and doors,.
to expect a profitable trade with Toronto in these
goods? In the three locations for a factory which:
would you recommend. (fst) In Muskoka, where pine-
could be bought at first cost, but would be subject to:
higher freight charges in the manufactured goods (sash.
and doors) to Toronto ; (2nd) Huron county, where
the pine shipped in the rough from Muskoka would
consequently have a less sum to pay on the manufac-
tured articles to Toronto, because of a closer proxi-
mity ; (3rd) Toronto, where the pine would come in:
the rough straight from Muskoka, and no excessive:
freight charges or extra haulage would need to be paid.
for?

The Huron county location has the advantage of
cheap labor, and chances of a good local trade being:
done, where higher prices are feasible and living
cheaper, perhaps.

The expensiveness of operating in Toronto, where
wages, rents, etc., are high, must militate against To-
ronto sash and?door men.

Now, the above statements may betray an ignorance
of the true relative positions, and a want of “grasp” of
the subject in charge, but as you will have an idea of

‘what Iam driving at, it would be a great favor to me

if you were to give me any authoritative opinion on
the matter.

There is one more question, and it is in the lines of
one very prominent before the peopie of Canada to-—
day, namely: Granted that we had reciprocity with
the United States, would our chances for selling sash
and doors not be equally as good in Buffalo as in
Toronto? Any information or light thrown on any of
the above matters will be thankfully received by me.
THOS. GIBSON, JR.

(of Gibson Bros.)

[The manufacture of sash and doors, and in fact all vari-

Wroxeter, Dec. toth, 1890.

eties of builders’ material, has, for several years, been consid- —
Especially is this the case in the city of
Toronto, where but few, if any, of the numerous factories can
find ‘sufficient orders to keep them running at a reasonable:
capacity the year round. The best location for a factory of

erably overdone.

this kind is undoubtedly where a local trade can be secured,
and where a respectable price for the product can be obtain-
ed. Our correspondent mentions Muskoka, in connection
with Toronto and Huron county, as a likely point for the
establishment of a factory. Taking it for granted that the .
raw material could there be purchased at first cost, there are
two very important reasons why Muskoka would not prove a
The first of these is the lack of proper
shipping facilities, and, second, the prejudice which un-
doubtedly exists among consumers in favor of goods manu-
factuied in large centers of trade. Then again, the man who
understands how to buy can purchase lumber in Toronto
almost as cheap as at the point of manufacture. There
would certainly not be the difference of.the cost of freight.
The choice, therefore, rests between Toronto and Huron.
county, and after a careful survey of the situation we would
advise that, if our correspondent already has a reasonably
good local trade, that he had better stay where he is; and
with the advantage of an already established trade, lower
cost of prodiction and reasonable shipping facilities, start out
with the object of pushing his goods into outside markets. If
the quality of manufacture is up to the mark, there is no
reason why goods manufactured at Brussels and other points
in western Ontario should not find a market in Toronto and
other important centres. Price and quality will tell every
time. Referring to the question of reciprocity with the
United States, while we do not favor such a measure on
general principles, there can be no doubt but that it would
open out a very profitable market for those engaged in the
manufacture of builders’ material. —Ep. ]

desirable location.

THE largest bridge now in the North-West is tha}
spanning the Souris river at Milford. Its length is.
3,300 feet and it contains one Howe truss of 105 feet.
The quantity of material used is 1,300,000 feet board’
measure. This immense structure was erected in five
weeks.

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January, 1990.

LUMBERMAN.

PUBLICATIONS.

The subscription price of that well-edited journal,
The Canadian Manufacturer, has been reduced from
$2 to $1 a year. THE LUMBERMAN extends its best
wishes for its continued success.

We are in receipt of the Christmas number of 7e
Youth's Companion, an illustrated weekly paper of eight
pages. It is printed on good paper, gotten up in fine
style, and contains much that is pleasing and instruc-
tive to young people in general. It is issued from the
office of Zhe Youth's Companion, 41 Temple Place,
Boston, Mass. Price, $1.75 a year.

The revised 1891 edition of the New York Luméer |

Trade Journals “ Directory and Inspection of Eastern
Lumber Centers” has been presented to the readers of
that journal. In extending to the publishers our thanks
for the sample forwarded to this office, we can pro-
nounce it a valuable guide to all who are interested in
the eastern lumber markets.

The entire good will and subscription list of The
Mechanical and Milling News having recently been
sold to Mr. A. G. Mortimer, the name is being changed
to The Canadian Miller, the first number of which is
announced to appear on the 15th inst. There can be
no doubt but that the change will prove desirable in
every way, as the millers and grain trade will now have
a journal devoted exclusively to their own interests.
The subscription price remains at one dollar a year,
and the office of publication is in connection with that
of THE LUMBERMAN.

The Canadian Electrical News \s the title of a new
publication, the first issue of which is announced to
appear the first of the new year. The rapid advance-
ment of electrical science, and the different uses to
which it is being put in this country, has undoubtedly
opened a broad field of usefulness for a journal of the
character referred to. Steam engineering will also be
embodied in the new publication. Mr. C. H. Morti-
mer, 14 King Street, west, is the publisher, and we wish
him every success in his new venture.

The most beautiful frontispiece ever produced in an Ameri-
can magazine, appears in the January number cf the Cos-
MOPOLITAN. in colors of Francois
Flameng’s famous picture ‘The Cake Seller,” and can
scarcely be distinguished from the imported photogravure

It is a reproduction

which is exibited in the dealers windows, at the price of $7 a
copy.

worth framing and preservation.

It is one of the most charming of subjects, and is well
has
become notea of late for its frontispieces and this very much
excels its previous efforts. The CosMOPOLITAN ran up from
a 16,000 edition at the close of 1888, to 100,000 copies
December 1890.
with the change in the character of the names which appeared
upon its table of contents. Among those for January are
Mrs. Van Rensselaer Cruger, Frank Dempster Sherman,
Henry George, William H. Kideing, Hjalmar Hjorth Boyeson,
Edward Everett Hale, Gertrude Franklin Atherton, Murat
Halstead, John J. a Becket, Col. Charles W. Larned, F. O
C. Darley (posthumous), Elizabeth

The COSMOPOLITAN

This remarkable increase has kept pace

sisland, probably as
strong a collection of names as ever appeared in any number
of an illustrated magazine in the U. S, The number con-
tains the Ist of two parts of Mrs. Van Rensselaer Cruger’s
new novel, Mademoiselle Reseda, pronounced by critics who
have read it the best of her work. Mrs. Cruger is a woman
who is intimately acquainted with fashionable circles both in
this country and abroad. She writes in a realistic manner,
without any of the offensiveness of the average realism. The
next article in importance is from the pen of Miss Bisland,
describing a visit to the People’s Palace in London. A most
interesting posthumous paper by F. O. C. Darley, with his
own illustrations, is also given. a’Becket’s clever story, Don
Gracias, is illustrated in a novel manner, the well-known
actors, Sotherm and Miss Harned, having consented to pose
for the situations of the novel, the result being reproduced in

photogravure.

Trade Notes.

A. W. Spooner, of Port Hope, Ont., made a large
shipment of his celebrated “Copperine” to Messrs.
Goldie & McCulloch, of Galt, a few days ago. This
babbitt metal remains as popular as ever in public
favor, and hot boxes are-difficult to find where it is in
use.

Attention is directed to the advertisement in another
column of the Cant Bros. Co. (Ltd.), of Galt. The firm

THE CANADA
of Cant Bros. & Co., manufacturers of wood-working
machinery, has been long and favorably known through-
out Canada, and now that new life is being infused into
the business, and the work of incorporating the com-
pany has been successfully carried out, we have no
doubt but that the business will be largely augmented.

In the Jast issue of THE LUMBERMAN appeared an
extended sketch of Petrie’s new machinery depot,
which is situated near the Union Station in this city.
The present issue contains a full page display by Mr.
Petrie, and our readers will find it to their interest to
watch the page from month to month, and secure some
of the bargains in machinery offered.

Messrs. Robin & Sadler, manufacturers of leather
belting, Montreal and Toronto, are also manufacturing
a belt dressing, regarding which they say: “ Having
long felt the necessity of supplying our customers with
a proper belt dressing, we have studied the matter from
time to time, and with our knowledge and experience
in the manufacture of belt leather, have succeeded in
preparing a grease that we can confidently offer to
users of leather belting. The majority of belt oils in
the market cause a belt to become sticky and spongy
by penetrating and destroying the fibre of the leather,
while most of the belt grease for sale is of a sticky
resinous nature, that gums upon the surface of the belt,
and is very injurious. Our dressing is free from all
these objections, for, while making the belt pliable and
smooth on the surface, so as to come into close contact
with the pulley, it will not saturate or gum the leather,
and as a very small quantity is required to produce
good results, it will be found twenty-five per cent.
cheaper than any other preparation. Especially do we
recommend this dressing for use on all belts that are
run at a high rate of speed—such as electric dynamo
belts, etc.” This dressing is put up in cans holding
from five to fifty pounds each. Messrs. Robin & Sad-
ler are also Cffering to belt users Snow’s Soft Steel Belt
Fastener, which they say 1s the acme of perfection, and
the safest fastener which can be applied for fastening
a belt. The excellent quality of soft steel used in its
manufacture will readily be recognized by mechanics
‘as far superior to most other fastenings now in use.

HOW TO TEST BELTING.

A London journal says to test the quality of belting,
a sure method is to take a piece, say 8x2 inches, and
cut it down four inches into two strips, each one inch
wide, and submit the leather to a tearing strain: if of
the best grade with respect to quality of hide, and
quality of tanning and currying, it will have great
power of resistance; but if torn, then most of the fibres
will not pull out, but will break, because they are thor-
oughly united to each other by gummy oil—and if, in
the tearing strain, the fibres pull out to a great extent,
that is an indication of imperfect or incomplete curry-
ing, though the original quality of the tanned leather
may have been good, for a poor piece of leather tears
easily, and a majority of the fibres break short off. A
final and conclusive evidence consists in testing the
fibres themselves, by seizing them with the fingers at
the place of rupture and subjecting them to a breaking
strain. Ina piece of material which is of really poor
quality the fibres have little strength, and this is easily
perceptible.

THE WINTER’S LUMBERING OPERATIONS.

The Fredericton Gleaner gives a very correct idea
of the winter’s lumbering operations throughout the
province when it says they will be small. It says :—

“Last season the logs that had been held over in
the streams the past winter came into market, on
account of the high water, and the increased stream
driving facilities. In fact many logs came down the
rivers that had been on the bars and islands for four
or five years. The market was flooded, and when the
sawing season was over, there was a very small de-
mand for- this product. Again, besides the market
being flooded, there has been an advance in wages,
men being hard to get and also an advance in prices of
farm supplies, especially in grain. The operator sees
no inducement to cause him to go into the business,

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especially, from these and other reasons. very fe

comparatively have gone into business Old logging

grounds, during deep snow, where much land had to
be gone over to fill the contracts, will be shunned 1!
year, and the reserve blocks will be held until there is
a better prospect of higher prices. A poor winter
cut of course affects the coming summers mill b

ness, but there may be a chance for the latter before

the season closes. ‘This winter so far has been a good

one for hauling, but the snow is getting quite deep,
for there is a great risk during the best seasons that
the snow may impede all operations, and this season
being now about three feet on an average, and
greatest fall is More
attention will have to be given to farming, and then

our
snow the next two months.
the prosperity of the province will not be so muct
affected by the decline in the lumber market. Many
of the lumbermen of this vicinity have given up the
business, and remained at home this winter and those
who have accepted contracts have gone far below
their usual quantity.
and the opening up of the rivers and starting of the
mills a brighter outlook will be presented than at the
present time.”

It may be added that we are now

With the approach of spring,

realizing the
effect of operators on New Brunswick waters being
obliged to pay over one hundred cent. more
stumpage on spruce logs than is paid in any other

per

province.
appear to an extent sufficient to attract general notice,
but they are now manifest. New Brunswick oper-
ators cannot go on in the face of low prices and the
competition of Quebec and Nova Scotia, where the
trade has to pay less than half the stumpage exacted
in this Province. It matter of
wonder that New Brunswick is losing its trade in
spruce deals, while both Quebec and Nova Scotia are
increasing theirs.

The result of this drawback did not, at first,

is, theretore, not a

This is the most potent reason why
our lumber operations, as well as our lumber ship-
ments in New Brunswick are falling off.

Timber and Deal Shipments from Montreal During
Season 1890.

Deals Timber.

Pty. Stds. Loads.

Dobell, Beckett & Co.... 24,000 7,800

John Burstall & Co...... 19,000 1.770
IRs Wil, (COs 0 (COnn 55 apcmr 11,500 —
Smith Wade & Co....... 5.300 =
WaG, EdwardsitCo.--. 5.200 -
WeiSaGasharplesmcne - - 5,000 =
Watson) c& odds, ..4=: = - 3,200 —
Robert Reford & Co..... 1,600 —
Sundriesse cashes cee cee 2,500 —

RGtales ee SB 773300 9.570

Quebec Stocks Wintering 1890-91.

Article 188s. 1889. 1890. Average of 5
1885-9.

Oak ....cub. ft. 824,283 596.399 =750,000 848,823
JETS no OS 241,571 238,735 450,000 490,064
Sq W Pine “ 2,580,591 3,146,676 4,800,000 4,649,277
Wy W Pine“ 1,226,900 1,914,001 3,500,000 2,289,200
Red Pine “ 464,691 653,918 600,000 450,554
Pinedls.Qstds 711,170 693,197 250,000 765,813
Spruce “ 1,248,674 1,159,682 750,000 1,101,932

The stock of Birch may be takan as z/, and of Ash,
that there are only two small lots wintering.

—O. S. Laycock has leased his dock and large yard
at Black Rock, N. Y., for a term of years to the
Proctor Lumber Company, which is a new concern
made up of dealers in Toronto, Ottawa and Ogdens-
burg, which is already in the feld for a charter from
the state, and bidding for business. W. H. Proctor,
of Ogdensburg, will be resident manager of the con-
cern, which will handle lumber from the Georgian
Bay district, where some of the members are largely
interested. Laycock will retain some stock in the
company and assist in the management. The Lay-
cock Lumber Company is not affected by the lease,
and will continue as before in the timber business,
O. S. Laycock opened this yard last spring for hand-
ling pine, but concluded that he would do quite as
well to confine most of his attention to the old com-
pany, though he sold a large amount of lumber at the
new yard.

THE

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SUCESSFUL MILL MANAGEMENT.

as is often alleged, is not
all the poorly manufactured
hardwoods the market. While much
inferior lumber may, says an exchange, and probably
does emanate from that source, it is equally true that
some of the largest and best-equipped mills in opera-
tion are turning out lumber that is far from perfect.

The portable saw mill,
altogether responsible for

thrown upon

There are various reasons for this.
forcing a mill to saw to its utmost capacity, sacrificing
quality to quantity. It does not require much common
sense to perceive that it is far better to saw 75,000 feet
of lumber a day, and have it perfect in thickness and
intelligently graded, than to produce 100,000 feet and
obtain mis-cuts and low grades generally.

Again, there are large mills where may be found a
theorist in the office, a practical foreman in the yard
and a bum sawyer at the lever. Between the office and
the foreman there is a constant variance of opinion,
while the sawyer is butchering logs and drawing his
wages. The sawyer knows that, while his superior is
capable of grading and piling lumber, he cannot take
the lever and illustrate the proper manner of sawing a
log. The remedy in such cases is to employ a mill
foreman capable of operating every machine in the
mill.
brains of any account can not be had for a song.

It requires brains to fill such a position, and
If
low priced sawyers are employed, a first-class foreman
by all means should be had, but it is better and cheaper
in the end, to employ good sawers, filers and foreman,
and permit them to follow the dictates of judgment
gained by years of practical experience. There are
good mills and first-class foreman and sawyers struggl-
ing to do themselves justice, simply because the powers
that be are forcing them to follow theoretical lines.
The foreman should be a man who, in a pinch, can
run a band or citcular saw, edger or any other machine
used. He should be able to direct the turning and
sawing of a log so as to get the latgest amount of good
lumber out of it, and, following the boards and plank
to the edger, prevent an operator from spoiling lumber
by idiotic ripping. All this can be brought about by
the employment of good mill hands and sawing not
over 60 per cent, of the forced capacity of the mill.

ABOUT CIRCULAR SAWS.
TIMBERMAN.

The successful working of machinery at all times
depends much upon the conditions under which it is
used and the care bestowed upon it. If the manufac-
turer were always sure that his machine would fall into
the hands of expert and skilful men, who thoroughly
understands the conditions required in order to obtain
the best results, there would be less anxiety on his part
and less occasion for fault finding on the part of the
purchaser. Probably no class of manufacturers are
subjected to more annoyance from these causes than
the manufacturers of circular mill saw.. No twe mills
will be found where the working conditions under
which the saw is required to perform its work are alike,
and it is impossible for the saw maker to always know
just what those conditions are.

It is true that if the saw maker is informed just what

speed the saw is to run, the kind o: lumber to be sawed °

and the rate of feed required, he may adjust the ten-
sion of the saw approximately to those conditions so
that if everything else is favorable, a saw may start off
and perform its work ina satisfactory manner. But
there are so other things that may operate
against it, that when taken into consideration, it is a
wonder that so many start off satisfactorily and fulAll
the conditions required of them.

While imperfect collars and a carriage out of square
with the mandrel are important factors that are fre-
quently met with, often preventing the new saw from
working in a satisfactory manner, yet these are matters
that may be easily remedied by an experienced saw-
yer, But the principal difficulty in most cases is in
the tension. A saw maker may give the saw a proper
tension for a certain speed, but what assurance has
he that that same speed will always be kept up? Any
experienced that a saw hammered to

many

sawyer knows

the proper tension to run six hundred revolutions per
pro}

One is a policy of |

CANADA-~- LUMBERMAN.

-% ; ‘ .. January,

minute, everything else being equal, will work well f | Mission Station on the line of the C.P.R., is making

that speed is maintained, but if he attempts to run the
same saw with the same tension at a speed of four
hundred revolutions per miuute he will find the condi-
tions entirely changed and the chances are that it
would not work at all.

And just here is where much of the trouble with mill
saws originates. Hundreds of mills all over the
country may be found where the power is inadequate
to maintain a uniform speed at all times and under
all conditions, especially so with a class of mills that
are operated by water power. The speed is irregular
and cannot be-depended upon. It may~be all right
when the saw is running idle or it may be kept up in
small sized logs, but when a large log is being sawed
the speed may run down one-half before the saw is
half way through the log.

Now how can a saw be expected to stand up to its
work under such conditions? The only practical
remedy that can be suggested in cases of this kind
where the power cannot be increased, is to decrease
the feed or have a variable one that may be adapted
to the size of the log, but by all means keep the saw
up to its regular speed. Finding fault and writing
ugly letters to the saw maker will not help the matter
one particle, for it should be understood that no saw
maker can adjust a saw to a tension that will work well
under a speed varying from four to six hundred revolu-
tions per minute.

The practice of stopping the feed entirely to allow
the saw to recover its speed and then slashing it into
the log and slacking it down again Is a bad one, no
matter how well it is practiced. It 1s much better to
adapt the feed to the power so as to allow the saw to
run at all times at its regular speed.

BRITISH COLUMBIA LETTER.

NEW WESTMINSTER, Dec. 23rd, 1890.

The lumber business continues brisk, all the mills
running full time and having orders for a long time
ahead.

The Brunette Saw Mill Co., of this city, keep in the
line of progress and improvement. This week they
have lighted the greater part of their yard and all their
buildings with electric light made on the premises.
This is the first used in this city. Their plant consists
of a “Compton” of four arc and 182 incandescent
lights. The mill and remainder of the yard will be lit
also next week. The fine new mills of the company
continue to turn out excellent work, and are fast earn-
ing a reputation for accuracy and finish that was im-
possible to produce with their old mill.

It is likely that a new company, to be known as the
Canadian Pacific Lumber Co., will build a mill in close
proximity to the Brunette Saw Mill Co. Mr. Andrew
McLaughlin, .who has been .connected. with the man-
agement of the Royal City Mills for some years, will
assume the management of the new company. Early
in January Mr. McLaughlin will leave for the East, to
purchase machinery for the new mills. The company

| have secured some valuable timber limits, and before

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spring will be on a good footing in this respect.

Messrs. James Harris & Co., of St. John, N.B., the
extensive car builders, are about closing negotiations
with the Royal City Planing Mills Co. for their supply
This will be the greatest distance the
British Columbia fir is shipped in Canada. The Bar-
ney-Smith Car Mfg. Co., of Dayton, Ohio, continue to
receive consignments of it from this firm. The Mc-
Kinley duty has seemingly not affected this article so
seriously as to prevent its being shipped as before.

Mr. J. W. McRae, of Ottawa, well known in Eastern
lumber circles, has just paid British Columbia a visit.
He expressed the opinion that the fine fir, spruce and
cedar of this coast would soon make a name for them-
selves in any market, and predicts a good future for the
lumber trade of this province in general. He was
delighted with New Westminster, and its favorable
situation seemed to impress him very much, and
rightly so.

The building of Messrs. Dixon & Purdy’s mill, near

of car sills, ete.

good progress.

The McLaren-Ross Lumber Co. have been sawing
pretty steadily lately, but not to their full capacity.
They are still erecting dwellings for their employees.

The employees of the Royal City Planing Mills Co.
have formed a debating club and reading room. The
rooms will be comfortably furnished and debates held
weekly.

The work of laying tracks for the electric street rail-
way in this city began on the 15th inst., and is progress-
ing rapidly. The Trail of 35 pounds per yard is strongly
objected to- by the City Council, and it is not-yet known
what decision will be come to in the matter, as the
railway company contend it is up to all the require-
ments of the times.

The shipments of lumber from Burrard Inlet, B.C.,
during the month of November were 1,591,344 feet to
Melbourne, Australia. :

The machinery for a shingle mill has been brought
in by R. Cunningham for a mill on the Skena river.

The Davies-Sayward Mill Company, on Kootenay
Lake, has let a contract for 5,000,000 feet of logs,
to be delivered at the company’s sawmill at Pilot Bay.
McLean & Flager will undertake the work.

G. F. Slater, of the Vancouver Shingle Mill, is put-
ting in saw mill machinery on a more extensive scale,
for the manufacture of all kinds of lumber. Hereto-
fore attention was directed only to the manufacture of
shingles and fine cedar lumber.

The Vancouver World says: “ Phillip Kelly and
Duncan Box, timber rangers for the Canadian Pacific
Lumber Company, returned on Saturday from an ex-
tended trip up the coast and inland, locating claims for
that company. They met with good success, and a
party of surveyors will leave in a day or two for that
part of the province. The company propose to erect
a large saw mill at the mouth of the Amacon river,
down which the logs will be floated to the mill yard.
Ships can load in these waters.

A. St. Geo. Hamersley, a prominent barrister of Van-
couver, is now at Ottawa in conference with some Eng-
lish capitalists there in reference to an extensive dry
dock and harbor scheme at Vancouver, which will”
involve an expenditure of a sum in the millions. This
has been under consideration for some time and seems
to be just now taking a shape which augurs for its
success.

Grading on the Mission branch of the C. P. R. is
almost completed to the boundary. The border town
sites, Huntingdon, on this side of the line, and Sumas
City, immediately opposite, are experiencing something
of a boom in consequence of railway construction, and
some improvements are going on in both places. The
Huntingdon Mill Company are working on an order of
300,000 feet of lumber for planking streets in the “twin
cities.” .

We notice that the CANADA LUMBERMAN has again
changed the location of its offices, which are now situ-
ated in one of the finest buildings in Canada: We
wish you the compliments of the season and a prosper-
ous New Year. H.G.R.

A “GOLDEN” RULE FOR ADVERTISERS.

Said a gentleman, the managing man of a concern,
“The only rule I have for determining whether or not
a paper is a desirable one for our house to use as an
advertising medium is to ascertain if the paper, upon
examination, has interest for me as a reader. I go
through its columns carefully, and consider what is
being presented from month to month to its subscri-
bers and readers, and then attempt to conceive of the
kind of people who are likely to take the paper in order
to obtain such information or such reading matter. I
believe,” he continued, “that this rule enables me to
weed out many papers which have only a free circula-
tion, and some of those also which do not employ
editors, or which do not make any real attempt to take
high rank as periodicals. When I find a paper that I
think I could afford to pay for as a subscriber on
account of the matter it contains, | am impressed with
the idea that it circulates among a class that I can
afford to pay for to reach with my advertisement.”

eo rey ~ ~ =o
January y> a. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 15
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NEW WESTMINSTER, Dec. 31, 1890. New York, Dec. 31, 189%
=a Car Joad and ship rates according to assortment. Bridge and Biack Wainut n
of Toronto, Gite Wharf Plank and Timber. % in. clear....”..... $80 coo@%2 «|Tulls, inch 3% cof 3% co
10 to fo long. per M, net . , Z ; ‘ p ae 09 1and 1% inches.... 95 00 97 o)\Culls. thick ... 300 2700
a Ae AMO ZO. 4: ; , ; . $12 00@15 09 1% and thicker. 100 90 10% 20. Counter tops. 18 in .
Toronvo, Dec. 31, 1890. | Rough lumber, building material . : - ; ; . 13 00 Rejects............. 5990 4230 and eee 110 30 1%0 00
CAR OR CARGO LOTS. SI MNS ohn eam a , 3250 Poplar, or White Wood
rs Pe ir, Clear ° - - « 17 50 % j inches 2 inch. §
1% and thicker clear picks, American inspection. .... $29 00@30 00 “ “ Cedar, Bench i Selects = ite piles ; Jo inches and EN er cat eds
1% and thicker, three ya American inspection. .. : 37 00 “ “ DD : Reesaics Ppa tdothitadsde a oh oa ee i iaoda too
1% and thicker, “pickings a pienican inspection........ 2500 | rin, 1% P46 in. ; La hs ala ancl pasa 2
1x10 & 12 dres ssing and better. Hh Gone zac moos ONG erue 1800 2000 | 7. & G. Edge, Grain and Dry : : y : 27 50 ee
Reema epi oan YAN UN ree cep joie ejePeicle dei ejasinisuejciee sian vias 1300 1400 Green ; j Rod
Pantie cess apres ee lees eed eee 14.00) 1500 | No 7. Dry - 4 i = e Y 4 b - 2A te pan aybite Z
IMIO & 12 COMMON...... 1... ee ee eee eee 1200 1300 7 ..Green = .- = Zen we - 2 - ~ ernie, 1% to 2inch Se ond sca ae
Rene ME SBIUCE GUNS 2c. ce meee ns ne ees 2B ne) deeelnelas 1000 11 00 ‘2 Dry - ae Pies : : z : Fe i RTO pp ce een alle tice ooo Ge
SR tus Te Tho A) SEB pre sheers Soceoe case oo ose poseeoe Ua Menta = 4 Z : ‘ : - 17 50 5
3 inch clear and picks.. Cut to length, extra per! M - - - - - - =~ ZisoL ie
i mch dressing ant better | D. Dressed - - 2 = ~ pr = - - 2 50 1 inch-plain sawed. 37 00o@ 39 |) inches and over [2 <0@ <2 90
I inch siding mill run rin, 1% expt. DAtomaick ; aT or eee
che Se ewig onli. Edge Grain, By BY Eig eta tea es eget ho i = 27-h00 |, Thicker Per AOG nder6in,... 4200 44 09
ReITASICAN ER SHIP ICUS S egaru cae caeccrctieeies asin eies 5 aeile = Ne St3 1 Te CO oe oa aa Hea || (perenne pag betes Ze 40
: Ppmmireartiniy mall] calle: 0125... ase oes eee ees ee T. & G. Edge Grain, Dry Sos ahs vet Pa sare octane (en x TWieeee : Ze 2% 00 27 00
Cull scantling.. ceo5600 60 ac 9000 S055 Gen No. 1 Day : - - - - - 2£ 00 1 inch . 83 00@ 8 xletZa hicker 9& 00@ 100 90
4% and thicker cutting up plank “1, Green | aS ag eae nce oc ae OM Me oriTighn stripsaass 009 42 o0|Counter tops. 18 in
1inch strips 4 in to 8in mill run........ ignnebogcusne a ‘ a Dry - ene chee? oY SW rays Fires 1% to 2 inch 5 4: 00 99 00 and over... ses nae
1 inch strips, common. Ser abd nose OTR CoB Umea: ‘* 2)Green_ - Meera en | Se Tyo, | Rejectsiv..8 +02 8 40 Ooe.u4 oo Culls: all thicknces aves) oeeiae
14 anch flooring... 2.2.2... ieee SuSuPIanieitomstowseis | = nor =e ge CANE nya MIST.
1inch ingles 6 in . D. 1D) cedar, verandah cover. any length = S 5 m 45 00 Chestnut, clear..... 33 00@ 35 oo\/Hickery, oldgrowth 50 00 «<5 99
- XXX shingies, 16 in. cut to length - = = = §0 00 | Chestnutcommon.. 20 00 22 oo Hickery. 2nd growth 40 00 ©7= 90
XX shingles, 16 in. : Sages So te ® Je es 250 | Basswood white.... 3000 32 00 Elm 20 60. 2290
Lath, seh Pree eeepc eo cia ri iain NS Se i SG Lath se ee 2 25 | Basswood common.. 21 00 23 oo|Sycamore 2400 2600
a BEES SES Sea are aCe Seat D.D.clearCedar. . . . . . . . 40 00@6000 | Maple, clear........ 2800 30 ooSycamore quartered 3 00 40 99
YARD QUOTATIONS. Benes rough . Fea f } K tt i - 11 00 | Birch, clear.........3200 35 oo|Gum ~~ Se ae 27 90
ntling€10 oo/Dressing stocks..... 16 00@20 00 ive per Cent. off above prices or cash with the order. Birch, 1s and2s..... 26 00 30 oo|Butternut . 45.00 $999
ede cull boards, ee “Picks rae inspection..... ee 00 Delivery on scow to nee of river. Cottonwood..... 21 00 22 oolSycamore dressed fig 24 00 25 00
miscuous widths......... 13 oo/Three uppers. Am. inspect. 50 00 Aa M ie endlexer . c : 2 , Pie per M. tt
stocks.... 14 00 F. M. ° c : : g : < (Hdd) -
Scantling & joist, up to ap 4 14 Seliaetat flooring, Geld zs 00 30 oc Under 10 M ft. : 9 : : : . : 1.25 eon -
ne a8 ft 15 coj1y * “rou 18 00 22 00 ; = ae oston ass.
= “20 ft 16 ee e (Eee M.25 00 28 co Nise, 1, 57 ; 5 <—
oe peizatt. 17,00)“ =a dB.m.18 00 19 vo any, N. x. Boston, Dec. 31, 1890.
z tate x poh aaa wees ss: S = ee ALBANY, N.Y., Dec. 31, 1890. | Western Pine—by car load.
“ 6-28 ft 22 9) Beaded sheeting, dress- Hemlock. jOpPpErssinae ee $48 cote oo|Fine com.. 3 & 4in.. 42 c0f@45 co
>: 20 ft 25 Ee: Sates ces hee ane 22 00 35 00 | Boards,1x10in. each 4c. |272x4. €ach............ ma) 1%, 1% & 2in ... 00 £0 oo/No2,1in. Finecom. 2800 2 90
; * me, Raat on cal Clapboarding, dres’d 12.00 Joist 4x6... : 33 [Wall Strips, 0 .°..... Bi = Sav PA sete esa a8 00 ae 00; Bee 1% & 2in..... 29.00 31 00
= . “34 ft 28 sojXXX sawn shingles Pine, : Selectsmpanaa. | asoe 42 00 43 00/No.1 OEE 4to6in 4900 4309
eee one 22501 per MM ..:% 65 275 | 272 in. and up, good..$54 20@s5.o0|10 in boards dressing A 144, 136 & 2in.......43 00 45:00) NO.2............ 3500 3 00
2 Saseakareg 3°" "36 ft 30 00|/Sawn Lath.. 00 «2 20 ths 48 00 ~S0-00| --and=better........ $30 00@34 00 3&4in 45.00 56-00) No.3. i S Seco ae
Se “ 238-ft 32 90/Red-oak 00 40 00 45 oo}=" Common *......... 1500 2000 | Moulding boards, sto ‘Cut ups.1tozin.. 24 00 30 00
- 40tp/44.{t 35 ooj White “Ooo... s....% 35 00 48 00 40 0012 in. boards dressing | a1 inch clear. 36 oc ©638 oo;Coffin boards .. . I§ 09 2200
Cutting u Egos 1% and _— | Basswood, No.1 & 2 28 00 20 00 Soo0/ and better........ 29 00 36.00 60 per cent clear 34 00 36 00) ‘Common all widths . 22 60 26 00
thicker dry........ 25 00 26 oo/Cherry, No.1 & 2... §0 00 60 00 4500/ Common.......... I$ 00 2200 Finec oon 1 inch 36 00 38 oo!Shipping cullsrin 16 09 16 <0
‘ oor as 1§ co 22 co! White ‘ash, 1 & 2... 25 00 35 00 a 20/1% BCD siding.select- - iS 14%, 174 & zinch... 38 00 40 00 do 1% in 15 $0 15 So
- iBlack ash.1 & 2..... 20 00 30 00 500; pe avoeiaie? Ae 55 4500 | Eastern P. Cc Carbone ‘
3 0 00} Comm Carga ee nites 20 00 ASEH iH€- — Largo or a 16a
eae = iS 45 oojF in. siding. selected.. 38 0 00 42 00 Nos. 1,2 & 3.... .... 40 00@43 oa! |Clapboards. ant =e
elec - 4004] Common.......... 1400 1900 ‘ Sie ae Veen 28) OO S01 0Gl» CLEAUN ee -. 4000 4500
Pecion. Ont. S..... 33.00 35 oo|Norway, selected..... 2Z{00) 725,00" || Tike gees 23.00 2600, Sap, 2nd clear .. .. 3300 3 00
Shelving boards,12in. : Common.......... 1200 1§ 90 stipe g bds “& coarse 16 09 16 so} Heartextra .... .. So Be
HAMILTON, Dec. 31, 1890. audits .... 2600 3900/50 in. plk. 13 ft. dress- a“ 1290 13 50| Heartclear....,.. 48 00 000
Mill cull boards and |Dressing stocks. .....$1600 1800 Dressing ds. narrow 100 2200 ee better. each 42@so Nest = “pine clapbds |Bevel siding 6in, clear a 00 24 00
scantlings.... .....§ 9 00@10 00!1{ flooring, rough... 1600 1800 Shipping boards..... 16.09 18 00 ull 5 4ft. sap extra .. .. 45 00 50 co
Shipping cull boards ni flooring. rough... 1600 1809 Box boards .......... 1400 16 0\10 in. boards, 13 ft. See ees
romiscuous widths. 1900 12 00\1% flooring, dressed . 25 00 dress, & bettereach 28 33 A ee yy or
ping cull stocks. 14 00|1%4 tlooring, dressed . 32 00 Sede Carlsen lee Stes 720 Scantling and plank, (Coarse. rough. . . . 1200 13400
Scantling and joist up ‘1 flooring, dressed. 21 50 2300 Shingies and Lath, random cargoes, . . 14 00@25 oo|Hemlock bds.. rough 12 00 13 00
texhfect... 14 00| Beaded sheeting I. .. 2500 3000 Shingles, eo ed pile 6 SolShingles,cedar mixed 285 300 Yard orders, ordin- ““ dressed 1200 1403
do up to 18 feet ...... 50|Picks, Am inspection 32 00 34 00 2d guality, . 5 oo|Lath, pine 200) 42:10) |||) Many sizessys yo 15 00 16 oo} Cla bds.. extra, 4 ft. 34 co 35 00
do up to 20 feet .... eS 'Three uppers Am. In. ycoo | sawed, extra......... 440 430) Spruce 215 | Yard orders. extra Clearn4uit 2 eye 30 00 3200
as Sey Sawed, clear butts... 300 330 Hemlocky se: scn 1 & sizes. «2... =. « 16:00. 18 a0)! Second clear. . . 3c
ou ped ztect Sate: % 2 aes Toth a eee Cedar, XXX 400 420 Clear floor boards i9 co 2000! No.1 Sect
up to 24 feet ...... 18 co|Sawn Lath........... 225 9) ARAB ono es n)eic ie sare } OF OO N QL Te ian 10 00 1400
do up to Beet 1g oc’ Red Oak...... ...... 2000 25 00 2 SEES NOs o doo 4 16 00 17 060
do up to 28 feet . 20 09, White Oak.. apee25100) 430'00 Lath
dou meee eee 21 co! Basswood No. 1. & 2.. 1600 2000 Buffalo and Tonawanda, N. Y. R byaanee
p pruce by cargo Pa Ce A aCe 2 102 20
Cuttin, ae 1% |Cherry No. 1& 2..... 6000 7000 Bur Wee 8
andt i er dry. 2000 2£00,White Ash No.1 2. 2500 3500 UFFALO, Dec. 31, 1890. She
Cutting up boards. ... 20 00|Black Ash No. 1 & 2. 2000 30 00 Norway Spruce cee es . 1 25@1 so\Cedar. sawed, extra 325 2 <9
Clear, 1 in. & clear $19 00@20 00|Common, 1 to 2 in. all PinesaS8ineextray. ../s14.00t4e2ki0 Cleanmeweiey =) are ee
SS Dressing, 1to2in-all _~. widths........ egaceér 1250 | Pine. No.3... +... 300 93.15! Extra,No.r.. . aes
O oO WIGthS co eects 16 00@17 00|4x4, 5x5, Gxb turnings: 22 00 ; ~ “|Cypress. No. 1. 18 in. ead
ttawa, Ont. x4, 5x5, 6x6 Common 16 00 : =
5 eg P White Pine. ‘ ieee
£ Orrawa, Dec, 31, 18go. Up’ a 1% in. 45 00|\No. ae, 1002 in Ae:
PEO B Wee oe epen 45 00 and thicker......$:8 00@24 00 sw t
Pine, =" me @M. $35 ronan C oolWel ‘a r sd oo@100 co | S)'cts TO Wisoco oncace 39 00|Dressing, 1 to 2in.. 25 00 28 90 Oswego, N. Y.
a chi is : ceigiet 16 5 cle thence ’ ° eee ee OOS N57 Sroineeta aay 40 oo,Common, 1 1to2in.. 1900 21 00 Oswrco, Dec. 31, 1890.
re. eereine Ma i tk 1B tt PE ee san 2.0000 09 | Fine common, to 2 No. 1 barn,7to12in 1000 1200 | _ 2 Pe NS ae
4 pa Nba cals 8 ced | “Ame Bh P52 22,001, 40100 in. and thicker.. 33 00 35 20|No. 2 barn.7 to 12 in 16 So | Three uppers, 14.132 &2inch ... oo - -$43 00@45 00
millculls. . . 800 10 A legacies th - 1500 2500 | No. 1cuts, 1 to 2in Mill culls. TetOl2h np OLOON TONG) ||) IGKIN PSipts4e) xe econ ee) eee 35.00 3000
Ss hg M. . . 1000 12 oe ard. . 20 See ee and thicker..... 28 00 33 00\Thick .. srssees 4200 4400 | No. rcutting up, 14,1 &2in. .... 1. .... 3000 3100
emiock , . . . 900 17 OCH > . : » 16o 1 go Mold strips, 1 to No. 2 cutting up. 14, 1% & 2in 1900 2100
— See regtae) ©-, > 1500 flay hingles. pets! 150 300 BAT ea eee 30 00 33.00 rin SEnDS, 4 to 8 wide, selected for moulding strips, i4
ass.» - - - + 1200 oo edar - 150 300 Shingles to 16£ abs Bi pe - 3100 3300
XXX, 18-in,....-- -. $3 75@3 90) : Per M. 1x6 geteuted for clapboards. sate Sees ee 3200 3409
— - > Osha Oe Co) Biecte 2 4c 25018in. No.2. orculls. $1 25@r 40 Siding.
16 inch Shingles. 1 in siding, cutting up re i in selected... 35 00@.
t AVS t cone 35 4900
~ Montréal, Que. MOXKS Csawed'. so .... 310/Thick cut per eg ee 2150 piks & uppers..... 30 00@39 00\1% in dressing. 1700 1900
MONTREAL, Dec. 31, 1890. & 2 35! Pes G @itso Ho Soo oo Be | uri ReesSne apeones 19 ee 00) ni in Ne I oe eee 1400 1600
2 : wih day Caos. : No.2 a 100)\% cut. Pe ea Met ePemtee OT ole) rin 0.1 culls - 14 00@1 ooir% in No. 2 culls.... 1300 1400
Pine, ist qua’ y eM $25 0035 00 , Basswood.......... 1400 2900 Thick cut. ver ++. 340\No 2 Gilt Meee nt aio 55 1in No. 2 culls...... 13 00@14 00114 in No. 3 culls.... 950 1000
Pine, znd 2000 2500 cae per Ms. Seas 4000 43000 se CQUilictemmaceWecmecre cc 3 Ear ee at 55 DK) rxi2 Inch.
Pine shipping culls Walnut*** ........ 55 00 10000 Cite ee ee ae re ess 2k SOUDINT.,S, ingles, sawed, cut,
— igen T400.,'Cherry “*! 2.000%. 65.00 8000 In) 201, Sererinasina coon 20 sua 70) Ol Plane eee : 425 een ES ee Se I eS eye Pa 5: eae ee
Pine, h quality as Butternut, per. M.. we ee ap S Fancy ends or butts 4 50 eke zeae, gressing Sdibetten. = ee Shar seca
See 0 Cc ar eS : 3
Pine, millculls,.@M 600 800 Spruce timber..... , 1200 1500 — 12 & 16 ft, No 2culls..........- ee Oa 1500
ruce, per M...... goo i100. Hard Maple “ ... 20 00 2200 feavihaw Mich. rxio Inch.
emlock, lumber.. 700 1090 ge Lath.. A 125 12 & 13 ft, mill run, mill culls out....................... 1900 2000
Hemlock timber..... 1200 1400 Shingles, Ist. ‘per M 300 860325 East SAGINAW, Dec. 31, 1890. T2 Qoarsitt. dressine-and better. 5.22.22 2.26 wo ee coe coon ce 2200 2700
Ash 1300 2 Shingles. 2nd, ** 125 150 ca Bint No 1 culls é :
09 2000 ingles. 5 5 M2 Corse NOW GUESS i adonen eer cre ecns eee eee 1600 1700
. CARGO LOTS. 12 & 13 ft, No 2 culls = af
SERVE Roan dee ort eee eee eee ee 400 1500
Uppers. .... . . 36 00@38 oo,Norway....... 8 S0@10 00 14ito rOitt, mill'xunimawl cullsiout.2.2 0. s..2.- cis. seek cee 2000 2200
Common ..... . 1600 21 oo/Box. . . by 20 cae nn so TAstOlmo tt. Gressinpaane PeLbeteccceenaa- dee see eeeeeetes 2500 2700
St. John, N. B. Shipping Culls ... 900 11 00\Straight measure - . 1250 2000 TAghOrIO ts NOE GUUS pied eee es aos 2s a mee cee cea en EG ND eau
i NGLINSHUS he tease IE Pots = 14 to 16 ft, No. 2Culls........ 00. ee eee eee sees eee ee ee 14.00 15 00
Sr. JouNn, Dec. 31, 1890. YARD PADI AICI) CAR LOTS DRY. TOSCOMTa ht, NOSs GUUS ecu neces eoReeaes 950 I000
Siding. -gxi0 Inches.
Deals, Boards, Scantling, etc. & I I-gx10
Spruce deals - - - - - $12 ooiSpruce boards - - - - 1200 sdb is eS FA cle ae Ae I a pea Millrun, mill culls out 20 00@23 oo\No. 1 culls........... 16 Co@17 00
ine i a fo in, ee, ER one - = -52 00@40 00 Select, Hi in. eat 20 o0|No. 1, ine BAe. hy 12 00 Dressing and better.. 25 00 30 oolNo. 2 culls........... 1400 1800
Byeabemigs - - - - - - Tuten atari Bik Epis % in. oe 39 00 %in ... aaah gnc: LOD) rx¢ Inches.
Seantling- - - - - - - 10 iro, lock <* G7 Slee “Finishing Lumber rough. ‘ Millrun, mill culls out 17 oo@19 00}No. 1 culls ... 13 00O@1400
_ Hemlock PRS) > ae ee Von three uy) es Line @45 00 Fine common, 11n. . 31 00 | Dressing and better.. 2300 27 00/No. 2c . 1100 1200
Shingles. 1% &13 ‘oe 45 00| 1% &2in. . . 33 00@34 00 = Sas
Spruce.extra - - - - - $3 50 Novi. =3 = a=) = or 2s Selects, 1 ie Anes % oolC, Abie yiie, mi. + 26 00 ’ ‘ Pe he
7 gear = = 9 = = = gooPine - -- - - - - - = 41:25 1% &1%in. . 37 oolCoffin Boras 16 in. & over 18 00 67 or 8, mill run, mill 6, 7 or 8, No. r culls... 15 oo@16 09
eS Me sextra = = - 22 Joist, Scantling and Timber. OUNS Out sic.cct wees 19 00@z2i 006, 7 or 8, No. 2culls.. 1300 1400
Clapboards. 1ztorbfeet . . a ool2o0 feet .. . . =. . 1200 | 6,70r8,drsg& better 2400 28 00
Rime, extra - - - - - - 35 oolSpruce, extra- - - - - -2400 58 feet pian aetimnb J 00124 a ia rs ‘s 13 00 Shingles.
| “9 emee ~S- 45 On) eCALS =. = =) =, 23100 ank and tim ae as wide, $1 extra. KKK, 18 in pine. .<..- f Cokes isl RACN 8 sn celia ee 3408370
adcleats- - - - - $09 No.1 - - -45 00 X (cull Clear butts, pine, 18 in. 2 60 2 80\Clear butt. 18 in cedar., 250 270
N Seta XXX 18 in. Climax..... ‘i +3 So|18 in X (cull) 50
: a4 0-72 £00 oD, F 2 XXX, 16in pine....... 10" 3'20|XX, 18 in cedar-....... 200 220
j XXX sh , P 3 3
Flooring, Dressed. XXX Saginaw... mes, Aa GHOLtS eae waite 2000 Richkoicedars. © ae Gi :
N &, N ah 2 ey XX Climax.. Gl PAE) 2,9, Socsodeaeepn ano necorrieoc beret} BSUS SII SCT Ee EL § 00)
Sd ea iri Jat vg Ta ee eine eee Pe Siri g an. CHD, Ns. £780 Picket
earn te OO idee = eee Lath, and Pickets. F | INGe mM, NIo es soe ss 15 G0!No. 2, 1x3 ek ce 00. 7d
Miscellaneous, | Lath, No. 1 white pine........ 2 ooPickets, 2 to 234 in, .3to 4 ft. Niger rer SGG :
ry} 1 PROS ISS So) Sees 2c
4 Staves - - - - - 30@450 jlath - - - - - 1% | Te, 2 Wy Norway O76) aCe hd lone Pree nee 1S 30 | : eer
) Heading 37 in. per pr. 04 |Pickets - - - - - 6 So@st oo | Dressed... ‘ ee easton Lath
oe 9 in. OW 05% Railway ties } 1% in. square, rongh.. zo S00 ING ekue hice cece pte teiuessteav 52 GOING G0 h IoAann Saas sake econ 1 90
~ 2 iM, LA & | Pyraeeed ; Wee asrOo), || ING) 1 Indi... .5.<...- 0. 1 60

GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

Miller & Jamieson have again commenced operat-
ing their custom saw mill at Cornell, Ont.

—The lumber trade in the Upper Ottawa is reported
as being very dull.

—Very large quantities of cedar posts are being cut
in and around Plotterville this winter.

The cedar trade on the Manitoulin Island is as
brisk as usual this winter.

—Very little shipping of lumber has been going on
at Sturgeon Bay recently, owing to a scarcity of cars.

—The Rathbun Co., of Deseronto, Ont., are going to
make a large exhibit at the Jamaica Exhibition.

—Lumber was exported from Peterboro’, Ont., during
the quarter ending Sept. 30th, amounting to $26,599.

—James Playfair & Co., Sturgeon Bay, Ont., took
out a large quantity of telegraph poles last fall.

—The Cottage Planing Mills at Huntingdon, P.Q.,
have been destroyed by fre.

Two mills at Severn Bridge, Ont., have finished
their cut for the season. Mr. Rainey’s mill ran until
the river became frozen.

—Lumbermen repert a very slight improvement in
the number of cars obtained for their trade, the last
month.

—It is understood that with duty on pine lumber at
$1 a thousand, there will be considerable shipped to
Chicago from Algoma miils.

—The E. B. Eddy M’f’g Co.’s old “ Corroy” limit
on the Madawaska river, and the Clyde limits, have
been sold to T. McGuire & Co. for $30,000.

—Malkin Bros., of Ilfracombe, Ont., are preparing to
do quite a timber business at Axe Lake this season,
and are paying good prices for pine.

—The Rathbun Company will cut a large number of
logs on the Moira river this year, and operations will
be about the same on the Trent waters.

-—The whistle at the lumber yard at Ogdensburg,
N.Y., which blows for fires, can be plainly heard at
Prescott, Ont., 22 miles away.

—The Longford Lumber Co., of Orillia, Ont., has
paid out about $500 per week for basswood bolts since
the snow came.

—Very little work is being done in the woods east
of Winvipeg this winter. Wood and tie contractors
say it is the dullest season they have ever experieneed.

—Canadian, English and American capitalists are
constantly on the look-out for desirable timber limits
throughought British Columbia.

—Bear river and Weymouth river, N.S., are still
open to navigation. The lumber trade at these places
is brisk, and several vessels are being loaded for the
West Indies.

—The Georgian Bay Lumber Company, Waubau-
shene, Ont., last year ran sixteen camps. This year
they will run only four and will employ none but
married men.

—The Pacific coast lumbermen say that last year
they cut over 2,000,000,000 feet of lumber ; during
1891 they expect to largely exceed this quantity.

During the present winter the Collins’ Bay Rafting
Co. will build a tug-boat to take the place of the
steamer McArthur, burned short time ago. The
new boat will cost $25,000, and be composed princi-
pally of steel.

a

It is said that the negotiations which have been
going on for some time between the Rathbun Co.; of
Deseronto, and the Gilmour Co., of Trenton, for the
purchase of the latter’s mills and limits, are almost
concluded.

—Saginaw parties who interested in lumber
production at Duluth, report the past season’s output
at that point the largest in its history, being 282,987,-
159 feet, or 52,919.150 feet more than in 1389.

are

—The shingle mill on Vancouver Road, owned

by
Simmons, Burpee Elkin & Smith, will soon be

oper-

ating. If the production of shingles proves as ex-
tensive as the name of the firm the output will be very
large.

—Mr. H. Bb. Beeton, representing the British

Columbia Government in London, Eng., is engaged in
collecting all possible data regarding lumber, timber
limits, saw mills and their outputs, etc., for Whit-
takers almanac.

—The Vancouver Mews Advertiser understands
that the large saw mill owners on Puget Sound are
about to form a combination to close down the small
mills. Some time ago the small mills proved that
they could cut lumber cheaper than their larger rivals

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

during dull seasons, and this is the reason for this
latest scheme.

—The propeller Missouri, which was burned a
Sandwich, Ont., recently, was an old timer. She was
built in Buffalo in 1857 and has traded with Buffalo
and other Lake Erie ports ever since she came out,
carrying lumber. She was owned by Capt. Baker, of
Detroit, and was insured for $7,000 against fire.

-Mr. George B. Campbell, agent for J. & G. Bryson,
who has been travelling limits for the past four
months in the new country lately sold by the Quebec
Government, reports plenty of good timber on some of
the limits. It is his opinion when that country is
opened up that the Black River road, by Caldwell and
Cayreau depots, will be the shortest and best route
to reach it. There is nowa first-class level land road to
the headquarters of the Dumoine, and it will cost very
little to carry it through from there.

—The lumber business at Quebec has been very
unsatisfactory this year. Dealers paid higher prices
to manufacturers than were justified by the state of
the markets in which the product must be sold.
Apathy among buyers in the United States was sorely
felt, and English markets were likewise sluggish.
Local financial complications and demoralization also
had injurious effect. It is said that only four rafts of
Ottawa white pine changed hands at Quebec during
the whole season. Excessive stocks will be held
over this winter, and woods operations will be cur-
tailed.

FIRE RECORD.

The Osgoode shingle mill, owned by Mr. Joseph Larose, of
Hull, was burned to the ground on the 13th Dec. The loss
is estimated at $4,000, and the fire will throw 15 men out of
employment. Mr. Larose is partly covered by insurance in a
local company.

William Dunlop’s large saw mill at Thorndale, Ont.,
together with a considerable quantity of lumber,. were
destroyed by fire on Dec. 21st.

The Dixon lumber and shingle mill, at Kinmount, Ont..,
lately purchased by R. J. Mills, was burned Dec. 21st.
mill was just ready to start operations. No insurance. The
losses are:—R. J. Mills, on mill, boiler and machinery,
$3,000 ; W. If. Craig, shingle mill and saws, $500 ;
field Wood, $100.

The |

Mans- |

January, 1891

PERSONALS.

Mr. J. D. Shier, Bracebridge, was among the callers at

this office during the month. He reports the lumber business
in his locality picking up, especially in the line of shingles.

Mr. P. J. Shannon, of the Rathbun Co, agency, before

leaving Brockville for Seattle, was presented with an elegant

; souvenir in the shape of a handsomely wrought C. M. B. A.

emblem and a flattering address from the members of the
board of trade of that town. ‘

Mr. R. J. S. Drinkwater, of the frm of Drinkwater Bros.,
Orillia, favored the LUMBERMAN with a call during the
month. He reports the lumber business quiet in his section,
but makes no serious complaints.

Mr. R. Heaton, of Heaton Bros., Cayuga, the well
known planing mill men, dropped in on us during the
month and ‘‘ squared up ” for another year.

THE WOODMAN.

Far removed from noise and smoke,
Hark ! I hear the woodman’s stroke,
Who dreams not, as he fells the oak,
What mischief dire he brews. *
How art shall shape his falling trees,
In aid of luxury and ease,
He weighs not matters such as these,
But sings, and hacks, and hews.

Perhaps, now felled by this bold man,
That tree shall form the spruce sedan,
Or wheel-barrow, where oyster Nan
So runs her vulgar rig ;
The stage, where boxers crowd in flocks ;
Or else a quack’s, perhaps the stocks,
Or posts for signs, or barber’s blocks,
Where smiles the parson’s wig.
Thou mak’st, bold peasant, oh ! what grief
The gibbet, on which hangs the thief ;
The seat, where sits the great lord chief,
The throne,—the cobbletr’s stall ;
Thou pamp’rest life in every stage,
Mak’st Folly’s whims, Pride’s equipage,
For children toys, crutches for age,
And coffins for us all.

Yet justice let us still afford,

Those chairs, and this convivial board,

The bin, that holds great Bacchus’s hoard,
Confess the woodman’s stroke ;

He made the press, that bleeds the vine ;

The butt, that holds the gen’rous wine ;

The hall itself, where tipplers join

To crack the mirthful joke. —DIppIN.

The Gant Bros. Go.,

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THE CANADA

LUMBERMAN.

WANTED _ AND. FOR SALE.

Advertisements will be iserted in this. depart-
meni at the rate of 15 cents per line cach insertion
When four or more consec.ttive insertions are
ordered a discount of 25 per cent. will be allowed.
This notice rat's the width of the line, and is set
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ansure insertion in the fol low ming issue. |

ARDW OOD eee bought, eel or received |
on consignment, TU CKER DAVID, lum- |
ber commission merchant, 313 Eleventh Ave., N. Ni.

WANTED—TO BUY.

OOD Canadian Timber Limits and Georgian |
Bay saw logs. Address, BEN BIRDSALL,
Whitney Building, Detvoit, Mich,

CAPITAL WANTED.

ANTED—A partner with about $12.000 cap-

ital, to take halfinterest ina well established
lumber and shingle business in British Columbia.
Timber Limits now secured to run mill5to7
years. For particulars address, H.H.S., BOX
297, Vancouver, B. C

WANTED—PARTNER

ITH 350.000 to $75.(0) capital to invest in

timber limit and saw mills on line of C.P.R
in British Columbia, with three practical men.
Best thing on line of C.P.R. Address BOX 276,
Trenton, Ont., Canada,

TAMARACK TIMBER.

HE UNDERSIGNED wishes to purchase a

large quantity of Tamarack Logs, from 8 to
20 feet ‘Jong, the smailest to be not less than 13 in.
atthe top. A good price will be paid, delivered
at Shelburne, Melancthon, Corbetton and River-
view mills. A. F. SPEARING, Shelborne or
Riverview.

OR SALE in the vil'age of South River,—a |

first-class saw and shingle mill, in good run- |
ing order: situated on the bank of South river,
Parry Sound district. For particulars apply to |
C. W. Burns, jr., South River, Ont.

OR SALE—Steam saw mill and busb lot in
the township of Egremont. Apply to Adam
Watson, Durham.

TEAM MILL—for sale, in the village of Cre- |

more, with a good lumber and log yard; cut-
ing capacity good; terms reasonable. ~ Hor
particulars apply to J. D. Greenless, Alliston,
Ontario.

UST BE SOLDat any sacrifice, heavy | saw-

mill machinery; first-class site: good stock |
of logs, and 200 acres of land; at junction of |
G.T.R. with C P.R. Apply E,. Garrow, Nipissing |
Junction P.O., Ont.

ANTED—Competent man to runsaw miil in

British Columbia, at arate per M. Must be
proficient in all branches of the lumber business.
Man with family preferred. Address A. JONEs,
LUMBERMAN Office, Toronto.

WANTED—FOR CASH—HARDWOOD

ARDWOOD LUMBER Sgqares and Dimension

Stock, principally walnut squares, 1}to7 in. |
thick 12in. and upward long. Apply for speci- |
fications and prices. State full particulars of
stock on hand. P.O. BOX 1,144, New York.
NDERSIGNED wants to buy or lease s saw
mill where good business can be done. Ad-
vertiser, Leith, Ont.

RAILS AND CARS FOR SALE.

Light Steel Rails for Tramways: good order. |
Cars for lumber. cheap.

JOHN J. GARTSHORE,
49 Front St. West,
Toronto.

WANTED.
UEBEC BIRCH—Those

choice lumber are

with
JOHN S.

who can furnish
invited to correspond

MASON & CO.
240 Eleventh Avenue
New York City.

Pe: 4 ier Limuts
FOR SALE

On Upper Ottawa running back
from Birch Lake. Main Ottawa river.
300 miles—selected years ago—well
timbered, good streams for driving.

Terms of payment easy

Apply to
J. BELL FORSYTH &

; CO,
QUEBEC. |

Menasha Hickory Pulleys |

We make the only
s hardwood bent rim
A spoke arm split pulley,
only small split pulley
only wooden eotigers
in the market. Send for
discounts & circulars.

Menasha
Wood Split Puiley Co.

MENASHIA, WISCONSIN,

TIMBER =:

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LANDS

5000 Acres of Timber
Lands on the Manitoulin
Island,

Patented and unpatented, are offered at the

Low Price of

$5.00 PER ACRE.

Some of the lots have timber on them worth
$20 per acre, and the land is of fair quality for
farming when cleared.

The Dominion Government having recently
taken off the Export Duty on Telegraph Poles,
Railway Ties, Shingle Bolts and Saw Logs, the
value of the timber on the island is doubled, owing
to its great facilities for shipment to Detroit, Chi-
cago, Toledo, Buffalo, Cleveland and all Lake ports.

The late owners, Messrs. Wm. and Robert
Henry, are both deceased, and there being no one
to carry on their business, these lands will be sold
low, in Block to close out the estate. fenders
solicited and purchases liberally dealt with. All
necessary information can be obtained from the
trustee and Solicitors,

Messrs. FRANCIS & WARDROP,
Barristers, &c.,
Toronto,

JAMES McGEE. Trustee,

Toronto.

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Hamburg

GEORGE McWILLIAMS

(Suecessor to Wm. Forsyth.)

MANUFACTURER OF

TarPer Pixe Pores,

PEEVEY STOCKS, CANT HOOK AND GAFF HOOK HANDLES.

The only Successful Taper Pike Pole Manufactured.

Peterborough,

Ontario.

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AS THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. : January, 189%

The Only Successful Kiln for Drying Oak ané other Hardwoods

"Th RIK AN DREW Ss” | Our Process Duplicates Nature. | The following well-known furniture manufacturérs.

_ have recently purchased the “ ANDREWS KILN.”
Ss [ ! Le

FF N ss W it qd iM B le R Ss Estey Manufacturing Co, - - - Owasa, Mich.
East Shore Furniture Co., - - - Manistee, Mich.
Universal Tripod Co., - - - Grand Rapids, Mich.
| Crand Rapids Schoo] Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, M.
= | New England Furniture Co., - Grand Rapids, Mich.
| Milwaukee Chair Co, - - - - Milwaukee, Wis.
| | Oshkosh Furniture Co., - - - - Oshkosh, Wis.
| Skandia Furniture Co, - - - - Rockfork, Ill.
e} s upon its peculiarmode of | | Story & Clark Organ Co., - - - - Chicago, Ill.
ti ire from, the air used | Rock Falls Manufacturing Co, - - - Sterling, III.
ine or other device that | | Courey & Birely Table Co., - - - Shelbyville, Ind.
waste heat by a special | Southern Spring Bed Co, - - - - Atlanta, Ga.

s through the lumber, and the
m it is extracted from the air by natural

Sidney School Furniture Co.,, - - - Sidney, Ohio.
: ot afford to he without it.

Outside View of the Andrews Kiln. | New Richmond Church Raritan © Oxy INle Richmond, (@).
|

|

A. HN. Andrews & Go., Proprietors and Manufacturers

215, 217, 219, 221 Wabash Ave., CHICACO, ILL.

| . W. MAITLAND J. G. AINSLIE.

The Casselman Lumber Co. "” Mlaitiand, Rixon &@ Go.,

Owen Sound, Ont.

Saw Millers = Lumber Dealers

| All kinds of Building Material kept in stock.

CASSLEMAN, ONT. ye Successors to FLATT & BRADLEY.

ESPECIAL GOOD FACILITIES FOR SHIPPING.
HEMLOCK BILL STUFF OF EXCELLENT QUALITY.

SO MANUFACTURERS OF
WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF

PINE, SPRUCE, ASH, MAPLE AND OTHER HARDWOODS. LONG BILL STUFF IN ROCK ELM, PINE, CEDAR AND HEWLOCK.

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

QUOTATIONS FURNISHED ON APPLICATION.

Kk’. JJ. DRAKK,

PATENTEE AND MANUFACTURER OF

SAW, SHINGLE ® LATH MACHINERY

Belleville. Ontario.

DRAKE'S PATENT DAUNTLESS SHINGLE AND HEADING MACHINE

Capacity from 25,000 to 50,000 per day.

The frame of iron throughout, very heavy and rigid, strongly bolted and braced ;
carriage very light and strong, made of forged cast steel saw plate, running on steel
ways or tracks; will take in a block 18 inches wide and 19 inches long, adjustablefor
16 inch or 18 inch shingles.

iim i

i m ia

ii in im ih

Lat

Drake's Improved Shingle Edger.

With 40 inch saw will make more No. 1 Shingles from the same quantity of timber tham
any Wheel Jointer in existence.

It has a heavy iron frame made for two operators, two inch steel saw arbor, with extra
long bearings; driving pulley 8 inches diameter, 7 inch face, saw 40 inches diameter, 16 gauge,
speed, 1,600 per minute.

Mill men who have once used this machine will not use any other. _- For capacity, remoy-
ing sap-knois, rot or any other imperfections, for making parallel shingles and economy of stock,
it is superior to any other.

other kinds of Shingle Jointers, both sélf-acting and hand-feed Shingle Machines, Packing Boxes, Drag Saw Machines, Bolters, Stationary and Portable Saw Mills,
I le Edgers, Single Edgers, Slab Saw Rigs, Bull Wheel Rigs. Lath Machines, Lath Bolters, in fact a general line of Mill Machinery, with Pulleys, Shafting, &c. Satisfaction guaranteed in

Se y estimates on-anything re ired, and the same will receive immediate attention.

' HARD and SOFT

1891. THE CANADA

January,

LUMBERMAN. Ig

Friction

‘Putiey Board. F

The Best Materials ever used
for Frictions of all
kinds

MANUFACTURED BY

Asbestos
Mill
Board.

SAMPLES FURNISHED.

[Jommvion [eater Poaro Qfomany,

Montreal,

PLEASE MENTION THIS PAPER.

Steam

Packing.
Quebec.

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED

TO MILL OWNERS, MANUFACTURERS

AND ALL WHO ARE USING

RRABRABALRABRALRABRABRARARABRAEARAKRALARARARABRAKRKRAARAARAARARAB

Leather* Belting |

FVEVV VF Vee aa EE ea Ee eee ee

Paaeaansay

Be SO ew ANE 233Sa2 CLIN Gr

Which will Run Straight on the Pulleys,
Which is Thoroughly Well Stretched,
Which will not Tear at the Lace Holes,
Which will give es ie’ Satisfaction,

SS SAE EEE ano) —

F. Ee. DIXON en Oey

MANUFACTURERS OF

PATENT LAP-JOINT STAR RIVET

*+LEATHER* RELTING*

70 King Street Fast, Toronto.

Sole Agents in Canada for

CELEBRATED PHCENIX OIL

the

The Uoly Pefect Belt Dressing,
All our Belting is sold at the Canadian price list. Please compare be-
fore purchasing. Send for Discounts and our Pamphlet on Belting.

PETER EL ANe ra ee

Galt+ a ag Works.

i : © eee KN TV ES

OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR
i Planing, ouldine & Stave Cutting.

ONT.

GAELS

SAS es wy aN © Om Ase ae
DESERONTO, ONT.,

MANUFACTURER OF

»TERRA*COTTA*FIRE-PROOFING *

For Use in Old and New Buildings.
Endorsed by Leading Architects. Absolutely Fire-proof.
Wood or Brick. Weight One-Third that of Brick.
Crack on application of Heat or Water. .
Gives Warmth in Winter; Coolness in Summer.

About as Cheap as
Does not

Deadens Noise.

NAPANEE CEMENT COMPANY

(LIMITED.)
— MANUFACTURERS OF —
e¥ Mydraulic Gement §
PAPAL LOL eee
po ULARLY adapted for Dams, Smoke Stacks, Foundations Cul-
verts, Cisterns, Cellars, etc.

ENDORSED BY LEADING RAILWAYS AND CONTRACTORS.
fae Oe Gt rie) Aes

For Building, Plastering, Gas Purifying, Paper Making, &c.

B. F. Sturtevant's Patent Progressive Lumber

Sos it

SS IL eS S)

GUARANTEED
TO DRY

—IN

Best Manner Possible

ALL KINDS OF

WOOD = UMBER.

WRITE-+POR+CATALOGUE.

91 LIBERTY STREET

ey AN a)

Dry Kaln.

NO WARPING
CHECKING
AND BLUEING

—WITH

STURTEVANT
Patent Hot Blast

Ln

otpam Heating
Apparatus.

== 31 N. CANAL STREET

CHICAGO.

NEW YORK.

B. F. STURTEVANT, Patentee and Sole Manufacturer, 34 Oliver Street, (

(corner of Franklin street) BOSTON, Mass., U. S.A.

A, kK. Williams, Soho Machine Works, Toronto, General Agent for the Dominion.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

January, 1891

SAW MILL Machinery
Koay
(;) BAND,

Shingle and
Lath Mills.

ae ae

Several Sizes Combined

PLANERS.

|

\

WATEROUS ENGINE WORKS

Our maxims have been ‘‘ Nothing can be too well made.”
‘‘Make the machinery as it should be in every part and then
set the price at a fair profit considering the cost.’’ ‘‘ Never
cut the price and then cheapen the production to suit the
price.” ‘ That mill men and people generally can and do
appreciate a good article and will generally buy it, even if
first taken in with some cheap machine said to answer as
well,” After forty years of successful business life on the
same premises, conducted on these lines, we have no reason
to regret having started out with this standard before us. It

has given us a reputation we are proud of, one that we can-

not afford to injure ; and one

that has kept us in full oper-
ation during these years,when

many shops have been closed

and others run short handed

or on short time.

WOODYARD
OUTFITS.

ee

dinerit

U0,

This is true.
Especially
in Machinery-

ATEROUS
ENGINE WORKS ON
CRANTFORD CAN.

Portable Engines.
6 to50h.p._ All descriptions
of boiler work, burners, tanks,

&C.

ADA
ORT Canadhe A,

TOR. LITHO

Ewart Link Belting.

The Great Conveying Medium.

Brantford,

GAN ADA.

January, - 1891. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. zi

er ae eo Worm "Woe orm Weer lors]
Lin al) "eae 5 y |

——s WAND MACH™*
new ANS SEOND ARO ere)

Frereece seek

+ DEPOT.

a i 7 ae noe +9386 om
geet = Hie hc F ; “t 6 «@

8) zie Kp (MX > Se L
= SYS

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u] HERE’S A CHANCE—And such a chance as
comes but onceinalifetime. Having erected
a large warehouse at Toronto, witha view of
centralizing my business interests, I will sell
for the next two or three months the stock of
machinery and tools now stowed in my AS 4%
Brantford depot at reduced prices, in order 7. “~~
to save cost of reshipment. Manufacturers

and others who contemplate the purchase ot

p machinery of any description whatsoever v*s 3 j ‘ atin.
5) ! vill find it greatly to pe capeptaee ste It is with a considerable degree of satisfaction that I can now announce to my
ommunicate wit ne withou €lay. 1e . 5 » : ” ne a
H 4s following list es only a very small extensive circle of patrons and the public generally that a few weeks hence I will have
portion of my stock:— __ , - Sis nie 5 ‘ ip Rare. ee Wane : Se
rit} NEW MACHINE TOOLS—of Bertram & finished one of the most complete warelouses for my line of trade im the Dominion.

milling machines, bolt cutters, gear cutters, . : vive , : ; 7 os
~ Steam hammers, punch and shears, bending neither trouble nor expense in fitting up a place of business that will meet all require-
out wae Nees ments. With a substantial four-story building, having an aggregate floor space of

Sons’ build—lathes, sharpers, planes, drills, Realizing to the fullest extent the present and future demands of the trade, I am sparing
N NO. 6 steel double exhaust fan—Detroit e

G ee Pa bi ! 20,000 square feet, fitted with French plate front on main floor and equally well lighted

ENGINES—horizontal—following. size cylin- on every flat, equipped with two of the most approved steam elevators, for passengers

oC ee ee ae era: Sas. A and freight, the latter having a lifting capacity of 12,000 pounds, heated by steam
S/2X14, OX12, 0%XI2, 5x10, 5%} 2X7,

34x634, 357x434. 23K334. 24X5. throughout and lighted by electricity, with vaults of latest design, while the offices are
ee a cis ai awahicatien horse- finished with a degree of elegance, more suggestive perhaps than any department of the
PORTABLE ENGINES on wheels and skids solidity of the business Iam doing. With all these advantages, I can, with confidence,
MARINE ENGINES and boilers —3 to 18 claim an establishment which will be modern right up to date and well calculated to
SEE ete each =6o festoIbie ands feet meet the requirements of many years to come. Nor will my stock fall short of my equip-
beam. Send for full particulars. ment. I shall make it a fixed rule that no customer entering my warehouse in search
wees of any article whatever in the machinery or supply line, whether it be a complete saw-
Sees uate crea) sizes and makes. mill rig or a steam guage, a fully equipped planing mill, or a belt lace; in fact anything
—other sizes down to 2 horse-power. that is made and can be procured will be placed at the disposal of my customers. I can
TS ran nice tr eee. also with satisfaction look back over the events that have led up to the present develop-
CONDENSER—Waterous make—suitable for ment.’ Nearly 15 years ago I commenced business on a limited scale in the busy and
LAK etek teed neater pumps, heaters, prosperous little city of Brantford, and year by year I have seen my field of operation
injectors, and engine governors—new and spreading, until I now ship goods to the farthest limits of this broad Dominion, and
none but the best facilities, such as are afforded by the leading city of Canada, will

meet the demands of my trade. Hence my removal to Toronto, where not only will I

have superior advantages for advancing my business interests, but I am placing my-

self within easy reach of customers at all points; in fact with Toronto’s railway facilities

I am now in touch with all Canada. I wish particularly to impress on the public my

location which has been selected rather with a view to the convenience of my customers

Ly

OGIO MESO

second-hand large stock.

STEAM pumps—several sizes and by differ-
ent makers—also new of every size.

HAND fire engine—Seneca Falls build-—a
special bargain offered in this.

FOUR second-hand saw mills at very low

rice—one new 3-block mill,*‘Eclipse’’ make.

LARGE lot ot lumber and log cars, drag saws,
bull wheel rigs, edgers, butting saw rigs,
and other saw mill requisites.

183 SHINGLE mills and jointers by different

OCF TOPS

makers. than my own special accommodation. Iam only 40 yards from the Union station, and
ee ge ee lathe mills, and one have arranged for a broad plank walk from the centre arch-way of the station building

TWO stone cutters, 2-foot stone jointers,
Greenwood bolter and equalizing saws.
BAND SAWS—36 inch wheel--also several
small sizes, both new and second-hand.
6 or scroll saws—from $15 up.
PLANERS and matchers, surface planers,
pony planers, buzz planers, etc.; large stock.
MOULDERS. shapers, tenoning machines,
mortisers, boring machines, saw tables, blind
machines, wood lathes, etc., in great variety

CIRCULAR saws—from 72-inch down—saw

arbours, a large assortment.

LEATHER and rubber belting, hose, lace

leather, belt fasteners, etc.

LAKGE lot of pulleys, fly-wheels, hangers.

boxes, shafting, gearing, etc.

WATER-WHEELS—from 60-inch down to

19-inch diameter.

GRIST MILL machinery, ** BUHR” stones,
poly | alec mills, corn and cob mills, feed
) ) mills, smutters, centrifugal reels, elevators.

(G)) stone dressers, etc.

FULL description in detail will be sent of any m >

| machine in above list, on. application. l'oRoNTO AND BRANTFORD.
f Address H. W. PETRIE, adjoining Union

station, Toronto.

A : . ,
ogo ans? are A GTC Ml G70 Al GNC © 780 fh © TNC HG Tse

(On W. PETRI v eh TO 145 aa) pre

up through my premises, giving the public a short cut to Front street and the street
railway lines entering there and my customers the benefit of being able to do business
in my wareroom up to the very moment their train starts. Also.when time is limited,
one minute after leaving the train they can be within the walls of my building, which
advantage [ am sure will be greatly appreciated. I extend to everyone, whether intend-
ing customers or others, a ccrdial invitation to call and see me. I will with pleasure
show them over the entire building, with its many floors well filled with the produc-
tions of manufacturers from all over Canada and many points in the United States,
while in the basement will be seen our work shops, where we repair and refit whatever
stands in need of the machinists craft. Come and feel welcome to Canada’s most com-

plete machinery depot. Yours very truly,
A TT, BREIL. > |

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PROPRIETOR
SL PSO RESO wROSC 9 fROSCo «ll

THE CAN ADA LUMBERMAN.

CEO. HASTINGS. JOHN CRAY. H. HANCOCK.

GEO. HASTINGS & CO.

Lumber f Merchants

TRUST BUILDING CHAMBERS,
Cor. Yonge and Colborne Streets.

TORON DES:

All Kinds of Pine and Hardwood Lumber.

—==BILL STUFF CUT TO ORDER A SPECIALTY.

aie HARDWOOD LUMBER (0,

Whole nd Shippers in all kinds of

Se

sale Dealers a

)

Ss

~

83 Front Street West, Corner Lorne Street, TORONTO,
OFFICES TELEPHONE MILLS
Hamilton, Toronto No. 1046 Gravenhurst, Huntsville
Windsor Katrine.

ROBERT THOMSON & CO.

DEALERS IN

Pine and Mardwood

: LUMBER® TIMBER’

Afills Operating all the espondence Solicited.

103 BAY STREET,

TORONTO,

EORTC wae =

ONDON CANADIAN CHAMBERS
THOMAS MEANEY,
REPRESENTTVE.

y= 5 Established !849.
a 3h olay ty ~
wi at OF ae, ao aN

A

¢ 4

tam
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§\ Sse

we

DALTON McCARTHY, President. |

—— *

é HARDWOOD + * - LUMBER &

Jonny pai

DONOGH & OLIVER,

Wholesale Dealers in

LUMBER |

Out Gee
Nos. 16 and 17 Imperial Bank Buildings,

WELLINGTON STREET East.

LQRONEO,, CA

J. H. EYER, Manager

Toronto and Midland Mfg Co.

(INCORPORATED.)

Lumber + Dealers

AND MANUFACTURERS OF

LUMBER, FLOORING

Sidin

DRESSED

Ceiling, Sheeting, g, Shelving, Mouldings of all Descriptions.

Office and Yard:

FOOT OF SPADINA AVE., - TORONTO.

Planing Mills : MIDLAND, ONT.

PORTER, ROBERTSON: & CO.

MeV,
| STOCKS WHOLESALE HARDWOODS.
STRIPS EL U M B E R HEMLOCK
SIDINGS SHINGLES
_ BILLSTUFF DEALERS LATH, ETC.
EGON

Millichamp’s Buildings,

35 * Adelaide * Street * East,

TORONTO.

YARD: NORTHERN DOCK, FOOT OF BATHURST STREET.

Incorporated 1884.

Detroit Saw Works

MANUFACTURERS OF

is Circular, Gang, Mulay, Drag and Cross-Cut Saws.

MOLDING AND PLANINC KNIVES,

I ade Bie hie Emery Wheels and General Mill Supplies.

66, 68, 70 and 72 Fort St. East, DETROIT, MIGH.

THE RATHBUN COMPANY, cc aio HERCULES ENGHE

February, 1891. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

Ww

C. C. CLEVELAND. G. F. CLEVELAND. One of the greatest chances in America

J. L. GOODHUE & CO., For a Profitable Wholesale Wood-working Industry. One RAILROAD, BANK & OFFICE

of the best located plants in Tonawanda may be leased,

: covering seven hundred feet docked water front on the] - % ‘
: age eee Harbor; with ground five hundred feet in depth; large fac-
e tory building, two hundred by one hundred and twenty five,
] szeather BWelting with basement; brick boiler and fuel rooms detached, suit- » “

able for sash, doors, blinds, boxes, and custom planing com

AND
3 bined. Tonawanda although carrying three hundred
| A Ge | .eather. millions of lumber in stock has yet no large industry such FE S ava iD
as proposed. Will sell or lease for term of years. Moderate eS
|| 3p AN Pane ees é _ (oases) rent, cheap labor, low taxes, lowest insurance. 300 ST. JAMES STREET. MONTREAL.

SMITH, FASSETT & CO.. Tonawanda, N.Y.

GO@BBAV, BENSON & GO

SDE BEC, PP. QO.

|
General Lumber = Timber Merchants,

STORAGE OF LUMBER.

We are prepared to receive any quantity of Lumber for storage.
Freight and money will be advanced on same. Also, Warehouse
Receipts issued, which can_ be hypothecated to banks and others.
{Storage charges easy. For further particulars apply to

W. LEAK & CO.

Fuumber, Coal and Wood,
|]DUNDAS STREET, - - TORONTO.

vvvyv
Correspondence is solicited from parties having choice stocks of Hardwood and Pine
to offer, either in the log or in sawn lumber.

JOHN BERTRAM & SONS, Packing Cases in Shooks: | |( > //() CORM4Z CR

eater ¢ OO ¢ WZ Omics fa Any Saw mill in Canada able to undertake
large orders for Case Boards is requested to

DUNDAS, ONTARIO. communicate with
WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY | | W. & C. PANTIN

MACHINE TOOLS, ETC. 147 Upper Thames Street,
Write for Prices and Catalogues LONDON J E - E ENC. WHITBY, a Z ONTARIO

COP

Engineers

Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
All kinds of LUMBER.

Lumber Shipped to all parts by Rail or Vessel.

I f “i MEAN || | fc
|

PEHEKRIN | So agen , AT. ANDERSON & 00,,

CONTRACTORS FOR
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: ELECTRICAL AND GENERAL MACHINERY.
Safeguard,
No Hot ‘Boxes. Stands “any weight or motion. Best and cheapest metal |
known for Machinery Journal Bearings. Reliable Machinists use no other. To | ~ 75 Adelaide Street East,

Complete instalations of team and Hydraulic
Power, Electric Light and Power Plants, Wiring
and Construction for Are and Incandescent

| Lighting. Agents for the celebrated “C. & C.”
Electric Motors.

; Ju ; ak | Toronto, Ont., Canada.
be had at every enterprising Hardware store in the Dominion. | Bistinares dosnichoa sedi agers cuties

| cheerfu ly given to intending purchasers.

ALONZO W. SPOONER, Patentee and Manufacturer, PORT HOPE, ONT N. B.—Only first-class work on which a full

guarantee will be given.

THE MONARCH BOILER LUMBER

TRUCK + WHEELS.

DESERONTO, - - ONTARIO, AIRE ESINS

MANUFACTURERS OF
‘to Saw Lumber

Doors, sash, Hlinds, stairs 7 to Saw Lamb
y } E } y Rvep in eee ‘i
SND ALL KINDS OF WOODEN HOUSE FINISHING MATERIALS. Portable from 6 to 70 horse power. Surpass The Montreal +

be a ee

“- Guaranteed

portable steam power heretofore produced for
Strength, durability, compactness, and the ease
with which they can be moved.

CEDAR kia FOR FPuURGING BOILERS. The 70 horse power can be taken over therough-

est roads, or into the forest, and set up as easily

a ene quickly as an ordinary 20 horse power port- Oy
able engine, and as firm as a brick-set stationary Ss
"SM CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED Be _ engine. Engines and boilers of every size and des- 4) t
a ee

vription. Rotary Saw Mills, Shingle and Lath
machines, Law Grinders, Planers, ete. Mill

. machinery and supplies of every description.
Every boil = . ] nT 7 r
very boiler insured against explosion by the
Ol er an urner Or Boiler Jisurance & Inspection Co. of Canada. LINE SEU US SS
Write for circulars.
A. ROBB & SONS, | Amherst Foundry and
Amherst, N-S.

eae estaausnes oven ao yeas CHARCOAL IRON CHILLED

of Boilers was
Menasha Hickory Pulleys |
We make the only |
\ hardwood bent rim

built for the
North Pacific
Lumber Co.,
Barnet, B. C.
N\ spoke arm split pulley,
A only small split pulley,
Honly wooden hangers
in Premanicet: Send for |
? discounts & circulars.

— i

cite

Offices: New York Life Insurance
Menasha | SSF
Wood Split Pulley Co. Building, Montreal.

MENASHA, WISCONSIN. | Works: Lachine, Quebec.

Te SHOR MSs, {ae

DEALER IN
| E make a Specialty of Wheels suitable for
PIM eS MINEIAE IR AINDS | cue i: Sotice and can supplv chem Rock
Send for Estimates g Toronto Street, | Finished and Balanced.

TORONTO, 2 : ONT. |

|

- Waterous Engine Works Co., Brantford, Canada CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. | CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED

4 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. February, 189,

EAPER, ‘TOOTH.

peer ae) Burns
4E Aan Blan

1) Wis R &,

I SILVES. STEEL

bd ac Thomas 7

WWW og

TELEPHONE 5120.

MANUFACTURERS LANCE LOOT A:

TORONTO B
Fah (a Bach OR

ill) SILVER STEEL }

B Ww eo . MARK - T.
URNS Thane toro

Saws WORKS AT angen
The Dodge Patent System of

ROPE TRANSMISSION OF POWER.

TORONTO.

The above cut represents a simple Drive from one shaft to another, and can be apphed
in any case, or to any distance, in or out of doors. The ordinary space between centres
being limited, to say, 100 feet, after which additional Carriers can be added to any distance.

For full information and particulats, apply to

* Dodge Wood Split Pulley Go, *

City Office, 83 King St, W. TORONTO. TELEPHONE 2080.

Meo, “LEADER”

Manufactured of Triple Refined Silver Steel,

The Finest ee dnpbied Fastest Cutting E
Rolled specially for us from Superior Ingots.

and Best Saw made on the Continent.

THE KING OF CROSS- -CUOT SAWS.

R.H. SMITH COMPANY. Ltp., St. CATRARINES, Onr.

Sole NMA ee

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

VoutumE XII :
NUMBER 2

TORONTO, ONT., FEBRUARY, 1891.

THE GANANA LUMBERMAN

PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY
~My, (Sy IMIOES AME Sas op

.

OFFICE:
75 CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE BUILDING,
TORONTO, ONTARIO.

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPT®N:

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LUMBERMAN quite insignificant as compared with its value to them.
There is not an individual in the trade or specially interested in it,
who should not be on our list thus obtaining the present benefit
and aiding and encouraging us to render it even more complete.

TO VISITING LUMBERMEN.
LUMBERMEN visiting Toronto are invited to use the
office of the LUMBERMAN as their own. We shall take
pleasure in supplying them with every convenience for
receiving and answering their correspondénce, and hold
ourselves at their service in any other way that they
may desire.

THE E. B. Eddy Manufacturing Company, limited,
will apply to the Parliament of Canada at its next
session for an act empowering said company to re-
duce the capital stock to three hundred thousand
dollars and otherwise to amend its act of incorporation.

A TRACK cutter for logging roads was patented in
Noy., 1890 by Mr. E. R. Week, of Stevens Point, Wis.
The device is intended to true up the bed of the log-
ging road, and consists of two bob sleds carrying a
frame, having their runners arranged to give a long
sled base ; a pair of adjustable cutters are supported
by the frame between the sleds, in line with, but
separate from the runners.

At the preliminary trial of the prisoners arrested for
robbing the stores of the Muskoka Mill & Lumber Co.
last Nov., no evidence was produced sufficient to
connect the Perraults with the burglary. Geo.
Perrault was sentenced to four months in jail with hard
labor for carrying a revolver, and disorderly conduct in
Nov. last. “Jim” Landrigan, who from the evidence
undoubtedly committed the crime, was sent up for trial,
bail being refused.

IT is argued that oak will continue as the fashionable
wood for furniture and house finish because there is
nothing to take its place. There is a good deal in that.
But there are other and better reasons why it will con-
tinue in favor. Its endurance, richness and beauty will
always keep it in high favor for certain uses. It would
certainly have been just as popular years ago as it is
now, had we known as well how to bring out its beauty
and richness.

A SHAFT coupling was patented in Canada last fall
by Mr. David Boorman, of Altoona, Penn. It is a
device whereby a pair of shafts may be readily tighten-
ed, loosened, coupled or uncoupled, and consists of a
collar having key seats or recesses therein and an
opening through it to receive the ends of the shafts to
be coupled ; wedged shaped keys adapted to fit in the
recesses in the ends of the shafts and the collar se-

‘cured by nuts securely couple the two ends together.

STATEMENTS prepared by Governmen} Statistician
Johnson go to show that while Canada only sent $1,-
100,000 worth of lumber and other products of the
forest last year to the West Indies and South Central
America the United Sates sent $7,000,000. There isa
big market for lumber to the south of us, outside of the
United States, and to that market it would be well if
our lumbermen would direct their attention as well as
to the West Indies.

_ THE experiment of transporting lumber on barges
instead of by raft, is to be tried on a large scale on the
Mississippi river next season by Capt. Sam Vansant, a
well known raftsman of Winona, Minn. It is claimed
that it can be moved cheaper in this way than by the
time honored method of rafting, as much will be saved
in handling, aside from the advantage of having the
lumber kept dry while on the way. Itis computed that
2,500,000 feet can be transported in a tow of eight
barges and that the saving on this quantity over the old
method would be $800.

THE Australasian and South American, a trade pa-
per devoted to the interests of our foreign trade, thinks
that the governments of the United States and Canada
should unite in some course of action with regard to
the Leary rafts. As it is, it says, these immense float-
ing islands of timber creep along the coast in the track
of vessels going in all directions over the same track.
The greatest danger is incurred, according to the same
authority, in the liability of the sections of the raft to
drift derelict about the ocean, after abandonment in a
storm; or, in the shape of scattered logs, dispersed over
a wide area, they may prove a constant menace to

shipping.

APPLICATION will be made to the Parliament of the
Dominion of Canada, at the next session thereof, for
an act to incorporate a company to be called “The
Pembroke Lumber Company,” with power to carry on
the business of manufacturers of timber, saw logs and
sawed lumber, and the buying, selling, mortgaging, or
pledging the same and dealing therein, and to become
parties to promissory notes, drafts and bills of ex-
change, and to borrow money, and to carry on the
business of wharfingers and warehousemen, and to
acquire and hold lands and Crown timber limits for
the purpose ofsaid business in Canada; and to buy
and sell, mortgage or pledge the same, and to do all
other acts incident to said business in Canada or else-
where.

§ TERMS, $1.00 PEK YEAR.

( SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.

A MAHOGANY tree lately cut in Honduras made three

logs, which were sold in Europe and brought $11,000.

The mahogany tree ranges from one to seven feet in
gan) :

branches and
The Hon-

duras mahogany comes to market in logs from two to

diameter, is often sixty feet to the first
frequently exceeds ninety feet in height.
four feet square and twelve to fourteen feet long, planks
sometimes being obtained that are seven feet wide. The
weight of a cubic foot of mahogany varies from thirty
five to fifty-three pounds.
is called 100 per cent., the strength of mahogany is 67

As compared with oak, whic

and 96, its stiffness is from 73 to 93, and its toughness
from 61 to 99 percent. The government engineer of
Honduras estimates the total value of the trees, such as

are regarded fit to be cut, at $200,000,000 while the
smaller trees, not ready to cut, are also worth a large
amount.

SUB-CLAUSE ¢. of Section 2 of the Timber Regula-
tions approved by the Order-in-Council of the 17th day
of September, 1889, establishing regulations affecting
Timber on Dominion Lands, chapter 98 of the con-
solidated Orders-in-Council of Canada, has
amended and now reads: Licensees shall have the
option of either paying the royalty of five per cent.
therein specified, on the value of the lumber inthe log,
or at the period at which the lumber, when manufac-
tured is sold ; and that if the dues are paid at the
former period, the royalty shall be on the average
price received for lumber during the three months
next previous to the date upon which the dues are
paid. Section 20 of the Regulations in question, which
provides for a drawback or rebate of the dues -paid
upon timber which has been exported beyond the
limits of Canada, has been repealed.

been

SAMPLES consisting of various kinds of maple, alder,
cottonwood, cedar, spruce and fir were sent by the
Brunette Sawmill Co., New Westminster, B. C., to Mr.
J. W. McRae, of the firm of Murphy & McRae, for-
warders. Thisis the firm who recently shipped 17 car
loads of fir to Toronto, the freight on
which was $4,000. They are cutting the timber
for the new vessel being built for the Hud-
son Bay Co.— one stick is 82 feet long and another
is 5x18—and filling an order for 150,000 feet dimension
stuff for a cannery. The invention in the shape of end-
less chains alternated with stationary timbers sloping to
the lower part of the mill, for the safe transfer of trimmed
lumber is working very satisfactorily. The lumber is push-
ed on to a system of hooks attached to the chains after
coming from the saws, and is gently and continuously
deposited to where it is transferred to the waiting
trucks by the men in attendance. The Brunette Mills
were the first in the province to take advantage of this
way of carefully handling the lighter class of lumber
from the upper floors of the mill to the ground.

Mr. J. W. TODD, of the firm of Watson & Todd,
lumber merchants, of Liverpool, Eng., was in Ottawa
towards the end of last month and on being questioned
by a reporter irom the Ottawa fpyurvmal at to the
British prospects said: “The probability is, that the
English market will improve as the new year advances,
and this is a pretty reliable prediction if only from the
fact that it cannot possibly grow worse.” Speaking of
the past years trade, Mr. Tedd said it was a very
calamitous year, being one of almost constant dis-
appointment and loss. The importations had been
excessive and were followed by hampered financial
stress, and the market became to a certain extent de-

6

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

February, 1891

moralized. There were other reasons for the falling
off in the timbertrade. Every market is, of course,
regulated by the law of supply and demand, and
though their operation may be retarded or temporarily
rendered ineffective, these laws must ultimately assert
themselves and they have done so in the English mar-
ket. The supply has been greater than the demand,

and if the year just closed has suffered most it was,

in his opinion, because the climax had been reached.

THE failure of the J. E. Potts Salt and Lumber Co.,
of Potts, Mich., reported in our January issue, has
proven acalamity. Over 1,000 men were thrown out
of employment. The village is dead. Twenty two
new locomotives, over four hundred cars and sixty
eight teams of horses are idle. The mill cut during
the season 98,399,466 feet of lumber, said to be the
largest season’s output of any mill in the world. To
saw this it ran continuously 207 days and 201 nights.
Enough logs are at the mill or in the limits to keep the
mill running for a year, and the company’s own rail-
road runs up to the tract of land on which there stands
uncut over 350,000,000 feet of pine.

WE received an invitation from the Buffalo Lumber
Exchange to attend a dinner on the 31st ult. at the
Genesee, Buffalo. It was our intention to be present
at the gathering, and we regret that other business en-
gagements prevented us from partaking of the hospi-
tality of our Buffalo friends. We wish the guests an
enjoyable evening, even if they have to protract the
time into “the wee sma-oors.” They can do this in
Buffalo without being molested. In Toronto ‘the
good” lumbermen enjoying themselves early on Sunday
morning would have to extract comfort from the soft
side of a pine plank in a cooler.

It is a peculiar fact that forest trees do not, as a rule,
succeed their kinds. In several parts of Western On-
tario where ridges or plateaus of pine once flourished
there are young forests of maple, beech and other hard
wood. There isa naturallaw governing the succession
of timber. Hemlock is succeeded by poplar, particu-
larly in swales, oak by hickory, ash and beech. The
rule would seem to be that other timber than the origi-
nal takes its place very likely from the fact that wood,
like grain, flourished for a period until they have robbed
the soil of the elements necessary for their existence,
and left untouched the compounds necessary to feed
some other kind.

Our list of accidents and fatalities is unusually long
this month. The occupation of a chopper, hewer or
logger, is very hazardous, and when injured, the dis-
tance to cover before reaching medical assistance fre-
quently puts the unfortunate beyond human aid.
Shantymen go into the woods in gangs in the fall ; they
are deprived of the most of creature comforts ; exposed
to inclement weather from daylight to dark, and bunk
in a log shelter at night, far from palatial. If the own-
er of the limit, or the foreman of any shanty, will send
the addresses and the name of the nearest post office
where mail matter can be delivered the LUMBERMAN
will be glad to send copies of its issue free of charge,
and if any foreman finds that his employees take an
interest in the news items and the various topics dis-
cussed in the journal we will mail him some of oui ex-

changes.

Mr. SAMUEL PLIMSOLL, that gentleman with
a “mission,” the sailors friend, is after the
scalp of the deal and sawn lumber shipper

of eastern Canada. As soon as he has been presented
with an address agd a gold medal by the “Bovines” for
whom he is to provide Pullman and Wagner stalls, his
attention will be directed to vessels employed in the
deal and sawn lumber trade. Somebody has told him,
or he has found out by accident or enquiry, that many
vessels are employed in the trade positively useless to
carry any other cargo and unfit even to carry deals ;
that the deck-loads are carelessly piled, and so high that
in foul weather limbs and life are endangered : that

vessels flounder about in mid-ocean uncontrolled by

sail or helm from being greatly overloaded and that
many partially controlled are weeks behind on their
trip. The old gentleman, if he gets an idea into his
cranium, pushes *it with bull-dog tenacity, takes little
notice of the opinions of others and ferrets around until
he snuffs out by his own efforts the truth or the false-
hood of the reports. If there 1s anything in the reports,
—look out for squalls, Eastern shipper

THE lumber section of the Toronto, Ont., Board of
Trade held its annual meeting January 22nd, and elect-
ed the following committees : Executive, Joseph Oliver,
(chairman), A. A. Scott, William Leak, George Gall,
James Tennant. Arbitration, A. R. Christie, J. B.
Christie, John Donogh. Inspection, A. R. Riches,
George Gall, James Tennant. Edgar A. Wills was re-
elected secretary and treasurer. The main item of
business was the question of representation on the
Council of the Board of Trade. Mr. John Donogh of the
wholesale lumber firm of Donogh & Oliver, received the
appointment, no opposition being offered. At the an-
nual meeting of the Board of Trade held the same day
Mr. Donogh’s name was added to the Council as the
representative of the lumber section. In the selection
of the appointee the lumbermen, who for the first time
will have a voice in the deliberations of the Council,
chose one of the strongest men from amongst their
membership and their interest cannot but be safe in Mr.
Donogh’s hands.

THE different lumbermen’s organizations have been
busy during the past month holding their annual, bi-an-
nual, or quarterly meetings. The first to meet at Toledo,
Ohio, on tne 19th ult., was the Union Association of
Retail Lumber Dealers of Ohio. The Michigan Retail
Lumber Dealers met at Kalamazoo ; the Illinois Retail
Dealers at Springfield, Ill. ; and the Wholesale Sash,
Door and Blind Manufacturing Association of the
Northwest met at Chicago on the 21st ult. The Chi-
cago Wholesale Dealers met in their rooms in the
Chamber of Commerce and issued a new schedule of
prices. The old price list of Oct. 22nd, 1890, was re-
vised and in the new list adopted prices were raised soc.
to $2 per M on everything except pickets and battens.
The Kansas and Missouri Lumber Dealers met on the
27th ult., at Kansas City, and the Northwestern Lum-
bermen’s Association at Minneapolis on the 28th. The
present month, February, the following Associations
meet :--The Teche and Gulf Coast Cypress Lumber
and Shingle Association, New Iberia, La., Monday,
February 2. The Georgia Sawmill Association, Atlan-
ta, Ga., February 9. The Southern Cypress Lumbei

and Shingle Association, New Orleans, La., February
11. The Southern Lumber Manufacturers’ Association,

at Memphus, Tenn, February 18.

A BILL has been brought before the Imperial Parlia-
ment which proposes to amend the law respecting tim-
ber deck loads in winter. The attention of the Minister
of Marine was directed to the fact that the correspon-
dence relating to deck loads of lumber, 7e the said bill,
was not yet complete. A copy of Mr. Samuel Plimsoll’s
letters on the subject was brought to Mr. Tupper’s
notice, and also Lord Knutsford’s despatch to the Gov-
ernor General, requesting him to state if the Canadian
Government was prepared to initiate legislation of the
same nature as the Imperial House of Commons. In
the opinion of Mr. Plimsoll Canada should prohibit the
exportation of deck loads of timber in winter. The
letter of Mr. Plimsoll, referred to in the despatch from
the Colonial Office, stated that while some Canadian
ship owners might press for retaining the present three
feet limit of deck loads, they did not represent Canada
in this respect, but that the Dominion as a wholé co-
operated with those in England who were agitating to
prohibit the carrying of timber on deck in winter. In
support of his statement, Mr.Plimsoll instanced alleged
facts to show the great danger to shipping and to sail-
ors by allowing winter deck loads. “These statements,”
said Mr. Tupper. “were most important, for, if true, the
legislation asked for ought to be passed. My report to
council showed that so far as these statements were
made applicable to Canada they had no foundation in

fact ; in other words, that Canadian shipping had pro-
duced no such record as Mr. Plimsoll alleged. When
Mr. Plimsoll was in Canada he admitted that he had
not looked particularly into the statistics of Canada
shipping and the deck load law ; that his statistics
were based on the general tonnage of vessels sailing
from different ports and carrying winter deck loads.
Mr. Plimsoll further acknowledged that he did not
apply his statements directly to Canada ; that, in fact,
he had not the Diminion in his mind at the time, but
he supposed they applied to Canada, as to other por-
tions of the empire.”

WE had almost concluded that the crass ignorance
existing some years ago in the mother country regard-
ing Canada had died a natural death. We know for a
fact that we are no longer looked upon as a species of
white savage clad in furs for six months prowling round
after wild animals, or else being drawn over six feet of
snow by a dog eam, yet we were unprepared for the
“Gulliver” we stumbied across in the London, England
Timber Trades Journal. A \etter appears in that pub-
lication from a Liverpool timber merchant who states
regarding the export of deals from Halifax, N. S., and
St. John, N. B., during the winter months “That he is
aware those ports are open so far as the water is con-
cerned, but that the deals are mostly away from the
port and are frozen so hard that it is impossible to ship
them ; and it is very exceptional to hear of a cargo be-
ing shipped from St. John.” The Timber Trades
Journal comes to the rescue of the befogged merchant
with the following choice tit-bit of information :

‘“We always thought that the reason for the supply ceasing
from countries far north was not that the commodities were
frozen, but that the ships could not get away en voyage when
the goods were put on board in consequence of the ports being
icebound. Admitted that St. John is open on the Ist of Janu-
ary, we should like the Liverpool firm to give a fuller expla-
nation of the difficulties that lie in the way of loading a steam-
er that is ready to receive cargo on the date and at the place
mentioned. We are quite aware there are seasons when the
cold is so intense as almost to stop labor of any kind, but these
are exceptional, and when they do happen St. John is closed
by ice and navigation is stopped.” -

The St. John Evening Gazette supplies these statis-
tics. Winter months 1883-84, 44 vessels, 9 of which
were steamers left St. John for Great Britain with car-
goes of deals. Winter months of 1887-88, 33 vessels
cleared, 10 of which were steamers. Winter months of
1888-89, 47 vessels including 9 steamers sailed from
that port. On Christmas day of 1890 there were five
large vessels in the port of St. John loading with deals
for France and one for South America, four other such
vessels being then expected to arrive there to load deals
for Europe, two of them steamers.

The Gazette closes its remarks on the question by
giving the Zzmber Trades Journal so much knowledge
on the St. John timber trade that forever it should be
an authority on that particular section of Canada. It

says :—

‘Tt is rather pitiful to find such a paper as the Zimzber
Trades Journal showing such dense ignorance as to say that
there are seasons when St. John is closed with ice, and navi-
gation stopped, and gravely informing its readers that vessels
sailing in the Bay of Fundy in winter are in danger of en-
countering huge icebergs. What sort of an atlas does the
Timber Trades Journal consult when it describes St. John as
a port ‘‘far north,” the fact being that St. John is six degrees
or 360 geographical miles further south than London and eight
degrees or 480 geographical miles further south than Liver-
pool. If such absurd blunders had appeared in any other
English paper but one devoted to the timber trade they might
have been forgiven, but in such a journal they aretousaltogether
incomprehensible. Let the Zember Trades Journal under-
stand once for all, and let him and all other British editors
paste in their hats the following paragraph, which contains the
facts of the case with regard to St. John :—The port of St.
John is open all the year round ; it is never obstructed by
ice to the slightest degree, and there is no more difficulty in a
vessel loading deals or any other cargo at St. John in mid-
winter than there is in a vessel taking in a cargo at Liverpool
or London.”

TRADE NOTES.

Among the machinery lately added to Mr. Petrie’s
new and commodious warehouse, on Front Street West,
are several planers, including a “Defiance” planer,
shapers, saw tables, lathes, band saws, sandpaperers,
tenoning, mitering, morticing blind, and re-sawing ma-
chine, a band saw filer and a band saw setter, amongst
them being several of new pattern, all manufactured by
the Cant Bros. Co., of Galt, Limited, of whose various
and well known woodworking machines Mr. Petrie in-
tends making a specialty.

February 1891.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

ieee BE WIE WV.

Toronto, Ont.

TORONTO, Jan. 31, 1891.
CAR OR CARGO LOTS.

Cut up and better... aE EE CE . 30 00 32 00
1XIO & 12 dressing and ‘better. 1800 2000
eed, Sp nt ale gee Hep obd sce sue ddo Gd oUuoSpnenOrercocd 1300 1400
Tea) o: TOGHASSTERRS 4eh Seunocon Got bbb cotetae Ottis DOME tIaa ee Nee im Lyol9)
RTC PSII COMPING Me cre cies vrsine ie ei-feieisieiesereyioie.s wis) viele 1200 1300
BRIG RZ SPOUCE CUS) | ee -.s ois cs cclcisinwl dels nieeiecine 1000 1100
IX10 & 12 mir Hier Ey ae oS oops sesee nb coe eaeSSeaboaS 400 9 00
MAM ETIGICATIAMORPICK So oictaisiecioreloiele pre eicine sreieiemi stains eisiris 2400 2500
Mane clmessinpe and DEELCK ec. ue « ciccmivemis sein eis eimel + ae 1800 2000
RIHETSIGINE WHI STU ei ce se niece sw aint cle ve naize viene 1400 1500
; inch siding common. 1100 1200
1 inch siding ship culls..... Series . 1000 I100
tinch siding mill culls.... .........22. sees eee ee ee ees 800 900
ne RE ee hee cece 6.001 , 9:00
j, and thicker ‘cutting up. ADT eee cee oie aaa 2200 2500
= 4nch strips 4 in to § in mi Dbeeiaa sof aes cte-ieieviss sis/erersie » 1400 1500
1 inch strips, common Sei LOO) 112.00
57 DRA ah <pbe0 sSonncese 50 DopoEeCseocarecogncg 14 00 1500
13inch flooring.. ee een eee cr tccr ts K4100!: 15/00
shin; les, 16 ‘in. een ehkeseeess (220 2:30
XX _ shingles, at in. Saceae 120 130
eth NOT ©... 170 190
IS D&E ise aS cos 5 Soeicede OCS RCo orien as 170
YARD QUOTATIONS.
Mull cull boards & scantling$10 00/ Dressing stocks..... 16 scoa@ize 00
Shipping cull boards, pro- Picks Am. inspection...... 30 00
miscuous widths......... _ &
stocks...
Scantling & joist, up to 16 ft 3 4 14in. flooring, aeesa 26 00 30 oc
ES “78 ft 15 00/1% “* ‘ rough ... 18 00 2200
se ‘20 ft 16 00/1% ‘* “ dres’d F.M.25 00 28 00
aS ‘22 ft 17 00 * ““undrs’d B.M 16 00 16 vo
= ** 24 ft 19 00 “ “« dres’d... 18 00 2000
Me oe ft 20 00 ** ** undres’d 12 09 15 00
s ‘** 28 ft 22 00 Beated sheeting, dress-
Se pee OES 24VO0 ed oc ce Sesieiaere ves 20 00 35 00
a es ft 27 00 es, dres’d 12 00
ba So 3qte earls sawn shingles
ENN cee oialna s:sie cain ine's's 23 50
os “ 36 ft-31 00
“ “ ft 33 20
sf 40 to 44 ft 37 00 37 00 45 00
Ge u as 1 and Basswood, No. 1 & 2 28 00 20 00
thicker Pee ios 25 oo 28 oo|/Cherry, No.1 & 2... 50 00 60 00
ae sake 00 24 00|White ash, 1 & 2.... 24 00 35 00
Black ash,1 & 2..... 20 00 3000
Hamilton, Ont.
HAMILTON, Jan. 31, 1891.
Mill cull boards cs. Dressing stocks. ..... $1600 1800
scantlings.... . $3 9 oo@10 00/1% flooring, rough... 1600 1800
Shipping cull ‘boards. 1% flooring, rough... 1600 1800
romiscuous widths. 1000 1200/1% flooring, dressed . 25 00
ipping cull stocks. 14 00\1% flooring, dressed . 32 00
ee math avist ae 1 flooring, dressed. 21 50 2300
to 16 feet.. ; 14 00| Beaded sheeting 1, .. 2500 3000
do up to 18 feet . 15 §0|Picks, Am in spection 32 00 3400
do up to 20 feet ...... 16 00) Three uppers 4c 00
do up to 22 feet ...... 17 00/X XX sawn shingles.. 260 270
do up to 24 feet ...... 18 0o/Sawn Lath........... 225
do up to 26 feet ...... 19 00|Red Oak............. 2000 2500
do up to 28 feet ...... 20 00] White Oak........... 2500 3000
do up.to Ee 2s 21 00|/Basswood No. 1. & 2.. 1600 2000
Cuttin plank 1% Cherry No. 1 & 2..... 6000 7000
and th fe er dry. 2000 2500|White Ash No.1 & 2. 2500 3500
Cutting up boar Siar 20 00|Black Ash No.1 & 2. 2000 30 00

Ottawa, Ont.
OTTAWA, Jan. 31, 1891.

Pine, —_ qual., @ M.$35 00@40 00|Oak $40 00@100 co

25 oo|/Walnut 4 oe 60 00

22 00 100 090
* eeekie culls 1400 1600j\Cherry. . , - 6000 8000
“« 4th guaj. deals 1000 1200\/Butternut 2200 4000
“ millculls. . . 800 1000/Birch 1500 2500

Spruce, @ M 1000 1200|Maple. hard. 2000 2100

emlock 900 1700/Laths A - 180 190
ae, “er 1300 1800 Shingles. 150 300
Bass . ... « -1200 2000 * cedar 150 300

Montreal, Que.
- MONTREAL, Jan. 31, 1891.

Pine, Ist qua’ y@. M $25 eager Basswood........... 1400 2000
Pine, znd Oals peri M0655 4000 5000
Pine shipping culls WVainant A“ | ic. de2. §5 00 100 00
is MS ee THODG Moberry eo as 65.00 8000
Pine, = quality Butternut, per, lie 220¢ 4000
deals # M........ 900 1100 Birch, -. 1200 2000
Pine, mi Lens 8 M 600 800, Spruce timber..... » 1200 1500
Spruce, per M...... 1100 Hard Maple “* 2000 2200
emlock, ee ROOD OA 3 nt ows asec 1 25
Hemlock timber.. 1400 Shingles, 1st, per M 30 325
UT ere 1300 2000 Shingles. 2nd, 125 150

St. John, N. B.

Sv. JOHN, Jan. 31, 1891.
Deals, Boards, Scantling, etc.

Sprucedeals - - - - - $12 oolSpruce boards ==) = = 2/00

ine * - - - = = = 15 o0|/Pine - > -12 00@40 00

Dealends - - - - - - 6000ak fy oY Conon SEO tAONOD,

Scantling - - - - - - - 10 00Ash "= = = 15 00@25 00

Memlock** = - - - - ~ 7 50
Shingles.

Spruce, extra - - - - - $3 50\_ No.1 - - - - - - 125
— Gear - - - - - -3Z00Pine- -------- 128
® Wo.sextra -- - 225

Clapboards.

Pine, extra - - - - - - 3§ oo/Spruce,extra- - - - - -2400
* clears - - - - - -45 00) * clears - - - - - 2300
“ gdclears- - - - - 3 00) “ No. 15 00

0

Flooring, Dressed.

6in.No.t - - - - - - 12004in.,No.1 - - - - - -
a i oe AS ei 2. = '= 15 99
om gfe er
ete ax =e S 450 \Laths - - - - - so
pre 2S. per 9. 04 \Pickets- - - - - 6 50@15 00
sist in. 4% o5% Railway ties
= “7 Se. 04%

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Vancouver and New Westminster, B.C.
NEw WESTMINSTER, Jan. 31, 1891.

Car load and shivral rates according to assortment. Bridge and
Wharf Plank and Timber.
10 to 40 Hg long, per M, net fs : , : 4 , $11 00
1 to 70 f a , ; * ie 00005 00
Hough tu lumber, building material . ; 5 , II 00
Size ; ; , ; ; ; : 12 50
ye Fir, Clear : ; ; . 17 50
ue x Cedar, Bench or Selects ; ; ; 25 00
de oe 1B)" 4 ; . 3000
11m, 1% TARO in.
Alig & G. Edge, Grain and Dry ; ; , 4 2750
Green , P A A - 25 00
No. 1, Dry - - - - - - - - ar 22 50
ae aKeen=~ - - = - - - - - - 20 00
“) 2, Day: = - - - - - - - - 20 00
4 zB Green - = = = - - = 147 50
Cut to length, extra per M- - - - - - a he DEG
D. Dresse Oo - = 2 50
1in, 2h Ths te
Edge Grain, Pay - - - - - - 27 50
Gre ut a oe aT a ota Em = 25 00
T. &G. Edge Grain, Dry - - - - - - - 25 00
Now, Dry a - - - - - - 25 00
‘71, Green eee exe? La” P= Py Sco eity
Si 2 Dry ae - - - = - = - - - 20 00
sa Green. |= if aril gia ett gl iy a 17 50
S.S. Planks for scows - 2 SS TOT)
D. D. cedar, verandah cover. “any ace ee le 45 00
ae out to ength <a) Wie) GR-1 SOYOO
Samaes = & GF oe 2 50
Teathyt. ‘ 4 3 ‘ 5 : 4 3 a 5 225
D. D. clear Cedar ; 6 c 5 . 40 00@60 00
Pickets, rough . . II 00

Five per cent. off above prices for cash with the order.
Delivery on scow to mouth of river.
20 M ft. and over n 75C. per M. ft
10 to 20 M ff. 6 9 3 5 é : F : $1. fey
Under 10 M ft. : 0 0 0 a é ; 1.25

“e “

Albany, N. Y.
ALBANY, N.Y., Jan. 31, 1891.

Hemlock.
Boards, 1xtoin. each _14c. 2YaXAaml CAG Miteteteletel ire eTs 14
Joist 4x6.: ae 33 pe Strips, ........... II
ine.
' 2% ate cane up, “good. -$54 20@55 ool10 in boards dressing
DE PEN Sree ats aie 5000\ and better........$30 00@34 00
ects node penoenee 43 00 4500| Common.......... 1500 2000
Pickingseemeen +e 3800 40 oo|12 in. boards dressing
1% to 2in., good..... 4800 5000| and better........ 2900 3600
ATHSMAsnya oocttt se 45/00|| Common... sees 1500 2200
Selects ao 40 20\1% inch eidinesselect:
IPickingsjasseeeke. 3500] ed.. “8 00 4500
Poi X08 Us co anon cad 50 00 amnion ae ea 500 2000
S recemncicietnscs 45 ooll in. siding selected.. 8 00 4200
elects 400. Common.. . 1400 1900
Pickings 38 00jNorway, selected..... 22.00 25 00
Shelving boards, 12in. Gommionteneeree es 1200 15 00
and ap ssse++++ 2600 39 00/10 in. plk. 13 ft. dress-
Dressing bds. narrow 1800 2200! ingand better, each 42@50
stip ing poandss. “pass MIO) Cel] (CMS ccoceonnooncn 23 25
a paera ds. .. 1400 16 90|10 in. boards, 13 ft.,
dress, & Destere each 28 33
Cullseee eaeL 620
Shingles and Lath.
BHin les, shaved lipine 6 5o\Shingles,cedar mixed 285 300
quality. . Fioo|Wathy pines... cece secs 200 210
Samed, extTahy ccocsec 440 450 Spruce Dts sori ate 215
Sawed. clear butts... 20) Seo) — IelGiraloye sous Gpance 1 85
ee ea 400 420

Cedar, XXX

Buffalo and Tonawanda, N. Y.

BUFFALO, Jan. 31, 1891.
Norway

Clear, 1 in. & clear $19 00@z20 o0}Common, 1 to 2 in. all
Dressing, 1 to 2in. all wiih Sdoudios ooosede. ao 1250
WAGES ine cee ascent 16 90@17 00/4x4, 5x5, 6x6 turning. . 22 00
4X4, §x5, 6x6 common 16 00
White Pine.
Up’rs, 1% in. 45 0o|No. 2 cuts, 1 to 2 in
LNT) 23 Vonomsone 45 00 and thicker......$18 00@24 oo
SUcts rinse 5. 39 oo|Dressing, 1 to 2 in. . 25 00 28 90
4%,% &2in 40 90/'Common,1to2in.. 19 00 21 00
Fine common, I to 2 No. 1 barn, 7 to 12 in 10 00 I2 00
in. and thicker.. 33 00 35 90|No. 2 barn.7 to 12 in 16 50
No. 1cuts, 1 to 2in Mill ae 1to2in.. 900 1000
and thicker..... 28 00 33 o0|Thic 3 4200 4400
Mold strips, 1 to
Bile weiaicisistevins 30 00 3300
Shingles
XXX, 18-in,.........»- $5 75@3.90 Per M.
XX, 18-in, or C. B...... 2 4c 25018in. No.2.orculls. $1 25@1 40
16 inch Shingles.
oe sawed.. Thick cut Der Spee 250
C.B XXX cut. 225
No.2 oe EROIGUG: bem reiaaiems «i al ltinie.st 22/0 LIOO,
Thick cut.. INGRaiOup ees Sale ha eaEnE 55
IROKGRE CUE: Te, sisia's ais (oie%s/oieyaistencte AG, OORORE tr SEMCC eI
MeOU te am recession celles Dim. shingles, sawed, cut,
Nomcutees aoe oh OY DIAN CG; s.0.ececcnessereess 425

Saginaw, Mich.
East SAGINAW, Jan. 31, 1891.

CARGO LOTS.

WD DEUS eel itk tee ts 36 00@38 oo|Norway....... 8 S0o@10 00
Conimoni le + a TOVOONe2TOO|BOXs. a0. che ees II 00 II $0
sh ping Culls ... 900 11 oo/Straight measure . . 12 50 2000
i CT erae saci
YARD SO heer he CAR LOTS DRY.
ding.
Clear, 1% in. 23 Sees in ree raha 17 00
Teh Fat je ties = q0roa) Zain | fi. AOnG -- +. 30 00
Select, 1% in.... 20 oo|No.1,%in .... Bas 12 00
Ya IMiesyeis)a% Sop yee SONOO!\7epile O50 20 00
Finishing Lumber rough.
Three uppers, rin. . @45 00 Fine common, rin. . I 00
1 &1% in 45 00 I a he ese 004 00
Selects, 1in. . 36 o0\C, 7,8 &9 26 00
\ 1% &1¥% in. oo|Coffin Boards 16 in. & over 18 00

37
Joist, Scantling and Timber.

12 to 16 feet TOVOOZOMMEC Tents) ich) ay vI2hoo

18 feet . 13 oo|24 ** : 13 00
Plank and timber, 12 inches wide, $1 extra.
eee les.

XXX 18 in. Cee:

XXX eh ee
XX Climax.. Ber

18 in 4inc, Byes oohches 2

Lath, and Pickets.
Lath, No. 1 white pine..
OZ 4

nis} so1c8 iri BRO(CHUNN teerine cos'sicisitecsesst 15
TAMRAC oR SNOXLES: 21a ase A a
oui) 2, O)<noterreciparccSocupecbeade Gas

. 2 oojPickets, 2to Page in, pete as

Norway I 50 rough..
Dyressediny..
al in. square, rongh..
ressed...%.......

New York City
NEW
Black Wainut.

Yorh,

% in. clear.... . $80 c0@ 82 « |Culls. 1 inch $25 Wh % 0
1and1% inches.... 95 00 97 oo|Culls. thick 00 37 00
1% and thicker.....100 00 105 20\Counter tops, 18 in :
Rejects............- 50 90 $220 and over 110 3% 150 00
Poplar. or White Wood
% in. 10 inches and 1 inch, 2 and over 7% S50 731 Se
over. . 25 20@ 2600'2% and thicker 2 24 09
% in. coffin boards... 28 00 29 oo Common 1 tozin 22 50 22 50
1 inch, 10 inch and Saps, 1inch & thicker 2600 727 00
ry Lj Ore - 31 50 32 op Culls, all thickness... 15 o9 ”
Ash. j
1 in. white.......... 36 oo@ 37 oo\Strips clear 27 00o@ 2% on
1% toz2inch....... 38 00 39 oo Black ash, good Bao yoo
24% to 4inch.........4000 41 oo Black ash, com 1800 19 00
Oak.

1 inch plain sawed. 37 00@ 39 ao |3

inches and over 52 S0@ 53 00
14% to 2inch....... 39 90 c

40 00 thicker - 54 00 55 oo

Thicker . 4900 41 ooStrips under6in.... 42.00 4400
Quarter-sawed, white, all clear, -Dimension cut size 2s 00 27 oo
Cherry :

1 inch. eee -ee 83 00O@ 85 (234 and thicker 95 DM 100 oo
1 inch Strips. See rOCh (0 00 ©6942 oo|Counter tops, 18 in. ~ <

17 tO tach sana elas 500 9000 and over 110 00 115 00
Rejects.. vessess 4000 44 00Culls, all thickness 16 00 13 of

Miscellaneous.

Chestnut, clear..... 33 00@ 35 oojHickery, oldgrowth so 00 s5 oe
Chestnut common.. 20 00 22 oo/Hickery, 2nd growth 70 oo 75 00
Basswood white.... 3000 32 00E]m..... 20 2208
Basswood common.. 21 00 23 oo|Sycamore..... 24.00 2600
Maple, clear........ 28 00 30 oo Sycamore quartered a 00 4900
Birch; clear--22 2%. 92:00 35 oolGum ear ee pe
Birch, 1s and 2s..... 2600 3 oo/Butternut. . 45 00 50 96
Cottonwood........ 21 00 22 oo|Sycamore dressed fig24 00 25 00

Boston, Mass.
Boston, Jan. 31,
Western Pine—ty car load.

Uppers, 1 in - $48 00@5o o0|Fine com..3 & 4in.. 42 c0@6

1%, 1% &2in ... 48 00 50 00/No2,1in. Finecom. 2% o9 hes
Annies. ... 55.00 6000) 1%, 1% &2in..... 29 00 31 08
Selects, 1 in......... 42 00 43 00|No-. 1 strips, igh asin 49 00 43000
V4. 1% & zin.. ..++ 43.00 45 00} ogee 35 90 37 08
3.0 41n .. 45 00 5600) No.3. », 24 00 os
Moulding boards, 7 to Cut ups, 1tozin. 2400 300
11 inch clear.. . 36 00 38 oo Coffin boards... - 16 00 2200
60 per cent clear 34 00 36 oo|\Common all widths . 22 09 26 00

Fine common 1 inch 36 00 38 oo Shipping culls x in 1500 155
1%,1% & 2inch... 38 00 40 00 do 1% in 15 So 6 to

Basen Pine—Cargo or Car Load.

Nos.1,2& eae .... 40 00@43 oo|Clapboards, 4 ft.,
ae i os - 28.00 30.00] clear’ .. --- 4000 4500
. 23.00 2600) Sap, 2ndclear.. _. 33 00 35 00
snipe g bds & coarse 16 00 16 ko| Heart extra .... .. S0 00 35 00
eluSeee 1290 1350] Heart clear. ... 45 00 50°00
West’rr pine clapbds Bevel siding 6in, clear 23 00 24 00

4 ft. sap extra .. .. 45 00 So 00]

Spruce—by Cargo.

|\Coarse, rou h. Jf ey oe ent

Scantling and plank,
14 00@15 00} Hemlock bds., rough 12

random cargoes . .

14 00

: 00 1300

Yard orders, ordin- dressed 12 00 - oo

ALVESIZES rite) eee 15 00 16 oo\Clapbds., extra, 4 ft. 34 00 36 00

Yard orders, extra | Clear ates 0 00 32 00

SIZESoucirs ehh tee 16 00 18 00| Secondclear... 25 00

Clear floor boards. . 19 00 2000| No.1....... I0 00 14 00
NOs825 24-654 6 16 00 17 00)

Lath
SprcesbyiCare Olney en ene ae ieee eee 2 10@2 20
Shingles.

Spruce ar) cairns ott. 1 25@1 So\Cedar. sawed, extra 325 350

Pine, 18 in. extra . 400 4 25| Clear ae 3 00

Pine, ING Dinh Sasa 300 3 15} Extra, No.1. . 2 50

ypress. No. 1, 18 in. = 00

Oswego, N. Y.
OSWEGO, Jan. 31, 1891.

Three uppers, Uae 1% &2 inchs . .$43 00@45 00

Pickings, 14, 14% & 21n. 3500 3600
No. 1 cutting up, 14, 1% ‘& 2in. 3000 3100
No. 2 cutting up, 14, 1% & 2in ... 1900 2100
rin strips, 4 to 8 wide, selected for moulding strips, oe
te 16 ft. - 3100 3300
1x6 selected for clapboards. is 3200 3400
Se
I in siding, cutting up 4 i in selected....... 35 00@40 00
piks & uppers..... 30 00@39 00/14 in dressing oer 1700 1900
Tin dressing ........ 19 00@21 oo}1 in No.1 culls.... 1400 1600
1in No.1 culls...... 14 00@16 00|1 in No. 2 culls.... 1300 1400
TinwNoy 2:calis- cj. 13 00@14 00) in No.3 culls.... 950 i008
x12 [nch.
12&16ft, millrun . - 2000 2300
12 & 16 ft, No. 1 &2, barn boards.. 1800 1900
12 & 16 ft, dréssing and better. RS eee 2600 3090
Rates He) tie, INO ACUNS: .cossos copaases soca shoe sae anos eS 1500
1x10 Inch.
T2iec-13 tt millirun; mill cullsiout..-.--. = -..-sckesaeuce 1900 2000
12 & 13 ft, dressing and better
12; Goer Lo NOMGUNIS Um Sci femeesines toaeionticwien aene anes
T216c 13 ug NOP? CUS elo. ewcieces ce

14 to 16 ft, mill run mill culls out..

14 to 16 ft, dressing and better............

TAtON Oty NO skulls... mowers ceececicsmmicetons ccm teeeeaue
14 to 16 ft) Nor 2 Cullis! S20 cc. sou. ceeeneee ccisteenaeeeeee
10 to 13 ft. No. 3 culls.. cae

I I-4XI0 Ee.

Millrun, mill culls out 20 00@23 00|No. 1 culls........... 16 00@17 00
Dressing and better.. 25 00 30 00/No. 2culls........... 1400 1500
1xq Inches.

Millrun, mill culls out 17 oo@1900|No. 1 culls........... 213 00@1400

2300) (2700/No. 2'cullS 2. 52 t
1x5 Inches.

Dressing and better. . . 1100 1200

67 or 8, mill run, mill 0.1 culls.. 15 oo@16 oo
GUIS Outs tccmens 19 oo@21 00/6, 7 or Bs No. 2culls.. 1300 1400
6, 7 or 8, drsg & better 2400 28 00}
Shingles.
XXX, 18 in pine....... 3 60@3 80)/X XX, 18 in cedar.. 3 40@3 70
Clear butts, pine, 18 in. 2 60 2 So! iClear butt, 18 in cedar., 5 So 270
<X, 16in pine....... 310 320)XX, 18in cedar........ 200 220
Stocks cedars, § or 6in. 5 00
Pickets.
Woah RISA cicioiciey so 15 00|No. 2, Soe aesee oe S00 1008
Oe ERG a ss cnitene cs << 20 00
Lath.
INOBT inns oteryoacecee cee snctiea, ee? OO|NOS 2:1 Iokieeecscas SocSaass I 90
1 (Cys 2 ee I

Ou

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

February, 189

GIANTS OF THE FOREST.

\y/= publish a letter from Mr. G. C. Hinton, of the |

Royal City Saw and Planing Mills, New West-
minster, B. C.:

Mr. Hinton was raised in Ottawa and from experi-
ence is fitted to make a just comparison between east-
ern Canada’s timber and the Pacific coast’s.

NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C., Dec. 20.—The lumber
industry of British Columbia is advancing so rapidly
that it is only a matter of a few years. when the
Douglas fir and cedar will be introduced into the
principal commercial centres of the world.

Already the mills of this province have the sawing
capacity taxed to its utmost in supplying the rapidly
and ever increasing demand for the celebrated Doug-
las fir, which is exported to Australia, China and South
America. The great superiority of the fir in building
structures where strength is required is simply proven
by the admiralty test which places this wood second
only to: oak, where immense strength or breaking
strain are desired, and in some places where lasting
and weatherproof qualities are required, fully on a par
with that valuable wood. It will thus be seen that the
fir will naturally command an extensive market. and
owing to the inexhaustible supply to be procured and
its being much cheaper than hardwood, it will supplant
hardwood in many industries where that is at present
being used. The fir is already used extensively by the
leading railway and car builders of both the United
States and Canada for the construction of freight and
passenger coaches and in the erection of pier, wharf
and bridge structures. Its great length commends it
to ship builders for masts, deck-planking and general
work. It has to some extent been used by both the
British and American governments in the construction
of vessels for their service.

THE SIZE OF THE TIMBER.

A general idea may be formed of the immense size
of the timber when sticks upwards of Ioo feet in length
and from 18 to 24 inches square are frequently seen
around the saw mills. Probably the two largest sticks
ever transported through Canada by rail were the two
sawn on Burrard Inlet and used on the Montreal har-
bor improvements last season. The sticks were alike,
60 feet in length and 3 feet square, containing 6,480
feet, b.m. each, their combined weight being a fraction
over 25% tons.

Owing to the necessarily high cost of transporting
such huge timber across the continent by rail it 1s
expected that cargoes from here for the Eastern States
and Canada will go by vessel via Cape Horn consider-
ably cheaper, and we have on record an instance in
which this way of shipping was highly successful, in
the case of a cargo taken from Washingfon Territory
to the United States navy yards, on the Atlantic, dur-
ing the last season.

IMMENSE RED CEDAR.

The red cedar, which is a valuable commercial wood
is noted for its immense size and not altogether unlike
the far famed California redwood. Trees are frequent-
ly met with upwards of 200 feet in height and over 20
feet in diameter at the trunk. The supply is, prac-
tically speaking, unlimited. Owing to the beautiful
grain and fine polish this wood is susceptible of, it is
invaluable for all kinds of finish and fittings for resi-
dences and public and commercial buildings. Re-
cently quite a demand has sprung up for sash and
doois made from this wood as it is superior to any
other for this class of work. Wehave a record of not
a few shipments that have gone east as far as Nova
Scotia. It is also used extensively in the building of
steam launches, for which it is second to none, owing
to its weight and ability to withstand decay against the
sun and water.

SPRUCE, PINE, ETC.

The spruce found in this proviuce, while not so

valuable commercially as fir and cedar, is used very |

extensively in the manufacture of fruit boxes and cases
for the great salmon industry.

White pine is found to some extent but owing to the
scarcity and the purposes for which it is used com-
mands better prices at home than either cedar or fir
does in the log. It is not, however, exported to any

great extent as it does not differ much from the east-

ern article of the same name.

Alder, maple, yew, cottonwood and cypress are to be
found in considerable quantities in places and are
principally used in all kinds of factory work, such as
fancy panelling for doors, stairs, furniture and turned
work, the two former having the preference owing to
the superior finish they are capable of taking.

NEW MILLS BUILDING.

The great natural advantages the province offers the
lumber industry have attracted the attention of quite a
few eastern lumbermen and capitalists of late years
ana several new mills are now under construction on
Burrard Inlet and the Fraser river, which is the fresh
water port of the province and possesses a fine harbor
for the accommodation of the largest ships engaged in
trade with foreign countries. The mills are being con-
structed on the most improved pattern and on a
sufficiently large scale to facilitate the sawing of the
gigantic timbers of these forests.

GEORGE C. HINTON.

CALIFORNIA FORESTS.

ILLIAM S. Lyon, chief forester of the State
Board of Forestry, arrived in San Francisco last
month from the State nurseries near Santa Monica,
Los Angeles county. “It is not generally known,”
said he toa Wood aud Iron reporter, “that the com-
mon black oak used for tanning purposes, is becoming
scarcer each year, and to take its place we have been
looking around for a suitable tree, and have found it in
the black wattle. Since we made the discovery of
which tree was best adapted to the State and for the
purpose wanted, the State Board has been hard at
work introducing into California the black wattle from
Victoria, Australia. As long ago as 1872 the University
of California imported red wattle and golden wattle
from South Australia, and a species known as the black
wattle. This last has turned out to be a spurious tree,
absolutely worthless for the purpose for which it was
designed. We have at last found the genuine article,
the black wattle of Victoria, and we propose to plant
these seeds throughout the State as soon as possible.
My forthcoming biennial report deals largely with this
important subject. The report will have thirty-two ful]
page illustrations dealing with the growing of barks for
tannery purposes. The coast supply of common black
oak will in time become exhausted, and the black wattle

is the only tree to take its place.

Another important work we are commencing is the
distribution of the cluster pine, made necessary to State
interest from the fact that our pine forests do not yield
terebinthine products, such as turpentine, tar, pitch and
resin, in sufficient quality or quantity. The cluster pine
is the best for the purpose, and it does not take a life-
time for it to yield paying returns.”

HOW CLOTHES-PINS ARE MADE.

F there is one article that is an absolute necessity to

a housekeeper it is a clothes-pin, and the following
facts in regard to that useful article are interesting :

Canadian clothes-pins are made at Newmarket, Ont.,
Eastman, Que., and Rundhill N. B. They are usually
of white ash, but we have them of beech, birch, and
maple, The wood is taken to the factory in logs, and
cut into lengths of thirty-one inches by circular saws.
These are then cut into blocks which are reduced to
sticks, then placed under another saw and reduced to
clothes-pin lengths. Next the turner takes a hand at
them, and from him they go to the slitting machine.
They are placed in troughs by the operator, the machine
picking them up and slatting them Then they are
placed ina revolving pipe drier, going thence to the
polishing cylinder. Each pin passes through eight
hands.

“A single plant consists of a board saw, gang splitter,
gang chunker, turning lathe, drying house and polisher,
and costs from $10,000 to $19,000. The little blocks of
wood, five and one half inches long, are placed on an
endless belt, which feeds the blocks automatically into
the lathe. As the lathe is turned the pin is taken auto-
matically from the spindle and placed on a turn-table
and carried to a circular saw, which whittles out the

slat into a pin. It is then finished and thrown out of

| the turn-table by the same appliance that puts the pins
on the table.

“Falling, they are caught in a basket or barrel, and
are taken to the drying house to remain twelve hours or
until dry. The polishing cylinder holds from twenty to
forty bushels. This is run at a slow speed, about thirty
turns a minute, and by simple friction and contact they
become polished. They are sold to the trade at a little
over $1 a bushel, and are packed in boxes of four to the
bushel. The industry is an increasing one, and almost
$50,000 worth of pins were manufactured in 1890.”

‘“*THE SCOW BUSS UP ON LAC ST. PIERRE.”

¢ WAS one dark night on Lac St. Pierre,
De wind was “‘ blow,” ‘‘ blow,” ‘* blow.”
When the crew of the wood scow JULE LA PLANT
Get scare and run below.
. For de wind she’s blows like hurricane.
Bimeby she’s blow some more, ne
When de scow buss up on Lac St. Pierre, »
One half mile from de shore. ;
De captain she’s walk on de front deck,
She’s walk on de hind deck too,
She’s call de crew from up de hole,
_ She call de cook, also. é
De Cook he’s name was Rosa,
He’s come from Moreal,
Was chambermaid on luinber barge,
On dat big Lachine Canal.
De wind she’s blow from Nor, Eass, Wess,
De Sou’s wind she’s blow too,
When Rosa say, my God, captain,
Whatever shall I do.
De captain she’ throw the hank,
But still dat skow she drift.
For de crew he pass cn dat shore
Because he loose dat skiff.
De night was dark, like one black cat,
De waves run high and fass.
When descaptain take poor Rosa,
And lash her to the mass.
When de captain put on de life preserve
And he jump on de Lac.
And he say good-bye, my Rosa, dear,
I go down for your sake.
Next morning very early,
About half-past two, three, four,
De captain’s cook and wood scow
Lay corpses on de shore.
For de wind he’s blow like hurricane,
Pretty soon she’s blow some more,
For dat skow buss up on Lac St. Pierre,
One-half mile from de shore.
MORAL.
Now all good skow sailor man’s,
Take warning by dat storm,
And go and marry one nice French girl,
And live on one good farm.
Den de wind she may blow like hurricane.
And ’spose she blow some more,
You shant be drowned on Lac St. Pierre,
So long you stop on shore.

TIMBER FOUR THOUSAND YEARS OLD.
7y)ROBABLY the oldest timber.in the world which
has been subjected to the.use of man is found in
the ancient temple of Egypt, in connection with stone-
work, which is known to be at least four thousand years
old. This is the only wood used in the construction of
the temple, and is in the form of ties, holding the end
ofone stoneto another. When two blocks were laid in
place an excavation about an inch deep was made in
each block, in which ane of these wooden ties, shaped.
like an hour-glass was driven. It is therefore very diffi-
cult to force a stone from its position. These ancient
ties are made of tamarisk or shittim wood, the same as
that from which the ark was constructed.

MELBOURNE, N. S. W., Australia, imported from -
Canada during Nov. 1889, 11,586, pieces deals and
1,079,635 feet lineal tongued and grooved flooring.

Se ,

February 180.

THE CANADA. LUMBERMAN.

THE NEWS.

ONTARIO.

—Cordwood and cedar poles are Fesserton currency just
now.

—There is good sleighing at Sturgeon Bay and log draw-
ing is all the go.

—John Fraser has his new planing mill in Amherstburg in
running order.

—-A gang of lumbermen is at present busily engaged taking
out timber at Honeywood.

—Reports from Glenfarrow state that farmers are busy
hauling logs to the mills.

—Messrs. J. Moore and Abner Ball have a large saw
logging contract for Mr. Hudden.

—The Holbert Grass Valley, Burk’s Falls, steam saw mill
is in full swing cutting shingles.

—Mr. Edmondson’s saw mill at Uhthoff will start in a few
days and enliven things pretty well.

—Mr. McBrady’s shingle mill at Washago is turning out
shingles with lightning speed.

—Mr. Ainslie and Mr. Fields are cutting steadily in the
woods and in their mills at Staples.

—The Waubaushene box factory is running full time and
doing all the work it is capable of doing.

—The Blytheswood saw mill yards are being filled with

logs, advantage being taken of the snow fall.

~ —Bush fires were prevalent north of Deseronto during |
January, the reflectien being plainly seen.

—Four hundred men have been engaged in cutting logs,
timber, ties and posts, near Ormsby, in North Hastings.

—Mr. D. Miller’s shingle mill, Washago, started again last
week. This is the first in the field in this vicinity.

—McLzan & Son, Wingham, are receiving on an average

_seventy-five sleigh loads of saw-logs per day at their mill.

—Logs are scarce in the Ashfield mill yards. Owing to
lack of snow lumbering has been far from active this winter.

—Mr. John Knight, Medonte, is buying all the saw logs
offered and is contracting for all that,can be cut this season.

—Mr. Henry Bush, foreman for the Rathbun Co., Deser-
onto, is running a cordwood shanty in the McCarney swamp.

—Mr. Harry Pedwell, a prominent mill owner of Keppel,
purchased from private helders, Eastnor, some 600 acres of
timber lands.

—The lumber exports from the Ottawa Consular Agency
for the last three months of 1890 reached $701,301.04, a slight
increase.

—The new saw mill at Gorrie will start this month and will |
try to cut sufficient logs to make room in the yard to give!
farmers a chance to unload.

—Mr. Archie McTavish, of the 7th con. Luther, is erecting '
a shingle mill, and expects to have it in running order about !
the end of January.

—Business is booming at South River. Shingle bolts and :
pulpwood are being piled up in all directions, owing to the,
scarcity of cars. 2

—J. R. Selkirk, W. James, of Cottam, and Mr. Biers, of
Detroit, have purchased a tract of timber land in Missouri,
containing 1,560 acres.

—About 500,000 feet of timber came into Edgar’s Station
after the slight fall of snow, in the beginning of last week,
much of it for M. Barrett.

The Rathbun Company are now getting out a large number
of logs at O’Neil’s spur, near Stoco, an average of fifteen cars
per day being shipped from Stoco to Deseronto.

—Thos. Rosewarne, of Olinda, will socn have everything
ready for sawing lumber. His mill will be situated on the
corner of concession seven and the sideroad.

—Mr. John Raney, of North Fredericksburg, has been
buying oak timber around Solmerville and at present has quite
a force of men banking it near Telegraph Light.

—The Victoria Harbor Lumber Co. are placing a planing
machine in one of their mills, which, together with the shingle
machine, is to run during the winter.

—The Huntsville /orester says :—The price of pulp wood
has assumed its nominal figure, ranging from $2.25 to $2.50,
and it is thought that it will now remain steady throughout
the saason. The fight for first place in securing the wood did
not last long, as both parties could not afford to pay the high
figures of last week. Shipments are kept up and the money
for wood delivered is forth coming. A good winters income
to our farmers.

—The Walton saw mill commenced running last month.

—During the past few days five men have been obliged to
return from the shanties of W. C. Edwards, Rockland and
Smith’s Falls, suffering from la grippe.

—John R. Selkirk, of the firm of Selkirk Bros., Blythes-
wood, accompanied W, James, of Cottam, to Missouri; to ex-
amine a tract of timber land, with a view of purchasing.

—Taylor Bros. from near Belgrave have purchased the
standing timber on the 6th concession township Morris,
Huron Co., belonging to R. Irvine and are cutting it into saw-
logs. -

—The Utterson Lumber Company are busy drawing logs
to their mill, and lumber from their Port Sydney mill to the
R. R. station. They have altogether about 20 teams at
work.

—John Hall, of Orillia, is at Sturgeon Bay shipping tele-
graph poles. He has about three thousand poles to load.
They are all going to be shipped to Black Rock for the pres-
ent and stored there.

—Mr. McArthur, of the 8th con., Luther, has sold his
portable saw mill, and the purchaser, who owns considerable
timber land near the Luther marsh, has removed the same
and cutting will commence soon.

—The opinion of one well versed in the lumber business in
the Ottawa Valley is that about one million dollars less have
been placed in circulation by the lumber merchants of this

‘city this season than last.

—Some Toronto capitalists are going to erect a saw and
planing mill at Nickle City in the spring. Their agent leaves
in a few days to choose a site and make other arrangements
to put the building up.

—The Ridgetown Plaindealer says :—‘‘Geo. Middleditch
has purchased from the Federal Bank, the building and site
of the Ontario Planing mill and lumber yard, and is using
them for storage of implements.

—The Thos. B. Tait steam shingle mill, just south of
Burk’s Falls is already at work and a good cutting this season
is expected. From present appearances this fine mill will be
a lively spot throughout the summer.

—‘‘Loo” Forbes an axeman in Howry’s Manitoulin camp
fell on Friday last with his axe, and the bit coming down on
his hand severed two fingers. His hand was dressed by Dr.
Carruthers and is now doing well.

—The Case of Woods vs. Bissennette, in which the plain-
tiff claims $15,000 for the loss of both hands in the defend-
ant’s saw mill at Bradshaw, will be tried at the spring
assizes at Sarnia. Messrs. Lister & Cowan are attorneys for
the plaintiff.

—Mr. P. Creary, Cooksville, the saw-mill man, has made
an assignment for the benefit of his creditors. Ata meeting
of the latter on Saturday last, Mr. Creary offered to pay ten
cents on the dollar but the creditors wanted sixty-two cents.
The meeting was adjourned for one week.

—Mr. Thomas O’Connor, Ottawa, who is lumbering at
Little Current, several hundred miles up the C.P.R., reports
that the lumber camps will have to be broken up pretty soon
at the present rate of going, as there are only six inches of
snow covering the ground, making hauling operations diffi-
cult.

—Mr. W.S. Hay, of Falkenburg, Muskoka, is behind
Shaver & Co., who have a contract from Flatt & Bradley for
two million feet of hemlock. Upwards of 100 men and 20
teams are in the woods cutting and skidding logs. Mr. Hay
handles some 200,000 ties and 4,000 cords of hemlock bark
annually.

—When Mr. A. Dreany was again brought before His
Honor Judge Deacon, on the charge of cutting and stealing
eight pine trees on J. R. Booth’s limits in the township of
Ferris, the Crown Attorney did not offer any evidence and Mr.
Dreany was acquitted. It is said that an action for false ar-
rest will be taken by Mr. Dreany.

—Mr. Terrence Maguire, of Ottawa, has sold out his inter-
est in the timber limit recently purchased by a syndicate from
the E. B. Eddy manufacturing company of that city. The
consideration is said to be $9,009, which represents a clean
profit. The syndicate is now composed of Messrs. McRae,
Ottawa; Powell, of the Rathbun Lumber Company, Ottawa ;
and W. Bell, of Pembroke.

—Early last November the stores of the Muskoka Mill and
Lumber Co., were burglarized and a quantity of flour, cheese,
tobacco, &c. stolen. Suspicion was at once directed towards
a gang that have of late years acquired an unenviable notoriety.
These suspicions appear to have been confirmed. Jas. Lan-
drigan, Edward Perrault and three of his sons, George, ohn,
and Joseph, the parties suspected werearrested. Bill Perrault
the big brother cut and run for it and escaped the arrest.

| who will carry on both a flouring and planing busine

—Mr. Wm. Rankin, of Toronto, has purchased the old
Hobson & Wilson saw mill at the Huntsville locks. He is

advertising for a quantity of different kinds of timber.
—The Cartwright mills formerly run by Mackenzie Bros.
are being thoroughly renovated by Cook & Co., of Toronto,

sona

| large scale.

—The Shannon Shingle Co., of Toronto, imported the first
10 block shingle machine ever shipped into Canada. It was

purchased through Perkins & Co. of Minneapolis. The
Dominion Government charged the Shingle Co. $500 duty for
their enterprise and pluck.

—Reeve Hughes of Oliver has caused the issue of posters

calling a public meeting at Murillo, Algoma District, for the
purpose of considering the advisability of granting a bonus of
$3000, to apply towards the erection of a saw
municipality.
its end towards bringing industries into the district.

mill in that
Evidently Oliver township is bound to keep up

—Pulp wood is all the rush at Novar. Mr. Huckins is
getting out about one hundred cords, J. Keef about the same
amount. Barney Wickett has bought the timber on A. Fish-
er’s lots and will take out a lot, and Mr. Durham is taking
pine off the same lots. Mr. Bruce is taking out 800 ties, and
altogether business is pretty brisk.

—On the 3rd Jan., Alexander Dreany tax collector of the
township of Ferris, was charged before Judge Doran of North
Bay, with having feloniously stolen and destroyed eight pine
trees on one of J. R. Booth’s limits, on the 15th of December
last. The prisoner was committed to stand his trial. On be-
ing brought before His Honor Judge Deacon on Saturday,
Dreany elected to be tried by the Judge, pled not guilty and
said he was ready for trial. Mr. J. H. Metealf asked an ad-
journment, as the crown had to bring witnesses from North
Bay. The Judge adjourned the case.

—The extensive alterations at Mr. J. R. Booth’s mills,
Ottawa, are progressing rapidly, and a large number of men
are engaged. The work involves the lengthening of Mr.
Booth’s flume and construction of an entirely new mill in the
This mill will
be equipped with eight band saws of American and Canadian
make run altogether by rope transmission instead of rubber
In Mr. Booth’s stone mill, a
pair of circular saws will be placed, and a wick’ gate in the
place of one of the old ones.

—Mr. Booth & Gordon’s
shanties on Kaskanan lake, has arrived in Ottawa for a few
days. He states that there is snow to the depth of 28 inches
between Kaskanan and Boisfranee. The ice took well
enough but the heavy snowstorms Lave made it very rough.
There are fifty-eight men altogether employed at Booth &
Gordon’s shanties and cutting is going on very briskly. Up
to now about 40,000 logs, principally white pine, have been
cut. The weather just now is delightful and very favorable
for hauling. Mr. O’Neil says they do not expect navigation
to open until 12th or 13th May.

—Mr. John White and Mrs. White, of Wisawasa,
Nipissing district, with their infant daughter passed through
Ottawa last month on their way to Grenville, their former
Mr. White is captain of the steamer 7. R. Booth,
plying between Wisawasa and Sturgeon Falls. All the little
villages on the lake are, he says, growing rapidly though the

place of the one known as the ‘‘small mill.”

belting, as is generally used.

O’Neil, foreman at Messrs.

home.

- depression in the lumber trade has temporarily checked their

prosperity. Ac Wisawasa, Mr. J. R. Booth is erecting a
large lumber mill and that village is sure of a boom next
summer. There are a good many Ottawa people in the dis-
trict and are all doing well.

—Judgment in action brought by James Haw, of Orillia,
against Peter Shaw, of Novar, and tried at the Barrie assizes.
Action for damages for standing timber cut by the defendant
upon lots 22 and 23, in the 5th concession, and lots 23, 24,
and 25 in the 6th concession of the township of Perry, the
plaintiff claiming the sole right to cut timber therefrom under
a purchase from one J. H. O'Neil and an indenture dated
29th April, 1890. The defendant also claimed the right under
a purchase from the same man and a memorandum in writing
dated 23rd January, 1889. The learned Judge comes to the
conclusion that the sale to the defendant by O’Neil, having
regard to time within which the timber was to be taken off
and other circumstances, was not a sale of interest in land,
and also that it does not come within the operation of the
Bills of Sale and Chattel Mortgage Act.
with costs. Ifthe interim injunction order provides for dam-
ages to be paid by plaintiff to defendant, there will bea refer-
ence to ascertain them to the local registrar at Barrie. Pro-
ceedings stayed till after the second day of the next sittings of
the Division Court. McCosh & Gunn, Orillia, for plaintiff;
‘Adair, Bracebridge, for defendant.

Action dismissed

Io

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

: _ February, 1891

—Mr. Spearing is getting out knees for the Maine market
around Foxmead.

—The influx of camp men during past week into Burk’s
Falls indicates that log cutting is nearly at an end for the
season.

—Large quantities of ship knees are. being shipped fiom
Uhthoff to the State of Maine.
Uhthoff must be worth seeing if the measurements of the fol-
Stock, 8 feet

seven feet six inches, sided down to

Standing timber around

lowing knee are any index tc the general cut.

long, from heel to toe,
eighteen inches, with a face of forty-six inches.

—Mr. Denis Dewney, who owns extensive farms up the
Gatineau, and Michael Hayes, of the township of Wright, Ot-
tawa County, Que., returned last month from lumbering in
Wisconsin. They state that operations are suspended in the
woods of that State owing to the absence of snow, throwing
6,000 men out of employment, fully one-third of the shanty-

men being Canadians.

—Mr. Pierce, of Pierce & Co., has returned to Ottawa
from England, whither he went on business. From January
Thos.
B. Neale, who has been their Liverpool manager since that
branch was opened, has taken over the offices and is now car-
rying on the business in Liverpool in conjunction with Frank
Harrison, under the style of Neale, Harrison & Co. They
will act as the Liverpool agents for Price & Pierce and several

Ist, Price & Pierce’s Liverpool branch ceased to exist.

other lumber firms.

—J. J. Birdsey, representing the cooperage stock house of
Sullivan, Inres & Co. at Chatham, Ontario, was in Minneap-
olis during the week. This firm ships some barrel stock to
Minneapolis, notwithstanding the duty thereon which amounts
to $30 per car, and the comparatively high freight rates be-
tween their mills and this point. Mr. Birdsey says the out-
look is for a light crop this winter in that section as well as in
Wisconsin and Minnesota. His company owns four factories
of its own and is said to control thirteen more, thus giving it
practically a monopoly on the business of the territory in which
it operates.

QUEBEC.

—Alfred Trottier, saw mill, Victoriaville, has assigned.

—Mr. D. N. Morgan intends starting his saw-mill at Brome
Corner in a few days.

—Millmen in the Lake St. John district, say they will get
out about 300,000 saw logs this winter.

—A gang of men will leave Hull for British Columbia to
work in the shanties for the Cohen Bros., Feb. Ist.

—lIt was reported that Smith, Wade & Co., Quebec lumber

merchants, were going to assign, with liabilities of $162.000.
—Wesley Coates of Brookburg has moved to Dunswell;
where he and his brothers have a big job lumbering for Milan
Bishop.
—Several lumber firms in Quebec will lose by the failure
of the well known timber house of Potsman, London, one to
the extent of $10,000, and the other about $12,000.

—The purchase of ties at St. John’s, mainly tamarac, by
Mr. Supt. Futvoye, for the C. V. R., means the payment to
our farmers and foresters, etc., of some $40,000 this winter.

—Notwithstanding the statement that the best pine in
Gatineau township has been exhausted and the business long
since abandoned, James McGuire may be seen passing every
day with some fine timbers which he sells to James McLaren,
of New Edingurgh.

—Mr.McWalour, of Plummer,has purchased a tract of pine
containing $,000,000 feet from Quebec parties, and is now en-
paged in manufacturing the same into marketable logs. There
s a spur being built for his accommodation, from the line
recently completed to Lynch’s Landing.

—The report of the building inspector shows that there
were 937 buildings erected in Montreal last year, valued at
$3, 303,606, as compared with 1,033 buildings, valued at $3,-
608,500, in 1889, a decrease of $299,894. The tenements
included in these 937 buildings numbered 676, and stores 126.

—There is a probable settlement being consummated very
shortly in connection with the failure of P. Whorton, lumber
merchant, England, when it is expected that ten shillings in
the pound will be paid the creditors. Messrs. John Burstall
& Co. and Messrs. Dobell, Beckett & Co., of Quebec are
creditors, the former for $8,000 and the latter $4,000

—The lumber shipments from the port of Montreal to the
United Kingdom in the past season were 160,650,526 feet
board measure, and from Pierreville 10,427,863 feet, a total
of 171,078,289 feet. From Montreal to the River Platte,
3,862,699 feet were shipped, and from Lower St. Lawrence
to the same destination 3,798,000 feet, making a grand total
of 178,738,988. The lumber exports from Montreal for ’89
amounted to 179,306,860 feet against 136,767,264 feet in ’88.

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—The report appended is from William Westby, 426 Com-

mercial St., Portland Me.,, correspondent of the Sherbrooke

| Examiner :—The past two or three weeks have been unevent-
ful in lumber circles, for which state of things the season and

weather are largely responsible. Most of the winter mills are
now sawing and prices seem to be hanging in a balance await-
ing the demands, and then probably output of the mills.
Salesmen made one round before the holidays, amongst their
customers, and report orders scarce, yard stocks low and deal-
ers unwilling to buy, and collections hard to make. Beyond
a few sales of frame and random very little is doing. The
receipts of birch, maple, &c., are as limited as the price; very
little demand and very little offering. In fact the market is
so dull that every one has ample time to enjoy the holidays
without interfering with their business. Exporters received
an electric shock last week in the information that one of the
more fortunate had sold a cargo of Spruce for Buenos Ayers,
and the rumor was confirmed by the sudden appearance of the
This actually makes two vessels loading with
spruce for River Platte. But the price—well, there is silence
on that point, and there is little use of guessing. There is no
demand at all, and when there is no price except the nominal.
At this season and time for closing books and stock-taking the
prices will show on the stock books as follows :—Scantling
$12.50 to $13.00 ; Seconds $11.00 ; Rails $15.00 to $15.50;
Seconds $12.00 ; Boards and Plank, ro, 11, or 12 inch., $15,-
00 to $16.00; Seconds $12.00 to $13.00, for the South
American trade. Spruce frames for the Boston market, $15.-
00 for ordinary, ana $16.00 for heavy ; random and yard
orders $13.75 to $14.00. The heavy fall of snow has greatly
retarded business and premium on gold at Buenos Ayers still
holds at 200 per cent.

NOVA SCOTIA.

—Some State of Maine lumbermen Lave just purchased
60,000 acres of lumber lands on the Koswick river, York Co.,
N. S., and its branches. They will cut for the American
market.

—M. G. Wall, who is cutting lumber for the Shulee Lum-
ber Co., cut one day this week 35,090 feet of deals and boards
with his mill, which is one of A. Robb & Sons heavy portables
consisting of 50 h. p. Hercules engine, and 60h. p. Monarch
boiler, medium heavy stay and gang edge. Mr. Wall expects
to cut 2,000,000 feet this wintar.

vessel to load.

—Farnsworth & Jardine, of Liverpool, reported that
arrivals from British North America during the past month
have been 21 vessels, 14,001 toms, against 19 vessels, 14,774
tons, during the corresponding month last year, and the
aggregate tonnage to this date from all places during 1888,
1889 and 1890, -has been 410,424,538,531 and 456,166 tons
respectively. They report imports of New Brunswick and
Nova Scotia spruce deals, although less than the same month
during the past two years, were more than ample, the con-
sumption being small, and the present stock too heavy.
Recent sales have been at the lowest point recorded during
the season. Birch logs were imported moderately, and main-
tain their value, and the stock moderate. Planks were not
imported, there being more inquiry, and the prices show a
slight improvement, but the stock is sufficient.

—The following is a comparative statement of the ship-
ments of deals from West Bay, N. S., to the United King-

dom :

1889. 1890.
Shippers. Deals, etc., Deals, etc.,

s. ft. s. ft.
W. Malcolm McKay............ 16,997,331 15,978,837
George McKeaniee ase nen: 6,794,372 11,384,599
1B, WOWIe Ce SOMic he tococut sodas 355375853 4,872,868
Farnsworth & Jardine..... ..... _ 3,869,893 329,882
Totaleee ener, eo ily 198, 949 32,566,185
The tonnage engaged in last year’s shipments was as follows :
Shippers. No. of vessels. Tons.
WW: Maleolim Melkay ee. tesrecn 18 17,325
(George Vicednir eri pi nertr. 16 12,792
1B WGI C2 Stow oe pS Hd sobm ent 6 5429
Farnsworth & Jardine............ I 412
Total s.:'2eg.miayeqe ede eee 41 35,958

NEW BRUNSWICK.
——Morrison’s mill, at Fredericksburg, began sawing last
month,
—The large trade done in New Brunswick birch has al-
most entirely fallen off.

—Mr. W. M. McKay shipped 106,360,460 s. ft. of deals,

| &c., from New Brunswick ports to the British and Continent-

during the season just closed.

—During the season just ended 10,014,103 superficial feet
ofdeals, etc., were sent forward tc transatlantic ports from
Bathurst. This total does not include 198,000 feet of birch
deals shipped by the St. Lawrence Lumber Company.

—The demand for shingles at Boston has given an in-
creased impetus to the business in Fredericton. One shingle
mill, which closed down for the season, has resumed opera-
tions owing to the increased demand. These shingles are
sent direct to Boston over the Canadian and Maine railways,
and are proving a profitable business to the people interested
in Fredericton.

—The lumber shipments from the northern portion. of
New Brunswick during the season show a falling off as com-
pared with 1889. The present year the shipments amounted
to 132,000,000 superficial feet against 162,000,000 feet the ~
previous year, a falling off of 30,000,000 feet. Baie Verte
sent in round numbers 11,000,000 superficial feet to the
United Kingdom and Parrsboro 32,566,168 feet.

—There is at present about three feet of snow in the Mira-
michi woods, and yarding is about finished. Lynch, Richards
and other extensive lumbermen are now taking on more
teams to haul in to the streams. | Wm. McCluskey of Boise-
town, has some hundreds of cords of hemlock bark piled
beside the railway waiting for shipment to the States. Some
loggers are talking about leaving the forest as snow is getting
deep, and the prices of food for men and horses getting too
high.

MANITOBA AND THE NORTH-WEST.

--Dean & Heathcote are starting a sawmill south of Mc-
Gregor.

—Robinson & Co., lumber manufacturers, of Selkirk, have
opened a branch of their lumber business in Winnipeg.

—The rumor has been revived that the Keewatin Milling
Company will dispose of their business to an English syndicate
of capitalists.

—The Messrs. Hedley and Mr. Geo. Patterson are hauling
in lumber from Deloraine to Cardville preparatory to building
new houses in the spring.

—The Lake Winnipeg Lumber, Trading & Trduaidtetion
Company is in financial difficulties and will probably go into
liquidation.

—Some 25,000 railway ties lying at Tyndall station, the
property of A. C. Bryson, Winnipeg, have been seized by the
sheriff.

—McArthur & McRae, who have a saw mill north of Shoal
Lake, have cut a road to Shoal Lake, and will open a lumber
yard there.

—The ‘‘Messiah Craze” found its way up to Onion Lake,
but Mr. Agent Mann had too much work on hand to give his
Indians time to dance. He set them saw-logging.

—Owing to the difficulty in obtaining a suitable building or
lumber required to build a new rink, the committee appointed
to oganize a curling club at Emerson have thought it better to
abandon the idea this winter.

BRITISH COLUMBIA.

—Mr. R. Cunningham is building a shingle mill on the
Skeena River.

—The Simmons, Burpee, Elkin & Smith shingle mill on
Vancouver road will shortly be under way. '

—Mr. G. F. Slater, proprietor of the Vancouver a
Mills, is enlarging his plant and introducing additional
machinery for the manufacture of all kinds of lumber.

—Thz Canadian Pacific Lumber Company, of Vancouver,
propose to erect a large saw mill at the mouth of the Amacon
river, down which logs will be floated to the mill yard. Ships
can load in these waters.

—The McLaren-Ross Milling Co, are now exploring a
road from the Mission to their extensive limits on Stave Lake,
as it is understood they have large timber contracts with the
railroad people.

—A double car of sill lumber was shipped from the Royal
City Planing Mills, New Westminster, for the Barney-Smith
Car Manufacturing Company, of Dayton, Ohio, last month. -

—The Columbia River Lumber Company are operating
two saw mills at Beaver, near Donald. There is consider-
able valuable timber in that region.

—Mr. Angus Fraser has just finished a large contract for
getting out logs for the Cowichan Mill Company, and is
going to start at once on another one for the same company.

—The first shipment of lumber consisting of seven car-
loads, from British Columbia for the Boston market, passed
through Ottawa recently via the Canadian Pacific railway.

—A new shingle mill is in course of erection at Westmin-
ster for Elmer Ward, a young man from Fredericton, N. B.
The capacity of the new mill will be about 30,000 shingles
per day.

- side of Kootenay lake, is now near completion.

February, 1891.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

—The Davies-Sayward saw mill at Pilot bay, on the east
The mill
owners have called for tenders for delivering 500,000 feet of
logs at the mill this year and 3,000,000 feet next year.

—Mr. N. Slaght, manager for the firm of Michigan lum-
bermen who intend building a saw mill at Steveston, has
arrived at Victoria from the east. Mr. Slaght brought the
news that he had instructions to build the mill with a capacity
of 200,000 feet per day, instead of 150,000 feet as first in-
tended.

—The ships Titan and Ellen A. Reid have arrived in the
Royal roads to load lumber at the Hastings mill. Both ships
report a very rough passage, two or three cyclones being en-
countered, which carried away or split sails and otherwise
played navoc with the rigging. No lives were lost.

—A large force of men is employed at the Vancouver mills,
owned by Webster & Edmunds, and the concern is certain to
become one of the most important in the province. The
North Pacific mills, at Burnett, are be rushed to completion,
and will be among the largest in the country.

—T. W. Clark is about starting a store on Gambier island
in connection with his saw mill. There is a constantly
growing trade up there among logging camps, settlers and
Indians, who will, no doubt, find this departure of Mr.
Clark’s a boon, as it will save the expense of going into town
on any occasion when grub runs short. Thesaw mill hasa
capacity of 40,000 per day and most of the timber is sold
down in Victoria.

—The Brunette saw mills, Sapperton, are closed down for

‘repairs, but the establishment will be running full blast

again in a week or two. Taking advantage of the mills
being closed, the company is having a massive bridge con-
structed over the Brunette river, which, when completed will
be crossed by a spur from the Canadian Pacific railway.
This will permit of cars being taken to any part of the com-
pany’s yards for loading.

—The Royal City mill has a capacity of 45,000 feet of lum-
ber, 40,000 lath, 30,090 shingles and 150 doors in Io hours.
In addition molding, sash, turned wood work and all kinds
of house furnishings are executed. A specialty is made of
fine mantels from native woods. Employment is given 95
men and $5,500 paid monthly in wages. The market for the
production of this mill is principally local. But considerable is
shipped abruad, especially to China and Japan.

—The saw mill of Mr. Andrew Haslam, at Nanaimo, is
one of the tnost complete in the country, and has the newest
and most improved machinery.
following :

Its equipment comprises the
Three boilers of about 130-horse power ; five
steam engines ; one pair of circular saws, with patent blocks ;
one fifty-inch gang edger, with six saws; one gang of counter-
balanced compensating saws; Trimmers’ lath and picket
machine, etc.; one fast feed heavy flooring machine ; one
planer and matcher ; one automatic filer, and all the necess-
ary tools found in a complete modern mill. Besides the saw
mill, Mr. Haslam runs a large sash and door factory, with all
the modern and most improved machines and tools. He
does a large business in this line, and both establishments
together give employment to forty-five men.

—The new saw mill being erected on Burrard Inlet near
Port Moody will be a very jarge establishment. The main
building will be 300 feet and its height two stories. The ca-
pacity of the mill will be 100,000 feet per day, besides
shingles and lath. A mammoth new burner to consume the
refuse will also be erected, 22 feet in diameter and 120 feet
high, with double iron casing and many new improvements.
The mill be driven by two large engines, 600-horse power,
and six boilers. The company own some 120 acres of land at
the mill, besides large timber limits in different parts of the
province ; and from the mill lumber can be shipped by rail
and vessel to any part of the world. Next spring a large
dock will be built, 100 feet wide and 3,000 feet long, the
whole length of the mill on the north where the largest ship
can load. It is expected that the mill will be completed and
running early next spring. Mr. James B. McLaren, formerly
of Ottawa, is the business manager and part owner.

—The excelsior inill at Popcum is a grand success, and the
proprietors, Messrs. Knight Bros., are delighted with the
result of the venture. Through the general agents for the
output of this mil, Messrs. Campbell & Anderson, of this
city, orders have been received so rapidly that they cannot
be filled as promptly as could be desired, and the result of
the first two weeks manufacturing has determined Messrs.
Knight Bros. to immediately double the capacity of the
establishment. With this end in view an order has been
sent forward for another excelsior manufacturing machine,
and it is expected to be in operation by March 15th. Orders
are now on hand which will keep the mill busy for the rest of

_ the

the winter, and when the new machine is in, the factory will
be able to cope successfully with the spring trade.
of the excelsior have been sent to Manitoba and the Western
Territories, and some large orders from that direction are
sure to follow.
cluded from the Province by the home made goods.

Samples

The American manufacture will soon be ex-

—Several lumbermen from Ottawa are looking towards
British Columbia as likely to be one of the most profitable
fields for operations in the near future. A considerable
quantity of lumber from the Pacific coast is now being ship-
ped to the eastern markets, and in that direction a fairly re-
munerative business is being built up. J. W. Mckay, of this
city has received an order from Boston houses for a shipment
of six carloads assorted lumber from the Burnett mills at
New Westminster, tor which he is the eastern agent. He
states that a large quantity of Douglas fir is now being used
in car building, where oak was tormerly used, it having been
found that this wood does not have the same deteriorating
effect upon the iron work of cars, as has oak. With regard
tothe output of the Burrard Inlet mills for 1890, it may be
said that the Hastings mill produced during the past year
14,600,000 superficial feet of lumber, valued at $175,000.
Shipments to foreign markets were 11,000,000 feet. Four-
teen sailing vessels were loaded with a tonnage of 16,863.
The number of men employed at the mills was 150 and at the
logging camp 150. The wages paid by the company will
average $150,000 yearly. Owing to certain alterations
and repairs being made, the mill has only been in active
operation about six months this season.

PERSONAL.

Mr. E. W. Rathbun, of Deseronto, was in Toronto recently.

James Hector McLean, city editor of the Toronto World
died of heart failure on the 27th ult.

Mr. G. A. R. Simpson, of the Hull & Dacey Lumber Co.,
of Minneapolis, U.S., was in the city in January.

Mr. C. H. Clark, of Burton Bros., lumber merchants,
Barrie, paid us a flying visit. Their mill at Byng Inlet, with
one circular and one gang, cut 15,000,000 feet last season.
The firm disposed of 17,000,000 feet of sawn lumber.

A. McLaughlin has been pesented with a gold headed
cane by the employees of the Royal City Planing mills, New
Westminster, B.C., on his retirement from the position of
foreman to take an interest in a new milling enterprise.

Mr. W. J. Conroy, who was elected Mayor of the town of
Aylmer by acclamation, for 1891, is a member of the lumber
firm of R. & W. J. Conroy, who own and operate extensive
saw mills at the Duschesne.

1. E. Davidson, Toronto, has been about ten years in a
In June, 1888, his affairs were found badly
mixed, and an assignment was made.
another assignment.

planing mill.
This year he made

A well known and wealthy lumberman of New Brunswick,
Mr. S. T. King, died recently, aged 80 years, in Chicago, of
paralysis. He was for a time business partner of Alexander
Gibson, the millionaire lumberman.

Terence McGuire, a lumberman of Ottawa, is the re-
lator in Reg ex rel McGuire vs. Birkett. The case is an
attempt to upset Birkett, the Mayor elect of Ottawa.

Reid & Co., the well known wholesale and retail lumber
merchants on Esplanade street, at the foot of Berkley street,
although twelve years in the trade, are getting badly mixed
up with a new firm in the city doing business under the name
and title of Read & Co.

§ Mr. T. W. Dobbie, of Toronto, is in British Columbia,
where he owns several large tracts of timberland. Mr. Dob-

bie says that St. Paul, Chicago rnd New York capitalists are-

buying up all the timber limits they can secure in B. C.

Visitors at the office of the CANADA LUMBERMAN, during
the past month: F. H. Dobbin, manager Revzew Pub. Co.,
Peterborough; G. V. Stocking, manager Georgian Bay
Lumber Co.; T. S. McCool, late of Toronto, now associated
with an Albany lumber firm ; C. H. Clarke, Barrie, Georgian
Bay Lumber Co.; F. J. Drake, Belleville; Gibson Collenson,
Aberdeen ; Jas. Crawford, Durham.

John A. Howe, jr., Albany, N.Y., for years closely identi-
fied with the lumber trade, has made a new departure. His
connection with the business will not cease, but in future
additional worry and care will furrow his brow through
interest he has assumed in_ the cereal
industry. Rice, we believe, will receive his special
attention. John willsbe an authority on kindling wood.
Bad kindling wood is a great disturber of domestic peace.
He will be able to select the proper ‘‘birch” for the nursery
and lastly—and this is the key to success in married life—he

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If
ought to be an adept in throwing ‘‘saw dust” in his better
half’s eyes. May pleasure, comfort, happiness attend you

John A. through the coming years.

Enquiry justifies us in saying that Keid & Co. and Read &

Co. are distinctly and entirely independent and separate
firms. The latter is about six weeks or two months old, and
is managed by Mr. Jno. Eyer, at one time with the Toronto

and Midland Mfg. Co. Millmen and others interested, for the

asked to make a

prevention of confusion, are respectfully
note of this.

E. G. Thomas, Woodstock, manufacturer of the
The born in To-
ronto in 1853, was manager of the Toronto Organ an Piano

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organ died on the 28th u!t. deceased was
Mfg. Co., went to Woodstock in 1875, served as alderman
and member of the County Council, identified himself prom-
inently with the Oddfellows and Freemasons and was highly
esteemed. ‘

About a year ago Wm. E. Sherman, of Buffalo, got con-
siderable notoriety in Toronto owing to an attempt to extra-
dite him, which finally failed. A report from Buffalo now
announces that his brother, Stephen F. Sherman, has been
sentenced to five years there for grand

labor,

larceny, at hard
The brothers composed the firm of Sherman Bros.
& Co., grain dealers, and they did up the community toa
large amount on fraudulent deals. Both came to Toronto,
but Stephen returned to Buffalo, and was arrested, while

William successfully resisted extradition.

A half tone portrait of Robert Dollar, Esq., of San Fran-
cisco, with a short biographical sketch of his life, appears
in one of the January numbers of the Morthwestern Lumber-
man published in Chicago. Some Canadian papers have
since published sketches but the W. W. Lumberman covers
all the ground. Mr. Dollar was born in Falkirk, Scotland,
46 years ago, but emigrated to Ottawa with his parents at
the age of 13. Like many other boys raised in Ottawa,
the vast lumber industries of the Chaudiere left their influe-
ence, and Mr. Dollar took to lumbering and followed the
Muskoka and
Georgian Bay were the districts operated in Canada until
1890, when he removed to North Michigan and engaged in
He founded Dollarville with its
saw mill and made his home at Marquette temporarily.

branch of the trade known as a “‘logger.”

the square timber output.

BRITISH COLUMBIA MATTERS.
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C., Jan. 21st, 1891.

Our weather keeps very fine and mild and shows no
signs of changing. It is not likely we will have any
ice this winter. Our fish exporters are greatly troubled
over this, and are laying plans to go 250 miles up the
C.P.R. to Kamloops lake and: bring the ice down by
(CAP IR.

Two ships are due shortly to load bridge timber at
Messrs. Webster & Edmunds millon Burrard Inlet,
for South Africa. A good sea going tug is badly
needed on the Inlet.

Messrs. Morse Bros. recently loaded a ship in Coal
Harbor bound for Chili. This necessitated a much
longer transport by lighters, but was deemed better
than lymg in English Bay, at the outlet of False
Creek, on which Morse’s mill is situated.

Messrs. Purdy & Dixon have only just received the
necessary permission to cut timber for their new mill
near Mission. It was not recognized by the Dominion
Government as a timber claim, and still the settlers
had no right to dispose of it before obtaining their
patents, hence the delay.

Many of the logging camps are still at work, and
may not stop this winter unless it turns cold. The
mills are kept busy cutting and are looking forward to
a very busy season during 1891.

The tug Alert of Victoria left Slaters mill, Vancou-
ver, recently with a scow loaded with 600,000 shingles
consigned to Richardson & Heathorn, of Victoria. The
Victoria firm is going extensively into the lumber
trade, and is handling the cut of the West Bay Saw
Mill, Gambier Island.

J. H. McLean purposes establishing a sash, door
and blind factory at Revelstoke, and has ordered the
necessary machinery from Galt, Ont.

Very heavy rains two and three weeks ago helped
stream driving very much and brought down logs that
were only expected to reach the mills in May or June
next. It also caused considerable damage in carrying
away booms, logs, bridges and fences, Greater loss
of property occurred on the island than on the main-
land.

Hasting’s mill is closed down for repairs, amongst
which will be the putting in of a new carriage and
saw rig. =a

I have been trying to obtain the cut of all mills in
British Columbia for 1890, but have received only two
or three so far. I hope to have all in for my next
letter.

H. G. R.

—

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

February, 1 Sqr

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THE CARRYING TRADE.

>y)ERHAPS in no branch of our progressive civiliza-
tion has greater strides been made than in the
carrying trade. Within the memory of many now living
a distance which formerly required weeks to travel may
now be passed over in a few hours; and weights
which we could not then carry may now be tossed
about as of little or no account. The wagon roads,
except for the convenience of the farmer or the
pleasure of those in easy circumstances, are little
used. The railroads are almost entirely used by
passengers and by forwarders of perishable and light
commodities, while the water-ways afford such satis-
factory facilities for the removal of heavy freights that
it is an object of the shipper to try and reach them.

To our young country, of sparse population and im-
mense distances, no question is of such paramount
importance as speedy, safe and cheap transportation.
Not only has this been the case in the past but it is
so to-day, and will continue to be so even to a greater
extent in the future. As the water-ways are open to
all and cannot be monopolized by any one, let us first
glance at the lake trade and its effects on the charges
for forwarding freight. Of late lake shipping has
greatly increased and improved. A few years ago the
greater part of the carrying was done by sailing
vessels ; now the greater part is carried by steam, and
the tendency is progressing so that before long, except
for very special purposes, steam will have superceded
sail almost entirely. Again, the harbors are being en-
larged and the obstructions removed, and the capacity
of the vessels is greatly increased. As the trade is
in the hands of so many, reliable returns were difficult
to obtain. Mr. C. H. Keep, the secretary of the Lake
Carriers Association, has lately presented a case to the
Congress of the United States, setting forth forcibly
and clearly the lake trade and its marked development
in the last five years. He shows that the lake trade is
now greater than that of the Atlantic coast trade of
the United States.

During the past year (1890) the lake fleet engaged
in business, no way connected with the government,
consists of 2,055 vessels of 826,360 net registered tons,
of the value of $58,128,500. Of these the steam
vessels are 1,153, with a registered tonnage of 523,702
tons, valued at $48,434,350. The sailing vessels are
go2, with a registered tonnage of 302,658 tons, valued
at $9,694,150. 232 steamers have a net register of
Over 1,000 tons, and 110 have register of over 1,500
tons. The yalue of the fleet has nearly doubled in the
last five years, while its capacity, speed and safety
have immensely improved. In 1886 there were 21
steamers that registered upwards of 1,500 tons ; last
season there were 110. « In 1886 only six of the vessels
on the lakes were steel, valued at $694,000, while last
season there were 68, valued at $11,964,500. Accord-
ing to the last United States census, though there are
grave doubts as to the accuracy of the returns, the
volume of freight carried on the great lakes reached
27,417,598 tons. It is said that 36,000,000 tons passed
Detroit, and according to the report just issued
by the superintendent of the Sault Ste. Marie ‘canal,
9,041,000 tons passed through the lock on the Ameri-
can side. Careful returns might therefore show the lake
freights to exceed 40,000,000 tons. In the absence of
more reliable figures for the last season we may take
the figures of 1889. In that year there passed
through the “Soo” canal 7,650,455 tons, valued at
$83,732,527-15. On the same basis the total value of
the freight carried would be $305,432,044.72 for 1889,
while the amount would be greatly increased for the
season just closed if we could find the figures, which,
however, are not yet made up. In the absence of a
better standard the trade has endeavored to ascertain
the average charges for carrying one ton one mile.
The unit is found by reducing the entire freight carried
for all distances, to the number of tons carried one mile
and dividing it into the entire freight charges collected.
Results will more nearly approach perfection as re-
turns become more accurate. This supplies a means
more or less accurate of reaching and compar-
ing results. The volume of freight would thus be
5,940,646,352 mile tons, on which was collected

$8,634,246.63, making the average charge per ton per
mile’on the lakes one mill and a-half. This average
rate must continue to fall as the waterways are im-
proved and the capacity of the vessels increased.
Frequently the ocean rates do not equal one mill per
mile. Of course lake freights must always continue
higher than ocean rates. Mr. Poor is a standard
authority on railroads in the United States, and he
gives his figures to show that the average cost on
the railroad for 1887 is a shade over one cent and one
mill per ton per mile. In the last issue of his manual
itis a shade less than a cent, and Mr. Adams the
statistican associated with the Inter-State Commerce
Commission of the United States, gives the average at
g mills and 22 hundredths of a cent. The average by
rail is therefore fluctuating round a cent per ton per
mile. This difference is an ever varying quantity, but
as the large freight railway car has reached about its
greatest capacity, and the vessels are daily improving,
the change must be in favor of water rates. We may
therefore for the present estimate the rates by water
at three and by land at 20, or the water rates
at nearly one-seventh of the land rates. Before
a great time expires it may be found to be as
one to ten, as dimes by water to dollars by land.
We have endeavored to make this mode of comparison
as clear as possible, as it is generally employed for the
purpose of roughly ascertaining results.

Without further enlarging on the lake trade, its impor-
tance is clearly shown by the statement that though the
volume of freight on the lakes does not reach one-
fourth of that carried in the United States, the saving
to those interested on last year’s trade reached not
less than $120,000,000. While the shipping on the
lakes has increased by leaps and bounds, the railroads
have been steadily progressing. The road-beds have
been improved, and the rolling stock increased. These
improvements have also lowered charges to some
extent. Every effort has been made to meet the
wants of the’ people, and much has been accomplished,
but with all the efforts made to supply the demands of
the public, the carrying trade is to-day more congested
than it ever was before. Why is this? It is quite
apparent that it arises from the increased and ever
increasing population settling within the carrying in-
fluences of the lakes.

The Northern Pacific in four years increased its
gross earnings from $12,000,000 to $24,000,000, and
the Canadian Pacific has made equally marvellous
gains. So, indeed, with most of the Trunk lines ; their
receipts have passed all expectations. Notwithstand-
ing every improvement, the cry is for greater facilities.
The merchants, through the Boards of Trade and
otherwise, have brought the greatest pressure they
could on the carriers to increase their facilities, but the
demands have not been satisfied. The plain truth is
that with all the improvements, both by water. and
land, the carrying capacities are not equal to the de-
mands of the trade. What is to be the remedy? In-
creased water or rail accommodation, or both ; or by
some new plan combining both. This subject we may
be able to examine in a future number.—Canadian
Miller.

MY GHOSTLY GUIDE— A LUMBER MERCHANT’S
STORY.

N January 1853 I was engaged as assistant clerk in a
large lumbering camp in the woods about a hundred
miles north of the Ottawa river. Our main shanty was
by the side of an outlet of Red Pine lake about two miles
from the south side of the lake itself, a sheet of water of
oblong shape, about a mile and a half wide and five
miles long. There was a fairly good road from the edge
of the lake to the shanty, and from the north or oppo-
site side of the lake, a road had been made for some
miles through the forest, to a point where a smaller camp
had been established, and where a number of our men
were engaged in making timber. From the main
shanty to the smaller one was probably twenty miles.
One day my chief, Mr. Simpson, sent me off with some
instructions to the foreman in charge of what we called
the Crooked Creek camp. I started with my snowshoes
on my back and moccasins on my feet, at a brisk pace.
It was a bright clear day. The road to the lake had

been well worn by teams, and as there had been a thaw
covered with frost, the.ice on the lake was hard and

‘smooth. The road from the lake to the Crooked Creek

camp was rather rough and narrow, and a stranger
might have difficulty in following it. However, I knew
the route well, and arrived at my destination in good
time, just as the men were returning from their work,
with axes on their shoulders. I spent the night in the
camp, being asked innumerable questions, and hearing
all the petty gossip the men had to relate. It must be
remembered that these shantymen go into the woods in
October or November and excepting in rare instances
hear nothing whatever from the outside world until they
come out in the spring. Next morning I executed my
commission and about ten o’clock started back for the
main camp. I had not travelled more than half the
distance when a snowstorm set in. In the woods the
flakes fell down steadily, and I had no difficulty in keep-
ing the road. It was about sun-down when I reached
the edge of the lake. The snow had covered the track
across the ice and there was nothing to guide me to the
entrance to the road to our main camp on the opposite
shore. Out on the lake the storm was blinding, but I
did not doubt my ability to reach the other side and
find the road. So I started across the lake. When less
than half a mile from the edge of the woods the snow
was so thick that I could see neither shore. Moreover
it was getting dark and exceedingly cold. IfI should
lose my way on the lake and have to spend the night
there I would certainly perish. What was to be done ?
I turned in my tracks and managed to reach the north
shore again, stepping in the shelter of some bushes to
recover my breath. Should I stay there allnight? To
tramp back to Crooked Lake camp was my first decision,
but on reflection I remembered that any person travel-
ling that road at night was liable to be attacked and
eaten by wolves. Moreover I was hungry and fatigued.
While I was thus communing with myself, jumping up
and down and slapping my hands to keep myself warm,
I saw a man dressed in a grey suit with a tuke on his
head and a scarf around his waist, about 200 yards out
on the lake, beckoning to me to follow him. I at once
jumped to the conclusion that Mr. Limpson had sent one
of the axe-men to meet me and guide me across the lake.
So I ran with all my might towards him, calling to him
at the same time. When I came close to the spot where
he had stood, I looked around. He was not there, but
a lull in the drift showed him some distance further on,
still beckoning me to follow. No reply came to my
calls to the man to wait for me, but every few moments
he would appear some distance ahead beckoning me to-
wards him. I could not tell what to make of the man’s
eccentric behaviour, but thought possibly he was angry
over being sent out to look me up, and was taking this
method of evincing his displeasure. At last I saw him
on the shore, pointing towards the woods, and reaching
the spot where he had been standing I found myself at
the point where the road to our camp left the lake. The
road was easy to follow, and I hurried forward, still
somewhat puzzled over the refusal of my guide to wait
for me ; and wondering also why he had not brought a
horse and sled. I reached the camp just as the men
had finished their supper, and everybody was surprised
at my return. Mr. Simpson said he supposed that even
if I had started from Crooked Creek camp in the morn-
ing I would have turned back when the snow storm
came on. Somewhat bewildered I asked which of the
men it was that guided me across the lake and pointed
out the road to the camp, “Why did he not wait for me ?”
I asked ina rather injured tone. The men looked at
one another in amazement. Not aman had been out of
the camp that evening. Every man had returned from
work at the usual time and remained in camp until my

arrival. We were nearly seventy miles from the nearest
settlement and there was no camp nearer than the one
at Crooked Creek. Every person in the camp became
restless and nervous. That man who guided me across
Red Pine lake was not a being of flesh and blood, was
the general conclusion of the shantymen and my des-
cription of his disappearances and reappearances tended
to strengthen their theory. The experience was such
an inexplicable one that very few of the inmates of our
camp slept that night. I was grateful for my rescue,
and it was evidently that whoever my guide was it was
not my destiny to be eaten by wolves or frozen to death
in attempting to cross Red Pine lake in a snow storm

February, 1591.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

UNITED STATES LUMBERMAN’S DIRECTORY.
LUMBERMAN’S directory is in course of pub-
lication for the United States by Rand, McNally

& Co., of Chicago. This advertising firm have wide
experience with works of this nature, and their issue
whichis promised in April will no doubt be accurate and
comprehensive, but it seems rather peculiar that a firm
-of advertisers of such pretentions should tread right on
the heels of the efforts of the orthwestern Lumberman
who published weekly instalments during 1890 in that
journal of the lumber manufacturers and dealers of the
United States. It seems peculiar we repeat, that this
firm should undertake the publication of a directory
at this opportune moment.

There would be very little to add to the Vorthwestern
Lumberman’s weekly installments and information to
make it a hand book of useful information to the lum-
ber trade.

. That journal says before giving a synopsis of the re-
sults obtained during the year’s work :

_ “Tn many sections of the country there are general
mills which ordinarily do grinding of feed or grain, but
which have a saw mill attachment, as it were, which is
used on occasion.
mills which are of no commercial importance. These
the Lwmberman has always omitted from its lists. To
thus separate the mills of the country and decide what
were and what were not worthy of representation in
these columns has been a task fulfilled with as much
‘care as possible, but with no hope that all would be
satisfied with the discrimination used. It has been the
aim to furnish a list that would. be of practical value to
our readers, whether those who wished to use them be
lumber merchants or manufacturers of machinery and
supplies, and at the same time to keep the list within
such limits that it would not be unwieldy. This we
believe, has been accomplished with reasonably satis-
factory results.”

Shingle Planin
States. Saw Mills. Mills. Mills. Mills.
Michipan.. . 250-0»... foam) (OFT. 396 100
ea ee scca 3 475 26 BF 92
Minnesofa ................. 105 122 14
West Virginia.............. 226 15 108 12
Kentucky eececeecess mecee 334 34 134 15
TenneSSEE............+---0000. 442 29 ic 31
Missouri .... 22 14 125 “es
gs ee ee 31 55 144 6
FUNAWAMIA nese oy--- 0-0. 50 21 103 2
Mississippi ............... 165 18 85 3
SIAM AL, 6 ones in fs.22-2- 109 29 80 5
Texas ....... caren andere TST 30 141 zee
Ohio*:.-.--- 654 30 596 19
Indiana 689 32 356 2.
Tilinois -...... 153 8 24 é
a Saree 46 5 60 I
CU setae LSS I Io 6
North Carolina.............. 160 26 = 8
South Carolina..... cet LT 9 65 I
AGEONPIAS 202 20050p-2-+-0--. FO0 57 112 2
Florida.... 132 48 II5 ee
Iowa ..... 48 20 38 15
Kansas ... Ae ar nes
Nebraska ........ 4 A 18
South Dakota.....:....... 20 14 22
= 2 BA oe Ess ack
olorado ....... Cone. | SE
California ... ep aiees)) FOR 6 ae
RMNIRE toes oA entrance 192 26 172
Vashington 191 82 195 5
Boe ae 2 4
yoming 10 7
Idaho ...... 46 , 20 aA
Utah 36 9 22
Arizona .. Il 2 5
New Mexico 16 8 13
Indian Territory 17 I 6
Montana..«........ 27 II 19
eeaema 4 s I Se
MME se Rep acter ep = 0. 35 289 295 6
New Hampshire.. 277 160 243 6
2 ae 3638 129 307
Massachusetts .. 304 80 287 6
Connecticut. ...... 62 22 48
Rhode Island....... es a¥Z. 6 21
eae 239 732 5
New Jersey............. 73 10 92
Peansylvania.............. 982 269 815 28
i Erne 2 29 I
- Total for 1890 ........... 9919 27 7607 2
Total for ie Be so tendehy 9435 25 7721 oe

LUMBERING IN NEWFOUNDLAND.

HILE the great staple of Newfoundland is her
fisheries, there is growing evidence that at no dis-

tant day the colony is bound to become a timber centre,
‘if not a strong competitor for trade in the English
market. There are now 55 mills at work in the great
Bay of Notre Dame, or Green Bay, where there is some
excellent forest timber, consisting principally of birch,
pine, spruce and fir, or as it is called in Canada, balsam.
‘The pine board obtained is closer grained and much
wider than what is generally obtained from the neigh-
boring colonies. It is estimated that in Green Bay
there 720 square miles of pine and spruce timber, which

There are many thousands of other '

Band

if manufactured into lumber, would be worth millions of

dollars. Newfoundland is rich in minerals as well as
timber, and as capital is seeking investment in that di-
rection, there is no doubt that in the near future these
resources will be developed to a considerable extent, as
they are in the close proximity to desirable markets.

FRICTION CLUTCH PULLEYS.

RICTION clutch pulleys are designed to super-

sede tight and loose pulleys, drop tightners, etc.,
and to avoid the unnecessary work and consequent
wear imposed by them upon belts while the machinery
is idle. They are extensively used in electric lighting
and are very desirable when frequent or abrupt stop-
page of machinery is necessary. They are being very
extensively adopted in mills and factories of every
description, and are especially suitable for high speed
service and heavy work. The friction rim only is
keyed to the shaft ; the pulley and grip mechanism is
free or loose thereon. Therefore, when not “in grip,”
the driving pulley remains motionless, while the shaft
revolves freely in the babbited pulley sleeve. Im-
mediately upon being giipped the power is transmitted
to the pulley through the grip jaws and ring. When
the grip is attached to the driven pulley (located on
machine or counter shaft) the pulley revolves freely
upon the shaft until the clutch engages with it and
causes it to drive the shaft.

The accompanying cut shows a friction clutch pulley
made by the Waterous Engine Works Company, of
Brantford, Ontario, whose reputation as builders of fine
machinery is world wide. . It is not only simple,
compact and durable beyond all other contrivances,

but it engages and disengages gradually, thereby
preventing-any possible injury. Its final grip how-
ever, is more firm and positive than that of any other
clutch. The operation of this friction grip pulley and

| friction grip cut off coupling will be understood from

the following description.

The grip ring or rim, instead of being cast to the
arms of the pulley, as in ordinary clutch pulleys, is a
pulley by itself, securely keyed or fastened with set
screws to the shaft transmitting the power, or in the
case of a driven pulley, to which the power is trans-
mitted. |The grip mechanism is fastened to the arms
of the pulley or coupling. _In the case of a pulley, the
friction rim is made about half the diameter of the
pulley. In operating the pulley or coupling, this grip
mechanism stands motionless when the pulley is not
driving or when the connected shaft is cut off. To
bring it into work, the sliding sleeve’on the shaft “ D”
is forced with a lever toward the friction pulley rim,
and readily passes beyond the diametrical centre
or grip arms, which cause two, four or six sets of
friction grips to grasp the rim with anirresistable, vise-
like grip.

From the peculiar mechanism of the grips it will be
readily seen that the pressure of the inside and outside
jaws upon the friction rim is always exactly equal.
When desired the power may be applied by degrees
and the pulley started gradually, or the sliding sleeve
can be thrust in instantly by a quick movement of the
shifter, when the pulley or coupling immediately starts
at full speed. The friction grips are adjustable. The
end of lever is of cast steel, tempered, and engages.a
small block of cast steel, tempered, let into the under

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side of top grip arm. This steel <block is adjustable,
being hung from the inner end and adjusted by a

| set screw working from the upper side of grip arm.

By this means, any strain desired can be put on the
frictions to take up the wear of the friction shoes. The
friction shoes are shod with thoroughly seasoned
maple, set end on to their work, and will

years.
oiling.

wear many
The maple is easily renewable, and requires no

When the sliding sleeve is withdrawn the
point of lever engaging the steel block in grip-arm at
once works into a recess formed in the steel block to
receive it and permits top grip arm to leave pulley,
releasing immediately the grip the friction
rim. All parts subject to wear are renewable at a very
slight expense, and without trouble or loss of time, it
being unnecessary to remove the pulley from the shaft
There is
absolutely no contact or frictional surfaces when not in
grip. Owing to the short travel of the sliding sleeve,
and the fact that it passes the diametrical centre of
grip arms, the operation of gripping and releasing is so
easy that it can be readily accomplished, and when
once the sleeve is thrown into position there is no
strain upon it whatever, nor can it possibly get out of
grip without being forced by the lever. When desired,
these friction grip pulleys and cut-off coupling can be
promptly brought to a standstill, even when running at
a high rate of speed. This in case of accident may
prevent much damage or perhaps loss of life. For
further particulars address the manufacturers.

from

in order to renew or adjust any worn parts.

WE HAVE THEM IN CANADA, BUT NOT REPRE-
SENTING ‘‘THE LUMBERMAN.”

HIS is a great month for Bowling Alley Johnson.

Mr. Johnson is the young man with the Spanish
cast of countenance and raven ringlets who writes B.
A. before his name instead of after it, and who goes up
and down the country accompanied by a trunk anda
small hand bag, in the interest of the Lumber Trade
Journal of Chicago, telling possum and other stories.
The boys call him Bowling Alley instead of B. Arthur,
which is the Anglicised form of his proper name,
Johnston has one or two peculiarities. One of these is
that he never goes anywhere without a certain lean, but
eminently proper trunk. It is even reported that if he
goes from the south side, in Chicago, to the west side,
to spend an evening, he invariably takes his trunk.
Certain it is that whenever Johnston is outside of Chi-
cago there is that trunk also. Private levees are given
at which the trunk is exhibited to wondering lumbermen
and confiding newspaper men who may and may not
be connected with the lumber trade press.. The trunk
has a companion in its travels in the shape of a certain
small hand bag chat never entirely escapes from the
range of the dark eyes of Signor Don Leonardo Bowl-
ing Alley Johnson. He obtrudes it into meetings,
dumps it on the reporters table and resents any inti-
mation that it might be checked and left to the tender
mercies of the Senegambian in the coat room. But this
is wandering. I started out to say that this was a great
time for Johnson. There are no less than eight lumber
conventions scheduled for the current month and John-
son and the trunk are engaged in a frantic effort to
cover them, jumping from the soft breeze and mid-win-
ter salubrious climate of New Orleans and Atlantic to
the blizzard belt in Minnesota. Johnson stands it pretty
well but if the indications are worth anything at all it is
very hard on the trunk, which is lean, attenuated and
hungry, while its owner and companion is rotund,
happy, and to all appearances well fed at the innumer-
able banquets which he covers. The Signor will be
with us on the 28th and so will the trunk —/zzneafolis
Lumberman.

One thing, says a wuiter in the American Machinisi,
which spoils .many leather belts is a habit indulged in
by some who claim to be mechanics, of, when a belt
slips putting on powdered resin, or running fora cake
of soap and hold that on the belt—either one spoils
the belt... When a belt slips take it up; then -if it slips

put on a wider belt, and’in the end it is money in your
pocket.

i4

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

. February, 1€91

HOME AND FOREIGN TRADE REVIEW.

Office of CANADA LUMBERMAN, |
Jan. 31st, 1891. J

In answer to the usual question “How’s trade?” the

Toronto lumber dealer simply says “there is no trade.” |
| year.

This is the month when all properly managed concerns
usually take stock or have completed the job and have
ascertained their position.

So far no lumberman has been seen who has confessed
to unbounded satisfaction with the results of the year’s
business.

With that high regard for the truth which is charac-
teristic of the men who wield the board rule, we un‘te
in declaring that the year 1890 cannot by any stretch of
the imagination be considered a “boom” year.

In the city and suburb districts there has not been
anything in the way of building to compare with pre-
vious years. Speculative building received a decided
check at the very beginning of the year and for this a
variety of causes are responsible. It became apparent
early in 1890 that house building had been overdone.
On outlying streets whole terraces stood vacant, and
rents declined to figures which left very little margin of
profit to the proprietor. The loan companies advanced
the rate of interest and scrutinized progress loans so
rigidly that there was no inducement to builders to
enter upon speculation. Added to these was the masons’
and bricklayers’ strike which delayed work already in
progress, enhanced the cost of building and frightened
off investors who might have had work’‘under consider-
ation.

The lumber trade of Toronto has depended largely
upon the extension of house building. Large public
works such as Court House, Parliament Buildings, Board
of Trade, &c.,use up comparatively little lumber or tim-
ber and do not materially affect the lumber trade in any
way.

That the past has been a slow year is evidenced by
the number of failures that have taken place among
small builders, who having been unable to. sell their
houses or carry them have had to unload upon their un-
fortunate creditors, the lumber dealer and the hardware
man. During the year two well known wholesale firms
have passed out of business under circumstances which
have led many saw-millers to mourn the instability of
the credit system.

In Western Ontario the spring opened up with but a
dull demand, owing to the large stocks on hand in the
yards after a winter of bad weather, bad roads and con-
sequently slow collections and no sales.

During the summer and fall, however, an active busi-
ness was done, and it may be said of this branch of the
trade, in which Toronto dealers are largely interested,
that it is in a fairly healthy condition.

The South American trade was completely blockaded
by the political and financial convulsions in Brazil and
the Argentine Republic, and this hitherto profitable
branch of the business seems likely to remain in a state
of stagnation for some time to come.

The scarcity of cars during the year 1890 was one of
the crying evils of the trade. The lumber section of the
Board of Trade took the matter up, and backed by the

council of the Board of Trade and the leading lumber |

manufacturers, pressed their claims for redress against
the Grand Trunk Railway Co. so vigorously that the
management of that road made earnest endeavors to
meet the difficulty.

The unexpected development of the ice traffic, the
double track construction, and the shortage of engine
power are all blamed for the scanty supply of cars.

Added to this the needless and vexatious delays of |

shipments in transit made the lumber dealer’s business
life anything but a happy one.

After many interviews the Grand Trunk Railway Co.,
for the purpose of encouraging and facilitating winter
shipments of lumber, have conceded a 3000 lb. allowance
on flat cars instead of 2000 lbs. as formerly, and have
given reduced winter rates on shipments to Western
Ontario and the United States.

By the passage of the McKinley bill the tariff on
sawn pine lumber was reduced to $1.00 per M feet, and
this combined with low freight rates should enable
Jumbermen to move off during the winter a consider-

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‘able quantity of stock which heretofore has been held

over until the opening of navigation.

The stock of logs put into the mills last winter was
considerably short of previous seasons and asa conse-
quence prices were pretty well maintained during the
Bill stuff has if anything been slightly advanced
especially on the lengths over 18 ft... In the fall, just be-
fore the close of navigation, there was an active demand
from the U. S. for good lumber which for nearly a year
had been a drug in the market. All kinds of hardwood
have been in fair demand and prices are firm at the
published quotations.

The stock that is being carried over is comparatively
light. The Georgian Bay mills were pretty well ship-
ped out before the close of navigation,and at rail points
there is no large surplus of lumber on hand.

The present has been,'speaking generally,a favourable
winter for getting out logs, and there is every prospect
of a full average cut for next season.

It does not seem probable that the local trade next
season will be very much of an improvement upon the
year 1890,and although the business atmosphere should
be clear after the demise of a large number of weak
houses, yet discreet business men will hold in credit
with a firm hand and buy with caution.

There is nothing in prospect that will warrant the
spreading of sail during the coming season.

Indiscriminate selling to weak buyers on long terms
of credit have been the ruin of many lumber houses
in Toronto in the past and it will be well if the survivors
will take heed to the lesson. 2

Ottawa exchanges and correspondents report great
activity in rail shipments both on the C.P.R. and C.A.
division of the G.T.R. Most of the shipments are
billed for the U.S. and it is presumed that an impetus
has been given to the Chaudiere trade by the reduction
of $1 per M in the import tariff of that country.

The past year on the whole is looked upon by the
manufacturers and shippers as exceedingly dull and its
effect will be marked on the cut of logs for the
winter. ;

Some limits are being operated with as large gangs
of men as last year, others have reduced the number,
while quite a few are reported as doing nothing.

J. B. Snowball, of Chatham, N.B., has published his
annual timber trade circular. It is reliable. Nova
Scotia exceeded her output for 1890 by 7,000,000 ft.,
New Brunswick decreased hers by 63,000,000 ft.

PORTS. 1889. 1890.
Miramichil(e = se eee 109,669,913 87,633,256
Stoulohnmtcer eee eee 180, 167,488 132,608,516
Bathurst-2.5 oncacceee non ereoe 15,578,454 10,204,103
Dalhousiewn- none saccer 23,502, 348 22,114,275
Richibuctooweneee eee ere 13,084,798 14,915,707
Shediae sir ctsicverere raster exe 12,176,273 11,780,071
Sackvillemns sateen aeeiacerse 14,852,000 14,174,000
Totals eek. civae. aeons 369,031,274 293, 364,928

Tons timber 93,329 in 1889 and 6,229 in 1890.
The trans-Atlantic shipments from the province of New
Brunswick for the past ten years were :

DSS Ty og seve ee ceria oie Steet rear aan 394 Millions.
Y882 anes So Beate ied ok oat on oe eee 376 os
if: toie MRO Stic ca ORCC Gere ao. ciio o 4II ‘
DEBRA. si ours toe ate Acseie ee Oe ai aE Belew ac
TOSS 2 ies ec ote cuncd cues crete Rta euc tease Saree rena 202)
jo ea SIR Aas Cal ooo ety HiG.bk cro Fe OG 276 cs
LES Fic. caia ays; wlsieieceks pings Oleg DE ue eR pifey = 0%
TOSS sss osewlecs estta: wei es silate eleeeenentorers Meena ei eatiae Bra es
|: 1310 IMO EER LS ARNG at oo Ace RO 369 Es
felt Vaca adobe Gone ous 9odcns 500 0900 000% 293) acs

The shipments of deals from Nova Scotia to trans-Atlantic
ports have been as follows:

TSO 2 See ee oe ae ORO ee 88,752,000 feet.
TOS 30 ii: tschickoni Motes De ee eee 77,918,000 ‘*
RSG: ee cd cays G Srepogt hah cuens bien eee goa ERE 69,159,000 ‘‘
TODS: ccsveorausutisrsjols ah causheletensy Wenn - 79,647,765 ‘*
PS86: fae hs int cea cnt he Dee Ree 87,280,125 ‘*
DS 87 32:26 Abies Mace ene Oe eee 82,959,589 ‘‘
fel aS ED ONO DOR OAS ONO TH ASB aoe 5 4 bbs 85,070,005 ‘‘
ESQOY oi wie ora alscaarcttie to treyseh an Re ap eae eee 92,605,488 ‘
TSQO4 Pardee geste teal eee aoe Oe ee tees 99,512,924 ‘*
The Nova Scotia shipments were from the follwoing
ports ‘
No. Tons. Sup. Feet.
Vessels
Amherst outports........ 46 25,478 18,131,900
ET al fasecches eee Se eytcee cies 81 40,595 35,278,875
JordanuR iwerawenecacine ce I 644 566,233
Parrsboro'. =. eve aise 41 35,958 32,560,186
Pictou's..3's.poseaoei eeteere 10 6,120 2,104,000
St. Margaret’s Bay....... 7] 2,963 2,769,937
sheet Hlarboreneesnyaseer II 6,257 5,507,572 |
Ship sharbowe ance ee I 725 665,507
St.Mary's Riverscetan.8 4 1,551 1,380,043
Varmouth §-.00 cess one I 590 542,641
Totals.5. 0: ocean 203 120,890 39,512,924

——

Nova Scotia aiso exported 4,608 tons of birch timber, viz =
1,172 tons from Halifax, and 3,496 tons from Pictou.

The cause of the decline in New Brunswick exports:
was the sluggish United Kingdom markets and the low:
prices offered.

The cut of logs this winter so far is less than the
corresponding time for 1890, and no doubt the fact that
from 15,000,000 to 20,000,000 feet of deals was carried
over influenced the logger when the winter opened.

Moving westward the Keewatin District demands
some attention. The three centres of the lumber trade
sawed a total of 60,000,000 feet. | Norman cut 24,000,-
ooo feet, Keewatin 21,750,000 and Rat Portage 15,550,—
ooo. Trade was active all the year.

Winnipeg did considerable with small mills, all the
cut being used for local consumption. Several sections
postponed building public and private buildings because
lumber could not be secured.

If the Keewatin district does not make an effort to
get hold of a slice of this trade British Columbia will
cater for it and get it.

The new years issue of the Vancouver Ze/egram and
the New Westminster Columbian each devoted con-

-siderable space describing the industries of the country-

Boiled down, the state of trade for 189c was that
invested capital in lumbering doubled itself during the
year. Attention has been drawn from Eastern Can-
ada and some of the United States to the British.
Columbia woods admirably suited for interior decor-
ation. The Royal City Planing Mills Co. shipped 325
carloads of Douglas fir to the Barney & Smith Car
Mfg. Co., of Dayton, Ohio, in addition to ~ smaller
quantities. The mill doubled its output during 1888
and 1889 and increased it 30 per cent.over 1889 in 1890.
The cut for the year being 20,000,000 feet of lumber 15-
000,000 shingles and 5,000,000 lath.

Two new mills were built, the North Pacific Lum-
bering Co. (McLaren, Ross & Co,) at Barnet, capacity
100,000 ft.daily and the Mechanic’s Mill Co. which cost
$35,000,000, and when in full blast will employ 600
men. The Brunette Saw Mills Co.spent $90,000 on their
mill. The Moodyville Saw Mill Co. was thoroughly
overhauled and repaired. Hastings Saw Mill was,
largely rebuilt, and its capacity doubled. Both the
Vancouver Lumber Co.’s mill and the Fader Bros.’ mill

have been placed on a sound financial basis, consider- ~

ably extended and repaired, and are doing a prosper-
ous business. Cassady’s sash and door factory, and
Slater’s shingle mill, the Manufacturing and Trading
Co., and Morse & Boggs, have each been doing a good!
business. The Manufacturing and Trading Co.’s.
business is one of the industries belonging to the past
year, and enters into the manufacture of furniture,
cooperage and a general line of the manufacture of
woods.

The lumber mills alone would suffice to make West-
minster a town of great importance, and, consequently
the growth of these establishments means growth to the
city. The present combined possible output of the mills.
is Over 500,000 feet daily, and an enterprise has lately
been successfully floated for the erection of another
large mill in the east end, which, when completed, will
give a total capacity of about 750,000 feet daily.

Since the above was written the London, Eng.
Timber has come to hand. It contains a long report

; on the state of Quebec and the lower provincial lumber

trade. It is so full of items of interest that we publish it
in full.
FOREIGN.

THE QUEBEC SEASON—The Canadian imports hay-
ing closed, we propose to glance rapidly at the leading
features in connection therewith during the past year.
The result generally has been unsatisfactory for both.
sellers and buyers, and the season has probably been
the most uncertain and disastrous one to shippers and
importers for many years. The early part of 1890
found sellers with very firm ideas, and high figures in
particular were quoted for any prime shipments of pine
and oak. Freights opened steadily on the basis of 60s
per std. for deals and boards, at which a fair amount of
tonnage was booked. The annual visit of Quebec mar-
chants did not result in anything like the usual
amount of forward contracting, a general feeling being
predominent, that prices were too high, and would
either become easier, or that it would be impossible to
re-sell purchases with any reasonable margin of profit.
The business transacted consisted principally of small
special lines, or particular and exceptional averages
and sizes of timber and deals, for which high prices
were undoubtedly paid. The demand for red pine
deals was active, and a few contracts were placed at
good figures. It soon became evident that an enor-
mous stock had been got out, and was being manufac-
tured on the other side, and that lumbermen, of all
sorts and conditions, were vieing with each other
to secure the golden harvest, which a large margin on
existing inflated figures seemed to have in store for
them. We know for certainty now, that several years
prior to 1890, left enormous profits to owners of Can-
adian timber limits, and large sums of money were
made, especially among those connected with any form

February 18g.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

15

of the pine industry. As the year wore on, owing to
the accession of so much steam tonnage, freights be.
‘gan to fall, but few, if any, of those engaged in the
trade, anticipated at the time, that they would recede
to 36s 3d before the end of the year. The early sum-
mer brought vividly to light the financial weakness of
several Quebec exporting houses, and the immense
responsibilities they would be compelled to face, in the
form of a falling market, and the burden of large and
accumulating stocks. Some relief to the business
difficulties of Messrs. Smith, Wade & Co., Messrs. J.
S. Murphy & Co., and the unfortunate Davies compli-
cations, was found in the arrival of numerous sailing
vessels at Quebec, ready and willing to accept almost
any freights that could be secured. From this time
forward, until the close of the season, numerous vessels
were chartered by shippers, and extensive consign-
ments of almost every kind of Quebec woods sent
forward to various British ports, the larger quantity
coming to Liverpool. Of these, the principal feature
has been the largely increased -quantities of birch,
much exceeding anything we have received for many
years. The quality generally was good, and the vari-
‘ous parcels received were sold at so low a figure, as to
compete successfully with other ports which have long
held supremacy, mainly on account of cheaper values.
Ash has also been freely consigned, and reduced
prices helped the consumption a little. This wood,
however, having gone largely out of use, owing to the
greater adoption of walnut and oak, we are left with a
large stock and the poorest possible demand. Elm
thas come forward in moderate quantities, the quality
thas been neither so clean nor fresh as usual, and the
wintering stock is large. While this new movement
possibly did much to slacken the financial tension of
Quebec, it caused a heavy decline in selling values
here. It also left early summer importers, who had
failed to sell their holdings ata profit ex quay, in the
unpleasant position of having to contemplate disastrous
losses ex yard. The bulk of the autumn log arrivals
were handled by Messrs. Holme, Wainwright & Co.,
who promptly distributed nearly the whole among
‘firms in the trade, at the best available, but greatly
reduced prices. The weakest feature in this con-
nection was seen when some of these were re-distri-
buted several times over, to other merchants, with
little or no apparent profit on each individual tran-
saction. The heaviest decline will be found in oak
and waney pine, both of which have fallen from 6d to
‘to 9d per ft., according to quality and average. The
drop in pine deals and boards, red pine and _ spruce
deals is fairly represented by the reduction in freights.
As ship owners will not be able to entertain, for some
time at least, the present unremunerative rates, the
position of all these articles may slightly improve
during the next few months, although the stock is
exceedingly heavy and much -will depend upon the
spring demand. Apart from the losses sustained by
shrinkage in prices, it must notbe forgotten that the
wintering stock in Quebec is a heavy one, and that
there are several uncomfortable items in the returns
just issued as to what is being held here. For in-
stance, we possess at the present time about 350,000
feet of oak logs, including, of course, Canadian and
United States wood. Owing to the enormously
increased arrivals and demand for the United States
planks and dimensioned scantlings, the ordinary con-
sumption of logs is rapidly falling away, probably
never toreturn. The existing stock of logs is there-
fore out of all proportion to any probable real require-
ments, and must inevitably remain a drug if importa-
tion continue at anything like the figures of last year.
The same influence is also-at work with respect to
waney and square board pine, the stock of which is
now nearly 650,000 ft. Canada and the United States
are sending such enormous quantities of cut up stuff,
in the shape of pine deals, boards, sidings and scant-
lings that the former demand for logs must inevitably
grow less and less, and the old condition of things, as
regards the export log trade of Quebec be greatly
changed. One has only to visit regularly the discharg-
ing berths of well known and almost weekly trading
steamers to notice what is quickly taking place in the
form and nature of imports. Special dimensions in
every useful thickness, of excellent quality and manu-
facture, may be observed in many new descriptions of
woods. Buyers are also being supplied with their
exact lengths, widths and thicknesses, and deliveries
made, not only at stated intervals throughout the year,
but from numerous ports which had no shipping
existence for such goods within the past year or two.
These are factors which are fully apparent to all on
this side and should be carefully considered by every
seller and exporter in the vast Canadian timber trade.
New BRUNSWICK TRADE—At the commencement
of the year freights were moderately high, with a firm
tendency. Buyers, who had contracted for spruce
deals the previous season, on f.o.b. terms, and had
suffered through stiff advances during the latter
months of 149, began to buy largely, for the new sea-
son's supplies, on c.i.f. terms, and a fair all round busi-
ness was done at good prices. Few of the early spring
shipments hadarrived before the dowhward tendency of
the freight market began to manifest itself, and it was

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not long ere sellers found it impossible to place their
imports at’ anything approaching a profit. Spruce
deal prices fell rapidly directly the first pressure of
supplies was felt. St. John cargoes soon failed to realize
the low value of £6 Ios per standard, and many large
shipments were yarded, either failing buyers, or in the
effort to prevent a further decline. With a reduction
in freights to the unprecedented figure of 35s per stan-
dard, the lowest point touched at the close of the year,
and a fine cargo of Dalhousie deais was sold at £5 15,
the boards only realizing £5 per standard, in both
cases ex quay, and thus free from any landing charges.
Although the demand has been fairly steady until the
last two months, most sellers have done badly, es-
pecially those who contracted early at c.if. prices.
The high values and pleasant profits of 1889 have not
only entirely disappeared, but resulted in a re-action,
leaving the market in a low and weak state as regards
prices, and the large stock of nearly 22,000 standards.
As this does not include the additional quantities held
by Liverpool firms at other West Coast ports, it is
evident that the season has closed with possibly the
largest stock on record. In ils entirety it is probably
one of the worst seasons experienced by the trade for
years. Very few cargoes have been sold by auction,
and the spruce deal business has settled down to one
of private treatv. Until the present stock assumes a
much healthier appearance and the demand again rises
to a higher level, it will be worse than folly for ship-
pers to consign market cargoes here, unless they are
satisfied to do so at a heavy loss to themselves.
Spruce boards have been in active demand through-
out the year, owing, principally, to the requirements of
ship canal contractors, and prices have been relatively
good. St. John birch logs have come forward in
reasonable and well arranged deliveries. The great
bulk have been handled by Messrs. A. F. and D.
Mackay in a most satisfactory manner to all concern-
ed. The market has been steadily controlled, and a
profitable outlet found for shipments in most cases on
arrival. The existing stock is 86,000 feet; but with
a regular consumption of nearly half this amount the
position is a sound one. The import of Halifax and
Prince Edward Island wood has been moderate, the
quality excellent, and the bulk of arrivals have
promptly found buyers at firm values. A _ large ship-
ment of Satamagouche wood should have arrived last
month for Messrs. Ellison, Murphy & Co. and is now
so much overdue that fears are entertained as to the
safety of the vessel. St. John and Lower Port birch
planks have been sent forward in enormous quantities
without the slightest regard to consumption. In face
of these facts values have fallen much below anything
that could have been anticipated, and far beyond the
difference represented by the decline in freights. To-
wards the end of the year several parcels changed
hands on the basis of about £6 per standard, but
prices have since somewhat improved. The stock
remains heavy, but thanks to an excellent demand in
November and December it has got down to 164,000
feet and it appears likely that sellers will shortly obtain
improved figures on their holdings. Several parcels
of St. John pine timber have been imported, and the
last consignment of the year is on the quay ex WVettie
Murphy. \t has mostly been prime, fresh wood of
excellent quality and has been so far rapidly passed
into consumption, as usual, by Messrs. Holme, Wain-
wright & Co., who have generally handled the
whole of these shipments which have proved so _ useful
for the best.machine purposes.

PITCH PINE TRADE—The general consumption has
been large, and sawn wood general in demand. The
enormous requirements of the ship canal contractor
have been steady and continuous for the past. two
years, and from any reliable information obtained,
seems likely to remain so for some time to come. The
season opened with a light stock especially in hewn
wood. Prices were satisfactory to sellers and buyers,
and, with anticipated excellent demand, the prospect
was bright. The sudden arrivals of several steamer
cargoes of sawn wood, which were promptly offered
by auction on shippers’ account, began to weaken the
market. For a time, owing to the uneasy feeling
created by the knowledge that further supplies were
on the way, it was impossible to dispose of fresh
arrivals except by this method. Values were quickly
forced down 2d to 3d per ft., and large sales were
made by dealers for medium sizes at 12%d to 13%d
per foot. This left little or no margin of profit on
the most favorable purchases, and any competitive
business continued in this unsatisfactory state nearly
the whole of the year. The decline in the import and
a large consumption brought about considerable im-
provement during the last three months, and the
stock is a satisfactory one, being only 417,000 ft.
Hewn timber, which was leaving an excellent profit to
importers in the early months soon became a glut,
and the excellent results it was yielding rapidly
vanished. The demand considerably abated and was
reduced last month to 15,000 ft. With the excessive
stock of 534,000 ft., hopes of improvement are more
or less remote, and the present holdings must remain
a drug for some considerable period of this year.
Special sized logs in both hewn and sawn wood have

left better results and helped materially to improve
the returns on any large averaged cargoes. Particu-
lar shipments, such as very prime consignments of the
Sullivan Timber Co., have done better and yielded 2s
to 3s per load over ordinary prices. Much of the con-
signment timber, especially in sawn wood, has been of
a middling to inferior character. Many contracts
have been fulfilled with too large a portion of sappy
logs, and in the inevitable arbitrations which have
followed large awards have been made to buyers for

this defect. The principal feature of the year has
been seen in the extended importation of sawn boards
in many new sizes. These are now being manufac-

tured not only in the usual narrow widths, for ordin-
ary flooring purposes, but also ina variety of dimen-

sions up to 16 in. wide, and suitable for the many wants
of retail dealers. Several parcels lately arrived have
been of exceedingly clean and prime quality, perfectly
free from sap on the face side, and of highly improved

sawing and general condition. In sympathy with the
movement in other directions, pitch pine must ere long
witness the same transition already extended more
largely to other woods. Some large contracts have
been made for these particular sizes, for the coming
season and if shippers will faithfully carry out their
promises and pay due regard to their culling, an
increasing demand for such useful goods will become
permanently established. The total stock in the port
at the close of the year was rather over 1,000,000 ft.,
which is exclusive of that held by local firms having
depots at other West Coast places.

UNITED STATES.

Just as we go to press a heavy fall of snow is reported
from Northern Wisconsin and the lake Superior coun-
ties. This means thousands of dollars to the lumbering
interests, the lack of snow having caused great inac-
tivity.

Still, the open winter during December and January,
and the absence of snow will have an influence on prices.

-Cutting logs ceased in many sections during the month,

the logger being afraid that those on the skids would
never reach the streams, no snow being in the woods.

The usual number of salesmen have not been on the
road either in the east, the west or north-west, and the
retail lumbermen of no less than a dozen states have
indulged in gatherings during the month, in most cases
revising their price lists and shoving up quotations.
On the whole 1891 looks rosy.

The quietness existing during the holiday season still
prevades the markets of the United States in which
Canadian lumbermen have special interest. At Boston
the bulk of orders booked are for spring deliveries, and
the turn over of stocks in the yards and wharfs exceed-
ingly inactive. Trade has fallen off somewhat since

| our last reports.

Freights from Gulf ports, and the Atlantic coast to
the-south, are lower than they have been for years, and
many vessels have tied up sooner than accept the rate
offered.

The market is glutted and the car lot receipts for
January exceeded the demand.

As spring approaches the conditions will change and
dealers confidently assert that the outlook is promising.

In Albany, N. Y., the weather during January was
too severe to allow building operations to be carried on
with any degree of comfort or at a profit. The local
demand was constantly light. Dealers are enquiring
after purchases for the coming season and report Cana-
dian stocks, especially at Ottawa, stiff, quotations hav-
ing advanced $1.00 per M on all grades ot pine.

Complaints were rife at the close of the year and dur-
ing stock taking, amongst lumber dealers in Buffalo and
Oswego, about the hard season’s business. - Statistics
for the year as far as receipts and shipments are con-
cerned, contradict the grumbling. If trade has been
individually unsatisfactory, dealers must have sold at a
small margin or a loss. They cannot attribute losses te
a lack of trade, for Buffalo has never made such a good

‘showing in volume as she made in 1890, and Oswego

held her own with former years. Buffalo is increasing
1apidly in population. Contracts for building requiring
large quantities of lumber are let for the coming season,
and the local trade as a consequence will be brisk.
Stocks are not heavy and buyers are feeling the Penn-
sylvania, New York, and Canadian manufacturers.

Tonawanda has taken things complacently during the
month, buying nothing except when compelled to fill
particular orders. Prospects seem fair and develop-
ments must certainly fulfill the expectations of the best
posted dealers, who believe that the present quietness is
but a natural feature of the trade.

Canadian lumbermen and vessel men will be delight-
ed to hear that the government has decided to remove
the obstructions to navigation in the Niagara River at
the inlet pier and at Strawberry Island. A contract has
been let for the removal of the rocks at those places, and
when the work will be completed the channel! will be 18
feet deep, instead of 12%, as it nowis. The obstruc-
tions have been responsible for a good many wrecks in
the river, and the removal will be a great benefit to
navigation. It will allow vessels to come to port with
full loads that last year were compelled to lighten part
of their cargoes in order to pass over the rocks.

16

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

February, 189r

Advertisements will be inserted in this depart-
ment at the rate of 15 cents per line zach insertion,
When four or more consecutive imsertions are
ordered a discount of 25 percent. will be allowed.
This notice shows the width of the line, and is set
in Nonpareil type. Advertisements must be_re-
ceived mot later than the 27th of each month to
insure insertion in the following issue.

FOR SALE.

4

ARDWOUOD lumber, bought, sold or received
on consignment, TUCKER DAVID, lum-
ber commission merchant, 202 Eleventh Ave.,N.Y.

WANTED—TO BUY.

OOD Canadian Timber Limits and Georgian
Bay saw logs. Address, BEN BIRDSALL,
Whitney Building, Detroit, Mich,

CAPITAL WANTED.

ANTED A partner with about $12.000 cap-
Win’ to take halfinterest ina well established
lumber and shingle business in British Columbia.
Timber Limits now secured to run mill5 to7
years. For particulars address, H.H.S., BOX
297, Vancouver, B. C.

WANTED—PARTNER

ITH 350.000 to $75,C0) capital to invest in

timber limit and saw mills on line of C.P.R.
in British Columbia, with three practical men.
Best thing on line of C.P.R. Address BOX 276,
Trenton, Ont., Canada.

TAMARACK TIMBER.

HE UNDERSIGNED wishes to purchase a

large quantity of Tamarack Logs, from 8 to
2 feet long, the smallest to be not less than 13 in.
at the top. A good price will be paid, delivered
at Shelburne, Melancthon, Corbetton and River-
view mills. A. F. SPEARING, Shelborne or
Riverview.

OR SALE in the vil’age of South River,—a

first-elass saw and shingle mill, in good run-
ing order: situated on the bank of South river,
Parry Sound district. For particulars apply to
C. W. Burns, jr., South River, Ont.

OR SALE—Steam saw mill and bush lot in
the township of Egremont. Apply to Adam
Watson, Durham.

UST BE SOLDat any sacrifice, heavy saw-

mill machinery ; first-class site: good stock
of logs, and 200 acres of land; at junction of
G.T.R. with C P.R. Apply E. Garrow, Nipissing
Junction P.O., Ont.

WANTED IN 1891.

NY QUANTITY OF CEDAR TELE-
GRAPH POLES at shipping points, Terms

Apply to J. HARRISON HARVEY, Cobo
for H. D. MCCAFFREY’
lines,

cash.
conk, Ont,, purchaser
Engineer and Contractor of Telegraph
Oswego, N.Y.

FOR SALE.

pee TWIN ENGINES, 6x6, with link mo-
tion, suitable for rope feed, in order,
J. HADDON, Foxmead. Ont.

ARTNER WANTED ina Steam Saw Mill;
good location; abundant supply of logs to
purchase or saw bythe M. Capacity with circu-
Jar 25 to 0 M daily, which can be increased to
so or 60 M by addition of gang, for which mill is
Suitable. Capital required to invest, sawing b
the M, not over $-,000. Man capable of taking full
control of the business preferred. Address PART-
NER, care of CANADA LUMBERMAN.

WANTED—FOR CASH—HARDWOOD

ARDWOOD Lumber Squares and Dimension

Stock, principally wa'’nut squares, 13to7 in.
thick 12in. and upward long. Apply for speci-
fications and prices. State full particulars of
stock on hand. P.O. BOX 1,144, New York.

RAILS AND CARS FOR SALE.

Light Steel Rails for Tramways; good order.
Cars for lumber, cheap.
JOHN J. GARTSHORE,
49 Front St. West,
Toronto.

WANTED.
UEBEC BIRCH—Those who can {furnish
. choice lumber are invited to correspond
with
JOHN S. MASON & CO.

240 Eleventh Avenue,
New York City.

Pine Timber Limits |

FOR SALE

On Upper Ottawa running back
from Birch Lake. Main Ottawa river.
300 miles—selected years ago—well
timbered, good streams for driving.

Terms of payment easy.

Apply to
J. BELL FORSYTH & CO.

QUEBEC.

TIMBER « LANDS

| FOR SALE

| 5000 Acres of Timber
Lands on the Manitoulin
Island,

Patented and unpatented, are offered at the

Low Price of

$5.00 PER ACRE.

Some of the lots have timber on them worth
$20 per acre, and the land is of fair quality for
farming when cleared.

The Dominion Government having recently
taken off the Export Duty on ieleerape Poles,
| Railway Ties, Shingle Bolts and Saw Logs, the
value of the timber on the Island is doubled, owing
to its Bical facilities for shipment to Detroit, Chi-
cago, Toledo, Buffalo, Cleveland and all Lake ports.

The late owners, Messrs. Wm. and Robert
Henry, are both deceased, and there being no one
to carry on their business, these lands will be sold
low, in Block to close out the estate. lenders
solicited and purchases liberally dealt with. All
necessary information can be obtained from the
trustee and Solicitors,

Messrs. FRANCIS & WARDROP,
Barristers, &c.,
Toronto.

JAMES McGEE. Trustee,
Toronto.

GIANT HAND FIRE ENGINES.
From $200 to $700

Waterous Engine Works Co,,

Brantford, Canada.

an A Ee

ELECTRIC LICHT C®,

MANUFACTURERS OF

D.

57, ADELAIDE ST. Ww. —

| TORONTO SS

COWPER & CGRECORY.

ECEIVERS and Forwarders uf Lumber,
Lath, Shingles, &c. Unexcelled facilities
for shipping by canal orrail. Tonawanda, N. Y.

A. M. DODCE & CO.

ANUFACTURERS of and Wholesale deal-
ers in all kinds of Lumber, Lath and Shing-

les. Tonawanda, N. Y
E. & B. HOLMES.
HOLESALE dealers in Lumberand Timber.
= Office, Michigan and Canal Streets, Buffalo,

CHEESMAN DODCE

IMBER and Lumber Merchants.
Boat stock, Railroad Ties, &c.
West Seneca Street, Buffalo.

Ship and
Office, 16

Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co.

OFS and yard, 175 Louisiana Street, Buf-
\ falo. Holders of Hardwood stocks are in-
vited to correspond.

EMMET FLEMING

NSPECTOR and Commission dealer in Lum-
“ ber. Office, 251 Louisiana Street, Buffalo, N.

LAYCOCK LUMBER CO.

Mee ue Ee of Pine, Hemlock and
: Oak Timber up to $5 feet in length. Saw
Mills: Ackley, Pa, Black Rock, N. Y., Graven-
hurst, Ont. Office, corner Main and Seneca Sts,
Buffalo, N. Y.

J. & T. CHARLTON
yy HOLESaALe dealers in Masts and Spars,
ve

Canada Round Pine, &c. Tonawanda, N.

WILLARD W. BROWN.
20 Main Street, Buffalo, handles all kinds
of Hard Woods.

A. P. & W. E. KELLEY CO.

HOLESALE Lumber dealers. Yards at
qo onawanda and Chicago. Correspondence
invited.

Cc. P. HAZARD.

HOLESALE dealer in Lumber, Shingles,

Lath and Fence Posts. Correspondence

invited from the Canadian trade. No 92 River
Street, Buffalo, N. Y

L. A. KELSEY LUMBER CO., (Ltd.):

ANUFACTURERS and dealers in Hard—
wood Lumber of all kinds. Describe stock
and write for prices. Office Tonawanda, N. Y.

BOVEE & HOWDEN
ANUFACTURERS and Wholesale dealers-
in Hard and Soft Wood Lumber. Holders.
of Canadian stocks are invited to write for quota--
tions. Offices at Tonawanda and Le Roy, N. Y.

THE TONAWANDA LUMBER CO.

ILLS at East Tawas, Mich.; office 106 Main
Street, opposite N. Y. C. and H.R. R. R.
Station, North Tonawanda, N. Y.

Je J Geena

Sail, Tent and Awning Maker,

251 Georce ano 154 Kine Streets,
PETERBOROUGH.

Canoe, Yacht and Boat Sails made to order..
Perfect Fits guaranteed.
Every description of Lumbermen’s Su pblies
and Waterproof Clothing.

Fawcett & Go.

D\WMisss Oita ar

NZ

So

ar

TA Ti @mees

269 Queen St. E., Opp. Seaton St., Toronto.

First-Class Goods and Trimmings.

Workmanship and Fit Guaranteed.

All Orders Punctually Executed.

Hersert G. Ross.

Box 273.

REGINALD C. BLAKER

N. G. ROSS & GO.

Real Estate, Fire and Life Insurance,
Shipping and General Commission Agents.

K-=Timber Limits and Farming Lands a Specialty.

A.B.C. Code, Cable address, ‘‘ Ross.”’

NEW WESTMINSTER.

B. C.

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

The American Lumber Yard

HAMBURG,

CERMANY,

Offers the best facilities for Yarding and Selling all kinds of

American Wood Goods.

Address :

ROSENBACHER & CO.,
Bankers, Hamburg.

CARL GARTNER, Agent, —
Hamburg

GEORGE McWILLIAMS

(Successor to Wm. Forsyth.)

MANUFACTURER OF

TarPpeR Pike POLES,

PEEVEY STOCKS, CANT HOOK AND GAFF HOOK HANDLES.

The only Successful Taper Pike Pole Manufactured.

Peterborough,

= Ontario...

February, 1891.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 17

GEO. HASTINGS. JOHN CRAY. H. HANCOCK.

GEO. HASTINGS & CO.
-

Lumber Merchants

TRUST ~BUILDING CHAMBERS,
Cor. Yonge and Colborne Streets.

TORONTO.

All Kinds of Pine and Hardwood Lumber.
==BILL STUFF CUT TO ORDER A SPECIALTY.

Toronto Harowoon LUMBER Co.

Wholesale Dealers and Shippers in all kinds of

| Wy
€ HARDWOOD LUMBER 3

7K

83 Front Street West, Corner Lorne Street,

AYA
7.

TORONTO,

MILLS
Gravenhurst, Huntsville

TELEPHONE
No. 1046

OFFICES
Hamilton, Toronto

ROBERT THOMSON & CO.

DEALERS N

Pine and Mardwood

| LUMBER®|#TIMBER}

AMfills Operating all the year round. Correspondence Solicited.

SORONTO DEFICE, |

ONDON CANADIAN CHAMBERS

103 BAY STREET,

TORONTO,

THOMAS MEANEY,
REPRESENTTVE.

DON OGH & OLIVER.

Wholesale Dealers in

LUMBER

OFFICE :
Nos. 16 and 17 Imperial Bank Buildings,

WELLINGTON STREET EAST.

TORONTO, ONT.

DALTON McCARTHY, President.

Toronto and Midland Mfg Co.
Wholesale + Lumber + Dealers

AND MANUFACTURERS OF
Ceiling, Sheeting, Siding, Shelving, Mouldings of all Descriptions.

J. H. EYER, Manager

Office and Yard:

FOOT OF SPADINA AVE., - TORONTO.

Planing Mills: MIDLAND, ONT.

PORTER, ROBERTSON & C0.

STOCKS WHOLESALE HARDWOODS

STRIPS B R HEMLOCK

SIDINGS 4 MI ; SHINGL.ES

BILLSTUFF DEALERS LATH, ETC.
EIN

Millichamp’s Buildings,

35 * Adelaide * Street * East,
TORONTO.

YARD: NORTHERN DOCK, FOOT OF BATHURST STREET.

Established 1849.

Incorporated (884.

Detroit Saw Works

MANUFACTURERS OF

ey Circular, Gang, Mulay, Drag and Cross-Cut Saws

MOLDING AND PLANINC KNIVES,

FE Sh 52cm Sais Emery Wheels and General Mill Supplies.
_ 66, 68, 70 and 72 Fort St. East, DETROIT, MIGN.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

AN IMPROVED SAW SWAGE.

Paln.iter, Empey & Co., of Galt, Ont., |
advertise in another column their new
Improved Saw Swage. Without an ex-
ception their patrons express themselves
as more than satisfied with its workings. |
If enquiries are the criteria of future
sales the firm’s capacity will be over-
taxed.

FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

Recently, while Charles Robinson was
working in his father’s saw mill, in West
Garafraxa, he was caught in the machin-
ery with the usual result that one leg was
broken and the ankle shattered.

The Joshua Jarvis, who was killed in an
accident on the Vermont Central road,
on which he was employed, worked last
year in Eddy’s pulp mill, Hull, Que.

A young man named John Linton, who
was chopping wood in the McGladery
camp at Birch & Linnett’s bush, six miles
from Fergus, was killed by a falling tree.

Mr. Laban Walter, son of Mr. Rich- |.

ard Walter, of East Wawanosh, met with
an accident. He was taking out some
saw logs from the swamp when a log fell
on his leg, breaking one of the small
bones and putting the ankle out of
joint.

A fire in Aldred & Sons’ Foundry, of
Glencoe, made such headway before it
was extinguished that $8,000 loss was
occasioned.

Hyacinthe Beaulier, working in the
camp of Napoleon Charlebois, a foreman
for the C. Beck Manufacturing Co., of
Penetanguishene, lost his life in the
township of Tiny, county Simcoe, by a
tree falling on his head. He leaves a
widow and six children.

Mr. William Hay; of Dornoch, has
returned from Marquet, Mich., lumber
woods. He having been injured while
employed there. A younger brother has
been so unfortunate as to cut off one of
his great toes.

A man named Carruthers, who was in
charge of Fotheringham’s mill at Rat
Portage, has been either murdered or
committed suicide. He was found in his
house with a bullet in hjs head, and it is
said his wife was in the house at the time
of the occurrence.

Richard Gregory, cabinet-maker, of
Kingsville, was running a buzz saw, when
his right hand came in contact with it
and the points of two fingers are now
missing and a third is badly cut.

Mr. H.-B. Coward, Cardville, N. W. T.,
met with a very serious acciden a week
ago. Whilst carrying a log on his shoul-
der he tripped and fell, the log falling on
his back, injuring him very severela. He
has not been able to leave his bed since.

A man named Wentzel, belonging to
New Canada, and working in the em-
ploy of Messrs. Davidson & Sons, Hali-
fax, N. S., as a chopper in the woods,
was seriously injured by a falling tree on
Saturday last. Dr. Primrose was sent
for and arrived at the camps on Saturday
afternoon, and he pronounced the wounds
of such a serious nature as to determine
the unfortunate man not to be removed
least fatal results might follow.

Patrick Mulvey of Vinton, Que., aged
29, employed in M. Shannon’s shanty on
Black River at log-cutting, received a
wound in the knee from an ax used by
his nephew (who was working with him),
flying off the handle. The injured man
was brought home from the woods, and
on the way had the wound dressed, which
it seems was not properly done, causing
blood-poisoning. Three doctors decided
that the leg would have to be taken off,
but the sufferer would not agree to have
this done, the consequence was that death
resulted.

Cash for Hardwood Lumber

We are open to purchase al] kinds of Hard-
wood Lumber. Cash F.O.B. cars

Write us for prices and sizes to cut.

W. N. McEachren & Co.,
OPO Os

No. 3 Docg,

You Stop Your Saw

by lifting a tightner, throwing off the heavy belt,
or stopping the engine ; All these methods are ob-
jectionable.

We have patented a Friction Grip Pulley.
Compact, Simple, Durable, Large Frictional Area,
Ample clearance when out of engagement, Power-
ful gripping mechanism.

We guarantee this Pulley to work satis-
factorily, and to be thoroughly reliable.

Made Split when required. And with 2, 3, 4|

and 6 grips for any class of work. Also a Cut-off
Coupling of the same design.

Pao SE:

SEND FOR CIRCULARS AND PRICES

The Waterous Engine Works Co.,

Brantford, Canada

NAPANEE CEMENT COMPANY

— MANUFACTURERS OF — (LIMITED.)
*Mudraulic Cements
tecenanamieicsss5 ent &

ARTICULARLY adapted for Dams, Smoke Stacks, Foundations, Cul-
verts, Cisterns, Cellars, etc.

ENDORSED BY LEADING RAILWAYS AND CONTRACTORS.

ROA CE: + iva

For Building, Plastering, Gas Purifying, Paper Making, &c.

TVETE tA TEs SU ieee aa
DESERONTO, ONT.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

For Use in Old and New Buildings.

Endorsed by Leading Architects. Absolutely Fire-proof. About as Cheap as

Wood or Brick. Weight One-Third that of Brick. Does not
Crack on application of Heat or Water.
Deadens Noise. Gives Warmth in Winter; Coolness in Summer.

Galt-* Machine Knife*

MACHINE KNIVES

OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR

4 Planing, Moulding & Stave Cutting.

SEND FOR PRICE List

PETER HAY 2 - ee

February, 189 3

MILL MACHINERY

Belting

Sawdust and
Refuse Carriers..,

Line Rolls.

Link

MOUS ENG;
Ss >
Yl if

Transfers.
Lumber
Sorters.
Trimmers.
Slashers, Etc.

All products into, through,
and out of mill.

Teo,

Send for Catalogue and Prices.

Waterous Engine Works Co.,

Brantford, Canada.

February, 1891. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 19

A. ALLAN, Pres. J. O. GRAVEL, Sec-Treas. F. SCHOLES, Man. Director.

Canadian Rubber Company

- - - - Capital — $2,000,000. ----

SOLE ACENTS AND MANUFACTURERS

— OF THE’ —

Forsyth (Boston Belting Co.,)

Patent Seamless

RUBBER
——BELTING

For the Dominion of Canada

HEAD OFFICE AND FACTORY, MONTREAL, J. J. McGill, Manager.

Our Rubber Belting is Unequalled in America.

SABA EEEEAEEEEEEESE TET TE VUE AEE hE he Eh he he De De Be Me
All kinds of Rubber Packings, Rubber Engine, Hydrant,

Suction, Steam, Brewers’ and Fire Hose; Rubber Valves,

Car Springs, &c., ke
Mould Goods of Every Description.

Se ee le ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee

Superior Quality Rubber Goods.

WESTERN BRANCH:

Corner Yonge and Front Streets, - TORONTO.

J. H. WALKER, Manager.

Rhodes Improved Swage for Circular and bang Saws,

afi yi ==PATENTED JULY 2, 1889 >=

A a f THE MOST PERFEC{ MACHINE FOR THE PURPOSE EVER INTRODUCED.

———— S| aDDD DOOR OOeOeeaeeem=<®?.

It will swage the hardest as well as the softest saws, Never pulls the points of the teeth off, as the swaging is
done by direct and steady pressure, and not by rolling pressure.

Swaging done with this machine will stand longer than when swaged with any other machine or by hand.
It makes the swage the heaviest on the under side of the tooth, and leaves the face of the tooth perfectly straight.

It does not shorten the tooth as done by upsetting. It has a positive clamp so a saw cannot slip while being
swaged, therefore every tooth is an exact duplicate of the other.

Corners never drop off if swaged with this machine, as it does not injure the steel, therefore the teeth can all
be kept of a length.

It is very simsly coustructed ; nothing to break or wear out. Easily adjusted. Any ordinary man can swage a
circular saw in from 10 to 12 minutes. Is thoroughly constructed of the best material, all the parts requiring it are
made of steel of the best quality. Every swage is thoroughly tested before leaving the shop.

We positively guarantee the swage to do all we claim for it in this circular.
Full and complete instructions for adjusting and operating accompany the swage.

SEND FOR PRICE LIST oF
ARIS TOIDAS Sl) azo =p)
Automaiic Band Saw Swages, Circuiar Saw Swages Gang Saw Swages, Shingle Saw Swages.
—MANUFACTURED EXCLUSIVELY BY—

meaiver, impey & Co. Galt, Ont

“eores The Gant Bros. Go., Limited. “tice

SECTIONAL VIEW.

bP. C. BOS =So-

SWAGE IN OPERATION.

Manufacturers of Manufacturers of

Planers Swing Saws
Moulders Z Jointers
i i Buzz Planer
Shapers Morticers

Rip Saws is parce | ‘i ail) | Fe = if a : Blind Machinery
Band Saws : aerate < | ? TADA : = a Band Saw Filer
Band Re-Saws - = : i et Hl i e a a Band Saw Setter
Panel Raisers : Bte., Ete.

The “DEVIANCE” PLANER AND MATCHER for
atte 3-laning Mills, Sash Door and Furniture Factories. ““siiiea*
GALT, ONTARIO.

Write for Ae

20 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. February, 1894.
ae PS cee pe

The Only Successful Kiln for Drying Oak an other Hardwoods.

“THE &NDREWS”| Our Process Duplicates Nature. The following well-known furniture manufacturers
; have recently purchased the “ ANDREWS KILN.” :
=} NEW veMBER &

DRY -AILN

Itsremarkable efficiency depends upon its peculiarmode of
applying heat to, and eliminating moisture from, the air used
in drying. We use no costly fan, engine or other device that

Estey Manufacturing Co., - - - Owasa, Mich..
East Shore Furniture Co, - - - Manistee, Mich. ~
Universal Tripod Co., - - - Grand Rapids, Mich.
Crand Rapids School Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, M.
New England Furniture Co., - Grand Rapids, Mich.
Milwaukee Chair Co., - - - - Milwaukee, Wis.
Oshkosh Furniture Co... - - - - Oshkosh, Wis.
Skandia Furniture Col, =" =—)-99—) Rockforke 1k
Story & Clark Organ Co., - - - - ~- Chicago, Ill.
Rock Falls Manufacturing Co., - - - Sterling, Ill.
Courey & Birely Table Co, - - - Shelbyville, Ind..
requires constant attention, nor do we waste heat by a special Southern Spring Bed Go, - - - - Atlanta, Ga.
chimney. The air circulates through the lumber, and the Sidney School Furniture Co.,, .- - - Sidney, Ohio..

moisture absorbed from it is extracted from the air by natural Outside View of the Andrews Kiln. New Richmond Church Furniture Co., N.Richmond, O-

methods. You can not afford to he without it.

A. N. Andrews & Go.,Proprietors and Manufacturers

215, 217, 219, 221 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

The Casselman Lumber Co, "yyy, a
B Lasselmal 1 Mlaitland, Rixon & Go..,
CASS E MAN, OUN TE. b 5 Successors to FLATT & HenOey. Owen Sound, Ont.

ESPECIAL GOOD FACILITIES FOR SHIPPING. Saw Millers gy Lumber Dealers.

HEMLOCK BILL STUFF OF EXCELLENT QUALITY. : itp : :
All kinds of Building Material kept in stock.

ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF
WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF

PINE, SPRUCE, ASH, MAPLE AND OTHER HARDWOODS. ' ONG BILL STUFF IN ROCK ELM, PINE, CEDAR AND HEMLOCK,

SORES RE ISNAS SPICE 2) QUOTATIONS FURNISHED ON APPLICATION.

”. J. DRAK EK,

PATENTEE AND MANUFACTURER OF

SAW, SHINGLE % LATH MACHINERY ¢

Belleville. Ontario.

DRAKE'S PATENT DAUNTLESS SHINGLE AND HEADING MACHINE

Capacity from 25,000 to 50,000 per day.

The frame of iron throughout, very heavy and rigid, strongly bolted and braced;
carriage very light and strong, made of forged cast steel saw plate, running on steel
ways or tracks; will take in a block 18 inches wide and 19 inches long, adjustablefor
16 inch or 18 inch shingles.

Hi
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Drake’s Improved Shingle Edger.

With 40 inch saw will make more No. 1 Shingles from the same quantity of timber tham
any Wheel Jointer in existence.

It has a heavy iron frame made for two operators, two ‘inch steel saw arbor, with extra:
long bearings; driving pulley 8 inches diameter, 7 inch face, saw 40 inches diameter, 16 gauge,.
speed, 1,600 per minute.

Mill men who have once used this machine will not use any other. For capacity, remoy--
ing sap-knois, rot or any other imperfections, for making parallel shingles and economy of stock,.
it is superior to any other.

Also manufacturer of other kinds of Shingle Jointers, both self-acting and hand-feed Shingle Machines, Packing Boxes, Drag Saw Machines, Bolters, Stationary and Portable Saw Mills,.
Double Edgers, Single Edgers, Slab Saw Rigs, Bull Wheel Rigs, Lath Machines, Lath Bolters, in fact a general line of Mill Machinery, with Pulleys, Shafting, &c. Satisfaction guaranteed in
ali cases. Send for estimates on anything required, and the same will receive immediate attention.

February 18091. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 21

The Best Materials ever used
oard. for Frictions of all
— *% kinds %

MANUFACTURED BY-

mil Danan | caTHen Bonro [jompany, / S*2"
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Packing.
Board. Set ee Quebec.
SAMPLES FURNISHED. PLEASE MENTION THIS PAPER. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

TO MILL OWNERS, MANUFACTURERS Sign the Engine Instantly

AND ALL WHO ARE USING

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Which will Run Straight on the Pulleys, v 5 :

: he stopping of the engine w ave prevented or

Which is Thoroughly Well Stretched, | si PP 5 engine would have prevented or
Which will not Tear at the Lace Holes, mitigated it; not an unsual one. Often it results in
Which will give Complete Satisfaction, | the loss of valuable life.

SS SES ESTIS) BBS) SS

FF. KY. DIXON & CoO, Lie sien

Could have been instantly disconnected from the power
MANUFACTURERS OF Py,

in any part of the room had it been driven with a

PATENT LAP-JOINT STAR RIVET Friction Grip Pulley.

+LEATHER}HELTING*

70 King Street Fast, Toronto. Will if nol (lay Vou

Sole Agents in Canada for the

To investigate the merits of the newest and bet oe

CELEBRATED PHCENIX OlL Pulley and Cut-off Coupling, “THe Warerous;” It is

safe, economical in belts and time.

The Only Pefect Helt Dressing,
All our Belting is sold at the Canadian price list. Please compare be-
fore eae. * Send for Discounts and on Pamphlet on Belting. WATEROUS ENGINE WORKS (0), Ltd, Bantiorrd, Canada.

B. F. Sturtevant's Patent Progressive Lumber Dry Kiln.

isVASAC tS Sy eee ea) Gi AS

GUARANTEED ae y tt NO WARPING
TO DRY } Wy, a CHECKING

a VE AND BLUEING

Best Manner Possible _fAiL ZY beset ae

ALL KINDS OF
HARD and SOFT
WOOD LUMBER.

Patent Hot Blast
oleam Heating

WRITE+POR+CATALOGUE. Apparatus.
91 LIBERTY STREET = 31 N. CANAL STREET
NEW YORK. CHICAGO.

B. F. STURTEVANT, Pateates and Sole Manufacturer, 34 Oliver ‘Street, mane of Franklin street) BOSTON, Mass., U. S.A

A, kh, Williams, Soho Machine Works, Toronto, General Agent for the Dominion.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

February, 1891

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fee.

HERE’S A CHANCE—And such a chance as
ccmes but onceina lifetime. Having erected
a large warehouse at Toronto, witha view of
centralizing my business interests, I will sell
for the next two or three months the stock of
machinery and tools now stowed in my
Brantford depot at reduced prices, in order
to save cost of reshipment. Manufacturers
ard others who contemplate the purchase ot
machinery of any description whatsoever
will find it greatly to their advantage to
communicate with me without delay. The
following list comprises only a very small
portion of my stock :—

NEW MACHINE TOOLS—of Bertram &
Sens’ build—Jathes, sharpers, planes, drills,
milling machines, bolt cutters, gear cutters,
steam hammers, punch and shears, bending
Fos, etc., etc

NO. 6 steel double

exhaust fan—Detroit

Blower Co. make.
SEVERAL small size fans and blowers.
ENGI] NES—horizontal—following size cylin-
ders—1ox12, pair §x7. ¢x12, §x12, §%4x14, 8x16,
SMXI4.

614x12,
. 24x73

5x10,
. 2%x5.
tS from 3 to 15 horse-

52X14, 4%x7,

power—full i

PORJ ABLE ENGINES on wheels and skids
from 3 to 30 horse-power.

MARINE ENGINES and boilers—3 to 18
horse-power. :

NEW steam yacht—6o feet long and 9 feet
beam. Send for full particulars.
OSCILLATING ENGINE — 4ix8

Beckett builder.

ROTARY engines—several sizes and makes.

FINE too horse-power boiler to build in brick

_—other sizes down to 2 horse-power.

ONE steam-heating plant—with radiators, etc.
Full description on application.

CON DENSER—Waterous make—suitable for
engine 100 horse-power.

LARGE stock feed water pumps, heaters,
Injectors, and engine governors—new and
second-hand large stock.

STEAM pumps—seyeral sizes and by differ-
ent makers—also new of every size.

HAND fire ergine—Seneca Falls build—a
special bargain offered in this.

FOUR second-hand saw mills at very low
price—one new 3-block mill,**Eclipse’’ make.

LARGE lot ot lumber and log cars, drag saws,
bull wheel rigs, edgers, butting saw rigs,
and other saw mill requisites.

18 Se mills and jointers by different
makers.

-_ O Waterous self-feed lathe mills, and one

TWO stone cutters, 2-foot stone jointers,
Greenwood bolter and equalizing saws.

BAND SAWS—%6 inch wheel—also several
small sizes, both new and second-hand.

6 JIG or scroll saws—from $15 up.

PLANERS and matchers, surface planers,
pony planers, buzz planers, etc.; largestock.

MOULDERS, shapers, tenoning machines,

. boring machines, saw tables, blind

s, wood lathes, etc.. in great variety.

AR saws—from 72-inch down—saw

irs, a large assortment.

SATHER and rubber belting, hose, lace
leather, belt fasteners, etc.

LARGE lot of puileys, fly-wheels, hangers,
boxes, shafting, gearing, etc.

WATER-WHEEIS—from 60-inch down to
_Io-inch diameter.

GRIST MILL machinery, ‘‘ BUHR”’ stones
chopping mills, corn and cob mills, feed
mills, smutters, centrifugal reels, elevators,
stone dressers, etc.

FULL description in detail will be sent of any
machine in above list, on application.
Address H. W. PETRIE, adjoining Union
station, Toronto.

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ANNOUNCEMENT.

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It is with a considerable degree of satisfaction that I can now announce to my
extensive circle of patrons and the public generally that a few weeks hence I will have
finished one of the most complete warehouses for my line of trade in the Dominion.
Realizing to the fullest extent the present and future demands of the trade, I am sparing
neither trouble nor expense in fitting up a place of business that will meet all require-
ments. With a substantial four-story building, having an aggregate floor space of
20,000 square feet, fitted with French plate front on main floor and equally well lighted
on every flat, equipped with two of the most approved steam elevators, for passengers
and freight, the latter having a lifting capacity of 12,000 pounds, heated by steam
throughout and lighted by electricity, with vaults of latest design, while the offices are
finished with a degree of elegance, more suggestive perhaps than any department of the
solidity of the business Iam doing. With all these advantages, I can, with confidence,
claim an establishment which will be modern right up to date and well calculated to
meet the requirements of many years to come. Nor will my stock fall short of my equip-
ment. I shall make it a fixed rule that no customer entering my warehouse in search
of any article whatever in the machinery or supply line, whether it be a complete saw-
mill rig or a steam guége, a fully equipped planing mill, or a belt lace; in fact anything
that is made and can be procured will be placed at the disposal of my customers. I can
also with satisfaction look back over the events that have led up to the present develop-
ment. Nearly 15 years ago I commenced business on a limited scale in the busy and
prosperous little city of Brantford, and year by year I have seen my field of operation
spreading, until I now ship goods to the farthest limits of this broad Dominion, and

‘none but the best facilities, such as are afforded by the leading city of Canada, will

meet the demands of my trade. Hence my removal to Toronto, where not only will I
have superior advantages for advancing my business interests, but I am placing my-
self within easy reach of customers at all points; in fact with Toronto’s railway facilities
I am now in touch with all Canada. I wish particularly to impress on the public my
location which has been selected rather with a view to the convenience of my customers
than my own special accommodation. I am only 40 yards from the Union station, and
have arranged for a broad plank walk from the centre arch-way of the station building
up through my premises, giving the public a short cut to Front street and the street
railway lines entering there and my customers the benefit of being able to do business
in my wareroom up to the very moment their train starts. Also when time is limited,
one minute after leaving the train they can be within the walls of my building, which
advantage I am sure will be greatly appreciated. I extend to everyone, whether intend-
ing customers o¢ others, a cordial invitation to call and see me. I will with pleasure
show them over the entire building, with its many floors well filled with the produe-
tions of manufacturers from all over Canada and many points in the United States,
while in the basement will be seen our work shops, where we repair and refit whatever
stands in need of the machinists craft. Come and feel welcome to Canada’s most com-

plete machinery depot. Yours very truly,
Vee Bee (Boe:

Toronto AND BRANTFORD.

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| TO145 FRONT ST. WEST.

RONTO. ONT.

“MACHINERY.

March, 1891.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN_

c. C. CLEVELAND.

J. L. GOODHUE & CO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

JTieather Belting

AND

Lace Leather.
QW 3216.

G. F. CLEVELAND.

bined.

as proposed.

ASIN V7i ee Es - -

STORAGE OF LUMBER.

We are prepared to receive any quantity of Lumber for storage.
Freight and money will be advanced on same. Also, Warehouse
Receipts issued, which can be hypothecated to banks and others.
Storage charges easy. For further particulars apply to

W. LEAK & CO.

Coal and Wood.
TORONTO.

umber,

DUNDAS STREET, - -

JOHN BERTRAM & SONS,

CANADA ¢ TOOL ¢ WORES
DUNDAS, ONTARIO.

MANUFACTURERS OF

‘WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY
MACHINE TOOLS, ETC.

Write for Prices and Catalogues

communicate with

LONDON,

One of the greatest chances in America
For a Profitable Wholesale Wood-working Industry.
of the best located plants in Tonawanda may be leased,
covering seven hundred feet docked water front on the
Harbor; with ground five hundred feet in depth;
tory building, two hundred by. one hundred and twenty five,
with basement; brick boiler and fuel rooms detached, suit-
able for sash, doors, blinds, boxes, and custom planing com
Tonawanda although
millions of lumber in stock has yet no large industry such }—
Will sell or lease for term of years.
rent, cheap Jabor, low taxes, lowest insurance.

SMITH, FASSETT & CO., Tonawanda, N.Y.

GOOBBAY, BENSON & CO.

GUEPBEC, P. O.

General Lumber = Timber Merchants,

Correspondence is solicited from parties having choice stocks of Hardwood and Pine
to offer, either in the log or in sawn lumber.

GEO. CORMA CK

Packing Cases

Ww. & C. PANTIN

147 Upper Thames Street,

One

large fac- 1)
carrying three hundred

Moderate

300 ST.

in Shooks.

Any Saw mill in Canada able to undertake
large orders for Case Boards is requested to

Lumber

ENC.

RAILROAD, BANK & OFFICE

iho

WHITBY,

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Coe

if

JAMES STREET, MONTREAL.

Wholesale and Retatl Dealer in

All kinds of LUMBER,

Shipped to all parts by Rail or Vessel.

ONTA es

William Hamilton,
Superintendent,
ALONZO W. SPOONER, Port Hope.

Water Works Department, Pumping House, |

Toronto, Jan. 6th, 1891 |

Dear Sir,—I am pleased to say that after nearly three years constant use, day
and night, on our largest engine your COPPERINE has stood its work well. I
have not had to renew any of the heavy bearings yet, so I consider that speaks for

itself.

work. I remain, yours truly,

J. C. FERGUSON, Chief Engineer,

THE RATHBUN COM PANY,

DESERONTO, - - ONTARIO,
MANUFACTURERS OF

Doors, Sash, Hlinds,Stairs

AND ALL KINDS OF WOODEN HOUSE FINISHING MATERIALS.

CEDAR OIL FOR PURGING BOILERS.

—~"MM CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED We

Boiler and Burner Work

This Battery
of Boilers was
built for the
North Pacific

Lumber Co.

Bc

Barnet,

Send for Estimates

‘Waterous Engine Works Co., Brantford, Canada

I am pleased to recommend it to any one in need of metal to stand heavy

Toronto Water Works.

THE MONARCH BOILER
(PATENTED) Aly HERCULES ENGINE, |

Guaranteed
to Saw Lumber
Perfectly Smooth and
ME Even in thickness.

Portable. ‘aon 6 to 70 horse power. Surpasg
portable steam power heretofore produced for
Strength, durability, compactness, andthe ease |
with which they can be moved.

The 70 horse power can be taken over the rough-
est roads, or into the forest, and set up as easily
and quickly as an ordinary 20 horse power port-
able engine, and as firm as a brick-set stationary
engine. Engines and boilers of every size and des- |
eription. Rotary Saw Mills, Shingle and Lath |
machines, Law Grinders, Planers, ete. Mill
machinery and supplies of ev ery description.
Rvery boiler insured against explosion by the
Boiler Jusurance & Inspection Co. of Canada.
Write for circulars.

A. ROBB & SONS, | Amherst Foundry and

Amherst, N.S. Machine works.
ESTABLISHED OVER 40 YEARS.

Menasha Hickory Pulleys

We make the only
hardwood bent rim
spoke arm split pulley,

i only small split pulley,

only wooden hangers
WH) inthe market. Send for
W discounts & circulars.

Menasha
Wood Split Pulley Co.
MENASHA, WISCONSIN.

i. $3 LO Rea bss,

DEALER IN

PINE & MINERAL LANDS)
g Toronto Street,
ONT.

TORONTO, -

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED,

A. T. ANDERSON & C0.,

CONTRACTORS Ft

~ ELECTRICAL AND en MACHINERY.

Complete instalations of =team and Hydraulic
Power, Electric Light and Power Plants, W
and Construction for Are and Incandes

Lighting. Agents for the celebrated “C. 4
Electric Motors.

75 Adelaide Street East,
Toronto, Ont., Canada.
Estimates furnished and every information
cheery given to intending purchasers.
N. B:—Only first-class work on which a full
guarantee will be ¢ given

LUMBER

TRUCK + WHEELS.

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The Montreal ~
+ Gar Wheel Co.

MANUFACTURERS OF

CHARCOAL IRON CHILLED

RAILROAD WHEELS

Offices: New York Life Insurance
Building, Montreal.
Works: Lachine, Quebec.

4H OSH HHHHSHHOP

E make a Specialty of
the requirements of
Street Car Service, and can supp!

Finished and Balan

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED

4 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. March, 189
LANCE TOOTH,

TAPER ToOoTtt.

TED Burns
HE LORONTOB
f a i, aed &

LIS

EXTRA REF! NED |y /}) SILVER STEEL |

chi Thomas 7 ,

WW WW

TELEPHONE 5120.

MANUFACTURERS

B w e MARK w if
"Ris, THOMAS, roronTo™

CA screw ir Cane
The Dodge Patent System of |

RUPE TRANSMISSION OF ive

Desa ss. a

Pie ae Os represents a simple Drive from one shaft to another, and can be applied
im any case, or to any distance, in or out of doors. The ordinary space between centres
being Limited, to say, 100 feet, after which additional Carriers can be added to any distance.
for full information and particulats, apply to

* Dodge Wood Split Pulley Co, *

City Oilce, 83 King St, W. TORON'LO. TELEPHONE 2080,
sav DEER = “LEADER a

The Finest Tempered, Fastest Cutting

Manufactured of Triple Refined Silver Steel,

and Best Saw made.on the Continent. Rolled specially for us from Superior Ingots.

THE KING pa CROSS-CUT SxWS.

R.H. SMITH COMPANY, Ltp., St. CATARARINES, ONT.

Sole Manufacturers

VOLUME XII t
NUMBER 3.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
NO. I.
OHN DONOGH first opened his eyes in the city
of Toronto during the eventful year of 1854, con-
sequently he is not an authority, except from reading
and hearsay, on the Crimean war, or that free trade
period of Canadian history so frequently alluded to bya
section of our press, as the only prosperous and _pro-
gressive epoch since Jacques Cartier stumbled on to
our eastern shores. Some ten years of juvenile life
spent at Mono Mills, (then in the “bush,”) laid a good
foundation for his future development of bone and
muscle. Subsequent school training received in To-
ronto fitted him to face the world and carve out a
livelihood.

He commenced to carve by delivering “jerked light-
ning” round the city for the Montreal Telegraph Co.,
and graduated from the desk of that company to
“Serk” slivers out of his fingers when showing lumber
to customers for S. R. Briggs, the pioneer
lumber merchant of the Queen city.

In 68 there was a slight difference be-
tween the office help and furnishings of a
lumber firm and the equipment of similar
offices in’g1.. The assistant was a Pooh Bah,
and as such waded through the duties now
performed by the telephone, the office boy,
bookkeeper, city salesman and correspon-
dent. ToS. R. Briggs must be given the
credit of establishing the wholesale, jobbing
or middleman trade of Toronto, his busi-
ness being almost confined to the disposal
of car and vessel lots.

Under such training a man had lumber
“greatness thrust upon him,” and the sub-
ject of our illustration found himself in ’76
so “choke” full of logs, lath and lumber,
metaphorically speaking, that he embark-
ed in the lumber trade on his own account
on the retirement of his employer from
active business life.

Joseph Oliver, (a salesman for Briggs) T.
S. McCool and John Donogh, composed the
new firm, whose shingle suspended over the
doorway of 37 Adelaide street, east, read :
“Donogh, McCool & Oliver.”. Some
six months spent in their modest offices
built up a trade which compelled them to
seek more commodious quarters, ana they
removed to the Imperial Bank buildings on
Exchange Lane. In ’82 Mr. McCool with-
drew from the partnership, leaving the firm
to prosper under the name and style of
Donogh & Oliver. On the opening of
the new Board of Trade buildings, the firm rented a
suite of offices on the seccnd floor, overlooking Yonge
street, Nos. 213, 214 and 215.

The business of the firm is confined to jobbing alone.
They operate no limits, nor
mills. Purchasing agents cover the ground at all
points, who keep them well informed of the quality and
quantity of cuts ; and agents and salesmen scattered
over the inland towns and villages of western Ontario
dispose of stocks for the home trade.

The season’s output of a great many mills are pur-
chased and sold locally, provincially and to the United
States as far east as the Atlantic.

In that class of lumber merchants who do not man-
ufacture and sell wholesale, it was generally conceded
that Christie, Kerr & Co., S.C. Kanady & Co., and
Donogh & Oliver led the van. The failure of the first
two firms, the extra facilities obtained and employed

do they possess any |

for purchasing, and a constantly increasing foreign
trade, have pulled the firm to the front, and in volume

| of business they head the list as jobbers.
We selected Mr. Donogh asa subject of our first |

sketch, from the prominent position he occupies as the
ex-chairman ofthe Lumber Section of the Board of Trade
and now the occupant of a seat in the council, where
for the first time lumber is strictly represented. His
executive ability, backed by such an influential body,
must result in redressing some minor evils that inter-
fere provincially with the lumber trade, and the voicing

| of their resolutions by him, will carry the weight ofa

member thoroughly determined to fight for any re-
form, or to oppose any encroachment.

PERSONAL.

Hon. Mr. Joly de Lotbiniere has been strongly

urged to bea candidate for the forthcoming election for
the Province of Quebec, but has refused the honor

Mr. JOHN DoNoGH.

H. Cargill, M. P., one of Bruce county’s big lum-
bermen, was in the city during the month.

G. W. Brisley, a well known and much respected
mill man, of Fesserton Ont., dropped dead from heart
disease two weeks ago.

Mr. W. Edwards, a well known lumberman and late
member for Russell, is again the Reform candidate for
that constituency. Mr. Edwards is a capable man
and will Jikeiy lead his party to victory on the 5th inst.

We were pleased to meet in the office of THE LuM-
BERMAN, Mr. Wim.Foster, lumber dealer, Owen Sound;
W. C. Irvine and Mr. Chas. Ashby, of Pontypool.

Mr. John Stah who had been seriously ill at Que-
bec, has returned to London, Eng.

_Mr. Benjamin W. Arnold, the well-known lumber
king of Spanish river, died at his residence in Albany,
N. Y., last month. His demise will be learned with
deep regret.

Amongst the nominations on the 27th ult. we
the names of quite a few prominent lumbermen.
3ruce has two in the field, Cargill, ministerial,

| Opposition. Ottawa has also two, Robillard, ministe;
| 1al, Nagle, independent. Ministerial candidates were
| nominated as follows: Dickenson, Carleton Co.;
Desjardins, Hochelaga, Que ; Bryson, Pontiac, Que.
| Opposition nominees are: Schell, Glengarry : Wal-
die, Halton ; Cook, Simcoe; Edwards, Russel: Pre-

fontaine, Chambly, Que.; Meigs, Missisquoi, Que.
The conservatives lose two old representatives in
Rykert, of Lincoln, and Wright, of Ottawa Co., Que.
In the retirement of Alonzo Wright, the Dominion. not
the Conservative party alone, suffers a national loss.
Irrespective of race or creed, few men in the House of
Commons held a higher reputation for honesty and
few sacrificed so much time and personal interests,
Many patizan causes are advanced as to his reasons
for voluntarily giving up his seat, but it can be pre-
sumed that a man who knows so much about public
questions of the day, knows enough to guage correctly
his own private reasons. :

Mr. Jas. Dollar, who was injured on the
railway New Year's night, is still confined to
his room. at Bracebridge, Ont.

Messrs. Fred. Taylor and Charles Mar-
shall, of Orillia, have gone to work on a
mill Mr. Wm. Tait is erecting in British
Columbia.

T. J. Hammill, Barrie, Ont., a prominent
lumbermen, was prospecting in British Col-
umbia last month.

Mr. Wm. Mackay, lumberer, Ottawa,
Ont, with his son and the two Misses Mac-
key, left by the G. T. R. on the 20th ona
trip to California.

_ T. S. Higginson, Crown Timber Agent,
in British Columbia, had his leg broken in
the railway accident which happened on the
Canadian Pacific near Schreiber, a station
on the Lake Superior section.

Wm. Stahlschmidt, manager the Canadian
Office and School Furniture Co., of Preston,
Ont., went west on the 17th ult. to superin-
tend the placing of several car loads of
opera chairs, school desks, etc., in Manitoba
and British Columbia.

John McLean, the journalistic father of
protection, died in Toronto on the 13th.
The deceased was born in Glasgow in 1825,
emigrated to Canada when a boy, and with
his parents settled in Brantford, Ont. Be-
fore entering journalism in 1863 on the
Hamilton 7Zzsmes, he operated a sawmill at
Seneca, Ont. on the Grand river. When
the Jail was established in 1870 he was
its protectionist editor for eight years, and
followed up his theory on the Wor/d, con-
tributing largely to that journal’s ethics,
autonomy in Canadian commerce, educa-
tion, nationality and patriotism.

Mr. T. S. Higginson, Dominion lands
agent at New Westminster, was far less
injured in the Canadian Pacific Railway accident near
Schreiber than at first reported. His leg is severely
bruised not broken.

Mr. Harcourt Smith, of Quebec, who is now in Lon-
don, Eng., will prolong his visit until the spring.

Mr. Francis Maguire, the well known lumberman,
of Ottawa, is assisting the Reform candidate in Ren-
frew Co., and Mr. A. Miscampbell, M. P. P., of Mid-
land, is opposing his fellow. lumberman H. Cook, in
Simcoe Co.

Mr. R. S. Wilson, at one time a member of the lum-
ber firm of McCraney, McCool & Wilson, this city, and
now with Messrs. !W. N. McEachren & Co., was mar-
ried to Mrs. S. Irving recently. THE LUMBERMAN
extends its best wishes for the future happiness of the
newly-made twain.

We wind up our fatalities and casualities with a
reorganiziation of the old saw, awaiting the record of
the saw for April. ‘Tree spare the woodman” “Saw
spare the sawyer.”

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

March, 1891

THE CARRYING TRADE.
AST issue we dealt somewhat at length with the
lake trade, its volume and character, and we gave
approximate land and water rates of carriage. The
contrast was greatly in favor of slack water carriage
compared with railroads. While the lakes and rivers
have received much attentionat thehands ofthe govern-
ments of the United States and Canada, it is question-
able whether a proportionate expenditure has been
extended to them when contrasted with the vast sums
advanced by the Governments to the railways. The
volume of trade has increased so rapidly that the
governments could hardly pause to nicely adjust pro-
portionate expenditure. It is now, however, clearly
shown that both the railways and waterways are re-
quired to relieve the congested ccndition of the
carrying trade,and no doubt more attention to the
waterways will be given in the future. Much can yet
be done by more accurate surveys, increasing the
number and efficiency of light-houses, signals and fog
whistles,as well as removing interruptions tocontinuous
voyages. The chief and most costly improvements,
however, are the removal of all impediments to deep
and more extended water navigation. Compared with
the advantages to be gained, a moderate expenditure
would enable vessels drawing deep water to pass from
the ocean to the head of Lake Superior. It was long
a problem whether the railroads would not supercede
the water ways, and beyond question close-water
barge canals cannot compete with the railroads and
are almost entirely behind the age. It is now quite
clear that for heavy freights, deep slack water far ex-
ceeds the railroads.

Human invention is equal to furnishing anything
essential to the existence or comfort.of the race. Up
to the present we were content to adopt uniform rail-
ways. Nearly the entire system in North America
has been brought to the standard guage of 4 feet 8%
inches, and we have pressed for uniform waterway
capacity. The requirements of trade have led in-
genious engineers to contrive of late a combination of
water and railways that will overcome impediments to
shipping at much less cost and with much speedier
carriage. The invention of the ship railway so
constructed as to lift vessels of any tonnage freighted
with full cargoes, carry them over the impediment and
safely land them in the water on the other side, is but
now matured, and has not been yet tested on a large
scale suitable to ordinary business purposes. There is
no doubt, however, that this can be accomplished with
perfect ease and safety. There will in the near future
be: (1) The railways. (2) The water ways, slack and
close water. (3) A combination of both, being part
water and part rail. There will therefore shortly be
introduced a new factor in the carrying trade that will
play a prominent part in this far-reaching question.

Of late few have doubted that the lake trade would
be permanent or that its volume would continue to
increase. Freight can be carried from St. Louis, by
way of Chicago and the lakes, for upwards ofa dollar
a ton less than by way of the Mississippi, through the
Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean to New York city.
This fact will clearly show to those who have given
the subject any consideration that if a line be extended
West from St. Louis to the Pacific the country
north of it from that ocean will be within the carrying
influences of the lakes, and the inhabitants will be
able to avail themselves of the waterways with their
reduced rates, or will be able to obtain rates from the
railways affected or moderated by the lake charges.
This territory north of such a line includes thousands
of miles of inland water communication on the Mis-
sissippi and Missouri and their tributaries, besides the
enormous trunk railway systems leading from the
west across the country to the lakes. This immense
country is yet, where inhabited, sparsely populated,
but much of itis entirely unsettled. A few years only
in the future will pour fiom 20,000,000 to 30,000,000
additional population on to this territory in Canada
and the States within the carrying influences of the
lakes. There is no unoccupied position of the globe
that is equal to the territory above indicated as a
fertile agricultural country. Both animal and vege-
table life attain to the healthiest and greatest perfec-

tion. It is well known that in the east on the other
hand the manufacturing population is increasing, and
as there is unrestricted freedom of trade between all the
States of the union it is quite apparent that the west
will continue as now to raise agricultural products for
the east, while the east will continue as now to manu-
facture those utensils required in the west. We have
then the one set of producers in the west increasing
and the other in the east also increasing, separated by
long distances and the lakes lying between them.
It is therefore manifest that large as the present
volume of freight is it only gives indication of its
future gigantic proportions.

The question then naturally arises, is it possible to
afford such facilities for the transportation of freight,
by any or all the known methods, as will lessen the
rates inthe interest of both producer and consumer?
Is it possible to increase the speed of transit and the
safety of the carriage at a less cost than present pay-
ing rates ?

Until some enterprising company takes a new de-
parture, and improves upon the present guage, the
construction of the rolling stock, and the carrying
capacity of the car, the railway charges cannot be
greatly lessened for rough freights.

No scientific scheme has yet been advanced by
which as great speed can be obtained on the water as
on the land. The railroads must therefore in the future
as in the past continue to carry all the passengers
and light and perishable freights, and these afford no
inconsiderable part in the gross earnings of the roads.
The great Trunk lines have so lately attained to
their present importance that time has hardly estab-
lished their relation to each other or the public at
large. In the past the attitude of the great trunk lines

‘to each other may be briefly said to have been cease-

less war. This severe competition has been the
safety of the public in the past, but efforts have already
been made to put a period to the prevailing strife,
We now hear more of combinations than cutting rates.
It is stated that J. Gould is now endeavoring to bring
some 75,000 miles of railroad under one joint manage-
ment. This means nearly half of the railways in the
United States. The relationship of the trunk lines to
each other and to the public may therefore short-
ly be entirely changed, not in the direction of reduced
charges, but where not held in check by water com-
petition, of increased rates for carriage. Of course the
government has always the power of interfering, and
might at any time establish a court with wide discre-
tion to prevent exactions and discriminations. Such
a court would meet immense hostility, and it is
questionable whether with our partizan ideas, any
government seeking to enforce its decrees could: be
sustained ona popular vote. The railways are there-
fore not likely to voluntarily reduce the charges for
carriage.

In an improvement of the waterways, or the
waterways and railways combined, the safety to
the public lies. Many schemes within the last hal.
century have been projected with the view of accom-
plishing this purpose. All had the same object in
view, though they all differed to some extent. The
idea common to all was the necessity for affording free
passage-way for vessels of large draught from the
great lakes to the ocean. Now that the volume of
freight has greatly increased some course must at once
be adopted to effect this object. The water-ways are
open to all. Any one with sufficient capital can put a
vessel on the lakes and defy monopoly or combination,
and therefore in the application of a generous policy to
the lakes and rivers rests the safety of the public and
the relief of the producer and consumer.

Let us indicate some of the schemes projected, all of
which have received more or less support, and some of
them are still under discussion.

Commencing at the south-east end of Lake Michi-
gan, a ship canal, or ship railway, has been proposed
to run to the west end of Lake Erie, thence by that
lake:to Buffalo; there to be transhipped tothe Erie
canal (perhaps enlarged) or to the railroads and on to
New York city. Part of this scheme includes the en-
largement of the Welland canal, or the construction of
a ship canal or railway, between Lake Erie and Lake

Ontario. The first part of this route is intended to
benefit Chicago chiefly.

In reviewing the’ lake trade generally, without
specially consulting the interests of individual ports,
the chief objective point 1s some distance east and
south of the straits of Mackinac, where ships after
passing down the Ste. Marie’s river from Lake
Superior on their journey south and east join those
from Lake Michigan. From this point we have pro-
posed improvements of the St. Clair Flats and the
navigation generally on to Buffalo, then as before to
New York or Lake Ontario.

A canal or iailway from the Nottawasaga river to the
mouth of the Humber. A canal by way of lakes Sim-
coe and Scugog into Lake Ontario near Whitby. A
canal through Lake Simcoe down the Trent river to
the Bay of Quinte.

Finally, a barge or ship canal, from Georgian Bay
up French river, through Lake Nipissing, across the
divide into Trent Lake, on to the Ottawa river and
down to Lachine on the St. Lawrence. A brief ex-
amination in a future issue of the above projected
schemes will enable us to ascertain how relief to the
carrying trade can be best effected.— Canadian Miller.

JARRAH WOOD.

The new “Kew Bulletin” contains an interesting
section on the properties and uses of the Jarah wood, a
species of eucalyptus, native of Western Australia. The
main difficulties in connection with its use in this
country are the cost of freight for such heavy timber
from Australia and its intense hardness, which makes
it difficult for ordinary English carpenters’ tools to
work it. The tree which produces it grows generally
to a height of 100 feet, and sometimes 150 feet. It is
found only in Western. Australia, extending over the
greater portion of the country from the Moore river to
King George’s sound, forming mainly the forests of
these tracts. According to Baron Muelder, when
selected from hilly localities, cut while the sap is least
active, and subsequently carefully dried, it proves im-
pervious to the boring of insects. Vessels constructed
solely of it have after 25 years’ constant service, re-
mained perfectly sound, although not coppered. It has
been tried at three places in the Suez canal, and, after
having been down seven years, the trial samples were
taken up in order that a report on their condition
might be sent to Paris. From certain correspondence
between Kew and some London vestries, it appears
that jarrah has lately been used by the Chelsea vestry
frory paving the King’s road, and by the Lambeth vest
in the Westminster bridge road.—Engineering, London.

A LEVEL-HEADED BOY.

A BOY about fifteen years of age applied toa factory
on Atwater street for the job of running a small
engine in the place of a boy who had quit.

‘Have you run an engine?” was asked.

“Ves, sir.”

“You understand how steam works, do you?”

“T do.”

“You know that water makes steam ?”

“Of course.”

“How is water got into a boiler?”

“By an injector.”

“Suppose you have got too much water ? ”

“Then I can’t get steam enough until I draw it
down.”

“Correct. Suppose you haven’t enough ?”

“Then look out for an explosion.”

“Correct again. Suppose you found the water
almost gone, and couldn’t start the injector—what
would you do?”

“Come up stairs and notify you to get your insurance
policies out of the safe and make a sneak before she
busted !”

“You seem to be all right young man, you can come
on in the morning.” —Detrozt Free Press.

A fire under a boiler should not be hurried too
much but should be left to gain its full strength slowly.
This is done easiest by putting in only a small quan-
tity of fuel at a time.

March, 1891.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

7

THE NEWS.

ONTARIO.

—Albert Bird is starting a sash factory at Stirling.

—Lefroy will shortly have two saw mills running.

—Amos Vaughan, lumber, Port Arthur, has failed.

—At Warminster Mr. D. Baker has erected a mill.

—Londesborough station yard is blocked with saw logs.

—E. M. Fralick, planing mill owner, of Napanee, has
assigned.

_—J. A. Cook’s new shingle mil', at Sundridge, has com-
menced cutting.

—The cedar mill, Deseronto, commenced running about the
first of the month.

—Large shipments of tanbark and cedar posts are being
made at Owen Sound.

—The Muskoka Mill and Lumber Company’s cut of timber
this season will be 6,000,000 feet.

—Thirty men and ten span of horses are drawing the sea-
son’s cut to Dollar’s mill, Brunal.

' Mr. Houston intends putting in a new saw mill on his
lot west of Lavender, in the near future.

—The old Wilson grist mill property in Dundas has been
purchased by a Mr. Fletcher, of Alliston.

—E. C. Lewis, of Elford, has been shipping large quan-
tities of lumber to Detroit during the month.

-—Thos. Griffith, Manitoulin, has skidded up to date 6,000
logs and 12,000 pieces cedar for paving and ties.

—Mr. Chew, of Midland, has taken the contract this season
again to saw the cut in the Severn Bridge mill.

—Mr. Shorburd’s saw mill, Hillsdale, is sawing a large
quantity of lumber for the Toronto breakwater.

—Rees & Lozar, Woodslee, commenced running their stave
mill in January, with a yard full of timber for bolts.

—Thos. Bailey’s new saw mill, at Malden, has a capacity of
7,000 feet per day, not 70,000 as an exchange has it.

—Along the river banks at Coldwater a larger quantity of
logs have been ‘‘ dumped” than in any previous year.

—John Burton, Sr., of Rugby, recently purchased the village

-saw mill, putit in thorough repair and has commenced cutting.

—T. Taylor, East Wawanosh, has the frame of his new saw
mill erected, and intends getting in the machinery as soon as
possible.

—A train of teams drawing 140 barrels of pork left Ottawa
for the shanties of W. C. Edwards & Co., at the Desert, on
the 16th.

—Wood Bros., of Tamworth, are fitting up their mill, put-
ting in a new shingle machine and getting out large quantities
of cedar.

—Walter James, of Cottam, is shipping large quantities of
lumber and clearing off the stock he had on hand previous to
selling his mill.

—The yards of Wingham’s three saw mills are so crowded
with logs that plank roads are laid upon the lower tiers to
allow teams to unload.

—The burning of McLaren’s mill at Ottawa throws seven-
ty-five men out of employment, and the employees lose
$50,000 worth of tools.

—Duff & Stuart, of Bluevale, have sawn this year over 150,-
000 feet of custom work. From 60 to 70 teams are delivering
logs to their mill yard.

—The particulars of last October’s sale of crown lands west
of Port Arthur are promised by the Ontario Government before
the present session is over.

—Blythe is reaping considerable benefit from the monthly
payment for logs delivered at Gray, Young, & Sparling’s
mill. The average is $3,090.

—Around Dundalk this season immense quantities of cedar
are being cut for contractors. Every variety of saleable timber
is being hauled to the R. R. depot.

—Paul Bissonette, merchant, of South Casselman, has em-
barked into the lumber trade and is shipping large quantities
of cordwood, etc., from Bearbrook.

—The big lumber deal in which the Rathbun Company was
to buy out the Gilmour concern has fallen through, and the
Rathbun’s lose their deposit of $10,000.

—James Bailey, agent for Thos. Caldwell, and James
Hough, bush-ranger for Thistle, Carswell & Mackay, were
engaged in travelling Caldwell’s limit, near Pembroke, for the

purpose of placing a value on it. If they can come to terms,
Thistle, Carswell & Mackay intend to buy it.

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ee

—The Collinsby Rafting and Towing Company are build-
ing a powerful steel steam tug at Kingston, the plates,
machinery, etc., for which are being imported from England.

—James MacLaren & Co., of Ottawa, have asked the fire
and light committee of the city council to investigate the cause
of their recent fire. Mr, John Rochester also courts investi-
gation.

—Messrs. Perry, Reid & Phillips, of Fergus, are cutting
large quantities of ties, poles, timber, logs and cordwood along
the Grand river in the township of Garafraxa, W., and Luther,
Wellington Co.

—Pierce & Spearing, Foxmead, who are taking out tamarac
ship frames, moulded and bevelled for the State of Maine, met
with considerable loss through their foreman’s wrong measure-
ments in mouldings.

—Mr. Gillies, lumber merchant, left a pocket book, con-
taining $1,000, in the bed he occupied at Foy’s hotel, Egan-
ville, one night recently. It was found by an honest servant
girl and returned to him.

-—Mr. David Porter, of Porter, Reed & Canaan, Owen
Sound, has received the contract from the government for
building a wharf at Beaverton, to be 1,075 feet long and 20
feet wide, with a pier at the end 30x60 feet.

—Pontypool visitors report that the pine and cedar in that
locality will soon be a thing of the past. Chas. Ashby has
cut logs enough torun his 15,000 ft. per day mill during the
cutting season, commencing about April Ist.

—R. H. Smith & Co., who have the contract for logging for
the Ontario Lumber Co. at Commanda Creek, expect to
finish by April Ist. Up to date the quantity logged is nearly
5,000,000 feet. The quantity contracted for is 6,c00,000 feet.

—Mr. W. J. Reid, of the Reidville mill, near Ayr, has
purchased about 300,000 feet of timber, principally pine, a
small portion being red and white oak. Within the past two
weeks nearly forty loads 9f logs per day were being drawn to
the mill.

—Graham, Horne & Co. are asking a bonus of $800 from
the municipality of Neebing, Algoma, for the removal of their
saw mill from Vermillion Bay. Their limits are exhausted
necessitating the removal of their mill to a stream in some
other part of the district.

—On the evening of the 14th ult., Geo. Thompson, in the
employ of McLachlin Bros., Arnprior, while returning from
the roll-way to the shanty at Basin Depot, Nipissing District,
was chased by five wolves. He ran for over a mile before
overtaking some teamsters and reached them in an exhausted
condition.

—Murillo in the township of Oliver, Algoma, offers a
bonus of $300 for a custom mill in that municipality, the
engine of which must be not less than 16-horse power, to cut
custom lumber at $4 per M; to sell sawn lumber at $8 per M.
and upwards, nd to be capable of cutting logs 30 feet in
length.

—The Longford Lumber Company has made a new de-
parture this winter in shipping a very large quantity of lumber.
During January the shipments aggregated about two million
dollars’ worth, and so far this month nearly a million and a
half dollars’ worth has been sold and shipped.

—Work has been stopped on Smith’s large saw mill at
Callender, and probably will not be resumed until opening of
spring. The walls are up to the height of the first storey.
Booth’s mill, that used to be working more or less all the
year round, is entirely shut down this winter. Not more
than three or four men altogether are round the place.

—A demand of assignment has been made upon McGinnis
Bros., manufacturers of cheese boxes and similar goods, at
Parkhill, Ont. The liabilities will approximate $100,000.
The principal bank creditors are the People’s Bank, Mon-
treal, and the Union Bank Branch, Montreal. The failure
has been caused by Messrs. Wilson & McGinnis, of Athelstan
Que.

—Barnet & Mackay, of Ottawa, have purchased from the
Banque Nationale the 200 square mile Latour limit on the
Kippawa for $15,000, less a commission, it is said, of $7,500
to McCormack, the bank’s broker, and $2,500 to Latour, P.
A. Coton made the examination on behalf of the purchasers.
Six years ago the sum of $275,000 was declined for the same
limits. The purchasers will probably start a saw mill at
Pembroke.

—Mr. John Rochester, of Ottawa, says in regard to the re-
cent burning of his mill that he believes it was set on fire by
scrap iron and tool stealers who prowl around all night at
their nefarious business and dispose of their purloining next day
at shady junk shops. He attributes the burning of McLaren’s
mill to the same cause, and expects to see other mills set on
fire unless closely guarded by watchmen.

—Cache Bay is one of the many places along the Cana-
dian Pacific railway that have sprung into existence within
the last couple of years. The mills belonging to the lumber
firm of Davidson & Hay, of Toronto, are located at

the

mouth of the Veuve River, three miles west of Stu

zeon Falls,
They are lumbering extensively on the Veuve Kive
winter, some five camps being at work. In addition to this
there is considerable activity in the pulp wood business.

—Alex. McCool, who is head filer for the Imperial Lum-

ber Co., Warren, has invented a new method of

filing with
the Automatic Saw Sharpener, which renders it imposs
for teeth to break out of a circular saw in sawing frozen t
ber. It takes less power to drive the saw than the old wz y
of filing and will stand to cut on ten and twelve inch feed in
frosty weather without any trouble. Mr. McCool] has been
working on this invention for some time and has been

cessful in his undertaking.

—Al]l the framework of Booth’s new mill. fronting the Ci

laue-
diere falls, is now up, and the rest of the structure will be com-
pleted as quickly as possible, so as to be ready for operations
in the spring. When finished it will be one of the most strik-
ing in appearance and complete in equipment in Canada, most
imposing as viewed from the centre of the interprovinciz
bridge which spans the foot of the Falls, and will have a cut

ting capacity much larger than any other mill in Ottawa.

—In the Chancery Division at Toronto, before Mr. Justice
Ferguson, Messrs. Shepley, Q.C., and H. T. Beck, for the
several defendants, appealed from the ruling of the Master at
Ottawa in the case of Ratte vs. Booth, as to the sufficiency of
particulars furnished by the plaintiff of the damages claimed
by him, upon a reference to the Master to assess damages for
injuries to the plaintiff's property on the river Ottawa by
reason of the defendants throwing sawdust into the river. Mr.
Langton, Q. C., for the plaintiff, contra. The appeal was
dismissed with costs, the learned judge holding that particulars
of damages were unnecessary.

—Thos. Perry, of Bracebridge, is getting out about the usual
stock for his mill, but intends manufacturing principally
shingles this season, the stock to be handled by Mr. Dol-
lar. Leishman & Sons are also getting out a stock of logs on
Black Creek, Stephenson township. Sylvester Brown is
stocking his mill as usual, principally from the soutk branch
of the Muskoka river. Mr. J. D. Shier is also getting out
about his usual stock. The Myres & Laquire Co. have three
twin mills at Tretheway’s Falls well ahead, and expect to be
cutting shingles early in March. A large portable shingle
mill has been purchased hy W. B. Gate, to be set up in
Macauley township.

—Warren, a short distance west of North Bay, on the C.P.
R., is fast rising into some importance from the influx of
settlers and its exports of lumber. There are no highways
graded and crowned except the railroad, yet a phenomenal
growth from a wilderness to a settlement in a few years has
taken place. The Veuve river drains the country and from
the basin the supplies of timber at present is cut. The
Imperial Lumber Co. own seventy-five square miles of forest
and are operating it this season with five camps and two
hundred men. The daily capacity of the saw mill is 100,000
feet, employing, in spite of the latest mechanical contrivances
for minimizing manual labor, fifty hands. By means of three
switches in the yard and a steam tram line into the bush, logs
are hauled almost from the stump to the jack loader.

—During 1890 permits were obtained from the City Com-
missioner, of Toronto, to erect to the value of $2,364,750.
Of the total, $900,000 was for dwellings, $313,000 for stores,
$560,000 for office buildings, $220,000 foralterations, $104,-
ooo for churches and $93,000 for warehouses and factories,
These figures only apply to that portion of the city where per-
mits are necessary. The total value of the permits during the
last five years was :

TOSO est ceisveleie Sc seinea nce a detec ees $1,250,000
1S) (3.6 GEG OD DOU Sp 00 Dee SOD MOCO ages 1,145,000
TSBS Eien c comeysetenia eee lashes ais 2,085,000
TSSO iors celeste a sislanuelse Scales + 6's 2,356,000
DO OO weer atic tee ctor aise rare er sie 2,364,000

The above does not include the estimated cost of the new
Court House and City Hall and Parliament buildings.

—The lumber shipments from Ottawa to the United States
for January, as shown by returns prepared in Consul-General
Lay’s office, amount to $74,611,69. Of this $3,741,908 was
in bond for export to South America, leaving the amount
actually disposed of in the States at $70,869,71. These
figures do not include the returns from Carleton Place, which
are not yet in. Last year the returns, including Carleton
Place,which was not then established,amounted to $88,645.52,
of which $69,029. 18 was actually used in the States. There is
an apparent decrease this January of about $14,000, but it is ex-
pected when the returns from Carleton Place are in that the
shipments will be fully equal to those of January, 1890.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

March, 1891

—A* new pulp mill is in course of erection at Sturgeon
Falls.

——Reports from Casselman state that lumbering Operations
are being pushed vigorously.

—Senator Peter McLaren has invested in over 100,000
acres of timber in the State of Virginia.

—Messrs. Croil & McCulloch, of Wales, are getting outa
lot of logs and ties at West Moose Creek.

—Messrs. Salmon & Watson, of 299 College street, Toron-

to, wholesale and retail lumber dealers, have dissolved.

—The Victoria Harbor Lumber Co. will saw their usual
quantity of logs, but manufactured fewer this winter than in
past years.

—Of the 7,000,000 feet of lumber exported from Ottawa,
one-third went to the United States; one-third to South
America, and one-third to England.

—Many teamsters in the Ottawa Valley lumber camps have
returned valuable horses, injured,
drowned, or dead from an epidemic that prevailed.

mourning the loss of

—The Georgian Bay Lumber Co. have worked their limits
very lightly the present winter, logging only some 20,000,-
oco feet, owing to an extra large cut during the winter of
1Sgo.

—Mr. James McGregor, of Ottawa, left recently for Mc-
Laren’s limits, on the Gatineau, with ‘a gang of men to ex-
plore the timber belt and report thereon to an English syndi-
cate.

—The Ottawa saw dust case was up for hearing during the
The master in Chambers at Osgoode Hall heard
arguments as to the amount of damage committed. Mr.

month.

Katte, plaintiff, was instructed to fyle specific damages.

—Shantymen Lave had a tough time to pull through the
winter unemployed, owing to some of the largest mills in the
The closing down
from 150

Ottawa Valley not operating their limits.
for the coming season of the same mills will throw
io 200 trained mill hands out of work.

—Gillies Bros., Braeside, have closed up the lumber camp
on Otter Lake, on the Kippewa, owing to there being no
mere timber to cut. Old lumbermen are of the
that the drive will be a
appearance of the creeks and heavy snowfall.

impression
late one this season, judging from the

—Mr. Tobin, of Kingston, has finished his tie contract for
the Ogdensburg market. He has also 3,000 telegraph poles
ready for shipment between Sharbot lake and Russel’s siding,
but cannot get them across the line before March Ist. They
are then subject to a duty of 20 per cent., and he claims he
will lose $600 on the consignment.

—Fort William has voted a bonus of $8,000 to Graham,
Horne & Co., for the removal of their lumbering plant from
Vermillion Bay to East Fort William. It is expected that
the new industry will employ 70 men and handle 10,000,000
feet of dressed lumber perannum. It is all marketed in
the Canadian north-west. In another column tbe bonus
is stated to be $800. This amount should be $8,000.

—Mr. Perkins, a member of a manufacturing firm in Michi-
gan, has a patent on shingle mill machinery which is said to
be of superior value and will enable him to outdo competition
in this line of manufacture. He proposes, if the town of Peter-
boro’ will assist him, to build on the Wm. Hamilton Manu-
fa-turing Co’s. property. He will put up buildings and put
in machinery at an estimated cost of about $15,000, and em-
ploy at the start 30 or 40 hands.

—All through Algoma, and down the district of Parry
Sound and Muskoka, large quantities of spruce is being shipped
to the other side to be manufactured into paper.
mated that 10,000 cords will be got out at Thessalon, while at
Cache Bay 50,000 cords will be shipped. This new industry
in the telegraph pole
and tie trade caused by the McKinley tariff. The price now
paid is $2.40 to $3.00 per cord. Competition raised the price
to $5.60 for a short time at Burk’s Falls.

—Senator Clemow, Mr. Hiram Robinson, Hon. E. H.
Bronson, Messrs. W. G. Hurdman, E. B. Pattee, W. Mac-
lean and other prominent citizens of Ottawa, discussed the
question of establishing a factory for the manufacturing of
The meeting,
presided over by W. H. Fuller, was well attended. It was
decided that as the prospects for a remunerative business
were promising, a company should be immediately formed
with Mr. Joshua Oldham, the well known saw maker, of
New York, as manager.

It is esti-

will temporarily make up for the loss

band, circular and other saws in the capital.

—The Rainy river forms part of the international boundary
line between Manitobaand Minnesotaand discharges the waters
of Rainy Lake into the Lake of the Woods. For some time
past surveyors have been locating the Rainy River railroad, a

line projected to tap the timber and mineral resources of the
country around the chain of smaller lakes between the mouth
and the head of the river. The advance guard, or pioneers
of the expedition, in their exploration report immense forests
of pine surrounding Clearwater lake, two arms of which will
be touched by the railroad; large tracts of land badly burned
in parts of Moss township, and great water stretches, navi-
gable streams, and small lakes, which will allow the trans-
portation of unsawn timber almost anywhere.

QUEBEG.

—Thos. Pringle, millwright, Montreal, has admitted D. A.
Pringle, under style of Thos. Pringle & Son.

—Mr. J. Girard, of Lacolle, is selling out preparatory to
establishing himself in the lumber manufacturing business in
Montreal.

—The creditors of the Buckingham Pulp Company met in
Montreal. This industry was started a couple of years ago
with a capital of $70,000.

—Mr. George Wiilard, Magog, has purchased the machinery
of the Georgeville saw mill, and is placing it in the old
Varin mill near the station.

—J. B. Fregean, of Standard, whose veneer mill was
burned last month, has leased the Sarles’ veneer mill at New-
port, to cut logs until his old mill is rebuilt.

—McLatchie & Gibson, who run a saw mill on the
Gatineau road, about thirty-five miles from Ottawa, have the
contract, for supplying immense quantities timber to the Gatin-
eau Valley R.R. New machinery is being placed in the mill
to meet the expected requirements of the trade when the rail-
way reaches the section.

—The winter of 1890 was an open one around Sutton,
preventing the log cut from being marketable. Good snow
roads this season have allowed immense quautities of hem-
lock, basswood and spruce, to be ‘‘dumped” along the river
bank between Sutton and _ Richford,
freshet.
States.

awaiting the spring
The bulk of the timber will go into the neighboring

—Among the creditors of Messrs. Wilson, McGinnis & Co.,
cheese box makers, of Athelstan, who failed recently are:
The Banque du Peuple, $12,000; Eastern Townships Bank,
$5,400; Ward, Carter & Co., $1,000; Bank of Toronto,
$800 ; Union Bank, $1,260; S. Greenshields, Son. & Com
$1,500; Montreal Peoples’ Bank, $1,300; Malone, N. Wis
Dr. Cameron, $800, Huntingdon ; Ranson, Forbes & Co.,
$800 ; McLachlin Bros, & Co., $800, Montreal ; John Call,
$600, Front River; John Cairns, $900, Athelstan ; Gault
Bros, $600, Montreal; Wm. Paterson, $1,000, Port Scott ;
Andrew Gilmour, $1,200, Huntingdon; James Johnson,
$800, Parkhill ; small amounts to farmers, $30,000.

—On February 14th, Judge Andrews at Quebec, entered
judgment in the important cares of La Banque du Peuple vs.
Bryant, Powis & Bryant, Limited ; the Union Bank against
the same company, and the Quebec bank against the same
company. ‘These cases involve about $100,coo and arose out
of notes and bills of exchange purporting to be signed by C.G.
Davies as attorney for Bryant, Powls & Bryant, Ltd., under a
power of attorney. The questions were of great importance
to the business community and turned largely on the effect of
the power cf attorney. The cases of the Union bank and La
Banque du Peuple have been dismissed, but that of the
Quebec bank has been maintained.

NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA.

—J. H. Tiere, lumber, Hampton, N. B., has assigned.

—Dungarvon and Renous lumber camps are still at work.

—Jas. McKinlay, spool manufacturer, Musquodoboit Har-
bor, N. S., has assigned.

—Stevens & Robinson, lumber, etc., Salmon River, N. S.,
have dissolved.

—The William Law Shipping Co., of Yarmouth, N. S., are
asking for incorporation.

—A few camps from the head of the river at Doaktown, N.
B., have been abandoned, owing to deep snow.

—Ship building is being carried on extensively in parts of
Nova Scotia this winter. In one district alone along the
Cumberland shore there are 13 large vessels in course of con-
struction. In other districts, in Liverpool, Lunenburg and
Shelburne counties, there are a number of vessels of all sizes
on the stocks.

—Mr. Reuben Harlow, a merchant and lumberman of Liv-
erpool, Queen’s Co., has purchased the stock and good-wil|[
of the business of Mr. W. H. Guild, at Shubenacadia, N. S.
Mr. Harlow will conduct a general merchandise business at
the store, and will also carry on a lumber business at Shuben-
acadie.

—Messrs. Frank Todd of St. Stephen, A. E. Randolph
and Allan Ritchie, forming the New Brunswick lumber com-
mission, with their secretary, met at Fredrickton last week for
the purpose of determining on a course of action with refer-
ence <o the inquiry they have been appointed to mike into
the question of stumpage. It was decided to take the evi-
dence of lumbermezn at meetings to be held the next few
months in different parts of the province, and, from these,
with what information they may be able to obtain by means
of circulars and otherwise, to frame their report, which will,
in all probability, be submitted to the legislature, during the
session of 1892.

—The old firm of B. Young & Son manufactured in 1890
eight million feet of long and five million feet of short lumber.
This was their smallest cut for several years.
of Young Bros. & Co will put out this season 514 million feet
at Newville, N. S., and 3% million at River Hebert, where
they will manufacture 1% million shingles this winter. They
have 35 horses and 70 men at Newville, and 24 horses and 48
men at River Hebert, making a total at both branches of
nine million feet logs, with 118 men and 58 horses ernployed.
They intend to manufacture from six to seven millions of this
cut into deals for English market; the balance will be manu-
factured for the American market. They will also manufac-
ture about seven million of laths the coming season for the
American markets. They manufacture about 80 M long
lumber and 75 M short lumber per day at both mills, and
when mills are working employ 75 men directly, and about as
many more indirectly in carrying deals, loading vessels, etc.

MANITOBA AND NORTH-WEST.

—The Lake Winnipeg Transportation Lumber and Trading
Co. of Selkirk, have applied for an order to wind up their
affairs.

—The C. P. R. have arranged with Ross, Hal! & Brown,
of Rat Portage, and the Western Lumber Co. for their entire
cut of slabs for the coming season.

-—Messrs. Moore & McDowall, Prince Albert, have 2,000, -
000 feet of first class lumber ready to ship south upon the
completion of the spur track to their yards.

—The cost price of lumber f.0.b. at Union Point is $12.00
per M, divided as follows: cutting and hauling, $4.50, goy-
ernment duty $2.50, and sawing $5.00.

—Timber contractors of Winnipeg find it difficult to secure
enough men to complete their gangs in the woods, on account
of so many laborers having gone to work on the Pacific divi-
sion of the Great Northern Railway.

AMERICAN.

—Tonawanda lumbermen claim they have handled 8o00,-
000,000 feet of lumber last year.

—Production of white pine lumber for 1899 is put at close
to 8,650,000,090 feet.

—The Illinois and Central Railroad handled 20,579 cars of
lumber in Chicage last year

—The lumber shipments from the Minneapolis market dur-
ing 1890, as given by ten railroads, amounted to 300,495,000
feet.

—Sibley & Bearinger are putting in 20,000,c90 feet of logs
in Canada, which will be t»wed to Tawas and Saginaw River
to be manufactured.

—The irrepressible statistician now claims for Louisiana a
wealth of forest timber aggregating 50,000,000,000 feet in
rourd numbers.

—It is estimated that Cheboygan lumbermen own 3,000,-
000,000 feet of pine on Rainy River, which is probably an over-

estimate. An effort is being made to build a railroad to this

timber.

—The report is abroad that British capital is behind a
scheme to consolidate the principal manufactories of spools,
bobbins aud shuttles, under the name of the American, Bob-
bin, Spool and Shuttle Co., with a capital of $5,000,000.
Portland, Me., is to be head-quarters and the combine is to
embrace about 85 per cent. of the manufacturers in the lines
named. The factories are nearly all in Maine and other New
England states.

—It was the intention of several Michigan firms to supple-
ment their state cut by drawing on Canada for an unusual
supply of logs. The Saginaw Salt & Lumber Co. made
preparations to increase logging on the Spanish Kiver. Hew-
ery & Sons, who operate on Little Creek, were to exceed
their usual make of logs by 10,000,000 feet. The Emery
Lumber Co., working in the French River district, C. K.
Eddy & Sons, Sibly and Barenger, and several other firms
purposed increasing their log supply in the fall. As their
reports of progress or delay naturally drift towards their
head office, THE L.UMBERMAN has been unable to ascertain
up to date how far the season’s operations have advanced,

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THE CAN ADA LUMBERMAN.

BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBER MATTERS.
NEw WESTMINSTER, B. C., Feb. 20, 1891.

Since my last the weather has continued fine. We
experierced a colder snap during the last week, with a
little snow. This in no way interfered with the mills,
as no ice formed. In some cases logging camps have
been at work all winter. A very lively season is ex-
pected, locally at least. The export trade has fallen

off simply from the great scarcity of vessels. It is to
be hoped this will not continue.
Several new saw mills are talked of, viz.: at Liver-

‘pool, opposite McLaren-Ross mill ; at Hall’s Prairie ;:

one by Clarence Debeck, a late partner in the Brunette

Saw Mill Co., on the north-west coast of the mainland,

with a capacity of 100 M per day; one by N. Slaght &
Co., late of Michigan, at Steveston, near mouth of
Frazer River; one by C. L. Street & Co, at Chilli-
whack, now almost ready and making a snawelies of
box lumber.

Messrs. John Whyte & Hammill are advertising for

jimits and intend building, but I cannot say where. -

l am indebted to the Royal City Planing Mills Co.
fora photograph of the three sticks of timber shipped
from their Hastings mill to the Harbor Commissioners
of Montreal. They are 36x36x60 feet each, contain-
ing 6,480 feet B.M. each. The total weight was 60,-
o00 Ibs. Their mill here is now executing an order for
timbers 34x36 to 40x4o square 40 to 50 feet long.

- Thee are 41-saw mills now built or under construc-
tion in this province, 45 timber leases compiising 225,-
526 acres. The annual rental is $15,614, and the revenue
from timber royalty for 1890 was $29,700.

During the month our city has been lit by electric
light and is much improved thereby.

The Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Co., whose
mill is at Chemainus, will begin cutting early in April,
with a capacity of 200 M per day. The Brunette saw
mill starts again this week, after completing some im-
provements and alterations. The McLaren-Ross mill
is soon expected to open up full blast. Mr. Smith
from the east is building a mill at Vernon. A fire in

_ Muirhead & Mann’s sash and door factory, in Victoria,

caused $1,000 damage. They were very fortunate in
confining the fire to such a small amount.

The cut of the Moodyville mill for the year was:
Lumber, 18,594,738 feet ; 18,598 bundles laths ; 81,108
feet pickets.

The certificate of incorporation is published of the
Michigan Lumber Company with a capital of $1,000,-
ooo divided into 10,000 shares of $100 each, with
headquarters at Vancouver. The incorporators are
Henry R. Morse, Henry R Morse, jr., both of Van-
couver, and Angus C-. Boggs, of Alpena, State of
Michigan.

The machinery has been purchased for a new saw
and planing mill at Mission.

The tonnage of the vessels hailing from New
Westminster engaged in the milling trade is 826.

The Idaho, of New Westminster, is making prepar-
ations to tow jogs from Crawford Bay to the Davies-
Sayward mill, her captain expecting her to make daily
trips with a 50,000 feet tow.

An instance of the magnificent trmber which can be
furnished in British Columbia, 50 of the sticks in the
swing bridge at Mission Station are from 78 to 97 feet
in length, and were cut by the Hastings saw mill, Van-
couver, and many of the piles used were 85 feet in
length. The river is 60 feet deep during summer ; now
it is about 43 feet with a tide of about six feet.

The Hastings saw mill produced during 1890, 30,-
000,000 superficial feet of lumber, valued at $1,750,000,
Of the foregoing, 13,059,000 feet were rough lumber,
955,000 dressed, 107,000 pickets, and 20,180 laths,
Shipped to foreign markets, 1,699,coo feet rough ; 544,-
ooo dressed, 107,000 pickets, and 17,020 laths. Rai
shipments were 407,000 feet rough, 23,000 feet dressed.
The local market consumed 1,953,000 feet rough, 388,-
ooo feet dressed, and 3,180 bundles shingles.

The Mechanics saw mill, of New Westminster,
has been running all winter. Itis reported that ad-
ditions will be made to it in the spring. Two large
booms of logs arrived at the mill during the month.
Amongst the shipments of the Royal City Planing

mills were the ey two-sets a long timber for Deion,
Ohio, a carload of dressed lumber for Lethbridge, N.
W.T., four carloads of assorted lumber and ties for the
east and carload for Sherbrooke, Que. Their new
steamer is expected to be finished this month. A re-
arrangement of the lumber piles in their large yard has
been made.

W. P. Sayward, of Victoria, started a lumber camp
in the Otter district.

The length of the large
McLaren’s mill is 46 feet.

The Fraser River Lumber Company, Ltd., has
been incorporated with head office at New Westmin-
ster.. The directors are: Messrs. M. G. Terhue,
Grier Starrett and Joseph Saint.

The Brunette saw mill,at Sapperton,has been thoroughly
overhauled and repaired, the large boiler purged of sediment
In addition to their logging
camp at Mud Bay, started in January, they are operating
with enother at Clover Valley, the cut of which will be driven
down the Nicomel River to Mud Bay and towed from their to
Sapperton.

After writing several times and waiting two months
I can only give you the cut of the mills for 1890 who
have responded to my request, several have not sent
returns :

band saw in Jas. B.

and the foundations re-bricked.

CUT OF 1890.

Victoria Lumber Manufacturing Co.
A. McKinnon, Duncan’s
Moodyville Saw Mill Co.

Royal City Planing Mills Co.
Hastings Saw Mill Co.

J. B. Tiffin

4,000,000 feet
500,000
18,620,000
35,000,000 “
30,000,000 ““
3,800,000 “*
- Brunette Saw Mill Co. 9,000 000 “
Nanaimo Saw Mills 6,000,000 ‘
In the foregoing the Brunette S. M. Co. cut 3,0co,-
000 with their old mill and 6,000,000 with the new one.
They lost considerable, time in building and moving
into the new mill. The cut of Hastings is also small,
as the mill has been thoroughly repaired and was pre-
vented cutting while the same were going on.
Moodyville Saw Mill Co. laths 22,509 bundles
ees Saw Mill Co. , shingles, 3,000,000,
ei slater, {2,000,000.

Wel, (Ge IR

NOVA SCOTIA MATTERS.

BRIDGEWATER, Feb. 14th, 1891

We are having a steady winter in this district, and
in the forest at the heads of the rivers have had the
best hauling for a number of years. Loggers on the
Victaux, Port Medway, Musha Muish, Liverpool and
St. Margarets Bay, Gold River, and in fact all around
the Lahave River, are putting in timber very freely
from lands having long roads which have been impass-
able during the last three winters without snow.

Several of our smaller operators, having been tempt-
ed by the fine hauling, have started work on the La-
have, counting somewhat on the justice of their claim
to work like their neighbors, and being about at the

point of rebellion against any authority which attempts

to stop them.

Petitions are now being, for the third time, circulated
through the Lahave valley, asking that the river be ex-
empted, the same as the neighboring rivers in Queen’s
County, and the people are signing them e7 masse.

Business in Bridgewater and vicinity is duller than
known for many years, and the traders were afraid to
stock up enough to supply provisions needed for the

winter. The banks are endeavoring to keep their
customers afloat, and so far very few failures have
occurred.

The dull season among the fishermen on the banks
last year has checked the building of so many new
vessels, and labor has more trouble to find work near
at home, so that many of our young men have gone to
other districts for work.

The argument of the sawdust destroying the fisheries
is again being refuted by the Salmon themselves
schooling into the Port Medway river earlier than usual,
in the face of three gang mills running night and day
dropping sawdust into the river all last season. How-
ever, as they have faced the same kind of sawdust for
the last hundred years nothing else was to be expected,
and we would most respectfully suggest to Mr. Wilmot,
or some of the Fishery Department, that the same

| turning back when they see our sawdus
| water, according to the theory of Cat

Xe)

description would suit this river, and we could d spense
with our most fastidious breed who are in the habit of

in ten feet of
tain Gordon of
“Kannuck Navee”

But joking aside, our people need the lumber busi-

ness re-established, and demand the same treatment
as the rest of the Dominion, and having waited three
years for the law to be put in force on other rivers oy
they must be allowed to work, as the government have
no intention of enforcing the law generally, and mee
cannot prove one dollar's damage done on this river by

allowing the sawdust to run as formerly. The question
is beyond any politics with our people, and both parties
unite in demanding their right.

Most of the members of the House of Commons for
Nova Scotia contend for allowing the millsto saw, and -
the Fishery department will have to either enforce the
law against all mills, or drop the prosecution of selected
subjects.

We do not pretend to judge of the operation of the
practice in the large alluvial rivers of the West, with-
out any tidal changes, but the case has yet to be found
where sawdust alone has done any damage to Fishery
or navigation on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia.

With the present fine winter the Lahave mills could
have been stocked with 25 million ft of timber, yielding
an increase to county and shipping of $200,000 or
$300,000, which is all sacrificed to the theoretical ideas
of the present managers of the Fishery Department.

FRANK DAVISON.

AN IMPORTANT ITEW.

iE planning and equiping a wood-working plant there

is one very important matter which is often left out of
consideration, and this is the providing of the neces-
sary facilities for keeping the different machines in good
working order, with the least possible delay and cost.
One of the best investments that can be made in estab-
lishing a wood-working plant is in providing these faci-
lities, and then having a man in charge who thoroughly
understands his business. These facilities do not re-
quire a great outlay at the start, and will show a larger
percentage of profit than any like sum put into any
other part ofthe equipment. The repairs in and around
the plant are an important item, and a proper provision
for this is worth considering. You do not needa whole
machine shop outfit, but you do need a few small tools,
which should be carefully selected, taken care of, and
always ready for use when needed. The delays caused
by being obliged to depend upon some neighboring
machine shop for all the little repairs are costly, to say
nothing of damage to machinery resulting from neglect
to keep it in proper repair, through a lack of the facil-
ities at hand for doing so. A great deal of valuable
and costly machinery is thus ruined every year, and too
often the blame is laid to the manufacturer, and he is
accused of using poor material or employing poor work-
men.

TIMBER SUPPLY OF THE NORTH-WEST.

The question of the future lumber and timber supply of
northwest territories is receiving the attention of the Domin-
ion government just now, and it is probable that more string-
ent regulations will be adopted by parliament next Session to
insure the forests against reckless depletion and destruction.
The logs of the Prince Albert district are cut on streams tnibu-
tary to the Saskatchewan on the north side, principally on the
Little Red, Sturgeon and Shell rivers. There is a vast tim-
ber belt immediately tothe north of Prince Albert. Spruce is
the principal variety of lumber cut. The logs run from one to
three ft. in diameter, but logs have been cut which went over
three feet.

der than the spruce and is used for flooring, sills, etc.

Some tamarac is also cut at the mills. It # har-

It run
from one to two feet in diameter. Birch is hardwood lumber
and is used for finer class of work, inside finishing, cabinet
work, etc., and it will make very good furniture. Poplar may
The

This northern

be used for work where basswood is used in the east.
northern poplar lumber resembles basswood.
spruce is a splendid lumber, being much superior in quality to
It is whiter in color, softer and
finer texture, and much more free from knots. In fact it
makes an excellent lumber, and quite as good as much of the
white pine in the east.

southern and eastern spruce.

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“CHARLES SMITH, of the saw mill on Mainstreet, has
taken as a partner Frank Scratch, son of H. P. Scratch,
of the Section.”--Z£x. The junior in the office, he who is
likened to the hoofed, horned and tailed gentlemen,
says : “Our contemporary need not make so much fuss
over the new partner ; a scratch is nothing uncommon
round a saw mill.”

READERS who are fond of statistics will find some
interesting figures and excerpts in another column
iaken from the annual wood circular of James Smith &
Co., Liverpool, Eng., dated Jan. 31, 1891. The re-
marks on wood and timber as condensed are almost
confined to the colonies, but the totals of foreign im-
portation are given to allow comparison.

Pettitville mills were to have resumed work a week ago, but
it was reported that some of the men found a newly dug grave
in the wocds not far from the mill. This so startled the in-
habitants of that peaceful burg that work for the time being
has been suspended. —Zx.

THE delightful haziness of this news note puts the
reader in a quandary as to what was suspended—the
intended occupant of the grave, the work in the mill, or
the work of the inhabitants. We presume the writer
intended to convey the fact that the mill ceased running.
It has been our duty for some years to chronicle the

stopping of mills from lack of logs, want of water power,
| financial difficulties and other ordinary causes, but this
| is the first occasion we have ever heard of one stopping
| from finding a hole in the ground. It is a poor way of
| advertising a place to leave the impression that the
duties of sawyer, engineer, slab carrier and yardsman
were performed by one employe, who struck work to
speculate on a pile of dirt along side of a post-hole in a
bush. Far better adopt the advertising fads of our
neighbors to the south of us, as detailed by Dickens in
his description of ague smitten Eden, or work on the
lines of the late booming given to Yokalahama.

OUR list of casualties for the past month is again un-
usually long, both in shanties and saw miils. It is not
a subject to jest about the loss of a limb or other per-
manent injuries, but frequently serious accidents occur
from rashness and carelessness. _ If the injunction laid
down by the old Scotch mill man, who painted the
heraldic emblem of his country on the door of his mill,
and interpreted the inscription found there on emo me
impune lacessit in his own vernacular, “ Dinna monkey
wi the buzz saw whan she’s rinnin’”—if the injunction
was catried out strictly, there would be more fingers
per capita to the population, and the wooden-limbed in-
dustry would languish.

Alex. Crooks, the genial and popular proprietor of the

carries his full share of adipose tissue under his vest and one
of the last men you would think would say nothing but saw
wood. On Saturday, however, Alex. met the cordwood
editor of the Star and said, “‘I can beech you sawing wood
and I haven’t cut any for fourteen years until this morning
when I butchered enough to last till Tuesday. [tell you
straight I’m dead in love with the job, in fact I just pine after
it.”” The cordwood editor replied that he occasionally slaugh-
tered a few sticks himself, but it wasn’t on account of any par-
ticular hankering for the job. And then the band played.

We willow the Stary considerable if it will pitch this
chestnut amongst the ashes. The alder it gets the
the larcher the hawthorne it will become. Was Crooks
butchering ma-hog-any ? Palm this off somewhere else.
Cedar! Some ofthese are pretty fir fetched, but we
will spruce up and do better next time.

OuR regret, expressed last month, at our ina-
bility to be present at the annual dinner of the Buffalo
Lumber Exchange turned to remorse on reading the
various reports of the gathering. Ifanything remained
after digesting the “feast of reason and the flow of
soul” to turn our remorse to gall it was not being pre-
sent to digest the viands. There is food for reflection
in contrasting the #zezu of the nabobs in the Buffalo
and Tonawanda lumber trade with the average menu
of the shanty man. Shortly before they gathered
around their regal feast, shanty men who were supply-
ing the raw material to indirectly supply next season’s
dinner, had gathered around their frugal board. Ifthe
Mayor of Buffalo had been invited to a shanty banquet,
there would be some force in his expressed wish, “to
leave the party early” without definitely stating whether
the early referred to the evening or the morning hours,
and if the speakers had been asked to fill their pro-
grams with shanty dinner delicacies, their oratorical
efforts would probably not have been so brilliant. Let
us contrast the respective bills of fare.

MENU CHUCK

Blue Point Oyaters,
Shanty Atmosphere

Cold Tea
Bark
Consomme au Baked Dough
Boiled Pig a la Kettle
Cardinganned Potatoes
Colp Hog Boiled

Claret

Olives Celery Gherkins

Browse Slivers

Consomme au Vermicelle

Eroiled Bluefish « la Maitre d’Hotel
Julienne Potatoes

mn ld Reine
Larded Sauce

Bouchees

Fillet of Beef Larded Sauce

Maderia Swamp Water

Cardinal Punch Ribs Punched

Beans More Tea

Champagne
Roasted Quail with Lettuce
Bbine Wine Jelly

Roust Beaf with Let us Sing
Aromatic Wet Socks
Scrambled Ice

Frozen Ice Chopped Ice

Tortoni
Fruit

Ice Cream
Soap Cakes a Ia infinitesimal
Pocket Knives
Clay Pipes
Tobacco Smoke

Cakes
Pine Cones

Black Strap

Coffes

American Cheese Brie Cheene

Cigars

The forty-nine gentlemen who punished the Genesse
lay-out must have enjoyed themselves, but it is ques-
tionable if they pushed their heads through their upper
storey underwear on Sunday morning with as much
gusto as the shanty man hung his up to dry after fin-
ishing his week’s washing.

Albion hotel, is one of those good natured bonifaces who~

_ A RELIABLE subscriber from New Westminster, B
C., brings us to task over several news notes published
in our February issue. Like all journals we have to de-
pend on a percentage of clippings for information. If
these are inaccurate we are indirectly responsible for
them; if they mislead, we mislead by publishing them.
On page to of our last number we state that “a mill is
in course of erection for Elmer Ward.” We cut this
clipping from a New Brunswick paper. It seems, de-
spite the C. P. R., that news takes a long time to travel
from the Occident to the Orient. The mill was built
early last summer. On page II we give the capacity
of the Royal City mills as 45 M per day. It is double
that. Our “devil,” who has nothing in his head, got a
good chance to work some nothings in on the cost of
the Mechanics mill, making it $35,000,000 in place of
$35,060. R. Morse, jr., operates the Fader mill, and ‘
not Morse & Boggs. These inaccuracies are excusa-
ble from the fact that we have not time between issues
to verify reports. If editors of local papers will not
supply trustworthy information which we reproduce we
will be more than pleased if our subscribers bring the
errors before our notice.

THE Official Gazette, of British Columbia, announces
that no public land will be sold until the legislation now
under consideration becomes statutory. Members of
the Legislature and other prominent men have advo-
cated their ideas so strongly that the Government is at
present framing laws to completely control all forests,
public lands, mines, and waters, to hold them for the
benefit of the public and to prevent them from becom-
ing the property of private syndicates or speculators.
If British Columbia passes a crown lands act such as
is under contemplation, and includes in the act con-
ditions for the proper sale, rental or preservation of her
natural products, she will lead the van in Provincial
legislation, and prevent the repetition of such egregious
blunders as those that retard the commercial progress
and have strangled the natural development of Ontario
and Quebec. Instance after instance might be cited
of the gigantic evil of allowing real estate speculators,
not to mention partizan political heelers, to gobble
townships at one nibble, which they held, expecting to
bleed some private individual or firm who might be in-
duced to purchase. This system of land tenure is most
pernicious, and if British Columbia successfully carries
any Provincial act which grapples with the evil, the re-
sults of the act will be watched carefully by the older
provinces.

A CORRESPONDENT of one of our British Columbia
exchanges winds up his local lumbering news para-
graphs from Stave River with: “Delightful weather.
The ring of the merry woodman’s axe, and the resonant
reverberations of my neighbor’s recluse rooster, the
rollicking rumpus of the bear, the twitter of the chick-
adee, and the chatter of the chipmunck, all proclaim
that nature is alive and whooping.” On the coast they
may have an Italian summer, but they have no real
Canadian winter. The seasons are the wet and the
dry. Away in the east we have seen men wrestling be-
tween the wet and the dry seasons, when in the early
hours of the morning the sufferer from the “jim-jams”
sticks his burning head into a pail of water and gets his
stomach outside of half its contents. Our indirect cor-
respondent has evidently a pretty severe attack of the
“jams,” but spring is approaching in eastern Canada
and the Pacific slope will no longer enjoy a monopoly
of pastoral ditties and perorations. We have only re-
cently unloaded our waste basket, bursting with all
poetical effusions of the “‘bootiful snow” order, and we
cannot brook without comment this inroad on our sea-
son of respite, between the month dedicated to odes on
“ bootiful snow,” and that part of our year given up to
doggeral on “hail gentle spring.”

THE Vermont Shade Roller Company appealed
against the rate of duty assessed by the Burlington, Vt.,
collector of customs on an importation of pine lumber
from Canada, entered October 13th, 1890. The col-
lector levied the assessment at the rates prescribed in
the act of 1883.” The appellants claimed that duty

March 1891.

should be levied at the rates named in the tariff of 1890.
The U.S. act of 1890, dated October Ist, provides “that
in case any foreign country imposes an export duty on
their logs entered for consumption in the States, the
sawn lumber from the said country shall be subject to
the import duties of the act of 1883. On October 13th
the Canadian government removed the duty on pine
logs, and as a consequence all lumber imported by the
States on and after that date is entitled to the provisions
of the act of 1890. The treasury department of Wash-
ington have decided, in the case under consideration,
where the date of the entry was given, but-no date
given when the actual importation took place, that if
the lumber arrived in the United States prior to Oct.
30th the decision ofthe collector must stand, otherwise,
the protest of the importer would be well founded, and
the entry should be reliquidated ‘accordingly. The de-
cision upon this case will settle the question of the
tariff importations made by North Michigan from
Canada and some other localities where the matter has
been in suspense awaiting the result.

CANADIAN DISLOYALTY.

SEVERAL of our exchanges have published a letter
signed, “A Commercial Traveller,” wherein complaint
is made that British Columbians will not buy certain
manufactures made in the older provinces, but prefer to
deal with houses established in the United States. The
complaints are well founded, but the knight
of the grip must be a youngster if he had
to go across the continent to find purchasers
permeated with erroneous ideas of what they
term “American” goods. Commercial men about
fifteen years ago found it uphill work to make sales in
many lines, and even yet when a thoroughly good and
honest new Canadian article is put on the market it is
viewed with suspicion, and if only a smatter of Yankee-
ism can be found lurking around it in undiscoverable
quantities some tradesmen will buy and palm it off as
imported from New York, or Buffalo or Kalamazoo.
If no other good resulted from the National Policy of
79, the tariff enactments inaugurated that year com-

pelled Canadians to buy Canadian goods, and forced |

them into the use of national manufactures. It has
taught them that Canadian mechanical contrivances—
Canadian mill and factory productions—can~ be “made
within our own borders equal to, and in many instances
better than importations. So far reaching has this sort
of “ Americanism” become that it sapped the very vitals
of a national spirit, and many a traveller returned to
his house wondering if some of his customers would
pay fifty cents more per cord for an inferior stock of
winters fuel if a few of the sticks could be labelled
“from the other side.” The Bridgewater Enterfrise,a
Nova Scotia paper, in its issue of the 18th ult. presents
another side of national disintegration. An editorial
that lauds the New England markets, and which lame-
ly attempts to show the benefits which would accrue to
Canada if there were no tarriff says:

«Tt is enough to say that during che last year the people o
Bridgewater and those who buy their supplies in Bridgewate
paid in cash to the manufacturers and middlemen of Upper
Canada at least $50,000, and this is only for a small part of
the county. In return what did the Upper Canadians leave
us. Why their travellers left a few dollars with the hotel
proprietors, a few more with the stable keepers and a few
more with the railway company.”

This is an average specimen of the sentiments of
second growth basswood Canadians whom the country
could well do without. Spineless as a fishworm, and

_ resembling a mud turtle crawling through a bush back-

ward, they can see no “Balm ot Gilead or no pbhysi-
cian” in the land that feeds them, but must be contin-
ually cringing and begging for support from their im-
aginary Elysium, the United States.

In spite of the wholesome national training our
people have received through the adoption of a policy,
its influence has been at work for so brief a period in
our history that if discontinued such samples as the
Enterprise would “return to their idols,” and greedily
buy from the land of wooden hams and basswood nut-
megs. Volumes could be filled of the difficulties sur-
mounted in building up a trade in the manufactures
which saw mill men require. It took brains, wealth
and push to induce them to try Canadian made leather

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belting. At one time in the great centre of our sawn
lumber trade, Ottawa, you could not find a foot of Can-
adian made rubber belting. It was the same in Parry
Sound, in the mills bordering on the Georgian Bay, and
in Algoma. You couldn’t coax mill men to try it, and

they never would have allowed a sample inside their |

mill if New England belting could have been imported.
It was the same in varnishes, mixed paints, in saws
and in mill machinery. The remedy, if continued to be

applied, will ultimately bring British Columbia into
line. She is developing rapidly, and when in a position

to offer her manufactures to her sister provinces a little
“hoisting with her own petard” will be a grand tonic.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
J. R., Montreal, asks :

(1) Will you give the names of responsible dealers
of Yellow Poplar or Whitewood.

(2) In what part of the Dominion are the woods
found in our list and who are responsible dealers in the
several localities ?

(3) We also want information on Mahogany, Ches-
nut and Veneers.

(1) Correspond with Wm. Sutherland & Co., Nash-
ville, Tenn., J. E. Bates & Co., 1101 Front St., Nash-
ville, Tenn., or Willard W. Brown, 202 Main Street,
Buffalo, N. Y.

(2) Quartered oak is not sawn in Canada except in
very limited quantities. Red and white oak is found
in clumps and specimens in both Ontario and Quebec.
Black walnut and hickory, once plentiful in south-west-
ern Ontario, is now imported from the U. S. Most of
our sycamore is imported, although the Canadian
variety can be procured from any of the saw mills
along the St. Clair branch of the Michigan Central:
Elm, ash, birch and maple can be obtained in many
counties. _Correspond with Porter, Robertson & Co.,
Donogh & Oliver, or any wholesale firm in Toronto.
Thos, Pinkerton, Pinkerton; B. B. Millar, Wiarton ;
Murray Crawford, Campbellville; Cheney, Dunning
& Co., Vank-leek Hill, supply manufacturers.

(3) Mahogany and Chesnut are both imported and
the same may be of said Veneers.

C. W. Pitt, Little Current, writes :—

Can you give me an idea of how long Oakley town-
ship has been lumbered, and an estimate of the amount
that has been taken off and any other particulars you
may get? Some claim it to be the best township ever
lumbered in Ontario, Let us know through your
paper if not too much trouble. ;

Enquiries made at the Department of Crown Lands
and other institutions where information of this nature
is supposed to be found, fails to throw any positive
light on the question. Several old timers have been
interviewed, who reply that they have often heard of
the township, but as far as definite information is con-
cerned, they know as little about comparative stumpage
as they know about about the m.anin the moon. We
are still making enquiries. If we unearth anything
we will note it in our next issue.

FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

Three men returning to the mainland from Howry’s
camp, Manitoulin Island, while crossing the ice, with
the thermometer registering 20 below zero, were so
badly frost bitten, that medical aid was necessary to
prevent death.

A man named Thurlow, working at a camp at Howe
Sound, was brought to Vancouver, B. C., suffering from
broken ribs and internal injuries, from having been
crushed between saw logs.

The McLaren mills, comprising saw mills, planing
mill, lathe mill machine shop, sash factory, and over
{,000,000 feet of lumber were burned on Sunday the
8th ult. Loss on the mill, $125,000 ; very slightly
insured. Damage to lumber, $15,000 ; fully insured.
It is not certain if the firm will rebuild on the same
site. Rumor has it that that they may purchase the
Gilmour property on the Hull side of the river, or that
the property and limits may be sold to outside parties,
or rebuild on the old site with brick.

The factory of the Meaford (Ont.) Building and
Mfg. Co., has been destroyed. Loss, $10,000 ; insur-
ance, $2,000.

Dodd’s planing mill, London, Ont., narrowly escaped
being consumed on the 15th ult. The firemen suc-
ceeded in confining the flames to the upper flat.

On February 14th, the large saw mill at Shelburne,
N. S., owned jointly by Mr. John C. Ryer and Messrs.

HE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

if
John W. Bowen & Sons, was burned to the ground,
along with all the sawn lumber in the yard. Loss,
$25,c00 ; no insurance.

Lassaline & Son’s furniture factory and store rooms,
at Sandwich Ont., were destroyed Feb. 11th. Loss,
$5,000 ; insurance, $2,000.

Muirhead & Mann’s sash factory, at Victoria, B.C.,
was partially burned Feb. 2nd.

A young man named Simpson, of Peterboro’, Ont,
was instantly killed in the Douglas’ camp, Cook’s mills
by a cant hook striking him on the temple.

A boiler exploded, Feb. 20th, in small mill near
Madoc, Ont., owned by Frank Castleman. One of his
sons was thrown 20 feet and severely scalded. His re-

covery is very doubtful. Another son escaped with slight
injuries. Boiler and building are a complete wreck.

Allan Morrison, of Sarsfield, Ont., was killed while °
hauling logs to the “roll-way” or “dump” in the town-
ship of Cumberland, Russell County.

Following are among the accidents caused by falling
trees, which have come under THE LUMBERMAN’S
notice during the month :—Robert Torrie, Harkaway,
Ont., seriously injured; John Ireland, South Dor-
chester, Ont., killed ; Wm. Caldwell, of Caniley, Ont,
leg broken and other injuries ; Thos. Somers, killed in
Michigan:; Geo. Morten, Sturgeon Bay, Ont., killed ;
W.H. McKibbon, Athole, Ont., killed
Hull, Que., both legs crushed to a pulp.

;-Jos. Vian, of

Accidents in mills during the month have been
plentiful. _ Following are_among the number :—David
Reed, employed, employed'in Martin & Adair’s mill,
Gorrie, Ont., badly crushed by logs ; David Weaver,
Doaktown, N. B., badly cut with an axe; John Moran,
Sr., Melancthon, Ont., leg broken ; John McIntyre,
engaged in Dollars mill, Brunel, Ont., arm mangled ;
Berton F. Hall, seriously injured in Morrison’s mill,
Frederickton, N.B.; Constable Lang, Ethel, Ont., cut
and bruised in head and face by an edging becoming
entangled in a saw; Geo. Sutcliff, Warren, Ont., foot
badly jammed ; James Delaney, Thompsonville, Ont.,
left hand taken off by machinery ; Robert McAfee,
Alwin, Que., ribs fractured; Henry Traxler, black-
smith in Elgie’s mill, Wabash, Ont., instantly killed by
a plank being thrown from asaw ; Omer Lambert,
employed in Morin’s mill Lake Temiscamingue, Que.,
killed.

John Dark, employed in a lumber camp at Mon-
mouth, Ont., attempted suicide by throwing himself
under a train. His arm was taken of

TRADE NOTES.

Messrs. F. E. Dixon & Co. of this city recently deliver-
ed to the Toronto Electric Light Company the largest
leather belt ever manufactured in this province. It is
double thickness, thiriy-eight inches in width, between
ninety and one hundred feet long and weighs nearly
six hundred pounds. It is intended to drive the
new 4oo-horse power engine just finished for the Com-
pany by the Polson Iron Works Company and runs
over a huge fly wheel fifteen feet in diameter. This is
the fourth large belt made by Messrs. Dixon & Co. for
the Toronto Electric Light Company, the others being
each thirty-six inches wide, averageing over one hun-
dred feet long and all double thickness. One of them
has been in constant use since 1885 and is apparently
as good to-day as when it was first put on.

Robin & Sadler, of Montreal and Toronto, have re-
ceived the contract for supplying the large main driv-
ing belt for E. Tuckett & Son’s tobacco factory at
Hamilton.

The Dominion Leather Board Co., of Montreal,
have purchased the property and water power
at Sault au Recollet, near Montreal, formerly
owned by McNeven & Co., which consists of saw mill,
grist mill and the well known paper mills of the Sault
au Recollet Paper Co., and are making extensive
alteration there, and will move their leather board and
friction board mill there. They will continue to manu-
facture roofing, sheathing and lining felts in the paper
mill.

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PEE: CAN ADA LUMBERMAN.

March, 189

SOME BIG LOG HAULING.
FARMERS seem to have forgotten the laying hen-and
her industry crippled by Bill McKinley, and havé
turned their attention to other rural matters of greater

importance, to judge by the numerous paragraphs
found in exchanges. . The village of Wroxeter stood

at the head of the list for some time, until Wingham
scooped in an entire bush. Since the scoop Wroxeter
has taken a back seat. Compare the items :

*On Saturday last Dave McBride, teamster for Smith,
Malcolm & Gibson, Wroxeter, brought to the saw mill the
largest load of logs that has ever entered the town, there
being 2,843 feet of green pine in the six logs comprising the
load. The pine was brought from Wm. Ferguson’s, the
above frm having bought his entire swamp.”"— 2.

“One of the largest, perhaps the largest load of saw logs
that was ever brought into Wingham arrived on Saturday
afternoon last, for the Union furniture factory. It consisted
of 4,538 feet of pine. It was cut in the Factory Co.’s bush
in Turnberry, and brought in by Mr. S. Lockridge, with one

span of horses.” —Advaxtce.
You couldn’t fool Seaforth on measurements. Her
town scales weigh correctly, according to the weigh-

master, but they are always too light when a farmer sells
hay or cattle, and too heavy when he buys salt or coal.
Seaforth weighed her logs as the paragraph will show,
and she breathlessly awaits for log weighing reports :
“Tames Smith, of Mciillop, delivered in Seaforth last

week a load of wood which brought down the market scales at
9,300 Ibs. This is a pretty solid load for one team.”

Logs in the East are little fellows around Perth, so
says the clipping, and fair to middling around Corn-
wall until you move west again.

Mr. E. Broughton recently delivered at the Monkton saw
mill, the largest pine log delivered there this season.
hundred feet of lumber were sawed from it.

The Cornwall Standard says: ‘‘Two monster pine tree
trunks were drawn into that town, one of which measured 5
feet at the butt and 26 inches at the top, and was 96 feet
long, while the other was 80 feet long, 4 feet 3 inches at the
base and 23 inches at top. It required seven teams of horses
to draw the former, and five teams for the latter.”

Bracebridge had a log that yielded one and one-
third more than Monkton’s pole. It took three Ply-
mouth mapie logs to equal the Bracebridge pine, and
Holbrook topped the list with a monster.

A pine tree cut near Bracebrige measured 5 feet across the
stump, and the frst log contained about 1,400 feet. * * *A
big tree was drawn in to the McAuslandsaw inill last week by
John McMann.: The tree was hard maple and girt Io feet at
the butt. Three saw logs 12 feet long were got out of it,
making 1,608 feet of lumber, while seven cords of stove
wood were made from the balance of the tree.

The largest tree ever felled in the vicinity of Holbrook,
was sawn into logs last month. It measured 5 ft. 10% in.
across the end of the second length.

Tamworth is not to be outdone by big log hauling
or dimensions. She branches out into the realms of
science and sends the following contribution

At Tamworth recently a rock maple tree was cut, in the
heart of which, eight feet from the ground, was found a rock
which weighed five and three-quarter pounds. This wood
was solid and healthy all around the rock, and the tree was
three feet through at the place where the rock was found.

THE ENGLISH TIMBER ‘TRADE.

The ZVimber Trades Jousnal, London, Eng., issued
Feb. 7th., gives many facts, suggestions, “and specu-
lations regarding the timber trade for-1891. Shippers
to the United Kingdom reading over extracts can form
thei: own opinions, and base their logging on the present
tone of the market.

It the demand in Great Britain does not exceed that
of 1890, if shippers continue glutang the market the
state of trade at the end of the year can only be
called dull. It says:

** We are continually being questioned as to the present
position of the wood trade generally, and what is going to be
the result of all the failures which the month of January
brought in its train. Now it is a very difficult thing to come
to any conclusion on this knotty point, asa great many unfor-
seen events may happen to give a different colouring to the
present decidedly unfavorable outlook. Still, accepting things
as they now present themselves, we see nothing as yet to pre-
vent the season of 1891 being a good one for buyers on this
side. It is very well for producers to tell us that they cannot
xeduce their prices any lower, as already they are below cost,
but the old law ofsupply and demand, which has been violated
for so many years back, is beginning to come to the surface
again, and those who have ignored it for so long must now
recognise its power. If our markets, as they undoubtedly
are now, continue in a state of surfeit, the demand for fresh
importations must diminish, and the foreign shippers or mill-
owners will have either to keep their goods or sell them here
for the best prices they can get under the circumstances.”

The commercial condition of Great Britain during

Six

- 1890 irigeafaned w vith every channel. -of trade. The stag-
nation im lumber was not the only stagnation. Local
yet widespread industrial difficulties in manufacturing
centres had a bearish effect’ on:timber ; the financial
upheavel in the metropolis in the latter months of the
year had a marked depressing effect ; while the railway
strikes added their quota to the. general pasta
During the past month ship cargoes to the U. K. have
decreased except from Canada, and stocks on hand
have been slowly working off. - Reports from the Baltic
state that the supply of logs upon the Swedish shore
and tributary streams, awaiting the opening of navi-
gation, are less than for the corresponding month of last
year. ;

Speaking of the decline in prices during the period of
Feburary 1890 to Febuary ae in machangel deals, the

Journal says :

** What has brought about this oeal decline in prices? We
can trace it to no other cause than the enormous quantity of
goods shipped during 1889 and 1890. This is corroborated by
the decline havi ing extended to the Canadian goods as well
as those from the Southern States of America. We can
well understand the anxiety of shippers’ agents to take advan-

tage of the confidence betrayed by importers in the reports of’ |*

a moderation in the production. The combination to: limit
the production is a very fair argument to trade upon, but we
must first see some fruits of its working before we advise our
friends to place any confidence in it.’ Quite possible 1891 may

; in the teeth of these protestations witness as heavy a stock as

any of its predecessers. If, as some maintain, the growth of
the population is followed by a proportionately increased con-
sumption, then let them at the same time call to mind the
great increase in the means of production which annually
springs into growth. Hundreds ofsaw mills are running now
to manufacture wood for the markets of the world, the con-
suming powers of which are greatly overrated, and the evil
consequences of which falls on the markets of the United
Kingdom, where the over-production is invariably sent when
other places fail. Of this we have had examples over and
over again, and though we shall be glad to see an alteration,
we are by no means sanguine that this year will witness it.”

The Board of Trade returns for the month of January,
1891, analysed, show that Norway and Sweden de-
creased shipments as compared with January, 1890, by
1,959 loads, Russia, 10,938 loads, Germany a heavy de-
drease, while Canadian imports more than doubled them-
selves. Ifthe returns for the past month and the cur-
rent month show the same decrease for other nation’s
exports, and the same increase for Canadian, it is
possible that eastern shippers may hit the market at the
proper time for the balance of their last season’s cutting,
but the “surfeit” of which no uncertain warning is
given by the Zzmber Trades Journal must not be lost
sight of.

CARE OF MILLS IN WINTER.

F the large number of saw mills in the United
States and Canada, probably two-thirds of them
e “laid up,” during the winter, an average of four and
a half months. It is a commonly received opinion that,
at the best, mill property deteriorates quite as rapidly
while idle as when in operation. The reason for this is
obvious to the practical mechanic. Ifit be true under
the most favorable condition, such as laying up the mill
in first-class shape, what shall be said of the large num-
ber of mills which are “laid up” simply by blowing up
the boilers and emptying such steam and water pipes

as happen to be thought. of at the time?

Most of the large, first-class ‘mills which shut down -
during the winter, are of course put in the best possible”

shape, but a large number, mostly small, are left in a
condition of the utmost neglect.

An actual instance will illustrate the point. In Lake
County, Mich., there is a cheap, semi-portable circular,
with gang edger and butting saw, the outfit having a
capacity of about 15,000 feet daily.

The mill shut down for the season November 29th,
which was Saturday, and on that day it was run till 5
o'clock p.m., to complete a contract. The engineer,
was ordered to blow off, and see that there was nothing
left to freeze up. All hands, except one one-man-of-all-
work, were discharged and paid off. The. engineer,
whose home was at a distance, was anxious to get away
on a night train, and told the man left in charge, as
well as he could in his limited time, what to do.

The next day being Sunday nothing was done. The
weather was cold, and when the man went back Mon-
day, several of the pipes that could only be freed by
being disconnected, were frozen and burst. The owner
was not a practical mill man, lived in another county,

i

and, withal, was very busy settling up his season’s busi-
ness. He looked around the mill a little, and told the
man to fix things up, nail up the mill, etc., which having
been done, he left for the winter.

The result was that the frozen pipes were discon-
nected and the doors and windows were nailed up. The

. bowler was not washed out, and the old scale and mud

were left to eat into and rust the flues andshells. The
grate was not cleared out, neither was the mud-drum.
The cylinder of the engine was left just as the last turn.
of the crank left the piston, with the condensed steam
left in. The saw was allowed to remain on the man-
drel, and the belts on the pulleys.

It is easy to imagine what the condition of that mily
will be when the crew gets back next April to start up
for the season. The amount of repairs required, caused
by neglect, will amount to ten times as much as would
have been required to lay the mill up properly.

This may be a slightly extreme case, but it is not
much. overdrawn in its application to hundreds of saw
mills laid up at the end of the season. And it isa fact
that many a failure, many a cause of a mill changing
hands can be traced to this want of care of the mill
while idle.

A few rules, as laid down by a practical mill man of
long experience, may not be out of place, and it would
be a good thing for these happy-go-lucky, slovenly
mill owners to paste them in their hats.

1—Blow off the boiler with sufficient head of steam to
carry off all sediment as much as possible, wash out
with cold water, scrape all scales off the shell, clean
the flues thoroughly, and if possible get the pressure,
wash both flues and shell with a hose, and don’t forget
the mud-drum and heater.

2—Clean the grate bars and ash pit, for nothing will
destroy the bars quicker than damp ashes. Ashes left
on the grate will collect moisture all winter. After all
is clean, build a light fire to dry everything as much as
possible, and if a canvas can not be put over the top of
the smoke stack, repeat the fire at least once a week.

3—Disconnect all steam and water pipes which will
not drain readily, and empty all water tanks and reser-
voirs not needed for fire protection.

4—Take off the cylinder heads, open the valve cham-
ber, and see that all parts are wiped dry and oiled.

5—As a general rule it is best to take all the belts
from the pulleys, roll them up, tag them properly, and
put them in adry place. Where the belts are leather,
it is best to oil them, and leave them stretched out full
length for a few days before they are rolled. It is a
disputed point whether it benefits a rubber belt to oil it.
If it is not practicable to take off all the heavy belts,
then the pulleys should be given a turn at least once a
week to give the belt air, and all tightness should be
slackened.

6—Journal boxes should be uncovered and cleaned.

7—All machinery or tackle about the mill, that is
under any strain, should be slackened, if possible.

8—The bright parts of the machinery, and the inside
of the engine cylinders, should be coated with some
substance to prevent rust. A good preparation is made
as follows : Equal parts, by weight, of the best fine, dry
whiting, and dry ground graphite, mixed with equal
parts of raw linseed oil and petroleum, just thick enough
to cover. Apply evenly with a brush. It will not dry
hard for a long time, and may be easily wiped off in
the spring. Should it stick, a little benzine or alcohol
will remove it easily.

9—The saws should be thoroughly cleaned of gum,
with benzine or turpentine.

- yo—See to it that neither rain or snow can drive in
through the doors, windows or cracks, on to the
machinery.

Other things to do will suggest themselves while
carrying out the preceding rules. S

Many a small mill owner would find a material addi-

, tion to his account of profit at the end of the year, if
he would take proper care of his mill during the ills
season.—JVorthwestern Lumberman.

—Napanee, Newburgh and Camden East pulp mills have
stopped buying wood, enough having been purchased to tax
ther capacity.

March 18g.

IMPORTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

HE excerpts following are compiled from the an-

nual wood circular of James Smith & Co., Liver-

pool, Eng. To readers fond of statistics a perusal of

the tables will show Canadian exports in detail and

foreizn imports gross. The arrivals and Board of

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COLONIAL WOODS.
Quebec Oak.—The stock is much too heavy, viz.,

232,000 feet, against 116,000 in 1890. Prices have
_ -varied from 2s 6d to 2s 1od per foot. The wood has to
compete more and more each year with the wood
shipped from the Southern States, which now comes
forward in better quality and of better manufacture
than formerly.

Red Pine.—The stock is not heavy, but quite suff-
cient for the small demand for this wood, It has been
sold at 18d per foot, but the competition it has to con-
tend with in Pitch Pine, which is so much cheaper,
almost excludes it from the market.

Elm.—The stock is a reasonable one, being only

27,000 feet, against 53,000 at the end of the previous
year, but the latter was an excessive quantity. In
September, 60 feet average, was sold at 2s 1d per foot,
and in November, 50 feet average, realized 1s 11d per
foot.
_ Ash—has been dull of sale throughout the year. By
auction in May, 15 inches average, realized 2s per foot,
and 13% inches average, realizing 20d per foot. In
the autumn a parcel of 14 inches average was bought
at 18%d per foot. The stock is sufficient, and during
the past month a rather better inquiry. was experi-
enced. .

Birch.—A very unsatisfactory year has been passed
for this wood. It commenced with an unusually heavy
stock, but with an average consumption, and Halifax
logs were then sold at from 17 4d to 22d per foot. In the
early autumn Quebec logs, 15 inches average, realized
17d per foot, and St. John, 14 inches average, 164%d
per foot, while another poorer parcel of 14% inches
average was sold at 16d per foot. Latterly prices
have shown an upward tendency and Dalhousie logs
12% inches average, have been sold at 14d per foot,
and there is now a better consumption. Planks have
displayed a weakening tendency from the com-
mencement until near the close of the year and have
fallen from £8 5s to as low as £6 5s per standard.
There is now more inquiry, particularly from the Tin-
plate districts, and values are from £7 5s to £7 10s
per standard.

Hickory—is sufficient in stock, and has been in fair
demand during the year.

Cherrywood—is not much inquired for, and the stock
is now exhausted. No transactions have been report-
ed during the year.

Quchec Pine Deals.—The stock has been ample

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

during the year and although rather less than in 1890,
being 5,787 standards against 6,447 standards, it is
still more than an average stock. Prices opened at
about. £19 to £20 10s for firsts, £7 105 per standard
for seconds, and £9 for thirds, and fell to about £18
1os, £14 and £8 respectively in the autumn. A rather
better demand is now being felt, but values show but
little in.provement,

Quebec Spruce Deals— have been imported to a
larger extent than in previous years, chiefly by steam-
ers, and have been sold at £5 175 6d to £6 Ss per
standard, ex quay.

Boards and Sidings—have followed the course of |

Deals.at the usual differences in prices, and the stock
is sufficient for all ordinary purposes.

New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Deals—opened
with a full stock, a good demand and firm prices. At
the commencement of the year sales of St. John were
made at £9 Ios per standard, c.i-f., and lower ports at
£7 7s 6d, Bay Verte at £6 15s per standard, and con-
siderable business for spring shipment was done at
about these figures. | Freights opened at a reasonable
basis, and a little fall was-anticipated from thé rates
ruling in Januarv. The consumption, however, in the
spring proved unsatisfactory. Considerable pressure to
realize was shown by merchants, some*buyers who had
not contracted made great efforts to force prices down,
with the collapse of the South American demand for
tonnage a larger number of vessels were brought into
the wood business and rates commenced to decline;
all these circumstances tended to depress values with
the result that in July and August St. John Deals were
selling at £6 105, Lower Ports at £6 to £6 5s and Bay
Verte at £5 10s, cif. Latterly, sales have been of
Hillsboro Deals at £5 10s, Dalhousie at £5 15s, and
St. John, 11x3,at £7 15s, 9x3 at £6 5s, all ex quay.
Battens are difficult to sell. Sales are now hard to
effect, and buyers ideas for St. John are about £6, Bay
Verte about £5 5s; few contracts appear to have been
made, sellers being disinclined to accept such figures.
Stocks are ample, being 20,767 standards against 17,-
838 standards in 1890, the latter was considered heavy.

Scantlings and Boards—are quite sufficient for the:

demand, which has been fair during the year at the
usual reduction off the price of Deals.

New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Pine Deals—show
a stock of 1,426 standards, against 1,094 standards
in 1890, which is fully sufficient for any reasonable de-
mand.

Quebec Staves—have been imported sparingly and
the stock is merely nominal.

Masts and Spars—are not imported now. The in-
creasing use of iron and steel for shipbuilding pur-
poses is quite thrusting these importations out of the
market.

Lathwood—seldom comes forward. The stock is
quite exhausted. :

Palings and Lath—have been inquired for during
the year, but the stock of palings is now much too
heavy ; they having realized from 50s to 55s per mille

LIVERPOOL IMPORTATIONS FOR FIFTEEN YEARS.

Year ending the Pitch Pine. “Baltic.
Import season of Vessels Tonnage Est.TYon. Vessels Tonnage
US 70) Ae Eee 521 394,907 69,399 222 85.607
LOT unxAske siorh sie 468 391,952 80,006 227 93,463
BOTON se iatlese. 4 359 269,343 48,665 177. 66,591
LOOMS be seg te tals 2906 229,334 41,044, 157 61,502
LOO lo reer ters tetar AZA 332,575 505972024519 905567;
isto Se Sete 318 242,169 609,834 153 63,400
MOO 2 ewes sears: 369 ©=. 285,469 82,555 234 100,722
DOO Biotec he =: Au 3:0 393 310,578 58,509 254 109,654
DOS tras sstete- 353. 256,841 63,452 214 91,183
WSS Sects ocssies agers 343 240,865 70,947 226 103,872
(chee) Dei aaa aCe 331 226,031 39,052 . 245 111,758
TO Tita hene cea %=. a0 282 212,700 52,989 244 112,502
itetehs oS Oe er TO 307 239,565 50,301 253 130,162
DBOG ter es sia: s 379 += 316,940 80,698 264s: 146,853
TSOO ce poe eo 358 262,954 79,639 262 135,618
BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS FOR 1889 AND 1890.
HEWNN , TIMBER.
Quantity. Value.
Loads. Loads. a a
RUSSIA jg’ oversee ate 363,956 316,952 661,041 534,366
Sweden & Norway. 736,028 673,305 1,099,813 946,599
Germany......... 285,922 287,482 720,995 727,352
United States..... 148,605 151,697 633,832 615,140
British E. Indies.. 57,589 46,937 690,025 528,450
British N. America 227,229 180,066 1,149,784 883,461
Other Countries... 570,162 621,935 679,628 760,186
OPS. 5 Se 2,389,491 2,278,374 5,635,118 5,004,554

SAWN, PLANED OR DRESSED
Quantity. Value.

Loads. Loads vA Z

POUSSIA oe 010 1,476,165 1,202,222 3,386,469 2,5
Sweden & Norway 2,126,028 1,970,361 4,926,917 4,3
United States. 379,530 308,424 1,218,957 9g
British N. America 1,233,750 1,155,205 3,257,527 2,903,524
Other Countries 123,271 112,102 352,403

Total .......5,313,750 4,773,314 13,142,333 11,092,229

TO DO AWAY WITH THE SAW MILL.

HE days of the saw mill are numbered again.
This time it is a California genius who has in-
vented. a machine for the purpose. It is thus de-

scribed: This invention is entirely new and novel,
and is designed to take the place of the costly saw
mill. It is portable in its nature, and the operator can
go to a saw log, set the device in position and proceed
to evolve boards. A fixed guide rail is provided con- ~
sisting of an oblong plate, having oppositely beveled
top and bottom edges, and a central longitudinal
strengthening rib. To this guide rail are secured the
two fixed bearing blocks, having on their lower ends
piercing points. Through one side of the blocks pass
the holding screws or screw bolts, the tops of which

are provided with wrench holds, whereby the ends of

the screw bolts may be projected below the blocks in
order to fix them to the log. Inthe upper portion of
these blocks are freely pivoted the swinging tubular
holders, in which are inserted adjustably, the shanks of
the dogs, said shanks being held in position by set
screws, which enable the dogs to be set in or out for
the purpose, of accurately placing and holding the
guide rail in a perpendicular position. Upon the
beveled top and bottom edges of the guide rail is
mounted, by corresponding bevels, the sliding carrier.
The outer face of this ‘carrier has a vertical bevel-
sided groove or seat made in it, in which the bit plate
is fitted. The lower end of this bit plate is provided
or has connected with it the bit or knife. This is a
double ended one, having planing points at each end,
and at its middle the scoring cutting edges for cutting
the sides of the shaving, the scoring edges being car-
ried down below the horizontal plane of the points, so
that they will score the wood on the previous move-
ment of the knife or bit before its planing points cut
the shaving out. At the top of the bit plate is formed
or secured a nut, in which ts seated the vertical screw,
the lower end of which is properly stepped in the
sliding carrier. The lower end of thescrew is piovided
with a ratchet wheel or disk, the teeth of which engage
with a ffxed rack, one at each end, the body of which
is secured to the fixed guide rail. Any suitable means
may be employed to move the carrier back and forth
along the fixed guide rail. The operation is as fol-
lows:- It is intended to be mounted on a log, and
held firmly by turning down the screw bolts of the
bearing blocks, so that their points will enter the log ;
but it is temporarily held in position before and while
these bolts are being screwed down by the holding
points of the blocks, which penetrate the wood from
the weight of the machine. The whole device is fur-
ther and securely held to the log by the dogs, which,
on account of their adjustment are adapted to throw
the guide rail into a perpendicular position. When
everything is ready, the carrier is drawn back and
forth on the guide rail. On the trip over, the scoring
edges of the bit cut on each side, while on the trip
back the planing point cuts out the shaving, while the
scoring edges cut deeper for the next shaving. On
the forward trip again, the other point cuts out the
shaving, while the scoring edges cut deeper into the
sides again. Now at each trip of the carriage, the bit
is fed down to its work. This is effected by the rat-
chet wheel of the screw coming in contact with the
fixed racks at.the ends of the machine. This makes
an even and positive feed, so that when the device is
adjusted to the work, the operators have nothing to do
but draw the cutter slide back and forth along the
guide bar until the new board drops off.

—Favorable weather up to date, has allowed the diferent
shanties of the Rathbun Co., of Deseronto, to make good
headway with their intended supply of logs.

4

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

March, 1892

ee

HOME AND FOREIGN TRADE REVIEW.

Office of CANADA ea
FEB. 28th, 1891.

OCALLY, the lumber trade has been quiet, as it usu-

ally has been during the month of February in past
years. Dealers’ reports show that as many feet have
changed hands as in the corresponding month last year.
The bulk of consumers are buying for inside finishing, a
great deal of which is for delayed contracts, so that
with little outside building it is not to be wondered at
that sales are termed quiet.

Permits have been granted for the erection of a few
good sized buildings for the coming season, but the
activity that prevailed in architects’ offices in the Feb-
ruary months of 1888 and 1889 is not so apparent.
Unless rentals improve there will not be the same run
on dwelling house erection that caused the demand for
certain classes of sawn timber during the past six years,
but it is expected that alterations, modernizing of cen-
trally situated buildings, and new structures will even up
matters.

Future contracts have been placed for quantities with
some dealers, but in general speculators, contractors
and builders are waiting to see how the early season
opens.

Enquiries from our markets in the United States are
numerous, particularly for hardwoods, but shipments
are almost #z/. Dry stocks are not procurable, and as
the orders booked are for seasoned lumber, some time
must elapse before shipments can be made. Selected
stock is asked for by United States jobbers in New
York state, and many ledgers show contra purchases
for yard orders as a make shift until the cold season is
over. Canadian sellers could dispose of an unlimited
quantity of choice or best grade of all sizes at present.
It cannot be obtained on a days notice, and as in many
instances the opportunity is a catch sale, little, if any,
number one stock will change ownership.

A few car lots of culls and special sizes have gone
south and south-east into New York state, but the move-
ments have been slow. Wholesale and retail prices
are unaltered. Canadian exports in sawn lumber to
the United States for January, 1891, exceeded that of
January, 1890, by $53,000. Up to the 15th of last
month the quantity shipped was slightly in excess of
the corresponding period of last year. Could we turn
prophetic and proclaim increased exports for the next
ten months, the drain upon the unmanufactured cut of
Canadian timber would cause a boom in the winter
season of 1891 and 1892. When the negotiations were
pending, which resulted in the repeal of the Canadian
export duty on logs, and the partial repeal of the im-
port duty levied by the United States on lumber, it
was urged that Canada had got the better terms. It
was claimed by those largely interested in the trade,
but not affected by the tariff laws, that the removal of
the export duty benefitted only a few Michigan and
Canadian limit owners who were the prime movers and
lobbyers in the Washington Capitol and in Ottawa.
United States dealers and papers published voicing
their beliefs, positively aver that the reduction of the
import duty did not lessen the cost to consumers in the
United States one cent. Further on a meagre epitome
of the logging in Canada this season will give a fair es-
timate of the opinions held by the bulk of Canadian
limit holders, touching the supposed benefits from the
reduction for ’91, not in words but in deeds. Speaking
on the subject of reciprocity as existing, and as proposed
by the Dominion Government, J. R. Booth, of Ottawa,
says: “No doubt reciprocity would do the lumber
trade good, but you know the trouble with us just now
is not what we can sell lumber for, but what others can
sell it for. If United States lumbermen can sell at a
certain price below our own, we must come to that
price or do no business. It has got to be so now that
we cannot compete with southern pine, which is placed
in all the northern and eastern markets at from $2 to
$5 less than we can do it, but of course the $1 of duty
off will help us some. With the duty off the Chaudiere
lumbermen would not fear competition with the Michi-
gan lumbermen, but they would still find Southern pine
and negro labor a hard nut to crack. It is only about
five years since the Southern pine was introduced into
the north and east, and now it is being used more and
more every year. Before the Michigan and Wisconsin
lumbermen took up the manufacture of it trade in it
did not amount to anything, but as soon as they went
into this trade, with their experience and business push,
the business began to flourish, and now has every pro-
spect of continuing todo so. They buy the land at $1
an acre, and as the timber is abundant and within easy
reach, they can sell at a very low figure and yet make
money. They cut down the trees, dry the timber, plane
it, and send it north and east ready for building, at
prices which Canadians could not touch. At present
things look blue for the Canadian lumbermen. What
would be the result of the Southern pine competition he
was not prepared at present to say.”

Speaking on the same question, ex-alderman L.
Crannell, of the Bronson & Weston Co., of the same
“I believe reciprocity would benefit the
lumber trade, and I will explain to you in a few words

city, Says:

how it would do so. At present pine lumber going into
the States from Canada pays a U. S. import duty of $1
per thousand feet, and as a result U.S. lumbermen
buying in Canada have to pay a dollar more laid down
in the States than they would if purchased from the
Michigan or other manufacturers. As the Michigan
men by reason of their larger output control the New
York and other eastern markets and fix the price, we
have to reduce the price of our lumber so as to be able
to compete with them. For instance, if the price for
the commoner grade, which is that shipped almost en-
tirely to the U.S. market, is quoted by the western men
at say $10, we have to sell at $9 heré so as to be able
to compete with them, or the middleman has to lessen
the margin of his profit. If the $1 of duty per thou-
sand feet was off, we would be able to. do business on
equal terms with the Michigan men, as we are so geo-
graphically situated that we can supply the eastern
states better than the western men can do. That there
would be an increase in the sale of Canadian lumber I
am sure, but I am not prepared to offer the slightest es-
timate of what the money value of that increase would
be. Of course there is no such thing as reciprocity in
lumber, as we are sellers, but do not buy. Canada
does not get a stick of manufactured lumber from the
States.” Mr. Crannell added that of the total of 700,-
000,000 feet of all kinds of lumber manufactured in Ot-
tawa last year, about one-third went to the States, a
third to the old country and the other third to South
America. In 1889 when trade was a fair average the
lumber shipped to the States from Ottawa netted about
three and a half million dollars.

The rates offered by the Canada Atlantic railroad
are tohand. The circular reads as follows: .

Arrangements have been made whereby we will re-

open our lumber line to New York, via Albany,with.

the opening of navigation on the Hudson, which took
place last year about March 10. We will be unable to

send you a copy of our. tariff-with the exact date to .
take effect until the opening-of navigation, has deter- |

mined itself, but the following are the rates at which
we will open the line, namely: Seasoned pine lum-
ber, $3 per thousand feet ; seasoned shorts, $3.25 per
thousand feet; lath, 65 cents per thousand pieces ;
seasoned hardwood lumber, $4 per thousand feet.

These rates will apply on lots of flve cars and over,
and will include lighterage within the regular lighter-
age limits of New York harbor. Lots under five cars
will be aecepted subject to extra tonnage,

Capt. Wilhams, of Albany, who handled the lumber
from Albany down last year, will also be in charge this
coming season.

Reports received from the logging camps in the
Ottawa Valley and the Georgian Bay districts state
that operations have ceased in many localities. At
some points the snow has been so deep that the cut-
ting of logs had to be discontinued. In others the
desired quantities have been cut and banked, and the
teams have either returned or are on their way south-
ward. Eddy & Co., Pierce & Co., and McClyment &
Co., have lumbered this season. Their mills will be
practically idle next summer, along with the burnt
McLaren & Co.’s mill. Other mills, to a certain ex-
tent, will have to supply their usual cut, and if the de-
mand for white pine is unusually brisk, it means day
and night shifts until the mills close in the fall. If the
intended contracts on the north shore of Georgian
Bay and Lake Huron are filled before the end of the
month, 200,000,000 feet will be piled up waiting for
open water and purchasers. Of this, fully 75,000,000
feet will be rafted to its owners at Tawas and Saginaw,
and to buyers of Canadian logs in Alpena and Cheboy-
gan. In addition to saw logs immense quantities of
birch, cherry, basswood and pulp wood have been cut,
some on contract and some on speculation.

In New Brunswick, on the St. John river and tribu-
tary streams, the supply will fall short of 1890. Last
year the Frederickton boom held 135,000,000 teet of
logs, while on the river and branches, fully 50,000,000
feet was left. This year the estimated quantity to
drive will not exceed 95,000,000 feet. In Nova Scotia,
at Herbert river and Newville, a greater cut has been
banked, but on several streams operations have been
curtailed.

UNITED STATES.

In looking over the reports upon the conditions of
the trade amongst our United States brethren, at least
that part of them who purchase from Canada, mon-
otony is the striking feature. Sales are not being
made to dealers who flirt with future prices, uncertain
weather has checked building to a great extent, and no
lumber centre has to hustle to keep up with booked
orders. The actual daily requirements keep a steady,
though quiet tone in all the markets, and except when
specials unexpectedly are asked for, no activity can be
noticed. Hesitation, with expectancy of a good
spring trade describes the situation. As to the future
of values, two leading opinions are current : The first,

that the effort put forth in the west— for better prices !

—will be met and nicely balanced by the influences of
recent Canadian legislation on the lumber question.
The prevailing feeling, however, is that really choice
stock is destined to show a stiffening in price. Ex-

porters feel decidedly well over the Brazilian recipro-
city scheme, and believe that its influence will be to
speedily increase the already good Brazilian demand.

We notice amongst the failures that the wholesale
lumber firm of L. Thomson & Co., Albany, N.Y., have:
made a general assignment to their bookeeper, Richard’
T. Lockley. Mr. Thomson was at one time a member
of an Ottawa lumber firm and always looked upon as
wealthy. Assets and liabilities unknown. Statement
of debtors and creditors not yet published.

The Buffalo Lumber Exchange, at its meeting on
the 14th, discussed and strongly condemned the late
resolution passed by Saginaw vessel owners who have
agreed during the incoming season not to load or de-
liver any cargoes except from or on rail. Deliveries
on railroad docks alone in Buffalo means extra men
extra handling means increase in the cost and probably
loss in the selling. A determined resistance was the
voice of the meeting. At the same time, the friction
that existed between planing mills and the wholesaler:
was eased by the latter accepting the terms and pro-
positions ofthe former. For sometime back there have
been mutterings of discontent about the practice of the:
jobber selling contractors, builders and other retail
consumers at wholesale figures. The planing mill men
insisted that the practice be stopped, particularly in
the case where the jobber has a mill anda yard, In
future, retailers buying from wholesalers, whether
planing mill men or yard men, will have to pay retail.
prices. In case of non-compliance by a jobber he
will be boycotted.

All the best grades of lumber are scarce and held
firm. Long bill stuff, posts, piles and square timber
are asked for. Prices are adhered to, the existing con-
ditions of trade indicating that present stocks will be
satisfactorily:disposed of. before new lumber can be
marketed fit for use. Buffalo and Tonawanda mar-
kets are ove. The wholesale price list of both places.
is a joint one, the rates of freight by rail, by canal and
water ‘are the same, and they: purchase and sell in the
same markets. Sales for February exceeded January,
particularly in hardwoods. Like Buffalo, the outlook
for vessel charters is not encouraging. Assortments.
of pine lumber are badly broken into, cutting up and
better are depleted, and they are likely to remain so.
until the opening of navigation.

It is expected that the spring of the year will liven.
trade in the New York yards by the demands for pro-
jected buildings in the upper part of the city, Brooklyn,
Jersey City and Long Island suburbs. At present,
things are dull. Dealers are fairly well stocked,,
and as little desire exists to increase the quan-
tities now on hand, large importations are not de-
manded, and agents are having a quiet time. White
pine is steady, the prices unchanged, and the: holdings
with new arrivals, just sufficient to even supply and
demand. The future of the season is yet obscure, but
nothing is left undone in elicting information about
where purchases can be made, and what the freight
rates will be for the current year by rail and water,
both premonitions of an expected good seasan’s trade.

Wiilliam Westby, Portland, Me., correspondent of
the Sherbrooke Lxaminer says: Another very quiet
week has been experienced in the lumber trade, and the
market is no better than has been previously reported.
Spruce lumber is not wanted, as this stormy weather
checks all work and prices are low and easy. Ran-
dom cargoes are received now and then and they bring
prices quoted a shade lower than are asked for carload
lots. Hemlock boards are also dull as well as every-
thing else in the line of boards and long lumber.

The yards are well stocked and concessions are
made to effect sales. Clapboards look a trifle better
but the improvement is not sufficient to stiffen prices
materially. :

Shingles are dull and prices easy and the demand
slow. Most of our salesmen report this month so far
that orders are scarce and hard to obtain.

The mills are getting in a fair supply of logs and the
prospect is that the usual quantity of logs will be got
out.

South American lumber is still dull and no prospect
of any movement in it. Many vessels are lying here
awaiting freight.

FOREIGN.

We have commented elsewhere on the state of the
United Kingdom markets. Since setting up the ex-
cerpts from Gray & Sons annual timber circular, other
well known firms have corroborated the warnings
by the Zzmber Trades Journal.

Business during the past year, say Farnworth & Jar-
dine, has been unsatisfactory in most bianches of the
wood trade. The aggregate import, although showing a
reduction of 17% per cent. from the excessive one of
last season, has still been in excess of the five previous
years, and more than ample for the demand. The de-
liveries of most articles have been disappointing, the
total consumption being 7 per cent. less than-last year.
The stocks now remaining over are much too heavy.
The outlook is not encouraging, and, with the large
stocks held over, shippers must see it is most import-
ant that supplies be kept on a moderate scale.

March, 1891.
THAT _THE CANADA LUMB
Eee VIEW a ERMAN.
ancouv 7 =
t er =
¢ Taranto O. «pel aig W cotiningted, BC i —_——-— 1s
, Ont. eseae Annet aie ESTMINSTER, Jan. 17, 1891. N e - )
arf Pla es acc , ew '
: Toronto, Feb 10 to 40 ft. eee Fimb ber. ording to assortmert. B ork City
x FAO GNRCO Tor , Feb. 28, 1891. 41 to 70 ft. ng, per M, net ridge and | Neo Work. ©
& 1% in. Sh ough | f | % et Cee ae
(sis a dreasing ana better gh lumber, building material.” | bia dis | fin, clear... $80 gota | al agi
6 Saar ee avanclerene 4 aA F; - | € S 4 ~)| ulls a
ex19.¢ 12 mill run aes etter.. T eae nesses 3p 09 PES “ i ae Lh ak alate ae he 2 oat and nae ++ 95 00 97 olCulle iach $35 00 % co
AIX10 & I2 ee Eo 0 2000 “ ee edar, Bench ae ° 5 12 60 | Bee peseas vey So 105 0 Counter tops hoo otis
n.. - 1300 1400 or Select d . : haan rear pm 52 FEL NODS; 1030 37
me pa spruceiculls «2c. sdecesieocdeck 14 00 18 oo | T i 1 f : os 50 | % in. 10 inches 2 Poplar, or White We ee! 110 3
eanch cle =e a Co maa EA ta RG 1200 1300 . & G. Edge, Grain ee % thx in. apis % in. ve ose finches, ates < ag
ear and yo ccs 10 00 ry in. coffi 25 2D 202} 8 in. and ove
rar picks te ee ee eee 1100 | N : n boards 00,2 id thic over p So
ainch ep eisepailbi ren 225+ Fetes ete retin a4 00 ney Be re oe? New fsa 2 ~ 25 00 CF iz. vag doce rt BESO. 32 ai Linch ip2in 3 50 2 Se
ack siding ship matic eee al Pe 2 dad a eee aes 1400 15 a0 Cc 2,Green - alas mae ee - meee 50 1 in. white ig Is, all thickness Is 0 7 on
nch siding mill cull 2 ut to length, ext ; - i : - 20 00 | 1% toz2inch......, J 00 37 o0\St 09 16 00
Cull seantling.. Secee ceeeeceeeees aad Ne Dressed "= perM = - DS A aaa nch......... 38.00 39 00 Strips clear. 27
j, and thicker cutti SO Ts aah = ‘ E = i ie 50 cathe) ith eed 4900 41¢ ck ash, good we Bmx
iach eirips 4 in to pene eae fe a eS Bie 3.00 zece Grain, Deve ® - Ke tT. Whig ye 7 q 5 I inch a ee rs % : =
=e ga aes er 2200 250 = ch plain Oak j 90
Linch Strips, COMMON .......-...1002.eesesee sees @ || 28 - See sa
ae Se ees : 1400 1$00 | N & G. Edge Grain, Dp : er 2 Bare 1% to 2inch... pte 37 00@ 39 |) inche
inch fl o. 1,D , ry 7 50 Th . % $ anc
Slee ns. soar DEO faGreet 4) 12k es Dunes 69 #0 oa Siarkes and over... 52 so@ 53
S, 16 in. 400 15 ‘“ ’ en 2 i } - “, bs = - 2 2 er- saw 41 08S ‘4 SOL 06
a 16 in. cee Catt e gheee eee oe BS Bien he A, 5 =) (A Zion: [ew inck ied, white, all clear, Dimension cut pee alae
2 20 olay baie = “AM GHDS im ch. Che sion cut size 25 44 oe
No. 2 1 20 230 | S.S. “planks eye WEE ; - 22 50 | Tinch stri ... 83 00@ Bs te4 2500 27 of
Hieletirescie's. Vy a = - = = - S, ax
nee 170 160 D. D. cedar, mop cover, a ee A ra ee 2 rips... [p00 42 (2% and thicker 95 008
“Mill cullb YARD QUOTATIONS. 170 Shingles = = re = 7 - iY at 17 $0 JOCKS oon cscs ane - # pe 9” oolC and ov casi 18 in ie ha
Shipping pare fe scantling $0 iy eae Lath pu Bo ngth = ol ae. apie 45 a0 Chestnut, plesk i eae PA eget
miscuous =e ae 3 Picks Ae ae 16 00@2o0 00 Eh ©. alee ae Tee Ur ae oe Tes, seinen 2 50 Chestnut common .. a ome 35 oo|Hickery, old gre rot
Seating & joist, stocks: er ra a Mo cases 30 00 ive Eevee BA aBORe Silas Niet Sola 40 mee 25 Basswood pL ae 30 00 32 pablicker’; and growth 5 0 55 08°
: p to 16 ft 13 50 . M. ivery on sc rices for c A faple, clea 2100 2 75 08
= a ze tt 0 20 nea pS drev'd 26 00 30 oc To i #8 oe eae fe Pagath, of river. ash with the ordet. Bee clea boy Ze sa 30 aioe abies ime dee
“ Ay ou, : a » +104 3200 35 Oo} ore quartere
“ Someeaytt moroaihes dree'd Eos 18.00 2200 | Under to Me Carcaun and 2s..... 26 09 35 00|Gum quartered 00 0 4 =
smagite 1% oo} i uindrs? a -M.25 00 28 00 ty Pais per M. ft wood....... Apes | Butternut . z a, oe
“ a 00 o i B.M 16 00 od I.00 * ce S 22 00 Sycam +
A? “ ft 20 “ ‘ dres’d To vo 2 hae rr —— ore dressec 00 50 of
‘ :: a 22 00 Beaded she undres’d Be ates Albany, N ; 2 TEP ed fig24 00 35 0»
- “ t 24 00 eting, dress- ee) ny, Vv as
“ o 32 ft Peter @lapboarding. dues ae e
aoe 34 ft 29 50 Clapboarding, dres'd Zoee) 35°02 || oR ALBANY, N.Y., Feb. 28 oston, Mass.
“ ie Se .23 50 : per wn shingles 12 00 ieee in.each 14c Henle . , 1891. W, Boston, Feb. 28 Bo
= ve I 00/Sawn Tah Ee Gola > eievaaienistateesieits! ee 2x4. each.. U : ‘estern Pine—b - » I I.
Cutti 40 to st 33 20|Red oak..... - 190 2 i || 2% in. and 88 pee Strips eee 14 Ve es .. $48 00@5 by car load.
a a Log MR Be anes ae Oe | + 30 00 40 00 uppsood:: ae 30@56 onli in b on ui 3.& 4in & ain’... 48 00 $0 ool N ee oe 4in
Le SS Th OE asswood. No.1 & 2 00 in boa f 1M»... ee xc |No 2, 42
board .... 3 os) s = ori & 2 28 00 2 a 43 00 AB = age ae Se & a eee 2 a ° oe N 1%, ee ein. com. 23 oe =
F oo|White ash, 1 & . 50 00 60 omm 30 00@3 ,1% & 2in. < 43 00|No. 1 cet ae
2. 00 38.00 40 One ease 4 00 3 See A EDOr tas piliee: to 00 35
Black ash. 1 & 2. as 3 x 99 48 00 0 aah i gRoards dressing BCom alco Montane boards, 7 tc 45/00 <0 a te 2 4 A ae a 43 os
4 0 00 oo 4500| Com Clarice 2900 36 11 inch clear... i) Cut ve 5 7 08
00 Poolesaimenicias Seong 15 60 390 60 per cent clea 36 00 38 ool Goffin bt a Sinte enes 26 o8
= 00 35 00) siding, select- ZAN09) Fine com clear 34 00 36 00) n boards... . 400 308
Hamilton, Ont SUB ies Goumen ESE gears 45 00 ies rg & 2inch... 3 Es 3 09 Si aust ate) oie
. @ 4sioolr in. siding selectedi 00 40 00} ullstin 4 0
M ~ in. sidin 20 2 | 35 00 .
cone saad aa OUT ON: Feb. 26, 1891 Shetineeos eae 33 00 35 oolN Conn ame 380 00 42 oo | Nos. 1, 2& 3. LEN TET Hie LEED Aye 7: ee 50 16 50
Shippin .....$ 900) ressing stock: a rds,12in. e orway, selecti acne 1400 1900 ae Puce sane AO ar Load.
g cull boards @10 00/1% floor: sein #10 00 18 and u om ed..... 22 00 fe: 40 00@43 oo|Clapb
romiscuous width 1% flo ing, rough.. 1600. 18 00 Drecsing Has, pees ... 2600 39 00|10 a, eee ors ae 120 25 Gre ||. < h sa dpas salen 28700: 30 oo] pboards, sft.,
ipping cull S. 1000 1200/1) oring, rough... 15 00 abiP ing bo . Narrow 1800 2200 plk. 13 ft. dress- Oo 15 00 Ship’g bd . 23.00 26 00; CALE eons *
ee, So eee dressed’ "3300 ping boards?" woos iB) "CRG Detter seh 285 ee Cees ee Sap, aidiiear OS SS
16 feet... r fi edressed. 3500 | 400 16 0l10 in. boards, 13 ft est’rr pin 1290 13 50 mid foo a 35 00
do up to 18 feet ...... 14 ooring, dressed . 32 00 o in. boards, 13 ft. 23 25 4 ft. e clapbds 50|_ Heart clear. -- 50.00 55 00
Somntovn eee 4 00| Beaded sheeti 21 50 2300 deere beta Sa aE TSS Bevaladin Aa eee
eet . 15 50|P. ngi. .. 25 ; tereach 45 00 50 00} g6in, cl 50 00
= up to 22 feet... Pte Three apne 3 a ary 32 0 34 28 apn les, anaved i Shingles and we terete ceaese a a Spruc clear 23 00 24 00
ee ae ee sear
ee" 18 00|Sa gles.. 260 ed, extra 5 00|Lath, r mixed andom ca : re
do up ha 2B 2g eee z wn Lath. 270 | Sa nas oo|Lath, pine 285 300 Yard TLOCS Henn ee oarse, rou 1
eubiied Wak, tis. wed, clear b Nery.” Gea Span caneeome ce ard orders : 4 00@15 oolT Ne + aes
‘do up to EA oa 2 | anwar 225 Ced utts. = pruce. 200 210 , ordin- emlock bds I200 1
eet .... SSE OE egy ioee oe 2000 25 ar, XXX.... 300 330| Hemlock.......... : ary sizes. . . S., rough whee
garcey. a “ode sy = 58 Basswood No. ie 25 ae 35 = coats Aga 7a emlockaee seen: ae Mi ay abs Fer 15 00 16 op ie bds., ee = a = fe
< er i ¥ erry N sna .. 1600 20 ae ee ie ey ahaa | ea 4 it. 34 =
utting up boards. Bed e800 Black: Ash No. 162. Ge pole7e 50 Buffalo and T cst oor POLED A. 19 00 S a Sec See “++ 300 32 20
a x Gis, 6 10) y “eS =
ck Ash No. 1 & 2. 26.00 a a onawanda, N. Y. pe BD ES TP oe Dg SS ried: 10 00 = ee
BUFF Spr , ib —
Giese eae Tins Sicleae ss REE ALO, Feb. 26, 1891. pruce by cargo.......- ath
a re eS Se Rea ore
Pi ; aes Been ozin. all ee ‘i Commer 1 to 2in. all Spruce. Sine 2a 2 10@2 20
"ine, pees tbe Tac Ts sa ee arr 16 00@17 00/4x4, 5x5, 6x6 turn Bc ae Pine, Qu cxtramin 1 25@1
x posi 1., @ M.$35 00@40 00/Oak , Feb. 28, 1891. U a eae a peo = 2 Pine, Se > ++ 400 4 here sawed, extra 3 25
s shiping galls a Se $40 00@t09c0 saa im eee common 16 09 “++ +300 318) Extra, No.1. aig t =
* maj. deals oCherry. 00 1 sV Neses ees 0. 2. cuts, 1 t ypress. No. 1, 18in
mill cull 1900 1200)But peer e Sa ic cts 1 in. 45 00|_* 1 to 2in ss. No. 1, 18 in 2 50
Spruce, # M. S. Riso MiG ol utternut . 6000 8000 Y%% & 2 cence and thicker.. : c
" | Birch 22 00 Fi 2in...... 39 00|Dressin ---$18 00@2 aps
emlock 1000 1200|M ; gooo | Fine common, r to 2 40 90|C g, 1 to2in.. 25 Sees
As a aple, hard. 1500 2 ° 1, I to 2 Sommon, I to 2 00 28 90
ae fo oo am $00 | no uate tne: 3800 3 naa 90 Hoo Oswego, N. ¥.
Plan aos : 190 and thicker MoH eee 00 | Three Oswec
cedar oe 425 AUS Sa E eealga won? Mi eae aeee ania 9 700 ee Pickings, 14, 1 & pee emnch WEGO, Feb. 28, 1891.
wt ae Oy aaa Boidon za/oo 4200 4400 NES T cutting up, 1%, 1% § & ain. - -$43 00@45 00
Montre 2 oes L Patea Nyse Shingles rin strips, ig UP 1% ee an 35 00 ae
al, Que. ,18-in, or C. 3 75@3 90\ to 16 ft. wide, Cae teal tee 31 00
2 4¢ 250181 P 1x6 moulding s stri 1900 21 00
Pi M in. No. 2. or cull er M. selected for clapb ips, bs
Pine, roa ag y 2: M $25 0035 Loo ONTREAL, Feb. 28 1891 ae sawed 16 inch Shingles. Ss. $1 25@1 40 oards. ze 31 On “R300
. > asswoo ? D “ ee geen oa I Sidi sel
Pfne shipping culls 2000 2500 Oak, hc Bence CAG) ele) No.2 G 2 35 XxX cuter sauare-* eae CucHing =P sie ar
@M......... ; | Walnut * 4000 6 Thick cut.. 1 00\X Bin: BGwieemetdccciee, | ~ 30 1% in selected...
eine th "quality 00° 1600) Cherry ‘* 60 00 mes XK cut... Deeb poise are Sane soiree: seme: ZiZ5 OT 4 Bressine = emisle sigs 19 ae oot in dressing. ..... 35 00@40 00
Pine mi _ a Fe 9 00 Butternut, per M.. 6900 8000 McCue: fees aisiaie's\Wiele)ele\e/e(ee 3 5iXX Cutsay< cee : sabes 100 ae No acure Joa 14 00@16 con in No. r culls... 1700 1900
Sects auc: howe coe | Sate = ee ae beet cststere ses I §0\Dim. shingles d, yo a geueee: 13 00@14 oo|t a “ie. 2 culls... 13 00 16 00
» per M...... | ++ 1500 25 yen tee teeees s, sawe 0. 3 culls... 1400
emlock, lumb 00 1200 | ruce timber... 2 25,90 $ or butts... 7o| or planed cut, & rxi2 ulls.... 950
Hemlock ti mber.. 700 10 aid Maple “ ... ea | Te coca ee RT _.| 12 & ro ft, mill run x12 [nch. OS De
A imber.... 90 | 1% Lath... 2000 21 425 | 12&106ft, N :
Eee cet 1400 | | Shingles, SO 150 I ee Se Ser Cees 12 & 16 ft, d 0. 1 &2, barn boards.. es" cae
300 1300!Sh Ist, per M 2 9c Sone ressing and bett 00 2300
ingles.2nd, ‘ ae 3.00 Saginaw, Mich 16 ft, No 2 culls.. er. 1800 1900
Se: ewes Be) E is = 60S Bile Cen a ca On 2600 39
AsT § Sees Sao 32307" 2 90
Ss SAGINAW, Feb. 28, 1891 12 & 13 ft, mill run, mill ato Lene : 1500
se John, N. B. ene i 6 CARGO LOTS ? ae 3 i Gressin and ren ae
pMnInoni ewe che, 36 00@38 o0jN ! 2& o1culls... wees ees -- 1900 2000
Sr. JOHN, SiimninenCullcie ae of Abate i 8 I rigtaNo 2Cills aes oe... eee Sg AAO
A a tee Se BEE, No 2 culls oo nas oes soos seen ece ee 27 09
Soruce duane . Litir Beatin Scantling, o ree alee pao | Hiei gunman sooo 1500 1709
ei ee 3 ye St : mill eulls out. <2. ceca
Deal ends - ete ae "5 oe ee boards a eddy AR CAR L ash alee i fo ss ft Ae ee Is uae SS eee ost = ue 22 00
rating = -- 2 - - Ree ih ey ee Bison Cr as ie ae OES AES ro to 13t, No.3 culls. “Be nk colnet
ak - oo Ash ae eae ee SelecHae et 1% in - 1400 15 =
RTesalock tte -15 BE te z ct, 1% in. . 46 00] % in oe ' ie See 00 15 00
. dee ths 00 Ye i \opence 20 oo|N o | Millrun, mi : 14x10 race 950 1000
or ae ea. a as “ iithin® nih ge ose TEE anGnetee. acevo anne: calls
9 No.1 extra = - 3 Spine PING AWS ot Heth = I Bay ers, Lin. 4 ine Lumber rough. . 20 eS "2.00 30 00INo. 2culls.......--.. 16 00@17 00
_ ge ririai2, 25 te ae eS Ss ; 2 Selects, 1 7 lamin 45 cage , ein. Iin, . att run, mill culls out 1x4 Inches. vsserre+ 1400 15 00
Pine, pa oo, eS Clapboards. 1% & 1% in. 36 00\C, 7,8&9 oe . 33 0034 4 00 ressing and better. . a Sow r19 89 No. 1 culls...
Ps “a3 Spruce, extra- - - - 12 to 16 fe Joist, ‘Scape, Coffin Boards 16 in. & 6 ae 2eulls.... sae ontrace
S- - © = = 30 * eat: Ae ae 90 13 Hake 10 oe a ee OMe os ae mill run, mill 3 poker: 0 1200
“ No.I - a 00 P ce 6 OUR eos ,70r§, N
. J - =15 00 lank and 00\24 12 , 7 or 8, drs .... 19 00@2r 00/6, 7 » No. rculls.. 15 -
Sieg Drested. No.2 - - - 1000 | XXX 18 in. Cli timber, hin aes wide, $1 extra. 13 = sg & better 2400 28 00 7 or 8, No. 2culls.. 3 =e a
- 12 00|4in., No Xx imax... : xX ; Sh
- -10 as eae X Saginaw. 0 Or 3 50 me nx foul XX, 18 in pine : ingles.
Mi ae gee SR x > ooo) or XX Climax... +» 3 40\XX GW ioe pone oece Clear butts, pine, 18 | -- 3 60@3 80)XXX, 18 i
Aeagh Wa Ie. 7 Soe -10 00 | 18in4inc.b.... eee aie foie ie in pine. {as Ape Seo at cars Sees
z Ce Or aes tweens OcKS “A UBIO 10 2 rw - . inc =i
4 0 oe the ee 1 $0 Lath, No. x white pin Lath, oy Pickets. i 25 s cedars, § or 6in. a 18 in aah mniceuar, 250 270
ae iss —
05% ilway ties 50@15 00 No.2 P Nonway a mo icketa 2to 2%4 in in, 30.4 ft. Nes 1, 1%x1% Pickets.
eee BIS ean, ONES:
: ES |, Re Soo 10 e
um 3 in. square, eae i = o
ressed... «... ne ve It Bees Lath.
seca eine Cea ee ae ee -2 oo|No. 2, T 1-4...
Seed a. 7. om ee ee 1 90

16

THE CANADA

LUMBERMAN. ; March, 189%

WANTED AND FOR SALE.

Advertisements will be inserted in this depart-
ment at the rate of 15 cents per line zach insertion
When four or more consecutive insertions are
ordered a discount of 25 per cent. will be allowed.
This notice shows the width of the line, and is set
in Nonpareil type. Advertisements must be re-
cetved not later than the 27th of each month to

insure insertion in the following issue.

H ARDWUOD lumber, bought, sold or received
on consignmeat, TUCKER DAVID, lum-
ber commission merchant, 202 Eleventh Ave.,N.¥

WANTED—TO BUY.

OOD. Canadian Timber Limits and Georgian
Bay “saw logs. Address, BEN BIRDSALL,
Whitney Building, Detroit, Mich,

CAPITAL WANTED.

ANTED A partner with about $12.000 cap-
Wis: to take halfinterestina well established
lumber and shingle business in British Columbia.
Timber Limits now secured to run mill5 to7
years. For particulars address, H.H.S., BOX
297, Vancouver, B. C.

WANTED—PARTNER

ITH $50,000 to $75,C00 capital to invest in

timber limit and saw mills on line of C.P.R.
in British Columbia, with three practical men.
Best thing on line of C.P.R. Address BOX 276,
Trenton, Ont., Canada,

WANTED—FOR CASH—HARDWOOD

ARDWOOD Lumber Squares and Dimension

Stock, principally wa’nut squares, 1;to7 in,
thick 12in. and upward long. Apply for speci-
fications and prices. State full particulars of
stock on hand. P.O. BOX 1,144, New York.

FOR SALE.
AIR TWIN ENGINES, 6x6, with link mo-
tion, suitable for rope feed, in order,

- HADDON, Foxmead. Ont.

WANTED IN 1891.

NY QUANTITY OF CEDAR TELE-
GRAPH POLES at shipping points. Terms
cash. Applyto J. HARRISON HARVEY, Cobo-
conk, Ont,, purchaser for H. D. MCCAFFREY,
Engineer and Contractor of Telegraph lines,
Oswego, N.Y.

RAILS AND CARS FOR SALE.

Light Steel Rails for Tramways; good order.
Cars for lumber, cheap.
JOHN J. GARTSHORE,
49 Front St. West,
Toronto.

WANTED.

UEBEC BIRCH—Those who can furnish
Q’ choice lumber are invited to correspond
wit

JOHN S. MASON & CO.
240 Eleventh Avenue,
New York City.

AW MILL at Fesserton, on G.T.R Midland
division, one mile from Waubaushene;
capacity 20,000 ft. per day ; 50 horse power engine,
35 horse power boiler, 64 inch circulars, double
edger, double trimmer, slab saw, etc.; furnace
supplied by self-feeder. 24 in planer and matcher
attached, all in good running order, only requiring
usual spring repairs. Docks, tramways, sidin
complete. Also on same property SHINGL
MILL, capacity 25 M. daily—Swing machine,
Quartering Saw, Knotting Saw, all in good runn-
order. Carts, Sleighs, Shanty Supplies, also
about 1,200,000 ft. saw logs now on North river or
in Mill Pond. Will be sold in one or more lots to
suit purchaser. Cheap andon easy terms. Apply
to MYDDLETON WOOD, 79 Grenville
St. Toronto., Administrator of Estate of the late
G. W, Brisley.

Pine Timber Limtts
FOR SALE

On Upper Ottawa running back
from Birch Lake. Main Ottawa river.
300 miles—selected years ago—well
timbered, good streams for driving.

Terms of payment easy.

Apply to
J. BELL FORSYTH & CO.

QUEBEC.

WILLIAM FOSTER

Lumber & Commission Merchant |

Receiver and forwarder of

LUMBER, LATH & SAINGLES
Solicited.

Correspondence

OWEN SOUND,

TIMBER = LANDS

FOR SALE

5000 Acres of Timber
Lands on the Manitoulin
Island,

Patented and unpatented, are offered at the
Low Price of

$5.00 PER ACRE.

Some of the lots have timber on them worth
$20 per acre, and the land ‘is of fair quality for
farmninprwien cleared.

he Dominion Government having recently
taken off the Export Duty on Telegraph Poles,
Railway Ties, Shingle Bolts and Saw Logs, the
value of‘the timber on the Island is doubled, owing
to its great facilities for shipment to Detroit, Chi-
cago, Toledo, Buffalo, Cleveland and all Lake ports.

The late owners, Messrs. Wm. and Robert
Henry, are both deceased, and there being no one
to carry on their business, these lands will be sold
low, in Block to close out the estate. fenders
solicited and purchases liberally dealt with. All
necessary information can be ovtained from the
trustee and Solicitors,

Messrs. FRANCIS & WARDROP,
Barristers, &c., ©
Toronto,

JAMES McGEE. Trustee,
Toronto.

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PROTEGT © MILLS

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Waterous Engine Works Co.,

Brantford, Canada.

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MANUFACTURERS © OF

ELECTRIC LICHTIN

7, ADELAIDE:ST. w.

. FORONTO

WILLARD W. BROWN.

Main Street, Buffalo, hand i A
202 eG renee 0, handles all kinds:

A. P. & W. E. KELLEY Co.

AY WES aac Lumber dealers. Yards at
— pleemancs and Chicago. Correspondence
invited.

COWPER & GRECORY.

ECEIVERS and Forwarders of Lumber,
Lath, Shingles, &c. Unexcelled facilities
for shipping by canal or rail. Tonawanda, N. Y.

A. M. DODCE & CO.

VIC NUESeTURERS of and Wholesale deal-
ers in all kinds of Lumber, Lath and Shing-
Tonawanda, N. Y.

E. & B. HOLMES.

yee LE dealers in Lumber and Timber.
oe Office, Michigan and Canal Streets, Buffalo,

les.

Cc. P. HAZARD. d
ih Ware oe ee dealer_in Lumber, Shingles,.
.¥YW Lath and Fence Posts. Correspondence
invited from the Canadian trade. No 92 River
Street, Buffalo, N. Y. :

CHEESMAN DODCE

IMBER and Lumber Merchants.
Boat stock, Railroad Ties, &c.
West Seneca Street, Buffalo.

L. A. KELSEY LUMBER CO., (Ltd.)
NA nae Ue and dealers in Hard-
: wood Lumber ofall kinds. Describe stock
Office Tonawanda, N. Y.

BOVEE & HOWDEN
ANUFACTURERS and Wholesale deal
in Hard and Soft Wood leant “Holder
of Canadian stocks are invited to write for eee
Sh

tions. Offices at Tonawanda and Le Roy,
THE TONAWANDA LUMBER Co.
M ILLS at East Tawas, Mich.; office 106 Main

Street, opposite N. Y.C. and H.R. R.R,
Station, North 5 S a ates

Ship and
Office, 16

and write for prices.

Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Co.

OPESE and yard, 175 Louisiana Street, Buf-
\ falo. Holders of Fiidwrcod stocks are in-
vited to correspond.

EMMET FLEMING

| peers and Commission dealer in Lum-
Y.

ber. Office, 25: Louisiana Street, Buffalo, N. onawanda, N. Vv

LAYCOCK LUMBER CoO.

A Se BUSS of Pine, Hemlock and
f Oak Timber up to 85 feet in length. Saw
Mills: Ackley, Pa, Black Rock, N. Y., Graven-
hurst, Ont. “Office, corner Main and Seneca Sts
Buffalo, N. Y. :

J. & T. CHARLTON
i Wee dealers in Masts and Spars,
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Je T- ISEReIN Ses

Sail, Tent and Awning Maker,

251 Georce ano 154 Kine Srnrcets,
PETERBOROUGH.
Canoe, Yacht and Boat Sails made to order.
Perfect Fits guaranteed.
Every description of Lumbermen’s Sut plies
and Waterproof Clothing.

Canada Round Pine, &c. Tonawanda, N.

Fawcett & Go.

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MERCHANT TALI e=—

269 Queen St. E., Opp. Seaton St., Toronto.

First-Class Goods and Trimmings. Workmanship: and Fit Guaranteed.
All Orders Punctually Executed.

Hersert G. Ross. Box 273. ReaGinaLp C. Braker

ON. G. ROSS &GO.

Real Estate, Fire and Life Insurance,
Shipping and General Commission Agents.

Ke Timber Limits and Farming Lands a Specialty.

A.B.C. Code, Cable address, ‘‘ Ross.”

NEW WESTMINSTER.

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

The American Lumber Yard

HAMBURC, CERMANY,
Offers the best facilities for Yarding and Selling all kinds of

American Wood Goods.

Address :
CARL GARTNER, Agent,
Hamburg-

B. C..

ROSENBACHER & CO.,
Bankers, Hamburg.

GEORGE McWILLIAMS

(Successor to Wm. Forsyth.)

MANUFACTURER OF

TarpeER Pike POLES,

PEEVEY STOCKS, CANT HOOK AND GAFF HOOK HANDLES.

The only Successful Taper Pike Pole Manufactured.

Ontario.

Peterborough,

March 1891.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

TORONTO AGENCY OF

The Rathbun Co.

Invites correspondence from manufacturers
and others having

am. ASH, BIRCH,
BASSWOOD
AND

GOOD PINE LUMBER

CEDAR AND PINE

SHINGLES
FOR SALE
Write to

T. W. WALKER, Agent

TORONTO
Office, Cor. Spadina Ave. & Front St.

Cash for Lumber
LE. ae

W.N. McKachren & Co.

Wholesale dealers in all kinds of

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HARDWOOD LUMBE

NO. 3 DOCK
TORONTO

WRITE US FOR PRICES AND
SIZES TO CUT.

WE PAY CASH WHEN LOADED ON
CARS.

EALED TENDERS marked ‘“ For Mounted

Police Clothing Supplies,” and addressed to

the Honourable the Minister of Railways and

Canals, will be received up to noon on Monday,
gth March, 1891. a

Printed forms of tender containing full inform-
ation as to the articles and quantities required,
may be had on application to the undersigned.

No tender will be received unless made on such
printed forms. Patterns of articles may be seen
at the office of the undersigned.

Each tender must be accompanied by an ac-
cepted Canadian bank cheque for an amount equal
to 10 per cent. of the total value of the articles
tendered for, which will be forfeited if the party
decline to enter into a contract when called upon
to do so, or if he fail to supply the articles con-
tracted for. If the tender
eheque will be returned.

No payment will be made to newspapers insert-
ing this advertisement without authority having

been first obtained.
FRED. WHITE,
Comptroller N.W.M. Police.
Ottawa. Feby. 9th, 1891.

e not accepted the

Over One Million Sold.
OST complete book of ite kind ever publish-

ed. Gives measurement of all kinds of
Lumber, Logs, Planks, Scantling; cubical con-
tents Of square and round Timber; hints to lum-
ber dealers; wood measure; speed of circular
eawe, care of saws; cord-wood tabies; felling
trees; growth of trees; land measure; wages,
rent, board, interest, stave and heading bolte,
etc. Standard book throughout the United
States and Canada. Get the new illustrated
edition of 1982. Ask your book-seller for it,

tend post-paid for 35 cents.
A. G. MORTIMER, Toronto, Ont.

Do You Stop Your Saw

by lifting a tightner, throwing off the heavy belt, |
or stopping the engine ; All these methods are ob- |

jectionable.

We have patented a Friction Grip Pulley.
Compact, Simple, Durable, Large Frictional Area,
Ample clearance when out of engagement, Power-
ful gripping mechanism.

We guarantee this Pulley to work satis-
factorily, and to be thoroughly reliable.

Made Split when required. And with 2, 3, 4
and 6 grips for any class of work. Also a Cut-off
Coupling of the same design.

SEND FOR CIRCULARS AND PRICES |

The Waterous Engine Works Co.,

Brantford, Canada

NAPANEE CEMENT COMPANY

— MANUFACTURERS OF — (LIMITED.)
:%yudraulic Gement?#
LJ

IB ETICULARLY adapted for Dams, Smoke Stacks, Foundations, Cul-
verts, Cisterns, Cellars, etc.

ENDORSED BY LEADING RAILWAYS AND CONTRACTORS.

Peover + TINE

For Building, Plastering, Gas Purifying, Paper Making, &c.

Bee ee ea re NS CONE y.
DESERONTO, ONT.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

‘«TERRA#COTTA#FIRE-PROOFING «

For Use in Old and New Buildings.

Endorsed by Leading Architects. Absolutely Fire-proof.
Wood or Brick. Weight One-Third that of Brick.
Crack on application of Heat or Water.
Gives Warmth in Winter; Coolness in Summer.

About as Cheap as
Does not

Deadens Noise.

| MACHINE KNIVES

ay ii OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR
U Planing, Moulding & Stave Cutting.

SEND FOR PRICE LIst

Pie eed Aden? ae) i= sGALZ;

MILL MACH

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Link Belting
Sawdust and

Refuse Carriers.
Line Rolls.

Transfers.
Lumber
Sorters.
Trimmers.
Slashers, Etc. 7

All products into, through,
and out of mill.

Send for Catalogue and Prices.

Waterous Engine Works Go.,

Brantford, Canada.

18 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. March, 189%

Friction Pulley Boara. wee for Feletione Stal 7

#& Kinds * |

MANUFACTURED BY—————

Asbestos , | Sica
a [Jowinion LeaTHeR Baro (fompany, “Sam
Board. Montreai, Quebec.

SAMPLES FURNISHED. PLEASE MENTION THIS PAPER. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

AND ALL WHO ARE USING

TO MILL OWNERS, MANUFACTURERS Sion the Engine Instantly

PeaAAALARAAAARAABAALL en |

Leather+ Belting

Unfortunately that is impossible, it is several stories
below, therefore to stop this countershaft is a work of

bwvuveuwvsu

bewe ewe 8 VE 8 a ee minutes.
=U ESA SISE OV vey AaQian) s=p=oR ee; “The eCcone
Which will Run Straight on the Pulleys, | ; : :
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Which is Thoroughly Well Stretched, ‘x aaa = of the engine would have prevented or
Which will not Tear at the Lace Holes, | mitigated it; not anunsual one. Often it results in
Which will give Complete OPIS COMI Es the loss of valuable life.

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F. E. IOTXONS Co. “This Line Sheft

Could have been instantly disconnected from the power
MANUFACTURERS OF

PATENT LAP-JOINT STAR RIVET
*LEA THER t HELTING* Wi

70 King Street Fast, Toronto. | | if nol flay Vou

Sole Agents in Canada for the
To investigate the merits of the newest and best Grip

CELEBRATED PHCENIX OIL Pulley and Cut-off Coupling, “THE WarTrrovus;” It is

safe, economical in belts and time.

in any part of the room had it been driven with a
Friction Grip Pulley.

The Only Pefect Helt Uressing, ;
All our Belting is sold at the Canadian price list. Please compare be-
fore purchasing. aes for Discounts and Ges Pamphlet on Belting. WATEROUS ENGINE WORKS (0, [td., Brantford, Canada.

B. F. Sturtevant’s Patent Progressive Lumber Dry Kiln.

RELIABLE ee A a) (GraSsneavaAna2 i
GUARANTEED Cp NO WARPING
TO DRY oe Viva CHECKING
a VT =a AND BLUEING
j s —WITH THE—
Best Manner Possible ST UR TEs

ALL KINDS OF
HARD and SOFT
WOOD LUMBER.

Patent Hot Blast
Steam Heating

WRITE+FOR*+CATALOGUE. ; Apparatus,
91 LIBERTY STREET 31 N. CANAL STREET
NEW YORK. CHICAGO

B. F. STURTEVANT, Patentee and Sole aanitgoriee 34 Dliver Street, (corner a Franklin pee BOSTON, Mass., U. S.A

A, R. Williams, Soho Machine Works, Toronto, General Agent for the Dominion.

March 18g1.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. ly

The Only Successful Kiln for Drying Oak ana other Hard Hardwoods

“THE ANDREWS”
S NEW UvEMBER ©

DRY -KAILN

Itsremarkable efficiency depends upon its peculiarmode of
applying heat to, and eliminating moisture from, the air used
in drying. We use no costly fan, engine or other device that
requires constant attention, nor do we waste heat by a special
chimney. The air circulates through the lumber, and the
moisture absorbed from it is extracted from the air by natural
metheds. You can not afford to be without it.

Our Process Duplicates Nature. |

Ours View of ie ae Kiln.

The following well-known furniture manufacturers
| have recently purchased the “ANDREWS KILN
| Estey Manufacturing Co, - - - Owasa, Mich
| East Shore Furniture Co, - - - Manistee, M

| Universal Tripod Co., Grand Rapid

| Crand Rapids School Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, M
| New England Furniture Co., Rapids, Mick
| Milwaukee Chair Co., - - - - Milw é
Oshkosh Furniture Co.,
Skandia Furniture Co.,

Story & Clark Organ Co.,
Rock Falls Manufacturing Co.,
| Courey & Birely Table Co.,
Southern Spring Bed Co.,
Sidney School Furniture C “rie Vee Sidney, Ohi

| New Richmond Church Furniture Co., N. Richmond, 0.

- Grand

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A. N. Andrews & Go., Proprietors and Manufacturers

215, 217, 219, 221 Wabash Ave., CHICACO,

ILL.

The Casselman Lumber Co.

CASSELMAN, ONT.

. ESPECIAL GOOD FACILITIES FOR SHIPPING.
HEMLOCK BILL STUFF OF EXCELLENT QUALITY.

ea Successors to FLATT & BRADLEY.

ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF

PINE, SPRUCE, ASH, MAPLE AND OTHER HARDWOODS.

CORRESPONDENCE SOLIC TED.

(eke ue J. G. AINSLIE
W. STODART

Miaitiana. Rixon & Go.,

Owen Sound, Ont.

Saw Miliers =< Lumber Dealers
All kinds of Building Material kept in stock.

WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF

LONG BILL STUFF IN ROCK ELM, PINE, CEDAR AND HEMLOCK.

QUOTATIONS FURNISHED ON APPLiCATION.

kK". iJ.

Belleville,

DRAKE'S PATENT DAUNTLESS SHINGLE AND HEADING MACHINE

Capacity from 25,000 to 50,000 per day.

DRAKE,

PATENTEE AND MANUFACTURER OF

SAW, SHINGLE * LATH MACHINERY

Ontario.

ee a a at

The frame of iron throughout, very heavy and rigid, strongly bolted and braced ; me TT WY "I il
carriage very light and strong, made of forged cast steel saw plate, running on steel Uy oN df i
ways or tracks; will take in a block 18 inches wide and 19 inches long, adjustablefor =

16 inch or 18 inch shingles.

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= Orake's ‘Improved Shingle Edger.

With 40 inch saw will make more No. 1 Shingles from the same quantity of timber than
any Wheel Jointer in existence.

It has a heavy iron frame made for two operators, two inch steel saw arbor, with extra
long bearings; driving pulley 8 inches diameter, 7 inch face, saw 40 inches diameter, 16 gauge,
speed, 1,600 per minute.

For capacity, remov-
economy of stock,

Mill men who have once used this machine will not use any other.
ing sap-knois, rot or any other imperfections, for making parallel shingles and
it is superior to any other.

Also manufacturer of other kinds of Shingle Jointers, both self-acting and hand-feed Shingle Machines, Packing Boxes, Drag Saw Machines, Bolters, Stationary and Portable Saw Mills,

Double Edgers, Single Edgers, Slab Saw Rigs, Bull Wheel Rigs, Lath Machines, Lath Bolters, in fact a general line of Mill Machinery, with Pulleys, Shafting, &c.
Send for estimates on anything required, and the same will receive immediate attention.

ali cases.

Satisfaction guaranteed in

20 THE CANADA

LUMBERMAN.

CEO. HASTINGS. JOHN CRAY. H. HANCOCK.

GEO. HASTINGS & CO.

Lumber Merch ants:

TORGNSES:

TRUST BUILDING CHAMBERS,
Cor. Yonge and Colborne Streets.

All Kinds of Pine and Hardwood Lumber.
== BILL STUFF CUT TO ORDER A SPECIALTY.

TORONTO Hardwood LUMBER Go.

Wholesale Dealers and Shippers in all kinds of

© HARDWOOD % LUMBER ¢

7K

83 Front Street West, Corner Lorne Street,

TORONTO,

OFFICES
Hamilton, Toronto
Windsor

TELEPHONE
No. 1046

MILLS
Gravenhurst, Huntsville
Katrine.

ROBERT THOMSON & CO.

DEALERS N

Pine and Mardwood

! LUMBER | TIMBER |

Afills Operating all the r ro esponden

é Solicited.

Se it orn wamoers 103 BAY STREET,

THOMAS MEANEY, TORONTO,

REPRESENTTVE.

DONOGH & OLIV EK,

Wholesale Dealers in

LUMBER

Simsqaie isl: |)
Nos. 16 and 17 Imperial Bank Buildings,

WELLINGTON STREET EAST,

5

DALTON McCARTHY,
President.

A. ECKARDT,
Secretary

JOHN McGREGOR,
Manager.

Toronto and Midland Mfg Co.

(INCORPORATED.)

Wholesale Lumber + Dealers

DRESSED LUMBER, FLOORING

Ceiling, Sheeting, Siding, Shelving, Mouldings of all Descriptions.
Office and Yard:

FOOT OF SPADINA AVE., - TORONTO.
Planing Mills ;: MIDLAND, ONT.

PORTER, ROBERTSON & C0.

STOCKS WHOLESALE HARDWOODS

STRIPS (fe ty M B K R HEMLOCK

SIDINGS SHINGLES

BILLSTUFF DEALERS LATH, ETC.
FER

Millichamp’s Buildings,

35 * Adelaide * Street + East,
TORONTO.

YARD: NORTHERN DOCK, FOOT OF BATHURST STREET.

DEALERS IN

ROBIN & SADLER

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MANUFACTURERS OF

BEEING): = * pe

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2518, 2520 and 2522 Notre Dame St.
MONTREAL.

129 Bay Street, TORONTO,

March, 1898

TORONTO, ONT.

March 18o1. a eeneue LUMBERMAN._ z1

The Gold Medal, The Gold Medal,
_Toronto, 1883. 1883 Ww London, 1883

For Uoor, Sash, Hlind and Furniture Factories

PLANERS. BAND SAWS. BUZZ PLANERS.
MOULDERS. BAND RE-SAWS. MORTICERS.
TENONERS. PANEL RAISERS. BLIND MACHINERY.
SHAPERS. DOVETAILERS. BAND SAW FILER.
RIP SAWS. JOINTERS. BAND SAW SETTER.
SAND PAPERERS. DOUBLE SPINDLE BORER. ETC., ETC.

The Gant Bros. ©Co.. Limited,

ma GALT, ONTARIO. comgepondene

Rhodes’ Improved Swage for Circular and bang SAMs:

==PATENTED JULY 2, 1889.=>=
THE MOST PERFECT! MACHINE FOR THE PURPOSE EVER INTRODUCED.

Ce a a te O_O l

It will swage the hardest as well as the softest saws. Never pulls the points of the teeth off, as the swaging is
done by direct and steady pressure, and not by rolling pressure.

Swaging done with this machine will stand longer than when swaged with any other machine or by hand.
It makes the swage the heaviest on the under side of the tooth, and leaves the face of the tooth perfectly straight.

It does not shorten the tooth as done by upsetting. It has a positive clamp so a saw cannot slip while being
swaged, therefore every tooth is an exact duplicate of the other.

Corners never drop off if swaged with this machine, as it does not injure the steel, therefore the teeth can all
be kept of a length.

It is very simsly constructed : nothing to break or wearout. Easily adjusted. Any ordinary man can swage a
circular saw in from 10 to 12 minutes. Is thoroughly constructed of the best material, all the parts requiring it are
made of steel of the best quality. Every swage is thoroughly tested before leaving ihe shop.

We positively guarantee the swage to do all we claim for it in this circular.
Full and complete instructions for adjusting and operating accompany the swage. SECTIONAL VIEW
SEND FoR PRICE LIST oF y

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Automiiic Band Saw Swages, Circu'ar Saw Swages Gang Saw Swages, Shingle Saw Swages.
—MANUFACTURED EXCLUSIVELY BY—

maine, Lmpey & Co., Galt, Ont.

Established 1849. Incorporated (€84.

Detroit Saw Works

MANUFACTURERS OF

Circular, Gang, Mulay, Drag and Cross-Cut Saws,

We ase nothing ; W. J. & Sons’ English MOLDING AND PLANING KNIVES,

Steel in our saws and the name speaks for itself,

French Band Saws, Emery Wheels and General Mill Supplies.
66, 68, 70 and 72 Fort St. East, DETROIT, MIGN.

PATENTED 5TH MARCH, 1877.

THe INGE QUEBEC LOTTERY (iI eacaseae

Bos aso

Sole Proprietors of the

AUTHORISED» LEGISLATURE FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL

BUILER - FLUIU - GOMPOUND.

This compound will save its cost many times in one year by saving fuel.

Pne VV B io BS day of Every Month It eradicates scale, and when the Boiler is once Clean a very small quantity keeps it clean

and free from all incrustation. One fourth the dose will prevent a new Boiler from scaling so
ong as it is used regularly.

MONTHLY DRAWINCS ON

S. E. LEFEBVRE, Manager.

“ Contains ne Caustic Soda, and is the only matter yet known that will not injure metals in
any way, and emits a clear pure steam.

Head Office—81 ST. JAMES STREET, - MONTREAL. 30 WILLIAM STREET, - MONTREAL.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. March, 1891

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LUMBERMAN.

RAILROAD, BANK & OFFICE

——! Fora Lumber yard ora Profitable Wholesale Wood-working 4
MANUFACTURERS OF Industry. One of the best located plants in Tonawanda may be ‘
leased, covering seven hundred feet docked water front on the
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iI th Ek B Iti Gg basement : brick boiler and tuel room detached. suitable for ¥ Se
AND sash, doors. blinds boxes, and custom planing combined. Tena
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er |__| stock has yet no large industry such as proposed. Will sell orf— rae (oa eey am ley ree Pee —_ a | a
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STORAGE OF LUMBER.

We are prepared to receive any quantity of Lumber for storage.
Freight and money will be advanced on same. Also, Warehouse
Receipts issued, which can be hypothecated to banks and others.
Storage charges easy. For further particulars apply to

W. LEAK & CO.

Fuumber, Coal and Wood,
DUNDAS STREET, TORONTO.

JOHN BERTRAM & SONS,

CANADA ¢ TOOL «+ WORES
DUNDAS, ONTARIO.

communicate with
MANUFACTURERS OF
WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY
"MACHINE TOOLS, ETC.

Write for Prices and Catalogues

LONDON,

Packing Cases

Any Saw mill in Canada able to undertake
large orders for Case Boards is requested to

We & C. PAN'TIN

147 Upper Thames Street,

GO@DDAY, BENSON & GO.

General Lumber = Timber Merchants,

Correspondence is solicited from parties having choice stocks of Hardwood and Pine

to offer, either in the log or in sawn lumber.

GEO. CORMAC

Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
All kinds of LUMBER.

Lumber Shipped to all parts by Rail or Vessel.

in Shooks.

ONTARIO

ENC. WHITBY,

William Hamilton,
Superintendent,
ALONZO W. SPOONER, Port Hope.

Dear Sir,—I am pleased to say that after nearly three years constant use, day |
and night, on our largest engine your COPPERINE has stood its work well.

Water Works Department, Pumping House,

A. T. ANDERSON & C0.,

CONTRACTORS FOR

Toronto, Jan.6th, 1891
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VoLuME XII ;
NUMBER 4.

TORONTO, ONT., APRIL, 1891.

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CONTINENTAL WOODS.

HE shantyman as he felled beautiful specimens of

forest pine growth this season, lopped off the limbs
and cut the trees into logs ; the teamster as he hauled
them to the skids or the dump; the raftsman as he
accompanies the season’s cut down stream ; or the
mill hands who manipulate the deals, all or nearly all,
if questioned in their leisure moments about the article

that supplies them indirectly with their daily bread and —

butter, would be able to give meagre information
concerning it. Now and then a warehouseman or
shipper comes across a box or a cask made of wood
differing in appearance from the ordinary packages he
is accustomed to handle, and occasionally he is unable
to account for its peculiar behavior, when it resists his
attempts to fill it full of nails, owing to its tendency to
split the wood. He, like his fellow countryman, the
shantyman or the raftsman, might be able fo state “it’s
pine” or “spzuce” or a “kind of pine,” but he would, as
a rule, know little, if anything, about its growth, the
elements in the soil necessary for its life, its perpetua-
tion, its weight or specific gravity, its value as a com-
mercial wood or its natural home, that is, the localities
where it naturally grows. It is not within the province
of this article to discuss the reasons why pine is found
in North America from Hudson’s Bay to the Gulf of
Mexico, and from Newfoundland to California; neither
is it intended to explain why the pine family exhibits.
such marked differences and at the same time such
close resemblances. The object is to briefly tell where
each variety can be found; to:show some of the differen-
ces; and to give other scanty items of information. Our

Canadian pine under tests of strain bearing, stands _

fourth. Like the testing of slabs of concrete, marble,
sandstone or granite, specimens of a certain length and
uniform thickness are placed upon supports and press-
ure applied midway between them. So that the weight
of each would not interfere in measuring the deflection
the specimens are placed horizontally and the pressure
exerted latitudinally. Canadian, or eastern pine, under
such operation is outclassed by the Douglas fir, the
long-leafed pine and the short-leafed pine in strength
in pounds, but it is first in deflection or bending qual-
ities. Of the pine family proper it is the lightest, and
only two woods of its class fall below it—the white
spruce and red cedar of the Pacific slopes. Any one
at all versed in geography of America can follow the
districts, localities, provinces or states where the
varieties of pine flourish or flourished ; but if the same
individual attempted to explain why certain woods had
to change their names and identity before becoming
of any value commercially, as for instance bundles of
white cedar shingles from Michigan selling in Tenessee
under the name of cypress, he would have to be an ex-
pert in forestry.
WHITE PINE.

Canadian pine, white pine, or eastern pine, a light,
soft, close straight grained, easily worked, but not a
strong wood, is found in Newfoundland, the St. Law-
renc river basin and great lake region ; stretches west-
ward along the southern end of Lake Michigan and
trends north-westerly to the valley of Winnipeg. On
the eastern coast it follows the Alleghany mountains to
Georgia. It must not be confounded with the white
pine or cedar pine, or spruce pine, as it is sometimes
called, found from South Carolina to Florida and west-
ward on the Gulf of Mexico States to Louisiana. The
latter is coarse grained, not durable and brittle, contains
more ash and weighs more per cubic foot.

YELLOW PINE.

Yellow pine has a short leaf, is very heavy, hard,

strong, coarse grained, compact, and full of resin, so

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much so that it clogs in sawing. It is found on Staten
Island and southward to Florida, and through the
western part of that state ; westward through the Gulf
of Mexico states, Tennessee, Eastern Texas, Arkansas,
Indian Territory, parts of Kansas and southern Miss-
ouri. It is a disputed point as to the value of this
wood commercially. It is claimed by long-leafed pine
handlers that it is inferior to their stock and on the
other hand the producers of it claim it as good if not
better.

LONG-LEAFED PINE.

The long-leafed pine, pitch pine, yellow pine, or as
it is better known, Georgia pine, produces the com-
mercial turpentine, pitch and resin. It is found in
abundance from S.E. Virginia to central eastern
Florida, and through the Gulf of Mexico states to the
Red River of the south in Louisiana. It is the heaviest
of all pine woods, weighing 43% lbs. per cubic foot,
where Canadian pine weighs 24 lbs. It is very hard
and strong, tough, coarse grained, durable and highly
resinous.

Besides the above specimens there are two distinct
varieties found in the United States, unknown in Can-
ada—the bull pine of California and the yellow pine of
Arizona. Both differ materially from each other, and
though in some respects they resemble white pine yet
the deviations from it are very marked when the two
are compared.

The king of the forest in commercial woods is the
Douglas fir, wrongly named for it belongs to the spruce
family. Known as Puget Sound, Oregon or British
Columbia pine, it is found on the Pacific coast ranges
in such abundance that almost every other wood is
excluded. It is tenacious, strong, hard, compact,
durable and varies in color from light red to yellow.
Lumbermen divided it into two varieties, red fir and
yellow fir, the former being considered inferior to the
yellow fir, on account of 1ts coarse grained nature. The
wood contains less ash than in any other pine, spruce
or cedar, and in all tests of pressure, compression,
transverse strain or other requirements of strength, the
Douglas fir heads the list. As might be expected,
other varieties of the same geweva are found in the
locality, the only one in great abundance being white
spruce. The trees climb skyward 100 to 140 feet, and
measure at the base 2% to 4 feet in diameter. It is
not unlike its sister, white spruce found in Newfound-
land, Eastern Canada, Michigan and Minnesota,
Maine and Vermont. The latter in commerce is class-
ed with black spruce found in the same latitude and
follows the southern course of the Alleghanies as far as
Florida. All three are light weights, close, straight
grained and compact. The white spruce of the
Pacific weighs 21% lbs. per cubic foot; the white
of the Atlantic 25% Ibs. and the black spruce
28% lbs.

ANECDOTES OF SHANTY LIFE.
BY BARNEY.

T frequently happens that the taking out of timber
becomes necessary in the summer in some localities
when the soil and other conditions do not require
snow and ice. On one occasion when finishing a tie
contract in the early heated term, when black flies and
mosquitoes reign in the woods, a gang of shantymen,
tired of horse play, were seated around a smudge fire
smoking on Sunday afternoon. Some one hinted that
a bottle of whiskey would not go badly, and suggested
that lots be drawn and the unlucky one foot some nine
miles for a supply The usual squabble occurred as to
the manner of drawing, when finally a big, dark com-

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. along the main street of the village.

go
it, that he could lie on his face, stark naked, for half an
hour and never twitch a muscle from bites of flies or

J

plexioned Frenchman bet a gallon and the carrying

mosquitoes. He was taken up, then undressed himself,

and on “time,” got into shape. He stood the punish-
ment without a flinch, although covered with the in-
sects. When the challenger, after 27 minutes had

expired, saw he was elected, he quietly with a chip
picked up a coal and deposited it on the victim’s back.
It sizzled for a second; then with a spring like a
salmon and an oath Mr. Frenchman jumped to his
feet, dug his fingers into his back, yelled and danced.
When told out of pure mischief that he had lost
the bet, he roared: “Sacre! nugh! you bet! you dink
ha mans ha geese? shes not bargain for ha wassup.”

I was rafting square timber down the St. Lawrence
one summer, and arrived at Lachine too late in the
day to run the rapids. I ordered the raft to be moored
or snubbed on the river side until daylight, and strolled
Crossing the
original canal at the first lock gate I sat down on a log
near the swing bridge to watch the river and lake craft
lock through. To my right sat a Frenchman, a per-
fect stranger, who evidently was anxious to form my
acquaintance. He kept pointing out the various ob-
jects that attracted his attention to me and offered me
his tobacco. Finally hesaid, “You know Yoseph La-
tour.” I replied in the‘negative. “Not know Yoseph de
raffsman; dat’s he’s raffs over der by de wood skow.
He’s wife shes keep a la Bon Se Cour in Moreal. Shes
sell patak an’ you call eet gardeng?” I still answered
no. “Vell,” he says, “Not know Yoseph, by jee
he’s de bess raffs man on de Ottawah, ’e coma down de
Soo pass Carrillon, ’e roun’ de St. Anne jump a La-
chine a canal, a crack a two steamboat ; by jee, Not
know Yoseph, eh ?

THE Crooks act has done much towards doing away
with shebeens which flourished on the roads between
civilization and the bush, but in many sections, all-
though frowned upon by boss lumbermen and all fore-
men with the interests of their firm at heart, they con-
tinued to vend whiskey B/amc and swamp whiskey a
standing menace to peace and good will amongst
crews who on their road to the shanties stopped for a
meal or rested over night. On one occasion a crew
under a strict foreman had reached the last stage but
one of their overland journey. They put up for the
night in a log building, constructed, furnished and
stocked to meet the requirements of a shanty man,
but unlicensed. In spite of the vigilance ot the fore-
man some evidently were drinking, and as evening
wore on some became drunk. The foreman remon-
strated with the landlady and tried to frighten the
landlord but without avail. He finally heard a rum-
pus in a back room off the kitchen. The landlord was
Highland Scotch and was serving a countryman.
Two Frenchmen were endeavoring to force their way
into the small room but were stopped. When the
landlord emerged from the taproom, leaving his com-
panion locked in, he was interrogated as follows:
“Monsieur, we Frenchmans, eh? we be Scotchmans,
eh, we get the liquor? The landlord tried to explain
that the foreman was raising a fuss, that he would get
into trouble, and as a clincher he said in his best
vernacular—‘“‘She'll no give to nobody an’ last o’ a’ toa
Frenchy”. He had hardly finished speaking when,
bang ! one of the duett struck him in the eye and dis-
appeared like a shot. Quick as a flash he let the re-
maining Frenchman have it in the jaw. The recipient
on asking what he was thumped for was told: “She
was hit richt on the e’e by yeer nepoor, she didna
deservt—ye didna deservt, ga on’ hit him”.

6

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

A pril, 1S9r

THE STURTEVANT DRY-KILN APPARATUS.

HE marked efficiency of the Sturtevant dry-kilns

has always been attributed to the high grade of
apparatus by which they are operated. Not content
with a good thing, the attempt has always been io
manufacture a better one, and the ever increasing trade
in this line is the best evidence of the wisdom of this
With the growth of the kiln business, the
tendency has been toward the massing of kilns in single

course.
batteries, each operated by a single large apparatus.
are of necessity usually
to be likewise placed if
itis to discharge directly into the duct.

In large batteries the air ducts
underground, requiring the fan
To meet this
requirement and at the same time reduce the cost of
the fan, the B. F. Sturtevant Company, of Boston, Mass.
several years ago introduced a type of fan with only
three-quarters of the regular full housing, the lower |
portion being constructed of brick and forming at the
Such a type of fan,
with engine connected directly thereto, is shown in the

same time the end of the duct.

illustration herewith presented which represents the
latest style of Sturtevant steel plate steam fan, with
three-quarter steel plate housing.
very compact, and as will be seen, when the room is
floored over nothing appears above the surface but
the engine and fan housing. The sides of the fan are rig-
idly stayed by angle irons; the fan wheel itselfis carefully
balanced and mounted on a steel shaft, which forms
the main shaft of the engine. This engine is built by
the above named company, and is exactly of the same |

The arrangement is

grade as their automatic engine, the best provision |

being made for oiling all running parts, the bearings |
all being of large size, in fact, everything conducive to

the continued running which is always necessary in |
The

always accompanies this fan, is not shown in the illus-

kiln plants, has been introduced. heater which
tration, but is made up of a series of cast iron sections,

- . . s
into which are screwed verti-
cally rows of steel pipes, the

upper portion of each section

| easily be dried in the Sturtevant kiln when properly

arranged. In many woodworking establishments,
such as furniture and carriage manufactories, the same
apparatus is used for heating the building and drying
the lumber. Whenever the air escaping from the kiln
is too moist it may be utilized in heating a portion of
the building.

The Sturtevant system of heating has been exten-
sively introduced and has proved a success in every
way. Its peculiar advantage lies in the massing of the
entire heating surface in a single heater, instead of
stringing it all over the building as in the case of direct
radiation.
thereby reduced to about one third of that ordinarily

The amount of heating surface required is

| provided. There is no opportunity for the freezing and

leaking of exposed pipes with their consequent dam-
age. Ventilation is provided with the heating, and
owing to the pressure produced within the building all
leakage 1s outward. The same system 1s applied to all
classes of buildings, schools, houses, public buildings,
etc., as well as manufactories.

A RAILWAY COMMISSION.
HETHER we should have a railway commission
or not is the question that every now and then seems
to disturb the minds of our great army of shippers and

forming the steam and the
lower the drip passage; the

upper passage being divided ,
midway so as to compel the
and
iihe en.

steam to pass over
down the pipes.

tire heater is encased in a steel

up,

plate jacket connecting with the
inlet of the fan. This jacket,

as well as the heater sections,

is supported on a substantial
angie-iron frame foundation.

Expansion of the heater sec-

The present arrangement is so cumbersome and
distant as to be practically beyond the reach of any but
the largest corporations, or those who can aftord to
spend large sums of money to obtain a measure of
justice. Now it is well known to every reader of this
journal that our railways have been in the habit of giv-
ing discriminatory rates to large shippers or favorites,
a practice which is very much to the disadvantage of
the business of those not so favored, and it has been
all but impossible for business men so placed to have
this very apparent injustice remedied, nothwithstand-
ing the fact that it is contrary to law as well as right.
They would either have to proceed in a court, which
could not compel the production of the evidence
necessary to make a good case, or go to the expense,
trouble and loss of time necessary to carry the case to
the railway committee at Ottawa. Then even should
they join issues against the company their position
would be a very unenviable one, because it is a well
known fact that it isin the power of these monopolies
to ruin the business of many of the people dependent
upon them for shipping facilities. Take a case in
point: Two men are buying wheat at G——-; to one of
them the company gives a rate of 12c. per cwt., to the
more favored one toc. per cwt. It is very plain that
the second buyer can simply put the first off the market,
and he would be compelled to quit. The
case is an actual one and names and dates
can be furnished if necessary. Now with such
enormous powers in their hands it can readily
be seen how a railroad company, or a com-
bination of them, could ruin any one who had
become distasteful to them.

Another plan, which is not infrequently
the granting of a ready
supply of cars to the favored
shipper and the withholding of
the same from those whom they
are not anxious to serve. That
this act of tyranny has been
perpetrated again and again,
the testimonies given to the

resorted to, is

tions is allowed for by the balls

which are placed beneath one
end. These sections are bolted
together in groups by bolts extending entirely through |
the headers on one end, so that steam connections may
be made with the end of the group and the drip may
be removed at the same end, obviating the objection to
other styles of heaters, having the inlet and drip upon
different sides of the heater. Heaters of this class can |
be built in large groups of many sections, but their
arrangément can only be determined by experience, as
the greatest efficiency of the heating service can be
best secured by a proper proportioning of the number
of rows of pipe These
heaters are arranged to be operated by either live or
exhaust steam, generally by exhaust steam from the |

across which the air is drawn.

mill engine during the day and by live steam during
the night. The exhaust from the fan engine is always
utilized in the heater, so that the motive power counts
for nothing. The manner of application of this type of
apparatus to the Sturtevant kiln is already well known,
the air being forced in through inlets at one end of the
kiln, and in its passage down through the kiln, com-
ing in contact with every foot of lumber, and finally
escaping at the opposite end of the kiln, the lumber
being laid upon cars and pushed forward into the
warm air. This gradual action results in thoroughly
and

drying every part of the wet lumber. Lumber

stock of all descriptions, including staves, heading,
kindling wood, shingles, spokes, woodenware, etc., can |

committee of the Toronto Board
of Trade on shortage of cars
more than proves, for it shows
that our grain dealers, lumber-
men and millers are annually
made to suffer severely, and
there does not now seem to be
any means of abating this evil,
save by placing the control of
the matter in hands capable of
dealing with it. That the
matter of special and dis-
criminating rates was amply

HH
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THE STURTEVANT Dry-KILN APPARATUS.

handlers, and it is the purpose of this journal to gather
and give to its readers all the information and opinions |
available on the subject. A Railway Commission is a
court just the samé as any other court for the hearing
and deciding of cases in dispute, with these differences,
VIZ:
facility is offered for the hearing and deciding of cases
brought before it; no legal counsel need be employed,
aud hence it is much less expensive. Its powers would
be much wider than any court now existent in that it
would decide all matters of dispute between railway
companies and corporations, which have now to be
referred directly to the Legislative body as represented
by the Railway committee at Ottawa. It would in all
probability be made up of a capable legal gentleman, |
a business man, and a railroad expert, or engineer, so |
that all sides and shades of opinion would be fairly
represented. The costs of this court would be very
much smaller than those of our superior courts. It
would give summary and /fva/ judgment upon all cases
of alleged extortion or unfair discrimination onthe part of
public carriers.

its proceedings are of a summary nature ; every

That there is a pressing need of such |
a. court is already apparent to nearly all who are}
engaged in heavy freight handling, but for the benefit
of the few let us suggest some good reasons for its

establishment.

proven by the sworn testi-
mony of the chief freight agents of both the G.T.R.
and C.P.R., as given before the Royal Commission at
Montreal, where they explicitly declared that they have
general rates, special rates and “ special” special rates.
Then again they are hurting very seriously the shipping
trade of this country with Great Britain and the contin-
ent, and the amount of which they rob the Canadian
farmer annually foots up to something in the millions.
In the testimony given at Montreal it is asserted that
the Canadian roads have lost money upon the carriage
of American freight, while in the same examination it
transpires that the roads are making money. Now
there is but one deduction which we can draw from
this, and it is that the Canadian shipper and farmer is
made to pay the Josses which these roads have made
in their unfair fight with their Yankee competitors. But
we have other proof than that deducible from their own
sworn testimony. We can adduce abundant evidence
to show that the Canadian roads make a general prac-
tice of carrying flour, grain and other heavy freight,
cheaper from Minneapolis or Chicago to the seaboard
than from Toronto, not to mention Winnipeg or other
points which would be entitled to the same rates at
least. Now Toronto is at least 800 miles nearer the
seaboard than Minneapolis, and 500 miles nearer than
Chicago. While the C. P. R. were carrying wheat and
flour from Winnipeg to Toronto at 47 cts. per cwt., they

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charged but 15 cts. per cwt. from Minneapolis. The
general freight agent of this road explains this very
marked discrepancy by his statement that they made a
practice of carrying foreign freight upon which there
was a duty at such a reduction of rate as to set off the
duty and create a foreign competition, and thus make
carriage for the road. Thus it will be seen that while
our government are using every endeavor to foster
home industry, these roads by their unjust discrimina-
tion in favor of foreigners, are pulling down what is
costing the country so much to build up. They are
doing daily what the people of the United States would
not suffer for twenty-four hours.

These monopolies, largely built up by the people’s
money, scout the very idea of the people having the
slightest say in the fixing of the rates, and they tell us
without hesitation that they know more about our busi-
ness than we do, and that they, in their almighty bene-
ficience, fit the burdens to the backs best able to bear
them, meaning, we presume, the Canadian people as
being better able to pay exorbitant rates than our
neighbors to the south.

There are a great many other considerations which
might be mentioned, such as the granting of rebates
and special concessions, but space forbids us noticing
them this month. Let us look, however, for a minute
on a few reasons why a commission would largely do
away with these evils. In the first place it would be in-
dependent of political influence. Now with all due
deference to the powers that be there is not a doubt
but the railways have an immense influence over the
committee at Ottawa, and there 1s not a shadow of
doubt but the placing of these roads in the hands of an
impartial commission, which would be beyond the con-
trol of votes, would be a grand move in the right direc-

-tion. In the next place this court would be held at dif:
ferent places throughout the country. It would be
within the reach of every man who had a grievance, and
it would no doubt become in a short time one of the
most popular of our courts, and finally curb the 1apa-
city of the railways to such an extent that they would
cease to make cause for complaint. It would afford a
quick and cheap means of obtaining justice at the
hands of such a court; it would be a means of stopping
all the discrimination in favor of foreigners at our ex-
pense; it wouldin fact place publiccarriers in the position
of public servants, instead of being our masters as they
now are. We would like to have the opinions of our
readers upon this question, and would take it as a spe-
cial favor if they would write their views concerning it.
Such opinions will not be published if so desired.

DO YOU LACK STEAM ?

E here illustrate the Gordon Patent Hollow Blast

Grate and apparatus, manufactured and sold by
the Gordon Hollow Blast Grate Co., of Greenville,
Mich.

The Blast Grate itself is a hollow cast section with
suitable blast openings in its upper surface for the
escape of compressed air to fan the furnace fires.

These blast openings, called valves, are about 7 in-
ches in diameter, and are so designed that, though the
compressed air may readily escape through them, the
ashes and fine particles of fuel cannot drop through in-
to the hollow space beneath. Each Blast Grate is
supplied with from three to five of these valves, accord-
ing to the length of the Grate. The Grates are uni-
formly eight inches wide by 4 to 6 feet long. Each
valve is to all intents and purposes a “Tuyer iron” or
“Duck's nest,” such as is found in every blacksmith’s
forge, and the fire underneath a single boiler, fitted
with these grates, will be quickened as though a dozen
muscular blacksmiths were “pumping” with might and
main upon a like number of bellowses, whose blast out-
lets were distributed about at regular intervals through-
out the furnace. In this case, however, a fan or blower
of suitable capacity supplies the place of the bellows,
while the muscular arm of the blacksmith is supplanted
by the steam engine.

As will be seen, the main blast pipe penetrates the
side wall of the furnace at the floor line, extending
thence across the ash pit under the back end of the
Grates. As the blast pipe is at times subjected to
considerable heat it is of cast iron, with heavy flanged

joints accurately fitted to make it air tight. From this
pipe 4-inch vertical connections are made with the
Blast Grates
main blast pipe lies on the floor of the ash
well back against the
end of the Grates. It is thus quite out of the
way of the fireman when cleaning out underneath.

above. When in position for use this
pit

wall supporting the back

A HOLLOW BLAST
The cast pipe usually terminates at the outer line of

GRATE.

the furnace wall. Here a Blast GATE is attached,
which, as it is opened or closed at will gives the fire-
man absolute control of the blast and consequently of
the fire. Light galvanized iron or tin pipe, is employed
to make the blast connection between the outer, or gate
end and the Blower.

As will be seen, the apparatus, which is simplicity
itself, consists of Blast Grates, Blast pipe and Blower.
As from 2c0 to 400 cubic feet of air is forced through
each Blast Grate per minute, it is suffictently protected
from injury by heat, consequently the claim that bar-
ring accident, the Hollow Blast Grate will last for a
lifetime, seems plausible.

The Hollow Blast Grate is the invention of Alonzo J.
Gordon, of Greenville, Mich., who may be said to have
had life-long experience as. fireman, engineer and mill
owner and operator. The problem Mr. Gordon set out
to solve was this: A simple and durable contrivance
that shall ensure the quick combustion of such fuels as,
with the ordinary draft, burn so slowly as to be prac-
tically worthless for steaming purposes.
among these may be named fine dust from the band
saw, spent tan bark, together with the dust and mill
waste from such slow burning woods as Hemlock,
Cypress, Gum, Elm, Oak, Basswood, Redwood, Cotton-
wood, etc., etc.

Mr. Gordon claims he has successfully solved this
problem, and his Company proudly boast that they
have yet to learn what failure means. Though the
Blast Grates have now been in constant use for upward
of two years, we are informed they have not in a single
instance failed to secure the hearty endorsement and
approval of the users. And what is more, though they
have been subjected to practical tests in nearly every
state in the Union, and under all sorts of conditions,
not one has needed repair, not one has shown the
slightest evidence of warping or sagging, not one has
failed to perform the work set for it, ina manner highly
satisfactory to the user.

Their proposal with Guarantee tends to inspire confi-
dence. Reduced to its simplest terms it is this: “If
you will give the Blast Grates a trial, we guarantee you
shall be so well pleased with their work, that you will
accept and pay for them at the expiration of the trial
period.”

Prominent

FURNACE FITTED WITH HOLLOW BLAST GRATES AND APPARATUS.

When using the Hollow Blast Grates the fires are
fed exactly as when using grates of the ordinary pattern,
by carrier, or through the open doors, with dust, spalts,

slabs, blocks, or other coarse and heavy fuel. It is
further claimed for these grates “that they increase four-
fold the life of the common grates used in conjunction
with them.” This claim is based upon the theory that
as the Blast Grates do all the work, the intermediate
grates are practially relieved from duty, and as a con-
sequence do not get heated sufficiently to “burn out.”
As the Blast Grates are usually placed 8 inches apart

| and lot after lot 1s quickly knocked down.

/
throughout the furnace they occupy only one half of the
Grate surface. The spaces between Blast Grates are

filled in with common or saw-dust grates of any de
pattern, thus providing ample draft openi:

ing purposes, when the Blower or Fan is idle

A LIVERPOOL AUCTION SALE OF TIMBER.

FEW minutes before the hour of noon strikes out

from the tower at the Alexandra Dock members of
the timber trade may occasionally be seen converging
to some spot upon the quay of the Canada or Brockle-
bank Docks, the chief seats of the timber trade of tt
port. A stranger asking for information upon is
matter would probably be told that an auction sale of
foreign timber was about to be held. His attention
might also possibly be drawn to the fact that a flag was

flying from an imposing staff at the office yard of the firm
of brokers whose sale was the object of attraction. This
ensign might be the red, the blue, or the white St. An-
drew’s cross, for nearly all the different
have their distinguishing flags.

firms of brokers
A brief space of time
may be spent in walking over the logs

and examining

the merits or demerits of the cargo or cargoes to be
offered. But probably all, or nearly all, with the ex-
ception of the buyers from the country, have scrutinised
it most carefully since the first portion of it has been
landed from the ship in which it was imported. But
time 1s passing, and as the last stroke of the clock is
heard there is a general concentration of the scattered
assembly towards the auctioneer who has taken up his
position on one of the most prominent places upon the
cargo that is to be offered by him. The conditions of
sale are rapidly read through and the real business of
the meeting begins. With a few preliminary remarks,
careful and guarded from one auctioneer, genial and
humorous from another, buoyant and optimistic almost
to extravagance from another, each according to his
particular humor descants for a brief space either upon
the excellence of the goods to be sold or upon any other
phantasy that seizes his imagination. These being
closed a silence ensues and an onlooker begins to wonder
why all these people took all the trouble to come all this
way for the evident purpose of all doing nothing. And
all this, to, if it be in winter amidst a bitter, biting frost,
quays as well as timber covered with snow, or if in
summer to broil for an hour or more under a scorching
sun at noon-day, and all this with evidently no purpose
athand. “Who bids for lot one ?” cries the auctioneer.
The silence remains unbroken, but at last some careful
buyer makes in an equally careful and hesitating voice, ,
in a very careful and lower pitched voice a bid. It may
possibly be near the value of the goods or it may be a
long distance away from it. But if it serves no other
puipose it serves that of breaking the silence and once
this is done matters progress rapidly. Bid follows bid
The car-
goes if not sold as we have endeavoured to describe
are just as promptly withdrawn. Here we may say that
provincial sales differ widely from those held in the
metropolis. It has often been a matter for consider-
ation why there should be such a wide divergence in
the method of holding auction sales in the two great
centres of the timber trade of this country. But the
reasons are not far to seek. In «London merchants
conduct their buisness in the city and hold their stocks
miles away at the docks. In Liverpool the very reverse
is the rule. Here the merchants not only hold their
stocks at the docks, but they hold them in the yards
attached to their offices there, or in adjacent storage
lands, and they have the further advantage of seeing
their cargoes landing in many cases almost under their
office windows. Under these widely divergent circum-
tances, there is no wonder that what should be found
suitable for London should be found quite the opposite
for Liverpool. Some years ago, efforts were made by
various brokers to institute the London system here,
but for the reasons set out above these did not succeed.
It suited neither the merchants at the Canada Dock to
leave their offices and waste many valuable hours of

time inthe city, nor did it suit buyers trom the country
to come down solely for the purpose of attending an
auction sale and then afterwards to have to make a
long journey, often late in the day, to find something
at the docks they require to supply some want.— 777-
ber Trades Journal.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

April, 1891

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THE DECREASE IN OUR TIMBER SUPPLY.

AT the outset it is to be understood THE LUMBERMAN
has not made the discovery, which annually or bi-
annually looms up in journals published in the interests
of the trade, that our timber supply is giving out, in
fact, well nigh exhausted. It is intended to briefly sketch
the demands, the enormous demands, made every
year upon forests in America, and to show that asa
consequence the necessity must soon arise for some
methods of preservation akin to those in vogue in Great
Britain, Germany and France, or that the example of
Russia to plant new ones, must be followed. Before
the current year expires, the theoretical lumberman
will cover about the same acreage of paper with resolu-
tions at forestry gatherings as the acreage of timber
which will be cut by the practical lumberman, and the
columns of newspapers contain contributions
giving elaborate Utopian schemes for forest repro-
duction and preservation, as wearisome to intellectual-
ly wade through as blazed logging roads are physically
wearisome to plod over. Some forty years ago in
South-western Ontario there were remnants of vast
forests of walnut standing. To-day, in some sections,
you can find old rail fences and decaying stumps of
this expensive, and almost annihilated wood. The
early settlers, with a ferocity equal to Attilla, looked

will

| counties

upon a tree as a foe, and every known means was
employed to exterminate the common enemy. The
of Perth, Oxford, Waterloo, Wellington,
Huron, Brant, the best fall wheat district of the west,
were heavily timbered with maple, beech, oak and
pine. The same unsparing, ruthless, tree-thirsty desire
seized the settler. Axe, saw and fire were kept stead-
ily exterminating, until many farmers were years ago
compelled to buy coal for fuel. | Saw logs, square tim-
ber and the saw mill completed the devastation, and in
place of being able to export lumber, if the timber had
been judiciously manipulated, hundreds of places have
to import for local consumption.

The fringe of settled land along the north shore of
Lake Ontario, sections of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia
and Quebec, all bear testimony to this. wholesale
destruction. The “logger” has now to operate limits
400 miles up the Ottawa. The sources, in place of the
beds of the Rouge, the Gatineau, the Du Nord, the
Bonnechere, the Mississippi, the Madawaska and the
Mattawa, are where the shanties are now built, and in
many instances this season’s cut of logs will not be
sawn until the second summer.

Bush fires started by pioneer settlers, careless hunters,
heedless campers and tourists; fires lit by accident and
design, have destroyed as much, and probably more
timber than man has cut. The logger knows this and
uses it to his advantage. “Look at the income from the
sale, and the stumpage I pay the government ; fire
pays none. Cutit!” This is his motto and when a
limit is opened by a lumberman possessed with these
ideas, the timber disappears rapidly, if the market
price allows a margin.

Looking over the reports of the cut in the large
sawn lumber sections of the United States for 1890,
we notice that our nearest neighbor, Michigan, is
gradually falling behind as a white pine producer. The
price of lumber, or the state of trade, has had _practi-
cally no influence on the output, yet Muskegon .shows
in 1884, 615,447,398 feet, in 1889, 417,177,824 feet; and in
1890, 301,875,227 feet. In 1882 the Tittabawassee Boom
Co.’s log cut reached the enormous amount-of 611,862,-
670 feet. A decrease annually has taken place. On
the Saginaw, the output for 1889 was 333,925,130
feet, against 302,525,530 feet for 1890. Not only is
there marked decrease in the output, but the average
size of the logs is smaller.
show this. In 1864 the logs averaged 243 feet, in 1889
110 feet, 1890, 106 feet. Log supplies are now being
taken from Canada to recoup the serious falling off in
the supply in some districts, and in others the mills are
either closing down or following the forests for logs to
keep the saws going. What is taking place in Michi-
gan timber limits is also taking place in Wisconsin
and Minnesota—the white pine considered inexhaust-
able fifteen years ago, is quickly being exterminated.
The supplies of the future cannot be cut from growing
timber, they must come from old timber saved. The
consumption of the pine in the States mentioned,
proves that trees do not grow as fast as the logger fells
them, and that, like walnut, the white pine of the North
American Republic will dwindle to clumps and speci-
mens. Its place will either be taken by white pine
from northwestern Ontario, or yellow pine from the
aiddle and southern states. This article is slowly
pushing its way into the northern markets, and just as
northern pine diminishes in quantity and increases in
price, the yellow pine will be accepted as a substitute.
Destruction began long ago in Georgia from the de-
mand for turpentine, and it is estimated that 33 per
cent. of the standing timber of that state has been kill-
ed within the last ten years. The acreage of yellow
pine timber is not like the acreage of Canadian white
pine, vague and indefinite; it has been measured.
Allowing 4,000 feet of sawn lumber per acre,’and the
capacity of a mill 50,000 feet per day, in 25 years the
single mill would denude 100,000 acres. Given, the
acreage and the total yearly cut of the mills, the time
when yellow pine will follow the fate of its northern
sister can be approximately calculated.

The craze for quartered oak, antique oak, and reliefs
found by pannelling with plain red and white oak lum-
ber, has forced the price of that wood away into the
teens in Canada, and small mills whose yards a few

One example will suffice to |

years ago contained unsaleable piles warping and rot-
ting, are now taxed to their utmost capacity. It is not
a plentiful wood in the Dominion, and its natural pro-
duction differs from all other varieties of trees. It is
only a question of time, a very short time, when it will
be like the Buffalo, historical. The tan oak of Califor-
nia, once covering thousands of acres, can now almost
be counted on the fingers in many counties, and steps
have been taken for replacing it with an Australian
variety of the eucalyptus. Oak in the United States is
not so general or so inexhaustible that it can stand the
inroads made upon it for the last three years. It must
be nursed if it 1s to continue the leading wood for fur-
niture. On the Pacific coast, in both Canada and the
United States, the annual cut of standing timber with-
out any attempt to conserve the forests must, in the
course of time, denude that part of the continent. It is
not in the felling of matured trees that objection can be
made, for timber like the lower orders of vegetable
matter and all animals arrives at maturity anddies. It
is in the wholesale slaughter of unmatured trees the
evil lies. Half grown specimens and acres of smaller
ones cleared off with the axe simply means, if coming
generations are to handle logs like their grandfatners
handled them, some method apart from theorizing and
visionary private ones must be applied by lumbermen
themselves. Their main desire is to swell the bulk of
the figures given on the enormous consumption of tim-
ber at last year’s torestry meetings, and to skin their
limits of everything saleable, leaving their successors
to fish for timber as best they can.

THE INFLUENCE OF CANADA LUMBER IN THE
UNITED STATES.

CONSIDERABLE discussion in papers and journals
has been provoked by the utterances of Geo. P. Smith,
a lumber dealer of Tonawanda, N. Y., in an interview
reported by the Detroit /7ee Press. Much of the inter-
view is foreign to the Canadian trade, but amongst the
items the following is found:

“The effect of the reduction of the import duty on Canadian
lumber from $2 to $1 a thousand has been to bring into
the United States considerable quantities of the coarser grades
of lumber, which before could not afford to pay the duty.
The Canadian bill, removing wholly the export duty of $2 a
thousand on logs, was passed too late to be of any effect this
winter, but the indications are that by another year large
amounts of Canadian logs will be sawed in American mills.”
The influx of coarser grades of Canadian lumber in the eastern
market, is quite likely to effect the American product in the east.
An eastern Michigan manufacturer stated a day or two ago
that the call there was largely for good lumber, while the
coarse stocks dragged, and he attributed it to the Canadian
stocks being placed by rail upon the American market. As
the stocks now being manufactured in eastern Michigan, owing
to closer cutting, are largely coarse grades, it looks to a man
up a tree as if the Michigan coarse product would drag like
the dickens before closing-down time comes next fall. This
condition of things has been feared by Michigan manufact-
urers a long time, and largely influenced them in opposing
a reduction in the import duty on lumber. ‘‘It is true,” said
one of them, ‘‘that there is still a duty of $1 on Canadian
lumber imported to the United States, but the difference in
freight between Canada and the eastern market is fully $1 a
thousand in favor of the Canadians and I expect that coarse
lumber will be sick. And it is these coarse stocks that have
helped the Michigan manufacturer out. They have enabled
him, by reason of placing them on the market at a fair profit,
to cut his lands close, and thuseven up the cost of stumpage,
which has been higher in eastern Michigan than in any other
part of the northwest. I am apprehensive that this coarse
Canadian lumber thrown upon the eastern market will prove
a serious affair to Michigan manufacturers.”

The 7zmberman, of Chicago, in challenging the state-
ment, clearly shows, by giving the prices obtained in
bona fide sales, that at least in the cases quoted prices
have not fallen, and winds up its proofs in the following
language:

“It will be of interest to say by way of emphasis, that one
Buffalo firm, a near neighbor of Mr. Smith’s, has purchased at
Menominee this year a stock of lumber from a firm from
which they have bought during the past six years, (some 4o,
000,000 feet) at $17.50. Hitherte the Buffalo firm has pur-
chased this Menominee firm’s stock of lumber by inspection.
They will take the lump lot on a basis of $17.50 this year, and
in the six years they have bought this firm’s lumber, they
never paid a price approaching the above named figures, con-
sidering the inspection of matters, within $1.50 per thousand
feet as much as they pay this spring. Having said as much
in refutation of the charge that prices have been constantly
lessening during the past five years, we will say, that whereas
some of the lower grade lumber has been reduced in price,
such change is not permanent, and even with a reduction in
the Canadian tarift during the past year, prices of good lum-
ber as above indicated have advanced. Instead of saying, as
Mr. Smith does, that the price of pine has been reduced

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April 18g9r.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

during the past five years, notwithstanding the growing scarcity
of pine, we fail to hear of any lumbermen who hold pine,
getting into the ‘‘financial cramps” of which Mr. Smith
speaks, because of holding pine; and if he expects to see white
pine stumpage decline in the ratio that his cordwood declined,
as he narrates specificially, his expectations will never be
realized.

The Zimberman, we believe, is nearer the truth than
Mr. Smith on the question of pine prices; but suppose
a sudden demand arose and prices stiffenec would the
rush from the white pine states—and let us include
Canada with the dollar duty against her—force the
price down, or would the increased, or raised, price
allow yellow pine holders to get their stocks worked off
at the market quotations for that wood? This factor

in the home market of the United States is now a,

prominent one with Canadian shippers of coarse
grades, and when Canadian coarse grades meet
in competition with yellow pine, planed or almost
ready for domestic use, the keenest of competition
follows. Clean stocks of white pine are not subjected
to the same competition and we have no hesitation in
saying that Michigan men have more cause to fear
southern pine as a price lower than they have of Can-
adian culls.

RECIPROCITY.

_ UNDER the heading “Against Reciprocity,” we re-
publish the opinions of the Worthwestern Lumberman,
Chicago. We have never questioned the value of
reciprocity in lumber to Canada, but we have in a
variety of ways asked our contemporaries who clamor
for it and blame the government for not obtaining it to
show us the ofen sesame, to show us how it can be
obtained. Before another issue of THE LUMBERMAN
the representatives of the Privy Council of Canada
will have opened negotiations of a reciprocal nature
with the authorities at Washington. It is not known
whether lumber will come under discussion or not. If
so, the daily report of the proceedings will be doubly
interesting ; if not, the articles under discussion will, in
a measure, include difficulties similar to or inherent to
the lumber interest.

If no other product of Canada were involved, and
lumber fer se was the bone of contention, z.2., if the
commission under Sir Charles Tupper, who, as he puts
it: “Themselves a branch of the Anglo Saxon race,
thoughtful Americans need not be told that a sister
branch of that remarkable stock may be won but can-
not be coerced, and that if negotiations are entered
on Mr. Blaine or his colleagues will not be act-
uated by any other thought than the making of such an
arrangement as will accrue to the benefit of the Ameri-
can peopie.” If this commission met to arrange free
trade in lumber only it is the opinion of the most pro-
found thinkers on the subject that it would never be
granted.

We recognize the opposition from Michigan, Minne-
sota, the southern pine states, and to some extent on
the Pacific coast. On the North-eastern slope of the
Atlantic, and in the states directly south of what is
known as old Canada, is situated a section of the
American Republic that is compelled to buy from three
outlying portions of the continént. From Canada on
the N. E., N. and N. W. by W., from sister states to
the S.,S.W. and W. and from the N.W. White pine men
in the states will find enough to do to attend to the
cheap stumpage and nigger labor of yellow pine without
being bothered with the products of the older provin-
ces of Canada. One enemy in the front is sufficient to
fight without an enemy on the flank. Yellow pine men
are pushing their manufactured stuff against a common
foe, the one crippled by geographical position slightly,
the other handicapped by the duty.

The position cannot be altered, but it can scarcely
be expected that an auxiliary in the fight, such as
duty, will be thrown away without a strong effort being
made to retain it. That white and yellow pine men
would join hands, and that the interests of mill men in
the N-E. States, who operate on the residium of pine
on the Alleghanies would go with them would bea
certainty. If the question of reciprocity in lumber is
discussed in conjunction with our other productions,
the same influences will be brought to bear. It will
not be from a mill man’s standpoint, what is best for

the wellfare of the manufacturing states of the N.E.
Atlantic coast ; it will be what is best for myself. We
repeat that whatever shape the negotiations assume,
the interest taken in them will be greater than in any
friendly attempts at reciprocal relations since confeder-
ation. Almost a new nation sways the future of Can-
ada since ’67.
significance of the event at the time ; even the urchin
who fired off his squibs on our first Dominion day
wondering what the fuss was all about, have now a
vote, and take a deeper interest in their native land
than could be expected from their fathers who adopted
it. The school master has been abroad for the last
quarter of a century, and every twist and turn of the
proposed negotiations will be argued, self-construed,
self-interpreted and willfully tortured to suit the po-
litical exigencies of the case.

Those old enough to recognize the

WE want a few copies of the LUMBERMAN for March,
will some of our friends kindly remail,their copies to
the office of publication, Canada Life Building, Toron-
to, we will look upon it as a great favor.

LIKE Homers, the birth-place of the inventor of the
circular saw is a doubtful quantity, and several places
dispute the location of his graveyard. Now that mills
are being opened for spring business many an employee
will not be particular as to the inventors graveyard,
but it is quite possible they will wish that he never was
born. Disciples of Esculapus and knights of the
scissors owe considerable to the circular.

THE New York P7ess cartoon is very af7opos to the
discussions and attempts recently made to conserve
the forests still remaining in the Adirondacks. The
Adirondack Lumber Company appear in the foreground
felling trees. George Washington, of hatchet and
cherry tree fame, sticks his head out of the zenith and
is represented as remarking: “and to think I was re-
primanded for cutting down one little tree.”

CANADA on both seaboards has taken the lead in cul-
tivating the lumber trade in South America. Foreign
lumber markets are not any too active in Europe and
stagnation describes the condition of South America.
The Argentine Republic is in the throes of a cramped
money market; Chili is engaged in war and political
troubles are effecting Brazil. Until these are removed
the demand will not improve.

THE scarcity of cars to remove lumber that was ex-
perienced last year on the G.T.R. will be somewhat
lessened this summer. There will be little increase in
rolling stock, but the release of a great many cars from
work on the Sarnia tunnel, the very small quantity of
square timber manufactured in the North and no ice to
move will lessen the demand in their respective
requirements. It is to be hoped a repetition of last
season’s experience will not be incurred.

THE McKinley Bill clause placing a duty of 20 per
cent. ad valorem on cedar ties and posts went into force
March Ist. Its effect on this trade in Canada is pro-
blematical as yet, but before long we will be in a posi-
tion to report any lowering of prices as some anticipate.
Last yezr the Province of Quebec marketed $78,000
and the Province of New Brunswick $77,000 worth.

“James Blair, of Ferguson’s Falls, is home from the
shanty with a full pocket, a fat team and a cheerful
countenance.”—Ex. James differs from a great many
logging teamsters this winter. Many of them in the
Ottawa valley returned leaving their horses at the bot-
tom of a lake or river, or food for crows on the bank of
a stream during the summer.

A STURGEON BAY man writes: “As the new season
advances, the vast quantity of logs and other timber
| from the forest continue to augment and fill the streets.”
This is a sample of the new figures of speech
| styled “back-handed adjectiveness and the vagueress
of seductiveness”. How did the logs get there 7 Were
they rolled, dumped, canted, hauled or felled ? Dox
the “vast quantity” mean last years logs left in the
streets for lack of water to drive or what does it mean ?

Augment is good ; try again.
BRITISH COLUMBIA is steadily pushing her way into

the lumber markets of the world.
sorted sawn lumber and samples freighted by water by

Sample cars of as-

the enterprising firms who operate her mills are doing
much to advertise the productions of our youngest col-
The latest move is worthy of special notice. The
full rigged ship Zztéan was chartered at Shanghai,
China, to carry from B. C., via Cape Horn, for the G.
W. Bush .& Sons Lumber Co., of Wilmington. Dela-
ware, 1,000,000 feet of sawn lumber.

ony.

AFTER all Canada is rather a fine country to lumber
in. The heaviest snow fall of the season took place on
the 8th ult. in North Michigan, Wisconsin and Min-
nesota, decreasing as it extended -northward-over Lake
Superior and that district. Rivers in the southern
parts of these States are full to the brim. In Ohio im-
mense damage has been done to mill property and
booms, while serious freshets have occurred in more
than one eastern state. If the breaking up of Cana-
dian waters takes place as gently and easily as reports
state up to date no cause for grumbling can be found.

THE annual number of the 7zmber Trades Journal,
of London, England, the leading British paper in its
line, reached us last month. It contains 255 pages full
of interesting and suggestive matter on the European
as well as the foreign phases of the trade. Three sup-
plements are also issued centaining half tone portraits
of the hardwood dealers of the metropolis, the repre-
sentatives of the timber trade in Newcastle and Sun-
derland and a portrait of a Liverpool timber auction.
Amongst the advertisements a fair sprinkling of United
States manufacturers’ names can be found, and several
pages are given to the illustration and description of
United States mills in the Puget Sound district.

THE general regulations for foreign exhibitors at the
Chicago World’s Fair has been received. It is issued
in foolscap size, contains fifty-four pages and the sub-
ject matter is divided into the usual departments,
groups and classes. Class 99 to 118, inclusive, deals
with forest productionsand forestry. Wehavetheauthor-
ity of W. J. Buchanan, chief of the department of agricul-
ture for the Fair, in stating that exhibits in this class
will form one of the most complete departments. Al-
ready lumbermen in tke Southern States of Georgia,
Alabama, Texas and Missouri have appointed a specia]
committee of eleven members to co-operate with the
The Pacific coast U. S. men have also
taken initiatory steps. What do Canadian lumbermen
intend to do in the matter?

management.

Any one looking over a yearly list of fires and casu-
alties in the lumber trade after sawing begins must be
appalled at the fearful destruction of property, life and
limb. Deducting from the aggregate all due to care-
lessness and design, the number is still vast enough to
bring before millmen some of the improvements that
will be forced upon them in a few years by the use of
electricity. The main engine can be placed in any po-
sition in the yard with little regard to lining up. Wires
can be carried in any direction; wire cables and shaft-
ing cannot. Applying motors separately to systems of
shafting does away with cumbersome jacks, large pul-
leys, beltingand economizing the space occupied by them.
In the erection of new saw mills, planing mills and other
factories, the separate motor to systems of shafting is
worthy of serious consideration from a convenient and
economic standpoint, as well as the minimising of ac-
cidents from automatic connection with the engine.

10 2

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

April, 1891

MANY of our readers have asked for a description of
wood pulp making by the sulphite process. The woed
is peeled, all decayed or off colored portions removed,
and is then cut across the grain into thin strips. It is
now ready for treating, and is placed in cylinders, or
drums, capable of resisting a pressure of from 100 to
200 pounds to the square inch, and is covered with sul-
The tissuey cotton
like product is then pressed dry, mashed, mixed with
water, rolled flat and cut for handling. It goes to the
paper mill containing 60 per cent. moisture and 4o per
cent. fibre. A cord of spruce yields 1,200 lbs. of graded
fibre, worth from $1.00 fo $1.50 a hundred pounds, and
the plant to manipulate 8 to 15 cords in 24 hours is
worth from $6,000 to $10,000.

phuric and other acids in solution.

S1x of the forest rangers, under the supervision of
Mr. J. B. Charleson who was appointed as chief in
1887, reported to that gentleman last month their state-
ments of accounts between lumbermen and the Quebec
Government. Prior to Mr. Charleson’s appointment a
tax of 22 cents per log measuring 17 inches and over,
and 11 cents on all under, was imposed. The abuse
made of certain privileges; the evasion of the rules or
laws on measurement; and the inadequate staff of rang-
ers, led to some radical changes. More rangers were
appointed, their work was increased and they were
empowered to obtain a sworn statement from lumber-
men, his agent or culler, and instructed to measure logs
themselves as often as possible. The stumpage charge
of 11 and 22 cents was abolished, and in lieu thereof
$1.30 is exacted for every 1,000 feet of timber, board
measure. The cut of 1888-89 under this system netted
to the crown lands department of Quebec $1,200,000.
Under the abolished system a greater cut of logs yield-
ed $864,000, or a difference of $400,000.

For the last three years attempts have been made
by the Norman, Keewatin and Rat Portage mills to form
an association, fix prices of lumber, and hold to the
agreement. There was formed over two years ago the
North-Western Ontario and Manitoba Lumber Associ-
ation, with rules of government and fixed prices, but
some of the members departed from the spirit and
tenor of the regulations rendering the scheme abortive.
The managers of the various mills have been discussing
the situation lately and have devised a plan which will
be submitted to all the original millmen in the North

Western and Manitoba Lumber Association. Messrs.
eA, «© Mathers) D> 1G) Cameron wand an Ve
Cameron, of Rat Portage, are the delegates
who will confer with Messrs. Jno. Mather and

W.R. Fuller, of the Keewatin Lumber Co., and Wibe, Ie J
McCrea, of the Western Lumber Co. If the scheme is
adopted, the new arrangement provides for the retention
of the mills by the owners, but the products must be
pooled. A central office will be opened to manipulate
the output and the profits and losses will be settled on
the basis of business done by each mill in the past.

AN Ottawa paper before the election which continued
Sir John Macdonald in power as premier of Canada, a
position which he has occupied since 1878, said in
favor of unrestricted reciprocity “that it would bring
back the box shook factories which formerly employed
hundreds of men, but had been compelled to move
across the line, while it would also make Ottawa the
great distributing point for the New England States,
as all the lumber would be dressed there before ship-
ment.” According to this, Americans have cause to
rejoice over the success of the conservatives.—/Vorth-
western Lumberman.

The statements of hundreds of Canadian papers
made during the late election, if published in pamphlet
form, would exhaust in one issue the stock of quiet
sarcasm our United States contemporary keeps in the
sanctum. Ifsome of them during a contest would say
less about supposed results and give the means of put-
ting their theories into practical usage the electors would
thank them for being public benefactors. Our Ottawa
contemporary has some extra pull on the Washington
Senate, that the Canadian Legislature cannot be cog-
nizant of, or else a seat in the house, say along side
the Mace might be given it without the worry and
expense of going to the polls. It will now be in order
for the editor at the capital to open his bag of tricks.

IT is agreed amongst men of experience that hard-
wood logs which float a long distance in water and re-
main months immersed in it give better sawn results
than dry land stock. It is claimed, apart from any
other qualifications, soaked logs produce lumber that
does not check or split so readily as the dry land
article. One of the most difficult hardwoods to market
in good shape after leaving the saw is the oak family.
Many a promising yard full of green lumber has turned
out the opposite of expectations, and the further split-
ting and checking when in the hands of the mill to cut
and split up, has always been a source of loss and
annoyance. From the day‘the plank or deal leaves the
saw the trouble begins. Oak is a slow natural dryer.
Stocked in a mill yard to dry it warps, twists, splits
and checks, and when finally drawn from a dry kiln
the resemblance to the original for soundness is
wanting. Since oak became so popular for cabinet work
and furniture a great deal of attention has been paid to
handling it. and it is claimed that a kiln that
steams the wood by strong currents and rapid conden-
sation of moisture is much better treatment than the
hot air process. It is argued that the reason why it
checks and splits is because the out side becomes dry
and case hardened, while the inside is green. Before
the moisture escapes from the interior it forces the
grain apart and causes the defects.

Ir has become an accepted theory amongst the sci-
entific world that geologically Australia is many cen-
turies behind the rest of our planet. Her peculiar ma-
rine inhabitants, land animals, feathered tribes and her
aborigines are the basis of the arguments, as well as
the productions of the forest. They are almost as
strange as the marsupials, and their description as
given by Mr. J. Ednie Brown, of the forest department
of Sydney, is decidedly interesting. Silky oak, a soft
variety, grows to the height of 75 feet and is used for
furniture. Forest Oak and Beefwood, so called from
the streaks of color similar to the fat and lean of beef,
are both classed in the old world’s oak family from a
supposed resemblance only. But it is not in the oak
family alone that misnomers occur. So many odd
specimens were found by the early settlers that names
had to be invented to distinguish them, and the bark-
less peculiar fibred trees were christened as near as
possible to counterparts in the old world or after some
substance which they resembled, hence there are found
satinwoods, blackwoods, whitewoods, rosewoods, san-
dalwoods, marblewoods, and the ash family, the latter
looking very unlike the American specimen. Trees
being found in great variety outlandish nomenclature
had to be resorted to, and dogwood, stavewood, pigeon-
berry, union nut, myall and myrtle are in the forest vo-
cabulary. Discrepancies occur in the nomenclature of
the American continent woods. The Douglas fir is a
spruce. Oak of commerce is divided in two classes,
red and white, but there are thirty-seven varieties
found. The true poplar is a willow. The gum tree of
the Southern States 1s a hazel. Red cedar and our
white cedar are not of the pine family; the former is a
juniper and the latter a cypress. The yellow poplar of
commerce imported into Canada under the name of
whitewood is a tulip and the only one of its variety in
America.

THE free Grant Gazette, published at Bracebridge,
directs the attention of its readers to offers made from
United States firms for Black Ash, Basswood and Pine
shingles, and cites amongst them a letter from G. Elias
& Bro., of Buffalo, to Mr. A. Boyd, of Monck, as a
sample case. The Buffalo firm offer $22.00 for ash,
and $17.00 for basswood, The wood to be well manu:
factured and first class in every respect. The Gazette
comments on the letter thus :

The prices offered above are about double as high as the
Toronto dealers offered, and yet the duty is too high to admit
of Mr. Boyd doing a profitable trade with the American
dealers. But give us reciprocity, and then Mr. Boyd will
make a pot of money in the timber trade with the Americans.
So may other mill owners, who have the timber to cut, and
farmers who have the hemlock, ash, birch and other timber to
sell.

Waiving the hack cry “give us reciprocity,” with
out attempting to show us how to get it, we reply to the
comparison drawn between Toronto and Buffalo prices

that the statement is not correct. Let us take the case
of the quotation, F. O. B. at Buffalo $22.00, Freight
from Huntsville to Buffalo $4.00, duty $2.00, inspection
and incidentals $1.00, total $7.00o—balance $15.00.
Toronto price $13.50 to $15.00. On same grading and
gid culling as Buffalo insists upon, any Toronto-
dealer will give $15.00 F. O. B. at the mill. Take the
other case F. O. B. at the mill $22.00. Duty $2.00,
freight $4.00, inspection and incidentals, $1.00—total
$29.00. The maximum price for picked in Buffalo is
$25.00 and grades sell as low as $13.50. No one would
ship at a loss of $4.00 per M, not even our friend Elijah
of the Gazette. These are hard cold figures to digest
after publishing such sirenic and delusive clap trap as
that contained in our clipping, but before an election a
certain amount of license is allowed to party journals.

THE proverbial reputation of Scotchmen to get value
for their money is not lessening; in fact the require-
ments contained in the specifications for the oak
tender which we reproduce puts the desire beyond a
proverb and stamps this particular Sawnie as a Scotch-
man amongst Scotchmen. In the Glasgow market
recently there were tenders called for oak scantling,
some 45,400 pieces, running from 6 ft. 6 in. to 18 ft. 6 in.
in length; from 2% to 7% inches thick; and from 43
to 135g inches wide. Will our lumbermen read what is
said regarding quality, then sit down quietly and ask
themselves if in Canada with all her boasted forests
could a mill be found that could fill the bill.

“The timber must be of the very best quality, thor-
oughly seasoned and free from rot, shakes, hearts, sap-
wood, wormholes, soft knots, large knots and all
defects. The number of pieces required of each size is in
the proportion shown in the list, and each piece must
be sawn and cross cut exactly to the specified dimen-
sions. Delivery is required in equal weekly quantities,
beginning first week of April, 1891, and: the whole must
be delivered by the 30th of September. Each delivery
must include a proportion of all the specified sizes in
the list. No portion of the timber will be accepted as
delivered to the company until it has been examined
and approved by the company’s inspector and found to
be in all respects strictly in accordance with fhe
specification and scantling. Should any portion of the
timber which may be ordered not fulfill the conditions
of contract, the company reserves the power to reject
the whole, or any portion thereof. Please state in
cubic feet the total which you undertake to supply,
and quote net price per cubic foot, delivered free in
wagons at this company’s works.”

AT one time salt sea salmon swarmed in the rivers
flowing into Lake Ontario. Many old settlers have
caught them in the Humber, the Trent, the Moira, other
smaller streams and in those tributary to the St. Law-
rence. The erection of mill dams had considerable to
do with stopping migratory fish, but the Dominion
Minister of marine and fisheries blames the polution Of
the streams from sawdust, mill rubbish and the refuse of
factories for the destruction of fish life, the lower orders
of life on which they exist and vegetation of every kind.
He deplores the practice as a serious evil and confesses
the difficulty in ‘correcting it owing to the interference
with a national industry. Speaking of the annual report
a prominant mill man says “Were it not for the
serious impediments caused to navigation, and the
probable sanitary evils that exist from the lodgment of
sawdust in spots where the current cannot effect it,
fish, like the buffalo, should go. You might as well ex-
pect to give up the mill and mill dam because the
government devise schemes for the restoration of the
Indian or the beaver.” There is a grain of truth in the
millman’s contentions and a degree cf comparison in
his contrast. But much forbearance, if not long-suffer-
ing, has been exercised towards mill owners on the
question of the disposal of waste, and the government
can only describe the course that has been adopted as
owing to the well known benefits of manufacturing
interests. Enquiry on the probable cost of water
power mills, and the destruction or utilization of waste,
shows that it takes a small percentage of profits to pro-
vide against injurious effects.

THE official announcement of the opening of the
Dominion Parliament for April 29th is made in an ex-
tra of the Canaaa Gazette dated the 17th March.

yea, alld

April, 1891.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

II

THE NEWS.

ONTARIO.

—Jos. James, a dealer in lumber, at Bridgewater, has as-
signed.

—The Meaford planing mill, recently destroyed by fire, is
to be re-built.

—F. E. Barker’s cut of logs at Northfield Centre, is over
500,000 feet.

—A new saw mill will be erected at Kingsville, by a Mr.
Bradt, of Detroit.

—Field & Co’s mill, at Staples, has been undergoing a
thorough overhauling.

—Mr. J. R. Booth’s mill at the Chaudiere will not begin saw-
ing as soon as expected.

—Lassaline & Co. are rebuilding their furniture factory re-
cently burned at Sandwich.

—Mr. Andrew Gordon is building a new saw mill at Min-
demoya, Manitoulin Island.

—The estimated outlay on Mr. J. R. Booth’s improvements
on his Chaudiere mill is $100,000.

—At present there is barely enough snow on the Keppewa
to haul logs from the shanties to the drive.

—Mr. Bromley, of Pembroke, is in the Muskoka district
buying pulp wood for the N ew York market.

—The Rathbun Co., of Deseronto, have purchased all the
logs offered this winter on the Salmon: River.

—The Toronto Hardwood Lumber Co. have removed from
$3 Front st., west, to the Board of Trade buildings.

—At the Chaudiere and Hull large numbers of men are
seeking employment on the drives and in the mills.

—Chalmers & Grant,of Kinlore, are about to dissolve part-
nership. Mr. Grant will run the saw and grist mill.

—The safe in the office of Lawrence & Son, lumber mer-
chants, Sarnia, was broken open on Sunday 22nd ult.

—WNavigation opened in the lumber trade on Georgian Bay
by a schooner clearing for Windsor, loaded with deals.

—Mr. Blake Hill will run the old Fetterley saw mill at the
Locks, Huntsville, for Rankin & Tennant of Toronto.

—Messrs. Wm. Fowlds & Son, of Hastings, will lose
heavily by the breaking of their boom and escaped logs.

—Messrs. Perley & Pattee at the Chaudiere will have suf-
ficient logs to run day and night shifts if occasion demands it.

—Dnuff & Stewart, of Bluevale, have cut a large quantity of
logs and dumped them along the banks of the Maitland river.

—Geo. Lemerise, of Tilbury West, has invented a machine
and applied for a patent for swaging, setting and filing saws.

—On 18th and 19th ult., snow fell so heavily in the Pet-
tewawa lumber camps that operations had to be suspended.

—A large quantity of cedar ties, paving and posts, have
been cut around Providence Bay, Manitoulin Island, on spec-
ulation.

—Gall, Anderson & Co., J. Holbert and T. B, Tait. Burk’s
Falls, have secured sufficient timber to run their mills for the
season.

—An unusual large quantity of poplar pulp wood has been
cut this winter along the C. P. R. track at Chalk River and
Cobden.

—The Vanstone property, Brussels, consisting of flour inill,
saw mill, stores, land, etc., will be offered by public auction
on April 2nd.

—E. Shaver, and Jos. Seeley, of Rowena, Dundas county,
have the C. P. R. contract for ties for the eastern section in
Ontario.

—McMillan’s saw mill, at Blyth, has been undergoing re-
pairs. A new boiler has been put in along with other im-
provements.

—The Cranbrook sawmill, under the management of Chas.
Deames, will cut more lumber this coming season than in any
year in the past.

—Mr. Wm. Niebergall, of Dunlop, who has operated the
local saw mill for the past seven years, has gone to British
Columbia to reside.

—Calder’s mill, at East Wawanosh, has undergone a
thorough repairing this winter. A new boiler has been added
to the machinery.

—Mr. Hector McQuarrie, lumber merchant of Baysville,
has been forced into assignment from heavy speculation in un-
productive rea] estate.

—The Kidgetown saw mill, at one time owned by Moody
& Sons, has been purchased by John A. Moody, who is fitting
it up and wil) run it this spring.

—The Soutk River Lumber Co. have finished operating on
the South River, in Parry Sound, and are now engaged in
hauling the cut to their mills.

—Mr. John Moran’s limit, on the Coulonge and Black
Rivers, has been purchased by Messrs. W. MacKay, sr. and
A. H. Hough, of Renfrew, Ont.

—The Canadian imports in wood and manufactures of, for
the month of January, exclusive of British Columbia, were
$63,576.00, the duty on which was $17,480.81.

—North of Deseronto, during the past winter logging has
been very active. Along the banks of all the small streams
enormous quantities of logs have been dumped.

—Logging is over in the Sudbury district. Up to the mid-
dle of last month it was feared the scanty supply of snow
would interfere with driving, its depth not being half what it
was last winter.

--The imports to Toronto for January, 1891, footed up to
$623,503, against $628,560 for January, 1890. The exports
for January, 1891, were $229,799, for January, 1890, $180, -
805.

—The last supply train of the season left O:tawa on the
24th for the Desert up the Gatineau road. The supplies
were intended for various firms and were carried by fourteen
teams.

—At the Toronto assizes on the 2oth ult.,the court held that
there was no negligence on the part of Messrs. Firstbrook Bros.
box makers, Toronto, who were sued by Alfred Reid for injuries
received while working at a buzz saw.

—Messrs. Perley & Pattee, Mr. J. R. Booth, Messrs.
Bronson & Weston, of the Chaudiere, and the Hawkesbury
Lumber Co., running Hamiltons old mills at Hawkesbury,
have sold their stocks of last year’s deals.

—The increased duty on cedar has not affected the cut in
the country around Brighton, Ont. As many ties, posts and
poles have been taken out this season as in any previous. The
weather could not have been better for operating.

—Mr. C. B. Powell, of Perley, Pattee & Powell, Ottawa,
has returned from a ten days inspection trip to the firm’s
shanties, and reports work well advanced, most of the logs
banked, and the roadways everywhere soft and bad.

—Mr. J. R. Booth has sold his timber limits surrounding
North Bay, covering a territory of about twenty-two miles, to
Mr. J. Bourke, Mayor of North Bay. A new saw mill and a
sash and door factory are to be built as soon as possible.

—Messrs. McLaren & Co., of Ottawa, will rebuild on the
site of their late fire. A portable mill will be used to cut the di-
mension timber for the new structure, and McClymont & Co’s
new Edinburgh mill will cut the logs manufactured this win-
ter on the Gatineau limits.

—At a public meeting held at Emsdale, in the Parry Sound
district, delegates were appointed to go to Toronto to inter-
view the government for a money grant to build a slide over
the portage to connect the waters of Trading and Peninsula
lakes.

—Elma township, in the county of Perth, has a few trees
standing yet even after an extra large season’s cut of logs.
The Monkton mill will cut this summer 1,000.000 feet of logs.
Baechler’s mill on the 16th concession has stocked over
4,000,009) besides a large quantity of lumber and posts.
Lang’s mill on the Stratford gravel road will saw 300,000 ft.
of logs in addition to shingles. Wm. Atteg, of Donegal, has
taken out over 800,000 feet of logs, the largest quantity since
1885.

—James A. Sharp, late of Inglewood, has removed his saw
mill to Sudbury where he is doing a profitable local trade.
The McCormack mill at the same place is turning out about
30,000 feet per day, the output being shipped to Ottawa
principally. Ford & Co. are at present erecting a large
planing mill and the prospects are that they will doa suc-
Sudbury is growing rapidly and is likely to
boom the present season on account of new and extensive
mining enterprises.

cessful trade.

QUEBEC.

—In the lake St. John district the snow has gone and
almost all the ice.

—Louis Laudry, Becancour, Que., engaged in the manu-
facturing of matches, has failed.

—Owing to the depressed state of the lumber market last
year, many ofthe smaller operators were unable to pay their
dues and the entire revenue collectable was very small com-
pared with former seasons.

—Tenders for the new Board of Trade building in Mon-
treal will be called for shortly. The estimated cost is between
$275,000 and $300,900. The property known as the Cuvil-
lier block, on St. Peter street, has been selected as a site.

—A gang of shantymen returned to Ottawa on the 20th u
from McLaren & Edward’s shanties and say the snow is going
very fast up the Gatineau. The drive wil] have to be rushed
as early as possible this season.

—A veteran Jumberman was buried at Gatinea Poin
on the 16th ult., in the person of Soe Berthiaume,who for over
half a century in his lifetime acted as foreman for the con-
cern of Hamilton Bros. He was il] for nearly cwo years pre-

. vious to his death.

NEW BRUNSWICK.

The C.P.R. and the Furness line of steamers have arranged
to carry to the U.K. Ottawa shipments of lumber za St.
John, in place of the U.S. route v7a Portland, Me.

—The Maine Co., who own over 50,000 acres of land on
the Keswick, are about to build a pulp mill on the C.P.R.,
about two miles from Zealand. It is also proposed to erect
buildings to manufacture fruit boxes, brushes, broom handles, .
lasts and small hardwood ware.

BRITISH COLUMBIA.

—A sample car of assorted lumber was shipped from the
Royal City planing mills, of New Westminster, to Montreal
on the 11th ult.

—Al]l the mills in New Westminster are running.

—The Royal City planing mills, New Westminster, are
building ten cars for the railroad at Mud Bay.

—The firm of McGarvey & Johnston, loggers, have a large
force of men in the woods opposite Aliceville, taking out
piles for the North Pacific Lumber Co.’s new dock.

—Clarence DeBeck, lately of the Brunette saw mills, New
Westminster, is at the head of a company who will erect a
mill with a capacity of 100,00u feet per day.

—The Provincial museum of British Columbia has been
enriched by the gift ofa book of samples of native woods
from J. B. Kennedy, of the Brunette saw mills, New West-
minster.

—At the Brunnette saw mills in New Westminster, on the
Ioth ult., the circular saw crashed through a dynamite car-
tridge embeded in a log. Some time previous an axeman in
trying to split it nad carelessly left the charge unexploded.
It did not take kindly to the saw’s effort and the employ ees,
it can be conjectured, are very well pleased.’

MANITOBA.

—G. A Fisher, of Saltcoats, has opened a lumber yard at
Yorkton, with Mr. W. S. Gordon as manager.

—Chevrier & Co, attribute their failure to a loss of $17,000
invested in the St. Catherines Mill and Lumber Co., who
sunk a large sum in the disputed territory of Algoma. When
the transfer of the territory was made to the Ontario Govern-
ment the patents of the Dominion Government became null
and void. Chevrier & Co.’s patent was obtained from the
Dominion.

WNIDD DT SiAhES:

—Austin Corkin’s scheme of connecting Montank Point L.
J. with Milford Haven, England, has been perfected and
practically carried by the United States Congress granting a
subsidy. Eight steamships are to be built of 12,000 tons each
to carry passengers and light goods. The distance from point
to point is 2781 nautical miles, and it is expected to be
covered in less than five days.

—Over three thousand years ago a tiny shoot forced its
way out of the ground, six thousand feet above the level of
the Pacific in Tulare County, It gradually
worked its way skyward until it reached the height of 312 ft.
Its lowest limb was 172 ft. from the ground and its base re-
sembled a huge water tank. After braving the storms and
sunshine of thirty centuries, ten woodsmen hacked through it
in three weeks, sawed off a section and hauled it thirty miles
to the nearest station. Over four hundrec ordinary sized
trees had to be cut down and much blasting of rock before the
brobdignagian block reached civilization. When hollowed,
furnished, lighted with electricty and shown asa novelty at
the World’s Fair in Chicago in ’93 the various ejaculations,
meditations, remarks and contemplations made by the visitors
who gaze upon the shell would form interesting reading if
published in book form.

California.

—The inconvenience caused to the tenants by the erection
of the annex to the Lumber Exchange of Minneapolis, was of
small importance compared with the disadvantages that
attended the destruction of it by fire.
entire lumber brotherhood of the city met within its walls
not only for the transaction of general business but the cen-

For years almost the

tralization of dealers rendered it the headquarters for sales
They are now scattered over the city in
the new

and purchases.

temporary offices awaiting for a reunion in

structure.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

April, 1891

HOME AND FOREIGN TRADE REVIEW.

Office of CANADA LUMBERMAN, |
March 3Ist, 1891. Jf

HE leading feature of the trade in March has been

the large shipments of lumber going forward by
rail to points in the United States. This trade, which
is really so much “found” business, has been made pos-
sible only by the reduction in United States duties to
$1 per thousand feet, and the special winter rates offer-
ed by the G.T.R. From Gravenhurst, Longford, Wau-
baushene, Collingwood, Midland and_ other points
there has been a steady stream of shipments, and con-
nections have been opened up with many points both in
the east and in the south which Canadian lumber has
hitherto been unable to reach. This very considerable
movement of lumber during the winter must help to
equalize the supply of cars required during the season,
and it is to be hoped that the business ¢reated has
been sufficiently remunerative to be an inducement to
the G. T. R. Co. to continue the rate for another season.
Without this winter car trade manufacturers and
wholesale dealers would have had little to do except
financing and praying for better times.

The local trade, both in Toronto and western
Ontario, has fallen far below that of last year in the
same period. A good many building permits are being
announced in the daily papers, but it is to be noted
that most of these are for buildings in central localities.
Suburban terrace building, the great consumer of lum-
ber, is at a standstill, and is likely to stay so for
another season. The population has_ not yet
commenced to overtake the house supply. There
are signs of activity around the wharves. Vessels

are getting ready for the opening of navigation
and lumber is moving down to the docks in

anticipation. Freights cannot be said to be settled yet,
though a good deal of dickering is going on. Prices
are not materially changed and nothing further. may be
said on this point.

Considerable discussion has resulted from the propos-
al to appoint a Government Inspector for lumber.
The summary of the advantages and disadvantages
may be briefly cited as follows. The advantages of a
government inspection are that there would be an
absolute and final authority to which appeal could be
made in cases of dispute, and as between parties deal-
ing with each other by government inspection there
would be no room for disagreement. On the other
hand objections toa Government Inspector are num-

erous: (1) Appointments would have to be made by
an examining board, as in the case of hides and
leather. The trade is so extensive and spread over so
much territory that several inspectors would be re-
quired. This would mean considerable expense. (2)

The qualities and subdivisions of qualities in lumber
are so numerous that an Inspector would require a
large and very active experience in order to keep
posted. (3) The tendency among manufacturers and
dealers would be to avoid the expense of an Inspector’s
fee by agreeing upon the inspection of their own em-
ployees. This would permit harmony in the trade but
the Inspectors might starve. (4) As trouble would be
more likely to arise in connection with exported lumber
than any other, how could foreign purchasers be com-
pelled to decide by government “Inspector's decisions ?
Just as loggers are coming out of the woods, not be-
cause the w eather compels them to do so but because
they have manufactured all the logs they require, when
driving and towing will engross their attention, and the
hum of the saws will replace the ring of the axes, a
general report of the Dominion’s doings and intentions
in the lumber trade would fill our journal. It is even
impossible to treat the subject provincially, and our
readers must be content with condensed reports from
lumbering centres. At Midland and other Georgian
Bay ports, complaints are rife from wage earn-
ers, saw mills and workmen in local lumber yards

about the undoubted scarcity of work during
the summer, owing to the sale of logs in
place of sawn lumber to United States’ millmen.

This was anticipated before logging commenced,
but more than one millman who started in tocut for
himself has sold the result of his winter’s operation in
the log.

From Ottawa the reports show a complete clearance
of deals, and every mill during the coming season will
saw on new orders or fill up their yards on expectation.
It is not expected that Mr J. R. Booth’s new mill will
be running before May the 15th, when the six large
band saws will be in position. Logging has ceased in
the central Ontario district. From nearly every west-
ern village and town comes the report that owing to
the exceptionally fine weather and the depletion of local
lumber yards requiring stock for their spring trade the
quantity of logs cut for home consumption is greatly
in excess of the quantity marketed for several years,
and many mills that have existed on custom work will
once more saw their own cut of logs.

In eastern Canada Messrs. Kingsmill, at Kingsville,
N. B. and Messrs. Stetson, Cutler & Co.’s mill at
Pleasant Point N. B., the mills of Messrs. Miller &
Woodman, A. Cushing & Co., Stetson, Cutler & Co.’s.
Indian town mill, all in the vicinity of St. John, N. B.,

|

have commenced running on the remnant of 1890 cuts,
the supply being sufficient to keep the saws going until

this season’s logs reach the mills.
fe}

UNITED STATES

Independent of Bufialo’s wholesale trade to outside
points her local trade this year in pine is very promis-
ing. The number of risedential buildings to be erected
this summer, as well as business blocks, will exceed
last years. The attempt to adjust the demands of the
mill men and dealers on the question of wholesalers’
prices, mentioned in our last issue, fell through. At
the vessel owners meeting to stay chartering until May
Ist or 15th the lumber fleet was not represented. The
annual meeting of the Buffalo Lumber Exchange for
the election of officers was held on March the 7th, and
Albany N. Y. on the 12th. The Hudson River parti-
ally cleared of ice during the first week of the month.
In anticipation of a total clearing, many dealers who
had orders booked to ship the moment boats moved
ordered on their stocks only to be disappointed by an
ice jam, followed by a freshet which interfered with
early shipments. The export trade, more marked in
the hardwoods than in the soft varieties, is improving in
New York city. Building operations are being pushed as
fast as the weather will permit, andtrade can be safely said
to be fair but far from booming. The older cities such
as New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore, are
widening their borders and filiing up vacant property
with handsome structures. Everything looks favorable
for a good volume of trade in the Northern and New
England states. Spruce lumber is at present from $1
to $2 less than the same date of last year, due to our
supplied markets. White pine is being purchased in
the usual quantities this season, while yellow pine has
a downward tendency.

FOREIGN.

We went exhaustively into the U. K. trade in our last
issue, reviewed it for the year 1890, and gave copi-
Ous extracts and comments. Since then there have
been quite afew sales of timber and deals with no
stiffening of prices. The TZzmber Trades Journal
advises Canadian shippers of oak timber “To march
with the times if they want to make that industry a
success and to send it forward in specially sawn sizes.
The United States’ products in this form, have run the
Canadian nearly out of the market.”

AGAINST RECIPROCITY.

Were it to come to a vote not one lumber manufac-
turer in a hundred in the United States would vote for
reciprocity with Canada. The political complexion of
the voters would cut no figure. No party line would
be drawn in the contest.

In the Saginaw valley, and possibly in some other
sections of Michigan, there are a few mill men whose
timber is nearly exhausted, and who want Canada logs
to keep their mills running, but outside of these the
manufacturers would be as a unit against reciprocity.

This opposition would be extremely logical. They
believe that, considering the number of American saw
mills, the amount of standing timber, and the money
invested in their business, they are justly entitled to
supply the American market. They do not want to
compete with Canadian lumber made from cheaper
stumpage than can be found in America, and by mill
men and loggers who work year after year for smaller
wages than men in like employment obtain on this side
of the line. Their can be no exchange that would be
beneficial to the American manufacturer ; on the other
hand, it would be detrimental to him. Canada wants
some of our hardwoods but none of our pine. Where
she buys in American markets one dollars worth of
lumber she has ten times that amount to sell in those
markets. Reciprocity, so far as lumber is concerned,
would be only in name.

The farther from the white pine district the stronger
is the objection to reciprocity. Every southern lum-
berman would fight the movement to the bitter end.
He knows that every foot of lumber that crosses the
Canadian line southward pushes a foot of his product
also southward. To suit him there is already enough
white pine lumber in the northern markets which he
would in part supply.

Opposition to reciprocity on the Pacific coast would
also be’ bitter—possibly more so than in the south.
What the Pacific slope. manufacturers want to-day is a
market. There isa world of timber, and mills are so
plentiful that were they to run full capacity, nearly two
feet of lumber would be cut where but one could be
sold. These men would not welcome to San Fran-

cisco, and the nearer markets of the coast, lumber
made in the British possessions.

The fact is, American lumber manufacturers in a
most emphatic manner want the American markets for
American lumber.—Vorthwestern Lumberman.

CORRESPONDENCE.
VANCOUVER, B.C., March 2oth, 1891.

Editor Canada Lumberman.
DEAR SIk,—Your British Columbia correspondent,

_H. G. R., evidently does not calculate for himself the

value of figures, either by themselves or in theirrelation to
each other, before committing them to paper and
through your columns to your readers, or he never
would have published such a mass of bosh as he did in
your March issue about Hastings mill.

This mill (poor old moss back that she was before
the new firm got hold of it) never in its best days cut
anything near 30 millions in one year, and it is doubt-
ful if this amount has ever been reached by any mill in
B. C., except once by the Moodyville mill three years
ago or so. The 35 millions your correspondent credits
the Royal City Planing Mills Co. with ought to have
been put down as the cut of their three mills, for no one of
them running day and night all the year round could
do it.

To return to Hastings mill, your correspondent, not
content with exaggerating the amount of the output, (by
itself a magnificent stretch of imagination,) he strives
to out-do even that by the value he gives it, viz. $1,750,-
000, which for 30 millions of Fir lumber is a price big
enough to unsettle the brains of any millman who is
not fortunate enough to own stock in such a bonanza
as Hastings mill must be. Fancy $58.33 per M for
lumber and logs. The very thought of the sum ofa
million and a half of dollars for milling 30 million feet
of logs is enough to cause even the most conscientious
of christians to make a bad rupture of the tenth com-
mandment just as soon as its magnitude was realized,
and as often as the thought of it entered his head.
Not satisfied yet, but apparently burning with a desire
to furnish your readers with information, no matter
whether valuable or not, he proceeds io itemize his
little account as follows:

Rough lumber satin ete ita 13,059,000
Dressed (is 22 a3eri- matte 955,000
Totals tan scteteenche Cee eee . 14,014,000

besides a few laths and pickets. ;

Great Ceasar! There’s nearly sixteen millions gone
already! But where did they go and who got them?
Apparently, however, the disappearance of over 50 per
cent. of his orignal amount does not seem to have daunt-
ed him in the least; perhaps he never missed them, so
he proceeds to again itemize what he has left with the
following effect, viz:

Lumber shipped, foreign
rough and dressed stesso en setae ae
umber sbygrailiqerrleetelra BY a boocc 430,000
lomesconsumpttoniges.y einer cisia'c, 233 4NRQOO
LOB oc aca Utara cintoren eaters whee dle fen hep OMALGOO

out of the grand array of 30 millions which he marshall-
ed for our gaze at the out-set, his figures dwindle down
to a little over 5,000,000. It is a matter of regret that
the talented compiler of the item in question has been
precluded from following the lumber any further than
he has done, for not only are we, (your readers)
deprived of a magnificient lesson in reduction ad z7/in7-
tum, but the gap which the entire disappearance of
the 30 millions would have caused would not but have
the effect of bettering the lumber trade on this coast at
least.
I enclose my name, not for publication.
a B. C. directory will show it there.
I have the honor to he
Yours truly,
A. B

A glance at

In Hanover, Germany, a plan is conducted worthy
of imitation by the patrons of industry in Canada who
have during their winter meetings given consideiable
attention to forest preservation and tree planting.
Municipalities, and even individuals, who are inclined to
establish forest grounds receive loans at 2 per cent. in-
terest, and even cheaper, from the provincial Govern-
ment, to be reimbursed yearly by small instalments.
The provincial Government also employs vagrants and
criminals in forest culture. Within the years 1876 to

1878 they planted 9,000 acres by this means.

April, 1891. SEE lib Le L UMBERMAN. 13
THE ‘“ DEFIANCE” PLANER, MATCHER AND | of Seo for. the sunken logs has been carried on by | Barrie, then to the Nottawasaga river and down >
MOULDER. the people of Dennisyille, Cape May county, a village | the Georgian Bay, at a cost of abo 900,000

HE Cant Bros. Co., (Ltd.) of Galt, are the builders | which was brought into existence solely through the » noy proposed to construct a ship Sete ;

of the “Defiance” Planer, Matcher and Moulder | wealth of the buried timber in its vicinity. Over the | Toronto to the Georgian Bay at a cost of about $15
shown herewith. This machine is of new and im- | sunken forest, trees of large size are growing, and in | so9,000, The road at the above cost would have a car-
proved design, and can be used for rapid matching, | many instances these are cut away in order to get at | rying capacity of not less than 8,000,000 tons dur ng
surfacing or fine panel work on either hard or soft | the more valuable timber, which lies only 3 or 4 feet the season. Vessels of a gross weight, with their car-
wood. The feed rolls are 4 inches in diameter, and | below the surface. The exact age in which they lived | goes of 5,000 tons, would be lifted from the water and
all are driven by heavy gearing, thus ensuring a sure is a matter of curious conjecture. It is probable that | carried across from the mouth of the Nottawasaga
and reliable feed. The cylinder and side head spindles | they were bur‘ed many centuries ago by the action of | river-to the mouth of the Humber. 66 miles in ten
are made of the best machinery steel. “Shimer” | an earthquake. ave
matcher heads are supplied with this machine. It will See eee The last work contemplated and still advocated ,
plane 24 inches wide, and from 1-16 to 7 inches thick, THE CARRYING TRADE... Ottawa valley canal. Leaving the St. Lawrence at La-

and will match 12 inches wide. There is also a mould-
ing attachment with a zs inch piaes slotted head and
adjustable heads.

This company have also just brought out a new
double rip and cut-off saw, which is specially designed
‘for cutting to accurate uniform lengths all kinds of
material used in furniture factories, etc. It has two
tables, each four feet in length, which can be rapidly
adjusted to suit any length of material from eight
inches up to 6 ft. 6 in. long; after which the operator
can cut off both ends of the material at one operation
absolutely square. The tables, which are of iron,
remain level but the arbors carrying the saws can be
raised or lowered by means of a hand wheel. The
machine has a sliding cross-cut guage which can be
readily adjusted for different lengths, and which can
be instantly removed or replaced. One table has a
ripping guage which can be bevelled to varying angles,
No sliding carriages are necessary as the arrangement
of the guages is
such that one
operator can
work with a rip-
ping saw and the
other can cut
both ends off the @
material at once,
any length from
22 inches to 5
feet.

FELLING FIR

TREES.

N Eastern

man, who
has within a few
years started a
saw mill in Ore-
gon, gives the
following as his way of felling fir trees :

|
i

“We are on
the mountains, and use cattle for logging. The timber

is all around us, and is very fine. Some of our tall
timber will measure 6 to 12 feet in diameter, and run up
to 300 feet. The way we get them down, perhaps, will
be interesting to some of your readers.
is too large to saw down, we bore an inch auger hole
straight into the body of the tree about 2 feet from the

ground 18 to 24 inches deep, then we bore another |

hole about 20 inches in a line above, and let the auger
range down so as to strike the inner end of the first

to the centre of the trees. Then we put in some maple
coals that are aglow with heat, and they fall down to
the junction of the two holes. Then we blow them into a
blaze with a hand-bellows, and our work is done. They

will come down themselves, and once down the fire |

goes out. The upper hole forms a stove pipe and the
lower hole forms the draft.
diameter we saw down. We cut a small notch, say
from 8 to 10 inches deep, so it will be square ; then we
take a 7 foot cross-cut saw, and go to the opposite side
and saw straight into the notch; wé follow up
with iron wedges to keep the tree from going back
until we saw clear through, lacking three or four
inches,
timber.

A SUNKEN FOREST.
HERE is a sunken forest of white cedar in New Jer-
sey which has been continuously “mined” for its valu-
able timber for over eighty years. The curious industry

When a tree |

Trees up to 6 feet in |

Then it comes down and does not spoil your |

T should be distinctly borne in mind in considering

the carrying question that the lake rates effect charges
generally, whether the freight is carried by vessel or
rail. We have referred to the necessity for open free
waterways of not less than 20 feet draught to keep
down rates, and now proceed to consider the projected
plans.

Beginning at the south-east end of lake Michigan it
is proposed to cut a ship canal to Toledo from near
Michigan City, a distance of 160 miles, at an estimated
cost of $138,405,432. There would be 65 locks and 19
railway crossings. This immense’ expenditure would

chiefly accommodate Chicago, as it is not likely that
any of the Milwaukee ships would pass through it, as
they would have slack water by way of the straits of
Mackinac, and the increased distance would only be
about 250 miles, and the time required to pass the canal
would greatly exceed the time necessary to pass through
Chicago, as well as.Milwaukee, had bette;

the straits.

chine this canal would proceed up the Ottawa river to
the Mattawa, up that river Trout lake,
water shed into lake Nippissing, and down the French

to across the

river to Georgian sa This route was surveyed by
Walter Shanly and T. C. Clarke. Both of these emin-
ent engineers pay eee raising lake Nippissing to

the level of Trout lake, 23 feet. This could not now be
done on account of the towns, villages and settlements
would be required to
To

lake and lake

on its shores, and a new survey
enable fairy approximate estimates to be made out.
make the necessary cut between Trout
Nippissing would cost for the five miles of granite rock
cutting about $20,000,000. An estimate on the imper-
fect data available places the cost of this work at $83,-
000,000. It would seem then on a careful examination
of the whole subject that the construction of the Hur-
ontario Ship Railway would better meet all the required
conditions of the carrying trade than any of the other
projected schemes above referred to. It would cost
much less;
ly
distance ;

by days

great-
shorten the
reduce

the

ra

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TM

Pia
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period of tran-

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cheaper, and af-

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a

‘“ DEFIANCE ’”’ PLANER, MATCHER AND MOULDER.

pass by the straits.
ed. It was contemplated, if the canal were completed,
to run to Buffalo through lake Erie, and then to pass
as now to New York or into lake Ontario. To enlarge
the Erie canal to 20 feet of water, the same capacity as
the projected Peninsula Canal, would cost not less than
$250,000,000. A ship railroad has also been projected
across the peninsula at a cost of about $40,000,000.
This too would be chiefly for the Chicago trade—cer-

d a | tainly none of the vessels in the northern part of lake
hole bored. The points where they join must be near |

Michigan bound east would go by it. Then to bring
the freight into lake Ontario a canal on the United
States side of the Niagara river would cost $35,000,000,
or a ship railway about $11,000,000. If canals were cut
the cost would be about $173,000,000.
were built the-cost would be over $50,000,000, $40,000, -
ooo of which would be of no service to any of the lake
ports except Chicago. Proceeding northward the next
route is that used at the present time—lake Michigan
through the straits of Mackinac down lake Huron, the
river and lake St. Clair, through lake Erie, and as be-
fore onward to the east.
would be enlarging the Welland canal, at a cost of not
less than $25,000,000, besides the constant labor and

expense of keeping the channel open on the St. Clair |

flats. The chief objections to this route are the long
distances and intricate navigation. To lessen the dis-
tance and avoid the intricate navigation there was for-
merly projected the Georgian Bay canal. It was to
leave lake Ontario, pass up the Humber, cross the
ridges to the Holland marsh, through lake Simcoe to

If ship railways |

In this case the chiefexpense |

the
We
say
that if this work
I a i | I were constructed
yo it would give an
eS immense impetus
to the commer-
cial and general
importance of
Ontario’s metro-

trade of all
great lakes.
need hardly

‘ polis.—Canadian Miller.

This canal will never be construct- ,

‘of the building,

TO REMEDY SWAYING "AND OSCILLATION.
REQUENTLY the oscillations of the main belt in
a mill come in unison with the beat of the engine,
and a pretty perceptible slapping about of the belt is
noticeable, says the Artisan. The beat of an engine
will often come in sympathy with the rythmic sway of
and so increase it as to be very per-
ceptible. If this were continually going on in exact
time it would become so great in time as to be danger-
ous ; but one or the other gets ahead and mixes the
movement, so that it gradually ceases until they are
again in'unison. If the speed of the engine is changed
in either case the swaying will be kept mixed all the
time instead of occasionally. On long lines of shafting
this will appear also, the pull on the belt at the com-
mencement of the stroke being with the
spring of the shaft, thus causing a marked oscillation.
The same remedy is applied here, to mix the two move-
ments purposely, and the trouble is partly removed, if
not entirely.

in unison

PINE-TREE SOAP.
A* American inventor has brought out a process for
making soap from the resinous matter-in the need-
The resin is extracted by means
fibre is removed from the

les of the pine tree.
of alkali, and the woody
product, which, on condition of fat, yields an ordinary
soap containing resinous and fatty acids.

—Mr. .R. Crawford, of Oro Centre, has commenced the

manufacture of shingles.

>

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

April, 1897

_THADE REVIEW,

Toronto, Ont.

TORONTO, Mar. 28, 1891.
CAR OR CARGO LOTS.

Te eins Cntinp and Petters... --.-csaccecece sc « ce ccaceeeecce 206 SOOO mS aLOG
1XIO & 12 dressing and better....... Wee as oceicn none plO\O0n, 20:00
EXIO GF YS TMI EUN oo ochie cries cares ais hea Jomero eee tines doje ee OO EA OO
ERTO) Me EA GKESSIN GS Fens es Ss ace ace elonine cera eat OORT SOO
MEO Are 2) COMM OM soci cnn ccinicic dence clocieel cere tesisteinee kh 21 O Ome SOO
EERO) G12 SPENCE CUS ise: seaises ne pasta eon eee a eee LOO LN REKOO
BELO SORA UE CUS oo oo cniccee-cisiga-ais's cae saresRomen ceiaies 9 00
Tench Clear ands pienso sas.) case ote eee ae eene re sei OOL 25100
1 inch dressing and better............. Da dcaheeaaewsles 18 00 2000
I inch siding mill run. saenaree 1400 1500
1inch siding common. Pane ENcerncannesesoncnsebe ECC) 1c GM
1 inch siding ship Gulls oe es Bi pe ee TOGO STICOO
linch siding mill culls 800 900
Cull scantling.. ava 800 900
1a and thicker cutting up_ plank...... ... -. 2200 2500
1 inch strips 4 in to 8in mil] run...................- - 1400 1500
1 inch strips, common. wae oaamoectc 1100 1200
1¥% inch flooring.. 14 00 1500
14% inch flooring... 1400 1500
XXX shingles, 16 in. 220 230
XX shingles, 16 in. 1320) EO
Fath? Nos <2: 170 190

| Ce APO CSO AGP ec OSDo RO arbomochconancsca sce 170

YARD QUOTATIONS.
Mill cull boards & scantling$10 00{ Dressing stocks.....

_.- 16 00@20 00
Shipping cull boards, BE Picks Am. inspection...... 30 00
miscuous widths.. 13 00
stocks... 14 00
Scantling | & joist, up to 16 ft 13 50\14in. flooring, tee! d 26 00 30 oc
oF 518 ft) 15 00/136 ‘“ rough ....18 00 22 00
$ ** 20 ft 16 o0/1% ** of dres’d F.M.25 00 28 00
~ ‘22 ft 17 00 ** **undrs’d B.M 16 00 18 vo
a ** 24 ft 19 00) ky ‘\ dres’d... 18 00 20 00
a ‘26 ft 20 00 rs ** undres’d 12 00 15 00
: ** 28 ft 22 00/ Beaded sheeting, dress-
C s*) 30:ft 24 100|) ede ere see een 201100) 351100
+ st 42;ft:27,100 piapposedines dres’d 12 00
ee “34 ft 29 50/KXX sawn shingles
: See 23)50) PM 2o ae coxcies 21603992870
es i a6 ftsrica|Sawnpleath) ence Ig0 200
“ st 38)it) 33 90! Redioak-cen-ae ee 30 00 40 00
< 40\t0 44:4 3700) White™®: . 2222520055 37 00 45 00
Cutting up planks 1 and Basswood, No. 1 & 2 28 00 20 00
thicker ....--. 2§ 00 28 00/Cherr¥, No.1 & 2....50 00 60 00
se board ..... 18 00 24 00|White ash, 1 &2.... 24 00 35 00
‘Black ash,1 & 2..... 20 00 3000
Hamilton, Ont.
HAMILTON, Mar. 26, 1891.
Mill cul) boards and |Dressing Stocksucnene $1600 1800
scantlings.. -3 9 oo@10 00|1% flooring, rough... 1600 1800
Shipping cull boards [1% flooring, rough... 1600 1800
romiscuous widths. 1000 1200|1% flooring, dressed . 25 00
ipping cull stocks. 14 00|1% flooring, dressed . 32 00
Scantling and joist up j1 flooring, dressed. 21 50 2300
to 16 feet... 14 00| Beaded sheeting 1. .. 2500 3000
do up to 18 feet ...... 15 50|Picks, Am inspection 32 00 3400
do up to 20 feet ...... 16 oo} Three uppers Am. In. 4C 00
do up to 22 feet ...... 17 00|X XX sawn shingles.. 260 270
do up to 24 feet ...... 18.00) SawnvlWath=ee. se ec\-- 225
pee Pee cco: 19/00/Red'‘Oak 75 255.8. <2: 2000 2500
do up to 28 feet .... 20 00 White Oak.. . 2500 3000
do up to 30 feet ...... 21 00/Basswood No. 1. & 2.. 1600 2000
cHpne ap plank 1% Cherry No.1 &2..... 6000 7000
and thicker dry. 2000 25 00)| White Ash No.1 & 2. 2500 3500
Cutting up boar Sree 20 00/Black Ash No.1 & 2. 2000 3000

Ottawa, Ont.

Orrawa, Mar. 28, 1891.

Pine, penal: # M.$35 00@4o 00|Oak

$40 00@100 co

2200 25 oo|Walnut 5 . 6000 10000

** shipping culls 1400 1600)\Cherry. Fy : . 6000 8000
** 4th quaj. deals 1000 1200/Butternut 2200 4000
“ millculls. 00 10 00|Birch é 1500 2500
Spruce, # M. 1000 1200/Maple. hard. 2000 2100
Hemlock goo 1700\Laths 1 80 I 90
Ash 1300 1800|Shingles. 150 3,00
Bass 1200 2000) ae cedar 150 3.00

Montreal, Que.
MONTREAL, Mar. 28, 1891.

Pine, ist qua’ y @: M $25 00@35 00 | Basswood.......... 12c0 2000
Pine, 2nd 2000 2500 ake peri Mita. ae sce 4000 6900
Pfne shipping culls | Walnuteaerrencne. 00 100 00

Cui, Soe dee eee G 1300. 16:00), Cherry S50 jae: 6900 8000

Pine, 4th quality Butternut, per M... 2200 4000
deals @ M........ 900 1100° Birch, -. I§00 2500

Pine, mi Iculls s@M 600 1000 Spruce timber.. 1000 1200

Spruce, per M...... 600-1200! Hard Maple ** ... 2000 2100
emlock, lumber... 700 1090| 1% Lath............ 150 196

Hemlock timber.... 1200 1400) Shingles, 1st, per M 1 50 3,00

SH occ sos 2272-+5 23,00) +1000! Shingles; ands T2550)

St. John, N. B.
ST. JOHN, Feb. 24, 1891.
Deals, Boards, Scantling, etc.

Spruce deals" =p = a =) IZ oolSpruce boards =e =) = 1 = 1200

Pine - - - - - 15 oo|Pine - - -12 00@40 00

Dealends - - - - - 6 oo\Oak igh a io eae eee ZOO

Scantling - - - - - - - 10 00Ash fe - = - 15 00@25 00

Hemlock** - - - - - - 750
Shingles.
Spruce, extra. - - - - - $3 50 NO Mes, a Bs
‘clear = = <= = =) 3,00|/Piné - = = = = = ==) = 725
No.1extra - - - 225
Clapboards.

Pine, extra - - - - - - 35 oofSpruce, extra- - - - - -2400
PEEMRCICALG. t= = ie = ln 45 00 clears - - - - - 2300
“ adclears- - - -'- 3500 “ No.I - - -15 00

No.2 - - - 1000
Flooring, Dees
Git... Nest 2-2= = = 42.00/4in.,.No..t, ="— = "= -<'= 32700
Nera ees = Figr08 No.2 - - - = - - -1000
Miscellaneous.

Staves - - - - > 300@ 450 |Laths - - - - - 1 80
Heading 17 in. per pr. 04 |Pickets - - - - - 6 50@15 00

Ld 18 in. 04% 05% Railway ties

22 in. 044% 06

Vancouver and New Westminster, B.C.
NEw WESTMINSTER, Feb. 17, 1891.

Carload and ship rates according to assortmert. Bridge and
Wharf Plank and Fimb ber.
10 to 4o ft. long, per M, net $11 00
41 to 70 ft. $12 00@15 00
Rough lumber, building material II 00
Sized 12 50
sf Fir, Clear. EL 7ASo
“ Cedar, Bench or Selects 25 00
“ “ 30 00
Fe ne nS sae in,
TE: & G. Edge, Grain and D : : 5 27550
Guen z ‘ : 4 - 25 00
No. 1, Dry - - - - - - - - so i 22 So
** 3, Green - - - - : : - - - - 20 00
sq 2 Dry ee) Ss - - - - - - 20 00
2NGreen = - = - - - = eso
Cut to length, extra per M_ : - = - - = =) 250.
D. Dresse = =e = 1X0)
rin, ty Th eg ze
ci Grain, Dry. - - - - - - - 27 50
Gre > CE ED - Sepicigae 15) 25 00
& G. Edge Grain, Dry SN Sica SS SP ee)
No 1, Dry - Se fot Sree 25 00
sy1,.Green hee Pucim celles = SP =) 322580)
2 SDE Mie oo eiag oe en ZOROO
* 2;(Green~ ~ = SR el i tet ee 17 50
S.S. Planks forscows - - > Pp of se © IH
D. D. cedar, verandah cover, any length ie Oe fiche 35 45 00
fe oS cut to” length = S55) =) es S000:
shingles GS OG te) ge IS 2 50
aan C a . 2 - a Rae ZE25
D. clear Cedar 40 00@60 00
Pickets rough = E00

Five per cent. off above prices for cash with the order.
Delivery on scow to mouth of river.
20M ft.andover .
10 to 20 M ff. ,

. 75c. per M. tt
$1.00 * oe
Under 10 M ft.

1.25

Albany, N. Y.
ALBANY, N.Y., Mar. 28, 1891.

Hemlock. .
Boards, 1x10 in. each 14¢. 2%x4, each.. bere 14
YORE) 506 cocoa 33 pall Strips, . Bae, ae00d0 II
1n
2% Re ARNID Boog: = 20@55 oo|\to in boards dressing
5000; and better........ $30 00@34 00
eee Snaierestanteterse 33 eS 45,00||), Common... ..5 1500 2000
Rickingseeeeoeere 3800 40 oo|12 in. boards dressing
14% to 2in., good..... 4800 5000/ and better........ 2900 3600
thsi ekrescnessoeee 4300 4500! Common ......... 1500 2200
elects. 3800 40 50\1% inchsidiz les select-
Pickings 3300 3500) ed.. BAe 98 45 00
Vins SOOdieereree eee 48.00 5000 Common.......... 20 00
ths2 a: eee oe 4300 45 ool in. siding selected.. Ales 00 4200
electsiavenencounc 3800 400./ Common.. ... 1400 1900
Pickings .. 38 oo|Norway, selected..... 2200 2500
Shelving poards, 12in. ommon. 1200 15 00
andup.. ....+ 2600 39 00/10 in. plk. 13 ft. dress-
Dressing ds. narrow 1800 2200 ing and better, each 42@50
pup pipe) boards..... OC) eo) CWS occsssonaasnse 23 25
oards . ... 1400 1690|10 in. boards, 13 ft.,
dress, & Bouse: each 28 33
CWS 5 oon dotmn woe 2)
Shingies and Lath.
Shin les, shaved ping 6 50o/Shingles,cedar mixed 2 85 3,00
quality.. HOG|Wathe pine seeeeremere 200 210
Sawer eXtraleecctene 440 450 Spruce . SACS 215
Sawed, clear butts... 300 330 Hemlock.........- 1 85
Cedar, XXX 400 420

Buffalo and Tonawanda, N. Y.
BUFFALO, Mar. 26, 18901.

Norway
Clear, 1 in. & clear $19 00@20 00}Common, 1 to 2 in. all
Dressing, 1 to 2in. all WICKS). correc 1250
WIGEHSE rincee ieee 16 90@17 00|4x4, 5x5, 6x6 turning... 22 00
4, 5x5, 6x6 common 16 00
White Pine.
Up’rs, 1% in. 45 oo|No. 2 cuts, 1 to 2in
We CO2) iNercn ier 45 00 and thicker......§18 00@2
Slictsmsinese-rennes 39 00|Dressing, 1 to2in.. 25 00 28 90
LA coh Nada oben 40 90\Common,1to2in.. 19 00 21 00
Fine common, 1 to 2 No. 1 barn, 7t012in 10 00 12 00
in. and Gickee 33 00 35 90/No. 2 barn.7 to 12in 16 50
No. 1 cuts, 1 to 2in Mill culls 1to2in.. 900 10 00
and thicker..... 28 00 33 00/Thick .. eee 4200 4400
Mold strips, 1 to
interes tee nes 30 00 33.00
Shingles
XXX, 18-in,. .. $3 75@390 Per M.
XX, 18-in, Fe Ch leone 2 4c 25018in. No.2, orculls. $1 25@1 40
16 inch Shingles.
XXX, sawed .. 310|/Thick cut as ee S000 EO
ABS ee 235|KXX cut.. .. omer 2 25
No.2 ud Co HOOP, Cites getdo celaa-vo oo oo LOO)
Thick cut. 11. 3.40|No 2 cut.. Baas cov riaenceon es Ss
XXX cut. Be ae pasta aa IKEX. Ene cn baie nar same 27)
X cut..................+++.+ I 50/Dim. shingles, sawed, cut,
NOnZicuta on cepeeeee ceebe 7O||) (OX PlanNeGsrnce.ticseeee aera 425
Fancy ends or butts........ 4 50

Saginaw, Mich.
East SAGINAW, Mar. 28, 1891.

CARGO LOTS.

Wi Persuemem icin ate 36 00@38 oojNorway....... 8 50@10 oo
Conmmioniy aan 16100) 21500|BOxXa-etnnt ne II 00 II 50
oe ping Culls g 00 11 oo|Straight measure . . 12 50 2000

i NG id ey oko

YARD NOP eos CAR LOTS DEY.
ing.
Clear, 1% in. ms 23 oo|C, 1% in 17 00
Tine a: once (KY C| Yi i oc ae 30 00
Select, a in. 20 oo|No. 1, 4 in 12 00
% in.. A ne .. 39 00| “Ain .. 20 00
“ Finishing Lumber rough.
Three ¥) ers, in. @45 00 Fine common, rin. . 31 00
1 &1% in 45 00) i 2in 33 00@34 00
Selects, r in. 4 36 09,C, 7, 8 & gin. 26 ov
1% &14in. . 37 00 Coffin Boards 16 in. & over 18 00
Joist, Scantling and Timber.
1z2to16feet . 10 oo|20 feet . 12 00
18 feet .. IJ o0j24 “* hee 13 00
Plank and timber, 12 inches wide, $1 extra.
hingles.

KOKAS in CliMAK eases are) SO S1k0 eel (CUll)) eeees) mrerileleteacesess ESO)
XXX Saginaw....... - 3 40/K XX shorts..... .. . 200
XX Climax.. PBpt0| |) =). O78 cepccetreapocane ade Hiconenue Te 2

TSAN A IMCs Deveteee ices vee a a)
Lath, and Pickets.
. 2 00\Pickets, 2to oz in, »3to a ae
roughk..
Dressed...
L¥% in. square, Tongh., corp
|/Dresse : ;

Lath, No. 1 white pine..
Er IN Of 2a ene Norway I 50

New York City

New Yorhk,Mar. 17, 1891.
Black Walnut.

Sam. Clearer acee «- $80 oo@82 oc| lulls, rinch........ $35 00@ 36 co
1and1% inches.... 95 00 97 ooCulls, thick......... 36 00 a 00°
1¥% and thicker..... 100 00 105 90\Counter tops, 18 in.
IR@ ECG ego0 soaadoode 50) 90! | §2"s0) and overss:seeeee If0 90 150 00
3 ; Poplar, or White Wood.
% in. 10 inches and 1inch, 8 in. and over 30 50 31 50
NGLsephamcnsceoens aoe 20@ 2600 2M, and thicker...... 33 00 34 00
Ki in. coffin boards.. 00 29 00) Ronen 1to2in.... 22 50 23 50
I inch, 10 inch and cane 1inch & thicker 2600 27 oo
OVEN sistacpserienl« ens 31 50 32 Os Is, all thickness.. 15 00 16 06

I in. white.......... 36 00@ 37 00 Strips Gleam y arctica 27 00@ 28 oo

1% to 2inch.. .. 38 00 39 oo|Black ash, good. - 2600 30 00
2% to 4inch 40 00 41 oo\/Black ash, com.... 1800 19 06
h pl d, @ Pate h d

1 inch plain sawed, 37 00@ 39 oc|) inches and over.,. 52 50 00

wetowinch....... 39 a0 40 oo| Mhicker............ nb! ae i 00
hickerswsercnkones 40 41 oo|Strips under 6in.... 42 00 44 06

Quarter-sawed, white, all clear, -/Dimension cut size 25.00 27 o@

erry

UNA neaqeonsoaaeo 83 00@ 85 oc a and thicker..... 95 00@100 oo

Tanchystrips. ss. 0 00 42 oo/Counter tops, 18 in.

BA VO) NEN o59 once 5 00° go oo} andover.......... 10 00 II5 o@

Rejects es sects 40 00 44 oo'Culls, all ieee 16 00 i

Miscellaneous.

Chestnut, clear.....

33 00@ 35 oojHickery, oldgrowth 50 00 55 oe
Chestnut common.. 20 00 22 oo/Hickery, 2nd herowth 70 00 75 oo
Basswood white. . . 30 00 6.32: oof Elm ere) eS 22 oo
Basswood common.. 21 00 23, 00 Sycamore.. 2. 26 00
Maple, clear........ 28 00 30 opjSycamore quartered a 40 00
Birch, clear......... 32.00 35 oofGum oa se = 95/00 — 97106
Birch, 1s andas..... 2600 3000/Butternut. . 4500 50 06
Cottonwood........ 21 00 22 00\Sycamore dressed flee 2400 25 ow

Boston, Mass.
Boston, Mar. 28, 1891..

Western Pine—by car load.

Uppers, 1in .. . $48 00@50 00| Fine com.. 3 & 4 in 2 00@46 oc
1y%, 1% & 2m... 48 00 50 00|No 2, 1 in. ‘gine See
& 4 in . 55 00 aps 1%,1% &2in..... 29 00 31 of
Selectsmreineeeneerer 42 00 43 00|No.1 SUHPE 4 to oes in 40 00 43 06
14%,1% & 2in...... 43.00 45 00/ No.2. ; nies oe 37 08
3&4in ...... .. 45.00 §0 00) No.3. i 2 26 0@
Moulding boards, 7 to Cut ups, Ito2 in. - 24.00 30 0@
TL INchicléarerecee 36 00 38 oo|Coffin boards.. 19 00 22 0@
60 per cent clear 34 00 36 00/Common all widths . 2200 26 00
Fine common 1 inch 36 00 38 oo|Shipping culls 1 in 1500 15 5°
14%,1% & 2inch... 38 00 40 00 do 1% in 15 50 16 Se:
een Pine——Cargo or Car Load.
. 40 00@43 0o|Clapboards, 4 ft., =n
sek) SHEN wise vi 0 15) 2O.00) 380.00] MeCleanamenme 40 00 45 00
Linaarons . 23.00 2600; Sap, 2nd clear .. 33 00 35 00
Ship’g bds ‘& coarse 16 00 16 So] Heart extra .... .. 50 00 55 08
Refuse .. .. ... 1290 13 50| Heart clear... .... 45 00 50 00
West’rr pine clapbds Bevel siding 6in, clear 23 00 24 oo
4ft. sap extra .. .. 45 00 50 00
Spruce—by Cargo.
Scantling and plank, Coarse, rough. . . . 1200 1
random cargoes . . 14 00@15 oo Hemlock be ds. rough 12 00 ae Ma
Yard orders, ordin- « dressed 1200 14 00:
ALVASIZESH einen 15 00 16 oo\Clapbds., extra, 4 ft. 34 00 36 oa
Yar pote extra Clear, 4ctte ss we 30 00 32 00
SIZES ee ee coe 16 00 18 00| Second clear . 25 00
Clear tom boards -=-"19)00 20 Go|" No.) a | oseu-neneue 10 00 14 00
INGLE were itias cae 16 00 17 00
Lath. :
Spruceybycargare «1. © «einen eee + 2 10@2 20
Shingles.
SOMES, 6 5 sab oo c 1 25@1 So|Cedar, sawed, extra 325 3 50
Pine, 18in.extra. . . 400 4 25} Clear .. 3 00
Sine IWOst ae Gh so 0 OO 605 Extra, No.1... 2 50
ypress, No. 1, 18 in. 5 oe

‘Oswego, N. Y.

Three uppers, Vhs, 1% & 2inch

OSWEGO, Mar. 28, 1891.
oh 00@ 45 0o

Pickings, 14, 1% & 2in. 36 00-
No. 1 cutting up, 1%, 1% ‘& 2in. Be Ge 31 00:
No. 2 cutting up, 14,1% & 2in . 1900 21 00-
I in strips, 4 to 8 wide, selected for moulding strips, %
to 16 ft. - 3100 3300.
1x6 selected for clapboards. ? 3200 34 0a
Stine,
1 in siding, cutting up 1¥ in selected....... 35 00@40 00
piks & uppers..... 30 00@39 oo|1% in dressing...... 1700 1900
1 in dressing ........ 19 00@21 oo}t in No.1 culls.... 1400 1600
rin No.1 culls...... 14 00@16 oot in No.2 culls.... 1300 1400:
rin No. 2 culls...... 13 00@14 oojt in No.3 culls.... 950 1000
1x12 Inch.
12 &16ft, millrun .. + 2000 2300
12 & 16 ft, No. 1 &2, barn boards.. 1800 19 00-
12 & 16 ft, dressing and better. oy meagre 2600 3090.
12 & 16 ft, No2culls..... Shit Dieielace s elereielele Sele cere ete . 1500:
x10 Inch.
12 & 13 ft, mill run, mill culls out 20 00-
12 & 13 ft’ dressing and better........ 27 00-
Tarecrg Le WNOncullsiicey seneenes alee 17 00
T2iGc13:it, No 2iculls. 3. oot «cece cece eee eee eee eee 15 00
14 to 16 ft, mill run mill culls out........ $soCo.00 22 00
14 to 16 ft, dressing and better.......... 27 00
14 to 16'ft, No. culls’. ¢. 2 sh .t cnc cece m see eee eeereee 17 00
ra tor16 ft, No. 2:culls:)....pcshocoe eee 15 00
10 to 13 ft, No. 3 culls.. eekee 10 00-
I I-4Xx10 vee ;
Millrun, mill culls out 20 00@23 00\No. 1 culls........... 16 00@17 00
Dressing and better.. 25 00 30 o0|No. 2culls........... 1400 1500
1x¢ Inches.
Millrun, mill culls out 17 00@19 00|No. 1 culls............ 13 00@14 00
Dressing and better.. 2300 2700}No. 2culls............ 1100 120e
1x5 Inches. ij
67 or 8, mill run, mill 6, 7 or 8, No. 1 culls.. 15 00@16 oo.
CullSiouteeraecer 19 00@21 00/6, 7 or 8, No. 2culls.. 1300 1400
6, 7 or 8, drsg & better 2400 28 00
Shingles.
XXX, 18 in pine....... 3 60@3 80|X XX, 18 in cedar.. . 3 40@3 70
Clear butts, pine, 18 in. 3 60 280Clear butt, 18 in cedar. +250 270
XXX, 16in pine....... 310 3 20/XX, 18 in Cedar........ 200 220
Stocks cedars, § or 6in. 5 00
Pickets.
INO} Tl GXI24 caycietoemsciee TS OONNON 250 XG ua sarcieteiciciciete - 900 1008.
NOH 1G be ensocecpnddaon: 20 00
Lath.
INOS Tis Die: owners chelsinioeslotsjameeetath 2UOOUN Ob 2 Viel=M Merstoreete eit etae oes gO
ISO} BG coxcrereaspnccia Jacdscocacn I 60

April 1891.

THE

eae LUMBERMAN.

A. M. DODCE & CO.
ANUFACTURERS of and Wholesale deal-

Tonawanda,

COWPER & CRECORY.

ECEIVERS and Forwarders uf Lumber,
Lath, Shingles, &c. Unexcelled facilities
-for shipping by canal orrail. Tonawanda,N. Y.

CHEESMAN DODCE

IMBER and Lumber Merchants.
“Boat stock, Railroad Ties, &c.
West Seneca Street, Buffalo.

EMMET FLEMING

Doce ome and Commission dealer in Lum-
ber. Office, 251 Louisiana Street, Buffalo, N.

iles.

Ship and
Office, 16

LAYCOCK LUMBER CO.
ANUFACTURERS of Pine, Hemlock and

Oak Timber up to 85 feet in length. Saw
Mills: Ackley, Pa, Black Rock, N. Y., Graven-
‘hurst, une Office, corner reas and Seneca Sts,
Buffalo, N NEY:

J. & T. CHARLTON
ALE dealers in Masts and Spars,
Canada Round Pine, &c. Tonawanda, N.

WILLARD W. BROWN.
; Main Street, Buffalo, handles all kinds
ZO of Hard Woods.

A. P. & W. E. KELLEY CO.

HOLESALE Lumber dealers. Yards at
Tonawanda and Chicago. Correspondence
‘invited.

Cc. P. HAZARD.
HOLESALE dealer in Lumber, Shingles,
Lath and Fence Posts. Correspondence
invited from ae paar trade. No 92 River
Street, Buffalo, N

tL. A. KELSEY LUMBER CO., (Ltd.)
ANUFACTURERS and dealers in Hard-
wood Lumber of all kinds. Describe stock

and write for prices. Office Tonawanda, N. Y.

BOVEE & HOWDEN

ANUFACTURERS and Wholesale dealers
in Hard and Soft Wood Lumber. : Holders
of Canadian stocks are invited to write for
tions. Offices at Tonawanda and Le Roy,

THE TONAWANDA LUMBER CO.

uota-

ILLS at East Tawas, Mich.; office 106 Main }

Street, opposite N. Y. er
Station, North onawanda, N. Y.

Gash for Lumber

(s %
W.N. McKachren & Co.

Wholesale dealers in all kinds of

and H.R. R.R.

}

Gx

HARD WO 0D LUMBER

WO 3d -—DOCK
TORONTO

WRITE US FOR PRICES AND
SIZES TO CUT.

WE PAY CASH WHEN LOADED ON
CARS.

ers in all kinds Os Lumber, Lath and Shing-

LUMBER
TRUCK *+ WHEELS.

AH OHHOHOOOOOP

The Montreal
Gar Wheel Co.

MANUFACTURERS OF

CHARCOAL IRON CHILLED

a

RAILROAD WHEELS

Offices: New York Life
Building, Montreal.

Insurance

Works: Lachine, Quebec.

1OHOHHCHHOHOO OD

AY Vad make a Specialty of Wheels suitable for

the requirements of Lumbermen and
Street Car Service, and can supply them Bored,
Finished and Balanced.

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED

Menasha Hickory Pulleys

We make the only
\ hardwood bent rim
\ spoke arm split pulley,
} only small split pulley,
nly wooden hangers
nthe market. Send for
iscounts & circulars.

Menasha
Wood Split Pulley Co.

MENASHA, WISCONSIN.

THE MONARCH BOILER
ceatenteo) AND HERCULES ENGINE.
A.ROBBESONS

CELEBRATED

ROTARY SAW MILL oe ee

Guaranteed
to Saw Lumber
Perfectly Smooth and
A, = Wven in thickness.

Portable | from 6 to 70 horse power. Surpas¢
portable steam power heretofore produced for
strength, durability, compactness, and the ease
with which they can be moved.

The 70 horse power can be taken over therough-
est roads, or into the forest, and set up as easily
and quickly as an ordinary 20 horse power port-
able engine, and as firm as a brick-set stationary
engine. Engines and boilers of every size and des-
cription. Rotary Saw Mills, Shingle and Lath
machines, Law Grinders, Planers, etc. Mill
machinery and supplies of every description.

Every boiler insured against explosion by the
Boiler Tusurance & Inspection Co. of Canada.
Write for circulars.

A. ROBB & SONS, | Amherst Foundry and

Amherst, N.S. Machine works.
ESTABLISHED OVER 40 YEARS.

Hervert G. Ross. Box

Qe. ReGinatD C. BuaKer,

NH. G. ROSS &GO.
Real Estate, Fire and Life Insurance,

Shipping and General Commission Agents.

= Timber Limits and Farming Lands a Specialty.

A.B.C.

Code, Cable address, ‘‘ Ross.”’

NEW WESTMINSTER, - -

COKBRESPONDENCE SOLICITED,

B. C.

DALTON McCARTHY,
President.

Toronto and Midland Mfe Co.
Wholesale Healers

Lumber +
DRESSED LUMBER, FLOORING

AND MANUFACTURERS OF
Mouldings of all Descriptions

A. ECKARDT,
Secretary

JOHN McGREGOR
Manager

‘)

——

Ceiling, Sheeting, Siding, Shelving,
Office and Yard:

FOOT OF SPADINA AVE., - TORONTO.

Planing Mills : MIDLAND, ONT.

PORTER, ROBERTSON & C0.

SOF.
STOCKS WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
STRIPS R HEMLOCK
abe LUMBE sate
BILLSTUFF DEALERS LATH, ETC.

Millichamp’s Buildings,

35 * Adelaide * Street + East,

TORONTO.

YARD: NORTHERN DOCK, FOOT OF BATHURST STREET.

NAPANEEF CEMENT COMPANY

(LIMITED.)
— MANUFACTURERS OF —

1 HEU jdraulic Cement +

LIS

PPAR TICULARLY adapted for Dams, Smoke Stacks, Foundations, Cul-

verts, Cisterns, Cellars, etc.

ENDORSED BY LEADING RAILWAYS AND CONTRACTORS.

es es eae at Cenc

For Building, Plastering, Gas Purifying, Paper Making, &c.

eat ie, Ase ees JN) OI ae
DESERONTO, ONT.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

«TERRA=COTTAFIRE-PROOFING «

For Use in Old and New Buildings.

Endorsed by Leading Architects. Absolutely Fire-proof.
Wood or Brick. Weight One-Third that of Brick.
Crack on application of Heat or Water.
Gives Warmth in Winter; Coolness

Knite-
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OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR

Planing, Moulding & Stave Cutting.

SEND FOR PRICE List

Pees AY, «<= - GALT,

About as Cheap as
Does not

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Works.

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PETER
HAY

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

April, 1891

TRADE NOTES.

The Cant Bros. Co., of Galt, have just put on the
market a new double rip and cut off saw, designed to
cut accurate uniform lengths of lumber used by fur-
niture and cabinet factories.

The latest pamphlet issued by J. L. Goodhue & Co.,
Danville, Que., gives some interesting information on
the relative values of rubber, canvas, and leather
beltine and of the merits and demands of oak tanned
and hemlock tanned leather. Besides instructive in-
formation on the use of belting there is added a tele-
graph cipher code and other features.

Mr. CARL GARTNER ofthe American Lumber Yards,
Hamburg, Germany, writes us under date of Feb. roth

stating that he is open for any quantity of Canadian |
red birch in boards 1 in., 14 in., 1% in., 2 in., 2% in., |

and 3 in. of usual lengths or to be cut to special lengths
on order. He wants to know if this stuff can be pro-
cured at all from Canada and to whom could he apply.
Millmen will please make a note of this.

Messrs. Robin & Sadler, leather belting manufact-

urers, of Montreal and Toronto, are amongst the
Canadian exhibitors at Kingston, Jamaica. The

Toronto Branch at the Industrial yearly holds its own
with competitors in quality, variety and display. The
head office attends

to the exhibits at the Dominion |

exhibition, and in this case madea special. effort to |

secure foreign trade with the West Indies. Their

space is filled with samples, embracing the largest of |

drivers to rolls of inch belting used for straw carriers
on threshing machines, in addition to dynamo belts
made by their new process. The local papers speak
highly of the goods, and in several instances sample
orders have been secured.

An article that every user speaks well of must be
worthy of commendation. We have on_ several
occasions referred to such an article in these columns
and strongly recommended the same to all users of
machinery. We refer to Spooners ‘“Copperine,” un-
doubtedly one of the best babbit metals on the market.
It has been used by the best practical men, in the
largest shops, and on the finest machinery in the Do-
minion, ang in no instance has it proved a failure. It
is a high class metal at a moderate price ; a time saver;
an economizer of oil; and a saving medium in the
wearing parts of machinery. Mr. A. W. Spooner, of
Port Hope, Ont.,is the patentee and sole manufacturer,
to whom all communications should be addressed.

The Dodge Wood Split Pulley Co. advise us of a
steadily increasing demand for their pulley from all
branches of power users throughout the Dominion.
They have lately filled large orders from Northern
Pacific R’y Co.’s shops, Winnipeg ; Berlin Piano Co.,
Berlin, Ont.; Boynton Wall Plaster & Cement Co.,
Kingston; Toronto Electric Light Co., Toronto; Ross &
Taylor, Exeter; St. John Gas and Electric Light Co.,
St. John. N.B.; R. Thackray, Ottawa; Jencks Machine

ARTNERSHIP WANTED in payin
sale or manufacturing business,

Co. Sherbrooke, &c, They invite all users of power,
mill men, etc., who-have not yet investigated the merits
of this pulley to do so without cost to themselves, as
they furnish any pulley for thirty days trial, and if not
satisfactory to be returned without charge. They

mail free on application, a handsome illustrated cat- |

alogue and price list, and solicit correspondence.

PERSONAL.

W. F. Vanstone, flour and saw mill owner, is leaving
Brussels and will remove to Manitoba.

Mr. Wm. Foster, sr., father of Wm. Foster, jr., lumber
merchant, of Owen Sound, died at the ripe age of 83.

Mr. Beckett, of the London, England, frm of Dobell,
Beckett & Co., left Quebec for England the first week in
March.

Mr. Wm. Niebergall, of Dunlop, Ont., manager for the
Jast seven years of his father’s saw mill, has gone to British
Columbia.

Dugald Neil McMillan, lumber merchant, Morden, Man.,
was recently married to Miss Mary Augusta McKenzie,
daughter of Rev. Mr. McKenzie, of Morden.

Mr. C. H. Davison, of the lumber firm of E. D. Davison
& Sons, Bridgewater, N.S., is visiting the Pacific coast in
both Washington Territory and British Columbia.

Mr. Alex. Pope, of Quebec, an old employee of Messrs.
Hamilton Bros., Hawkesbury, Ont., and representing Messrs.
Bryant, Powis & Bryant, London, Eng., died. March 9th in
New York.

At the Metropole, London, Eng., were registered on the 7th
of March, Mr. John Staples, Mr. A. Staples, Mr. Edson
Fitch, Mr. Stewart Dunn and Mr. Harold Kennedy, all lum-
ber merchants of Quebec.

Mr. Malcolm McCaskill, head foreman in the Royal City
planing mills, New Westminster, B.C., fell off the steamer
Stella on the 10th of March, unnoticed,and almost lost his life
from the involuntary and dangerous bath.

FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

Geo. Laconabe was: killed at the Snow Road, north of
Kingston, on the roth ult., while skidding logs.

H. Mack, Jno. Thieme and J. Miller, three loggers, were
upset in Alert Bay, B.C.,and rescued after being almost chill-
ed to death.

Walter Lewis, employed in Dewar’s stave and saw mill, at
Kingscourt, near Watford, Ont., cut his throat with a pen
knife on the 18th ult.

whole-
Advertiser

A workman named James Hovey, in the employ of Mr.
Gibson, of Marysville, N.B., while skidding logs into the
Nashwaak, was overtaken by one and horribly crushed.

David Robert, a young man working at the shanties of
Mr. Francois Marcoux, on the Montmorency, sustained in-
ternal injuries by being thrown beneath a number of logs.

Isaac Cameron, son of William Cameron, of Mt. Forest,
Ont., was working in the lumber woeds in Wisconsin and
was struck by a log while unloading a car and instantly killed.
The remains were brought home.

Injured by falling trees or limbs during March: J. An-
derson, working in J. Johnston’s shanty, near Young’s Point,
Ont.; Albert Kisson, Coulson, Ont.; Earnest Eagle, of Per-
ry, Muskoka; J. Rose, Matilda, Ont.

The following received lacerated fingers during March:

} Geo. Ruby, of Dashwood, Ont., working in Cook’s saw mill;

J. Young, of Dashwood, Ont.; Geo. Bourrette, of Morris-
burg, Ont.; Alfred Moss, Deseronto, Ont.; R. Emerson, of
Manitou, Man.; Alex. Thompson, Stanley, Ont.

Amongst the fatalities forthe month are: J. Demers,
killed in Bronson’s shanty on the Petewawa; Eli. Bogrand,
killed in Ainslie’s mill, near Staples, Ont., from being en-
tangled in a belt ; John Ireland, of South Dorchester, in the
County of Elgin, killed by a falling tree ; Geo. Disch, 14
years of age, killed in Walkerton, in Kerr & Harcourt’s bob-
bin factory ; M. Anderson, Shelburne, impaled by a pointed
limb. .

VISITORS from the mother country, or emi-
grants who are conversant with the manner in
which timber changes first hands, both in the shape of
local standing trees or in imported cargoes of logs or
deals, are struck with the different methods employed
in the United Kingdom to those in vogue in Canada or
the United States. A‘comparison might be drawn of
the two distinct plans, showing advantages in both as
well as disadvantages. We reproduce in another col-
umn a description of a Liverpool lumber auction sale.
The average Canadian, versed in our millmen’s dispo-
sition of timber, would be very apt to wonder as much
at the kind of sale as his cousin wonders when he is in-
troduced for the first time to the plans adopted in
Canada.

—D. J. Spaulding, a leading lumberman_of Black River
Falls, Wis., U.S., has failed liabilities $210,000; assets.
$700,000.

CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE AND ST.
PAUL RAILWAY.

WANTED AND FOR SALE.

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Bay saw logs. Address, BEN BIRDSALL,
Whitney Building, Detroit, Mich,

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AIR TWIN ENGINES, 6x6, with link mo-
tion. suitable for rope feed, in order,
J. HADDEN, Foxmead. Ont. |

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NY QUANTITY OF CEDAR TELE-}

GRAPH POLES at shipping points. Terms |

cash. Applyto J. HARRISON HARVEY, Cobo- |

conk, Ont,, purchaser for H. D. MCCAFFREY, |

Engineer and Contractor of Telegraph lines,
Oswego, N.Y.

RAILS AND CARS FOR SALE.

Light Steel Rails for Tramways; good order.
Cars for lumber, cheap.

JOHN J. GARTSHORE,
49 Front St. West,

Toronto.
WANTED.
UEBEC BIRCH—Those who can furnish
choice lumber are invited to correspond
with

JOHN S. MASON & CO.
240 Eleventh Avenue,

New York City.

has large experience ; will invest three to five
thousand dollars cash. Only parties of strictest
integrity need answer. ‘SASH,’ care CANADA
LUMBERMAN.

MPLOYMENY WANTED by an experi-
enced Lumber Inspector and shipper, ac-
quainted with American and English markets.

an bring small but increasing business. Refer-
i Address. H. M.

ences produced on application.
W., LUMBERMAN office.

WANTED.

A thoroughly competent

BAND SAWYER

take first class care of a band saw mill.
Address, with copy of références ‘and salary

required.
THE RATHBUN COMPANY,
Deseronto, Ont.

Ee SHORLLSS;

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DEALER IN

PNE & MINERAL LANDS

g Toronto Street,
TORONTO, - :

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

WILLIAM FOSTER

ONT.

Lumber & Commission Merchant |

Receiver and forwarder of

LUMBER, LATH & SAINGLES
Correspondence Solicited.

OWEN SOUND, - - ONT.

A. E. Ames & Co.

Lumber Commission Correspondence so-
licited from Canadian manufacturers.

Room 3, Lumber Exchange, Chicago, II},

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TIMBER -* LANDS
FOR SALE

5000 Acres of Timber

'Lands on the Manitoulin

Island,

Patented and unpatented, are offered at the
Low Price of

$5.00 PER ACRE.

Some of the lots have timber on them worth
$20 per acre, and the land is of fair quality for
farming when cleared.

The Dominion Government having recently
taken off the Export Duty on Telegraph Poles,
Railway Ties, Shingle Bolts and Saw Logs, the
value of the timber on the island is doubled, owing
to its great facilities for shipment to Detroit, Chi-
cago, Toledo, Buffalo, Cleveland and all Lake ports.

The late owners, Messrs. Wm. and Robert
Henry, are both deceased, and there being no one
to carry on their business, these lands will be sold
low, in Block to close out the estate. fenders
solicited and purchases liberally dealt with. All
necessary information can be ootained from the
trustee and Solicitors,

Messrs. FRANCIS & WARDROP,
Barristers, &c.,

JAMES McGEEF. Trustee, Toronto,
Toronto.
Je Oa W—HwrasNsSse.

Sail, Tent and Awning Maker,

251 Georce ann 154 Kine Streets,
PETERBOROUGH.
Canoe, Yacht and Boat Sails made to order.
Perfect Fits guaranteed.
Every description of Lumbermen’s Sut blies
and Waterproof Clothing.

Electric Lighted and Steam Heated Vestibulea
Trains, with Westinghouse Air Signals, between
Chicago, St. Paul and Minneapolis, daily.

Electric Lighted and Steam Heated Vestibuled
Trains between Chicago, Council Bluffs and
Omaha, daily.

Through Vestibuled Sleeping cars, daily, between
Chicago, Butte, Tacoma, Seattle, and Portland,
Oregon.

Solid Trains between Chicago and principal points.
in Northern Wisconsin and the Peninsula of
Michigan.

Daily Trains between St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Kansas City via the Hedrick Route.

Through S eeping Cars, daily, between St. Louis,
St. Paul and Minneapolis.

The finest Dining Cars in the World.

The best Sleeping cars. Electric Reading Lamps
in Berths

6,100 miles of road in Illinois, Wisconsin, North-
ern Michigan, Iowa, M'nnesota, Missouri, South
Dakota and North Dakota.

Everything First-Class.

First-Class People patronize First-Class Lines.

Ticket Agents everywhere sell Tickets over the
Chicago, Millwaukee and St. Paul Railway.

ELECTRIC LIGHTING APPARATUS

57,;*ADELAIDE.ST. Ww.

TORONTO

April, 1891. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. ay

A. ALLAN, Pres. J. O. GRAVEL, Sec-Treas. F. SCHOLES, Man. Director

Canadian Rubber Company

OF MoN THREAT.

SOLE ACCENTS AND MANUFACTURERS

"CO 1809) ——

Forsyth (Boston Belting Co.,)

Patent Seamless

RUBBER
— —BELTING

For the Dominion of Canada

---- Capital $2,000,000. - - - -

Our Rubber Belting is Unequalled in America.

BP ME EEE EE EEE ESE EIT CECE EEE EE ED Te Te he Be he te Be Be he
All kinds of Rubber Packings, Rubber Engine, Hyx

Suction, Steam, Brewers’ and Fire Hose; Rubber Valves

Car Springs, &c., &e.

Mould Goods of Every Description.

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Superior Quality Rubber Goods.

Head Office and Factory, Montreal, J. J. McGILL, Manager. Western Branch, Corner Yonge and Front Sts., Toronto, J. H. WALKER, Manager.
J. W. MAITLAND J. G. AINSLIE
H. RIXON W. STODART
The Casselman Lumber Go, Maitland, Rixon &@ G
aitlan ixon 0.,
CASSELMAN, ONT. See to FLATT & BRADLEY. Owen Sound, Ont.

_ ESPECIAL GOOD FACILITIES FOR SHIPPING. Saw Millers gy Lumber Dealers

HEMLOCK BILL STUFF OF EXCELLENT QUALITY.
All kinds of Building Material kept in stock.
ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF
WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF

PINE, SPRUCE, ASH, MAPLE AND OTHER HARDWOODS. jong BILL STUFE IN ROCK ELM, PINE, CEDAR AND HEMLOCK

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

QUOTATIONS FURNISHED ON APPLiCATION.

CEO. HASTINGS. HiGHN| GRAY. H. mere DONOGH tee OLI VER,
GEO. HASTINGS & CO. pei ite bests

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TRUST BUILDING CHAMBERS, TORONTO

Cor. Yonge and Colborne Streets. 2 OFFICE -
Nos. 2/3, 214 and 215, Board of Trade Building,

Cor. YONGE AND FRONT STS.

TORONTO, ONT

All Kinds of Pine and Hardwood Lumber.
Bj], STUFF CUT TO ORDER A SPECIALTY.

THE ul LEADER” ———_

Manufactured of Triple Refined Silver Steel,

Rolled specially for us from Superior Ingots.

The Finest Tempered, Fastest Cutting

and Best Saw made on the Continent.

THE KING OF CROSS-CUT SAWS.

R.H. SMITH COMPANY, L1p., ST. CATRARINES, ONT.

Sole Manufacturers,

18 THE CANADA ——E——

April, 1891

The Gold Medal,
Toronto, 1883

WOOD WORKING MACHINERY

The Gold Medal,
London, 1883

For Usor, Sash, Bind a) Peer gery oe ees

PLANERS.
MOULDERS.
TENONERS.
SHAPERS.
RIP SAWS.
SAND PAPERERS.

BAND SAWS.

BAND RE-SAWS.
PANEL RAISERS.
DOVETAILERS

BUZZ PLANERS.
MORTICERS.
BLIND MACHINERY.
BAND SAW FILER.

JOINTERS. BAND SAW SETTER.
DOUBLE SPINDLE BORER. HTC; ELC.

The Cant Bros.Co. Limited.

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GALT. ONTARIO.

JULY 2,

Correspondence
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1889 ===

des ‘Improved Swage for Circular and mL es

It will swage the hardest as well as the softest saws.

It does not shorten the tooth as done by upsetting.

be kept of a length.

circular saw in from 10 to 12 minutes.

made of steel of the best quality.
We positively

SEND FOR PRICE LIST oF

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Established 1849.

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Steel in our saws and t

he name speaks for itself,

THE MOST PERFECT MACHINE FOR THE PURPOSE EVER INTRODUCED.

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Never pulls the points of the teeth off, as the swaging is
done by direct and steady pressure, and not by rolling pressure.

Swaging done with this machine will stand longer than when swaged with any other machine or by hand.

It makes the swage the heaviest on the under side of the tooth, and leaves the face of the tooth perfectly straight.

It has a positive clamp so a saw cannot slip while being
swaged, therefore every tooth is an exact duplicate of the other.

Corners never drop off if swaged with this machine, as it does not injure the steel, therefore the teeth can all

It is very simsly constructed : nothing to break or wear out.
Is thoroughly constructed of the best material, all the parts requiring it are
Every swage is thoroughly tested before leaying the shop.

guarantee the swage to do all we claim for it in this circular.
Full and complete instructions for adjusting and operating accompany the swage.

ITINALIS EO WH ASS)
Autom: ic Band Saw Swages, Circu’ar Saw Swages Gang Saw Swages, Shingle Saw Swages.
—WMANUFACTURED EXCLUSIVELY BY—

Palmiter, Empey & Co., Galt, 363i

Easily adjusted. Any ordinary man can swage a

SECTIONAL VIEW.

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Incorporated 1884.

Detroit Saw Works

MANUFACTURERS OF

Circular, Gang, Mulay, Drag and Cross-Cut Saws.

MOLDING AND PLANING KNIVES,

F eae Band Saws, Emery Wheels and General Mill Supphes.
66, 68, 70 and 72 Fort St. East, DETROIT, MIGN.

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MONTHLY DRAWINCS ON

and Wednesday of Every Month

S. E. LEFEBVRE, Manager.

Head Ofiice—31 ST. JAMES STREET, = MONTREAL.

AHUILER - FLUIU

PATENTED 5TH MARCH, 1877.

PXRKER & EVANS.

Sole Proprietors of the

FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL

COMPOUNH.

This compound will save its cost many times in one year by saving fuel.

It eradicates scale, and when the Boiler is once Clean a very small quantity keeps it clean
and free from all incrustation. One fourth the dose will prevent a new Boiler from scaling so
ong as it is used regularly.

Contains no Caustic Soda, and is the only matter yet known that will not injure metals in
any way, and emits a clear pure steam.

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NEW YORK. CHICAGO.

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A, kK. Williams, Soho Machine Works, Toronto, General Agent for the Dominion.

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THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

April, 1891

‘DO YOU LACK STEAM?
WE CAN HELP YOU!”

it in operation, on a small scale.
Hollow Blast Grate sup-
plies the furnace fire with a blast of
Hot Air sufficient at all times to in-
sure the rapid and perfect combust-
ion of fuel of every sort.

It is the only successful appliance
for generating steam from such fuel
as the SAWDUST and refuse from
hemlock, cypress and hard wood
timber or from spent tan bark.

THE GORDON

PATENT HOLLOW BLAST GRATE.

The

A HOLLOW BLAST GRATE.

A new and novel application of a
principle centuries old. Step into
the nearest blacksmith shop and see

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FURNACE FITTED WITH HOLLOW BLAST GRATES AND APPARATUS

N. B.---Regardless of the character of your fuel, we can greatly increase the volume of steam generated by your

boilers.

It Costs you nothing to try them.

We guarantee satisfactton or no sale.

REGEN Ty UE STUMONTEALTES)

S. H. LanestaFF, Vice-Pres. GEO. LANGSTAFF, Sec’y.

LANGSTAFF-ORM MANF’G CO.

JOHN ORM, Pres. H. W. RAngEIN, Treas

Manufacturers of Lumber, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Etc.
Specialty.

Long Steamboat Lumber a

PapucaH, Ky., March 7th, 1891.
The Gordon Hollow Blast Grate Co., Greenville, Mich.

Dear Strs,—Enclosed find our cheque to cover amount due you for the Hollow Blast
Grate Bars purchased from you some time ago. We have given the Bars a thorough
t est and are very much pleased with them; we find them to be all you claim.

Yours truly, LANGSTAFF-ORM ME’G CO

JNO. N. PHABR, F, B. WILLIAMS,

PHARR & WILLIAMS.

Band Sawed Cypress Lumber. Daily capacity, 100,000 feet. Extra Wide Lumber and
Tank Stock a Specialty. 50 Million of Logs on hand. 6 Million Feet cf Lumber in
stock. #@W. U. Telegraph in office.

C. S. Burt, Esa.,
Baton Rouge, La.
Dear Sir—Our Grate Bars (Hollow Blast Grates) are now making us all the steam
we wish. We had some doubt as to our boilers having sufficient capacity to furnish
steam for our engine as they have only 100 horse power while our engine has 250; but we
are now making more steam than we can use with cypress saw dust and refuse from our
mill. Any one can figure the capacity of the boilers for themselves. There are four of
them 32 feet long by 42 inches diameter, each with two flues 15 inches diameter. Our
engine is 24x30. Anyone who is short of steam can not do better than to put in the
Blast Grate bars. Yours very truly, PH RR & WILLIAMS.

Parrerson, La., March 9th, 1891.

J. T. LIDDLE LUMBER CoO.

Lumber. Merchandise. fe=.One Mile from Mississippi City, L. & N. Railroad.

Hanpssoro, Miss., March 9th, 1891.
To Tue Gorpon Hotiow Buast Grate Co., Greenville, Mich.

Gents.— We are now running our mill with the Hollow Blast Grates and instead of
requiring two mule carts to haul away the saw dust, we now consume nearly all, giving
us much better steam than we were forced to make it with wood and the small quan-
tity of saw dust we could burn. We are satisfied that every mill man burning wood
alone, or wishing to utilize the dust, bark, etc., for fuel will find by test, that the Blast
Grates will reduce the labor and expensé of steaming by one half.

Respectfully yours, J. T. LIDDLE LUMBER CO.

BRINKLEY CAR WORKS AND MANUFACTURING CO.
Yellow Pine and Oak Lumber.

Brink.ey, ARK., Feb. 7th, 1891.
To Tue Gorpvon Hotiow Buast Grate Co., Greenville, Mich.

GENTLEMEN;— We have your favor of the 5th, and beg to say in replying thereto, that
the Hollow Blast Grates you put in for us are a splendid success, and we are more than
pleased with them; by using them we are able to make enough steam to run our plant
without having te put in another large boiler. We recommend them very highly. En-
closed find acceptance in settlement of account. :

BRINKLEY CAR WORKS & MF’G CO.
H. H. Myers, Sec. and Treas.

THE WOLVERINE LUMBER CO.,

Carro, Inu., Feb. 8th, 1891.
To THE Gorpon Hotiow Buast Grate Co., Greenville, Mich.
GENTLEMEN;— Yours of the 14th ult. at hand. In reply will say that we had grates
placed and ready for use about the middle of December last, and by January 1st were

The Gord

on Hollow Blast Crate Co.,

fully convinced that they were exactly what we needed. We could not think of trying
to run without them for ten times their cost. We are running two band mills in green
oak right out of the water, and are burning all our saw dust, leaving none to be caited
away. The burning of the saw dust, with your grates, makes a very hot fire and keeps
up steam splendidly without the use of any other fuel, excepting a very few slabs. We
consider your grates to be what any saw mill requires. As for us, we would not think
of trying to run without them. Yourstruly, THE WOLVERINE LUMBER CO.
A. E, Srevenson, Supt.

: SILAS KILBOURN & CO.,
Fish and Syrup Packages, Cider Kegs and Jelly Pails.

Granp Haven, Micu., Feb. 20th, 1891.
To Tur Gordon Hottow Buast Grate Co., Greenville, Mich.

GENTLEMEN;—Enclosed find check in payment for bill of Grates, etc. Please ac-
knowledge receipt of same and oblige. The Grates are doing all you claimed, and more.
Will save amount of your bill in better power and fuel in a short time. Before we. put
them in we had to buy a great many cords of dry slabs each year; we now burn nothing
but saw dust and waste from factory, and have much better steam than: before. We
drive blower with a small ‘‘Dake”’ engine, which we think an improvement over connec-
tion with factory power. Yours truly, SILAS KILBOURN & CO.

DECATUR LUMBER CO.,
All Kinds of Rough and Dressed Lumber.

Decatur, Aua., Feb. 12th, 1891.
To Tut Gorpon Hontitow Buast Grate Co., Greenville, Mich.
GENTLEMEN:— Your Blast Grates are all that you claimed for them, and are very
satisfactory. DECATUR LUMBER CO.

A. W. LEE & CO.,
Oak, Pine and Hemlock Lumber.

Beusena Mitts, Pa., Feb. 12th, 1891.
Tue Gorpon Hotuow Buast Grate Co., Greenville, Mich.
GENTLEMEN;— Enclosed find our check in settlement of account. The apparatus is
in and does its work well. It is a decided improvement over the old. We recommend
its use. Yours truly, A. W. LEE & Co.

A. W. Wrieut, Vice-Pres.,
Alma, Mich.

C. C. MENGEL Jr. & BRO. CO.

Louisville, Ky.
Manufacturers of Poplar add Hardwood Lumber,
Mills: Trimble, Tenn. The Trimble & Kenton Railway.

C. R. MENGEL, Sec.-Treas.
Louisville, Ky.

C. C. Mencet, gr., Pres ,
Louisville, Ky.

Oakton, Ky. Office of is owned and operated
Tipton, Tenn. Jas. R. Deu Veccuio, Supt. by this Company.
Boston, Ky. Trimble Mill.

TrimsLE Trnn., March 3rd, 1891.
Gorpon Hoxruow Buast GRATE Co., Greenville, Mich.

Dear S1rs:—Please find enclosed check in payment of ouraccount. Your grate bars
have given us perfect satisfaction, and a reference to our records shows that in one
month previous to the time we put them in, we had 21 stops for steam, aggregating 6
hours and 9 minutes, or an average of 17 minutes to the stop. Since putting in your
bars, on the same fuel in one month, we have had only 6 stops for steam, aggregating I
hour and 22 minutes, or and average of 13 minutes to the stop. Before introducing your
system steam was very seldom up to the limit and the machinery would be continually
dragging; since your bars have been put in, if steam gets low the cause is in the fireman
alone. Yours truly, Cc. C. MENGEL Jr. & BRO. CO:

James R. DextVeccuto, Supt.

Grenville, Mich.

Sole Proprietors of the Gordon Patents for the United States and Canadz.

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TORONTO, ONT., MAY, 1891.

THE SPANISH RIVER MILLS.

HE accompanying is a cut of the mill property ot

the Spanish River Lumber Company, on the Span-
ish River. The limits in connection with this mill
aggregate almost 400 square miles fairly timbered with
pine. Both mill site and 300 square miles of the
timbered lands originally belonged to Mr. John Cam-
eron. He erected the first mill in 1864. From him
the property passed into the hands of Mr. M. Smith,
and laterto Mr. John Chaffy, whose heirs sold it to
Messrs. Arnold & Fulsom, of Albany, N.Y. They
erected entirely new mills on the old site, introducing
modern equipment and largely increasing the capacity.
Both lath and lumber are manufactured, the annual
product of the latter aggregating 25,000,000 ft. The new
mill was erected in 1883, and has been running steadily
since that time, and quite a settlement has sprung up
around it. Steam power is employed entirely. . Facili-
ties for transportation are provided by three steam
barges ownéd by the proprietors of the mills. Between
80 and 100 men are constantly employed. The senior
members of the firm afe both dead, but their interests
are represented in the company by their sons.

THE SAW MILL.

BY EDWARD A. OLDHAM.
CONOMY is one

of the cardinal
virtues with the pro-
gressive Jumber man-
ufacturer of the pre-
sent day. But there
has been a time in
the not very remote
past when very little
stress was laid upon
this subject, and there
are even instances, to-
day, where this mat-
teris totally disregard-
ed, but the men who
disregard it are not
within the category of
progressive, and as an
accompanying result,
they are not overly
prosperous in their

business. Year after
year their noses be-

come closer to the
traditional grind-
stone, and they lay
awake nights wondering where the fault lies.

Too few business men have an eye to the small leaks
in their business This has been very generally the case
with new mill men, until experience has taught them
many a costly lesson, by which they have benefited.
The saw-mill man must of necessity be a utilitarian.
He must learn how to utilize every atom of everything
turned out by his mill; he must study intently the small
economies of his business, and stop up the litt e insidi-

“ous leaks that gradually eat up the profits, and in time
begin their ravages upon the business itself.

lam not going to write a technical article on this
subject. That is not what is needed. Saw-mill men
are not always technical in their training. Fhey have
to be approached in a practical, common-sense sort of
way, with appeals to their pocket as wellas to their
reason.

Probably no better way can be found to comprehen-
sively illustrate the importance of carefully attending
to the small economies of a saw-mill than by drawing
a parallel between two men representing the two ex-

tremes of the subject. They both went into a lumber
region about the same time, obtained about the same
timber advantages, had about the same amount of
capital ; as far as two men could be they were on a
level and equipped to make an equal start. Having
been in the business elsewhere, their experience of
course taught them as to the first steps necessary to be
taken. Ina short while they had their plants erected,
their teams in operation, and their log pile well sup-
plied with good stocks, to make a start with. They
thawed up almost simultaneously, and for quitea while
were neck to neckin the race: gradually, however, it
became evident that A, we'll call him, was in the lead
somewhat. He added more hands and later on he put
ona night force. Soon another planer had to be added,
then a.small dry house, which finally had to succumb
to a more modern dry kiln. It was noticed that more
empty freight cars were constantly standing on the side
tracks that led to his mill than were seen on the siding
of his rival not far distant. And soon, could .we enu-
merate the different tangible evidences of the expan-
sion of his business, while there were equally as many
indications attesting the fact that B was still pegging
away at about the same rate of speed as on the day

Peds
Paya

Rosita

sa)
SS

both mills started out upon the race for priority. The
situation was interesting enough for a man in the busi-
ness, but to a thoughtful layman it afforded an extra

degree of fascination. I began to study the two men.
I visited their respective mills. I talked with each
about the business of saw-milling in general, and his in
particular. I drew each of them out and became ac-
quainted with their methods. The first discovery that
set me to thinking was that A was a subscriber to sev-
eral lumber journals. His conversation told me that
he was keeping pace with the advancement of saw-
milling, the advent of new improvements in processes
and appliances, and with the relative profit to be
gained by shipping to this or that market. On the
other hand I found B took no lumber paper, and to my
profound astonishment, was not aware that such papers
were published. He was an intelligent man, too, with
apparent zeal for the building up of his business.

A discovered one day that he was not getting the
highest market price for his planed stuff. He inquired
of his agent in the city what the matter was, and the

latter replied that weatherboarding and such like, from
other mills, came dry asa bone, while his was not so
well seasoned, and purchasers invariably gave prefer-
ence and more money for the dryer and lighter lumber.
A, clear-headed as usual, grasped the idea in an in-
stant. By drying his lumber he could not only secure
a better price, but he could save money in freight; so
it didn’t take him long to decide upon putting up a dry
kiln. Not long after he found that the boiler and en-
gine he had pulled his machinery sluggishly, and it
occurred to him that several horse-power additional
would send his machinery buzzing along at a livelier
rate, and thereby enable him to saw more feet of
lumber in the day than formerly. He therefore put
some of his earnings into a new engine and boiler of
increased capacity. The outcome of it was that he
had likewise to add to his force of mento keep pace
with the productive power of his plant. All this while
his competitor B was contenting himself with the same
outfit he started with, and was plodding along in about
the same pace as when he first begun. Through the
indifference of his hands, time had habitually been
lost, and the output of his mill had consequently been
curtailed, depriving him of so many dollars piofit. He
got out of funds on
one or two occasions,
andfhad to stand his
men off. At this they
naturally demurred,
and grew discontented.
Some left, and others
kept onthe alert to get
positions elsewhere. B
believed in that kind of
economy that curtailed

MeN S tensor omen: | the wages of his opera-

and he drove
bad bargains with his
men, deceiving him-
self into believing that
he was saving money

tives,

thereby. His wiser
competitor being a
practical workman

himself, knew the full
value of labor, and
paid a good price for
a good man, promis-
jing the latter better
3§ aces I
os) wages if he became a
...~ ronvns s
better workman. Each
man stood on his in-

dividual worth, and each man very_naturally
to make his individual worth greater.

The next thing I learned was that A was his own saw-
yer most of the time, while B not only never touched this
part of his business, but left it in charge of another, and
for days never went near his mill, being occupied at his
office a good distance off. A, by working himself,
saved the amount of a sawyers salary, had the work
executed more satisfactorily, got better work and more
of it out of his men. Ayound both mills there soon
began to accumulate a vast heap ofsawdust. It gott
be quite an item of expense hauling it away from be-
neath the saw to a point fifty or sixty feet distant. A
determined upon utilizing this idle factor as fuel, so he
wrote to one of his lumber journals and told the editor
he wanted grates that would enable him to burn this
granulated fuel beneath his boilers, and through this
channel he got into correspondence with manufacturers
who sold him the kind of grating he desired, and in a
short while he was handl:ag his sawdust only a few
feet, whereas before he w= B

strove

; handling it sixty feet. Be-

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THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

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May, 189:

sides this small economy he had instituted a tremend-
ous saving in his fuel expenditures. B continued to
pile up his sawdust, and in order to get rid of it he un-
dertook to burn it, but on more than one occasion his
plant narrowly escaped destruction by sparks blown
from the dust pile.

Both mills were sawing pine exclusively, and as a
matter of course the “slabs” accumulated rapidly, until
around each mill there was a large pile of this stuff,
representing so many dollars of idle capital going to
A glanced at the growing heap one day and be-
stirred himself to remedy this leakage. How could he
best utilize this surplus raw material? He used some
of it as fuel along with the sawdust, and found that he
could get a better heat, and therefore more steam by
judiciously adding the two than by burning each sep-
arate, but this only called for an atom of that immense
pile of outside boards. What should he do with the
remainder? He did not ask himself the question
long, his habitual perusal of his trade papers had
whetted his ideas, and he quickly realized that the best
way to put this idle material to profitable use, was to
buy a lath machine and hire an extra man or two to
operate it. He did so, and soon he was shipping laths
away in car load lots, and making a very snug profit
out of them, too. B allowed this object lesson to pass
unheeded and he continued to pile his slabs higher and
higher, where negroes in the neighboihood had fre-
quent access to them after nightfall.

A had arranged a plan to utilize his Saw dust, was no
longer troubled by an increasing pile of slabs, but still
there was a quantity of refuse material too good to
dump into his furnace. He thought awhile on that line
and he soon found a market for the “kindling wood,”
and henceforth broken laths and bits of board were
dumped into the dry house and made as ignitable as
tinder, after which they went to a small swing saw and
were cut into eight-inch length, after which they were
tied into little round bundles about a foot in diameter.
These were laid out flat, standing the sticks on end,
and a boy witha mop applied a thin coat of cheap
rosin to the exposed ends, from a huge pot standing
over a slow-burning fire near by. None of the work of
preparing these kindling blocks for market was done
by a man; boys were intrusted with the work and the
proprietor himself superintended it. There was another
thorough system and method about A’s mill. He gave
the signal himself, and all hands turned to or knocked
off when he did.

Experience had taught him that it was the best sort
of economy to be regular about all things. At B’s mill
the sawyer had rules, but being an employe himself did
not enforce them as strictly as the proprietor would
have done if he had been there in actual touch with the
work, and rules not enforced were often worse than no
rules at all, and in that way very much valuable time
was lost that represented so many dollars and cents
wasted. Is it necessary to draw the parallel any far-
ther. I think not. Any intelligent,
man acquainted with the saw-mill business in the re-
motest degree cannot fail to see where such a parallel
ultimately leads to, indeed it may hardly be termed a
knives is short and
and where it termi.

ruin.

common-sense

parallel any longer ; one of the
straight, the other early diverges
nates is not in sight.

In conclusion it is safe to lay down this general pro-
position, that the man who extracts the most gratifying
results from the saw-mill business, is he who watches
steadfastly after the small economies around his mill,
for if he is a business man enough to do that, he is apt
to be ambitious to push his business instead of allowing

it to push him.

MAHOGANY.
The weight of a cubic foot of mahogany varies from
35 to 53 pounds. Ascompared with oak, which is called
1oo per cent. the strength of mahogany is 67 to 97, its

stiffness is from 73 10 93, and its toughness from 61 to

99 per cent. Lhe Government engineer of Honduras
estimates the total value of the trees in that country,
such as are Binided fit to be cut, at $200,000,000, w ie
the smaller trees, not ready to cut, are*also worth a large

amount

OUR CROWN LANDS.

ae annual report of the Commissioner of Crown

Lands, which is now to hand, is a volume of
more interest than the majority of Government re-
turns, containing as it does a comprehensive statement
of the management of the Province’s great stores of
wealth. It shows that the total collections of the De-
partment were $1,113,052 and the total disbursements
$290,953. The area of clergy lands sold during the
year was 780 acres, aggregating in value $1,219.76.
The amount collected on account of these and former
sales was $6,037.88. The area of Crown Lands sold
during the year was 50,045 acres, aggregating in value
$79,847.39. The collections on account of these and
sales of former years amounted to $74,031.78. The
area of common school lands sold during the year was
220 acres, aggregating in value $766.50. The collec-
tions amounted to $11,758.24. The number of acres of
grammar school lands sold during the year was 534,
aggregating in value $367. The collections. were
$1,538.27. Under “ Railways Aid Act” of 1889 certain
lands were set apart to be sold for the purpose of form-
ing a fund to recoup the province in respect of moneys
expended in aiding railways—of these lands 9,406 acres
were sold, aggregating in value $18,577.20. The col-
lections were $11,562.56. .

The total collections from woods and forests for the
year amounted to $916,155.67, which includes $135,-
479.53, on account of bonuses, leaving the revenue
from timber dues, ground rent, etc., to be $780,676.14.

HON. A. S. HARDY. MINISTER OF CROWN LANDS, ¢

The revenue from woods and forests is somewhat
below the estimate, which is* accounted for by the col-
lapse in the square and waney board timber trade, there
being very little demand for
during the past year. The report goes on to say this
reduction of the import duty upon sawn lumber going
into the United States from $2 to $1 per thousand feet
board measure came too late in the year to have very
much effect on last season’s business, although there
was a stiffening towards the close of the year, due, no
doubt, to the reduction in question. The quantity of
timber being got out this year is very small, and there
is also a reduction in the output of logs. It is reason-
able, therefore, to expect for the coming season a fair
business at remunerative prices, and that the reduction
ot the American import duty will enlarge our market to
some extent—more particularly for the coarser grades
of lumber.

In order to enable those owning mills in the north-
west part of the province to obtain supplies of timber,
in harmony with the policy prevailing in other parts, it
was determined to hold a sale of a limited area of
timber berths as soon as the necessary surveys and ex-
plorations could be completed. The sale was held on
the first of October last and there was a large attend-
ance. Four bundred and eighty-five miles were of-
fered, all of which, except 181% miles, were in the ter-
ritory west of Thunder Bay. Three hundred and
forty-three and three-quarter miles were knocked down
on the day of sale, for $321,956.25, and thirty-three

this class of timber

‘There never was a time,

life for those who wish to get on.
“that we write, not for those who have run their race.

miles were sold subsequently at the upset price, realiz-

ing $24,300, making a total mileage sold of 37634, re-.
alizing $346,256.25, or an average of $919.06 per mile

bonus for the mere right to obtain license. There has

been paid on account $110,729.53, leaving outstanding

$235,526.72.

The work done during the year on colonization roads
was as follows : Miles of new road constructed, 180 ;

miles of road repaired, 400; bridges erected, 30;
bridges repaired, 12. The work done was carefully in-
spected and reportéd to be of a satisfactory and sub-
stantial character. The total expenditure was $127,-
577.60, of which certain items amounting to $2,770.20
were refunded, leaving the net departmental expendi-
ture to be $124,807.40.

A SERMON IN A SENTENCE.

E pay that man six dollars a day, said the pro-~
prietor of a small shop recently to us, for the
reason that he is the best man on that kind of work,
and‘we think ourselves very fortunate to get him.
When we heard this we could not but wish that some
who think the world is too full, and there is no demand
for skilled labor any more, could have heard it also.
there never will bea time,
until the end of all things is at hand, when skilled labar
will not be in demand. There is always an overplus of
mediocrity, and half-hearted men who work for six
o'clock have only themselves to blame when they are
unable to keep jobs. Not many months since we were
talking with a very intelligent man who was posted, so
to speak, on all things outside of ffis business. He was
a machinist, and when we broached some topics con-
nected with his trade he shut up like a steel trap; that
was the one thing he took no interest in, and it is
almost needless to say he had no position in it ; he was
a general utility man, fit only to hew wood and draw
water, and it is fair to presume, so lax was he in all
matters incident to his business, that he spilled most of
the water and made more chips than firewood. This
man, when asked if he took a trade paper, said prompt-
ly that he did not. ‘“ Why should 1? if I was the best
workman in the world the boss would only get the
benefit of it; I would not get any more.”’ Argument
with a man like that is impossible, and we said nothing;
but it is a curious fact that the suprintendent of this very
works said, as we were going over it: “I want a man
for foreman of one of these shops; and would you be-
lieve it, there is not one out of the whole 600 that I
would trust. I never saw such a lot of men in my life ;
they don’t care for anything. There isn’t a single
mechanical paper taken by one of theEe ang yet they
are afair average.”
Now the caption of this article and the commence-
ment explains the situation as regards advancement in
It is for young men

If you expect more than a bare living—and an uncer-_
tain one at that—you must be able to do some one
thing better than the mass can doit. No matter if it
is only chopping wood—whatever it is, do that one
thing better than nine out of ten can, and you will be
in constant demand. All men can not be foremen,
that is certain; but to be a foreman implies that you
can do something else better still if you will cultivate
the same qualities. :

One of the most difficult things is to convince young
men that they are not known for what they are; that
they can be good workmen and bad workmen and the
world wili not take cognizance of either fact. Assur-
edly it will; every man is known to his immediate
associates for exactly what he is. He is under their
notice all the while, and they do not fail to see his
daily walk and carriage ; this being the fact, it is easy
to get a good or bad reputation. Ifa young man has
his way to ‘make let him cultivate all things that are
lovely and of good report. Be assiduous at his trade,
do the best he can, and take counsel of his superiors.
Ifhe shows that he is in earnest, everyone will lend
him a hand.

Talking about striking a tender chord, soliloquized
the tramp at the wood pile; this is one of the toughest
cords I ever struck.

~~

Know that the pulleys are well balanced before they
are put in position, as a_ pully much out of balance is
quite a sure method to throw shafting out of line,

If the speed of a conveyor connecting the flow be-
tween two performances alternates from fast to slow,
and vice versa, an interruption to regular flow will result
on the last operation.

When a grain cleaning machine runs above proper
speed it is liable to break the wheat, and if it runs be-
low it will not make an accurate separation ; hence, if
for nothing else, it will pay to provide a reliable speed
governor to keep the grain cleaning machinery at
proper speed.

The steam engines ot the world represent, approxi-
mately. the working power of 1,000,000,000 of men, or
more than double the working population of the
world, the total population of which is usually estimated
at 1,455,023,000 inhabitants. Steam has accordingly
enabled man to treble his working power, making it
possible for him to economize his physical strength
while attending to his intellectual development.

Here is a method ot making an emery-wheel dresser:
“Take a piece of 3-inch round iron about 14 inches
long; heat it and split up about four inches; bend the
two sides made by splitting into the form of a letter U,
eaving a handle to inches long. Now drill 3¢-inch
holes in each end o/ the U, put 3-inch bolt through and
fill with 3%-inch washers. This will make a perfect
emery dresser.”

Smoke pipes may be preserved from rust by painting
the pipe thoroughly, either with coal or wood tar, then
filling it with shavings and setting them on fire. The
heat roasts the tar, and, at the same time, opens the
pores of the iron, which become filled with carbon, and
thus preserved from rusting for an indefinite period. A
smoke flue is mentioned which was thus treated twenty-
six years ago, and is still in good condition.

Air is an absolute necessity in good combustion.
That is understood pretty generally, yet there are en-
gineers who forget it when they put in grates with
insufficient openings for air or think that cleaning a

fire often does little good. Select a grate that has over |

50 per cent of air space, and a rocking grate makes
cleaning the fire an easy operation and without cooling
down the boiler.

Possibly it is not in order to criticise old sawyers, but
there are men who claim the title of sawyers who do not
know the first principle of milling. They file saws to
the disadvantage and ruination of their employers. A
saw should be swaged with a lever or tongue swage or
set with z Disston saw set. In order to cut smooth
lumber, a side file should be used. A good sawyer will
not depend upon the guide pins. File the saw correctly,
and the result will be satisfactory to yourself and em-
ployer. Too many sawyers do not file the saw cor-
rectly, and depend upon the guide pins for good work,
and when the saw does not do good work it is blamed
for what is really the sawyer’s carelessness.

The practice of removing the manhole plate in the
front head of ahot boiler, says Mr. W. H. Wakeman,
in the Wanufacturers Gazette, and then inserting the
hose, and allowing the cold water to run along the bot-
tom to the blow-off pipe, is a bad one, for if the bottom
of shell is suddenly cooled off, while the top is still in
contact with the heated masonry and other covering,
unequal contraction and a severe strain on some of the
parts is the inevitable result. This may be practiced
for years without ruining the boiler to outward appear-
ance, but the worst defects we have to contend with are
those which would escape the notice of the casual ob-
server, and when boilers that are thus misused finally
“let go,” it is voted a mysterious dispensation of Provi-
dence.

Edwin A. Kimball, instructor of the shops at the
University of Illinois, writing on the subject of pre-
venting slipping of belts, says: “I do not know that
washing soda may not be as good as castor oil, for I.
never used the former ; but I do know that castor oil is
effective and safe inthe hands of a competent person.
There is no occasion to soak a belt in any sort of oil.
A little applied to the surface is sufficient. There is
nothing that I have ever tried that is so effective as
castor oil, especially for wood-working machinery belts.
The way to apply it is to let it run from a bottle in a
smal}l stream on the belt while this is in motion, com-
mencing at one edge of the belt, moving the stream
over a little at every full travel of the belt, until the
whole width of the belt has received its portion. I
know of belts that have been treated in this way for
years, and they are whole yet, and doing their work
without a murmur.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN,.

LUMBERMEN IN THE LEGISLATURE.

HE lumbering interests of the Province of Ontario
are represented in the Local Legislature by fifteen
members engaged in lumbering pursuits either as owners
and operators of saw mills or as holders of timber limits,
and in some instances as both. Of these the Hon. E.
H. Bronson, whose picture we here publish is a Minister
of the Crown.

Mr. Bronson is a member of the well-known firm of
Bronson & Weston, who operate extensive mills and
control large interests on the Ottawa. He is the eldest
son of Mr. H. F. Bronson, a native of Warren County,
N. Y.; he was born at Bolton, Warren Co., in 1844.
He received his education at Ottawa and Sandy Hill,
N, Y. He has beena member of the Ottawa city
council for seven years and of the school board for a
much longer period. In 1874 he married the only
daughter of Prof. N. B. Webster, of Norfolk, Virginia.
He was first elected to the Legislature as amember for
Ottawa in 1886. Last June he was re-elected by the
enormous majority of 1,460.

It is in keeping with the fitness of things that a busi-
ness holding such an-important relationship to the pros-

-perity of the entire Province should be thus fully and

ably represented in its councils.

Crossing over from the Government benches to the
opposite side of the House, we find in Mr. A. Miscampbell
the new member for East Simcoe, a man prominent in
lumbering sections and whojs destined to come quickly to
the frontin Legislative circles. His speech on the Budget

HON. E. H. BRONSON, MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO.

in the recent session of the Legislature was perhaps
the ablest delivered by any of Mr. Meredith’s supporters.
In another column along with a portrait of the author,
we publish an extract from this speech, touching speci-
ally on lumbering interests and which will furnish a
good illustration of this gentleman’s style in debate and
trend of thought on public questions. Mr. Miscampbell
spoke with force on the Mining measures of the Govern-
ment and also or the shantymen’s Lien bill.

Another member who delivered one of the chief.

speeches in the mining debate was Mr. Jas. Conmee,
member for West Algoma. He was bornin Sydenham
in 1849, and is now a resident of Port Arthur. He is
extensively engaged in lumbering and railway con-
struction.

Mr. W. C. Caldwell, B. A., of North Lanark, is
another lumberman, and son of the former member Mr.
Alexander Caldwell. E. C. Carpenter representing
North Norfolk, whilst now engaged in agricultural pur-
suits was for some years in the employ of the Rifle River
Booming and Rafting Co. in Michigan. South Norfolk
is happy in its choice of a lumberman, in the person of
W. A. Charlton, a resident of Lynedoch, and where he
is engaged in mercantile and lumbering business and
with his brother John Charlton, M. P., for North Nor-
folk, has interests in the Georgian Bay region and
Tonawanda, N. Y. One of the most active members of
the Assembly is Mr. James Clancey, of West Kent, a
lumberman of Wallaceburg. Mr. John Fell, of North
Victoria, for some time ran a shingle mill at Fenelon

’ per cent. fiber.

Falls. Robert Ferguson the member for East Kent
lives at Thamesville where he carries on a lumber busi-
ness. One of the new members of the Legislature
brought in by the June election is Wm. McCleary repre-
senting Welland. He is a member of the firm of Mc-
Clearey & McLean, lumber dealers and sash

anda aoor

manufacturers. Centre Simcoe claims a new member
in Mr. Robert Paton, of New Lowell, who is extensively
engaged in stock raising and lumbering. David Porter,
of North Bruce, has been engaged in saw milling since

1877. Jas. Reid, of Addington, worked for many years
in his father’s saw mill and was engaged in lumber ng.
The member for North Waterloo, Mr. Elias W. B.
Snider, is a manufacturer and owner of several mills in-
cluding a saw mill. One of Mr. Meredith’s most active
supporters is Mr. A. F. Wood, of North Hastings, a
gentleman largely interested in manufacturing and rail-
road interests, holding for some time the position of
president of the North Hastings’ Lumber Company.

THE BIG TREES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
T may well be imagined that it is no boy’s play tocut

down a tree from five to ten feet in diameter. The
axemen work in pairs, and after selecting the place
where they desire the tree to fall, they begin operations.
Trees generally have a swell at the base that is cross-
grained and gnarled, hard to cut, and not good timber,
and as it is not desirable to have this in the log it be-
comes necessary to cut the tree above this defect. Some
trees, especially the fir, have a great deal of pitch at the
base, and this, also, renders it desirable to begin cutting
some distance from the ground. Another advantage of
getting above the ground is being out of the way of
brush and fallen timber.

In order to do this the axeman chops a notch in the
tree nearly as high as his head, the notch being about
six inches deep and about the same in length, and in-
serts in it the end of a board, upon which he stands to
wield his axe.. The board is a piece of oak or fir from
four to six feet long and about ten inches wide, the in-
serting end being narrower and bound with steel, upon
which is a calk like that on a horseshoe, which holds the
board firmly when the man’s weight is on it. If the first
notch is not high enough he cuts another higher up, and
still another, if necessary, using the boards as steps, un-
til he is often ten or twelve feet above the ground before
he finds a suitable place for chopping. The two axe-
men, having thus gained a position on opposite sides of
the tree, begin the work of chopping with their double-
bladed axes, working carefully so as to direct the fall
of the tree in the line selected. Of late years the im-
proved style of two-hand saws has been made to do the
chief work. After cutting with the axe a deep line in the
tree on the side to which it is to be made to fall, the men
begin sawing on the opposite side, wedging the cut
made by the saw as they progress, thus keeping the saw
clear and gradually inclining the tree in the right
direction. In this way a tree may be made to fall in
the direction exactly opposite to its natural inclination.
When the tree shows symptoms of falling the men give
a few well-directed strokes with the axe to guide it in
its course, and then spring lightly to the ground, stand-
ing near the base of the tree, which experience has
proved to be the safest position Gradually the forest
giant bows its head, its fibres cracking like pistol shots.
until, at last, it comes down with a rush, its limbs drag-
ging down others with it, and the under ones being
splintered into pieces.

HOW WOOD PULP IS MADE.

N wood pulp making by thesulphite process, the wood
| is peeled, discolored or decayed parts are removed,
the wood is cut across the grain into thin chips, which
are dropped into large drums about 14 feet in diameter,
24 long, and strong enough to sustain a pressure of from
75 to 200 pounds to the square inch ; when packed full
of chips the drum is filled with sulphuric acid and other
chemicals, and the cotton-like product is pressed dry
and mashed, mixed with water, rolled flat and cut into
shape for bundling,, being 60 per cent. moisture and 40
Thus it goes to the paper mill. One
cord of spruce makes 1,200 pounds of dry fiber worth
from $100 to $150 a hundred pounds.

Lp}

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

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PROTECTION TO SHANTYMEN

THE Lumbermen’s Lien act carried through the
recent session of the Ontario Legislature by the Com-
missioner of Crown Lands designed to give to
shantymen the same privileges as are extended to
other workingmen under the Mechanics’ Lien act. It
provides that wages shall be deemed a first charge on
all logs and shall have precedence of all other claims
or liens thereon.

In principle the measure is sound.

1S

Experience has

proved that special legislation for the protection of |

those, who of themselves, are powerless against unscru-
pulous employers,has becomea necessity. This particu-
lar bill, however, contains several clauses that, whilst
aimed to protect one class of the community in particu-
lar, bears unfairly on another class, who unfortunately
at the present time feel that their lot is not an easy

one.
The bill is made to be operative only in the
Algoma, Thunder Bay and the Rainy River

districts—the border districts. Here, it is alleged,
is the greater temptation foi sharp practices on
the part of jobbers, who willseean opportunity to hurry
heir logs out of the country, too often without paying
the men who have done the burden of the work, the
wages earned. While cases of this kind have occurred
and have been more common to the districts named in
the bill than elsewhere, it does not follow that like
fraudulent acts may not be committed in other lumber-
ing sections. In the discussion in the House preced-
ing the passing of the measure it was pointed out by
Mr. Wood that there were complaints of dishonest
jobbers in the Trent and Moira districts. Mr. Dunlop.
said there was a desire fora bill of this nature in the
Ottawa district, and Mr. White cited reasons for its
extension to Essex. But aside entirely from local
reasons, if the principle of the bill is sound, it should be
general in its application. It should not be a case of
waiting until irregularities show themselves in a com-
munity before a law already in existence is made to
apply to that particular locality. This looks too much
like locking the stable door after the horse is stolen.
The clause which will operate most severely on the
lumbering interests is that which says that “such lien
shall remain and be in force against such logs or tim-
ber in whosoever possession the same shall be found.”
It is not denied that there are men engaged as jobbers
in lumbering, who, like those in many other lines of
commerce, are working on a limited capital. They are
just as honest as the men who have ten times the
capital, and because of their known honesty credit is
given them on the logs or timber they buy, pending the
closing of sales on their part. Now, if the lumberer
who gives this credit has got to take the additional
risk of having a possible wage bill tacked on to his
account and the very logs for which he has not yet got
his pay, seized and perhaps sold at a sacrifice, through

no dishonest intent, but the unforseen misfortune of the
jobber, he is very apt to draw a strict line in future on
the matter of credits, and the consequence will be the
crowding out of business of many deserving men and
honest jobbers. Even though the jobber should never

| have done otherwise than pay every cent of wages he

has ever contracted he will be treated in the same way
as the rascal who goes into the business full
purpose of “doing up” workmen and everybody else.
When business men establish rules, forced on them by
exceptional circumstances, the rules have to be general
to all.

with

This phase of the matter is further aggravated by
another clause which provides that if “such labor or
services be performed or done on or after 1st day of
Apmnil and before 1st day of October in any year,” then
action in law can be commenced within twenty days
after the last day such labor or services were perform-
ed. Here we are at the close of the season and it
would not be difficult for those troublesomely disposed
to cause action to be entered against a jobber for the
one purpose of having the logs held long enough to
make itimpossible, owing to the setting in of severe
weather, to have them carried through to their destin-
ation that winter. Even if such action were entered
with a proper purpose, serious loss on all hands would
follow in the same way.

The lumbermen are not forgetful of various wise
measurés of the Provincial government helpful to
their interests, noting specially their recent action
making it a condition of timber sales that all
logs cut in the territory disposed of shall be manufac-
tured in Canada.

It is a disappointment in this latest measure that the
objectionable features referred to were not at least
modified and still the general principle of the bill
which all lumbermen we believe approve of, preserved.

' FOREST PRESERVATION.

THE tendency of human nature is to “put off, so
long as the worse results that we know will event-
ually follow some given course of action, have not
actually developed. We see this illustrated in the case
of tree planting having in view the preservation and
renewal of our forests.

The possibility of a Scarcity of timber in this country
of so much wood is passed over as the dream of an
idealist or the vaporings of a mere theorist. Yet, with
the inroads that are being made in our forests to-day,
the time may not be so remote as we anticipate, and
we will wake up too late to reap the gain that would
have come from a little prudent forethought, and less
of the indifference of the present day.

Much careful reflection has been given to this sub-
ject by Mr. Phipps, of the Forestry Department of the
Ontario Government. In his latest report he suggests
as a practical method to encourage tree planting, the
opening of a large public nursery, where trees might be
obtained free of cost, and that under a system of free
saplings, twenty times as much planting would be done
as at present. This proposition involves an expen-
diture of public money, which Mr. Phipps justifies in
this way: “The work ts national ; it is the nation that
desires the farmer to plant trees ; it was the fault of
the nation that he was ever allowed to obtain public
land at first without an agreement to retain a certain
portion in trees.” The great error of the original sett-
lers, he says, was taking hill and hollow, mountain and
vale, indisc1iminately, with the result that many moun-
tain tops were cleared, farmed and ruined by the wash-
ing away of the soil. ‘That the mountain should be
wooded and the sloping valley cropped, is the very
A B C of forestry.”

Captain Eads, an American writer on the subject
refers to the indiscriminate destruction of forests in his
country in the following vigorous and picturesque
“The United States is tearing out the heart
ot the country with her gang ploughs and throwing it
into the Mississippi river.” —

The testimony of 200 farmers has been given to
prove that years ago, when there was still much tim-
ber standing, most crops gave a far better return than
since more has been cleared.

manner :

This is a very practical side of the question—one

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May, 1891

that involves dollars and cents, and should weigh
against the measure of sentiment that some of our too
utilitarian people think surrounds this question.
Otherwise future generations may rise up not to bless
us, but mad enough to consign us to some unmention-
able region where fire wood is supposed to be more

everlasting than Canadian woods may have proved to
be.

THE QUESTION OF DUTY.

OPINIONS differ among lumbermen as to the wisdom
of removing the duty on logs going into the United
States. Two separate interests come into conflict with
each other. The mill men see only a curtailment of
the work of their mills and a transference of this labor
to Michigan mills. The owners of timber limits on
the other hand are already feeling the impetus that the
abolition of the duty is giving to the sale of their logs
and lumber; and that these sales are running into large
figures there can be no question. THE LUMBERMAN
has taken some trouble to enquire on this point, and
finds that here both mill owners and owners of limits
are at one. We give a few figures that will be
suggestive of what is being done in exporting. N.
Holland, of the Saginaw Lumber and Salt Company
will export 30,000,000 feet from Canada ; J. W. Howry
& Son, of Saginaw, 20,000,000 ; and Sibly & Bearinger
as many more ; about 35,000,000 will be taken from
Lake Superior, and Alger, Smith & Co., will raft about
80,000,000 feet from Algoma.

The workingmen recognizing what this means are
agitating for a reimposition of the duty, and it is
possible that at the present session of the Dominion
House the matter may be taken up. But this is only
one view. It does not follow, nor is it likely, that the
large quantities of logs that willbe rafted across the
border would, if the export duty were reimposed, be cut
in Canada. Some will be, but the larger quantity
would remain in statu guo.

There is the other important phase of the question
that cannot be left out in a fair consideration of the
entire problem, viz: That whatever drawback does
exist as a result of the abolition of the export duty, is it
not more than offset by the gain in the lessening of the
import duty on Canadian lumber going into the States ?
Let our government reimpose the duty on logs, and the
United States government, it 1s believed, would at
once retaliate by again clapping on the import duty on
lumber. :

It would seem to be the consensus of opinion that it
was unnecessary—and it was not asked for—for our
government when removing the duty on pine logs, to
have also included spruce. One large Canadian con-
cern, the E. B. Eddy Manufacturing Co., of Hull, has
already interviewed the government and asked for a
reimposition of the duty on this product. They use
spruce in their sulphite fibre works, where by a simple
process of treatment with sulphuric acid, the wood of
the spruce is converted into sulphite fibre, from which
the finest qualities of paper are made. The products
from the works, which average 300 tons monthly, finds
a ready market in Canada and the United States. The
company, however, is already being handicapped be-
cause of the Americans coming over here and buying
up all the available spruce. It is a serious injustice to
the lumber interests of New Brunswick where the
larger portion of spruce is found, while no advantage
to offset this loss is presented. In the new de-
partment of the LUMBERMAN, “Eli,” it will be inter-
esting, and not without its funny side, to read the
various views of the trade on this and kindred
questions. There one can “speak right out in meetin’,

Among the questions that the census enumerators
are instructed to.ask are the following regarding the
products of the forest ; Number of square cubic feet of
white or red pine, oak, birch and maple, elm, black or
other walnut, and hickory produced for the census
year ; cubic feet of square or sided tamarac and all”
other timber ; number of standard pine or spruce logs,
spars and masts, thousands of staves, cords of lathwood,
tan bark, firewood, pulpwood,. and number of fence
posts, railway ties, telegraphs poles, and thousands of
shingles taken out.

.

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THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

PRESIDENT HARRISON issued his proclamation last
week reserving from settlement 1,750,000 acres of
timber land in the northwestern portion of Wyoming
adjoining the Yellowstone National Park.

THE rag picker no longer holds the key to the situ-
ation in the manufacture of paper. Wood pulp has
worked a solution in paper making. Rags are still used
for the finer grades of paper, but for print papers and
the cheaper grades of writing wood pulp has the field.

BEHOLD what a great fire a little matter kindleth—
and one would expect many such taking the average
daily out-put of matches in the Eddy Com pany factor-
ies at Hull, Que., as a criterion. No less than 22,000,-
000 matches, or four for every man, woman and child
in the Dominion, are turned out daily in this establish-
ment.

THEY are using more walnut in Europe at this time
than is usual, and considerable quantities are now going
forward from eastern points to meet the foreign trade.
Operators are disposed to think that the trade is about
at its highest pitch however, but Europeans are dispos-
ed to take all they can get of a quality that suits them,
at prices prevalent in the seaport markets.

BLACK birch is rapidly coming into favor in building
circles. When properly stained it is almost im-
possible to tell the difference between it and cherry or
walnut. In the forests throughout Ontario birch grows
in abundance, especially if the land is not too boggy.
There is a great difference in the wood of different
sections. Where the land is high and dry the wood is
firm and clear ; but if the land is low and wet, the
wood has a tendency to be soft and of a bluish
color.

- THE forestry exhibit at the Columbian Exposition at

Chicago will embrace wood in its natural state from
every section of this and other countries, thus affording
a most excellent opportunity for compairing the same
varieties growing in different latitudes and the climatic
effect on forest growth. Worked timber in all of its
many commercial forms will be shown by beautiful
specimens selected from the wood-working establish-
ments of the world, including the various ornamental
woods used in furniture, veneers, and interior decor-
ations.

THE owner ofa planing-mill in Chicago has been
sued for $10,000 damages because a six-year-old boy,
who was bringing beer to the mill for some of the work-
men, accidentally got caught in the machinery and was
injured.— Ex,

Beer is bad stuff to get inside a planing mill or inside
workingmen. The amount claimed for the boy’s in-
juries isa good round sum. But if it results in pro-
hibition being made the law not only of the mill, but
individually of the men employed both in and out of
the mill there will in the end be full return received
for the $10,000.

THE Winnipeg assessment rolls tor 1891, which have
just been completed, show the total assessment to be
$19,995,379, an increase of about a million and a third
over last year’s return. This increase is accounted for,
partly by the large number of buildings erected during
the past year, as well as improvements and repairs
made to premises generally throughout the .city and
partly to the advance that has taken place in the value
of outside property, a large proportion of which has
changed hands at prices far in excess of former assess-
ments, and something approaching a valuation has at
last been imparted to all that kind of property. The
exemptions remain at $4,000,000 and the personal prop-
erty assessment of $2,375,000 show a slight decrease
from that of iast year. The population is 27,000.

AGENTS of the General Land -Office, appointed in
June last by Secretary Noble to investigate alleged
large timber depredations in the Rainy Lake and
Rainy River country, in Northern Minnesota, by both
American and Canadian pzrties, have made their of-
ficial reports. It is stated in the reports that such
definite information of large depredations has been ob-
tained as will enable the government to sustain actions
at law against the trespassers. The yearly average of
logs passing through the Rainy River is said to be be-
tween forty-five and fifty million feet.

WE have all heard of the well known Forth bridge
of England, which it is claimed has more steel in it
than any bridge that is or ever was. Canada is a
“wooden country,” so our old country friends say, and
can claim the greatest wooden bridge extant. We refer
to the Canadian Pacific Railway Company’s new bridge
at Milford, Manitoba. It is 3,300 feet long and 75 feet
high. There were used in the work 1,300,000 board
measuie, 1,300 piles for supporting the trestle, and 150
piles for the abutments of the Howe truss of the great
span. And it was all completed in five weeks.

THERE are from 30,000 to 100,000 olive trees along
the confines of the Province of Gilan in Persia, which
yield on an average 6 pounds to 90 pounds of olives per
tree per annum or roughly a gross annual produce of
750,000 pounds. ‘The value of the oil after a good har-
vest is from Is. 2d. per bottle of two pounds at Resht or
Teheran, whereas the maximum price paid aftera bad
harvest is about 3s. Rudbar, the centre of the pro-
duction, is situated on the Safeed Rud, which from that
point 1s navigable down to the exit into the Caspian
Sea, during the greater part of the year, for strongly
built barges or rafts and for flat-bottom boats. Every
olive tree is subjected to a Government tax of about
Id.

IN Buftalo, N.Y., complaint is made that mill men
are cutting prices, and that every effort to remedy the
evil has so far failed. Here as in almost every de-
partment of trade comes that bane of all trade—“cut-
ting.” Probably nothing that we can say will be half
as effective as the efforts of their own people. We do
say, however, in most emphatic terms that history has
yet to record an instance where “cutting” in any
branch of business ended in other than disaster. The
rope may be longer in some hands than others, but
there is an end to even the longest rope. The
funny part is that men who are shrewd in every
other way, and who put on the brakes to stop the
leakages everywhere else do nothing to dam the
greatest of all leaks—too often constantly widen the
channel to give greater flow to the losses.

A CONTEMPORARY writes of the “ coming timber,”
as we might expect a dry goods man to talk of the
coming fashion in bonnets. It is the casé however,
that fashion changes in woods as it does, ina greater
or less degree, in alm.ost all other mundane things. Just
now with our American friends the warmest appre-
ciation is going out to the yellow pines of the southern
States. The output is already nearly three-fourths
that of white pine, and there are sanguine ones who
predict that it will yet double that of its northern rival.
Yellow pine is claimed to be susceptible of as
high and beautiful finish as the white pines of the
higher latitudes. Hitherto it has been regarded as
too full of resinous gum and too coarse grained for
fine wood working finish. The same idea is also
prevalent in England. But this prejudice is quickly
disappearing. It is said to be harder than white pine
and more enduring.

IN another column we publish, along with a portrait
of Hon. A, S. Hardy, a very complete summary of the
report of the Commissioner of Crown Lands for 1890.
It deals at considerable length with the marked de-
velopment that has taken place in the mineral wealth
of the province. To applicants in the districts of
Algoma, Nipissing, Rainy River and Thunder Bay,
who have filed plans, an area of mineral lands of up-

. timber resources.

9
wards of 14,0co acres have been sold, for
upwards of $28,coo has been received. The totz
lections for the year from woods and forests amounte:
to $916,155.67, which includes $135.479.53 on accx
of bonuses, leaving the revenue from timber due
ground rents, etc., to be $780,676.1 The report
bear a careful reading by all engaged nber
dustries.

VANKLEEK HILL, a thriving village in the county of
Prescott, is in high glee over the news that the Centra]
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counties railway company expect to have the line f
Glen Robertson to the village completed by Noven
next. The population is now about 2,000, and which it
is anticipated will increase rapidly. Lumbering is car-
ried on extensively in this region, and it is expected
that the new railway line which is to connect at Coteau
with the American system will enable the large dealers
and holders of lumber to ship at any season of the year
to Boston, New York and other cities in the United
States. The railway company have a bonus of $15,000
from the municipality of West Hawkesbury, and a
number of small bonuses from farmers along the line.
THE LUMBERMAN trusts that all the good things that
our friends along the Ottawa anticipate from the in-
creased railway facilities will be realized. Just see to it
that you have got the railway solid—if such a thing i
possible—on all its promises, so that some day when
you most need its service, it will not kick back on you.
Railway corporations, and heavily bonused ones too,
have done that kind of thing before.

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“ SPEARING” for timber is a new industry, says a
London paper, which has been devoloping for the past
few years in Ireland, and is a form of timber prospect-
ing never dreamed of some years ago, not even by
“American pine hunters.” Geologists know that im-
mense tracts of what are now bog lands in Ireland were
formerly covered with forests of oak and pine, and that
in cutting peak immense trees of both these varieties
are found embedded in the earth, at depths of 10, 20
and 30 feet. In some cases, whole groves are found
standing just as they grew hundreds of years ago. A
visitor to the wild region of Donegal thus describes the
way in which the seekers after buried forests operate.
Two men armed with long steel rods 30 or 4o feet long,

. traverse the bog, and by running therods into the ground

are able to find where the trees are to be found. They
fix on a patch of land 20 or 30 feet square and cross it
with their searchers north, south, east and west. Hav-
ing searched across each way stabbing every foot of
the inclosed space, they quickly learn whether it con-
tains what they are looking for. The timber when
obtained is, we learn, generally found to be perfectly
sound, and the oak, which is as black as ebony, is used
extensively for ornaments of jewelry and fancy cabinet
work, and sells at high prices.

ONE of the best known lumbermen in the Dominion
is Mr. J. W. Phillips, a resident of this city. He is the
owner of extensive timber limits in Newfoundland,
situated on the Gander river, near the island of Fago,
on the north-east coast. He is owner also of a large mill
at Point Limington, and is now engaged erecting a
second mill, docks, etc., at a cost of about $125,000.
Though a resident of Toronto for upwards of thirty-two
years, as anative of Newfoundland he takes a warm
interest in all its affairs, practically shown in his large
material interests in this colony. He has recently re-
turned froma visit of some weeks to his native place,and
to an ubiquitous interviewer has unbosomed himself on
the possibilities of this colony that to-day is attracting
world-wide attention because of her fishery affairs. He
considers her agricultural capabilities second to those
of no province in Canada. She is rich in minerals and
Combatting an idea, quite general,
that the “extreme weather” is a drawback to the cul-
tivation of the soil, he gives the official figures to show
that when the mean temperature in Toronto marked
44.3, at St. George’s Bay, Newfoundland it was 43.8,
while at Winnipeg, Man., on same day it stood 30.8.
It was at Bonavista, now a large harbor, distant from
St. John, Newfoundland, about tco mies, that Chris-
topher Columbus, it is said, first s _*:ed land.

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THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

> May, 1891

LI’S greetings to readers of the CANADA LUMBERMAN who
are tobe found in the wide Dominion, innearly every state in
the American Union, and reaching England, Germany and
even far away India, a subscription coming to us this month
I shall chat freely in this column about
various matters pertaining to lumbering and kindred interests.

from Burmah, India.

Readers will have every opportunity given them to express
themselves. Bright, shrewd sayings of the brightest and
shrewdest of our business men—for where do you get them, if
not in the lumber trades?—will be caught on the ‘fly’ by
Eli as he wanders to and fro among the trade and will be re-
corded here. Ina word it will be a page for the interchange
of opinions with readers and writer, where without restraint
each may feel free to say his own say in his own particular
way. Your introduction to Eli.
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“Take my word for it,” said a lumberer to the writer a
little ago, “‘there is not the slightest danger of the Americans
tacking on an increased duty on lumber, should we reimpose
the duty on logs. They want our lumber too bad.”

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“There can be no doubt,” remarked Mr. A. H. Campbell,
of the Muskoka Milling and Lumber Company, “‘that the
yellow pine of the Southern States is going to seriously break
in on the sale of Michigan pine. It will not fill the bill in
every case where white pine is used, but it is a useful wood.
The one great drawback will be transportation, but when
there is the stuff to ship satisfactory arrangements can usually
be made for shipping.”

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In the lumbering sections in the Ottawa region and especi-
ally out on the Pacific coast among the Indian. villages and
logging camps, I am told the census enumeratorsare having a
jolly time. Two men will take an open boat with a supply of
provisions and go to the Howe Sound to enumerate the

population, and from there they will go northward along the »

coast as far as the upper end of Knight’s Inlet, a distance of
upwards of 300 miles. How would some of our city enumer-
ators like the job ?

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“‘Tust how far astray the daily papers will get,” said lum-
berman John Donogh, “‘in their anxiety for news is shown in
the boom that the city dailies are endeavoring to work up in
building lines. Their prediction is that 1891 will provea
busy season and they cite the number of permits issued as
proof. Weare directly interested in seeing a lively trade
done, and I wish the prognostications of the newspaper press
were correct. ~The building permits are certainly a long way
ahead of those of a year ago, but be it remembered that the
fire limits have been widely extended within the year. Last
season’s building was not nearly represented by the permits
registered at the city hall. There was building outside of the
fire limits that these little documents told nothing about. This
year the building is in the main covered by the permits.”

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I see that Mr. H. E. Clarke, one of the members for Toronto,
drew the attention of the Legislature at its recent session to the
He quoted from
statistics furnished by the Legislatures of Michigan, Wisconsin

extent of the timber cut in the Province.

and Dakota, which show that these states, so it is stated, are so
deficient in their timber that they cannot supply the home
consumption for the next ten years, and also that New Hamp-
shire and Vermont have virtually exhausted all their forests.
** No one,” said Mr. Clarke, ‘‘can find fault with the govern-
ment if they cause to be cut down every stick of timber in the
country, if it is done to make room for settlers, but such is not
the case. It is being done to supply our neighbors to the south
with an article that is growing scarcer every year, and must
increase in value as cime goes on.”
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I And in discussing trade questions with men engaged in any
line of business that it makes a good deal of difference whose
The color of our spectacles vary a good deal

I had been spending a pleasant half hour in
the office of a leading jobber in this city, a few days since,
who in discussing the question of duty on logs, had no

ox is gored.
—sometimes.

hesitancy in saying that it would bea serious blunder to re-
It wouid certainly materially affect his
I had not left this gentleman any length of time be-

impose the old duty.
rade.

fore Tran across a mill owner from the Midland district.
““Well,” said I, ‘Show are things your way? Getting ready
for a big season’s trade?” No trade at all was the reply.
The abolition of this export duty has completely killed mill
operations. I have sold my mill to an American firm, and they
have closed it down —so you can draw your own conclusion
as to how the duty business works.”

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**Do you know,” remarked one whose opinions on lumber-
ing are worth something, ‘‘that the abolition gf the duty on
logs is going to raise a bigger noise than those Ottawa fellows
ever dreamed of. It was a simple matter with one scratch of
the pen to give away our forests to the Americans, but it will
not be so easy to recover the ground that is now fast slipping
from under us.”

I had to confess that there was some cause for my friend’s
indignation, at the same time I asked him to read over the ‘Eli’
page when the LUMBERMAN would get into his hands this
month and see how a ‘‘house was divided’ against itself,”
some lumbermen holding to one view and others to the
opposite.

“‘All this will not alter the cold facts that the mills in the
regions directly affected by the measure are closing down one
after another, hundreds of men are being thrown out of em-
ployment, and Michigan saw mills are both getting our logs
and doing the cutting. Let me go back a little in history,” said
he. ‘‘You know that some six or eight years ago the Americans
did this same kind of thing—they bought our logs, rafted them
over to the Michigan shore and kept their big mills in a con-
tinued buz. To give to our own people who surely have a
right to the bounties of their own forests some show an export
duty of $2 per thousand ft. was placed upon Canadian pine
logs by the Dominion Government. What was the result ?
Immediately our saw mills all through the Midland, Little
Current, Spanish River, and other lumbering regions took on
a big boom, and such men as Mr. Miscampbell, Cook Bros.
and others were able to give employment to hundreds of work-
ing men. Our woods swarmed with them, villages thrived,
store-keepers did a rattling trade, boats were kept running,
and progress marched apace on all hands. I know what Iam
talking about when I say that this last movement of our
government has changed all this, and the leading mills
throughout the Midland, Little Current, Algoma and _ places
along the north shore are as a consequence closed down, and
will remain closed unless the duty is reimposed.”

Hold on, I said, you are showing us one side of the shield
only with a vengeance. Do you suppose that Sir John Mac-
donald, the father of the National Policy, a measure designed
specially for Canadian industries and workingmen, abolished
this duty simply for the fun of the thing? Did he not get in
return the reduction of from $2 to $1 import duty on Canadian
lumber going in to the States, thus giving encouragement to
every manufacturer of lumber in the country—and especially
in the region named by yourself—and as a consequence is not
manufactured lumber being shipped to the States in increased
quantities by our Canadian shippers? NReimpose the duty,
have the import duty raised, and the trade with the United
States in Canadian lumber will be seriously curtailed.

“The experience is all against you,” persisted my irre-
pressible friend. ‘‘I will grant that shippers are doing an in-
creased trade because of the reduction of the import duty, but
mill owners are not getting any marked benefit. There isa
surplus of sawed lumber ina large number of yards consequent
on the depression of a year ago, and this is being shipped across
the border to-day. This stock exhausted and shippers will
feel the pinch just as the mill men do to-day.”

Do you mean to say that our people will cease manu-
You know the old adage that it is easier for the
mill to come to the logs, than for the logs to go to the mill.
We have got the logs and the mills are planted beside them.

“This is very plausible and might count for something if
certain special factors did not exist.- (1) The Americans have
their own saw mills on their own side of the lines—some very
large ones—and they have got to keep them running. If it
were not for this it would probably pay them to ‘‘cut” in
Canada, notwithstanding the dollar duty on manufactured
stuff. (2) If the duty on logs remain off for any length of time,
they will have sufficient lumber in their Michigan yards manu-

facturing ?

factured from Canadian logs, cut by their own workmen, in
their own mills, these without costing them a cent of duty, to
be perfectly independent of manufactured stuff from Canada.
In a word what need will there be for them paying even one
dollar duty on lumber, when they get the stocks in free of
duty in the shape of logs and manufacture, ifI may so put it,
on their own premises ?”

There seemed to be no “downing” our saw mill friend.
He recognised the fact that the owners of timber limits had a
large amount of capital invested in the woods of Canada, and
that the abolition of the duty on logs meant that these gentle-

men were now getting a nice turn over on their investments
and from their standpoint it was perhaps proper for the gov-
ernment to concede to themcertain privileges. But was it
right for them to do this at the cost of the complete ruination
of other important interests, which if not representing so large
an amount of capital—-though no inconsiderable sum—was a
business upon which depended the livlihood of hundreds of
men and their families and the sustaining of thriving and pro-
gressive villages at many points in the Province.

‘Tam too loyal a Canadian” said he ‘‘to take any other
view of the matter” and then he left me.

THE EXPORT DUTY ON LOGS
INTERVIEW WITH A LEADING LUMBERMAN.

HE CANADA LUMBERMAN both in its editorial
columns and also through its wandering scribe,
“Eli,” has a good deal to say in this number on the
abolition of the duty on logs. Itis the burning ques-
tion in lumbering sections at the present time, and no
apology is necessary for the prominence that we are
giving it. Desiring to obtain the views of a well-known
Canadian, one who is interested extensively both as
the owner of limits and mills, your interviewer called
upon Mr. John Bertram, president of the Collins Inlet
Lumber Company, and one of the largest operators in
the Georgian Bay region.

He was found in his office on Wellington street, and
though up to the eyes in business, very cheerfully gave
an audience and freely discussed the question.

“Let me say at the outset,” remarked Mr. Bertram,
“that there is no such quantity of logs being shipped
from Canada to the States as is stated by the news-
papers. The figure is placed at 160,000,000 feet.
There will not be at the outside more than 80,000,000 or
100,000,000 feet shipped from Canada. I have heard
names mentioned and figures given that are wide of
the mark.”

Do you not think, remarked the interviewer, that
even though the figures may be exaggerated that suf-
ficient will be shipped to have a hurtful effect on the
lumbering industry?

“I do not,’ was Mr. Bertram’s prompt reply. “So
far as the Georgian Bay mills are concerned, I know
that it is not so. When the proposition was made by
the United States government. to reduce the duty on
manufactured lumber from $2 to $1, I think it was but
a fair condition that we should abolish the duty on
logs. Of course I should like to have seen entire free
trade in lumber, and I can hardly fancy that there
are two opinions among lumbermen on this point. I was
in Saginaw, Mich., last week and was told of a large
lumberman who purposes building a mill in Canada in
order to cut his logs here. It costs $1 a thousand to
tow logs from Canada to the States, while the differ-
ence in the freight rates by vessel from the North
Shore to Tonawanda, N.Y., is only 25 cents.”

But is it not the case, was the enquiry, that the
Emery Lumber Co., for example, have closed their
mill at Midland ?

“Yes,” said Mr. Bertram, “but I would like to hear
of any others. The Emery Lumber Co. were, with
Mr. Miscampbell, owners of this mill. They are
Americans, and own large mills in Michjgan, znd in
order to keep these running they bought ‘out Mr. Mis-
campbell’s interest, closed down
meantime so that they could be assured of logs to keep
their large mill on their own side busy.”

Can you tell of any appreciable effect that the
abolition of the duty is having on the Canadian lumber

trade?
“What has been the cause of the depression in the

lumber trade in Canada for the past few years?” said
Mr. Bertram. “Why we have hadno outlet for our coarser
stuffs and you know we have immense quantities here.
It has been a drug on the market. We could not export
with $2 export duty on this poorer stuff We could not
manufacture it into lumber for the $2 import duty
barred it there. It simply remained here doing no
good to any one. I know now of even culls that are
being shipped to the other side.”

Do you anticipate, was asked, that in the event of the
duty on logs being reimposed that the Americans,
would retaliate by putting up their tariff and if so what
would be the result ?

“T can’t speak for the American government,” said

the mill in the:

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THE. CANADA LUMBERMAN.

Mr. Bertram, “but it seems to me not unlikely. And
if they did how would our mills fare then?) We have
got the logs, but the export duty would prevent shipping
them as now: on the other hand no one could manu-
facture this coarse stuff here and ship it to the States
with a practically prohibitory tariff against it. I trust that
the Dominion Government are not so vacillating in
their views as to make any change of policy in this re-
spect.”

“One word” at parting said Mr. Bertram, “some folks
talk about the amount of money that is being taken
out of the country the product of timber limits owned
by Americans. In the first placethese people bought their
limits, have had to pay for them and surely should be
allowed to realize on them in their own way. The
country got the purchase money.- But there are Can-
adians too, who are large owners of limits. Our money
is locked up in these limits. Asa Canadian I sell say
$200,000 of stuff which before was unsaleable, is this
money going to remain idle in my hands? Ihave that
much more money to place in circulation in our own
country. There is a lot of nonsense talked on this
question.”

ANDREW MISCAMPBELL M.L.A.

ANDREW MISCAMPBELL M.L.A., for East Simcoeis a
representative lumberman. His parents hail from the
Green Isle, but in 1834 they came to Canada, and on

28th of June, 1848, in Simcoe County this
promising legislator was born. He has quite
a military record. He was engaged in the

Fenian repulse as sergeant-major of the provisional
battalion of companies from the north put together in
Toronto. From 1864 to 1866 he was drill instructor of
the volunteers of Simcoe. Eighteen years ago he went
to Midland where he now lives, to take charge of the
lumber business of Mr. H.H. Cook. Later he rana
saw mill on his own account, which since the new year
he has sold tothe Emery Lumber Co., of Michigan.
At the last general election he contested East Simcoe
with Hon. Charles Drury, then Minister of Agriculture,
and counted the victorious candidate Hehasa thorough
knowledge of lumbering and as is shown by his part in
the debates in the House, he has a good grasp of all
public matters.

The following is an extract from his speech delivered
at the last session of the Legislature during the Budget
debate :

“In the estimates of the expenditures on public lands
he expected to have seen a larger amount, because the
timber lands were one of the greatest sources of
revenue that the Province had. A short time ago,
in one of the sessions of the House, the honorable
leader of the opposition asked for an exploration party
to see what amount of timber we had. That was a
very fair request. No business man was afraid to take
stock of his affairs, and they thought on the Opposition
side of the House that the government should have
acquiesced in this proposition. One gentleman had told
them that they had timber enough to last for a century,
and another member had said that the timber land and
mineral resources would amount to $200,000,000. And
they said there was no danger of these «becoming ex-
hausted ; just let the present system of their disposal
goon. It had been stated that the prices for timber
lands were lower this year on account of the
depreciation in the value of lumber. True, the lumber
interests were somewhat depressed. At the last sale
of timber lands they had received only $930 per square
mile. At the preceding sale they had received
$2,800 a square mile. They received per mile
last year about one-third what they received the year
previous. Admitting that there had been a depression
in the price of lumber last year, was it fair to assume that
there was such a difference that timber would fall two-
thirds in value per sq. mile? Was it not fair to assume
that there were other reasons for this depreciation ? Was
not the lumber now being sold mere inaccessible than
that which had been sold before? Was the timber
being disposed of at the present time of as good a
quality as that sold in former years? When these two
things were taken into consideration the cause of the
depreciation would be better understood, and they

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must remember that when they had received s» much for
the timber in the past they had sold the best
land. The members of the House, who were responsi-
ble for the welfare of the Province, press upon the
honorable gentlemen opposite for a judgment, as far as
timber lands were concerned, similar to what they had
given in regard to the mineral lands. They should
withhold for the time being the timber lands. Let such
a proposition be laid before the House. He would give
the honorable gentlemen opposite every support for the
best interests of the country. He would lift his country
above his party. If he had to sink his individuality,
his character, and principles for politics, he would let
politics go. He hoped the Government would issue
that commission and that there would be an explora-
tion of the timber lands. By the legislation of the
Federal Government a short time ago the export duty
had been taken off logs, and the consequence was that
large quantities of timber were being taken across the
line to the other side and sent to the mills. If the
lumber was of value to the people of the United States,

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it was of greater importance to Ontario to know just
how much of it she had. They were told by some
gentlemen that they had obtained an estimate of the
value of the timber. He would like to see the estimate
that the honorable gentlemen opposite were talking
about. True, Col. Dennis had gone through the
country and made some kind ofa report, but he had
never made a careful estimate. They had been told
time and time again, they had heard it on different
platforms, that the Opposition had never objected toa
dollar being expended in the way he had been speak-
ing of. He did not know whether exception had been
taken to such an expenditure or not. One reason why
they had not done so was that the matter had not
become publie, because it had been discussed at a
committee and not on the floor of the House.”

HOW TO PILE HARD WOOD.

O know exactly how to pile hard woods to secure-
quick results and prevent checks, strains and
mold is more of a science, says the Z77zmberman, than
most people imagine. For instance, oak, ash, hickory
and other tough woods must dry very slowly, and there-
for when piled must be crossed with very thin sticks.
placed closely together, in order to get it dry as slowly
The soft woods, like basswood, pine and
poplar dry more quickly, and there is not so much
danger of checking. No hardwood pile should be
more than six or eight feet wide. The front part of the
foundation should be at least two feet from the ground,
the back about eighteen inches. A space of at least
two feet should be left between the piles. Begin the
pile by leaving a space between each board, and con-
tinue to do so until the top is reached. Place the cross
sticks about four feet apart and directly over each
other. Put the sap boards with sap down and on the
outside of the pile. Cross-sticks should never be more
than three inches wide and'thorougly dry, and the front
sticks should be placed so as to project about an inch
beyond the ends of the lumber. This allows just
enough moisture to collect to prevent the stick drying
too rapidly on the ends, or faster than other portions
of the pile. When a pile is completed, the top should
be covered in a substantial manner to protect the lum-
ber from rain and sun. This covering should project
from each end of the pile, and also over each side.

BRITISH COLUMBIA LETTER.

A REPLY ve THE HASTINGS MILL—A BUDGET <
NEWS NOTES—THE EXPECTATIONS OF TRA
Y first care in this letter is to make a short reply
to “A.P.,” of Vancouver. The Hastings 1

last year cut as near 30 millions as can be counted.
Since being repaired it can cut 150 M per day, easily
and pushed, 200 M. This isin so hours, vil
give 45 millions per annum if you multiply it by 300
days. By running nights as well, double this amount
can be produced. “A.P.” ought to have seen that an error,
or misprint had crept in somewhere ve value of pro-
duct at $1,750,000 and not wasted half a column of
your valuable space in discussing it.
I put down as being cut by 3 mills of the
R. C. P. Mills Co. is correct. The Hastings is the
fourth mill belonging to this company, and “A.P.”
not seem to be aware of this.

and

The 35 millions

aoes

NEWS NOTES.

Wm. Mackay, of Ottawa, paid a visit to this coast
this month.
~ The Shuswap Milling Co.’s mill at Kamloops was
started up this month.

The Revelstoke Lumber Co. has added new and im-
proved machinery to their mill.

The lumber export market is still quiet on account of
the scarcity of tonnage. Freights are very high for the
few vessels that offer. A good local trade is being
done by all the mills.

The cut for 1890 of Knight Bros.’ mill at Popcum, on
Fraser River, was 812 M feet of lumber, 500,000
shingles and 8,000 fruit boxes. These latter were used
at Chillihwack for the packing and shipping of fruit.

Elmar Ward’s shingle mill has started up again this
month, and shipping to Winnipeg and the North-west
has begun. He has received very flattering letters ve
the quality of his shingles and expects a good summer's
trade.

Hughitt & McIntyre’s new mill at Genoa, on Cowi-
chan Bay has just been started. The capacity is 125
M per day. Six million feet are in the booms, and
contracts are let for 16,000,000 feet to be delivered
them this season.

Andrew McLaughlin, manager of the Pacific Lum-
ber Co., has returned from a trip to Eastern Canada
where hesucceeded in getting the necessary stock for his
company subscribed. Machinery, etc, will be for-
warded shortly and construction will begin as soon as
it arrives.

This will be a busy season in building operations in
Vancouver. Among the larger works are the Bank of
British Columbia building, new post office, the hotel
Metropole and Y.M.C.A:, and among the buildings an-
nounced for the summer are the C.P.R. general offices
and the Hudson Bay Co.’s block. Nearly the whole
of Water street will be built up including a block by
C. G. Major, and a number of new blocks are in con-
templation on Cordova street.

Several new saw mills are talked of in the Province,
at Liverpool, opposite McLaren-Ross mill; at Hall’s
Prairie ; one by Clarence Debeck, a late partner in the
Brunnette Saw Mill Co., on the north-west coast of the
mainland, with a capacity of 100,000 feet per day ; one
by N. Slught & Co., late of Michigan, at Steveston,
near mouth of Fraser River; one by C. L. Street &
Co., at Chilliwhack, now almost ready and making a
specialty of box lumber. The Victoria Lumber and
Manufacturing Co.’s new mill at Chemainus, began
cutting early in April with a capacity of 200,000 per
day. The Brunnette saw mill has started again after
completing some improvements and alterations. The
McLaren-Ross mill is in full operation.

The cut of the Vancouver Saw Mill Co. for 1890 was
4% million feet. The mill only ran five months or so.
Extensive alterations have been made to greatly in-
crease this output. H. G. R.
New Westminster, B.C., April 25th, 1891.

Oak timber looses about one-fifth of ts weight in
ordinary seasoning, and about one-:r11 of its weight
in becoming perfectly dry.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

May, 189:

TRANHE REVIEW,

Office of CANADA LUMBERMAN, |

April 3oth, 1891. J

iS ADE is marked this month witha certain measure
of activity consequent upon the opening of navi-
gation. There has been more than the usual volume
of shipping to Oswego, especially of common lumber.
on the low side, an advance of
ten cents on shingles being the only deviation from
those that prevailed a month The reduction of
the duty on lumber imported into the United States to
$1.00 per thousand feet has resulted in increased ship-
ments, and as a result a reduction of stock in the yards
at all points. The abolition of the export duty on logs
has meant the shipping of considerable quantities of logs
into Michigan, an amount variously estimated at from
There will likely bea
; hardly any

Prices are if anything

since.

80,000,000 to 160,000,000 feet.
fair trade done the month through
can be predicted.

Local trade is somewhat slow. Whilst there are a
considerable number of large contracts out for the
erection of public buildings, which will make work
fairly brisk, yet these are scattered over a period in
some cases of several years, and the benefit is only
On the other hand, the amount of
will not run into large

reaped gradually.
house building in the city
figures.

The construction of J. R. Booth’s new mill on the
Chaudiere will be an event in lumbering of more than
local moment. This mill, when finished, will be one of
the largest and finest in Canada, and among the first in
America. In our news columns we give a description
of its principal features.

The lumber shipped to the States from Ottawa and
Carleton Place during the three months ending March
3Ist as shown by the official returns, amounted to
$393,000, as compared with $203,000 for- the similar
three months last year. All through the Ottawa the
outlook is encouraging for a good season’s trade.
Prices are firmer than a year ago.

Word comes from New Brunswick, through Robert
Connors, the St. Frances lumberman, that the cut of
the present winter on the St. John river and its tribu-
taries will not exceed 150,000,000 feet, and unless the
freshet is very heavy it is doubtful if all this comes out.
This shows a falling off of about 25,000,000 feet on the
but as nearly this quantity is held over in
St. John, there will be plenty of lumber to ship. Our
Montreal correspondent writes that trade is quiet, par-
ticularly in the country.

; UNITED STATES.

Our lumbermen across the border are not hopeful at
the opening of the season of a very brisk trade. Build-
ing has not started up with any show of activity—
especially in the Eastern States. One cause of this no
doubt is the anticipated strikes nearly all along the
line. It seems not atall unlikely at this writing that
the whole trade may be seriously demoralized at lead-
ing centres by a big strike. A scarcity of good lumber
is reported from Tonawanda. One dealer
that there is not 300,000 feet of 2-inch uppers in Buffalo
and Tonawanda together. Another Tonawanda cor-
respondent says: ‘Boats will certainly move at the
first opportunity, and there is much said of the energy
that will be displayed, but underneath it all there lies
a knowledge that will not down, that after the first rush
lumber will not be crowded in here at the speed exhib-
ited last season.” There is a marked improvement in
the volume of sales in Oswego for the closing two
weeks of the month. The most hopeful sign in the
season’s general lumber trade comes from Kansas, the
State where for a year past there has been gloom and
sadnesss.

average ;

estimates

FOREIGN

The Timber Trades Journal says that much interest
centred around the quantity of Canadian goods offered
onthe market on 15th ult. “Of these a largish line of
Montmorency 3rd spruce, a good representative parcel,
were keenly competed for, altnough the competition did
not take a wide range, being confined to a few of the
regular dealers on the front seats. The price obtained,
£6 5s. for 13 fts., we consider made the public sale

more .

market price ; the longer lengths, viz., 14 ft. to 16 ft.,
went at from 5s. to 7s. 6d. a standard more, these latter
being scarce in the better class of goods. We were
rather surprised to see the 3rd Saguenay, a coarse lot,
making as much as £6 5s., but we suppose it was from
the fact of their being 12 ft long.”

Toronto, Ont.
TORONTO, April 30, 1891.
CAR OR CARGO LOTS.

Teg any Cutipland=betteraysssssnc< steer estes 30) 001432) 00)
1X10 & 12 dressing and better... Ncemcesisieeee eae, Lor0O! 20100:
roe millizune eee eee eee 1300 1400
IXIO & 12 dressing......... 1400 1500
EXLOrS T2"COMMON vanced ses ee ee 1200 13 00
IXIO°& I2 spruce culls....- Fafeasersyathes shat abhermenton alee athe '.. 1000 I100
TxTOVerna mIlCullse Se eee eee 9 00
rainch\clearandipickS. .. sees : 2400 2500
I inch dressing and better., 00 2000
inch siding mill une peers eee eee 1400 1500
Linch siding scommon\.7o.ssceee cones were eee I100 1200
1 inch siding ship culls.. 1000 I100
Unch siding mill culls 00 900
Cull scantling...... sen edsehboooanen WOO O.0)
tj, and thicker cutting up vad: TS ee 2200 2500
‘inch strips 4 in to $8 in mill run noe 1400 1500
LIAN Siejosy COMMA Nas osgnnoddhoenavecdaucseondauuanon II00 1200
1g inch Mooring se aosaces eee eee 14 00 1500
1% inch flooring.. 1400 1500
XXX shin les, 16 in. Seeomaena phn rin ee nGe 230 240
XX_ shingles, 16 in. Pann ie het ecysavaci tense i 246) ee)
Lath, NOT Saeemen atone I 70 190
NO3-2)*. ecole eer a Cena ees oak 170
YARD QUO®fATIONS.
Mull cull boards & scantling$10 oo0/Dressing stocks..... 16 oo@ee ao
Shipping cull boards, pro- Picks Am. inspection...... 30 00
miscuous widths......... 13 00
stocks.... 14 00 .M.
Scantling & joist, up to X ft 13 So 1%4in, flooring, arena 26 00 30 oc
ft 15 o0j/1% ‘ rough ... 18 00 22 00
25 ft 16 o0/1% ‘ “ dres’d FM. 25 00 28 00
§ 22 ft 17.00 “**undrs’d B.M 16 00 15 vo
Gp WOT py she sey Co) ie “*-dres’d... 18 00 20 60
ot ‘* 26 ft 20 00 ve ‘© undres’d 12 00 15 00
re 28itts22%00 Beaded sheeting, dress-
g «30 ft 24°00 20 00 35 00
rt o) 122 ff 27 00 cea, dres’d 12 00
as wale dle 208.50) Pid ae shingles
soousenccooo dD anon. 0028), 50) 270
ve UO AO ste Bie Oe) San eee 200
ee “* 38 ft 33 20/Red oak 40 00
40 to 44 ft 37 00/White ‘ 7, 45 00
Cutting up 1 planks yy _and Basswood, No.1 & 2 28 00 20 00
thicker dnyeerenee: -00 28 oo|/Cherry, No.1 & 2... 50 00 60 00
me Bourd oka : 00 24 oo/White ash, 1 & 2.... 24 00 35 00

Black.ash,1 & 2..... 20 00 30 00

Ottawa, Ont.
OTTAWA, April 30, 1891.

Pine, 1st qual., e M. $35 00@4o 00\ Pine 4th qual. deals 1000 1200
and 22 00 25 oo} * — mill owe - . 800 1000
oi aie lie: culls 1400 16 ooluaths : tS ae Sia)

Montreal, Que.
MONTREAL, April 30, 1891.

Pine, 1st qua’ y B M $35 00@40 00 | Basswood.......... 1200 2000
Pine, 2nd 25 00 28 00 | Oak, per M......... 4000 6000
Ptne shipping culls | Walnut“) foo. 60 00 100 00
Lee et amebere i bel Lolo) 16.00 | Cherry Oe Se sent 6900 8000
Pine, 4th quality | Butternut, per. M... 220c 4000
deals @M........ 1000 1200) Birch, 1500 2500
Eins, millculls,@M 800 1000; ! Spruce timber... , 1300 1600
ruce, per M...... 600 1200 Hard Maple “ 20:00 2100
Pree Wend oyerenc ts) Wl) “io FYo) |! TVA ILEANA aga cna cone I60 196
Hemlock timber... 1300 1400 | Shingles, 1st, per M 3,00
iitegcaseammenaane 1300 2500! Shingles. 2nd, “ nA a0 1)

Oswego, N. Y.
OSWEGO, aa 30,1891.

Three uppers, A. 1% & 2inch ae 00@4§ 00

Pickings, 1%, 14 & 2in. 36.00 3500
No.1 cutting up, 14%, 1% “& 2in. 31.00 3200
No. 2 cutting up. 14%, 1% & 2in ... 1000 2100
1 in strips, 4 to 8 wide, selected for moulding strips, na

to 16 ft. . 3100 3300
1x6 selected for clapboards. 32.00 3400

‘Siding.

I in siding, cutting up \1% in selected.. - 35 00@10 00

piks & uppers..... 30 00@39 oor, in dressing... sane 1700 1900
I in dressing ........ 19 00@21 oo|1_ in No.1 culls.... 1400 1600
rin No.1 culls... .. 14 00@16 oo|1 in No.2 culls.... 1300 1400
Tin No: 2 culls?! 13 00@14 oo|r in No.3 culls.... 950 1000

rx12 [nch.
12&16ft, millrun . - 2000 2300
12 & 16 ft, No. 1 &2, barn boards.. 1800 1900
12 & 16 ft, dressing and better. 26 00. 30 90
12:82.16 FENG 2 CUI Sy. terse el eee ene eee 1500
1x10 Inch.
12 & 13 ft, mill run, mill culls out.. pando audnosouSoE, LC) OO) Ae Ce)
fips ce seeh iden (Oudastyyper Chal JASKelea oGomacn ee doonlasddudoncun 2800 2700
12/6 13 ft; No rculllss Ain ccmee sees nsec a eee 1600 1700
Tac 3 At; INGE2 Gulls ee Aare ee eee eee 1400 1500
Updo) isyroe cen braves seovd tL CLINGS OL soa uccaanancdananoaanos 2000 2200
14 to 16 ft, dressingvandibettons seer eeea rere een aen 2500 2700
PP Lidoyitoste NORE CIN HoBAE dodoconoancseanvcotuano%gnoon WIOO. 17 OO
14itoir16 ff No. 2icullsiy. Sea cee eee eee ern ee 1400 15 00
10 to 13 ft, No. 3 culls.. 950 1000
‘7 ‘T-4x10 Inches.

Millrun, mill culls out 20 00@2300\No. 1 culls 16 00@17 00
Dressing and better.. 25 00 30 00/No. 2culls........... 1400 1500
1x4 Inches.

Millrun, mill culls out 17 eo@r6 ool Noamenlisipemanereeee 13 00@1400
Dressing and better.. 2300 2700)No. 2culls............ 1100 1200

: 1x5 Inches.
67 or 8, mill run, mill 6, 7 or 8, No. 1 culls.. 15 00@16 00
cullsioutey a ee 19 00o@21 006, 7 or 8, No. 2culls.. 1300 1400
6, 7 or 8, drsg & better 2400 2800
Shingles.
XXX, 18 in pine....... 3 60@3 80|X XX, 18 in cedar.. 3 50@3 75
Clear butts, pine, 18 in. 2 60 2 80 Clear. butt, 18 in cedar., aa 3 §0 275
XXX, 16in pine....... 310 320\XX, 18in cedar...:.:.. 210 220
Stocks cedars, § or 6in. 5 00
Pickets
NO: T,. TK. sies celee TS OONNG 2 LkGrariveecraels 900 1000
INODT, 1X3 hate eta 20 00
- y ee
NONE, i redesvecausnsanmncaacomat 2) OOM OWS mL AT-Arren iter yee nocoucans I go
NOils 2G veecse dee tizeticomeemeriias I 60 3

St. John, N. B.
St. JOHN, April, 30 1891.
Deals, Boards, Scantling, ete.

Spruce deals - - - - = - $12 00/Spruce boards Sse <9 290
Pine = - - - - - 15 oo/Pine - - -I2 00@40 00
Dealends - - - - - = 6 o0\Oak te) uma ree Sono

Scantling - - - - - - - 10 0GAsh fe - - - 15 00@25 00

(Henlocks =) 5 =e e7asa
Shingles. :

Spruce, extray -s pSn5Olies Noe 2 ==) =e eas
Glear == = = = =) Quo0|Pine == 9-1-9 ei =ie— eme
“No: rextral -"72 =-i.2'25

Clapboards.

Pine, extra - -'-° - = = 35 ool\Spruce, extra - - -“=- = =24 00
te ‘clears, =" .s.95 ay =345300 e clears - -'- - - +2300
wed clears = -) - =) = 3800 oe O. 1 "= *=" 15 fog)

‘ J i No::2.- = =, 10 00
Flooring, Dressed.

Bie INO tT ee = 72 o0lf i No. -" 9 =) = saa
ONO. 2/25 s+ syucsay aa) O00) ete! NOW2 U5 =F) aaron
Miscellaneous.

Staves - - = 2 Bo@ in bo |ileiins = = 2 > < 1 80
Heading 17 in |. per pr. ~>y-. 045 |Pickets.-/- -..- > 6 50@15 oo

18 04% 05%/)Railway ties
ee 22 int 04% 06 3
Albany, N. Y.
ALBany, N.Y., April, 30 pee
ae: Hemlock.
Boards, tx1oin. each _14¢. a each: <4./s5 saaaee 14
JOUSE ZOO) crcc) one ossten 33 Wal Strips, oeeaeeeee II
Pine.

2¥% in. and up, good. .$5 eee oo|ro in boards dressing
thsig: Gone eeae 4800 5000! ‘and better........ $30 00@34 00
elects... 18 00} 45)00|))) \Commoanine reese 15.00 2000

Pickings ..: 38:00 40 00|12 in. boards dressing

1% to 2in., good..... 4800 5000; and better........ 2900 3600

ths 45 co/, | Commionee ae eente 1500 2200
40 90\1% inch siding selec
35 00] ed... mf ae 00 4500
50 00 Common. 09 2000
45 oo|r in. siding selected.. 3 00 4200
40(da|| “Commons .)e.5.0 1400 1900
35 oo|Norway, selected... 2200 2500

Shelving boards, I2in. \Comimonepeeae 1200 15 00
ANGLIN) codgonuos bac 2600 3900/10 in. plk. 13 ft. dress-

Dressing bds. narrow 1800 2200) ing and better, each 42@5o

a2 ing boards..... 16'00528;00)/2> CullSit 2s 23. 25
ene es eee 1400 16 90\10 in. boards, 13 ft.,

dress, & bettereach 28 33
ae Culs. en 17 _ 20

Shingles and Lath.

Shingles, snayed Dine 6 50/Shingles,cedar mixed 285 309

ad quality. . ts § 00/Lathy pine: oo) jae 20a 210
Saime csextrame cesarean 4, 40:5 44°50] <a SDKUCE ne. neers 215
Sawed, clear butts... 300 330) Hemlock.......... iL 85
(Glee, NOOK 505 cand 0 400 420)

Buffalo and Tonawanda, N. Y.
BUFFALO, April, 30,1891.

Norway
Clear, I in. & clear $19 00@20 00jCommon, 1 to 2 in. all
Dressing, 1 to 2in, al WiGEhS eee eee 1250
Wild GhSey eerie 16 90@17 00/4x4, 5x5, 6x6 turning. . 2200
X4, 5x5, 6x6 common 16 00
White Pine.
Up’rs, 1% in. 45 oo|No. 2 cuts, 1 to2in
WAN) 2) thin ou aoae 45 00|_ and thicker....:.$18 00@24 00
SIPC TWN 5o0 wn oeoe 39 00|Dressing, 1 to 2 in. - 25 00 28 90
BY ARie Sat Ge Jal lenient arc 40 90|\Common,1to2in.. 19 00 21 00
Fine common, I to 2 No. 1 barn, 7to 12 in I0 00 12 00
in. and thicker.. 33 00 35 90/No. 2 barn. 7 to 12in 16 50
No. 1cuts, 1 to 2in Mill culls, 1 to2in... 9 00 10 00
and thicker..... 28 00 33 00 Thick 4200 4400
Mold strips, 1 to ; vq
DUM Soares 30 00° 33.00)
Shingles : :
YOO Sis co none. oon ENS) PAO GOD Per M.
XX, 18in, or & Bee 2 4c 25018 in. No.2. orculls. $1 25@r 40
16 inch Shingles, :
XXX, sawed.. Thick cut ber sacateng ape iso)
5 eX Cute 5 225
Noe 2 " MM euts. 100
Thick cut. No 2 cut 55
XXX cut 210
Xcite, Dim. shin les, sawed, cut,
No. 2cut.. Or plamedacenesstreseeeeteeee 425

Boston, Mass.
Boston, April, aoe

« Western Pine—by car load.

Uppers, rin... - $48 eae (ole) Ping com.. 3 & gin. ine 00@46 co
1%, 1% &2in ... 48 00 00|No 2, rin. Fine com. 28 EO 30 00
By (sar idol as onina aoe 1%, 1% & 2in eather’ 29 00 31 00

DelectsS sr gitinie nce we No.1 ae cool 40 ac 43 00
1%, 1% &2in...... No.2. «cua! 3500) 100
ghWe silo oA bo on pa cl No. 3. +. «. 2400 26 00

Moulding boards, 7 to Cut ups, Tto2in.... 24 00 30 00
tr inch clear.. 36 00 38 oo|Coffin boards.. -. IG 00 2200

60 per cent clear 34 00 36 oo/Common all widths . 22 00 26 00

Fine common 1 inch 36 00 38 oo/Shipping culls 1 in. 1500 15 50.
1%, 1% & 2inch... 38 00 40 00 do 1% in 15 50 16 So
4 Bae Pine—Cargo or Car Load.

Nos. I, 2 % 3- sees sees 40 00@43 00/Clapboards, 4 ft., Sa
ih +5) 28.005) 30nco |e el earn ue 40 00 45 00
Beha ae 2300 2600) Sap, 2nd clear . 33 00 35 00

Ship’g bds “& coarse 16 00 16 ko)’ Heart extra... ce 50:00 §5 00

Refuse... .. 12 90 13 50/_ Heart clear. . 45 00 50 00

West?rr pine clapbds Bevel siding 6in, clear 2300 24 00
4ft. sap extra .. .. 45.00. 50 00

Spruce—by Cargo.

Scantling and plank, Coarse, rough. - 1200 I4 00
random cargoes . . 14 00@15 00 Hemlock bds , rough 1200 13 00

Yard orders, ordin- a eeeen I2 00 14 00
ary sizes. -. ...15 00 16 oo\Clapbds., extra, 4 ft. 34 00 36 00

Yar orders extra Clear, 4 tts cae 30 00 32 00
SIZES). us Boe eee 16 00 18 00| Secondclear... 25 00

Giese Aone boards. . 19 e0 20 00 Os Vi 3,0) Rou 8s al 10 00 I4 00
Nopaae 40k ee ee 16 00 17 ool

Lath
Spruce by cargo. TT ets tee ey ooo oS 2 10@2 20
5 Shingles.

SOC 5 hu ob a6 a 1 25@1 Soj|Cedar. sawed, extra 3 35 3 50

Piney adinwextral. «|, e400 dees Clea anus een 3 00

Pine, Now 2. sa gi00) gers} dextray Nov. 2 50

: ypress, No. 1, 18 in. 5 00

| ae oo ae , i eet,

“THE CANADA~ LUMBERMAN:

_ May, 1891.
ONTARIO. |
~ Rafting has commenced at Morrisburg.
—Only one mill running at Midland as yet.
—Building prospects at Midland are promising.

—The two mills at Hespeler are running over time.

cessful logging at Coldwater for Trask & Lakin.

—The mills at Burk’s Falls are making ready for work.
—There is a large stock of logs in’ Mr. Markle’s “oul yeu,
Dalrymple.
—Waubaushene mills are ina good state of repairs and ready
- for business.
—The saw mill of Mr. Richard Olmstead, at Waters’ Falls,
is kept busy.
—Mressrs. Ford & Co. are Sones a large planing mill at
“ Sudbury, Ont.
—The water in the river at Young’ s Point has not been so
high for years.
—Mr. Cullis, has floated over 300 logs down the Maitland
river at Auburn.
The circular saw mill at Hurdman’s, on the Ottawa, has
commenced work.
" —Mr. McQuaig, Clinton, shipped 16 cars of timber the
second week in April. :
—Drivers are being hired on the Ottawa this spring at from
‘$20 to $26 per month.
ae J. Lackey’s saw mill is in full blast and doing a good
business at Cheesville. ;
; James A. Sharp is removing his lumber mill from
Inglewood, to Sudbury.
—Mr. Playfair’s mill, Sturgeon Bay, has started for the
_ season with a large stock.
—The Parry Sound Lumber Co. are preparing their water
mill for early spring trade.
—Better wages it is claimed are being paid Michigan lum-
berers than those in Canada.
—Railway ties for use in Ottawa and vicinity are being
‘floated down the Castor river. _
—Mr. Aarron Stewart, of Orillia, had his hand badly cut by
- a-saw in his mill a week since.
—Things are being made ready for the. starting of James
Playfair’s saw mill, Sturgeon Bay.
—Mr. W. H. Leonard has sold his mill property at Hope
- Bay, to H. C. Rich, late of Goderich.
—J. E. Rolston’s saw mills at Metcalfe are running full
time again and turning out good work.
—A considerable quantity of timber has been rafted down
- the Scotch river at Riceville this spring.
+An enormotis quantity of logs have been taken out and
jaid upon Commanada creek this season.
—A new planing mill is being erected in Meaford on the
site of the one recently destroyed by fire.
—Shipping by barges has commenced at Ottawa, giving
employment to a goodly number of men.
—Mickle & Dyment’s big mill at Barrie has commenced
the season's sawing. A large trade is done.
—The new saw mill at Powasson is buzzing, and a number
of new houses are being built in the village.
—The Rathbun Company recently purahased 250,000 feet
of lumber in the neighborhood of Calabogie.
—Mr. W. J. Fenton, Leitrim, Ottawa section is doing an
«xtensive business in sawing logs for custom.
—Mr. Wm. Higginson, of Inkerman, has begun sawing
this season’s logs brought down the creek lately.
—F. J. Fox, of Wheatly, has thorough!y overhauled and
repaired his saw mill and is now running steadily.
—Messrs. Cluff & Bennett of Seaforth are erecting a large
new addition to their planing mill and pump faetory.
—Messrs. Conroy Bros.’ mills at the Deschenes, Ottawa
district, are being put in order for the season’s work.
—The paper and pulp manufacturers are asking the Minis-
ter of Customs to place an export duty on pulp wood.
—The McQuatt mil! on the Nation managed by Mr. Toye
is now in full blast, and will have a large turn out this year.
—The Rathbun Company are busily engaged peeling the
poles for the new telephone line from Hastings to Peterboro’.
—The Thomson Bros., of Fort William have set up in the
township the new machinery for the saw mill for Grayson
Bros.
ile Bros., of Barrie, are building a new mill.

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Mills & this vicinity are tes rie to get into active oper-

ult.

—R. Adams, of Vine, has the contract to supply 40,000
feet of lumber for summer residences along the shores of Lake
Simcoe.

—The schooner Woodduck has undergone repairs and will
be engaged during the season in the lumber trade on the Bay
of Quinte.

—The saw mill at Cranbrook, Grey Co., is running full
time. There is a big stock of loge inthe yard. The owner,
is a pusher.

—Mr. Walter James, of Cottam, is about purchasing 2,400
acres of timberland in Missouri.
holder there.

He is already a large

—About 300,000 feet of lumber at Midland, the property of
the Ontario Lumber Company was destroyed by fire on the 8th
Insured.

—McLaughlin Bros., of Arnprior, have a gang of fifty-five

. men at work on the drive commencing at Alymer Lake on

the Madawaska.

—The gangs in the lumbering shanties on the Upper
Ottawa have nearly all returned home, having completed

their winter’s work.

—Large quantities of elm timber have recently been
shipped from Craigvale to Thorold where it will be manufac-
tured into fruit baskets.

—It is said the mills at Midland will be run only halftime
this summer and that the large one at Victoria Harbor will
stand still for the season.

—Mr. David Gillies, lumberman, Carleton Place, states
that his men had cut about 40,000 feet of logs on the Temis-
camingue and the Coulonge.

—On 13th inst., Charles Edwin Grove, clerk in the Rath-

- bun Company store, Deseronto, died of pneumonia at the age

of 51 years, after an illness of eight days.

—Orr Bros., at Maidstone Cross, have their mill going in
but owing to the scarcity of snow last winter
they have not a very heavy stock on hand.

full blast now ;

—Pierce & Co. are advertising their large mills and water-
power at the Chaudiere, with a large area of valuable limits,
which will be put up at auction there on May 27th.

—Messrs. Gow & Hopewell are fitting up the old saw mills
at Johnstone’s mills, Ottawa district and will shortly begin
operations as a saw mill and sash and door factory.

—The Fairview mills near Barrie have been re-built and
plans are laid for a heavy summer’s work. An immense
stock of logs, chiefly oak, has been put into the yards.

—Some changes in the present arrangement of buildings
owned by the E. B. Eddy Co’y are on the ¢af/s. The sash

factory is to be converted into a wood and paper box factory.

—The timber of Mr. Geo. Simser, of Russell, going over
the dam is creating a bigger excitement in the village than a
circus. A local paper says that the fair sex are much _inter-
ested.

—Mr. George Rowland, who was head sawyer at the War-
ren mill for the last eighteen months has taken charge of a

Georgian Bay Lnmber Co., at

saw mill for the Severn

. Bridge.

—The first two tows of the season arrived at Ottawa on

22nd when the tug E. B. Eddy steamed to the Chaudiere |

docks with three light American bottoms to load : | ; 5 ,
rah a eines foe | go into Henry Peter’s studio and see a photograph of the

Whitehall, N. Y.

—Mr. James Holmes, of the 16th concession of Elma, the
other day brought ina pine saw log to the Monkton mill,
which was 12 feet long and contained 840 feet of timber.
Beat it, somebody. e

—The steamers Active and Hope of Landers Landing with
scows are loading hay for the northern logging camps. Hay
is getting scarce and is now selling at $12.50 per ton, oats at
$35, wheat at $32.50, and potatoes $20.

—An average of 25 cars of elm logs arrive at Walkerville,
daily, over the Lake Erie & Detroit River Railroad. The logs
are dumped into the Detroit river and towed to various hoop
and stave mills along the American shore.

—The Huntsville Forester says that Heath, Tait & Turn-
bull want to cut thirty million shingles this summer, and in
order to accomplish this big work have arranged to put on
two gangs and run night and day all summer.

—Mr. Amos Wood, who had a contract of making
shingles for the Imperial Lumber Co., of Warren, has taken

"Joseph Vincent in as partner in the business and have in-

creased their force to nearly double the number.

—Half a million feet of lumber belonging to three Midlaad
firms was burned on 9th ist.

| camps.a load tkat beats this-by a dozen tons or so.

| team belongs to Howry

"16 feet long, and averaging 12 inches in diameter.

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—A detachment of sixty men have left Ottawa from Gron-
son’s limits on the Madawaska, to bring down “‘the drive.’
They are being paid a dollar a day, which is the hig
wages paid at present for good hands to bring down ti
—Mr. Hamilton, of Fergus, has nearly 30 men
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taking the wood out of the river. He floated down about

1,850 cords from Luther, Proton, &c., and this has to be

taken out and piled up before the saw logs and ties come
down.

—Never before in the history of Wingham were there
many saw logs in the mill yards of the town. All three
the mills are now being run at their fullest capacity. Messrs.
Button & Fessant are sawing maple blocks for the old country
market.

—Mr. James Sterling, of Ottawa ward, has returned home

from the Michigan lumber woods, where many Canadian
shantymen spent a prosperous winter. He states that gooc
wages are being cffered for the ‘‘drive,” which has now com-

menced in that section.

—Mr.
been jobbing for the Ontario Lumber Co.,
Lake during the past season, and up to the Ist of April got
out 38,049 pieces, measuring 5,641,413 feet, the finest de-
scription and about the best in the market.

has

Commanda

R. Smith, who used to lumber on the Petawawa,
at

—Within the past eight months R. Miller, Wroxeter, has
at various points on the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway
loaded upwards of 140,000 railway ties, representing a total
of about 700 cars, besides a quantity of other timber. Mr.
Miller is now at work on the Ontario & Quebec division.

—Messrs. I. N. Kendall & Son have opened offices in Ottawa,
opposite the C.P.N. wharf, as millwrights, draughtsmen and
designers. Mr. I. N. Kendall, senior partner of the firm,
has been in this class of business for over thirty-two years,
and has built and designed most of the large saw mills in the
district of Ottawa.

—The Bigelow saw mill, on Pigeon Lake, will soon have
disappeared. Held by the Ontario Bank for debt, it has
been disposed of bit by bit. The limits have been -roken up
and sold to various parties, and the engine, boiler and ma-
chinery has been purchased by Mr. Hazlitt, of Peterborough,
and removed to his mills at Harwood.

—The William Hamilton Manufacturing Company, Peter-
borough are interesting themselves in having an American
manufacturing concern establish works in Peterborough for
the manufacture of shingle mill machinery. The machinery
is at present manufactured by a company in the United
States, where some 300 men are employed in the works. The
company wish to establish a Canadian branch and will bring
with them valuable patterns for which they hold the patents.

—The Manitoulins don’t indulge in big egg stories. Lum-
ber is their eggs. The boys of the T. Pickard’s camps (Sud-
bury,) contractor for the Emery Lumber Co., have been tell-
ing of a big haul—a load of logs containing 8,253 feet (18
logs) as the largest load of logs that has ever been hauled in
Canada, over an ordinary log road. The Manitoulin 22-
posttor goes one better by saying there was hauled at Howry’s
The
bunks on the sleigh were fourteen feet wide, and were loaded

' eleven tiers high. There were 110 logs, two-thirds of them

The
& Sons and Biil
Snow had to be shoveled into the
Those who doubt this, can

was driven by
Haner, of Manitowaning.

road in places to make a track.

load and count the butts. Now just hold on, you fellows from
Manitowaning until we hear from the Ottawa, or say British
Columbia.
couldn’t get ahead of.

—One hundred and thirty men are at present engaged in
the construction of Mr. J. R. Booth’s new mill at the Chau-
diere. This mill when finished in July will be without ex-
ception, the largest and finest in the world. It will have the
largest capacity, and the machinery will be the most modern
and best adapted for turning out lumber in big quantities.
The leading improvements in the mill will be the 13 new
band saws introduced. The largest number of band saws
used in any mill in the world at present is 10 and they are in
a millin Minnesota. These band saws set in position cost
over $5,000 each, making an expenditure for Mr. Booth on
these saws alone of about $65,000. Besides these 13 band
saws there will be two twin circulars and two wicks gates
used. In the past only one wicks gate has been used. The
band saws are being introduced for the great saving they
afford in the cutting of the lumber. Where eight boards are
sawed now, nine will be sawed by the band saws. An in-
teresting feature of new mill will be the provision made, if
necessary, to save the saw dust and prevent its falling into
About 1,500 men will be employed by the firm

You never heard an egg story yet that somebody

the river.
this summer.

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THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

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QUEBEC. |

—Messrs Willis & Co. of Londesborough, have shipped to
Pointe Levi. Que., three carloads of square timber.

—Quite a large quantity of spool wood was manufactured |

at Murray Bay and Bay St. Paul during the winter.

—A Montreal builder, named Wm. Byrd, has been granted
a settlement by creditors at 30 cents on the dollar, payments
spread over twelve months and bearing interest. Liabilities
are about $15,000.

—In some parts of the Eastern Townships of Quebec cut-
ting soft timber from which to make pulp-wood to be used as
paper stock is quite an industry. At Scotstown the average
shipment by rail, according to the Sherbrooke Gazette, is
about 33 carloads per week, besides what comes into the mills
at that place. The Salmon River Pulp Co. are filling up
their yards with a large quantity.

NEW BRUNSWICK.

—The Gibsor mill (formerly McLaggan’s) at mouth of Bar-

tholemew River, Blackville, hase commenced cutting.

—The New Brmnswick mills are getting down to the sea-
The Snowball, Muirhead, Ritchie and Nelson
mills have all commenced work.

son’s work.

—The Fredericton boom is now ready to take all lumber as
Compared with last year it is said the boom
business will be much smaller.

fast as it comes.

—Mr. Geo. McKean purchased from W. C. Purvis, of the
Purvis mill, Carleton, the entire cut of that mill for the sea-
son, in all amounting to about three million feet. The lum-
ber is intended for shipment to European markets.

The Maritime Chemical Pulp Company’s mill, of Chatham,
has had its capacity doubled. Two new digesters, in wkich
the pulp boiled in a chemical solution, are going in, and the
old ones are relined with cement, lead lining having been dis.
carded after a fair trial.

—The contract for log driving on the St. Johns, N. B. has
been awarded to Mr. Fred Moore. The rates are as follows:
from the head of Grand Falls, 20 cents; from the Mouth of
Salmon River, 18 cents; from the boundary line on Aroos-
took River, 20 cents; from the mouth of Tobique River, 16
cents; from the mouth of Big Presque Isle River, 13 cents 5
from the mouth of Becaguimac River, 13 cents ; from the
Mouth of Meaduxnikeag River and all points below, 11 cents.

BRITISH COLUMBIA.

—Mission, B. C., will have a sash and door factory run-
ning in about a week.

—The Morton mill, south of Cloverdale, anticipates a large

trade in lumber and shingles this season.

—The Brunnette saw mills, New Westminster, B. C. nave
made their largest shipment of the season, consisting of four-
teen carloads.

—A boom of logs said to contain 600,000 feet of lumber
was recently brought into New Westminster. The enormous
boom came from the north and is one of the largest ever taken
in at that port.

—Mr. E. Ward who owns the shingle mill on the North
Arm New Westminster’is building a tug for river work. She
is 66 feet long, 16 feet beam, 6 feet depth of hold and will be
fitted as a sidewheeler.

--The
quantity of timber lands on the market in British Columbia,

Dominion government is placing a considerable

Tenders are now invited for a license to cut timber on a
well wooded limit in the New Westminster district.

—The formal transfer of Hastings Saw Mills and Royal
City Planing Mills in this city, to the British Columbia Mills,
Timber & Trading Co., has been made. Mr. John Hendry

will retain the general management of the company.

—The MacLaren-Ross Lumber Co. are starting four new
logging camps on Campbell River, where they have a mag-
nificent timber limit. The logs will be got out for the North
Pacific Mill on Burrard Inlet, and the MacLaren-Ross Mill,
New Westminster.

—The ship Titan, of Boston, recently cleared from Van-
couver, B. C,, loaded with 782,000 feet of rough lumber from
the Hastings saw mill at that place bound for Wilmington,
Del. The lumber is for the U.S, Navy. This shows the
superior value of British Columbia lumber for use in ship
building.

—The Brunette Saw Mill Co. of New Westminster, B. C.
have made application to the Chief Commissioner of Lands
and Works for a license to cut and carry away timber from
the following described land in New Westminster District, viz:
Commencing at 2 post on the south side of the river emptying

into the head of Pitt Lake and about a 100 yards up from its
mouth; thence north 40 chains, west 40 chains, north 80

chains, west So chains, south 80 chains. East 40 chains,
South 40 chains, to shore of lake, thence following shore to
point ef commencement.

—A fine new tug the Comet for the Royal City Planing Mills,

| Westminister, which has been building for some time, was

launched from the company’s yard a few days since. She was
designed by Mr. A. McNair. The dimensions are as follows ;
Length over all, 85 feet ; breadth of beam, 16 feet ; depth of
hold, 7 feet. The engines are compound, 10x20, with 14 in.
stroke, and were manufactured by the John Doty Company,
Toronto, The addition of this fine steamer to the company’s
fleet gives the Royal City Mills Co, the largest number of
steamers owned by any one milling establishment on the
Pacific Coast. These mills are running over time to keep up
with the heavy demand for their out put.

—Timber, scys the B.C. Commercial instead of being im-
ported in the rough log and cut up there, is now sent to
England in a more and more finished state, to the saving of
freight and carriage, and with greater convenience fn hand-
ling and stowing. According to a circular of one of the
largest houses, last year showed a great and increasing im-
port to Great Britain of all kinds of timber ready cut, to
special shapes, with a corresponding diminution in the old
business in solid logs. Sawn timber in brief is rapidly gaining
the ascendancy. As compared with 1889, the total imports
showed a decrease of 17 per cent.; and the consumption at
the same time fell off by 7 per cent,

MANITOBA AND THE NORTHWEST.

—-The indications: point to an early opening of navigation
in Manitoba.

—A lumber yard and planing will be started at Carberry
immediate ly.

—J. T. Simpson, lumber, Moose Jaw, N. W. T. has as-
signed in trust to Herbert Crowe.

—Campbell & Stevens, lumber, Glenboro,
opened a branch lumber yard at Stockton.

Man., have

—Fred Robinson has sold out his interest in the Robinson
Co. lumber firm of Selkirk, Manitoba.
ners are ‘offering to sell out.

The remaining part-

—A\ lively logging business will be done on the Bird Tail
creek in Manitoba this season. A number of men have al-
ready been engaged for log driving.

—Moore & Macdowall of Prince Albert, Sask., have com-

menced the shipment of lumber. The new railway gives an
outlet for the great forest north of Prince Albert.

FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

A sawyer in the Star mill, 16 con. of Grey has had his foot
badly smashed.

an Indian lad named Porte employed in Dr. Sibbalds trust,
near Newmarket, was crushed to death by a tree falting upon
him.

Joseph Walden, a sawyer in Seiberts sawmill, Logan, near

Mitchel was killed on 14th Apl. by falling against a circular
saw.

Wn, Kirby, a driver for the Rathbun Company, Kingston,
was thrown from his cart which passed over him, breaking
his leg.

Half a million feet of lumber belonging to three Midland
firms was burned on 9th ult. The Ontario Lumber Co. is
the heaviest loser.

T. Sheles of the Mechanics mill, New Westminster, B. C.
has had his hip seriously injured by coming in contact with
a circular saw.

Patrick Malia, who is well-known in the Ottawa district as
an expert hunter and bushman, has been committed by the

“Magistrate at Arnprior as a dangerous lunatic.

Two of Graham, Horn & Co’s. workmen have been obliged
to take to the Pt. Arthur hospital, one suffering from a severe
cut in the head caused by a falling tree striking him, and the
other from a cut in the foot from an axe.

While Mr. Copley, of Kirkton, was driving through the
woods on 9th ult on a load of logs with his 8 year old son the
latter fell off, and a log following struck kim on the head,
fracturing his skull he only lived a short time.

At Langille’s sawmill, Mahone Bay, N. S. on 1oth ult
Mrs. Joseph Ernest found her husband’s body in a stand-

ing position in the dam when she went to give him his dinner. .

His head was only a few inches under the water. The sup-
position is he was on a small raft getting a log to haul up and
the raft parted.and he went down feet first.

Chas. Henderson, government bush ranger, has been spend-
ing a little time in the Muskoka region.

Mr. J. Cromwell Cox, of the lumber firm of R. M. Cox &
Son, Liverpool, England, is in Canada on lumbering
business. j

Walter James, of Cottam, has left for Tennessee to look
after his track of timber, some 1,600 acres.

Mr. James Angus, formerly of Warren, Ont., has left to
take charge of a large American saw mill. ;

Mr Snowball, New Brunswick’s well-known lumberman
is expected home from England early this month.

Mr, C. A. C. Bruce, of the Maritime Chemical Pulp Com-
pany left Chatham N. B. for Europe 24th‘ult.

Mr. E. H. Cooke for eight years in the cedar mill depart-
ment of the Rathbun company at Deseronto has removed to
Toronto.

—Lieut.-Col. Forsyth well-known among the lumbering
men of Ottawa and Hull, has been sworn in Collector of
Customs at Quebec.

Mr. Edward Ryan, sawfiler at Bronson & Weston’s mill,
and for many years well-known at the Chaudiere, died during
the month after a lingering illness.

Mr. Wm. McKay, the well-known Ottawa lumberman,
accompanied by Mrs. McKay, son and daughter, recently
visited Manitoba, the Pacific coast and Minnesota.

Mr. E. Walter Rathbun, of Deseronto, Ont., is home from
his California trip. He was deeply impressed by the illimit-
able resources of that part of the continent.

Mr. Leo Gregory, head sawyer at the Royal City Mills,
New Westminster, B.C., is visiting friends in the old country.
He will call at London, Eng., Madrid, Paris, Rome, and
Jerusalem, not forgetting to visit his aged parents at Bilboa,
in northern Spain, before returning home. He will be away
about four months.

On Sunday April 12th inst., Mr. Henry Witbeck, a well-
known Chicago lumberman, counted a victim to la grippe.
He was a public spirited citizen, serving at one time in the
city council.

Mr. C. D. Pickles, of Messrs. Pickles & Mills, dealers in
lumber, Annapolis. N.S., has recently visited the West India
Islands and the Guianas, making a careful survey of the lum-
ber markets.

THE LUMBERMAN was favored with a call during the
month from Mr. W. C. Penoyer, of the well-known lumber
manufacturing firm of Penoyer Bros., Au Sable, Mich. He
reports the lumber business prosperous in that state.

We were pleased to have a call during the month from lum-
berer Geo. Fulton, of Clifford. He reports trade quiet, but
has on hand a good stock of logs. He added, ‘‘Iam very
much pleased with THE LUMBERMAN and get considerable
information as well as news from it.” And backed up his ap-
preciation by promptly renewing his subscription.

Mr. Robert H. Klock, one of Canada’s well known lum-
bermen, died at his residence in Aylmer, during the past
month. For some time he had been suffering from erysipelas.
Deceased was a native of Alymer, born 9th Jan., 1823. He
owned large limits on the Ottawa river, and carried on exten-
sive operations on the Black river, and in connection with his
limits there, erected mills at Mattawa. He was a Conserva-
tive and a Presbyterian.

Professor Brown, late of Guelph, now Professor of Agricul-
ture in Western Australia, has been making a tour of inspec-
tion of the timber wealth of the lately delimitated province,
and asa result he reports to the Government that the timber
ready for cutting is worth not less than $500,000,000. Much
of this timber is of the most valuable kind in size, strength,
and indistructability by rot or borers.

Mr. E. B. Ackerman of Durry, B.C. is dead. The de-
ceased gentleman, father of Messrs. O. B. and T. Ackerman
the well known contractors and mill owners, was a native of
Erie, Pa., having been born there in 1821. He
went to British Columbia about eight years ago and settled
on a farm at Upper Sumas, remaining there until last Sep-
tember, when failing health decided him to make West-
minster his home. The deceased leaves a wife and six
childern, four of whom reside in British Columbia and were
present at his bedside when death closed his eyes.

May, 1891.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. I

CA

WANTED AND FOR SALB.

Advertisements will be inserted in this depart-
ment at the rate of 15 cents per line each insertion

hen four or more consecittive imsertions are
ordered a discount of 25 percent. will be allowed.
This notice shows the width of the line, and is set
in Nonpareil type. Advertisements must be re-
ceived not later than the 27th of each month to
insure insertion in the following issue.

WANTED—TO BUY.
OOD Canadian Timber Limits and Georgian
aS saw logs. Address, BEN BIRDSALL,
Whitney Building, Detroit, Mich.

WANTED.

MPLOYMENT or partnership in lumber busi-

ness, by man of large experience In manu-

facturing and shipping Ready by 15th May.

High references. Address, R. B., CANADA
LuUMBERMAN, Toronto.

ARDWUOD lumber, bought, sold or received
= consignment, TUCKER DAVID, lum-
ber commission merchant. 202 Eleventh Ave.,N.Y

WANTED IN 1891.
NY QUANTITY OF CEDAR TELE-
GRAPH POLES at shipping points. terms
cash. Applyto J. HARRISON HARVEY, Cobo-
conk, Ont,, purchaser for H. D. McCAFEFREY,
Engineer and Contractor of Telegraph lines,

Oswego, N.Y

RAILS AND CARS FOR SALE.
Light Steel Rails for Tramways; good order.

for lumber. cheap.
be Tc JOHN J. GARTSHORE, |
49 Front St. West,
Toronto.

WANTED.

UEBEC BIRCH—Those who can furnish
Q choice lumber are invited to correspond
wit

JOHN S. MASON & CO.
240 Eleventh Avenue,
New York City.

OR SALE—Planing mill in Toronto, forty
five feet frontage, one hundred and ten ft.
deep. One third three stories, balance two
stories, Fifty horse power Wheelock engine,
sixty five horse power Steel Boiler, also_ the
latest improved machinery. Address, JNO.
WOOD & SONS, Cor Front and Erin Sts.,
Toronto.

MPLOYMENY WANTED by an experi-
enced Lumber Inspector and shipper, ac-
uainted with American and English markets.
Can bring small but increasing business. Refer-
Address. H. M.

ences produced on application.
W., LUMBERMAN office.

HIGH PAY TO-BARK PEELERS

WANTED. May 15, 1891, 750 competent Bark
Peelers for this season’s work, at $1.75 a day and
board. Addressorcallon _ ¢
J.L. SNYDER, Leetonia, Tioga Co., Pa. U.S
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MORTGAGE SALE

—OF VALUABLE—

Tiraber Limits

—AND—

SAW MILL PROPERTY

IN THE TOWNSHIP OF BEXLEY, CO. OF VICTORIA.

Under and by virtue of the power of sale con-
tained in a certain mortgage from George A.
Wagar to the vendors, bearing date the 14th July,
4890, default having been made in payment there-
of, will be sold by public auction, at

Ghirpaw’s Hotel, at Victoria Road,

—oN—

WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1891,

At 10’clock, p.m., 1371 acres of land, being com-
posed of the northerly 37 acres and the easterly 91
acres of the southerly 163 acres of lot 4, in conces-
sion 1; lots 4.5 and7, in concession 2; northerly
half of lot 6 and the northerly 40 acres of lot 7, in
concession 3; lot 6, easterly half of lot7 and lot 12,
in concession 4 ;and the west haif of lot 12, in con-
cession %, all in the township of Bexley. The
timber is pine, hemlock, cedar and hardwood.

The Mill is situate on lot 6, in concession 4,
about one mile from Corson’s Siding, on the Cobo-
conk Branch of the Midland Railway. The mill
is 40x84 feet and 30x50 teet, with two good boilers
and engine (75 horse power) and all machinery
reuuired in a first-class mill for cutting lumber,
shingles and lath. The mill and Bacher are
in good orderand nearly new. There is a frame
boarding house and stable on the property in
close proximity to the mill.

The above property will be first offered en bloc;
if not sold en bloc, the Jots will be put up and of-
fered separately. This isa first-class opportunity
for contractors and builders or for any parties
engaged in the lumbering trade.

£xMsS—One-tenth of the purchase money on
the day of sale, and the ace in thirty days

thereafter; or other approved security will be |

taken for the purchase money, bearing interest at
Six per cent per annum.
For further particulars and conditions of sale
apply at the Law Office of
OK TO BAYLY & BAYLY,
MR. W.H. DECATER, Vendors’ Solicitors,
Corson’s Siding. London, Ont.

ei

Bees s ‘Wi yin sabe:

Sail, Tent and Awning Maker,

251 Geonce sno 154 Kina Srncers,
PETERBOROUGH.

Canoe, Yacht and Boat Sails made to order.
Perfect Fits guaranteed.

Every description of Lumbermen’s Sup plies
; Waterproof Clothing.

| newspaper without the authority of the Queen’s

Timber Limits

BRITISH COLUMBIA
FOR SALE!

$5,000 to $50,000 of shares in a Stock Company
owning and operating Saw and Planing Mills
Sash and Door Factory, etc. Valuable Timber
Limits in connection. This is an exceptionally
good chance to make money.

Address—

+ LIMITS,
Care of CANADIAN LUMBERMAN.

EALED TENDERS, 1
signed, and endorsed ‘‘Tender for supplying
Coal for the Public Buildings, Ottawa,” will be

received at this office until TUESDAY, 5TH
MAY. at noon.

Specifications can be seen and forms of Tender
obtained on and after Tuesday, 28th instant. at
this office, where all necessary information can
be had on application ; also at the office of James
Nelson, Architect, Montreal, and D. B. Dick,
Architect, Toronto.

Each tender must be accompanied by an ac-
cepted bank cheque for the sum of $500, made
payable to the order of the Honourable the Min-
ister of Public Works. which will be forfeited if
the party decline to enter into acontract when
called upon to do so, or if he fail to complete the
wolk contracted fer. If the tender be-not ac-
cepted, the cheque will be returned,

The Department will not be bound to accept
the lowest or any tender. By Order,

E. F. E. Roy, Secretary,
Department of Public Worl, ?

Ottawa, 2oth April, 1Sg1. §

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a NUsy Ser yon ona v

TENDERS.

EALED TENDERS addressed to the under-
signed and endorsed “Tender for Indian
Suppiies,”’ will be received at this office up to
noon on SATURDAY, 9th May, 1891, for the de-
livery of Indian Supplies during the fiscal year
ending 30th June, 1892, consisting of Flour, Beef,
Bacon, Groceries, Ammunition, Twine, Agricul-
tural Implements, Tools, &c., duty paid, at var-
ious points in Manitoba and the North-West Ter-
ritorieés.

Forms of tender. containing full particulars
relative to the surplies required, dates of delivery
&c., may be kad by applying te the undersigned,
or to the Indian Commissioner at Regina, or to
the Indian Office, Winnipeg.

Parties may tender for each description of
goods (or for any portion of each description of
goods) separately, or for all the goods called for
in the Schedules, and the Vepartment reserves to
itself the right to reject the whole orany part of a
tender.

Each tendcr must be accompanied by an ac-
cepted Cheque in favor of the Superintendent
General of Indian Affairs, on a Canadian Bank,
forat least five per cent. ot the amount of the
tender. which will be forfeited if the party tend-
ering declines to enter into a contract based on
such tender when called upon to do so, or if he
fails to complete the work contracted for. If the
tender be not accepted, the cheque will be re-
turned, and if a contract be entered into for a
part only of the supplies tendered for an accepted
cheque for five per cent. of the amount of the
contract may be substituted for that which ac-
companied the tender; the contract security
cheque will be retained by the Department until
the end of the fiscal year.

Each tender must, in addition to the signature
of the tenderer. be signed by two sureties accept-
able to the Department, for the proper perform-
ance of the contract based on his tender.

This advertisement is not to be inserted by any

Printer, and no claim for payment by any news-
paper not having had such authority will be ad-

mitted,
L. VANKOUGHNET,
Deputy of the Superintendent-General
of Indian Affairs.
Department of Indian Affairs,
Ottawa, March, 1891.

WIZ

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BALL ELECTRIC LICHTC?

MANUFACTURERS. OF

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57, ADELAIDE ST. Ww.

TORONTO

ONT.

CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE AND ST.
PAUL RAILWAY.

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Electric Lighted and Steam Heated Vestibuled I
Trains between Chicago, Council Bluffs and
Omaha, daily.

Through Vestibuled Sleeping cars daily, betw
Chicago, Butte, Tacoma, Seattle, and Portlar
Oregon.

Solid Trains between Chicagoand principal points |
in Northern Wisconsin and the Peninsula of
Michigan.

Daily Trains between St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Kansas City via the Hedrick Route.

Through S eeping Cars, daily, between St. Louis,
St. Paul and Minneapolis.

The finest Dining Cars in the World.

The best Sleeping cars. Electric Reading Lamps |
in Berths

6,100 miles of road in Illinois, Wisconsin, North- |
ern Michigan, Iowa, M'nnesota, Missouri, South |
Dakota and North Dakota.

Everything First-Class.
First-Class People patronize First-Class Lines.

Ticket Agents everywhere sell Tickets over the
Chicago, Millwaukee and St. Paul Railway.

WILLIAM FOSTER

Lumber & Commission Merchant
Receiver and forwarder of

LUMBER, LATH & SRINGLES

Correspondence Solicited.

OWEN SOUND,
Investment Bonds.

THE DOMINION SAFE DEPOSIT WAREHOUSING & LOAN CO.,

Head Office—The Canadian Bank of Commerce Building, King St. W., Torenke
CAPITAL, ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
DIRECTORS. S149 :
Henry W. Darling, Esq., Vice-Pres.
G. B. Smith, Esq. M.P.P.
J. EL Stam, Esq.
Alexander Nairn, Esq.
Eugene O’Keefe, Esq.

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Department of P
Ottawa, 16th

April
E. F. Ames & Co.

Lumber Commi
licited from Canad

Room 3. Lumber Exchange, Chicago, Ill,

T. SHORTSSS,

DEALER IN

PINE & MINERAL LANDS

9g Toronto Street,
TORONTO, -

CORRESPONDENCE

ONT.

SOLICITED

ONT.

W. D. Matthews, Esq., President.
John I. Davidson, Esq. S. F. McKinnon, Esq.
H. W. Nelson, Esq. [a 12, Ohara, Dep

M. C. Cameron, Esq. Robert Kilgour, Esq.
Thomas McCracken, Esq. Robert Davies, Esq.

Aaron Ross, Esq.

This Company is now issuing $100 $200, $300, $400 and 5500 investments in bonds, payable in
five, ten and fifteen years from date of issue, with participation in profits, affording all the adyant-
ages of compound interest accumu‘ations onsmallsumsofmoney. These bonds are the obligat-
ions of this Company and are specially protected by a sinking fund, invested in first-class real es-
tate mortgages. They are plain definite contracts, subject to no contingencies whatever, are non-
forfeitable after one annual payment. with values definitely stated thereon. For a small outlay
they secure a fixed and generous return.

To bondholders who complete their contracts the Company guarantee compound interest at the
rate of Four Per Cent. Per Annum.

The Comp :ny is prepared to receive applications from reliable agents at all points where it is

not already represented.

: WWI. KERR, Manager

The Safe Deposit Vaults of the company cannot be surpassed for absolute security. Call
and examine or wr te for circular

SPLITOR SOLID

@. GUARANTEED..6)

AFTER USING You WONDER
How YOU MANAGED WITHOUT IT.

IWKS.©. Brantford, G an.

ENGRAVERS.

ORONTO.

16 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

A. M. DODCE 2 co.
Mes tall kings af La nd

COWPER & GREGORY.

TRUCK + WHEELS.

Awe EIVERS ry Lumber,
< of facilities
rail Ga Neue
—= 4H HSHHHH HOH OD
CHEESMAN DODCE
| Beasts and Lumber Merchants. Ship and
Boat fies, &c. Office, 16
West Seneca Street, B _ The Mi 0 nireal ne
“
EMMET FLEMING
ission dealer in Sas

NSPECTOR anc agen

ber. Office, 231 treet, Buffalo,

LAYCOCK LUMBER CO.
ANUF AC TURERS of Pine, Hemlock and
Oak Timber up to §§ feet in leet Saw
Mills: Ackley, Pa, Black Ruck, N. Graven-
hurst, Ont Office, corner Main and eee Sts, |
Buffalo, N. Y. |

J. & T. CHARLTON
HOLESALE dealers in Masts and Spars, |
Canada Round Pine, &c. Tonawanda, N. |

¥ ;
| CRABB TUNED
202 Rae Buffalo, handles all kinds
of Har oods.
A. P. & W. E. KELLEY CO. | RAILROAD WHEELS |
HOLESALE Lumber dealers. Yards at | i
Tonawanda and Chicago. Correspondence |

invited. |
| Offices:
Cc. P. HAZARD. | ge
HOLESALE dealer in Lumber, Shingles,| Building, Montreal.
Lath and Fence Posts. Correspondence |
invited from the Canadian trade. No 92 River |
Street, Buffalo, N. Y. |

+ Car Wheel Co.

MANUFACTURERS OF

New York Life Instifance

Works: Lachine, Quebec.

L. A. KELSEY LUMBER CO., (Ltd.) |
ANUFACTURERS and dealers in Hard-
wood Lumber of all kinds. Bescune stock |
and write for prices. Office Tonawanda, N. Y.

49 9OOHHHHOHOH OD

Ww make a Specialty of Wheels suitable for

the requirements of Lumbermen and
Street Car Service, and can supply them Bored,
Finished and Balanced.

BOVEE & HOWDEN
ANUFACTURERS and Wholesale dealers
in Hard and Soft Wood Lumber. Holders
of Canadian stocks are invited to write for Gia
tions. Offices at Tonawanda and Le Roy, N. Y. |

THE TONAWANDA LUMBER co. |
ILLS at East Tawas, Mich.; office 106 Main |
R.R.R. |

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED

Mens -ha Hickcry Plleys

We make the only
\ hardwood bent rim
\\ spoke arm split pulley,
} only small split pulley,
m) only wooden hangers
jj inthe market. Send for
f} discounts & circulars.

Street, opposite N. Y..C. and H.
Station, Nort h ‘Tonawanda, N. Y.

Cash for_Lumber

AA Menasha ;
Wood Split Puiley Co.
MENASHA, WISCONSIN.

W. N. McKachren & Co.

Wholesale dealers in all kinds of

THE MONARCH BOILER
(PATENTED) AND HERCULES ENGINE,

2 AROBBESONS .,

CELEGRATED

ROTARY SAW MILLeke
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PDD LDL LDL ILD DS OID AD AP PD I OP

HARD WO o LUMBER

Guaranteed

EZ to Saw Lumber
= Perfectly Smooth and
<= "even in thickness.
Portable from 6 to 70 horse power.

i

Surpas¢

7 =~
NO. 3 DOCK | portable steam power heretofore produced fot
strength, durability, compactness, and the ease
TORONTO

| with which they can be moved.

The 70 horse power can be taken over therongh-
est roads, or into the forest, and set up as easily
and quickly as an ordinary ’20 horse power port-
able engine, and as firm as a brick-set stationary
engine. Engines and boilers of every size and des-
eription. Rotary Saw Mills, Shingle and Lath
machines, Law Grinders, Planers, ete. Mill
mac hinery and supplies ‘of every description.
Every boiler insured agaitist explosion by the
Boiler J»snrance & Inspection Co. of Canada.
Write for circulars.

A. ROBB & SONS, | Amherst Foundry and

Amherst, NS. Machine works.
ESTABLISHED OVER 40 YEARS.

WRITE US FOR PRICES AND
SIZES. - TO .CUT.

WE PAY CASH WHEN LOADED ON
CARS.

Herpert G. Ross. Box 273. Reeriatp C, BuakER,

H. G. ROSS & GO.

Real Estate, Five and Life Insurance,
Shipping and General Commission Agents.

1<<=Timber Limits and Farming Lands a Specialty.

A.B.C. Code, Cable address, ‘‘ Ross.’’.

NEW WESTMINSTER. -_ -

CORRESPONDENCE

B. C.

SOLICITED.

EUMBER =

May, 1892
DALTON: McCARTHY, A; ECKARDT; - JOHN- McGREGOR;-—
President. Secretary Manager,
Toronto and Midland Mfg Co.
(INCORPORATED.)

Wholesale Lumber & Dealers

AND MANUFACTURERS OF

DRESSED LUMBER, FLOORING

Ceiling, Sheeting, Siding, Shelving, Mouldings of all Descriptions.
Office and Yard:

FOOT OF SPADINA AVE. 42
Planing Mills : MIDLAND, ONT.

PORTER, ROBERISON & C0.

STOCKS WHOLESALE HARDWOODS

STRIPS ie Gi vr = EK kR HEMLOCK

SIDINGS SHINGLES
DEALERS LATH, ETC.

BILLST UFF

Millichamp’s ie

35 * Adelaide + Street + East,

TORONTO.

YARD: NORTHERN DOCK, FOOT OF BATHURST STREET.

NAPANEE CEMENT COMPANY

ne ES
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peed cain e Zul

pees. adapted for Dams, Smoke Stacks, Foundations, Guile +, 0 te
verts, Cisterns, Cellars, etc. ‘

ENDORSED BY LEADING RAILWAYS AND CONTRACTORS. ~

TOA. Cre * divas

For Building, Plastering, Gas Purifying, Paper Making, &c.

THE RATESBUN Coie!

DESERONTO, ONT.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

eTERRA*COTTA#FIRE-PROOFING®

For Use in Old and New Buildings.

Endorsed by Leading Architects. Absolutely Fire-proof.
Wood or Brick. Weight One-Third that of Brick.
Crack on application of Heat or Water.
Gives Warmth in Winter; Coolness in Summer.

Galt+ Machine+ Knife +t Works.

About as Cheap as
Does not

Deadens Noise.

MAGHINE KNIVES

OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR
|} Planing, Moulding & Stave Cutting.

SEND FOR PRICE LIST

PHIBR Tee - 2 ere.

TORONTO.

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May, 1So1. ‘THE’ CANADA: LUMBERMAN.,

The Only Successful Kiln for for Drying Oak anc other Hardwoods

“THRE ANDREWS” Our Process Duplicates Nature. pga Son
SNEW weMBER & va ce
Oshkosh Furniture Co

DRY-KILN Soc e

Itsremarkable efficiency depends upon its peculiarmode of : = | ae Story & Clark Organ Co.. -
applying heat to, and eliminating moisture from, the air used Rock Falls Manufacturing Cc
in drying. We use no costly fan, engine or other device that Courey & Birely T able ¢
requires constant attention, nor do we waste heat by a special Southern Spring Bed Co.,
chimney. The air circulates through the lumber, and the Sidney School Furniture Co.,,

moisture absorbed from ft is extracted “from the air by natural Outside View of the Andrews Kiln iene Dicaentarar GIKE A IFerEntare ConreR eoeeas

methods. ¥c ou can not afford to be without it.

A. N. Andrews & Go., Proprietors and Manufacturers

215, 217, 219, 221 Wabash Ave., CHICACO, ILL.

Estey Manufact

East Shore }

Universal T1 pod ¢

Gre fadieapia Schoo] |}
New England Furniture C
Milw a ie Gh: vir Cx

W. MAITLAND G. 2 AINS

The Casselman Lumber CO,“ WWiaiuana, Rixon & Go.,

CASSELMAN, ONT. as Successors to FLATT & BRADLEY. Owen Sound, Ont.

cee GOOD FACILITIES FOR SHIPPING. Saw Millers < ge =< Lumber Dealers

HEMLOCK BILL STUFF OF EXCELLENT UALITY. |
2 All kinds of Building Material kept in stock.

ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF
WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF

PINE, SPRUCE, ASH, MAPLE AND OTHER HARDWOODS. LONG BILL STUFF IN ROCK ELM, PINE, CEDAR AND HEMLOCK

aa ED QUOTATIONS FURNISHED ON APPLiCATION.

— [oe = DONOGH & OLIVER.

Lumber Merchants Lt UMB. Ek

TRUST BUILDING CHAMBERS, ane RO N ae a

Cor. Yonge and Colborne Streets. OFFICE -
Nos. 213, 214 and 215, Board of Trade Building,
All Kinds of Pine and Hardwood Lumber. | OO Nathan UE ERONT STS.
—====BIlL STUFF CUT TO ORDER A SPECIALTY. LORONTO, ONT,

—THE “LEADER ” ——

rhoss

The Finest Tempered, Fastest Cutting

and Best Saw made on the Continent.

@

THERE KING ‘OF CROSS- COT SAWS

R.H. SMITH COMPANY LTB, ST. CATRARINES, ONT.

Sole Manufacturers,

Manufactured of Triple Refined Silver Steel,

Rolled specially for us from Superior Ingots.

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=

The Gold Medal, Fhe Gold Medal,
Toronto, 1883 W D W | C a R ‘London, 1883.

For Uoor, Sash, Blind and Furniture Factories

PLANERS. BAND SAWS. BUZZ PLANERS.
MOULDERS. BAND RE-SAWS. MORTICERS.
TENONERS. PANEL RAISERS. BLIND MACHINERY.
SHAPERS. DOVETAILERS. BAND SAW FILER.
RIP SAWS. JOINTERS. BAND SAW SETTER.
SAND PAPERERS. DOUBLE SPINDLE BORER. KTC., ETC.

The Cant Bros,Go. Limited,

Wag Galan GRLT, ONTARIO. coments

Rhodes Improved Swage for Circular and Gang Saws,

P rE ty iy ii ==PATENTED JULY 2, 1889=>=
a THE MOST PERFEC’ MACHINE FOR THE PURPOSE EVER INTRODUCED.

BPP BPI PD BALE IPF ID ID IPD I

It will swage the hardest as well as the softes: saws; Never pulls the points of the teeth off, as the swaging is
done by direct and steady pressure, and not by rolling pressure.

Swaging done with this machine will stand longer than when swaged with any other machine or by hand.
It makes the swage the heaviest on the under side of the tooth, and leaves the face of the tooth perfectly straight.

It does not shorten the tooth as done by upsetting. It has a posi ive clamp so a saw cannot slip while being
swaged, therefore every tooth is an exact duplicate of the other.

Corners never drop off if swaged with this machine, as it does not injure the steel, therefore the teeth can all
be kept of a length.

It is very simsly constructed : nothing to break or wear out. Easily adjusted. Any ordinary man can swage a
circular saw in from 10 to 12 minutes. Is thoroughly constructed of the best material, all the parts requiring it are
made of steel of the best quality. Every swage is thoroughly tested before leaving « he shop.

We positively guarantee the swage to do all we claim for it in this circular.
Full and complete instructions for adjusting and operating accompany the swage. SEOTIONAL VIEW

SEND FOR PRICE LIST oF
ISS ( OUD ISSy" AINA Saw dS)

Autom: ic Band Saw Swages, Circu'ar Saw Swages Gang Saw Swages, Shingle Saw Swages.
‘ —MANUFACTURED EXCLUSIVELY BY—

Palmiter, Empey & Co., Galieseaieee

Established 1849. incorporated 1284.

Detroit Saw Works

MANUFACTURERS OF

* Circular, Gang, Mulay, Drag and Cross-Cut Saws,

MOLDING AND PLANING KNIVES,

2S (Oe ISIS SSS.

We use nothing but W. J. & Sons’ English
Steel in our saws and the ee speaks for itself.

French Band Saws, Emery Wheels and General Mill Supphes.
66, 68, 70 and 72 Fort St. East, DETROIT, MIGN.

| PATENTED 5TH MARCH, 1877.

| PARKER & EVANS.

Sole Proprietors of the

FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL

BOILER - FLUID - COMPOUND.

|
MONTHLY DRAWINCS ON | This compound will save its cost many times in one year by saving fuel.

4 It eradicates scale, and when the Boiler is once Clean a very small quantity keeps it clean
all a W B on BA a oy of Every M onth | and free from all incrustation. One fourth the dose will prevent a new Boiler from scaling so

| ong as it is used regularly.

S. E. LEFEBVRE, Manager. Contains no Caustic Soda, and is the only matter yet known that will not injure metals in
any way, and emits a clear pure steam.

Head Office—81 ST. JAMES STREET, 5 MONTREAL. 30 WILLIAM STREET, - MONTREAL.

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May, 1801. THE CANADA _LUMBERMAN. 19

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Asbestos £
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Board. | Montreai, Quebec. ‘
SAMPLES FURNISHED. PLEASE MENTION THIS PAPER. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

HE DODGE PATENT WOOD SPLIT PULLEY 60.

MAUFACTURERS OF
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Pulleys of every des- SW Wy &

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Se eee A te PIANING MILL

#«EXHAGSTERS#

PROGRESSIVE LUMBER DRY KILNS, HEATING AND VENTILATING APPARATUS

POR Ak —GlAsShs OF. BUILDINGS.

,B. F. STURTEVANT CO., BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A.

BRANCHES: 16S. errr eu York A. R. WILLIRMS, Soho Machine Works, Toronto, Qnt.,

* 135 N Tuirp ST., PHitavecenia. (See rake AGENT FOR THE Dominion.

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Wateroug worse. Brantford,

May, 1891. WPI WHT GL

THE CANADA LUM BERMAN.

tN

“DO

THE GORDON

PATENT HOLLOW BLAST GRATE.

The

plies the furnace fire

A HOLLOW BLAST GRATE.

for generating steam

A new and novel application of a
principle centuries old... Step into
the nearest blacksmith shop and see

N. B.---Regardless of the character of your fuel, we can
boilers.

timber or from spent

OU LACK STEAM?
WE CAN HELP YOU!”

‘it in operation, on a small scale.
Hollow Blast Grate sup-

Hot Air sufficient at all times to in-
sure the rapid and perfect combust-
ion of fuel of every sort.

It is the only successful appliance

as the SAWDUST and refuse from

hemlock, cypress and hard wood

It Costs you nothing to try them.

with a blast of

from such fuel

tan bark.

greatly increase the volume of steam generated by your
We guarantee satisfactton or no sale.

FURNACE FITTED WITH HOLLOW BLAST GRATES AND APPARATUS

PACE wie SLLMONTA LS

S. H. LanestaFF, Vice-Pres. GEO. LANGSTAFF, Sec'’y. H. W. RANEW, Treas

LANGSTAFF-ORM MANF’G CO.

Long Steamboat Lumber a

JOHN ORM, Pres.

Manufacturers of Lumber, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Etc.
Specialty.
PapucaH, Ky., March 7th, 1891.
The Gordon Hollow Blast Grate Co., Greenville, Mich.

Deas Sr1zs,—Enclosed find our cheque to cover amount due you for the Hollow Blast
Grate Bars purchased from you some time ago. We have given the Bars a thorough
test and are very much pleased with them; we find them to be all you claim.

Yours truly, LANGSTAFF-ORM MF’G CO

F. B. WILLIAMS»

JNO. N. PHABR.

PHARR & WILLIAMS.

Band Sawed Cypress Lumber. Daily capacity, 100,000 feet. Extra Wide Lumber and
Tank Stock a Specialty. 50 Million of Logs on hand. 6 Million Feet of Lumber in
stock. 4a W. U. Telegraph in office.

C. 8. Burt, Esq., Parterson, La., March 9th, 1891.
Baton Rouge, La.

Dear Sir—Our Grate Bars (Hollow Blast Grates) are now making us all the steam
we wish. We had some doubt as to our boilers having sufficient capacity to furnish
steam for our engine as they have only 100 horse power while our engine has 250; but we
are now making more steam than we can use with cypress saw dust and refuse from our
mill. Any one can figure the capacity of the boilers for themselves. There are four of
them 32 feet long by 42 inches diameter, each with two flues 15 inches diameter. Our
engine is 24x30. Anyone who is short of steam can not do better than to put in the
Blast Grate bars. Yours very truly, PH RR & WILLIAMS.

J. T. LIDDLE LUMBER CO.
1r=_One Mile from Mississippi City, L. & N. Railroad.

Lumber. Merchandise.

Hanpsgoro, Miss., March 9th, 1891.
To THe Gorpox Hoitiow Buast Grate Co., Greenville, Mich.

Gents.— We are now running our mill with the Hollow Blast Grates and instead of
requiring two mule carts to haul away the saw dust, we now consume nearly all, giving
us much better steam than we were forced to make it with wood and the small quan-
tity of saw dust we could burn. We are satisfied that every mill man burning wood
alone, or wishing to utilize the dust, bark, etc., for fuel will find by test, that the Blast
Grates will reduce the labor and expense of steaming by one half.

Respectfully yours, J. T. LIDDLE LUMBER CO.

BRINKLEY CAR WORKS AND MANUFACTURING CO.
Yellow Pine and Oak Lumber.

Brinkey, ARK., 1891.
To Tue Gorpox Hottow Buast Grate Co., Greenville, Mich.

GentLemeN;— We have your favor of the 5th, and beg to say in replying thereto, that |
the Hollow Blast Grates you put in for us are a splendid success, and we are more than |
pleased with them; by using them we are able to make enough steam to run our plant
without having to put in another large boiler. We recommend them very highly. En- |
closed find ac ceptance in settlement of account.

BRINKLEY CAR WORKS & MF’G CO.
H. 4H. Myers, Sec. and Treas.

Feb. 7th,

THE WOLVERINE LUMBER CO.,

Catro, Inu., Feb. 8th, 1891.
To Tue Gorvos Hoittow Briast Grate Co., Greenville, Mich.
GestLemen;—Yours of the 14th ult. at hand. In reply will say that we had grates

placed and ready for use about the middle of December last, and by January 1st were

The Gordon Hollow Blast

fully convinced that they were exactly what we needed. We could not think of trying
to run without them for ten times their cost. We are running two band mills in green
oak right out of the water, and are burning all our saw dust, leaving none to be carted
away. The burning of the saw dust, with your grates, makes a very hot fire and keeps
up steam splendidly without the use of any other “fuel, excepting a very few slabs. We
consider your grates to be what any saw mill requires. As for us, we would not think
of trying to run without them. Yourstruly, THE MOLVERINE LUMBER co.
A. E. Srevensen, Supt.

SILAS KILBOURN & CO.,
Fish and Syrup Packages, Cider Kegs and Jelly Pails.

Granp Haven, Micu., Feb.

To Tue Gorpon Honttow Buast Grate Co., Greenville, Mich.

GENTLEMEN;—Enclosed find check in payment for bill of Grates, etc. Please ac-
knowledge receipt of same and oblige. The Grates are doing all you claimed, and more.
Will save amount of your bill in better power and fuel in a short time. Before we put
them in we had to buy a great many cords of dry slabs each year; we now burn nothing
but saw dust and waste from factory, and have much better steam than before. We
drive blower with a small ‘‘Dake’’ engine, which we think an improvement over connec-
tion with factory power. Yours truly, SILAS KILBOURN & CO.

20th, 1891.

DECATUK LUMBER CO.,
All Kinds of Rough and Dressed Lumber.

Decatur, Aus., Feb. 12th,

To Tuer Gorpon Hotitow Brast Grate Co., Greenville, Mich.
GENTLEMEN:— Your Blast Grates are all that you claimed for them,

1891.

and are. very

satisfactory. DECATUR LUMBER CO.
A. W. LEE & CO.,
Oak, Pine and Hemlock Lumber.
Betsena Miius, Pa., Feb. 12th, 1891.
| THE Gorpon Hottow Buast Grate Co., Greenville, Mich.
GENTLEMEN;—Enclosed find our check in settlement of account. The apparatus is

It is a decided improvement over the old. We recommend

AY BW

in and does its work well.
LEE & Co

its use. Yours truly,
C. C Mencet, gr., Pres , A. W. Wrieut, Vice-Pres., C. R. Mrencet, Sec.-Treas.
Louisville, Ky. Alma, Mich. Louisville, Ky.
C. C. MENGEL Jr. & BRO. CO.

Louisville, Ky.
Manufacturers of Poplar add Hardwood Lumber.
The Trimble & Kenton Railway.
. is owned and operated
by this Company.

Mills: Trimble, Tenn.
Oakton, Ky.

Tipton, Tenn.

Boston, Ky.

Office of
as. R. Det Veccuto, Supt.
Trimble Mill.
TrimsLteE Tenn., March 3rd, 1891.
Gorpon Hoxtiow Buast Grate Co., Greenville, Mich.

Dear Sirs:—Please find enclosed check in payment of ouraccount. Your grate bars
have given us perfect satisfaction, and a reference to our records shows that in one
month previous to the time we put them in, we had 21 stops for steam, aggregating 6
hours and 9 minutes, or an average of 17 minutes to the stop. Since putting in your
bars, on the same fuel in one month, we have had only 6 stops for steam, aggregating 1
hour and 22 minutes, or and average of 13 minutes to the stop. Before introducing your
system steam was very seldom up to the limit and the machinery would be continually
dragging; since your bars have been put in, if steam gets low the cause is in the fireman
alone. Yours truly, C. C. MENGEL Jr. & BRO. CO.
James R. DetVeccuio, Supt.

Grate Co., Greenville, Mich.

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Little Giant Planer, Matcher and Moulder,
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24-inch Planer and Matcher, Dundas make:

New Pony Planers and Matchers, only $1.75.

24-inch Peny Planer, Frank & Co. make.

27.inch Double Surfacer, revolving bed—
Cowan & Co. make.

No. 3 Revolving Bed planer, Cowan & Co.
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24-inch Pony planer, Ross make, Buffalo.

No, 4 Pony planer, McKechnie & Bertram,
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Frank & Co. make

24-inch wocd frame planer, Kennedy & Sons
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20-inch wecd freme planer in gozd order.

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Daniels planer, R. Ball & Co. make.

Matcher, Kennedy & Sons’ make, Owen
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No. 2 Three-sided moulding machine, Galt
make,

3 Sided Moulder, made by Rogers, Connec-
ticut. k

New power morticers—Galt make,

One chair or upright boring machine,

Iron top shaper—Goldie & McCulloch make
Galt.

Centennial top jig saw—Goldie & McCul-
loch builders. : :

Dcuble cope tenoning machine— Dundas
make. ;

New 36-inch resaw—Galt make—also band
resaw machines. J :

Tenoning machine— without copes—price
only 360.

Wood turning lathes—several sizes.

New combination saw table—all iron and
steel. , ;

Improved power rod feed machine—Mac-

; Gregor, Gourlay & Co., Galt, builders.

No. 1 shaper—all iron—Goldie & McCulloch
build.
Improved saw arbors—all sizes—Galt make;

Sand paperers—new and second hand.

New dovetailing machine—Tyrell’s patent.
9 and 36-inch band saws—Galt make.
3-inch band saw, Cant Bros. & Co.

Four pair scroll saws and three foot power;
good order.

Three blina slat turners. all Galt make.

Dodge wood split pulleys at maker’s prices;
quick delivery.

Foot and hand mitreing machines, latest
design.

Foot and hand wiring machine, Galt make.

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VoLuME XII ;
NUMBER 6

TORONTO, ONT., JUNE, 1891.

AN ANCIENT WATER ELEVATOR.

N Egypt and other countries where irrigation is prac-
ticed to a greater extent than elsewhere, the inventive
mind has been alert for centuries, contriving devices of
various kinds for elevating water. Some of these are
“$0 simple that they must have been obvious, while
others show an amount of inventive genius worthy of
our own century ; in fact, as is well known, the funda-
mental principles of hydraulics were discovered ages
since, and some of the early machines have never been
materially changed or improved upon.

The Egyptian shadoof is a form of water elevator
that has been in use from time immemorial, not only in
Egypt, but almost all over the world. A device fully
as simple as this, but not so old, is a gutter, which was
made both single and double. It consisted of a trough
pivoted at one end above the level of the
water, the free end being alternately dip-
ped in the water and raised, so as to
cause it to discharge into a sluice leading
away from the machine.

The pendulum water elevator shown in
the engraving is a curious modification of
the swinging gutter. A number of gut-
ters arranged in two series are secured to
opposite sides of a swinging frame, each
series of gutters being arranged on a zig-
zag line, and the two series of gutters are
oppositely arranged with respect to each
other, so that while one end of the lower
gutter dips in the water, the lower gutter
of the other series discharges into the
next gutter above, and a flap valve retains
the water while the device is swung in an
opposite direction. In this manner the
water is advanced step by step at each

piece of paper, and if the speed is kept up, the peri-
phery of the saw will assume an undulatory or wavy
motion.

When in this condition it is as sensitive to pressure
on its side as if it were made of a sheet of paper.

This, while it may form an interesting experiment, is
also valuable in the consideration of the subject of
speed for such tools.
there is a specific speed at which saws should be run
to do work to the best advantage and within the limits
of safety and economy.

Sawmill men as a rule are not sufficiently familiar
with such matters, and only consider the subject with
relation to the amount of production. There is an
important matter for careful study in the manipulation
of saws, and a chance for the exercise of good judg-

It shows beyond a doubt that

thing not I if c

only

were the correct
furniture, espec ially for large dining table
Then came in the era of t is of

tricks of staining and paint

planos, Cic.

tropical woods by

these soon deservedly lost caste. Quite recently a sen-
sible revolution in favor of our native woods has take
place. Beginning with Black Walnut and going or

Cherry, Maple, Ash, White Oak, and even Chestnut
the native woods that are capable of receiving
taining high polish are coming into favor for the finest

furniture and inside finish. the

ana re-

Even most costly

pianos that are given the best place in show windows
and warerooms are now cased in native woods.

Among the more notable uses, to which Cypress
wood could be profitably adapted, is that of boat
building.

The#British Columbia cypress possesses
in a remarkable degree the qualities
of lightness with extreme strength, pli-
ability and elasticity, and the quality
of keeping its form when bent to shape
in planks. Its lightness surpasses thay
of the finest white spruce, and for ten-
acious strength it rivals Ontario hickory.
In color the wood is a handsome straw
color, very attractive in appearance.
For boat building nothing better could
be possibly obtained, as craft constructed
of this timber would combine extreme
lightness with extreme strength, the
great desiderata with oarsmen. Great
forests of this fine timber exist on the
north coast of British Columbia about
200 miles up, and there are also large
patches of it in the lower Fraser valley.

lhe silver maple is widely distributed

in Eastern America; it is found in the

oscillation, until it is finally discharged
into the sluice, which carries it away for
use. Each of the gutters is provided
with a valve, which retains the water as
it moves forward and upward.

ABOUT CIRCULAR SAWS.

VERY saw-mill man knows that one
of the most difficult and trying opera-
tions to which circular saws are put is
that of log cutting, working up the rough
timber into lumber. But not all sawyers
are as familiar with the conditions which
govern the operation of the circular saw
as they should be.

noith from the valley of the St. John’s

2S 5 = ‘
River in New Brunswick to southern
Ontario, and extends southward to

western Florida, and westward to east-

ern Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and the

These are the only tools used in cut-

ting and dressing lumber that withinthem- E2=2==5
selves have certain inherent conditions to) —E£==

govern their speed, and a knowledge of
this is an important part of a sawyer’s
education.

A great deal of course, depends upon the material
and manner in which the saw is made, whether it has
been hammered “tight” or “slack” on the periphery.
Assuming that on account of the centrifugal forces the
steel is stretched from the eye of the saw towards its
periphery, a great deal would depend upon the con-
dition of the saw atthe beginning. A saw that is ham-
mered loose at its periphery can be operated at a much
higher speed than one that is tight or stretched.

In explaining this, let us suppose that a saw is started
up and gradually increased in speed. For a time, and
up to a certain limit, according to the above conditions,
the stiffness or rigidity of the blade will be increased.
Above this limit it begins to diminish, and at a verv
high velocity the plate becomes limber and pliant as a

ability and

a

A

Indian Territory. Itis not found very
near the Atlantic coast or in the high
Appalachian Mountains. It is very com-
mon, however, west of the Mountains
throughout the Mississippi valley. where
it is one of the largest and most generally
oe distributed of the river trees. The silver
maple is often called the soft maple,
probably to the brittleness of its slender
branches. It has been cultivated in
Europe since 1725, but does not flourish
there so well as on the banks of its native

streams, but better there than manv of

AN ANCIENT WATER ELEVATOR.

ment in regulating their speed for the different classes
of work to which they are put.

CONCERNING VARIOUS WOODS.

Ee is likely to come to the front for many uses for

which Oak has been considered the only wear.
Nothing is so good for hubs, for pie plates, baskets and
butter packages for retail trade. Its veneers properly
finished, would be beautiful for inside work. Its rapid
growth up to a certain size would make it a valuable
means of utilizing much rough land.

Natural laws that demand something new will always
be in force, and this is illustrated in the change in
popular taste with reference to our native Hardwoods.
Tropical woods—Mahoy-ny, Rosewood and Ebony—

our American trees.

WATER DIDN’T TROUBLE THEM.

Tee lumbermen, who had been engaged in various
real estate deals together and for themselves individ-

| ually, met in the office of another friend one day last

week. After the salutations had been given one said:
‘* How is real estate ?”
‘All right. The prospects are as good as ever.”
“Tm glad to hear it. Have you been out lately to
look at those acres?” asked ¢ -> of the man who owned
the office.
_ “Yes, I was out the othei lay. They are still look-
ing up, but we’ve had so ~uch rain that they are
covered with water.” .
That’s not the trouble with ours, is it Tom?’ aske:
one of the partners
“No,” was the reply.
gages.”

fede

“Ours is covered with mort-

THE CANADA EUMEBERMAN.

LIFE IN A LUMBER CAMP.

HE lumber camps of the pine regions have w:thin

the last few years become an institution peculiar |

to their time and place. The novelist may yet make a
fortune out of incidents directly or indirectly connected
with them.

Lumbering, like everything else in this busy, pushing
generation, is carried on by the wholesale. The owner
of a tract of pine either employs a general manager for
the several camps of workmen or lets the cutting of the
pine out by contract. Ifhis business is sufficiently large,
so that he runs a number of camps, he employs a walk-
ing boss, who is the highest authority in the whole busi-
ness. Each camp has its “foreman,” who rules his own
domain, subject to the periodical visits and “cussings”
of the walking boss.

Each camp is a colony by itself. Everything is pro-
vided for the comfortable sustenance of its inhabitants.
A camp consists usually of two principal buildings,
which are built of logs or boards in some hollow, shaded
from the winds, and are long and low. In one of them
are the bunks of the men placed along the sides in two
or more tiers. In the middle is a long box stove that
looks as though it had come out of the ark. At least,
one was never seen that appeared to have been new in
the present century. Here the men pass the few hours
that they are not at work, either sleeping, reading, play-
ing cards or telling stories, and always chewing tobacco
or smoking. The Lumber Jack that can’t go to sleep with
a pipe in his mouth and wake to find it within reach of
his hand has not learned the first lesson of a lumber-
man’s life.

The other long. low room is the kitchen, dining-room,
pantry and cook’s parlor combined. The cook is one
of the chief features of the camp. In the woolly days
of early logging the board furnished was the poorest
kind of “grub.” Fresh meat was an unknown quantity,
the cooking was on a par. Most camps at present,
however, furnish as good or better food than the or-
dinary run of small country hotels. The cook is one of
the highest salaried personages about the camp, and
one can find no better place to dine, after a long tramp
through the woods, than a modern logging camp. The
cook, himself, is only required to cook and fill out his
orders for prov'sions. Under him and directly subject
to him is the “Cookee,” who builds the fires, brings in
the water, washes the dishes and makes himself generally
useful.

The daily programme in a lumber camp is somewhat
At three or four o'clock in the morning all
hands are called up. A substantial breakfast is served
and the dav’s work begins. Every man has his duty.
Some of them upon the hillsides are felling the mon-
archs of the forest with an ax and saw. After the tree
is felled and trimmed it is cut into proper lengths and
skidded. The skids are simply platforms made of
limbs of trees alongside the logging road. Up to with-
in a few years the logs were conveyed to the landing
place by horse-power, each sled carrying from eight
thousand to ten thousand feet ; but with the increase in
lumbering large firms now construct logging railways
and haul their logs in long trains by steam.

The men are served four or fiye meals a day. If
their work is near the camp they return thither about
eleven A. M.,and have dinner. If they are at adistance
they are served during the day with lunches,and have
a full meal on return to camp at night. The day’s
work often does not end until eight or nine o’clock in
the evening.

as follows:

Wages and pay-day usually form a bone of conten-
tion between employers and employes. Ordinary
laborers get from $15 to $30 per month of twenty-six
days and board. Every man has a camp account of
various articles which he buys during the winter, all
of which are deducted from his pay. What he buys
consists apparel and _ tobacco.
Liquor is never sold nor openly allowed in camp. The
foreman keeps his supplies in the “wanegan.” which is
simply a large chest, and they are charged to himat the
company’s office. The men are never paid in cash, but
checks, which in camps run in cold
climates and during the winter season only are due
about the Ist of May. Thus, ifa man wishes to quit
work in the middle of the winter he receives a time

mostly of wearing

receive time

June, 189:

check, which he must either carry until itis due or get
it discounted. - The time business is a rich thing for the
banks during the winter season It is, also a feature

| which causes much complaint on the part of the em-

ployes ; but the employers claim that it is the only way
they can hold their crews together, since, were it not
for this system, the men would combine together and
leave them in the lurch on the slightest provocation.
During the season of employment the Lumber Jack
stays pretty close at home. He may occasionally take
a Saturday night and Sunday off, and when he does he

| calculates to make the fur and the money both fly.

But he is usually tired enough when he comes from
camp to go to bed after his supper and omnipresent
pipe. Sunday he lies around camp and reads such stray
papers or story books as he can find. The local print-
ing office is always a mine of pleasure to him, as its ex-
changes contain just that miscellaneous kind of reading
matter which will serve to pass away an idle hour. The
ladies of the Christian Temperance Unions and other
societies are, also, doing a noble but often unappreciated
work in supplying reading matter to camps. The
tumber camps in the pineries often hold the balance of
power at town and county elections, The “Lumber
Jack” is, however, an indifferent voter and usually casts
his ballot as his walking boss or the circumstance of
the hour may dictate. His home is here to-day and
somewhere else to-morrow. Having no fixed habitation
he has no fixed interests. Hence, whatever of a civil-
izing influence may be made to reach the lumber camps
will always be an element in the upbuilding of a better
government and a purer moral atmosphere in the towns
and cities adjacent to them. When the camps break
up in the spring the boys draw what time is coming to
them and make for the nearest town. All their worldly
effects are contained in a gunny sack or wrapped in a
piece of newspaper. The first saloon they strike is
usually the “bank” in which their time checks are dis-
counted. Oftenawinter’s wages of $200 or $300 is squan-
deredinanightortwo. Wine, womenandthegaming table
take the bulk ofit. The Lumber Jack is then open for a
new engagement at hard work. And yet, they are not
all alike. Many of them are saving and foresighted.
From common laborers they rise to the position of fore-
men, walking bosses and contractors successively. It
is but a step from the latter to the ownership of a tract
of pine. Many wealthy pine land owners began life
amidst the vermin and the foul air of a lumber shanty.
Still more than this, the Lumber Jack is not as bad as
he is often painted. He may be a spendthrift, it is true,
and all his surroundings may be of the vilest, but be-
neath his woodmen’s jacket often beats a true heart.
To his friends he is always open and generous to a
fault, and the wayworn traveler in the forest of our
Northern pine woods can find nowhere a more generous
welcome than in a lumberman’s camp.

HORSE-POWER OF SQUARE ENGINES.

HIS table gives the horse-power of the various

sizes of engines at 50, 25, 15 and 10 pounds mean
effective pressure, with 400 feet piston speed. The
revolutions per minute are for “square” engines, where
the diameter equals the stroke. The little numbers
(606, 303, etc., over the horse-power columns) are mul-
tipliers for any other areas of pistons at those pressures,

! and 400 piston speed per minute.

oe i 3 Mean Effect- Lbs. per sq.
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15 176.72 160 2.1421 107-11 53.80 32.133 21.421
16 201.06 150 2.4371 121.86 60.93 36.558 24.371
18 254.47 133 3-0844 154.22 77.11 46.260 30.844
20 314.16 120 3.8076 190.38 95.19 57.114 38.076
24 452.39 100 5.4956 274.78 137-39 82.434 54.956

AN AGE OF COMBINES.

HE air is rife with “combine.” The whole tendency
of trade so far as our more important commercial
industries is concerned is in the direction of amalga-
mation. Within the month three of the largest imple-
ment companies in Canada have consolidated. The Mas-
sey Company of Toronto and Winnipeg, two concerns
that have always had separate management, and the
Harris Company of Brantford, the united organization
to be known as the Massey-Harris Company (Ltd.)
The authorized capital of the Company will be
$5,000,000, with headquarters in Toronto.

The paint manufacturers of the Dominion have
about completed an arrangement which will make one
firm of A. G. Peuchen & Co. and the Toronto Lead
and Color Company, of thiscity ; William Johnston &
Co., Ferguson & Alexander, William Ramsay & Co.,
P. T. Dodds & Co., of Montreal and Henderson &
Potts, of Halifax.

The financial returns of the Dominion Brewery of this
city, which rather more than a year since was bought
up by an English syndicate , have been such that now
plans are on foot for the consolidating and buying up
of three other breweries and making one gigantic in-
stitution of the whole.

The announcement is still fresh in memory of the
formation of the Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills Co.,
of Minneapolis, which grouped into one several of the
largest mills of the American north-west, and this is
followed by word that an English syndicate, under the
name of “The Northwestern Consolidated -Milling
Company” has been formed, and that it has taken
over the “Galaxy,” and “ Columbia,” the “ Northwest-
ern,” the “Zenith,” the “Crown Roller” and the “Pettit
Mills” plants, six other mills of Minneapolis, with a
total daily capacity of 11,000 barrels.

When interviewed by the newspaper press the prin-
cipals of these big enterprises have been very earnest
in combating the slightest suggestion that the strength
of these combinations will be used against existing
smaller concerns, or that there will be any noticeable
increase in prices. There is undoubtedly plausibility
and also fact in the claim, that in some cases amalga-
mation has become a necessity because of the ex-
tremes to whichcompetition and cutting of prices has
been carried. There is no business in doing business
at a loss, which for example, we are told has been the
case in the implement business. A greater number of
firms have been making self-binders in Ontario, than
has existed in the whole of the United States, and with
results to force methods of business that have caused
alarm to creditors and especially the banks.

It is the case that expenses will be substantially re-
duced as an outcome of each one of these amalgama-
tions, and the inference is that this circumstance will at
least work against any increase in prices, and possibly
may lead to a reduction.

So far as a business combine of any kind tends
to more healthful methods of doing business it is a
blessing. The country and individuals are all losers
by the ruinous course often adopted by business men
to keep themselves afloat, the growth of an over keen
anxiety on the part of one to get ahead of the
other. Failure is inevitable in every such case, and
whilst the consumer is temporarily the gainer by
being enabled to buy cheaper goods, he in the end
suffers in the general pinching that follows commer-
cial disaster. As individuals we can prosper only in
the measure in which the whole country is prosperous.

Unfortunately history tells a dark story of combin-
ations and monopolies. Benefits such as we have
named accrue to the public, but too often these are
more than outweighed by the selfishness and grinding
greed which seem to be born of monopoly and which a
combine of any kind suggests and breeds. Everyone
will hope that these latest additions to the catalogue
will show a record different from that of many of the
combinations that have preceded them. —Canadian
Miller.

They were talking about trees, “My favorite,” she
said, “Is the oak. It is so noble, so magnificent in its
strength. But what is your favorite?’ “Yew.” he re-
plied.

June, 1591. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN, 7
| CANADIAN LUMBERMEN. say that “his best friends know him best.” This is Mr.
Mr. KENNEDY F. Burns, M, P. Burns’ record. He is kind and generous in disposition

A thorough application of red lead to iron and steel
surfaces exposed to the weather, is said to be the best
means of preventing rust.

An artistic effect has been produced by India rubber
panels or veneers, which are very beautiful and admit
of easy cleaning with soap and water.

There is nothing which will squelch an oil fed fire in
its incipiency more quickly and effectually than sand—
and there are noafterclaps in the way of water damage,
either.

Locomotive practice shows that steel stay bolts snap
sooner than bolts made from good brands of iron.
The fault, which seems to be incurable, lies in crystall-
ine structure of steel.

By the application of chorlide of antiomy a beautiful
violet color is imparted to brass work. The brass
should first be made perfectly clean and heated until
water will steam off it without hissing.

An engineer asks the following pertinent question :
“Who should be the most competent to decide as to
the condition of the boiler, the man who owns the boil-
er or the man who cleans and cares for it ?” :

A method of stopping cracks in metal is to moisten
the cracked surface with petroleum, then wipe it and
immediately rub with chalk. The petroleum exudes
and shows the exact course of the crack. At the end
of the crack borea hole,and the crack cannot go further

Den’t use resin on belts. It shortens their life in
elasticity and durability. Instead, use castor oil; but
do not soak the belt init. Let it run froma small
spouted oil can on the belt while it is in motion mov-
ing the stream of oil at every round turn of the belt
until all has been bathed.

A well-known locomotive engineer declares that if he
could invent a red paint that would withstand the action
of the fire, he would have no difficulty—-by painting the
nside of fire boxes with it—in getting certificates of a
saving of twenty-five per cent. in fuel.

A writer replying to the query, “What will prevent
belts slipping *’ says: Let me answer for all—a little
common sense. Ifa man is drawinga hundred bushels
of wheat to your mill and the wagon gets stuck, he
must either take off part of the load or hitch on more
horses. It is exactly the same with a slipping belt.
You must either lighten the load or else put ona
heavier belt. In 99 cases out of 100 the trouble will be
entirely obviated by putting on a double belt. Rest
assured that any kind of a daub placed ona belt will
be a detriment instead of a help. The belt will run
better for a few minutes and then this stuff will collect
on pulleys and in places on the-belt, makinz it much
worse than ever. The best dressing that I have ever
seen for leather belting is a little castor oil.

It does not appear to be generally known that almost
any kind of fine dust floating in the air is highly ex-
plosive, when the proportion of dust to air reaches a
certain percentage. This should be remembered by
those who are employed in establishments where quan-
tities of dust, either from sugar, flour, wood, or any
other article, is apt to accumulate. Usually the fatal
step is made by carrying a lighted lamp into
some dusty department.
the objeciionable dust is allowed to escape, and there
is very little risk if those concerned take pains to keep
any flame from the dust-burdened air, though it is ad-
visable to always keep such buildings well ventilated.
Experience is beginning to teach that there are many
other explosives besides oil and gases. It has been re-
cently reported that an ice factory exploded, so the only
safe plan is to exercise care in all departments of manu-
facture

All tough timber, when the logs are being sawed into
lumber of any kind, whether scantling, boards, or
planks, will spring badly when a log is sawed in the
usual manner, by commencing on one side and work-
ing toward the other. In order to avoid this, it is only
necessary to saw off a slab or plank alternately from
each side, finishing in the middle of the log. We will
suppose, for example, that a log of tough timber is to
be sawed into scantling of a uniform size. Let the
sawing be done by working from one side of the log to
the other, and the end of the scantling will be of the de-
sired size, while at the middle some of them will measure
one inch broader than at the ends. After the log has
been spotted, saw off a slab from one side ; then move
the log over and cut a similar slab from the opposite
side. Let calculations be made before the second is
cut off, so there will be just so many cuts—no

more, no iess—allowing for the kerf of every cut—
about one-fourth inch for kerf. When sawed in this
way, the cuts will be of uniform thickness,

There need be no danger if |

UMBERMEN come prominently to the front in

whatever part of the Dominion they may reside:

One of the most extensive operators in any of our

Provinces, and holding a first position among the lum-

bermen who can write “ M.P.” after their names, is Mr.

Kennedy F. Burns, of Bathurst, N.B., and member for
Gloucester.

Mr. Burns, was born at Thomastown, in county of
Tipperary, Ireland, on the eighth day of January, 1242,
and came to New Brunswick when a boy, was edu-
cated in Halifax, N.S., and St. John, and from the
latter place removed to Chatham, N.B.in 1857, where he
was engaged in business with the late firm of Burk &
Noonan, and finally settled in Bathurst in 1861, where
he began a successful business career. In 18738 he
formed a business partnership with Hon. Samuel
Adams (now of New York) and his brother Mr. P. J.
Burns, the new firm going more extensively into the
lumber business, building one of the finest saw mills in
the province at the mouth of the Nepisiguit river, op-
posite the town of Bathurst, and carrying on a _ general
lumber and mercantile business at Bathurst, Caraquet
and Petite Rocher.

On the retirement of Mr. Adams, the new firm of K.
F. Burns & Co. was formed and carried on the same

Mr. KENNEDY F. Burns, M. P.

business until May, 1890, when it became merged in
the large and important concern—the St. Lawrence
Lumber Company, limited, with mills at Bersimis,Quc.,
Bathurst and Caraquet, N.B., and offices in London and
Liverpool, Eng. Of this prosperous company, Mr.
Burns is the managing director and largest stock-
holder.

Mr. Burns first entered political life in 1874, when he was
elected to represent Gloucester in the House of Assem-
bly, and has ever since been a prominent figure in the
political affairs of his county. In 1882 he entered the
larger sphere of Dominion politics, defeating Hon.
T. W. Anglin in the general election held in that year,
was re-elected at the general election of :1887, and has
again been returned in the recent election.

Mr. Burns has always been a staunch Conservative,
and has been untiring in his efforts to benefit his con-
stituents. Through his strenuous efforts he succeeded
in pushing to completion the Caraquet railway, of
which he is now president and general manager, a
much needed line running from Bathurst to Shippegan
and connecting with the Intercolonial system at
Gloucester junction.

Straight and square dealing has ever been a motto
of Mr. Burns, and to this may be attributed much of
his success in life. His isa case where it can be
written with all truth, “his word is as good as his
bond,” Itisacompliment to any man to be able to

and among his workmen and employees everywhere he
is very popular. He delights to mingle in the sport
and pastimes of the younger men and becoming as it
were, “one of the boys.” By some of his public op-
ponents he has been dubbed the “boy” a title of which
he is very proud.

in every transaction, unassuming in private life, yet
recognized by all as a leader among his

affable and courteous in manner, yet decisive in all his

actions—he possesses in no common degree the art of
winning and retaining the high esteem and respect of
his very numerous friends and acquaintances. Having

started out with few advantages—intelligent, industri-
ous and self-educated, methodical in all things,—he
has by his own inherent ability climbed his way to the
top of the ladder. He is a lumber shipper, a mill

owner, a farmer, a trader, a politician and a horserm

his friends say he is a lawyer as well, but these app
ently are but the ephemeral joys of his busy existence.
In private life and among his more intimate friends,
Mr. Burns is noted for his geniality and z,00d nature
Nobody enjoys a joke better than he, even
directed against himself, and his keen Irish wit some-

when

times turns the tables on the joker most effectivel;

A GREAT SIBERIAN PINE FOREST.
RUSSIAN traveler gives an interesting account
of the Siberian forest called the Taiga. He says

it is so vast that not even the peasants who were born
in it, and have lived there all their lives, know how far
it extends. The peasants declare that in the winter
strangers from the North come on reindeer to sell
bread. What people they are, or whence they come,
the peasants can not say. They only know that they
are not the same race as themselves and do not speak
the same language. This mysterious people, it would
appear, have never been seen by any one but the in-
habitants of the forest, who are themselves almost
uncivilized, living upon what they shoot.. The trees,
which are pine, are wonderfully thick and high, anda
dead stillness prevails in summer, an attribute common
to ali Russian forests. This silence has a peculiar
effect on the traveler after he has been journeying for
many hours, especially if he is alone. Atfhe end of
the first day the traveler says he ascended a hillock,
and as far as the eye could reach stretched an endless
sea of trees. At the end of the second day only the
same scene was to be observed, although he knew
that Irkutsk and open land lay beyond.

HIS FATHER GOT THE WRONG END.

HERE was a big buzz-saw boxed up and ready to

go on shipboard at one of the South street

wharves the other day, when a colored man was noticed

walking around it and eyeing it with the greatest in-
terest.

“Tt isn’t running,” finally remarked a shipping clerk.

“T kin see dat much,” was the ready reply.

“Then what are you afraid of ?”

“T isn’t ’fraid of nuffin’. Ise simply sorter anxious.”

“Ever see one of those things before ?”

“Can't say as I hev.”

“Then what are you anxious about?” persisted the
man.

“See yere, boss,” said the other as he retreated a step
or two. “I lost my fadder when I was only a baby.”

“Well 2”

“T lost him kase he walked up the wrong end of a
b’ar, an’ I doan’ reckon to git cotched in the same way.
When I see anything wid teeth to it I either shy off or
dodge behind.”

T has been calculated that the electromotive foice of
a bolt of lightning is about 3,500,000 volts, the cur-
rent about 14,000,000 amperes, and the time about one
twenty-thousandth part ofa second. In sucha volt
there is an energy of 2,450,000,090, volts, or 3,284,182,
horse power.

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June, 1891

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75

DOMINION LEGISLATION.

THE members of the Dominion: Parliament have
been “hard at it,” to use a vulgarism, fora whole month.
It can hardly be claimed that they have yet given the
country anything startling, much less useful, in the shape
of legislation. The Speech from the Throne foreshad-
owed nothing remarkable in this direction, and what-
ever may be forthcoming will have to be the outgrowth
of the work of the session.

As is the case usually in the first session after an
election and particularly when the contest was as bitter
as that of March 5th, and the majority for the “Ins”
somewhat slender, the major portion of the time of the
House is taken up with motions and movements having
a tendency to compromise and affect the position of
the majority—aiming at its abolition. The Tarte-Mc-
Greevy scandal, concerning as it does the character of
a minister of the crown, Hon. Hector Langevin, is in
this instance proving just the nicest morsel that the
opposition could have hoped te taste.. The case isstill
sub judice, and we have no desire to prejudge, but there
is no question, that surrounded by various peculiar cir-
cumstances and relations, it is proving an annoying
and worrisome matter to the Government—and espec-
jally to the First Minister.

’Tis pity that the trend of politics in this age is so
completely partizan that the important function of
Government to create and enact wise measures for the
betterment of the condition of the people and the ad-
vancement of the country’s commerce must be given a
subordinate place, whilst the unsavory occupation of
washing the legislators’ dirty linen is proceeded with.

THE LUMBERMAN refers to the matter with no party
bias whatever; this is not its vocation; simply to regret
that these things exist. Important questions bearing
an intimate relation to the financial welfare of the Do-
minion are pressing for a solution, and as a commercial
journal, it is these we should hope to see engaging the
attention of the Commons.

When the debate on the Budget takes place, we may
expect that some of these matters will be discussed,
but it is measurably certain that so high will party
feeling run, that no equitable and common ground will
be reached.

In the opinion of those who are watching closely the
throbbing of the political pulse we are hardly likely to
have many, if indeed any, tariff changes of importance
this session. Various deputations of manufacturers
and commercial men have interviewed she Government,
and others are to follow ; their wishes will be cour-
teously considered by the Cabinet, but some other day,
not to-day, they may receive practical demonstration.

Only one question of direct interest to lumbermen
might find a place on the papers of the House, and that
is the possible re-imposition of the duty on logs. We
have no reason to suppose that it will obtain preced-
ence of otier questions, concerning other interests,
that to those concerned, are of equal importance with
this. A quiet agitation is going on in different poriions
of the press for a change in the duty. And it is notice-
able that the criticisms ot the action of
the government in abolishing the duty is coming from
the government organs. The contention is that the
step is one directly in opposition to the spirit of the

severest

National Policy ; and the Shareholder of Montreal, and

| the Canadian Manufacturer of this city arraign the

government in vigorous terms for what they have done;
to quote the classical language of the latter journal,
the organ of the Red Parlor, “the Canadian govern-
ment ought to put a stop to the depletion of Canadian
forests p. d.q.” THE LUMBERMAN is desirous to get
at—not what political view any particular individual

| may hold on the question, but what is best, taking the

whole problem in a broad and liberal light, for the
general interests of the entire country. As a means to
this end we publish again this month the opinions of lum-
bermen engaged in business in different sections of the
Dominion, and shall be pleased to hear from others.

_ RAILWAY BONUSES.

WITH the story of the iron horse is written the pro-
gress and development of every country, and individ-
ual sections of country. What Toronto owes to her
splendid railway connections will perhaps never be
fully realized by the great body of her citizens. | What
would come of our. immense shipments of lumber,
grain and general merchandise, were it not for the
trundeling freight train travelling the country from
end to end?

No other explanation can be given of the liberality—
sometimes prodigal in extent—of municipalities and
governments in bonusing railways in all parts of this
Dominion. We have no carping criticism to heap
upon the railway Corporations of the country. We owe
them much, even though we have sometimes paid
dearly for it.

But it is not all gold that glitters and there is another
side to the shield. A large and influential deputation
of municipal magnates, representing 22 counties and
five cities in Ontario, waited on Sir John Macdonald
and the Minister of Finance, Mr. Foster, on 21st ult.,
to ask for a recoupment from the government for
bonuses granted in years gone by. It has been part of
the policy of the government to assist in the con-
struction of railways in Canada by granting subsidies
of $3,200 per mile. The claim of the delegation here
referred to, is that they as municipalities had taxed them-
selves to construct railways, without any government
aid and at a time when railways were more a matter of
necessity. than they are to-day. Why should they not
be placed in the same position as those municipalities
which are now being aided, and as they would likely
have been aided if the railways in their respective
counties were under construction at the present
time, instead of having been built many years ago.
The general reply of the First Minister to this plea is,
that whilst it is true that municipalities in Ontario have
paid out of their own pockets to this purpose, at same
time Provincial Governments, for example Nova Scotia
and New Brunswick, where the municipal system is
not so perfect as in Ontario, have from the provincial
funds built railways and as a consequence taxed the
people for this thing—‘“we cannot consider the claims
of any one province without considering all.” There is
no difficulty in reading between the lines, in the
speeches of both Sir John and Mr. Foster, and coming
to the conclusion that the visit of the deputation to
Ottawa, whilst doubtless exceedingly enjoyable, will not
be productive of any practical results.

The spokesmen of the deputation were, Mayor Walsh
of Orangeville; Mr. S. J. Parker, treasurer of the
County of Grey ; Mayor Porter, of Belleville ; Mayor
Taylor, of London ; and Jonathan Sissons, warden of
the County of Simcoe, and it is from the speeches of
these gentlemen, that some interesting inside figures
are obtained showing the amount given to railways by
various municipalities, the conditions under which
these bonuses were granted, and how nicely the rail-
way corporations adhered to their agreements, after
they had made sure of the collection of their money.

The city of Belleville had bonused the Midland
railway ina large amount. By the by-laws raising the
bonuses, certain rights were guaranteed the municipal-
ities. Some of these were embodied in the act of in-
corporation of the Grand Junction railway, but in the
amalgamation which afterwards took place with the
Midland, these rights were entirely wiped out. The

city of London had granted $1c0,coo to the London,
Huron and Bruce, and the county of Middlesex had
contributed largely to its aid, but “the promises solemn-
ly made had not been carried out to the satisfaction of
the people.” Simcoe county paid in the neighborhood
of nearly $1,0c0,cco for railways. Part had gone with
the purpose of erecting a competing line with the old
Northern, but it was not long before the North-western
found it to their advantage to unite with the Northern
and the competition for which the people had paid no
longer existed.

These few cases are typical of scores of others that
could be cited, and that are confined to no one section
of country, or any one railway corporation. Many of
the municipalities which voted large sums of money to
certain railways are to-day worse off locally than if no
railway whatever had been built, because of their trade
being diverted afterwards in other directions, where for
the time it was found more desirable to grant railway
facilities, practically by the same promoters, who had
held out to the first municipality the Eldorado that was
before them if they would only vote right on the bonus.

This may be all explained away as justifiable com-
mercial methods—on the principle of “get there” any-
how-—-and corporations being soul-less such a code of

morals may be good enough for them, but in private -

and ordinary business transactions rather more honor
would be exacted.

Still the bonusing business continues and it would
not be surprising to learn that the municipalities that
have suffered and lost most in this way, are ready to
go over the same ground again, go another $10,c00, if
only the lyre of railway orator is tuned to play in suf-
ficiently sweet and silver-tongued tones.

IN FAVOR OF CANADA.

AMERICAN lumber dealers, who are interested in
finding a market for Michigan and Wisconsin rather
than Canadian lumber are incensed at the action of
certain American railways in entering into arrange-
ments with the Canadian Pacific discriminating against
American shippers of lun.ber to the advantage of
Canada. The case is put thus by the Worth Western
Lumberman :

“The rate on lumber from Chicago to New York is 25
cents a hundred; to Boston, 30 cents. The rate from
Buffalo and Tonawanda to New York is 13 cents a
hundied, and to Boston 15 cents. Last winter the New
York Central made a traffic arrangement with the
Canadian Pacific, by which a pro rata rate was establish-
ed, so that when lumber is shipped to the eastern points
named, the cost, east of Niagara river to New York, is
but 9% cents a hundred, or 3% cents a hundred below
the Buffalo and Tonawanda rate to New York. Thus,
though the duty on Canadian lumber is $1 a thousand,
it is nearly offset by the discrimination in rates against
American dealers shipping from Tonawanda, Buffalo
or any other point west of those markets, effected by
the combination between the great Canadian railway
and the American roads named. This is in keeping
with the general complaint that has been made by
American shippers, that the Canadian Pacific has for
some time made rates on traffic entering United State
territory that resulted in diverting shipments from
American roads, as well as operating adversely to deal-
ers and shippers on this side the international boundry.
It has been charged by the railroad companies, whose
lines are exclusively in the states, that the Canadian
Pacific makes rates on traffic between Pacific coast
points and the east that cannot possibly be met by the
complaining roads, owing to the restrictions of the
national commerce law. It has also been charged that
much traffic has been diverted to the Grand Trunk road
by the advantage that it possesses in the respect named
over the American lines.”

The result of this discrimination we are told is to
operate specially against the sale of lumber manufac-
tured in Michigan or Wisconsin, and distributed by
Tonawanda and Buffalo dealers. Boston and New
York dealers state that with the $1.00 duty added they
can lay down Canadian lumber in their yards cheaper
than from points east of Niagara Falls.

All this is making our good friends around Tona-
wanda feel very sore. Wecan understand that it is
very naughty for railroads like the New York Central
for example to enter into these combines with sister
roads, and especially with Canadian roads. But we
cannot do anything on this side of the border to re-
move the trouble. We can hardly regret that our own
roads are considerate enough of our own interests to
deal with us generously in the matter. We are not to
be expected to shed tears over the fact that their in-
fluence with American roads is of that calibre to imbue
them with a like kindly regard for us. After all, is not
somebody in the American republic a gainer by this
railroad combine? Michigan and Wisconsin lumber
may be at a discount in the eyes of New York and
Boston, but then they get good Canadian stuffs, and
evidently at a better price, or they would not buy it.
It’s not all loss to our American friends.

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HAVE you made the acquaintance of Eli? He talks
to you again in this month’s LUMBERMAN.

THE forestry commissioners at New York are fighting
against the building of any railway through the Adiron-
dack forest reserves. They have applied for an in-
junction to stop the building of the Adirondack and St.
Lawrence railroad.

THE British Columbia Commercial Journal is the
name of anew weekly newspaper published at Victoria,
B. C., and devoted to the mercantile interests of the
Pacific coast. It is bright and newsy, and editorially
faithfully and ably espouses the interests of this impor-
tant commercial corner of the Dominion.

AT the meeting of the Presbyterian Synod in Mon-
treal onthe 15th ult, Rev. Dr. Armstrong told of his
mission work among the shantymen of the Ottawa
Valley and neighboring vicinities. During the season
250 camps had been visited, a large supply of valuable
literature had been circulated, and the missionaries and
their papers we are told, were heartily welcomed by the
shantymen and miners. Another year the Presbytery
hopes to increase the visits and the supply of reading
matter.

THE Merchants Magazine and Financial Review
published in Montreal by Mr. Frank Weir, which dates
its inception from April, will fill an important place in
Canadian commercial journalism. We have several
creditable weeklies devoted to trade and commerce.

. but itis onlyina monthly that we can expect that
careful and accurate summing up of events, where
the hurry of weekly journalism, is not felt, that is so
necessary to a correct casting up of results. Judging
by the number before us, this new claimant in the mer-
cantile field will ably fill the bill.

WE are pleased to publish in “Our Letter Box” a
number of communications from readers of the Lum-
BERMAN. Weare not going to say that we agree with
the views expressed by all our correspondents. It is
not necessary that we should. Lumbermen, we are
sure, are liberal minded enough at any time to agree to
disagree. We want to hear from our friends at all
times ; whether to indulge in a shaft of critic'sm, impart
a piece of practical information, or record some items of
news in their district, their letters will always be wel-
come.

It is stated that Assistant Secretary Spaulding, of
the United States treasury department, in reply to a
Chicago law firm asking in behalf of certain of their
clients who own timber laad and stumpage in Canada,
and from which they produce under their own super-
vision railroad ties, fence posts, ete., at what value they
should be invoiced, their dutiable value in this country,
etc., has informed them that the invoice should specify
the actual market value or wholesale price of the mer-
chandise at the time of exportation to the United
States in the principal markets of the country of im-
portation.

AN American contemporary raps over the knuckles
those newspapers that have the “beastly” habit, as the
editor puts it, of speaking of logs as lumber. The
charge is laid particularly at the door of the press of
New Brunswick. These papers, we are told, will say
“that some operator put in so many feet of lumber on
such a river the past season ; or that lumber is coming
out of such or such a stream in good shape.” There is
of course a marked difference between loys and lumber,
and the “boys” of the maritime press will have to call
things by their right names. Of course our American
newspaper men never make such blunders. Oh no!

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

Mr. J. Fletcher, of the Experimental Farm, Ottawa,
has been lecturing on “The most suitable ornamental
shrubbery for this climate.” As lumbermen we're
sometimes apt to look too much on the trees of the
forest from a hard practical standpoint, as something
of wonderful utility, forgetting that they are alike, “a
thing of beauty,” and without throwing any uncalled
for sentiment into the question, “a joy forever.” The
beauty of our leading Canadian ‘cities is due to the
commendable custom, which might be more widely
cultivated of planting shade trees along our principal
streets. The lecturer recommended for shrubbery pur-
poses the growing of the Russian, English white, the
ornamental and rosemary leaved willow, the weeping
birch and the magnificent American elm of which
there were few trees to equal; Canadian white cedar and
the Siberian pine tree, of which there were 15 varieties.

THE forestry display of the Chicago World’s Colum-
bian Exposition will be one of the important features of
the World’s Fair. Every effort is being put forth by
Mr. W. I. Buchanan, Chief of the Department of
Agriculture, who has charge of the forestry department,
to enlist the co-operation of the various timber and
lumber interests, and an effort will be made to have a
special building erected to be devoted to the timber
industries. A good deal of attention will be devoted to
forest botany, the distribution of forests, of genera and
of species, as well as the anatomy and structure of
woods, and the diseases of forest trees and timber.
Forest management, maps, illustrations, and instru-
ments for measuring standing timber ; growths of dif-
ferent ages and soils; graphic and other illustrations
showing rate of growth ; influence of various manage-
ments on tree growth ; statistics of the lumber trade
and of forestry ; the harvesting of forest products ; the
turpentine and charcoal industries will all
proper attention.

receive

THE fire losses in the United States and Canada in
March this year footed $12,540,750, against $8,466,300
in 1890, and $10,912,000 in 1889. The woodworking and
allied industries contributed about $750,000 to the total
for March. These are large figures showing the de-
vastating effects of fire, but they will be immensely
increased, so far as the lumber interests are concerned,
for the month of May. In another column we publish
a list of fires in the lumber sections during May. They
have been largely in the States, though we have not
escaped in Canada. The damage in New Jersey foots
up at least $1,000,000, at one point alone, 25,000 forest
acres were burned. The Schroll & Ahearn’s mill com-
pany of Wiona, Minn., lose $100,000 by the burning of
their mill, bldcks of lumber and warehouses. Michi-
gan, the scene in the past of intense suffering and
financial loss, counts in again to the amount of several
million dollars of damage. Long Island, Pennsylvania,
Wisconsin and other States have been included in the
sweep of the fire monster. It has been in the
vicinity of Gravenhurst that our greatest losses have
been made. From all parts comes the prayer for rain.
It’s needed to stay the tread of the travelling flames,
and the country requires it too, the better to assure the
certainty of the present hopeful harvest.

NO section of the continent is working up a boom on
lumber more vigorously than the residents of the
Southern States. A timber famine may be imminent
in the near future in some parts of the American con-
tinent, but not “Away down South in Dixie,” or else-
where among the cotton fields. Yellow pine is being
boosted for all our Southern friends know how, and
from some of the more enthusiastic comes the predic-
tion that it is making serious inroads into the sale of
the white pine of Michigan and other northern states.
But our contemporary the Southern Lumberman does
not want Europeans or other people in the Northern
States o1 Canada to run away with the idea that south-
ern timber is confined even to “cypress, magnolia, and
long-leaf yellow pine.” As a matter of fact, we are
told the varieties of woods in the Southern States are
infinite. They embrace such woods as oak, poplar,
hickory, ash, beech, cucumber, walnut, cherry, chestnut,
buckeye, lynn, elm, mapi:, birch, gum, sycamore, lo-

cust, pine, balsam, sassafras, mulberry, dogwood, sour-
wood, peawood, satinwood,
holly and many others.
We cold-blooded folks of more northern climes w
have to look after our forest Jaurels.

hackberry persimmon,
Hurrah for the Sunny South !

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THE destruction of forests has certainly compassed
failure of a good many water powers. This paper is not an
alarmist, but the question of woods and rain P
must Sooner or later receive intelligent attent fre
powers that be.

This statement we find in a contemporary devoted tx
milling interests. It is another argument for forest
preservation. The scarcity of timber itself, though

we're apt to look upon this time as far remote, pert
mistakenly so, will prove a troublesome matter for tt
country. But in the meantime other
suffering seriously because of the almost entire w

ing out of anything in the way of a forest in all th

older settled sections of the country. Here we havea
journal which makes a study of questions affecting the
milling trades, pointing out the impairment that
has been caused to many water powers for the want
of the growing tree.

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interests are

In last month’s LUMBERMAN we
referred to the testimony of 200 farmers who told of the
much better crops that were raised when timber was
standing than since more has been cleared. We're
neither alarmists nor fadists, but the question is one
of sufficient import to call for consideration from those
engaged actively in the lumber trades.
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MESSRS. RIOPELLE & SMITH of Quebec says Le
Canada have sold for $82,500 a timber limit in the town-
ship of Ballantyne, to the Moore Lumber company, of
Detroit. This limit was bought from the Ontario
Government at an auction some years ago for $49,000.
Mr. Riopelle has been very lucky in his timber limit
speculations. A few years ago he entered into partner-
ship with Honore Robillard M. P. and, the latter
obtained from che federal government, for the firm, a
piece of Indian reserve timber limits on Whitefish lake,
for $312. Mr. Robillard shortly afterwards sold his
interest in the limit for $15,500 cash, but Mr. Riopelle
retained his share for some time selling it finally for
$27,500 In connection with Mr. Robillard’s purchase
from the Dominion Government Mr. Barron M. P.
has moved in the Commons, now in session for a re-
turn showing what quantity of timber or other wood
has been returned to the government of Canada, as
having been cut up to the present time from off Indian
reserve No.6 of the Robinson treaty by the licensees or
vendors of the timber thereon since the sale to Honore
Robillard, M. P., what amount of revenue or dues has
been paid to the government since the sale thereof,
from the vendors or licensees, on account of timber or
wood cut thereon. _ Mr. Barron is also moving for a

return showing the quantities and kinds of timber and
sawlogs cut annually on the lately disputed territory in
the province of Ontario, under the authority of tmber
licenses issued by the Dominion government.

CHIEF JUSTICE SIR THOMAS GALT has recently
given a decision which practically knocks the bottom
out of the Ontario Act respecting assignments and pre-
ferences by insolvent persons. He decided that clause
g of that Act, which provides that assignments shall
take precedence of judgments and executions, was
ultra vires. As the British North America Act says
that the Dominion Government only shall have the
power to deal with bankruptcy,and insolvency, the
Provincial Governments may not make laws taking
away the priority of an execution creditor, as such
would be legislation relating to bankruptcy and insol-
vency. In the casein which his Lordship gave decision
one Neville, an Ottawa merchant was in business difh-
culties. The Union Bank got an execution against
him and seized his stock. Shortly afterwards he made
an assignment to John Moran. Under the authority
of this assignment Moran demanded possession of
the stock. Under the Ontario Act he was entitled to
it, but Mr. Meredith, who represented the Union Bank,
took the case into court. In Chambers the decision
was against him. He then took it before the Chief
Justice, who decided as above. Mr. H. T. Beck, who
represented the trustee Moran, as well as the attorney-
General of Ontario, will carry the case to the Court of
appeal. In the meantime Sir Thomas Galt’s decision
stands. If a creditor now gets his execution in he re-
tains the right to realize on the goods scized entirely
for his own benefit. It will be a race between creditors
as to which shall get in the first execution.

Io

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

June, 1891

FRIEND has written me from Madawaska, N.B.
He expresses the hope that “Elis pen will
prove mightier than the sword to cut the thread of
begotted ignorance and imbecile legislation, such as re-
moving the export duty on our logs and allow Ameri-
cans to retain their duty on spruce and raise it on
cedar, giving them a premium over us to slaughter our
forests.” Iam after all ‘em fellows who would give
away this country of ours even to a beloved Yank ; and
nN my opinion it was a serious blunder of the govern-
ment to have included spruce with logs when removing
the export duty. This legislation is especially rough
on the lumbering interests of New Brunswick, where
spruce forms so large part of their stock in trade in lum-
ber.
spruce being the chief growth of the Maine forests, the
State that can claim the Plumed Knight of the Harrison
cabinet, and in the arrangement of tariff matters, this
was made solid for Maine. On the general
question of the removal of the export duty on logs,
opinions of lumbermen are undoubtedly a good deal
divided.

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“The lumber trade would certainly be injuriously
affected in Canada” said Mr. Sinclair of Paisley,
“should any course of legislation necessitate an in-
crease in the import duty on lumber going into the
United States. Since the reduction of the duty from
$2 to $1 we have been-enabled to ship in much larger
quantites to the States. Our cutting is chiefly hard-
wood, maple to a good extent. We have also some
eedar in this locality. The woods however in this
section are getting cleared and in about 10 years we'll
not have very much more of the present forests to cut.”

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Duty or no duty continues to be a leading question
in lumbering circles. Wherever I meet lumbermen
the matter comes to the front in some shape. “We have
been able,” said a large operator, “to get lumber into
the United States that could never have been shipped
there with the extra dollar duty in existence. We have

shipped over, 1,000,000 ft. culls across the line, that |

hitherto remained here depending entirely on local
trade fora market. And this has been the case with other
lumber, besides culls, that has gone from Canada. I am
speaking now of lumber, manufactured at our Cana-
dian mills. No doubt the abolition of the log duty has
had local effect among saw mill men, but
as between the injury it has caused the few and the
general benefit to the entire lumber trade thereis a
wide gulf.”

some

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Nothing better than history to help in the intelligent
discussion of a question. One need not necessarily fol-
low in the line of history always ; but it is an exper-
jence and as such is an actual guide post of what is best
and wisest to follow—it may be; orto shun ; or perhaps
modify. I have come across a bit of Scottish history
touching the matter of forestry, that may point a moral
or adorn a tale in this newer land. The Scotch are
proverbially a canny people and their recognition of
the value of forests and the danger arising from denud-
ing the land of them was very early. In 1535 the
Scottish parliament passed a law inflicting the death
penalty upon any one convicted of stealing timber for
the third time from the public domain. The area in
timber in Scotland in 1812 was 913,698 acres, in 1872,
734,490 acres and in 1881, 829,476 acres. And the
same lively and intelligent interest in forestry is taken
by the Scottish people to-day. I don’t know that they
do any hanging now-a-days, but they are adopting the
more intelligent methods of modern times and propose
establishing a school of forestry, so as to educate the
people up to a higher understanding of the value of
this God-given wealth.

Of course the Yank had an eye to business here, |

“The curse of the lumber trade in this country,”
said Mr. J Gray, of Geo. Hastings & Co., city, “is the
credit system. We sell a lot of stuff, nearly all on time,

and then every little while some fellow goes under and

taking the season throughout losses enough are made
to take off a good slice of the year’s profits.” How about
duty on lumber, inquired “ Eli?” “I am on the road
nearly all the time,” said Mr. Gray. “Along the North
Shore the mills are feeling the effect of the large ship-
ment of logs to the States, and where they do not close
down, they are running on short time. Whole com-
munities are affected of course where this is the case,
men are thrown out of employment, the storekeepers
lose their customers and villages will be depleted. All
this is offset by certain general benefits. Timber limits
are made more valuable ; and coarser lumber, even
culls, that with the heavier duty could not be shipped
to the States are going over there in considerable quan-
tities. The lumber trade is in this way benefitted.
Where the Americans are towing logs over to be cut in
their own mills, they are leaving behind a lot of rough
stuff, tops of trees and that like, which are not going to
benefit our limits any.”
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A reader of this page.takes me to his bosom in this
fashion: “Eli, you have a venerable appearance, evi-
dently aman of great wisdom and good nature. I
like your smile and your nose. Your mature years are
a guarantee that whatever appears in your columns
will be worth the most serious consideration of man-
kind. The writer is most pleased to learn that the
CANADA LUMBERMAN has found its way to far off
India. Permit me to say a word or two about forest
administration in India. The forest officials of that
part of the British Empire, by their zeal and scientific
knowledge, have placed the administration of the
forests beyond that of almost every other country. In
1886 a revenue of about £2,000,000 stg. was obtained.
Formerly there was not only an entire absence of rev-
enue but a capital each year becoming less. The
rapacious timber dealer, who cut but for self aggran-
disement, was restrained, and a course between reck-
less waste and legitimate demand, was followed
resulting in the revenue mentioned above. If you
could induce. some Indian forest official through your
subscriber, to send an article or two on the subject of
forestry, from which we Canucks could learn how to
manage our fast disappearing forests, you would be
doing a very wise act, and for which your descendants,
near and remote, would rise and call you blessed. In
the language of Milton; “ Long may you wave. Adieu
iny venerable friend.”

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In my ramifications among business men I get
wormed into discussions on many different topics.
The oft’ talked of subject of advertising came up the other
day in a business office in this city. Did it pay to ad-
vertise was the not very fresh query? One occupant of
the office doubted it, another said it was a wasteful
waste of money, the owner of the establishment himself
was spending a considerable sum in this direction, and
speaking from his own experience he knew that adver-
tising paid. I was a listener rather than a.talker ; was
indeed “a chiel amang them taking notes,” and it
was interesting to diagnose the case. ‘‘A” was scepti-
cal—truth his calling did not throw him in the way of
advertising, he had not studied the question closely
and yet as only a casual observer he could not believe
that so many shrewd business men would spend the
amount that was indicated by their space in leading
journals, and do this continuously if no results were
forthcoming ; so that for this reason, while mentally he
had misgivings, he was not going to dogmatise. “B”
was a business man of the old school, fortune and
special circumstances had favored him, so that without
much effort he had made money, and “he didn’t have to
throw any away in advertising either,” and taking his
own experience to be typical of the general experience,
instead, it was exceptional, he denounced the whole busi-
ness asa humbug. We've all met these kind of people
and the logic ofa John Stuart Mill would be wasted on
them. Who was number three? Well he was an
advertiser. He had faith in printers ink and he had
shown it by his works. He did not, it is true, make a

‘thousand dollar contract thoughtlessly. _The medium

offering advertising was studied. Did it suit his par-
ticular needs? Asa manufacturer he believed in trade
journals, as reaching specially the people with whom
he could expect to do business. He knew that not
only wasa trade jou.nal carefully read by its sub-
scribers; but-in-nine-cases out of ten it was kept on fyle
for future reference—yes for the advertisements, as well
as the general reading. He paid attention to his adver-
tising. His argument was that if it paid to spend a
given sum per year in this way, it paid to have it looked
after and well done, and I happen to know that there
are few “ads” in any of our newspapers more striking
than those that bear this firm’s name. He knows how
to advertise and it pays. I got some pointers on
advertising in this short half hour with men of various
minds that will be valuable to me.
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A few days ago I called on Mr. James Tennant, the
well-known lumber merchant of Victoria street. and
whilst there had an interesting chat with Mr. Christie,
one of the oldest and most respected members of the
trade in Canada. 3

Speaking of general business, Mr. Tennant had the
same story to tell, that is found recorded elsewhere in
this page from the lips of Mr. Gray. “Business in
Canada,” said he, “is awkwardly handicapped by the ex-
tent of the credit system. We sell on three months’
time, and too often are obliged to: renew the larger
part for another three months. In the States terms are
at the outside 60 days and more frequently 30 days or
net cash. It isa steady cash outlay by the manufac-
turer from the time the men go into the woods until
the finished lumber is ready for the dealer, and just as
much as the load of wheat the farmer draws to mar-
ket, and sells only for cash, should lumber be nét cash.”
_-“General business,” said Mr. Tennant, “is quiet.
Dealers all through the country complain of a scarcity
of money and as a consequence few purchasers. Trade
in the city is akin to the conditions in the country
notwithstanding the figures paraded in the daily press |
assuming to show a large increase in building permits
over last year. Permits to-day are issued for almost
every stick of building that goes on ; in 1890 this was
not so.”

“Besides,” joined Mr. Christie, “a large part of this
years building is such as you see across the road—
pointing from the office window to the massive stone
structure of the Loan Association being erected on
corner Victoria and Adelaide streets—in which there is
very little wood used.”

“Most certainly the reduction of the duty on lum-
ber to one dollar a thousand,” quoth Mr. Tennant,
“has increased shipments to the States.”»

“And there has been no general closing down of saw

; mills along the North Shore,” added Mr. Christie,

“such as was predicted. I have been pretty nearly
over the whole of that ground this season, and only
know of two mills that have been closed, and there
were exceptional reasons for this. The mills at
Spanish river, Bying Inlet, Victoria Harbor, Parry Sound
Collingwood, Pt. Severn, Cook Bros.’ mill, Bryant’s
mill and a string of others I could. name are all run-
ning and doing good business. No such quantity of
logs as some have named is being shipped to the
States. Pity is that the duty was not removed entire-
ly. There should be complete free trade in lumber.”

“The extra shipments of lumber to the States,” re-
sumed Mr. Tennant, “are also having some effect in
stiffening prices in Canada. I have no idea that the
government will make any move to reimpose the log
duty. The Ottawa lumbermen, among whom are some
of the strongest friends of the government, would
never consent to any step that would lead to an in-
crease in the duty on lumber, and the reimposition of
the duty on logs would of course work this way.”

“Moreover,” said Mr. Christie, “as a matter of policy
it is the worst thing the government could do. Com-
mercial interests cannot be imperilled by constant
tinkering with the tariff.”

And with a hearty good-day we parted.

California has 2,675 of the giant trees still left, and
the largest of these is thirty-three feet in diameter.

_ of this capital-by their labor?

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TTERBOX

PROTECT THE WORKINGMAN. 2
Editor Canada Lumberman: j
It seems to me that in your article in last month’s
LUMBERMAN on Mr.Hardy’s Lien Act for shantymen,
you lean just a little toward the jobber and away from
the workingman. Ifa man has not got the necessary
capital to carry him through his season’s work, is it
right that he should call on the workmen, who are de-
pending upon their wages to provide the actual néces-
sities of life for themselves and family, to supply part
To put it another way,
should the jobber be encouraged, much less allowed, to
speculate on the earnings of the workingman? | think
not. Wages should certainly be assured in every case.
Thunder Bay, Ont. JACK IN CAMP.

SPARE THE WOODMAN’S AXE. :
Editor Canada Lumberman: :
_lama lumberman and it is- out of the fallen- tree
that I make my money. All the same! believe the time
has come to “‘spare the woodman’s axe” on the forests
of this coyntry. I am in accord with the sentiments in
your editorial in May LUMBERMAN on forest preserva-
tion. We want both to spare the tree and to plant the
new tree to fill the gaps that, with a too prodigal hand,
we have made throughout the country. I live, when
out of the woods, in a farming section, and am some-
thing of a farmer myself. There is no question that
the yield of the farmer in many Ontario farms to-day
is being lessened, because when clearing the country
years ago we went too often on the basis that the only
thing that a tree was good for was to cut it down, and

make some money out of it. WOODMAN.

Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.

A VOICE FROM NEW BRUNSWICK.
Editor Canada Lumberman:

If the National Policy means _ protection,
not protect our forests and our own mill owners,
as well as the manufacturers’ pockets in other trades?
In the county of Madawaska N. B. stock for over 25
millions of shingles yearly has been floated by the mill
of one of our men, and manufactured on the Ameri-
can side to feed, clothe and build up American citizens
and pay no export duty, while our citizens are driven
out of the country to seek labor. Our Minister of
Inland who has the honor to represent Victoria and
Madawaska by his silence on the export duty, perhaps
thinks the lumber resources may as well go to pot
wholesale as retail; it is only about forty thousand
dollars per year ofa loss. Last week’s heavy rains
will clear all streams of lumber and put thousands into
the pockets of those who got the corporative drives.
Nature has done her work handsomely, so much the
better; water still rising and will be too high. B.

BETTER A HIGHER EXPORT DUTY.
Editor Canada Lumberman,

It is interesting to note the diversity of opinion as to
the advisability of reimposing the export duty on logs.
The millmen deem the imposition of the duty as ne-
cessary to their existence, while the holders of timber
limits are of the opinion that such an act would be
prejudicial to their interests. No one denies the fact
that American millmen are shipping logs from Canada
to their mills in Michigan to be manufactured into
lumber. This they would not do, if a quantity suffi-
cient to supply the demand could be obtained at home.
From this the inference is obvious, that necessity com-
pels them to have recourse to our forests to procure
that which they are unable to obtain from their own
Since of necessity they get logs from Canada, the same
need or want would compel them to take the lumber
manufactured here, assuming an export duty, practical-
ly prohibitive in its nature, imposed. If they must
have our logs to supply a present existing demand,

why

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THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

they require lumber, and if they cannot get our logs,
they must take our lumber, or go without.

As they come to us in forma pauperis, it is for us to
determine what shall be done, and as the matter now
stands, it would be better for our country as a whole to
have a high export duty placed on all logs leaving the
Dominion. To this the holders of timber limits would
not agree. What about the capital invested in the
limits? The best thing would be for our local govern-
ment, or failing that, the Dominion, to buy back every
limit in the country, and control the cutting of the tim-
ber. The holders of the limits have never done any-
thing to increase the vzlue of these lands. It is nature’s
work and not their's. Purchase from them their limits
and pay them at going prices. Possibly this might
satisfy these gentlemen. CANADENSIS.

JAMES SCOTT.

VICE-PRESIDENT OF GEORGIAN Bay LUMBER COMPANY.
NE of the most successful of the many large and
prosperous lumber concerns of this country is the
Georgian Bay Consolidated Lumber Company with
head offices at Waubaushene and general business
offices at Manning’s arcade in this city. The Vice-
President and business head of the company is James

Scott, whose portrait appears in this column.
Mr. Scott was born in Tyrone, Ireland, in 1839, and
six years later came with his parents to Canada, settl-
ing in Kingston. Here the subject of our sketch spent

the happy years ot childhood, and those school boy

J AMES Scort.

days so fraught with pleasant memories to us all, as
years commence to add to years and with them the
cares and responsibilities of later life. . He was educat-
ed in the public schools of the Limestone City, finishing
off at Borthwick’s private High school, an educational
institution, holding then a position similar to the High
schools and collegiate Institutes of the present day.

Mr. Scott’s first experience in “paddling his own
canoe” was as teacher in one of the Kingston public
schools, becoming shortly afterwards principal of the
leading public school in the cicy. His next step in
active life was to become connected with the Royal
Canadian Bank, leaving banking with the collapse of
this institution, an event yet fresh in the memories of
many.

In 1869 Mr. Scott removed to Toronto, taking a pos-
ition in the Crown Lands Department. But the life of
a civil servant, if congenial to some, and doubtless it is,
was too monotonous for a man of Mr. Scott’s energy
and push, and at the end of three years we find him in
the midst of the activities of lumbering as book-keeper
for the Georgian Bay Lumber Company. Devoting
himself industriously to the interests of the Company
he was quickly promoted from one position to another,
for many years serving as Sec’y-Treas., relinquishing
this later to become Vice-President and active business
manager of the company.

This position Mr. Scott occupies to-day, and some
idea at least of the labor and responsibilities that go

with it, may be gleaned by a brief reference to the large
business carried on by his company. In 1872 the

business was conducted under the name of the Georgian
Bay Lumber Company with mills at Waubaushene and
Pt. Severn and business head-quarters at Barrie. I
1873 the head offices were removed to Waubaushene
and shortly after this the company ysorbed the
properties of Page, Mixer & Co.,of Byng Inlet anc
also the Collingwood mill known as Hotchkis, Peckar
& Co.’s mill. The firm name was at this time
changed to the Georgian Bay Consolidated Lumber
Co. Five mills are now operated by this company
who also own large timber limits. Their output for
1890 consisted of 65,000,000 feet of lumber, besides a
| considerable quantity of shingles and Jaths. Additional

to this there was taken out three-quarters of a million
feet, cubic, square waning timber for the English
ket. The company run a box factory at Waubau-
shene where they manufacture boxes for the
York trade to be used in the exporting of coal oil to
foreign countries. They turn ort 5000 shooks per day.

For sixieen years, until less than three years since,
Mr. Scott resided at Waubaushene, at that time re-
moving to this city. Whilst, at no time owing to the ex-
tent of his business engagements, occupying any public
position, he has always taken an active and intelligent
mterest in public affairs. He is a prominent member
of the Conservative association and at the convention
prior to the last general election his name was men-
tioned in connection with the candidature for East
Simcoe. He is a member of the Episcopal church, and
is and always has been a total abstainer from intoxicat-

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promoting the interests of the temperance cause.

Mr. Scott’s career is a case in point of how a young
man by minding his own business, and throwing con-
science and energy into every detail of work, can climb
from the lowest rung in the ladder to its highest point

TRADE NOTES.

Messrs. J. Muckleston & Co:., of Kingston have
leased the extensive works of the late D. McEwen &
Co., of that city and intend manufacturing a full line of
lumbermen’s tools, such as “cant dogs,” “peavies,”
“skidding tongs,’ etc., im connection with the
Brazel’s (pat.) snow and side plows, for which they
have the sole right in the Dominion. -Last -winter
upwards of 100 of the snow plows were sold to lumber-
men in Michigan, where they have already been on
the market for some years and where they are fully
known and appreciated as an article that will pay for
itself several times over during a season. Messrs.
McLaughlin Bros., of Arnprior, having bought and
fully tested one last winter, have already placed their
order for five more and write in most flattering terms
concerning them. We are sure that lumbermen gen-
erally will find it to their interest to give these plows a
trial, and by placing their orders at the earl-est pos-
sible date insure prompt delivery in the fall. J. Muckle-
ston & Co., are also manufacturing the celebrated
“Forest Champion” bob sleigh which is the best of its
kind yet introduced in Canada. They also have the
latest improvements in all the lines they make, and
are extensive dealers in lumbermen’s supplies general-
ly. Their catalogue will very shortly be issued. Their
advertisement appears in another column of THE
LUMBERMAN.

ALASKA’S ONLY SAW-MILL.

ESTWARD of Loring hes Annette island, upon

’ which is situated the Tsimpsean settlement of
Rev. William Duncan, which was removed to Alaska
from British Columbia about three years ago. Here is
found the only sawmill avowedly producing lumber for
sale. This mill is operated entirely by Indians, even
the office work and book-keeping being done by them.
These people also have blacksmith shops, tin shops,
etc., and have erected a cannery, which produces a few
thousand cases of salmon annually. In order to
establish this settlement, it was necessary to clear the
whole area of its covering of forest and undergrowth,
and after erecting a town of comfortable cottages,
arranged in regular streets and squares, these people
are just beginning to make their first attempt at hor-
ticulture. Annette island is densely timbered and well
stocked with deer ; its streams abound in salmon. and
the surrounding waters furnish an ample supply of
halibut and codfish. An attempt is being made to
have this island declared a reserve for the sole use of
the Tsimpseans.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

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June, 189;

THE NEWS.

ONTARIO.

—Send us the news of your district.

—The mill at McGregor is closed.

—The mills at Severn Bridge are running full time.

—Stalker’s saw mill at Flodden is in full operation.

— Alex. Mustard’s saw mill at Brucefield is being refitted.

—Dennis’ lumber mill at Schomberg is doing a good trade.

—-Men everywhere are now actively at work on the ‘‘drives”’.

A. Tait of Orillia will cut 2,000,000 feet lumber this
year.

The Niagara Glazed Paper Co. is building a mill at Niagara
Falls.

—Mr. Dole, shingle mill man of Dorset is starting to cut
lumber.

_ The Hardwood Saw Mill has been acquired by the Rath-
bun Co. :

—Mr. John Millin has rented Mrs. Keleey’s saw mill at
Dunchurch.

—The S S Seguin is carrying lumber from Parry Sound to
Tonawanda.

—Conlon’s mill on Picnid Island has commenced cutting
for the season.

—Mr. Ranney’s shingle mill at Severn Bridge is shut down
for the want of stock.

Mr. Zuber of Walkerton has removed to Chepstow, where
he will run a saw mill.

—New machinery has been put into the saw mill of John
McKnight at Pembroke.

— Bronson and Weston, Ottawa,are putting on a night gang
and the cut will be large.

—Mr. James Sharpe M. P. P. Burk’s Falls, is shoving his
shingle and lumber trade.

—J. Mosseau kas left Belle River to take charge of a
lumber yard in Ridgetown.

—Mr. Vizeneu is putting in a carding mill in connection
with. his saw mill, at Vars.

—Messrs. Donaldson & Perdue of Bayfield have moved their
saw mill to tne Sauble line.

—Drinkwater Bros’., Orillia, report business good, though
prices are lower than last year.

—Thistle, Carswell and MacKeys mill at Calabogie, will
it is expected, be a very large one.

—J. D. Shier of Bracebridge mill cut this season 4,000,000
ft. of lumber and 8,0c0,000 shingles.

—Mr. J. McConichie of Traders La Portage will cut about
7,000,000 feet of logs into shingles this season.

—The Longford Lumber Company’s shingle mill at Lake-
side, has commenced operations for the season.

—A planing mill is about to be erected at Pt. Credit by Mr.
A. R. Gordon who will also open a lumberyard.

—The mill of Peter Shaw, Novan, will cut this year about
1,000,000 feet of lumber and 3,000,000 shingles.

~-Buchanan Bros., Staples are ditching around their lands
to facilitate getting their timber out of the bush.

—It is expected that a porticn of J. R. Booths big new mill,
Ottawa, will be ready for operation early this month.

—The Flesherton saw mill has been purchased by Mr. J. E.
Moore, who also proposes starting furniture manufacturing.

—Freshets at Burk’s Falls have given some trouble to those
working at Sharpe’s logs on the north branch of the river.

—Mickle Dyment & Son wiil cut at Barrie and Bradford
6,000,000 ft. of lumber and at Gravenhurst 5,000,000 feet.

—The staff of hands at Beatty’s shingle mill Parry Sound, is
greater than any previous season. A large trade is anticipated.

—Cass Bros. of Martinville have opened up business
with a large drive of logs, and plenty of sawn lumber of all
kinds.

—E. C.
lumber to Detroit and other points.
blast.

Lewis of Elford is actively engaged in shipping
His miil is running full

—The Braeside Lumber Mills are not going to commence
operations for the season till the end of July or beginning of
August.

—Messrs James McLaren & Co., have leased McClymont’s
mill in Rideau ward, Ottawa and will run it during the

summer.

—The Holbert saw mill at Burk’s Falls has been so im-
proved as to enable the proprietor to increase the output for
shipment.

—The timber drive of Barnett & Co. at Cedar Lake on the
Petewawa is in charge of Mr. Ephraim Lalorde, of Ottawa.

—The drives on the Madawaska river N.B., are reported to
have started well, their being no lack of water.

—Messrs. Graham, Horne & Co. have removed their saw
mill and drying kiln to Fort William from Vermillion Bay.

—A night gang has been put on at McLaren & Co’s. New
Edinburgh saw mill giving employment to over 100 addition-
al men.

—The Brennan mill property in Huntsville is to be trans-
formed into a Mr. Beardmore, it is said, has
purchased it.

—Mr. T Hobart, Burk’s Falls is cutting this year for J.
Sharpe of same place. The cut will be chiefly shingles—about
7,000,000

tannery.

—A bill is now before the Dominion parliament to reduce
the capital stock of the E. B. Eddy Manufacturing company
to $300,000. :

—A Listowel public meeting has resolved to form a joint
stock company with $50,000 capacity to build and operate a
furniture factory.

—No night gang will be put on at Perley & Pattee’s mills
the Chaudiere this season, and the firm’s cut will be consequent-
ly smaller than last year.

—The Shepherd & Morse Lumber Co., the Ottawa Lumber
Co. and the Export Lumber Co., have moved into their new
offices in Central Chambers, Ottawa.

—A tow of lumber barges containing 3,330,000 feet of sawn
lumber, was brought from Ottawa to Montreal on 6th ult.,
being the second big tow of the season.

—Messrs. McLaren & Co’s St Denis Creek drive, appears
to have been an unfortunate one from the word ‘‘go”—stuck
last year, two men drowned this year.

—The annuai report of the Owen Sound Board of Trade
shows that shipments were made to the States during six
months of 1890 of over a million feet of lumber.

—The Severn Bridge mill has been thoroughly overhauled,
and an automatic filer and an endless chain carrier has been
added among other improvements introduced.

—The table made from the first tree cut in Guelph and
owned by the late Mr. Baker has been bought by Mr. Thos.
Holliday, who intends to present it to the Mayor of the city.

—The new mill of W. W. Belding, Katrine, is now com-
pleted. The cut this year will run from 6,000,000 to 8,000,000
feet of lumber, 5,000,000 shingles and 4,000,000 lath.

—The Parry Sound Lumber Co,’s mill is turning out an en-
ormous amount of lumber daily. The largest cut in one day
was 98,000 feet, and the average for two weeks about 90,000
feet per day.

—Mr. Jas. Blaine, blacksmith, has removed from Burk's
Falls to Katrine where he purposes to rebuild his steam saw
mill and renew his lumbering operations in connection with
the smith work.

—From Fergus north in the bed of the Grand River more
cordwood, logs, poles and posts have been taken out through
the townships of Luther, Arthur, Proton, Waldemar etc. than
in any previous year.

—The new band saw from the works of the Stearns Manu-
facturing Co. New York, and recently placed in the big mill
of the Rathbuns at Deseronto, is proving quite a novelty to mill
men in that section of country.

—The E. B. Eddy Manufacturing Company have purchased
the waste lumber of the season’s cut at the Buell, Orr, Hurd-
man & Co’s mills, Ottawa. They require it for steam purposes
in connection with the pulp factory.

—Mr. J. B. Miller, president of the Parry. Sound Lumber
Co. has during the winter had built a lumber barge costing
over $100,000. The boat will be used for the carrying trade
and will be the largest lumber barge on the upper lakes.

—Le Canada announces that Messrs. Riopelle & Smith
have sold for $82,500 a timber limit in the township of Ballan-
tyne, to the Moore Lumber company of Detroit. This limit
was bought from the Ontario government at auction some
years ago for $42,000.

—A quantity of hickory wood is being shipped from Ridge-
town and neighborhood direct to Germany, to be manufactured
into rifle stocks for the army. The timber sells for $16 per
thousand, and the freight charges to its destination it is said
amount to $50 more.

—The Whaley Lumber Company of Huntsville are adding
two new shingle machines made by Morey & Son of Graven-

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hurst, and a new boiler from the factory of Goldie &
McCullough. They will manufacture about 3,000,000 feet
lumber. An improvement to their mill will be a new siding
which is now being laid and which will give them better ship-
ing facilities for the future. Prices are reported about same as
this time last year and trade fairly good.

—The Georgian Bay Lumbering Co. are experiencing con-
siderable difficulty in getting their logs down the river. The
steady westerly winds retard them on the little lakes.

—The lumbermen of Fergus are having a hard time with
their logs, owing to the dry weather. The river is very low.
Perry & Black have got as far as Glenlammond dam. Mr.
Reed is stuck with his 7,000 ties up above Belwood.

—Large quantities of elm logs are being shipped from
Walkerville over the L. E. E.& D. R. R’y for Wyandotte
and Detroit. They are taken on that line to the west of the
town and rafted either across or down the river. About 200
carloads of timber will be shipped from the slip north of
Harrow. ;

—Messrs. McBurney and Laycock of Gravenhurst operated
just two camps the past winter.
000,000 feet lumber this year, which is one half the quantity
cut last year. They will also cut 3 million lath. The ca-
pacity of their mill is 40,000 feet daily. It is anticipated that
this will be their last season on the old limits.

—Heath; Tait and Turnbull of Huntsville will cut 3,000,-
000 shingles this season. They have been running day and
night since middle of April. They will get out about 4,000,
000 feet of-lumber-and have on hand about 8,000,000 logs.
Arrangements have been completed with the Edison electric
light company. to put in about.twenty-five incandescent lights
into their mill.

—Operations at Mason’s lumber mills in the Ottawa Valley
arein a very prosperous shape. The firm began operations in
1872. Two years ago Mr. Geo Mason, senior member and
his son, Mr. Wm.T. Mason, bought out the interest of the old
firm, and have made big strides since. The cut last season
reached almost nine million feet, which it is expected will be
exceeded this year.

—The William Hamilton Manufacturing Co., of Peterboro’,
Ont., have got the contract to supply all the machinery for the
Pacific Lumber Company, which is starting a mill at New
Westminster, and is to have a daily capacity of about 250,000
feet. This company is also furnishing machinery for the new
mill of 75,000 daily capacity at Ladner’s Landing, B. C.

—By the will of the late Mr. R. H. Klock of Aylmer, it is
understood Messrs. James and Robert Klock succeed to the
immense estate connected with his lumber interests. It in-
cludes 1,500 square miles of limits. The town and country
estate and personal property is divided between the four other
members of the family.

—John Milne & Son, Huntsville, are doing a much larger
business than formerly. They have been running the mill al]
winter. They have put in a new broom handle machine,
which will enable them to turn out 4000 broom handles daily
and propose putting in a machine for the manufacture of pike
poles.

—John West of Simcoe has completed and launched the
alligator tug ‘‘Saginaw” 20 horse power which makes 6 miles
per ‘hour on water and_halfa mile-per day over portages &c.
She is unequalled in breaking dumps‘and towing booms, as
she anchcrs and winds in her steel rope tow line, with the
same engine anda driver which can be geared slow when
drawing herself over the land.. The system seems a complete
success, and this is the fifth now in use.

—A certificate of partnership has been registered which
amalgamates several large lumber interests. The firms
amalgamating are Messrs. White, Avery & Co., Messrs Buell
& Orr, of New York and Burlington, and Messrs. Hurdman
of Ottawa. The new firm will be known by the name
and title of Buell, Orr, Hurdman & Co., in Ottawa, and as
Buell, Orr & Co., in New York. The partners are Messrs A.
A. Buell of Burlington ; J. C. Orr, New York. F. W. Avery,
W. G. White, Robert Hurdman, C. S. Read, W. H. Hurd-
Mr. C. S. Read will act as financial manager. In
answer to a reporter, Mr. W. H. Hurdman said: The new
firm will not cause any increase in the output this year. The
change will effect it afterwards. Messrs. White & Avery will
complete their present engagements, and then all new engage-
ments will be in the name of the frm, as will Mr. Buell’s at
Mr. Orr’s private business at New York will not
The new firm besides manufacturing will launch
into the general lumber business. It is expected that the
operations of the firm in the Ottawa valley will be largely in-
creased.

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QUEBEC.

—The Eastman Mill Company have started their drive of
logs from thelanding at the Cartoon.

—A large raft belonging to the Collinsby Rafting Co. was
broken to pieces while going through the Lachine Rapids.

—The Pulp mill, at Buckingham, sold recently to an
American firm is doing a large business. Mr. Scott is the
manager.

—Price Brothers, of Quebec,the famous lumber kings, have
cut no less than 160,000 pine logs in Montmagny woods dur-
ing the past season.

—A timber raft belonging to Calvin & Co., Cardinal, Ont.,
went to pieces during its passage down the Lachine Rapidson
3rd ult. Fourteen men were on it and had a narrow escape
from drowning.

—Considerable lumbering has been donethis season at Glen
Sutton. A large quantity of hewn birch has been taken out
to be shipped to England.

—The contract has Leen let for the building of a new paper
mill, at Sherbrooke, Que. The pulp mill at the same place is
being overhauled and enlarged.

—Plans are being made by Architect Ellswerth, of Holyoke,
Mass., for a new mill to be erected by the Royal Pulp and
Paper Co., of East Angus, during the summer. The mill will
be erected on the St. Francis River and will be on the direct
line of the Quebec Central Railroad. The company has a
capital ot $300,000, and the general manager is James D.
Finlay, formerly of the Winona and Wauregan paper mills.
George Van Dyke, president of the Connecticut River Lumber
Company is a director.

NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA.

—Lumbermen are anxiously looking for rain to bring the
winter’s lumber cut out of the streams.

—Grants for 36,669 acres of Crown Lands were issued by
the Crown Land Office of Nova Scotia last year.

—The Pulp Mill, at Mill Village, N.S., is now running
night and day, giving employment to twenty-five men. Mr.
J. Hughes, of Halifax, is manager.

—There is no freshet in either of the great branches of the
Miramichi, N. S., and the lumber drives are making very slow
progress. Rain and warm weather are wanted.

—Mr. A. Gibson has in use at the Nashwaak, N.S., seven
scows of 110,000 carrying capacity which will be used in load-
ing deals and do away in at least part with the wood boats
that heretofore did the work.

—Mr. W.H. Murray, the well-known lumberman, of Fred-
rickton, N.B., while on his way to Quebec a few days since
had $1,500 stolen out of his sleeping birth. The act wasafter-
wards traced to the colored porter and all the money save
about $100 was recovered. The thief was arrested at Halifax,
N. S.

—Some scoundrel who should be severely punished cut away
the boom at Cameron Bridge, Black River, N. S., in such a
manner as to leave it apparently safe, but yet ready to break
with a very slight strain. The boom-stick which holds the
strain at the centre of the bridge span had been cut almost
through with an axe, but enough wood was left intact to hold
it in position.

—The annual report of the crown lands department, New
Brunswéck, shows that during 1890, there was cut :

FEET.
CRIME NOPS se oii = ne cles oles eos 95,539,612
DS 21 Sa 12,139,948
OE 2 200 SRB CSt = Omicaaea nee ae 4,716,201
DME, ois oh Site =! 22 cinbio soe >» 890, 462

In addition there was cut a large quantity of cedar poles,
cordwood, etc. The total stumpage charged in 1890 is $111,-
475-37- There is an increase of about $3,000 in the stumpage
receipts, and of $8,715.59 in the total territorial revenue.

MANITOBA AND THE NORTHWEST.

—The Bulmer Mills, at Rat Portage, Man., are run by
Cameron & Moffatt.

—J. McConachie’s shingle mill at Rat Portage, Man., will
run night and day this summer.

—A new boiler and engine has been placed in the mill of J.
Whiteside, Rat Portage, Man.

—Carven & Kennedy have put in 45 lights 32 candle power
each in their mill at Norman, Man.

—All the mills at Norman, Man., some six or eight large
concerns, are doing a brisk trade.

—The Western Lumber Company, of Rat Portage, Man.,
has opened a yard at Brandon, Man..

—Joseph Davis, of Winnipeg, lumberman, is a regular pur-
chaser of lumber at mill points along the Northern Pacific,
making shipments to points over the line.

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THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

—C. A, Larkin, of Brandon, has sold his mill to L. J.
Ashley.

—A lumber yard has been opened at McGregor, Man., by
J. W. Thompson.

—Messrs. Arthur & McRae’s tnill will saw a million feet of
lumber at Berth, Man., this season.

—The Malcolm Thompson cut of logs at Rapid City, Man.,
will be sawed by Messrs. A. & W. Stewart.

—C. A. Christie, of the Brandon saw mills, has seven mil-
lion feet of logs coming down the river for his mill,

—Selkirk, Man., is to have a paper mill. Mr. D. Mac-
arthur, of Winnipeg, proposes erecting one on his property re-
cently occupied by the large saw mill there.

—A lumber yard has been opened at Alexander, Man., by
Alex. Carman, late manager for Dick, Banmy & Co., of Port-
age la Prarie, Man.

—The government contract for the supplying of timber for
the works at the locks at Peninsula Creek has been awarded
to Whiteside & Young, of Rat Portage, Man.

BRITISH COLUMBIA.
—A saw mill wiil be established at Sycamouse.

—Murray Bros. have cpened a lumber yard at Mission City,
Bac:

—cCollett & Hunter are about to establish a saw mill at
Nicola.

—British Columbia lumber dealers are doing a good Austra-
lian trade.

—Two beautiful sticks of lumber, 84 feet long, were cut at
the Brunette mills. Tass

—The Brunette mills are making heavy shipments of dressed
and rough lumber weekly.

Morse’s mill, at Vancouver, will be improved, and the cap-
acity largely increased to about 200,000 feet per day.

—The Mechanis Mill, at North Arm, is running full time,
and the firm are making a specialty of fine interior finishings.

—The Brunette Mills Company, at New Westminster, are
building a large scow and a fine boat for their lumber trade.

—Logs over five feet in diameter and perfectly sound and
good have been cut at the Brunette mill, New Westminster.

—A shingle mill isin course of erection at False Creek by
W. L. Tait, of Winnipeg, Man. It will have a daily capacity
of from 35,000 to 40,000 ft.

—Mr. Jas. Tretheney, of Mission, is:about to erect a saw
mill on Elk Creek where he has acquired a fine tract of land
with a good water power situated conveniently.

—At E. Ward’s shingle mill, North Arm, a large steam boat,
60 ft by 14 ft. beam, is being built for Mr. Ward, to beused
by him for towing purposes.

—The business of the Royal City Planing Mills Company,
Limited, at New Westminster and Vancouver, and the Hast-
ings Saw Mill Company, Limited, of Vancouver, have been
acquired by the British Columbia Mills Timber and Trading
Company, and will in future be carried on under that name.

—The Moodyville Saw Mill Company are preparing to put
They have been designed
by S. J. Randall, machinist for the mills, and are of a shape
especially adapted for utilizing the heat obtained from sawdust
and mill refuse.

twelve new boilers in their mills.

—The Port Discovery saw mill has stopped work, owing, it
is said, to dullness in the foreign trade. According to mill men,
the war in Chili has had a depressive effect on the industry, and
they look forward to brighter times when that trouble shall
have been settled.

—The capacity of the Rock Bay saw mill at Victoria, is to be
increased to 80,000 feet per day. This will. necessitate the
putting on of a night gang and running night and day. An
electric plant has been put in for the purpose of lighting the
mill.

—Negotiations are on foot for the formation of a company
with extensive capital, to construct and operate a line of sailing
ships in connection with the Chemainus saw mills, whose out-
2. This com-
pany is separate and apart from the saw mill company,
which will also have its own ships.

—At Golden the Upper Columbia Navigation & Tramway
Company are building a saw mill, with a capacity of 60,000
per day. In connection with this is the Kootenay mail line of
steamers, which run from Golden to Windemere and tap East
Kootenay, which is known to be the richest country in min-
erals and also for ranching in British Columbia. The company
is an English one, with a directorate composed of Lord Nor-
bury, Hon. T. B. H. Cochrane and E. P. Armstrong, and
will expend this season about $100,000 in tramways and other
improvements generally.

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—Messrs. fohnson, Walker & Flett, of Victoria, have
posed of their planing mill in that city to a Seattle firm for <
consideration of $40,000. The Seattle people will continue
the operation of the planing mill, and Johnson, Walker & Flett
will erect a large saw mill on the premises adjoining it

—The boiler, engines, large circular rig, etc., for the new
saw mill of the North Pacific Lumber Company, at Barnet,
B.C., which will be one of the largest on the Pacific Coast is
being supplied by the celebrated Waterous Co., of Brantford
and another part of the machinery by the Wm. Hamilton Co.,
of Peterborough.

—The final arrangements of the sale of the Moodyville mill
have been executed.

The sale was made to some European
capitalists, and includes the mill, the timber limits and all th

the
ion of

The amount paid was about a million

property belonging to the late company, with the except
the vessel, Etta White.
dollars. The mill will shortly be greatly improved
enlarged.

—The Royal City mills, New Westminster, are building a
line of railway from their limits on Mud Bay to Hall’s Prairie,
where it will connect with the Great Northern.
the line will be about six miles.
Northern, the logs from the Mud Bay camp will be carried to
Port Kells, where they will be unloaded into the water,
boomed, and towed to the mills in New Westminster.

The length of

Over this line and the Great

—There are forty-one saw mills new built or in course of
erection in this Province. The capacity of the mills at Van-
couver has been increased to 210,000,000 feet yearly and the
actual capital invested represents $1,750,000. For the year
the actual cash value of the output was in round numbers, $1,-
000,000, and the output in feet about half the capacity, namely
100,000,000 feet. The number of men employed by the vari-
ous mills at Vancouveris 1,900. The finest growth in timber
is on the coast and in the Gold and Selkirk ranges. Millions
and millions of feet of timber, locked up for centuries, have
now become available for commerce.

UNITED STATES.

—The widest plank on earth is on exhibition in Humboldt,
Cal. It is 16 feet in width. It will be among the Humboldt
exhibits at the World’s Fair.

—It is estimated that the production of hemlock lumber in
Pennsylvania will reach 800,000,000 feet in 1891.

—The old log cabin in St. Louis county, Mo., which Gen.
Grant erected with his own hands out of timber cut and hewn
by himself, is to. be removed to Chicago as one of the attrac-
tions of the World’s Fair.

—A shingle machine that will turn out 90 shingles per
minute is awaiting a patent at Dubois, Pa.

—Texas has 45,302,500 acres of timber land, with 67,508,-
500,000 feet of standing timber.

—According to the Post, of Chicago, the pine stuffed handle
in that market last year amounted to I,900,000,000 feet. Itis
believed that the present year’s consumption will far exceed
that of last year.

—In the decade from 1880 to 1890 the value of the output
of forest products from the southern states has more than
doubled. In 1880 it footed up $46,977,000 while in 18go it
had increased to $102,122,000 being an increase of $55,145,-
000.

—The big vine trees don’t seem to be all cut in Michigan.
Rust Bros. found one of these monsters in Clare county during
the winter that scaled 5,162 feet, one 16-foot log scaling 1,204
feet.

PERSONAL.

Mr. Andrew Miscampbell, M.P.P., was in town during the
past week. Lumbering, he says, is quiet in the Midland
district.

A. L. Patching, of Windsor, has been down in Tennesee for
some time where he has made large purchases of lumber and
mineral lands.

Mr. James Corcoran, of Stratford, managing director of the
Canadian Pacific Lumber Company, has been spending the
past month in British Columbia selecting a site for a new mill.
It was thought that New Westminster would have got the plum,
but later reports state the mill will be located at Fraser River.

THE LUMBERMAN had the pleasure of a call on the 27 ult.,
from Mr. A. McDonald, of Peterboro’. He says a fair trade
in lumber is being done this season. The town has taken on

uite a boom as a result of the building of the Edison Electric
Light Works.

James Quigg, an old time packer and miner, of the Cariboo
Mining District, B. C., is dead. Before leaving New Bruns-
wick, in 1854, he followed tow-boating and lumbering for a
living, and is said to be an expert river driver. In 1861 he
was in Minnesota, and was at Red Wing during the Indian
massacre. From Minnesota he drifted up the Red River valley
to Winnipeg, and from Winnipeg crossed the plains to British
Columbia. He was a well-known character in Cariboo,

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TRATIE AB Ba te.

Office of CANADA LUMBERMAN)
May 30th, 1891. J
(COMPLETE quietude appears in trade
circles at the present time. -
sell but buyers are scarce. Everyone is anxious for the
good time that the ’morrow is expected to bring, only
the ‘morrow is slow in getting here.
country there is little activity and apparently no move-
ment to give an impetus to lumber sales. Travellers
report that much push is needed to make sales. Local
trade in the city is no better than we reported a month
since, which is to say that we are certain to pass
through a quiet summer. Money is not plentiful and
wholesalers report renewals more in request than a year
ago. No failures of any moment have taken place
during the month which so far is a healthy commercial
condition.

Shipments to the States are hardly as brisk as last
month, the best of the trade appearing to be over.

British Columbia trade is curtailed by the condition
of matters in South America, which has been an im-
portant shipping point for dealers on the Pacific coast.
And there are not any signs that the Argentine Repub-
lic will get on its feet again in a hurry. Local
trade, however, in British Columbia is active and
growing, a number of new mills having been erected
during the present season. The annual report of the
Minister of the Interior, recently issued, shows that the
amount collected in timber dues in British Columbia
and the North-west territories is larger than those of
1889 by $25,878.78. Of the revenue from timber, $45,-
485.09, was derived from bonuses, ground rents and
royalties on timber cut from lands in the railway belt
in British Columbia, being an increase of $27,440.32
over the previous year.

Our news columns indicate a fairly active season
among the mills, and we hear of at least one
large lumber company in the Dominion, that by
shrewd watching has been able to open out fresh fields
for some stocks this year. :

A despatch from Michigan states that Dwight Cut-
ler, of the Cutler & Savidge Lumber Company, Spring
Lake, Mich., who has been quietly buying up good
timber lands in the Queen’s domain, until he now has
upwards of 50,000 acres in the Georgian Bay regions
with a stumpage «sstimate at 200,000,000 feet, will
as soon as the company’s operations in Michigan are
completed, transfer the entire plant to Canada. Mr.
Cutler says that with the reduced tariff on lumber the
pine can be cut in Canada and be shipped as lumber
to the States at a substantial profit.

UNITED STATES.

Labor strikes and boycotts are playing sad havoc
with lumber trade in some parts of the States, more
particularly New York. The Lumber Trade Journal
of that city, always careful in its conclusions. states :
“The uncertainty attending the attitude of labor, it is
safe to say, has put back and delayed hundreds_ of
thousands of dollars worth of building in this city, and
in figuring up their loss in wages, we wish the laboring
men would take cognizance of this fact. What with
boycotts and shutdowns there is nothing in the situa-
tion but trouble. Trouble and the dullness will un-
doubtedly continue until the matter is settled.”

From Boston comes word that the weather is fine,
but it has not proved an incentive to trade. Spruce is
abundant this season, the shingle trade is fair ; pop-
lar, more in demand than for five years. Albany makes
amore cheery showing. Notwithstanding the New
York trouble a fair trade is doing. Dry weather is
causing anxiety and unless rain comes speedily a good
many logs are likely to be hung up._ There is a pro-
bability of the joint committees of the Buffalo and
Tonawanda Exchange meeting at an early date to re-
vise quotations. Good lumber at Tonawanda is said
to be decidedly scarce. The disastrous fires of the
month have had a tendency to disorganize trade in
many parts of Michigan.

FOREIGN.

A steady under-current of trade is being felt in
the British market. The continental markets are
deriving strength from the English demand. As to
prices, no alteration is to be noted, the advance being
still confined to 4th and 5th quality of prime makes,
and to whitewood, which continues to find a steady
sale at about 5s increase on the figures accepted in
January.

Messrs. Denny, Mott & Dickson, of London, Eng.,
under date of May 4th, report: “that the very moder-
ate stocks of Canadian oak, yellow pine and elm con-
tinue to move off slowly. Business for next season’s
supplies continues very difficult to arrange as the
prices required by Quebec shippers show very little
prospect of a margin of profit to buyers on this side,
whilst the demand for consumption continues so quiet.
Probably the buyers who know how to wait will do the
best in this Market.” General business this report
s?ys lacks animation, and thre stocks in most descrip-
tion of goods are still so ample that consumers are not
ty o€ persuaded that there is any cause to fear their

to exist

Dealers are ready to

Throughout the |

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN...

failing to buy at “bottom” rates, and a languid hand-
to-mouth demand is the result.

A Melbourne (Australia) timber report of March 18
says: Our wholesale markets have been rather more
active than for a few months past, and sales have been
somewhat heavier. The firmness of holders has im-
proved values for some lines, but there is a feeling
among merchants that the winter trade is going tobe
quiet, and they are therefore not inclined to buy freely.
There has been a good demand from up country towns
which has kept some of our merchants busy. Deliver-
ies from store grounds generally have been fairly brisk.

Toronto, Ont. ;
a Vek TORONTO, May 30, 1891.
CAR OR CARGO LOTS.
1& 14in. Cutiup-andsbetterncacse-coseses cee sess

sssreseees, 30 00 -32- 00
IRFOe 2 dressingsanaepettekennen tain ene n ie tei tei

18 00° 20 00

(xXI0:@.12mnil liner ror ee eens Sa Wavcoesagean 1300 1400
IXI0) & T2idrESsin Passes cect ceiseseieeicees oan Ee) okAs00- 8 L500)
IXIOVe{I2vCOMMONE ee eee eee eee beeen 1200 1300
IXIO & 12'SpmuceicullswsGases-o ceehite eens ene ae OOOmLEOO)
IXIO;& T2imillicullSsae ec eee cece eee eee 9 00
Rinchiclearand picks. sceeere eee eee eee eT eqtO OME25TOG
Tinchidressing/and, betten.-c.ca-5 sans ee alee eer 18 00 2000
ranchesidingimillijrinee ee eeeere cere eee een O mE STOO
1inch siding common...........,.... Geaatisea dads ouee 1100 1200
1 inch siding ship culls Agooasnncoasad, MOCO) 356 OO)
rnch siding mill culls.... ........... List 800 900
Cull’scanthing ey eee eoeeeee ace ene eee eee no OOM 1OO
15, and thicker cutting up plank...... ................ 2200 25.00
finch strips 4in to8in mill run............ 1400 1500
1inch strips, common.......... II 00 1200
1% inch flooring... 14 00 1500
W4inchioonng..cancccdenees Or osaerieree eee ».. 1400 15-00

XXishingles: 16in +o. ean eee eee 230 240

P,@. Ge 1b4 1-4 (ce Gs teeing an ucbopdsoduadsuebocecusuncopedde . 263i) <= 1-0)

ICNIIG INGbi§ — Gousnanso cand oooNaDO0 a9Ca BODO CHDE SOOT AS ODS 170 190
OES INO. 2) A imaiee seis Gediesen ee ee eee neater: 170
YARD QUOTATIONS.
Mill cull boards & scantling$1o 00/Dressing stocks..... 16 00@20 00
Shipping cull boards, pro- _.. |Picks Am. inspection...... 30 00
miscuous widths......... 13 00
PeStOCksseess 4900 | ame ap Bie

Scantling & joist, up to16ft 13 50|1in. flooring, dres’d 26 00 30 0c
o) ‘18 ft 15 00/134 ‘ ‘rough ... 18 00 2200
ce ‘* 20 ft 16 o0|1% ‘ ‘“ dres’d F.M.25 00 28 00
00 “| 22) ft 1700 “* *‘undrs’d B.M 16 00 16 vo
U0 ‘* 24 ft 19 00 ts ‘ dres’d... 18 00 2000
ut ‘“* 26 ft 20 00 3 ‘““ undres’d 12 00 15 00

se ‘* 28 ft 22 00/Beaded sheeting, dress-
ue ee gE CK Coll Celooobodignaccabt nen 2) CD) GE. Co)
ee ~ ** 32 ft 27 00/Clapboarding, dres’d 12 00
ot : ‘* 34 ft 29 50/KXX sawn shingles ;
sh Rabe wistsieiceasiciae sme ttehe 23650) MEDET EN turnin er nme a GOMEZ 7O.
sf ‘« 36 ft 31 oo/Sawn Lath........... 190 2-00
w Sous Soiites3)00|Redloalcteeemmierit 30 00 40 00
as Aoi to Aguttes7n00|\Wibites aieertnseemetee 37 00 45 00
Cutting up planks 1 and Basswood, No. 1 & 2 28 00 20 00
thicker dry........ 25 00 28 00/Cherry, No.1 & 2... 50 00 60 00
board 18 00 24 00/White ash, 1 & 2.... 24 00 35 00

’ Black ash,1 & 2..... 20 00

Ottawa, Ont.
OTTAWA, May 30, 1891.

Pine, 1st qual., # M.$35.00@40 00)Pine 4th qual. deals 1000 1200
Sand e 22°00 2500|“ millculls. . . 800 1000
**-- shipping culls 1¢00-1600/Lbaths .. ... .. .. 125 150

Montreal, Que.
MontTREAL, May 30, 1891.

Pine, 1st qua’y # M $35 00@40 00 | Basswood.........- 1200 2000
Pine, 2nd “ a 2500 2800! Oak, perM......... 4000 6900
Ptne shipping culls | Walnut ~ .:..-... 00 100 00
SeBaa deb aisono 300 1600, Cherry ‘' ........ 6900 8000

Pine, 4th quality | Butternut, per M... 2200 4600
deals @M...:...; 0 00 12 00 | Bixee gee.) eels ,00m25/00
Pine, mill culls,#@M 800 1000, Spruce timber..... » 1300 1600
Spruce, per M...... 600 1200| Hard Maple “ 2000 2100
emlock, lumber.. 8 00 1000/1% Lath............ 160 196
Hemlock timber.... 1300 1400 | Shingles, 1st, per M 3 00
Ashore ane: Saas 1300 2500) Shingles. 2nd, “ 125 150

Oswego, N. Y.
~ OSWEGO, May 30, 1891.

Thrze uppers, 1%, 1% & zinch «++ $45 00@46 00

Pickings, 14,1% & 2in..... «+> 3500 3600
No. 1 cutting up, 14%, 1% & 2in. 3100 3200
No. 2 cutting up, 14%, 1% & 2in .... io sont 2000 22 00
1 in strips, 4 to 8 wide, selected for moulding strips, 14

to 16 ft: aE Sica Pets oe 5600 -++. 3100 3300
1x6 selected for clapboards. Signe goes 3200 3400

Siding. -

1 in siding, cutting up 1% in selected....... 35 00@12 00

piks & uppers..... 32 00@39 00|1% in dressing...... 1700 1900
1in dressing ........ 19'00@z2r 00114 in No.1 culls.... 1500 1600
tin No.1 culls ph te oo\1%4 in No. 2 culls.... 1300 .1400
1in No. 2 culls...... 1300@1400)1 in No.3 culls.... 950 1000

1x12 [nch. ve
12&16ft, millrun .... ena onoo . 2000 23.00
10 & 16 ft, No. 1 &2, barn boards.... 1700 1800
12 & 16 ft, dressing and better. ; acute 2600 3090
Witten ge NO AGW GE s5q sqonuacs sada copoDADTso0S dooNCoB00 1500
rx1q Inch.
ice viii, saavWlsqnoal, sen U EM NEON eco ono gods aaaooooHon0e 2000 2200
12 & 13 ft, dressing and better............. .. 2800 2700
12 & 13-ft, Norculls......... Yess sLOLOON 37100)
PIR 25 455 IN) CHG 5e6 snc oncod seen ean a nioiee 1400 1500
TAtonowt, anil runimilliculls(oltasenc eine. eens 2000 2200
14 tomo tf, dressingsandibetterep perry er aeeeE eee nen 25.00 2700
PU Wop Op dies fo UNS. | dosaadenooocommcantondgandocoendd UGS) 377 CO)
T4to 160i No.2) cullstt es nec eee sever eee 1400 15 00
TORO IA ita NOs 3 CUlSh emeh eeia nyt ne tetera ois OMmTOLOO)
-1 1-4x10 Lnches.

Millrun, mill culls out 20 00@2300|No. 1 culls........... 16 00@17 00
Dressing and better..25 00 30 00/No. 2culls........... 14.00 1500
1xq Inches.

Millrun, mill culls out 17 0o0o@1900/No. 1 culls............ 13 00@1400
Dressing and better.. 2300 2700/No. 2culls............ 1100 1200
1x5 Inches.

67 or 8, millrun, mill 6, 7 or 8, No. 1 culls.. 15 00@16 00

cullsioutsascecoens 19 00@21 00/6, 7 or 8, No. 2culls.. 1300 1400
6,7 or 8, drsg & better 2400 28 00
hineles. i
XXX, 18 in pine....... 3 60@3 75/X XX, 18 in cedar....... 3 50@3 70
Clear butts, pine, 18 in. 260 2 8s5/Clear butt,18 in cedar., 250 270
SONG TO epINE , eaneyat 325 “3 40|\KX, 18 in cedar........ 210 220
Stocks cedars, § or 6in. 5 00
5 Pickets
NO, Fy WGKIOG we erie tiie Xd OOMTS|OO|INO 2 eK Selectors lctetetatets 900 1000
ope oe bonne adrian 20 00
Lath
No 1, % FNOW2iRI Iai ais letierine eet I go
NG Sfcsreccges cso eneen ore 1 60|

June, 189%

St. John, N. B.

Deals, Boards,

St. JOHN, May 30 1891:
Scantling, etc.

Spruce deals - - - - - $12 00ISpruce boards - - - - 1200
Pine Nn Ao P= STS OO) RING Scena Gkag
Dealends - - - - - - 6 oo Oak Ho fen =! i= 2" eonog:

Scantling - - - - - - - 10 00Ash oe - = - 15 00@25 00

; Hemlock" 27 =1)=)) 8) Er Gexg
Shingles.

Spruce,extra i>) =) e350 Nos === e--ares,
i Gite Seo ao OM = a > a Fe eS
so SNomrextraje= = -e2s2n

Clapboards. ~

Pine, extra.- - - - - - 35 oolSpruce, extra- -.- - - -2400

TOS wolears! == =) = = 45800 eae clears - -- - - 2300
‘\ ediclears- = = = = 35 60 0.1 - - -15 00
? SS No.2 - - - 1000
_ Flooring, Dressed. , ~
(tel AMO ee - - 12 00\4in., No.1 - = = - = = q200
“No: 2 - = = = = = = T0100" Non2t— = =) iri
Miscellaneous.

Staves - - - - - 300@450 |Laths - - --- | 1 80
Heading 17 in. per pr. 04 |Pickets - - - - - 6 50@15 00
ES SESE oho 04% 05%\Railway ties =

OP Ths 04% 06
Albany, N. Y. ss e
ALBANY, N.Y., May 30, 1891.
Hemlock.

Boards, 1x10in. each 13%c. 2x4. each: ....s5< tae ice

OISHAK Ghprecee 33 Wall Strips, mses meses Il
‘ Pine. PeaP

2% in. and up, good..$55 20@58 oo|10 in boards dressing :
thsitea. ee aseenee -.§0°00 5300| and better....... $30 00@34 oo
GOES o500 6 on neo 4800 Common.......... 1500, 2000:

Pickings é 43 00|12 in. boards dressing ~

14% to 2in., good..... 4800 5000] and better........ 2900 3600
th 45 00/ Common......... - 1500 2200
elects 40 20/1 inch siding, select- e

_ Pickings 35 00| ede ne eeeene .. 4000 4500

1in. $000/ Common.......... 1500 2000
ths.. 45 oo|t in. siding selected.. By 00 4200
elects... 400s) Common........:. 1400 1900

Pickings = 38 oo|Norway, selected..... 2200 2500

Shelving boards, 12in. Common-=:seesee 1200 15 00
EvAVel 9) ane ccon ... 2600 39 oolr0 in. plk. 13 ft. dress-

Dressing bds. narrow 1800 2200| ingand better, each 42@so

shipping boards, :.-. 16100) ¥8ioo|-s Cnllssseee eee 23° 25

Box boards....... 1400 1690\10 in. boards, 13 ft.,

dress,& bettereach 28 33
3 Gulls: sce. sie zon
5 Shingles and Lath. :
Shingles, shaved pine 6 So|Shingles,cedar mixed 275 300
2ciqualityes sees 5ioo0|ath, pines seen 200 210

Sawedtextrasneneeen 4350 460) Spruce..... Sirs

Sawed. clear butts... 300 330) Hemlock 1 80

Cedar; XXSX eee. 400) nize ae

Buffalo and Tonawanda, N. Y.

BUFFALO, May 30,1891.

: Norway : —

Clear, 1 in. & clear $19 900@20 oo\Common, 1 to 2 in. all 1250
Dressing, 1 to 2in. all WIGthS» epee eee eee See
iwidthsmeceonn neces 14 90@17- 00|4x4, 5x5, 6x6 turning. . 22 00

: 4X4, 5x5, 6x6 common , 1600

White Pine. -

Up’rs, 1 & 1% in. 45 00\No. 2 cuts, 1 to2in

1% to 2 in 45 00 and thicker......18 00@24 00
SigetsSmrbiniereaess ‘ 39 o0|Dressing, I to2in.. 25 00 27 90
Te 16 e251) eee 4o 00/Common,1to2in.. 1600 2000
Fine common, 1 to 2 No. 1-barn, 10 & 12.:in 21 00
in. and thicker.. 33 00 35 90\No.2 barn. 10 & 12in 17 co

No. 1 cuts, 1 to 2in

Mill culls, 10 & r2in 14 00 14 50

and thicker..... 28 00 00/ Chick <s-Ssnse pease 200
Mold strips, 1 to x . nie
DAN ee neice 30 GO 33.00
ST ees
2OO,G IES 59 99000 antic $3 75@390\- . - Per M.-
XX, 18-in, or C. B...... 2 4c 25018in. No.2. orculls. $1 25@1 40

16 inch Shingles.

XOX, isawediis. acnceke eee
(Cole, Sie RE ee

3 10/Thick cut persquare.. .... 2 So

6 £312) 5 MOXEXG Cu ie mee do Co) ope teas
No.2 meee Cree Sele GC MlesAe an Go lac sa 4~ sp sue
Phick cut. esse ewceckie see es 40 UN Oka COL ie eae eens
KKK Cuticecc. ni deste vegoimyess oeubic Gl LS RONG ene ee ey
XK CU... .e cece crseseces sss 50| Dim. Shinples saweduour
INOM2iCUtN. oak ecm eres Jo! or planede..ca.ssueeeee ee 425
Fancy ends or butts......,. 4 50

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’ Boston, May 30, 1891.

Western Pine—by car load.

Uppers;1in ..... ..$48 co@50 oo! Fine com.. 3. & 4in.. 00@46 00
1%,1%&2in... 4800 co ool No = sank saeleiriiertes 30 00
C7 eee 55 00 60 00) 1%,1% & 2in:.... 00 31 00

Selects mal Ober nee 42 00 43 00|No.1 strips,_4to6in 40 00 43 00
1%, 1% & 2in...... 43 00 45 00 Oly MAAS Boo LS Ee)
B.&igin® .2 .. ../.:.145 (00: (Sc) 00} SINO: Site nout es mee et CONDE OG:

Moulding boards, 7 to Cut ups, 1 to2in.... 24.00 3000
Tinchiclear-.n. 36:00 38 00/Coffin boards... .... 19 00 22 00

60 per cent clear 34 00 36 oo/Common all widths. 22 00 26 oo

Fine common _1 inch 36 00 38 00/Shippingcullsrin ~ rg 00 15 50

1%,1% & 2inch... 38 00 4000 do 1% in 15 $0 16 50
Eastern Pine—Cargo or Car Load.

Nos. 1, 2 & 3.... .... 40 00@43 00|Clapboards, 4ft., sap
A eos teens) ee sn foe 28000) 2 30100!) SCleai i 1. iaee ae ONOOMEEN SGD
Bi Re usrne vase s+ +. 2300 2600) Sap, 2nd clear .. .. 3300 35 00

Ship’g bds & coarse 16 00 16 So} Heartextra.... .. 50 00 55 00

IRG ANSTO 25 56 . 1290 13 50|_ Heart clear... .... 45 00 50

West’rr pine clapbds

4ft.sapextra....

45 00 50 00

Ee oo
Bevel siding 6in, clear a 00 24 00

Spruce—by Cargo.

Coarse, rough. . . . 1200

Scantling and plank, 14 00
random cargoes . . 14 00@15 oo/Hemlock bds., rough 12 00 13 00
Yard orders, ordin- 3] See “dressed 12 oo 14 00
ANY SIZES, 1. sy savas 15 00 16 oo\Clapbds., extra, 4 ft. 34 00 30 oo
Yard orders, extra Clear; ait 30 00 3200
SIZES kc wre hee aerate 16 00 18 00| Secondclear. . . 25 00
Clear floor boards. . 19 00 2000) No.1......., 10 00 14 00
INO: 2, es Pee 16 00 17 00
Lath
Spriceiby:cdrgo™. © (. eects anne cntch saree: le ment mteamemne 2 10@2 20
Shingles. o
SIPUUC Crea cre eiuoneeies 1 25@1 So|Cedar. sawed, extra 335 350
Pine, 18 in. extra. =. 4{ooiqe2t}y Cleans ecient 3 00
IVINS lolome geo. 5 3,00 3 15| BxtratNosz .).. 2 50
Cypress, No. 1, 18 in. 5 00

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A row of seven new houses, belonging to William Mr. Geo. She of Jame c «
Stewart, owner of the West Toronto Junction planing | Melanchton Station, had ( ‘
| mill, were completely destroyed by fire the early part | the 12th ult
| ofthe past month. An accident occurred in Playfair’s n turgeo
A fire at Tasker’s switch, Gravenhurst. destroyed a Bay, early in May, resul r of the
| million of lumker belonging to John T. Harvie and | of a Mr. James Fallis
about the same quantity belonging to Robt. Thompson, A teamster named Alex. Simpson. an emplovee of
of Hamilton. Both losses are fully covered by insurance. | the [ onoford Lumber Catt Onl 3 ee
FIRES. At Winona, Minn., the entire plant of the Schroth & ago by zi runaway team at the mills
Forest fires in Quebec. Ahearns Mill Company went up in flames. The mill, ‘Ch re tea Pe eeien she en ee Sale ee
fpprecpaeesin New Brunswick. warehouse and three blocks of lumber were burned. Cha as LBC. a S ea oes ic cmccey rata: ace
2 BE Be: ey (heme stantedeimmthe wheels pit of thes planings mill, | nes >: 1 COMMER SHICICE On :
Morley, Mich., containing eight saw mills is inashes, | [6.5 $100,000. ting off his arm and bleeding to death
Heavy losses of lumber through bush fires in The thriving lumbering towns of Otia, Fields and John Kennedy while lar ding logs on Bar
Wisconsin. Park City, Mich., have been wiped off the earth by the | River, N.B.,on Wednesday, 6th u crushe
A loss of $300 by fire in Withrow & Hillocks lumber | flames, and all that remains of Lilley are the hotel and death by the logs giving away and ng
yard, Toronto, on 9th ult. depot. Heavy losses were made in the destruction of with them.
The carpenter shop of Cameron & Kennedy’s mill at several large saw mills. A cruel joke was played on an employee « € Sa
Rat Portage, Man. Loss $250. Insured. One of the largest fires known for years south and mill at W alton, Ont., a few We) ise rae ete
Miles of woods have been ablaze at Preston, Pine | west of Austin, Pa., on the lands of F. H. & C. W. | PPE Aes gunpowder, resulting in badl;
Lake, and the other side of the North-West Arm, | Goodyear. It is estimated 30,000,000 feet of logs and | ©Y€S ane lace. on
near Halifax, N. S. 10,000 cords of bark have been destroyed, besides 10 A OE ey. ames beabam, while working at
Twenty-five thousand acres of pine lands in New | miles of tram railway. peat’ Saver the Royay typing r New | st
Jersey. Ata rough estimate it is said the losses willbe | Aggregate losses of $500,000 have been made by fires apart pe pets Be paneer ae phim
at least $1,000,000. | at Long Island, L. 1. The losses of the Export Lumber yy) im ; ;
Every saw mill on the mountains between Bellefonte | Company will probably reach $250,000; the H. F. On May r5th, Hazard Hull, a saw mill owner of
hs rae | Burroughs Company’s lumber yard, $200,000: the Thamesford, Ont., was running a circular saw when the
and Lewisburg, Pa., has been destroyed, and millions | PUSTOUS pany y p ? , Bantu TAS Fi OyES VE. MEG i TST TT ee
of feet of valuable timber. 3 | Whiting Lumber Company, $5,000; MacIntosh & Co., oard he was ripping w as t 1row n in some ma as
lumber, $25,000. to strike him on the stomach. He died

The large planing mill of Jacob Lovell, at Niagara
Falls, was destroyed by fire on the night of the 8th ult.
Loss $6,000. No insurance.

The saw mill of Mr. N. L. Lusty, at Rodney, Ont.;

was completely destroyed by fire on tIst ult. Loss

about $3,000'; no insurance.

Carrick and Bros.’ shingle mill at Fawham, Ont.,
together with a million and a quarter feet of lumber.
Loss $12,500. No insurance.

Awful bush fires along the line of Kingston & P. Ry.
taking in Ornpat, Lavant and Wilbur. A great deal of
cordwood cut last winter has been destroyed.

Terrible bush fires and great suffering in Pennsylvania, °

taking in the pretty little farming towns of Austin, Cos- |

tello, Galeton and Moore’s Run, in Potter county.

* Millions of dollars worth of damage has been done
by the forest fires in the Michigan lumbering districts.
Nothing like it since the disastrous fires of 188.

The saw mills owned andrun by A.B. Saylor, at
Bloomfield, Ont., have been completely destroyed by
fire. Loss $4,000: partly covered by insurance.

About twenty-five acres of standing wood belonging
to the Rathbun Company on Wm. Green’s place, Ken.
nebec, Ont., was destroyed by fire two weeks since.

WANTED—TO BUY. |

OOD Canadian Tixnber Limits and Georgian
Bay saw logs. Address, BEN BIRDSALL,
Whitney Building, Detroit, Mich,

WANTED.
MPLOYMENT or partnership in lumber busi-
ness, by man of large experience in manu-
facturing and shipping Ready By 15th May.
High references. Address, R. B., CANADA
LuMBERMAN, Toronto.

H ARDWOUOD lumber, bought, sold or received
on consignment, TUCKER DAVID, lum-
ber commission merchant. 202 Eleventh Ave.,N.Y

WANTED IN 1891.
NY QUANTITY OF CEDAR TELE-
GRAPH POLES at shipping points. Terms
cash. Applyto J. HARRISON HARVEY, Cobo-
conk, Ont,, purchaser for H. D. MCCAFFREY,
Engineer and Contractor of Telegraph lines,

|
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HIGH CEASS

Saw Mill Machinery

POR SSALE.

One 7 ft. 6 in. Slabber) with all ways
One 6 ft. 6 in. Slabber |
One 6 ft, Slabber f
One 5 ft. 6 in. Slabber

One 50 in. nD EONEG ) complete with
Wickes Gang,

A disastrous bush fire broke out in the pine woods of
Messrs. Kennedy & Staples north-east of Bowmanville,
Ont., on the Pine Ridges on 7th ult. The fire, it is
thought, caught from the engines on the C.P.R. A
large quantity of cordwood belonging to Messrs. Ashley
& Staples was consumed. The injury to the standing
pine will be very great.

At St. Anthony, N.B., on the line of the Buctouche
and Moncton Railway, on the night of the roth inst.,
a large quantity of valuable lumber, consisting of ash
and other hardwoods, spruce, pine and hemlock, manu-
factured at the mill of Joseph Paulin and belonging to
himself and others, was consumed by fire, supposed to
have been in the sawdust for two or three days. The
lumber was valued at $1,800 and is a total loss; no
insurance. :

CASUALTIES.

A man named Laflamme was killed in the saw mill
of Shearer & Co.,at Montreal, Que.,on Monday 4th
ult.

Mr. Robert Rusk of the Cedar Mill, Deseronto, had
aclose call on 15th ult., having been thrown quite a
distance by some of the machinery, landing near the
saws, and having his right leg severely bruised.

and _ blocks
complete.

shaft, feed work

Oswego, N.Y

RAILS AND CARS FOR SALE.
Light Steel Rails for Tramways; good order.

Cars for lumber, cheap.
JOHN Jf. GARTSHORE,
49 Front St. West,
Toronto.

WANTED.

UEBEC BIRCH—Those who can furnish
Q’ choice lumber are invited to correspond
wi

JOHN S. MASON & CO.
240 Eleventh Avenue,
New York City.

BALL ELECTRIC LicHTC®, ¢

MANUFACTURERS OF

57, ADELAIDE ST. w.
TORONTO
ONT.

One 40 in. improved | & all chains, rol-

| Wickes Gang.- »} lers & frictions.

Two Stearns Double-Headed Edgers,
with all shafts, pulleys and hangers
complete.

One Stearns Single Edger.

One large Stearns Circular Mill, with
Top saw for cutting timber or logs,
40 ft. carriage, 90 ft. track, 4
sets of blocks.

Three sets of Trimmers.

Two Re-saws.

Three Covill Patent Automatic Filing
Machines.

Three Gang Lath Mills and Conveyors.

Two Gang Lath Butters.

This machinery is all first-class, being
used in our large Saw Mill here, cutting

lumber per day, it can be seen in piace
here untill the rst week in July next, and
is now Offered for sale solely because we
are RETIRING FROM THE LUMBER BUSI-
NESS.

| THE E. B. EDDY CO.,
| HULL, CANADA, May, 1891.

at the rate of 290,000 to 300,000 feet of |

|

He was 76 years of age and highly respected.

The tug “Eleanor,” belonging to McWilliams &
Gildersleeve of Kingston, sank near Pigeon I :
Lake Ontario, the_second week in the month,
her way from Oswego to.this city with a tow of barges.
light, to be loaded with lumber. No lives lost.

A man named Gagnon, a cook in a shanty at Nipiss-
ing Village, was found hanging to a beam in the shanty
a few mornings ago. — He left a note-in his pocket say-

. Ing no one was to blame, that he had been sick for four

months and was tired of life. He was married about

two months ago.

John McConachie, of Huntsville, Ont., has been
hard luck during the month. Ona Monday he lost a
horse valued at $350 An hour or so after the horse
died he went to his store for some coal oil and found
the barrel upset and the oil all run out. The evening
of the same day word was brought to him that the
dam built for running his logs down the Boyne creek at
Dwight had busted, the water he had been saving all
spring had run away and his logs were up the creek
high and dry on the bank.

Luck is a good thing if you put the letter P before it.

TORONTO —

Lithographing (o.

[ITHOGRAPHERS &

TORONTO.

ENGRAVERS.

THOS. WHALEY,
President.

W. E. HUTCHINSON,
Sec.-Treas.

The Whaley Lumber Co.

OF HUNTSVILLE, ONT.

(LIMITED)

Manufacturers of

White Pine Lumber, Bill Stuff, Lath and Shingles

ALSO HARDWOOD LUMBER.

All orders promptly attended to.

First-class facilities for shipping.

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

16 2

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

A. M. DODCE & CO.
ANUFACTURERS of and Wholesale deal- |
Mi ers in all kinds of Lumber, Lath and Shing-
les. Tonawanda, N.Y.
COWPER & GRECORY.
ECEIVERS and Forwarders cf Lumber,
Lath, Shingles, &c. Unexcelled facilities
for shipping by canal orrail. Tonawanda. ING
CHEESMAN DODCE
IMBER and Lumber Merchants.

Boat stock, Railroad Ties, &c.
West Seneca Street, Buffalo.

Ship and
Office, 16

EMMET FLEMING

NSPECTOR and Commission dealer in Lum-
l ber. Office, 251 Louisiana Street. Buffalo, N.
¥:

LAYCOCK LUMBER CO.
ANUFACTURERS of Pine, Hemlock and
Oak Timber up to $5 feet in length. Saw
Mills: Ackley, Pa. Black Reck, N. ¥Y., Graven-
hurst, Ont. Office, corner Main and Seneca Sts,
Buffalo, N. Y. |

J. & T. CHARLTON
HOLESALE dealers in Masts and Spars,
Canada Round Pine, &c. Tonawanda, N.

WILLARD W. BROWN.
PCy? Main Street, Buffalo, handles all kinds |

of Hard Woods.
A. P. & W. E. KELLEY CO.

HOLESALE Lumber dealers. Yards at
W Tonawanda and Chicago. Correspondence
invited.

Cc. P. HAZARD.
HOLESALE dealer in Lumber, Shingles,
Lath and Fence Posts. Correspondence
invited from the Canadian trade. No 92 River
Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

L. A. KELSEY LUMBER CO., (Ltd.)

ANUFACTURERS and dealers in Hard-
wood Lumber of all kinds. Describe stock

and write for prices. Office Tonawanda, N. Y.

BOVEE & HOWDEN
ANUFACTURERS and Wholesale dealers
in Hard and Soft Wood Lumber. Holders
of Canadian stocks are invited to write for quota- |
tions. Offices at Tonawanda and Le Roy, N. Y.

THE TONAWANDA LUMBER CO.

ILLS at East Tawas, Mich.; office_106 Main
Street, opposite N. Y.C. and H.R. R.R.
Station, North Tonawanda, N. Y.

Gash for Lumber

A

W.N. McKachren & Co.

Wholesale dealers in all kinds of

HARDWOOD LUMBER

NO. 3° DOCK: _|
TORONTO

WRITE US FOR PRICES AND
SIZES TO CUT.

WE PAY CASH WHEN LOADED ON|
CARS. |
|

Box

Heresert G. Ross.

LUMBER

TRUCK + WHEELS.

49OOOHHO SD

The Montreal
+ Gar Wheel Co.

MANUFACTURERS OF

CHARCOAL IRON CHILLED

RAILROAD WHEELS

Offices: New York Life
Building, Montreal.

Insurance

Works: Lachine, Quebec.

400% OOOO OD

E make a Specialty of Wheels suitable for

the requirements of Lumbermen and

Street Car Service, and can supply them Bored,
Finished and Balanced.

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED

'

Me2nasha Hickory Pulleys

We make the only
\\ hardwood bent rim
\\ spoke arm split pulley,
only small split pulley,

jJonly wooden’ hangers

inthe market. Send for

discounts & circulars.
Menasha

Wood Split Puiley Co.

MENASHA, WISCONSIN.

THE MONARCH BOILER
(patenreo) AND HERCULES

AROBBUSINS o>.

_" GELEGRATED
ROTARY SAW MIL

| ip

ie!

Guaranteed
to Saw Lumber
Dg Perfectly Smooth and.
Spee Even in thickness.

Portable from 6 to 70 horse power. Surpass
portable steam power heretofore produced for
Strength, ‘durability, compactness, andthe ease
with which théy can be moved. By ke

The 70 horse power can be taken overtherough-
est roads,.or into the forest, and set up as.easily
and quickly as an ordinary 20 horse power port-
able engine, and as firm as a brick-set stationaly
engine. “ Engines and boilers of every-sizeand des-
eription. Rotary Saw Mills, Shingle and Lath
machines, Law Grinders, Planers, ete. Mill
machinery and supplies of every description.
Every boiler insured against explosion by the
Boiler Insurance & Inspection Co. of Canada.
Write for circulars.

A. ROBB & SONS, | Amherst Foundr

y and
Amherst, N.S. | Machine works.
ESTABLISHED OVER 40 YEARS.

DAB). Reeratp C. BuaKer.

N. G. ROSS &GO.

Real Estate, Fire and Life [nsurance,
Shipping and General Commission Agents.

fs Timber Limits and Farming Lands a Specialty.

A.B.C. Code, Cable address, “‘ Ross.”

NEW WESTMINSTER. - -

6B. C.

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

June, 1891

DALTON McCARTHY, A. ECKARDT, JOHN McGREGOR,

Toronto and Midland Mfg Co.

Wholesale Lumber ~ Dealers

AND MANUFACTURERS OF :

DRESSED LUMBER, FLOORING

Ceiling, Sheeting, Siding, Shelving, Mouldings of all Descriptions.

Office and Yard:

FOOT OF SPADINA AVE., - TORONTO.
Planing Mills: MIDLAND, ONT.

PORTER, ROBERTSON & CO.

WHOLESALE

STOCKS HARDWOODS
STRIPS L. ) M ie iz kR HEMLOCK
SIDINGS SHINGLES
BILLSTUFF DEALERS LATH, ETC.

SuSE

Millichamp’s Buildings,

East,
‘TORONTO.

YARD: NORTHERN DOCK, FOOT OF BATHURST STREET.

NAPANEEF CEMENT WORKS

— MANUFACTURERS OF —

PBB LPI.

WMyudraulic Cemen b |

AA PA

7

; Pee reo adapted for Dams, Smoke Stacks, Foundations, Cul-
verts, Cisterns, Cellars, etc.

ENDORSED BY LEADING RAILWAYS AND CONTRACTORS.

cVO ACE aa

For Building, Plastering, Gas Purifying, Paper Making, &c.

METS) RATE BUMN @an7n= xc
DESERONTO, ONT.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

“TERRA*COTTA+FIRE-PROOFING «

For Use in Old and New Buildings. . :

Endorsed by Leading Architects. Absolutely Fire-proof.
Wood or Brick. Weight One-Third that of Brick.
Crack on application of Heat or Water.
Gives Warmth in Winter; Coolness in Summer.

Machine* Knife+ Werke.
ee

MACHINE KNIVES

OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR

Planing, Moulding & Stave Cutting.

SEND FOR PRIGH LIsTt

About as Cheap as
Does not

Deadens Noise.

Galt*

PETER HAY.) 4 262

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June, 191.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

“I

J, MUCKLESTON & CO.

Manufacturers of

RED

_——

And Sole

Brazel’s Pat

Licencees for th

Investment Bonds.

THE DOMINION SAFE DEPOSIT WAREHOUSING & LOAN CO.,

Head Office—The Canadian Bank of Commerce Building, King St. W., Tee.
CAPITAL, ONE MILLION DOLLARS.

DIRECTORS.
Henry W. Darling, Esq., Vice-Pres.
G. B. Smith, Esq. M.P.P
Jel star Esq:
Alexander Nairn, Esq.
Eugene O'Keefe, Esq.

W. D. Matthews, Esq., President.

John I. Davidson, Esq. S. F. McKinnon, Esq.

H. W. Nelson, Esq. jee. Clank, sq:

M. C. Cameron, Esq. Robert Kilgour, Esq.

Thomas McCracken, Esq. Robert Davies, Esq.
Aaron Ross, Esq.

This Company is now issuing $100 $200, £300, $400 and 3500 investments in bonds, payable in
five, ten and fifteen years from date of issue, with participation in profits, affording all the advant-
ages of compound interest accumulations onsmallsumsofmoney. These bonds are the obligat-
ions of this CUumpanyand are specially protected bey a sinking fund, invested in first-class real es-
ta‘e mortgages. 1 hey are plain definite contracts, subject ‘to no contingencies whatever, are non-
forfeitable after one annual payment, with values definitely stated thereon. For a small outlay
they secure a fixed and generous return.

‘To bondholders who complete their contracts the Company guarantee compound interest at the
rate of Four Per Cent. Per Annum.

e Comp ‘ny is prepared to receive applications from reliable agents at all points where it is

not already represented.
WMI. KERR, Manager
f® The Safe Deposit V 2ults of the company cannot be surpassed for Bpeoiate security. Call

and examine or wr te for circular

aS ORS S,

DEALER IN

PINE & MINERAL LANDS |

9 Toronto Street,
TORONTO,

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

WILLIAM FOSTER

Lumber & Commission Merchant
Receiver and forwarder of

L4€MBER, LATH & SKRINGLES

Correspondence Solicited.

OWEN SOUND,

ONT
ONT.

The Gold Msdal, Toronto (883.

Ec pee

hel thn I mal |

Ta

ll

vay

Ware

TOR uth Co

Tis Do BOs ANsSsay,

~ Sail Tent and Awning Maker,

251 Georce ano 154 Kine Streets,
PETERBOROUGH.

Canoe, Yacht and Boat Sails made to order.

Perfect Fits guaranteed.

Every descri BA of Lumbermen’s Subtlies
and Waterproof Clothing.

Gold Medal, London, 1883.

LTE:
MOS TE
KG La Col

EME

| MARKET. |

The Stengel ere aihe pid heap

Will cut both front and side of the drawer at one time;

if narrow two bal and two

sides at one time of any thickness from } to 1} inches, and up to 16 inches in width.

CANT BROS. CO., Lr.

Wood - Working Machinery for Door, Sash, Blind

GALT, ONTARIO.

and Furniture

mom

LUMBERMEN S TOOLS

e Manutactur

bs Ws (HLM WKS G. Brantford, Gan.

SDOVETAIEER :
ie ad

Factories,

9 vv uN
Cant Dogs
Peavies.,
SKIDDING TONGS,
Pike Poles.
Coldshuts.

yaa nenennanavv
eA ARAB ALAA AA

; anwwwwrrerenant

Snow an Sidewalk

PLOW S.
LUMBER BOB SLEIGHS.

Pulleys & Cut off
—o— Couplings.

10x 3'TO W

=>; 10x30

SPLIT OR SOLID
» GUARANTEED..©

AFTER USING You WONDER
HOW YOU MANAGED WITHOUT IT.

Timber Limits

BRITISH CLLR

FOR SALE!

$5.000 to $50,000 of shares in a Stock Company
owning and operating Saw and Pla Mills
Sash and Door Factory, etc. Valuable Tiz

Limitsin connection. This is an exceptionally
good chance to make money
Address—
LIMITS

Care of CANADA LUMBERMAN, Toronto.

E. F. Ames & Co.

Lumber Commission. Correspond
| licited from Canadian manufacturers.

ence so-

| Room 3, Lumber Exchange, Chicago, Ill,

|
| CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE AND ST.
PAUL RAILWAY.

| Electric Lighted and Steam Heat ed Vestibu
Trains, with W estinghouse Air Si
Chicago, St. Paul and Macene 3

| Electric Lighted and Steam Heated Vv estibuled

| Trains between Chicago, Council Bluffs and
Omaha, daily.

15

| Through Vestibuled Sleeping cars dai ily, between
Po ] nd

Chicago, Butte, Tacoma, Seattle, an
Oregon.

| Solid Trains between Chicago and prir
in Northern Wisconsin and the Pen
Michigan.

| Daily Trains between St. Paul, Minneapolis and
ansas City via the Hedri ck Route.
aes S eeping Cars, daily, between St. Louis,
. Paul and Minneapolis

| The finest Dining Cars in the World

| The best Sleeping cars. Blea Reading Lamps
in Berths

| 6,100 miles of road in Illinois, Wisconsin, North-
ern Michigan. Iowa, M'nnesota, Miss » 50

Dakota and North Dakota

| Everything First-Class

| First-Class People patr

| .
Ticket Agents every ts
Chicago, Millwaukee and St. Paul Railway

18 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. June, 1891
Eee, SS _—_——S ee
===" WWOOD WORKING MACHINERY @

For Uoor, Sash, Blind and Furniture Factories

PLANERS. BAND SAWS. BUZZ PLANERS.
MOULDERS. BAND RE-SAWS. MORTICERS.
TENONERS. PANEL RAISERS. BLIND MACHINERY.
SHAPERS. DOVETAILERS. BAND SAW FILER.
RIP SAWS. JOINTERS. BAND SAW SETTER.
SAND PAPERERS. DOUBLE SPINDLE BORER. ETC, Be,

The Cant Bros.Go.. Limited,

cee G&L’, ONT X&RIO. Correspondence

Rhodes’

_Solicited. —

improved Swage for Circular and bang Saws.

===PATENTED JULY 2, 1889. ==
THE MOST PERFEC? MACHINE FOR THE PURPOSE EVER INTRODUCED.

PPB PPP PALA PD PPP PPI
It will swage the hardest as well as the softest saws. Never pulls the points of the teeth off, as the swaging is
done by direct and steady pressure, and not by rolling pressure.
Swaging done with this machine will stand longer than when swaged with any other machine or by hand.
It makes the swage the heaviest on the under side of the tooth, and leaves the face of the tooth perfectly straight.

It does not shorten the tooth as done by upsetting. It has a positive clamp so a saw cannot slip while being
swaged, therefore every tooth is an exact duplicate of the other.

Corners never drop off if swaged with this machine, as it does not injure the steel, therefore the teeth can all
be kept of a length.

It is very simply constructed : nothing to break or wear out Easily adjusted. Any ordinary man can swage a
circular saw in from 10 to 12 minutes. Is thor oughly constructed of the best material, all the parts requiring it are
made of steel of the best quality. Every swage is thoroughly tested before leaving the shop.

We positively guarantee the swage to do all we claim for it in this circular,

Full and complete instructions for adjusting and operating accompany the swage.
SEND FOR PRICE LIST oF SECTIONAL MEE

ISS FOUD ASS)? aAVALIP ISO W/ ISD)

Autom: ic Band Saw Swages, Circu ar Saw Swages Gang Saw Swages, Shingle Saw Swages.
‘MANUFACTURED EXCLUSIVELY BY— te OS TRIS SES

a Empey & Co., Galt, Ont.

incorporated 1€84.

iOrks.

MANUFACTURERS OF

Circular, Gang, Mulay, Drag and Cross-Cut Saws.

MOLDING AND PLANING KNIVES,
St eels in ot saws ata the name Boe ie Pee

Back Pad Saws, Emery Wheels and General Mill Supples.
66, 68, 70 and 72 Fort St. East, DETROIT, MIGH.

PATENTED 5TH MARCH, 1877.

PSRKER & EVANS.

Sole Proprietors of the

FAMOUS -INTERNATIOQNAE

BOILER - PLUIU - COMPUOUNH.

This compound will save its cost many times in one year by saving fuel.

It eradicates scale, and when the Boiler is once Clean a very Small quantity keeps it clean
all d WwW B on BS dl EL) of Every M onth and free from all incrustation. One fourth the dose will prevent a new Boiler from scaling so
| long as it is used regularly.

MONTHLY DRAWINCS ON

S, =. LEFEBVRE, Manager. | Contains no Caustic Soda, and is the only matter yet known that will not injure metals in
| any way, and emits a clear pure steam.

Head Ofiice—81ST. JAMES STREET, 2 MIONTREAL. | 30 WILLIAM STREET, - MONTREAL.

June, 1591. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 19

Friction Pulley Board. ernie

35 a * kinds %

Asbestos 1 my
he BVOMINION § EATHER i sete
Mill 1 Pac:
ies acing.
Board. S
Montreal, Quebec.
SAMPLES FURNISHED. PLEASE MENTION THIS PAPER. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED

THE DODGE PATENT WOOD SPLIT PULLEY CO.

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Su NI
® Pulleys of every des- as

a me cription and style in © won

Mill Work,

QS stock and made tory
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Prices lower

any other pulley made.

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<onmmumnnor
Bs Pulley.

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City Office, 83 King St, W.

Dodge Wood Split Pulley Co., © rosox:c0.
THE STURTEVANT

STEEL PLATE PLANING MILL

“«EXHAGSTERS»#

PROGRESSIVE LUMBER DRY KILNS, HEATING AND VENTILATING APPARATUS

rOR Aes ASSES OFS BUILDINGS.

B. F. STURTEVANT CO., BOSTON, MASS, U.S. A.

BRANCHES: Urerry sr, New York A. R. WILLIAMS, Soho Machine Works, Toronto, Ont,

135 N THIRD ST., Puicaverenia. GENERAL AGENT FOR THE DOMINION.

ZS
ye and discounts.

aa

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. . June, 189:

Heavy Mill
NMlachinery.
ENGINES, BOILERS, BURNERS

S 4
N S SSSS

w Our 3 Saw L:dger for ordinary Mill Work.

Special features—Rigid Frame, Powerful Feed. Saws removable
from mandrel without disturbing it. Saws readily adjusted. A strong
accurate machine. Uses solid or bit tooth saws.

No. 4 Saw Frameiwith Top Saw Attachment.

Designed spectally for the heavy work of the Pacific Coast. Hollow lower
mandrel, 5” saws steel, with water connection. Adjustable saw guides at top
and bottom that turn up to remove saws. Driving
pulley on lower mandrel, 36x20” saw, on upper
mandrel 30x17” saws, will take in 72” saws.

Oscillating
[win Tn}
Engine lea
hee Steam feed. \e
ff Entirely self- |i-
nl contained. All i <

, Zz yy yy YY Yf ready to place iv
Y UA / “yj, in mill & attach \\ ©
steam and ex- |N
haust pipe, wire or manilla |
rope and __ starting lever. |
Several sizes.

OUR Be
Ghampion Gang Edger

Mills and logs requiring 4 saw frame need a specially
designed saw carriage as our No. 6, (will be illustrated in our
next issue) and an extra heavy gang edger such as the Cham-
pion that will take on a cant+50 to 60” wide, 8 or g/ thick. Its»
cast frame is 11 feet x 5 feet, 7 feet high. It is very heavy and
very strongly ribbed and braced. Mandrel is 4” steel, running
in 3 bearings 12” long, chambered for the circulation of water
if necessary.

DRIVING PULLEY is 18” diam., 25” saw.

FEED ROLLERS are solid wire fluted, cast on
steel shafts. The top rollers are lifted by power.

SAWS are generally Hoe bit tooth 24 to 26” in dia.
held in place by brass safety guide, shifted by hand lever as
shown. The feed is an independent variable disk.

-|Waterous Engine Works Co.,
BRANTFORD, CAN.

June, 1891.

“THE ANDREWS”
=> NEW wEMBER ©

DRY -AILN

Itsremarkable efficiency depends upon its peculiarmode of
applying heat to, and eliminating moisture from, the air used
in drying. We use no costly fan, engine or other device that
requires constant attention, nor do we waste heat by a special
chimney. The air circulates through the lumber, and the
moisture absorbed from it is extracted from the air by natural
methods. You can not afford to be without it.

Our Process Duplicates Nature.

Outside “hers of the Ane Kiln.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 21

The Only Successful Kiln for for Drying Oak and other hardwoods

The following well-known furniture

have recently purchased the “ ANDRE K
E stey Manufacturing Co.,
East Shore Ft irniture Co - I
Universal Tr ior e ) a =" Grand I
Crand Rapids 5 S¢ chek | Furniture Co., Gr:
New England Furniture Co., - Grand I
Milwaukee Chair Co.. - <= Vilwaul
Oshkosh Furniture Co., - - - Oshke
Skandia Furniture Co., = += - Re
Story & Clark Organ Co., -
| Rock Falls Manufacturing Co.,
Courey & Birely Table Co, - - - Shelby; 2
Southern Spring Bed Co, - - - - Atlanta, Ga
Sidney School Furniture Co.,, - - Sidney, Ohic
New Richmond Church Furniture C o., N.Richmond,

|
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A. N. Andrews & 6 Propristars and Manufacturers

215, 217, 219, 22 Wabash Ave., CHICACO,

The Casselman Lumber Co,

CASSELMAN, ONT. Bee to FLATT & BRADLEY.

|

ESPECIAL GOOD FACILITIES FOR SHIPPING.
HEMLOCK BILL STUFF OF EXCELLENT QUALITY.

ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF

PINE, SPRUCE, ASH, MAPLE AND OTHER HARDWOODS.

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

CEO. HASTINGS. JOHN CRAY. H. HANCOCK,

He Nie W. Ba ADD

ILL.

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STi IDART

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Champion Planer, Matcher and Moulder,
nearly new.
Little Giant Planer, Matcher and Moulder,
price $200.
24-inch Planer and Matcher, Dundas make:
New Pony Planers and Matchers, only $1.75.
24-inch Peny Planer, Frank & Co. make.
27.inch Double Surfacer, revolving bed—
Cowan & Co. make.
No. 3 Revolving Ped planer, Cowan & Co.
make.
24-inch Pony planer, Koss make, Buffalo.
No, 4 Pony planer, McKechnie & Bertram,
builders.
Economist planer, matcher and moulder,
Frank & Co. make
24-inch wocd frame planer, Kennedy &Sons
make.
1 planing machine knife grinder.
24-inch wood frame surface planer, cheap.
24-inch surface planer, Rogers make, Nor-
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; 2%inch surface planer, American build.
. 'g1-inch wood frame planer, Kennedy & Sons
build.
22-inch surtace planer, McKechnie & Bert-
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22-inch wood frame planer, in good order.
20-inch wcod frame planer in good order.
1zinch diagonal buzz planer, new, Galt
make
Daniels planer, R. Ball & Co. make.
Matcher, Kennedy & Sons’ make, Owen
Sound.
Beading and moulding attachment for plan-
er; Ross make, Buffalo.
No. 2 Three-sided moulding machine, Galt
make,
3 Sided Mculcer. made by Rcgers, Cornec-
ticut. :
New power morticers—Galt make,
One chair or upright boring machine,
Iron top shaper—Goldie & McCulloch make

Galt.

Centennial top jig saw—Geldie & McCul-
loch builders.

Dcuble cope tencning machine— Dundas
make.

New 36-inch resaw—Galt make—also band
resaw machines. ;

Tencning machine— without copes—price
only S60. ‘

Woaed turning lathes—several sizes.

New ccmbination saw table—al] iron and
steel. :

Improved power rod feed machine—Mac-
Gregor, Gourlay & Co., Galt, builders.

No, 1 shaper—all iron—Goldie & McCulloch
build.

Improved saw arbors—all sizes—Galt make;
large stock. .

One improved iron frame swing saw—new;

perers—new and second hand.
stailing machine—Tyrell’s patent.
-inch band saws—Galt make.

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Three blina slat turners. all Galt make.
Dodge wood split pulleys at maker’s prices;
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THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

July, 1891

LOSS FROM CARELESS HANDLING AND PILING
OF LUMBER.

BY H. B. WETZELL.

-ERHAPS there is no leakage in the profits of the
P manufacturer or consumer of lumber so little
noticed, as that which results from the careless piling
and handling of lumber. This leakage is a silent and
insidious enemy. Unless one be constantly on the
guard, it finds its way into various places about the
mill and yard where it can do damage. Only the most
-igilant eye, the most watchful care, will keep it away.
Most of its effective work is about the premises of the
man of careless habits. Thé methodical, systematic
and thorough business man will not harbor this enemy

on his premises.

There are some men who seem to be naturally neat,
precise, careful and methodical in their business affairs
and daily life. Others are the opposite. The freedom
of outdoor life and the nature of the business of the
lumberman, tends to break down and keep away rigid
rules and observances such as characterize other kinds
of business. The average lumberman is free, open-
hearted, and does not cultivate nor realize the value of
small things. Herein lies the danger of waste in his
business—the enemy that 1s insidiously sipping away
at his profits.

When one goes into a lumber yard and sees
pile of lumber put up as if following out geometrical
rules, one may be safe in assuming that the owner Is in
a prosperous condition, or travelling in the right road
to reach it. He has certain rules which must be
observed, and which usually show that the details have
been looked into. There may possibly be such a thing
as being too exacting, too precise, spending too much
time for appearance sake, but as a rule it doesn’t take
any longer to pile lumber well than to pile it badly.

On the other hand if one will go into a lumber yard
about a saw mill, planing mill, wholesale or retail yard,
or any establishment where lumber is worked up, and
sees lumber lying carelessly around, a board or plank
here and there out of place, some split, others warped
and twisted, others badly weather-stained, it is sufficient
evidence that the owner is careless and is not making
as much money as he should.

Wide lumber, especially thin stuff, requires careful
handling to avoid splitting. Take an inch board 12 ft.
long, 18 inches wide; it contains 18 ft. of lumber, board
If it be of a grade worth $30 per thousani,
the piece is worth 54 cents. By careless hanaling it
may be split, either at one or both ends. That will
reduce its grade and shipping value at least $10 per
thousand, or one-third its value. Here isa loss of 18
cents on that one piece. Ifa piece be split off diagonally
‘on one end or side, causing a loss of say three feet or

one-sixth, the grade will be reduced at least one-half in
value. Then there would be but 15 ft. to sell, or use,
and it would bring 22% cents, or a loss of 63 per cent.
Now if this kind of work stopped at this one piece, the
loss would not be great, but the probabilities are that
there will be many such pieces during the course of one
day only, more than enough lost to have paid the wages
of several workmen who handled the lumber.

In going into a lumber yard, nothing looks more un-
attractive than to seé a board here, a plank there, out
of place, thrown about like piles of rubbish, wagons or
carts, or cars running over them; some split, others
warped and twisted, some damaged from sun, rain, or
other causes ; in fact a loss of several per cent. of leak-
age, which might have been a profit in the business if
properly managed.

every

measure.

LUMBERING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.

N OTTAWA gentleman who has been inspecting

the lumber resources of British Columbia writes to
a friend in Ontario as follows, regarding the products
of the forest of his adopted home: “Fir is the staple
wood of the country, next comes cedar, then spruce,
alder, soft maple, cotton, yew, etc. Our market for fir
is China, Japan, east and west coast of South America,
India, South Africa, but principally Australia, and a
few cargoes to the Sandwich Islands. The latter
country has a treaty with the United States which
admits American woods free, while others have a duty.

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We have not yet sawn any for export, but expect to
saw a few cargoes during the summer. So far the local
and northwest markets have kept us going, but we will
have to look fora foreign outlet for part of our pro-
duction owing to the increased capacity of our new
mill. Last season we cut with the old mill 3,000,000
feet and 6,000,000 with the new. I think we will cut
about 20,000,000 this season. The mills here usually
cut about eleven months in the year. We havea sash
and door factory in connection with our mill and will
likely make 100,000 salmon cases this season. Milling
is quite different here from Ottawa. There the average
of the logs is 100 feet, while here itis 1,200 feet, and I
assure you, it requires strong machinery to break up
these big logs. The largest log we have cut since I
came here was 72 inches in diameter, and the longest
85 feet. The largest log that ever came to our mill was
54 inches in diameter and 115 feet long, this was per-
fectly straight and without a knot or blemish for 100
feet up, in fact there was only one green limb on the log,
and strange as it may seem, was put into the water by
two men. The largest logs are put in by hand loggers,
two of whom make a camp. They cut trees where the
ground slants to the water and by barking them
and raising them with jack screws, get them started
and they roll into the water, nothing will stop them
when once they start. The quantity and size of cedar
and all sash and doors are made from
that wood. The doors are all free from knots and
blemishes. Our shingles which are cedar are the same.
We make only first quality, and they are first quality
running up to 14 inches wide, or as large as the machine
will cut. Labor is high. Ordinary labor is $1.50 to
$2.00 per day, and skilled $2.50 to $3.50, and we pay
our head sawyer $4.00, the man that runs our gang$3.50,
our edger man $2.50, filers get $3.00 to $4.00 and ten

is surprising,

hours is a day.
salmon canning, is a large industry, and the Indians
who do most of the fishing spend all their money here.
About all the farming land on the coast 1s on the Fraser,
the quantity is limited, and good lands bring $50,000 to
$200,000 per acre, according to quality and location,
$100,000 being paid for farming lands partly improved.
Four tons of hay and too bushels of oats per acre 1s
not considered a remarkable crop here, it is the pro-
ducing qualities of the land that give it value as well
as the scarcity on the lower Fraser. There is good
land at Kamloops, Shuswap, the Okanorgen Valley, etc.,
etc., but those places are only accessible by railway,
and of course the railway gets most ofthe profits. The
bunch grass of British Columbia is said to produce the
sweetest beef in the world. It is usually about the samé
price as in Ottawa, and of excellent quality. Our flour
mostiy comes from the northwest and Manitoba. Every
person in this country has money, and is not afraid to
spend it. We have no beggars and no poor. Our
store did a business of $35,000 last year, and our mill,
shingle mill and factory about $165,000, and $100
covered our losses by bad and doubtful debts.”

COLLINS AND THE BEAR.

syATRICK COLLINS is the foreman of a wood-cut-
ting camp on the Scott Road, B. C., and though he
has had some experience in the management and cul-
ture of domestic animals, never until a few days since
did he feel competent to shoulder the responsibility of
running a menagerie and keeping the wild beasts in
hand simply by the use of soft and persuasive language.
He had strolled into the bush by himself to meditate
and pick out a nice clump of timber for the woodman’s
axe. A huge fallen tree obstructed his path, and, as he
climbed up at one end of it, a gigantic bear, weighing
at least 1,000 lbs., made its appearance at the other.
Bcth came to an upright position at the same time:
Collins stood perfectly still, and the bear advanced
three paces and stopped. The man and the bear eyed
each other rather suspiciously for a few moments ;
what bruin’s thoughts were will never be learned, but
Collins says he had never been so terribly affected
since the last illness of his mother-in-law, when it was
very doubtful whether she would pull through. Coming
to the conclusion that something must be done, Collins
made up his mind to trust to a little Irish blarney, and

The fishing on the river, or rather |

the following chaff is reported by Mr. Collins himself :
“Shure now, its a foine log we’re on, an’ there’s enough
for ourselves and siveral more. Its pleasant walking in
the woods on Sunday, especially whin we mate in this
agreeable way; quite friendly isn’t it?” The bear
gave a grunt and moved forward a pace as if to embrace
Pat and prove nis friendship, at least. ‘“Hould on now,
hould on,” said Collins, “much as I admire ye. its bet-
ter to kape our distance till we've come to an under-
standing. Sure you're a foine agreeable looking cray-
thure, and if you'll say ‘peace, begob I’ll ratify the
bargain and lave you alone, but if you say ‘war,’ why
Ill climb a spalpeen of a tree and shout till Bill comes
wid his gun and kills ye. D’ye moind that now, ye
divil?” The bear took a look to the right and left as
if expecting the formidable Bill and his gun to break in
on the conversation at any moment ; and sure enough
William’s melodious voice was heard, about half a mile
away, chanting a ditty about “The woodchuck climbed
the big hemlock tree.” ‘Now thin, listen to that will
ye,” said Collins, “and whisper, acushla, lave the log
instantly, for if Bill gets sight of ye, yee hide
wouldn’t hould enough fur to kape ye’re skin from the
musquetes.” Whether it was this dire prediction, or
the remembrance of business matters elsewhere, can
only be conjectured, but in an instant bruin turned,
shot off the log and sailed away through the bush as if a
hundred fiends were after him. Collins also turned and
made as rapid progress in the opposite direction, nor
did he stop until he was safe under the protection of
William’s deadshot gun.

TO SAW TOUGH TIMBER.

LL tough timber, when the logs are being sawed in-
to lumber of any kind, whether scantling, boards

or planks, will spring badly when a log is sawed in the

usual manner, by commencing on one side and work-
ing toward the other. In order to avoid this it is only
necessary to saw off a slab or plank alternately, from
each side, finishing in the middle of the log. We will
suppose, for example, that a log of tough timber is to
be sawed into scantling of uniform size. Let the saw-
ing be done by working from one side of the log to the
other, and the end of the scantling will be of the desired
size, while at the middle some of them will measure one
inch broader than at the ends. After the log has been
spotted, saw off a slab from one side; then move the
log over and cut a similar slab from the opposite side.
Let calculations be made before the second is cut off,
so that there will be just so many cuts—no more, no
less, allowing for the kerf of every cut. If the log is to
be cut into three-inch scantling, for example, saw a
three-inch plank from each side until there is a piece
six and a quarter inches thick left in the middle. The
kerf of the saw will remove about one-fourth of an inch.
When a timber-log is sawed in this way, the cuts will
be of uniform thickness from end to end. Now turn
the log down. and saw the cuts the other way in the
same manner, and the scantling will not only be
straight, but of a uniform size from one end to the

other, if the saw be started correctly.
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A RAILROAD ON TREE TOPS.

T may not be known outside of the neighborhood in
which it is situated, but it is nevertheless a fact that
in Sonoma county, Cal., there exists an original and
successful piece of railroad engineering and building
that is not to be found in the books. In the upper part
of the county named, near the coast, may be seen an
actual railroad bed on the tree tops. Between the Clip-—
per Mills and Stuart Point, where the road crosses a
deep ravine, the trees are sawed off on a level with the
surrounding hills, and the timbers and ties laid on the
stumps. In the centre of the ravine mentioned two huge:
red wood trees, standing side by side form a substantial
support. These giants have been lopped off seventy-five
feet above the bed of the creek. This natural bridge is
considered one of the wonders of the Golden State and
for safety and security far exceeds a bridge framed in
the most scientific manner.

It is somewhat singular that lumbermen and loggers
never talk about forests. Plain woods is enough for
them.

- al facts are known to Canadians—young and

july, 1Sgt.

THE CANADA J.UMBERMAN.

SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD.

HE dead chieftain ! So much has been written and
said of Sir John A. Macdonald, since he was
stricken with paralysis on 29th of May, resulting in death
on Saturday, 6th June, that it seems almost a work of
supererogation to add another line. And yet, where is
the individual or institution, that does not desire,
though it may be in the humblest fashion and fewest
words, to pay a last tribute to the dead Premier ?
Politics are nowhere at the grave of one, who labored
for his country’s welfare, through a long life time, as did
the deceased statesman. Friend and foe are ready,
to extend to him, that well earned praise and com-
mendation, that has been his by—-deeds. J
John Alexander Macdonald was the second son of
Hugh Macdonald, a Highland Scotsman, a native of
Sutherlandshire and his wife Helen Shaw, of Badenock,

Invernesshire, who removed to Glasgow in early life,

where their son, the future Canadian Prime Minister,
was born, on 11th Jan., 1815.

In 1820 the father removed to Canada and settled at
Kingston, Ontario. In four years he lef
Kingston for Adolphustown, on the Bay of
Quinte, where he leased a saw and grist mill
a short distance from the settlement. The
son John remained in Kingston attending
the Grammar school. In 1836 the father
returned to Kingston and engaged in busi-
ness. When sixteen years of age John leit
school and entered the law office of Mr.
George Mackenzie, and at 21 he was ad-
mitted to the bar and commenced the
practice ot law in Kingston.

In his young days he took a lively interest
in politics. and at the general election of
1844 he offered himself as candidate for
Kingston in the Conservative interests. The
Limestone City was at that time the seat
of government. He was elected over his
opponent by a large majority, and continued '
to represent that place for 34 years after-
wards and then, after an interval of eight
years, for five years more.

We shall make no attempt to trace the
career of this foremost parliamentarian
through these many years—extending al-
most to half a° century. With them is
written the history of Canada, and the gener-

old. He scored many wonderful successes,
he had his reverses. He died,: as he had
desired, practically in harness and as head
of the government whose destines he had
controlled and shaped during a period of
years granted to few men.

Of his strong social nature every one
knows—an element that stood him in great
stead in many atight corner. In his do-
mestic relations he was singularly happy,
and time will never tell how much of
his political success and to what extent his
years of life and powers of mental and physical endur-
ance were due to the affectionate care and devotion of
Lady Macdonaid. He died in his 76th year, and was
buried in his native city Kingston.

COMING CHANGES.

OT the earth but a good sized piece, is asked for by

| the new Massey-Harris Co., (Lt’d.,) whose appli-
cation for letters patent of incorporation are published in
a late number of the Canada Gazette. Hitherto these
concerns have confined their efforts principally to the
manufacture of agricultural implements of various kinds,
and on probably a more extensive scale than by any
other company in the Dominion. The new combin-
ation does not intend to confine its energies to any
pent-up Utica. They ask leave to do all they have been
doing and in addition to have powers to manufacture
waggons, vehicles, household furniture, stoves and hard-
ware goods ; to deal in iron, steel, nickel, rope, cordage,
wine, oakum, etc.; to carry ona printing, publishing
advertising business and to act as general traders,
er to amalgamate or absorb other enterprises,

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The request ends here, so far as details are concerned,
though the application in some particulars, for example,
“to act as general traders,” is broad enough to admit
of almost any class of mercantile transactions. In last
month’s MILLER we expressed ourselves somewhat fully
on the question of combines. We had not before us at
that writing the particulars given above. These em-
phasize, in still stronger terms, the thought there ex-
pressed, that the whole tendency of modern trading is
towards a consolidation of kindred interests in one great-
erinterest. But the movement goes beyond this. It is
suggestive of the question: should a manufacturer be a
manufacturer only ? Or why should a dry goods mer-
chant sell silks and cottons and kindred goods and stop
there? Why not extend the list to foot-wear, groceries
fancy goods, and if you like, butcher’s meat ?
Everyone is aware that trading to-day is taking this
shape. We have dry good stores in this city that sell
almost everything else that comes under the head of
store keeping. The bazaar store, which is the general
term for these places of trading, is a factor in all our

*
THE LATE Rr. Hon. Sir JoHN A. MACDONALD.

cities, and their influence is seriously felt by the busi-
ness men in the outside communities. The cheap fares
that are ever and anon offered by our railway com-
panies, combined with the perfectness of our postal and
express systems,practically bring the trading advan.ages
of the larger town to the shopper, even in the remote
sections of the country.

Now we have a great manufacturing concern
going into store-keeping, at least asking the privilege
to do so, and thec oncluding ‘prayer of the petition
that they shall have power “to amalgamate and absorb
other enterprises” is most suggestive. Are we approach-
ing the age of Bellamy or are we getting away from it ?
We are undoubtedly on the eve of important changes,
both in the commercial and social world. The closing
days of the nineteenth century are freighted with many
wonderful thoughts and movements bearing in this
direction.

This article is simply suggestive. What thought
have you on the question dear reader? We shall be
glad to hear from you.—Canadian Miller,

There is a natural law relating to belting which is not
generally known, but which is nevertheless of value in
practice. The hug or adhesion of a belt is as the square
of the number of degrees which it covers on the pul-
ley. For example, a belt that covers two-thirds of the
circumference of a pulley requires four times the power
to make it slip as it does when it covers only one-third
of the same pulley. d

Take one ounce of camphor, dissolve it in one pound of
metal lard ; remove the scum and mix as much fine
black lead as will give it iron color. Clean the ma-
chirery and smear it with this mixture. After twentv-
four hours, rub clean with soft linen cloth. It is stated
that this mixture will keep machinery clean for months
under ordinary circumstances. s

The soaps used for cleaning metal work usually con-
sist of mixtures of vasaline, oleic acid and fat, mixed
with a small quantity of rouge. When fresh-
ly prepared they leave nothing to be desired;
but, unfortunately, such mixtures soon turn
rancid, and become unfit for use. A new
soap for metal work, which is stated to be
free from this objection, is made from cocoa-
nut butter in the following way: 2.5 kilo-
grams ofthe butter are melted in an iron
vessel, together with a little water, and to the
mixture is added, with constant stirring,
180 grammes of chalk, 87.5 grammes of alum,
87.5 grammes of cream of tartar, and 87.5
grammes of white lead. This mixture is
then poured into moulds and allowed tosolid-
ify. The soap so obtained is made into a
paste with water and rubbbed over the metal —
to be cleaned, and finally removed by a dry
rag or chamois leather. F j

Sawdust seems coming to the front most
wonderfully in various ways. A French
writer recommends the use of sawdust in
place of the hair usually mixed in mortar
He made a composition of two. parts saw
dust, two parts lime, five of sand and one of
cement, which he alleges is very firm and
will not peal off. The Technical Royal
School at Charlottenburg has been making
a series of experiments with sawdust, and
has now proved that it can be used as
building material. The sawdust is mixed
with certian refuse mineral products, and
compressed with a pressure of 1,500,000
kilogs to the quadrameter into the form of
bricks. - After this treatment. the saw dust
forms:excellent building material, very light,
impervious to wet and utterly uninflam-
mable. _ A slab of this substance was placed
for five hours in a coal fire and came out
of the test intact. :

Oak timber loses about one-fifth of its
weight in ordinary seasoning, and, about
one-third of its weight in becoming perfectly
dry. ;

It is found that by placing layers cf hair
felt under the foundations of steam engines
and dynamos, noise and vibrations are ma-
terially deadened.

The use of rope transmission, says an exchange, is
becoming more common every day and will continue so,
but at such a continually increased rate that it is advis-
able for all engineers to become as thoroughly familiar
with the use and care of ropes as they are now with
-belts. When a belt breaks or requires taking up, the
job is usually performed by a simple process of lacing
or connecting with some kind of belt hook made especi-
ally for the purpose ; but where ropes are used, there is
no patent fastener yet on the market by which the job
of connecting them can be simplified. The task of splic-
ing arope isnot more difficult than that of lacing a
belt.

The old story “for want of the nail the shoe was lost,
¢for want of the shoe the horse was lost,” is paralleled in
the case of the oil cup, says Robert Grimshaw. A poor
cup can do much to ruin an engine or machine ; a good
one, much towards bringing it up to the highest stan-
dard of duty. In this matter do not try experiments
rashly You may try one cup against another, in some
place where heating will not do serious damage ; but
don’t fit out all the way through with any untried cup,
no matter what is promised for it. If the new cup is
better than the old one, it may pay you to take off the
old ones and put on new ones. If it is not better, there
will be no advantage to youto try the new ones. It
never pays to take a risk, however slight, unless you are
paid to take it.

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THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

July, 1891

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- TRADE—RETROSPECTIVE AND PROSPECTIVE.

THE general managers of the Bank of Montreal, the
Merchants Bank of Canada, and the Canadian Bank
of Commerce, the three largest monetary institutions in
the country, have each given to the public, the usually
carefully considered address, that accompanies the an-
nual financial statement of their respective institutions.
No more able resume of the commercial conditions of
the entire Dominion, and, to some extent, a forecast of

the future, can be found than that furnished in the

annual utterances of these gentlemen.

It is perhaps not always wise for business men to
accept the zpse dixit of any one person, as a safe guide
for the conduct of their individual business, but the op-
portunities, of the heads of these large monetary con-
cerns, to guage the conditions of business at all points,
both in our own Dominion and neighboring countries
and across the sea, and from this data to prepare a
careful diagnosis of the entire situation, is so exceptional,
that we may take their utterances as exceptional too,
and carefully con and study them.

The address of the chief officer of the Bank of Mon-
treal was taken up largely in answering the criticism of
shareholders, caused by the reduction of profits, during
the last half year, to 1% per cent., where 5% per cent.
had been the usual average for a six months’ period.
His reply, we believe, was satisfactory to those direct-
ly interested, while the report of affairs generally show-
ed the bank to be in a thoroughly healthy condition.
It wasa case of a new manager, who felt it to be his
duty and the wise course for the Bank, at the outset of
entering office, to sharply scrutinize all assets and
make provision for possible losses, that had hitherto

been counted as more substantial properties. We want
no better evidence, however, of the sensitive nature of
than the flutter of excitement that was
created, when the bank statement was first issued, and

commerce,

before the managers explanations had been made.
A strong pronunciamento is made for the en-
actment of legislation by which insolvent es-

tates can be more equitably divided than is the case
at present. It is worthy of note that the Merchants’
manager presses the same matter upon the commer-
cial public.

The general manager of the Commerce referred with
pleasure to the increase in deposits, which in his bank
had now reached the handsome figure. of fifteen mill-
ions, and which showed a permanent gain during the
last five years of about five million dollars. The failure of
the Barings is made the subject of comment both by
Mr. Walkerand Mr. Hague, the former quoting the remark
of a witty statesman, who classed this banking firm
some years back, along with the five leading nations,
as the sixth great power of the world. Mr. Hague
makes the occasion one for reading the mercantile
world, and bankers as well, a common sense lesson on
the evils of over-trading. Men go into business with-
out any capital and the outcome is purely speculative
with the odds terribly against them ; retailers strike out
as wholesalers, with insufficient capital, and too often
the end is only disaster ; and wholesalers, with a mod-
erate capital, become ambitious to extend their
borders, and get beyond their depth. A house worth
even a million, may over trade as well as any other,
and “‘this affair of the Baring’s,” says Mr. Hague, “is
a terrible lesson in this direction.”

The special reference by the Commerce and Mer-
chants managers to the lumber industries, we print in
full in another column. The former points out that “there
is still in sight more timber than the total product of
any year since 1881, although the amount made in the
past year is only about one-fifth of that for 1889-90,”
and his argument is that the business can only be
brought up toa healthy condition by manufacturing
very little for another year. And the Merchants man-
ager expresses the same thought in the sentence:
“The lumber trade is gradually recovering itself
through a heavy decrease in productions.”

Deposits in the Merchants have increased consider-.

ably. The total earnings, while equal to the average
of recent years, have been affected in a measure
thiough the necessity of taking from them a larger
amount than usual to provide against losses and de-
preciations.

Mr. Hague does not consider that his bank has
deen sufficiently remunerated for much of the business
that has been done, and attributes this to the severe
competition which has shown itself in banking, as well
as in other branches of trade. “Many mercantile fail-
ures in this country,” he says, have arisen from borrow-
ing too freely,” adding the sage remark, “I have never
known any one to fail in Canada because he borrowed
too little.”

The present condition of business in the Dominion is
pronounced prosperous in some relations and the re-
verse in others. In British Columbia and the Maritime

, ; : Laveen
Provinces business is reported to be in a flourishing

condition, but this much cannot be said of Ontario or
Quebec. The practice in Canada of both retailers and
wholesalers giving long credits, is deprecated in vigor-
ous language and sensible logic.

Time alone will reveal the real effects of the McKin-
ley tariff. No pessimistic view is taken of the situation,
for we are cheerily told that if one market closes
another will be opened.

What of the future? These bank managers wisely
refrain from embarking as market prophets, consider-
ing the occupation as uncertain as that of weather
prophets. But the following closing words from the
address of the veteran manager of the Merchants’ will
surely inspire hope and give courage to every true
Canadian heart :

“As men are concerned just now about the position of
the country, I may say that it is 35 years since I first
entered a Canadian bank. Thirty-five years is not a
long time in the history of a country, but during this
short period I have seen the deposits of Canada grow

from fifteen millions to two hundred and twenty mill-
This fact speaks volumes. In view of such a
result in so short agime, one would be pessimistic,
indeed, to have any dcubts about the future.”

ions.

LUMBER ON CREDIT.

IT is only giving expression to a common place
aphorism to say, that credit is an absolute essential to
present business. The commonwealth exists
commercially as a result of credit. The Budget speech,
of every Finance Minister, tells the story of borrowing
to meet the requirements of government. Nor is this
condition applicable to the older communities alone.
Their credit, it may be; stands higher than the newer
countries, and they may have occasion to exercise it
They all do business on it. And just so soon as
this credit becomes impaired, as much in the case of
governments as individuals, as witness Portugal and
the Argentine Republic tc-day, then follows disaster,
and possibly bankruptcy.

This line of reasoning might be followed out, from the
commonwealth down to the smallest huckster who paces
our streets or tramps our country roads. It is
obvious to everyone. Credit is good and necessary ;
but its abuse, like that of every good thing is bad ;
and it is. abused badly in this age. Every trade can
make its own application. There are no exceptions,
not even in the field of banking, as is pointed out else-
where on this page.

Our reference is more directly to the lumber trades,
and to our own country. In the ELI page in last
month’s LUMBERMAN, the opinions of prominent
dealers were given. This month ELI has talked with
others, and their opinions are recorded. What is the
credit given by jobbers to dealers? Never less than
three months. The best firms expect it, as well as the
weakest, and they will not be satisfied with anything
less. The credit does not end here. Renewals are the
rule and not the exception. One large firm tells EL1,
that their renewals run not less than 4o per cent., and
the opinion 1s expressed that the general average,
throughout the trade, is higher than this.

We show elsewhere the small profits at which much
lumber is sold, as a result of competition. Add to this
the interest on the credit given, and it is hard to figure
the margin of profit, be it ever so small, that should
be behind every trade transaction. ;

There would seem to be an aggravation of the matter
that goes beyond anything yet stated. It is only local
to Toronto, but this is the more reason, seeing that all
parties concerned, buyers and sellers are here, that the
remedy should be applied. A jobber receives an order
from a local dealer for a certain quantity of lumber. It
is sold at closest price, and is shipped direct from the
mill to the dealer in the city. Probably the freight is
$25. Who pays it? The buyer, as is usual in commer-
cial transactions? No! The jobber must pay out in
cash the freight, add this disbursement to ° the
customer’s invoice,and take a three month’s note for the
whole. In some cases this will be extended on another

three month’s or even longer.

We write in the interests of retailer, even more: than
jobber, when we say that these conditions are decidedly
unhealthy. Three months time on a product like
lumber, which calls for continuous outlay, from the tree
in the forest until the manufactured article is turned
out, is not safe trading. No such credit is given on
lumber sold to American firms. They do not expect
it. Cash or 30 days at the outside is the rule. Who
will say that these men are less successful than our

eople? The contrary is the case. The long credits
kill, “Numbers of our failures,” says the manager of the
Merchants Bank, “can be traced to it and a good pro-
portion of our bank losses.” : ;

The evil exists. What are you going to do about it ?
It does seem to the LUMBERMAN that the jobbers
have the remedy in their own hands. We would not
say that the men engaged in this trade are so imbued
with a spirit of jealousy, one towards the other, that
they cannot be got close enough together to reach a
conclusion, that would help each one individually and
that would be a boon to the entire lumber trade. And
most of all to the men today, who think they cannot
exist without 3, 6 or 9 months time on their lumber. The
very fact, that this time is needed, is the strongest
evidence that at the best they are not more than exist-
ing.

“THE LUMBERMAN suggests a prompt, practical and
common sense move on these lines.

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THE statement of imports and exports from May Ist,
1889, to May Ist, 1890, and from May Ist, 1890, to May
Ist, 1891, embodied in the rerfort of the Minister of Cus-
toms and laid before the House at its present session,
show the exports of the forest for 1890 to have been
$21,529,828, and for 1891, $19,736.193, a reduction of
$1,793,635.

THE annual consumption of railroad ties is placed at
73,000,000, which requires 365,000,000 cubic feet of raw
material. The opinion generally held by railroad man-
agers that young wood is more desirable because it is
young is erroneous. On the contrary, young wood,
which contains a large amount of albuminates, the food
of the fungi, is more apt to decay, other things being
equal. Sound, mature, well grown trees yield more
timber than very young or very old trees. It has been
found that hewed ties will last from one to three years
longer than sawed, and the explanation is given that
the sawed face is more or less rough and collects the
water and thus gives opportunity for fungus growth,
while the smoother face of the hewed tie sheds the
water.

“THE timber and deal trade with England,” says the
Monetary Times, “has had its period of reverse too,
and the heavy losses made bv shippers of last year can
now be somewhat fairly estimated. It was in some re-
spects the most disastrous vear which the trade has
experienced for a good while back. These disasters
were not confined to the trade in Canada, in fact they
only reflected the losses which had befallen the trade
in the United Kingdom, where some old established

‘and respectable firms have disappeared from tie scene

altogether, while others have had to put up with heavi-
ly diminished returns on their capital, or no return at
all, ifnot a depletion of capital itself. In Canada there
has been only one failure of magnitude in the trade ;
but this failure has entailed considerable losses fo the
banks with whom the firm did business.
have largely been confined to exporters. The manu-
facturers in the interior, whether of deals or timber,
have escaped with little or no loss. A heavy curtail-
ment of production is the only remedy for such a state
of things as arose last year, and this curtailment hes
already taken place.”

These losses

A RESOLUTION on the part of any branch of trade, to
Maintain prices, does not necessarily mean a “com-
bine” to raise prices. Unfortunately the abuses of
monopolies and combines have been so many, that
when a body of business men form themselves into an
association, the “cry” is generally raised that “here’s
another trust.” The case is illustrated just now by the
action of the lumber manufacturers of South Georgia,
who have recently resolved to unite in an effort to
maintain a living price for their product, as against the
demoralizing “cutting,” that has been prevalent among
the trade in that section of the country. Certain mem-
bers of the trade have refused to join the association,
on the ground that the movement is one to prevent
legitimate competition. The CANADA LUMBERMAN is
not in position to confirm or refute this statement, fur-
ther than the assurance of our esteemed contemporary
The Southern Lumberman, that “if it isa combine it is
in the defensive sense and not the offensive.” We do
know that there is an unfortunate disposition in nearly
every section of country to cut prices, and that the real
interests of many leading departments of business are
discouragingly disorganized for this very reason. It is
only common sense on the part of common sense busi-
ness men to make any effort that will remedy this evil,
and if this can be done by organization, who should
object 7

In an age when “ diamond cut diamond ” is the rul-
ing policy of too many engaged in business, and where

TPE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

one man’s disaster is utilized for the gain of some one
else, it is pleasing to note the disposition of the people
of Winona, Minn., towards Messrs. Schroth & Ahrens;
sash and door manufacturers of that city. This firm were
unfortunate enough last month to have their extensive
plant destroyed by fire. The total loss was $90,000, with
an insurance of only $20,000. How did the fellow citi-
zens of this firm show their regrets? At once, a volun-
tary act on their part, they went to work and sub-
scribed $10,000 to assist in the work of rebuilding.
Accompanying the donation was a letter in which are
recorded these kindly words: “While this is in the
form of subscription, we beg leave to assure you that that
which particularly and especially influences this action
is the great respect and friendship entertained for each
of you individually and the desire to show you the ap-
preciation in which you are held by your neighbors.
Were it not that business has for some time been dull
the sum would have been made much higher.” We
hear more or less of “man’s inhumanity to man;” here
is an evidence of that touch of nature that makes a whole
world kin. The firm in question have good reason
to be proud of the esteem of their neighbors.

THE annual report of the Minister of the Interior

| just issued, shows the amount collected from timber

dues in British Columbia and the northwest territories
to be larger than those of 1889 by $25,878.79. Of the
revenue from timber, $45,485.09 was derived from
bonuses, ground rents and royalties on timber cut from
lands in the railway belt in British Columbia, being an
increase of $27,440.32 over the previous year. An
interesting statement of the report is that showing the
decrease in the average prices of lumber within the
several crown agencies during the last six years. The
crown timber agent at Winnipeg reports that fuel is
somewhat cheaper than last year, cordwood on the
railway car at Winnipeg being $2.25 to $4 a cord for
poplar and spruce, respectively; $8 is asked for Ameri-
can anthracite coal on car, and $6.75 for native s@ft
coal. The regulations of September 17, 1888, govern-
ing the disposition of timber in Manitoba and the
northwest territories, were, December 18, 1890, amend-
ed, so that licensees have now the option of either pay-
ing the royalty of 5 per cent. provided for by the
regulations on the value of the lumber in the log, or at
the period at which the lumber, when manufactured, is
sold, and if the dues are paid at the former period the
royalty is to be on the average price received for lum-

ber during the three months next prior to the date

upon which the dues are paid. The reason for making
this change was, that in British Columbia it was found
impossible for those persons holding licenses for Dom-
inion and provincial lands, to separate the lumber
manufactured from timber cut upon Dominion lands
from that manufactured from timber cut on provincial
lands. “It was also thought advisable to cancel the
provision for a rebate of one-half of the royalty, amount-
ing to about 25 cents a thousand, paid upon timber
limits of Canada, and the order-in-council of December
18, 1890, above quoted, repealing section 20 of the
regulations of British Columbia provide for a rebate of
25 cents a thousand on timber exported, but that it was
considered that the timber on Dominion lands
more valuable than that on provincial lands, ow-
ing to the fact that the towage from the nearest point
on the latter to Vancouver exceeds 65 cents a thousand,
whereas from Dominion lands, it does not average
25 centsathousand. It will thus be seen that the
licenses of timber. berths on Dominion lands, even
although not allowed a rebate, have the advantage
over those holding licenses for timber berths on _pro-
vincial lands, who are allowed a rebate of 25 cents a
thousand.”

Was

THE five colonies collectively, comprising the con-
tinent of Australia, annually import timber from other
parts of the world to the value, at times, of over
£,2,000,000 sterling. This circumstance has set the
Australians conning the problem of forest conserva-
tion. It is not alone the cost of present consumption
that is considered, but the question is asked »y the
Director-General of Forests for the government of
New South Wales, “if such is the annual value of the

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imported timber at this comparatively early stage of
our existence, as a nation, what will it be, say fi
hence?” “And, secondly, will the supplies from which
we now draw remain always available ?

Undoubtedly
these are important and practical questions. Tt
carries its own answer, and the second, Mr. Brown, the

e first

officer asking the question, thinks may te answered in
the negative. Then follows the further
“what are the native timber resources of these colonies,

conundrum

and are they being utilized in such a way as to ce the
most of them?” It is understood that whilst woods,
such as the tulip, cedar, blackwood, and mahogany are
not as acceptable to the colonists as the imported wal-

nut, ash, elm, and hickory, that yet they are in ever

way equal to the imported article. This argument
favors the conservation of the ingenious forests, and
also the planting of exotic trees, which it is claimed
can be successfully grown in Australia, both the soil

and climate being suitable. Weare not so sure that

Mr. Brown is not a little Quixotic in some of his conclu-
sions. It is doubtful, if these antipodal colonies can within
themselves grow woods that to-day they are importing.
In any case, if we know anything of forest preservation
in this part of the Empire, the contract to hold their
own innativetimberis large enough for present consider-
ation. At the same time, we are glad to see our colonist
brethren from “dowm below” taking so lively an interest
in the question of forestry. It is one of these subjects.
that requires all the enthusiasm that is likely to be
thrown into it.

Last year the Dominion government despatched
William Ogilvie, the well-known explorer, to investi-
gate the resources of the upper Ottawa and the coun-
try lying contiguous to the Hudson bay. His report
has been laid before parliament, now in session. With
regard to the timber resources of the district traversed
by him, Mr. Ogilviesays: “It is needless to say any-
thing of the timber resources of the upper Ottawa, they
being well-known, but the country near the water shed
we are not so familiar with. Here there is much red
and white pine, with some fair spruce available, which
will compare well in size and qual'ty with a great deal
that is now taken out. Timber on Barrier lake, Lonely
river and Long lake, and its affluent streams can be
directly floated into the Ottawa. That beyond the
water shed, around Island lake and its affluents, can
with very little trouble be floated into the waters of the
Ottawa as follows : I have already mentioned that in
high water the water from Summit lake flows both to
the Ottawa and Abitibi. | Now it appears to me that a
few hundred dollars judiciously applied would make
this exit to the Ottawa available for the passage of tim-
ber through it down to Leng lake. By deepening and
straightening Snake creek, which could be easily done,
and placing a tug, such as is on Quinze lake, on Sum-
mit and Island lakes, all the timber around there could
readily be placed at this exit and thence easily brought
to the Ottawa by the aid of a tug on Long lake, Lonely
river and Lake Barrier. As we approach Lake Abi-
tibi the pine gradually thins out, until six miles below
it, on Abitibi river, the last white pine is seen, and
thenceforward we have only spruce, poplar and some
birch and tamarack, of which only the first named is
large enough to be of any commercial value. On the
Moose river there are many spruce trees fifteen inches
and upwards in diameter, and some balsam and poplar
which could be utilized for many purposes. Very few
trees were seen around James bay of large enough size
for other use than fuel. In the vicinity of Rupert’s
houce some building timber might be found, but not
much suitable for any other purposes, the same remark
applies to East main and all intervening country. If
the timber on all the other rivers flowing into the bay is
no more important than that I saw on the Abitibi, 1 would
hesitate to call the timber resources of that district
valuable, for though it is all thickly wooded only a per-
centage of it, along the river at least, is large enough
for merchantable lumber.

when it will have to be resorted to, and when this time
comes we shall find ample water power on the ground
for the cheap manufacturing of all the available lumber
there, so that the consumer here or elsewhere will not
be burdened with the cost of transport of the refuse
part of it”

Yet the time is coming

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THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

July, 1891

+ +"T- HERE is really a vast difference,” said Mr. Geo.
Hastings, of this city, “between selling lumber

to American deal

Here we sell everything on three months’ time, and do a

large amount of renewing for customers. An American

It is not an

ers and to those in our own country.

firm never dreams of asking such terms.
uncommon thing to receive back a cheque before the
stock has actually reached the customer. There isa
pleasure in cultivating a business of this character.
But remember this, when you sell an American a cer-
tain class of goods, he wants that and nothing else.
He is prompt and exact all around, and this is as it
should be.” In answer to the query, how is trade, Mr.
Hastings reported it “quiet, though the outlook for the
fall is fair, if the harvest turns out well.”
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“Lumber trade in New Brunswick,” remarked Mr.
R. B. Joyce, a former lumberer of that Province, and
now located in Toronto, “is seriously affected by the
competition of the Baltic. Itis an export trade that
the Province depends upon, and the cost of production
has increased tc that extent of late years, through in-
crease of stumpage and other causes, that they can-
not profitably cope with this outside rival. I wish it
were otherwise, but I sometimes fear the best days of
my old province have gone by.”

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1 have heard of a Michigan lumberman, who has
written to a friend in Canada, asking: “What in the old
Harry the CANADA LUMBERMAN means by agitating
this log question?” This hits my devoted head, and
I wish my American friend to know that -my hair is
getting very thin about there. I have not done any
agitating. My province is to give every one a show,
and I have been letting the folks on both sides do their
I must try and catch you, and get in
your say, too. ELI is a free and independent elector,
with no axe to grind; but he is dead anxious to further

the interests of every lumberman.
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I had a few words with Mr. Tennant, in his office
on the esplanade, a week ago. He had just
returned trom the west, and reports a fairly active
trade on the other side of the lines. “Yes,” said he,
“they have got over the labor troubles that threatened
such dire disaster in the early spring. Prices are some-
what stiff. Good inch and half and two inch Cana-
dian lumber is bringing $3 a thousand more than a
year ago.” Mr. Tennant expressed the opinion that the
reduction of the duty to $1 a thousand had helped
shipments to the States. One effect of the change, how-
ever, was to produce a scarcity of lumber here. Stocks

own talking.

just now were very low.
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I have noticed in reading the news items of the
LUMBERMAN that with few, if any exceptions, the
shingle mills of this country are reported to be working
day and night. Meeting a leading lumber merchant
a few days since, I asked him to account for this. “It
is owing” he said, “to the strong American demand for
shingles. These people for some years past have been,
to a large extent, using tin and galvanized roofs. Ex-
perience has proven to them, that these will not stand
the weather, and they are now going back to shingles
again. A 16 inch shingle is being used in most cases.
Many lumbermen are cutting their rough logs into
shingles and as they can sell them as fast as made, they
set their money out of them at once. Prices I am glad

to say are up a little.”
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“The flattening out of the real estate boom in the
city,” remarked Mr. Caldwell, manager for Messrs.
Tennant & Co., lumber merchants, “has made local
trade quiet. Real estate has tied up a good many
people. Very little speculative building is going on to-
day. The erection of small houses, such as was gone

| into so largely a few years ago, is what created the

demand for lumber. Iron and stone are chiefly used in
the large buildings that are now going up in the city.
Trade in the country is quiet, but we are looking for a
good fall trade. Everything depends on the harvest.
The farmers are the mainstay of our country towns.
One bane of trade in Canada is the long credits. I have
been trying for some time to get the lumbermen to-
gether in order that some arrangement could be
effected that would end this kind of business. Think
of such nonsense as the jobber paying out in cash
freights on lumber shipped from the mills tosome local
customer here, and then taking the man’s note for that
which has been a straight disbursement on his part.
And that kind of thing we are doing every day. The
practice was started by a firm, who are to-day out of
business, but it seems impossible to get any one back
to sensible principles again.” Mr. Caldwell reports
that his firm are finding an increased demand for
dressed lumber, and that they are having this work done
at home, and to the satisfaction of customers, both as
regards prices and character of work.
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“Why should not the duty on hardwoods, as well as
pine, be reduced to one dollar? asked the manager of
McEachren Bros., lumber dealers of this city. ‘Our
trade is nearly altogether in hardwoods and we find
ourselves a good deal handicapped by the duty. We
pay it of course and not the consumer. It comes out of
our price.”

You have been through the States lately was the
suggestive enquiry of the interviewer.

“Yes” said he, “I was all through Flcrida, Tennessee,
Virginia and other southern States the early part of the
year. To me the weather was delightful. I saw lots
of yellow pine and I can believe all I hear about its
growing popularity. It isa handsome wood, and of
great length. But about that duty on hardwood. There
should be free trade in lumber of all kinds.”

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Doctors will differ and so will lumbermen. We may
have before us the same data, but it does not follow
that we will reach the same conclusions from that data.
I tell elsewhere on this page of a consignment of
twenty-five carloads of lumber toa real estate dealer in
the city. A well-known lumberman relates how the
circumstance struck him. We give his story. I men-
tioned the fact to lumberman John Donagh. His
impression was that the possession of so large a quan-
tity of lumber by one outside of the lumbering business,
told of a real estate dicker, rather than its usefor build-
ing operations by or for the owner. “There isa good
deal of trading 10 real estate these days,” said Mr.
Donagh, “and | have known men in the city to acquire
quantities of lumber taken ina real estate deal with
some one in the country, who owned, or found it to his
interest to control, some lumber.” Either interpretation
may be correct, and both are probably typical of act-
ual transactions occurring at times. There is very
little, from a jack knife to a load of lumber, that cannot
be concerned in real estate these days. I know of teas.
sugars, pictures, printing due bills, and the dear knows
what else, that have played a part in the sale of a piece
Anything will count, if only the property
So much for real

of property.
can be influenced to change hands.

estate.
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I have seen a letter, addressed to the publisher of
THE LUMBERMAN, from a wholesale lumber dealer
across the border, asking, “how to get the address of
lumber dealers or manufacturers in Montreal and
Ottawa.” The parties writing the letter are subscribers
to THE LUMBERMAN, and an announcement from
dealers in these places would, of course, come before
their notice. Others would also see it, for I am in-
formed, that the request is not an unusual one.. The
letter is naturally suggestive of adveitising. THE LUM-
BERMAN has no cause to complain in this department
—at least, as an onlooker, it strikes one this way; the
fact that -so many of the best firms in the country,
especially those engaged in manufacturing, use its
advertising pages regularly, and some most liberally,
is an unmistakable compliment to the merits of the
journal as an advertising medium. I have been struck,

however, with the paucity of advertising from lumber
dealers themselves. They have lumber to sell. The
CANADA LUMBERMAN covers the whole field in Can-
ada, of value to those who sell lumber, and it has also
a wide constituency across the border. How many
carloads of lumber would a dealer require to sell
to cover the cost of an attractive business announcement
in these pages? It is evident from letters such as we
have quoted above—and it is no single instance—that
there are new customers to be had, if our dealers
will only let them know that they are doing business.

A nod to a blind horse ete.
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“A large amount of property in this city,” said Mr.
Meaney, manager for R. Thompson & Co., lumber
merchants, of Bay St., “is not paying more than 2 or 3
per cent. on the amount invested. Toronto wants about”
50,000 more people to drop in here—and to do so at once.
Building has been overdone, and it is because so many
people are loaded up with real estate to-day, that col-
lections are slow. Have you noticed in the case of
recent failures, what a large part of the assets of many
insolvents is made up of real estate? We are forced in
settling up with customers very often, in order to pro-
tect ourselves, to take over property of one class and
another. I suppose it is better to do this than to make
a clean loss, but in most cases we will have to “hold
on” for sometime before we get our own back.”

“T will tell you a funny thing that came under my
notice a few days ago,” continued Mr. Meaney. “I was
signing theG T.R. book in acknowledgment of an advice
of acar load of lumber for our firm. I noticed the
names of several other local firms for a carload each.
Scanning the list more closely, I found acertain realestate
dealer down for 25 car loads. We poor mortals could
only buy one car load at a time; he bought in lots of
twenty-five.”

What significance do you attach to this? was the
query. “It just means that speculative building in the
city has reached a point where holders of real estate,
who can manage it, find it necessary to hold even the
lumber in their own hands, forthe speculative buildersare
not in a position to command any credit. The owner of
the land may be able to unload himself in part this way.
If the builder can make anything beyond his wages all
well and good. If not the other man takes no
chances.”

I found Mr. Meaney as I have found the lumber
dealers generally loaded up on the question of long
credits. ‘Take in the real facts,” said he. “The
lumberman starts into the woods with a lot of men.
For cutting, logging, drives etc. he has got to put up
spot cash, from the start. When the lumber is actually
manufactured, it is a mistake and means a loss to sell
itat once. Nearly .wo years go by from the time
he starts to expend capital in its preparation for the
market, before it is actually ready to sell. Then when
it should be converted into cash, it is sold on three
months time, and this credit is extended to the amount
of one half by renewals.”

Well remarked ELI no doubt you allow for all this in
the profits.

“Ves we do” said Mr. Meaney with a quzzical smile.
“Take bill stuff. It costs $9 at the mill. The freight
is $2.75. We sell it for $12 0n time. Big profit, isn’t
it? And lots of margin for an occasional loss during the
year. THe LUMBERMAN would be conferring a great
boon on the trade, if it could do anything to get the
dealers in this city together to talk over these matters
in a common sense, business manner, as business
men should always be able to do.”

The venerable ELI,having his subject well in hand,was
cruel enough to torture him with one more question be-
fore the interview closed. What about the duty that
some folks are making a good deal of noise about ?

“Tt has been a good thing for this section of country”
was the response. ‘Our good lumber is worth $5. a
thousand more than it was a year ago. We can’t
credit all this to the duty, but it has had the effect of
bringing the Americans over here and letting them
see just what we have got, and in this way new trade has
been created, and as a result of the increased demand
has come increased prices They have found that they
can do better here than in Michigan.”

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hundred and twenty horses. Up above we saw the

to be seen in Stanley Park, Vancouver. B. C. Unless | [Regular Correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN ] J a é
s 1 f the forest it is hard to ara ie wet logs come up and watched the saws bite into the
one has seen these giants of the fores 1s har LL the mills in British Columbia are taxed to their | pine, casting to one side the tough brown bark. The
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lumberman knows, one of the main sources of the
natural wealth of the Province. The great size attained
by these trees has been attributed by so high an
authority as Dr. Dawson to the mildness and humidity
of the climate. The Douglas pine frequently exceeds
300 feet in height and is remarkably strong and straight.

FASHIONS AND FADS IN THE LUMBER TRADE.

HERE is one thing that defies human foresight to
predict and all human laws and efforts to control.
It is fashion. No human foresight can predict when,
where, or in what shape it will start up, or in what
direction it will trend. It is essentially a child of Civil-
ization and its wildest modern vagaries mark but
successive steps from barbaric splendor to the height of
culture. Itis the one omnipotent power that rules
modern civilization and culture with a tyranic despotism
more inflexible than the barbaric.ages ever knew.

It would seem that, in this utilitarian and practical
age, if there is any industrial interest that would be
entirely free from all influence of the tyrant Fashion it
would be the lumber trade. But it is not. Fortunes
have been made and lost in the lumber trade upon a
whim of Fashion. Some years ago Fashion issued a
decree that all the world should skate, regardless of
climate, weather, and thermal conditions. Lumbermen
made fortunes building rinks to supersede frozen water,
and the world was ransacked to find suitable timber to
makerollers for skates. Millions of money wereinvested
in the manufacture of roller skates, rinks, and the
patents that covered their mode of construction. The
forests of Asia Minor were “denuded” to some extent of
boxwood timber to make the rollers, and that wood, at
one time, was worth almost its weight in -silver, and
figured largely in the national tariffrevenues. Sudden-
ly Dame Fashion issued a decree of disapproval of the
sport, and as suddenly half made. fortunes crumbled
into bankruptcy.

About, or soon after, that time Fashion decreed that
the sporting and pleasure seeking world should devote
its attention to another athletic sport—base ball. As
usual, the lumberman were called upon to furnish their
part of the outfit, and it proved a small bonanza to
some of them. One obscure hamlet in Tennessee fur-
nished as many as one hundred cars of ash base ball
bats in asingle year. Recently the demand for this
kind of wood work has fallen off to almost nothing,
and there are some anxious inquirers among the lumber
fraternity who want to know what Fashion is going to
do about the game. This is a question no one can
answer positively. Under the league system of pro-
fessionals the business was overdone. It requires no
special mental training, no moral characier, or other
trait except physical vigor and practice, but experts
soon commanded salaries exceeding those paid our
high judicial and executive officers, or the most eminent
divines and scholars. If Fashion were governed by
sense or any known law of reason we should think the
professional game is “out of fashion.” As a college
game, among non-salaried amateurs, it is well enough,
and will probably always be in fashion, but the tribute
it will pay to the lumbermen will be comparatively
small. Those who are now discussing whether the
present condition of the game is only a temporary
depression or a permanent decadence, refer to the
English national game of cricket as a hopeful example.
They say that game has been played in England for
centuries and is still popular, and many think base ball
will revive. May be so. No one can tell, but this is
not a good time to invest money in machinery, plant,
or timber for the manufacture of base ball supplies.

THE forest fires where darmage has been done to live
timber are likely to result in considerable summer log-
ging being done. The timber will be cut to save it
from destruction by the worms and the elements.

export. The great scarcity of bottoms still continues
and the amount exported is curtailed for this reason.
It is a surprise and cause of wonder to many that the
export mills in British Columbia have more orders than
they can fill, for the above reasons, while the mills on
Puget Sound are either closed down entirely, or only
running half time, from want of orders. The explan-
ation seems to be that the timber from B. C. finds more
ready sales.

The Boards of Trade of New Westminster, Vancouver
and Victoria are trying to have B. C. lumber and timber
quoted and separated from ‘Oregon Pine” in the
circulars and trade reports of Australia. Now it all
goes in as “Oregon Pine” which is unfair to B. C. Fir.

The Canadian Pacific Lumber Co. have concluded
the purchase of five acres of land near the head of Lulu
Island from Mr. D. McGillivray on which
build their mill. The purchase price was $5,000.
Work on the mill has been commenced. The ma-
chinery has been ordered and is expected here shortly.
A rumor is abroad that a well known manufacturing
firm will amalgamate with the Canadian Pacific Co.,
but at this writing it lacks confiirmation.

Messrs. Murray Bros. have opened a retail lumber
yard at Mission City and are now ready to fill all orders
for building and finishing lumber.

Morton Bros., mill on the Nicomeckl River is kept
busy at local work.

The R. C. P. mills Co. daily ship from 3 to 5 cars of
lumber east per C. P.R. and the Brunette Saw Mill
Co. is increasing their trade east of the Mountains,
every mail bringing in orders. The new mill is work-
ing to the satisfaction of the management. Mr. John
Wilson, late of Ottawa, is now manager and H. L.
Debeck, secretary. This change was made at the last
general meeting of the Co. held in New Westminster
last March.

T. S. Higginson Esq, crown timber agent, is still
very unwell and feels the effects of his accident received
in the C. P. R. accident at Schreiber, some time since.

The output of the Westminster mills tor the year
ending May Ist is placed at one hundred and fifty
n.illion feet of lumber, the value of which would be
about $1,875,000. This is exclusive of laths and shingles.
It is estimated that forty five million shingles were also
turned out, which would mean at least $135,000. There
were fifteen million laths, which would aggregate $37,500.
Of the above production it is estimated that at least
one-half was exported to foreign countries, such as
China, Japan, India, Australia and the United Kingdom,
while the other half was utilized at home.

The genial and capable manager of the MacLaren
Ross Lumber Co. Mr. R. H. O’Hara, has resigned.
He left for the east on 24th inst. IBts (G, Ie.

New Westminster, B. C. June 25th 1891.

they will

LUMBERING—THROUGH WOMAN’S GLASSES.

HE following sprightly sketch of the Longford Saw
Mills is written by “Madge Merton,” editor of the
woman’s department of the Daz/y Globe. It is read-
able, because of its brightness, as well as presenting an
interesting picture of life in the lumbering regions, as
seen by a woman. She says :—

“Five miles from Orillia across the Lake Couchiching
is the little lumbering settlement of Longford, owned
by Thompson Bros. The three-fourths of a mile from
the dock to the large mill is a pretty drive past full-
foliaged woods, stony, rolling ground and the ruins of
an old tramway, which has fallen into disuse since the
entrance of the railway.

“Alongside the mill is Lake St. John, a pretty, glassy-
surfaced sheet of water four miles long. Near the
shore the logs were lying ready for their quick passage
through the noisy mill, with its executive committe of
saws and men. How the saw dust, splinters, blocks
and chips come tumbling down the shafts, for the waste.

and the men strained every
machinery waited for no slow hands or wearied bodies.
The circular saws hissed spitefully as they cut the tim-
ber even and the noise of the planks falling upon the
pile was lost in the commotion.

“Standing near the Jath machine we watched the
slender sticks come out ready to be sorted into bundles.
The hiss of the saw was of shorter duration, but further
over the busy, larger one filled the second’s interval
with its monotonous buzzing.

“We climbed up to the door of the big sheet-iron
burner, in which the useless saw dust fell to be con-
sumed, and stared with horror-startled eyes down into
the flames. They leaped towards us with a roar. The
hot smoke rose in clouds and the sparks danced in
them like shooting stars.

“At the smaller mill I was much interested in the
emery wheel which sharpens in an hour a big, wicked
looking saw which by hand required a-half day’s labor
How it ground against the metal, flinging sparks out
into the air, reminding one of pin-wheel fireworks on
Dominion Days !

“A store, telegraph office, post office, church, school
and free library are the town part of the settlement,
and the little cottages for the married workmen are
prettily situated away from the mills, with two large
boarding-houses for the unmarried ones.

“In passing a stone quarry I learned that stone was
being shipped from it for the new Toronto City Hall
building. To the north the bush fires were raging and
the smoke drew the horizon close about eyes which
were aching to look beyond it.

“High piles of lumber rose above our heads till it
seemed as if pigmy horses and dwarfed people were
moving along the winding road. “Ten milhons shipped
since January and 120 M cut in the big mill in a day.”
was the owner’s answer to my queries.

“The air was spicy with the odor of the fresh-cut pine,
and the sun was red in the smoky atmosphere as we
boarded the little steamer on our return journey. All
the way along a band of sunset-light stretched between
us and the west, startled into sparks as the disturbed
water flowed away from the path cut by the prow.
Grey-hued in the smoke lay Orillia with its tiers of
tree-crowned terraces stretching above the water front
of the calm little island-dotted Lake Couchiching

muscle, for the whirling

TRADE NOTES.

The firm of Burns & Thomas, saw manufactwrers, of
this city, has become the E. R. Burns- Saw Co., Mr.
Thomas retiring. The saws of this company, of what-
ever kind, have ever taken a first position. Circular
and long saws of all kinds can always be had from
them.

It will be of interest to our readers to know that the
Waterous Engine Works Co., of Brantford, have a
band saw mill expert from the States in their employ,
who, they will be glad to send out of any mills requir-
ing the service of a man to put their saws in order and
give them instructions in running band saws.

The Cant Bros. Co., of Galt, have just brought out a
new and improved hub boring machine with a self-
centering chuck, capable of receiving blocks from 3
inches to 22 inches diameter, and of boring or reaming
either straight or taper holes from 7% of an inch to 5
inches diameter. The hole is bored in the block com-
plete at one operation to the proper size and taper, so
as to fit the hub lathe mandrel on which the block is
turned and finished. The carnage is mounted on and
gibbed to a stout wooden frame, and will neither leave
its bearings nor spring even when performing the
heaviest class of work, and it slides to and from the

boring tool easily and accurately by means ofa large
hand wheel. When the carriage is moved to the back
end of the machine, the block can be readily placed in
and taken out of the jaws, which are operated by hand
wheel and gearing.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

July, 1891

THE NEWS.

ONTARIO.

—Ottawa river is now at its nominal height.

—The saw mills at Burk’s Falls are busy cutting.

—Trenton notes their first drive of logs last week.

—McMillan’s saw mill at Morris, is ranning full blast.

—What about the news of your district ? Send it along.

—Messrs. Elliott & Co., builders, Toronto, have assigned.

—Business is rushing at Donaldson and Perdue’s at Bay-
field.

—The planing mill of Mr. Eaton of Orillia is being en-
larged.

—Robert Sampson’s mill at Pt. Alma has started for the
season.

—Wages in the lumber industries of the Ottawa have been
reduced.

—Deals for England are being shipped by Mr. J. R. Booth
of Ottawa.

—The E. B. Eddy Co. are converting their saw mill into a
paper mill.

—A saw mill is being erected at Otterville by Messrs. Kay
and Smiley.

—Potter’s saw mill at Little Current is being run to its
fullest capacity.

—A drive of 40,000 logs of the Rathbun Cc, passed through
Varker a week since.

—A large quantity of valuable lumber is being cut this
season at Sturgeon Bay.

—The Rathbun Company have purchased 200 carloads of
timber at the Mississippi. i

—Every lumber firm on the Ottawa, it is said, wiil work
limits next fall and winter.

—Mr. Jaynes, of Sturgeon Bay, has been perfecting the
machinery of his shingle mill.

—The saw mill of Mickle and Dyment at Bradford gives
employment to about 50 men.

—Pierce & Co’s. mill onthe Ottaw~, which is at present
idle, is to be sold next month.

—Active preparations are being made for the building of a
saw mill at Saltford, Huron Co.

—The Buel, Hurdman & Co. mills at Ottawa will run
day and night during the season.

—W. B. Fotheringham, saw mill man, at Rainy River,
Ont., has assigned to Campbell & May.

—The big saw mill at Bradford commenced operations on
2nd ult., and will run about four months. -

—The steamer ‘‘Rush” is loading lumber at Ottawa for the
Bronson & Weston Lumber Co. at Rockliffe.

—The Parry Sound Lumber Co's shingle mill is running
day and night to meet the demand for shingles.

—Logs in large quantities are being shipped by Messrs.
Broxton and O’Connor to the Chatham Mfg. Co.

—The tail of the first drive of saw logs down the Moira
passed through the boom at Belleville on 17th ult.

—The S. S. Africa and her tow cleared Collingwood last
week with about a million feet of lumber for Tonawanda, N. Y.

—Mr. E. B. Eddy has erected a new black-smith shop
next to Hurdman’s mill, Ottawa, the dimensions being about
30x40 feet.

—Rivermen from up the Gatineau report that the log drive
on the Blanche, which is making its way down, will be an un-
usually large one. ?

—Long trains laden with logs come into Deseronto every
night over the K. N. & W. Ry. from the Mississippi River
via Harrowsmith.

—Earnscliffe, Ottawa, the late home of Sir John A. Mac-
donald, was formerly the property of Mr. Jas. McLaren the
well-known Ottawa lumberman.

—Both Booths and Hurdman’s piling grounds on the Hull
side of the Ottawa present a deserted appearance, most of the
lumber having been disposed of.

—The new card board factory of the E. B. Eddy Co.,
Ottawa, started operations on the 2oth ult. The card board
is made entirely from spruce pulp.

—The Export Lumber Co. have built a track from the
Chaudiere branch of the C, A. R. on the line between their
piling grounds and those of J. R. Booth.

—The Capital planing mill company’s new factory at
Stewarton, near Ottawa, is now running and a large amount
of planed lumber is being turned out daily.

—The Red mill stock of lumber at Little Current, also

| Meesrs. J. T. Conlon’s cut for this year, has been purchased’

by Mr. W, H. Bellinger of Tonawanda, N. Y.

—Messrs. Mitchel Bros. of Owen Sound and Lucknow are
doing a large export trade in hardwood, principally maple, to
England. Their mill is running day and night.

—Fishery Inspector Ramsay has caused Messrs. Gall,

| Anderson & Co. and Knight Bros. of Burk’s Falls, to be fined

$10 each for allowing saw dust to get into the river.

—A fine class of logs is reported as coming down the Severn
and which are being converted by Mr Rowland and his men

| into lumber at the rate of over thirty thousand a day.

—Deals and boards for the Glasgow market are being
shipped from J. R. Booth’s mill, Ottawa. Already eight
barges have left, each carrying over 300,000 feet of lumber.

—The Rathbun Company’s mill at Rossmore has been
abandoned and is in course of dismantlement. The boilers
are out and the order fer the removal of the smoke stacks
has been issued.

—Only Bronson & Weston’s and Perley & Pattee’s of all
the mills on the Chaudiere are running on full time. An
army of workmen walked the streets of the Chaudiere through
lack of employment.

—Twenty-five thousand ties for the Grand Trunk Railway !

and 1,000 cords of wood for the Napanee Cement Works and
Deseronto chemical works will be taken out of the Napanee
mills this season.

—Bronson and Weston’s and Perley and Pattees’ mills on
the Chaudiere are running with large gangs. J. R. Booth’s
large millis not yet running. A dearth of employment for
workingmen is reported.

—The Rathbun Co’s mill at Lindsay, which was thoroughly
overkauled this season, and a number of improvements intro-
duced, gives employment to about thirty bands. The season’s
cut will be a very large one.

—Bently Hurley who presented a false invoice when he
entered some lumber at Pt. Lambton and then had the lumber
seized by Customs Officer Deming has paid up and taken the

lumber. It cost Hurley only $150.

—Trouble,is reported in connection with the timber cut on
the Indian reserve at Manitowaning. The department have
put on men to scale the lumber over again and Burton Bros.
have been forced to move the logs untill the scale is completed.

—The first drive of the season passed through Young’s Point
on Ist ult. The Lakefield Lumber Co., Dickson Co. and
the Messrs. Gilmour will each follow along with drives.
These are expected to make the sum total of drives for the
season.

—The tug Peter Smith passed through Little Current on the
evening 15th ult. bound for French River. This is one of the
large American tugs which belong to the company which have
contracted for the towing of Howry & Co’s. logs

—The piling grounds of J. R Booth, in Rochesterville, are
being improved by workmen. On both sides of the Cedar
street school the ground is being levelled, and next a steam
shovel is to be put in to remove the large hill below the
school.

—Messrs. Heath, Tait and Turnbull, of Huntsville, are cut-
ting shingles at the rate of 5,000,000 per month and are likely
to make a total cut for the seascn of at least 30,000,000. The
Edison electric light is used in the mill and the firm are saw-
ing shingles day and night. j

—The Parkdale Lumber, Manufacturing and Building
Company have decided to discontinue as a joint stock company,
and, by a recent arrangement, Messrs. Coxhead and Ingham
will operate the planing mill and factory, and Mr. James
Stewart will take over the lumber business.

—T. H. DeCew, of Essex in company with Mr. Scott, of
Portland, Ore., purchased 1,600 acres of fine timber land in
Oregon. Mr. DeCew reports it as being the finest timber
he ever saw; says he has heard of such trees but never
expected to see them. On one acre he counted 26 which
would average 10,000 feet of timber each. The average here
would be about 1,800 feet. One large tree they estimated
would measure 35,000 feet. Any number of them would
yield straight logs 200 feet long. Mr. DeCew is thinking of
returning this month and buying another section of 640 acres
in the same locality as the other.

—June 19th recorded the arrival of the first raft of the
season at the foot of Parliament hill, Ottawa after a voyage ot
seventeen.days from Des Jouchims. It consisted of some 123
cribs of fine, clear, square timber, belonging to the concern
of Thistle, Carswell & Francis, and was taken out last winter
on the Petewawa river. The raft was in charge of Francis
Paul, the veteran river-man, who in the past forty-six years,

has brought a total of 112 rafts from the Upper Ottawa down
to the Quebec market.
square timber will be brought down this season, as compared
to nearly a hundred last season.

—The case of C. P.R. v. J. &. Lawton and Blind River
Lumber Company has been concluded in Court of Appeal,
judgment being reserved. The C. P. R. and lumber com-
pany had mills some two miles apart, and to avoid the expense
of moving logs through Lake Huron an agreement of exchange
was arrived at. After exchange had been made both plaintiff
and defendant complained ofinjustice, and Peter C. Campbell,
the Crown Timber Inspector for Algoma was called in as an
arbitrator. After hearing the evidence Campbell ordered the
C. P. R. to pay Lawton $5,861.71 and costs. The C. P. R.
appealed and Judge Falconbridge refused to set aside award,
and litigation was the outcome of the C. P. R’s. second appeal
against the decision of Judge Falconbridge. The plaintiffs
claim that Campbell, being a servant of the Ontario Govern-

Not more than a dozen rafts of

ment, was biass:d against them, and again that fraud was —

used to gain the award.
QUEBEC.

—Mr. G.N. Vancor, of St. John, has changed his property
at this point for land and mills in Lawrenceville.

Ross Bros., of Buckingham, are busy repairing the
ravages to their lumber slide caused by the great land slip
back of the Presbyterian church lately.

—‘‘One thing that has contributed in some measure to the
falling off in business at this port is the fact that no lumber is
being sent to South America,” said a steamship man to a Star
reporter at Montreal. ‘‘Last year, not a single deal was sent,
but this season not a single cargo has gone to the River
Platte, and what is more, there is no lumber even on the
wharves.”

NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA.

—The exports of St. John, for May, were valued at $485,-
497 as compared with $316,492 in May, 1890. About $293,-
ooo of this consisted of products of the forest.

—The St. John schools have hada voting contest for the
most popular native tree and flower. For the tree 4,492 votes
were cast, of which the maple received 2,934. The elm was
second. For the flewer 4,635 votes were cast, the rose get-
ting 2,691. The lily was second.

—The Tracadie river steam saw mill, with 200 acres of
land have been sold, to the Bank of Montreal. The mill
formerly belonged to the Sweeney estate, but was mortgaged
to Messrs. Stewart, and on their failure the mortgage was
handed over to the Bank of Montreal. Mr. C. W. Weldon
bought the property for the bank at $7,000.

—Two more rafts of timber, containing 8,000 sticks each,
are soon to be started from the St. John river, to New York,
by the irrepressible John D. Leary. They are to be made up
into a series of short rafts, connected like a train of cars and
the work of removal will be begun as soon a freshet occurs in
the St. John river. Before reaching navigable water the
great cribs will be taken in tow by two powerful oceap tugs
and towed to New York. ;

—The Fredericton Boom Company has about completed
an ingenious contrivance to be used for the purpose of ex-
pediting the loading of rafts, which ordinarily isa work of
much labor, and employs several hands in taking the boom
poles, used in bracketing, from the water. This machine is
intended to do that work. It was designed and is being built
under the supervision of Charles H. McClusky. A frame is
placed on a raft bearing a horizontal shaft. On this shaft are
two toothed wheels about 12 feet apart. Over each of these
wheels passes an endless slot chain, with claws fastened to the
links at intervals of two feet. These chains work over pul-
leys at the end of inclined planes under water. The boom
poles are floated to the side of the raft, and come directly over
the chains, which as the wheels revolve carry the poles up on
the raft. It is a new style of elevator and pretty costly, but
will very much lessen the work in labor and expense.
All of the booms will be furnished with the machines.

MANITOBA AND THE NORHWEST.

—M. S. Ryan, lumber and mills, Millville, is dead.

—Messrs. Mann & Durham, of Brandon, lay claim to the
only covered lumber yard in Manitoba.

—Brandon lumber dealers, a local exchange says, are cut-
ting rates with a vengeance. Foolish fellows. ;

—Kahl & Deary’s drive reached Rainy River a week since.
They brought five million feet of logs for the Keewatin Mill-
ing Company.

—J. H. Hughes, of Rat Portage, has got his mill running,
and says that he will cut and bring to Brancon, 3,000,000 feet
of white pine lumber this season.

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—Upwards of 200,000 young forest trees have been sent
from the Central Experimental farm at Ottawa this season to
the Northwest Territories and Manitoba.

» —A.H. VanEtten has sold his lumber yard at Winnipeg, to
the Western Lumber Co., Ltd., of Rat Portage, Ont. Mr.
VanEtten will remain in charge of the business as agent for
the Western. Lumber Company.

¢ —August Pufal is the champion poplar peeler of Manitoba.
He peeled 42 cords of poplar in seven days, in the bush of
Hugh F. Coburn. Two dollars and fifty cents is being paid for
poplar by Mr. J. H. Bromley, and he has already bought
4,000 cords, and it is not unlikely that he will run his pur-
chases for the season up to 10,000 cords.

BRITISH COLUMBIA.

—Ward’s shingle mill, on the North Arm, is very busy
shipping to the interior.

—The barque Osdovic is loading lumber at the Hastings mill,
Vancouver, for Callao,+Peru.

—The Brunette mills at Sapperton are running overtime.
They are shipping daily to the eastern markets.

—Murray Bros., local lumber dealers at Mission City, have
just received a shipment of 200,000 feet of lumber.

—The Canadian Pacific Timber and Lumber Co., have
concluded a contract for the getting out of two million feet of
lumber near Sechelt.

—McLaren & Co.’s new circular -saw mill at New,

Edinburgh, has commenced running. This firm carry heavy
orders at present for supplying dimension timber.

—The residents of Moodyville are talking of starting a
shingle mill, the stock to be owned by the residents of the

-Port. One hundred thousand feet a day is to be the output.

—The Shawnigan Lake Lumber Co. are going to increase
the capacity of their mill and are putting in additional ma-
chinery, which will increase the cut to 40,000 feet per day.
This is consequent upon the increasing demand the company
have found for their fresh water lumber. ;

—Mr. John Patteson, of New Westminster, is credited with
the ‘‘ find ” of a splendid stretch of the finest timber, some 45
miles from the Squamish. It extends for upwards of 100
miles and is composed of fir and cedar—some of the latter
measuring 18 feet in diameter, six feet from the ground.

—The largest cargo of lumber yet exported from the mills
on Burrard Inlet was that of the steamship Eton consisting of
1,765,714 feet. The steamship Remus cleared November 19
with 1,591,344 feet lumber and 6,148 bundles of laths; both
of these vessels were loaded at the Moodyville saw mill.

—Johnston Bros. are rapidly surpassing the estimate
of the quantity of lumber they expected to get from their
camp at Port Moody. It has been said by those quali-
fied to speak on the subject, who have visited the camp, that
the quality of the cedar they are getting out is unsurpassed in
British Columbia for making shingle bolts.

—It is reported that Mr. J. A. Carthew, the well-known
capitalist, has purchased the Gamble saw mill and cannery
site on the Skeena, midway between the Standard cannery

‘and Port Essington, and will at once proceed to erect thereon

a saw mill, the power being derived from two turbine wheels,
of 150 horse power each. The location is conceded to be the
finest for the purpose on the Skeena, and Mr. Carthew has
already orders enough in view to keep his mill running to its
full capacity all through the season.

—The sale of the Moodyville Saw Mill Co.’s property toa
foreign syndicate of wealthy capitalists has been finally com-
pleted, and a heavy desposit made as representing the bona
fides of the parties who have made the purchase. The trans-
fer takes place on the Ist of July when the new owners, in
addition to assuming control of this very valuable property,
will enlarge the cutting capacity of the mill to more than
double the present output. The property will be cleared and
laid out into city lots, sufficient, however, will be retained for
the actual requirements of the company in connection with its
manufacturing and shipping business. Other industries be-
sides the saw mills are to be located there, of which fuller
particulars will be made known hereafter. The consideration
paid for the property is one million dollars. It embraces the
mills and some 400 acres surrounding the village, about 6,000
acres of timber and prairie land on Mud Bay ; several hun-
dred acres of land across the Inlet from this city and leases
covering timber limits which will supply the mills with logs
for the next 50 years, if double its present capacity. The
property has a foreshore frontage on the Inlet of about four
miles, affording unrivalled shipping advantages. Amongst the
names of the purchasers are those of Rothschilds and other
well-known London capitalists, who are determined to make
the ectate avaluable one by establishing industries, building
streets, operating electric tramways, ferries and railways in
that locality.

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FIRES.
S. & R. Nixon’s saw mill, Nictaux, N.S., has been burned
out.
Fires have been raging on the limits of the Pembroke Lum-
bering Co.

James Calder’s saw mill at Clayton, Ont., has been de-
stroyed by fire.

The portable mill of Harvey Bros., of Udora, was destroy-
ed by fire a week since.

Mr. James Playfair’s mills at Sturgeon Bay, Ont., were de-
stroyed by fire on the 12th ult.

Robinson & Co.’s planing mill at West Selkirk, Man., was
slightly damaged by fire on the 8th ult.

Graham’s shingle mill at North Chaffey, Muskoka, was
burned down the first week in the month.

Higgins’ mills at McGregor, Ont., were destroyed by fire
a week since. The entire village was nearly wiped out.

Contractor Donald Grant says he lost 15,000 railroad ties by
the recent fires along the Duluth and Winnipeg railroad in
Minnesota.

Forest fires are reported to be raging on the: south shore of
the St. Lawrence east of Father Point, which are exceedingly
bright at night. .

Bush fires have been raging in northern New Brunswick,
destroying much valuable timber and other property. Over
100 miles of country has been devastated.

The saw millof Paul & Wiseman at Havelock, Ont., was
destroyed by fire the first week in June. Loss $2,000.
-Insurance $1,000. Thev will rebuild immediately.

On morning of 24th ult., the heading and stave factory,
Grey, Young & Sparling Co., Seaforth, Ont., was seriously
damaged by fire. Probable loss $4,000. Insurance $2,000.

On 4th ult. the mill belonging to Mr. Alex. Alves, on the
shores-of Parry Sound, was destroyed by fire, together with a

quantity of hardwood lumber. Loss $2,000. No insurance.

The mill of D. Brown, Forresters’ Falls, Ont., was burned
down on morning 2nd ult. Included in the conflagration
was 75,000 shingles belonging to Mr. Jas. Davison, of Beach-
burg.

Jackson’s pulp mill at St. Raymond, Que., was tocally con-
sumed by fire on night 4thult. The mill cost $49,000. In-
surance about one-third. About 40 hands are thrown oui of
work.

Fire got into Whiteside’s tent, at Huntsville, used by his
men driving logs on the river, while the men were away at
work and consumed the tent, blankets, grub and the whole
business.

The saw miils of the Casselman Lumber Company, in the
village of Casselman, on the line of the Canada Atlantic rail-
way; were completely destroyed by fire on night 15th ult., to-
gether with a quantity of lumber the property of the company.
Fully insured.

The warenouses and dock property of the Rathbun agency,
Belleville, Ont., had a narrow escape from destruction by fire
on 8th ult. A spark from the Hero, which had been lying
in port over Sunday, lodged in a pile of cut wood and the
heavy wind fanned it intoa flame. The steamer hands were
fortunately ‘‘on deck” and prevented what might have been a
disastrous conflagration.

On 18th ult., a fire in the woods to the north-east of North
Bay, Ont., fanned bya strong breeze, threatened disaster to the
town, but by persistent efforts of the townspeople, who were
very ably assisted by the Canadian Pacific railway employees,
the hose was soon laid from the company’s werks and a stream
poured into the fire, which with the pail brigade soon brought
the fire under control without the loss of a single building.

—The depot of McLachlin Bros., Aylen lake, near King-
ston, Ont., was burned on 18th ult. The buildings took fire
from bush fires raging in that section. As this is the princi-
pal depot on the Madawaska limits of that firm, the loss will
be very great—said to amount to fully $75,000. Nothing was
saved except some barrels of flour and pork, rolled to the
shore of the lake. The loss includes over 6,000 bushels of
oats, 100 tons of hay, sleighs, harness, flour, pork and shanty
material. Some of the settlers have also suffered. Miles of
country are in flames, and the loss of valuable timber must
be great. McLachlin Bros. have sent a large number of men
to fight the fires on their limits.

Men have also been sent up-

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fires are are also raging. It is rey B
Egan Estate, on the Madawaska. has been burned with a
contents.
CASUALTIE
Murdock Campbell, of Seaforth, Ont., lost a finger
3roodfoot’s planing mill on 26th ult.
A man named Kemon, aged 63 years, was drowned at Per-

ley & Pattee’s boom, Ottawa, on 6th ult

A tumor weighing six pounds was successfully removed
from a horse belonging to the McLgren-Ross Lumber Co.,
New Westminster, B.C.

John Sabiston, one of the employees of McArthur’s mills,
Fairford, Ont. was caught in the milling machinery and almost
instantly killed.

A young man named Marcus, lost an eye at Watson Bros.’
mill in Ridgetown a few days since, from being struck by a
piece of heading.

Mr. Harwood, whilst loading shingles at the lumber yard
at Tavistock, Ont., was thrown from the waggon a distance of
25 feet, recieving severe injuries.

A man named. Parke, an employee of the B.C. M. T. & T.
Co’s factory, New Westminster, B. C., caught his arm in a
boring machine and had a hole drilled into it.

A barge of Messrs. Brown & Rutherford, of Selkirk, Man.,
ran aground a few days since and a large quantity of the lum-
ber was blown off the deck by the high wind.

An employee of the B.C.M.T. & T. Co., New Westminster,
had ahand badly mangled onthe 1tthult., by the breaking of
a belt connected with a feeder he was managing.

A man named Matthews, working for J. Whiteside, Hunts-
ville, driving logs, had three of his ribs brokena week ago,
by a rope breaking from its fastening and striking him.

A boiler explosion occurred on the premises of the Grand
River Manufacturing Co.’s excelsior works a week ago, re-
sulting in the death of Mr. Wm. Ariss, who was driving the
engine.

A scow at Bradford, Ont., loaded with lumber and lath,
collapsed and sank, a few days since, and it was quite a picnic
for the boys to gather up the lumber and place it on a barge
which came to the rescue.

At the Conger mill, Parry Sound, the first week of the
month, Walter Moulton suffered a severe wound in the leg,
through having a hook driven with considerable force into a
point near the abdomen.

Mr. John Venson, in the employ of Mickle & Dyment,
Bradford, met with a serious accident on Tuesday 2nd ult.
by which his spine was injured and his body badly bruised.
He was thrown from the log carriage while in motion.

Mr. D. Sutton. of Pt. Arthur, Ont.,and who was engaged
by Vigars Bros. in connection with the work of pile driving at
Fort William, while in the discharge of his duties had his jaw
bone broken by a spike flying through the air and _ strikin
him in the face. :

Robert Scott, lumber inspector, residing at Bradford, Ont., the
latter part of May, met with a serious accident at North Bay.
He attempted to board a flat car on the tracks while a train
was in motion, and, slipping, fell with his foot on the track.
It was so severely crushed that the leg’had to be amputated.

Two men named Paquette and Tremblay lost their lives on
the Gatineau, near Ottawa, on the 11th ult. They were at
work at Aylen’s chute, which has three falls narrowing at the
the bottom, each one of which is worse than the Chaudiere.
The men were swept over these boiling waters to death be-
low.

Frederick -Herman, an unmarried man, who has been
engaged for some years past on Mr. J. R. Booth’s log railway,
between Lake Nipissing and the Mattawa; met with a very
painful accident on 2oth ult. In endeavoring to escape from
a stick of cordwood that had fallen from the top of the engine
tender, he slipped and was thrown heavily against a pile of
ties at the side of the road, breaking his leg below the knee
and sustaining other injuries.

PERSONAL.

Mr. Isaac Cockburn, one of the lumber kings of Muskoka,
has returned home from a trip to the Pacific coast.

Mr. Frank Nolan, head sawyer for J. B. Smith & Sons, of
Franks Bay, is holidaying with his family at Angus, Ont.

Mr. W. R. Thompson, wholesale lumber merchant, Tees- .
water, favored THE LUMBERMAN with a call on 12th ult.

Mr. J.A. Spaulding, wholesale lumber dealer, Philadelphia,
and Mr. E. B. Foss, Michigan, favored THE LUMBERMAN
with a call during the past month.

Mr. W. E. Dodge of New York, president of the Georgian
Bay Consolidated Lumber Co., with his family are putting in
a vacation amid the Muskoka lakes.

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THE CANADA LUMEERMAN.

July, 1891

TRATIE. BEATEN.

Office of CANADA LUMBERMAN)
June 30th, 1891. Jf
T CANNOT be said, that there has been any re-
markable activity in trade circles during the month.
Mid-summer is near enough to void any “thoughts in
this direction now. Nor do any discouraging features
exist; two small failures only are to be recorded in local
trade circles ; whilst the expectations of country trade
are hopeful. The depression in building in the city has
its basic origin, as we have pointed out before, in the
falling off in speculative building, caused by the un-
satisfactory conditions of the real estate market. This
must be viewed as a healthy omen of the future, rather
than the opposite. Speculation in any line of trade,
though giving at times a spasmodic push to business, is
never enduring, and will always be followed by reaction
and disaster. Even business men, noted for caution
and shrewdness, in their regular business undertakings,
lose their heads, when the spirit of speculation—de-
veloping into a species of gambling—takes possession
of them ; whilst the “smaller fry,” when the storm is
over are like to the sands on the seashore in number ;
to be found scattered, hither and thither, and every-
where.

Country trade is dependent on the harvest. It is
early yet to prognosticate with any measurable certain-
ty of hitting the mark. The outlook, however, at this
writing is fairly promising. In western Ontario the
prospects have more than a single ray of sunshine to
l:ghten up the future, and travellers tell us that they
anticipate a good demand for lumber in these parts in
the fall.

An abundant harvest will of course affect trade every-
where. When the “farmer is on top,” the commercial
thermometer, wherever placed, will rise. Money once
more moving actively and there are “none too poor”
not to feel its benefits.

The best of the season’s trade with the States is over
as is shown by the falling off in shipments to the other
side during the month. The shipment of deals from
Ottawa to England this year has exceeded that of any
previous year. It is stated, that all the stock deals in
England are sold, and that green deals, fresh from the
saw mill will be shipped by the end of next month.
Ocean freights for deals are very low this year.

Prices are about the same as last month. For higher
grades, this of course is an improvement on the figures
ofa year ago. Inch and a-half and two inch stuff is
bringing at Yeast three dollars more than a year ago.
Shingles are in large demand, all our mills running day
and night, and prices firm. The impression is abroad,
that a good many logs are hung up, and if they should
remain in this shape, future prices would be influenced
thereby. It is true, that this was the case the early
part of the month, but there has been an active move-
ment within the past two weeks, and a good many logs
that; were;out of sight, so tospeak, are now coming along
nicely. We have heard of two or three specific instances,
where as yet the hanging up condition holds control,
but we have no reason to suppose, from the reports in
our hands, at this writing, that this. will be at all
general.

Business in New Brunswick is experiencing a set-
back, as a result of a strike among the mill men. On
29th inst the mill-owners posted notices in the milis
announcing that after July 13th 10 hours would con-
stitute a day’s work. On seeing these notices the men in-
stantly struck, and that night held the largest labor meet-
ting ever seen in St. John. The strike will paralyze the
entire lumber business along the St. John river, except
Gibson’s and may seriously interfere with next season’s
logging operations. It will also strike a heavy blow at
the schooners trading with American ports, which
largely depend on lumber to make up their cargoes.
Some 2,000 men are now idle, and all the mills are shut
down with prospects of remaining so for the season.

UNITED STATES.

The labor strikes, especially in the eastern States,
that threatened the trade a month ago, are not an active
factor today, but the aftermath is there, and it is an
illustration again of the aphorism, “strike but hear.” To
the extent that the strikes and boycotts of a month past
had an existence, in that measure trade has been injured
—and the strikers, along with all others, have been hit.
Trade is better than it was a month ago, because the
the strike is off, but no great activity prevails.

A hand to mouth policy in buying is reported at the
principal centres. A desire to make sales, but not
many to be made. In Michigan we hear of a weakening
in prices of several grades. From Saginaw comes the
story that old time buyers are not showing up as they
used to do, indicating that the markets are changing
and that other points are being selected as centres of
buying.

Maine dealers are realizing the influence of Canadian

car trade. A report from Portland, Me. reads: “With
the number of mills sawing, reinforced by the Canadians,
who are becoming a large factor in the car trade, with
the heavy stocks that are being thrown on the market
from the east, the indications are that pricés for some
time will not be more than fair.”

FOREIGN.

The Australian market is reported exceedingly dull,
a circumstance that.is having some effect on trade in
British Columbia. The conditions of the English mar-
ket are reported more favorable than they have been
for some time past. The arrivals chronicled. at the
London docks for the week ending 13th inst are the
heaviest of the season, but they do not come up to
those generally reported at this advanced period. The
first arrival from Quebec is reported, being the steamer
Bede in the Surrey Commercial Docks, with a cargo of
about, 1,300 standards of pine. The hardwood market
is somewhat quite.

Toronto, Ont.
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1. inch siding ship culls....... ate heen oe oe aed BLO LOO EDIAOO
mnchisidinggmillicnl Sees eee eee eee eae eee 800 900
Cull scantling.. Scie dpe Cras e Le: COLO Ol G LOO
15, and thicker cutting up. plank. Beraysees missus MACS 2200 2500
finch strips/4in'to 8iin mill’ runes es. ee eee oe G2 1g700 15700
1 inch strips, common. acres II 00 1200
1% inch flooring... 14 00 1500
ape moh Hote a Pom aou coo dane edocs sone cpap 2b oy ~My Cle)
X shingles, 16 in. DO SCACRH IE Ee omonciaaodts 2) 30) 2140)
XX shingles, 16 i in. Bale acon aN a OT Eee is OO.
Lath, NOSE “aisistiasinete ocsneserete ange frente Bane mato sae terse Wiehe te mel 7 OM ELUOO,
NO: '2) © Gea bt atsdieataseme cect iaahe soon elem eee seis 170
YARD QUOTATIONS.
Mill cull boards & scantling$1o 00/Dressing stocks..... 16 eo@ze (ole)
Shipping cull boards, pro- Picks Am. inspection...... 30 00
miscuous widths......... 13 00
stocks.... 14 00 F. M.
Scantling & joist, up to 16 ft 13 50/1%in. flooring, dres’d 26 00 30 oc
us “18 ft 15 00/1% ‘* ‘rough ... 18 00 22 00

" 20 ft 16 00|13% ** ‘“ dres’d F.M.25 00 28 00
* **undrs’d B.M I 15 vo
a ‘ dres’d... 18 00 2000
se ‘* 26 ft 20 00 ee **“ undres’d 12 00 15 00
. ‘* 28 ft 22 00] Beaded sheeting, dress-
OG iaiie cee esvoe shoes 20 00 35 00
GS ‘* 32 ft 27 00/Clapboarding, dres’d
sawn shingles

Fotaseievetaesontepisien eee per M
£ ‘* 36 ft 31 00 Sana Bathe seen 190 200
s¢ Sasoittes3.00||Redloalmremennasir 2 00 40 00

7 Ol
Basswood, No.1 & 2 4 00 20 00
aah oats 25 00 28 oo|Cherry, No.1 &2. 50 00 60 00
00 24 00|White ash, 1 & Bini 24 00 35 00
Black ash,1 & 2,.... 20 00 30 00

Cutting up planks 1 and
sting up
Booed poche I

Ottawa, Ont.
OTTAWA, June 30, 1891.

Pine, Ist qual. 8 M.$35 00@4o oo\Pine 4th qual. deals 1000 1200
and 2200 2500|" millculls. . . 80 1000
f eine culls 1400 1600 bathe Boece Lond don OI THEY)

Montreal, Que.
MONTREAL, June 30, I89QI.

Pine, 1st qua’ y R. M $35 00@40 00 Basswood.......... 1200 2000
Pine, bad 25.00 2800| Oak, per M......... 4000 6900
Ptne shipping culls Wialintiemeeeeeeere 60 00 100 00
5 Ra ee 1300 1600\ Cherry “’ ........ 6900 8000

Pine, 4th quality Butternut, per, Me 220c 4000
eals @M........ 1000 1200] Birch, .-. 1500 2500
Pine, millculls,@M 800 1000 Spruce timber..... , 1300 1600
Spruce, per M...... 600 1200| Hard Maple “ ... 2000 2100
emlock, Huey 8)500! ‘To1c0)|:127elWathi fs. -lee 160 196
Hemlock timber.. 1300 1400 | Shingles, 1st, per M 3,00
SHE Rs nes 1300 2500! Shingles. and, 125 150

Oswego, N. Y.

DewEce, June 30, 1891.

: : $44 00@45 00
36.00 3000
3100 3200
2000 2100

Three uppers, apts 1% &2 eos
Pickings, 14, 1% & 2in.
No. 1 cutting up, 1%, 1% ‘& 2in.
No. 2 cutting up, 14%, 1% & 2in
1 in strips, 4 to 8 wide, selected for moulding strips, te

to 16 ft. 400 . 3100 3300

1x6 selected for clapboards. oti z 3200 3400
iding..

I in siding, cutting up 1% in selected....... 35 00@40 00

piks & uppers..... 30 00@39 00/1% in dressing... Dyers 1700 1900
1 in dressing ........ 19 00@21 oo|1% in No.1 culls.... 1400 1600
rin No.1 culls... .. 14 00@16 oo|1% in No. 2 culls.... 1300 1400
1in No. 2 culls...... 1300@14 0011 in No.3 culls.... 950 10°00

x12 [nch.
12&16ft, millrun . 50 BSdo -+ee 2000 2300
10 & 16 ft, No. 1 &2, barn boards... ae 1800 1900
12 & 16 ft, dressing and better. . sone 2600 3090
12 & 16 ft, INOV2 CUI Sed ic ciate eee ote ose ee iets oeeeientier 1500
1x10 Inch.
12 & 13 ft, mill run, mill culls out....................... 1900 2000
12 & 13 ft, dressing and Better Pade Menoyacianice aeeeeenete 2500 2700
12 & 13 ft, Notrculls.. .. 1600 1700
12 & 13 ft, No 2culls -. 1400 1500
14 to 16 ft, mill run mill culls out........... --. 2000 2700
14 to 16 ft, dressing and peter ... 2500 2700
Wudayilerts, NOW CING soda doco moo cers cuoUaocossnoadonots LOO L/ Co
TAitOMOtt, INOW 2 CHStee stones eae cie lee reert: 1400 15 00
10 to 13 ft. CAB Cis ooaeecessnsao0bn sb aaccuadodoucace SAD LOCO
1 1-4x10 Inches.

Millrun, mill culls out 20 00@2300)No. 1 culls........... 16 00@17 00
Dressing and better.. 2500 30 00\No. 2culls........... 1400 1500
1x4 Inches.

Millrun, mill culls out 17 eee OO|NownCUllSarase rect: 13 00@1400
Dressing and better.. 2300 2700)No. 2culls............ 1100 1200
1x5 Inches.

67 or 8, zal run, mill 6, 7 or 8, No. 1 culls.. 15 00@16 00

CHISIONt eee 19 00@21 00/6, 7 or 8, No. 2culls.. 1300 1400
6, 7 or 8, arse & better 2400 28 00
Shingles.
XXX, 18in pine....... 3 60@3 801K XX, 18 in cedar....... 3 50@3 75
Clear butts, pine, 18 in. 2 60 2 8o\Clear butt,18in cedar., 250 275
XXX, 16in pine....... 300 320|XX, 18incedar........ 210 220
Stocks cedars, 5 or 6in. 5 00
Pickets.
I Popo 07.) Chem Bealnc on L500[NOn2 YX Sn-e-eilsieelsisiels 900 1000
NODE Goer cessor 20 00
Lath
INO, depeeccreenostewiecs cto 2e1O| NOs 2 iLike de ratsievelslereets falelsteleiets I~

IN Oh s 2G cisestecscvenders a cttise eae CO

St. John, N. B.

ST. JOHN, June 30 1891.

Deals, Boards, Scantling, etc.
Spruce deals ~ SS Ss foie oolSpruce leeyis > > Ss

ine 15 oo|Pine rome

eerie =) = FIZ

Dealiends - - - - - - 6 00, Oak i iP ooh meee oa

Scantling - - - - - - - 10 00Ash i Fy ewer 15 eee 00:

‘Hemlock ** - - - - - 7 50
Shingles.

Spruce, extra - - - - - $3 50 Novt- =)- - - - 125
cléar-=\ = 3) =) = S51 3i00|Einehe ais. eee” A a aes
No. nextray- i=" = 2 225

Clapboards.

Pine, extra - - - - - = * 35 00 Spruce, extra - - - - - -24.00
“ (jelears! =).+ = = =8345y60) clears - - - - - 2300:
“. s2dclears-= = = == *35ncq)- No.1 - - -15 00.

$ % No.2 - - - 1000
Flooring, Dressed.

GinsNo.D. = - - eeu 7) ele t in, NO. 1 = = =9=) = .- sp.49

SO ENGR 2) = 9-7 = == TO 0G) ets NOS neat eee wean terare
Miscellaneous.

Stavess = - = = = 3/00@)4'50) \athsi= == yp 1 8o-

Heading 17 in. per pr. 04 |Pickets - - - - - 6 50@@15 00
peer S eet 04% 05%4|Railway ties
2 22 in. 04% 06 |

Albany, N. Y.
ALBANY, N.Y., June 30, 1891.

Hemlock.
Boards, 1x1oin. each 13%4c. 2%x4, each.. apiece 12
Joist 4x6. sieeeee 33 eG Strips, . a II
2% in. and up, good..$55 30@58 a ke a boards dressing
thshcnecwececmerre 5000 5300) and better........ ee 20@ 34 00
electsiatne nace 4500 4500! Common .:.,...... 20 00°
IPERS osnogencce 4000 43 00\12 in. boards arocnee
1¥% to 2in., good..... 4800 S000] and better........ 2900 3600:
th 45 00} Common..,........ 1500 2200
40 30\1% inch aiding seer
35 00| ed... : ~-40 00 45 00-
50 00/ Common.......... 20 00
45 oo|1 in. siding selected:. 38 00 4200
Clectsreeeerreer 3800 4000} Common.......... 1300 1800
Pickings...... -.+. 3300 35 oo|Norway, selected..... 2200 25 00
Shelving poards,12in. \Commonyeieeees 1200 I5 oo-
an ae +++++++. 2600 39 o0|70 in. plk. 13 ft. dress-
Dressing bds. narrow 1800 2200) ing and better, each 42@50
Sip ipping poards aeho0 TOlooh 18(00/" Cullseae eee 23) (25,
oards . 1400 1630/10 in. boards, 13 ft.,
dress, & better each 28 33
Culls tee 17 20
Shingles and Lath,
Shingles, pHaved pie 6 50\Shingles, cedar mixed 2 to}
2d quality.. 5.00|Lath, pine...) .J..25.. 2 te g a
Sawedsextraye ence 450 460 Spruce ite « stalnsa ee 215
Sawed, Clear butts:.., 3/008. Sino), Hemlocksaasiaaes 1 80:
Gedar Rexx eee 400 420 i

Buffalo and Tonawanda, N. Y.-

BUFFALO, June 30, r8or.
Norway -

Clear, 1 in. & clear $19 90@20 00o/Common, 1 to 2 in. all 1250
Dressing, 1 to 2in. all widths §-, sce neeeeen

Widthsiawerncnedeese 14 90@17 00|4x4, 5x5, 6x6 turning. . 22 00

4X4, 5x5, 6x6 common 16 00

White Pine. ?

45 0o\No. 2 cuts, 1 to2in
and thicker......$18 00@24 00
39 oo|Dressing, 1 to 2 in. - 25 00 27 90
Common, 1Ito2in.. 1600 2000

No. 1 barn, 10 & 121 in 2I 00

1%, 1% & 2in ...!...
Fine common, 1 to 2

in. and thicker.. 33 00 35 90|No. 2 barn! 10 & 12 in 17 co
No. 1 cuts, 1 to 2in Mill culls 10 & I2in 1400 14 50
and thicker..... 28 00 33 oo|Thic _ 4200 4400.
Mold strips, 1 to
DAT lan) apeystey sievereies 32 00
Soieies
XXX, 18-in,...... -8 @ 00) Per M.
XX, 18-in, or 6 in clear 275 '18 in. No. 2. orculls. $1 25@1 40
16 inch Shingles.
= sawed.. .. 3 10/Thick cut per sles Sok 2150
C.B Be SIP O.0, Cleon. ne = ceateneaee
No.2 is Be Ao)P, ase Go doe do “oo dn on ite
Thick cut.. e3)40|Nol2)cutes) pees ines 55.
XXX cut. | eran LR RIS INO Bar he
KACUtN Siikinateidsicn tei SOND INR shingles, sawed, cut,
INO: 21CUtS isschiceaalinnewi eens 7O\) (OG Plame esadexenaseedenaeeanee 4%,
Fancy ends or butts........ 4 50
Boston, Mass.
BosTon, June 30, 1894.
Western Pine—by car load.
Uppers, rin .. .. ..$48 00@50 oo|Fine com.. ae 4in.. 42 00@46 oo
1%, 1% &2in 48 00 50 00/No2,1in. Fine com, 28 00 39 co
41M ........+.. 55 00 60 00 1%, 1% & 2in..... 29 00 31 00
Selects: Kem .. 42 00 43 00|No.1 strips): 4 teen in 40 00 43.00
1%, Lae . 43.00 45 00| No.2. 5 35 00 37 00
3 45.00 5000) No.3. “+ 24 00 26 o@
Moulding boards, ato Cut ups, ttozin. . 24.00 3000
11 inch clear....... 36 00 38 00/Coffin boards.. . 1§ 00 22 60
60 per cent clear 34 00 36 00}Common all widths . 22.00 2600
Fine common 1 inch 36 00 38 oo|Shippingcullsrin 1§ 00 1§ 00
1%,1% & 2inch... 38 00 4000 do 1% in 15 50 16 §0

Been Pine—Cargo or Car Load.

-£ 00@43 0o|Clapboards, 4ft., =P
: Aisa: tote ce ease Bo oo 3000] clear .. .. « 40 00 45 00
BA Ane x 00 2600; Sap, 2nd clear . 00:
Ski g bds "& coarse 5 oo 16 50/ Heartextra.... ..
Ree one .. . 12.90 13 50|_ Heartclear....... 45 00 5000
Rees pine clapbds Bevel siding 6in, clear 23 00 24 0&

4ft.sap extra .. .. 45 00 5000

Spruce—by Cargo.
Scantling and plank, Coarse, rough. ... 1200

random cargoes . . 14 00@15 oo|/Hemlock-bds., rough 12 00
Yard orders, ordin- ee ‘““ dressed 12 00 1400

ATVISIZESt retin 15 00 16 oo\Clapbds., extra, 4 ft. 34 00 36 oo

Yard orders, extra Clear: V4tit.) < ce. -eS0,00m Sanam

SIZES; anon ae 16 00 18 00| Secondclear... 25 00

Clear floor boards. . 19 00 2000) No.r......-. 10 00 14 00
iN (OT Gedt obo) ar oad 16 00 17 00

Lath.
Spruce: byiCarzOw te ct. eile fetes n= tet eel tol Guia 2 r0@2 20
Shingles.

Sela; og On Oo De 1 25@1 So\Cedar. sawed, extra’ 335 3 50

Pine, 18 in. extra . $00) 402k Clear chyna 3 00

Pinte; Noe o0> ee ee 300 315) Extra,No.r... 25e

Cypress. No. 1, 18 in. 5 00

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July, 1Sgr.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

THE LUMBER TRADE.

Opinions of Two Leading Bank Managers.

iE HIS annual address, to which editorial reference
is made elsewhere in these columns, Mr. Geo. Hague,
general manager of the Merchants Bank of Canada, said:

The great timber manufacture of the Ottawa Valley
that finally centres in Quebec met with a serious re-
verse last year. Overproduction flooded the English
market, and such a serious drop in prices ensued as to
cause heavy losses to exporters. We had in this de-
-partment of trade some striking illustrations of the evil
referred to, namely, of parties with only moderate
capital engaging in enterprises far beyond their means
and being completely ruined in consequence. Our own
share of loss in this quarter has, however, been very
moderate. This trade is gradually recovering itself
through a heavy decrease in production.

The sawn lumber trade with the United States has
proceeded sith much more regularity and there is every
prospect of a good demand for another season. The
markets of the States are not overloaded, and there is
no reason why a good season’s trade may not be ex-
pected. The great question of the conservation of our
forests has not come to the front very prominently as
yet, but it must receive attention before long. The
question of how to make the best use of the trees of
every description, large or small, that are growing in
the woods, is being solved in apractical manner by a firm
in Ontario. It could hardly be supposed that articles
‘sso diverse as lumber, paper, terra cotta and alcohol
could be produced from our trees, but such is the fact.
‘The development of our various paper-making factor-
jes, the raw material for which is largely obtained from
-our forests is proceeding steadily year by year. These
are only examples of the various new and undreamed
of uses to which our forests can be turned ; and doubt-
less as experiments are tried, new developments will
await us.

Mr. B. E. Walker, general manager of the Bank of
Commerce, the largest banking institution in the Pro-
vince and second in the Dominion, said : ;

The trade in square timber, in which, as I said a
year ago, we have little or no interest, is not yet in a
healthy condition. There is still in sight more timber
than the total product of any year since 1881, although
the amount made in the past year is only about one-
fifth of that for 1889-90. It is therefore to be hoped
that next winter the quantity manufactured will be as
nearly nothing as may be possible. The workin the
woods has been done under favorable circumstances
and the output is correspondingly cheaper than in re-
cent years; part of the reduction in cost, however, is unfor-
tunately the result of lower wages. Sincethe maximum cut
of logs cut in the Ottawa district, in 1887-8, the stock in
hand has been steadily falling, we are glad to notice,
and is now lower than on any but two of the last ten
years. The demand in the United States is satisfac-
tory, at prices higher than a year ago, but the South
American market is still wanting. As we have said in
past years, a diminished production is all that is neces-
sary to give the lumber business 2 quite satisfactory
tone, and at the moment the Ottawa manufacturers
have fair profits in prospect. The output in the North
Shore district is also smaller, but the general conditions
of the business are not as favorable as could be desired.
The home market, on which they largely depend, is
very limited, owing to the collapse in real estate
speculation and the general shrinkage in business.

AN AMERICAN contemporary referring to the ex-
tensive mills of Mr. J. R. Booth on the Chaudiere,
says: “We believe at no milling point on the Ameri-
can continent outside of Canada has any mill man
stamped the boards which came from his saws. When
a mill man does that it is very evident that in his
opinion the lumber is manufactured in AI style.” And
this, of course, is the reason why our American friends
are constantly in quest of Canadian lumber.

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Perfect Fits guaranteed

Every description of Lumbermen’s Sut tlies
and Waterproof Clothing.

WILLIAM FOSTER

Lumber & Commission Merchant |
Receiver and forwarder of

LUMBER, LATH & SRINGLES |

Correspondence Solicited.

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ONT.

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Lumber, Lath and Shingles.

VuvvvVvVvesTVTVv ee Vv Vee VEE ETE

BRACEBRIDGE, ONT.

LReSHORTISS,

CHIPS AND BARK.
It is a wise old saw, that knows its own broken teeth.

A tree leaves every spring, but does not take its trunk
along.

Brokers are kind-hearted people. When they find a

man who isn’t in it they take him in.

So far as lumber manufacture is concerned, the band
saw may be said to be in it.

“Patti’s voice must be of wonderful timbre, don’t you
think so” Van Pelt ? ‘Yes.
tickets it must be sandal-wood.”

Popularly speaking, when a man is “up a tree” he is
supposed to have an advantage of some sort, but when
he is “up a stump” it is quite a different thing.

California has 2,675 of the giant trees still left, and
the largest of these is thirty-three feet in diameter.
They ought all to be preserved and kept in a public
park. :

Never judge a man by his appearances. A shabby
coat may contain an editor, while the man wearing a
high-toned plug hat and supporting a dude cane may be
one of his delinquent subscribers.

Scotland imports timber to the value of $15,000.000
annually and at the same time has 7,500,000 acres of
waste land weil suited for tree cultivation. That so thrifty
a people as the Scotch should permit such a state of
things is rather peculiar.

“The greatest piece of luck I ever had,” said Peter
Cooper, “was investing the first surpulus money I earned
in a lottery ticket. I lost, but I gained this experiencc:
that the wheel of fortune is oniy turned by common sense
applied to common events.”

A negro who stopped work on a Georgia railroad
gave the following reason: “ Well, you see de Macon
‘Destruction Comp’ny busted and de road is bin put in
de hands ofa deceiver, so I jus quit.” That darkey
was wiser than he knew.

One of the most important questions the logger asks
himself at this season of the year when water may be a
valuable article, is, “Are my dams all right?” Ifnot all
right he is liable to make twin dams right on the spot.

It is said that Samson was a liberal advertiser. He
took two solid columns to demonstrate his strength,
and several thousand people “tumbled” to the scheme
atonce. In fact he brought down the house.

The simple machine,with rope and block and tackle
equipment, used for hoisting by stone-masons and other
builders, and known as the “derrick” got its name from
a renowned hangman in England, in the seventeenth
Century, named Derrick, who invented it for erecting
gibbets for executions by hanging.

Price cutting is a thing that is continually deprecated
and pronounced against, yet it crops out everywhere and
in every line of trade. There seems to be some kind of
microbe in the business that breeds low prices in spite
of all the preventives that can be employed. The claim
that a dealer is being undersold generally acts upon his
feelings like a red flag flaunted in the face of a bellinger-
ent bull.

Read this, ye ordinary snake-story liars, then hide
your diminished heads in shame: While a large pine
log was being sawed into lumber at Brown & Hall’s
saw mill near Acton, Ont., after the outside slab and
one board had been cut off, and while the workmen
were turning over the, log preparatory to “squaring” it,
they were surprised to see alarge toad poke his head
out of a hole, where he was embedded, and where he
had barely escaped being cut up by the saw. As the
log was the fourth or fifth up from the butt of the tree,
his position must have been at least 50 or 60 feet from
the ground. There is but one way of accounting for the
fact that he was found in the position named. Hehad
grown up with the tree from infancy, and was probably
hundreds of years old when the saw awoke him from
his long nap

Manufacturer of

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TORONTO,

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

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Judging by the price of |

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The wood-pile is a farm factor of great importance,
and whoever neglects it quarrels with his d
may be compelied to contend with hunger
farmers may burn coal but generally the
in spite of the cry of the alarmists who decl
forests are receding and soon will disapy

wood pile may serve as a sign, and make

methods of the farmer. Ifthe pile be big
then it is known that the owner does not inten
disturbed in the busy season, about ten o'clock
morning, by the cry from the house, “If you ;
dinner, you must cut some wood.” If there be only a

Ou want 2

chopping-block and a few uncut sticks lying around,
then it is evident that the house keeper, in addition to
other cares, must worry about the fuel supply.

saw.

A new use has been discovered for the circular
Every lumberman is familiar with the music which that
useful saw mill accessory produees when it is in suc-
cessful operation on a log, and to many its energetic
and permeating sound has much of melody. But it re-
mained for a charivari party in the town of Sullivan,
Mich., to develope the full extent of musical capabilities
that the circular saw possesses. These they brought
out on the occasion named so successfully that the char-
ivaried groom brought suit against them for damages.
In his complaint the groom, Mr. Warren Atkins, sets
forth that both himself and wife are perfectly willing to
condone the use of tin pans and boilers as musical in-
struments, and that they are even content to excuse
the filling of the domestic stove-pipe with the fell pur-
pose of smoking them out; but they draw the line
at circular saws. Therefore they ask the court to assess
damages against the leaders of the charivari party to
the amount of $5,000.

LUXURY AT SEA.

A skip o’er the ocean wave,
A plunge through the bounding deep,
While the sweat my temples lave
And my bow'ls their revels keep.
My mouth is full of brine,
My hair is turning gray,
The chills creep up my spine—
O-o o-o h, alas ! and alack a day !
Lord, kindly still this sea,
And its everlasting roar!
If I ever get back to the old saw mill
I'll ne’er go sailing more.

Look on your wrapper ; it tells when your subscrip-
tion expires.

THE LUMBERMAN is one of the best trade papers
published in Canada.—Svitish Columbia Commercial
Journal.

DURING the month of May of this year the exports
of forest products from the Dominion of Canada fell off
$2,000,000 in value compared with the similar month of
last year. ;

A Washington lumber company recently received an
order from Australia that calls for 20,000,000 feet of
lumber. Twenty-five large ships will be required for
its transportation.

THE revenue derived from the woods, forests and
lands belonging to the British crown amounts to over

2,500,000 annually. When Queen Victoria came to
the throne she exchanged these revenues fora yearly
sum of $1,925,000.

“Courie May,” is the name given toa new steamer
constructed this season for Angus Fraser, of Comox,
B.C. She is 62 feet long, by 15 feet beam, and it is said
can make 13 knots an hour.

PATENTED 5TH MARCH, 1877.

PARKER & EVANS.

Sole Proprietors of the

FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL

HOILER - FLUID - COMPOUND.

This compound will save its cost many times in one year by saving fuel.

It eradicates scale, and when the Boiler is once Clean a very small quantity keeps it clean

One fourth the dose will prevent a new Boiler from scaling so

Contains ne Caustic Soda, and is the only matter yet known that will not injure metals in
any way, and emits a clear pure steam.

30 WILLIAM

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16 THE CANADA LUMEERMAN. | July, 1891

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So — SET WORKS are our improved power
We = | set, actuated by steel cable and intirely under
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jy j V7 Yj | LOGSEATS open any distance from saw

fi desired. Carriages made any length.

FEED ; Carriage. is
driven by our Oscillating
Eneines, swith ae 2O
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ceedingly strong and uni-
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Edger. :

The wide Cants 50 |
to 60 inches wide, 6 ~
to 9 inches thick, are
dropped on rollers and
run through the 6 saw
Champion Edger, using 6 Hoe bit tooth saws, ripping
them into all sizes of dimension timber. :
The 4 machines described above, with 6 blocks
in the carriage, will weigh in the vicinity of 35 tons.

= | gtd SSS Ti Send for Circulars and Estimates on full Sawmill Plants.
1a ae a i

PS ¢
Prieta r ico. Saee | Hi
\Wigrerous Eucine WHSC Odea |||

nee, SSS Waterous Engine Works Co.,
BRANTFORD, CAN.

SHORT HEAVY KNEES, with roller at —

as I

July, 1S91. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 17
og oan ak be 5a Gh im ge depart- FO R S A [ E. A, ik ANDERSON & 00.,
ent at the rate of 15 cents per line cach insertion. . j oe
When Soar or more consective pps oe a CONTRACTORS FOR
ordered a discount of 25 per cent. will be allowed. :
This notice shows the width of the line, and is set ENGINE a B ILERS ELECTRICAL AND GENERAL MACHINERY. Ontario Min Wg Laus.
in Nonpareil type. Advertisements must be re- ; . y
ceived not later than the 27th of each month to _*
seme mrrisemny En ithe jnowing tue STEAM PUMPS ETo Complete instalations of ~team and Hydraulic a he following is a summary of the
a Power, Electric Light and Power Plants, Wiring | Visions of the am M g I
PLANING MILL FOR SALE. , and Construction for Are and Incandescent poke oe BASES ; i
HE undersigned offer their Planing Mill for Lighting. Agents for the celebrated ‘‘C. & C.” Jyh ins Lo on s ae ar
s 5 sale, with or munent the wood working One Twin Steam Engine. Electric Motors. at pasts: pe nee ssing a
machinery. Price and termson application. Ad- S : ie Tenen atid iaera I EP
dress. JNO. WOOU & SONS., Cor. Front and 21 inch cylinder, 36 inch stroke: 75 Adelaide Street East, ae of mnie g land ay of Ma
Erin streets, Toronto, : ‘ 2 es Toronto, Ont., Canada, | 179%) }5 24:5 om and $4.
One Twin Steam Engine. Estimates furnished and every information | and if be n and $

For Sale or Will Exchange for Saw
Mill Machinery.

EAL ESTATE, valued at $1,400. The
above property consists of lots 1 and 2
Havelock street. in the village of Oxenden, on
which there is a large two storey dwelling house
and store, with large cellar, good cistern. fresh
water pumps and every convenience ; besides
store house, stables. sheds, and good plum _or-
chard, bearing. Address, W. J. MALLARD,
Oxenden, Ontario.

WANTED—TO BUY.
OOD Canadian Timber Limits and Georgian
Bay saw logs. Address, BEN BIRDSALL,
Whitney Building, Detroit, Mich.

WANTED.

MPLOYMENT or partnership in lumber busi-

— ness, by man of large experience in manu-

facturing and shipping Ready by 15th May.

High references. Address, RK. B., CANADA
LUMBERMAN, Toronto.

ee
ARDWUOD lumber, bought. sold or received
on consignment, TUCKER DAVID, lum-

ber commission merchant, 202 Eleventh Ave.,N.Y

WANTED IN 1891.
NY _ QUANTITY OF CEDAR _ TELE-
GRAPH POLES at shipping points. terms
cash. Apply to J. HARRISON HARVEY, Cobo-
conk, Ont,, purchaser for H. D. MCCAFFREY,
Engineer and Contractor of Telegraph lines,

Oswego, N.Y

RAILS AND CARS FOR SALE.
Light Steel Rails for Tramways; good order.

45 for lumber. cheap.
ear. TOHN ]. GARTSHORE,
49 Front St. West,

WANTED.

UEBEC BIRCH—Those who can furnish
Q’ choice lumber are invited to correspond
wit

JOHN S. MASON & CO.
240 Eleventh Avenue,
New York City.

Timber Limits

BRITISH COLUMBIA.

FOR SALE!

$5.000 to $50,000 of shares in a Stock Company
owning and operating Saw and Planing Mills
Sash and Door Factory, etc. Valuable Timber
Limits in connection. This is an exceptionally
good chance to make money.

Address—
LIMITS,

Care of CANADA LUMBERMAN, Toronto.

E. F. Ames & Co.

Lumber Commission
licited from Canadian manufacturers.

Room 3, Lumber Exchange, Chicago, III.

Toronto.

Correspondence so- |

14 inch cylinder, 20 inch stroke.
One Single Steam Engine.

14 inch cylinder, 20 inch stroke.
Nine Double Flue Boilers.

26 feet by 54 inches in diameter.
Six Tubular Boilers.

16 feet by 48 inches in diameter.
Two Locomotive Engines.

Suitable for lumber yards or mines.
Engines and Boilers are at present in po-
sition, having all necessary connections,
and are in first class condition having
been but a short time in use.

One Large Silsby Steam Pump with
Boiler.

Capable of raising steam in seven min-
utes.

Two Steam Pumps.

Cylinders 12 inches and 5 inches.
One Water Space Refuse Burner.

| For particulars Apply to

LAW BROS. &CO.

| - OTTAWA. ONT.

THE ON

| ae a is hereby given that it is
intended to hold an examination
of candidates desiring to be licensed
as cullers at each of the undermen-
tioned places and dates, and that the
places and dates of which notice was
formerly given, have been cancelled.

Ottawa, Sudbury, Peterborough,
Belleville, Bracebridge, Parry Sound,
|Arnprior, and Rat Portage, on Wed-
nesday, 15th July, at 10 o'clock a.m.

Sault Ste. Marie and Port Arthur,
(on Monday, 20th July, at 10 o’clock
a.m.

Spanish River Mills, on Friday,
17th July, at 10 a.m.

Candidates will have to make a
written application and pay the fee of
four dollars on or before the day of
examination. AUBREY WHITE,

Asst. Commissioner.
| Department of Crown Lands,
Woods and Forests Branch,
Toronto, 5th June 1891.

No unauthorized advertisement of the above
will be paid for.

cheerfu ly given to intending purchasers.
N. B.—Only first-class work on which a full
guarantee will be given.

ROCHESTER BROS.

Commission Agents.

Limits bought and sold on commis- |
sion. Limits travelled and carefully
prepared estimates given. Some first- |
class berths on the north shore of
Lake Huron and on the Upper Ottawa |

now in our hands for sale. Com-
munications confidential. References
given.

36 ROGHESTER ST., OTTAWA. |

TAN) erie 4 AS

—= = THE a

BS BALL ELECTRICLICHT C2

} Lo.
MANUFACTURERS = OF.

L ) y
| within 12 miles of a railway and

| time to time be fixed by order 1n council, not ex-

STRIC LIGHTINGAPPARATUS
i-°57,,ADELAIDE-ST. W. © -)

ce:

in unsur
$3 in a sur

distance

2. Instead of by ¢
may be obtai
acre rental, unle otk
of $1 for the first year and
after if north of Lake Nipi
and Mattawa R
year and 15 cents
where. with right o

| an additional ten years <
with a right of renewal
| years,

subject to payme
charge in advance and to such
be provided by regulation.

at any time purchase the lan i
case the first year’s rent shall be treated as part
of the purchase money.

in actual mining operatio
location exceeds 1€0 acres, and $
160 acres or less.

4. After the 4th day of May, 1891, all ore
minerals of silver, nickel or nickel and
taken from lands sold or leased by the Cro
Subject to a royalty of 3 per cent., ar
ores or minerals to such royalties as shall

ceeding in the case of iron 2 per cent., and as
any other ores or minerals not exceeding
cent.; and such royalties shall be calculated
the value of the ores at the pit’s mo
royalties shall not be imposed or collected upon
any ores until after seven years from date of th
patent or lease, except as to mines known tc
rich in nickel, and as to these not until a

years.
5. Hereafter in all lands sold under -the Public
Lands Act, or for agricultural purposes, all

minerals and mining rights are reserved to the
Crown, unless otherwise provided in the patent
or grant.

6. Inthe case of mining lands for which bona-
fide application was made in writing to the Vepart-
ment epuey to the 24th of April, 1891, grants may
be made where the application is received within
three months from the 4th day of May, 1801, and
otherwise at the price and upon the conditions
heretofore applicable in accordance with the terms
of section 1, subsection 5, of the act of 1891. -

ARCHIBALD BLUE,
Director.
OFFICE OF THE BUREAU OF MINES,
VorontTo, May 21, 1891.

This advertisement will

published without authority.

not be paid for if

Cant Dogs, Peavies,
Skidding Tongs,
Pike Poles, Coldshuts,

* Lumber Bob Sleighs. *

~ J. Muckleston & Co.

Kingston,

Ont.

Manufacturers of RED TOP LINE

LUMBERMEN S

And Sole Licencees for the Manufacture in the Dominion of

BRAZEL’S PAT. SNOW AND SIDEWALK

PLOWS.

TOOLS:

33 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. July, 1591

The Only Successful Kiln for Drying Dak and other Hard Hardwoods

“THE ANDREWS”
+ NEW weMBER &

DRY “AIL

markable effic iency depends upon its peculiarmode of

apply to, and eliminating moisture from, the air used
in dry “We se no costly fan, engine or other device that
requires constant attentic mn, nor do we waste heat by a special
chimney The air circulates theaugh the lumber, and the
moistur sorbed from it is eee from the air by natural
meth Ve yu-can not afford to be without it.

Our Process Duplicates Nature.

Outside View of the Andrews Kiln.

The following well-known furniture manufacturers

have recently purchased the “ ANDREWS KILN.”

Estey Manufacturing Co.,
| East Shore Furniture Co., Manistee, Mich.
| Universal Tripod Co., - - - Grand Rapids, Mich.
| Crand Rapids School Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, M.
| New England Furniture Co., - Grand Rapids, Mich.
| Milwaukee Chair Co., Milwaukee, Wis.
Oshkosh Furniture Co., - Oshkosh, Wis.
Skandia Furniture Co, - Rockfork, II].
Story & Clark Organ Co., Chicago, I11.
Rock Falls Manufacturing Co., - - - Sterling, Ill.
Courey & Birely Table Co., - - - Shelbyville, Ind.
Southern Spring Bed Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Sidney School Furniture Co.,, - - - Sidney, Ohio.
New Richmond Church Furniture Co., N. Richmond, O.

Owasa, Mich.

A. N. Andrews & Go., Proprietors and Manufacturers

i5, 2'7, 219, 221 Wabash Ave., CHICACO,

ILL.

The Casselman Lumber Co,

CASSELMAN, ONT. © Bh econo to FLATT & BRADLEY.

ESPECIAL GOOD FACILITIES FOR SHIPPING.

HEMLOCK BILL STUFF OF EXCELLENT QUALITY.

ALSO. MANUF: ACTURERS OF

PINE, SPRUCE, ASH, MAPLE AND OTHER HARDWOODS,

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

5. W. MAITLAND J. G. AINSLIE
- RIXON W. STODART

Miaitland, Rixon & Go.,

Owen Sound, Ont.

Saw Millers =< Lumber Dealers

- All kinds of Building Material kept in stock.

err

WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF

‘LONG BHL STUFF IN ROCK ELM, PINE, CEDAR AND HEMLOCK

SUE IST I galeria) ON PEE Ceo

“JOHN GRAY.

CEO HASTINGS & CO.

Lumber

TRUST BUILDING CHAMBERS,
Cor. Yonge and Colborne Streets.

Kinds of Pine and Hardwood Lumber.
BIL “SURE CUT 10: 20RDER AR SPBCIALIY.

THE

All

Merch ants

PONE INGO

H. HANCOCK.

“ DONOGH & OLIVER,

Wholesale Dealers in

LUMBER

Sirsa ntSn=) =
| Wos. 213, 214 and 215, Board of Trade Building,

Cor. YONGE AND FRONT STs.

1 ORONTO, Cae.

gsultue
LY ONG ein path NO ——

The Finest Tempered, Fastest Cutting 2==j)==

==<ns

and Best Saw made on the Continent.

Manufactured of Triple Refined Silver Steel,

THE KING ‘OF CROS $-CUOT

R. H. SMITH COMPANY.

Rolled specially for us from Superior Ingots.

Ltp., ST. CATRARINES: ONT.

Sole Manufacturers,

July, 1891. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 1g

icti The Best Material d
Friction Pulley PRoard. er trcions scsi
=. wee Wine aa % kinds 3

MANUFACTURED BY

%

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Asbestos _ Lc ae r : BAe |
mir SF TJomiNiON [LEATHER PJoaRD (fompany, “ Sz"
es Montreal Quebec. ce
= PULLEYS =
——— ee 3 Pe

=——— SSS

PULLEY MADE.
PeULEEY MADE.

20/000 now i use in Canada: C= = ei Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Price List.
SS ee Y ‘
SS SF Z-

=

Ponce VW oop put PULLEY Go.

TORONTO JUNCTION. TORONTO. 83 KING ST. WEST.
THE STURTEVANT PATENT PROGRESSIVE [LUMBER DRY-KILN.

The Sturtevant Steel Plate Plan-—

System of ing Mill
Heating Exhausters
MILLS Ne For Removing
mn Chips, Shavings and
and FACTORIES Ah seer ds
BOSTON, a _ CHICAGO,
84 Oxiver SreReet. ny jl 16 South ae Street.
PHILADELPHIA,

NEW YORK, ———
91 Lieeety Sreeet. ==

=== 135 North Third Street.

_ =— = — —— =

A. R. WILLIAMS, Soho Machine Works, Toronto.
GENERAL AGENT FOR THE DOMINION.

B, F. STURTEVANT CO. BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A,

20 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. July, 189%

B.R. MOWRY & SON

MANUFACTURERS OF

Repairing

Promptly and
Carefully

Bl. “BOSS” SHINGLE MACHINE

Manufactured by us is acknowledged by practical men to be the best

— = = 3 = machine in the market.
a - GRAVENHURST, ONT.

The Gold Medal, The Gold Medal,
_ Toronto, , 1883 R London, 1883 _ 1883

re Seis; Sach Klint aad P renters Factor

PLANERS. BAND SAWS. BUZZ PLANERS.
MOULDERS. ' BAND RE-SAWS. MORTICERS.
TENONERS. PANEL RAISERS. BLIND MACHINERY.
SHAPERS. DOVETAILERS. BAND SAW FILER.
RIP SAWS. JOINTERS. BAND SAW SETTER.
SAND PAPERERS. DOUBLE SPINDLE BORER. HNCS HVC:

The Cant Bros, Co.,. Lint

NMland Prices. GALT, ONTARIO. Correspondence
| EEE a a EE ES

olicite

Established 1849. Incorporated 1884.

Detroit Saw Works

MANUFACTURERS OF

Circular, Gang, Mulay, Drag and Cross-Cut Saws,

MOLDING AND PLANINC KNIVES,

-
We use nothi ng Bue W. & Sons’ English
Steel in our saws the na eae speaks foniaeltl

French Band Saws, Emery Wheels and General Mill Supplies.
66, 68, 70 and 72 Fort St. East, DETROIT, MIGH.

Investment Bonds.

| son clr ore edbruy | a
THE DOMINION SAFE DEPOSIT WARBHOUSING & LOAN CO. SSS Se “RIP

CAPITAL, ONE MILLION DOLLARS. i . Se —- : Pulte VS & Gut off

DIRECTORS.

W. D. Matthews, Esq., President. Henry W. Darling, Esq., Vice-Pres ee —o— ou lin Ss.
John I. Davidson, ie Sq. S. F. McKinnon, Esq. Gye: Smith, Esq. M.P.P. ee (oflo ame | =
y tk, — 5 see INCHES INCHES

H. W. Nelson, Es J. P. Clark, Esq. J. H. Starr, Esq =| a a
M. C. Cameron, Esq, Robert Kilgour, Esq. Alexander Nairn, Esq. = =] tos “"T oO?
Thomas McCracken, Esq. Robert Davies, Esq. Eugene O’ Keefe, Esq. ae) | = rece

Aar¢ on Ross, Esq. | 2 i] (— in

This Company Be ow issuing 3100 +2003300, 3400 and $500 investments in bonds, payable in \ - Q SEROUS ES Ox 3

Bye , ten and fift years from date of issue, with participation in profits, affording all the advant- ae 1 eras cae
ages of compoun EE aecu ations on smallsumsof money. These bonds are the obligat- 3 f
ions 5 of this C

and are spe cial ¥ pre te ¢ ected by a sinking fund, invested in first-class real es- 1 : eer: Spt PLI oO R Ss Oo LI Dp
I are plain definite contracts sub pject to no contingencies whatever, are non- — ; es
one annual payment, with values definitely : stated thereon, For a small outlay = N ; 5
page ; | @x~ GUARANTEED..©

a urn
eir contracts the Company guarantee compound interest at the

iple
rate of Fe aa Per Cent, Per Annum.
The Comp: ny is pre pared to receive applications from reliable agents at all. points where it it

AFTER USING YOU WONDER
How YOU MANAGED WITHOUT IT.

The Safe Deposit V2ults of the company cannot be surpassed for ab Eainte securit Call i © ) B t CG
and examine or wr.te for circular We RAUITH. Ga. 5 : S. . ran ford, an.

not already represente a

WM. KERR, Manager

July, 191. .

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

N

A. M. DODCE & CO.

ANUFACTURERS of and WholeSale deal- |
M ers in all ARS of Lumber, Lath and Shing- |
Tonawanda, N. Y.

COWPER & GRECORY.

ECEIVERS and Forwarders of Lumber,
Lath, Shingles, &c. Unexcelled facilities |
for shipping by canal or rail. Tonawanda, N. We

CHEESMAN DODCE

IMBER and Lumber Merchants.
Boat stock, Railroad Ties, &c.
West Seneca Street, Buffalo.

LUMBER

tes.

TRUCK + WHEELS.

AO OOOO eoor

ay neawe——| he Montreal -

PECTOR and Commission dealer in Lum- |
Office, 251 Louisiana Street, Buffalo, N.

Ship and
Office, 16

aT

Re

¥.
LAYCOCK LUMBER CO. ok
M: ANUFACTURERS of Pine, Hemlock and AS ‘

Oak Timber up to $5 feet in length. Saw

Mills: Ackley, Pa, Black Rock, N. Y., Graven- |
hurst, Ont. Office, corner Main and Seneca Sts,
Buffalo, N. Y.

|
|
|
|

MANUFACTURERS OF

J. & T. CHARLTON

HOLESALE dealers in Masts and Spars, |
Canada Round Pine, &c. Tonawanda, N. |

WILLARD W. BROWN.
Main Street, Buffalo, handles all kinds |
202 of Hard Woods.

A. P. & W. E. KELLEY CO.

CHARCOAL IRON. CHILLED

Tonawanda and. Chicago. econ etcal |

invited.
| __Offices:. New. York Life
Building, Montreal.

Cc. P. HAZARD.

HOLESALE dealer in Lumber, Shingles, |
Lath and Fence Posts. Correspondence |
invited from the Canadian trade. No 92 Riv er |

Street, Buffalo, N. Y. Works:

Lachine, Quebec.

L. A. KELSEY LUMBER CO., (Ltd.) |
ANUFACTURERS and dealers in Hard-
wood Lumber of all kinds. Describe stock |
and write for prices. Office Tonawanda, N.

BOVEE & HOWDEN |

ANUFACTURERS and Wholesale dealers |

in Hard and Soft Wood Lumber. Holders |

of Canadian stocks are invited to write for oe)
tions. Offices at Tonawanda and Le Roy, N.Y.

THE TONAWANDA LUMBER CO. |

ILLS at East Tawas, Mich.; office 106 Main |
Street, opposite N. Y.C. and H.R. R.R.
Station, North

Cash for_ Lumber

W.N. McEachren & Co

Wholesale dealers in all kinds of

1¢0¢ eOooor

E make a Specialty of Wheels suitable for

the requirements of Lumbermen and

Street Car Service, and can supply them Bored,
Finished and Balanced.

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED

Menasha Hickory Pulleys

onawanda, N. Y. We make the only

\ hardwood bent rim

M spoke arm split pulley,
fh only small split pulley,
ponly wooden hangers
in the market. Send for
discounts & circulars.

Menasha
Wood Split Pulley Co.

MENASHA, WISCONSIN.

THE MONARCH BOILER
ceatenteo) AND HERCULES ENGINE,

y AROBBESONS ,

HARDWOOD LUMBER

ROTARY SAW MILLs ABA
Portable! Bin 6 to 70 horse eee Surpas¢

Paes DOCK. =|
Sate ae ie
| 7 ness, an e ease
TORONTO

Guaranteed
GE to Saw Lumber
SZ Perfectly Smooth and

| with which they can be moved.

The 70 horse power can be taken over therough-
est roads, or into the forest, and set up as easily
and quickly as an ordinary ’20 horse power port-
able engine, and as firm as a brick-set stationary
engine Engines and boilers of every size and des-
cription. Rotary Saw Mills, Shingle and Lath

| machines, Law Grinders, Plane rs, ete.
machinery and supplies ‘of every description.
Every boiler insured against explosion by the
Boiler Insurance & Inspection Co. of Canada.
Write for circulars.
A. ROBB & SONS,
Amherst, N.S.

WRITE US FOR PRICES AND
SIZES TO CUT.

WE PAY CASH WHEN LOADED ON Meaty aid

CARS. Machine works.
ESTABLISHED OVER 40 YEARS.
Heevert G. Ross. Box 273; RecinaLtp C. BuaKker

NH. G. ROSS & GO.
Real Estate, Fire and Life [nsurance,

Shipping and General Commission Agents.

K=Timber Limits and Farming Lands a Specialty.
A.B.C, Code, Cable address, ‘‘ Ross.”’

NEW WESTMINSTER,

COBRBESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

_Insurance |

Mill |

DALTON McCARTHY, A. ECKARDT, JOHN McGREGOR

Toronto and Midland Mfg Co.

Wholesale Lumber = Dealers

DRESSED Goa tat

Sidin

FLOORING

Ceiling, Sheeting, , Shelving, Mouldings of all Descriptions

Office and Yard:

FOOT OF SPADINA AVE., - TORONTO.

Planing Mills: MIDLAND, ONT.
STOCKS WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
STRIPS d lL | \ ji B] Je HEMLOCK
SIDINGS SHINGLES
BILLSTUFF DEALERS LATH, ETC
Millichamp’s Buildings,

+ Adelaide + S * E
35 * Adelaide * otreet * East,
TORONTO.

YARD: NORTHERN DOCK, FOOT OF BATHURST STREET.

NAPANEE CEMENT WORKS

a — MANUFACTURERS OF — =
& rauliG
— Cement }

BPP IIS '
ere adapted for Dams, Smoke Stacks,
verts, Cisterns, Cellars, etc.

ENDORSED BY LEADING RAILWAYS AND CONTRACTORS.

Ee Ee @nee eee

For Building, Plastering, Gas Purifying,

—y

wwe

Cul-

Foundations,

Paper Making, &c.

07a JS AN a so S IS y COME’
DESERONTO, ONT.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

«TERRA*COTTA*FIRE-PROOFING «

For Use in Old and New Buildings.

Endorsed by Leading Architects. Absolutely Fire-proof.
| Wood or Brick. Weight One-Third that of Brick.
Crack on application of Heat or Water.
Gives Warmth in Winter; Coolness

Galt+ Machine+ ‘ seals

About as Cheap as
Does not

Deadens Noise. in Summer.

“Works.

Na
7s

‘MACHINE ae

OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR

4 eae Moulding & Stave Cutting.

SEND FoR PRICE LIst

ee eee GALT ONT.

22 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. _ July, 1891

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en". .
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©

Send for our Illustrated Catalogue
New and Second Hand

Machinery.

H. W. PETRIE

DEALER IN

New and Second Hand Machinery

N)
$
oS

ANY

One New Eclipse riaue: and Matcher, Galt
make.

Champion Planer, Matcher and Moulder,
nearly new.

Little Giant Planer, Matcher and Moulder,
price $200.

24-inch Planer and Matcher, Dundas make:

New Pony Planers and Matchers, only $1.75.

24-inch Peny Planer, Frank & Co. make.

27.1nch Double Surfacer, revolving bed—
Cowan & Co. make.

No. 3 Revolving Bed planer, Cowan & Co.
make.

24-inch Pony planer, Ross make, Buffalo. °

No, 4 Pony planer, McKechnie & Bertram,
builders.

Economist planer, matcher and moulder,
Frank & Co. make

24-inch wocd frame planer, Kennedy & Sons
make,

1 planing machine knife grinder.

24-inch wood frame surface planer, cheap.

24-inch surface planer, Rogers make, Nor-
wich, Conn.
¢ 23-inch surface planer, American build. f
«: ‘21-inch wood frame planer, Kennedy & Sons diy"

>) build.
22-inch surtace planer, McKechnie & Bert-
1 ram build.
Y 22-inch wood frame planer, in good order. A)
Y 20-inch weed frame planer in good order. Po.
aos Y i2inch diagonal buzz planer, new, Galt” |f/ OF ALL KINDS. |

make Ther

| Daniels planer, R. Ball& Co. make. Ls

¢G)) _ Matcher, Kennedy & Sons’ make, Owen £
7 j] Sound. Viti ae eral,
Waal or Renate proving atch meueion plan 9 ipa ji and 145 Front Street West,

SQ No. 2 Three-sided moulding machine, Galt 1!
PEN make! €
bh

See 3 Sided Moulder, made by Rogers, Connec-
ticut.
ty NN New power morticers—Galt make,
@ One chair or upright boring machine,
= Iron top shaper—Goldie & McCulloch make
Galt.

Toronto, Ont.

| - \

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wu we
cons
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{
i) 1! Centennia) top jig saw—Goldie & McCul-
PIA | toch builders. : : 4
Y, lin, G Double cope tenoning machine— Dundas | ; F .
poe) ake. cexan-“Galt’ make~tiseyband My new and commodious warehouse is fast filling up in every
mpi xesan suaebinies: Te agut cone puice department and new lines are being continually added. Parties requiring
“> N ani Seer eee eae Engines, Boilers, Iron or Wood Tools, in fact, anything in the shape of
fl: geSeniicombpnction {-ay table aa Machinery, will do well to give me a call before placing their orders.
Au steel.

Nut | Tuipreved Fewer Hes Es EGU ER
F ; Gregor, Gourlay & Co., Galt, builders.
SSN ie I siapee ail ijron—Goldie & McCulloch
RCSA | opuile. .
: TTS Improved saw arbors—all sizes—Galt make;
large stock. f

One improved iron frame swing saw—new;
ofc) Buflalo make.

Sand paperers—new and secord hand.

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NUMBER § y

TORONTO, ONT., AUGUST, 1891.

FOREST FIRES.

CAMPER’S fitful fire burns low,

Then starts afresh with lurid glow.
Unwatched, unchained, with fuel nigh
The flames grow wide, and broad and high!

With rush and roar, and swoop and crash,
O’er field and forest, fires now dash.
They're here and there, and everywhere—
The sky grows thick with pall and glare.
The tall trees fall, and house and field
To all-consuming fiends must yield.
The men like demons fight the blaze—
Back-fire and chop—and structures raze.
Repulsed somewhat, but reinforced,
From ruthless ruin, death, despair—
On wings of red they ride the air.
Through choppings dry, o’er town and lea,
There surge the waves of a burning sea.
Will they never cease to onward sweep?—
The heavens now in sorrow weep !
First gentle rain—then torrents fall,
To drench the wood, the field and all.
The firey march at last is staid—
The boon for which men hoped and prayed.
But, count the lost and find the dead—
Gaze on the ruin ’round us spread ;
Then on the campers work reflect—
The careless one who nothing recked ;
The man who thoughtless left the fire
That grew and spread destruction dire,
One heedless act to forethought turned,
And never a forest fire had burned.

BACKWOODS LUMBERING IN FLORIDA.
BY JAMES F. HOBART.

HERE are many fine mills in Florida, but these are

to be found near seaports, or other good shipping
facilities, and cut lumber chiefly for Northern shipment,
leaving local demands to be supplied with lumber by
innumerable light saw-mills which are scattered every-
where through the state.

Along the line of the Florida Southern Railway are
scores of these mills, and a description of one will
answer for nearly allofthem. A very few of these
mills rival in construction and appearance the larger
concerns, but as a rule they are threwn together in a
very rough manner, and operated equally as rude.

These little mills are built with an aim to get out as
great an amount of lumber with as little first cost or run-
ning expense as possible. Ample power is at hand in
these mills, and they are never troubled by boiler in-
spectors. In fact, a boiler is never inspected here until
after it has blown up. :

One mill is bu‘lt near the North branch of the Florida
Southern Railway. It is but four years old, but from
its weather-beaten appearance would easily pass for one
hundred and four.

The first noticeable feature is the log truck, with its
big wheels, eight feet in diameter, and tires six inches
wide, which are not welded, but are lapped two or three
feet and then rivited. A pole sixteen feet long admits
of carrying a forty foot log, without its interfering with
the mules.

At the extreme front end of this long pole is the “drag
wheel,” a unique apparatus, which skates over the sand
and toa measure guides the long pole. The drag wheel
also serves to prevent excessive sidewise jerks of the
pole, and saves the mules from unnecessary labor.

A windlass is mounted on the axle of the wheels, and
is worked by means of along lever and rope. The
log dog” is dropped over a log which it firmly grasps
upon the ice tongs principle, then both log and dog are
raised by the lever and windlass, and are ready for
the journey.

Into the forest for miles these log trucks penetrate,
going further and further as the choice logs get scarce,
forming a picturesque sight, and each double span of

mules, with its mounted driver, pace sedately along the
sandy trail.

“All teams off to the forest,” says the foreman, as the
teams all unload before the mill, and away they go, a
ponderous procession, to fetch the mighty yellow-pine
logs.

With a five pound axe, fixed to a long straight handle,
the Florida woodsmen cut down the huge trees with a
vigor and vim unknown to the Northern chopper. It is
seldom that a crooked axe helve is seen here, and the
crooked Canadian axe handle is unknown. It is a
singular fact that the latitude in which an axe belongs
can be almost invariably determined by the amount of
curvature in the handle or helve.

There is a nice calculation needed by the Florida axe-
man to fell timber to an inch in any given direction to
escape rocks, or to allow of easier loading. It is un-
necessary here, and vigorous blows throw out huge
chips until the tree falls in any direction it chooses upon
the level sandy plain.

The interior of the Florida saw-mill plainly shows
that tasty design has never even been thought of, and
combines ina ludicrous manner ingenious makeshifts,
and slovenly negligence. The shafting is very much
too small for the work it is required to do, and it 1s not
uncommon to see a one and one-half inch shaft driving
a double surfacer with beader and matcher heads, the
small shaft driving from a forty inch pulley and only
running two hundred revolutions per minute.

A bar of railroad iron held the furnace front in
place, and two three-fourth inch bolts prevented the
whole boiler front from tumbling down. Semi-portable
boilers of the locomotive type are in general use. They
are run for all they are worth and last until they burst
or burn out.

The circular saws in these mills are pecuhar ; they
must be very strong, especially at the roots of the teeth
in order to stand the strain of cutting the terrible hard
knots which are constantly being met within yellow
pine. The hemlock and spruce knots bear no compar-
ison with the yellow pine knots, and even a guod axe

will be spoiled unless great care is taken when cutting
a knot.

As lumber falls from the saw, it is received by a line
of dead rolls, and pushed under a swing saw, when it Is
cut to the desired lengths. Logs thirty to forty feet
long are mostly cut, making two or three bounds from
each length cut off by the saw.

A gang jojnter stands near the swing saw, and upon
it the boards can be cut the desired width of square
edge lumber, and, at the same time, a picket cut from
either side, should any part of the round edge board be
of sufficient width to make it.

From the edges the boards naturally pass to the sur-
facer, and odd corners about the mill are occupied by
a lath machine, shingle mill and a superannuated jig
saw. Upon this machine, and held in place by wire, is
a board bearing a notice which flavors decidedly of the
true Florida “cracker.”

The homely ingenuity displayed by the “repair men”
of these mills is well worthy of study. The throttle
valve got to leaking, the stuffing box bolt threads
stripped, and in trying to remove the studs they broke
short off, leaving a very bad leak of steam.

The valve stem was repacked very full, the gland
put in place and held by two pine wedges driven in,
one on each side of the valve stem.

A boiler tube got to leaking and was promptly sup-
pressed by topp:ng a thread in either end, then com-
mon pine plugs were screwed therein, stopping the
leak with only the loss of the tube’s heating surface.

The saw dust conveyors around these mills contain
the very essence of mingled ingenuity and laziness.

§ TERMS, $1.00 PER Ys

1 SINGLE Copigs, 10 CENT
They are usually made out of a worn out rubber belt
or perhaps a new one of canvas, and run from
per beneath the saw to some place outside the
where, instead of running 100 feet further and deliver-
ing the waste upon a heap, the belt stops short and is
supplemented by a negro and two wheelbarrows, one
of which 1s filling while he empties its mate. The fire-
man also is kept busy by wheeling his dust and shay-
ings entirely around one end of the mill, together with
a dozen piles of lumber.

About once an hour the saw dust convey gets too

slack to be driven by frictional contact with its drive
pulleys. This is quickly cured, however, by two quarts

of water, which is dashed upon the belt, forming an
efficient but short-lived tightener.

The output of these mills is often used green, as it
comes from the saw, but it often lies in shiftless piles
exposed to sun, air and wind, until it is twisted out of
half its resemblance to lumber. Florida lumbering has
many “points well worth imitating, also many which
should be improved.”

TREE OIL AND TALLOW.

RITISH Consul Hosie, in his report on the trade

of Wenchow, China, for the year 1890, gives the
following information relating to vegetable tallow and
oil derived from the tallow tree, “Stillingia sebifera.”
which is largely cultivated near Wenchow, and still
more widely within the Ch’u-chou perfecture to the
west: “It is not generally known that the fruit of this
tree produces oil as well as tallow. The berries which
resemble coffee beans in appearance and size, are first
steamed and then pounded in an ordinary rice trough.
By pounding, the soft mealy mesocarp is partially sep-
arated from the kernels. The mass is then placed in a
bamboo sieve, the meshes of which are just large enough
to allow the mealy matter to be scrubbed through, and
small enough to keep back the kernels. which are hard,
black and about the size of peas. From the mealy
matter the tallow is expressed in primitive wooden
presses. The oil is derived from the kernels in the
following manner ~- They are dried and passed between
two millstones held at such a distance apart by means
of a bamboo pivot as to crush the hard shells of the
kernels without injuring the white interiors. The mass
is then passed through a winnower, which separates
the broken shells from the solid matter. The latter is
then placed in a deep iron pan and roasted until it be-
gins to assume a brownish color. The crushed shells
make an excellent fuel for the purpose. It is then
ground by a huge steam roller in a circular stone well,
steamed, made into circular cakes with bamboo and
straw casings, and passed through the wooden press.
A good lighting oil called‘ch’ing yu, of a brownish-
yellow color, is thus obtained. The tallow is ‘pi yu,
that is skin, or external oil.”

WHERE THE LUMBER GOES.

HERE does all the lumber go that is cut each

year’ Hundreds of millions of feet go into the
thousands of houses built each year in city, town and
country. The agricultural implement makers consume
100,000,000 feet yearly, mostly oak, ash, maple and
hickory. The furniture manufacturers use 300,000,000
yearly, nearly all hardwood. The waggon, carriage
and buggy makers consume more than 100,000,000 feet
annually. These are a few of the places where it goes.

A man’s chances for life are good and his glory
magnified when he enters the forlorn hope for a charge
on the enemy’s works. He has no chances for life, and
is written down a fool, when he engages to set a screw
on a revolving shaft.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

August, 189t

SAW MILL BUILDING.
BY J. H. MINER.

N BUILDING a saw mill or medium mill to manu-
facture good lumber cheaply, we will begin first at
the engine and boiler. A good center-crank engine
and straight tubular boiler are best. An engine of this
kind possesses many advantages, in that it is set and
keeps in line, and is more compensating thana side-
crank, and is less expensive to set. The fire-box boiler
will not steam well unless dry fuel is at hand, and will
not burn the saw dust. They are difficult to clean,
which few mill men pay close attention to. The slabs,
in many cases, can be worked into lath, which means
In some piaces the dust com-
mands a good price. The idea is, burn the
stuff. It is cheaper to get rid of the slabs and edgings
with a burner, as no mill can burn all the slabs, but can

money, or sold for fuel.
worthless

burn the dust, which is cheaper firing, as an intelligent
boy will keep steam.

To burn dust the boiler must be set with the end say
two feet ahead of the discharge of dust from the saw.

The conveyor will traverse this route. It must be made
of link chain belting with an iron cleat every eight or
ten feet, with two spouts, one on each side of the boiler,
made of sheet-iron, with cut-offs. Have stack plenty
high ana there will be good draft if there is ample
grate surface, and after getting your furnace hot your
dust will dissappear without a cent of outlay except a
fireman at fifty cents per day.

If slabs are to be used for fuel, set your boiler the op-
posite way. Have a glass water or float guage in sight
of the sawyer. Usea good plunger pump or an in-
jector that can be regulated.

Set the engine on a heavy piece of timber, well bed-
ded in ground and of good length. Build up from this the
height you wish engine, using bolts clear through, with
all timbers keyed firmly together. A brick foundation
is not good unless set very deep, with broad base,
which costs considerable more. On every bearing of
your engine have a thoroughly reliable oil cup and use
a sight-feed cylinder lubricator, all which should come
with the engine and will if you insist. Only a drop of
oil occasionally will keep your engine cool. Use a cup
that will save oil, and that you can depend on while at

the saw.
By all means exclude your engine from dust and dit

A few sash cost but little and the lum-
ber is handy. Build an engine room, hav'ng the light
so arranged that the sawyer can see the engine. Use
a reliable compound ring packing for rods ; it will last
four times as long as hem, no friction nor cutting of
rods and is quickly inserted. Your engine properly set
requires no engineer but the sawyer’s attention morning
and noon. Exclude the dust and use reliable oilers
and you will have a new engine when your neighbors’
has burned, thumped and worn itself out.

A high speed engine is the best. They cost less per
horse-power, as a 40-horse slow motion will cost as

—jts enemies.

much as a 60-horse fast engine.

Buy a saw mill with a heavy husk and steel mandrel
with long bearings. The driving pulley snould have a
heavy rim, which should be well balanced. Turning a
pulley mside does not insure perfect balance. The
heavy rim will add to the cut and will carry a slacker
drive belt. A thin-rim pulley has no momentum in it
to relieve the saw in knots and tough places.

The feed works should have very broad face pulleys,
that they may be easy to regulate and quick in opera-
tion. The feed-belt should not be less than four inches
on a small mill, while six inches will be better. Broad
face frictions give the sawyer a variable feed, while
yarrow pulleys quickly wear from excessive pressure,
slipping and burning. ‘here are a great many dollats
annually lost on trifling feed works.

The carriage should run on planed ways, with large
tracks with axles extending across. Use a good rat-
Put in an overhead
Put in live rollers, which can be cheaply

chet set works with reliable dog.
log turner.
gotten up for small mills, and swing cut-off saw, with a
measure on each side, so that defective lumber may be
trimmed. Use a light car and ironed track for distri-
buting lumber.

Ground mills seldom have an edger, and mills of less
than 10,000 capacity do not need one. Buy the best

extra rubber belting. Use belt hooks properly and
every belt in your mill will be endless and reliably
fastened. Use a good inserted tooth saw and top saw,
if timber is large. ‘

MILL FIRES AND INSURANCE.
BY C. R. TOMPKINS, M E.

HE good working qualities of almost any piece
of machinery frequently depends upon the foun-
dation upon which it rests. It is not only much easier
to arrange and adjust the several parts of a new
machine in the first instance, but it is much less trou-
ble to keep the machine in perfect adjustment after-
wards, where a good foundation is provided. But aside
from this it becomes doubly so in case of fire. Machines
that simply stand upon the floor, no matter however
good and strong it may be, when it is burned away
they will settle down so as to frequently stand upon
two legs, if they are not thrown over ; with such con-
ditions it does not require a very hot fire to warp them
so much out of shape that but little 1s available for the
purpose of rebuilding.

It is a well-known fact to all iron-workers, that cast
iron stand considerable heat without material
injury, where there is no strain upon it ; while, on the
other hand, where it 1s submitted to a strain, it requires
but a moderate heat to produce a permanent set. For
this reason, machines that have passed through a fire
are more frequently ruined than from the actual heat
they are submitted to. Heavy planing machines stand-
ing upon a good stone foundation have gone through
a pretty hot fire without permanent injury, except to
some of the lighter portions and pulleys, that may be
replaced at comparatively a small expense ; while oth-
ers, equally as heavy, without an independent founda-
tion, have settled down in such a shape as to be com-
pletely ruined by warping and breakage, with much
less heat than the former.

With steam engines this is more particularly the
case. The method of placing an engine upon a wooden
bed and supporting the end of the main shaft upon a
wooden support, which is extensively practiced in all
parts of the country, especially in saw mills, can not
be too severely condemned by practical engineers.
Frequent cases are met with where engines thus set up
have passed through fire and been totally ruined by
being warped out of shape and cracked ; whereas, if
they had been mounted upon a good stone or brick
foundation, and the end of the shaft also permanently
supported upon the same kind of structure, the damage
from the same fire would have been slight, and a few
dollars would have made the loss good. By being
put up in this manner, without permanent support to
the end of the shaft, as soon as that burns away the
whole weight of not only the shaft, but the fly-wheel
and pulleys, is thrown upon the main box. The result
is the engine bed, which is one of the most important
parts, is twisted out of shape and ruined. If no other
part but the bed is totally ruined, the expense of put-
ing ina new bed will frequently amount to nearly as
much as a new engine.

As a rule, however, if the engine and boiler are
properly set up, with good foundations, in case of fire
they suffer less damage than any other part of the
machinery ina mill Yet we frequently find mills that
carry a large amount of insurance upon the engine and
boiler, and much less in proportion upon the lighter
machinery which is always liable to much more dam-
age by fire, if not a total loss. In a large majority of
cases. where a mill is burned, especially a planing mill
or asaw mill, it will be found that the insurance will
seldom cover the loss on the machinery and tools,
while the engine and boiler, if properly set, are not as
a rule damaged more than one-half that amount.

Therefore, where a certain amount of insurance is
carried, it is for the advantage of the mill owner to
place the engine and boiler in a one-story detached
building. Place them on good substantial brick or
stone foundations, and carry a small amount of insur-
ance. Put the bulk of the insurance upon the machin-
ery in the mill, that is more liable to be totally destroy-
ed in case of fire.

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THE PRESERVATION OF TIMBER.

N THE history of attempts at prolonging the life of
timber some very curious expedients are met with.
In 1836 Dr. Boucherie, a French~ chemist, tried to im-
pregnate timber by vital suction—that is, by tapping
the tree and allowing the ascending sap to carry up a
preserving solution. This, however, did not give satis-
factory results, and in place of it a cap was supplied to
the end of a newly-cut log, and the solution forced along
the sap ducts by hydraulic pressure. Sulphate of copper
was the chemical used, and when it was applied to new-
ly felled timber it gave good resuits. Lime water has
been tried, and also salt, but the effects have not been
such as to encourage the repetition of the treatment.
There is a strip of road inthe Union Pacific railroad,
in Wyoming, where the sleepers do not decay at all.
The analysis of the soil shows that it contains sodium,
potassium, chloride, calcium, and iron, which act as
preserving inventor named Foreman
brought out a process by which dry arsenic and corrosive
sublimate were :nserted in holes in sleepers and covered
with plugs. The became dissolved and
efforesced on the surface, when the cattle licked them
and died by scores. The farmers rose in arms and
forced the railroad company to burn all the sleepers.
One of the best of recently devised methods of presery-
ing timber consists simply in soaking the timber in: mel-
ted napthaline tor a peroid varying from two to twelve
hours, depending upon the bulk of the piece. A
temperature of 180 to 200 Fahrenheit is obtain-
ed by placing steam pipes 1a the bottom of the
tank which contains the material. Simple as the
process is it possesses a still more valuable feature. It
can be applied to green timber, thus oLviating the ne-
cessity of a long and expensive process of seasoning.
The napthaline penetrates the pores of the wood, de-
composing the albumenoid compounds and displacing
both sap and water. It then becomes fixed, and the
whole substance 1s thoroughly permeated with an anti-
septic of a permanent character.

agents. An

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ANTIQUITY OF THE CARPENTER’S PLANE.

VERY interesting discovery has been made at the
Roman city of Silchester The excavators came
across a dry well, which, on being explored, proved
quite a little museum of antiquities. Some fifteen feet
down, a correspondent says, the diggers found an urn-
shaped pottery vase, about a foot in length, quite intact,
and curiously enough, protected by lumps of chalk built
around it. The vase, which probably originally con-
tained some precious substance, was, however, quite
empty. Above it were deposited a great number of
iron implements, most of which were in a wonderful
state of preservation. They seem to have been the tools
of a carpenter and a coppersmith or silversmith, with
some miscellaneous objects of blacksmith’s work thrown
in. The principal specimen is a carpenter's plane of
quite modern type, although unquestionably more than
1,500 years old, three or four axes retaining their fine
cutting edges and quite serviceable, a number of chisels
and gouges of all shapes and sizes, hammers, adzes,
saws files, etc. In the smith’s department may be
specified a brazier for burning charcoal, quite complete ;
two or thee anvils of different sizes and shapes, a fine
pair of tongs adapted for lifting crucibles, a curious tri-
pod candelabrum lamp, or candlestick, and several
other curious objects the precise uses of which have not
yet been determined. In addition there are several
large bars of iron. Probably more will be found deeper
down in the well. This is undoubtedly the most im-
portant find at Silchester since the discovery of the
bronze Roman eagle, now at Strathfieldsaye, some
years ago.

One very important cause of deterioration in boilers _

is due to the fact of their becoming too small to do the
work without forcing, so that the pulsations of the
engine cause a well marked succession of shocks omthe
boiler, which result in the weakening of the material.
By placing one’s hand on the head or shell of the boiler,
the vibrations of the metal can be felt similar to the
rising and falling of a man’s chest while breathing.

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THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

The action of the water immediately fixes the cement,
and it becomes like solid rock.

Twenty-five per cent. economy in the use of steam
does not mean the same degree of economy in fuel.
Owners of steam plants have been deceived in this way
and very often look upon meritorious devices with sus-
picion because they did not use one-quarter less coal
after buying a device recommended as above.

Some operators make endless leather belts by using
common glue to make the joint. One of the advocates
of this method says: “Bevel the ends nicely and
smoothly. Put the glue on and place the splice ina
vise for some time. I have had such splices on the
heaviest kind of work, but it has never yet failed to
hold.”

It is my opinion, says Edward N. Dickson, that with
our present knowledge. of machinery, a steam engine
can be built that will produce a horse power with three-
quarters of a pound of coal an hour, if of sufficient size
to reduce the percentages of loss by radiation to a mini-
mum. Under those circumstances your fuel expense
would be less than one-third of what it now 1s.

If the grate surface under a boiler is larger than is
necessary to burn the 1equired amount of coal, it is
neither economy, convenience nor good judgment to
retain the full surface, as better results with less labor
and more economy in fuel, would be obtained by short-
ening the grates to such an extent that from eight inches
.o twelve inches of fire would be required at all times.

In summing up the things that a man should look out
for in caring for asteam plant, a man shouid first study
his plant thoroughly. He should know just where each
pipe goes, its condition, and the condition of the boiler.
He must study the results of other people’s work and
methods, and apply them to his own work. He must
see that there is no wasteof steam or of coal, either direct-
ly by leakage and carelessness, or indirectly by dirty tub-
es and laziness. He should also stuay his engine, read
what such a machine can and should do, then try to
bring his own engine as near as possible thereto. The
machinery should be kept up in such condition that no
shutdown and general overhauling will be necessary.
To do this, all little repairs must be made “just before
they are needed,” and not wait until just after. To do
all this a man must be a good engineer Hemust learn
something everyday, and sucha man will pick up know-
ledge as easily as a shaggy dog picks up dirt. The
man who “knows it all” will never make agood engineer.
A man must always be ready to learn something new,
and often does it from an engineer who knows lessthan
he does.

When a nail or spike has been driven into a live tree,
or into timber, after a year or more the fibers of the
wood will have contracted so. tightly about the metal
that it will be exceedingly difficult to withdraw the iron.
But, strike a nail or spike a sharp blow with a hammer
and drive it in a trifle so as to break the wood fibers
around the metal, and a nail can be drawn with only a
little force. Iron gate hinges are frequently driven into
a living tree. When one is not in possession ofa
_ strong claw bar, bore a hole close to the hinge on the
under side and the hinge can be easily crowded down
into the hole and withdrawn. When a large nail has
been driven head and all beyond the surface of the tim-
ber, bore a hole close to the nail, and with a nail set
crowd the nail into the hole. When nails have become
rusty, they will usually break in two, leaving a portion
of the iron in the timber. But, strike a rusty nail a
sharp blow, and one can sometimes withdraw it with
his “eee In tearing down an old building, if it is desir-
able to take off the boards or casings without splitting
them, place a nail set on the head of each nail, and
with a hammer start it inward about the eighth of an
inch. One blow will break the hold of the nail so that
most of the nails will come out when the boards are
driven off.

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indeed, often gets quite as much attention as either of
the others ; and, it must be confessed, he seldom gets
more, than he deserves. The edger man can pretty
nearly make or unmake a saw mill, and can thrust his
hand deeper into his employer’s pocket than any other
employee about the establishment.

Thetrimmeralso gets a good deal ofattention,and right-
fully ; while the engineer is generally the most petted
man of the entire crew, often assuming the lordly air of
a hotel clerk.

But there is one man in the mill whose position and
importance is hardly even appreciated. That man is
the setter, who rides back and forth from morning till
night, plying the lever that gauges the entire output.
His work in a bill mill, or in any mill cutting fractional
thicknesses, can hardly be overestimated. Of course
he is, to a certain extent. under the orders and direction
of the sawyer. But from that view of it his quickness
of perception in catching the sawyer’s ideas as signaled
him,and his promptness In execution, are strong points.

The setters work is arduous, especially in a bill mill.
The wear and tear of riding back and forth on the
carriage 11 hours ina day, subject to the jerks and dizzy
see-sawing, often unnecessarily aggravated by a nervous
sawyer, 1s no light thing of itself, even after months of
experience. The muscular effort of throwing the lever,
supplemented by the muscular tension necessary to his
balance on the rapidly-moving carriage, requires great
physical endurance and an almost involuntary command
of every part of the body.

In addition to an eye quick to comprehend the saw-
yers signals, the setter must have the half-dozen bills
on his bulletin board thoroughly in mind, and be quick
to see what item the log will fit ; or, if defects develop,
as it is sided up, to see what next best to put into with-
out a moment’s stop of the carriage. To hesitate is to
lose a cur, and perhaps spoil the wholelog. Heshould
also be a good judge of qualities, and especially of the
quality required in special bills, like bridge and car
material. This is a point too often neglected. More
attention to this, and a better knowledge on the part of
the setter would save many a log from being run into
a bill and sent to the dock, only to be rejected by the
shipping clerk or by the inspector at point of destination.
A log having once been cut into a special size for a bill
it is next to impossible to convince even the proprietor
that it should not be shipped. Of course he is expected
to have a correct eye for lengths, or to be able to catch
the word quickly from the scaler on the log deck.

But it is in the cutting of good logs into graded stock
that the setter can make or lose his wages with a facil-
ity only equalled by the sawyer and edger man. It is
astonishing how little this point is understood, and how
little attention is paid to it. No matter how well up the
sawyer may be in chis respect, his best efforts will be
rendered comparatively useless, unless the setter re-
sponds quickly and intelligently. This has come to be
especially true of the setter in the band mill, which is
now doing the highest class of work, superseding the
gang in many instances.

That education can be got on the carriage, but in

that case it will largely be at the expense of the mill.
The setter should learn his qualities in the yard or on

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THE SETTER’S PLACE IN THE MILL. | the shipping dock before mounting the carriage. Is
UCH has been written of the important places fact, the only thing that he should have to learn a

among the operating force of the saw mill. The | that should be the actual mee hanic al work of th BY gee

filer has been written up and written down, and hand and the sawyers signal code- ss eee ee tes
books have been compiled for his benefit. Asa general | Become only suchias’ahitle practice, in the appl ae
= ee = | rule he gets credit fora great deal more than he de- | of what he has already learned, would readily and quickly

Have all your boilers well inspected, serves, whether of blame or praise. If all goes well C2e 2 oe ; ;

end never let ee Be neeleciee and the mill turns out well-manufactured lumber, with It is a wonder this subject has not rece ercebeer
fe cay he BEDpEE ere a good profit to the owner, the filer is patted on the back. | ieee oP a ee sania Ae i : ' se : :

An insurance man of long experience declares that My puuebe Coma ine puldbee poor werk and little of is eas : en Fe re s = mill Ni it y 9 ‘ oe:
milk is the best obtainable extinguisher for petroleum | ' he gets more blame than even the foreman. NaMnneieeEn a Rta ee ae a a a ee
fire. If milk is not at hand flour will answer nearly as The sawyer comes next for his share of blame or | 7?”

_ well for putting out the flames. praise. In fact, he, too, gets both, often unmezited,

When a belt breaks from a fair strain, it bursts | especially in the matter of blame. More especially is THE IMPORTANCE OF SMALL THINGS.
nearly straight across at the weakest part. Whena | he blamed for faults which should be charged to bad NE of the most important things in modern engi-
belt is broken diagonally across the solid leather, then | ¢jing machinery out of line, rickety carriage, a sprung neering of all kinds is the accuracy employed i
be sure it is torn by something else than fair strain. ; ce : ; ca me ST ae Sis

; mandrel, or similar causes which shoulda be charged to | measurement. The thousandth part of an inch is ex
ae Re ae as eee ae ee the neglect or ignorance of the foreman or superinten- | ceedingly small when examined by the eye, but there
ful blast of compressed air he drives powdered ponent dent. are places in engines and other machines sats
down into the sand or mud at the bottom ofa stream. The edger man comes next in the category, and, | amount of lost motion would be al] but ruinous. The

difference between a good working and a good driving
fit may be about twice this amount in most places.
People who are accustomed to measure with a two-foot
rule generally consider that one-half of a sixteenth is as
close a measurement as can be conveniently made,
while the machinist working at the lathe and testing
work by calipers can readily detect a difference of
much less than one-thousandth part of an inch, and
then again there are cases where more space than this
must be allowed, as for instance between journals and
their bearings to permit the flow of the lubricant. Occas-
ionally it will be noticed in the adjustment of caps on
journal bearings, that there will be a space of one-eighth
of an inch or more left between the cap and the journal. —
This, of course, is not good practice, as the oil supplied
to the bearing is not spread over the top of the shaft,
but rather is carried dver and spread out by the lower
half of the box and the oil or other lubricating material
is wasted. Where a journal is heavy enough to main-
tain its seat in the bearing,no special harm is done fur-
ther than the waste of oil, but if the weight on the shaft-
ing be insufficient to hold in position, as is frequently
the case with a light shaft, more or less trouble usually
follows such acareless adjustment. Take for instance
the fit between the valve and its seat. There must be
absolute contact between i10n and iron at all points, or
considerable leakage of steam will be the result. To
make this closer fit requires considerable more work
and closer attention than the rougher job, but the re-
sults obtained in less wear and economy of operating,
more than pay for the extra work required. This may
readily be observed in the case of all high grade machi-
nery. The greater excellency of workmanship necess-
arily make the machines cost more, but this is soon
paid for by their more economical operation, as a per-
son in charge of a machine, if he be a mechanic, will
take a certain amount of pride in devoting considerable
attention to keeping it clean and in the best of order,
and the better the grade of workmanship that has been
put on the machine the more attention and better care
he will give it. | High-class machinery includes fine
workmanship and should only be placed in the care of
men who are able to appreciate the reasons for putting
the finer finish on such machines.

RICH MAHOGANY.

MAHOGANY tree lately cut in Honduras made

three logs which were sold in Europe and brought
$11,000. The mahogany tree ranges from one to seven
feet in diameter, is often sixty feet to the first branches,
and frequently exceeds ninety feet in height. The
Honduras mahogany comes to market in logs from two
to four feet square and twelve to fourteen feet long,
planks sometimes being obtained that are seven fee;
wide. The weight of a cubic foot mahogany varies
from thirty-five to fifty-three pounds. As compared
with oak, which is called 100 per cent., the strength of
mahogany is 67 to 97, its stiffness is from 73 to 93, and
its toughness from 61 to 99 per cent. The Government
engineer of Honduras estimates the total value of the
trees, such as are regarded fit to be cut,at $200,000,000,
while the smaller trees, not ready to be cut, are also
worth a large amount.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

August, 1891

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market, but also of other matters specially interesting to our
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even more complete ;

ez WHO IS BLAMABLE ?

A PAINFULLY unpleasant section of the news col-
umns of this journal each month is the “Fires and
Casualties.” The items published tell of serious loss of
property, coupled sometimes with loss of life, and al-
ways with great inconvenience and distress to the
owners of the property destroyed, and the hundreds of
workingmen dependent upon them for a livelihood. Is
all this inevitable? We may be Calvinists in religion,
but when we get down to business, we are convinced
that more fires occur as the result of downright care-
lessness and ignorance, than because it has been de-
creed, that they should take place. An item is before
us at this writing, of a lumber yard, stores and other
buildings burned down. How? The old, old story—
children, matches, fire. Could not be helped. Child-
ren will be children—we are perhaps told. Donot talk
arrant nonsense of this kind, when the matter is so
serious. Children will not play with matches, if those
who are responsible for their management, teach them
different ; and if this teaching is neglected, then care
can be exercised to keep matches out of their way. It
may be that a fire occurs because something that is
capable of generatirg combustion is thrown down
among the saw dust of a mill, there to remain until, in
the stillness of the night, when the thoughtless act has
gone from memory, the mill is discovered a mass of
flames. “Did not know that any harm would come
from this simple act?” Somebody should know; and it
should be his business not only to impart this inform-
ation to all directly concerned in the work of the mill,
but to place it in so conspicuous a place that no man
or boy could say he did not know. The Canaba Lum-
BERMAN, through its “Useful Information” column
and other departments is constantly imparting inform-

ation of this character. Excuse can be taken from no
man in this age of magazines and books, devoted to
specialinterests, for not knowing all that he should know
conceining his special business.

Reference is unnecessary surely to the fires that are

| constantly occurring through the carelessness of a

smoker, or the negligence of a fireman, or oversight or
indiference of some employee, whose especial duty it
is to be careful, exact and faithful in his work. Un-
sympathetic as the words may seem, acts of this char-

acter, when freighted with so terrible results, can only’

be described as bordering on the criminal ; and pun-
ishment commensurate with the evil done should be
meted out to the guilty ones. And: what apology
shall be offered for the “campers’ fitful fire :”

The careless one who nothing recked ;
The man who thoughtless left the fire
That grew and spread destruction dire.
One heedless act to forethought turned
And never a forest fire had burned.

Every one will sympathize with the man who loses a

limb, or breaks a leg, or suffers the loss of even a finger, ©

while engaged in his daily work. It would seem cruel
not to extend to him this sympathy, when physically
he is a sufterer, and besides he must lose time and
money consequent upon the accident. And as the
work of our saw mills grow and the number of
employees is multiplied, these unfortunate fatalities in-
crease. Yet, one who is at all observant and follows
the causes of a large percentage of the chronicled ac-
cidents of each day, must be satisfied that gross care-
lessness is at the bottom of much of the trouble. Fa-
talities of this kind differ from fires in that, while the
individual loss and suffering may be greater, the disas-
ter in its entirety will hardly be as widespread, either
as to numbers concerned or financial loss.

But the same causes give birth to both, and proper
carefulness and thought applied in the two cases will
act alike, in a large measure, as a preventative and
remedy.

LABOR TROUBLES.

THE labor troubles among the mill men of St. John,
N.B., particulars of which were given in the July Lum-
BERMAN, still remain unsolved. The mill men refuse
to return to ten hours per day, whilst the mill owners

are just as firm in their position that unless the change ©

is made, they will not re-open their mills. One can read-
ily understand, that having been granted nine hours a
day last summer, the men do not readily see the point
of going back to longer hours this summer. In labor
circles this would indicate a retrograde step, as the
policy of labor reform is to hold fast to every advance
made and press the agitation for something better. But
circumstances are not always the same. New Bruns-
wick is near enough to the State of Maine,and the lum-
ber products of the two countries are near enough
alike, to bring the one country into competition with
the other. In Maine the mill men work from to to 12
hours a day. Can New Brunswick hope to meet the
competition of Maine with the disadvantage of from 6to
12 hours labor a week on each man employed? Besides,
there is little activity in lumber circles in New Bruns-
wick this year, making the conditions of trade just to
that extent unfavorable to them. Deals which a year
ago were selling for $20 a thousand bring only $14 to
$14.50 now. A drop of this kind is a serious affair to a
mill owner. One has said in an interview, that with his
firm it would take $100,000 oft the season’s business.
What have the mill men to do with this? Not a
little. Capital and labor have got to be in sympathetic
touch with each other, or else there will ever be dis-
cord, and continued loss and worry to both. We take
the New Brunswick troubles for the purpose of illustra-
tion. Who more than the mill men of New Bruns-
wick are interested in having the mills kept open? This
is the source from which they obtain a livelihood? We
are told that as a result of the present shut-down, 1,200
men are idle, and wages to the amount of $21,000 a
fortnight are stopped. Are not the mill men affected
by these conditions? To many with families depend-
ing upon them, it means the difference between com-
fort and starvation. It means, besides, if the strike is
continued for a lengthened period, that every day that
a striker is out he is fixing a mortgage on eyery day’s

work of the future, when work is resumed. Do work-
ingmen ever consider the extent to which a strike al-
ways hypothecates the future? The history of the
labor strikes of this continent for a single decade pre-
sent a record in this respect that is simply appalling.

In saying this much, we have not a word of justifica-
tion for the monopolist, who would make every man his
serf, rather than one with him, in extending his busi-
Commercial history, sad to say, contains too
many blots of this character. But we go back again to
the New Brunswick case for illustration. If trade is in
such a shape, that it becomes a question with the mill
owners, whether they shall curtail expenses, or may be
close down business altogether, are not the men, as one
of the parties interested, showing the better “horse
sense” in lending their aid to keep the mills open?
Our strongest sympathies go out with the workingmen in
their efforts to improve their conditions, and we believe
that every day shows a greater desire on the part of
capitalists to help in this direction. . Despite even cases
like the:present the preponderance of facts in the labor
worla prove that employer and working man are being
drawn closer together. But there is no reason why
one’s sympathies should not be broad enough to cover
the capitalist and employer of labor. Has he no
troubles? The records of trade tell of too many for-
tunes wrecked, and whilom capitalists, who in their
struggle to keep things going have been obliged at
last to give up all, and take a place in the ranks them-
selves. “It is not all gold that glitters,” nor is the man,
whose name appears on the sign above some large
manufactory, the one who is finding the struggle for
existence, the easiest.

The dark ages tell ofa life for a life, even among gen-
tlemen of aristocratic blood. Gentlemen do not settle
their troubles to-day with an order for “pistols and coffee
for two.” International difficulties in the past could
only be settled at the edge of the sword. Nations
arrange their differences to-day around the arbitration
board. Strikes and shut-outs only remaina barbarism
of the present.

ness.

CANADIAN BANKING,

THE new Banking Act, which became operative on
the 1st July contains several features of importance to
the commercial and general public. One of these, and
every one is interested here, is the large measure of
protection it secures to note holders. Not only must
the notes of the bank constitute a first lien on the assetts,
but each bank is called upon to contribute annually
to what is to be known as a reiemption fund. Many
know from dearly bought experience, that the heavier
losers, in the case of a bank tailure, comes not unfre-
quently on those, who cannot afford to hold on for any
time to the bills they may have in their possession, and
their position being taken advantage of by speculators,
they are influenced to dispose of this money at, what
is to them, a ruinous sacrifice. It is expected that this
redemption fund will be helpful in remedying this evil,
as it is to be used, in the case of a bank’s insolvency,
for the purpose of meeting the notes of the defunct
bank within sixty days. Another valuable feature is
that all bank issues in Canada are payable at Pare welt
is absurd that a Canadian bank bill should be worth
one hundred cents on the dollar in one town, and be
subject to a discount in some other town. The pro-
vision of the new act, which removes this anomaly, will
be welcomed as a piece of common sense legislation.
Playing at banking by novices, or starting a “money
shop” by unscrupulous money sharks will not be so
easy a thing in the future. A quarter of a million of
dollars has to be paid in before opening, and no one is
eligible as a director of a bank of $1,000,000 capital or
under, unless he has fully $3,000 of paid-up stock. For
a bank of over one million capital a director is obliged
to have $4,000 of fully-paid up stock. Whilst it would
be unwise to enact any legislation, that ‘would have a
tendency to hamper so important an adjunct to trade,
as the banking system of this country, yet from the very
direct relationship, that it holds to each individual citi-
zen of the commonwealth, and because so disastrous are
the results to the entire community, when a false step is
made, too great exactness cannot be insisted on and the

people can be depended upon to support all wise legis-
lation in this direction.

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IN ANSWER to an enquiry from Hon. Senator Flint,
the Premier, Hon. Mr. Abbott has stated, that in view
of the proposed reciprocity negotiations with the Am-
erican Government in Octsber next, no tariff changes
affecting lumber would be introduced at Ottawa this
session.

A SUPPLEMENT of the New York Lumber Trades
Journal has been printed containing a~ complete ac-
count of the contest of the New York lumbermen with
the representatives of the trade unions, telling how the
fight began, how it was fought and how it was won. It
_is known to our readers that this fight was the means
of paralyzing the lumber trade in the east, just on the
opening of the present season.. Thanks, however, to
the courage of the lumbermen, the fight was of com-
paratively short duration, and victory was theirs.

A TRIAL .n the United States courts has developed
the fact that there is considerable wealth embraced in
the sunken logs in the logging streams of Michigan.
In dragging the Au Sable River for sunken logs, 100,-
000,000 feet was secured within a very short distance,
and now the statement is going the rounds that it is
believed there is 150,000,000 feet of logs sunk in the
Au Sable alone. These have been calculated at $6.00
-per thousand, which amounts to $900,000. And the
query arises, if this is the wealth at the bottom of one
river, how much wealthis lying at the bottom: of the
various streams, not alone in Michigan, but in logging
streams elsewhere as well? An explanation may here
be found for the shortage which lumbermen have been
unable to account for, when the scale of the boom com-
panies have run hundreds of thousands of feet short of
the scale in the woods. As this deficiency never shows
itself in logs brought in by rail a strong argument is
made for the transporting of loys by rail.

- VERY considerable attention is given at the experi-
mental farm in Manitoba to the cultivation of young
trees. A recent report says, that millions of native
_ maples are now coming up in one patch. Besides there
are 10,000 small elms, which are doing well. The
cotton wood from Dakota is hardy and grows very
quickly. White birch is doing well and the native
spruce trees show an encouraging growth. Some idea
of the manner in which the people of the northwest are
interested in tree culture is further indicated in the re-
port of Prof. Saunders, of Ottawa, who states that one
hundred thousand trees had been secured for these
territories, and an announcement was made tto this
effect. Within five or six weeks after the announce-
ment applications were received covering another hun-
‘dred thousand. The government have arranged to
meet the additional demand. Let this spirit continue
‘and the time is not far remote when the plains of Man-
itoba and the Northwest will, metaphorically speaking,
blossom like the rose.
EXAMINATIONS under the Ontario Cullers Act have
been in progress in different sections of the province
during the past month. The act provides that no one
will be allowed to measure logs cut on the crown do-
main in Ontario without a government license, and to
obtain this license candidates for the position of cullers
must first undergo an examination conducted by gov-
ernment examiners. The examination is a written one
throughout and consists of twenty-nine questions. (1.)
_ How long have you been engaged in culling and for

whom? (2.) How would you measure a log without
| defects? (3.) How would you measure a defective log ?
_ Eleven of the papers had diagrams of logs attached,
_ showing peculiar defects in each. There were a few
“catch” questions, two particularly—12 and 18. Num-

ed

ber 12 was a diagram of a log thirteen feet long and
nin inches in diameter, showing seven punk knots

sides and rotten at both ends. The question

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wa's asked, what would you do with it? and answered,
“Tf I met that fellow in the bush I would not recognize
him.” No. 18 was, “How should a log thirteen feet
long, fourteen inches in diameter at top, and seventeen
inches in diameter at the butt, having several case
knots on sides, and showing indications of rot at both
ends, be treated?” Of course the log was a dead cull.
The last paper was making out the culler’s return of
measurements with affidavit attached.

THE lumber interests of the continent will receive
good prominence at the coming world exhibition in
Chicago. Canada has received an invitation to make an
exhibit and we have no doubt that the lumber secticn will
bear the marks of the enterprise of Canadian lumber-
men. We certainly hope so, and will be glad to know
that they are already making a movement in this
direction. The lumbermen of Washington hzve prom-
ised to contribute all the material necessary for the
construction of the building of that State and the
Northern Pacific has agreed to transport totheexhibition
free of charge. Tulare, California, proposes to furnish
a very novel exhibit for the fair. From a gigantic red-
wood tree, 390 feet high, and 26 feet in diameter, will
be cut two lengths forty-five feet long, and these will be
transformed into full-sized railway coaches by hollow-
ing out the interior. The rough bark of the tree will
be left on the roof and on the sides and ends the natural
wood will be left unpolished. The interior will be
finished after the style of Pullman cars. One will bea
buffet dining car, with bath, barber-shop and kitchen,
and the other a sleeper, with observation room. Or-
dinary car trucks will be put underneath, and the men
of Tulare, with their wives and children, will make the
trip to Chicago in these strange coaches and live in
them while there. The intention is to keep these cars
in the exposition grounds, and to sell as mementos the
portions of the tree cut away in their construction.

THE sawdust question made itself known at Ottawa
this year, though nothing more definite was attained
than a promise from the Hon. Mr. Abbott, that next
year the government would do something. The ques-
tion came to the front by Senator Clemow introducing
a bill, which proposed to take from the government the
power it has at present to exempt any rivers or parts of
rivers from the operations of the law against allowing
sawdust and other mill refuse to fall into them. The
Senator afterwards withdrew the bill on the strength
of the promise of the Premier. Hon. Mr. Snowball,
the well-known lumber king of the Maritime provinces,
placed himself on record in a speech which indicated
plainly where he stands on the question. He pointed
out that the Miramichi river is one of the most import-
ant of the lumbering, as well as of the fishing rivers in
the Dominion. Twenty five years ago the local govern-
ment made such regulations as prevented the mills on
that river from throwing their refuse mto the water.
The regulations were carried out so faithfully on the
part of the mill owners that on the main river, where
Mr. Snowball stated there are more sawing powers than
there are on the Ottawa, there is not one shovelful of
sawdust thrown into the river. He deprecated in vigor-
ious terms “thé disgrace, that right under the Parha-
ment building, right in the face of the government,
this evil has been allowed to exist to the present day,”
and expressed himself as delighted to hear the Prime
Minister say, that action is to be taken in the matter.

AMERICAN lumber exchanges report more than the
usual movement of Michigan lumbermen into Cana-
dian pine districts, They are favorably impressed with
the conditions for cutting timber in this province,
whilst the stumpage with us is cheaper than in their
own pine States. Mr. Wm. Ryan, of Biown & Ryan,
Saginaw, Mich., is one of the latest visitors to our pine
limits, and is likely to make some investments. We sup-
pose there are those who look upon this movement by
American investors with a certain measure of dissatis-
faction. Why, we hardly know—only that they do
so. English gold is to-day largely controlling the
manufacturing interests of the United States,and the
past year has witnessed a remarkable and increasing
influx of British capital into the States. No tangible

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reason would seem to exist for the exclusion of foreign
capital from any country, and if our American friends
see Opportunities for investment in Canada—whether
in the woods, the mines or commercial pursuits—so
long as we have the article to sell, why not sell it?
Their greenbacks these days count one hundred cents
to the dollar, and our people will lose nothing by the
circuiation of these in the country. In turn, our mer-
chants are prepared to cross the border with Do on
bank bills, subject to no discount either, and buy those

products which conditions in that country make
fitable for us to buy. That Chinese wall is <
only thing that hits either party.

A DECISION has been given in the case of the Bank
of Montreal vs. the J. E. Potts Salt and Lumber Com-
pany, of Detroit, Mich. The bank asked
closure of mortgages aggregating $700,000.

the fore-
This step
was opposed by the unsecured creditors, who knew
that an adverse decision meant that
assets to be distributed among them. The decision
given by Judge Kelly at Detroit on 6th ult., affirms the
validity of the mortgages thus leaving the other creditors
out in the cold. The common notior has been that an
insolvent corporation has no right to distribute the as-
sets, excepf pro rata among all the creditors. The
judge does not do away with this belief, but makes the
point that temporary financial inability to tide over a
stringent money market or to meet maturing notes
without borrowing, 1s not conclusive evidence of insol-
vency. Inthe Potts case he considers that, instead of
being in the hght of preferred creditors, those who
secured mortgages were bona fide creditors. The
mortgages, furthermore, did not cover all the property _
of the corporation. “Until proceedings to dissolve the
corporation under the statutes,” stated the judge, “or
upon sequestration of the corporation assets and ap-
pointment of a receiver, the corporation has control of
its assets and may sell and mortgage like any individ-
The failure of this firm is fresh in the minds of
Canadians from the fact that it was supposed to be re-
sponsible in a measure for the suspension of the
Federal Bank of this city from which a large credit
had been obtained.

amount less in

ual.”

AT the present time when activity is general among
Canadian shingle milis, something may be learned by
reference to the work of Mr. Charles Boyden, who ten
years ago was the shingle king of the world, and own-
ed a mill at Grand Haven, Mich., with a capacity of
1,000,000 shingles and 50,000 teet of lumber daily. He
had his own views of conducting the shingle business,
and his own ideas of what should constitute a good
shingle. In conversation with a representative of the
Northwestern Lumberman he once said :—‘There are
some who see no merit in a shingle unless it is long,
clear and thick. I may liken shingle manufacturing to
tailoring. One man may want a suit of clothes that
cost $75, but at the same time there are a hundred men
who wants suits that cost $15 each.
high-priced men buy some where else. We make
shingles for the masses. Last year we closed our mill
several millions behind on our orders. If there is any
man who thinks that a shingle is better for having a
planed butt, he is, of course, entitled to his opinion.
But let me ask you to experiment a little. Take two
shingles ; with 2 buck saw cut a piece from across the
butt of one of them, and with your knife make the butt
of the other smooth and even: Placethem side by side
in the sun, and the one that is finished so nicely will
check an inch or two, while the rough sawed ote will
not check at all. Then again, go on to an old roof, and
notice where the shingles wear out first. The wear is
right in front of the lap, and is caused by the water
running from the shingle above it. The thicker the
shingle the greater the force there is tothe water. A
shingle with a thin rough butt will outlast a fancy shingle
every time, and when on a roof looks just as well from
the street.” This is the philosophy of only one man, it is
true, but of aman who made a conspicious success of the
work he had undertaken. Oflate Mr. Boyden has given
his attention more particularly to lumbering, being to-
day, president and treasurer of a large lumber com-
pany at Neelyville, Mo.

We let the

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STATEMENT has been given general circulation |
A in Canadian newspapers, based on a letter to the |
Timber Trades._Journal, of London, Eng., from its
Ottawa correspondent, saying, that “the shipment of
deals from Ottawa to England, is far greater this year
than it has been for any previous year.” “AShipper’
He says the statement
is “utterly wrong, reckless and absurd. It is implied
that Liverpool takes the Lulk, if not the whole of these
magnified shipments. If this correspondent had not cut
short his remarks where he did, he might eventually
stumbled on something approaching a fact.”

gives this an emphatic denial.

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I have a letter from a Peterborough lumber firm ask-
ing for the latest information relating to the preser-
vation of burnt pine. Canadian lumbermen, of late |
years, and this year has been no exception, have suffer-
ed severely from forest fires. Our American lumber-
men have in the past been great sufferers in this
respect, and I understand, that some of them have
made a study of the question, and are in possession of
the best information tnat is desired by our, correspon-
dent. Fer the general benefit of the craft in Canada, I
should be glad to hear from anv of our friends.

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“With all this talk about the great amounts invested
in southern timber by Michigan men,” said Walter T.
Peale, of Saginaw, Mich., a few days ago, “one would
think that ouk timber was nearly all gone. That isa
big mistake. We were so very foolish at the start as
to ship a great deal of timber away 1a the rough, but
this is stopped and factories for manufacture of doors,
blinds, etc., are increasing wonderfully all oyer the
state. The abolition of the Canadian export duty on
logs is already being of great benefit to us. - Over
100,000,000 feet of lumber will be sawed in Saginaw
this summer. Everv year this will increase. We
have many years of prosperity before us yet.”

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“Business is slow,” said Mr. Willard W. Brown, the
wholesale lumber merchant of Buffalo, N.Y., whom I
met a few days ago. “But we look for good trade in
the fall. Crops are good. We are just going to have
big crops this year. Wheat is looking splendid. Then
we send our wheat across the Atlantic, and back comes
British gold for it, and things commence to hum. Yes,
the New York strike and boycott affected our trade
somewhat. I commend the lumbermen of New York
for the bold and united front that they showed in
this trouble. If they had not acted in this spirit, the
boycott might have been in existence to-day. Ifthe
men had succeeded they could have gone on and closed
every yard in New York. When workingmen or-
ganize, capital must organize too.”

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Meeting Mr. R. B. Joyce, a few days since, .and
knowing that for some years he had been actively
identified with the lumber trade of New Brunswick, I
queried him in regard to the strike among the mill men
of St. John. Said he: “I can remember when eleven
and twelve hours was a mill man’s day. He would
start work at 6 a.m. and keep it up till 6 or 7 p.m, with
only the break of an hour for meals. This was simply
killing. The work makes too great call on the physi-
cal man for even the strongest man to keep this up
long. Other employers more considerate would
have a break of an hour in the forenoon fora meal,
besides the regular dinner hour, which reduced the
working hours to ten, rather more reasonable. On the
other hand there are and have been cases where the
work was kept up until 7p.m. and a day of twelve
hours made up. I know how hard it is for the mill
owners to get their money out of their investments on a
short working day—at least they think so—when

eleven and twelve hours is the day in Maine. But my
own opinion is that the reserve of strength on a nine
hour day would be such as to produce more actual
work within the week than on the longer day.”
Ce

To what uses will the products of the forests not be
put? I have learned of an hotel in Hamburg built en-
tirely of compressed wood as hard as iron and rendered
absolutely proof against both fire and the attacks of in-
sects by subjection to chemical processes. Then what
a close relationship is growing up between the wood
and paper trades. Sixty-seven cords of poplar is used,
for example, to print a single edition of the Philadel-
phia Record—t150,000 copies ofa twelve page paper. In
22 hours from the time of felling the tree it had been
turned into printed papers. A paper averaging 50
cords of poplar daily would consume 18,250 cords an-
pually. In Japan, where the best paper in the world is
made, mulberry bark is used. The bark grows on a
sort of bush. It is stripped from the young shoots at
certain times of the year, just as willow is gotten in this
country to make baskets with. The shoots are allowed
to grow about three feet long before they are clipped

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Where is the man without a sweet tooth—somewhere?
Editors possess them, I suppose, like other mortals.
The mail clerk of the LUMBERMAN has shown me a
letter from an American lumber firm, renewing their
subscription to this journal, and adding: “The CANADA
LUMBERMAN is a Credit to journalism in your country.
It is ably edited, and tastily gotten up. We could not
do without it in our office.” I know of no one who has
a better right to sweetmeats than this self same editor.
I say eat the candy my friend and relish it. A hearty
cheer does every man good in his work. My readers
all know the oft told story of the fireman who was
ascending a high story to save a child, who was
hemmed in by fire and smoke, and must soon have
perished. It hardly seemed possible, that the fireman
would be able to reach the top of the ladder. He was
about giving up in despair. A hearty cheer came from
the crowd below. He made one desperate effort in-
spired by the enthusiasm below, secured the little one
and descended safely with her in his arms. The
rough places of life with everyone—for who meets not
brambles and thistles in his pathway ?—is made much
the smoother by the heartfelt cheer such as cheered
on the fireman to save the little child) These things
had far better be given in the present time than in the
obituaries that follow after one is consigned ‘dust to
dust, ashes to ashes.”

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Wonderful finds are not always the most wonderful
things in the world. “A wonderful find” always makes
a good newspaper item, especially in the ‘‘silly season,”
and the item is often more wonderful than the “find.” But
there aresome good stories extant that can beauthentica-
ted sometimes by ones own eyes. The attention of
visitors to Toronto has no doubt beeh attracted by a
peculiar “find” that is on exhibition in the emigration
offices of the C.P.R., on the corner of York and Front
Sts. It will naturally have a special interest to lumber-
men, because the “find” was found in 2 tree—and trees
are the stock-in-trade of the lumber business. In one
of the windows of these offices will be seen a good sized
round of timber sawed from a tree that had its home
at one time in the Assiniboine section, near Portage la
Prairie. Placed in the heart of this piece is a bone of
a buftalo, about eighteen inches in length. How came
itthere? The tree which was cut down a few years
ago, is supposed to have been about 170 years old.
The theory is that when a mere sapling, Indian child-
ren. who had been playing in the Iccality, and perhaps
had had Buffalo for dinner—aye ?—took this bone and
set itin a recess in the tree. No more was thought of
the affair. The tree grew and grew and the bone was
incased in the growth. But in later days, when the
woodman had gone forth to slay these giants of the
forest, this tree was cut down and the bone dis-
covered. Another good story of interest to the lumber
trade comes from Prince Edward Island. Fifty years
ago a valuable silver watch was lost by Mr. Holland,
the son of Major Holland, well known in the provinces

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in those days. A week ago the watch, which was iden-
tified by the initials, E. H., on the cover, was found
under the roots of a large tree, which had then been
chopped down. The watch, 1 am told,is almost as
good as new after its long burial.

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The annual period for holidaying has come around
and the answer “out of town” meets one more frequently
from the business man’s office these days than does
any other. Going away for the summer has in some
cases I believe become a mere fashionable fad. Those
who live in the lap of luxury ten months in the year
cannot urge, that they must needs spend the other two
-months in increased luxury, as a means of recuperation
from the toils and burdens of the ten months. But my
business does not take me among those who spend
their days on beds of roses and feed daily with a silver
spoon on gold jelly. If there is any lumberman in
Canada who finds that he can successfully carry on his
business on these lines I want to see him, and I prom-
ise him that you shall hear all about him in these pages.
No, the business man of the present day has got to
have lots of “get up” about him, if his business is to
prosper. I am satisfied, that nowhere is the mental
tension greater than in mercantile life in the present
day. And the more extensive the business man’s un-
dertakings, and often the more successful these are, the
greater the strain and the heavier the mental burden.
“A breaking up of the humdrum of life,’ as one writer
has put it, “and an entire change of life for a couple of
weeks once a year is of wonderful benefit to.man. It
shakes him up, gives him new ideas of life, takes him
out of the ruts and delivers him from the charge of be-
coming a mere machine.” I get disappointed in my

news gathering, when I find the majority of my clients
are summering it, but I know that when I see them on
their return, they will fairly bristle with new ideas asan
outcome of their summer's outing.

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Suggested by an interview in the ELI column of the
July LUMBERMAN a New Brunswick reader writes:
“T recollect over 50 years ago when ships came from
foreign countries into St. John harbor and unloaded
their cargo of lumber into British waters and reshipped
it and took it to the English market to save the duty
they imposed to protect our lumber trade, when our
forests were clothed with the most ‘n.ajestic pine and
spruce. Sir P. Thompson was at the time sent from

England to look into our lumber trade. On his return he
recommended the reduction of the duty on foreign lum-
-ber and the sons of New Brunswick burned his effigy
on the square in St. John. Now our forests are denud-
ed of pine and almost of spruce and the only valuable
wood left is our cedar, which is getting slaughtered
right and left for shingles ; and Americans are allowed
to cross our lines and drive it by our mills by the mil-
lion feet and manufacture it in Maine to save American
duty. And O’Leary the great dealer in our short and
small spruce, is taking it out of our forests and towing it
out of our country in rafts of 3,000,000 ft. at a time; all
goes to kill and damn our future lumber trade, all for
the want of a protective export duty. Compel the
manufacture of our lumber at home and secure our
lumber trade for Canadians instead of Americans. Not
one stick of lumber should be allowed to leave our
shores unmanufactured. Speaking of the Baltic lumber,
perhaps it is not generally known that there they haul
their lumber in many cases 15 and 20 miles before it is
shipped and the wages are less than one shilling per
day. Well they may compete under such circum-
stances, so long as their lumber lasts. We hear con-
siderable blathering about preserving our forests from
destruction, and tree planting to meet future demands,
but an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Exact an export duty at once and stop the slaughter of
our forests to play into the hands of syndicate lumber-
men and give our local mills a chance to secure a few
sticks on their streams to saw.”

It is estimated that one building at the World’s Fair,
Chicago, will take 30,000,000 feet of lumber. This will
probably be about half of the total consumed by these
buildings.

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August,

1591.

THE CANADA. LUMBERMAN.

OTTAWA LETTER.

Conditions of Business—Views of a Leading Lumber-
man.—Speech by Col. O’Brien M. P. for Muskoka
on the Export .Duty.—Work jof the mills.

[Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN. ]

The general outlook of the lumber trade is, in the
opinion of a leading lumberman of the Chaudiere, very
satisfactory “For the past year or so business” said he
“was very dull and purchasers were slow in buying, but
now since there is a stir in the market they will begin
to lay in a good stock, especially when i: is known that
the output of lumber here is to be very small this sum-
mer. In my long experience in the business I do not
remember any season in which so little lumber was be-
ing cut as at present, and the quantity will not likely in-
crease any, as a large number of logs belonging to dif-
ferent firms got stuck in creeks while on the drive, ow-
ing to the lowness of the water this spring. It is more
than likely, however, that with a good spell of shipping
now, the lumbermen will become encouraged and will
work their limits heavily next winter, and make the
manufacture of lumber lively here next summer. All
the shipping accommodation to local points is being
eagerly snatched up, and iarge numbers of men are en-
gaged loading lumber on cars.” This opinion is con-
firmed by the depleted condition of the lumber. yards,
for never perhaps have they looked so destitute, show-
ing that shipping must have been brisk during the
spring.

In the debate on the budget, Col. O’Brien M. P. for
Muskoka made a capital speech, dealing largely with
the condition of the lumber trade, as a result of present
tariff regulations. He took the ground, that whilst
certain advantages were obtained by the abolition of
the export duty on logs, or rather because of the reduc-
tion of the import duty on lumber which followed this
step, that yet the general result to the country was most

_ disastrous. He had excellent authority for saying that
the export of saw logs during the season will amount
to from 8¢,000,000 to 140,000,000 ft. This means so
large a diminution in the employment of labor and cap-
ital on our side of the lines, that the country must
feel its baneful effects. Further it means a diminution
in the production of our forests, so rapid and extensive,
that serious consequences in the near future will follow.

Our people are looking forward with eager expectancy
to the starting of J. R. Booth’s new mill, which will add
in a large measure to life around the Chaudiere. Five
band saws and the twin circular saws have started, but
we wait the buzz of the whole thirteen band saws and
the other machinery with which this mill is so splendidly
equipped.

Though the E. B. Eddy Co. are rapidly withdrawing
from the lumber trade, the well-known energy of this
firm is showing itself in other directions and where the
product of the forest will be called into use. The old
sash factory, of late used asa pulp mill, has been rais-
ed one story higher, and a new metallic roof put on.
The big saw mill is dismantled, and the mill will be fit-
ted up as another paper factory, though it will likely be
January before operations will be commenced, as nearly
this time will be needed to put in all the necessary
machinery. The workshop in rear of St. John’s church
is being partly torn down and fitted up as a mill for
sawing staves for the pail factory.

Though reports are not very favorable as to the get-
ting out of logs, owing to the low condition of the water,
yet a number of the drives are making their way along.

MINOR MENTION.

Eighteen men of the Egan Lumber Company are
also haying along the DesMoines river.

Mill fire wood has been increased 25 cents a load.
This will make a difference to Ottawa householders who
use mill-wood of $20,000 per year.

Word has been received here of the death of a well
known Ottawa boy named “Jack” Gunnan, who was
killed while at work in a Michigan mill.

Mr. J. R. Booth has seat a gang of twenty-five men
to his farms on his Upper Black river limit to cut ed
- for the shanties on thet limit next winter.

A lad 12 years of age from Gilmour's mill at Chelsea,
stole fifty dollars from a boarding house of that place
a short time since. He started for Ottawa, stopped a

night in the Flats, and made away with a watch from

a fellow occupant ; he next went to Hulland stolea pair |
of boots ; and so far this amateur Jessie James has |

evaded capture.
Ottawa July 25th, 1891.

BRITISH COLUMBIA LETTER.

A Big Lumber Deal—English Capital on the Coast.
A Budget of News Notes.
[Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN. |

The transfer of the Moodyville Saw Mill Company
to an English syndicate to be known as the Moody-
ville Land and Saw Mill Company has finally taken
place. The money has been paid over and the new
owners are in possession. The transaction amounts in
value to about one million dollars, and is probably the
most important which has occurred in the commercial
history of Vancouver. The board of directors is a very
influential one, comprising the following noblemen and
gentlemen: The Earl of Chesterfield, the Earl of Dur-
ham, Mr. Arthur Heywood Lonsdale, Colonel, the Hon.
Oliver Montague and Mr. Edmund Evan-Thomas.
Messrs. Wulffsohn & Bewicke, (Limited), will be the
general agents in British Columbia, and Mr. Jobann
Wulffsohn of that firm the general manager of the
company.

The property acquired by the new company is a very
extensive and valuable one, including large and valu-
able tracts of land besides that embraced in the mill
property itself. On the north shore of the Inlet, sur-
rounding the mill, there is 1,786 acres, with a valuable
water frontage of three miles. Other valuable agricul-
tural lands are situated at Mud Bay, Strainer Island
in the Coast District and elsewhere, aggregating 9,384
acres. There arealso no less than 31,448 acres of valu-
able timber limits included in the purchase. The local
management of the mill and the general conduct of the
business will be the same as at present, the results of
the operation of the business having yiven results that
show this policy to be in accord with the interests of
the concern. The successful completion of the nego-
tiation by Mr. Wulffsohn cannot fail to be of great ad-
vantage to Vancouver.

A BUDGET OF NEWS MATTER.

The construction of the Nicaragua Canal is expected
to consume considerable lumber from Puget Sound and

B. C. ports

A new industry, the British Columbia Paper Manu-
facturing Co. have decided to locate at Alberni, on
Vancouver Island.

No bush fires of a destructive nature are reported yet
and as the summer is advancing very little damage
will likely be done by them this year.

The Canadian Pacific Lumber Co.’s new wharf on
Lulu Island is nearly completed. Their portable mill is
ready and soon will be cutting for the main mill.

The Vancouver Manufacturing and Trading Co. are
building a dry kiln 40x35 feet. They have lately added
a boiler house and put in a new Corliss engine. The
mill will be taxed to its fuilest capacity when it starts
again.

The Taylor Mill Co., Lt’d, have very much increased
their output of lumber, sashes, doors, and everything in
the building line. This is the concern that took over
the plant and buildings of the Queen City Planing
Mills, Victoria.

During the month the long expected ship Duke of
Argyle arrived safely, discharged her cargo and went
to Astoria, on the Columbia river, to load wheat for
Great Britain. The Lanarkshire, Morayshire, Noddle-
burn and Rothsav Bay are expected now.

The Louisa Marta has completed loading for Sydney,
at MacLaren-Ross Lumber Co.’s mill. The Leonor
will finish for Melbourne by the 18th inst. This is the
first work the mill has done and gave the greatest sat-
isfaction. Nota hitch occurred and all the machinery
worked smoothly.

All the mills continue taxed to their fullest capacity
to fill orders. The Brunette Saw Mill Co. and B.C.

Mills F. & F. Co. ship from three to five car loads daily —

to the Northwest, Manitoba and Ontario. The shingle

| laide, Australia, is no

| ing for a line of lumber steamers between Briti

mills are al] increasing their outputs and shipping
largely to Manitoba and the Northwest

The representative of a large lumber firm in Ade
w here for the purpose of arrang

sh Col

| umbia and Australia. The Remus and Eton have been

| chartered, but another is wanted. This is a most
portant matter for the lumber trade in British Columbia
and it is to be hoped the venture will be successf

H. G. R
New Westminster, B.C tic 25s 1891

VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS.

Sweden has an area of 170,900 square miles, 65,000
of which is timber lands.

One of the interesting objects which will be exhibit-
ed at the World’s Fair is a table, made from the tim-
ber of the house in Funchal,
bus lived for a time before he began his vo
discovery.

Madeira, in which Colum-
yages of

The average annual time of employment for mill
hands, according to the United States census report, is
7.11 months in Michigan, 6.43 months in
and 5.72 months in Minnesota. Has the climate any-
thing to do with making this result as shown?

Wisconsin

Practical lumbermen who have visited Mexico say
those great forests of mahogany and other woods fail
to materialize. Others, who made efforts to build up a
trade in South American woods, tell how the difficulties
of getting the really valuable timbers out of the impen-
etratable wood, almost, if not quite, overcome all ad-
vantages.

It is worthy the attention of Canadian lumbermen
that the output of North Carolina pine during this
year is expected to be about five hundred millions of
feet, estimated as worth $6,000,000. In addition to
this the production of cedar, poplar, cypress, holly, ash
and gum 1s valued at about four and one-quarter mill-
ions of dollars.

Mr. Wolfred Nelson, who series of
papers in the Montreal Gazette on commerce with
Jamaica, gives a deal of valuable information relative
to the conditions of trade with this country. Touching
the subject of lumber he tells us that there is a steady
demand in Jamaica for Canadian white pine, which is
everywhere to be seen there, but that it was purchased
in New York through middlemen. Very naturally Mr.
Nelson asks, why not reach the Kingston market
direct? The spruce of the Maritime provinces is al-
most useless in any hot climate, as wood borers soon
reduce it to a perfect honeycomb. “In fact any wood
that holds its sap 1s only food for the many voracious-
and destructive insects that infest the tropics.” There
were shipped from the Maritime provinces last year to the
British West Indies $150,000 worth of planks, boards,
joists and scantling, “while Jamaica alone imports over
five million (5,000,000) feet of white pine, almost every
foot of which comes from New York. All this can be
changed if Canadian lumbermen wish, and Canadian
vessels could easily secure return cargoes of sugar,
fruit, dye woods, etc. It awaits Canada.”

iS writing a

The notable suit of Simpson Rennie v. the Utterson
Lumber Company will go to the Supreme Court. The
defendants are not discouraged because already twice
beaten, but are prepared to put up security for costs to
carry the case to the Supreme Court. The facts are as
follows : Some years ago Simpson Rennie, who is a
Scarboro’ farmer, loaned $4,000 to two men who were
running a saw mill on the shores of Mary’s Lake.
Rennie took a mortgage, as he supposed, on the mill
property and adjoining lots. The mill men assigned
subsequently to R. H. Gray, Toronto. At this stage
the Utterson Lumber Company was formed by J. W.
Lang, Ald. W. W. Park, Wm. A. Mitchell, of Toronto,
and other men. They bought out the mill, and ever
since have been endeavoring to establish the fact that
Simpson Rennie’s mortgage did not apply to the mill,
but only to the adjoining land. The mill is built on
piles in the lake and no part of the building proper
touches the land, which facts were not made clear in
the mortgage. Nearly two years ago Mr. Justice Fal-
conbridge gave judgment in favor of the plaintiff, and
lately the Court of Appeal sustained this decision.

THE NEWS.

ONTARIO.

. Sharp, saw mill, Sudbury, has assigned.

—jJ.H
—James Bateman, planing mill, Toronto, is dead.
—Delaney has 30,000 logs stuck in the Spanish river.
—The big
—_M. L. Killam, lumber, Scotch Settlement, has failed.
—W. F.
ville.
Sse saw mill of the late J. W- Brisly, Flesherton, is to

saw mill at Burk’s Falls, is again running.

Kay is operating a portable saw mill at Otter-

be sold

_—Shaw’s new shingle mill at Novar will soon be in oper-
ation.

—Mr. Grenside, Mitchell, is to start a saw mill in Mount
Forest.

_The saw mill at Cheesville is running full time and trade
is good.

Thos. Hissock, a speculative builder of this, city has
assigned.

__Malins & Carter contemplate the erection ofa saw mill at
Burgessville.

— Thomas Rosewarnes mill at Cottom is in charge of Mr.
Robert Quinn.

—McKechnie & Co., will put new machinery into their
mill at Glenroaden.

—Wm. Willis & Co.,
now Willis & Kernohan.

—Hurdman & Co’s mill at Ottawa which had ceased work
for want of logs is running again.

—The mil] at Thompsonville, which has been undergoing
repairs, is now in running shape.

lumber, London, have sold out ; firm

__Orr Brothers, of Maidstone, are shipping lumber in con-
siderable quantities to Detroit, Mich.

__A sneak thief stole $46 from the till of the Masson tim-
ber mill at Hintonburg a few days ago.

—The P. S. L. Co.’s mill at Parry Sound, which has been
shut down for some time, has again started.

—Shipping is fairly brisk at Parry Sound, the lumber
interests contributing a good share to the trade. _

_Jt is said that an Ottawa contractor has-bought. all the
slabs from the mills and will form a corner in wood.

Wm. Emery, of the Emery Lumber Co., Wahnipitae,
was fined $10 and costs for taking moose out of season.

_-A Stratford lumber dealer, by name, F. S. Miller, has
levanted, leaving private banker Kane, of Gorrie, $265 short.

One of the Howry camps at Little Current, has disband-
ej for the meantime. The firm intend to start in the woods in
August.

— Eight million feet of logs from this province will, it is
said, be received by the Detroit mill at Bay City, Mich ,
this season.

—James Shand, of Creemore, has sold his foundry to Haw-
kins Bros., of Sundridge, and taken a saw mill at Eagle
Lake as part pay.

—Mr. Charles Bell, of Colchester south, has traded his
saw mill and $1,000 cash for a 60 acre farm, the property of
Mr. John Larabee

—A lot of trucks and chains seized from the Essex Land &
Timber Company for undervaluation, have been sold by the
custom’s authorities. ; te

—An old lumberman down from the Kippewa states that

the water in that tributary of the Ottawa is only falling an~

inch a day at present

__W. P. Widdifield and C. Dike, mill owners of Port
Perry, have been fined $26, for allowing saw dust to have
gathered in the stream at Siloam.

—Thistle, Carswell & Mackay have got their full stock of
logs down the Constant Creek and Black Donald. They
will cut about 65,00c logs this year.

—A man named Celestier Pleref, ar employee on E.
Moore’s raft, Pembroke, has been committed to jail to await
trial for house breaking on roth ult.

= \ waterpipes, hy-
drants, etc., from Gilmore’s mills, Ottawa, have been pur-
chased and removed by Law Bros. & Co.

the engines, boilers, machinery,

—The logs of the Dickson Company, of Peterboro’, have
come ae de all right and will be cut at the Company’s mills

at Lakefield, Harwood and Peterborough.

—The aise of the Rathbun Co., Deseronto, has been a

difficult one to move owing to low waters. One hundred and

THE CANADA LUMEBERMAN.

August, 1Sgt

ODDO eee aaa

seventy-five men were employed in bringing itdown. With
energetic work however, it has at last reached its destination.

—Mr. Playfair, whose mill was recently destroyed by fire
at Sturgeon Bay will cut out his stock this year at the On-
tario Lumber Co.’s mill at Dollarville, Midland.

—Donald Martin of Flesherton, has contracted for the cut-
ting of over a million shingles for the Messrs. Tanner, of
Sturgeon Bay. His sawyer is Mr. Joel Smith.

Arnel, with a gang of men is driving. pulpwood at Iron

Bridge, Algoma. The water in the river is lower than it has

——kR.

| been for some years, making driving hard work.

| Lopes that the trade

| is nearly ready to commence operations.

—The new saw mill at Thessalon, erected by S. Maguire,
It will cut the logs
taken out last winter for the Sault canal contractors.

—-Five of the Rathbun Company’s men at their yard in
Gananoque took from the dock and stowed on a steam barge
24,500 feet of lumber in 24 minutes and 10 seconds.

—The Windsor Planing Mill Company is in financial Fe
ficulties. The business will be wound up, and Mr.
Campean, one of the firm, will return to Amherstburg.

James

—A large steam barge loaded with paper wood taken. out
of the woods last winter, has been anchored at Thessalon.
The wood, it is said, will be taken to Detroit and Cleveland.

—The Casselman Lumber Co., of Casselman, state that

their loss by the recent fire will be $60,000. over insurance.

They have bought a mill across the river and have com-
menced work. ; ;

—The Detroit Sulphur and Fibre Works are taking out
pulp wood in large quantities from the Algoma section. | Be-

fore the season is over they will have~expended about $30,- .

000 in and around Thessalon, the centre of their operations.
15 Se aes 2 erase ee

—Stave works are to be added to=the Buchanan mill at
Staples. This will,.make four stave manufactories in’ the
village. The Old Company mill of this: place has changed
hands, and is to be remodelled with a hoop and stave appara-
tus added.

—Sibley & Bearinger, the.Michigan lumbermen, are work-
ing away at 11,000,000 feet of logs which are hung up in the
Spanish river. They hope to get them down, but the water in
the stream is said to be at_a lower stage than ever before
known.

—The partnership heretofore existing between W. P.
Keiran, Samuel McAdam and Andrew Shannon, all of the
city of Toronto, Ontario, carrying on business under the
firm name of “‘The Shannon Shingle Manufacturing Com-
pany” has been dissolved by mutual consent.

—A man named William Howe, who has been engaged
by Loper and Rumley, lumbermen in the logging
camps on Battle Lake, about 25 miles from Big Forks, re-
ports that the crops on the Rainy river are looking well and
the settlers are happy and contented. The country is well
watered and timbered and easily cleared for settlement.

—lIt is doubtful, says the Lindsay Post, if there is a mill of
its size inthe whole Midland district that turns out as large a
quantity and as varied a list of products as does’ Rathbun &
Co.’s little mill at the lower wharf. The average daily *out-
put is 800 tamarac, hemlock ~ and cedar ties, 20;680 >of

shingles, 4,000 ft. of lumber, 4,000 lath and 3,000 feet of-.
square timber. : vs 32 OE We)

—A man representing himself as’from ‘British Coluibia en :
gaged: over 100 workinen at good: wages among the mill
hands at Ottawa to go west. He collected $1-from’ each
as a guarantee they would turn up at the railwaysdepot. The
men turned up, after losing their jobs, at the station, but the
man who had engaged them had decamped with the funds he
collected. Those who had no money gave him their
watches. ;

—Royal assent has been given to an Act of Parliament
granting power to the ‘‘E. B. Eddy Manufacturing Co. of
Hull, P. Q.,” to change their name to ‘‘The E. B. Eddy Co.
Lt’d.” President Eddy, ‘n acircular to his correspondents,
relations, extending in some cases
over forty years, may be continued and increased. A branch
establishment has been opened in Toronto, in charge of
Mr. Weldon.

—A wood pulp mill and paper factory on a large scale is to
be built by an American company on the Niagara river, pre-
sumably using the power of the waters at the Falls. General
Sooy Smith, who will draw the plans tor the buildings, says
that the company intends putting in a plant that will cost
$500,000.. The company has leased sixteen acres of land
from the Niagara Tunnel Company. It appears that John L.
Newton is at the head of company, and Mr. Hall, of Sault
Ste. Marie, whe owns one of the largest spruce forests in
America is a member.

QUEBEC,

—Lumber shipping by barge is reported dull in Quebec.

—The mills at Magog have been shut down for a few weeks
for repairs.

—A demand of assignment has been made upon Daniel
who owes $15,582, of which
$13,000 is secured by mortgage, the Jesuit fathers being in-
terested to the extent of $5,000.

Riopel, a Montreal builder,

—A number of American families will be brought into
Hull from Massachusetts, by the E. B. Eddy manufacturing
company, to operate their large paper mills.
rumor afloat that the company are considering the advisa-
bility of purchasinga parcel of land adjoining Eddyville.

There is a

~NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA.

—The Misener mill at Edgar, Colchester north, N. S., is
again running, Mr. Misener having made fresh purchases of
logs which are being trucked to the mill.

—The new saw mill at Burlington, N. S., the property of

Messrs. F. A. Clark & Sons, is doing a lively trade, consider- _

able lumber being shipped to Boston.

—One gang in Gibson’s lumber mill at Marysville, N. B.,
cut 87,183 feet of deals on a recent Saturday. This is claim-
to be the largest day’s cut ever done in the province, The
logs were taken as they came

—The Leary raft of logs which left St. John, N. B. on

June. 28th, in tow, reached Long Island, N.Y. on 15th ult.
The raft is 4,000 feet long from the tugs to the end of the
raft and contained about 3,500,000 feet of lumber.
are differently constructed to thase of a year ago.
are sixteen in number.

The cribs

—Lower Stewisacke is one of the flourishing villages of Nova
Scotia. Lumbering operations are conducted on an extensive
scale. Alfred Dickie’s mill has cut’ 3,500,000 feet of lumber
since last summer. Mr, Dickie’s mill was completely de-
stroyed by fire a year ago, but he immediately rebuilt and
has a thoroughly equipped mill for the productions im all
shapes. Fifty hands are employed. In the winter season
some seventy to eighty hands and about thirty horses are em-
ployed in the woods getting out logs. In addition to Mr.
Dickie’s work, large lumbering operations are carried on by
Jacob Harvey and Messrs. A. Bigelow & Sons.

—-The shipment of spruce deals, etc. from St. John to the
United Kingdom and the European continent to June 30,
’91, compared with shipment for half of the previous year was

as follows: The total was 59,359,941 feet of deals, which is
8,600,000 feet more than in the previous time.
1891. 1890.
Deals, Deals, Beh., Pine.
Ports. Seater hatte tons, tons.
Liverpool ....... 21,501,810 15,018,403 2,596 681
Bristol Channel.. 19,287.513 16,669,074 187 ..
Ireland .....- 9,889,546 8,526,466 ....
Fleetwood ...... 2,239,225 5,889,726
Continent ....... 4,593,037 - 1,801,792
Other ports 1,848,210 2 843; 406
Total - $9,359,941 50,748, 867 2,783 681

Besides these aecals there was shipped 2,678 tons birch tim-

ber and 1,228 tons pine timber, during 1891, where in 1890,

same time, 2,783 tons birch and 681 tons pine was shipped.

~The largest shippers were M. M. Maskay, Alex. Gibson and
= eee, McKean.

M ANITOBA.
=)0); Brundrit, lumber, Balder, i is moving to Melita. :
—A saw and planing: mill will be erected at Lockington, z

_Lumber mills at Rat Portage are doing a good summer’s
business.

—Mr. Chaloner, of Rat Portege wil open a lumber yard at

-Napinka.

—The Brandon saw mill have a gang of thiety men at ee
on their drive of logs.

—The Northwestern, Ontario & ‘Manitoba eee associa-
tion excurisoned by steamer from Rat Portage to Rainy River
on the 22 ult. 5

—Cameron & Kennedy’s mill at Norman, is again running
having received a tow of 10,000 logs.

—Rutherford & Co., of Stonewall, are putting ina saw,
boiler and engine and increasing the capacity of their mill.

—There is a jam of logs at the Assiniboine bridge, about
three miles north-east of Virden. They extend back for a
mile and a half, some places three feet deep. They are owned
by Mr. Christie, of Brandon. '

—J. Hanbury, of Brandon talks of converting his planing
mill business into a large joint stock company with a capital
stock of $100,000 for the purpose of doing all kinds of sash
and door manufacturing.

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The rafts —

;

~ Jogging on an extensive scale.

August, 1Sg!.

: THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 13
—Work has been commenced witha large force of men on | A lad fourteen years old, named Vance, had his knee bor-
what is termed the Rainy river extension of the Duluth & | ribly mangled in Ryckinan’s planing, Waterdown, Ont.
‘Winnipeg, but which is in fact the new logging railway of the Mr. John § Sublie r, Booth’s foreman, got his Jee broken at
Itasca Lumber company, of Minneapolis. The point of junc- | Sturgeon’s Falls, Ont., by a stick of timber falling on it
‘tion is at Bass brook, six miles west of Grand Rapids, Mich., ‘ ; 5
i F 4 A man named Bertrand had his fingers smashed a few
_and the road as now projected and in process of construction f a Beg
2 é ; : A days ago while at work in Eddy’s pail factory, H QO
-will tap an exceptionally fine tract of timber belonging to the
Akeley and Itasca companies. aretea | A despatch from Manitoulin Island, Ont., says that W. C.
te ants Sh ee Latham, of Providence Bay, was killed while skidding logs.
—A. H. VanEtten, lumber dealer, W innipeg, is in trouble Trigger’s mill, West Lorne, Ont., was injured by fire on ec
-and his stock has been sold by the sheriff, bringing 60 cents 14th ult A tree fell on Josepn Hopkins, of Vancouver, B. C., break-

on the dollar.
-over the matter.
Western Lumber Company, and other creditors propose con-
testing the case. Lake of the Woods mills are mainly in-
terested. Liabilities are largely in excess of the stock, which
is estimated at about $4,000, but book accounts amount to
considerable.

There is likely to be some further litigation
Judgment was confessed in favor of the

BRITISH COLUMBIA.

—A saw mill is to be erected at Mission.
—D. F. Adams has established a lumber yard at Victoria.

—Ward’s shingle mill on the North Arm is doing a large
trade. : *

—The Slater shingle mil! at Vancouver has been purchased
by H. H. Spicer. ;

—Another saw and planing mill is to be started at Chilli-
wack at an early date.

—A shingle machine has ‘been placed in the mill of

McLaren & Co., Edinburgh.
—The McLaren-Ross Lumber Company are carrying on

—The mill at Nanaimo is unable to supply sufficient lum-
ber to meet the demand there. :

—A $75,000 saw mill is going up on the New Saanich town
Site, near the Brethour property.

—The mills at Chilliwack are taxed to their utmost capa-
city in supplying the local trade.

—A new sash and door factory is being erected at New
Westminster by J. Galbraith & Sons.

—The barque Leonor will leave New Westminster for
Australia shortly with a load of lumber.

—Alderman De Pencier, of Vancouver, intends going into
the lumber business near New Westminster.

—The British ship Leading Wind will sail from eneouse:
for Melbourne, Australia, with lumber, early this month.

—The steamship Zambesi \eft Victoria on the roth ult.,
with a shipment of 700,000 feet of lumber for Japan and
China.

—A company is being formed in British Columbia to build
a fleet of large lumber ships to ply between that country and
China and Australia.

—Richardson and Heathorn, Victoria, are no longer inter-
ested in the West Bay Saw Mill Co., which is now owned by
the estate of Wm. Heathorn.

—A. McLaughlin is surveying new limits near New West-
minster. On his return, arrangements will be made to start
a number of new logging camps.

_ —A sale of 160 acres of the government reserve on Burrard
Inlet, took place on 15th ult. The property is known as
part of the Moodyville Saw Mill Co.’s timber limit.

—A week since, the Hastings mill at New Westminster,
made the largest run in their history, namely 165,000 feet
and for some time past it has averaged 150,000 feet per day.

—W. L. Tait & Son’s shingle factory on False Creek, near
Vancouver, employs 18 men and manufactures about 80,000
shingles per day. They find a ready market in the North-
west. : d

—Anothe1 new mill is being erected at New Westminster,
under the direction of Mr. Wilson, formerly millwright for
the Brunette Saw mill Co. It is expected to be ready for
operation by Oct. I.

—The Canadian Pacific Timber and Lumber Company
have commenced driving piles for their new mills on Lulu
Island, Fraser river, near New Westminster. The building
of the mill will be pushed ahead with all possible despatch.

—L. Geo. Brown, for many years engaged in the export

timber business in the Phillippine Islands, has been holiday-

ing in Vancouver. Frdm thence he returns to London, Eng.
His business in the east, which he corducted for 27 years, he
has sold to Smith, Bell & Co. of Hong Kong.

—The new mill at Chemainus, the property of the Victoria
Lumbering and Manufacturing Co,, has started work. The
machinery used is of the latest and most improved pattern,
and capable of cutting 250,099 per day when running at full
Diast.

The steam saw mill of H. ross & Co., Orford, Ont., is
an entire loss by fire:

J. H. Larkin’s saw mill at Terranora, was consumed by
fire a few weeks ago.

Great devastation is being caused by fires along the valley
of the Madawaska, Ont.

Hitchcock & Foster will suffer severely by the bush fires on
Cockburn Island, Algoma, Ont,

The shingle mil of A. Van, of Foxmead, Ont.,
destroyed by fire. Loss, $1,500.

has been

The Imperial Luinber Company are heavy losers through
bush fires in the vicinty of Warren, Ont.

Thos. Kinread, door and sash factory, Moncton, N. B.,
was burned out ; loss about $2,500; no insurance.

The Rathbun Company had 12,000 feet of lumber on
Quéen’s*Wharf, this city, burned on 24th ult. Loss, $400.
Insured. ;

Great bush fires have been raging around Bark Lake, Ont.,
in North Hastings and much damage has been done to timber
limits.

The Pettit Bros.’ mills four miles from Comber, Ont.,
have been destroyed by fire. Loss, $12,000.
$4,000.

Archer & Co., lumber dealers, of Quebec, Que., lost $10-
000 to $15,000, by the destruction of their lumber yard by
fire on the roth ult.

Insurance,

Bush fires have, been doing considerable damage in the
Lake Superior region. Near Fort William there was danger
at One time to outlying buildings.

Forest fires are raging everywhere on the North Shore.
Advices from Cockburn Island point to the entire destruction
of all standing timber.
thousands.
careless.

Indians are blamed. White people are also very

Montreal, Que., had a big blaze on 13th ult., resulting in the
destruction of the lumber yards and sash factory of Charles
Brouillette & Co., St. Catherine St. ; Roberts & Co.’s lumber
yards and the property of Prefontaine, lumber and _ building
supplies.

The extensive mill plant of Mitchell Bros., at Jennings,
twelve miles nerth of Cadillac, Michigan, was burned.
Eighteen million feet of lumber, the big planing mill and
eight dwellings were destroyed, involving a loss of over $200,-
000. The preperty was insured for $150,000.

The fire on the Pembroke limits, Pembroke, Ont., has al-
most spent itself. A fire is raging on the old Capt. Findlay
limits on Black River, now owned by Mr. Booth. A tremen-
dous fire is raging on the Temiscamingue Government limits,
and Bush Kanger, P. McGaugherty, has taken down a
gang of men to fight the fire. A fire started in Mr.
W. Inglee’s bush just outside the town.

The extensive saw mill of the Georgian Bay Consolidated
Lumber Company, Byng Inlet, Ont.; was completely destroy-
ed by fire on the 3rd ult. The loss is about $85,000. The
following is a list of insurances: Onthe saw mill A&étna,
$2,500; British America, $2,500; Mercantile, $2,500;
Royal Canadian, $2,500; Hartford, $2,500; Phoenix of
England, $2,500 ; Scottish, $4,000 ; Liverpool, London &
Globe, $5,000; London & Lancashire, $5,000 ; Western,

$5,000. On stores and stock—Royal, $1,000; Manchester,
$2,000; Aitna, $3,500; Western, $2,500; Lancashire,
$3,000. On tramways—Royal Canadian, $5,000. On store-
house—Lancashire, $1,000; Etna, $1,500; Western,

$1,500. On lumber—AZtna, $5,000; Manchester, $4,000 ;
Pheenix of Brooklyn, $4,000; Western, $5,000;
Association, $2,500.

London

CASUALTIES.
Alex. Young, of Essex, Ont., fell from a load of logs and
was seriously injured.
A. E. Armstrong lost the fingers of his right hand in a
planing mill at Peterborough. :

A lumberman at Bickly Bay, B.-C., had two ribs broken
and was otherwise bruised by a falling tree.

| ing one of his legs.

He was connected with Tyler's J

logging
camp.

Thomaz White, a workman
Saw Mill, B. C.,
a roller.

John Kingswood, an
Thomas, Ont.,
on 13th ult.

engaged in the Moodyville

had the end of one of his fingers crushed by

employee of Still’s factory, St

had his hand badly lacerated by a circular saw

Recently, while giving directions in his factory, Mr. Schell,
of Alexandria, Ont., had his left hand caught in the
machine and lost two of his fingers.

planing

A raftsman named Ferdinand Fournier, was drowned in
the rapids of Lake Deschenes, on the Ottawa, in attempting to
spring from one crib to another.

Chas. Coch, an employee of the Union Furniture Co.,

The loss will run up into hundreds of -

Bass River, N. S., had. his left hand badly cut in a circular
saw in their factory, a week since.

William Walder, the head sawyer at Leary’s saw mill,
Whitechurch, Ont., had arteries of the left arm
severed by falling on 2 newly sharpened saw.

several

A young man named Thomas Nicholson, while working in
the sash and door factory at Haslem’s saw mill, Nanaimo,
B. C., had his arm-nearly- cut off below the elbow.

On the 8th ult., Mr. Chas. Hebb had three fingers of his
right hand taken off-by a circular saw, while working in the
steam mill of Mr. Alex. Nelson, Bridgewater, N.S.

A young man named Charlbois, an employee of the Georg-
ian Bay Co.’s saw mill at the mouth of the Severn, went out
in a canoe on Sunday rgth, and upset and was drowned.

Wm. Parker, of Sundridge, Ont., met with a painful acci-
dent during the month, being struck on the head with the
fragment of a large pulley, which went to pieces in Dunbar’s
mill. :

John Chambers, employed in Senkpeil & Hauser’s broom
handle factory, Elmwood, Ont., was struck in the stomach
on the 17th ult., by a piece of board thrown by the circular
saw and died from the effects.

Theophile Carriere, an employee of Ross Bros., Bucking-
ham, Que., was drowned a week since, owing to the bank of
the river giving way, while he and a gang of men were busy
excavating for foundations for a new slide. _ Five others nar-
rowly escaped.

A logger named Thomas Michand, in the employ of the.
Hastings Saw Mill Co., Vancouver, B. C. was killed in the
woods on Valdez Island, a few days ago, by a falling tree.
His head was crushed into a pulp and death was instantan-
eous. “i

A promising young man, named Jas. Malone, of Parry
Sound, Ont., lost his life on the Sequin River. a week ago.
He was working on Wilder’s drive and took a step forward to
get on the capstan crib within reach of him, when his foot
slipped on the driftwood and he fell heavily on his side on a
pin which stuck up at the corner of the crib, receiving ins ©
juries from which he died in a few hours.

Mr. George Gordon, ofthe Deseronto, Ont. ,machine shops,was
the victim of a-Serious accident on 6th ult.
putting up a Sturtevant steam heater at the Napanee Cement —
Works, Napanee Mills, when~ suddenly it fell, crushing him
beneath its weight. - Though the i LESS are sev tes they are
not likely to prove fatal.

He was engaged

—The British Columbia Iron Works are now, engaged
building a logging engine for Mr. J. M. Stewart’s logging
camp on the North Arm ofthe Inlet. It is of an American

pattern, the first of the kind ever made or used in British
Columbia and will be of 75 nominal horse power.

—A small saw mill is being erected at Tulameen for the
Tulameen Gold and Platinum Mining Co. The mill will be
erected on the property of the company, and there used for
cutting timber for the flumes and sluices used in hydraulicing.
The company expects to be washing out the gold and plati-

num in a few weeks, and from last reports the shareholders
are more sanguine than ever of rich returns. The headquar-

ters of the company are at New Westminster.

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THE CANADA LUMEERMAN.

August, 18gE .

ari ADE REVIEW,

Office of CAN ADA Lu MBERMAN, |
July 31, 1891. f
THE GENERAL SURVEY.
EPORTS from the leading centres of the lumber
trade, both in our own Dominion, the United
States,and from over the sea, do not tell of anything re-
markably active or momentous. Perhaps it would be
foolish to expect these things in the heart of midsum-
mer, for if there is a period in the entire year when we
do not expect great things, and consequently are not
disappointed, it is mid-summer

Local trade, speaking for the moment of our own

city, is quiet. Building operations on the larger scale
are active. Seldom in the history of the city have
sO many contracts for buildings of an extensive

character been in active movement all at one time, as
is the casethis year. Mention of the Confederation Life
Insurance,Co.,the Loan Association building, the Parlia-
ment Buildings, and Cooke’s Church, are random illus-
trations of others of a like kind. But as has been
pointed out in these columns before, these do little or
no good to the lumber trade. Perhaps when another
winter's snows have passed over, there will be a_revi-
val in house building, which is certainly a valuable feeder
to local lumber trade. Business is not disturbed either
by any failures during the month, if we except one with
liabilities of only a smal! amount.

If things are slow in the city, no different tale can be
told of the country. In Western Ontario trade is un-
questionably quiet. But there is good reason for this
in country trade everywhere, for the farmers are busy
harvesting a grain crop, that will undoubtedly be the
largest ana finest that Canada has seen for many years,
and this means good business in the fall.

A considerable business in Canadian lumber is
being developed with New York city and other Amer-
ican points, that had not been done before, and the
trade have reason to expect that these new openings
will continue to grow and broaden. Seldom have the
stocks of lumber in the yards at any important lumber
section in Ontario been lighter than now. In fact the
better grades are scarce. This fact is helpful to prices,
which for these qualities have a tendency to stiffen.
Sufficient is known now to make certain, that at differ-
ent points in the province, large quantities of logs will
be hung up until next spring. Our ability to manufac-
ture has been lessened this year by the loss of several
of the larger mills by fire, no.iceably those of the
Georgian Bay Consolidated Lumber Co., at Byng In-
let, and Playfair mill at Sturgeon Bay. Prices will no
doubt be further stiffened by these circumstances. The
cut next winter, it is expected will be light, for the dis-
position is to go slowly in the matter of stocking up for
another year.

In New Brunswick trade has been woefully disturbed
by the strike among the mills of St. John, and which at
this writing shows no indication of a speedy termina-
tion. This is more than unfortunate, for no too great
activity in lumber has prevailed in this province for
some time. An important lumber transfer has just
taken place in the county oi Gloucester. What is
known as the Swinney lands have been bought by Mr.
Gilman and others of Bangor, Maine. The property
has for a number of years been a subject of litigation,
but a final decision of the Supreme Court has cleared
the way for the present sale. There are 10,000 acres,
most of which is well timbered. Just what will be the
effect of this sale on the lumber operations of the pro-
vince, cannot be told, until it is known in what manner
the new owners wili deal with their purchase. Returns
of the Mirimichi lumber trade with the United King-
dom and continent, compared with the figures of a year
ago show a deplorable shortage. Up to date of 22nd
inst. a local authority places this shortage on deal ship-
ments 12,099,719, s. f. to say nothing of timber and pal-
ings. The value of deals alone on the wharves is more
than $100,000. Shippers say that in other years they
have shipped at a loss, but this year, the transatlantic
markets are so discouraging that they cannot realize
much more than the cost of logs, leaving nothing for
manufacturing and handling. That is why they do not
ship. The outlook is, therefore, not a promising one,
by any means, and the effect will be a great curtailment
of operations for next season.

It can hardly be said that the same life in lumbering
i istinguishing feature of British Columbia trade, as
Pee some months ago. The loss of the South
merica trdde, because of the internal troubles of that
try, has curtailed the market to no inconsiderable
it At the same time it would not be correct to
say that business is inactive. Some very large mills
are located here, and others are in course of construc-
tion, and the exceptions are few where a fair trade, at
least, is not being done.

UNITED STATES.

The special information, which we are enabled to
furnish in connection with the quotations of prices
current at the principal lumber points of the United
States, show that nowhere at present is business rush-
ing. Lumbermen are seemingly resting on their oars,

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holidaying in many
Business circles almost everywhere have felt, either
directly or indirectly, the failure of S. R. Howell & Co,
who conducted business On a gigantic scale at Chicago,
Omaha and Atchison. The liabilities reach within a
fraction of $2,000,000. The failure is said to be a very
rank one.
FOREIGN.

The tendency of the English market is to lessened
trade. Says the Lumber Trades Journal, of London,
Eng: “London shows a marked decrease for the five
months compared with 1890; Liverpool keeps fairly
animate, but the other great depots, more or less, be-
tray a lassitude of business that does not argue well for
a heavy import. The total decrease in the imports of
sawn and hewn for the five months of 1891 amounts to
243,516 loads, and means over 80,000 standards, and
would require a fleet of big steamers to bring it had
things run their ordinary course.” The end of the half
year is stock taking time with most of the English mer-
chants, and until “noses are counted” they will not in-
cur fresh obligations, beyond absolute present needs.

France, it 1s thought, has finally adjusted the duties
on wood imports. These will be 65 centimes to 1 franc
on timber and sawn goods above 35 millimetres in
thickness, and 2 to 3 francs on sawn wood 35 milli-
metres and under, all per hundred kilogrammes. Taking
2,500 kilogrammes to the standard, these rates equal 15
to 25 francs on timber and deals and battens, as _ well
as boards of 1% in. thickness, while boards of 1 in.
and less will be subjected to 50 to 75 francs per stan-
dard. The new law will come into operation in March
1892, on the expiration of the present treaties with
Norway and Sweden.

Toronto, Ont.
TORONTO, July 31, 1891.
CAR OR CARGO LOTS.

I & 1% in. Cut up and better.,. eaganwrneee 32 00 33 00
ix1oei2idressing andubetter. eect, cence ee eeeece 1800 2000
fb Fi} a CI sahdl ghinononaeondsadgdconce seccu econ oond onde. WOON KOO)
IXIO(® TZ2/Aressin eee sec eee erect Al OO MNT 5g00)
TXT Oe T2.COMMON Seay ere Sees cee eae teehee 1200 1300
IX10)@/12'Sprucescullshae ners eee eee eee 1000 1100
IXTOWS E2 an lhcwll sa... crassa lsecen eee te eee 9 00
1 inch clear and picks.. sralayeveis tials ala aievass avin Anis a pe 2AbO Om 25LOO)
1 inch dressing and better. - AO GSCMACH OU OE ODM AOS» Ukey Oleh= LOCI)
1 inch siding mill run. salsiejsiniegie@isisieeicis seine a. OO wml SOO
Tinchesidingacommonw.rreeaaestee eee area If 00 1200
Dinchrsiding shipcullseereerecsertrerreene seca komen 1000 I100
oS oi Siahbarer AAC CHG nm saan dsoscone bos cocnende nate 800 900
Cull scantling.. sislds seahosseeeantniee GO'OOs 2900
17, and thicker cutting up. plane, eat ae ae rie 22100) 25100)
1 inch strips 4in to8in mill run..........5...2....: . 1400 1500
1 inch strips, common.. OMBROUEONE OD SEN aba oop bee. halo 3#2:(0K0)
1% inch flooring.....0. 20s cee ceee veers pare 14 00 1500
¥ inch flooring... = 1400 1500
XXX shin les, 16 in, Pei ADM em ere tres mune ieMltTele Yon oo Uh] (0)
XX shingles, 16 in. te sha bvale aie, atelatyle ten SRR ep a eee Ln Olga AAO)
Lath, INO aI cn cacavetan ee 170 190
ING 229-5 ihaio war acaraierettats ea ee eyaie ate eee orm crete eee 170
YARD QUOTATIONS.
Millcull boards & scantling$1o0 00/Dressing stocks..... 16 epGize 00
Shipping cull boards, pro- Picks Am. inspection...... 30 00
miscuous widths......... 13 00
stocks.... 14 00 .M.
Scantling & joist, up to rote 13 50 Sen flooring, heeoa 26 00 30 oc
t 15 o0]/1% ** rough ... 18 00 22 00
ss Ne 5 ft 16 oo|1 1% oe “ dres’d F.M. 25 00 28 00
uu 122) ft 700 “undrs’ dB.M 1600 18 v0
wt ‘* 24 ft 19 00 a dres’d... 18 00 2000
sé ‘* 26 ft 20 00 x ‘ undres’d 12 00 15 00
“ ‘28 ft 22 00 Beaded sheeting, dress-
te ee Gontts2nu00)| Medieeeep en jsseaaae 20 00 35 00
ss BO Baie 7) a) Ouahoaine dres’d 12 00
sf ‘\ 34 ft 29 50/KXX sawn shingles
aieiere 1523050) 3 DET Mia. cane eta 260 270
“ sf 36 ft BIT00| Sawn eathineeee seen 190 200
a oa Sotttaeenoaliixedeoaks prance es 30 00 4000
40 to 44ift 37 (oo) Wihitel Se eens ates 37 00 45 00
Cutting up planks 1 an Basswood, No.1 & 2 28 00 20 00
thicker TAvouoa coco 25 00 28 o0/Cherry, No. 1 & 2. - 50 00 60 00
Beal a8 506 18 00 24 00/White ash, 1 & 2.... 24 00 35 00
Black ashi &2.... 20 00 30 00

Ottawa, Ont. ¢
OTTAWA, July 31, 1891.

Pine, Ist qual. 8 M.$35 00@40 00\Pine 4th qual. deals 1000 1200
2nd 2200 2500|“ millculls. 800 1000
a eHinpine culls 1400 1600 nee Sern 125 150

Monee Que.
MONTREAL, July 31, 1891.

Pine, 1st qua’ y 8 M $35 00@40 00 | Basswood.......... 1200 2000
ine, 2nd 25.00 2800 ak, per Massccc- 4000 6900
Ptne’ shipping culls ln tear pear 60 00 100 00
OY (Coanpbacae Bod LGC) VOC) WOnSoa~ 9 sacaacsr 6200 80 00
Pine, h_ quality Bitresiut! per, ack 220c 4000
deals @M........ 1000 1200) Birch, 1500 2500
Pine, millculls,@M 800 1000} Spruce timber..... , 1300 1600
Spruce, per M...... 600 1200 ard Maple ‘* ... 2000 2100
emlock, lumber.. 8 00 t000/1%Lath............ 160 196
Hemlock timber.... 1300 1400) Shingles, rst per M 3,00
WA'SIiis pac cen ase 1300 2500! Shingles. and, 1250) nso

St. John, N. B.
ST. JOHN, July 31, 1891.
Deals, Boards, Scantling, etc.

Spruce deals" = - - - = $12 oolSpruce boards eh mete ts G)of}0)
Pine Kd - - - - - 15 00/Pine - = -I2 00@40 00
Dealends - - - - - - 6 oo|Oak ele Yopet- in \inge= 40 00

Scantling - - - - - - - ro oo/Ash WD = 1s. fe 15 coger 00

\Hemlock*t - - - =e 750
Shingles
Spruce, extra - - - - - $3 50 TS CO ates Cla ey Se Ay
be cleak.= y=) = =) =5 13) 00|Pine —" sa ts =) a= een
** No. extra - - -/:22
Clapboards.

Pine, extra - - - - - - 35 00 Spruce, extra- - - - - -2400
** widlears == - - =) 245 '00 elears| - - = = = #23/00
2d clears = - = = =» 35.00)\ . = No.I - - -15 00

s a2 No.2 - - - 1000

instances—waiting for the future. -

Flooring, Dressed.

Gim..Nos ts, -) = - > I2,/00l4 in., No. ts = =9= -s= = 72/0
NOn2 =" == == = —10100| a NOnoe= ae etree
Miscellaneous.

Staves) -) =t=ne- We) 3 co@i4usomw leathse ie ene 1 8o
Heading 17 in. per pr. 04 \Pickets - - - - - 6 50@15 co
Ss 18 in. 04% 05%4\Railway ties

22 in. 04% 06 |

New York City

NEW YORK, July 31.—A certain measure of summer
quietude marks trade this month. Lumbermen and
their customers, both, are doing as much holidaying
just now as anything else. The bumptious dealer is
found here, as well as elsewhere, and he tells you he is
doing big things, but a general survey finds trade no-
more than fair to middling. We have got over the
strike and boycott, so far as the direct fact itself had an
existence, but the after influences still hang round.
One effect has been to make the trade more careful
even than hitherto in doing business with speculative
builders. Unfortunately there is no striking uniformity
in prices among jobbers ; each will persist in making
his own price, which means considerable cutting. Can-
adian white pine is growing in popularity. Already
considerable trade has been done here, and there can
be little question that more will follow. Export trade
is decidedly on the quiet side. Of the future,—well
“don’t” is good advice, to one who ventures into the
prophetic—yet the outlook is not at all unpromiising.

White Pine—Western Grades.

Upperstrin.............$44 00@45 oo|Box, in-... -$13 00@14 co
14,1% & 2 47 0o0o|_ Thicker ..... iar Zoe 00
4in oe 58 00 eee e Base, fi -I 40 00 4200
Selects, 1 in... 41 00 gee 37 00
rin, all wide 43 00) 4 2400 2600
1%,1% &2in 44 00 shelving, No. 1.. - 30 00 3200
1362/4 iinianiiara nelle. oes OOO MSS GO| MNO: ; 25 00 27 00
Fine common, 1 in... 36 oc 37 00 Molding, No. 36 00 37 00
1%,1% & 2in. .. 38 00 40 00). No. st 00 3600
Bi Gcaiin| veres - 46 00 48 00 Bevel site, ‘lear..... 22 00 23 00-
Gudas up, In, No.1 No. 22 50
INOw 2eehsancemarees 20 50:
Thick, No. 1. agus 17 00
No. | 24 00 626 00) Nenwael c 1, & No. I 23:00 25 00
Gannon, ‘No. L 10 & Onna 20 00 22 00
12in. tieeeiees2 =) 22)100) st 22000 Common ose see. 18 00 19 00

Ne. Pee 20 00 21 00

Sheets 17 00 18 00

Corba oards. 20 00 28 00

Saginaw, Mich.

SAGINAW, MICH, July 31.—Buyers are few and far
between this month. The docks contain abundance of
lumber, but there it rests for the present. Emery Bros.
are reported to have made a sale of 2,000,000 feet to go
east. You know the Emery Bros., of course, as largely
interested in Canadian logs, quantities of which are
being towed to and cut at their mills here this season.
The prevailing dullness does not apply in any measure
to good lumber for which there is constant call, but the
poorer grades are sluggish. Mill culls have sold well
the season through, local box manufacturers being the
chief buyers. The outlook is-hopeful for the fall.

finishing Lumber—Rough.

Uppers, 1, 14% and 1% in....$45 oo;/Fine common, I in.... ee 00
Pai a\coonaee sp ocauenacneticnsenngonacro: 1% & 1% in........ 26 00

Selects, rin. 2 ins. ree Lhe B3Nco
%& 1%... C,7,8 & gin. cea ew eocageooe 34 00:
2} NIV pasawisiccnsgsneoeoareees seven le} ‘

Siding

Clear, 14 in. 23 oofC, 1% in 17 co
Fi a 46 oo} % in . 30 00

Select, 1% i in. 20 oo|No. 1, % in 12 00
Ya iD. see : - 39 oo| % in . 20 00

T, Ghee Joist and Pea

2x4 to I0XI0,12, 14 and 16 ft $10 co} 2oft.. -.- 12 00

18 ft.. Bonnet, LO (lol| 23-2 & 24 ft... . 13 00

For each, Additonal 2 ft.add1; 12 in. plank aa nen $1 extra;
extra for sizes above 12 in.

Shingles. f
XXX 18 in. Climax............. 3 5o0]18 in X (cull)... J Achitee gt 5G
XXX Saginaw........ + 3 40XXX chee ud Meeee eee 200
pRexe Olimar Apo Keolfy .O.€56 seals espe i 25
ISitn 4s Ce Dereesce teen seen OO
Lath.

Lath, No. 1 white pine........ 2 oo|Lath No.2 W. pine Norway I 50
\ .

Albany, N. Y.

ALBANY, N.Y., July 31.—No life in lumber exists at
this point at present. Trade is very quiet, and orders
are light. We are holding sufficient stocks for all de-
mands, and in pine, the stocks on hand far exceed the
demand. Prices are at a perfect standstill.

White Pine.

1 to2 in, good.. BIDE to 2 in, box.. wichtweh dense
Tue2 0 eAthse. : 45\t% to 2 in. * rg 13
re ae alas 30 s 4oj12in. and up shelving... 32.
Togo pickings 34. (35|Tdia, co ie econ boards 19
2% in. and up, good 55 5810 ‘* “ shippers.....16 oo@1
2a “4ths. - §0 §3)r x 10in. and 12 In, com.16 09 18.
Qhe) ‘select . 45 48x10 in. and 12in. sound
2%" pickings 40 43] COMMON (<..c 2. sovs--seesee OME
I to 2in. op picks 32) S4ltxr2in- dressing. Pe
re 2 ‘No.1 cuts.. 25 at} ‘* “ dressing and better 32 3
Tt Aycs INOn 2uCutsS ace ar 2z
T) en Foot Stack Boards and Plank.
IX10in., up dressing.....$28@$34)1 in. siding, selected... SOS
Ix10 “ common...... 1§ 201 : common... 13
IxXI2,) » (Gressing ncn. 29 «361% ie selected... 40 %
eae common .....¥ 25 22|1\% “ ye common.... I§ 20
1x10“ up Gressingy ...28C@33c|\14 x10 i in., Up, dressing....42c 50c
1x10“ culls . «37 21c/1%x10"* cullssnkct 22c 25C
es and Lath.

pain les, phate? mine 6 50|Shingles, cede mised 275 300

quality.. 5 oo|Lath, pine.. aeite, 2 OO") eQeEGe
Sowed, CXTAGctaseitante 450 460} Spruce........ as 215
Sawed. clear butts... 300 310 emlock,... sss 1 80.
Cedar, XXX, 52 Miss 400 420)

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Buffalo and Tonawanda, N. Y.

TONAWANDA, N.Y. July 31.-We are looking for a
fairly lively trade during August, but throughout July
the market has been featureless. We certainly hope
for the anticipated improvement, for a long continued
siege of quietude in so important a lumber point as this
tests even more than the patience of many a dealer.
The banks are decidedly conservative in their opera-
tions and are not disposed to encourage business based
more on speculation than substantial merit. The docks
are all pretty well filled up, and yet to do the trade that
we anticipate later, and should do, and need to do,
greater purchases will be necessary. Prices for coarser
grades of lumber have a drooping tendency ; for the
better grades they remain firm. A good deal of Cana-
dian lumber is being bought by our dealers.

White Pine.
Up'rs,1.1%,134&2 in $45 o0| ~helving, No. 1 aim
2% and 3 in 55 oo} and up, 1 in.. $32 00
Thy sseeesess 58 oc Dressing, 1% in. 26 00
Selects, 1 in........... 39 00) 1%x10 & 12........ 27 00
14 to :21n.....-. "on 40 co} 1% he RROAREEECOe Ee roneae 25 09
Lei hoe 46 oo} 2in. 27 00
4in. 50 02Mold st’ ps 1to2 in. 32 00
Fine common, ‘rin. 33 oo Barn, No.1. ro&12in 21 00
1% and 1% in.. 34 co, in.. 2u 00
2in. see oo 35 00} No 10 & 12 in.. 17 00
2% and 310 oan 4200, 6 Anes 16 50
= = 4 oF ae ee 10 & 1 12 in. . 14 00@ 14 00
ae Pap. 0.1, 1 in 2 in 14 00
1% to 2 abe ee, 33 oe . 1600 1800
No. 2,1 in. = 18 00 61} 1% in. 1700 19 00
No. 2, 1% to2 in. 24 00) 2in. i... 19 03 2000
No. 3, 1% to 2in.. 17 00.
Box.
ax1o&12in (No.3 out) _13 00|1% i in. 13 00
1x6& 8 in (No.3 out) 12 50) 1 i BINS ce casaxeteentse-'e 13 00
ax13 & ois ceaems 14 §0/2 in... 14 00
Narrow.. . 12 co@ 13 00}
Shingles .
a8-in XXX, clear.... 4 cojt6-in, SAVORED As .cs--- 2 60
a8-in, XX, 6-in clear 2 7516-in, clear butts.. 2 10
Lath.
ee cele ors oe tas ariciei- Sn etreeenereisis\nine seve eiene 2°25

Boston, Mass.

Poston, MAss., July 31.—The general situation is
witout any noticeable features. Business can hardly
be called fair—it is psssessed of thorough summer
quietness. Southern pine in which we are somewhat
interested is selling in small lots, nothing more. Trade
in cypress lumber is quiteactive. The output of spruce
lumber from the yards is decidedly small, to the extent
even of having a depressing effect upon the market.
Spruce boards are moving freely. Pine boards are dull
and box boards are quiet.

Western Pine—bty car load.

rae 1in .. .. ..$48 00@50 00 [zine com.. es & gin. zoos 00
4,14 &2in... 00 50 00 No2,1 in. ine com. 28 00 30 co
ee .-. 35.00 6000 1%,1% & 2in..... 29 00 31 oc
Selects, 1 in. Se pyA2 00 43 00/No.1 SPAS, 4 to6in 4000 4300
1%, Tig & ain. . 43.00 45 00| No.2. Bee ae eis LOOL 647200
3& 44 45 00 §000, No.3. .. 24.00 26 00
Moulding boards, >to ‘Cut ups, {to2in. . 24.00 3000
11 inch clear.. 36 00 38 oo Coffin boards... .... 15 00 22 00
60 per cent ‘clear 34 00 36 00 Common all widths . 2200 26 00

Fine common 1 inch 36 00

38 oo Shipping cullstin 15 00 15 00
1%, 1% & z2inch... 38 00 40 00} do 1% in 15 $0

Piston Pine—Cargo or Car Load.

— ah 2 ie. 3- sees «++» 40 00@43 00/Clapboards, 4ft., =P
: 2800 3000 clear ... -. 40 00 45 00
oi he . -. 23.00 2600 Sap, 2nd clear.. .. 33 00 35 00
sig g bds “& coarse 16 00 16 so| Heart extra .... |. 50 00 55 00
112% 13 50) Heart clear... .... 45 00 50 00
00

West’rr pine -clapbds | Bevel siding 6in, Clear 23.00 24

4 ft. sap extra .. .. 45 00 50 00)
Spruce—by Cargo.
Scantling and plank, \Coarse, rough. ... 120¢ 1400
random cargoes . . 14 oo@15 oo Hemlock by ds. rough 1200 1300
Yard a ine ordin- ressed 1200 1409
ge SPT oaiy a3 15 00 16 ce Clapbds. ef 4 ft. 34 00 36 00
eae orders, extra Clear. aut.) 30 00 3200
Shoe ee 16.00 1800) Secondclear.. . 25 00
Clear f Hoot beats... 19:00 20 00| No: 1: ..°7... 10 00 14 00
"eae 16 09 17 00)
Lath.
Lt PT sont SPE a ae 2 10@2 20
Shingles.
Se a aS ee 1 25@1 50\Cedar, sawed, extra 335 350
Me mieaitas 2% 400 425) Clear. ..... 300
tS ee ee 3060 3 15|) Extra, No.1)... . 2 50
Cypress. No. 1, 18 in. 5 0
Oswego, N. Y.

OswEco, N.Y., July 31,—No change in prices.
Trade is only fair. We are resting on “ great expecta-
tions” to be cashed later.

Th 4 & ch Pine. ;

ree uppers, 1%, 1 2inc , . $44 00@45 00
Pickings, 1%4,1% & 2in..... ios ee on 36.00 3000
No. 1 cutting up, 1%, 1% & = 3100 3200
No. 2 cutting up. 1%, 1% & 2i 2000 2100

sin strips, 4to8 wide, selected for moulding strips, 4

to 16 ft. aes . 3100 3300
“Siding.

tin siding, cutting up 1% in selected....... 35 00@40 00

uppers..... 30 00@39 001% in dressing...... 1700 1900

9b 74 gage 19 00@21 001% in No.1 culls.... 1400 1600

tin No.1 culls... .. 14 00@16 001% in No. 2 culls.... 1300 1400

tin No. 2 culls...... 1300@14 00)1 ‘in No.3 culls.... 950 1000
& 16 ft, mill aside

42 millrun .. 43 . 2000 2300

10 & 16 ft, No. 1 &2, barn boards.. 18 00 ot 00

12 & 16 ft, dressing and better. LL ee 2600 390

RS ee ee eee ee eee 1500
1988 Gy |

12 & 13 ft, mill run, mill culls out.. SBR ee 9 e's 10 s074/39\00) 20 00

13 ft, dressing and better........0.00.ccccveccvee ss 2500 2700

COU ANIOAEAS «20, coteaccrcsoee,,.. 17 00

eNO Ate, diag ee earibe oes rvs 16.00 17 00

Bf No zculls,........ Marte Dadi scs t6¢ EK OO: AS OO

ft, mill run miil culls out.............. seeeee 2000 2200

16 ft, dressing a PEIN a Fe to bets ot ederee 25 OO 27-00

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THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.
14 to 16 ft, No. eee sere vpiniy- Pratenaae ri -tr 1600 1700
14to 16 ft, No. 2culls.. EMER S OEP EOE See ee an AMO 15°00
10 to 13 ft, No. 3 culls.. att ehiaeet. het, 850. (10 00

I eric ice,

Mill run, mill culls out 20 00@2300/No. 1 culls........... 16 00@17 00
Dressing and better.. 2500 3000No.2culls.. . 1400 1500

1xq Inches.

Millrun, mill culls out 17 GO @1G GOING, TSCM Scans, cores 13 00@1400

Dressing and better.. 2300 2700,No. 2culls.. .-. 1100 1200
1X5 Inches.

6, 7 or 8, No. 1 culls..

67 or 8, millrun, mill 15 00@16 00

CMUSiOUterorerinens 19 00@21 0016, 7 or 8, No. 2culls.. 1300 1400

6, 7 or 8, drsg & better 2400 28 00
Shingles.
20,6) 142) 101) 19409) aaa Fs 3 60@3 80)X XX, 18 in cedar....... 3 50@3 75
Clear butts, pine, 18in. 260 2 80/Clear butt, 18 in cedar., 250 275
XXX, 16in pine xh isis 3190 320 XX, 18 in cedar........ 210 220
Stocks cedars, 5 or 6in. 5 00)
Lath.

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INO es ibid cncpneaeedeeicle--nc 2100)

ACROSS THE BORDER.
The mammoth lumber interests represented in
Omaha, Neb., by the Howell Co., are in financial dis-
tress.

isaac Bearinger, the Michigan lumberman is about
to begin the erection in Saginaw of an eight-story build-
ing for offices to cost $300,000. This is to serve as one
way of “blowing” off some of his surplus cash.

In Western Valentia, in New Mexico, the lumber in-
dustry promises to be a very important one within the
next two years. Michigan lumbermen have bought up
great tracts of timber land in that section and propose
erecting saw mills there at an early date. The pine
timber in that part of New Mexico 1s said to be a very
superior article. — -

The market for United States lumber in South Am-
erica has been very much interfered with by the finan-
cial collapse in the Argentine Republic and by the civil
war in Chili. Heretofore South America has taken
from 300,000,000 to 400,000,000 feet, and now a prom-
inent Savannah lumberman said he did not believe it
had taken 2,000,000 w.thin the past six months.

President Oakes of the Northern Pacific refuses to
make any reduction in lumber shipments east from
Washington over his road although the lumbermen
proved to him that cars with a capacity of 103,000 tons
went back empty last year, It is estimated that if these
only took back 20,000 feet of lumber daily it would
have brought $180 per day. of eastern money to the
state at only $9 per 1000 to the mill men.

A single black walnut tree in West Virginia was sold
recently to a New York veneer house tor $2,000. Land
owners in other Southern States, who have sold similar
trees at $1 apiece in recent years, should now fertilize
the stumps and build stone fences around them to keep
cattle off the sprouts—which will be valuable some day
when they grow up. This the Charlestown ews calls
“eleventh hour wisdom.”

Alger, Smith & Co., of Detroit, will extend the Mud
lake branch of the Detroit, Bay City & Alpena road a
number of miles, to reach a considerable quantity of
timber that has been run over by fire. They have a
force of 300 men cutting and peeling the timber. There
is about 200,000,000 feet in the track, but only a portion
was injured by fire. Thesame firm has about 30,000,000
feet in the upper peninsula which has been damaged by
fire.

Michigan cities, which have heretofore been noted on
account of the immense production of lumber are tak-
ing great strides in the direction of being manufacturing
towns. Improvement associations have been formed,
which are working hard to secure manufacturers to lo-
cate there. These improvement association are an-
swering the question so often asked by the alarmists.
“What will become of the saw mill towns after the
lumber is all sawed ?”

Col. D. Soper, member of a Chicago lumber firm,
was sent out to the Pacific coast about four weeks ago
by a prominent brewing company to obtain, if possible,
a stick of timber over 100 feet long and four feet square.
After spending some little time in prospecting, he fin-
ally found a tree in Snoqualmie Valley, in Washington,
which filled the bill. The job of cutting down the tree
and trimming and loading it on the cars was let to a
contractor, who successfully did the work. A half mile
of railroad track had to be laid to the spot where the
tree stood in order to load it on the cars. The stick
from this tree is. 111. feet long. It is cut square, each

>

side being four feet. It was loaded « on three 34-foot
flat cars, its weight being go.000 pounds. The cost of

| getting out this stick of timber has been so far $1,300.
The cost of moving it to the cars was $100, and the
tarpaulin to cover it cost $100. At Tacoma yesterday
the stick was viewed by Sidney Dillon, S. H. H. Clark,

|

Edward Dickinson, and other Union Pacific officials.
It will be placed in a big beer hall, in which it is to be
used for a counter. It will be polished up in the high-
est style of the art.

The output of lumber in Washington, Oregon and

California for the past year was much larger than that
of any previous year. Washington produced 1,820,171,-
000 feet ; Oregon, 829,283,000 feet ;
g16,000 feet ; total output for the Pacific coast states,
3,522,370,000 feet. The cuts of the leading
counties of Washington for the year 1890 were as fol-
lows; King, 266,042,000; Jefferson, 229,000,000; Pierce
168,000,000 ; Chehalis, 122,229,000; Kitsap, 117,518,-
000; Lewis, 116,500,000; Snohomish, 114,500,000; Spo-
kane, 105,000,000.

The United States census figures show that it cost
1.08 per cent. of the total net value of the product of

California, $64, -

lumber

? mulls making over five million feet to market their lum-

ber, 2.10 per cent for mills from one to five million
capacity and for smaller mills the amount is incon-
siderable. The average amount of borrowed capital
employed by concerns making more than 5,000,000 feet
of lumber annually is fcund to be $114,683, and the
cost of repairs for mills of this class is found to be 7.38
per cent. of the amount invested in buildings, ma-
chinery, etc

The control of the Knapp, Stout & Co. lamber en-
terprise, employing seven thousand men, reported to
have been purchased by an English syndicate, is to
remain in America. It is announced that a new com-
pany, to be known as the Knapp-Stout Lumber Com-
pany, is being organized. The present management is
retained in all departments, with John H. Douglas of
St. Louis, in charge of distribution and finances, and
T. B. Wilson, at Menominee, Mich., in charge of the
manufacturing interest. A portion of the stock of the
succeeding company is to be open to subscription. Alj
the bonds and $300,000 of the stock are taken.

PERSONAL.
Mr. A. H. Campbell, president Muskoka Lumber Co. with
Muskoka Mills, Ont.

Capt. W. O. McKay, the well-known lumberman of Ottawa,
Mrs. McKay and family are at their summer residence below
Montreal, Que.

Mrs. Dierks, wife of a successful lumber merchant of Bro-
ken Bow, Neb., is holidaying at the home of her parents, Mr.
& Mrs. Waters of West Torontc Junction. 7

James Noble, formerly lumber inspector for Judd & Judd
at Tonawanda, N. Y. has taken up his residence in Collingwood,
Ont. where he will follow the business of inspecting lumber.

Mr. H B. Warren of the Imperial Lumber Company,
Warren, Ont. is home from a visit to Manitoba.
crop prospects good.
near Turtle Mountain.

W. D. Cargill, only son of H. Cargill, ex-M- P. and junior
member of the frm of H. Cargill, & Son, lumber merchants,
of Cargill, Ont., was married last month to Miss Lizzie Kyle,
of Chesley.

Secretary Wills of the Toronto Board of Trade has been
granted leave of absence for a month to visit England, and
Mr. John Donogh of Donogh & Oliver, lumber merchants,
will be acting secretary in his absence. A better or more pop-
ular appointment could not have been made.

Mr. David Tennant, lumber merchant of this city, died at
his late residence 76 Spadina Ave. on 13th ult. Deceased
was in his 57th year, and leaves a wife and three children,
He was a prominent member of the Ancient Order of United
Workmen, of the Select Knights of Canada and also of the
Freemasons.

FOR SALE—A RARE CHANCE.

VERY desirable mill property in the town of Essex, Ont..

known as the Hanlan fills, for the manufacture of staves and
lumber. The daily capacity of 20,000 teet of lumber and 34,000
staves. ‘i'welve acres of }and for mill yard, on which is located 4
charcoal kilns,1 boarding house, two tenant houses, barns
sheds and other outbuil ings, witk an unlimited supply of pure
well water ; with or without horses, trucks, waggons, etc. Also six
million feet of standing timber, one-half elm; balance oak, cotton-
wood, ash, maple andsycamore ; from ene to three miles from the
mill; and other timber in easy reach can be bought. The mills
are on the line of Michigan Central Railway, with two spurs run-
ning into the mill yard, and within fifteen miles from Detroit.
Terms liberal. SGce reasons given for selling. Write or call on
the proprietor, T. H. DECEW, Essex, Ont.

his family, are at their summer residence,

He reports
Mr. Warren owns an extensive farm

16

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

August, 18¢+

NOTABLE ENGLISH OAKS.
HE last number of the “Transactions of the Royal
Scottish Aboricultural Society,” gives a descrip-
tion of a- number of famous English Oaks, the most
notable among which are the “Cowthorpe” Oak, whose
age has been variously estimated at from fifteen to
eighteen centuries. It stands about three miles from
Wetherby, in the West Riding of the County of York.
In 1829 Dr. Jessup measured it, and gave its dimen-
sions as follows: Circumference at ground 60 feet,
at three feet from ground 45 feet, height 45 feet, extent
of principal limb 50 feet, greatest circumference of prin-
cipal limb 8 feet.

The “Royal Oak” at Boscobel House, in the ancient
forest of Brewood, Staffordshire, celebrated in history
for having given shelter to Charles II, after the battle
of Worcester, on September 6, 1651.
~The Earl of Bradford, in a letter dated Weston Park,
May 6, 1878, tells the story as follows: ‘On one oc-
casion when the king was out with one or two of the
Penedrils, sounds were heard of horses’ feet not very
far off. There was not much time for consideration,
but his attendants thought he might not be able to get
back to-his hiding place in the house quietly, or per-
haps thought that, even if he did, he might be dis-
covered there, recommended him to go into a thick
part of the wood, where they helped him into an Oak
tree, and implored him on no account to come down
untilthey returned to him and told him all was: safe.
They then went as if to their work or ordinary occupa-
tion. The troopers of Parliament fell in with them,
and made all sorts of enquiries about the house and its
inmates, and its neighborhood, and ultimately rode on
without discovering how near they were to the king.
The Penedrils returned in due time and conducted the
king to the house. A pension was bestowed by the Eng-
lish government on this family, which is continued
down to the present date, one of the descendants, now
a resident of St. John, New Brunswick, being in re-
ceipt of it, as the writer is informed. This tree is ina
field near the garden of Boscobel House, is surrounded
by an iron palisading. It has a circumference at 4 feet
up of 12 feet 3 inches.

The “Parliament Oak,” in Clipstone Park, Notts, is
so called from an informal parliament having been held
under it by King John in 1212. Another parliament is
said to have been held here in 1290 by Edward I.

This tree stands in a nook by the side of the highway
leading from Edwinstowe to Mansfield. It has a cir-
cumference at three feet up of 28 feet 6 inches, but is
only a living ruin.

William the Conquerors Oak—beyond the fact that
this tree has been associated with the Norman’s name
from time immemorial, its history is unknown. The
main stem has long been decayed, and is supported
with props. It is situated in Windsor Park, and has a
circumference of 37 feet 5 feet up.

In Ampthill Park, Bedfordshire, stand the two Ampt-
hill Oaks. They are nearly of the same girth, a little
over 35 feet at three feet up. On one of the two trees

a short poem of eighteen lines is fastened. The first
two of these are as follows :
“Majestic tree, whose wrinkled form has stood
Age after age the patriarch of the wood.”

This provoked the following retort from Lord Wens-
leydale :

“T’ll bet a thousand pounds—and time will show it—

That this stout tree survives the feeble poet.”

“Queen Elizabeth’s Oak” stands in Hatfield Park,
Hertfordshire. On the morning or afternoon of No-
vember 17, 1558, for Mary died between 4 and 5 a.m.,
Elizabeth was sitting under this tree, when a deputa-
tion arrived from the council to apprise her of her
sister's demise, and to offer her their homage. She fell
on her knees and exclaimed: “Domino factum est
tllud, et est mirabile tn oculis nostris,’ “It is the Lord’s
doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes.”

Mr. Smith, of Romsey, Hants, the writer of the arti-
cle referred to, says that he has no measurements of
this tree. His paper is full of information, and its
reading will amply repay those who wish information
on the subject of British Oaks. EDWARD JACK.

Fredericton, N.B.

_ AN OLD PICTURE.
HERE are times when a dream delicious

Steals into a musing hour,
Like a face with love capricious

That peeps from a woodland bower ;
And one dear scene comes changeless ;

A wooded hill and a river ; ts
A deep, cool bend, where the lilies end,

And the elm-tree shadows quiver.

And I lie on the brink there, dreaming
That the life I live is a dream ;
That the real is but the seeming,

And the true-is the sun-flecked stream.
Beneath me, the perch and the bream sail past
In the dim, cool depths of the river,

The struggling fly breaks the mirrored sky,
And the elm-tree shadows quiver.

There are voices of children away on the hill ;
There are bees thro’ the flag-flowers humming ;
The lighter-man call to the lock, and the mill
On the farther side is drumming.
And I sink to sleep in my dream of a dream,
In the grass by the brink of a river,
Where the voices blend and the lilies end
And the elm-tree shadows quiver.

Like a gift from the past is the kindly dream,
For the sorrow and passion and pain
Are adrift like the leaves on the breast of the stream,
And the child-life comes again,
O, the sweet, sweet pain of a joy that died—
Of a pain that is jov forever! ~
O, the life that died in the stormy tide. ~~
That was once my sun-flecked river.

JOHN BOYLE O’REILLY.

| —H. P. Morse & Co., of Vancouver intend soon to put in ad-
| ditional machinery.- At present both mill and sash and door
factory are running to their full capacity, the former turning out
75,000 feet per day which is expected to increase shortly to
| 100,000 feet. Not counting those employed in the lumber
| camps this firm have now 115 men on the pay roll.

_trade.

BRITISH COLUMBIA RED CEDAR.

HE annual report of the Vancouver, B.C. Board of

Trade furnishes some valuable particulars relative to.
the trade of that progressive province. The following
remarks concerning the red cedar of the province,.
which comes next in importance to the Douglas fir,
will be found of more than usual interest to the lumber
“For inside finish the British Columbia cedar
is unequalled in color and beauty of grain, and some
handsome and striking effects can be produced by the
use of this wood. To-day some of the most palatial.
residences of Canada and the eastern states are finished
in British Columbia red cedar, and with excellent effect..
It is susceptible of a high polish, which, apart from its.
rare and beautiful grain, makes it all the more valuable.
for panel work and ceiling. It is durable beyond be-
lief, andis exceptionally easy to work. In common uses.
it is manufactured into doors, sashes and shingles. and.
an extensive market has been found in the Northwest.
Territories and the eastern provinces for these lines,
and the demand 1s constantly growing. Shingles cut
from red cedar are absolutely free from knots and they
neither curl, warp nor split, and dampness has little:
perceptible effect on them. For the same reason the
wood is particularly adapted to the manufacture of
sash and doors. Fort Nesqually built in 1841, was
covered with split cedar shingles which are still sound.

“Roofs laid thirty years ago in Westminster, and for

many years covered with moss, have never leaked and:

_appear little the worse for wear. The red cedar has
always been in great. favor with the Indians, who hol-

low their canoes out of the wood, because it is so light,
splits so true and works easily. The early inhabitants
of Queen Charlotte Islands built their houses frony red
cedar, they being able even with the rude tools then in
use among them to split the logs to any thickness re-
quired. It is an invaluable timber for the many pur-
poses mentioned, and it is bound to extend until it is

found on every market on the continent. -

TRADE NOTES.

A manufacturer writing to an exchange says: “Man-
ufacturers are fast coming to the conclusion that to use
any other than a split pulley is one of the things of the
past, as changes in machinery, and locations of the
same, are so frequent, even in the best regulated fac-
tories, that the annoyance and expense of changing a
solid rim pulley, by taking down shafting, removing
couplings, etc., is so great that most manufacturers pre-
fer to burst them off with a sledge hammer and replace
them with properly made split pulleys, or pulleys made
in halves. It is, however, so recently that good and
well-made split pulleys could be obtained that many
have put up with the inconveniences of solid rim pul-
leys rather than with that “wandering Jew,” the cum-
bersome iron split pulley. But now that a good, light
and durable wood split pulley has been introduced, and
has been thoroughly tried by many of the representa-
tive concerns of the country, and found not wanting in
any of the requisites of an ideal split pulley, it would be
folly to use any other.” In this connection we have
pleasure in drawing attention to the advertisement of
the Dodge Wood Split Pulley Co. of this city.

Repairing

Promptly and

Tire ye

el

Manufactured by us is acknowledged by practical men to be the

_ B. R. MOWRY & SON |

MANUFACTURERS OF

best

machine in the market.

GRAVENHURST, ONT.

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August, 1$91.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 17

Wuskoka | and Ceorgian Bay

Navigation Company.

Muskoka Division.

For all ports upon Lake Muskoka, Rosseau and
Joseph, close connections are made daily at
Muskoka \\ harf with mail and express trains of
G.T.R from Toronto and Hamilton as under.

O.1 Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7.15
am , the Muskoka leaves for Rosseau and inter=
mediate places, and at 1.45 p.m. the ‘‘Nipissing’
and “Kenozha” leave for all points on the three
lakes,

On Tuesdays, Thursday’s and Saturdays the
“Musioka" leaves at 7.15 a.m. for Port Cock-
| bu’n and intermediate places, and at 2.45 p.m.
the “Nipissing” and ‘'Kenczha” leave for all
points on the three lakes,

Georgian Bay Division.

The Str, “ Manitou ' leaves Parry Sound daily
at 7 a.m., calling at Midland on Tuesdays and
Fridays and at Penetanguishene on Mondays,
Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Return-
ing sce leaves Midland for Parry Sound on ar-
rival of mai train at 1.42 p.m.on Tuesdays and
: Fridays, and Penetanguishene for Parry Sou.id

ARDWOOD lumber, bought. sold or received | on arrival of mail train at 12.45 p m. on Mondays
on consignment, TUCKER DAVID, lum- | Wednesdays, Thursdays and =aturdays.
der commission merchant. 202 Eleventh Ave.,N.X P The‘ Memitows is the only daily boat to Parry
= ound and the only boat running the famous
RAILS AND CARS FOR SALE. South Channel among the islands where the best
Light Steel Rails for Tramways; good order. | of fishing is to be had.
Cars for lumber. cheap

= ? = Magnetwaan Division.
SEE rey West The “Wenonah” leaves Burk’s Falls daily at 7
Toronto, | #-™. for Magnetawan, Ahmic Harbor and inter-
= mediate p rts, returning arrives at Burk’s Falls
at about 5 p.m.

Good Fishing—Safe Boating and

Bathing.

Full information from any G.T.R. agent. Send
for folders with map and full information as to
rates. &c.

J.S.Playfair, A. P. Cockburn,
President, Toronto, Gen. Mgr, Gravenhurst

J. A. LInk, <ec.-Treas., Gravenhurst.
For information respecting the Georgian Bay
Division apply to J. Wilkinson, Turser ‘‘ Mani-
| tou,’’ Penetanguishene P.O.

WANTED AND FOR SALE.

Advertisements will be inserted in this depart- |
ment at the rate of 15 cents per line each insertion.
When four or more consecutive insertions are
ordered a discount of 25 percent. will be allowed.
This notice shows the width of the line. and is set
in Nonpareil iype. Advertisements must be re- |
ceived not later than the 27th of each month to |
insure insertion in the following issue.

|

For Sale or Will Exchange for Saw
Mill Machinery.

EAL ESTATE. valued at $1.400. The
above property consists of lots 1 and 2
Havelock street. in the village of Oxenden. on
which there is a large two storey dwelling house
and store. with large cellar. good cistern. fresh |
water pumps and every convenience; besides |
store house, stables. sheds, and good plum or-
chard, bearing. Address, W. J. MALLARD, |
Oxenden, Ontario.

WANTED—TO BUY.

OOD Canadian Timber Limits and Georgian
Bay saw logs. Address. BEN BIRDSALL,
Whitney Building, Detroit, Mich,

WANTED.

QU eroice BIRCH—Those who can furnish |
choice lumber are invited to correspond
wit

JOHN S. MASON & CO.
240 Eleventh Avenue,
New York City.

Timber Limits
BRITISH COLUMBIA, tosis Commision Conepon
FOR SALE!

E. F. Ames & Co.

Lumber Commission Correspondence so-

Room 3, Lumber Exchange, Chicago, Ill.

J. D. SHIER,

WILLIAM FOSTER
Lumber & Commission Merchant
Receiver and forwarder of

ROCHESTER BROS,

Commission Agents.
LUMBER, LATH & SRINGLES x

Correspondence Solicited. sion.

OWEN SOUND,

Limits bought and sold on comm is-
Limits travelled and cCaretru

ONT. class berths on the north shore of

Lake Huron and on the Upper Ottawa

now in our hands for sale. Com-
0, munications confidential. References

given.

|36 ROCHESTER ST., OTTAWA.

Manufacturers of

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ALLIGATOR CHISEL-BIT SAWS

GF PoRT HopsO

The Champion Stave, Heading
and Shingle Machines.

<4 ONT.

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OM tHe HanpsomestO =
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THE ONLY PLACE (N| [7] <a
THE WORLD WHERE |

Ice Tools and Mill Supplies. |

CLEVELAND, - OHIO.
Se a Sin en ot

A. T. ANDERSON & 60.,

CONTRACTORS FOR

ELECTRICAL AND GENERAL MACHINERY.

Complete instalations of team and Hydraulic
| Power, Electric Light and Power Plants, Wiring

$5.000 to $50 000 of shares in a Stock Company |

owning and operating Saw and Planing Mills |
Sash and Door Factory, etc. Valuable Timber |e ee ee ei a ai are x eee
Limits in connection. This is an exceptionally |

good chance to make money. | Lumber, Lath and Shingles

Address— Se ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee
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Manufacturer of

LIMITS,

Care of CANADA LUMBERMAN, Toronto.

BRACEBRIDGE, ONT.

Cant Dogs, Peavies,
Skidding Tongs,
Pike Poles, Coldshuts,

* Lumber Bob Sleighs. *

and Construction for Arc and In-andescent
Lightin.. Agents for the celebrated ‘C. & C.”
Electric Motors.

75 Adelaide Street East,
Toronto, Ont., Canada.
Estimates furnished and every information
cheerfu ly given to intending purchasers
N. B.—Only first-class work on which a full
guarantee will be given.

J. Muckleston & Co.

Kingston. Ont.
Manufacturers of RED TOP LINE

And Sole Licencees for the Manutacture in the Dominion of

BRAZEL’S PAT. SNOW AND SIDEWALK

Investment Bonds.

THE DOMINION SAFE DEPOSIT WAREHOUSING & LOAN 60.

Head Office—The Canadian Bank of Commerce Building, King St. W., Toronto. |
CAPITAL, ONE M LLION DOLLARS.
DIRECTORS. ; = :
Henry W. Darling, Esq., Vice-Pres
G.B. smith, sq.) PB.
J. H. Starr, Esq
Alexander Nairn, Esq.
Eugene O’Keefe, Esq.

W. D. Matthews, Esq., President.

John I. Davidson, Esq. S. F. McKinnon, Esq.

H. W. Nelson, Esq. lL. BP Clark. Esa:

M. C. Cameron, Esq. Robert Kilgour, Esq.

Thomas McCracken, Esq. Robert Davies, Esq.
Aaron Ross, Esq.

This Company is now issuing #10) #2004300, 3400 and 3500 investments in bonds, payable in
five, ten and fiftecn years from date of issue, with participation in profits, affording all the advant-
ages of compound interest accumulations on smallsums of mon-y, — These bonds are the obligat-
ions of thie C: mpany and are specially prote cted by a sinking fund, invested in first-class real es-
ta € wortvages They are plain definite contracts, subject to po contingencies whatever, are non-
forteitab ¢ after one annual payment, with values definitely stated thereon. For a small outlay

they secure 2 fixedand generous return. ; i
To bondholders who complete their contracts the Company guarantee compound interest at the

Tate of Four Per Cent. Per Annum . : ; ~ ff
The Comp :ny is prepared to receive applications from reliable agents at all points where it it

not already represented

The Sate Devosit V 4ults of the company cannot be surpassed for absolute security. Call
ana osetnine or AAyiry A ut WM. KERR, Manager

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DRIVERS OR DRIVEN PULLEYS. FULLY GUARANTEED.

To

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LUMBERMAN. August, 1891

The Only Suc Successful Kiln for or Drying Oak: and other er Hardwoods

"THE XNDREWS”
=> NEW veMBER ©

DRY - AIAN

yn its peculiarmode of

ym Since from, the air used

) costly fan, engine or other device that

nstant attention, nor do we waste heat by a special

The air circ mie tes through the lumber, and the

rbsorbed from it is extracted from the air by natural
You can not afford to be without it.

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Our Process Duplicates Nature.

Outside View o1 the Andrews Kiln.

The following well-known furniture manufacturers

| have recently purchased the “ ANDREWS KILN.”

| Estey Manufacturing Co., Owasa, Mich.
| East Shore Furniture Co., Manistee, Mich.
Universal Tripod Co.,_ - Grand Rapids, Mich.
' Crand Rapids School Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, M.
| New England Furniture Co., - Grand Rapids, Mich.
| Milwaukee Chair Co., Milwaukee, Wis.
Oshkosh Furniture Co., Oshkosh, Wis.
Skandia Furniture Co., - Rockfork, Ill.
| Story & Clark Organ Co., Chicago, Ii.
Rock Falls Manufacturing Co., Sterling, Ill.
| Courey & Birely Table Ca, Shelbyville, Ind.
Southern Spring Bed Co., Atlanta, Ga.
| Sidney School Furniture Co, = = = sidney. Ohio.
| | New Richmond Church Furniture Co., N.Richmond, O.

A. WN. Andrews & Go. Pie and Manufacturers

215, 217, 219, 221 Wabash Ave., CHICACO,

The basselnal Lumber U0.

ESPECIAL GOOD FACILITIES FOR SHIPPING.
HEMLOCK BILL STUFF OF EXCELLENT QUALITY.

ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF

PINE, SPRUCE, ASH, MAPLE AND OTHER HARDWOODS.

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

CEO. HASTINGS. JOHN GRAY. H. HANCOCK.

GEO. HASTINGS & CO.

Lumber Merchants

TRUST BUILDING CHAMBERS,
Cor. Yonge and Colborne Streets.

All Kinds of Pine and Hardwood Lumber.
Bi SLURP (CU 10 ORDER A SPEIALTY.

TORO:

‘Nos. 213, 214 and 215, Board of Trade Building,

ILL.

W. MAITLAND
RIXON

loci)

ae AINSLIE.
ODART

Maitland, Rixon & Go.,

Owen Sound, Ont.

Saw Millers < Lumber Dealers

All kinds of Building Material kept in stock.
WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF

LONG BILL STUFF IN ROCK ELM, PINE, CEDAR AND HEMLOCK

QUOTATIONS FURNISHED ON APPLiCATION.

DONOGH & OLIVER,

Wholesale Dealers in

LUMBER

Gus SaiSaSy =

Cor. YONGE AND FRon?r Svs,

TORONTO, ONT.

= — 99

The Finest Tempered, Fastest Cutting =

and Best Saw made on the Continent.

ogg=™==_¥X\\e@ specially for us from Supenies tues

THE KING OF CROSS-CUT SAWS.

R.H. SMITH COMPANY. Ltp. St. GaTRARINES, ONT.

Sole Manufacturers,

Se

August, eon THE ees LUMBERMAN. 19

e Bes aterials ever used
Friction Pulley abate rien a

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% kinds *%

ee ANUP ACTURE D> 3%—<$<$=

Asbestos
Mill OMINION § EATHER FROARD F,OMPANY, “ **c?™
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Packing.
Board. Montreai, Quebec.
SAMPLES FURNISHED. PLEASE MENTION THIS PAPER. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

==" WOOD WORKING MACHINERY “==

Pee einr, eds, Blind and Pornitoure Factories

PLANERS. BAND SAWS. . BUZZ PLANERS.
MOULDERS. BAND RE-SAWS. MORTICERS.
TENONERS. PANEL RAISERS. BLIND MACHINERY.
SHAPERS. DOVETAILERS. BAND SAW FILER.
RIP SAWS. JOINTERS. BAND SAW SETTER.
SAND PAPERERS. DOUBLE SPINDLE BORER. ACG aye:
"lhe G tT B CS lI it
eB an VYos, OO. Imi pes
a GALT, ONTARIO. cor Solicited. ®

Established 1849. Incorporated (884.

Detroit Saw Works

MANUFACTURERS OF

Circular, Gang, Mulay, Drag and Cross-Cut Saws,

We use nothing but W. J. & Sons’ English MOLDING AND PLANING KNIVES,

F an at Ce Emery Wheels and General Mill Supplies.
66, 68, 70 and 72 Fort St. East, DETROIT, MIGN.

THE STURTEVANT PATENT PROGRESSIVE LUMBER DRY-KILN.

DRIES HARD AND SOFT WOCD LUMBER WITHOUT WARPING, CHECKING OR BLUING.

The Sturtevant Steel Plate Plan—

System of ing Mill
Meating Exhausters
MILLS For Removing

Chips, Shavings and

and FACTORIES Sawdust.
BOSTON, CHICAGO,
34 Oxiver STREET. <= 16 South Canal Street.
NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA,

= 135 North Third Street.

91 Lieerry Seaver,

. Toronto
GENERAL AGENT FOR THE DOMINION.

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20 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. August, 189"

HEAVY

i =» NO. 4 SAW FRAME

With Top Saw Attachment.

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Lower Mandrel 5”
Hammered Steel driv-
ing pulley 36x20” face,
upper pulley 80x17“
face. Will take in 72”

Saws. ' No. 6

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Lf] || o——_-i| | Steel Log Garriage
2 la i = rd far | } 2 Reet of Wrought and Cast Steel through-
<=. 3 = lesley ~ | SHORT HEAVY KNEES, with roller at
ean i 7 = lial A j top, st Sees eel Ee
By ii sili le setactuated by steel cable and entirely under
LL Sy e control of the setter.

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LOGSEATS open any distance from saw
desired. Carriages made any length.

® FEED ‘Garnage is
‘driven by our Oscillating |
Engines, with 14 x 20
cylinders, making an ex-
ceedingly strong and uni-
form feed.

Champion Gang §—/ & | 4: |
Edger, =f janet ec

The wide Cants 50 |}
to 60 inches wide, 6 “
to 9g inches thick, are
dropped on rollers and
run through the 6 saw
Champion Edger, using 6 Hoe bit tooth saws, ripping
them into all sizes of dimension timber.

The 4 machines described above, with 6 blocks
in the carriage, will weigh in the vicinity of 35 tons.

Send for Circulars and Estimates on full Sawmill Plants.

Waterous Engine Works Co.,
BRANTFORD, CAN.

My wrs.Co- 1
\Wagerous ENGINE YRS hn
BRANTEORD, sein

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August, 191.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. zr

A. M. DODCE & CQ.

ANUFACTURERS of and Wholesale deal-
ers in all kinds of Lumber, Lath and Shing-
les. Tonawanda, N. Y

COWPER & CGRECORY.

ECEIVERS and Forwarders ¥. Lumber,
Lath, Shingles, &c. Unexcelled facilities
for shipping by canal orrail. Tonawanda, N. Y.

CHEESMAN DODCE

IMBER and Lumber Merchants. Ship and
Boat stock, Railroad Ties, &c. Office, 16
West Seneca Street, Buffalo.

ENIMET FLEMING

NSPECTOR and Commission dealer in Lum-
ber. Office, 251 Louisiana Street, Buffalo, N.

=

LAYCOCK LUMBER CO.
ANUFACTURERS of Pine, Hemlock and
Oak Timber up to 85 feet in length. Saw
Mills: Ackley, Pa, Black Ruck, N. Y., Graven-
hurst, Ont. Office, corner Main and Seneca Sts,
Buffalo, N. Y.

J. & T. CHARLTON
HOLESALE dealers in Masts and Spars,
Canada Round Pine, &c. Tonawanda, N.

WILLARD W. BROWN.

, Main Street, Buffalo, handles all kinds
rd 3 Wd of Hard Woods.

A. P. & W. E. KELLEY CO.

HOLESALE Lumber dealers. Yards at
\ eae and Chicago. Correspondence
invited.

Cc. P. HAZARD.
HOLESALE dealer _in Lumber, Shingles, |
Lath and Fence Posts. Correspondence
invited from the Canadian trade. No 92 River
Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

L. A. KELSEY LUMBER CO., (Ltd.)
ANUFACTURERS and dealers in Hard-
wood Lumber of all kinds. Describe stock

and write for prices. Office Tonawanda, N. Y.

BOVEE & HOWDEN
ANUFACTURERS and Wholesale dealers
in Hard and Soft Wood Lumber. Holders
of Canadian stocks are invited to write for quota-
tions. Offices at Tonawanda and Le Roy, N. Y.

THE TONAWANDA LUMBER CO.

ILLS at East Tawas, Mich.; office 106 Main |

| Street, opposite NSY.C. and H.R. R.R.
Station, North Tonawanda, N. Y.

Cash for Lumber

W.N. McKachren & Co.

Wholesale dealers in all kinds of

HARDWOOD LUMBER

oD

NO. 3 DOCK
TORONTO

WRITE-US FOR PRICES AND |
SIZES TO CUT.

WE PAY CASH WHEN LOADED ON |
CARS.

LUMBER

TRUCK + WHEELS.

106 OOO ODP

The Montreal ~
+ Car Wheel Co.

MANUFACTURERS OF

CHARCOAL IRON CHILLED

RAILROAD WHEELS

Offices: New York Life Insurance
Building, Montreal.

Works: Lachine, Quebec.

1000 OOOO OD

E make a Specialty of Wheels suitable for

the requirements of Lumbermen and

Street Car Service, and can supplv them Bored,
Finished and Balanced.

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED

305 Jie Rasa Sasy,

Sail, Tent and Awning Maker,

251 Georce ano 154 Kine Streets,
PETERBOROUGA.
Canoe, Yacht and Boat Sails made to order.
Perfect Fits guaranteed.
Every description of Lumbermen’s Subblies
and Waterproof Clothing.

THE MONARCH BOILER
cpatenreo) AND HERCULES ENGINE,
A.ROBBESONS ane)

CELEBRATED iS —

ROTARY SAW MILL aaa

Guaranteed
to Saw Lumber

Ai7i— ven in thickness.
Portable from 6 to 70 horse power. Surpass
portable steam power heretofore produced for

| Strength, durability, compactness, and the ease

with which they can be moved.

The 70 horse power can be taken over the rough-
est roads, or into the forest, and set up as easily
and quickly as an ordinary 20 horse power port-

| able engine, and as firm as a brick-set stationary
| engine. Engines and boilers of every size and des-

cription. Rotary Saw Mills, Shingle and Lath
machines, Law Grinders, Planers, ete. Mill
machinery and supplies of every description.
Every boiler insured against explosion by the
Boiler Insurance & Inspection Co. of Canada.
Write for circulars.
A. ROBB & SONS, | Amherst Foundry and
Amherst, N'S. Machine works.
ESTABLISHED OVER 40 YEARS.

Hervert G. Ross.

Box 273.

Reeinatp C, BuaKer,

NH. G. ROSS & GO.
Real Estate, Five and Life Insurance,
Shipping and General Commission Agents.

j= Timber Limits and Farming Lands a Specialty.

A.B.C. Code, Cable address, ‘‘ Ross.”’

NEW WESTMINSTER. -. -

COBKLESPONDENCE S80LICITED.

B. C.

DALTON McCARTHY,
President.

JOHN McGREGOR,
Manager

Toronto and Midland Mfg Co.

(INCORPORATED.)

Wholesale Lumber & Dealers

AND MANUFACTURERS OF
DRESSED LUMBER, FLOORING
Ceiling, Sheeting, Siding, Shelving, Mouldings of all Description
Office and Yard:

FOOT OF SPADINA AVE., - TORONTO.

Planing Mills ;: MIDLAND, ONT.

PORTER, ROBERTSON & CO.

STOCKS WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
STRIPS Ee U M B k HEMLOCK
SIDINGS R SHINGLES
BILLSTUFF DEALERS LATH, ETC.

Millichamp’s Buildings,

35 ol Adelaide se Street * East,
TORONTO.

YARD: NORTHERN DOCK, FOOT OF BATHURST STREET.

NAPANEE CEMENT WORKS

— MANUFACTURERS OF —

PPB A PPT ™

a a aii

* Hydraulic Cement |

AAPL OS

ww
| Bee adapted for Dams, Smoke Stacks, Foundations, Cul-
verts, Cisterns, Cellars, etc.

ENDORSED BY LEADING RAILWAYS AND CONTRACTORS.

Se OA Ses Ee ya Gade le

For Building, Plastering, Gas Purifying, Paper Making, &c.

GR SS2b 1s, Jez eA nes Sea Coy we
DESERONTO, ONT.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

»TERRA®COTTA#FIRE-PROOFING «

For Use in Old and New Buildings.

Endorsed by Leading Architects. Absolutely Fire-proof.
Wood or Brick. Weight One-Third that of Brick.
Crack on application of Heat or Water.
Gives Warmth in Winter; Coolness in Summer.

Galt Machine Knife* Works.
ee ee
LJ MACHINE KNIVES

About as Cheap as
Does not

Deadens Noise.

oda)

P=.
ie Ss

Pita ame
re

ul OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR z
Nt
Xj Planing, Moulding & Stave Cutting.

SSaND FOR PRICE LIsTt

Pei eee es CALT, Ga

bo
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THE CANADA LUMEBERMAN.

Do you want a MACHINE 2 ?

lf so

CNGINE 2

BOILER 2

READ THIS LIST AND WRITE FOR PARTICULARS AND PRICES TO

Gheap ?

ELEPHONE
2590.

_W. PETRIE, 141-145 Front St. W., TORONTO.

Wood-Working Machinery.

——SS__— ———————————_——X&_ Eee
ONE. new eclipse planer and matcher, Galt

make

HAMPION planer, matcher and moulder,
McGregor,Gourley & Co. builders: nearly new.

N‘ ). 6 planer and matcher, Cowan & Co’s build.

Lt TLE giant planer. matcher and moulder

Price, $200:
NEW poney planers and matchers, only $175.

FOUR 20-inch poney planers; Harper, Cant |
Bros , Waterous, and Ross make,
Basch poney planer, Frank & Co’s make.

N° 4 poney planer, McKechnie & Bertram’s

build
24 inch poney planer,
24% ch wood-frame planer,
4 ake.

24" nch wood-frame surface planer.

Ross’ make, Buffalo.

Kennedy & Son’s |

Cheap.

h surface planer,

I

Rogers’ make, Norwich, |

h wood-frame planer, Kennedy & Sons’

ds

QQ inch surface planer—McKechnie & Bertram. |
TQinch diagonal buzz planer, new; Galt make. |

D ANIEL’S planer, R. Ball & Co’s make,

B FADING and moulding attachment for planer,
make, Buffalo.

-side moulder,

LOSS

McGregor, Gourley,
8 inch four-side moulder, Dundas build.

N' 1% three-side moulder, McGregor, Gourley

builders Ss

N° 2 three-sided
make.

THRE E-S/DE
necticut.

OQNESIDE moulder, Dundas build.

moulding machine, Galt

moulder, Rogers’ make, Con-

N°: 0 shaper, McGregor, Gourley, builders.
St APERS No. 1 and 2, Galt make.
ower morticer,

N EW p
second hand. :
8 BORING machines—by different makers.

Galt make, also several

Pee NG machines—I have two band re-
saws, one circular resaw, all Galt make.

E NONING machine—one each, Goldie & Mc” |

illogh, \, Me =Kechnie & Bertram, Ross & Cant |

turning lathes, several sizes, new and
d hand.

=D pow es rod feed machine, McGregor
Galt. builders.

yapers and knife grinders,

several af |

)VED saw arbors, all sizes, Galt make,
stoc K

ed iron frame swing saw, new, Buf-

ilso 36-inch, band saws, Galt make.
| 25-inch band saw, Cant Bros. make, Galt.
SCROLL and jig saws, at various prices.

ersal saw bench, H. B. Smith, build-

ATION saw bench, Haggis, builder,

“frame saw benches at very low

F' 1) and hand wiring machine, Galt make.

O*E set cheese box machines.

'Miscellaneous

Machinery.

Also set clothes’

WO sets match machines.
pin machinery.

2 DRY KILN outfits, also several fans by differ-
ent makers.

FULL particulars of any machine in above list
on application.
WO sets cracker or biscuit machines with fine
assortment of dies.

RUGER & CO., builders.

ONE leather rolling machine.

ONE corn husker, Sell’s make.
GEVERAL buhr stone chopping mills.
ONE ditching machine.

| ONE clover huller and thresher.

ONE bobbin winder, Georgetown make.
ONE laundry hand shirt ironer.
ONE power and two hand paint mills.

| GEVERAL wrought and cast iron tanks and

kettles
BONE mill for green bones.
per minute.
NE lot canning factory tools, presses, solder
moulds, etc., etc.
ORE galvanic battery, (McIntosh) Chicago, Ill.

Capacity % lb.

make,
H4N2 and power meat choppers, also sausage
stuffers.
PRESS plates for cotton or woollen mill
100 22>?

ONE soda water fountain.

| 4 GREEN corn cutting machines.

2 SETS fulling mill crank shafts with bearings
and wheels.
PORTABLE forges; genuine Buffalo make.

ONE Eureka smut machine and one purifier.

| N°. 2 Caligraph writing machine, alse a World

typewriter.
ONE Ronald steam fire engine.

Two village hand fire engines.

ONE Silsby steam fire engine.

| Two Diamond mill stone dressers.

SEVERAL large iron band wheels, turned and
balanced.

ONE 62 gallon Gasoline tank, Buffalo make.
OXE sugar cane mill, Cincinnati build.

NE stump machine screw, also three cloth
press screws complete.

NEW hand corn shellers, only $4 each.
CENTRIFUGAL pumps, all sizes.

OMPLETE steam heating plant for public or
private building ; a bargain.

ONE clay crusher, Galt make.
QNE shooting gallery tube.
BOILER tube expanders and brushes; all sizes.

ONE E new 60-foot steam pleasure yacht ata bar-

gain.

Fe seaube rams, several sizes, Seneca Falls
build

Two set plate bending rolls for boiler shop
use.

O NE derrick hay press, good order.

NE lot new bolting cloths, Goldie & McCul-
loch make.

ONE lot wool'en machinery. cards, pickers, etc.

Brick and tile machines, one of each.

Two fire proof safes, both good as new.

Engines.

a
HORSE power pair of engines, Northy &
225 Co., builders. y ‘ :

75 HORSE power horizontal engines, Gart-

shore build.

50 HORSE power horizontal engine, Goldie &
McCulloch builders.

5 HORSE power horizontal engine, White-
4 law. builder.

35 HORSE power horizontal engine, Northy
make.
Oo HORSE power horizontal engine, Northy
3 & Co., builders.
25 HORSE power horizontal engine, Ameri-
can make.
25 HORSE power horizontal engine, Water-
ous Engine Company build.
25 HORSE power horizontal engine, McRae
build.
20 HORSE power pair of twin engines, Mon-
treal build,
20 HORSE power horizontal engines, F. G.
Beckett & Co., build.
20 HORSE power rotary steam engine, Erie
Iron Works make.
HORSE power horizontal engine, Ki ley,
20 builder.
18 HORSE power horizontal engine, George
White builder.
16 HORSE power horizontal engine, Ameri-
can make.
16 Ore power horizontal engine, Beckett
make.
16 HORSE power horizontal engine, Tifft &
Sons, builders.
I HORSE power horizontal engine, F, G.
5 Beckett, builder.
I HORSE power horizontal engine, Mount
5 Forest make.
12 HORSE power horizontal eng ne in good
order.
12 HORSE power horizontal engine, Ameri-
can make.
12 HORSE power horizontal engine, Kelley,
maker, Hamilton.
10 HORSE power horizontal engine, F. G.
Beckett builder.
10 HORSE power vertical engine, Swamscott
Machine Co., make.

8 HOR -E power vertical engine in good order,

TO 8 horse power twin engines,
American build.

TO 8 horse power new double cylinder en-
gine ; marine.

HORSE pover automatical vertical engine;
Berlin make.

HORSE power new champion engine, Wat-

erous make.

ee power oscillating engine, Beckett
uild

HORSE power upright engine, Cline make,

Alliance, Ohio.

marine ;

HORSE power horizontal engine, Reid &
Barr, builders

HORSE power horizontal engine ; good or-
der.

HORSE power horizontal boat engine, Mea-
kins make.

HORSE power vertical marine engine, good
as new.

HORSE power vertical yacht engine; new.

Wow ADU OO ON OO OV

1 HORSE power rotary engine; new.

2
2 HORSE power horizontal engine; refitted.

2 HORSE power
2 American build.
I HORSE power horizontal engines; threein
stock.
Te HORSE power horizontal engine, Yankee
-4 make
Two rotary engines, Josiah Ross patent and
make; send for cut,
RON aud brass castings for model steam en-
gines.
EENGHE governors, all sizes and by different
makers,
FU LL particulars regarding any of above en-
gines on application. I also havea large
stock of portable and semi-portable engines and
boilers.

yacht engine, vertical;

Boilers
BOILER 16 feet x 48 inch, 50 tubes 3 inch,
BOILER 15% feet x 52 inch, 76 tubes 2% inch,
Two boilers 15 ft. x 60 in., 84tubes 3 inch,
BOILER 14 ft. x 54in., 62 tubes 3inch,
BOILER 14 ft. x 48 in., 52 tubes 3 inch.
BOILER 14 ft. x 36 in., 28 tubes 3 inch.
BOILER 13% ft. by 36 in., 33 tubes 3 inch.
BOILER 12ft. 9in. x 36 in,, 33 tubes 3 inch.
BOILER 11¥ ft. x 3ft. 32 tubes 3 3nch,
BOILER 11y ft. x 3 ft., 30 tubes 3 inch.
BOILER 11 ft. 6in. x 30in., 33 tubes 2% inch.
BOILER 11 ft. x 43in., 55 tubes 3 inch,
BOILER 11 ft. x 40in., 34 tubes 3 inch.
BOILER 10% ft. x 40 in,, 33 tubes 3inch.
pee portete ea ft.4 in. x 26 in. 11
Bors 10 ft, x 44in., 50tubes 3 inch,
Bo£s 8 ft. 10 in. x 30in., 31 tubes 2inch.
Bowes 8ft.3 in. x 25in., 16 tubes 3inch,
Bower 8 ft. x35in ,28 tubes 3 inch.
Bozzs 7 ft. x 25 in., 18 tubes 24% inch.
Bows 6 ft. x 30 in., 20 tubes 3inch.
Bos 6 ft, x22in..9 tubes 3 neh.
Bo=R 57 in, x 30 in., 17 tubes 234 inch.
Urricat boiler 7 ft. 4 in, x 36 in., 84 tubes.
Urnicat boiler 65 in. x 24 in,, 21 tubes 3inch.

Ure boiler 4 ft.10 in. x 3) in. 40 tubes, 2

inch
Urricar boiler 42 in. x 30 in, 37 tubes 2 inch,

Urncsr boiler 33 in. x 12 in., 4 tubes 2 inch.
| BERSES boiler 30 in. x 13 in., 19 tubes 1% inch.

ORTABL® fire box boiler 16% ft. x 54 in., 55

tubes 3% and 4 inch.

PoOsz4sLE fire box boiler 12 ft.x 3 ft.,29 tubes
3inch,

| eek fire box boiler 11 ft, x 45in., 28 tubes
2% inch

PoCsrTsaEE ‘fire box boiler 10% ft.x 25 in., 13
tubes 3 inch.

posts fire box boiler 10 ft, x 3 ft,, 35 tubes
2 inch.

Postssre fire box boiler 8% ft. x 30 in., 36
tubes 2 inch.

Foe full particulars and prices of the above
boilers, apply to H. W. Petrie, 141 and 145

Front Street West.

Remember The Address.

H. W. Petrie

TORONTO, ONT.

Two Minutes Walk From
Union Station.

August, 1891

September 1891. _

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

c. C. CLEVELAND. G. F. CLEVELAND.

J. L. GOODHUE & CO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

Jieather Belting THIS SPACE
Lace Leather.

DAN VIELE - QUHBBECS.

STORAGE OF LUMBER.

We are prepared to receive any quantity of Lumber for ‘storage.
Freight and money will be advanced on same. Also, Warehouse
eecipts issued, which can be hypothecated to banks and others.
torage charges easy. For further particulars apply to

Ww.

Fuumber,

DUNDAS STREET,

JOHN BERTRAM & SONS,

| CANADA ¢ TOOD ¢ WORKS

DUNDAS, ONTARIO.

MANUFACTURERS OF

WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY
MACHINE TOOLS, ETC.

Write for Prices and Catalogues

LEAK & CO.

Coal and Wood,
TORONTO.

mR"
Ithoqraphing (o.!
hioel t H 2° vO

ToRoNTO.. ENGRAVERS§

THE RATHBUN COMPANY,

DESERONTO, ONTARIO,
MANUFACTURERS OF

Uoors, Sash, Blinds, Stairs |

HIS PACH HOR SALE:

AND ALL KINDS OF WOODEN HOUSE FINISHING MATERIALS.

CEDAR OIL FOR PURGING BOILERS. |

—~SH CORRESPONDENCE SOLICTED we

RAILROAD, BANK & OFFICE

kit PAGS

TEES & CoO.

MONTREAL.

FOR SALE.

300 ST. JAMES STREET,

GOOBBAY, BENSON & CQ.

QUEBEC, P. QO.

General Lumber Timber Merchants,

vvvy wanes

~

Correspondence is solicited from parties having choice stocks of Hardwood and Pine
to offer, either in fhe log or in sawn lumber.

GEO. CORMAC

All kinds of LUMBER

Lumber Shipped to all parts by Rail or Vessel.

WHITEY, ONTARI

W. E. HUTCHINSON,
Sec.-Treas.

The Whaley Lumber Co.

THOS. WHALEY,

President.

OF HUNTSVILLE, ONT.

Manufacturers of

White Pine Lumber, Bill Stuff, Lath and Shingles
ALSO HARDWOOD LUMBER.

All orders promptly attended to. First-class facilities for shipping.
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

The American Lumber Yard

HAMBURC, CERMANY,

Offers the best facilities for Yarding and Selling all kinds of

American Wood Goods.

(LIMITED)

Address :
CARL GARTNER, Agent,

Hamburg.

ROSENBACHER & CO.,

Bankers, Hamburg.

tFoR HARNESSAN!
~ SiwaNsiIn-SToS

ROBIN & SADLER ay

MANUFACTURERS OF

DEALERS IN

r
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Gand

he

Y Belting

2518, 2520 and 2522 Notre Dame St.
MONTREAL.

129 Bay Street, TORONTO,

4 , THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

Large and Small _ —

CIRCULAR AND
aN E | GROSS-CUT

EXTBAREFINED VJ

TAPE RA BOG EE:

LB

Ww
CBU

TELEPHONE 5/20.

TORONTO AGENCY OF

The Rathbun Co.

ARE OPEN TO PURCHASE

OAK, ASH, BIRCH,
. BASSWOOD

AND

GOOD PINE LUMBER

CEDAR AND PINE
SHINGLES

Manufacturers having such for sale Jare invited
to communicate with

T. W. WALKER, Agent
TORONTO
Office, Cor. Spadina Ave. & Front St.

MPORTANT TQ LUMBERMEN

AND ALL WHO USE

SCRIBNER’S

LUMBER
$251.06 BOOK

Over One Million Sold.

M OST complete book of its kind ever publish-
ed. Gives measurement of all kinds of

Lumber, Logs, Planks, Scantling; cubical con-
tents of square and round Timber; hints to lum-
ber dealers; wood measure; speed of circular
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Nummer 9} TORONTO, ONT., SEPTEMBER, 1891. epicentre in Cone
WHEN WE PLANT THE TREE. While log is being sawed up he is rolling down or | 4 severe gale, or a succession of severe gales, s
HAT do we plant when we plant the tree ? bringing in logs on a car. The sawyer stands behind we experienced in Scotland some years age
We plant the ships which-cross the sea ; the saw to down the boards (which is the proper place | time, as will be remembered, whole woods were leveled
The keel, the keelson and beam and knee ; e first five or six rollers are made live by simply | some years afterwards the timber couid neither be cut
We plant the ship when we plant the tree. attaching a sprocket wheel on the end of roller shaft, | up nor marketed. That, then, was an opportunity for

What do we plant when we plant the tree?
We plant the houses for you and me,

We plant the rafters, the shingles, the floors,
We plant the studding, the lath, the doors,
The beams, the siding, all parts that be ;
We plant the house when we plant the tree.

What do we do when we plant the tree?

A thousand things that we daily see ;

We plant the spire that out-towers the crag,
We plant the staff for our country’s flag,
We plant the shade, from the hot sun free ;
We plant all these when we plant the tree.

SAW MILL BUILDING.
BY J. H. MINER.
RRANGING a mill to cut 10,000 feet in ten hours,
with seven hands, including piling of lumber and
arranging bill stuff, may sound a “little off” to those
who are employing twice that number of men.

First, it is best to set the mill with end toa hillside
and receive the logs onacar. This is best where bills
are cut on short notice, as logs can be received from
both sides of the track.

If logs are to be sawed as they come, they may be
received more conveniently from the side. In this case
it is much better to build an overhung roof, so that all
in front of the carriage will be clear. The logs should
be dropped as closely to the mill as possible, to save
much rolling.

The carriage I have partly described. What is
wanted is a cheap, quick and reliable overhead turner.
The cost of machinery, of course, must be carefully
compared with labor. Fifty dollars will put upa log
turner which fifty days running will pay for in the sav-
ing of the man, to say nothing of the increase in cut.
A great drawback in small mills is not having a log-
turner ; to get the same results requires two, some-
times three extra men.

To construct the log-turner, put a 36x8 inch friction
pulley on a three inch shaft four feet long. This shaft
is set, say three to six inches over the end of the head-
blocks. Next a two-inch shaft with 8x8 paper or
wood friction pulley on the outer end, working ina
sliding box. This shaft extends back over the saw
mandrel, where power is taken. The feed shaft should
be reduced about one-third. Use not smaller than
twenty-inch pulley on saw mandrel, or larger if the
logs are heavy. If the feed rig‘interferes with putting
the pulleys in right, increase the size or diminish the
pulleys. The belt being a quarter-twist, will neces-
sitate the driven pulley being larger to get farther from
the saw. Few sawmills are constructed so that a tur-
ner of this kind cannot be used.

_The question of the chain comes next, but not in a
tricky intermediate friction. On the end of the three-
inch chain shaft a wood spool, say eight to twelve
inches diameter, is placed ; around this is wound a
rope with a heavy weight attached to hang out of the
way. The lever that handles the friction is arranged
with a brake working on the face of the large iron pul-
ley. The sawyer pulls his lever gently, unwinding the
chain as desired which is done while sawing. The
chain remains just where left. This constitutes the
best and most reliable rig out. It cannot get out of
order and is quick.

« The sawyer, setter and one man to roll down logs
constitutes the saw crew. The log deck man handles
the chain while setter attends to releasing the dogs.

_serted-tooth saw, using “shot-gun” feed.

which should not be less than one inch, and must ex-
tend through the roller, which must not be less than ten
or eight inches in diameter, as the sprocket wheel must
be two inches smaller, to allow an inch board to pro-
tect the operators. The first roll is driven with a three- |
inch belt from the saw mandrel. The link belting or |

chain drives the rolls by simply passing over the top of |
the sprockets, except the first and last. Rollers may be |
made of dry hardwood with a key pin through the cen-

ter, or they will soon become loose and worthless. A _ |
rig of this kind will cost but $30 above the ordinary
rig, and give thirty to forty feet of live rolls, as desired.

The space between car track and rolls should be |
about thirty inch. The siding can be placed on skids |
beyond the track and edged on main saw when in the |
way. The swing saw should be five feet ahead of the
longest log that can be cut. Two men behind the saw-
yer will place the lumber, the bill stuff being dumped
on skids beyond the swing saw ard stock lumber taken
to destination on car or lumber truck.

A word here about lumber cars. Few of them are
labor savers. They are constructed very small, heavy
wheels, running on rough bearings in wood at that. I
have seen many such cars require two good men to get
back in the mill. The wheels should be large and light
running in babbitted boxes, with a frame just heavy
enough to keep the car square on an iron track.

One man with two cars can take care of 15,000 feet
of lumber. One man can do the piling, which will be
about one-half the mill cut where bills are cut, other-
wise two men will be required. Then a boy to fire and
all goes along well. The slabs are cut into four-foot
lengths, as most suitable for lath. The surplus may be |
kept away with a cart or carried out on a separate
dumping car to a place out of the way, where most of
edge trimmings must go.

While edging up, the log deck man assists in placing
siding on carriage, the sawyer and setter placing it.
The sawyer will have ample time at noon or evenings
to attend to machinery. By using a good inserted
tooth saw a few moments “pointing up” will be all that
is required of him, while the setter can change teeth
when necessary.

I recently saw a letter from a reputable firm which is
cutting 50,000 feet per day of yellow pine with an in-
They would
not have a solid saw. This is an exception, but it is
not impossible with the right style of saw.

FORESTS AND DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS.
HERE can be little doubt but that insect pests asa
general rule attack only those trees which have
been debilitated and weakened, of which state some of
them are good judges. As a remarkable instance of
the instinct shown by an insect, it may be mentioned
that the writer, when exploring timber land on the
Nashwaah river, in New Brunswick, having to camp in
the woods, built his fire against a large spruce, which
he used as a back log. The ground was coveied with
moss, and the roots exposed. On them the fire was
laid. The tree when left next morning was badly
scorched. Two or three days after, on returning to
this place, the borer was seen hard at work depositing
her eggs in the doomed tree.
Ws Somerviile, lecturer on Forestery, Edinburgh
University, says: “The most common cause of the
production of a large quantity of breeding material is

FHylurgus piniperda, as well as for all bark beetles, to in-
crease at a prodigious rate, and one which the results
show that they were not slow to avail themselves of.”

Precisely the same thing has occurred in New Bruns-
wick, where, after a heavy gale, by which large extents
of forest were blown down, great destruction was made
among the standing trees by bark beetles, so much so
that on one brow among Ico spruce logs but 10 were
found to have been cut from living trees, the other co
having been destroyed by beetles. The forests which
suffered most after the gale referred to, which is locally
known as the “Saxby,” were those consisting of large
trees which had been cut among. Where lumbering
had been carried on for some time and the larger trees
cut away, little harm was done by the beetle, due no
doubt as well to the circumstance that the trees in the
latter instance were not so tall, and consequently not.
so obnoxious to the effects of the gale, as to the fact
that as there were fewer trees standing on the same
area of ground, they would be better supplied with
sustenance from it than the original forest would have
been had it remained intact, and thus the tree which
had been cut among were endued with sufficient vitality
to resist the insects’ attack.

Spruce woods gain much by being cut among and
the larger trees removed, since the danger of attacks
from msect is thereby lessened, and light and air being
more freely admitted, the growth of the remaining trees
is greatly facilitated thereby. EDWARD JACK.

Fredericton, N. B.

THE MANUFACTURE OF SPOOLS.

Be MAY well be imagined, the immense number of
spools used and thrown awzy every year requires
that the business of making them should be conducted
ona large scale, and with facilities for rapid production.
Birch wood is preferred. The wood is first sawed into
sticks of four or five feet long and seven-e'ghths of an
inch to three inches square according to the size of the
spool to be produced. These sticks are thoroughly
seasoned. They are sawed into short blocks and dried
ina hotairkiln. At the time they are sawed, holes are
bored perpendicularly through each block which is set
on end under a rapidly revolving, long-shanked auger.
Next, one whirl of each little block against some little
knives that are turning at lightning speed, fashions it
into a spool according to the pattern desired, and that,
too, at the rate of one second for each set of knives. A
row of small boys feed the spool making machines by
simply placing the blocks in a spout, selecting the best
and throwing out the notty and defective stock. The
machine is automatic but there are some things which
it cannot do, hence the employment of the small boys
above mentioned. After the spools are turned they are
placed in a large drum and revolved rapidly until they
have taken on a fine polish.
they are dyed yellow, black or red, according to taste.
When one sees a spool of thread marked “200” or “300
yards,” itdoes not signify that the thread has been
measured, but that the spool has been gauged, and is
supposed to have that amount of thread upon tt.

For some special purposes

The Interior Department at Washington has ordered
a permanent government post to be established on the
Rainy river, near Fort Francis, 150 miles north-west of
Duluth, for the purpose of watching timber stealers from
Canada.

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THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

September, 1891

THE CARE AND ABUSE OF SAWS.

ECOND only to the proper tension of the saw is the

care of the teeth, and the want of it is responsible for
much of the bad sawing seen in almost every saw mull,
Here is where the tramp filer gets in his work, being
only a degree less mischievcus than the tramp ham-
merer. He generally “knows it all,” and has a lot of
pat technical phrases picked up while hanging around
some saw manufactory or by listening to some good
workman. These he hurls at the head of the defense-
less proprietor or manager with such oracular gravity
and assurance as to impress him with his vast know-
ledge of saws, an illusion which generally lasts till there
is not a single saw in the mill that will do good work.
With a fairly good sawyer, who can make some sugges-
tions as tothe shape of the teeth, now and then, the
agony may be prolonged ; but it generally winds up
with having all the saws sent to the repair shop, under
the impression that something is the matter with the
tension, or, at least, that the fault is anywhere but with

the teeth.
The tramp hammerer and filer are a gold mine tothe
repair shop, the proprietor of which seldom takes the

trouble to report to the saw mill owner the imposition
he is subjected to, though he must be fully aware. of -it.

A circular saw may have pretty bad teeth and still do
fair work, provided there is a-good man at the lever,
who knows when and how to favor it, ard provided the
power behind it is sufficient and the speed is high and
well maintained. tooth once out of shape is
bound to grow worse, until it will absolutely refuse to

But a

make merchantable lumber, or even any lumber at all.
There are so many different ways in which a saw tooth
may be wrongly dressed, that but a few of the more
common ones will be mentioned here.

A very common and glaring fault isin swaging. The
tooth, to work easily and smoothly, must be so shaped
that it will cut like a chisel used to cut across the grain.
It was stated in a former paper that the cutting edye of
the tooth should be dressed at right angles with the
face of the log. A careless hand may swage one cor-
ner longer than the other.
Jong one, it will not have the bad effect it will 1f it isthe
inside corner, provided always that the opposite tooth is
swaged the same way, even though only the two teeth
are so swaged; but the next two teeth will have an ex-
tra amount of work to do.

If the pair of teeth are thus filed, they will present an
inverted V shape to the wood, and leave a ridge in the
centre of the kerf for the next tooth to cut away in addi-
tion to doing its own work.

A good many filers pooh-pooh so small a fault, but
there is just where the trouble begins. It is seldom a
single abuse of a saw that renders it unserviceable, but
many little abuses working together, the avoidance or
correction of which marks the skilled workman.

A eommon fault is in swaging the teeth, with the
swage held at such an angle that the force of the blow
This

causes the tooth to strike the wood at an angle leading

comes on top, so as to turn the tooth upward.

into the log, as though in beating out the farther side of
a mortice the chisel were held with the handle toward
you. This gives the tooth more of a pulling hold on
the wood than it can cut, causing it to break its hold,
thus tearing, jamming, pounding out the sawdust in-
stead of cutting it out as it should.

To illustrate this, take a framing chisel and work out
the farther side of a mortise. Hold the handle toward
you, the straight side of the tool being from you. Drive
it into the timber a half inch or so, then push the han-
dle from you, and continue to drive the chisel down un-
til you have pushed it back toa perpendicular, and then
note how much force it required. You will observe that
yo. lose nearly the entire effect of the leverage of the
wedge shape of the chisel in forcing out the chip, and
instead of it coming out mechanically, by the force of
the blows of the mallet, it has to be pried out by mus-
cular force. Compare that force with that required to
be exerted on from 6 to 1o saw teeth, swaged as de-
scribed, all driven into the log at ‘once, and with the
much deeper hold of a 10 or 12-inch feed, in a large
log. The extra power thus often
enormous, and with an engine just large enough for the
work, with the saw in good condition, is often the

steam wasted 1s

If the outside corner be the |

Source of much vexation and unmerited growling at the
engineer.

But by far the most serious result is the straining ef-
fect on the rim of the saw, resulting in a stretching that
will soon take the “dish” out ot the saw, and if persisted
in producing a “slack rim.” This latter condition will
be first detected by a 1attling of the saw between the
guides, necessitating their tightening up to the point of
heating the saw plate, and finally such a flapping of the
tail of the saw as to impair the smoothness of all the
lumber sawed.

If only a part of the teeth are of this character, as of-
ten happens, the filer not knowing enough to detect the
difference, or at least not realizing the effect, the action
of the saw will be peculiar, an alternate catching hold
and letting go that will have a jerky effect on the en-
gine, and cause the saw to give forth a whir-ur-ing
sound, as if it were out of balance, or some of the teeth
were longer than others, making it “out of round.”

Occasionally a filer will discover he has swaged his
teeth in the manner described, and has sense enough
to know it will have a bad effect, and will endeavor to
correct it by filing. This can be done, of course, but it
involves extra labor and much unnecessary filing away
of the points, and a loss of a portion of the effect of the
swage. With abundant steam power behind a saw
swage as here described, it will work right along, doing
fairly good work, with now and then a broken tooth
when the vicious hold happens to be on a particularly
wiry knot, until at last the constant straining and
pounding produces the effect on the tension already
noted, and the saw has to go to the repair shop to be
rehammered, but never again to do as good work as
before.

Everybody concerned outside of the repair shop, will
wonder what caused the slack rim, the true cause not
being suspected. In nine cases out of ten the blame
will be saddled on the sawyer, on the supposition that
he has allowed the saw to get some wrench or twist.
And right here is an illustration of the theory stated in
a former article, that a sawyer should at least have a
theoretical knowledge of filing.

errors of the filer, who, if not amenable to advice or
suggestion, could soon be made to give place to a bet-
ter man. i

There is a difference of opinion as to how the corners
of a tooth should be left. Some very good filers, sup-
ported by very good sawyers, claim they should be left
as sharp angled as possible toward the body of the
tooth. Others, and probably the majority, swage out
pretty full, and file the side angle as near a right one as
possible, keeping the tooth nearly full as far back as the
amount of swaging will permit. A third class swage
sufficient to allow of dressing the side of the tooth to an
exact right angle to a slight depth, say one thirty-second
of an inch, then reducing the angle more or less sharp-
ly. A fourth class, generally experts, swage out fuller
still, and make a right angled side surface of twice or
three times the depth last described. Every style of
tooth has its strenuous advocates, with strong argu-
ments to back them. The first assert that the less
swaging the better, its effect being to drive the particles
of steel back one upon the other, compressing them and
then spreading them sidewise, and that the repeated
compression and expansion will tend to erystallization,
rendering the edge lable to crumble, which will more
than offset the lack of wear in the sharp corners.

The second class argue that the sharp, angular cor-
ners, while requiring much less swaging from regular
wear, are more liable to be broken by contact with any
hard substance, like a knot or foreign body like gravel,
imbedded in the bark or sap; that they wear off so fast,
under the most favorable circumstances, as to require
such frequent swaging as to amount in the end to really
much more than if swaged out fuller at first.

The third class repeat the arguments of the second
and go a step further, asserting that the danger of crys-
tallization is very remote and not to be compared with
the danger of breakage of corners to which all angular-
sided teeth are lable. In addition they call attention
to the wedge action of the tooth that loosens the parti-
cles of wood the cutting edge has severed ; thatswith
the sharp angular point, the wedge acts only to the ex-

In that case he would’
be able, not only to vindicate himself, but to detect the’

tent of the thickness of the body of the tooth, which,
being so much narrower than the cutting edge, leaves a
triangular ridge from the line of the cut of one tooth to
that of the next, and that, notwithstanding the wide
cutting edge, the kerf is practically not wider than the
thickness of the saw plate, the lumber thus being left
with an uneven surface ; while the narrow kerf between
the grooves made by the points of the teeth renders the
saw liabie to being heated, even to the extent of ruining
the tension.

This is a correct theory that is perfectly easy of de-
monstration by watching the action of such a saw while
in the kerf, and nating the ridgy surface of the lumber
it makes. The advocates of this class of teeth claim
that the small amount of square side they get gives
them practically the full benefit of the wedge in break-
ing squarely off the particles of sawdust, at least to such
an extent as to give sufficient width to the kerf, to avoid
pinching the plate, and also to give room for the tooth
to clear itself. They, too, deprecate further swaging on
account of the danger of crystallization, claiming they
have found the limit.

The fourth class emphasize all the claims of the third,
except as to the sufficiency of the wedge action. They
scout the idea of danger of crystallization, and claim
that all the straight side that can possibly be obtained
is necessary to the perfect action of the saw, and that if
it were possible to carry the full width of the edge back
to a line with the cutting point of the next tooth, per-
fection would then be reached ; that the tooth would .
wear long enough to do as much and as hard work as
the carpenter’s framing chisel, and the surface of the
lumber would be as smooth as though jackplaned.

The claims of these four classes of teeth, when ana-~
lyzed, lead to the following conclusions: The sharp an-
gular pointed are the poorest made. They are bad for
the saw, as they require such frequent filing from con-
stantly getting the corners knocked off. They are lia-
ble to uneven wear, thus causing unequal work of the ©
several teeth. The liability to heat the saw and the -
tendency to make rough lumber should forever debar it
from any first-class mill. No sawyer, with any regard
for his reputation, will submit to using a saw with such
teeth, as, in nine cases out of ten, he will be blamed for
its faults. ;

The second class are only a degree better than the
first, and should be ruled out, though there are proba-
bly more such teeth in use in this country than of any
other kind, a majority of inserted teeth being of that
shape. :

The third class of teeth are a compromise between
the extremes. They do good work, hold an edge nearly
as well as the longer sided ones, and keep their cor-
ners out in pretty good shape till the whole edge ‘is
dulled. The teeth wear evenly, thus preserving the —
roundness and consequent balance of the saw, A fair
amount of the wedge effect is obtained, and, up to a
certain amount of feed, the lumber made is fairly
smooth. But beyond that point there is the same fault
as in the other—ridgy lumber-—more or less pronounc-
ed as the saw is favored or crowded by the feed. The
kerf, however, is shaved out fairly wide, so there is sel- _
dom heating of the saw from pinching.

With the machine swages in use in many saw mills,
it is probably difficult to go beyona this point until
some improvement is made.

It will be apparent to the reader that this theorizing
is largely based on the use of the hand swage, and this
is a correct basis when it is remembered that with all
the improvements in them, and their cheapness, the
machine swages are not in use in more than 20 per
per cent. of the mills of the country, and automatic
sharpeners or filers im not mo1e than 50 per cent.—
Northwestern Lumberman.

A firm at Dresden are successfully manufacturing
tool handles and shafts from compressed paper chem-
ically prepared. They are very hard and firm and have
the additional advantage of being non-conductors of
heat. Another German firm is making pulleys of paste-
boards pressed by hydraulic power, having an iron
core and casing. They are supposed to take up less
room, generate more friction and are water proof.

om . J aisles

a

ember. 1891.

“THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

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WOOD-WORKING CHIPLETS.
BY JOB.

R. OWNER, call down your fireman. Don’t you
know that those vast volumes of dense black
smoke that issue from your smokestack every 20 or 25
minutes, means something very serious in the way of
a draft on your profit account ? Ask your fireman why
such volumes of black smoke, which is simply coal
heated enough to drive it apart, but not enough to
burn it, should be sent out to blacken the landscape.
Ten chances to one he cannot tell you why. He may
not even know that these regular eruptions meana

loss to you.

All the same they do. It is a double-ended loss, too,
a regular two-edge-cut-both-ways knife ‘that chisels
away your profits at a fearful rate. In the first place,
he shovels in too much coal at one time, having let the
fire burn too long without replenishing. In the second
place, he throws in the fresh coal ina heap here, a heap
there, and a heap over yonder, instead of spread.ng thin-
ly and evenly over the whole bed of fire. The
unusual quantity of cold fuel reduces the heat in the
furnaces, lowers the steam pressure for a time, and
causes a loss. Then the heaps become heated enough
to allow unburned coal to pass up the chimney. That
causes another loss. In this way the bad method of
feeding the fire simply uses up the heat, which ought to
make steam out of the water in the boiler, to volatilize
and carry away the coal that ought to be used in mak-
ing steam.

See? You ought to if you do not. Your chim-
ney belches out thousands of cubic feet of half
gaseous coa! every day, wasting the money you paid
for the coal, shortening the service it performs for you,
subjecting your plant to unnecessary wear and tear and
dirt, and all because your fireman, left to his own de-
vices and ignorant of what he is doing, goes on shovel-
ing coal in the wrong way, at the wrong time, and in
wrong quantities. Call him in. Call him down.

The subject of firing leads directly up to the question
of the general building, use and treatment of steam
boilers. Here isa table compiled by an inspection and
insurance company, showing the number of explosions
of steam boilers, giving a summation of the results of
bad construction, bad treatment. and bad management
in general for 12 years :—

Year. Explosions. Killed. Injured.
ee 132 208 213
BOO Ys Bis 55° 170 259 535
TONG rates cis 159 251 313
IO02..- 2... 172 271 359
Beha: 3 sss 184 263 412
2 ee 152 254 251
MOOG sis\: 35> 8 i: 220 278
TSO. = os >. 185 254 314
IBO7 3.3% 198 264 388
BOSS 52 2713 246 331 505
SBEO --:,.'- 180 304 433
BOOO 3.025 226 244 351
Teta. s. 2,159 B22 4,352

Of course, this is only a partial table, made up from
the records of a single company, with no attempt to
make it absolutely complete. It is an instructive,
really a destructively instructive, showing. Look over
it and then set about finding whether your own steam
plant is not in sucha shape that itis a promising, or
threatening, candidate for a front place in the record of
catastrophes for 1891. Foresight with steam is far
better than hindsight.

NATIONAL FORESTRY PAYS.

HE government of France has expended $30,000,-

ooo so far in re-foresting, and it is estimated that
$34,000,000 more will be necessary before the mountain
slopes are re-clothed and the farming lands reclaimed,
and all because the State did not interfere in time to
prevent the consequences brought about by the greedy
private owners. It is not generally known that in Eu-
rope every State owns more or less forest property,
which under a competent administration, yields a large
revenue. Prussia appropriates annually $8,000,000 for
her present administration, but she receives $14,000,-

_ ©60 in return, leaving a net revenue of $6,000,000, and

all German States, as well as Austria, Italy and France

_ have a net income of $1.50 to $4 from every acre they

have in forest growth.

ADVICE FOR YOUNG FOREMEN.

IRST, don’t be self-conceited ; this is one of the |

commonest diseases of young foremen. At firs‘
no doubt, you will be modest and careful enough, but
after one month has rolled by, and you find the shop is
not a total wreck under your management, modesty will
very likely give way to a satisfaction that will make you
ridiculous if you don’t check it. Don’t ever let in the
idea that you have done better than others could do,
and don’t imagine that the shop couldn’t run without
you. There are lots of sensible men in every shop, who
size the boss up very correctly. They will know just
what your calibre is, and you can’t fool them. There-
fore don’t try. Don’t ever pretend to know it all. If
your men are convinced that you are fairly well inform-
ed they will respect you. But they will instantly de-
tect and despise any false pretences in this line. More-
over, when you really do know a thing, show it by your
actions rather than by words.

Don’t be afraid toask advice when necessary. There
are men in that shop, I’ll be bound, from whom you can
learn a big lot. Therefore, when you are “stuck” on
some problem that would puzzle anybody, don’t be
ashamed to seek counsel of some level-headed man in
the shop. He can probably help you; and, if the pro-
blem is a hopeless one, you at least have the comfort of
good company in your perplexity. But don’t ask ad-
vice habitually or needlessly ; and, if possible, counsel
in each case with the man who is to do the work in
question. Don’t go over his head to some one else ; it
hurts his feelings, and don’t work well. When, for in-
stance, a difficult pattern is to be made, full of novel
and peculiar features, consult the head molder as well
as the pattern-maker. Above all things, don’t fall into
the habit of always leaning on the same man, or the
same two or three men for advice; it will ruin you all.

Be calm and deliberate. No matter what emergen-
cies arise, don’t act, or give orders, or talk at all with-
out giving yourself time to think. I have often had a
perplexirg job come into the shop, or a bad break oc-
cur, late in the afternoon, that paralysed me. In such
a case I always looked it over cooly and deliberately,
and gave no sign of what I thought of it, or what I in-
tended to do. In fact, I didn’t know ; but, ten chances
to one, an hour’s study after supper, when I had time
to think, would clear away the difficulty, and in the
morning I would go at the job so easily that they all
thought I intended from the start to do it that way.

In such cases it generally pays pretty well to note
carefully and silently any suggestions that may be
dropped by any of the men; I have learned a lot in
this way.

Keep your temper, don’t ever speak roughly to your
men; no treatment can be too good for a good Cana-
dian machinist. Ifa man is not good enough to be well
treated, you don’t want him. And don’t ever get angry
at a hard job, or a poor tool, or an accident—it makes
the men laugh at you. :

STEAM MOTIVE POWER IN 1700.

HE discoveries which are from time to time made

in the Egyptian tombs authorize the belief that
many of the inventions and machines of the present day
were known to the ancients and used by them. A corres-
pondent who is curious in such things, sends us the
subjoined extract from the “History of China,” Pere du
Halde, which was published in 1741 (folio edition), It is
certainly nothing less than a miniature locomotive and
steamboat which was here noticed. The extract is taken
from a description given by Du Halde of the various
inventions made by the Jesuit missionaries in China
for the instruction and amusement of the Emperor
Kanghi, who died in 1722. The inventions there de-
scribed were about the beginning of the eighteenth
century :—“The pneumatic engines did no less excite
his Majesty’s curiosity. They caused a wagon to be
made of light wood, about two feet long, in the middle
whereof they placed a brazen vessel full of live coals, and
upon them an eolipile, the wind of which issued through
a little pipe upon a sort of wheel, made like the sail of
a windmill. This littie wheel turned another with an
axletree, and by that means the wagon was set a run-
ning for two hours together ; but for fear there should

not be room enough for it to proceed constantly for-
wards, it was contrived to move circularly in the fol-
lowing manner: To the axletree of the two hind
wheels and at the end of this beam another axletree
passed through the stock of another wheel, somewhat
larger than the rest ; and accordingly, as this wheel
was nearer or further away from the wagon, it de-
The same

sh p with four

scribed a greater or lesser circle.
vance was likewise applied to a little
wheels ;
ship and the wind issuing out of two small pipes, filled

the eolipile was hidden in the middle of t!

| the little sails, and made them turn around a long

time. The artifice being concealed, there was notl
heard but a noise like wind, or that which water makes
about a vessel.” — The Engineer.

THE BOTANY OF TREES.

IMBER trees are known botanically as exogens, or

outward growers, because the new wood is added
underneath the bark outside that already formed.
The whole thing conists of (2) Pith in the centre, which
dries up and disappears as the tree matures. (4) Woody
fiber, or long, tapering bundles of vascular tissue, form-
ing the duramen or heart-wood, arranged in rings, of
which one is considered to represent a years growth,
and interspersed with medullary rays or traverse septa,

tissue, known to carpenters as silver grain, felt, or
flower, and showing most strongly in oak and beech.
After the tree is a few years old, the heart-wood becomes
comparatively dry and hard from the
produced by the newer layers. (c) Alburnum or sap-
wood, which is the immature woody-fiber recently de-
posited. In coniferous trees the sap-wood is only dis-
tinguishable when dry by a slight greenish tinge ; when
wet, it holds the moisture much longer than the heart-
wood, and can be detected in that way. (d) The bark,
which is a protecting coat on the outside of the tender
sap-wood. It receives additions on the inside during
the autumn, causing it to crack and become very irreg-
ular in old trees. The mode of growth is as follows:
In the spring the moisture is absorbed and rises through
the stem as sap to form the leaves ; during summer the
leaves give off moisture and absorb carbon, which thick-
ens the sap; in autumn the sap descends inside the
bark, and adds a new layer of wood to the tree.

compression

N IDEA as to what opinions some Practical men

have as to what is, and what is not carelessness in
the management of a steam boiler, is furnished by ey-
idence recently given by an expert engineer, when
under examination in regard to a boilerexplosion. He
was asked, “How did the explosion occur? Was it on
account of carelessness?” He replied “No, ‘hese was
no carelessness about it. The boiler was simply worn
out.” So that running a worn out boiler, liable to ex-
plode any day and to kill a few dozen people, was not
carelessness in the sworn judgment of an engineer!
Probably he thought it showed carefulness. It certain-
ly proved that more care was taken to create a terrible
risk than to avoid it, and that carefulness over a few
dollars caused criminal carelessness about human life,
as do most boiler explosions.

TRADE NOTES.

The following is the description of a new two-spindle
borer just constructed by the Cant Bros. Co., of Galt,
Ont: -It is designed to perform with accuracy and in
one operation, that class of work in which two holes
can be bored at any given distance and angle, as in
dowelling, chair, cabinet and other similar work, thus
effecting a very great economy of time and labor. In
most of those hitherto constructed, the angle has been
from the horizontal to the perpendicular, one bit being
thus brought exactly above the other. But in this one
the two bits are mounted in an adjustable head which
swivels around one of them, so that they may be set at
an angle from the horizontal line of the table. The
range of adjustment is from a horizontal to a perpen-
dicular.

THE CANADA LUMEERMAN.

September, 1891

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POLITICAL AND COMMERCIAL MORALITY.

Ir should be possible for a citizen of the Dominion
to express an opinion on the revelations at Ottawa,
made during the present session of Parliament, and
in doing so not to have laid at his door the charge of
partizanship. And yet the thoughts of our people, and
many of the thinking people, are so honeycombed with
partyism, that it is difficult to write or speak on politi-
cal corruption, and not have a party interpretation
placed on one’s words.

Neither political party can afford to throw the first
stone at the other, for unfortunately the. scandals that
fill the air, and which in too many instances have de-
veloped into hard. realities, have not been confined to
either political party. The one act does not in any way
off-set the other, though here the disposition is to work
the “saw off” method, wkich is a demoralizing method,
however applied. We say that itis unfortunate, that this
demoralization has been general in its character, be-
cause it reveals under-methods of conducting the busi-
ness of the country that the more unscrupulous of poli-
ticians have always said were common to both parties,
but which the better citizens had hoped had not obtain-
ed so strong and sure a foothold on Canadian soil.
Now it will be good manners to say less, fora time at
any rate, of the purity of Canadian politics in contrast
with those of other countries.

We are not encouraged in history, either ancient or
modern, to expect the best ensample of things moral,
from those who sit in high places. Yet the people will
look tothose whorule overthem for suggestionsastoright
ways of acting and living ; and there is more than a
grain of wisdom in the old saw, ‘like father, like son,
like master like servant. The truly loyal citizen, for
he only 1S loyal who 1s loyal to truth, must regret with
deep and sincere poignency, that in the politics of this
country the ideal set by those in high places has been
of this demoralizing character.

The question has a commercial side, that should come
home with forceto businessmen. Therevelations referred
tohave snown to what extent dishonesty—for this is the
Anglo-Saxon of the matter—has been practised,not alcne
by the men placed in. positions of honor by their
country, but by the employee who has been engaged by
these men to do certain work, and been paid to do it.
We know how any business man would have dealt with
these people had they been in their employ and been
guilty of like offences. But the point we aim at is this :
Mercantile business, however it may be with politics, is
built upon the one foundation stone of confidence, one

in the other. It is not capital that gives strength to
business ; itis the confidence that business mea have

in one another—in their ability, their judgment, their
energy, and above all their honesty. When this con-
fidence is shaken down comes the whole fabric, like a
house of cards. Men in the employ of the government
of the country cannot accept presents from contractors,
commissions and bonuses from those to whom they have
given government orders,and do this thing continuously
without these influences being feltin the regular channels
of commerce. Employees, those who are not servants
of the government, but servants, it may be, of some
large lumber company, will be tempted and influenced
by the example set them, to abuse the trus. placed in
them, for their own personal gain. Peculation, em-

bezzlement and breach of trusts are not unknown
quantities in the commercial world to-day. Happily
they are the exception—though unhappily not as ex-
ceptional, as they should be—but once set moving and
the evil will spread like a prairie fire.

This is a view of the matter, that business men cannot
afford to ignore ; and while the LUMBERMAN takes the
broad view, that as citizens we should each and all rise
in our strength and ‘lend a hand’ to whosoever is
honestly desirous to purify the political atmosphere, it
insists with every emphasis on stamping out this
business dishonesty, because of the general hurtful
influence it must create in commercial circles every-
where.

FREE TRADE IN LUMBER.

IN our correspondent’s column we publish a letter
from a well-known citizen of Algoma, in which he
makes several direct enquiries relative to the question
ot free trade in lumber. In the early months of the
year when lumber circles. were agitated. on this

question, we devoted considerable space to the sub-

ject. A-reference to the fyles of THE LUMBERMAN,
by our correspondent, or any other reader interested,
will furnish, in a large measure, an answer to the en-
quiries now made. Then it was supposed, that the
question would come before Parliament at its first
session, and on that account it took rank as a live
question of the day. Parliament has since met, and
we have had the announcement of the Premier that
the matter will not be introduced in the House until
another session ; that it is likely to be a factor in the
reciprocity negotiations with the United States’ govern-
ment in October next.

This is the immediate position of the question—it is
not to-day in practical politics. Approaching it asa
question of the future, though it may be the near
future, and referring to our correspondent’s letter, we
may say, speaking broadly, that we believe that the
concensus of opinion among lumbermen, is that entire
free trade in lumber with the United States would be
helpful to the general interests of the trade in both
countries. At present, if it 1s not paradoxical to say
so, this free trade is only partial. Our logs go into the
States free, but our lumber, though not taxed as high

| as before, still has the impost of one dollar placed on

it. This fact no doubt operates to a measurable extent,
and more particularly in some localities than others,
against the manufacture of lumber in our own country.
It would seem likely, that if there were entire free trade
with the United States, that the American lumbermen,
who become purchasers of our logs, would prefer to
manufacture their lumber at the mills adjoining where
the logs would be cut and ship in this shape to their
own side of the lines. It has already been shown in
these columns that the shipping rates by vessel from
the North Shore are sufficiently favorable to the ship-
per in that locality to influence him to do this. It will
strike the average man as an unbusiness like method
to take the logs away from the mills, that are at their
door, so to speak, when these logs, before being mar-
ketable, have to be made into lumber : providing the
duty in the case of both logs and lumber was removed.

We think of one influence that might operate against
this course ; the American lumberman is in many cases
owner of his own mills on his own side of the lines ; it
pays him best to keep these mills running ; he has

; local interests to serve ; and he would be willing to pay

the expenses of towing the logs to his own mills.

Facts are clear that at present our logs are, in no
small number, going across the border. This spring
the Midland and North Shore Lumber Company sold
their limits to an American firm, Merrill & Ring of
Saginaw, Mich., $225,000 being, we believe, the sum
paid, and this winter the new owners will-cut acon-
siderable amount of timber ; and in the spring they are
more than likely to tow this product to the States,
there to be manufactured into lumber.
along the north shore of the Georgian Bay naturally
feel grieved at this condition of affairs. But until we
have free trade in lumber, it is difficult to suggest a
remedy. - Fortunately the conditions are local and not
general. Get away from that particular section of the
Georgian Bay, marked on the ohe side by Sault Ste.

The people.

“Marie and on the other by Parry Sound, and we find

our lumbermen sending the manufactured lumber by
rail into the States, and not shipping logs.

This has to he remembered in discussing the question
of free trade in lumber : we have not the whole “say.”
Friend McKinley has to be considered. Senator Flint
warns us, that when making a bargain with the Yank
watch which way he holds the stick he is whittling. Ifhe
whittles inward to himself he is making the best of the
bargain. If he whittles outward some one else is get-
ting the bargain. We have to remember the whittling
stick and the whittler in this matter.

WORKING UNITEDLY.

Two events of recent occurrence in the lumber

trade serve as practical illustrations of the advantages”

to be attained by united effort on the part of the mem-
bers of this trade. Our reference is, in the first
instance, to the labor boycott in the city of New York,
when in May last the Lumber Handlers and Lumber
Truck Drivers’ Association of that city endeavored to
force the lumber dealers to come to their terms. With-
out going into particulars, it is enough to say that the
end sought was, as in all like cases, to obtain better
terms from their employers, and failing to accomplish
this by more amicable methods, the objectionable re-
sort of a strike and boycott was employed. This step
was resented with vigor by the Lumber Trade Asso-
ciation, and with complete success. There were features
of the strike, that furnish suggestive matter for an art-

icle on the relations ofemployee to employer, and of work- -

ing men to workingmen’s unions ; but our purpose here
in refering to the matter is simply to show to the lumb-
er trade, that there is only one way of meeting a difficulty:
and that is by all pulling together. The end to have
been attained might have been any other than meeting
an employees strike ; it might have been to accomplish
some reform or meet a difficulty within their own ranks ;
whether one or the other, if the trade had been divided
success could not have been expected.
A more recent illustration comes from the lumber trade’
of England ; not a fight this time with labour, but a
battle in Parliament with the railway operators of the:
“tight little island.” Elsewhere we give particulars of
the trouble, and for this reason do not need to par-
ticularize here. The outcome is asked: not entire
success; and it would appear, for the reason, that the
trade were not throughout the battle acting as a united
body. It is true that when, within the past few
months, the gravity of the situation was realized, they
quickly got close together and worked as one man.
Back in 1889, however, when it was known that the
trouble was upon them, and then it was that their
forces should have been brought together, and careful
thought, the outcome of concerted action, have been
given to the question, the trade, to borrow the words
of an English lumber contemporary, were found at
“sixes and sevens.” It is pleasing tc know that even at
the eleventh hour, something has been accomplished.
No question is before the Canadian trade to-day to stir
up the fires of enthusiasm that usually seem needed to
bring any body of men of any particular class together.
Were a question of this kind to assert itself are the
trade ready to meet it? And after all, are there not
matters that call for “talking over” together? All
through the past season there has been an undercur-
rent of dissatisfaction among the trade, because of the
tendency to cut prices and otherwise to draw away
from safe and careful methods of doing business. We.
do not say, these are crying evils of the trade, but they
are of sufficient importance to call for a little consider-
ation ; and no better time than the present could be
found. The country is on the eve of the most pros-
perous fall’s business that has greeted the people of
Canada for many years. The lumber trades will cer-
tainly reap the gain that will come from the country’s
splendid harvest. How far the profits ot this extra
trade will be theirs will depend on what plans they
shall adopt to secure these profits.

We are impressed with the thought, that it would be

a good thing for the lumbermen of this province to get to-
gether in convention early this fall and talk over trade
matters. Why not?

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September, 1 Sot.

THE Northwestern Lumberman of Chicago warns
mauufacturers of tierce staves and headings to give
Chicago a wide berth, except when advised that stock
is wanted. Tierces have reached such a beggarly
price that they can be made and sold only ata loss,

and 20 cents is all the journeyman cooper gets, at that.

THE millmen’s strike of St. John, N. B. is in the
meantime at an end. The Glove of that city says:
“Apparently a modus vivendi has been reached be-
tween some of the millmen and some of the
owners which ought to be satisfactory to the for-
mer. Practically nine hours are admitted to be a
day’s work, and under that the mills will resunie, leav-
ing to the future to decide the rate of wages to be paid.
The ratification of the terms is in the hands of the
Millmen’s Union. They appear to be satisfactory to
all who have heard of them.”

RECENT figures issued by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture show a very great increase in the
production of lumber within the past ten years. The total
annual product of all kinds of material is about 25,000,-
000,000 cubic feet, equal to a solid bulk of a mile square
on the base and a little more than one-sixth of a:mile
high. It is equal to the annual increase of 500,000,000
acres of forest in fair condition. The value is about
$1,000,000,000, being ten times that of the entire gold
and silver output, three times the product of all the coal
and other minerals, and nearly three times the farm
value of the wheat crop. It exceeds the gross income
of all the railroads and other transportation companies.
Ten years ago manufacturers of all kinds held the first
place in importance as measured by dollars, avriculture
second, and forests and products ranked third. The
lumber industry now occupies the second and _ possibly
the first place.

OwvR knowledge of the behavior of American timber
under stress is based upon very incomplete and anti-
quated series of tests, and until very recently no attempt
had been made to supply a want so keenly felt by
every engineer and architect who has to deal with
wooden construction. The rules of Gordor and Hodg-
kinson, as applied to wooden pillars, are very old: Mr.
Tratwine has done some good work, but his experi-
ments are confined practically to pine, and Charles
Shaler Smith, in his excellent formula for the breaking
load of square or rectangular pillars, also limited his
experiments to white and yellow pine. Mr. Kilkardy
has tested long pillars of Riga and Dantzic fir; and
other scattered oata, of more or less value, are to be
found. But the first exhaustible series of tests of
American woods ever attempted is now in progress at
the testing laboratory of the Washington University,
as directed by Prof. J.B. Johnson. These tests are
being made under the auspices of the Forestry Division
of the U. S. Agriculturai Department.

AN American contemporary “desires to enter a pro-
test against the promiscuous use of the term “lumber
mills,” instead of saw mill, planing mill or otherwise,
as the case may be. Sometimes one is meant for “‘lum-
ber mill” and sometimes the other. Ina trade sense
a saw mill is where lumber is manufactured, and it is
confusing to calla planing mill by any other name. A
shingle mill, stave or heading mill, or any saw mill
which does not manufacture lumber. should be definite-
ly designated, where there is a desire to give inform-
ation that can be understood. If there were uniformity
in the use of the term “lumber mill” it might be
regarded admissable, but as now used itis a sort of
omnibus term that is more or less inane.” In Canada
the lesson might be extended still further. With the
average local newspaper the bare word “mill” is made
to cover every conceivable place that can boast. a smoke
stack. Wearetold improvements have been made atJohn
Jones’ mill, or that the mill at Jackson’s corners has

4 Bence sit BEN OSES) Wheeden!

_yadical character.

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THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

‘been burned down, or that a new mill is being built at
Scugog, but the imagination is left to fill in the blank
telling what class of article is to be manufactured with-
in the four walls of the building named.

A MAINE firm that handles thirty-seven millions of
spruce yearly, says, that for the next ten years the bulk
of the spruce timber in Maine will be made into pulp.
Spruce, they say, makes tougher paper than poplar.
The vastness of Maine’s timber wealth is probably
realized by few. Every year now 500,000,000 feet of
logs are cut in this state. On the Penobscot River,
logging got its first start in 1816, when Maine was still
a province of Massachusetts, and in that year 1,000,000
feet of lumber were surveyed at Bangor. By 1831 the
output of the river mills had increased to 30,000,000
feet. It is estimated that prior to 1832 there were sawn
on the Penobscot 200,000,000 feet of lumber ; in the
period from 1832 to 1855 inclusive the output was 2,-
969,847,201 feet, while in the thirty-five years since,
5,892,197,717 feet have been manufactured at the river
mills and shipped from the port of Bangor, making a
grand total of 9,062,044,918 feet of timber that have
been taken from the forest bordering one great water
course of the state since the inception of the industry
in 1816. Undoubtedly spruce is King in Maine.

EVERYTHING we are told has been created for a
good purpose, and we can not hold that the Omnipo-
tent is else than omnipotent and question the word as
given to us. Perhaps it serves as an active illustra-
tion of the other statement that is found in Divine
record, that in many things we see, as through a glass
darkly. For when we read that a peculiar insect is
creating havoc by destroying the foliage, which is a
thing of beauty, and in turn the tree, which is a thing
of utility, the most orthodox are apt to become doubt-
ers. A recent newspaper dispatch from the State of
Pennsylvania has brought the word that a peculiar
worm has been discovered among the hemlock timbers
of that section of country. The lumbermen_ had
noticed that the tops of the timbers on the mountain
were turning brown, and on investigation it was discover-
ed that the defected trees were covered with myriads of
worms. A remarkable scene is presented in_ the
“choppings,” where the bark peelers are at work. The
worms are swarming about the men by the millions,
while on all the trees from Coudersport to Port Allegh-
eny, miles and miles of trees are turning brown, and
ruin is threatened to vast lumber interests of that sec-
tion. The worm that is doing the damage is of the
“measuring worm” species, about an inch long, and
nearly an eighth of an inch in diameter. Reports from
Glen Hagel, Elk county, and from the ezst side of the
county, state that the same worm is devastating the
hemlocks there. A crisis confronts the whole popula-
tion of the entire: hemlock region of New York and
Pennsylvania. The worm is steadily advancing and
spreading and working destruction with inconceivable
rapidity.

ENGLISH lumbermen are greatly exercised ‘over .cer-
tain clauses that have ibeen introduced into the railway
Bills passed at the present session of the British House
of Commons.
way rates and charges of the various British railway
companies have for years been-in a chaotic condition.
As far back as 1883 Parliament made a movement to
bring order out of chaos, the opinion being quite gener-
al among members: of parliament and‘ in commercial
circles that it was absolutely necessary that the powers
which parliament had conferred upon railway com-
panies should undergo revision and codification, In
1888 Parliament took steps in this direction.
ways were called on to submit a classification and
schedules of their -proposed maximum: rates, to’ the
Board of Trade.
traders to submit their objections to the propositions
of the railway companies. From-August*1888,'up to
the present the matter has been under the considera-
tion of a special committee, eventuating in the bill now
passed, which, so far as the clauses affecting the ship-

‘ment of lumber are concerned, is of an extremely
‘The proposition: is, that lumber!
| which has hitherto been shipped* by’ measurement .is

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Arrangements were then made for

“learn every boy a trade.”

10 be shipped by weight ; and other changes are made
in the mode of classification that will have an injurious
effect on the trade. The force of some of the changes
will be better understood, “when” to use the words of
Timber, of London, England, “we assert that besides
fixing several impossible conditions, it was proposed in
ber by no less than 200 per cent., which if imposed
in practice, would have rendered the carriage by rail,
of the description of timber effected, a matter of utter
impossibility.” The whole usage of the trade has
been clustered around the methods of the raiiroads of
carrying lumber by measurement; and wecan well under-
stand the indignation that has been aroused by the
present innovation. A courageous fight was made be-
fore Parliament, not with very great success, for the
Bill, slightly amended, has passed the Upper House,
and received the Royal assent. But the trade are
thoroughly aroused, and they will as one man, push
forward the agitation, hoping at the next session of
Parliament to have the obnoxious legislation revoked.

A POPULAR, and there would seem to be good rea-
sons for saying it, a wise admonition of the day is,
It is well known that the
professions and commercial pursuits are over crowded.
Of course there is room “up top” in all these callings,
but only the few can get there, though all can try, and
the most unlikely, apparently, often succeed. The
mechanical trades are not so crowded, and employ-
ment in these can frequently be obtained when the
doors are closed on other sides. To employ a colloquial-
ism, ‘‘a trade is a handy thing to have by one.” Can
one learn every boy a trade? Notas readily as the
simplicity of the question would suggest. A clause is
to be found in the regulations of the labor organiza-
tions of the day, which restrict the number of ap-
prentices in each shop or factory. One may make ap-
plication at a shop to have his boy apprenticed to some-
given trade, and their may be room for him,
or what is just as likely, the maximum number of
apprentices has been reached, and the boy cannot be
placed there to learn the trade he would wish. It is
not difficult to understand the argument from the labor
side for this restriction: too many apprentices, too
many journeymen ; over supply of journeymen, a re-
duction in the standard of wages. All the timea fun-
damental principle of political economy is forgotten,
viz.: that the demand will certainly regulate the sup-
ply. The father who is considering the question of
placing his boy to a trade, will not seek that trade
where he knows that two men are to be found for each
one who is wanted. He does not do this under the
apprentice restriction clause, he would not do it
were this clause an annulity. . The. existence of
this restriction to-day bars out many a desirable youth
from learning the trade of his choice. It has a hurtful

‘moral effect upon the ambitious workman, who says to

himself: “My bread and butter is sure enough, It is
not because I ama better workman than my bench
mate, that I am here to-day and obtaining certain
wages ;.the union. fixes this. thing regardless of
the individual. Why should I strive to improve myself
in my work? I would gain nothing by it.” We do not
need to look far afield to see trouble and injustice
arising from these conditions constantly.. They con-
front the man, who. has not a direct interest in either
the plans of the capitalist or the labor union, further than
that general interest in the commonwealth which makes
him anxious to see, every citizen a better citizen by
having the opportunity and encouragement given him

_to make of himself all that is make-a-ble.. In Pittsburgh _.

Pa., troubles arising out of these conditions have led
the Builders’. Exchange, of that city to establish trade
schools where boys will be taught the bricklaying trade
without any ,restrictions ; and our contemporary, the
Builders Gazette, of that city is exerting its influence
to have. trade schools established to meet like neces-
sities in other trades besides that of bricklaying. Nor
is this propasition confined to the people of Pittsburgh
alone., We find: other ,Jocalities moving on similar
lines. Just as the evils:of the system are general, so

_may.we expect that the, remedy, when once carefully

worked out, to be just as wide in its scope.

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THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

b ia REGARD to the statement in an American

paper,” said Mr. John Donogh, “that heavy pur-
chases of Canadian pine of common grades by Ameri-
can lumbermen, has forced down the price of Michigan
pine in the eastern markets about $1, 1 don’t think

there is anything in it. We are into these markets all
the time, and our experience has not shown us that any
such reduction exists, when one wants to buy. About
home trade, August has been a dull month, so much so
that we have called in our salesmen, but we could
hardly look for anything else in the country with
farmers very busy. ! think that trade will be good this

fall.”
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Among the shippers of Canadian hardwoods, who
are doing an encouraging export trade, is James Gor-
don, of London, Ont. I had the opportunity of a few
words with this dealer a week ago. “I ship in con-
siderable quantities,” said he, “to Glasgow. Lately I
have been developing a satisfactory trade :n broom
handles, that g.ves promise of an encouraging growth.
The matter of freights gives us some trouble. The
Grand Trunk railway are not as considerate of west-
ern shippers as they should be, and when we do bring
them any ways nearly to time, it is only after a good

deal of pressure.”
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I dropped in on Mr. Geo. Hastings, one of our city
lumbermen, the same day that the census returns for
the Dominion had been published. “The showing is a
bad one,” said he. ‘The money that we have been
throwing into worse than sink holes, vide Ottawa
revelations, wants to be employed in intelligent and
energetic peopleing this country. We
know where the moneyhas gone, but we don’t doanything
with the fellows who got it. How you or I would have
fixed them if they had played any such business in our
offices. But you ask about lumber. Things are dull.
There has been precious little doing this summer. I
don’t anticipate much activity this fall. Even if the
farmers have more money than usual, the season is too
short for them to do much in building. In any case
they have a good many old scores to wipe off, the ac-
cumulations of several bad harvests.”

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“Seliing timber limits to American capitalists,” said
Mr. John Bertram, one of the largest Canadian oper-
ators, “is not a bad thing for the workingmen. From
the day Americans took hold of our limits in the
Spanish River section, now some time since, wages of
teamsters and other workingmen have been increased.
They pay the same wages here, that ~they have been
accustomed to give in Michigan, which is higher than
Canadian wages. I have on my desk nowa telegram
from one of our managers in the north, asking for in-
structions on this very point. He has a gang of men wait-
ing engagments, but before they will go into the woods
they expect the same wages that American firms operat-
ing in the section are paying. So you see, the working-
men are really gainers, to at least this extent, through
American capital being invested in Canadian timber.
‘Of course a good many logs cut are towed across the
border, and our saw mills lose the work on them, but
all the money necessary to get them to.this point is ex-
pended in our own country.” “You ask me,” con-
tinued Mr. Bertram, “what stock I take in the agitation
for forest preservation. Not much on the lines one
usually hears talked. Those who write and talk on the
subject seldom have more than a sentimental or theo-
retical knowledge of the question. I will take them
into the woods and show them thousands of young
trees, the result of a natural second growth, too young
for years to come to cut, but which if allowed to re-
main unimpaired mean untold timber wealth to the
country. The danger is that before these trees reach
a period of utility, the bush fire will have gotten hold of

ways for

them and this wealth will be wiped out in the flame.
The kind of forest preservation that is needed is that
which will provide: the most complete protection
against the fire touching these limits. This is to be

| done by the government supplying a perfect service of

firerangers. Coming back again to Americans work-
ing our limits, they are great people to do things with
An American will clean out the limits he owns
in one-quarter the time we do. We are not in so great
a hurry as he is to get the timber all cut. One advan-
tage, however, exists in this method: he lessens the
risk of having his limits destroyed by fire. You see

there are two ways oflooking at nearly every question.”
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I heard it remarked in conversation the other day,
the reference being to a gentleman recently appointed
to a high position in the affairs of the country, that it
would not be an easy matter to approach him for in-
formation concerning his particular department. He
was set down as a pretty gruff fellow, and if he did not
fee] ‘right,’ he would make short work of those who
might have occasion to do business with him. Itis a
misfortunate it occurs to me, for any man to be so
built, and especially a man, whose position makes it
necessary for him to meet frequently with his fellow
men. All this is by the way, suggested by an interview
I had a few days ago with Aubrey White Esq., Ass’t
Commissioner of Crown Lands for this Province, who
is one of the men, that is not built after the fashion here
described. A most affable and come-at-a-bleman, he
is or. this account, as well as for his special qualifica-
tions, eminently fitted to occupy the important position
of Deputy-Administrator of Crown Lands. Mr. White
had only returned a few days from a tour of inspection in
the Rainy River territories, and I was anxious, in the in-
terests of LUMBERMAN readers, to obtain his impressions
of this country. “Our main purpose in taking the trip,”
said Mr. White, “was to learn for ourselves the ‘lay of
the land, and from actual observation, to be able to
speak of the conditions, resources and possibilities of
these territories. The party consisted of four, the Hon-
Commissioner Hardy, Provincial Secretary Hon. J. M.
Gibson, A. Blue, Esq., mining director, and myself.
We were all immensely pleased with appearances. The
lumbermen report having had a good season’s trade.
They ship altogether west of course into Manitoba and
the Territories. And whatever they may have done
hitherto, they are enthusiastically hopeful of the trade
ahead of them. These hopes are built on the great
crop of this year—if it is not blighted any way by fiost.
It was a remark of almost every one, as nightfall would
appear, ‘I wonder if we will have frost to-night, and
when one considers the immense interests at stake, not
simply local, but as affecting the whole country, we can
all appreciate the burden of this thought. I do not
know that the effect has been felt to any appreciable
extent yet, but the trade in lumber in that séction
being confined to Manitoba and the Northwest
Territories, one can foresee a possible glut in the
market, or a cutting of prices to a dangerous extent, if
Britigh Columbia lumber should be pushed with too
great energy into these provinces. I don’t think,
however, that there is any doubt, but that the product
of this province better meets the requirements of
the Manitobians. Yes there is a lot of timber in this
section. I dare not commence to put it in figures the
quantity is so great. There will be a large cut this
year. I was surprisingly impressed with the conditions
of the land in the Rainy River section. __It is an excel-
lent farming land, and I should say capable of produc-
ing a gratifying yield Truly we do not know what are
the resources of this Province.”

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I came across an interesting representative of the

lumbering industries of this country a few days ago.

a rush.

“By name, J. McDonagh; residence, Thorold, Ont ;

birth, an Irishman, and a typical son of the Green Isle;
a man who can go back in lumbering in this province
a full half century. “‘Yes,” said he, “I cut plank for the
old Welland canal locks, as far back as 1843. I com-
menced business on my own account in 1854, and have
been at it ever since. My trade in those days was
largely with ship builders; our shipments went to
Ogdensburgh, Oswego and Kingston. But there is no

money now to the lumber trade in ship building. Iron
has taken the place of wood. Our cut-was chiefly:

of oak timber, though in my time I have cut millions of.

feet of pine.” Mr. McDonagh’s early years were sur-
rounded with no small measure of romance and adven-
ture. “I read with interest,” he remarked, “what you
tell in the columns of THE LUMBERMAN each month
of the work of Mr. Donogh and other modern repre-
sentatives of the trade in Canada. I want to meet
these younger men some day and have a chat with
them on lumber matters. I tell you what, they had not
the hardships to put up with that fell to the lot of the
early settlers in this country.” In 1849 Mr. McDonagh
was taken bad with the California gold fever. ‘“‘Forty-
two years ago,” he continued, “I crossed the plains of
California. With some others I made the journey on
foot from St. Jo to the Sacramento Valley. That’s
work for you. In 1850, the day the battle of Water-
loo was fought, sixteen of us, all British subjects, stood
on the highest summit of the Rocky mountains and
had a grand view of the country around us. I was four
years in California, and for two years, outside of our
own party, there was not a man who could speak Eng-
lish. Never was a day sick all the time I was away.”
Mr. McDonagh is an enthusiastic Britisher, and says
he was glad to return to British soil, which he did at
the end of four years, located again in Thorold, and
has run a saw mill there from that day to the present.
All who struck the California fields in the’fifties did not
come back rich men. Our Irish friend gathered in a
good deal of the “dust” of those days and brought it

along with him to Canada.
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The account in this page last month of the “wonder-

ful find” of the bone of a buffalo that had been incased
in the heart of a tree cut in the Assiniboia section a
short time since, which had been there for 170 years
has started several curious “finds.” Mr. E. C. Grant,
manager of the Ottawa lumber Co., of Ottawa, writes
that he has in his possession an old Indian tomahawk,
which has the following history attached to it: One
afternoon while a white pine log, about 25 inches in
diameter, was being run through the stock gate, it was
noticed that the saws had come in contact with some

hard. substance in the log breaking a couple of the ~

teeth and otherwise damaging the saws. The man
in charge of the gate, immediately stopped it and had
the log drawn out. | When it was cut into he expected
to find part of a cant dog or something of the sort, but
after cutting weli into the center of the log, what was
his surprise, to find embedded near the heart an old In-
dian tomahawk, which had evidently been left sticking
in the tree, which had grown completely round it. On
either side of the tomahawk can be noticed the grain of
the wood which has eaten well into the steel, and on
the top are the cuts where the saws had worn into it
when the log was being cut. Sy information obtained
from different sources, it has been ascertained that,
from the old fashioned pattern of the tomahawk, and
the depth that it was embedded in the log, that it must
have been stuck there at least seventy-fiye years ago.
The story comes from Galt of a large silver maple re-
cently cut on one of the streets of thattown. The heart
was found to consist of a stick, about the size of a walk-
ing stick. How the stick got there is a mystery, but
having by some means done so, the tree appears to
have grown round it, taking it completely in, but keep-
ing it distinct and intact from the new wood with
which it was surrounded. A short time ago a large
pine log was being sawed at the Jesse Cox’s
saw mill, Seymour, Ind., when the saw struck some
hard substance with a clash. The engine was stopped
and the side of the log was chopped into and a whole
horseshoe was found, the outer end of which had been
struck by the saw. The tree had been sawed down in
the old Fair grounds in the north-east part of the city.
The shoe was located about three feet from the end of
the log, and there were twenty-six yearly growths
over the outside part of the shoe, so that it is safe to
say that the shoe was nailed to the tree for a hitching
place for horses not less than forty years ago. The
outside of the tree was smoothly grown over, and there
was nothing to indicate the hidden shoe save an

indistinct snarl in the bark. Who says there is nothing
interesting in the life of a lumberman ?

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THE > CANADA LUMBERMAN.

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QUALIFIED AS CULLERS.

NAMES OF THOSE QUALIFIED TO DO BUSINESS UNDER
THE ONTARIO CULLERS’ ACT.

HE following have passed the necessary examin-

ations and are recommended as possessing the

requisite skill and knowledge to warrant their being

licensed as saw-log cullers under the proyisions of the

Ontario Cullers’ Act. The examinations were held at

the towns and cities named below :—

At Armprior—Wm. G. Austin, Renfrew; John L.
Bremner, Admaston ; W. H. Bromley, Thomas Bromley
Pembroke ; George R. Baulke, Aylmer ; W. G. Boland,
Eganville ; Hyacinthe Caillin, Arnprior; John A.
Campbell, Galetta ; James R. Campbell, Pembroke ;
John L. Close, Arnprior; Patrick Drum, Belleville ;
Patrick Draper, Quyon, Que; John Ellis, Westmeath ;
Alex Ellis, Arnprior ; Wm. A. Fraser, Pembroke; Wm.
Fairbairn, Calabogi, Alex, Fraser, jun., Westmeath ; H.
A. Fraser, Foster Fraser, Pembroke ; Nelson Guertin,
Petawawa ; Robt. W. Gordon, Noah; J. Gaveau, Pem-
broke ; Densmore Hopkins, Abiram Hopkins, Kingston;
Dennis Halferty, Eganville ; Thos. A. Low, Renfrew ;
Michael Mulvihill, Arnprior ; Andrew Moran, Rocking-
ham ; John Mulvihill, M. J. Monaghan, John B. Mona-
ghan, Arnprior; Benjamin Mason, Westmeath ;
Edward Mackey, Alex. McLaughin, Peter McLachlin,
John McPhee, Arnprior ; Hugh McPhee, Renfrew ;
Wm. B. McKendry, Arnprior; Duncan McFarlane,
Renfrew ; J. D. McFarlane, Stewartville ; Alex McFar-
lane, Renfrew; Alex McNabb, John C. McManns,
Arnprior; Peter W. McLean, Sand Point ; Duncan
McGregor, Burnstown ; Donald McCallum, Arxprior ;
Robert Niblett, Osceola ; James Niblett, J. F. Richie,
Robert Ramsay, Robert Scrim, Wm F. Sinn, Arnprior.

At Belleville—F. G. Richardson, M. P. Kinsella, C.
M. Richardson, Peter Pomery, John Loso, Frank Jay
Golden, C. T. Marsh, A. J. Campbell, Trenton ; James
Hartt, Gilmour; Dennis Callaghan, James Manning,
Trenton ; Norman A. Green, Gilmour. Thomas James
Barry, Hastings ; P. J. Andersen, Campbellford ; A. E
Simpson, Lakefield ; Joseph Claremont, Campbellford ;
Timothy Kenny, Enterprise ; John McIlroy, Madoc ; J.
Henry
Kirk, Trenton ; Wm. Scanlan, Enterprise ; Philip Mar-
tin, Stoco ; John:Kirby, Bellevelle ; Robert Kennedy,
Marmora ; Middy Lenayre, Campbellford; James Hayes
Enterprise ; John Grant, Flinton ; Alex. Howe, Queens-
borough ; Thos. Barry, Millbridge; Frank McEvoy,
Campbellford.

At Bracebridge—D. C. McKay, Baysville ; Finlay
Johnson, James Carson, Bracebridge ; James T. Bayley,
J. C. Anderson, D. H. Sutherland. Gravenhurst ; Evan
Richey, Brentwood ; Dugald McLeod, Gravenhurst ;
John McEachren, West Gravenhurst ; Joseph Chew,
Gravenhurst ; James D. Shier, Bracebridge; C. N.
Taylor, Gravenhurst; R. H. Salmon, Baysville ; John
Hutton, Hutton House ; Wm. E, Hutcheson, Robert
Lee, John Spanner, Huntsville: B. F. Kean Orillia;
W. R. Spooner, Katrine; W. D. Thornton, Longford
Mills ; Geo. F. Morris, Frank’s Bay; T. J. Doyle, Eau
Claire ; J. Q. Adams, Longford Mills ; M. M. Anderson,
Almonte ; Job E. Smith, Chache Bay ; J. S. Morris
Hoff, Arnprior ; James S. McPherson, Rama ; Geo. J.
Overend, Longford Mills ; John W. Millar, Huntsviile;
John Dickson, Sundridge ; Hector D. McInnes, Daniel
McLean, Malcom McKinnon, Thomas Pattinson,
Bracebridge ; Thomas B. Tait, Walter Freeston, Burk’s
Falls ; Edwin B. Appleton, Bracebridge ; Peter McDer-
mott, Orillia ; Singelton Brown, Bracebridge ; James
Latimer, Frank’s Bay; T. A. Roberts, Huntsville ; T.
W. Humphery. Gravenhuist. Abm. Boland, Cartier ;
R. O. Miller, Gravenhurst ; Archibald Menzies, Burk’s
Falls ; Gilbert Truster, Trout Creek ; Robert Jackson,
Brechin ; Archibald McKinnon, Bracebridge; J. W.
McFarlane, A. J. Young. Cache Bay ; Alfred Lloyd,
Severn Bridge; James D. Allan, Bracebridge; Wm.
Young, Severn Bridge; Mark Malloy, Baysville ;
Frank Newton, Gravenhurst ; Wm Watson, Huntsville;
Andrew Ross, Longford Mills; Mark Longford, Bays-
ville ; Robert Campbell, J. M. Campbell, Bracebridge;
John Humphrey, Gravenhurst; Ridley Appleby,
Katrine ; Robt. D. Brown, Port Sidney ; Asa Mutchen-
barker. Rosseau Falls ; A. C. Train, Rowan Mills.

At Mattawa—William O’Connor, Nosbonsing ; John
Tuffy, Cartier ; James W.O’Neil North Bay ; Napoleon
King, Mattawa; Silas Brown, Klocks Mills; William
Durrell, Nosbonsing : Ferdinand Kelly, Mattawa ; Sam-
uel Volin, Nobosing ; Christopher L. McCool, Cartier ;
WmlJ. Snaith, Sidney C. McDonald, Mattawa; Francis
Henry Thompson, Nosbonsing; Lewis McNamara,
Klocks Mills; Andrew P. Ebert, Pembroke; Daniel
A. McIntyre, Klocks Mills ; John Anderson, Cartier ;
Alex. B. Gordon, Pembroke ; Fred. A. H. Thompson,
Callander ; Wm. A. Fraser, Mattawa.

At Ottawa —Henry Bell, H. M. Beach, John E. Luby,
W. P. Malone, L. R. Kirby, James Riddell, Ottawa ;
George A. Riddell, Rochesterville ; George Spargo, J.
B. Souliere, Ottawa; James A. Sheels, Carlton Place ;
A. Carruthers, Hintonburg ; Paul F. Blanchet, Andrew
Albert, John W. Durrill, Ottawa; Wm. McCormack,
Pembroke; John McPherson, Ottawa; Roderick

McDonald, Pembroke ; Milton Knox, Andrew O’Brien,
James McFadden, Wm. J. Culder, Ottawa; John
O’Connor, Hintonburg; Wm. G. Purcell Ottawa ;
James G. McIntosh, Carleton Place ; Chris. McKay
Forbes, McLaren’s Depot; F. W. Brooks, Mackey’s
Station ; J. C. Cole, James Locknan, Ottawa ; Joseph
R. Hogarth, Pembroke ; W. H. Farrell, Ironside, Que;
Arthur Green, Alfred Allen, Joseph W. Ward, A.
Stremer, Ottawa; A. A. Rice, Hull Que.; D. B.
Rochester, Ottawa ; L. Loughrin, Pembroke.

At Parry Sound—W. H. Lynch, Collmgwood; F.A
Laurie, Parry Sound; E. C. McKinlay, Toronto ; Geo.
M. Aikins, French River ; Louis W. French, Bying
Inlet ; William Wilkinson, French River ; James Lud-
gate, Peterboro; A. H. Huckson, John E. Waldie,
French Liver; Percy J. Vigrass, Dufferin Bridge ;
William Cameron, Collins Inlet ; R. W. George, R. W.
Danter, John Gardiner, Parry Sound; Dean Udy,
French River; Samuel E. Green, William Newburn,
Jacob Lutz, Parry Sound; Edwin Hurd, Hurdville ;
James McDonald, John McCelland, Parry Sound ; P.
K. Perry, W. H. Smyth, Bying Inlet North ; Thos. H.
Irwin, Geo. W. Webb, R. H McCelland, W. B. Beatty,
Parry Sound; Louis G. Randall, 1). Kitchen, French
River ; Robert J. Clarkson, Robert J. McNabb, Thomas
Wilcox, Parry Sound; Peter F. Sheehan, Loring ;
John Purvis, W.S. Bird, J. H. Linton, E. Clair Fitz-
gerald, Frank A. Shields, Parry Sound.

At Penetanguishene—Thos. B. Shaw, Waubashene ;
J. M. Bird, Muskoka Mills ; David Hall, Lovering ; A.
D. Grosette, Muskoka Mills ; George Ross, Waubashene
Robert Caan, Midland ; J. F. Beck, Penetanguishene ;
J. C. McFailand, Port Severn ; August Groupe, Pene-
tanguishene: Geo. Murray jun., Waubshene:.C. E.
Dawson, W. J. Lovering, Robert Buchanan, Coldwater ;
J. P. McDonald, French River ; Nelson Sage, T. G. L.
Barnes, Muskoka Mills; A. Jones, Victoria Harbor ;
Allen McPherson, Longford ; Joshua Hill, Midland ; A.
G. Breed, Penetanguishene ; Edwin Letherby, Midland.

At Peterboro’—Gecrge Lenton, Peterboro; John J.
Pearson, Lindsay ; James Aylward, John C. Bell, Peter-
boro; Thomas Sadler, Lindsay; Thomas Johnson,
Bobcaygeon ; William Simpson, Hall’s Bridge ; Charles
Hartley, William Manieee, Peterboro ; George Murray,
sen., Waubaushene ; Nathaniel Crowe, Bobcaygeon ;
John Coburn, Lindsay; Owen Fortune, Trenton ;
James Porter, Uphill ; George Cochrane, Martin W.
Brandon, James Swanston, Peterboro ; Maurice Lane,

Bobcaygeon ; Edward McGrane, Lindsay; James
Goulais, Peterboro ; Thomas Chamberlin, |. P. Davis,
Bobcaygeon.

At Port Arthur—Archibald M.
Margech, Port Arthur; Joseph
William.

At Rat Portage—Donald McLeod, jun., Keewatin ;
Wm. Murray, Rat Portage; John L. Archibald, Percy
T. Roberts, Charles Grayson, Keewatin ; Alexander
Cameron, Patrick Albert Smith, Archibald M. Johnston,
David Fraser, Norman; Donald M. Rose, Robert
Hamilton, Hugh Carson, Thomas A. Magee, Richard
J. Morgan, Rat Portage.

At Sudbury, Spanish River Milland Sault Ste. Marie
—Richard S$. Donally, Sudbury; Joseph Vincent,
Warren ; Peter P. Munroe, Commanda ; George Ww.
Bartlett, Warren ; John C. McCormack, Sudbury ; Alex.
D. McNabb, Warren ; Edward G. Graham, John Pat-
erson, Charles Ford, Wahnapitae; Henry C. Gladstone,
James Mindoch, Cook’s Mills ; Wm. Cassidy, John R.
Wells, Charles Anderson, Little Current; John K.
Cameron, Spanish River; Melvine Carson, Little
Current ; John France, Collins Inlet ; Duncan Mc-
Dougall, Bracebridge ; Alex. R. Dobie, Blind River ;
Robert Garson, Thessalon ; P. B. Wali, Cheboygan,
Mich. ; James M. Adams, Sault Ste. Marie: Thomas
G. Wigg, John F. Bovd, Stephen W. Crawford, Alex.
McNabb, Thessalon ; George S. Thompson, Lindsay :
Darcy Oliver, Wahnapitae ; Jeremiah Kelly, Sudbury;
Frank R. L. Chrysler, Webbwood ; Hector R. Mc-
Donald Thessalon; Wm. D. Ritchie, Little Current ;
James Griffin, Spanish River ; Duncan D. McGillivray,
Algoma Mills ; Archibald J. Campbell, Little Current ;
Wm Devine, Cook’s Mills; John McNamara, Bying
Inlet.

McGillivray, Wm. J.
Maughan, Fort

T IS poor argument to say, because mills and fac-

tories well equipped with fire extinguishing ap-
paratus, occasionally burn, that it does not pay to put
in such apparatus. Hundreds of fires are thus ex-
tinguished every year, of which nothing is heard ;
whereas, had the places in which they started not been
prepared for fire, the loss of entire establishments
would have resulted. Good mill management demands
the most effective fire extinguishers obtainable.

Twenty-five per cent. economy in the use of steam
does not mean the same degree of economy in fuel.
Owners of steam plants have been deceived in this way
and very often look upon meritorious devices with sus-

*picion because they did not use one-quarter less coal

after buying a device recommended as above.

THE QUESTION OF DUTY AGAIN.

Editor Canada Lumberman: As you are aware, the
lumbering industry in Algoma is one of its most impor-
tant industries, and being desirous of seeing this in-

dustry beneficial
possible, I would be pleased to receive
on tne probable effects of free trade between this
country and the United States in all lumber, believing
you to be intelligently informed on this and all
touching this particular industry.
men are encouraged to sell the

prosper and become as to Algoma as

your opinion up-

matters
At present our mill-
logs, instead of cutting
them into lumber, to the Americans, owing no doubt to
the difference between the American import duty on
Jumber and the Dominion export duty on logs. I be-
lieve some ninety million feet of logs have been already
exported to the United States mills to be sawn. Sup-
posing there was free trade between the two countries
in lumber and logs, or, in other words, the American
import and Canadian export duties were removed, do
you think it would encourage American mill men to
move their mills nearer the limits and ship the lumber
by vessels, or would it have the effect of sending more
logs to the American mills to cut there? Would it
be cheaper for the American lumbermen to tow their
logs over there or cut the logs up here and send the
sawn lumber over there in vessels?

Hoping to hear from you soon and trusting I am not
intruding too much on your valuable space.

Thessalon, August 25, 1891. ALGOMIAN.

BLACK TEAK IN AFRICA.

ARIOUS writers who have visited Africa attest the
enormous wealth of the forests of the country,
which seem to abound in valuable hardwoods. Among
other woods a recent writer mentions the African black
teak. To quote his language: “The black teak is an
entirely new wood. It has the full appearance of teak
in tree, leaf and bark, grain or growth. But it is nearly
a dull black color, and splits just about the same as the ~
yellow teak. What I have seen of it has been in small
trees, but I am told that there are large forests of it up °
the Kasiah river, mostly trees in size of from 12 to 20
inches over the stumps, ranging from 20 to 60 feet to
first limbs. This is the timber chosen by the natives
for bows and arrows, spear handles, paddles and any-
thing where a good tough piece is needed. _I consider
ita better timber for spokes, felloes, handles, etc., than
the best American hickory or oak, or white ash, as it is
very hard when green, dries still harder, and is not
much of a timber to warp. I have used it on axe
handles and other places for over a year, and it has
proven far better than the best imported split axe and
shovel handles. It is very spring, and that is why itis
used for bows and spear handles.”

An engineer has reversed the method of cleaning out
boiler tubes. ~ Instead of pushing the soot with a scrap-
er, or blowing it into the back connection, a device with
a tapered nose fits snugly into the tube at the front,
which draws the soot from the tube and forces it along
to the stack. The device is shaped something like a
steam jet opening, steam blowing
through the device and inducing a strong draft through
the particular tube being operated upon. In this draft
the tubes are cleaned of all loose deposits. The draft
is strong enough, it is said, to pick up pea coal and
eject it fifty feet.”

with a circular

OMPETENT Sawyer required to handle lever on circular. Ad-
dress. giving experience and references. The RATHBUN
CO., Deseronto, Ont.
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‘September, 1891

THE NEWS.

ONTARIO.

—Lumbering is brisk at Petawawa.

—Rankin’s mill at Brunel is*running over time.

—D. W. Hawkins, saw mill, Grey Eagle, has sold out.

—The tug Shawanago is towing logs from Spanish River.

—Bush fires are plentiful in the vicinity of Maidstone,
Essex Co.

—The last drive of logs for the season, cn the Petawawa,
is down.

—-The saw mill at Edgar, which had been closed for a time,
is in full operation.

—The mill at Thessalon is running short of logs and may
have to close down.

— Messrs. Perley & Pattee, of Ottawa, havea full gang
working in their mill.

—The P. S. L. Co’s saw mill at Parry Sound, has shut
down for want of logs.

—C. Young of Young’s point is cutting lumber for the
Edison Works, Peterboro.

—The Utterson Lumber Co., of Utterson, have sold their

store to a Mr. Brock, of Toronto.

—A shingle machine in Thompson’s mill, Orillia, has made
a record of 218,000 cut in one week.

—-The demand for lumber in the Algoma section is reported
on the increase and prices on the rise.

—The Crossfield mill at Sturgeon Bay, is running again
after having been shut down for repairs.

—A Wiarton dealer has the contract to supply a London
firm with 100 carloads of cedar for paving.

—It is estimated that the cut of lumber at the Chaudiere
this year will not be one-half of last year’s output.

—Seaman & Newman, of Wiarton, are supplying 1,250,000
feet of square timber for use on the “‘ Soo” canal.

—lIt is said that about 90,000,000 feet of lumber will be
taken out at the back of Spanish River next winter.

—wW. S. Greensides, formerly of Mitchell, has removed to
Mount Forest, where he will erect a band saw mill.

—Buel, Orr, Hurdman & Co., of Ottawa, have thousands
of logs, which cannot be brought down until next spring.

—The Saginaw Lumber Co. have started work in the vicin-
ity of Whitefish, giving employment to a good force of men.

—Buel, Orr, Hurdman & Co.’s new mill on the Chaudiere,
which has been idle all summer has commenced work again.

—On the roth ult. Mr. Chas. O'Neil left Ottawa for the
Kippewa, in charge of thirty men engaged for Perley & Pattee.

—Two saw mill proprietors of Nelson have heen fined $20
each for depositing saw dust and mill refuse into Kootenay
lake.

—The new shingle mill erected on the site of the one
burned down some {ime ago at Sturgeon Bay is now in active
operation.

—Wnm. Peter, Jumberman of Bay City, Mich., has a rep-
resentative in Canada just now looking for ‘‘good bargains”
in Canadiar lumber,

—James Johnston, who lost his mill at Utterson by fire in
the early spring, has bought a mill site at Rat Portage and is
building a shingle mill.

—D. Belleghem, furniture manufacturer, of Peterbor-
ough, has purchased the season’s cut of elm lumber of C.
Young, of Young’s Point.

—A boom of logs belonging to McLachlan Bros., of Pem-
broke, was broken by a wind storm a week ago and sent dash-
ing down the Chats Rapids.

—A large raft of extra fine square timber, the property of
Thistle, Carswell & Francis, has created more than ordinary
interest at the Ottawa docks.

—E, B, Eddy’s big mill, Ottawa, is being altered beyond
recognition. A portion of the machinery for the new paper
mill has arrived from Vermont.

—The Rathbun Co., of Deseronto, have bought 1,875 acres
of timber and mineral lands in the township of Lavant, on
the Kingston and Pembroke railway, for $8,000.

—‘‘Bold Monroe,” the able bodied shantyman, of the Up-
per Ottawa, has completed the work of getting out the drives
under his management. He reports the work heavy.

—C. Young, of Young’s Point, has sold his season’s cut
of basswood to Rathbun & Co., of Deseronto. The season’s
cut of shingles amounting to nearly 700,000 he has sold to a

Montreal firm.

—D.H. Cameron & Co., of Ottawa, have secured a site at
Liverpool, Eng., and will shortly commence the erection of a
large saw-mill to work for both local and export trade.

—Hurdman & Co., of Ottawa, have dispatched a gang of
forty-five men to their limits on Laville Creek, up the Kippe-
wa river. The rate of wages being paid is from $16 to $22 a
month.

—Ahbout seven hundred cars of lumber, posts, ties, etc., are
handled every month by the yard department of the Rathbun
Co., of Deseronto. This excludes all such material moved
by vessels.

—Rumor saith that a big American lumber concern of
Maine, will remove their entire lumber business to Owen
Sound in consideration of a certain grant of land from the
municipality.

—Recent rains have helped the drives’ in the Rainy River
section. All drives have now been able to get through, and
the drives of Saunders, on Little Forks, of six or seven mil-
lions, hung up since the spring, are coming down.

—The Penetanguishene Hera/d states that from July, 1890,
to July, 1891, over 16,000,000 feet of lumber have been ship-
ped from that port to the United States. This does not in-
clude shingles or lath, of which large quantities have been sent
to the same market.

—The schooner /Vagava, laden with lumber for Burton
Bros., Barrie, and bound for Owen Sound, which went ashore
about a month ago during a heavy gale, is a complete wreck,
all efforts to release her proving futile. The vessel was owned
by Robt. Baird, Kincardine.

—Following is the estimated cut of the Lake of the Woods
mills for the present season in feet :—

Keewatin Lumber Company............ 12,000,000
Minnesota & Ontario Company......... 12,000,000
Gameronicaiennedyearene eee ear 10,000,000
Dicks Bannincic Comparer ener eere 10,000,000
Western Lumber Company.............. 8,000,000
Ross llalliceBrow nee eee eee 8,000,000

These are given as close figures, and may be exceeded before
the season is over. The mills are all running briskly, and the
demand is large. Cameron & Kennedy operate the Bulmer
mill, in addition to their own, the cut in the two mills being
included in the figures for this firm. This accounts for the
total seven mills on the lake.

—A despatch from Peterborough says :—For several years
past there has been dissatisfaction amongst the saw mill
owners on the Otonabee and Indian rivers with the water
supply. A few years ago a new high dam was built at Young’s
Point which held the water back in Stony. lake, and the
Otonabee men claim that since that time a large share of the
natural flow into the Otonabee has gone into the Indian river,
while the latter interests claim that they are not receiving
their former supply, but have had to shut down their mills
from lack of water. Superintendent R. B. Rogers got about
twenty of the mill owners together the other day, but after
discussing the question no conclusion was arrived at. Well-
informed persons say that the only way to make the supply
of water last is tc make reservoirs of the upper lakes which
empty into Stony lake. The Government will soon have to
deal with the matter.

—In the action of the Parry Sound Lumber Co. against the
Victoria Harbor Lumber Co., a motion for an injunction*was
to have been argued before Mr. Justice Meredith, at Osgoode
Hall, but the action having been settled by the parties an or-
der was made in the terms of the settlement. The dispute
arose in regard to floating logs down the Seguin River, which
flows from Mill Lake to Parry Sound Harbor. The plain-
tiffs had some 2000 logs to take down the river and the de-
fendants about 38,000. The river is narrow and only one
drive can go down at a time. and all logs in the river go with
it and are assorted at the Harbor. The plaintiffs’ mill is situ-
ated near the mouth of the river and when the drive, being
brought down by the defendants, came to the plaintiffs’ mill
they wanted their logs sorted out and left there. The river at
this point is only 100 feet wide, and the defendants refused to
comply with the request on the ground of inconvenience and
expense and proceeded to take the drive into the harbor.
Some 10,000 logs had been got down when the local judge
issued an injunction restraining the defendants from proceed-
ing with the work. By the settlement all logs are to be taken
down to the harbor and then the plaintiffs’ logs by means of
a jack-ladder are, at the defendants’ expense, to be returned
to the plaintiffs’ dam.

—The following is believed to be the basis of settlement
between the Ontario Government and the Keewatin Lumber-
ing and Manufacturing Company, generally spoken of as the
Mather islands claim. Tunnel Island, situated between the
east and west falls became the property of the company, but
they are required to expend within three years one hundred

and fifty thousand dollars in improving the water power and
on demand of the Government, though not nececessarily
within the three years, a further sum of one hundred thous-
and dollars. In addition to Tunnel island twenty acres on
the main land north of the track and immediately west of the
rapids near Norman is given to the company. Part of the
proposed improvement of the water power will be the build-
ing of a dam at the west of Norman rapids about filteen hun-
dred feet below the railway bridge. One very important
condition, and in one sense the most important one, in the
agreement is that the Ontario Government is to have direct
control of the rates that may be levied for the water power,
thus preventing any dog in the manger policy in the
matter of encouraging any proposed manufacturing establish-
ments. As regards Coney Island the Mathers will be granted
one acre each for certain of the summer cabins erected by
them but this will under no circumstances cover those put up
this season and it is believed that the number covered by
this agreement will not exceed six or seven. They do not
get Sandy Beach. Mr. Wm. McCarthy who claims Coney
Island, interviewed the Minister and received satisfactory as-
surances from him that his claim would have special consider-
ation, amd it is believed he will get the greater portion of
what he claims. Captain Brereton will also be be granted
his claim to the point at present occupied by him.

BRITISH COLUMBIA.
—C. M. Beecher of New Westminster, becomes manager
of the Hastings mill at Vancouver.

—Martin Bros. contemplate moving their saw mill from
Harrison River to Hope Slough shortly.

—The Canadian Pacific Lumber Co., New Westminster,
have sold out to Ewen, McCormick & Scott.

—Large gangs of loggers have gone north, as far as Port
Neville, to commence operations at the various camps.

—The Chilian barque Axaostan is on her eighth trip to
South America. She is loaded with lumber from Moodyville.

—Elmer Ward of the recently established shingle mills on
the North Arm is building a tugboat to run in connection with
his mill.

—The owners of the Mission City townsite are offering in-
ducements to parties to erect and operate a saw and planing
mill at that point.

—Cassidy & Co. of Vancouver have received a shipment of
about 25,000 feet of redwood from California. It is to be
used for mouldings.

—There is some talk of the establishment of an extensivesaw
mill at Esquimalt, under the auspices of certain Moodyville
and other capitalists.

—Galbraith & Sons, new sash and door factory at New
Westminster is about completed and work will be started with
a number of good orders already booked.

—The Revelstoke Lumber Co. mills are busy in getting
material out for the northwest, an order for 15 carloads has
been received and numerous smaller orders are being filled.

—A. J. Jamieson, from Ontario, is looking over timber
limits here with a view of locating a saw or planing mill at
Mission City, with a capacity of 50,000 feet per day.

—The sawmill on the Southern side of LuLu Island is
doing a considerable business. This mill will shortly be
supplanted by a large mill, preparations for which have already
commenced.

—The prospectus of the British Columbia Paper Co. (Ltd.)
just issued, states that the proposed capital is to be $50,000.
A site for the mills has been selected on first rapids of the
Somas River.

—Though some of the mills on the coast are closed down
the Hastings mill is still in operation and announce that they
will continue running. They havea large order in from
Yokohama, Japan, for shipments ky next boat.

—Mr. F. M. York, of the Puget Sound and B. C. Stevedor-
ing Company, who has been the company’s manager at
Victoria for some time, has been transferred to Vancouver,
where he will replace Mr. Betts, who goes to Tacoma.

—The barque Leonor, which has been loading lumber at
the McLaren-Ross mills for several weeks has finally com-
pleted her cargo and will leave immediately for Melbourne,
Australia. She carries 628,000 feet of assorted lumber.

—The British Ship Leading Wind, sailed from Moodyville
5th ult for Melbourne, Australia with the following cargo :
763,443 feet of rough lumber; 2,5co bdls laths; 8,679 bdls
pickets—valued at $7,326. Deck load consisted of 76,879 feet.

—It is stated that another Stevedoring Company will enter
the field to compete for British Columbia work. The head
quarters of the company is Port Townsend, but they will
contract for the discharging of all vessels in all Puget Sound
and British Columbia ports. :

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—A tax of fifty cents per 1,000 feei of lumber got out from |

this province has always been charged as ‘‘stumpage taxa
but in accordance with an order-in-council, dated the 27th of
November, 1888, a rebate of 25 cents was allowed on every
1,000 feet exported from the Province. A notice is now in-
serted in the British Columbia Gazefve stating that the rebate
on the royalty received from lumber exported will be discon-
tinued, the new regulations coming into effect on the 31st ult.

Mr. L. Woods has returned to New Westminster after
an absence of three months with a survey party in the vicinity
of Fort Rupert. Mr. W. E. Deveraux, of Victoria, was in
charge of the party, which consisted of sixteen men, with Mr.
Woods as head chainman. They were absent three months and
experienced a rough time. The same party leave Victoria again

in about a week’s time for the west coast of Vancouver Island, ,

and will be absent about nine months on the same mission.

—The nominal rates for lumber charters are quoted as
follows: From Burrard Inlet or Puget Sound to Sydney, 50s;
Melbourne, Adelaide or Port Pirie, 60s to 62s 6d ; Shanghai,
62s 6d; West Coast of South America, 50s to 55s. For coal
freights, presents quotations are: Nanaimo or Departure Bay
to San Francisco, $2,50 ; to San Diego and San Pedro, $2,50
to $2,75. Grain fregihts are quoted from Puget Sound to U.
K., 42s 6d, to 45s; from Portland, 50s., and from San Fran-
cisco 40s. to 42. 6d.

—Two old fir log water pipes were unearthed in Victoria
by the men engaged in the sewer work. They were found
about four feet below the surface, near the corner of Bastion
and Government streets. The two pipes were remarkably
well preserved. They were laid 37 years ago and were made
at Hope mill. a few mills from Yale. They are fir logs, bored
out with a diameter of about four inches. The oidfas hioned
water pipes have served well their purpose and now will be
carefully treasured as relics of an early day in Victoria’s
history.

MANITOBA.
~-A lumber yard has been started at Rosenfield.

—Slater & Anderson, of Napinka are doing a good trade
in lumber. A Mr. Kose of Rat Portage, it is said, will open
another yard here this fall.

—The royalty upon lumber manufactured from burnt
timber on licensed lands in Manitoba and the Northwest has
reduced from 5 to 2% per cent.

—A despatch of 1oth ult from Seikirk says, that the steamer

; Red River, just arrived there, experienced rough weather on

Lake Winnipeg and lost a barge of 155,000 feet of lumber be-

longing to Brown & Ruthevord. Three Indians on the barge
were rescued with great difficulty.

—One of the pioneer firms of Winnipeg, is Dick, Banning
& Co., manufacturers of lumber, shingles, and lath, which was
established in 1872. Their mills are located at Keewatin,
covering an area of 30 acres, and is one of the best equipped
in the country. The plant consists of the saw mill, planing
mill, lath mill, and dry kiln, the latter being the only one in
the country, and has a capacity of 90,000 feet of lumber.
They own 100 square miles of timber lands, located on the
tributaries of the Lake of the Woods and Rainy river, and
operate two steam boats which tow the logs from the camps
to the mill. Employment is given to about 100 men at the
mills. while a like number find employment in the various
camps. The mill has a capacity of 10,000,000 feet of lumber
per annum, and the product which consists of rough and
dressed lumber, shingles, lath and mouldings, is shipped all
over Manitoba and the northwest territories as far west as
Regina.

NEW BRUNSWICK.

—John C. Risteen. of Hartford, Conn., has been here in the
interests of the American bobbin. spool and shuttle company.
He has been looking up birch lands with a view of ascertain-
ng whether it will pay to erect mills to cut spool wood.

—E. D. Jewitt & Co., lumber operators and mill owners,
St. John are in financial difficulties, occasioned by the
embarrassment of the Boston Branch of the firm conducted
underthe name of Glendon company, which handled and
manufactured ther New Brunswick output. Jewitt & Co.
cut most of their logs on the tributaries of the Upper St. John
and operated a mill at Millidgeville.

—A new industry has been started at York Mills by A. W.
Little. Finding 2 poor supply of lumber for his mill, he has
begun the manufacture of excelsior. Poplar wood of which
there is a large growth near his mill, is used in the manufac-
ture of this material, which is packed and shipped from Prince
William station. The business is paying well and it is likely
to be continued for some time.

The saw mill of Robert K. Jewett, of Kesinck, N. B., was
_ destroyed by fire a few weeks ago.

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—Over 100,000 trees in forest reserves in South Australia
have lately been destroyed by grasshoppers.

—Dynamite is being resorted to in breaking up log jams in
many United States’ streams, and with it is said, good results.

—Mr. Gladstone is not the only famous woodman. It is
reported that the Czar of Russia is very fond of woodchop-
ping.

—The Wilkin Manufacturing Company, makers of saw
mills and general milling machinery at Millwaukee, has as-
signed. The assignee’s bond has been fixed at $400,000.

—A Pacific coast timber and lumber dealer who located a
mill ina South American state vows that brush will grow
there a Feight of six feet in one day succeeding a night’s rain.

—According to the Gvaschdanin the new law permitting
Russians to acquire property in Finland is causing a consider-
able export to the latter country of wooden buildings in Rus-
sian stvle.

—Under the reciprocity treaty with Spain covering trade
with $Cuba and Porto Rico, United States’ lumber which
has heretofore paid a duty of from $4.60 to $5 a thousand is
admitted free.

—It is said that every month adds from one to three dozen
new mills to the number already established in the Pacific
northwest, and of these nearly two-thirds are built in Western
Washington.

—At Fleming’s mill, San Bernandino, Cal., recently
was cut a pine log from which 18,334 feet of lumber was cut.
The average price of this lumber in San Bernandino is $20
per thousand feet.

—Enormous fires have been raging in the forests in the
vicinity of Toulon, France, and a great quantity of
valuable timber has been destroyed. Three thousand acres
are already reported as consumed by the flames.

—Padouk, a hardwood from the East Indies, is being used
in London, England, as a substitute for mahogany. It is
only half the price of mahogany, and some claim that in
color, figure, and other qualities it is superior to mahogany.

—Negotiations are going on which may result in the sale of
the Mississippi River Logging Company’s two saw mills and
real estate at Eau Claire river to the Northwestern Lumber
Company. The deal would cover property for which the
Mississippi Logging Company paid the Eau Claire Lumber
Company about 1,000,000 three or four years ago.

—A World’s Fair big tree committee has been scouring the
woods of Puget Sound region of Washington for monstrous
growths, the Northern Pacific having offered to haul to Chi-

cago the largest stick of timber that can be found in the .

State. The committee, has measured a good many firs ; some
standing in a bunch were 10, 11 and 14% feet in diameter,
six feet from the ground, and 100 feet to the first limb. Those

of another group were not over nine feet in diameter, but ©

352 to 4co feet high. A single tree of similar diameter, is
said to be 200 feet to the first limb On the north fork of the
Nooksack, is a perfect spruce, said to measure 14 feet in dia-
meter, and on the south fork there isa cedar tree, blackened
by fire, that is 21 feet in diameter. The same journal fur-
nishes its readers with an illustration of a pine stump Io feet
high and 25 feet diameter, on which are standing and seated
78 persons.

—A measure has just passed through tke French legislature
which enacts that on and after March, 1892, import duties
shall be paid on all wood goods brought into the republic.
On timber in the round, 60 centimeters and upward in cir-
cumference, measured at the butt, the duties will range from
75 centimes to 1 franc per 100 kilos. On planks and boards.
or hewn and sawn timber of a greater thickness than 35 milli-
meters, the dues range from 1 franc 75 cent. to I franc 25 cent.
Sawn wood of smaller dimensions will have to pay from 3 to
2 francs. Between now and the imposition of the dues, there
sbould be a brisk demand from France for all descriptions of
wood goods, as the duties saved will represent a very hand-
some profit. According to returns furnished by the British
Board of Trade, the imports of wood goods into Great Britian
from the United States during the past half year have amount-
ed to 355,946 loads, valued at £826,999, against 248,868 loads,
of a declared value of £851,834, for the corresponding period
of last year. :

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A steady decrease is to be noted, during the past eight years,
in shipments of lumber from Saginaw: The total shipments
of forest products by water from the Saginaw valley during
the last month are as follows: Lumbe 7,394,000 feet
shingles, 14,350,000 pieces, and lath, 3,230,000 pieces. The
total shipments thus far this year to August 1 foot as follows ;
Lumber, 199,325,000 feet; shingles, 38,550.000 pieces, and
lath 7,948,coo pieces. Following is the amount of lumber,

shingles and lath shipped by water from the valley during the
months of July in recent years :

LUMBER.
Feet.
TOGA GE LS oes tie site > 118,638,000
TOS Hac Se oe Pea ee ees ot . 85,387,000
TBSOW DOA hrs Scenes oui eets ore ..+ 7§,023,000
Soh «CHR eae Se IS AR ee ee ee 63,849,v00
TOGO mE pias Pea see = Leyak 2 OMS 20S
IBA bce haiitaad «css Sere Reel 53,862,000
TBOO waajats aricusars sits Sate SA eee . 50,554,000
IBOY Gis Doce versie ye ode Oe belrseeterte s 57,394,000
SHINGLES
PIECES.
UBS Anes salts de ee Oe eee set eee 2737 35,000
TSS Ome ipar Me eh Cease «hier ee eae 11,490,000
TOSS! A siicrsteis te wiog. sche cre Re 11,650,000
US GOM sre se ee inet oe eee eee 8,200,000
ESO ooh ttt he ieee ists cee ce 14,350,000
LATH
VSS Aiis,2% ates > tah geese eee oes 9,042,000
USSG sk. isayae oh aid: Saas eee itek 4,860,000
TOSS He ee oo steer eee 3:190,000
PSQO baja aac Se ee ate aes eye ase a SiS 5.091 ,000
WEIOME Sba Se Seon seb ootc ws sess Soe eae 3,230,000
FIRES.

New Westminster, B. C., has bush fires in close proximity
to the town.

Bush fires to a considerable extent are raging in different
parts of British Columbia.

For the third time the shingle mill of Abraham Van, Oril-
lia, Ont., has been destroyed by fire.

oi McElwan’s saw mill at Bannockburn, Ont., was burned

recently. Loss $2,000. No insurance.

A portable shingle mill, belonging to Mr. Fox, of Mill-
bridge, Ont., was recently destroyed by fire.

Bush fires are raging in South Colchester, Ont.
quantities of cordwood have been destroyed.

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Smith, Malcolm & Gibson’s planing mill, Seaforth, Ont.,
was partially destroyed by fire during the past month.

A small quantity of lumber, the property of the planing
mill at Chilliwack, B.C., was destroyed by fire on 18th ult.

The steamer 4/de7son, owned by the Georgian Bay Trans-
portation Co., was burned to the water’s edge. Insurance
$6,000.

R. Olmsted, of Walters Falls, Ont., has suffered a severe
loss by the destruction of his saw mill by fire.
Mr. Olmsted will rebuild.

The large saw and planing mill owned by John Smith, of
Tilsonburg. Ont., was totally destroyed by fire on the r9th
ult. Loss $7,000. Insurance $2,00c.

On the morning of 20th ult., a fire broke out in the planing
factory of Galt, Henderson & Co., this city, and consumed al-
most the entire building before gotten under control.

No insurance.

PERSONAL.
Mr. J. H. Hart, of Sadler, Dundas & Co., Lindsay, Ont.,
is on a trip to the Pacific coast and San Francisco.

The LUMBERMAN had the pleasure of a call during the
month from Mr. J. L. Eaton, of Orillia, Ont.

Miss Annie A. McLean, daughter of M. G. McLean, man-
ager at Vancouver, B. C, for the Pt. Mcody Lumber Co., has
been united in marriage to A. C. Stirrett, Esq., of New West-
minster.

Mayor Eddy, of Hull, Que., has been ill for several weeks
from bleod poisoning which occurred ina very simple way.
A small pimple appeared on his neck and coming in contact
with a patent shirt button, which had accumulated a small
quantity of verdigris, blood-poisoning set in. His face and
neck were badly swollen.

Hon. A. S. Hardy, Commissioner of Crown Lands, Hon.
J. M. Gibson, Provincial Secretary, Aubrey White, Esq., As-
sistant Commissioner, and A. Blue, Esq., Mining Director,
have been on a tour of investigation in the Rainy River Dis-
trict. While at Bracebridge, on 7th ult., Mr. White rescued
from drowning two children aged five and fifteen, who had
fallen into deep water in the lake. Seeing their danger, he,
at considerable risk to his own life, at once jumped into the
water and brought them safely to land.

14

TRAE BEVERY.

Office of CANADA LUMBERMAN,
Aug. 31, 1891.
THE GENERAL SURVEY.

T IS a long day since a brighter future loomed up be-
fore the people of Canada than meets them at this
time, as they stand on the threshold of a new season’s
trade. Viewing the landscape o’er from every point of
vantage, they can with hopefulness sing ‘the long looked
for has come at last. What will be the effect on the
lumber tirade? Will it get its share of the good times?
Measurably, we believe, it will. Collections throughout
the summer have deen slow.
money, as the new wheat becomes marketed, should
enable debtors to pay their lumber bills, which have
been allowed to remain unsettled during these months.
Because of the poor harvests for some years, the farmer
has had to remain satisfied with the old barns, and the
farm house has gone sadly in wantof repairs. A large
wheat surplus and good prices, which we have réason
to expect, will enable him to build fresh barns and make
other improvements around the farm. This much at
least is hopeful. And a ‘talk’ with the trade at leading
points indicates that this is what is expected.

During the month that is just closed unmolested
quietude was the vogue. This can easily be accounted
for in the city, for August is the holiday month of all
the summer months, whilst in the country everyone has
been so busy in the fields that they have had no time
to come to town.

Locally trade has been quiet and it is not expected
that there will be more than a fair trade done in the
city this side of spring. A local firm, carrying on a
rather heavy contract business is in deep water. At
the time of writing no assignment has been made,
though a large amount of the firm’s paper has gone to
protest. Few city men are likely to be affected by the
trouble, as the firm’s credit has been below par here for
sometime, and history tells of a previous collapse of the
senior member of the firm. But they have managed to
get lumber somewhere, and it is hkely one or more
mills will stand in for a loss.

Perhaps at the close of no season have the yards at all
main points been so cleared of lumber. In some cases
it is difficult to meet present calls. This fact is influ-
encing our lumbermen to prepare for an active winter
in the woods. These preparations in many cases are
now going on, and a large cut is well assured. Prices
are likely to remain firm from this out.

No element of noticeable activity marks the lum-
ber trade in the Maritime provinces. The strike
of last month is off, and the mills are again running.
This much gain has been made during the month. The
fall season, however, does not open, with strong premoni-
tions of a large trade. Inthe United Stites spruce is
nowhere just now, whilst in England the lumber trade
has been passing through a long period of depression
with a generally fixed determination to get stock further
reduced, rather than to do any buying. These are
circumstances that must operate against the volume of
trade in New Brunswick.

Business in British Columbia, at the present time, is
suffering not alone from the loss of trade in South
America, caused by the Argentine trouble, but a de-
pression exists just now in Australia which has a ten-
dency to further circumscribe export trade. Resultant
from this cause a number of the larger mills have closed
down and are likely to remain so for several months.
Local trade, and by this is meant trade extending
throughout British Columbia, the Northwest Territories
and Manitoba has been active the summer through
and mahy mills are kept busy on this trade exclusively.
With the magnificent harvest of these Provinces, we
anticipate a further and profitable expansion of the
home trade. There is unfortunately just one element
against giving to the home business the profit it should
command, and that is the cutting of prices by local
dealers in the competition tosecure trade. We are
hopeful that they will see the error of this practice be-
fore it extends as far and disastrously as it has in some
communities.

Quotations are as follows for cargo lots for foreign
shipment, being the prices of the Pacific Pine Lumber
Association : Rough merchantable, ordinary sizes, in
lengths to 4o feet, inclusive $9 per M feet ; rough deck
plank, average length 35 feet, $19; dressed flooring,
$17 ; pickets, $9 ; laths, 4 feet, $2. Local prices are :
Rough lumber, per M $12; Best quality dressed lum-
ber, per M $20; Second quality dressed lumber, per
M, $17.50; Laths, per M, $2.50; Shingles, per M, $2.50
with a discount of 5 per cent. if paid within 30 days
remain firm from this out.

UNITED STATES.

Reports for this month from leading United States
lumber centres indicate some improvement in trade—
though not anything, so far as actual present trade is
concerned, to make much noise over. The more cheery
news comes from Albany, and Buffalo & Tonawanda.
In both these points there has been a marked improve-
ment. Better grades are everywhere in steady demand,
and a local circumstance is mentioned in our Buffalo

A wider circulation of |

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

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letter that gives.emphasis to this. In Boston and New
York lumber would appear to possess the sulks. The
condition of the crops has inspired hope, of course, that
had no existence at all hitherto, but before lumber circles
anywhere will feel a strong impetus from the money com-
ing in this way, farmers and store-keepers’ will have
many old scores to liquidate and get out of the road.
When the financial condition among farmers has be-
come easy, and others engaged in commercial enter-
prises get turned around some, a revival of the lumber
trade will follow.
FOREIGN. :

The English Board of Trade returns for July, which
are just published show a drop back of two millions
sterling in export ina single month. The figures relating
to sawn goods are particularly worthy of attention, the
import for July of the present year having been 683,487
lds., as against 834,605 lds. for the same month last
year. This shows, therefore, a decrease of 151,118 lds.,
equal to a decrease in the importation of about 18 per
cent. The value of the sawn import for the month is
put down at £1,474,811, against £1,914,144 for last year.
For the seven months up to date, the import has been
1,805,693 Ids., against 2,092,142 lds., for the corre-
sponding seven months of 1890; a heavy decrease of
286,449 Ids. equal to 13 percent. The imports from
the various classified countries are: from Russia, less
by 15,570 Ids. ; from Norway and Sweden by 55,535
Ids.; and from British North America by 74,933, the
latter showing a reduction equal to 30per cent. In
hewn timbers a large decrease is also shown. These
facts in place of being viewd discourayingly are except-
ed by the British trade as a bright omen ot future pros-
perity. Trade for some time has been overdone and it
is just this curtailment of purchases that .has been
needed to restore confidence This may sound like cold
comfort, but John Bull believes it is all nght, and with
his proverbial patience he is going to wait. As a result
of the long continued lockout and strike in Sweeden
trade there is severly depressed.

Toronto, Ont.
ToronTO, Aug 31, 1891.
CAR OR CARGO LOTS.

1 & 1% in. Cut up and better.,....---eeeeeee ee erseeveserssers 32 00 33 00
1X10 & 12 dressing and better........ ........+.. fee 818100) 20/00)
SO HOM adogcaddseonynacancdondasoddsaga0000 s406 1300 1400
PAOLA epooodecoonnd0s Gu DdoUN se aoooDHSn GOSS) LACO. 2h CO
BAG 2 1) Colo ljesps54 sess sepa essa 55 SAG onnDaDOR0 1200 1300
Tea) 2 1 oreo CW Guy oncocssusseascancocoboraccearany WOOO) ii OO
TKIOPESTAINUILUCUlLS ee ene etre cia tceeeraet eit 9 00
THNnChiclearandpicksiaee eee eiieteeiterlteteeeiein ite oil -1 mt OO mez 5100.
T inch dressing and) Detter acc = rete oeletes cele reeds etele let ls 18 00 2000
Fi ihekeln Siobboyecsantlll satba nei con na coogacesunousepEOO EROS 1400 1500
I inch’ siding’ COMMON)... 2... cece ee ee eee ewes ein If 00 1200
1 inch sidingship cullS).02 0.0 0).-.--8 1-0-9 ----s LOOO | IT 00
tnch siding mill culls.... ........s5e0 sss see eene eee 800 900
(Oil Cepia bis\st0r aoceecob coon potanons sa6e lancolscoo obs cox 800 900
1}, and thicker cutting up plank...... .....-.......... 2200 2500
1 inch strips 4in to 8in mill run. 1400 1500
1 inch strips, common.............. 1100 1200
FE Abie NOL sG5 Phadaaenboovadoed ceca DodusdenoQNdaTs0 14 00 1500
TSA NII oNecagaceponday vomsaooeosouOpOGUncdcanse7 LOD, Geo
Mokishingles; 16 in. vse. eevee | 2 30\yn (2140
FO. Ta mb ych oe) WelpanonabcuepspossobuoouLpSecdoscterons IG) HA)
OAM INGbI Goedaccan soos aps0 DDC Osa GodEDOBsuoocoone LD Ga)
ot (hae Men aneedotooaoucooDDeobasn gangnonedoogd 170
YARD QUOTATIONS.
Millcull boards & scantling$1o 00/Dressing stocks..... 16 00@20 00
Shipping cull boards, pro- Picks Am. inspection...... 30 00
miscuous widths......... 13 00 .
stocks.... 14 00] -. )E.M,
Scantling & joist, up to16ft 13 50/1in. flooring, dres’d 26 00 30 oc
wD 18 ft 15 00/1% ** “rough ... 18 00 22 00
a “20 ft 16 00/1% *“* ““ dres’d F.M.25 00 28 00
ss ES 22 ft17) 00. ‘“ “*undrs’d B.M 16 00 16 vo
“a ‘* 24 ft 19 00 “ dres’d... 18 00 20 00
op bo Fe) squ Ho) (ofo) ue ‘“ undres’d 12 00 15 00
a ‘28 ft 22 00/Beaded sheeting, dress-
CS Ress YU Col | elo braenposcden one Ce) Shy feo)
© +h 32 ft 127) 00 eR Oana Ine dres’d 12 00
s ‘\ 34 ft 29 50/XXX sawn shingles
er eee an aca esha ELUNE act enat 260 2/70
te toot si (oo|Sawnelatheme-eeree 190 200
e DS Cehnhe ej All! GANG acne co so0er 30 00 40 00
LG) 10s CUUSIE 247 (a\ IONE. SP Ae chopac yao 3700 45 00
Cutting up planks 1 and Basswood, No. 1 & 2 28 00 20 00
thicker dry........ 25 00 28 oo/Cherry, No.1 &2... 50 00 60 00
i board wance 18 00 24 00)White ash, 1 & 2.... 24 00 35 00
Black ash,1 &2...

- 20 00. 30 00

Ottawa, Ont.
OTTAWA, Aug. 31, 1891.
Pine, 1st qual., #% M.$35 00@4o pel Eine 4th qual. deals 1000 1200
Sandi 2200 2500|* millculls. . . 800 1000
‘* shipping culls 1400 160colLaths .. .. .. .. 125 1450

St. John, N. B.
Sr. JOHN, Aug. 31, 1891.
Deals, Boards, Scantling, ete.

Spruce deals - - - - - $12 oolSpruce boards a ZOO
Pine WE as SS a) ry Oaleinne Be - - -I2 00@4o 00
Dealends: - =~="-—- = 6 00 Oak oie te Be eee 40 00

Scantling - - - - - - - 10 00Ash * - - - 15 00@25 00

Hen OC Kien td mS
Shingles.
Spruce, extra - - - - ~- $3 50|_. IN oA oC aaron, Sh Os Sees,
Sv cleary-s = sos ee GROO| EN Cke-n = Mth ae ez)
POS INgu mex Dial -muc eee
Clapboards.

Pine, extra - - - - - - 35 oojSpruce, extra- - - --- ~24 00
He Clears ete ea ae of 00 CLEANS mse sin 2300
‘“ adclears- - - - - 3500) “© No.I-- - -15 00

Abs ey No.2 - - - 1000
Flooring, Dressed.

Bine NOrks a0) = =) \T200\A Te AINOWK, wm) -ee=) Anca Sie 100
INO: 2sea= = bla iel> Se TO OO Men. WON O pone ee Been LORCA
Miscellaneous.

Staves -.02) Guar) aloo@ 4050 uathsig-oa ies 1 80
Hoxdi er 04 |Pickets - - - - - 6 50@15 00

Heading 17 in. per pr.
t 18 in.

04% 05%4\Railway ties
6

22 in. 04% oO |

en

Montreal, Que.
MONTREAL, Aug. 31, 1891.

Pine, rst qua’y # M $35 o0o@40 00 | Basswood.......... 12¢c0 2000
Pine, 2nd ‘ a 25 00. 2800} Oak, per M......... 4000 6900
Pine shipping culls | Walnut ** ........ 6000 10000

Cet ea seeiigg iter Taco melotoo ny Cherny. sane eens 63°00 8000
Pine, 4th quality Butternut, per M... 220c 4000

deals @M........ 1000 1200! Birch, yo eae 1500) Qhog
Pine, millculls,@M 800 1000) Spruce timber..... » 1300 1600
Spruce, per Mo)... 600 1200| Hard Maple “ 2000 2100

emlock, lumber.. 8 00 1090/1%Lath............ 160 196
Hemlock timber..... 1300 1400| Shingles, ist, per M : 300
ASHI Sse. Seodsisctenes 1300 2500! Shingles. 2nd, “ I 25, .oT'50:

New York City

NEw YoRK, Aug. 31.—Business is dull, dull—-really
dull.. A comparison with ordinary seasons makes us
feel bad. Nothing is lacking in supplies, and the cost
is low. An oasis of encouragement is found in a slight-
ly improved trade with country points; and with a large
grain crop, and a hopeful leaning to good prices, we
take this circumstance as a precurser of better days
ahead. Supplies that have been waiting at Albany and
Tonawanda have commenced to come forward. This
will swell stocks, but we take it that the extra stocking
up is in anticipation of a coming extra demand. The
course of the market for eastern spruce 1s illustrated by
a lumber journal correspondent in this way: “When
the St. John mills shut down, receivers managed to get
up a temporary fright that advanced the valuation line
about $1 a thousand, and with this start they calmly
waited for the stimulating demand to come and give
another upward flurry. The position, in fact, really
seemed unusually strong, and probably in an ordinary
season buoyancy would have soon developed, but after
waiting a while it was discovered that demand did not
come, but lumber did, at first a little slowly, then
heavily and bunchy, and down went the rate again.
Now we have the strike at St. John practically settled,
and, of course, with resumption of mill work, receivers
feel nervous and perplexed over the outlook. Buyers
are making no fuss about assortment or cost, but stick
to it ; they do not feel the least anxiety about supply,
and the market presents the spectacle of cheap stuff
with no one to take it except upon coaxing. And yet
in the face of that there is an attempt being made to
lead dealers into an advance of another $1 on yard
rates. There is enough piling here to dock the entire
city, apparently, and every fresh arriving cargo has to
go into the basin for want of custom.” Considerable
arrivals of white pine has come to hand during the
month, including a good share of Canadian deliveries.
Desirable box is probably about as easy to place as
anything, as its standard quality induces both mauufac-
turers and local dealers to lay away a little for stock.

White Pine—Western Grades.

Upperstrin..........-.-$44 00@45 oo|Box, in .................$13 00@14 00
1%,1% & 2in..... 4600 47 oo} Thicker... 2s, a4 500 15, om
& qin............. 55 00 58 oo\Ceil’g, base, fig No.1 40 00 42 00
Selects, I in..... .. 40.00 40-00) NOs 2): .:::)-.d-snacs- 9-5 RCE 7A OD
Tin,/all wide....... 41 00 4300) Novg. nia 26 00
1%,1% &2in......... 43 00 44 oo/Shelving, No. 1... 32 00
BSE4 Mec deeses, ssccse 50 OO) 0 5500) eu NOR 2 rae reais 27 00
Fine common, 1 in... 36 oc 37 o0|Molding, No. 1........ 37 00
1%,1% & 2in........ 38 oc 40 00 O.. 2hissssentvinwe cee SENOOMO NCO

3 &4in 46 00 48 oo|/Bevel sid’g, clear..... 22 50 23 00
by (oven GpPeee as eee ees 2) (010) wh zg uy)

Cutting up, 1n, No.1 28 00 3000

WIOW Badhsrecscese 21 00 2300 No. 2...

Thick No. 1.. =. -29 00" 32: 00] NO: Bo). veers. neue RORODI EL OD:
NO. 2.....e00002s02+-- 24.00 26 oo|Norway, c’l, & No. § 23.00 25 oc
Common, No. I, to & e | ONO. ‘2c cetsverernneces 20000 mee2tED
12 1n sesstevereese 22 00) 23,00] Common .............. 18/00) 1900

.. 20 00 21 00
.. 1700 18 00
. 20 00 28 00

Albany, N. Y.

ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 31.—Some large shipments,
covering many million feet of lumber, made from this
market to New York and vicinity, during the month,
have given fresh heart to the trade here. They begin
to see, atleast they hope so, a glimpse of the silver
lining behind the cloud of dullness, that has been the
only feature of the lumber business for months. These
conditions have given life to the pine, spruce and hem-
lock markets. Orders for larger quantities of cull
spruce could be placed immediately if the stock was to
be had. A good sized purchase of spruce and hemlock
from the Ottawa region has been made by L. Thom-
son & Co., of this city, and the stock is now coming
forward by water to Albany. The assignment is an-
nounced ofthe Schuyler Towing Line Company, one ~
of the oldest towing companies on the Hudson, and at
one time, one of the richest, but the competition of re-
cent years has fast dragged it down. A fairly active
trade is being done in hardwood.

White Pine.

1 to2in, good ........--.0. $49@35o1 to 2 in, DOX... 0 ceeeeteereee SIZ@BIG
us 2 ALS rerclataseietiereee= 44 48/04 to Zin. onseseseeneee as 13) UF
TD) SO SELEGES.ceeeer arenes 3g 4c\izin. and up shelving..... 26 32
1‘*2 ** pickings... we 34. 3514S) coffin boands igiaaa
2% in. and up, good.......-, 55 58\10 “«*¢shippers.....16 oo@1
Ph ASP AUDS Aer near 50-531 X 10 in. and 12 in. com.16 00 18
24 's selects 45 481x10 in. and 12in. soun

2u “ pickings..... 40 43) COMMOM ..--....s.seeeeer IS 4 eE
1to2in. yard picks........ 32 34)1X12in. dressing............. 25 28.
12 No.1 cuts......... 25 2 “* “dressing and better 32 33
mito Nio) 2iCUtSuwveeisaa lO meee

Thirteen Foot Stock Boards and Plank.
rX10 in., up dressing.....$28@$34\1 in. siding. selected... ®RGieee

1X10 common...... 15 aa ‘s . common... 13 I

1x12 ‘* ‘= ¢dressing-+.s5. 29. 30/1% : selected... 40 45
TX12' * COMMON! /shers LS 22 commion.... IS 20
1x10“ up dressing......./.28¢@33c 14X10 in., up, dressing....42c Soc
1x10 ** Culls vi. see. TZ 2LC|L4XTO™ CUIISe ae vase 2205025

l= it~). =

ee

i.

‘
ee

Shingies and Lath.

Shingles, shav = ar 6 5o\Shingles,cedar mixed 275 300

2d quality. - § oo/Lath, pine......%...:. 209 210
Sawed, extra......-.. 450 460). Spruce............ 215
Saved. clear buits.-° 300 31a) Hemlock :..0..0." re
Gegar Box. . <--> 400 420

Saginaw, Mich.

SacInaw, Micu., Aug 31.—Present trade is con-
ducted on a limited scale. Sorting up orders are in
order, -but nothing more can be said of the lumber trade
in Eastern Michigan—as regards the present. The tew
fires, that in view of previous experiences, have given us
some concern. have been extinguished by recent rains.
At this end of the river our lumbermen have been for-
tunate-in being caught by few of the numerous lumber
failures that struck the trade in other parts. In the
Saginaw Valley a fair trade has been done during the
month, Several million feet have changed hands at
the running prices of the season. As reported last
month the demand for better grades of lumber is quite
satisfactory, and millmen, whose operations have been
chiefly confined to these stocks, are satisfied, all things

considered, with the business done. The percentage
of the cut of the season, however, is of coarse grades ;
it is estimated that the season’s cut will figure up pro-
bably 700,000,000 feet, and possibly rather better. The
extra cut. of coarse grades, is accounted for ina good
degree, by.the quantities of Canadian logs, that have
been towed over here this season. _ Prices are holding
somewhat firmly in anticipation of a better trade this
fall, when the large ‘crop is marketed, and money has
begun to circulate more freely.

Finishing Lumber—Rough.
Uppers, 1, 1% and 1% in....$45 00jFine common, 1 in...........

Se teva enn dnnpncaasens 46 co) 14% & 1% in............0.-
Selects. 1in- 2 in..

1% & 1%.. 37 o0|C, 7,8 & in. Bee aes vance

Pee ee ences cecerss<s-5<-" 39 00)

Siding.

ise iicas --2-- 22 oofC, % in 17 00

a ae ears 46 00| % in . 30 00
Select, “in 20 oo|No. 1, % in 12 00

pT eh aE - 39 oof % in 20 00

Ty chee Geist and Scantling.
to 10x10,12z,14 and 16 ft $10 co} 2oft.. ... 1200

7s “Toa agra J.-=5. IT 0O| 22 & 24 ft... . 13 00

For each Adaitional: 2 ft. add 1.; 12 in. plank anid mbes ra extra ;
extra for sizes above 12 in.

Shingles.
XXX 18 in. Climax............. 3 50]18 in X (eon Se eerie 50
XXX Saginaw................- 3 40}XXX shorts.. Aap setae Mote)
INERT oes) 5 ~. v.<-3-024-- 200 LEK Ppa NS apiece a ber 26
MMOMIE Rese. -<--->--- SO
Lath.

Lath, No. 1 white pine........

2 co|Lath No.2 W. pine Norway t 50

Buffalo and Tonawanda, N. Y.

TONAWANDA, N. Y., Aug. 31.—The predictions in
this column last month of a ‘fairly lively trade’ for
August have been verified. A decided improvement
has been experienced in lumber around Buffalo and
Tonawanda. Sales are quicker, larger and with less
quibbling. These are healthy trade Signs. Thick lum-
ber of the better grades is scarce ; “inquiry” says one
correspondent, “for 5,000 feet of 234 in selects revealed
the fact that in seven of the leading yards in Buffalo
there was not that amount.” Selects and uppers are
held firm and that seems a probability of an advance.

_Conditions in hardwood are improving. An oak raft

from Canada reached here during the month.

White Pine.
Up'rs,1.1%1%&2in $45 00)shelving, No.1 13in
2% and 3 In...... 55 0o| and up,1 in.. : $32 00
ay Sars 58 oc Dressing, 1% in. we 26 00
Pony 1 in. 39 00 «1%x10 & 12....... 27 00
1% to 2in... 40 col 1% in.......... 25 00
2% and 3 in... 46 00 2in. 27 50
4in. 50 00,Mold st’ pst ‘to2 in. 32 00
Fine common, ‘tin. 3 oo Barn, No.1, to&I2in 21 co
1¥%and 1% in...... iba sis ses ate 20 00
2 in. a a No. 3, 10 & 12 in 17 00
ay and 3in 42 00; ee ee, 16 §0
ee a 09 i pete in. 14 00@ 14 00
be ite Ns : 14 00
o2|Common 1600 18 00
1% a mi i . 1700 19 00
% = aa 2 in. . 1900 2000
No. 3, 1% to 2 in... 17 00
Box
axio&12in (No. aot) MSVOOUISG AM acer sieontasesro soe: 13 co
8 in (No.3 out MASON soc wienessaecannaoees 13 50
1x13 & wider ....... fo CAN | So ee Ae 14 00
IE osoccsscrerare, 12 co@ 13 00)
Shingles
asin, XXX, clear.... 4 cou6-in, *A extra......... 2 00
a3-in, XX,6-in clear 2 75)16-in, clear butts..... 2 10
Lath.
DP conte «o's 9 ana 225
Boston, Mass.

Boston, Mass., Aug. 31.—Hardly a hopeful word
can be written of trade here. It has been one long
siege of dullness all summer through ; the dullness
continues, with seemingly no outlet before the late fall,
ifthen. The bottom is about out of the Spruce trade,
several mills being actually shut down for want of
orders and it cannot be said that any are at all busy.
Prices on Spruce are easy, beyond doubt. There i isa
fair call for Cypress with little offering. Western pine
sells very slowly, and prices are decidedly easy. In

hardwoods, quartered Oak is abundant and in, only
_amoderate request. Good Cherry is scarce and hard to

if

Soy Bh Pe 21% esiiaail ae hile

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN._

get. The demand is not FAS a yet a lack of stock to
meet moderate needs. Walnut is seldom asked for.

Western Pine—by car load.

Uppers,1in .. .$48 00@50 oo| Fine com.. 3 & 4 in. 42 0046 00
1%, 1% & 2in ... 48 00 50 00/No2,1in. Fine com. 2% 00 30 00
See Pie ages 55 00 bo od| OED CA (6029 by apa 29 00 31 oc

Elects yn unleen eee 4200 43 o0| No. 1 strips, 4 to6in 40 00 4300
14%, 1% & 2in...... 43 00 45 00| No.2.... i 37 00
gicavitele oe Be nn ine Vere) 5c 00) No.3. 2400 2600

Moulding boards, 7 to Cut ups, 1 to 2in. 24.00 3 00
11 inch clear....... 36 00 38 oo0| Coffin boards... . 1G 00 22 00

60 per cent clear 34 00 36 00/Common all widths . 22 00 26 00

Fine common 1 inch 36 00 38 oo/Shippingculls1in 15 o¢ 15 so

1%,1% & zinch... 38 00 40 00, do 1% in 15 50 16 50

even Pine—Cargo or Car Load.

Ree 1,2& 3. ... 40 00@43 00/Clapboards, 4 ft., ee
bee ; . 28 00 3000] clear .. -. 4000 45 00
an beds . 23.00 2600, Sap, 2nd clear . 33 00 35 00
sie g bds & coarse 16 00 16 Kol Heartiextra .... 2. ae 00 §5 00
efuse .. 1296 13 50|_ Heartclear.... 00 §0 00
West’rr pine clapbds Bevel siding 6in, clear a 00 24 00
4 ft. sap extra . 45 00 §0 00
Spruce—-by Cargo.
Scantling and plank, \Coarse, rough... . 120¢ “40
random cargoes . . 14 00@15 00 Hemlock bds., rough 12 00 13 09
Yard orders, ordin- “dressed 12 00 14 00
ary:sizes)) /) 2.00). 15 00 16 oo|Clapbds., extra, 4 ft. 34 co 36 00
Ware aeraers extra Clears rates ese 2 30 00 3200
Somes, Cane 16 00 1800} Secondclear.. . 25, 00
@iEaE Aor boards.) 2419) 00ss20100|, NO. aie yn ene « 10 00 14 00
ING aera rds cron tema 16 00 17 00 ;
Lath.
SPLucelbys;Gareo) fr wea cist sis lots. Geese aie SG Boeke 2 10@2 20
Shingles.
SpLUCCu ian ciel oles 1 25@1 So\Cedar, sawed, extra 3 35 350
Ee pis ineextral gen 4uoom 425i Clear sieht 3 00
Pine viNOSap os oe. GuOowes) 15|eksxthalwNos ture 2 50
3 Cypress. No. 1, 18 in. ore

Oswego, N. Y.

OswEGO, N. Y., Aug. 31.—There is absolutely
nothing new to note from this point. Prices show no
change during the month, and the same is to be said of
trade. We have had “hope” for both breakfast and
supper long enough to make a change desirable. As
some one has said, ‘hope does very well for breakfast,
but it makes a poor supper.’

White Pine.
Three uppers, vay 1% &2 imchy aon

..$44 00@45 00
Pickings, 1%, 1% & 2in. eae es

36 00

No. 1 cutting up, 14, 1% & 2in. 31 Bo 32 00
No. 2 cutting up, 14%, 1% & 2in . 2000 2100
In strips, ait to ve wide, selected for moulding strips, ne
to 16 ft. ee - 3100 3300
“Siding.
1 in Siding, cutting up 1% in selected....... 35 00@40 00
piks & uppers..... 30 00@39 oo) 1% in Seay eee 1700 1900
LMAKessIn gy e/a 19 ee 00|1% in No.1 culls.... 1400 1600
tin No.1 culls... .. 14 00@16 oo|1 in No. 2 culls.... 1300 1400
1in No..2 culls...... 13.00@14 00j1 in No.3 culls.... 950 1000
ea 1x12 [nch.
12&1 millrun . . 2000 2300
1o & 16 ft, No. 1 &2, barn boards... 18 00 a 00
12 & 16 ft, dressing and better. = Gas 2600 30°90
TaIeETOMENNoleicillsieene at oes cts ie ae 1500
Pete si on 1x10 Inch.
F2iocrsitt, mill run; milveulistoutac..-nsss ses cee cee 1900 2000
12 & 13 ft# idressing and bette ae 00 2700
1x10, 14 to :6 barn boards ...-? , 17 00
12 & 13 ft, Norculls......... SoodDeshn Node ceen acon LOW) Ty
KA Comrait te NO 2 Cull s;fen ek oath tae cee ee Tee een ue 1400 1500
14 to 16 ft; mill run mill culls out 2000 2200
14 to 16 ft, dressing and better... --. 2500 2700
14 to 16 ft, No. t culls -.. 1600 1700
14 to 16 ft, No. 2culls - 1400 I5 00
10 to 13 ft, No. 3 culls.. tee 950 1000
I I-4X10 Waiies
Millrun, mill culls out 20 00@2300)No. 1 culls... .... 16 00O@17 00
Dressing and better..25 00 30 00/No. 2culls........... 1400 1500
1xq Inches.
Millrun, millculls out 17 oo@19 00|No. 1 culls............ 13 00@14 00
Dressing and better.. 2300 27 00jNo. 2culls............ 1100 1200
; 1x5 Inches.
67 or 8, mill run, st 6,7 or 8, No. 1 culls.. 15 00@16 00°
CullSiont; 25. secen 9 oo@a2r 00/6, 7 or 8, No. 2culls.. 1300 1400
6, 7 or 8, drsg & better a 00 2800
XXX, 18 i 6o@3 803
18 in pine....... 3 60@3 80|X XX, 18 in cedar....... 0
Clear butts, pine, 18 in. 260 2 80 Clear’ butt, 18 in cedar., oe ie
XXX, 16in pine....... 310 320/XX, 18in cedar........ 210 220
Stocks cedars, § or 6in. 5 00
= x Lath
ON, Ms DMONNON2oImgues aca cess I
NOM) Sictucn testers tcoaelechabeed 1 bal ue

IM PORTANT TO SHIPPERS.

i Rig aeaens etd Railway Company hasissued the fol-
lowing circular through district General Freight Agent
Mr. A. White: “Ourcar supply officers say that they
are frequently taken at a disadvantage through not be-
ing advised of my contracts, or of shippers intention of
shipping heavily. I want you in future to be good
enough to advise me from time to time when you in-
tend to make large shipments ; and to what points ;
and if going on a foreign road, by what route. Then
if you do not get cars supplied within a reasonable
time, I should also like to be advised by telegraph.
Every one is anticipating a heavy fall trade, and we
want if possible, by proper organization and co-oper-
ation on the part of shippers and our officers, to move
the same with as little hindrance to the mercantile
interests of the country as possible ; and hope your
keeping in line with me as suggested above will help
matters.”

During a high wind on the ie of the 28th ult.,

| shingle mill situated on Muskoka Bay and owned by A. im

King, was burned to the ground. Cause of fire unknown.
Insured for $2,000.

5
‘LUMBERING CASUALTIES.

Peter Swanson, Watterville, Ont., lost two fingers by a
circular saw.

A youth named Beauva!le has had one of his legs badly cut
in the mill of Perley & Pattee, Ottawa, Ont.

Geo. Skelton an employee of Orr’s planing mill, Stratforc
Ont., had two fingers of his right hand cut off on 6th ul

Charles Gray an employee in Lloyd & O’Connor’s planing
mill, Ottawa, had the top ef a finger taken off by a buzz planer

Two weeks ago William Wright, of Cardinal. Ont., fell
from a pile of lumber 25 feet high breaking his neck and
causing instant death.

Caleb George Cliff, contractor for lumber piling at Burton
Bros. Mills, Bying Inlet, Ont., was accidently drowned by

falling off a lumber pile.

Joseph Courville, watchman, for the E. B. Eddy Co., Hull,
Que, was knocked down by a horse and rig a few days ago,
receiving severe injuries.

Moses Wilkinson of Lutterworth, Ont.
arm and side at his saw mill and eighteen hours after receiving
the wound breathed his last.

was badly cut in the

Alexander

Archie

Deseronto, Ont., counts her share of accidents :
Green had his hand badly crushed by the fall of a log.
Smith lost the top of a finger.

James Hamilton an employee of the Union factory, Wing-
ham, Ont., received a severe wound in the hand a fortnight
ago while working with a rip saw.

Instantaneous death came to Walter Moore of Morton Bros.
saw mill, Clover Valley, B. C. by falling on the large saw
belt.
to the floor a corpse.

He was at once carried around the drum and dropped

There are now twelve men working in Thackray’s mill on
Sparks street, Ottawa, Ont., who at one time or other have
had some of their fingers cut off while at work. The latest
victim was on Wednesday.

A young man named Charlebois, an employee in the Geor-
gian Bay Co’s saw mill at the mouth of the Severn near
Midland, Ont. upset in a canoe in four feet of waier, and
must have been seized with cramps immediately as he lost his
life.

What is likely to prove a fatal accident occured to Dunn
Mitchell who was working a capstan at Whitefish, Ont.,
moving a boom of logs belonging to Howry & Co. A bar
slipped, and flying round with considerable force struck him
fair across the stomach, shutting him up like a jack knife.

Joseph Gray works the slabber in the Victoria Harbor
Lumber Comreany’s mill at Garden Hill, Ont., and was stand-
ing in his place on the 28th ult., when one of the other men
threw an apple towards him. Not having seen it coming in
time to catch it he dodged back and stepped into the hole be-
side the saw used asa trimmer. As he fell he threw his arm
on the saw, the teeth of which cut into the flesh and quite a
way intothe bone. Amputation may be necessary.

A frightful boiler explosion occured at Spencer’s saw mill,
one mile from Walsingham Centre, Ont., on 22nd ult. There-
was no one in the boiler room at the time except the engineer
Clark Branson, and he was thrown Ico feet out into the yard.
His death was instantaneous. The men in the mill escaped
uninjured, but how they got of with their lives isa marvel,
because the mill was completely demolished. The heavy boiler
was torn from its bed and thrown, together with many saw
about 25 yards.

NEW PUBLICATIONS.

We have received from Mr. H. R. A. Baughman, the
author, a copy of his valuable little work, “Baughman’s
Buyer and Seller.” It is gotten up in pocket shape,
being well and tastefully bound in full leather. Un-
doubted labor has been given to the preparation of the
valuable lumber tables which the book contains, which
show 4,000 different sizes and lengths by which the
number of feet in any number of pieces of lumber can
be shown ata glance. It likewise contains diagrams
and rules for cutting rafters, rules for finding number
of lath required for any room, weights of lumber, and
estimated freight and other tables of untold utility to
the lumberman. The book can be had for $1, from
the author, at Necedah, Wis.

A neatly gotten up edition of the Rules and Regula-
tions for the inspection of pine and hardwood lumber
as adopted by the lumber section of the Toronto Board
of Trade, has been published by the CanaDa LuM-
BERMAN. To every lumberman, really it is a pocket vade
mecum, and a copy will be sent to any of our sub-

- scribers on receipt ofa three cent stamp.

16

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. .

September, 18g

INFORMATION

Always have your boiler covered with non-conduct-
ing material, no matter how cheap your fuel may be.

A few accidents about machinery happen from seem-
ingly unfavorable causes, but a great many are the
direct result of carelessness.

In the use of oil, uniformity of distribution is as im-
portant as the regularity of the supply. A ary spot on
a bearing will at once cause heating, and, if allowed to
continue, cutting will be the result.

An insurance man of long experience declares that
milk is the best obtainable extinguisher for petroleum
fire. If milk is not at hand flour will answer nearly as
well for putting out the flames.

The same rule which applies to constant feed with
pumps holds good where injectors are used; there
should always be a stream of water going into the boiler
so long as there is a current of steam going out of it.

It is surprising how careless steam pipes will be hung.
The majority of cases make no proper allowance for
the movement of the pipe by expansion, and as a con-
sequence joints are strained and leak, flanges are brok-
en off and in many cases hangers are pulled out.

Here is another recipe for a mixture for uniting belts:
Dissolve gutta percha in bisulphide of carbon to the
consistency of molasses, slice down and thin the ends
to be united, warm the parts, apply the cement and
submit the parts to heavy pressure at least four hours.

A pretty good rubber cement for cementing leather

belts can be made by dissolving guttapercha in. bisul-
phideofcarbon. It is safe to say that if belts possessed
the sense of smell they would never stand a cement of
this kind, as the odor is so loud it would, as the old
saying goes, “drive a dog out of a tan yard.”

An essential requirement for the successful working
of an injector is the suction, the same as with any pump,
for if not properly attached it causes a great deal of
trouble,and more especially when the water is far away
or on alift of twenty-five feet, for then the slightest
leak of air will effect the quantity of water if not wholly
destroy the vacuum. The injector will lft water at
100 degrees temperature on a lift of twenty-five feet, or
140 degrees temperature on three or four feet lift.
Water of a high temperature will not condense the
steam ; therefore injector will not feed it to the boiler
with certainty, but with a small jet of cold water from
street pressure, applied close to the injector, hotter
water can be lifted, even to 212 degrees, but not deliv-
ered any hotter than it would be taken at 140 degrees,
as the jet would be used to temper down to that point.

A Mr. Elliott of London, Eng. proposes to solve the
smoke problem by condensing the smoke in water and
recovering the by-products. To this end he has a tank
of water in which are revolving stirrers driven by a
small engine or by spare power. By means of a fan he
draws the smoke from the chimney and forces it into
the water at a point near the bottom of the tank. The
smoke and products of combustion are then churned
up together in the tank, the solid particles of the smoke
and the sulphurous vapors and noxious fumes. being
arrested in the water. In time the heat of combustion
warms up the water and the steam is allowed to escape
through a chimney :nto the air. When the water has
become fully charged with the condensed smeke and
other matters, it is drawn off and the tank is refilled
with water. The charged liquor is to be afterward

treated and the by-products due to thé combustion of |

coal are to be recovered. By this means, it is claimed
that not only will the smoke nuisance be abated but
that a profit will be derived from the operation.

The horse power of steam boilers is a subject upon
which something may always be said. It is pretty well
understood that the capacity of a boiler is determined
hy its ability to evaporate water; and the amount of
evaporation necessary for a horse power is fairly well
agreed upon. But while this furnishes a standard for
ultimate resort, it can only be applied to the recorded
performance of a boiler in actual use, and the practitioner
will still have frequent occasion to approximate the
capacity of a boiler whose evaporative efficiency can
not be determined by actual test.. The amount of heat
absorbing surface which a boiler contains is the most
effective factor in determining jts evaporation. Of
course, the value of each square foot of heating surface
varies with the amount of heat which is supplied to: it
from the furnace, which will depend upon. its position
with relation to the furnace, ordinary rates of combus-
tion and fair grades of coal, the number of feet of heat-
ing surface necessary to produce ahorse power in’ a
boiler of ordinary construction »ught to be approxima-
tely determinable, and the power of the boiler deter-
mined for ordinary conditions the effect of extraordinary
conditions could be estimated. BS Rae

CHIPS AND BARK.

Be firm ! one constant element in luck

Is genuine, solid, old Teuonic pluck ;

See yon tall shaft ; it felt the earthquake’s thrill,
Clung to its base, and greets the sunrise still.

Many good sawlogs have knots on them.
People like to travel in cheerful company.

A man is apt to run down when his affairs are wound
up.
Cover a nail with soap and it will drive in hard wood

| easier.

A northern clime—an Artic bear skinning up the
North Pole.

Men seldom conceal their virtues, nor do their faults
conceal them.

Creaking boots may be prevented by driving a peg
into the sole.

Not to be out of fashion, the lawns now wear their
summer hose.

The man that never committed a folly never appre-
ciated wisdom.

The roots of a tree are of more consequence than its
highest branches.

A busy baker may not be an idler, but it must be ad-
mitted that he is a loafer.

The only people who are discontented are those who
are not doing their whole duty.

“Two heads are better than one.” This was written
before three-story bonnets came in fashion.

“Bring up the child in the way he should go,” and
then follow him and keep out of bad company.

The fact that there are two hemispheres goes to de-
monstrate that the shape of the earth is spherical.

“Did-you put flowers on the old soldiers grave ?”
““No; I did better. I sent a barrel of flour to his poor
widow.”

Tom—“ Have you asked Bessie yet?” “ Jack—‘“‘Yes.”
Tom—“ What did she say?” Jack—‘‘ That she would
take vanilla.”

Teacher—“ In the sentence, ‘The sick boy loves’ his.

medicine, what part of speech is loves ?”

Johnny—
“Ts a lie, mum.”

“Only a belt manufacturer and worth over a million?
How did he ever make it?” “ By attending strictly to
his zone business.”

How nice it is to hear the raftsmen shouting in the
early morning and the cook’s grumbling in dulcet
tones because the pots are black.

The horseshoe crab chews its food with its legs,
which is a very curious thing even fora crab to. do,
while the oyster feeds with his beard.

The saw-mill proprietor desirous of an apropriate coat
of-arms should paint onthe panels of hiscarriagethe latin
motto, “Vzd7,” which by interpretationis “I saw.”

Granpa—Yes, its a good thing for a boy to travel,
Freddy; it develops him. If he has anything in him,
travel will bring it out.

Freddy (who is precocious)—Yes I discovered that
when I-was crossing: the Atlantic.

“Hello!” said the Pine Log to the Hickory Log.
‘How have you been ?”

“Pretty well, thanks.
brother ?”

“Oh, he has gone into a large importing house in
New York. Where is yours?”

“Doing picket duty on a back yard fence.”

What has. become of your

The more the girls pine for some young man, the
more spruce they become.— 77mberman.—Yes, and did
yew ever notice how lovers slab-ber over each other’s
dimensions, and how re-joist they are when. cypressing
each other’s hands, and how soon:life becomes a chest-

nut to them if they carry the J-oak so far.as to get

spliced? By gum, it’s all queerious, every way, is life

, from a lumbering point of view '—F xchange

Excursions, were, formed which, took’ the curious to’ the’

The small boy’s view of it: “Papa,” inquired the
editor’s only son, “what do you call your office ?”
‘“‘ Well,” was the reply, “the world calls an editor's of-
fice the sanctum sanctorum, but I.don’t.” “Then, I
guess,’ and the boy, was. thoughtful for a moment,
“that mamma’s office is a spanktum spanktorum,
isn’t it ?” kid 3s

THEY LIKED JAM. :

Citizens of St. Paul and Minneapolis were treated a

few nights,ago to.a novel sight to.them. A jam_ of
twenty million feet of logs was formed at Taylor’s Falls

‘on the St. Croix River, having been carried into ‘the
|, narrows; by.a,sudden_ rise of the water,

a The railroad
companjes, learned.of,the attraction and advertised it.

scene of the log pile for the small’sum of $1.75. |.

-oned on.

THINGS QUEER AND CURIOUS.

The $10,000 painting of Christopher Columbus, ex-
ecuted by the famous Moro in 1540, and purchased in
London by Charles F. Gunther, will be displayed
at the World’s Columbian Exhibition, Chicago.

A million men standing close together, each not
occupying more than four square feet, could be placed
on a patch but little more than a third of a mile square.
A square mill will accommodate 7,965,000 men.

Thunder was never heard more than fourteen miles -
from the flash of lightning. The report of artillery
has reached: much greater distances, The cannonad-
ing of the battle of Waterloo was heard at the town of

Creil, in the north of France, about 115 miles from the
field.

The period ofa generation has been lengthened; it used
to be thirty years and later increased to. thirty four; now
a scientist says, the average term of human life has in-
creased to fourty-two years, and the improvement has
all been made during the last half century.

Very few people have any idea of the cost of some of
the rare metals. For instance, vanadium cost about
$11,265 perlb.; zeconium, $7,080 per Ib.; and lithium,
which is the lightest of metals, about $6,880 per Jb.
Rhodium, which is extremely hard and brittle and is
only fusible at a very high temperature, brings about
$2,260 per Ib.; and irridium, the heaviest substance
hitherto discovered, costs about $1,070 per lb. It will
therefor be seen that gold and silver are far from being
the most precious metals as far as their market value is
concerned.

The oak grows very slowly. It has been known at
100 years old to be only one foot in diameter. Until
the age of 4o years it grows pretty fast, but after that
its increase becomes less and less sensible. At 200 or
300 years old these trees are at their best. “Vancouver,
from observations on the giowth of timber in Hamp-
shire, arrived at the conclusion that the relative growth
of wood in that country, taking the trees at Io years?
growth, and the oak as a standard is: oak Io, elm 16,
ash 18, beech 20, white popular 30. That is to say, in

‘any given time, ifthe growth of oak be 1, the growth

of white popular will be 3.

One of the oldest wooder. stairways that exist is the
flight which leads up to the gallery of the Sainte Cha--
pelle, in Paris, on the north side of the shrine, its com-
panion on the southern side being a restoration. It.
was built during the first half of the thirteenth century,
when Saint Louis erected the chapel, to contain the
Crown of Thorns, now preserved at Notre Dame. It
is very delicately carved, and is regarded as a master-
piece of the finest peroid of Gothic art. The stairs ~
wind about a central newel and are supported on the
outerside by uprights which form an open-work sage.

Every one may not know that the Bank of England
notes are made from new white linen cuttings—never
from anything that has been worn _ So carefully is the
paper prepared, that even the number of dips into the
pulp made by each workman is registered on a dial by
machinery, and the sheets are counted and booked to
each person whose hands they pass. They are made
at Laverstroke on the River Whit, in Hampshire, by a
family named Portal, descending from a French Hu-
guenot refugee, and have been made by the same
family for more than 150 years. They are printed with-
in the building, there being an elaborate arrangement
for making them so that each note of the same denom-
ination shall differ in some paticular from the other.

STARTING A NEW SAWMILL.

Says a writer in the SawMil/ Gazette: “In starting -
a new sawmill, there are a number of things to be reck-
Are we limited in power? Then we shall -
have to bend all our other parts to fit our power. Are
we limited as to the amount to be sawed? Thenit will be.
useless to put up a larger mill than is needed. In any
event, to have the mill go we must have a harmony of
all the parts which may be named thus : the power, the
speed, the feed, the number of teeth, the size and thick-
ness of the saw, the kind of wood to be sawed, the.

‘ number of men to run the mill, and the amount of logs.”

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~- OTTAWA LETTER. shy

Other Things Beside Scandals—The Biggest Saw
Mill in the World—The Future of Lumber.
Heavy American Shipments.

{Regular Correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN. ]

. The average reader, I fancy, cannot think of the
capital of the Dominion except as the very hot-bed of
scandals and peculations. These things in truth smell
“higherto heaven, than, to use Senator Snowball’s words,
“the saw dust dump, right under Parliament House.”
Well we are certainly getting our share of the pestier-
cus things, and the worst of it is the end is not yet.
But less even readers of THE LUMBERMAN should be
carried off in the swim, and think of Ottawa only from
this untoward side, let us hold up the other side of the
shield and assure them that this is a community
known for other and better things than political cor-

ruption. 4
THE BIGGEST IN THE WORLD.

We can claim to have almost ready for operation the
biggest saw mill, not only in the Dominion, but in
America, and it is said, in the-world. I refer of course
to J. R. Booth’s big mill, with its 13 band saws, which
js now about ready for complete operation. With a
capacity for 900,000 feet daily, or for a season of seven
months 153,000,000 feet, visitors to the capital will
find it a place worth visiting, a monument to hard,
honest work by one of our best citizens. And they
need not stop here. Ottawa is creditably known as

the centre of lumbering operations for the Dominion.

A visit to any of our larger mills—Bronson & Wes-

ton’s; Buell, Orr, Hurdman & Co’s., the Gilmour's, Per-

ley & Pattee’s and others will well repay the time and

trouble.
: THE LUMBER OUTLOOK.

Our lumbermen are feeling hopeful of the fature.
General activity prevails around the Chaudiere, and the

expectation is that an unusually large quantity will be cut

in the bush for sawing here next summer. Preparations
in this direction have commenced, several leading firms
having already sent men up to their limits to cut roads
and otherwise pave the way for extensive winter oper-
ations. Wages are not high, because of the season’s
trade having been slack, but they will improve as the sea-
son advances. While there will be little or no square
timber taken out, the number of men who will be given
employment logging will be twenty-five per cent in
excess of those of last year. Three trains a day leave
the Chaudiere yards at present, each train carrying up-
wards of 400,000 feet of lumber for various American
points. The principal shippers in this case are Messrs.
Booth, and Bronson & Weston. Some of the firms here
cannot fill orders for want of dry stuff. Nearly all the
immense quantities of dry stuff that were on the piling

WANTED—TO BUY.

sr

grounds have been shipped. The demand for the coar-
ser grades is only fair, but the best grades are con-
stantly in demand.

Ottawa, Ont. Aug. 28th 1891.

BRITISH COLUMBIA LETTER.
Depression in the Lumber Trade—Mills Closed
Down—Opinions of a Michigan Lumber King
on Pacific Coast Trade— Visits of Wisconsin
Lumbermen—News Notes.

[Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN. |

INCE my last letter several mills have closed down

for from 3 to 6 months on account of the depress-
ion intrade. This is principally caused by the Chill-
ian troubles, but the Australian market has experienced a
sudden drop in prices. The demand has decreased;
the MacLaren-Ross Lumber Co. was the first to close
down. They only cut the two cargoes Jonisa Maita
and Zeonor. This is a great disappointment to many,
as this concern would have employed a great many
hands in its works.

The province has_been favored with a party of tour-
ists from Minnesota and Iowa, among the number
being several of the best known lumbermen in the
Mississippi valley When in Vaucouver they visited a
number of sawmills. _ In an interview Mr. Wm Carson
of Eau Claire, one of the number, said, that he had been
much pleased with a visit to the Hastings saw mill
where he had seen: larger logs than he had ever seen
before. There was no doubt in his opinion western
lumber would become more common on the eastern
markets. It was estimated that the timber supply of
the Mississippi valley would be exhausted in about eight
years and he thought the Pacific coast timber would

NADA LUMBERMAN.

hardly compete with the white pine of Wisconsin and —

Iowa for fine work, but he admitted that he had not had
much experience with the cedar of British Columbia or
Puget Sound. There was no doubt but that the lum-
bermen of the east were. turning their attention to the
west and some of hem would no doubt engage in the
business in the west. _

Mr. -N. L. Slaght, one*of..Michigan’s lumber kings,
who last year came to British Columbia and invested
extensively in timber claims, arrived in Vancouver a few
daysago. His company had intended to erect extensive
saw mills in this Province some time this year, but the
dullness in the lumber market caused him to advise the
suspension of building operations until 1892. He
would go into the exporting of lumber from the begin-
ning of operations. Mr. Slaght has been engaged in
lumbering since a boy, and that is quite a long time ago,
and consequently is conversant with the business in all
its details. He holds some opinions on the lumber
question which are slightly different from the practice of
the mills of this coast. He would perfer to have all the

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| lumber, or the greater part of it, exported from the
| Province, cut up into small stuff and dressed before
shipping. He argues that in this form it could be more
| conveniently stowed aboard ship, would se nore
| readily when it reaches the foreign market, and would

yield a profit upon the extra labor done in this Pro €
which now goes to the purchaser, who has the deals
and flitches, after he receives them, sawn into aller
pieces and dressed before retailing. He would also
advocate having the saw mill men engaged in export-

| ing to unite, so that a system of grading could be adopt-
ed and joint action on certain matters affecting all.
The lumber
a solid paying basis till this was done.
association a salesman could be sent to
leading foreign markets, who would handle the produce
ofall the mills, thereby turning the profits of the middle
men into the pockets of the producers. Mr. Slaght is
accompanied by his daughter, who comes west on
pleasure trip.

J. Galbraith & Sons new sash and door factory in
this city is ready for the machinery which is daily ex-
pected.

Bush fires have been raging for two weeks in several
parts of this district, but very little merchantable tim-
ber has been touched.

The frame for the Canadian Pacific Lumber Co’s.
mill is well advanced. The Portable mill is still saw-
ing for this and other buildings.

The Burnett Saw Mill Co. and others will send an
exhibit to Toronto Exhibition this fall, which will
certainly attract considerable attention.

Mr. C. M. Beecher of B. C. Mills F. & T. Co. has re-
moved to Vancouver to take charge of. Hastings saw
mill, which. also belongs to this Co. and Mr. John
Hendry returns here from Vancouver, where he was
living while managing the Hastings mill.

The Lanarkshire arrived last week and has dis4
charged her rails for the tramway between here and
Vancouver last night and will come here to dis-
charge the pipes for our Water Works system. The
demand -for ‘shipment of lumber to the northwest
continues.

;

business of Michigan was not reduced to
With such an

each of the

»

‘ H. G. R:
New Westminster, B. C. August 22, 1891.

» FOR SALE—A RARE CHANCE.

VERY desirable mill property in the town of Essex, Ont..

known as the Hanlan Mills, for the manufacture of staves and
lumber. The-daily capacity of 20,000 teet of lumber and 34,000
staves. ‘l‘welve acres of land for mill yard, on which is located 4
charcoal kilns,1 boarding house, two tenant houses, barns
sheds and other outbuildings, with an unlimited supply of pure
well water ; with or without horses, trucks, waggons, etc. Also six
million feet of standing timber, one-half elm ; balanceoak. cotton-
wood, ash, maple and sycamore ; from ane to three miles from the
mill; and other timber in easy reach can be bought. The mills
are on thé line of Richis an Central Railway, with two spurs run-
ning into the mill yard, and within fifteen miles from Detroit.
Terms liberal. Good réasons given for selling. Write or call on
the proprietor, T. H. DECEW, Essex, Ont.

MILL COOoD

Advertisements will be inserted in this depart-
ment at the rate of 15 cents per line zach insertion.

hen four or more consec.tive insertions are
ordered a discount of 25 per cent. will be allowed.
This notice shows the width of the line. and ts set
in Nonpareil type. Advertisements must be_re-
ctived not later than the 27th of each month to
insure insertion in the following issue.

O LUMBERMEN— For Sale—4o0 acres well
timbered land. of which 350 acres never culled,
being lots 23 and 24, concession 10, Sombra,
County Lambton, 4% miles from Sydenham
River, navigable for tugs ; log house and stable.
ri <i WILLIAM SPAVEN, Hagersville,
nt.
ANVED AT ONCE—delivered at Toronto
Junction, from %<,000 to $10,000 worth of
lumber for building and manufacturing purposes
for fully paid up stock ina flourishing manufact-
uring business, well established; a continuous
supply of over 2,000,000 feet required annually,
The Gurd Brandon Woodenware Co., Limited,
Toronto Junction, Ont.
AKTNERSHIP WANTED in Sawmill, Sash
other

SAW AND SHINGLE MILL

OF. SALE—on the Manitoulin, near Little
Current. A bargain. Address. W. L. H.,
CANADA LUMBERMAN.
AKDWUOD lumber, bought, sold or received
on consignment, TUC ER DAVID, lum-
ber commission merchant. 202 Eleventh Ave.,N.Y
RAILS AND CARS FOR SALE.
Light Steel Kails for Tramways; good order.
Cars for lumber. S ar
JOHN J. GARTSHORE,
49 Front St. ap
oronto.

OOD Canadian Timber Limits and Georgian
Bay saw logs. Address, BEN BIRDSALL,
Whitney Building, Detroit, Mich.

ORTGAGE SALE of Desirable Saw-
) mill Property and Timber Limits
in the Township of Limerick, County of Hast-

ings.

Under and by virtue of the power of sale con-
tained in acertain mortgage, which will be
duced at the time of sale, there will be offered for

f°. | freehold.

sale by Public Auction at the premises in the vill- |

age of St.Ola,County of Hastings, on Tuesday

September 8th, 1891, at2o’clockinthe |

afternoon, the followirg sawmill
timber limits in three parcels, namely;

First—All those parcels of land consisting of
ag 6 and 7 on Bde Avenue, in the village of
St. Ola inthe Township of Limerick, County of
a po according to C. F. Aylesworth’s re-
gistered plan of part of St. Ola, and being sub-

division of parts of lots 9 and 10 in the ist Con. of |

Peter Gerlach & Co,

Limerick.

SECOND —AIl the timber on about 800 acres of
land being lots 4,5, 6, 8 and others in the 7th Con”
cession of Limerick aforesaid, consisting of ash»
birch, bass, cedar, maple, hemlock, Sc.

THIkD—1 complete saw rig, 1 circular saw and
belting, 1 large driving belt.

The improvements on parcel 1 consist of frame
sawmill, engine and boiler, and the property is on
Beaver Creek and has a good mill pond for logs
and is about 2 miles from Central Ont. Ry.

Jen per cent. of the purchase money to be paid
down at time of sale and balance in one month
thereafter for parcels 1 and 2 and cash tor
parcel 3.

For further particulars and conditions of sale

appl to Messrs, R. M. Mowat & Co.,Trenton; P.
. Clark, Esq., St. O’a, or to
S.J. YOUNG,
Vendors’ Solicitor,

Aug. Sth, 1891. Trenton, Ont.

roperty and |

PLA NI NG
FOR SALE.

A Planing Mill and Sash and Door
Factory in running order and fully
stocked with best machines. Land
GOOD LOCATION IN
TORONTO. WILL BE SOLD AT A
BARGAIN ON EASY TERMS.

Apply to “Planing Mill”

Canada Lumberman.

. Manufacturers of

BAEABAAEAEEAERERAREA ER ABARERARAR

ALLIGATOR CHISEL-BIT SAWS

VevwvevvvuvvYVY YE VV Vee eee

The Champion Stave, Heading
and Shingle Machines.

*"Iee Tools and Mill Supplies.
CLEVELAND, - OHIO.

BUSINESS CHANGE

A party having the disposal of about 50. -
000.000 feet of good starding White Pine
besides a vast

under Government license.
quantity of standing Hemlock. Spruce, Birch.
&c.. in a most convenient part of the District
of Muskoka, together with a good Mill, nearly
new. containing the very best machinery. ts

_anxious to meet with a purchaser or parties

willing to form a joint stock company. The
whole property will be put in at an extra good
bargain, and employment arranged for practi-
cal men. Full particulars as to Limits, Mill
and prices, map. &c., can be seen at the
office of the ** Canada Lumberman.””

Stree

E. F. Ames & Co.

Lumber Commission, Correspondence so-
licited from Canadian manufacturers.

Room 3, Lumber Exchange, Chicago, Lil,

18 THE:€

ANADA LUMBERMAN. Senin ot

Reparring
Promptly and
Carefully

B. RK. MOWRY & SON

MANUFACTURERS OF

he “BOSS” SHINGLE MACHINE

T

Manufactured by us is acknowledged by practical men to be the best
t

machine in the market.

GRAVENHURST, ONT.

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The Sturtevant Steam Heating and Drying Appartus.

“iy

System of He

+ Gummer +and-+ Sharpener

HAS NO RIVAL
For Variety, Capacity or Quality of Work,

OR FOR
oimplicity,
| Durability
Lheapness.

Will take saws from 6 inches to 6 feet diameter, sets the saw
forward one tooth at a time automatically. Sharpens any saw
(rip or cross-cut) perfectly. Giving the teeth any desired pitch or
bevel, and making all the teeth exactly alike. | Will sharpen 20
teeth in ordinary mill saw in One Minute, or too teeth in shingle
saw in four or five minutes. The cut shows outline of mill saw
54 inch dia. Patent applied for.

MANUFACTURED ONLY BY

KF. J. DRAKE

Belleville. Ontario.

ating » Ventilating

Applicable to all classes of Buildings.

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Steel Plate PLANING MILL Exhausters

SEND FOR CATALOGUE. . -

B. F. STURTEVANT CO., BOSTON, MASS., U.S.

BRANCHES :
91 Liberty St.. New York; 16 S. Canal St., Chicago 135 N. Third St., Philadelphia.

A, R. WILLIAMS, Soho Machine Works, Toronto, General Agent for the Dominion.

September, 1891.

THE CANADA. LUMBERMAN.

Machines,
H. W. PETRIE, 141-145 Front St. W., TORONTO.

Wood-Working Machinery. |

MY WAREKROOMS

Will be thrown open to the Public from September 7th to 19th, when the following lists of

Engines

WILL BE ON YWVIEW,

Miscellaneous Machinery.

-EXNIBITION

and fouwlers

ELEPHONE
2590.

Engines.

© lay new eclipse planer and matcher, Galt |
make. }
HAMPION planer, matcher and moulder,
McGregor,Gourley & Co. builders: nearly new.

N°: 6 planer and matcher, Cowan & Co’s build.

L'TILE g giant planer. matcher

Price, $200.
NEW poney planers and matchers, only $175.

and moulder. |

FOUR 20-inch poney planers; Harper, Cant
Bros., Waterous, and Ross make,

2a poney planer, Frank & Co’s make.

N°; 4 poney planer, McKechnie & Bertram’s
build. |

2 poney planer, Ross’ make, Buffalo.
inch ee frame planer,

24 make.

ae es) :
24 inch wood-frame surface planer. -Cheap

Kennedy & Son’s

2 -inch surface planer, Rogers’ make, Norwich,

4c Conn. |

ar wood-frame planer, Kennedy & Sons’
build

2z inch ose: planer—McKechnie & Bertram.

rzinch diagonal buzz planer, new ; Galt make. |
DANIELS planer, R. Ball & Co’s make,

Bra DING and moulding attachment for planer, |

Koss make, Buffalo.

N°, 0 four-side moulder, McGregor, Gaucley, |
builders.
Sinch four-side moulder, Dundas build.

N°, 1% three-side moulder, McGregor, Gourley
builders.

N°: 2 three-sided moulding machine, Galt
make.

TH REE-SIDE moulder,
necticut.

QONESIDE moulder, Dundas build.
N°: 0 shaper, McGregor, Gourley, builders. |
GHAPERS No. 1 and 2, Galt make.

Rogers’ make, Con- }

NEW power morticer, Galt make, also several
second hand
8 BORING machines—by different makers.

RESAWING machines—I have two band re

Saws, one circular resaw, all Galt make

VGatiogh machine—one each, Goldie & Mc
are b, MeKechnie & Bertram, Ross & Cant,

Bros.’

Two. we handle lathes, with cutters and |
countershafts. |

ONE axe-handle and spoke lathe. |

bet turning lathes, several sizes,
econd hand. i
[MPROV ED power rod féed machine, McGregor |
Gourley, Galt. builders.
S325 papers and knife grinders, several of

[Pkov ED saw
large stock
NE improved iron frame swing saw, new, Buf- |
' falo make. |
N™ inch, also 36-inch, band saws, Galt make.

N** 25-inch band saw, Cant Bros. make, Galt.

new and |

arbors, all sizes, Galt make,

II SCROLL and jig saws, at various prices.
ye. i. universal saw bench, H. B. Smith, build

CC OMBIN ATION saw bench, Haggis, builder, |
Uxbridge
10 WOOD trame saw benches at very low
rices

|
TH EE blind slat tenoners, all Galt make. |
at manufacturer's |

ODGE wood split pulleys
price. Quick deli very.
Foul: and hard mitering machines, latest de
signs
Foe: and hand wiring machine, Galt make, |
ORE set cheese box machines,
|

| Ea yaraulic
build

WO sets match machines. Also set clothes’
pin machinery.

DRY KILN outfits, also several fans by difter-
ent makers.

ULL particulars of any machine in above list
on application.

Two sets cracker or biscuit machines with fine
assortment of dies.

2

| RUGER & CO., builders.

ONE leather rolling machine.
ONE corn husker, Sell’s make.
GEVERA L buhr stone chopping mills.

| ONE ditching machine.

ONE clover huller and thresher.

ONE bobbin winder, Georgetown make.
ONE laundry hand shirt ironer.

ONE power and two hand paint mills.

GEVERAL wrought and cast iron tanks and
kettles
ONE mill for green bones. Capacity % lb.

per minute.

ONE lot canning factory tools, presses, solder
moulds, etc, etc.

| ONE galvanic battery, (McIntosh) Chicago, III.

make,
AND and power meat choppers, also sausage

H stuffers.

PRESS plates for cotton or woollen mill
100 (ise

| ONE soda water fountain.

A GREEN corn cutting machines.

2 and wheels.

PORTABLE forges; genuine Buffalo make.

ONE Eureka smut machine and one purifier.

N°. 2 Caligraph writing machine, also a World
typewriter.

ORE Ronald steam fire engine.

TWO village hand fire engines.

| ONE Silsby steam fire engine.

a wo Diamond mill stone dressers.

EVERAL large iron band wheels, turned
balanced.

ONE 62 gallon Gasoline tank, Buffalo make.
OXE sugar cane mill, Cincinnati build.

NE stump machine screw, also three cloth
press screws complete.

NEW hand corn shellers, only $4 each.

|Ce NTRIFUGAL pumps, all sizes.

OMPLETE steam heating plant for public o1
private building ; a bargain.

ONE clay crusher, Galt make.
ONE shooting gallery tube.
BOIesr tube expanders_and brushes; all sizes.

NE new 60-foot steam pleasure yacht ata bar-
gain.

rams, several sizes, Seneca Falls

a! O set plate bending rolls for boiler shop

use.

| ONE derrick hay press, good order.

NE lot new bolting cloths, Goldie & McCul-
loch make.

| ORE lot wool'en machinery, cards, pickers, etc.

Bucs and tile machines, one of each.

fi ah fire proof safes, both good as new.

‘ 3 |
SETS fulling mill crank shafts with bearings

and |

45

WWWA ANU ADAKRAKAA

Boilers

HORSE power pair of engines, ‘Northy &
builders.

225:

75
50

shore build.

HORSE power horizontal engine, Goldie &
McCulloch builders.

HORSE power horizontal engine, White-
law, builder.

HORSE power horizontal engine, Northy
make.

HORSE power horizontal engine, Northy
& Co., builders,

HORSE power horizontal engine, Ameri-
can make.

HORSE power horizontal engine,
ous Engine Company build.

HORSE power horizontal engine, McRae
build.

HORSE power pair of twin engines, Mon-
treal build,

HORS power horizontal engines, F. G.
Beckett & Co., build.

HORSE power rotary steam engine, Erie
Iron Works make.

HORSE power horizontal engine, Ki ley,

builder.

HORSE power horizontal engine, George

White builder.

HORSE power horizontal engine, Ameri-

can make,

HORSE power horizontal engine, Beckett

make.

HORSE power horizontal engine, Tifft &

Sons, bui.ders.

HORSE power horizontal

Beckett, builder.

HORSE power horizontal engine, Mount

Forest makc.

HORSE power horizontal eng ne in good

order.

HORSE power horizontal engine, Ameri-

can make

HORSE power horizontal engine, Kelley,

maker, Hamilton.

HORSE power horizontal engine, F. G.

Beckett builder.

ie) HORSE power vertical engine, Swamscott
Machine Co., make.

HOR E power vertical engine in good order.

35)
30

Water-

engine, F, G.

TO 8h rse power twin engines, marine;

Ameiican build. ;
TO 8 horse power new double cylinder en-
gine ; marine.

HORSE po ver automatical vertical engine;
Berlin make.

HORSE power new champ on engine, Wat-
erous make.

HORSE power oscillating engine, Beckett
build,

HORSE power upright engine, Cline make,
Alliance, Ohio.

HOSE power horizontal engine, Reid &
Barr, builders

HORSE power horizontal engine; good or-
der.

HORSE power horizontal boat engine, Mea-
kins make.

HORSE power vertical marine engine, good
as new.

HORSE power vertical] yacht engine; new.

2 it HORSE power rotary engine; new,
2

2 HORSE power horizontal engine ; refitted.
HORSE power

1
05 American build.
I HORSE power horizontal engines ; threein
stock.
I HORSE power horizontal engine, Yankee
-4 make
Two rotary engines, Josiah Ross patent and
make; send forcut.
[RON and brass castings for model steam en-
gines.
NGINE governors, all sizes and by different
makers,
FLY LL particulars regarding any of above en-
gines on application, I also havea large
3tock of portable and semi-portable engines and
boilers. ‘

yacht engine, vertical;

HORSE power horizontal engines, Gart-

Bower 16 fee 2t x 48 inch, 50 tubes 3 inch
BOILER 15% feet x 52 inch
Two boilers 15 ft. x 60 in.,
BoOlLER 14 ft. x 54in., 62
BOILER 14 ft. x 48 in., 52 tubes 3 inch
BOILER 14 ft. x 36 in., 28 tubes 3 inch.
BOILER 13% ft. by 36 in., 33 tubes 3 inch,
Boller 12 ft. 9 in. x 36 in., 33 tubes 3 inch
BOER 114 ft. x 3ft. 32 tubes 3 3ncl
BOILER 11% ft. x 3 ft., 30 tubes 3 inch.
BOlleER 11 ft. 6in. x 30 in., 33 tubes 2% inch
BOER 11 ft. x 4S8in., 55
BOrlHeER 11 ft. x 40in., 34 tubes 3 inch

76 tubes 2% inch,

84 tubes 3 inch.

tubes 3 inch

tubes 3 inch

BOILER 10% ft. x 40 in,, 33 tubes 3inch.

PAtk of boilers each 10 ft.4 in. x 26 in. 11

tubes 3 inch in each.

| Rowe 10 ft. x 44in., 50tubes 3 inch,
| Syne 8 ft. 10 in. x 30in., 31 tubes 2inch.
Bos 8 ft. 3 in, x 25 in., 16 tubes 3 inch.
Boz 8ft.x35in ,28 tubes 3 inch.
Bs 7 ft. x 25 in., 18 tubes 2% inch,
Bos 6 ft. x 30 in., 20 tubes 3inch.
Bowes 6 ft. x 22in..9 tubes 3 nch,
Bower 57 in. x 30 in., 7 tubes 23/ inch.
Urestr boiler 7 ft. 4 in, x 36 in., 84 tubes.
Urner boiler 65 in. x 24 in., 21 tubes 3 inch.

PRIG WT boiler

inch.
Uerntcer boiler 42 in. x 30 in, 37 tubes 2 inch.

4ft.10 in. x 39in. 40 tubes, 2

[Uae boiler 33 in. x 12 in., 4 tubes 2 inch.

Urnicesr boiler 30 in. x 13 in., 19 tubes 1% inch.

ORTABL® fire box boiler 1614 535
tubes 3% and 4 inch.
PoRTAELE fire box boiler 12 ft. x 3 ft.,
3inch.
ORTABLE fire box boiler 11 ft, x 45in.,

2% inch.

ft. x 54 in.,
29 tubes

28 tubes

ORTABLE fire box boiler 10% ft. x 25 in., 13
tubes 3 inch.
RTABLE fire box boiler 10 ft, x 3 ft,, 35 tubes
2 inch.
ORTABLE fire box boiler 8% ft. x 30 in., 36

tubes 2 inch.
Fos full particulars and prices of the above
boilers, apply to H. W. Petrie, 141 and 145
Front Street West.

Remember The Address.

H. W. Petrie

TORUNTHO, ONT.

Two Minutes Walk From
Union Station.

20 THE-CANADA LUMBERMAN. ? ~_acSepienneeeye

“Stidmetos, = “WOT. MI trckleston & Co.

Pike Poles, = oie: 7 Kingston, Ont.
: Bob Sleighs. = -f | ~S ,
Lumber 8 -— we Manufacturers of RED VYOP LINE

LUMBERMEN'S * TOOLS.

And Sole Licencees for the Manutacture in the Dominion of
BRAZEL’S PAT. SNOW AND SIDEWALK

PLO” SS.
Hone = Ae aes | Investment Bonds.

W | " i t Pull THE DOMINION SAFE DEPOSIT WAREHOUSING & LOAN CO.,

: LTD.
Ne: Head Office—The Canadian Bank of Commerce Building, King St. W., Toronto,
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CAPITAL, ONE MILLION DOLLARS.

DIRECTORS.
W. D. Matthews, Esq., President. Henry W. Darling, Esq., Vice-Pres.
= John I. Davidson, Esq. S. F. McKinnon, Esq. G. B. Smith, Esq. M.P.P.
H. W. Nelson, Esq. J. P. Clark, Esq. J. H. Star, Esq
M. C. Cameron, Esq. Robert Kilgour, Esq. Alexander Nairn, Esq. ~
| Thomas McCracken, Esq. Robert Davies, Esq. Eugene O’Keefe, Esq.

z Aaron Ross, Esq.

This Company is now issuing $100 $2005300, 5400 and $500 investments in bonds, payable in
five, ten and fifteen years from date of issue, with participation in profits, affording all the advant-
ages of compound interest accumulations on small sums of money. These bonds are the obligat-
ions of this Company and are specially prote cted by a sinking fund, inyested in first-class real es-
taite-mortgages. They are plain definite contracts, subject to no contingencies whatever, are non-
forfeitable after one annual payment, with values definitely stated thereon. For a small outlay
they secure a fixedand generous return. :

To bondholders who complete their contracts the Company guarantee compound interest at the
rate of Four Per Cent. Per Annum. ~ See, 5 & ;

The Company is prepared to receive applications from reliable agen s at all points where it is
not already represented.

The Safe Deposit Vaults of the company cannot be surpassed for absolute security. Cal
and examine or write for circular WM. KERR, Manager

WILLIAM FOSTER Muskoka and Georgian Bay

Lumber & Commission Merchant
Receiver and forwarder of

LUMBER, LATH & SRINGLES

Correspondence Solicited.

Navigation Company.

Muskoka Division.

For all ports upon Lake Muskoka, Rosseau and

OWEN SOUND, 2 = ONT. | Joseph, close connections are made daily at
Muskoka Wharf with mail and express trains of

G,T.R from Toronto and Hamilton as under.

On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7.15
a.m., the Muskoka leaves for Rosseau and inter=
mediate places, and at 1.45 p.m. the “Nipissing ’
ang “Kenozha” leave for all points on the three
akes.

On Tuesdays, Thursday’s and Saturdays the
“‘Muskoka” leaves at 7.15 a.m. for Port Cock-
bu»n and intermediate places, and at 2.45 p.m.
the “Nipissing” and ‘‘Kenozha” leave for all
points on the three lakes,

Georgian Bay Division.

The Str, ‘‘ Manitou ’ leaves Parry Sound daily
at. 7 a.m., calling at Midland on Tussdays and
Fridays and at Penetanguishene on Mondays,
Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Return-
ing she leaves Midland for Parry Sound on ar-
rival of mai. train at 1.42 p.m.on Tuesdays and
Fridays, and Penetanguishene for Parry Sound
on arrival of mail train at 12.45 p m. on Mondays
Wednesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays. :

The ‘‘ Manitou" is the only daily boat to Parry
Sound and the only boat running the famous
South Channel among the islands whexe the best
of fishing is to be had.

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We guarantee 30 to 60 per cent. more
Power with same belt

Le ee ee

All Sizes in Stock Send for Catalogue.

DODGE WOOD SPLIT PULLEY GO.

83 King St. West, Toronto.

ROCHESTER BROS, 4.1. ANDERSON & 00,

Magnetwaan Division.
CONT ACTORS FOR

Commission Agents a The ‘‘Wenonah” leaves Burk’s Falls daily at 7

a.m. for Magnetawan, Ahmic Harbor and inter-

ELECTRICAL AND GENERAL MACHINERY. mediate p rts, returning arrives :t Burk’s Falls

at about 5 p.m.

Limits bought and so!d on commis-

sion. Limits travelled and carefully | _ Complete instalations of team and Hydraulic Good Fishing Safe Boating and

ae atrAtna ia ‘ 5 Evatt. | Power. Electric Light and Power Plants, Wiring Bathing.
ee eee See ous Suse | and Construction io BO BUG! Le om ea Je D. SHIER, Full information from any G.T.P. agent. Send
class berths on the north shore of | ene gene for the celebrated “C. & C. for folders with map and full information as to
Lake Huron and on the Upper Ottawa | ~ i ou Manufacturer of rates. &c. Bae
now in our hands for sale. Com- 75 Adelaide Street East, ARARARAARAAARABBARRARLRARA J.S. Playfair, A.P.Coc urns

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Toronto, Ont., Canada President, Toronto, Gen. Mgr, Gravenhurst

munications confidential. References | Hetimates temished “aad every Gatorcmion Lumber, Lath and Shingles J. A. LInk, “ec.-Treas., Gravenhurst.

given. cheerfu ly given to intending purchasers. : = zs :
= N. B.—Oply first-class morksonlwhichaltull For information respecting the Georgian Bay

36 ROCHESTER ST., OTTAWA, | suarantee will be given. BRACEBRIDGE, ONT. Division ‘apply (0). a ae

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THE. CANADA LUMBERMAN.* zy

_M. DODCE & Co.

MaNXcEAcTORERS of and Wholesale deal-
ers in all kinds of Lumber, Lath and Shing-
les. Tonawanda, N.Y.

COWPER & GRECORY.

ECEIVERS and Forwarders i Lumber,
Lath, Shingles, &c. Unexcelled facilities
for shipping by canal orrail. Tonawanda, N. Y

CHEESMAN DODCE

IMBER and Lumber Merchants.
Boat stock, Railroad Ties, &c.
West Seneca Street, Buffalo.

EMMET FLEMING

NSPECTOR and Commission dealer in Lum-
- ber. Office, 251 Louisiana Street, Buffalo, N.

LUMBER

TRUCK + WHEELS.

ae OOoor

The Montreal
+ Car Wheel Co.

MANUFACTURERS OF

CHARCOAL IRON CHILLED

RAILROAD WHEELS

Offices:
Building, Montreal.

Ship and
Office, 16

LAYCOCK LUMBER CO.

ANUFACTURERS of Pine, Hemlock and
Oak Timber up to 85 feet in ener. Saw
Mills: Ackley, Pa, Black Rock, N. Y., Graven-
hurst, Ont. Office, corner Main and Seneca Sts,
Buffalo, NY.

J. & T. CHARLTON

HOLESALE dealers in Masts and Spars,
Canada Round Pine, &c. Tonawanda, N.

WILLARD W. BROWN.

202 Main Street, Buffalo, handles all kinds
of Hard Woods.

A. P. & W. E. KELLEY CO.

HOLESALE Lumber dealers. Yards at
Tonawanda and Chicago. Correspondence

Sk New York Life Insurance

Cc. P. HAZARD.

HOLESALE dealer in Lumber, Shingles,

Lath and Fence Posts. Correspondence

invited from the Canadian trade. No 92 River
Street, Buffalo, N. Y

Works: Lachine, Quebec.

<1¢¢¢ oOOOOr

L. A. KELSEY LUMBER CO., (Ltd.)

ANUFACTURERS and dealers in Hard-
wood Lumber ofall kinds. Describe stock

Ws make a Specialty of Wheels suitable for
and write for prices. Office Tonawanda, N. Y

the requirements of Lumbermen and
Street Car Service, and can supp]v them Bored,
Finished and Balanced.

BOVEE & HOWDEN

ANUFACTURERS and Wholesale dealers

in Hard and Soft Wood Lumber. Holders

of Canadian stocks are invited to write for quota-
tions. Offices at Tonawanda | and Le Roy, N. Y.

THE TONAWANDA LUMBER CO.

ILLS at East Tawas, Mich; office 106 Main
Street, opposite N. Y.C. an -R.R.R.
Station, North Tonawanda, N. Y.

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED

Je Ue) BMorsaNassey,

Sail, Tent and Awning Maker,

251 Georce ano 154 Kine Streets,
PETERBOROUGH.
Canoe, Yacht and Boat Sails made to order.
Peifect Fits guaranteed.
| Every description of Lumbermen’s Subplies
and Waterproof Clothing.

THE MONARCH BOILER
AND HERCULES ENGINE,

(PATENTED)

Fine £25
~~ wat yoo E
AR acectaes Wo Portable from 6 to 70 noes power. Surpass
Y ro Chin | portable steam power heretofore produced for

| strength, durability, compactness, and the ease

| with which they can be moved.

| The 70 horse power can betaken over therough-

| est roads, or into the forest, and set up as easily

| and quic ly as an ordinary 20 horse power port-

| able engine, and as firm as a brick-set stationary

| engine. Engines and boilers of every size and des-

| cription. Rotary Saw Mills, Shingle and Lath
machines, Law Grinders, Planers, ete. Mill

| machinery and DS of every ’ description.
Every bouer insured against explosion by éhe
Boiler Insurance & Inspection Co. of Canada.

| Write for circulars.

A. ROBB & SONS, | Amherst Foundry and
Amherst, N:S. Machine works.
ESTABLISHED OVER 40 YEARS.

Hereeerr G. Ross. Box 273.

H. G. ROSS &GO.

Real Estate, Fire and Life Insurance,

Shipping and General Commission Agents.

f= Timber Limits and Farming Lands a Specialty.

A.B.C. Code, Cable address, ‘‘ Ross.”’

NEW WESTMINSTER. - .-

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

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Reematp C. BuaKer

B. Cc.

PORTER, ROBERTSON & CO.

WHOLESALE

STOCKS HARDWOODS
STRIPS ie U M 7 kK HEMLOCK
SIDINGS R SHINGLES
BILLSTUFF DEALERS LATH, ETC

Millichamp’s Buildings,

35 * Adelaide * Street *

East,
TORONTO.

YARD: NORTHERN DOCK, FOOT OF BATHURST STREET.

AW

ARETHE ONLY SPLIT GRIP PULLEYS & GUT OFF
COUPLINGS MADE. GIVE EVERY SATISFACTION AS
DRIVERS OR DRIVEN PULLEYS. FULLY GUARANTEED

: ae Hiaperene

N APANEE CEMENT WORKS

— MANUFACTURERS OF —

¢§ dudrauliG Cement |

Po ECUTARTY adapted for Dams, Smoke Stacks, Foundations, Cul-
verts, Cisterns, Cellars, etc.

ENDORSED BY LEADING RAILWAYS AND CONTRACTORS.

Be ee eee te ee Ee

For Building, I Plastering, Gust Purifying,

Paper Makin 19 SME:

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DESERONTO, ONT.

MANUFACTURERS OF

“TERRA*COTTAFIRE-PROOFING:

For Use in Old and New Buildings.

Endorsed by Leading Architects. Absolutely Fire-proof.
Wood or Brick. Weight One-Third that of Brick.
Crack on application of Heat or Water.
Gives Warmth in Winter; Coolness in Summer.

Galt Machine Knife Wor 2
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Mie ONE KNIV Bo

OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR

d Planing, Moulding & Stave Cutting.

SEND FOR PRICE List

Piped ee ih > CALL, ONT.

About as Cheap as
Does not

Deadens Noise.

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HEAVY SAWMILL PORTABLE

September, 1891 4
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Waterous is the name we wish you to remember when requiring Sannill or other Machinery.

MACHINERY. SAWMILLS.

The Industrial,1891.

Proprietors of Sawmills, users of machinery and the
public generally will find much to interest them
in our exhibit this year.

CITY, TOWN AND VILLAGE Bathontics should

appoint a committee to examine carefully the No.

4 Steam Fire Engine built for the enterprizing

town of Sault Ste. Marie, which will be shown in ,
operation. Also, Ariel Truck and Fire Depart-
ment Supplies.

Waterous Engine Works Co., Brantford, Can.

If unable to call on us
write for new Circulars
stating your present requirements.

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STEAM FIRE ENCINES . WOOD WORKINC MACHINERY ~
HOSE TRUCKS, CARTS, &c. CRIP PULLEYS.

Waterous is the name we wish you to remember when requiring Sawmill or other Machinery.

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c. C. CLEVELAND. G. F. CLEVELAND. '

J. L. GOODHUE & CO., gaan CASS & OFFICE a
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MANUFACTURERS OF ,
T.eather Belting THIS SPACE FOR SALE.
AND
Lace Leather. — tS oe cy TN GS
mao Vili SS <I QuLeBECc. | ain 300 ST. JAMES STREET, MONTREAL. |

STORAGE OF LUMBER. GOOBBAY, BENSON & C@&.
QUEBEC, P. O.

We are prepared to receive any quantity of Lumber for storage.
s
General Lumber = Timber Merchants

Freight and money will be adv anced on same. Also, W arehouse
vvvv

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Receipts issued, which can be hypothecated to banks and others.
Storage charges easy. For further particulars apply to

W. LEAK & CO.

Taumber, Coal and Wood,

DUNDAS STREET, - - TORONTO.

JOHN BERTRAM & SONS, GEO.CORMACH

CANAD ~A ¢ TOO: « W ORES

Correspondence is solicited from parties having choice stocks of Hardwood and Pine
to offer, either in the log or in sawn lumber.

Wholesale and Retail Dealer in

S, ONTARIO. p
DUNDAS, THIS SPACE FOR SALE. All hinds of LUMBER

MANUFACTURERS OF
WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY
MACHINE TOOLS, ETC.
Write for Prices au.l Catalogues WHITBY. i ‘ ONTA Rio

Lumber Shipped to all parts by Rail or Vessel.

THOS. WHALEY, W. E. HUTCHINSON,
~ President. Sec.-Treas.

TORONTO 0 The Whaley Lumber Co.

Litfographing Co. B.

OF HUNTSVILLE, ONT. (LIMITED)

Manufacturers of

White Pine Lumber, Bill Stuff, Lath and Shingles
[ITHOGR APHERS So ALSO HARDWOOD LUMBER. :

TOR OPN T@ All orders promptly attended to. First-class facilities for shipping.
eel

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

a — ————— — Bonds.
Peter Gerlach & C0, Beet THE DOMINION SAFE DEPOSIT WAREHOUSING & LOAN 60,

Head Office—The Canadian Bank of Commerce Building, King St. W. mores f

CAPITAL, ONE MILLION DOLLARS.

DIRECTORS.
‘ ff W. D. Matthews, Esq., President. Henry W. Darling, Esq., Vice-Pres.
: ATOR | FE fi John I. Davidson, Esq. S. F. McKinnon, Esq. G. B. Smith, Esq. M.P.P.
a = ii, H. W. Nelson, Esq. J. P. Clark, Esq. J. H. Starr, Esq
ALLIGATOR GHISEL-BIT SAWS Ae IN) M. C. Cameron, Esq. Robert Kilgour, Esq. Alexander Nairn, Esq.
The Champion Stave, Heading and tid WHERE Thomas McCracken, Esq. Robert Davies, Esq. Eugene O’Keefe, Esq.

Aaron Ross, Esq.
This Company is now issuing $100 52005300, 3400 and $500 investments in bonds, payable in
five, ten and fifteen years from date of issue, with participation in profits, affording all the advant-

Shingle Machines.
IceTools and Mill Supplies.

WwW EF,
CLEVELAND, * OHIO. | QHARDMW /ARE § i ages of compound interest accumulations on small sums of money. These bonds are the obligat-
SY SS LSELL LLIT, a ions of this Company and are specially prote cted by a sinking fund, invested in first-class real es-
| a “is ° tate mortgages. Yhey are plain definite contracts, subject to no contingencies whatever, are non-
of Dp; SH I ER forfeitable after one annual payment, with values definitely stated thereon. For a small outlay
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they secure a fixed and generous return.
Manufacturer of de ‘To bondholders who complete their contracts the Company guarantee compound interest at the
SP Be Mi Me Mic Ds Be le i Pe es Mc Pe Pe Ps i Bs Pc PP Be TL.CO, rate of Four Per Cent, Per Annum. -F :
The Company is prepared to receive applications from reliable agents at all points where it is
Lumber, Lath and Shingles not already represented. ;
| lei tae, = aan
BRACEBRIDGE, ONT. The Safe Deposit Vaults of the company cannot be surpassed for absolute security. Call
and examine or write for circular WMI. KERR, Manager

THE RATHBUN COMPANY, ‘The American Lumber Yard

DESERONTO, - - ONTARIO,

7 nee | eae HAMBURG, CERMANY,
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| Offers the best facilities for Yarding and Selling all kinds of

Uoors, Sash, Blinds, Stairs ;
AND ALL pe OF woos HOUSE FINISHING ata | American Wood Goods

Address :
& CO., CARL G ARTNER, Ag rent

sent,

CEDAR OIL FOR PURGING BOILERS. § posensacHER

A CORRESPONDENCE SOLICTED mew BANKERS, Hamburg. Hamburs.

4 THE CANADA LUMEERMAN. October, 1891

TAPER TOOTH. E. 8. Burns

LANCE TOOTH.

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TELEPHONE 5120.

WICKES BROS, sezinaw,

MANUFACTURERS OF

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Long Saws Works at Parkdale.

| SCRIBNER’S. TORONTO AGENCY OF

W accr The Rathbun Co.

2 ARE OPEN TO PURCHASE
BOOK OAK ASH, BIRCH;

( iN S \| Be : = Over One Million Sold. ees -
| I ik *.
~ i ae ee Es | OST complete book of its kind ever publish- ‘
4 5 a cs anos ue ed. Gives measurement of all kinds of AND :
4 ON Zeer Lumber, Logs, Planks, Scantling; cubical con-
SS NS ae AS ¢ tents of square and round Timber: hints to lum- GOO D P I N E LUM BER

ber dealers; wood measure; speed of circular
| Saws; care of saws; cord-wood tabies; felling ’

| trees; growth ‘of trees; land measure; wages, CEDAR AND PINE

rent, board, interest, stave and heading bolts,

We

ENGINES

ete. Standard book throughout the United
States and Canada, Get the new illustrated SHINGLES
3 edition of 1882. Ask your book-seller for it. :
AND send post-paid for 35 cents. Manufacturers having such for sale are invited

to communicate with

GEO. W. FISHER
Box 238, mocnesten INNS T. W. WALKER, Agent

or A. G. MORTIMER, ld iin
Toronto, Ontario. | Office, Cor. Spadina Ave. & Front St.

ROCHESTER BROS, A. 1. ANDERSON & 00,

BOILERS,

Whe accompanying
cut ASP RSG ts our
new No. Comp: ete
Iron Frame Gang
Mil especially de-
signed to meet the
demand for a smaller

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type of a The CONTRACTORS FOR
strongest and pos Commission Agents.

a ELECTRIGAL AND GENERAL MACHINERY.
Limits bought and sold on commis-
sion. Limits travelled and carefully Complete instalations of team and Hydraulic

eed and thin saws.
Write for further

particulars,

Southern Agents,

- * Be Gee a 12 Electric Light and Power Plants, Wirin
EE E prepared estimates given. Some first- and ‘Cohstrudiont for Are and Incandescent
SI I class berths on the north shore of | Lighting. Agents for the celebrated “C. & ©.”
so & 52 Barronne St Ep Electric Motors.
Bae ook Lake Huron and on the Upper Ottawa

Orleans» now in our hands for sale. Com- 75 Adelaide Street East,

La, : : . d Toronto, Ont., Canada.
munications confidential. References Hatimates funished amdl egermieeleeemnesn
given. peony, ly given to intending purchasers.

N. B.—Only first-class work on which a full

36 ROCHESTER Sy OTTAWA. guarantee will be given.

The Casselman Lumber Co,

CASSELMAN, ONT. ca Successors to FLATT & BRADLEY.

ESPECIAL GOOD FACILITIES FOR SHIPPING. '
HEMLOCK BILL STUFF OF EXCELLENT QUALITY,

ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF

PINE, SPRUCH, ASH, MAPLE AND OTHER HARDWOODS,

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

J; W. MAITLAND ke G. AINSLIE >
. RIXON W. STODART

de Maitland, Rixon & Go.,

Owen Sound, Ont.

ADVERTISING Saw Millers Lumber Dealers —
ry A All kinds of Building Material kept in stock. ae

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF 4,
PAYS. LONG BILL STUFF IN ROCK ELM, PINE, CEDAR AND HEMLOCK

WRITE FOR RATES. QUOTATIONS FURNISHED ON APPLICATION.

THE CANADA ean \.

VoLume XII. 2

TORONTO, ONT., OCTOBER, 1891. , 1 Simone Cortes. 10 Cents

NUMBER IO 3
LARGE TIMBER DESTRUCTION.
A MELANCHOLY sight in British Columbia and
Washington is the enormous areas of forests
through which fires have swept, leaving only blackened
trunks. The forests of the Pacific slope are going a
good deal like the bison of the plains. The people of
this continent do not realize how many hundreds of
thousands of dollars’ worth of fine timber in that region
is being annually destroyed. Through the Rocky
Mountains along the Canadian Pacific Railroad one
may travel for many miles and see hardly a bit of live
timber, though the blackened trunks standing quite
thickly together show that a few years ago the moun-
tain sides were covered with spruces andhemlocks. A
good deal of this devastation is wrought by hunters and
locomotives, and the fires are accidental. In some
parts of British Columbia, however, and in Washington
the farmers are destroying a great deal of timber to
clear land for agricultural purposes.

In the last days of July the atmosphere was beauti-
fully clear, and for many miles the grand pyramids of
Mount Baker and Mount Ranier could be seen, rearing
their splendid cones high above all their surroundings,
and showing their great sides covered with the snow
that never seems to melt. Three days later a gentle-
man was within ten miles of Mount Baker, and he could
not distinguish the grand mountain for the air was op-
pressively heavy with smoke. It did not take Jong to
find out who started these fires. Here and there in the
timber through which the train sped across Washing-
ton were little clearings, and farmers and their men
could be seen felling trees and setting fire to the
branches. It is the only way they have of removing
timber, so that they may plough the land. They have
no means of getting the wood to market, and the only
thing they can do is to reduce the enormous growth to
askes and then pull out the stump, and thus add a little
to their tillable area. They are fortunate men if they
are able to clear more than an acre or two a year, for
the work is enormous; but when an acre is finally
freed of its heavy burden of timber it is found to be
magnificent farming land. ;

But it seems a terrible waste to see these mighty
forests reduced to nothing but smoke and ashes. Now
and then one sees a more cheerful picture in these woods.
At a side track he will find a large number of flat cars,
loaded with big logs all ready to be taken to a sawmill.
This is a lumber camp, and through the timber may be
seen the little pine or canvas huts of the lumbermen,
who are felling the trees and trimming the logs ready
for shipment. Then again the traveller sées a sawmill,
where lumber is being turned out in great quantities ;
but probably fifteen times as much timber is destroyed
without profit to a living soul as is now being utilized
in the forests of British Columbia and Washington. It
is a terrible waste, but there is no present prospect that
it will be stopped.

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SPONTANEOUS FIRES.

HE number of fires due to what is commonly called
spontaneous combustion is probably much greater

than is generally supposed. An innumerable number
of substances are liable to undergo the process, and as
a good deal of ignorance appears to exist in regard to
the connections which are necessary for its develop-
ment, it seems worth while to offer a few hints on the
subject. Many organic, and some inorganic, substances,
when exposed to the air in a moist state, absorb oxygen
_ and so develop heat. The rusting of iron, the decay of
- Jeaves, and the putrefaction of nitrogenous matters are
Scere of this kind ae action, 33 ordinary, cases the

Pease being aay Risen has but little inten-
sity, Or is even quite insensible to ordinary tests.

Heat is, however, always produced, and when, as in
a hot-bed the mass is considerable, the tendency be-
comes notable. When large masses are concerned
with sufficient supply of air, but without the possibility
of free ventilation, the heat sometimes becomes so
intense as to produce actual combustion. In a few
well known cases this takes place in contact with water.
Thus; cotton closely packed in a moist place, on board
ship or in warehouses, has been known to become
ignited, and serious fires have arisen from this cause.
Hay stacked when moist always becomes greatly heat-
ed, and not unfrequently gets thoroughly charred, or
even bursts into flames, and the same phenomenon has
been observed in barns and granaries. Many fires in
country places are, no doubt, due to this cause, and
probably some that are ascribed to arson.

Coal, which contains much pyrites, absorbs oxygen
and becomes heated rapidly when moist, and although
proof is commonly impossible, it is generally believed
that fires, particularly at sea, have often originated in
this way. But the greatest danger arises when cotton,
hemp, jute, flax, or even saw-dust or charcoal, saturated
with oil or turpentine, is stored inmasses. Under such
conditions, the supplv of air being limited, spontaneous
combustion is sometimes matters of certainty. We do
not wish to exaggerate the danger of spontaneous com-
bustion. Most fires are, probably, due to gross care-
lessness, particularly in the matter of lucifer matches,
which are often used with amazing recklessness, or to
the too close proximity of wood-work to-stoves and open
fires. But it seems certain that risk of the kind we have
indicated is constantly incurred in ignorance, and we
hold it to be a public duty to point out to all, but par-
ticularly to warehousemen and ship-owners, the char-
acter and causes of the danger which besets them.

ORDER AND SYSTEM.
HE common theory is that if one man who has 4
mill of a certain capacity and furnished with a set
of the latest and most improved machinery, and is able
to run it successfully and profitably, there is no good
reason why another having equally as good a plant and
possessing the same advantages for business, should
not be equally successful. Now, theoretically, this may
be the case; but practically it is not always so. That
there is a cause for this no one will deny, but to arrive
at just that cause is not always so easy a matter, as
there are so many small matters to be taken into con-
sideration that combine to.bring about this effect, but
all may be summed up under the head of order and
system.

In the successful mill there will always be found a
certain system which is strictly carried out in every
department from the time the lumber is received in the
rough state until the finished product is ready to be
delivered. Everything isso arranged that there is no
unnecessary handling, each man has a certain part of
the work to perform and he is expected to perform that
work in 2 proper and judicious manner. Every part of
the outfit is kept in the best working order so that each
machine is capable at all times of Taupe out the great-
est possible amount of good work in a given time.

In such mills breakdowns and expensive repairs are
seldom met with and the saving in repairs by close
attention at the proper time is one important item
that goes far to help increase the profits at the end of
the year, It is not so much in the actual cost of the
repairs as it is in the loss of the work that the machine
would perform while those repairs are being made.

Cutting up the lumber preparatory to being worked

is another important item in the management. The
careful and experienced man at the saw will scan evers
board and cut it upin sucha manner as to get the
greatest amount of clear stuff, worth from two to three

dollars per thousand more than it would be were it cut
up haphazard, as is the case in many mills. A wide
board, for instance, may be knotty on one side while
the other may be clear and there is no economy in cut-
ting up such stuff into second class flooring when by a
little management a strip six inches wide that is perfect-
ly clear may be had and go into a lot of first class stuff.
Again, the careful sawyer will so adjust his machine
that each strip for matching will be just the proper
width and no more. It is no uncommon thing in
measuring such strips as they come from the edging
saw to find them anywhere from one-eighth to one-
fourth of an inch wider than necessary in order to match
full, and while one-eighth or even one-quarter of an
inch may seem to be a small matter to talk about, yet
if only one-eighth is wasted ona strip six inches wide it
means one hundred eighths in a hundred strips which
amounts to little more than two whole strips six inches -
wide and when the number of such strips that go to

make upa day’s matching with a modern fast feed

planer is taken into consideration, the loss is no small

item. While it may not be practical to rip up stuf so’
close that there will be no waste, yet much of the waste

in cutting upsuch strips for matching might be avoided

by having one experienced and careful man at the saw

for this purpose.

The same rule that applies to the saw is equally
applicable to every other machine in the mill. It is
true that in some of the smaller mills it may not be
possible to give each man a machine and keep him
constantly employed upon it ; but in mills of larger
capacity where all the machinery is kept constantly in
motion, it is not only practical, but necessary, in order
to obtain the best results. The factis, that when a man
is kept constantly upon one machine and doing a cer-
of work day after day he soon becomes
familiar, not only with that class of work, but also
becomes acquainted with all the peculiarities of the
machine, and the necessary changes and adjustments
will be made in less time than by one who is not, and
the result is that he will get more and better work out
of it in a given time.

It isa fact that almost every kind of mechanical
work is fast running to specialties, and there is no
reason why planing mills should not adopt the same
system as far as possible. Experience among the
different manufacturers has demonstrated the fact that
there is less profit in working men upon the all around
principle than there is in giving each man a particular
machine anda certain part of the work and keeping
him constantly employed on the specialty. Planing
mills and other wood-working establishments which
have adopted this plan and work upon a correct system
with each man to his particular machine and class of
work, are more successful than those who have no
regular system but work their men upon the all around
principle, one day upon the saw the next upon the
planer, and so on. Order and system is one of the Jaws
of God and without it no business can be successfully
conducted.

tain class

A POPULAR ROUTE.

The Manitoba-Pacific route of the Great Northern
has opened up a new and picturesque route to Spokane,
Washington. The route from St. Paul and Minneapolis
runs via Neche, N.D., Winnipeg, Man., to Revelstoke,
B.C.. thence by steamer on the Columbia River to
Little Dalles and then rail to Spolsane.

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THE CANADA LUMEERMAN.

October, 189k

AUTOMATON MEN.
, / HAT manager, superintendent or proprietor of a
wood-working establishment who has not had
in his employ, for a time at least, men who were mere
who appeared to have no more
the difference between
ng a certain kind of work the right way, or the wrong
way, or if thev knew did not care, than the machine
vhich they attended? They performed their work in
a mechanical manner. They would handle a board or
plank and feed it through the planer or matcher, be-
cause they were told to do so by the “boss.” They
would hold such board or plank up to the guide of the
rip saw, or shove it up to the cut-off saw, with about as
much interest in their work, or evidence of a true pur-
pose to secure the best results from their work, as the
machines which worked up the lumber. A new idea or
suggestion from anyone as to how a piece should be
examined, studied and manipulated so that it might
otherwise yield a larger profit to the proprietor would
stagger such a man like a stroke of paralysis. His
only ideas of the duties of his daily life were that they
were of a mechanical nature. He worked, ate and
slept if he were a human machine. Originality,
study, thought were entirely foreign to his nature.

If in a planing-mill where he attended a planer, the
lumber to be surfaced only on one side, he never turned
over the piece of lumber to examine it and to ascertain
the best side to surface. Instead, he would pick it up
and allow it to go through the machine, the same side
up as that which he found it.
a piece was to be surfaced and matched, or made into
flooring or ceiling. He could not comprehend that
there was a difference in the quality of the two sides of
the piece of lumber, and quite as likely as not surfaced
the poorest side. His dominant idea was that he was
there in the same capacity as if he were feeding a sau-
sage machine or emptying the grist into the hopper of

automatons—men

ligence so far as to discern

as

a corn mill.

Every day that he worked he damaged lumber to the
extens 0: more than two weeks of his wages: In a lot
of lumber which you had bought as culls, some of it so
graded on account of bad sawing, and being thick or
thin in the middle or ends of the boards, what had been
intended by the sawyer to be an inch board, by the saw
“snaking” had become as one and a-half or two inches
thick piece of lumber in places. While it was thus not
an attractive looking piece, the quality, had it been
sawed properly, would have placed it in one of the
higher grades. The automaton has the planer set to
surface seven-eighth inch thick, regardless of the thick-
ness of the lumber. He places this thick and thin piece
of lumber on the bed-plate of the planer, gawks around
the mill, or outside, or watches a railway train pass by
the mill, or gives more attention to somebody else’s
business than to his own. Meanwhile the planer draws
in the piece of lumber until it gets to the thick part
where the knives have to cut way an inch of solid wood
without slacking the feed. The planer, which is not a
heavy one, struggles and groans under the imposition
of the task. Something must give way. Snap goes a
belt, or it flies off the pulley, if nothing more serious
occurs. Then follows delay in fixing or repairing and
valuable time is lost, all through the stupidity of the
automaton booby, who made pretense of attending the
machine. In this instance the machine seems to have
shown more intelligence than the man, for it would not
submit to unfair treatment beyond a certain limit.

How much better for the interests of the proprietor
of an establishment for the work required, is such a
man than an ingeniously-contrived machine which
would answer the same purpose? Some may say that
this is overdrawn, but there are hundreds of just such
men to-day who are at work in planing mills all over
the country.

It is pleasing to know that we have another type of
men entirely opposite to that of the automaton. It is
the inquiring, investigating, studious, watchful man,
who is always trying to do his work well, but better
He is always alert, vigilant. Noth-
ing in his line of business escapes his notice. He is
said to possess knowledge of an intuitive nature. We
shall not discuss the metaphysical view of that question,
more than to say that we have good grounds for beliey-

from time to time.

It would be the same if |

Is : 5 : ;

| ing that much of his discernment and clearness in his
judgment resulted from his study in his special line of
work.

THE DISADVANTAGES OF INSUFFICIENT BELT
SURFACE.

FRIEND of the writer was talking with a belt

manufacturer the other day, and in the course of |

conversation the belt man said, “I wish you would try
some of this new belting of mine in some of your hard
places where the belts must stand the hardest kind of
strain and wear.” ‘‘ Well, I would if I had any such
places ; but I don’t, and what is more I won't have, as
long as I am a sane man.”

On being asked to explain he spoke as follows: “I
run belts wide enough so that there need be no undue
strain on any of them, and I haven’t got a double belt
in my place.” There was only one thing for the belt
manufacturer to say, and he said it. “Tf everyone
would plan shafting and machinery in the same manner,
there would be no trouble from belting,” and he struck
the key-note of successful belt running. What my
friend meant by saying he had no hard places in his
establishment, was that he always used belts wide
enough to do the work without straining them like
fiddle-strings, as we often see.

To a certain extent this is impossible, as the makers
of machinery have not yet reached that point in their
education which teaches them to give the proper amount
of belt surface, for the work in hand, without straining
the belt until it is ashamed of itself. Lathes and other
' machinery as well will be found with a three-inch belt
where a four-inch is required to do the work nicely with-
out undue strain. When full capacity is expected of
any machine the belt suffers, as it must be laced up an-
other notch or two, without improving the belt in the

least.

The harm does not stop here, but it continues until
the machinery suffers as well, and many cut boxes and
bearings worn out of true, can testify. This strain
not evenly distributed, -and the lathes have got out of
line as a result of this barbarous treatment.

We see belts listed as having such a carrying capa-
city, and invariably we find that the double belt is rated
as having double the carrying capacity, yet it is to be
doubted when we think of it thoroughly. What
creases the power of the double belt over the single?
There is no increase of surface, and is not surface the
main factor in the question of the power of a belt ?

The only increase of power due to the double bel. is
in the ability to stand a greater strain on the bearings,
shafting and all other interested parts. It is an un-
doubted fact that a double belt will stand a much
greater strain than a single, but it is hardly good prac-
tice to strain bearings in order to save the room occu-
pied by the additional width, that a single belt would
necessitate, and the cost of the wider pulleys.

It is just as cheap to buy a 10-inch single belt as a
five-inch double, and the machinery fares a great deal
better ; the cst of the wider pulley is hardly to be con-
sidered at all, as the saving in cost of maintenance of
shafting and the attendant parts. The rating of double
belts as twice the carrying or transmitting capacity of
single belts seems absurd when it is considered in de-
tail. With nothing to increase the capacity except the
ability to stand greater tension, this claim-should be
droppped as soon as possible as a relic of the past.
Whether the theory,of air pressure on the outside of the
belt be abandoned or not (and in the face of the success
of the wire link belt it looks a little doubtful if it can be
maintained) the question of slack belts is the same.
For if the frictional theory be the accepted one, the in-
crease of Surface on the pulley will certainly add to the
driving power.

The advent of the perforated belt was by many deem-
ed as proof conclusive, that the ‘‘air” theory was doom-
ed to retirement, but to the writer it has appeared as an
additional argument in its favor. For assuming the
theory just mentioned the presence of air under the belt
would prevent the atmospheric pressure from acting to
its full extent, the imprisoned air being a sort of back

is

in-

transmission or power.

pressure which lessens the efficiency of any means of

| There are few appliances that are so abused as the | you have made a first-rate business invest

one under consideration, namely, the old and tried
friend of all shops, the belt. We find it stretched out
of all resemblance to its former self, laced in a slip-shod
manner and half the lace holes torn out, making a fine
place for the belt to catch against the fingers of the
shifter and finally tear out and come down on some-
body’s head. When we go into a shop of this kind and |
see the belts as just described, we are pretty sure to =A.
find a shop where the time of attending to the shafting, |

hot bearings and the attendant ills, would make a big

item in the shop accounts, if it was counted in the list

of running expenses. But this kind of a shop never —
keeps much account anyhow, and guesses at the charges

to be made for work, with the result of either losing |
money or driving custom elsewhere. x

Tt is not idle capital to have belts running slack and
doing less work than they possibly might be made to do,
for it is much better to have the capital invested in this
way than to have delays, cut boxes and the annoyance
that follows in the wake of all unsatisfactory machinery ae
and parts, in the whole establishment. It is a pleasure ~ be
to see a nicely running belt, to go ina nice engine
room and see the great driving belt that is running the —
whole of a great plant and doing it without apparent
effort, the belt being so loose as to almost touch the
lower part where the sag of the upper half comes. This
is a sure sign that the journals are running cool and
everything is going along as nicely as possible. That
is perhaps a rash statement, for there are exceptions —
and a cool journal may not follow, as there may be
some cause that is foreign to the belt question ; the
bearings may not be large enough for the work and
heat from that reason even without any belt on the
engine.

In one case to the writers knowledge a new engine
was installed, and run hot from the first; all kinds of
lubricants were tried without making any improvement
in the bearings being cool, and finally the makers had ‘
to increase the size of the journals to secure the desired
end. This is a case where the belt has no bearing on
the subject whatever and is an exception to the above

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statement. i yeni e} d
Designers of machinery are too apt to slight the © 4
bearings, or else are not versed in the practical side of — %

the question, for we often find machinery with bearings
so small that it is impossible to keep them from heat-
ing and cutting. These cases must not be attributed ~
to the belting, though the practice of tight belts, strain-
ed to their utmost, is responsible for additional trouble. © ~
In this as in nearly all other branches of the shop or ‘er
factory management, it is well to beware of the “tinker,”
for he is on hand here as elsewhere and is just as des-
tructive. The care of the belting should be ia respon-
sible hands, and the increased efficiency and lack of
trouble will more than repay the expense. ¥

SENSIBLE TALK.

UMBERMEN, read your lumber trade newspaper
very closely. In the hurry and midst of business ~
do not throw it aside, to be forgotten and perhaps
finally used for waste paper. After the day’s work, when
the evening lamp is lighted in the study and the good
wife supervising the clearing away of the supper table, ~
draw your easy chair near the lamp-—light the evening
pipe—put on your spectacles and go through your

lumber trade paper from the title page to the Jast 3
column of the advertising pages. You may, if you : by:
choose, give but a cursory glance to the editorials, but ee.

subject the correspondence and price-lists to your closet
scrutiny. The notes of new enterprises, and new in-
corporations may offer many timely and valuable sug-
gestions, and the review of the market is always
worthy of consideration and reflection. Above
all don’t slight the column or advertised “ wants.”
These are always newsy, and indicate the drift of cur-
rent trade. Advertisements of labor-saving machines
generally suggest ideas of practical economy. In the
resting intervals, between suns, isthe time to con the

columns of the trade paper—to digest the information

it contains, and then to sleep on it.

Pay a reasonable price for an economical boiler, and — mit
nent.: i ' J

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THE DANGER OF CIRCULAR SAWS.
“A DELIVERANCE BY THE INSPECTOR OF FACTORIES
HE Inspector of factories for Ontario in his report
« 1 recently published deals at some length with the
idanger attending the use of circular saws. One-sixth
-of the accidents which occur are due, he says, to these
‘dangerous tools. The subject is necessarily one of
‘practical importance to bimbeemen: and saw mill men.
-The report says :—
- “Saws in general are known as_ upright, bend and
circular. To these latter I more particularly ‘refer.
They have)various names according to the work they
oo “de are required to perform, or on the manner they are set
up and operating in their frames, such as shingle,
"veneer or section, butting, edging, resaw, stave, equal-
izing, swing, railroad, angie, concave, cylindrical, grooy-
- 4ng and others These saws are supposed to be made
of the best crucible or finest silver steel, and to be care-
fully and uniformly tempered throughout, requiring
. «great skill and w atch‘ulness on the part of the temperer.
) = +Greaticare 4s also required in hammering out these
“saws, as often the process forces the strain to one part,
causing a slight bulge which may crack when some
a unusual strain is put upon the saw. The crack relieves
- the strain caused by the bulge, and on boring a small
hole at the terminus of the fracture it will gono farther,
and the saw, I have been informed by the maker of
them, is safer than before the fracture.
“ Shingle saws vary in diameter from 30 to36 inches:
are rather thin for their work, one would judge from
their appearance, being about one-eighth of an inch in
thickness, supported at the back by an iron flange to
which the saw is made fast by proper screws. This
flange will extend to within six or eight inches. of the
saw’s circumference. These saws occasionally break

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go minutes later. Veneer saws are necessarily thin in
order not to waste the valuable wood being cut into
veneer. They are made in sections, fastened as a cir-
- cumference to a s<eel blade or disc. Butting saws are
jn use in various works to square off the ends of lumber
- jn saw mills and for cutting off butts of smaller sticks in
i aw other industries. Most of these saws I look upon as
K ie being yery dangerous as the saw overhangs the frame
dé so that persons may acciientally walk or stumble

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2 “ Edging saws are chiefly used in mills for cutting off
- the bark edge from the boards. I do not know that
- there i is any special danger from these, except it be that
in many saw mills the saw for cutting the logs and the
butting and edging saws with their tables or frames are
rx rather crowded together, so that the workers are some-
“times j tled by the lumber being handled, and there-
ite _ by theBs 1 against the saw. In aresaw machine | do
-e ay ‘not consider there is any special danger. They are
ae omy common i in planing mills and in other wood-working
industries, and no accidents have yet been reported to
a! from this machine. The stave or cylindrical saw
is a tube of steel] about two feet in diameter, about 36
es in length, with the teeth on the outer end, and is
a ae: for cutting heavy staves such as are used for oil
> ‘liquor barrels. The cylinder is set up in a frame and
1s used horizontally, near the floor. The special danger
ai ‘this saw is the liability of a person to run against it.
cS would be difficult to prevent this by a guard, as the

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sich it is set and projects a few inches in front of it.
They are used for cutting off the staves or stave bolts
an equal length. In stave works they are set the
Jength of the stave—32 inches apart; they are also
used in factories’making wagon or carriage wheels for
equalizing the spokes. In some of these equalizing
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of pieces of wood cut off. But this does not prevent
risk of injury from the lower part of the saws, which in
this arrangement of feed table, it seems hard to guard
against. On the other hand those equalizing saw
machines,soarranged so to feed from the table swinging
from above, cannot be guarded in the same way as the
other, as the box covering the saws would be in the
way of the feed table swinging through between the
saws. So while the front and lower part of the saws in
‘this arrangement can be guarded, I do not feel satisfied
that the top of the saws can be. At best those saws are
-dangerous—more than ordinarily so.

“ Swing saws are those attached to the frame, which
is usually swung from the above floor. There is more
than ordinary danger from these. The operator has to
pull the saw up :o its work, overcoming the resistance
ot a counterbalance weight, which is attached to the
swing frame, generally by a rope, but occasionally by a
chain.
revolving saw to come forward with sufficient force to
reach the operator, often causing serious injury. As a
check to this there ought to be a frame built down from
the floor above in such a position that its cross-piece
will arrest the forward motion of the swinging frame at
a point which would prevent the operator from being
touched with the saw. There is difficulty
guard over the saw itself of this machine, and many
have them. As to rip saws, several practical men have
informed me that all of this kind could have a wedge
set on the table behind the saw to keep open the cut,
so as not to bind the saw, which causes the saw to be
thrown forward and frequently injuring the sawyer. This
year in Ottawa one young man was reported to me as
meeting his death from this cause ; also other injuries
more or less serious were reported. The railroad saw
is for a similar purpose to the swing saw, but usually
for lighter work. It is of quite different construction,
the saw being set in a sliding frame within the table,
and by pressure of the foot on. a lever is moved up to
its work. I can see no special danger in this machine
more than appertains to all saws ; in fact I think that
there is less than any other I have noticed without
guards The angle saw I consider very dangerous to
the attendant, nor do I know of any way by which it
can be made less so. The device consists of two saws
set at right angles to each other, with their teeth just
escaping contact. The saws operate on the top of the
log to be cut, One cutting down and one cutting in,
sawing out a square stick. They are used chiefly in
chair, and handle work. Here about as many of the
uses to which the saws are put all depends on the
watchfulness of the attendant. Concave saws are used
for various purposes, but there is no special danger
from them, more than from a flat saw rigged up in the
same way.

“Another dangerous use of the saw is the machine
for making axe handles. In this machine the saw, a
thick one about 12 inches in diameter, projects in front
of the trame, about one half its diameter, and there 1s
nothing to prevent the attendant or other person from
coming in contact with it and receiving most serious
injuries. This can be guarded, and I have asked to
have it done wherever | have seen this machine in use.

The recommendation is made that wood-working
fences be kept free from bits of stick and other refuse
that may trip or cause a person to fall towards the saw.
This in some instances is done ; one case is cited where
the Inspector had to walk altogether ®n sticks and re-
fuse from the saw, and where the floor, it is behind,
was two feet below the rubbish.

Sometimes the chain gives way and allows the

in putting a

TREES THAT STING.

HOUGH the tropical shrubs of Queensland are
very luxuriant and beautiful, they are not without
their dangerous diawbacks, for there is one plant grow-
ing among them that is really deadly in its effects—
that is to say, deadly in the same way that one would
apply that term to fire, for if a certain proportion of
one’s body be burned by the stinging tree death will be
the result. ,
They are found of. all sizes, fect three inches up to
fifteen and twent feet. Inthe old ones the stem is
phertes aeelly, grow in Ales at

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the top. It emits a peculiar and disagreeable smell,
but it is best known by the leaf, which is nearly round,

with a point at the top, and jagged all around the

edges like a nettle. All the leaves are large, even on

small plants—sometimes larger than a saucer.

The effects of the sting are curious, it leaves no
mark, but the pain is said to be maddening, and for
months after a jab from one of its numerous “ Jers”
the part stung remains very tender; especially is this
true in rainy weather, and when the parts stung have

been accidentally dampened, even ee slightly

Hunters who have found themselves surro ‘tied
small forests of “ stinging trees” in the dusk of ever
have been known to lie down and pass the night
comfortably as possible, fearing to make an effort
extricate themselves in the uncertain light,
they might get deeper into the besetting trouble.

“T have seen,” said Shuman, “a man who
treat ordinary pain lightly roll on the ground in
for hours after being stung, and have known a horse so
completely mad, after getting into the thicket of these
trees, that he rushed open-mouthed at everyone that
approached him, and had to be shot to relieve his
agony.”

Dogs, when stung, will rush about, whining piteously,
biting pieces of flesh from the affected parts

The small “stinging trees,” only a few inches high
are even more dangerous than the large ones, being <

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dim, lest
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so
small they are likely to brush one’s ankles before they
are seen.

One safeguard for the experienced hunter is the fact
that they always grow in palm thickets, and no place
else. The presence of palin trees is,
cient to put the old sertler on his guard.

SOME STATISTICS OF STEAM.

CCORDING to a recent estimate, four-fifths of the

working in the world have been
constructed during the last twenty-five years. France
ownes 47,500 stationary engines, 7,000 locomotives and
1,850 steamboat engines. Germany has 10.000 loco-
motives of all kinds, 59,000 stationary engines and boil-
ers and 1,700 ship and steamboat engines. Austria has
12,000 stationary engines and 2,800 locomotives. The
force equivalent to the working power steam engines
represent is: In the United States 7,500,000 horse-
power ; in England, 7,000,000 horse-power ; in France
3,000,000 horse-power; in Austria 1,500,000 horse-
power. and in Germany 4,500,000 horse-power. In

engines now

these figures the motive power of locomotive engines is
not included. Their number in all the world at the be-
ginning of 1890 was 150,000, representing a total of
between 5,000,000 and 7,000,000 horse-power, about
6,000,000 horse-power, which, added to the other powers
enumerated above, gives a total of 49,000,000 horse-
power for the world. A steam “horse-power” is equal
to three actual horses’ power, and a liying horse’s
strength is equal to that of seven men.
steam engines of the world represent, approximately,
the working-power of 1,000,000,000 men, or more than
double the working population of the world, the total
population of which 1s usually estimated at 1,455,923,-
ooo inhabitants. Steam has accordingly enabled men

to treble his working power, making it possible for him |

to economize his physical strength while attending to
his intellectual development.

WHAT CUTTING A MAHOGANY TREE MEANS.

It is a full day’s task for two men to fell a mahogany
tree. On account of the spurs which project from the
base of the trunk a scaffold has to be erected and the
tree cut off above the spurs, leaving thus a stump of the
very best wood from ten to fifteen feet high.

THE TREE THAT FURNISHES REAL LACE.

A remarkable tree is found in Jamaica, the inner bark
of which is composed of many layers of fibers that
interlace it in all directions. Caps, ruffles, and even
complete suits of lace are made from it. It
ing from common soap, and when bleached in the

bears wash-

acquires a degree’ of whiteness equal to the best arti-
ficial lace, with which this surprising natural product

compares quite favorably as to beauty.

therefore, suffi- -

Therefore, the

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THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

October, 1891

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“STRIKE BUT HEAR.”

PROBABLY twelve years ago, we quote from memory,
an important editorial from the pen of Dr. J. G. Hol-
land, then editor, entitled “Strike but Hear,” appeared
in the pages of the Century magazine. It was written
at the time of a great strike among the employees of a
leading American railroad, and was characterized by
that remarkable common sense that made the ‘“‘Topics
of the Time” of this journal so famous with all Eng-
lish reading people.

It was strike, but hear with the strike of that par-
ticular time. It has been strike, but hear with every
strike before and since then, and it will be strike but
hear with every strike until strikes shall be no more.

We remarked in these columns when commenting on
the strike of the of New Brunswick a
few months ago, that strikes were seemingly the one
barbarism of the nineteenth century. We were able
to settle almost every other difficulty, national, inter-
national or individual by means of reasonable common
sense, but a difference been capitalists and labor, two
interests that above all others should be mutual, can
only be settled apparently at the end of drawn swords.

Does a strike settle a strike? No; again quoting Dr.
Holland’s words it is strike—if one will—but hear For
months the carpenters of London, Eng. have been out
on strike ; what the issue will be is yet unsettled ; but
whatever the end ; will the trouble be over?
the men obtained every inchasked, what will they have
obtained? The primary object of this strke as every
other is to secure certain supposed benefits usually in
the direction of shorter hours for the same pay, or
more pay for the hours established as the working

millmen

Even if

day. Both mean an increase in pay—a greater disburs-
ment on the part of employer. What will have been the
cost of securing this pay? We are not going into
figures here; but will workingmen out of their own
individu al experience tell us how many months they
must needs work at the increased rate to recoup them-
selves for the loss of the months’ wages while the strike
The matter has been figured out more than
once, and the record is a terrible one.

But the disaster that follows a strike is not con-
fined to the loss made during the days of- idleness,
which the workingman hopes somehow to recover,
With many it means putting the man and his family in
a hole out of which they can neither pull themselves
by the proverbial boot straps nor any other way. The
store debts that have been incurred, the house rent
accumulated, not to say anything of the poverty. that
has been endured by wife and children to keep the
necessities down as close as possible, prove veritable
millstones around the neck for all time to come. Let
working men tell us if there is anything more difficult
than to keep the house running along out of the week’s
wages, even though there be a dollar or two more than
formerly, and at the same time pay off some old score
that has been allowed to accumulate with grocer, with
the doctor or elsewhere? Those who may have had
the misfortune to have gotten behind at some period in
their life know what this means.

But a strike extends far beyond the workingman in its
injurious influence. Take the case of the railroad
strike referred to by Dr. Holland. The loss to the
public, who were not parties to, nor responsible for
that strike in any way, has been carefully computed at
tens of thousands of dollars, a loss which was an ab-
solute loss, not possible in any way to retrieve. We
have already referred to the strike of the car-
penters of London, Eng. Its effect has been to stay
building operations, curtail the sale of lumber, stop the
buzz of the planing mill, cancel the contracts of
plasterers, painters, and other trades dependent on the
completion of the carpenters’ work, reduce the sales of
storekeeper, in short to paralyze the wheels of com-
merce in almost every direction. Let the strike be de-
clared ‘off to-day ; would it be possible from the future
to recover these losses of the past? Verily no: the old
saw is emphatically true in this case, one cannot grind
with the water that is past. What is lost, is lost. The
wage bill per week of the millmen of Ottawa is $25,000.
Is it a trifling matter to the merchants of Ottawa,
and in turn to the wholesalers who supply them,
and to the bookkeepers, clerks and porters
are in the employ of the merchants, and dependent
upon the success of the business for the permanency of
their positions, that there should be a shrinkage in the
trade of that one community to the extent of $100,000
a month ?

Dr. Holland was right ; strike but hear—capitalist
and laborer, both.

was on?

who

SOME ASPECTS OF THE OTTAWA STRIKE.

THE wages are not extravagant ; the hours are long.
The statement of the men is that the average wage 1s
only $1.08 per day. This is not however in keeping
with the exact facts. The pay roll) of Perly & Pattee
shows 288 hands employed, at $2,222 per week or an
average of $7.72 for each man. The wages range from
$6.91 per week for teamsters to $15 and $18 per week
for millwrights. The average wage paid by Bronson
& Weston is $1.22 per day or $7.33 per week. This it
will be seen isa larger average than that claimed by
the men. Then it 1s to be remembered that it is the
inferior workman, who gets the small wage ; the cap-
able manis paida more liberal figure. This is the
case in every calling.

Eleven and three quarter hours is a long day ; but
the lumber trade differs from many other trades. The
season is short, the mills only running on an average
about five and a half months in the year. To cover the
work required within this time, the day must necessarily
be longer than the average working day. But, as a
matter of fact, whilst a day from the time the men start
to work until they close is eleven and three quarter
hours, yet owing to the pecuhar nature of the work,

causing a good deal of lost time each day from actual
steady work, the working day does not count for more
than ten hours. (

In the case of one firm alone to meet the demands of
the men would be equivalent to an increase of $20,000
per year in wages. What would be the increase with
one mill would apply proportionately to all others. Is
the lumber trade in Canada in that shape that it will
admit of any such an addition to the cost of cutting
lumber? The history of the trade for a few years past
gives a clear negative to the question. In any propo-
sition for higher wages this matter must necessarily be
considered.

The waiking boss and the professional labor agitator,
aS our Ottawa correspondent points out, have been a
factor in the strike. We are firmly convinced that their
influence is never in the direction of mending matters.

In the interests of commerce generally, and the
lumber trade in particular, it is unfortunate that this
strike should have taken place on the eve of the fall and
winter trade. At this writing there does not seem to
be much disposition on the part of either side to give
way ; yet we are hoping from correspondence in our
possession, that if the men are left to themselves, and
their passions and interests not excited by the professional
agitator, that an amicable basis of settlement can be
reached in time to prevent a loss of the remainder of
the season’s work.

_ GETTING NEARER THE SAW.

IN THE ELI page of this month’s LUMBERMAN an
extract is made from an article in a recent issue of the
Monetary Times touching a statement made in an
American lumber exchange that 100,000,000 feet of
Canadian lumber have gone over the G.T.R. to the
United States during the past few months. Rebutting
this; absurd statement still further, our city contem-
porary of later date adds: “‘Since our paragraph of
last week on the lumber trade was written, there has
come to our knowledge a specimen transaction which
confirms the truth of what we then alleged. A builder
on a large scale in Philadelphia, who has been in the
habit of buying largely of lumber in American cities,
visited Western Ontario a few days ago desiring to
make purchases. His aim was, as he expressed it, “to
get nearer the saw,” this is, nearer the original source
of supply, and that is the desire, we understand, of
other builders in eastern American cities. The com-
petition in various branches of the United States lum-
ber trade has become so keen that the builder is
anxious to do away as far as he can with intermediate
profits, and so tries to avoid the middlemen. The
result of this builder’s visit is a purchase of sawn lum-
ber at a Georgian Bay port for shipment eastward. It
may be judged that trade direct from these mills is in-
creasing and has as much to do with affecting Ameri-
can distributing points such as Tonawanda, Buffalo
and Albany, as freight rates on the tariff, and probably
more.”

Nova ScoriaA has taken a new departure in the con-

struction of lumber carrying ships, by which a high

rate of speed and sailing qualities and great carrying
capacity are to be combined. The barquentine A7gen-
tina, built for the South American lumber trade, is the
pioneer vessel in this recent addition to Canada’s mer-
chant marine.
city of 583 tons, will carry 600,000 feet of lumber, while
she can easily sail 12 knots an hour. She carries an
immense deck load of lumber without any ballast what-
ever. She is expected to leave Montreal about Ist inst.,
for the River Platte, with a cargo of lumber, the first of
the season from that port to that part of South Ameri-
ca. Allowing Io days to clear the river and gulf, she
expects to make the balance of the run to Monte Video
in 40 days, making the time for the whole run 50 days
or thereabouts. The average time for an ordinary
sailing vessel from Montreal to the River Platte, is
about 70 days.

Wooden columns are far better than those made of
iron. In case of fire the wood will require some time
before it will be burned sufficiently to weaken it, but
iron is easily heated, and in that condition will collapse
immediately as soon as it comes in contact with water.

The Argentina, with a registered capa- -

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

THE monthly returns of the Board of Trade, of
Toronto show exports in lumber for month of Aug. 1891
to be $83,038 as against $62,822 for the same month
last year ; an increase of $20,216. The exports in the
products of the forest in 1878 were $19,511,575, and

these had increased in 1890 to $26,179,136 showing a_

growth in the lumber trade in Canada that is far from
discouraging.

LEARY, the log rafter has made a reputation for him-
self in the success that attended his work in rafting large
quantities of logs from New Brunswick to New York.
But behold a greater than Leary has made himself
known, and we are now told that Lock, Moore & Co.,
of Westlake, La., will try the experiment next season
of rafting logs to England from Galveston. “The at-
tempt” says a lumber contemporary “may seem
too much of a risk for the amount of the pros-
spective return. It has been demonstrated, how-

ever, that large rafts can be successfully towed on the’

ocean, but whether they can be made strong enough to
withstand the hardships of such a long voyage, remains
to be discovered. .The greater the risk, the lager the
profit, if the plunge is made on the right side.”

THE collector of customs at New York recently wrote
to the Treasury Department at Washington, in regard
to the cancellation of export bonds under the depart-
mental instructions, where the duty does not exceed
$100, upon presentation of a bill of lading without re-
quiring the production of a foreign bill of lading. He
pointed out the provisions of the recent reciprocity
treaty with Spain, and the possibility that Canadian
lumber exported from the United States may be enter-
ed in ports of the Spanish West India Islands as lum-
ber of the United States. He enquired if, in the opin-
ion of the department, the waiver of the requirement to
procure foreign Janding certificates would tend to a
breach of comity towards a friendly power. Acting
Secretary Spalding has replied that the department
does not apprehend that the Government of Spain will
construe as unfriendly the regulations referred to, as it
applies equally to all exports made by the drawback of
duties.

WORK on the Manchester ship canal in England is
being pushed ahead with all energy. Its completion,
which is expected next year, may have an important
influence on the lumber trade of this continent. The
calculation is, when the canal is opened, that by bring-
ing timber ships straight to Manchester, instead of
unloading them at Liverpool as much as seven shillings
per ton will be saved in the carriage. The eastern por-
tion of England forms the market for the Baltic white
woods, and that of the west is supplied with American
woods. Manchester being some thirty miles’ inland
will most probably produce a redistribution of area and
will send the American woods further east than they
have hitherto gone, and this, if carried to the extent
anticipated by the supporters of the canal, will effect in
no slight degree the timber trade in America, Norway,
and Sweden. The demand forthe Baltic woods will
decrease and that for American woods will increase to
a corresponding extent simply because it will be pos-
sible at a cheaper rate to place the latter in the markets
hitherto supplied with the former.

THE statement is made that cedar railway ties are
being imported at Cleveland from Canada at a con-
siderable undervaluation and an investigation has been
ordered by the custom’s authorities. In all lines of
business conscience seems to come to a dead stop when
the government of a country can bedefrauded. Refer-
ence need not be made to instances as glaring in both
kind and extent as the Tammany frauds of some years

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since across the border, or our own revelations at
Ottawa and Quebec just now Perhaps to these, how-
ever, we must attribute the lesser pecadilos like cedar
post undervaluations or the case of a woman from
Windsor of a week ago, who was discovered in the act
of bringing over from Detroit, carefully concealed be-
neath her petticoats, a bag containing a few brace of
chickens and several dozen eggs, and who cooly ad-
mitted she had been doing this kind of thing for years
and selling the stock to a local grocer. These are poor
arguments for the removalof acustom’s line between the
two countries ; the morals of both Yank and Canuck
would at the same time be improved by the removal;
and would not trade and commerce experience a relief
by virtue of the freer breathing ?

THE first fruits of Adam Brown’s visit to the West
Indies, so far as the lumber trade is concerned, are shown
ina shipment of lumber a fortnight ago from Montreal
to Kingston, Jamaica by E. H. Lemay of Montreal.
Mr. Lemay says plainly that this shipment is the direct
outcome of the Jamaica exhibition. It consists of 750,-
ooo feet of lumber, and he was placed in direct commu-
nication with the firm to whom he made the sale through
writing to Mr. Brown. If the first experiment is suc-
cessful Mr. Leniay will continue to export to Jamaica.
Other lumbermen will watch with interest the result of
the Montreal experiment. Mr. Brown in his official re-
port of his trip to Jamaica says, “a large and profitable
trade can, if properly attended to, be done in lumber.
Most of the supplies have hitherto been obtained from
the United States, the large proportion of which is sup-
plied to that country by Canada and culled there and
sent to different tropical countries, Jamaica and other

British West India Islands among the rest.” White
pine Mr. Brown says is in good demand. Likely diffi-

culties in regard to freight rates were anticipated by Mr.
Brown, but his efforts to have this question satisfactor-
ily settled are hardly likely to prove futile. The ex-
periment of Mr. Lemay will furnish practical informa-
tion on the question.

MR. PHIPPS, forest commissioner for the Province,
is untiring in his study and investig ations on the sub-
ject of forestry. In his last report he refers to the in-
difference to the question in America in contrast with
Europe. Here, on condition of the lumberman, paying
the authorities a certain amount, he is allowed to cut
the timber of the forest at ais pleasure. In Europe, on
the other hand, the wood buyer is carefully instructed
as to what portion he may clear or thin, while, as soon
as the ground is ready, it is again planted or the gaps
filled. Two reasons for the American practice exists :
(1) Farm land was needed. This reason is not now
valid, as the pine land now left is very largely too poor
for agriculture. (2) Chiefly the timber could be sold.
“Matters have now come to pretty much the following
condition: This generation, say after 30 years, will
have timber enough, though it will have to use much
wood hitherto thought unfit. After that there will be
little good pine and not much good hardwood in our
present forests. What is obtained will be brought from
British Columbia and the forests of the southern states,
while the generation following willexhaust these. Con-
sidering the well known benefic of keeping a large sec-
tion of the country in forest—benefits which it is not the
province of this paper to state—I would earnestly urge
the people of America to consider how much more
advantageous it would be at once and decidedly to say
of certain large portions now in forest, “These shall not
be cleared for settlement ; ‘“‘ These shall be sacred to
the tree.” Once this determination is arrived at, the
rest is easy. Nothing is more simple than to introduce
and maintain a method of preservation, if populations
demand it, and government fulfils its desires. It is
often said, ‘“‘ We havea large proportion of forest land.”
But most of this is not good forests. Much has been
run over by fire, much culled of every good stick by the
lumbermen. But nearly all this might be renewed and
made good, permanent forest, if the means were used.”

OUR Ottawa correspondent reports a brief, but im-
portant interview with Mr. J. W. Todd, of Liverpool,

9
Eng., an extensive operator in Canadian Jumber, who
spent some time during the past month in the Ottawa
district. Mr. Todd’s talk has an amusing side, albeit
in the interests of Canadian lumbermen it is not desir-
able that the funny vogue should be continued.
In all seriousness the CANADA LUMBERMAN and the
newspaper press in general have been telling of the
fast depleting stocks of dry lumber on the piling grounds
of Ottawa and other Jumber sections. Everybody in
this country, who knows anything of lumber move-
ments, was aware of this fact. These conditions have
been growing worse each month until within the past
few weeks it has not been possible in some cases co fill
the orders that have come to hand. The mem-

bers of the trade across the sea have read these state-
ments, but have thought that Canadian lumbermen
were playing at bulls and bears; at least to use Mr.
Todd’s words, “that the statements made respecting
the shortness of lumber were greatly exaggerated”
Our conservative and long headed Englishmen were
not going to be caught by a caper of this kind, and
consequently orders from England have been circum-
scribed. “Seeing is believing.” Mr. Todd has been
able to learn for himself the true condition of affairs.
He now knows that the statements made on this side
of the Atlantic have been moderate in tone and in no
measure have they partaken of an exaggerated char-
acter. Stocks in the old country, Mr. Todd tells us,
are low and getting lower, and putting these two con-
ditions together, Canada has reason to expect a_pros-
perous trade with England, after
cutting is put in our mills.

another season’s

IT reads like a joke to say that bread can be pro_
duced from sawdust, but propositions seemingly as
absurd have before to-day turned out to be stern reali-
ties. The question is one in which lumbermen are
interested, for they have the sawdust to sell and will
hardly object to so large a market as one comprised of
the bread-eaters of the whole civilized world. The pro-
blem is at present under investigation by the United
States Department of Agriculture. This is the account
given by a Washington correspondent: Scientists are
of the opinion that no good reason exists why this
thing should not be entirely practicable. It is a well
known fact familiar to all that starch is a substance
extremely nutritious ; in fact, it is nearly all nutriment.
Well, starch and sawdust are the same thing. Sawdust,
which is “‘ cellulose,” is of precisely the same chemical
composition as starch. The two are expressed by the
same chemical formula C6 H1o O5—that is, six parts
of carbon, 1o of hydrogen and five parts of oxygen.
These are the simple ingredients of either starch or
sawdust. Scientific experimenters have been trying for
a long time to find out a way to transform the one into
the other. If they should succeed the discovery would
be away ahead of the philosophers stone in point of
value. An inexhaustible source of food supply would
at once be rendered available in the forests, in grass
and even in straw and chaff. Hitherto chemistry has
occupied itself almost wholly with taking things apart,
in order to find out what they are made of; but now
the science 1s directing its attention to putting elements
together for the production of useful substances. Al-
ready it has succeeded in the artificial preparation of
indigo, alizarin, and many other compounds. The
aniline colors, obtained from coal tar and yet rivaling
the most brilliants tints of the rainbow, are similarly
produced. From coal tar in like manner are derived
many valuable anti-fever medicines and _ soporifics.
The prospects of this new science of putting elements
together seem infinite, and the era of bliss may yet
dawn which has been prophesied by the illustrious
naturalist. Frederick Cohn, who says that all struggles
for existence among men arising from want of food will
be done away with when chemistry shall have learned
to make starch from carbonic acid and water. Plants
grow by doing just that, and it may, therefore, be said
that farmers have been engaged since time imn
in this very chemical industry.
surprising, then, if the farms of the country shoud be
replaced ‘at some time in the future by chemical
laboratories.

t would scarc:

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THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

October, 1891

|* THE March LUMBERMAN a Montreal correspon-
asked for mformation concerning mahogany.

und veneers. As a result of enquries made

at the time we replied that these woods were nearly all
I was glad to learn from Mr. H. S. Lusty,
man, of Rodney, Ont., with whom I had a con-
few days ago, that in Elgin Co., in which

versation a
y is located, that they have there an abundance
of chestnut, and that Mr. Lusty handles it in large

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james McBain Reid,Sec’y and manager of the Brad-
Morris & Reid company of Hamilton, has been
two years in Canada, and obtained his lumber experi-
He does not think Canadians

ley,

ence across the border.
are quite as slow as they are charged with being but

thinks they follow beaten paths too much, and are too
well satisfied with what was good enough for their
fathers, or what seems good enough for their neighbors.
He would like to see better rates secured over Ameri-

can roads to Canadian centres, as a means of enlarging
le between the two countries.

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‘Less lumber is to be found on the piling grounds in
of Gravenhurst this year.” said Mr. Jas.
Tennant of this city, who had just returned from a trip
1 t section of country, “than for ten years back.

inity

two mills are running, and with these the cut is
For one thing timber
in that immediate neighborhood is becoming pretty
The G.T.R. have had
shaping matters thus.
in the nerth could not get cars from the railway to move
Stocks began to accumulate eating up
interest until manufacturers became wearied cutting up
only to store in their yards. Consequence was, they
stopped. To-day we can get all the cars we want. I
saw twenty or thirty cars on a siding when I was north
a week ago waiting to be used, but nouseforthem. It
js a case of chickens coming home to roost and the
Grand Trunk knows it. My impression is that the
principal mills in the Georgian Bay district will close
down early this season. If so, this fact, along with the
Ottawa strike, should stiffen prices.

67 @ >'%

Reason of this? you ask.

hight.

a share in
For two or three years shippers

ell thinned out.

their stocks.

At not unfrequent intervals I have given in this page

the opinions of Canadian lumbermen on the duty
One important purpose of the page is to
cultivate a free expression of opinion on trade matters.
We will get nearer the truth on any question by gath-
ering all the information we can touching it ; when the
proper time comes we can do the sifting. We are
going to hear this time from an American lumberman,
Henry Moiles, Jr.of the firm of Laing & Moiles, of Sagi-
naw, Mich. In achat with a reporter of the Saginaw
Globe he said : Previous to the enactment of the Mc-
Kinley law there was an export duty of $3 placed on
the Canadian government, and a United States
import duty of $2 on lumber. The provisions of the
McKinley bill took $1 off the duty from the American
that the Canadian government took off
the entire export duty, and of course the dollar remain-
ing is ample to pay the tow bills on the logs coming
here.

question.

logs by

tax

providing

The result has been that the Canadian govern-
ment has taken their duty off of logs, and they are being
sent over to this country where the manufacture of salt
and the sale of slabs, etc., makes it possible to compete
with the Canadian mills in a way most disastrous to
them, the towing being only go cents or $1 per
thousand. The consequence has been that these Cana-
dian mills have lost the manufacture of an immense
quantity of lumber in the Georgian Bay country and all
along that district, and men are wcrking for very small
wages. in many cases for their board. There are
laborers engaged in shoveling coal from the holds of
vessels at Algoma Mills for 75 cents per day, where

last year they received $3 per day... This state of affairs
is; of course, due to the McKinley bill and logs coming
here from Canada free. The fact that Americans can
go from here over there and buy logs in such immense
numbers and ship them in here has raised a howl on
that side that is bound to have its effect. The Cana-
dians have already made an appeal to their premier in
regaid to the matter, and he has told them that there
will soon be a meeting of American and Canadian com-
missioners at Washington, and if the duty is not then
taken off the lumber they would be obliged to take some
action to protect themselves, and would surely do so.
It looks as if the result will be that the entire import
duty will be taken off by the American government as
that is what the Canadian people demand. This will
leave both logs and lumber on the same footing, and
entirely free. Ifthe duty is not removed the chances
are that it will go back to $3 per thousand where it was
before.
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One of the events of the month in lumber circles is
the unfortunate strike among the millmen of the Otta-
wa district. I say unfortunate, for there never was a
strike, be it big or little, of short duration, or long con-
tinued, that did not bring hurt upon all concerned, and
on many others not concerned, nor in any way respons-
ible for the act. But lam not going to enter into a
discussion of the question of strikes right here. My
anxiety has been to lay hold of some one from Ottawa,
who could speak from persenal knowledge and observa-
tion of the strike. I questioned one gentleman, who is a
resident ofthe capital,and well posted onlumber questions
in regard to a despatch that appeared in the Toronto
dailies, saying that the mill owners had decided to close
down for the season ana that the strikers were leaving
in large numbers for the States where work was being
offered them. Hesaid: ‘This report” very probably
originated in the fact that the mill owners had remark-
ed that they might have to resort to closing down for the

season and some two or three men, who have shantied «

in the American forests; for the last three or four years,
had gone over to occupy the same positions again this
season.” What will be the effect of the strike on the
lumber trade, assuming the dead-lock to continue?
“As nearly all of last season’s lumber has been ship-
ed,” was the reply, ‘“‘and the cut at Ottawa has been
very much smaller this year, than other years, Pierce
& Co.’s mill being shut down, the E. B. Eddy Co. having
gone out of the lumber business, Jas. McLaren & Co. and
Cassleman Lumber Co.’s mills being destroyed by fire,
the latter reconstructed, only having commenced
sawing again about six weeks ago, Buel, Orr & Hurd-
man’s sawing delayed for want of logs, so that now
should all have to close down it will make lumber very
scarce, which means an advance in prices all round.”
Regarding the merits or demerits of the strke, which-
ever way you like, I have the views of an Ottawa
gentleman with which every one may not agree. But as
LUMBERMAN readers know this kind of thing is_ rather
enjoyed in this particular page. The ELI page ais free
parliament where any one and every one may express
their opinions on any question of interest to lumbermen.
Sometimes. I have to get after correspondents myself
and give them a piece of my mind ; and to any reader
who feels like doing the same thing, we say come right
on friend ; you'll have every show in this page. The
correspondent writes: ‘My impression is that the mill
owners will give in to the demands of the men, perhaps
not all they ask but they will make concessions. The
men are not making any unjust demands, the most of
the lumbermen would be willing to give them what
they ask only they don’t like the means adopted to get
it. Perhaps those most directly affected by the strike
are the exporters who have vessels waiting at Montreal
or Quebec for loads; and of course it means probably a
loss in circulation in this city of three or four thousand
dollars daily. The effect on the lumber trade itself
may not amount to much, although it means just that
much lumber less to ship this fall, which along with the
shortage in the season’s cut may have the effect of in-
creasing the price of lumber. I don’t think the mill
owners have any intention of closing their mills as they
are anxious to cut for the balance of the season. As to
men leaving for the States, 1 don’t think very many

have left as yet although quite a number go over
there for the winter and return in the spring. This
occurs every year.”

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Somebody has been “stuffing” the MWVorthwestern
Lumberman, of Chicago, regarding Canadian lumber.
“A dealer in this city who is
conversant with the eastern trade estimates that the
Canadians this year have captured the sale of 100,000,-
goo feet of the American trade through the operation
of the new tariff and the favor that has been shown
Canadian shippers by reduced rates on the Grand
Trunk and its York state connections. The loss has
been especially felt at Tonawanda and Buffalo, and by
the hemlock operators in Pennsylvania. The Cana-
dian mills had accumulated a great surplus of coarse
stock that could not successfully compete with lumber
_on this side under the old tariff. Since the reduction
of $1 a thousand in the duty, lumber from the other “Mae
side has flowed in freely, the Grand Trunk through 4
rate regulation greatly helping in the process. The ~
Canadians have thus been able to work off their accu-
mulation doubtless to great satisfaction to themselves, ‘
but to the disgust of dealers and manufacturers at the
east end of Lake Erie. In gathering stocks there they
necessarily accumulate a large per centage of low
grade common lumber, and depend on the eastern
state trade as a means of getting rid of it. It was con-
sequently a serious matter for Canadians to come in’
with their 100,000,000 feet as a competition. The hem-
lock interest of Pennsylvania has suffered in proportion
to the territory affected. In this instance the
American operators know that the reduced tariff has
cost them money. One concern estimates that its
direct loss this year from the cause indicated is $15,-

ooo. The only way to even up the difference is to go to
Canada for logs and lumber, and that is being done to
an increasing extent.” The Montreal Zade Review
and the Monetary Times, Toronto have both copied
the item; the latter however, with the comment, “that
the estimate by the Chicago dealer is, without
doubt, a gross exaggeration,” adding enquiries made
in this city show “that no more than 10,000,000
feet additional lumber has been moved over the
Grand Trunk Railway into the United States this
season as compared with former years.” I tock
occasion in my intercourse with leading lumbermen in
the city to show them the paragraph. “A hun-
dred million is a big figure,” said Mr. John Donogh. “It
means a season’s output of at least eight of our large :
mills. No such quantity was shipped from Canada.
It is to be remembered that the drop in the G.T.R
rates was only temporary and made for the purpose of
moving off the quantities of lumber that had been al-
lowed to accumulate for want of sufficient cars pre-
viously. Inthe spring of the year, just as soon as
navigation opened, the rates went up again. A maximum
figure would be 10,000,000 01 12,000,000 feet.” “With
my knowledge of the shipments to the States” said Mr.
Jas. Tennant, “I would say 10,000,000 feet would be
outside figures. The Chicago journal was well filled
up when 100,000,000 feet was talked to them.” Our
contemporary the Monetary Times, winds up its
reference to the question in these words: “The
dullness of trade frequently leads to magnified state-
ments of this kind. The quantity of both 1889 and

1890 sawn. lumber in the mill yards is proof, the inaccur-
acy of the statement. The coarser grades of lumber
which found market in the States did not go over the :
Grand Trunk, but over the Canada-Atlantic Railway, Z
and by water. The lbwer rates on these routes may

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have moved a larger quantity from that district ; but 2
from the west shipments have not been much in excess .
of former years. The increased distributing trade iF
direct from the mills both in Michigan and Canada, er
and which continued throughout the whole year, is =)
affecting central distributing points such as Buffalo, Aq

Tonawanda, Albany and Troy, more than any change
in the tariff, or reduction in rate of freights.”

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Give fools their gold and knaves their power ;

Let fortunes bubbles rise and fall ; '
Who sows a field or trains a flower,

Or plants a tree, is more than all. .

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

OTTAWA LETTER.

THE MILLMEN’S STRIKE—3000 WORKINGMEN IDLE
VISIT OF A PROMINENT ENGLISH LUMBER-
MAN—BRITISH COLUMBIA LUMBER IN
OTTAWA—NOTES OF THE TRADE.

[Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN. ]
|S aaa will have prorogued by the time this
letterisin print, butthe millmen’s strike is still with us.
On the morning of the 14th, inst., 1,500 men employed
in the lumber mills of the Chaudiere went on strike
and this number has grown by accessions of men from
other mills, forced into line since then, until to-day pro-
bably 3,000 men are walking our streets idle. The de-
mand of the men is for shorter hours and increased pay,
It is interesting to observe how working men in their
demands seldom go it moderately. They would have
every concession granted to them at the one time.

The hours of the men now are eleven and three-
quarters ; the request is for a ten hour day ; and that
wages be increased 50 cents per week. This does not
at first thought appear an extortionate demand, but
there are other factors to be taken into account, which
no doubt will receive attention from THE LUMBERMAN

The excitement for the first few days was intense.
It is to be regretted that the mill-men resorted to vio-
lence and coercion to suchan extent that the military had
to be called out. I am not going to say how far circum-
stances, in this case or any other, justify a strike as a
means of solving the troubles between employer and
employed. Only decency and common fairness sug-
gests that when a strike is proposed that the working
men themselves shall say whether or not they shall be
participants in it. In this case, and it is not the only
case on record, the men who went out the first morning
marched in hundreds first from one mill and then to
another and by absolute force compelled the men who
were diligently earning their daily bread to at once
drop their work and come out. This occurred first at
Booth’s new mill where everything was in full swing
and four hundred men were at work. From Booth’s
the strikers went to Mason’s and did the same. thing:
Later Eddy’s mill was attacked with the same result,
but not until plucky resistence had been made by M1°
Eddy and his manager. :

The usual program of all strikes has been followed
out in the case of the millmen. Though not as thor-
oughly organized as some,trades still much active
organization has been perfected among the men within
the past week. The “walking boss” and the profes-
sional labor agitator have been here—even~ your own
Dan O’ Donohue, Ottawa’s whilom citizen. I can never
see that these men do else than fan the flame of discon-
tent in troubles like the present. What is wanted is
calm council, a little common sense, and a measure of
consideration, and that old staple medicine. “ give and
take,” and by these means such troubles as are now
worrying our people are more likely to be settled.

At this writing no settlement has been reached. The
Shepherd & Morse company have resumed work. In
this case it is claimed a mistake was made in calling
out the men as they had only been working ten hours a
day whilst their lowest rates of wages was $7.50 and
the highest $10.50. The general situation, however,
remains unchanged, and whilst the hope is entertained
that a speedy settlement will be reached it does not
look over probable. Be it not anda bleak Christmas
is in store for a host of men, women and children in
this section of the Dominion.

OTHER LUMBER MATTERS.

Mr. J. W. Todd, lumber merchant, of Liverpool, Eng.
was in the city during the month. This gentleman is
an extensive purchaser of Canadian lumber and his visit
was purely of a business character. Speaking on the
lumber business in general Mr. Todd made a rather
significant statement to aninterviewer. He said that in
England lumber dealers consider the statements made

on this side respecting the shortness of lumber here to

be greatly exaggerated. Many of them he said would
continue to be credulous till they realize the truth by

actual experience. Quite recently, however, a few of

the buyers who are better informed on the condition of
the markets here, have wakened up and ‘have com-

menced purchasing. The stocks in the old country

f

which have been low for the past year still remain low,
but the prospects are that they wili take a jump in the
near future. The market now is hardening for pine
lumber and timber. In view of the real conditions of
the market which have been understated rather than
exaggerated by the press on this side of the Atlantic it
is fortunate that Mr. Todd has been with us to learn

for himself that it is a fact that not for years has the

piling grounds of every leading centre in the province
been so bare of saleable lumber. Speaking of Mr.
Todd’s transactions in Canada it is opportune to note
that Watson & Todd of which firm he is amember have
purchased the entire cut of deals of Messrs. Buell,
Orr, Hurdman & Co., of this city.

On the gth of the month a car load of lumber unload-
ed at the C.P.R. from the mills at New Westminster in
which Mr. J. W. McRae has a large interest, the ma-
terial being intended for use in the new stables in course
of completion on that gentleman’s property on Elgin
and Lisgar streets. The shipment comprises a quantity
of red cedar shingles of excellent width and cut from
timber that is perfect in construction, the great beauty
being that this wood will not warp. Besides this there
is a lot of spruce sheeting, for flooring and the ordinary
millrun of red cedar ranging from two to five inches in
thickness and some of it thirty inches wide. This lum-
ber when oiled and varnished will present a beautiful
finish as the grain 1s remarkably clear and well sustain-
ed throughout. Mr. McRae states that despite the high
rate of freightage this lumber can be laid down in
Ottawa ata good profit. It is as fine a car load of mill
produce as can be found on this continent.

A feature of work in the woods this season will be
the number of broad-axe men who will be employed,
owing ‘o the increased quantity of square timber that
wil be taken out in the bush.

Messrs. Bronson & Weston now have most of their
men in the bush. The firm have two shanties on the
Dumoine river, and two at Rockliffe, and four on the
Quinze. They will likely put in several on the York
branch, bringing the number up to twelve or thirteen
as against eight or nine last year.

The full capacity of the machinery in the new Eddy
paper mill is equal to 180 to 200 feet by 72 inches in
width per minute. This company are also making their
new matches out of cardboard, manufactured in the
same mill as that in which the paper is made.

J. R. Booth has made some extensive repairs
recently by fixing up the docks and blasting away rock
to make more room for pilling.

Bidou Renand, the well known lumberman’s agent
of Murray St. has sent as many as two hundred men
to the shanties in one week. He is signing wood chop-
pers as rapidly as he can secure them. Most of the
men are from the Province of Quebec.

Ottawa, Sept. 28, 1891:

TRADE NOTES.

The Wm. Hamilton Manufacturing Co., of Peterbor-
ough have established an agency at Vancouver, B. C.
Robert Hamilton remains in charge. A British Col-
umbia exchange says that when business increases the
company proposes to erect a foundry and machine
shop in the province.

The Magnolia Anti-Friction Metal Company has a
very pleasant habit of now and then remembering their
friends with something useful or ornamental, or more
often a combination of both. Their latest souvenir 1s
a sixteen inch rule for desk use, of the best pattern and
make, the receipt of which THE LUMBERMAN grate-
fully acknowledges. ;

John Pell Northey, manufacturer, John Leys, mer-
chant, Arthur Brindley Ley, merchant, Arthur Burdett
Lee, accountant, and Harry Sutton Pell, insurance
inspector, all of the City of Toronto, have made appli-
cation for letters patent incorporating the Northey
Manufacturing Company (Ltd.,) incorporation being
sought to manufacture and deal in pumps, engines,
boilers, machinery and all other articles made wholly
or in part of iron or other metals and to deai in iron
and other metals.

BRITISH COLUMBIA LETTER.

STATE OF TRADE—EXPORT SHIPMENTS—A LARGE

CARGO—TIMBER PRODUCTS OF THE PROVINCE.

(Regular Correspondence CANADA LUMBERMA?
VERYTHING in iumber circles continues very
quiet. The Vancouver mills are still loading
ships for export, in spite of the dull times. The New

boy chartered by the MacLaren & Ross

| load for Australia is being loaded at the Brunette saw

mills on MacLaren-Ross This is d
wiser than to put the big mil] into motion to cut
hundred million. Local trade continues good as is the

N.W.T. and Manitoba business.

account.

A local company has been formed to erect a

| miil on Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island, with a capi-

tal of $500,000. In addition to all kinds and grades o
paper, pulp will also be manufactured.

A Norwegian steamship is loading lumber at Moody-
ville for Port Pirie, Australia, and will carry 2,000,000
feet. We cannot recall a larger cargo.
of one ?
days.

’ The agitation begun by the New Westminster Board
of Trade to have B. C. lumber sold and quoted as
“Douglas Fir” instead of “ Oregon Pine” has received
the full approval of the Vancouver and Victoria Boards
of Trade as well as several large shippers. Several
Australian ports have replied endorsing the movement
and admitting that “Douglas Fir” is superior to
“Oregon Pine” in every way.

We have strong hope that the export trade in general
will revive this fall. Fine crops in the east, together
with the cessation of the Chilian troubles should lead to ~
a large number of orders before many months; and we
hope an advance in prices.

OUR LUMBER WEALTH.

I sometimes think that those who do not know British
Columbia experimentally hardly realize the wondrous
timber wealth that is born of this province. In this re-
spect the language is moderate when I say that no other
province in Canada, no country in Europe and no state
in North America can compare with it. The finest
growth is on the coast.and ‘n the Gold and Selkirk
ranges. The Canadian Pacific Railway passes through
a part of this and crosses streams that will bring untold
quantities to the mills and railway stations. The
species of trees found in British Columbia are as fol-
Douglas fir, western hemlock, Engleman’s
spruce, Menzie’s spruce, great silver fir, balsam spruce,
white pine, giant cedar, yellow cypress, western larch,
maple, aspen peplar, mountain ash and others. Of
these probably the best and most in demand is Douglas
fir. It is straight though coarse grain, exceedingly
tough, rigid and bears great transverse strain. For
lumber of all sizes and planks it is in great demand.
Few woods equal it for frames, bridges, ties and strong
work generally, and for shipbuilding. Its length,
straightness and strength specially fit it for masts and
spars. Masts specially ordered have been shipped 130
feet long and 42 inches in diameter octagonally hewn.
It grows to an enormous height, frequently from 250 to
300 feet, and often exceeds 8 feet in diameter. It is
only a matter of some 30 odd years since the first saw-
mill was put up at Burrard Inlet and now there are
mills scattered all the way from Williscrafts, near Port
Simpson, down to Martins of Clover Valley, and many
of which are shipping their products to Australia, South
America and to ports even on the Atlantic seaboard.

Do you know
It is supposed she will make the trip in 37

lows:

Our three large towns Vancouver, Victoria and New

Westminster have each grown rapidly within a few
years, and this growth is due in a great measure to the
development of the lumber industry. In New West-
minster we have five mills established, employing
altogether about 600 men, a third of whom are married
and have families, thus making the probable population
supported by this industry in town about 1,500. Besides
lumber you are aware that the wealth of the mine and
the richness of our streams are likewise valuable fac-
tors in the progress of this province, but I have bnefly
sketched the lumber industry as that in
readers are more particularly interested.

which your

H: Gam:
New Westminster, B.C., Sept. 23, 1891.

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THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

October, 1891. 7

THE -NEWS.

ONTARIO.

—All four mills at Staples are very busy.

—C. H. Staintor, builder, city, has assigned.

—Jayue’s shingle mill at Sturgeon Bay is closed down.

—F. W. Schwendiman, planing mill, Dayton, burned out.

—Operations at Cook’s mills, Thessalon, are expected to
be brisk this year.

—Buel, Orr, Hurdman & Co. have two shanties under way
at Deux Rivieries.

—W. J. Church, a builder in a small way at Ottawa, is re-
ported insolvent.

—The Waubaushene mill at Waubaushene, will run until
the end of October.

—Benson & Grinell, of Penetanguishene are shipping hard-
wood lumber to Germany.

—The Rainy River Boom Company has handled 35,0v0,-
ooo feet of logs since May.

—T. B. Tait, of Burk’s Falls, is doing a good trade in
shingles for the American market.

—C. Young, of Young’s Point, is shipping basswood’ in
considerable quantities to the States.

—Warren has had an increase of 300 in population—men
employed by the Imperial Lumber Co.

—Lumbering operations in the Parry Sound district are ex-
pected to be brisk the coming winter.

—At Penetanguishene, the C. Beck Manufacturing Com-
pany have stopped sawing for the season.

—Brennen’s mill, Huntsville, which has been idle all sum-
mer is being fitted up by George Marskell.

—W. Perdue, of Goderich, has purchased the portable saw
mill formerly owned by Perdue & Donaldson.

—W. QO. Emory and Thos. Pickard, of Wahnapitae are
conducting large operations in the Sudbury district.

—The mills generally, at Huntsville, will shortly close
down, the supply of iogs being pretty well exhausted.

—The new shingle mill at Sturgeon Bay, on the site of the
old mill which was burned down is doing good work.

—Menzies’ millmen at Berriedale are busy completing a
contract of 130,000 feet of lumber for sidewalk purposes.

—The local paper at Bracebridge writes rather discourag-
ingly of the prospects for lumbering this fall and winter.

—M Boyd & Co., of Bobcaygeon ship annually about 10,-
000,000 feet of white lumber to their yard in Albany, N.Y.

—Maiiloux & Co., of Stoney Point, saw mill men, have
dissolved partnership, Clement Mailloux will carry on the
mill.

—Richard Olmstead’s mill at Walter Falls, which is under-
going important improvements, will be in running shape about
Nov. I.

—-The Keewatin Milling Co. are about to erect a stave
factory on the Rainy river, where there is excellent timber for
staves.

—Charles Logue, Maniwaki, has commenced operations for

the season on his limits on the Gatineau river, ten miles from |

Maniwaki.

—The Red Mill at Manitoulin has contracted for the logs
which will be cut this winter on the Indian reserve at
Wekeoimikony.

—J. Milne, of Essex Centre, is negotiating with Michigan
men for the formation of a company to manufacture hollow
blast grates for saw mills.

—Rechester Bros., of Ottawa, are operating on Horse
Island, Manitowaning. An exchange says their clearings will
include rattle snakes as well as timber.

—The Rathbun Co., of Deseronto, have purchased the old
McDougall mill at Harwood and are removing the machinery
and building material to Deseronto.

—The capacity of the Lindsay shingle mill of A. W. Par-
kin & Sons, is 60.000,000 a day, and the firm controls the cut
of five other mills adjacent to the town.

—W. A. Frazer, of Suspension bridge, has leased yard
room at Tonawanda, N.Y., and willopen a yard there. He
has a saw mill in Canada and Michigan.

—The Ontario government offer for sale a large quantity of
standing pine timber west of Sudbury. The official adver-
tisement appears in our advertising pages.

—Sage & Emory, of Bay City, Mich., have the contract for
cutting the lumber on McArthur Bros’. limits, twelve miles
back of Thessalon, and will run four large camps

—McLaughlin Bros., of Arnprior, have given a large order
for harness to the local harness maker to be used by the heavy
teams employed by this firm in logging operations.

—Stocks at the mills at Severn Bridge will be well re-
duced by the tme the weather makes it desirable to close

down. <A good average trade is reported for the season.

—M. V. Ranger, of Ottawa, has sent a gang of men to the
limits of the Georgian Bay Lumber Company on the French
River. The wages paid vary from $16 to $23 a month.

—The mill at Thessalon has again commenced cutting,
sufficient logs having been obtained to keep it running until
the logs which have been ‘‘tied up” in the creeks aré brought
down.

—Bobcaygeon has supplied a fair quota of the men for the
lumber camps on the north shore of Lake Huron. Wages are
a trifle higher than last year, running from $20 to $24 a
month.

—The steamer Zmfzve made a trip to the Rainy River
boom and returned with a tow of logs of 1,200,000 feet in
four days and twenty-two hours. This beats any previous
record.

—J.Beck,Sec.-Treas.ofthe Beck Lumber Company has taken
to the woods with a gang of twenty-six men and teams. Their

* winter's work will be in the vicinity of Webbwood on the

French River.

—The estate of J] . P. Snook, builder, of this city, who has
been compelled to consult his creditors, is likely to pay
100 cents on the dollar. The trustees’ statement shows a sur-
plus of $3,806.

—An assignment has been made tc Campbell & May by
McGeary & Co., planing mill men, of this city. The liabili-
ties are placed at $8,000. M. Dymond, of Barrie, figures as
the principal creditor.

—It is expected that a larger quantity of paper wood than
usual will be taken out this winter in the vicinity of Thes-
salon. White & Myers, local dealers, and G. A. Burton, of
Appleton, Wis., are the principal operators.

—The Parry Sound Lumber Ccmpany at Parry Sound, are
building a new dam to replace the old one at their water mill.
Part of the old dam which they are now tearing away was
built thirty-five years ago, when lumbering was first com-
menced in that vicinity.

—At Osgoode Hall, on t5th ult., Alphonso Charlebois
obtained a continuation of the injunction against the Great
North-western Central, preventing the railway company from
selling their 300,000 acres of Crown Lands, or disposing of
their bonds. Charlebois intends to press his action for
$75,000 against the railway company. On 29th ult., an
agreement was arrived at by both parties, and all suits
dropped. The agreement was ratified by Mr. Justice Fer-
guson.

—R. S. Donally, bush and fire ranger for the Emery Lum-
ber Co., reports that he saw several wild animals in the
woods near Sudbury. The first was a young lynx. Two
hours later he came across a moose deer. He had a more ex-
citing venture afterwards when he came upon a bear. It

; looked like fight at ona time and Donally was in a tight cor-

ner. But Bruin decided to move on, followed by a couple of
shots from a 32-calibre revolver. Mr. Donally says there is
no water to be found in the small creeks and he travelled from
ten o'clock until five in the evening before he could get water
to drink.

—Recent storms have caused serious loss to some lumber
concerns. The Mocking Bird lost a tow of the Emery Lum-
ber Company off French River, but got it all together again
and made a safe trip to Michigan. A small tug belonging to
the Beck Manufacturing Co., of Pcnetanguishene, was less
fortunate and lost considerable of her stock. The barge,
Louts Hotchkiss was lost in Lake Huron with a full cargo of
lumber. She was the property of the Muskoka Mill and
Lumber Co., and was valued at $30,000.00. The cargo,
valued at $10,000, was fuliy covered by insurance, but there
was no insurance on the hull, which isa total loss to the
owners. This boat has been running since 1871, and this is
her first and last loss. The cargo consisted of Jath and lum-
ber amounting to 1,196,000 feet. The steam barge Lothar,
loaded with lumber from French River foundered a few miles
out of Tobermory harbour. The vessel is water-logged, and but
for the lumber she carried would have sunk. Tugs C/ucas and
Seagull, towed her into the harbor where she will be unload-
and pumped out. At the time she foundered the weather was
favorable and the cause of the disaster is unknown. The
Resolute which got a bad shaking up at the time of the
Mocking Bird disaster is in sucha condition that her crew
have refused to take her out again and she will have to be re-
built.

QUEBEC.
—Preparations for the winter’s lumbering are active.

—Butle & Brodeur,
dissolved.

saw mill, etc., Waterloo, have

-—J. B. Herbert of Fulford, has disposed of his saw mill to
a friend.

—The Bonnaliie saw mill in the township of Oxford has®
been sold to E. Marshall & Co., of Sherbrooke.

—A rumor has it that an American firm is negotiating with
the two leading lumber firms of Buckingham with a view to
purchase.

—Richard Ready, lumber merchant, Montreal, Que., has
assigned with liabilities of about $16,000. The Rathbun Co. -
of Déseronte are among the creditors.

—The Buckingham Manufacturing Company (limited),
with a capital of $80,009 has been incorporated, a number of
Montrealers being the promoters. Their objects are to deal
in wood pulp paper.

—According to figures published by the Quebec govern-
ment it is estimated that there have been produced in the pro-
vince during the twenty-three years from 1867 to 189¢ inclu-
Sive, 11,173,516,549 feet of lumber, and 70,272,572 cubic feet
of timber, while $10,764,368 have been paid over to the
government as timber dues.

—Elie Lachance was at one time in the dry goods business
at Levis. In this he proved unsuccessful, and in 1889 he
moved to St. Praxede where he starteda saw mill and general
store. His capital was very limited, and as things seem to .

have run the wrong way for him during the past year, he has |

been obliged to take refuge in an assignment.

—In addition to the big saw mill which the Eddy Company
has converted into a paper mill, the construction of a stone
store house 10x75 feet long has been commenced. It will front
the present mill at Hull and be three stories high, and will be
used to store paper and the company’s other wares. A sub-
stantial boiler house with a monster smoke stack 13¢ feet high
is also under way, at the Devil’s Hole.

—There is a most marked decline in the export of the
Square timber from the port of-Quebec this year as compared
with 1889 and 1890. The falling off has not been restricted
to white pine, as in oak, elm. ash and birch and maple there
has been a corresponding shrinkage. The following state.
ment in cubic feet, of timber measured and culled up to the
first of September at the port of Quebec this year, as compar-
ed with the two preceding years, shows at a glance how this
once profitable branch of the lumbering industry has de-
clined :

1889. 1890. 1891.
Waney white pine. .2,811,842 2,868,730 1,339,358
Red pine ane heeees 612,175 97,808 34,269
Wihittes pinererarrcree 3,477,910 2,127,792 842,149
Oasis care sateen: 960, 18 843,036 653,258
Blin eeo te eae 705,430 486,055 471,349
Ash Pees eases a os 229,540 92,787 76,240
Birch and maple.. 365,930 163,377 126,666

NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA.

—Meteghan River Lumber Co., Meteghan River, N. S., is
in liquidation.

—An extensive shingle business has been done this season
at Morrison’s mills, Frederickton, N. B.

—Kelly Bros., of River Herberth, N. S. out-put this sea-
son has been 2,700,000 feet of lumber and 2,300,000 lath.

—Messrs. Rees & Lozar of Colchester South, -N. S. have
succeeded in getting water to their mill from the M. C. R. R.
reservoir and have resumed business. They, have a good
stock of logs in their yard, and there is every probability of
the mill running steadily until the end of the year.

—Hundreds of citizens of St. John, N.B., were attracted to
the corporation pier of that city a few days since to see the big
ship Canada take her departure for Liverpool. She takes
1,580,500 feet of deals and battens 31,154 feet of scantling,
104,155 feet of ends and 165,701 feet of boards. The value
of her cargo is in the vicinity of $144,109. The tug Storm
King towed the ship down as far as Musquash.

—A statement published in the Moncton 7Zimes, N. B.,
shows that the wooden ship-building industry in Nova Scotia
is not dead. Says that journal: In 1887 Nova Scotia built
$7 vessels, of 12,300 tons. In 1888 that province built 116
vessels, 12,900 tons. In 1889 she built 106 vessels, 16,645
In 1890 no less than 148 vessels, 33,749 tons. Some
of the vessels lately turned out of Nova Scotia yards are
among the finest wooden ships afloat.

MANITOBA AND THE NORTHWEST.

—The Minnesota & Ontario lumber mill at Norman, has
closed down. The planing mill is still running, and the yard
and office men are busy shipping. The season’s cut has been
a large one.

tons.

October, 18g:

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

—Rafuse Bros. are running a successful saw mill at Rivers-
dale, Assa,

—Fraser & Co, Edmonton, Alberta, are sawing in the
neighborhood of 1,000,000 feet of lumber this season.

—Activity prevails at Christie’s mills, Brandon. Seventy-
five nen are constantly employed, and the turn out is 60,000
feet of dressed lumber every twenty-four hours. 42,000 logs
are on hand and 2,100,000 feet of lumber. 40,060 feet of
lumber leaves the yard daily for different parts of the province.

—The Western Retail Lumberman’s Association has been
‘organized embracing all the retail lumber merchants of the
province. The following are the officers: President, A.
Black, Winnipeg; vice-president, Mr. Barclay, Brandon;
secretary-treasurer, Mr. Housser, Portage la-Prairie. Five
directors were also appointed, who, with the president and
secretary-treasurer, form the executive committee.

BRITISH COLUMBIA.
—James Tretheway will erect a saw mill at Chilliwhack.

—Five logging camps north of Victoria have shut down and
the men have been paid off on account of dullness in the lum-
ber trade.

—Capt. Armstrong’s lumber mill near Golden, has received
a large new planer.

—Purdy & Dixon will shortly begin operations at their new
saw mill at Mission City.

—The Cornwall mill, at Whatcom, is now cutting
100,000 feet per day and has over 2,000,000 on hand ready to
load in anticipation of the arrival of two vessels from Chili.

—J. A. Carthew contemplates theestablishment of another
first-class saw mill on the Skeena river, and a few days
ago placed a contract for the necessary engines and plant with
the Hamilton Manufacturing Company, of Peterboro. The
new mill is to have a daily capacity of 50,000 feet.

—Col. J. Y. Scott of Port Moody, who ownsa large ranch
near Westminster Junction, made an interesting discovery a
few days ago. Trees in the woods were found full of honey,
each containing an enormous quantity of wild honey. One
taken down one night held 400 pounds deposited in the cav-
ity of the cedar, 10 feet long and 18 inches in diameter. The
Colonel expects to get a ton of honey this Fall. It has a
better flavor than hive honey.

—The shipping intelligence of the month tells of the Chilian
ship Atacana, 1,235 tons on the way from: Valparaiso to
Moodyville to load a return cargo of lumber on owners
account. The Chilian ship Emma Louise, 1,480 tons has
been chartered to load a cargo of lumber at Moodyville for
Valparaiso. The Norwegian steamship Herman Wedal Jarls-
berg, 1,958 tons, arrived at Moodyville Sept. 4 from San
Francisco to load a cargo of lumber for Port Pirie. The Nor-
wegian ship Saga, 1,413 tons, Capt. Oftedahl, cleared from
Vancouver Sept. 3rd, with a cargo of lumber from the Moody-
ville saw mill for Sydney, N.S.W., consisting of 960,254 feet
rough lumber, 22,461 feet t & g flooring, 2,277 bundles of
staves and 1,414 bundles of laths.

MEASURING TIMBER.

HE usual rule for calculating timber, is to measure
the trunk round the middle, take one-fourth part

of the girth and square it, and then multiply such
square by the height of the tree. In calculating a
Standing tree, it 1s usual to measure the height of the
tree to the first fork, and if there is still a good portion
of trunk above that, it is measured separately and
added to the previous calculztion. If a tree is very
irregular, divide it into several lengths and find the
contents of each part separately ; or add all the girths
together and divide the result by the number of them
to find the mean. When the square of the quarter-

girth is multiplied by the length, the product gives a

result nearly one-fourth less than the true quantity in
the tree. Some allowance ought to be made to the
purchaser on account of the waste in squaring the wood,
so as to be fit foruse. Dr. Hutton recommended the
following rule, which will give the contents extremely
near the truth: “Multiply the square of one-fifth of
the ,..th by twice the length, and the product will be
the contents.” It has been estimated that forty years
growth is required to produce one load of timber.

—The large sale of yellow pine made by Messrs Lacey and
Wellman to the German government will probably be a big
factor in strengthening the yellow pine market, more es-
pecially if arrangements now pending, looking toward a sale
of 150,000,000 feet more, are successfully completed.

—Michigan lumbermen are embarking to no small extent in
Southern timber limits.

—Over 100,000 trees in forest reserves in South Australia
have been lately destroyed by grasshoppers.

—Cleveland’s trees are being killed by soot, and it is feared
that she will soon lose her title of Forest City.

—Terrible turest nres broke out in Northwestern Minnesota
on the 23rd, ult., destroying immense quantities of timber
land.

—The Michigan Hoop Company expects to handle 1o,-
000,000 hoops at Clare the coming year, and contemplates
erecting a mill at that point.

—At Saron, Texas, a plant is being erected that will manu-
facture from sawdust and pine slabs, alcohol, creosote, tar,
pitch, turpentine, and charcoal.

—The early closing down of all lumber mills at the head of
Lake Superior is probable. The cause is lack of logs in the
Aminincon and Middle rivers.

—The three tallest trees in the world are believed to be a
sequoia near Stockton, California, which ts 325 feet high, and
two eucalvpti in Victoria, Australia, estimated to be 435 and
450 respectively.

—wWith millions of logs hung up in the Wisconsin and
Minneapolis streams logging operations should not be very
brisk next winter. But it is a difficult matter to curb the am-
bition of the average logger.

—The Morton & Backus Lumber Company, of Detroit,
Mich., one of the largest institutions of the kind in the city,
is temporarily embarrassed. Chattel mortgages aggregating
$81,040.17 have been filed in the office of the city clerk.
Nearly all of the mortgages have been given to secure the
payment of promissory notes given at three months.

—The Upper Congo abounds in forests, and many of the
woods would prove of value in Europe. Mahogany and ebony,
camwood, and a timber almost as strong as teak, known
locally as ironwood, are found in the interior, but the question
of transport stands in the way of their being utilised by
commerce.

—-Choice logs are said to be scarce along Puget Sound this
season, owing to a short cut brought about by a poor demand.
It is estimated that there are less than 30,000,000 feet of mar-
ketable logs in rivers tributary to the Sound. As a conse-
quence, prices are stiffening, and choice logs bring from
$7.50 to $9.50, a rise from $6 to $8 at which prices they
were quoted a short time ago.

—There are 413 species of trees found within the limits of
the United States and territories, sixteen of wh.ich, when per-
fectly seasoned, will sink in water. The heaviest of these is
the black iron wood, found only in southern Florida, which is
more than 30 per cent. heavier than water. Of the’ other
fifteen, the best known are the lignum vite and the man-
grove. Texas and New Mexico lands, full of queer, creeping,
crawling, walking, and inanimate things, are the homes of a
species of oak which is about one and one-fourth times heavier
than water, and which, when green, will sink almost as
quickly as a bar ofiron. It grows only in mountain regions,
and has been found westward as far as the “olorado desert,
where it grows at an elevation of 10,009 feet.

—Wiith the close of the present, season, the H. W. Sage &
Co. mill at West Bay City, Mich will have finished cutting
all the stock of timber at present owned by the firm.
This mill was erected in 1865, and will have the best record
of any mill on the river when it closes the season, a cut of
700,000,000 feet of lumber, valued at nearly $11,000,00. In
the decade ending with 1890, the mill manufactured 416,445,-
251 feet of lumber, as follows :

TBOO rao POETS hee Re REMEA Halen cette 25,048,987
ii(c op teeter aye icecielr corse Ieee CRS Dees 20,121,264
TO Deh aia eater aaa ero 0) ars SAS "sch loon 31,500,000
jel eit OR GR SOUTER CCIE EIEIO CR AE 30,000,000
MSA Sisy fe CA a eee Ree MB ar css pcailetoke A oye ce sVegaly @ 28,000,000
RSS TO rani ciee cite DOO TC Cee ore ee 20,000,000
TSSOP IMIR. Sata, nihaiie-elersne . 30,000,000
LOOT clas Rab siastore.e se nein suevelaliars Says 30,000,000
ffl Ife 6 OD OTOL.) ©. 2 CEO OIE Cee 33-000,000
LOM Aa MMe teres bude «. oheve att ost 30,000,000
oh fo) Renin eee Ud OCR EEE NE 28,275,000

Total PMA RRS ashe cal best eye «2 416,445,251

(6 oe ur

FIRES.

James Dollar’s storehouse and stables in Bracebridge have
been burned. Loss $1,000.

Mackay & Co’s saw mill, one mile west of Griffin Lake,
was burned to the ground on the 14th, ult

Large mountain fires lately destroyed millions of feet of

good timber in the Kootenay Valley, B. C.

A fire on the 14th ult., destroyed Robertson’s lumber shed
at Metcalfe, Ont. Loss $700 ; no insurance.

The shingle mill on Muskoka Bay owned by A. L. King
was burned to the ground a week ago. Insured ior $2,000.

Hilliard’s shingle mill, Peterboro, Ont., was burned to the
ground on the 21st, ult. Loss $2,500. No insurance.

The planing mill of F. W. Schwendrinan, Drayton, Ont.,
together with 10,000 feet of lumber have been destroyed by
fire. Loss $5,000

‘Rollister & Jewitt’s saw mill and a large quantity of lumber
at Garden River, Ont., was destroyed by fire a fortnight ago.
Loss $200,000 ; insurance light.

The mills of the St. Lawrence Lumber Co. (Ltd.) of Bath-
urst, N. B. were totally destroyed by fire on the night of the
23rd, ult., together with a large quantity of lumber. Mr. K.
F. Burns, M. P. for Gloucester, N. B., is the general man-
ager of the company, and was in Ottawa attending his parlia-
mentary duties when the fire broke out. Our readers will
remember that we printed a cut and sketch of Mr. Burns in
the June LUMBERMAN.

CASUALTIES.

John Holbert of Burk’s Falls, Ont., while at work in his
saw mill, had one ot his thumbs cut.

A boy named Henry Brodhayen, had his arm broken in
Bettscheries planing mill Palmerston, Ont., a week ago.

Robert Rusk, of the cedar mill, Deseronto, Ont., is suffer-
ing from a disabled arm through being struck by the shaft of
a saw.

A native of Switzeriand, named Emiel Hackstrosser died a
week ago from the results of an accident in Busie’s saw mill,
Vancouver, B. C.

A logger named Charles Levva employed in Mackies camp
on Valdy Island, B. C. died suddenly on 23rd, ult. He had
recently come from Marysville, Cal.

A man named Brown in the employ of the Royal City plan-
ing mills, New Westminister, B. C., had his left hand badly
cut and torn by a circular saw a few days since.

A young man named Arnett who was working at Thompson
& Baker’s mill, Oakley, Ont., had one of his arms nearly cut
off a few days ago by the saw of a shingle machine.

Felix Logon, an employee in Cameron & Kennedy’s mill,
Rat Portage, Ont., was struck by a shingle bolt in ihe abdo-
men, and died the following day from his injuries.

A son of Jokn McConachie, owner of a saw mill at Hunts-
ville, Ont., received an ugly wound in the knee on the 5th,
ult., by coming in too close contact with a shingle saw.

Thos. Callaghan, superintendent of the Rathbun company’s
operations on the Trent river had his leg broken while driving
from his office to the railway station at Campbellford, Ont.

Thos. Sheridan, assistant in the Rathbun agency in Brock-
ville, Ont.. died of lockjaw on the r5th, ult. Deceased was
unmarried, 35 years of age, and a very competent man in the
lumber business.

A broken leg has come to Andre Toussaint, a young man
employed in J. R. Booth’s mills, Ottawa, Ont. He was at
work on the mill platform and his leg was caught between a
stock of lumber and the rollers.

George Peterson, a logger, working for David Conklin,
Gosfield, Ont., was nearly killed a few weeks ago. The logs
of a truck with which he was working became loosened,
striking him with terrible force on the face. He will be dis-
figured for life.

Some operators make endless leather belts by using
common glue to make the joint. One of the advocates
of this method says: “Bevel the ends nicely and
smoothly. Put the glue on and place the splice ina
vise for some time. I have had such splices on the
heaviest kind of work, but it has never yet failed to
hold.”

14

THE CANADA LUMEBERMAN.

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October, 189

TRADE PEW TEMA

Office of CANADA LUMBERMAN )
Septa 30, 1891.1
THE GENERAL SURVEY.
ARRING the Ottawa strike no disturbing elements
mark the lumber trade of the month. A some-
what improved busineSs is shown, and the trade has
reason to expect at least a fair business this fall. The
crop in Ontario, as indeed is the case in all the provinces,
is well harvested and shows up a splendid quality.
Prices are ruling satisfactory, we should think, to the
farmer, and ina few weeks when he commences to
sell, money must necessarily circulate with some free-
dom. A commercial writer whose trade experience and
careful judgment usually lends accuracy to his calcu-
lations, fixes the result of the harvest, the Dominion
over, at $25,000,000 in excess of last year. It will be
passing strange if lumbermen do not get a slice of this.
In the meantime collections are slow.

Not much, if any, increase in business may be ex-
pected from Toronto this side of next spring at any rate.
Building operations that will benefit the lumber trade
may show a revival then, though we have houses
enough and to spare for some time to come. Two or
three failures of small contractors and planing mil] men
have occurred during the month, but the liabilities have
been light and caused no serious worry to anyone in
particular. The firm of contractors whose case was re-
ferred to in the September LUMBERMAN continue to
sail in deep waters, seemingly indifferent whether they
sink or swim. Creditors are endeavoring by various
ways to collect their money, but we fear the shot in
most cases strikes a bullet proof armour.

Business in the country is quite healthy. Jobbers
say that an encouraging movement is shown around
out-town yards, and buying will be free for some months.

Canadian lumber is being shipped in good quantities
to the States with the outlook for continued and stronger
shipments in October. Prices remain firm.

What will be the result of the Ottawa strike on prices?
This will depend on the outcome. At this writing it
looks as if the dead lock would continue, and if so, it is
not improbable that the mills will at once close down
for the season. THE LUMBERMAN has taken some
trouble to ascertain the views of the trade both in Ot-
tawa and in the west based on this contingency. The
concensus of opinion appears to be that no immediate
effect of any importance will be experienced in lumber
circles generally. If the mills continue closed down the
season’s cut will be necessarily curtailed and this would
have the effect or stiffening prices of stocks on hand;
it is the case, however, and especially in the Ottawa
district, that these stocks are very light. That better
prices will prevail in-the spring, as a result of these con-
ditions seems more than likely. One correspondent,
who is in a position to know says: “Our opinion is,
assuming that the mills shut down for the balance of
the season, that the effect would be purely local ; better
prices would be obtainable for such lines of this sea-
son’s manufacture, as are yet unsold, and a much
brisker trade would begin in the spring. Also in view
of the cessation in shipping, greater activity will pre-
vail during the fall and coming winter. We do not see
how any effect on the lumber market in other centres
can result from the strike in this locaiity.”

Of Canadian trade as a whole, taking a diagnosis of
the conditions at all the various controlling centres, it
can be said that the patient is in a fairly healthy state,
with the probabilities pointing to continued and increas-
ing strength.

sie

NEW BRUNSWICK.

Business in New Brunswick is recovering from the
effects of the strike a few months since. The millsare all
running and shipments to the United States and Eur-
ope are fairly brisk. Work for the winter is commencing
to engage the attention of thelumbermen of this province,
and more than one large operator has despatched
gangs of men into the woods to prepare for operations.
Fredericton is experiencing quite a shingle boom, the
mills in this vicinity being kept very busy. The Can-
adian Pacific railway track runs right alongside of
Morrison’s shingle mill, and this company has made
special rates for the shipment of shingles to the Boston
market, with the result that immense quantities are
being sent forward.

MANITOBA.

Mills in Manitoba and vicinity are commencing to
close down for the season, though a good trade is an-
ticipated as soon as the pressure of harvesting and
contingent work 1s completed. The question some-
times arises ‘n lumber circles, how do prices run in the
west as compared with other markets ? To answer this
we give here the price list, f.o.b. at Lake of the Woods
mills, 60 days, or 2 per cent. discount in 30 days:
Dimensions—2x4 to 12x12, 18 feet long, $14 ; do., 10
feet long, $15; cull dimension, $10; $1 per M advance
on each inch over 12 inches in depth and width ; 5o0c
per M advance on each foot over 18 to 24 feet. $1 per
M adyance on each foot over 24 feet long. Surfacing,
50c + sizing, $1; dressing 4 sides, $2. Boards—rst

common rough, $16.50, dressed, $17.50; 2nd do., rough,

$14, dressed, $15; 3rd do., rough, $12 ; dressed, $13 ;
culls, rough, $10, dressed, $11 ; Ist common stock, 12
in., rough, $19 ; dressed, $20; do., 8 and Io in., rough
$18 ; dresssed, $19 ; 2nd do., 12 in., rough, $16 ; dress-
ed, $17; do., 8 and 1o in., rough, $15; dressed $16;
wide box boards, No. 1, rough, $19 ; dressed, $20 : do.,
No. 2, rough, $16; dressed, $17. Shiplap—6 inches,
$14; 8 and 10 inches, $16 ; cull, $12. Siding, ceiling
and flooring—tst, 4, 5 and 6 inches, white pine, $31 ;
do., red pine, $26; 2nd, 4, 5 and 6 inches, white pine,
$27; do., red pine, $24; 3rd, 5 and 6 inches, white pine,
$23 ; do., red pine, $20; 3rd, 4 inch, white pine, $22 ;
do., red pine $19 ; 4th, 5 and 6 inch, white and red
$15 ; do., 4 inch, white and red, $14; culls, white and
red, $10. $1 per M advance for dressing both sides,
$2 per M less for lengths 10 feet and under. Bevel
Siding—No. 1, % in. x6 in. white pine, $20; No. 2,
white and red, $17. Finishng—14%,1% and 2 inch.
—Clear white pine, rst and 2nd, $45; 3rd, 537; selects,
white pine, $30; shop, do. $25; clear red pine, $27 ;
selects, do. $22. 1 inch white pine—Ist and 2nd clear,
$40 3 3rd, do., $32; 1 im. selects, $20; 1 im: red pine
clear, $25 ; No. 1, stock, white:pine, 12 in., $37; No 1,
do., 8 and to inch., $35 ; No. 2, do., 12 in., $32 ;' No.
2,do.,8 and 10 in., $30; No. 3, stock, white and red
pine, 12 in., $26; No. 3 stock, white and red pine,
8 and ro in. $25. Moulding—Parting strips, per
too feet lineal, 4oc; window stops, do., 50c ; door
stops, do.,75c; 4 round and cove, do., 50c ; 4 in.
casing, O.G., per 100 feet lineal, $1.50; 5 in. do., $1.90;
6iin- do:, $2:25);| 8-in. base, $3) 10! im: base. $3.75
Mouldings not mentioned above at 45 per cent. off
prices in universal moulding book. Lath, $2. Shingles
=No: 1, $33 No: 2) $2.25; ;), No: 3) S150 Now 4) Sit
BRITISH COLUMBIA.

Whilst British Columbia continues to feel the Shrink-
age in export trade to South America, yet the past
month has shown signs of improvement in this direction.
There is a strong feeling that matters are coming
round again in this market. The financial troubles of
the year are shaping better and the hope is that the
mills on the Pacific coast will ere long resume their old
time activity. As it is, several shipments of no mean
size have left here for South America during the month,
and others are in preparation. Australian trade is not
heavy, at the same time it has not counted an entire
blank. There has been more or less shipping to Syd-
ney and other points since our last review of the trade
here. Local trade moves along in the ordinary way, a fair
business being done with plenty to do it. The dispo-
sition of some mills to cut rates is quite manifest.
Prices are quoted as follows: Rough lumber, per M,
$12 ; best quality dressed lumber, per M, $20; second

quality dressed lumber, per M, $17.50; laths, per M,_

$2.50; shingles, per M, $2.50; with a liberal discount
for cash.

UNITED STATES.

Briefly summarized reports from the more important
lumber centres tell of increased activity in trade over
the preceding month, and a hopeful outlook for the fall.
One can hardly say more than this. The good things
that we have all been expecting have yet to come ; they
seem nearer than for some months ; the spurt trade has
taken augurs an increased activity of movement ahead;
but it is still to the future we are looking for actual
results. The lumber manufacturers of the Northwest
held a meeting at Minneapolis on the Ist inst., in which
they decided to take action towards advancing the price
of lumber. Over 60 were present from Minnesota, lowa
and Wisconsin. It is proposed to advance prices about
a dollar a thousand. This disposition to stiffea up on
prices is noticeable at other points and in better goods
which are none too plentiful any where we may expect
this tendency to prevail. At no point perhaps has a
revival foreshadowing better things, been more observ-
able than in the Saginaw Valley. Unsold stocks had
been accumulating the season through, but a reference
to our report from this section will show a movement
now running up into considerable figures. Bulk stccks
are quite dronish on Lake Michigan. Short pine stuff
has been on the decline, caused by the condition of the
stocks which are wanting in usable length and _ sizes.
But taken altogether the lumbermen of the United
States have cause to take heart and carry a cheerful
mood.

FOREIGN.

Activity has not been a characteristic of the British
market of late. Various causes have led to this dull-
ness, not the least of which, so far as the big city of
London is concerned, has been the carpenters’ strike,
which has proven a long drawn out affair, and still con-
tinues with prospects of settlement far off. Unfavor-
able weather has had full swing here, and this has affect-
ed all out-door building operations. ‘‘ But the easy rates
ruling for money,” says Denny, Mott and Dickson in
their usual reliable monthly report, ‘and the more whole-
some position of the trade in respect to credit, (the
result of the clearance of unsound firms in the earlier
half of the year,) may fairly be expected to operate in
favour of elasticity of reaction to sound business and
more remunerative prices as soon as these temporary
causes of depression have passed away ; and we are

inclined to forecast a brisk condition of business .in gen-
eral during the closing months of the year.” Whitewood
logs are a drug in Liverpool, the market being
swamped according to the London Timber Trade’s
Journal with large arrivals from America. Under this
pressure prices have gone down to a point about as
low as ever known. The Association of Swedish and
Norwegian Wood-pulp Manufacturers has now con-
cluded an agreement respecting the output in 1892, re-
ducing it to two-thirds of the ordinary quantity, and, in
accordance with the decision of manufacturers last
May, the prices for next year are 36kr. per ton, 50 per
cent. wet white spruce pulp, 80 kr. for dry f.o.b. Scan-
dinavian port ; other kinds in proportion.

Toronto, Ont.

TORONTO, Sept. 30, 1891.
CAR OR CARGO LOTS.

1 Ge 1A ay (Cris Taya) hel laleriiSiihg 4 ne neccosece acco aes cncnepcptic cs 33 00
1X10 & 12 dressing and better....... 20 00
fx1o eau (ruNiss. sees eee eeasacel teen eee ere ener 14 00
TXLO IG E2IAKESSIN Ge archer eleriotena Same eile elie ae 15 00
1x10 & 12 common.. 13 00
IXIO & 12 spruce culls. “ic II 00
EXO &.c2 mai Culls), fates wise ences teense 9 00-
Kinch Clearmandipiekist sree. eee ties eee eee 2400 2500
I inch dressing and better........ Rory Toit coun hoon 1800 2000
Teimehmsigtae aman itil eete see se yee eer eee 1400 1500
Munehesi dimewicomdimlanie neers et nice een cen eeee IL00 1200
Linch siding !ship CullS.a. sumo. cece cl eee serine een NCO Manta
Tenichisidimenmallcul Seen mer atelier ei eee eee 800 900
*CullScantling 21.55 0). sulee oatare aesee(s ses) Sette olen ee nD
i and thickericuttingaup) plans ye eel seesee eee 2200 2500
finch strips 4 in to 8in mill run..................... 1400 15 00
Tanchustrips ccoOmmonh nese ee eee II00 1200
1% inch flooring....... 14 00 1500
LIZANCH AMOGTING. J sree sce etse cies oes bei aer os Ae eee eee 1400 1500
MOORS hin B|S|T) ooo) is clay e v1oinre ins) e =ilele ere ee eee
MEX Shingles 16 Sins yo. ossicles ee one en
Wath: ONO e5Hi 5 laps isle apache wi ce sterces a wre et ete aaa ee a 170 190
BES SIN 5:2'? 7 Si c0e 0 state leroiehotaln ohare! isis eke See 170

YARD QUOTATIONS.

Millcull boards & scantling$10 o0/Dressing stocks.....
Shipping cull boards, pro-
miscuous widths......... 13 00
: ee Spee, et Ol F. M.
Scantling & joist, up to 16ft 13 50|1%4in. flooring, dres’d 26 oo
we ‘78 ft 15 o0/1% ‘* ‘rough ... 18 00
20 ft 16 ooj1% ** * dres’d F.M.25 00
22 ft 17 00 ‘“ **undrs’d B.M 16.00
24 ft 19 00 fs ‘** dres’d... 18 00
26 ft 20 00 fs ‘* undres’d 12 00
28 ft 22 00) Beaded sheeting, dress-
30 ft 24.00] ed... eee ee cones
32 ft 27 00|Clapboarding, dres’d
34 ft 29 50/XXX sawn shingles
sacen123 50] Den NLee aoe
36 ft 31 oo|Sawn Lath.....2....
38 ft 33\ a0|Red oalks. caeeaeaee 30 00
M0 40 to 44,ft°37 col WWihite: >! 2 ye ae 37 00
Cutting up planks 1 an Basswood, No. 1 & 2 28 00
thicker dry........ 25 00 28 oo/Cherry, No. 1 & 2... 50 00
go boarder 13 00 24 00/White ash, 1 & 2.... 24 00
Black ash,t & 2 .... 20 00

} 16 00@20 oo
Picks Am. inspection...... 30 00

30 oc
22 00
28 00
16 vo
20 00.
15 00

35 90
12 00

2 70
2 00:
40 00°
45 00
20. 00:
60 00
35 00
30 00.

Ottawa, Ont.
OTTAWA, Sept. 30, 1891.

Pine 4th qual. deals 1000 1200
+" millicnllsecrod
Laths® =. 2 eee

Pine, 1st qual., # M.$35 00@40 oo)
Scien 27) Ces aig 2200 2500
‘* shipping culls 14 00

16 00 150

Montreal, Que.
MONTREAL, Sept. 30, 1891.

Pine, 1st qua’y # M $35 00@4000 | Basswood.......... 1200 2000

Pine, 2nd * WY 25.00 2800 ak, per Mie asesanis 4000 6000

Ptne shipping culls Valnuth *! niece 60 00 I00 00

ME Rockin ne TZioo) s16;c0 Chenavas 6200 8000

Pine, 4th quality Butternut, per M... 220c 4000
deals #2 M........ Ioo00 1200! Birch, “yn. #500) 425/00:

Pine, mill culls,4#28M 800 1000) Spruce timber..... ,» 1300 1609

Spruce, per M...... 600 1200 ard Maple ‘ 2000 2100
emlock, lumber.. 8 00 1090! 1% Lath............ I60 196

Hemlock timber.... 1300 1400] Shingles, 1st, per M 300

ING EMBASE CUre OO DDD 1300 2500! Shingles. 2nd, “ 125 150

St. John, N. B.
Sr. JOHN, Sept. 30, 1891.
Deals, Boards, Scantling, etc.

Spruce deals - - - - - $12 00\Spruce boards - - - - 1200

Pine “= - - = - = 15 0o/Pine ‘6 - = -12 00@4o 00

Dealends - - - - = - 6 oo Oak te 4 = = = _ 40 00:

Scantling - - - - - - - 10 0GAsh ne - - - 15 00@25 00

Hemlock" - - - = = = 7 50
Shingles.
Spruce, extra - - = - - $3 50|_. No..t = = "=? = sh= 25
clear = = = -"- = 3:00|Pine) — 3-9 =e eee
‘6 Nowa extra "= =" -=*) 22
Clapboards.

Pine, extra - - - - - - 35 oojSpruce, extra- - - - - -24 00
"© "clears: @ = = => =) '="45 100) ie clears _- - - = © 230
‘© adclears- - - - - 3500) “* No.I - - +15 00

are No.2 - - = 1000
Flooring, Dressed.
6in..No.I - - - =(= 2. col4in., No.2) == (= eno
"No.2 = = = = =) =) =10100|"" | NOn2) =) eens
Miscellaneous. oe
Staves - - - - - 300@450 |Laths - - - - = 1
Heading 17 in. per pr. 04 \Pickets = = = = = (6) So@ryiea;
Gh ait) tiny 04% 05%|\Railway ties
te 22) in. 04% 06

New York City

NEw YORK, Sept. 30.—Perhaps the best that can be
said of the lumber market here is that 1t shows some im-
provement ; not much to brag about, but a start. This
is also to be noted that whatever increased demand
exists is in anticipation of colder weather—stocking up
to some extent for the winter. Very little stuffis re-
quired for immediate use. Money continues hard to
get. We have one advantage over some points—the
trade are pretty thoroughly united. There is not that
cutting of prices that is too common to some localities.
White pine is shaping up an improved market; the

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THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.,

call is chiefly for better grades. Instrumental in helping
the demand has been the prospective increase of freight
charges, indications that Canadian supplies on con-
tract are nearly all forward and the mater.al reduction
of the supply of dry lumber in the Ottawa district. De-
mané for yellow pine is light. Spruce is arriving with
greater freedom. There are no new features in the
hardwood market—it would stand more activity. Ex-
port trade has brightened materially. The West
Indies, Brazil, and some other South American ports,
are beginning to show a demand again. To that
port last month, not including hardwoods, there was
shipped 7,653,000 feet.
White Pine—Western Grades.

Uppersiin..... ....--..$44 00@45 00|Box, in .................$13 00@14 00
14%,1% & 2in...... 4 Ww hiGkem vues.) 14) 50) 625-00,
3 &4in.. - 55 00 58 oo\Ceil’g, base, fig No.1 40 00 42 00

Selects, I i . 40 00 41 00} Nee cae ve

No.

I in, all wid ess 1 ‘
124, 136 2 in-..-..... 43 00 44 ooShelving, No. t..

beware SOL00) 15 5100)) SNOW ieee 5-2-4, 25 001) 27:00
Fine common, 1 in... 36 oc 37 oo/Molding, No. 1........ 36 00 37 00
1%,1% & 2in........ 38 oc 40 00 ON 2ieeteenk- elemectere 2) BdiOO! © 30h.00
3&4in ............. 4600 48 09|/Bevel sid’g, clear..... 22 50 23 00
Cutting up,1m, No.1 28 00 3000) No. 1 2200 22 50
iS Ze See eres No. 2. S08 20 50
Thick No. 1. : WeINO. Soop tee, | 0100! L760
IND: 2:..--- 2400 26 oo|Norway, c’l, & No.1 23 00 25 00

NOM 2 eee

Common, No. tI, 10 &
i Common ...

Albany, N. Y.

ALpany, N.Y., Sept. 30.—Lumbermen are feeling in
good feather. The month opened with a nice trade
and it has kept improving the month through, with
promising omens of a satisfactory fall trade. Grain
shipments have almost monopolized shipping interests,
so large is the crop to be moved, and lake freight rates
have advanced accordingly. Dealers here talk a good
deal about a rise in values this winter and predict that
lumber will be considerably higher in the spring. To
some this may appear mere talk, but the men who are
doing the talking usually know what they are talking
about. The trade are hopeful of an improvement in
export trade in the near future. The inquiry for ship-
pers has improved and considerable twelve inch has
changed hands of late. This feeling is based on what
is believed to be an improved condition of the money
market in South America—at least in the near future.
Canada stock continues in good demand. The supply
of logs on the Upper Hudson are exhausted,and where
better can we look for supplies than across the border ?

White Pine.

1 toz in, good ...............$49@55o]1 to 2 in, box................. 513@S16
1° 2° gths.. -- 44 45/14 to2in. sredersves EZ 17
aie Selects .- 39 40\12in. and up shelving..... 26 32

yoo * ‘ickings....
2% in. and up, good.
a 4ths

is 34 3814 “coffin boards 19 _ 23

ss Soro. ** =“ shippers.....16 co@18

- 50 53 X 10in. andi2 in.com.16 00 18
49)

selects...... 45 1x10 in. and 12in. sound

24%“ * pickings..... 40 43 21
1 to 2in. yard picks. 32 Sal x) 28
1‘*2 **No.1t cuts... 2 2 33
z“2 “ No.2 cuts.......... 1 22

1X10 in., up dressing.....828@334|1 in. siding. selected....S38@34S
15 aegeD

1x10" common.. 20\1 common... 13. I
1x12 “ o dressing selected... 40 45
yx12 common ..... 5 common.... 15 20
1x10“ up dressing... --28C@33C|1%4x10 in., up, dresging....42¢ 5oc
yxao =e calls:73.352 22C 25
Shingies and Lath.
Shingles, shaved pine 6 so|Shingles,cedar mixed 275 300
od auclity - ee. 5 oo|\Lath, pine...... 0.2... 209 210
Sawed, extra......-.- 7h (ae 60) SPUNCE < gain saat 215
Sawed. clear butts... 300 310) STOIC Ka oes seers 1 80
Cedar, XKX........- 400° 4 20)

Oswego, N. Y.

OswWEGO, N.Y., Sept. 30.—Greater activity exists in
lumber circles to-day than was the case a month ago.
Prices are firm.

White Pine.

Thre uppers, 1%, 1% & 2inch ae -.-.$44 00@4% 00

Pickings,1%,1%&2in.......... 36.60 3000
No. 1 cutting up, 1%, 1% & zin. 3100 3200

No. 2 cutting up. 14%.1% & 2in .... Bees Le
In strips, 4 to 8 wide, selected for moulding strips, 14
Sopataee 8. . Re ep cie ; fot
Siding.
1% in selected.......

2000 2100
31.00 3300

3 in siding, cutting up 35 00@42 00

piks & uppers..... 30 00@39 001% in dressing...... 1700 1900
gin dressing ........ 19 o0o@21 001% in No.1 culls.... 1400 1600
1in No.1 culls... .. 14 00@16 001% in No.2 culls.... 1300 14060
tin No. 2 culls...... 1300@1400)1 in No.3 culls.... 950 1000

raz Inch.
1z2&16ft, millrun .... eats foo . 2000 2300
10 & 16 ft, No. 1 &2, barn boards.... 1700 1500
12 & 16 ft, dressing and better. 2600 3090
ENS? OPIIG:, 2 Fela s iavice's eevee cise seis veka 13 00 1400
wz10 Inch.
12 & 13 ft. mill run, mill culls out....................... 1900 2100
12 & 13 ft, dressing and better......................+... 2500 2700
mats 1460 26 DAN DOALGS 22 3... 26. 2 on ert edie edsnes 1600 1700
EET OTS ee oe cle e nn ce oenslecinn 1000 ‘17 00%,
NSS UO ZOU GS Boe pcre ore arte nccsscpensotere 1300 1400
14 to 16 ft, mill run mill culls out................ »+. 2000 2200
14 to 16 ft, dressing and better... . 2500 2700
14 to 16ft, No.1 culls ........ ... 1600 1700
14 to 16 ft, No. z2culls......... ... 1300 1400
RANE TE LIONS 009, Re eee de a. oo 698 e 72's 00 to, 950: 10,00
: 1 1-4uz10 Inches.
Mill run, mill culls out 20 00@2300/No. 1 culls........... 16 00@17 00
Dressing and better..25 00 wy oo\No. 2culls........... 1400 1500
Sie. adil cals xt v7 Sesbocho (col @
run, mill culls out 17 1900|No. 1 culls............ 13 00@1400
Dressing and better.. 23.00 share TR aed opett ODI Z Op!
145 Inches,
67.058. mill run, mill , 7 0r 8, No. 1 culls.. 15 00@16 00

coe 0016, 7 or 38, No. 2culls.. 1300 1400

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Shineles.
@3 85|X XX, 18 in cedar.......
2 85|Clear butt, 18 in cedar.,

KAN LGN Pine. ........ 375
5
9 320/KX, 18in cedar.....,.. 2
le}

7
Clear butts, pine, 18 in. 27
XXX, 16in pine....... 30
Stocks cedars, § or Gin, 45

Buffalo and Tonawanda, N. Y.
TONAWANDA, N.Y., Sept. 30.—It cannot be said that

fall trade has yet opened out at this point. We had
expected it, but it has not showed up. Receipts at the
several docks have not been as large as usual for
September. Buffalo trade has been disturbed some by
what we are inclined to believe are unneeded sus-
picions of shakiness in certain circles of trade At the
first meeting for the season of the lumber exchange
here, the subject of inter-state commerce wil] be dis-
cussed. Rail freight rates are far from satisfactory.
The need of higher grades of pine is felt in this mar-
ket. The large supplies of Canadian logs that have
come across the border lately have furnished us with
abundance of coarser grades. - Hardwoods are be-
coming increasingly popular and we are constantly in
receipt of quantities from Saginaw, Toledo, and points
in Canada.

White Pine.
Up’rs,1.1%,1% &2 in $45 00|~helving, No.1 13in
24% and 3 in...... 55 00, and up, in........ $32 00
an nods ocapstaRsee E 5§ oc|Dressing, 1% in.....- 26 00
Selects, 1 in.. 39 00 1%x10 & 12........ 27 00
1% to 21n... AONCO| eater sede ey 25 00
Zand) sin... LO (lo\| Pon ho Sossuccco ear 27 50
J) Tle eormoma cys Secon 50 00/Mold st’psito 2 in * 32 00
Fine common, f in. 33 oo/Barn, No.1. 1o&12in 21 co
1% and 1% in...... 34 co) 6 & 8in.......... 0% 2u 00
AWB sm Gen Seitmocemcce 35 oo No. 3.10 & 12 in 17 00
2% and 3in . AZNOO!MONSE OM MGn ella nee ees 16 50
A NTisoebctse hteresens 45 00/ No.3, 10 & 12 in... 14 00@ 14 00
Cut’g up, No.1, 1 in 28 oo} 6& Sin...... ; 14 00
ICA WOO, WN sccceednons 33 oo|Commion.............. 1600 18 00
NoW2taer ner 18 00 1% & 1% in ... 17 00 “19 00
No. 2, 1% to 2 in... DAwOOli a2 ini eee: . 19 OU 20000
No. 3, 1% to 2 in... 17 00)
Box.
rx1o&12in (No.3 out) 55) CZ Wile secoss9e Hrocbocemce: 13 00
1x6& § in (No.3 out) 12 So0|1¥% in. wy 13 50
1x13 & wider ....... Hye Bel thtbssonce nang ob ae soscu 14 00
INAET OW). ete sxterteeek 12 co@ 13 00)
Shingles
18-in XXX, clear... 4 oo|r6-in, *A eXtra......... 2.00
18-in, XX, 6-in clear 2 75)16-in, clear butts..... 2 10
Lath.
IN )59 oe cic Soon eRe eae SREP EOIS adel DIE eC eee RR CE CC iar thy

Boston, Mass.

Boston, MAss., Sept. 30.—Trade here is still quiet,
yet not as entirely devoid of life as a month since.
Wholesalers feel a little more cheery, and are impress-
ed with the idea that a fair trade will be done this fall.
There continues a steady call for spruce boards, with a
lack of stock to meet the fall demand. Business in
western pine is slow, with dealers buying only for im-
mediate requirements.

Western Pine—by car load.

Uppers, rin .. .. ..848 00@50 oo|Fine corn ae 4in.. 42 00@46 oo
1%, 1% &2in... 4800 50 v0/No2,1in. Finecom, 28 00

(8271 108) Ga Geneon SIs) Cle) cle (ofo}|| OA 1S ars. AlaGe) he (we
Selects eins sssatkiee 42 00 43 00|/No.1 strips, 4to6in 40 00 43 00
Tg nat Ol 210i een G EO) 45500! eNO. 2)e rr ier ete 85000997) 00
SiGe tees onl d SOO SG hOO|EUNO: Gren) ie tayn any 248 Ol 20100
Moulding boards, 7 to Cut ups, 1 to2in.... 24 00 30 00
11 inch clear....... 36 00 38 oo|Coffin boards... .. IG 00 22 00

++ IG
36 00/Common all widths. 22 00 26 oo
Fine common 1 inch 36 00 38 oo Shipping cullsrin ~15 oc 15 so
1%,1% & 2inch... 38 00 do 1% in 15 50 16 50

Eastern Pine—Cargo or Car Load.

60 per cent clear 34 00

Nos. 1, 2&3.... .... 40 00@43 00!/Clapboards, 4ft., sap
nee enrinnees 2buOON SOnGO|p=Clearwr ns et 1.40000) -A5y.G0
So een bop en Zee —Aorooy Sepp woclelerien, oy sky Wo 25 Co)
Ship’g bds & coarse 16 00 16 50} Heartextra.... .. 50 00 55 00
Refuse .. . 1296 13 50| Heartclear... .. 00° 50 00

West’rr pine clapbds Bevel siding 6in, clear 23 00 24 oo

4ft.sap extra... .. 45 00 50 00
Spruce—by Cargo.
Scantling and plank, Coarse, nous hy Ode JA Bley Genie)
random cargoes . . 14 00@15 oo| Hemlock bds., rough 12 00 1309

Yard orders, ordin- dressed 1200 14 00

ALW ISIZES A se ona: 15 00 16 oo|Clapbds., extra, 4 ft. 34 co 36 00

Yard orders, extra Gleariastiy sear: 30 00 32 00

HAS, eps a eee 16 00 18 00} Secondclear... 25 00

Clear floor boards. . 19 00 2000}; Ng.r....... I0 00 14 co
Doty en Bowe br a 16 00 17 00)

Lath
SPUICe DY ACALCOM A cu ened ott a tpn ucts ea) ee Ae, ses 2 10@2 20
Shingles.

SPUICe mie Hehe ek ches 1 25@1 50\Cedar, sawed, extra 335 350

Pine wisn esttar, wu4i00, 426) Clear 7 8. G2. 3 00

PING; IN Or 3) ahs cular 300 315) Extra,No.r.. . 2 50

Cypress. No. 1, 18 in. & oc

Saginaw, Mich.

SAGINAW, MICH., Sept. 30.—The lumber market has
taken a good spurt during the month and it begins to
look as if the long looked for revival had at last struck
this point. Besides many minor sales, several large
sales are reported during the month. One commission
dealer here sold over 3,000,000 feet within a few days.
near the middle of the month, all to go east. Another
sold over 3,000,000 to eastern and Ohio parties. Two
hundred car loads have been sold by one firm to go to
Chicago for the world’s fair building, and is negotiat-
ting trades for enough more of this class of stock both
Norway ard white pine, to aggregate 5,000,000 feet.

added to the generally, reviving volume of business
throughout the country. is regarded
the increasing activity here. The

fair trade, not more than one ort»
trade continues, when the season
less unsold lumber on hand, in proy
put of the mills than last year. Seve
dian cut lumber have sold at $13.75
trade is being done in hardwoods.

1
the cause for

mills are agoing a

Finishing Lumber—Rough.

Uppers, 1, 1% and 1% in....$45 00/Fine common, 1 ir Sa
2in av sa) BOC b
Selects. y in.. 3
1% & 1%... te 37 00'C, 7,8 & gin
BAN) scayn0 es .- 39 00
Siding
Clear. % in.... AS 22 oC, ¥% i 17 00
Ye in AD ep . 4600) %Z 09
Select, Y%in.... 20 oo\No. 1, 12 00
Ty AN > sets ae Ape -. 3900| % in 20 0
Timber, Joist and Scantling.
2x4 to 10x10,12,14 and 16 ft $10 co! 2oft..... : sae 12 09
Bbrerns sera nce « 11 00| 22 & 24 ft oop sicetaln worst KOGERl

For each additional 2 ft. add 1; 12 in. plank and timber $1 extra;
extra for sizes above 12 in.

Shingles.
MORO AT DITO IIIMAKS vores sisescoay S 1 CUNY 2 a2 sche eden
XXX Saginaw....... nape a XXX shorts.... 2 00
1. OWE oe ebact ean xX I 25

TB IN AUIRECs Dt saancieteyet ie is sieese

Lath, No. 1 white pine........ 2 ’. pine Norway I 50

Fee SOUAL MENT 7 2

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hurdman of Ottawa, Ont., are home
from a holiday trip to Old Orchard.

THE LUMBERMAN had the pleasure ofa call a few days ago
from Mr. Palmetre of Palmetre, Impey & Co., manufacturers,
Galt, Ont.

J. H Greer, of West Lorne, has left for Arkansas where he,
has large interests in timber lands. The Conservatives of
West Elgin lose by his departure a staunch supporter.

Peter Callahan is one of the veteran rivermen of Ottawa,
Ont. He has plied on the Upper Ottawa since 1849, and is

recognized as one of the most active lumberers on the stream.
His age is 68.

Christopher Johnson, lumberman, Whitby, Ont., died on
the 2nd, ult., aged 47 years. Deceased was for many years
with M. Boyd & Co., of Bobcaygeon. He had been in busi-

ness on his own account for about 15 years.

Blundell Maple, is an English lumberman with a big pile of
money anda strong liking for the turf. This attachment is shown
in theamount ofmoney he is always ready to put into horse flesh.
Recently he bought the celebrated race horse, Common, pay-
ing therefor $75.000. Since that Mr. Maple has paid the
highest price ever given for a yearling in England, he having
secured a colt by St. Simon for $32,000. 3

‘The death is announced of Samuel Code of Trowhridge,
Ont., an Ontario pioneer, and one of the early lumbermen of
the Province. Deceased was born in the county of Lanark in
1824. In 1848 he entered the bush prospecting for a home.
For two years with a younger brother he roughed it in the
woods. The two then located. on what is now the site of
Trowbridge. For a number of years the nearest town was
Stratford, and the journey for the mail used to be about
once a month. The Codes the first mill

in the district and had lumber for sale almost before there

erected saw

wers customers to buy. He was a prominent member of the
Methodist church.

Jno. I.. Pierce of the Chaudiere lumber firm of Pierce &
Co., Ottawa, Ont., died suddenly on the 5th, ult. Mr.
Pierce had only arrived home a few days from England,
whither he had gone on a visit about six w_eks Sreviously and
Shortly after his
arrival he complained of a neuraligia pain in his head, which

was then apparently in the best of health.

continued to grow worse until the hour of his death. The
doctors attribute his death to blood effusion or apoplexy.
M1. Pierce was born in Liverpool, England, and was a son of
Mr. Hugh Pierce, of the lumber firm of James Bland & Co.,
Mr. Pierce was 45 years of age.. He leaves a wife
and daughter to mourn his loss. Mrs Pierce was present in
his last hours. Miss Pierce is at school in England. Mr.
Pierce was also a member of the lumber firm of Pierce & Pierce,
London, Eng. He came to Canada about four years ago,
when he purchased the Old Levi Young saw mill from James
Greer of Montreal. Mr. Pierce was an ardent cricketer, and
was president of the Ottawa Cricket club. He was also a
member of the Rideau club. Deceased was popular with all

England.

The shortage of the log crop at many other points | who knew him, and his death will be generally regretted.

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THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

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October, 189:

SAW MILL BUILDING.
BY J. H. MINER.

1

N ITEM to be closely considered in erecting any |

mill, is the timber supply.
Itis bad
policy to erect a mill on a small lot of timber, calculat-

over a tract of timber and not overestimate it.
ing to buy the adjoining timber later. It will in many
cases cost two or three times the amount that you could
Better keep quiet and
secure plenty of timber if any money is to be made.

have got an option on it ‘at.

Erecting a mill on a stream or water course, is a dif-
ferent thing. Here the location of the millsand oppor-
tunities of holding logs in swift water must be closely
looked at.

The amount of waste around a saw mill can in many
cases be worked up very economically, in a way not
known to all. Where lath are not in sufficient demand,
all slabs should be worked into box boards or heading,
which will command a nice profit at your nearest city.
An ordinary shingle machine can be used for this pur-
pose and all trimmings can be utilized. A boy at a
small cost will work up the refuse from a mill of 15,000
feet capacity.

The care and assorting of timber should be done but
once. Many large mills spend more money to take
care of their product than to make it. A good edger-
man and assorter are necessary. The latter in ordinary
mills may be one of the hands at a salary above the
rest. Bad work starts back from the sawyer,; where he
uses bad judgment in setting and sawing, the edger-
man is compelled to spoil more to rectify the careless-
ness.

Lumber should be well trimmed. Defects never
grow smaller. Where judgment is not used, a board
may be reduced from clear to a cull for the want of
one foot more in trimming, or one inch in edging.
When the lumber leaves a mill it should be so graded
that there are no rejected pieces and no tearing down a
stack to “pick.” The policy of putting in a few better
boards to compensate for some worse ones, will never
work with customers The natural tendency is toward
accuracy. A man wants it as near alike as possible.

By close grading is where many yard dealers make
the profit which the mill man should make. The ship-
ments are made without much attention to rigid inspec-
tion. The buyer never gives any credit for what is
above the inspection, but lays aside thelower grade
and culls, that the mill man may come over and see for
himself. Green lumber presents a deceiving appear-
ance, and the mill man is surprised at shakes, loose
knots, stained sap and the appearance of rot. The
considerate, successful merchant classifies his goods.
How many custom2rs would be had and what would he
make lumping certain articles together? Nothing; yet
we see mill men with competition just as sharp work-
ing on this plan.

It is safe to count a ten per cent. loss by the time
lumber leaves the mill until the money is received in
the office, and many mills lose much more than this—
not only from rejection because of bad assorting, but
from the care and abuse lumber is subjected to in many
yards.

HOW TO BE A SUCCESSFUL SAWYER.

1. Acquire a sufficient knowledge of machinery to
keep a mill in good repair.

2. See that both the machinery and saws are in good
order.

3. It does not follow because one saw will work well
that another will do the same on the same mandrel, or
that even two saws will hang alike on the same man-
drel. On the principle that no two clocks can be made
that tick alike, no two saws can be made to run alike.

4. It is not well to file all the teeth of circular saws
from the same side of the saw, especially if each alter-
nate tooth is bent for the set, but file one-half of the
teeth from each side of the saw, and of the teeth that
are bent from you, so as to leave them ona slight bevel,
and the outer corners a little the longest.

5. Never file anv saw to too sharp or acute angles
under the teeth, but on circular lines, as all saws are
liable to crack from sharp corners.

6. Keep your saw round, so that each tooth will do

Few men can look

its proportional part of the work ; ifa reciprocating saw,
keep the cutting points jointed on a straight line.

7. The teeth of all saws wear narrowest at the ex-
treme point ; consequently they must be kept spread so
that they will be widest at the very points of the teeth ,
otherwise saws will not work successfully.

8. Teeth of all saws should be kept as near a uniform

| shape as possible. in order to keep a circular saw in

balance and condition for business.

g. Frosted steel is always brittle. No intelligent
woodsman will use a good chopping ax on hard frozen
timber until he has taken the frost out of it. and no in-
teliigent sawyer ought to attempt to set the teeth ofany
saw without taking out the frost, if there is frost in it.

AMERICAN LUMBERMEN IN CANADA.
A RECORD OF SOME RECENT OPERATIONS.

A. BURTON, representing the Pulp Wood Supply

¢ Company, of Appleton, Wis., spent some time

during September in the Algoma district with a view

to making an arrangement with a responsible party for

the taking out of some twenty thousands cords of
paper wood.

H. M. Sage and Hiram Emery of Bay City, Mich.,
have purchased a timber limit on the Serpent river,
and Mr. Emery has started camp with the intention of
putting in 20,000,000 feet of logs, which will be towed
to the Sage mill in Michigan. Without this supply the
Sage mill.was likely to have been closed down.

A. J. Scott and Eli McLaughlin, of Michigan are in
the Georgian Bay section looking up timber limits for
William Peter to stock his mill at Bay City, Mich.

An American lumber exchange gives currency to the
rumor that Merrill & Ring, of Saginaw, Mich., are
talking of turning over their mills at Parry Sound, Ont.,
to some other operators. j

Edmund Hall, of Michigan has parties prospecting
for timber berths, in the Georgian Bay territories.

A consignment of 306,685 feet of pine lumber from
Byng Inlet, Ont., reached Bay City, Mich., per barge
Hercules on 8th ult. There is said to be no pre-
vious record of the arrival at this port of a direct con-
signment of lumber from Canada.

Howry Bros., of Saginaw, Mich., shipped on 7th ult.,
from White Fish river, a raft of 3,500,000 feet of logs,
and will take ancther over immediately on her return.

Nelson Holland of Michigan is a large buyer of Can-
adian logs.

The Saginaw Lumber and Salt Company depends
almost wholly upon Canada for its supply of logs. The
company owning a large body of timber on the Ver-
million ana Wahnapitae rivers, and also on Fitzwilliam
island.

A BOOK FOR LUMBERMEN.

VERY complete directory of lumbermen in Can-
ada and the United States has just been issued
by Rand, McNally & Co., of Chicago. The work con-
tains the names of lumbermen, loggers, sash and door
men—in truth of every one identified with the lumber
trade. The financial rating of each firm, so far as it
has been possible to cover the ground, is also given.
The work besides contains much valuable information
concerning the grading and inspection of lumber, legal
pointers for lumbermen, and the power, style and daily
capacity of the different mills in these territories.
The work makes one large volume of nearly 700 pages,
and the name of the veteran publishers is a guarantee
of the excellent mechanical make-up of the book.

BITS OF LUMBER.

Shipments ot lumber from San Francisco to South
America for the first six months of 1891 fell short of
those of the first six months of 1890 by over 5,000,000
feet.

More than 300,000 persons are occupied to-day in the
United States in the direct manufacture of forest and
saw mill products alone.

Rosewood takes its name not so much from its color.
as its fragrance when first cut. It still remains prince

among the finer woods, being worth $750 per 1,000 feet
board measure.

When a belt breaks from a fair strain, it bursts
nearly straight across at the weakest part. Whena
belt is broken diagonally across the solid leather, then
be sure it is torn by something else than fair strain.

An expert in such matters says he has found the fol-
lowing the best thing he has tried for making joints
against fluid pressure: Five pounds of paris white.
five. pounds of red lead, four pounds black oxide
manganese. The whole is to be well mixed, and a little.
asbestos and boiled oil added. This, he says, soon be-
comes nearly as hard as the iron itself.

It is considered a good load for a belt to be able to
manage fifty pounds for every inch in width; in fact this
is considered about as much as a belt is able to stand,
for seventy-five pounds for every inch in width to let
the slack side run with only one third this strain, for it
is the difference in tension that does the business in
belt driving.

If you wish to prevent the slipping of pulleys, throw
out your iron pulleys and put in wooden ones, or else
cover the iron ones with leather or wood. High speed
light belts should be fastened together with the strong-
est quality of bed ticking, torn into strips one inch wide
and double lace into the belt. It will last longer than
the best rawhide lacing, and when it breaks will give
away all along and not tear out the holes in the belt.
Those who do not believe this, just try it for any belt
under eight inches in width.

A traveller has recently returned from Mexico with
an idea which he hopes to utilize in the manufacture of
flour. He notes that for centuries the Mexicans have
been accustomed to parch their grain before grinding
it, and claims to have discovered that the heat gives the
flour a sweetness and fragrance unknown in the flour of
ordinary brands, and at the same time adds much to its
power of nutrition. Mills are to be equipped with ap-
paratus for parching the wheat before putting it in the
hopper.

One of the latest applications of electricity is to lum-
bering and a company has been formed for the purpose
of exploiting a lumber carrier to be electrically worked.
The apparatus consists simply of a clamp to be swung
from trees or other supports on which hangs a cable ;
the cable is drawn taut, and onit run pulleys from which
hangs the chains which carry the logs about three feet
from the ground, :

_ One very important cause of deterioration in boilers
is due to the fact of their becoming too small to do the
work without forcing, so that the pulsations of the
engine cause a well marked succession of shocks on the
boiler, which result in the weakening of the material.
By placing one’s hand on the head or shell of the boiler,
the vibrations of the metal can be felt similar to the
rising and falling of a man’s chest while breathing.

To make elevator-cups discharge perfectly the speed
of belt and size of pulley should be as follows; Of belt
speed 200 to 250 feet per minute, size of pulley 24
inches; speed 300 to 350 feet, pulley 36 inches; speed
400 to 450 feet, pulley 48 inches; speed 500 to 550 feet,
pulley 60 inches, and speed 600 to 650 feet, pulley 72
inches; or 35 to 40 revolutions per minute of any size
pulley.

An excellent way to discover the whereabouts of
pound about an engine is to place the end of a piece of
rubber hose to one ear and the other at different parts
of the engine. Sometimes it may be necessary to stop
up the other ear, as sound travels in a very deceptive
way. Some engineers put the end of a thin pine stick
between the teeth, and let the other end touch the
suspected part of the engine. We have always found
the hose quicker and more reliable.

A shaft that is crooked, and is run in bearings that
are in line, consumes power equal to the amount of
strain it requires to spring it into line, and this strain is
constant in any position that the shaft may be in, but
as it revolves it shifts the strain to the bearings, and
has a tendency to wear and loosen it. If the shaft is
straight, and the bearings are out of line or level, the
result is similar as to the constant strain of bending the
shaft as it revolves, but the strain on the bearing will be
one way all the time, and the tendency will be to wear
the bearing in a direction that will allow the shaft to
straighten itself. If the shaft is crooked and the bear-
ings are out of Jine to the same amount, there will be
one point in each revolution where there will be no
strain, but opposite to that ‘will be a point where it will
be double, and the result will be a jerky motion, worse
than if one or the other was right. eb ake a Bk

October, 189:

THE CANADA

LUMBERMAN. 4

THE CROWN LANDS OF NEW BRUNSWICK.
By EDWARD JACK, C. E.

HE position of the crown timber lands of this Pio-
vince 1s none too encouraging to the lumbermen.
Years ago the lumbermen were given leases for a period
of ten years ; the stumpage payable under such leases
was $1.25 a thousand. Many of them had been pur-
chased at large sums over and above the upset price of
$8 a mile, very conclusive evidence that the rate of
stumpage, $1.25 a thousand, was not too high. Owing
to some trouble with the representatives of the city and
county of St. John, the local government finding that
they could not stand without the aid of money, resorted
to the unheard-of and extraordinary measure of rebat-
ing to those who had contracted to pay this sum of
$1.25 a thousand, a fifth part thereof, or in other words
the sum of 25 cents a thousand, thus virtually canceling
the solemn agreements which the lumbermen had made
to pay a certain and specific sum of money. They did
not cancel the whole agreement and offer the lands at
sale again by public auction subject to this lower rate
of stumpage, for the simple reason that it did not suit
these lumbermen whose representatives desired to make
the corrupt bargain above referred to, because there
were outsiders who stood ready to buy these leases and
to pay large bonus forthem. This bonus had been lost,
thus entailing a double loss on the unfortunate country,
first, that of the 25 cents a thousand, and second, that
of the bonus for the unexpired term of ten years. This
bonus migat have been safely estimated at $50,000.
This statement will explain fully enough the inwardness
of the famous or rather the infamous Northumberland
deal. Now what is the present state of matters? The
ten years lease will expire in a year or two; they will be
renewed to the present lease holders, or will they be
offered again for sale by public auction? What is the
government policy ? since, until this is known, capital
from the United States cannot be introduced into New
Brunswick to forward any extensive wood manufactur-

ing enterprises which will have to depend for their |
source of supply upon timber lands which are not the |
| engines, wood-working machinery, sand papering ma-

property of the crown. The writer has always looked
unfavorably on the annual or even decennial sale of

WANTED AND FOR SALE!

Advertisements wili be inserted in this depart-
ment at the rate of 15 cents per line zach insertion.
When four or more consec.ttive insertions

timber berths at Fredericton, and believes that the |

parties who have bought their timber leases at public
auction should be allowed to hold them so long as they

comply with the conditions therein contained, since it |

is no difference to the country who holds these leases
so long as the stumpage is paid and conditions per-
formed ; in fact 1f one would be willing to pay the mile-
age on the land and not cut the lumber, but hold the
same until there should be a greater demand, he would
be doing the country a great service for holding and
caring for the timber, and would also be aiding to cur-
tail the cut of lumber for spruce in this province, which
is not excessive. There is a large amount of capital in
the United States which can be introduced into New
Brunswick, to be used in the manufacture of woods in
various shapes, so soon as the government will adopt
such a policy as will give some security that the leases
of crown land which may have been purchased shall
not be subject to be taken away at the expiration of a
short period and again offered for sale. There is in
New Brunswick a vast area of crown land not now
under lease ; much of this would rapidly be taken up
did the government give leases renewable yearly, so
long as the conditions contained in them are being
complied with, and the revenue from the crown timber
lands would thus be greatly increased.
FREDRICTON, N.B.

A USEFUL CATALOGUE.

Weare in receipt of a 66 page catalogue of new and
second-hand machinery from H. W. Petrie the well-
known dealer, whose large ware-rooms are located on
Front street. There is hardly anything in the way of
machinery that Mr. Petrie has not for sale. The list
includes machine tools, chucks, boring machines, drill
presses, drills, milling machines, power hammers, punch

| and shearing machines, bending rolls, tops and dies,
| screw plates, bolt cutters, jack screws, machinists’

stocks and dies, forges, anvils, vises, saw gummers,
engines and boilers, feed pumps, injectors, tube brushes,
governors, pressure gauges, steam pumps, steam fire

chinery, circular saws, belting, hose, lace leather, belt

OOD Canadian Timber Limits and Georgian
Bay saw logs.
are | Whitney Building, Detroit, Mich,

ordered a discount of 25 per cent. will be allowed. |
This notice shows the width of the line. and is set
in Nonpareil type. Advertisements must be re-
ceived not later than the 27th of each month to

fasteners, water and steam gristmill
making ‘machinery, cotton
agricultural machinery, etc. To all interested

Petrie’s depot is well worth a visit

TO THE WEST! TO THE WEST!
By THE West! to the West ! to
free.

the land of the

Where mighty St. Lawrence rolls down to the sea,

Where a man is a man, if he’s willing to tc

And the humblest may gather the fruits of the soil ;

| Where children are blessings, and he who hath most,

ree eas WANTED
Address, BEN BIRDSALL, | ; |

SAW MILLS

Hath aid for his fortune and riches to boast ;

Where the young may exult, and the aged may rest,

Away, far away, to the Land of the West !

To the West! to the West!
flow.

where the rivers that

Run thousands of miles, spreading out as they go ;

Where the green waving forests, that echo our call,

Are wide as old England, and free to us all ;

Where the prairies, like seas where the billows have
rolled,

Are broad as the kingdoms and empires of old ;

And the lakes are like oceans in storm or in rest,

Away, far away, to the Land of the West.

To the West ! to the West ! there is wealth to be won,
The forest to clear is the work to be done,
We'll try it, we'll do it, and never despair,

While there’s light in the sunshine and breath in the air.
The bold Independence that labor will buy,

Shall strengthen our hands and forbid us to sigh.
Away ! far away ! let us hope for the best,

And build up a new home in the land of the West !

FOR SALE—A RARE CHANCE.

VERY desirable mill property in the town of Essex. Ont..

known as the Hanlan Mills, for the manufacture of staves and
lumber. The daily capacity of 20.000 teet of lumber and 34,000
staves. ‘l'welve acres of!and for mill yard, on which is located 4
charcoal kilns,1 boarding house, two tenant houses. barns
sheds and other outbuildings, with an unlimited supply of pure
well water ; with or without horses. trucks, waggons, etc. Also six
million feet of standing timber, one-half elm: balance oak. cotton-
wood, ash, maple andsycamore ; from one to three miles from the
mill; and other timber in easy reach_can be bought. The mills
are on the line of Michigan Central Railway, with two spurs run-
ning into the mill yard, and within fifteen: miles from Detroit.
Terms liberal. Good reasons given for selling. Write or call on
the proprietor, T. H. DeCEW, Essex. Ont.
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Muskoka and Georgian Bay

Navigation Company.

Muskoka Division.

For all ports upon Lake Muskoka, Rosseau and
Joseph, close connections are made daily

insure insertion in the following issue.

ANJVED AT ONCE-—delivered at Toronto
Junction, from $5,000 to $10,000 worth of
jumber for building and manufacturing purposes
for fully paid up stock ina flourishing manufact- |
uring business, well established; a continuous
supply of over 2,000,000 feet required annually.
The Gurd Brandon Woodenware Co., Limited,
Toronto Junction, Ont.

ARTNERSHIP WANTED in Sawmill, Sash
and Door or Furniture Factory, or any other
class of good wood-working establishment.
Advertiser will invest $5,000 cash. Address,
“PARTNER” care of CANADA LUMBERMAN.

H ARDWUVOD lumber, bought. sold or received
on consignment, TUCKER DAVID, lum-
ber commission merchant. 202 Eleventh Ave.,N.Y.

SAW AND SHINGLE MILL

OP. SALE—on the Manitoulin, near Little
Current. A bargain. Address. W. L. H.,
CANADA LUMEERMAN.

SHINGLE LIMIT WANTED.

WA XTED--Good shingle timber limit. Ad-
dress, P. J. D., care CANADA LUMBERMAN.

PARTNER WANTED.

ANTED—Partner—Silent or active, with
$10,000 to $15,009, to handle lumber 1892.
Address, T. C. F.. care CANADA JLUMBERMAN.

STEEL RAILS, ETC.

EVERAL thousand feet T rails 12 and 20 lbs.
to the yard. A Jarge quantity of flat strap
rail for tramways. a wheels and axles, all in |
good second hand condition. very cheap.
JOHN J. GARTSHORE,
49 Front Street, West,
a oe See. | Toronto, |
FOR SALE, RENT OR PARTNERSHIP

IKST CLASS saw mill, planing mill, sash and |
door factory and dry kiln, 35 pieces of machin-
ery in complete running order,situated just outside |
of limits of city of Kingston. Premises suitable |
fora oir sate or will sell machinery, dry kiln or
building for removal. For particulars and cata-
ane i machinery address M. STRACHAN &
N, Kingston, Ont.

‘under Government license.

SALE OF TIMBER LIMITS.

For sale by Public Auction, at the Russel House,
Ottawa, at three o’clock in the afternoon of ‘!UES-
day 26th October, 1891, the following Timber
Limits.

Parcel No. 1—Kippewa Birth No. 21, on White
Pine Hiver, area 22 square miles, being one of the
few Virgin Forests and contains a considevable
quantity of superior Pine with very short haul.

Parcel No. 2—Berths A & B River Coulonge,
area toosquare miles. Thiscountry is very nearly
all green and contains a large quantity of good
Pine, short haul the drivetrom which reaches the
Ottawa early in June.

With Parcel No. 2, there are supplies and plant
for one chantier, to be taken at a valuation as per
inventory.

The terms and conditions made known on day
of sale.

For other information, apply to,

Re GORMAN,
or I. B. TACKABERRY,
Auctioneer.

Ottawa. Sept. 16th, 1891.

CcooD

BUSINESS CHANCE

A party having the disposal of about 50, -
000,000 feet of good standing White Pine
besides a vast
quantity of standing Hemlock, Spruce, Birch,
&c.. in a most convenient part of the District
of Muskoka, together with a good Mill, nearly

new. containing the very best machinerv, is

anxious to meet with a purchaser or parties
willing to form a joint stock company. The
whole property will be put in at an extra good
bargain, and employment arranged for practi-
cal men. Full particulars as to Limits, Mill
and prices, map, &c., can be seen at the
office of the ‘* Canada Lumberman.”’

Rocky MOUNTAINS

IN - LITTLE - BELT

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ALONG LINE OF

Great Northern Railway

For particulars write

J.M.SUCKINS, |

4 Palmer House Block, Toronto

Or F. J. WHITNEY, Gen. Pass. Agent,
St. Paul, Minn. |

PLANING MILL
FOR SALE.

A Planing Mill and Sash and Door
Factory in running order and _ fully
stocked with best machines. Land
freehold. GOOD LOCATION IN
TORONTO. WILL BE SOLD AT A
BARGAIN ON EASY TERMS.

Apply to “Planing Mill”

Canada Lumberman.

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Muskoka \\ harf with mail and express traius of
G.T.R from Toronto and Hamilton as under.

On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7.15
a.m , the Muskoka leaves for Rosseau and inter-
mediate places, and at 1.45 p.m. the ‘Nipissing’
and “‘Kenozha” leave for all points on the three
lakes.

On Tuesdays, Thursday's and Saturdays the
“Muskoka” leaves at 7.15 a.m. for Port Cock-—
burn and intermediate places, and at 2.45 p.m.
the “Nipissing” and ‘‘Kenozha” leave for all
points on the three lakes,

Georgian Bay Division.

The Str, “ Manitou * leaves Parry Sound daily
at 7 a.m., calling at Midland on Tuasdays and
Fridays and at Penetanguishene on Mondays.
Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Return-
ing she leaves Midland for Parry Sound on ar-

| rivalof mai. train at 142 p.m.on Tuesdays and

Fridays, and Penetanguishene for Parry Sound
on arrival of mail train at 12.45 p m. on Mondays
Wednesdays, Thursdays and ~aturdays. F
rhe ‘‘ Manitou” is the only daily boat to Parry
Sound and the only boat running the famous

| South Channel among the islands where the best
| of fishing is to be had.

Magnetwaan Division.

The “Wenonah” leaves Burk’s Falls daily at 7
a.m. for Magnetawan, Ahmic Harbor and inter-
mediate p rts, returning arrives at Burk’s Falls
at about 5p.m.

Good Fishing—Safe Boating and
Bathing.

Full information from any G.T.N. agent. Send

for folders with map and full information as to

rates. &c.
J.S.Playfeir, A. P. Cockburn,
President, Toronto, Gen. Msgr, Gravenhurst
J. A. LInk, “ec.-Treas., Gravenhurst.
For information respecting the Georgian Bay
Division apply to J. Wilkinson, | urser ‘* Mani-
tou,’’ Penetanguishene P.O.

WILLIAM FOSTER

Lumber & Commission Merchant
Receiver and forwarder of

‘LUMBER, LATH & SRINGLES

Correspondence Solicited.

OWEN SOUND, - - ONT.

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teeth in ordinary mill saw in One Minute, or roo teeth in shingle
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Lumber Manufacturers and Dealers. S Trenton, Ont.. 26th Aug., 1891.
F. J. DRAKE Esq , Belleville, ( nt. ‘

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October, 1894

Cant Dogs, Peavies,
Skidding Tongs,
Pike Poles, Coldshuts,

* Lumber Bob Sleighs. *

~. J. Muckleston & Co.

Kingston, Ont.

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Pine Timber

QUANTITY of standing pine timber up-

on unsold and unlicensed lands of the
Crown, west of Sudbury, in the neighborhood
of the Canadian Pacific Railway, estimated as
follows :—

Spanish River....... | .13.500,000 feet B. M.
Onaping Lake, north of.18,000,000 ‘
* south of 11,000,000. 54

Cat Lake (Ramsay Sta.) 5,000,000 “‘ ‘‘

Township of Moncrieff.. 2,000,000 ‘* ‘

+ TESS 3a eI OO; OOO eens
Motal.2. 35. 51,000,000 feet B. M.

having been damaged by fire during the past |

summer, the undersigned hereby calls for
tenders for the right to cut the damaged tim-
ber. There is also some green pine estimated
at 2,000,000 feet in the vicinity south of
Onaping Lake, for which tenders are also
invited.
including the 15th day ot October next, and
may be ‘for any parcel or for the whole, and

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| next, and must state the amount per thousand

measure the tenderer is willing to pay for the
burnt and green timber separately in addition
to the regular Crown dues of one dollar per
thousand feet board measure. For conditions
and further particulars application should be
made-to the Crown Lands Departinent.

Mr.
Department, will be at Cartier Station on and
after the 15th September -to give information
to parties desirous of examining the timber.

The above figures represent only the De-
partment’s estimate, and intending purchasers
must satisfy themselves as to quantities, etc.

John Regan, forest ranger under the |

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PINE. TIMBER

A FURTHER quantity of standing pine

timber upon unsold Crown Lands north
of Sudbury Junction, on the Canadian Pacific
Railway, having been damaged ky fire, the
undersigned
right to cut the same.

The timber is situated immediately east and
north-east of the Township of Lumsden, upon

| what would be on plan of North Shore and
Lake Huron projected Berth 66, and that |

part of Berth 65 north of Vermilion River.

It is estimated at 72,500,000 feet B.M. viz., |

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thirty million feet B. M.
of green pine.
Tenders for the whole quantity will be receiv-
ed up to 12 oclock noon of 31-t October

feet B. M. or feet cubic the tenderer is willing
to pay in eccess of the regular Crown dues of
$1 per 1,000 feet B. M. or $25 per 1,000 feet

| cubic. For further conditions application
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ment.

Mr. John Cunningham, Forest Reieer at

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Sudbury will give information to parties de-
sirous of examining the timber.
The above figures represent only the De-

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accept the highest or any tender.
A. S. HARDY,
Commussioner of Crown Lands.

Ist September, 1891.

No unauthorized advertisement of the above
will be paid for.

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A. S. HARDY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
25th September, 1891.

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Tonawanda, N.Y

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West Seneca Street, Buffalo.

ENMIMET FLEMING

NSPECTOR and Commission dealer in Lum-
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LAYCOCK LUMBER CO.

ANUFACTURERS of Pine, Hemlock and

ak Timber up to $5 feet in length. Saw

Mills: Ackley. Pa, Black Ruck, N. Y., Graven-

hhurst, Ont. Office, corner Main and Seneca Sts,
Buffalo, N. Y

J. & T. CHARLTON
HOLESALE dealers in Masts and Spars,
Canada Round Pine, &c. Tonawanda, N.

WILLARD W. BROWN.
202 Main Street, Buffalo, handles all kinds

of Hard Woods.
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HOLESALE Lumber dealers. Yards at
Tonawanda and Chicago. Correspondence
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L. A. KELSEY LUNIBER CO., (Ltd.)

ANUFACTURERS and dealers in Hard-
wood Lumber of all kinds. Describe stock
and write for prices. Office Tonawanda, N. Y.

E make a Specialty of Wheels suitable for

the requirements of Lumbeimen_ and

Street Car Service, and can supp]v them Bored,
Finished and Balanced. :

BOVEE & HOWDEN

ANUFACTURERS and Wholesale dealers

in Hard and Soft Wood Lumber. Holders

of Canadian stocks are invited to write for quota-
tions. Offices at Tonawanda and Le Roy, N. Y.

THE TONAWANDA LUMBER CO. - Soe a, SNOTIS SES,
ILLS at East Tawas, Mich.; office = ells

Street, opposite N. Y. C: ard Sail, Tent and Awning Maker,

onawanda, N. Y. 251 Georce ano 154 Kine Streets,
PETERBOROUGH.
Canoe, Yacht and Boat Sails made to order.
Pertect Fits guaranteed.
Ewery description of Lumbermen’s Subtlies
and Waterproof Clothing.

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED

Station, North

THE MONARCH BOILER
earenteo) AND HERCULES ENGINE,

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\e OW en CH, . RK: portable steam power heretofore produced for
Au ARE Ny Ne | strength, durability, compactness, and the ease
PERE, Se, Sr E | with which they can be moved.
\put a> | The 70 horse power can be taken over the rough-
Pay, F est roads, or into the forest, and set up as easily
\ | and quickly as an ordinary 20 horse power port-
>f able engine, and as firm as a brick-set stationary

engine. Engines and boilersofevery size and des-

cription. Rotary Saw Mills, Shingle and Lath

machines, Law Grinders, Planers, etc. Mill

machinery and pepphee of every description.

Every boiler insured against explosion by the

| Boiler Insurance & Inspection Co. of Canada.

| Write for circulars.

| 4. ROBB & SONS, | Amherst Foundry and
Amherst, N.S. Machine works.

ESTABLISHED OVER 40 YEARS.

Heevert G. Ross. Box 278. Recinatp C. BuaKer,

N. G. ROSS & GO.

Real Estate, Fire and Life [nsurance,
Shipping and General Commission Agents.

j= Timber Limits and Farming Lands a Specialty.

» A.B.C, Code, Cable address, ‘‘ Ross.”’

NEW WESTMINSTER,

COBBESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

Endorsed by Leading Architects.

CVAD
STOCKS WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
STRIPS R HEMLOCK
SIDINGS I Wd ; SHINGLES
BILLSTUFF DEALERS LATH, ETC.
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Millichamp’s Buildings,

35 * Adelaide * Street > East,
TORONTO:

YARD: NORTHERN DOCK, FOOT OF BATHURST STREET.

ARETHE ONLY SPLIT GRIP PULLEYS & CUT OFF
COUPLINGS MADE. GIVE EVERY SATISFACTION AS
DRIVERS OR DRIVEN PULLEYS. FULLY GUARANTEED.

. JUS-ENGINE WoRKS.Co.

NAPANEE CEMENT WORKS

— MANUFACTURERS OF —

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ARTICULARLY adapted for Dams, Smoke Stacks, Foundations, Cul-
verts, Cisterns, Cellars, etc.

ENDORSED BY LEADING RAILWAYS AND CONTRACTORS.

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For Building, Plastering, Gas Purifying, Paper Making, &c.

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DESERONTO, ONT.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

“TERRA#COTTA#FIRE-PROOFING#

For Use in Old and New Buildings.

Absolutely Fire-proof. About as Cheap as

Wood or Brick. Weight One-Third that of Brick. Does not
Crack on application of Heat or Water.
Deadens Noise. Gives Warmth in Winter; Coolness in Summer.

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OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR

Planing, Moulding & Stave Cutting.

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Friction Grip Pulleys.

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Combined

Planer and Matching

Several Styles of
Mill Dogs

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Machines :
From $170 up. a — :

Sawing.
Write for Circulars stating what machinery you require,

capacity, &c. Special facilities enable us to quote very low
prices. |

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REPRESENTATIVES.

Montreal, A. A. Benson. Quebec, W. A. Ross
Victoria, B. C., Nichols & Renonts. Toronto, Hugh Cameron.

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Wood Yard Outfits, Double Axe Splitters
and Swing Wood Swans.

LATH MACHINES.

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Shingle Machines

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THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

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J. L. GOODHUE & CO.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

JYueather Belting

AND

G. F. CLEVELAND, !

Lace Leather.

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STORAGE OF LUMBER.

We are prepared to receive any quantity of Lumber for storage.
Freight and money will be adv anced on same. Also, W arehouse
Receipts issued, which can be hypothecated to banks and others.
Storage charges easy. For further particulars apply to

W. LEAK & CO.

Coal and Wood,
TORONTO.

Tauumber,

DUNDAS STREET, = =

JOHN BERTRAM & SONS,

CANADA ¢ TOOL ¢ WORES

DUNDAS, ONTARIO.

MANUFACTURERS OF

WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY |_|
MACHINE TOOLS, ETC.

Write for Prices and Catalogues

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\ITHOGRAPHERS Be |
TORONTO.

Peter Gerlach & Co.

Manufacturer » of

THE HANDSOME
7, TOWN IN CANADA\'Z.\ dope

=| ae ONLY PLACE IN| It]

ALLIGATOR CHISEL-BIT SAWS

The Champion Stave, Heading and
Shingle Machines.
IceTools and Mill Supplies.
CLEVELAND, - OHIO.

J. D. SHIER,

Manufacturer of
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Lumber, Lath and Shingles

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BRACEBRIDGE, ONT.

Me HE WORLD WHERE

THE RATHBUN COMPANY,

DESERONTO, - - ONTARIO,
MANUFACTURERS OF

Uoors, Sash, Blinds, Stairs
AND ALL KINDS OF WOODEN HOUSE FINISHING MATERIALS.
CEDAR OIL FOR PURGING BOILERS.

—~"OE CORRESPONDENCE SOLICTED tie

THIS! SPACE: FOR SALE,

THIS SPACE FOR: SALE.

RAILROAD, BANK & OFFICE

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300 ST. JAMES STREET, MONTREAL.

GOOBBAY, BENSON & C9.

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General Lumber 2 Timber Merchants,

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Correspondence is solicited from parties having choice stocks of Hardwood and Pine
to offer, either in the log or in sawn lumber.

GEO. CORMAC

All kinds of LUMBER.

Lumber Shipped to all parts by Rail or Vessel.

WHITEY, - - ees

THOS. WHALEY, W. E. HUTCHINSON,
President. Sec.-Treas.

The Whaley Lumber Co.

OF HUNTSVILLE, ONT (LIMITED)

Manufacturers of

White Pine Lumber, Bill Stuff, Lath and Shingles

ALSO HARDWOOD LUMBER.

All orders promptly attended to. First-class facilities for shipping.
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

Investment Bonds.

THE DOMINION SAFE DEPOSIT WAREHOUSING & LOAN C0.,

Head Office—The Canadian Bank of Commerce Building, King St. W., Toceaee
CAPITAL, ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
DIRECTORS.

W. D. Mettnews, Esq., President.

John I. Davidson, Esq. S. F. McKinnon, Esq.

H. W. Nelson, Esq. J. P. Clark, Esq.

M. C. Cameron, Esq. Robert Kilgour, Esq.

Thomas McCracken, Esq. Robert Davies, Esq.
Aaron Ross, Esq.

This Company is now issuing $100 $2005300, $400 and $500 investments in bonds, payable in
five, ten and fifteen years from date of issue, with participation in profits, affording all the adyant-
ages of compound interest accumulations on small sums of money. These bonds. are the obligat-
ions of this Company and are specially prote cted by a sinking fund, invested in first-class real es-
tate mortgages. Vhey are plain definite contracts, subject to no contingencies whatever, are non-
forfeitable after one annual payment, with values definitely stated thereon. For a small outlay
they secure a fixed and generous return.

To bondholders who complete their contracts the Company guarantee compound interest at the
rate of Four Per Cent, Per Annum.

The Company is prepared to receive applications from reliable agents at all points where it is
not already represented,

G. B. Smith, Esq. M.P.P°
J. H. Starr, Esq
Alexander Nairn, Esq.
Eugene O’Keefe, Esq.

The Safe Denosit Vaults of the company cannot be surpassed for absolute security. Call
and examine or write for circular WM. KERR, Manager

The American Lumber Yard

HAMBURC, CERMANY,

Offers the best facilities for Yarding and Selling all kinds of

American Wood Goods

Address :
CARL GARTNER, Agent,
Hamburg.

ROSENBACHER & CO.,
Bankers, Hamburg.

Henry W. Darling, Esq., Vice-Pres ~

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MANUFACTURERS OF

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BOILERS.

The accompanying
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Southern Agents,
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[P= ah LOG BOOK OAK, ASH, BIRCH, |
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ber dealers: wood measure; speed of circular
saws. care of saws; cord-wood tabies; felling
| trees; growth of trees; land measure; wages,
rent, board, interest, stave and heading bolts, CEDAR AND PINE
etc. Standard book throughout the United
States and Canada. Get the new illustrated | SHINGLES
edition of 1882. Ask your book-seller for it. | :
Send post-paid for 35 cents. | Manufacturers having such for sale are invited
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Box 238, Rochester, N. Y. ; 9 Se
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or A. G. MORTIMER,
Toronto, Ontario. | Office, Cor. Spadina Ave. & Front St.

ROCHESTER BROS, A.T. ANDERSON & 60.,

Commission Agents. Soe
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Limits bought and sold on commis- |

sion. Limits travelled and earefully | _ Complete instalations of « team and Hydraulic
prepared estimates given. Some first- | $03 Gonsteuction: for Are and Insandeseent
class berths *on the north shore of | Lightins. Agents for the celebrated “C. & C.”
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The Casselman Lumber Co,

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CASSELMAN, rN ¥ Successors to FLATT & BRADLEY. a
ESPECIAL GOOD FACILITIES FOR SHIPPING. ¥

HEMLOCK BILL STUFF OF EXCELLENT QUALITY

ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF

PINE, SPRUCE, ASH, MAPLE AND OTHER HARDWOODS.

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

| J. W. MAITLAND J. G. AINSLIE
H. RIXON W. STODART

Maitland, Rixon & Go.,

Owen Sound, Ont.

Saw Millers < Lumber Dealers

All kinds of Building Material kept in stock,
WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF

LONG BILL STUFF IN ROCK ELM, PINE, CEDAR AND HEMLOCK

QUOTATIONS FURNISHED ON APPLICATION

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Votume XII. {
NUMBERII. 5

- RUSSIAN SAWMILLS.

R. WALTER KEMPSTER writes from Wilna,
Russia: ‘I visited a large saw mill, located
upon the River Vilia, which flows through this place.
The mill, a very substantial brick building, stands back
from the river forty rods. The loys. some more than
eight inches in diameter, and all twenty-one feet long,
are drawn out of the water by horses,a heavy trace
chain hitched to each end of the log and fastened to
whifiletree serving asa means of hoisting them out.
There 1s a horse at each end with a boy on the horse’s
back, and when the chains are made fast each boy
cracks his horse and out the log comes. You under-
stand it is not drawn out endwise but sidewise, the
In
this manner the logs are drawn into the yard where
they are piled up for winter's use. As the horses ap-
proach the pile the boys start them into a gallop and

they skid them to the top of the pile on the gallop.

“In the mill there are two gang saws—the old, old
fashioned kind ‘up one day and down the next’—five
saws in each gang. There are also some edging saws.
The machinery is all in good order and everything
about the place indicated prosperity.

“From the log yard the logs are hauled into the mill
in the usual way and why they do not haul them from
the water in the same manner is a mystery. All the
boards are carried about the mill by men, not by car-
riers such as are used with us. It is laughable to watch
operations in a Russian sawmill.

“The rafts are made up much as ours are, except that
the logs are piled up three or four feet in each section,
and the reason for this becomes apparent when I ex-
plain that for every section in a raft the owner pays the
government a river tax of five roubles (about $2.50).
The logs come several hundred miles down the river,
which is a fine stream evenhere. The raftsmen live
on the rafts but have no shelter like the raftsmen on
the Allegheny.

“The most pitiable thing about it all is the price
paid to workmen. Sawyers receive five roubles (¢2.50)
per week and board themselves. Laborers receive
from thirty to fifty kopecs (fifteen to twenty-five cents
per day and board themselves, working from 6 a.m.
until 8p.m. Many men and women too get only one
rouble (or 50 cents) per week and board themselves.
Fifty kopecs per day (25 cents) is the pay for a first-
class laboring man, who ts not a skilled mechanic, and
no mechaniz that I have found yet receives more than
one rouble (fifty cents per day. I have visited mills of
all kinds, carpenter shops, cabinet makers, machinists,
wood carvers, brick Jayers and stone masons, and in
short every trade, and seven roubles (about $3.50)
per week is the very highest price paid to the most
skilled artisan.”

OIL IN BOILERS.

T SEEMS to be proved beyond a doubt that kero-
sene oil has a beneficial action upon the interior of
steam boilers in a section of country where lime water
is used for feed. Some engineers open the boiler once
a week and turn in from one to three quarts of either
crude oi] or kerosene. Other engineers follow the
practice of injecting a pint or so of oil every day. Some
men have rigged up special apparatus for injecting oil.
This is hardly necessary, especially where a power
feed pump is used. There is, or should be, a small
pet cock tapped into the barrel of every power pump.
If a bit of rubber hose 1s squeezed on over this pet
cock, and the end of the hose dipped into the can con-
taining the oil, it is quite easy to open this pet cock
during the suction stroke of the pump and close it
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during delivery. This action fora dozen strokes will
suck up all the oil and send it en route to the boiler.

Where an injector is used a pet cock may be tapped
into the water supply pipe just back of the injector. If
the water supply flows through the instrument it may
be necessary to throttle it slightly when
to be administered to the boiler. © When
done the rubber hose can be applied to the pet cock
in a manner similar to that described for the power
pump.
oil and it will be quickly soaked into the injector and
discharged toward the boiler. Care must be taken not
to open the pet cock to its full extent when passing oil
through an injector, or the large body of oil acting
differently from the water may cause the injector to
“break.” If this happens, the engineer may get a dose
of oil and greasy water on his face and shirt front, but
no more serious action will occur. The steam pump
may be given oil in a similar manner, but it will not
pay to-harness up the air chamber pet cock for this
purpose.

oil is
this is

When the injector is working well turn on the

OPPORTUNITY.

>\O WE ever stop to think how much of human suc-
cess depends upon opportunity? The world is

full of square men who are industriously trying to
fill round holes, and the men occupying the square
holes are in like manner misfits. How many men waste
the energies of an entire life in misdirected efforts
simply because they have never found a fit opportunity
for the development of such abilities as they possess.
A man who possesses decided executive capacity, and
is competent to handle great interests, or control an
army of workers, perhaps plods away for years in some
subordinate routine position, because the opportunity
has never come for him to display his mental calibre.
He has never struck the right line, is probably engaged
in a business for which he is wholly unfitted and in
which he will never be anything but a failure. Another,
perhaps through a merely fortuitous circumstance, it
may bean almost accidental connection with a man
prominent in some special line, 1s placed in a position
for which he happens to possess marked capabilities,
although as yet undeveloped. He does not even know
himself that he possesses any special fitness for the

post. But with opportunity comes development.
Manifesting continually increasing capacity for the

business, he is pushed ahead, the scope of his author-
ity broadened, and he becomes in time a type of the
highly successful man.

Placed in a different position, one for which he had
no aptitude, he might have run on inthe same dull
groove, gradually deteriorating into a mere machine,
doing his work perfunctorily and without interest. . But
when he has found his special work he grows mentally
with every days’ experience, and finally Tises to the
extreme height of efficiency.

It is too often the case that the unsuccessful men,
those who have made a failure of their life’s work, have
merely lacked the opportunity to develop what was in
them, and in their failures are rather to be pitied than
blamed. It is true that even persistent plodding will
sometimes reach the goal of success, but the way is a
long one, and the final rewards hardly commensurate
with the toil involved.

That man is indeed fortunate to whom opportunity
comes early in life, and who has the good judgment to
grasp it while the way is clear. It is said of some men
that they compel opportunity ; but for one who suc-
ceeds in that effort there are many who fail. That
occupation for which a man is adapted, by natural
temperament, by physical and mental qualifications,

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is the one to which he ought to devote his be
gies, for, although he may achieve a measuie of
success in other callings, it will never be so complete
or so liberal in its material rewards as that for which
he is naturally qualified. Let us have fewer square

pegs in round holes.

STAVELESS BARRELS.

HE London (Eng) Times, tells of a remarkable in-

vention of a German, that may do much to revolu-

tionize barrel-naking the world over. the
account as given by the Thunderer :—

“Tt is doubtless a matter of general knowledge that
the bodies of casks and barrels are composed of a num-
ber of tapered staves, which are assembled toyether,
held in position and hooped up. By a novel and in-
genious method ot manufacture casks are now being
manufactured from one piece of wood, and therefore
without any staves, or, it may be said, with only one,
the body constituting in itself a long, single stave. The
method of preparing the body of the cask may be liken-
ed to the sharpening of a lead pencil by a pocket sharp-
ener. The stem of the tree is first cut up into pieces or
logs of a lenyth according to that of the barrel required,
and is then boiled for two or three hours in a closed
vessel to soften the wood, a current of electricity being
passed through the water the whole time. From the
boiler the log of wood if taken to the machine, where
it is held at each end horizontally between two points,
much in the same way as a piece of wood is held in the
lathe. Rotation is given tothe piece of timber, which
is advanced towards a broad blade fixed on a frame
having a slot in it in line with the edge of the blade,
just as in a plane, which the cutting part of the machine
may be said to resemble As the trunk of the tiee is
revolved against the blade a continuous sheet of wood
is produced of any desired thickness. The wood is
drawn out flat from the rear of the machine by hand
onto a table. The sheet of wood thus obtained is cut
transversely into pieces each of the required lengths for
ene barrel. The pieces are then passed through a
grooving machine, which cutsthe groove in which the
head is eventually fitted. Another machine cuts V-
shaped pieces at intervals out of the edges of the pieces
of wood, which are then easily bent round into a cylin-
der and firmly hooped, the V-shaped slots enabling it to
assume the necessary conica] form ateachend. There
is thus only one joint in the body of the cask or barrel.
The casks are afterwards dried in a special apparatus,
after which they are ready for use. A factory is in
operation in Germany manufacturing these casks, somé
of which we recently examined at the offices of the
Oneken Patents Syndicate, 10 Old Jewry Chambers,
London. We were also shown a model of the machine
and some samples of wood of various thicknesses, in-
cluding some exceedingly thin veneers.

This is

THE ELECTRICAL SAW.

ig HAS been noticed that platinum when placed in
an electric current, is heated to a dull redness.
This fact is the basis of the invention of an electrical
saw, which will cut quickly and neatly the hardest
wood. The device is made of steel wire, upon which
is deposited metallic platinum. By connecting this
moditied with the terminals of four Bunsen
batteries, the platinum is heated to a brightness, and
the saw is ready for business.

wire

MYSTERIOUS. MILLS IN THOSE DAYS.

Me MORRISON, an English traveller of the

seventeenth century, while at Dantzic, Prussia,
says that he saw mill “which without the help of human
hands did saw, boards, having an iron wheel which did
not only drive the saw, but did also hook in and turn
the logs onto the saw.”. Dr. John Dee must have seen
a similar mill at Prague, of which he says: “I saw me
a mill at Prague of which the devil himself was mas-
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BAND SAW SPEED AND TEETH.

HIS is a question of much interest and hard to

answer. There are so many conditions that affect
a standard speed, that it is out of the question and
would be absurd to recommend any certain speed.
These conditions exterd from the filing room to the
foundation of the mill. If all mills were built on solid
foundations, perfectly balanced, had good filing and
care of saws, then a standard speed and space of teeth
could be adopted. ;

My experience, and I have tested it from 6,000 to 10,-
ooo feet per minute, is that it takes speed to cut lumber,
If teeth are not of the right

dimensions, they will not stand this speed in hardwood.

that 1s, about 9,000 feet.

Other surroundings being perfect,any saw cutting hard-
wood must have the right space teeth or a peculiar
shape must follow. Ifthe right space tooth is had for
hard wood, it wiil cut soft wood, but requires to be
longer to give dust clearance, which soft wood requires,
provided the saw is put to its test. If too many teeth,
they should be short with not so much hook and witha
rounder gullet. This is necessary, that the dust may
pack or maintain itself in the throat of the teeth.

Right here is where the whole trouble is with the band
saw in hardwood. Each tooth mzsf cut sufficient to
form a chip, otherwise the kerf is scraped, forming a
powdered dust which passes between saw and log, heat-
ing the saw. This is noticed by the dust being packed
hard against the side of the log.

To get feed enough to take a chip does not require
teeth closer than 13 inches, and then 8,500 speed is
best, with everything in the best of condition. My ex-
perience has been with oak, ash, cottonwood, pine (hard
and soft) and cypress, and on saws from eight to twelve
inches wide, 14 to 16 gauge.

As previously stated, I prefer 13¢ inches from point
to point on I4-gauge saws, speed 9,000 ; but on account
of iron in every conceivable shape, from a nail to the
blade of an axe, I have adopted 114. Teeth 15 apart
would not do as well on 8.000 as on 9,000 ; there is a
liability to lose corners in knots, and it requires nice
swaging to make them stand. Filers differ.

A saw that will run well in soft wood may not run at
all in hard wood, but a saw that will run in hard wood,
will certainly run in soft. The only difference in the
teeth, is, being a little longer for the latter, as a certain
kerf for soft wood will produce dust to consume more
space than in hard wood. What is wanted is as few
teeth as possible to do the work weil, as the saw cuts
lighter and will stand more feed. ¢

As to the shape of the teeth, they must be shaped to
have a straight back and as much hook as will make
the tooth stiff enough to stand. The difference in
7,000 and 8.000 feet speed would require a stiffer tooth ;
that is, for a high speed it can be made a little slimmer,
with a straight back. I don’t think there can be too
much hook. The practice of rounding backs on band
saws will not work; my experience with the round saw
is that very little rounding is needed, and that for light
feeds.

A saw that is not well hammered will not stand 9,000
speed ; it will assume a flapping or trembling motion,
which deprives it of that steady, firm motion necessary
for fast and good work. Defective brazes will soon
play out on high speed. Anything that is not right
about saw or mill will necessitate the reduction of the
speed to 8,000, or less.

M.

SAW MILL KINKS.
BY DIGS TOSMER.

T is not an uncommon thing for circular saws to wabble
a little ; and when one is not skilled in the use of the
hammer, very thin paper should be used to “pack” be-
tween the collar and saw on the touching side; the
difficulty usually being to get paper thin enough. It is
sometimes amusing to see how a beginner will be de-
ceived in the amount a saw may seem to wabble. We
have been often told, on sending out a new mill, that the
saw was so crooked that it ran “out” over a quarter of
an inch. To prove this, the owner should place a strip
on the mill frame, the end touching the saw. Then, by
slowly turning, the stick would be forced away by the

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bulging side, and when the slack side came opposite the
stick, a space would be seen that really appeared to be

‘more than one-eight of an inch wide, the bright surface

of the saw making this distance very deceptive. By the
means of a thinly whittled wedge, the actual width of
this space was measured and found to be less than a
sixteenth of an inch.

\Ve were once greatly annoyed by a complaint similar
to this ; one which came near baffling all efiorts to
Being so peculiar a case of “crookedness,”
We finally discovered that the saw ran
truly when the holding nut was screwed up with the
hand ; but when tightened with a wrench, the saw
wabbled. This led to the discovery that in welding the
saw-collat it was only stuck on one side, and yielded
back on the other when forced by the wrench. We
have wondered if anyone else ever met with a similar
experience.

Before leaving this subject, we will mention another
source of annoyance in saw-collars. This originates in
the machine shop, and is caused by impertectly turned
collars. The lathe man cannot be too careful—First,
to have the cutting tool sharp, the proper shape, and set
to take a light chip, especially on the finishing cut.
Secondly, to look closely for hard spots which may be
found in the iron. These will cause a yielding of the tool
which is almost imperceptible, and yet is sufficient to
derange the running of the saw.

We have seen collars concaved gradually from the
periphery to the mandrel. This is wrong, we think.
The surface on which the saw is to bear should not ex-
ceed the distance from the pins on the outer edge of
the collar. From the pins to the mandrel a slight re-
cess should be made, which 1s a cross section ofa collar,
cut through the centre. The pins should be of the best
cast steel and driven very tightly. Doing this will swell
the iron around the hole, and the swell will extend to
the surface where the saw is to rest. It is obvious,
therefore, that after the pins are driven the bearing sur-
face of the collar should be carefully turned, two or three
cuts being sometimes necessary to secure perfect accu-
racy. A straight edge, when placed against the collar,
should bear hardest at the outer edges. A thin coating
of oil will serve best to show its bearing. Some allow a
space between the straight edge and collar that will per-
mit light to enter.

remedy it.
we mention it.

A WORD ABOUT MILL FOREMEN.

WELL proportioned and arranged mill allows the
foreman to establish his reputation in many
instances as an A No. 1. Such a mill, well-set, of
course, will run for months without putting him to test.
To his surprise a line shaft wrings in two. He flies
around, finds a flaw in the shaft and a dozen things to
clear his skirts. A line drawn through the boxes shows
it to be a trifle out of line. This is sufficient to break
any shaft, and only 1emains a question of time under
heavy duty. Pretty soon one of the boilers needs
patching. No cause under the sun for it, only that the
boiler was defective, etc. The truth of the matter is,
that he has allowed the engineer to blow out with fire
in the furnace and refill with cold water. This remains
only a question how long the rivets and sheet can stand
this enormous contraction. It is not advisable to have
such an engineer. But how long does it take a man to
realize whether the foreman is up to his business or not ?
Not long. He nine times out of ten will hurry such
jobs as cleaning boilers—in fact, slight what he can ;
the foreman can only lay it to the maker, etc. One
Monday morning a battery of ftve boilers in a saw mill
were found to be leaking. A new engineer had been
lately put on. He had his way out of it, of course. He
had found the engine to be one hundred and fifty horse-
power, and in such,“bad” condition that the excessive
firing had burned or strained the boilers. The foreman
coincided with him, and the milJ owners had to standa
day’s loss and pay a large boilermaker’s bill. The com-
petent engineer, who had been fired by the order of the

new “cracked-up” foreman, was put on the black-list.
All mill owners cannot be practical mill men, but if
they would only investigate the matter more closely
they would save many hundreds of dollars annually by
kicking out such men or making them bear the loss.
Going through a mill just as the engine was starting up,

i “ay X on

I heard a slight squeaking noise in the hub of a driving
pulley. J remarked to the foreman that something was
wrong there. He could not be told anything. Four
hours later parts of that pulley were all over the mill,
one part of the line shaft pulled down, the belt wound
around the engine shaft. The foreman thought it
amounted to nothing (the slight squeaking noise), and
got out of it by scientifically arguing that the pulley
burst from centrifugal force. The'mill owner could only
stand off and look. Had he examined the broken ends
of the shaft and condition of the hub, he could have lo-
cated an old break, and not have been completely de-
ceived. A case of a seven-inch friction shaft, carrying
a 24x24 friction pulley broke early one morning ina ten-
inch cut.
the main sixty-six inch saw, had been slipping a little.
The engineer whose department it was in had tightened
it all from one side. The other side of the friction was
smeared with grease, by the new greaser pouring too
much oil in the bearings which was very close to the
edge of the pulley. The motion soon had it out to the
edge and over the face. The engineer to keep me off
the racket, tightened the other end of the shaft, which

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I discovered that this friction, which drove —

put the entire strain on the center of shaft, driving from _

about ten inches contact. This was another mysterious
case. I at once saw the cause, by drawing a line and
discovering the oiled surface of pulley. The engineer
went. He should have charged the boy about those
particular bearings, and should have wiped the grease
from the pulleys and chalked them until no slipping was
perceptible.

In my experience, | find that in most cases saw mill
break-downs can be attributed to the neglect of the fore-
man. A competent foreman will at once call attention to
parts that are too weak, and insist on duplicate parts.
If such parts break he can not be blamed, unless in an
extreme case of revenge, which no man of honor would
do. A good foreman has sufficient mechanical judg-
ment to pass readily upon a certain machine. Hemay
not like the style and workmanship, but will make it go
—will not kick it out because it’s not what he 1s used to.
A good gang edger was thrown out of a large mill for
no other reason than that the saw collars had worn un-
til the saws would not go straight. The incompetent
foreman figured around the rollers to make straight
lumber and could not ; so cried out for a new $600
edger. The mill owner bought it. While new it went
well, of course. Other things turning up, and the mill
owner making no money, realized his ‘ate and let him
g.
There are many good machines thrown out for the

want of a few new parts. The competent foreman will
keep a mill right up to its full capacity until worn out—
that is, until the expense of keeping it up, which does
not run in break-downs, but in replacing and keeping
up parts, until the machine can no longer be kept to its
capacity without more or less loss of time. Such mill
’ men have a good bank account, have made money, and
are ready to sell the old mill for what they can get and
put in the latest. The mill men who are constantly
changing do not make money in these competitive
times. The old adage, “A poor workman grumbles at
his tools,” can be well applied to incompetent foremen.

A STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND.
OME time agoa sea captain in the Pacific coast
trade visited Australia, and there saw a large log
which was being examined by the people of that coun-
try as a great curiosity. They were ata loss to know
what the lettering on the log meant, and consulted the
aforesaid sea captain in relation thereto. But he could
not inform them, and having somewhat interested him-
self, made up his mind to learn from whence the log
came, believing it to be from some point on this coast.
Upon his return to this country he began making in-
quiries, and at last found a boom superintendent at
Port Gamble who informed him of the meaning of the
brand, B B, which showed the log to belong to Black-
man Bros., of Snohomish. The testimony at hand
would seem to warrant the assertion that one of Black-
man Bros.’ logs had found its way from the river into
the Sound, thence into the sea and across the ocean
for a distance of over 6,000 miles before being picked
up on the coast of Australia.

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¥ That attest the printer’s power ; HIS is what over one-half of the mills to-day want ff ) cae »
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: Ten thousand sheets an hour ; and cannot get. There is no trade or occupation
} Of the editors that want them that pays the wages that a first-class filer obtains, and INE 7 I ‘ MAT | 0 N
a Hopthis glorious "country’s\good! these wages are kept too much in view. There is no trade r¢
But the hand that rocks the hand-press : Es NR :
5 Is the hand , | with apparent deception in it, and many men think the =
; = =e : | art a secret, and if they can, catch onto a few points Never lay todls’ or other things on: belts ti ee
oh BRITISH OAK. are out for big wages. If filers were not so conceited standing still, for they may be forg otten and cause a
« HE oak is indigenous throughout Britain, and in | they would fare much better. break-down when the machinery is started.
: former ages, before the clearing away of the for- The capacity of the circular and band saw depends If the strain on a pulley be so great that the set-
7 ests had commenced, appears to have covered a very | on the skill of the filer. Take the rotary saw of over | crew already in place will not hold it, do not let them
3 3 é : : mse Ne “ore in » chaf t in < >¥ tr: nee : e
be large portion of its surface, for even in districts where | half a century, and every day it is made to cut more | Wate 9. pickle bu fee in an extra screw or a
a : : ah : vo key-way and put in a key,
the natural or self-growing oak is now rarely seen, the lumber, and astonishing records are obtained. To a “ = I |
7 E “ é Ove = 2 ao 7] 1 1e leng he when lacely ral 1
ry remains of noble and gigantic trees are frequently met | certain limit only the average filer attains. The close TI lo find ete beth of a It bor closely rolled |
- : ee. S15 ; ? 2 ‘ : be sum of the diameter of the roll and the eye in
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a with, sometimes in alluvial deposits on the margins of mechani sal eye and IBTeh ee necessary ane not found | inches, multiplied by the number of turns made by th
_ our rivers, or in boggy places, covered with a layer of | in one man out of fifty. Years of experience are not | belt, this product multiplied by the decimal .1 309,
< allthat is necessary. It must be in the There | equal the length of the belt in feet.

peat moss, which has been generated around them by
the stagnation of water, caused by their fall. Several
trees of large dimensions have been exhumed in tracts,
: where at the present day scarcely an oak of.any great
age, or that has attained one-fourth the size of those
former denizens of the forest, are now to be met with.
At Linden the trunk of a magnificent oak was extractea
from a peat moss. This oak was covered by-a layer of
peat moss to a distance of about three feet, and was
f discovered by probing the moss. The trunk, with a
. small portion of one of the larger limbs, was with great
laborand difficulty dragged from its miry bed.

The contents of the portion recovered contained 545
cubic feet., although the whole of the sap wood had per-
ished. The timber was perfectly sound, and the tree,
by whatever accident it had been overthrown, had fallen
in the vigor of its growth. When sawn up the interior
planks were found ofa deep rich brown color, those
nearer the interior darker, or approaching to black. A
variety of elegant furniture had been made from the

__ wood, but it has been found necessary, for fine cabinet
work, to have it cut into veneers, as when worked in
bulk it is apt to crack and become warped. The re-
mains of other large oaks have also been met with upon
the banks of the Tyne, the Alne, and other rivers, as
well as the various bogs and morasses, and we mention
these instances to show in a district, where at the present
day nothing but recently-planted oak or dwarfish timber
from stock shoots exist, that in former times the mon-
arch of the forest grew luxuriantly and attained a splen-
did development ; and also as an inducement to the
planter not to neglect the liberal insertionof this national
tree wherever soil and situation are found congenial to
its growth. In other parts of England the oak still
‘ grows in allits magnificence of form and dimensions, and
the remains of those ancient forests which are chroni-
cled by our earliest writers, and which in the time of
our Saxon ancestors spread ove: the greater portion of
the country, are still to be traced in the venerable but
living relics of enormous oaks, many of which are sup-

> posed to number more than a thousand years.

There may perhaps be some who suppose, from the
slower growth of the oak and the height of time it re-
quires to attain maturity, that they are likely to gain
more and within a shorter period by plantations com-
posed of other trees thanoak. Such an opinion we con-
conceive to be erroneous, at least with respect to all
soils in which this tree will thrive, for we believe that
‘ greater advantages and equal profit may be obtained
rns from mixed plantations in which the oak has been in-
4 _ troduced in sufficient quantity to stand as an ultimate
; crop, for the number of plants required for this purpose
and the room they occupy when quite young is not such

to lessen materially the value of the necessary and
periodical thinning of the other occupants which have
- _been planted as secondaries. As compared with the
- larch, the Scotch fir and others of the pine tribe, or
with the rapid growing poplars and willows, the growth
of the oak during youth is undoubtedly much slower,
being at only one-third the rate of that of the white

poplar. The difference, however, in respect to the ash,

the elm, the beech and some other forest trees is not

nearly so great, as we find from Vancouver's observ-
ations that the relative increase in growth of various
trees, taking them at ten years old, and fixing the oak
as a re 6c was as follows : Oak, ten ; elm, sixteen ;

man.
are more men of long experience that cannot master
the saw than in any other mechanical pursuit. The
ditferences in capacity of mills should classify filers,
but we find a man from a mill who is ready to talk of
his own records and what he can do; in many cases
only imitating some other man’s chat.

If filers would not be contented, but try to improve
they would succeed much better. In the art of ham-
mering, many men claim to hammer when they do not
know the principles of expansion. Their reputation is
gotten up by taking a saw considerably run down,
slack on the rim, which has not een treated to the fol-
lowing process, and the professional man hits the
saw a series of blows usually in segment lines. Natural-
ly anything from a center-punch to a sledge hammer
would open up the body which would apparently help
the saw. Delighted at the result he is soon out on the
road or after another job. We often find such men
carrying recommendations as hammerers.

The adjustment of any saw requires as close work as
the finest chronograph watch; in swaging, fling and
hammering, the utmost care must be exercised. A tooth
not of the proportion set will lose its corners on heavy
feed ; the tooth may have the necessary body, but the
steel may be deadened by the tooth being too dull, and
the use of the upset. The pressure swage is best, but
this, like all other machines, will do the work only as
itis set. Ifthe filer knows what he wants, he will get
good work. y

The automatic sharpener, in nine cases out of ten, is
not properly used; that is an edge left on the tooth that
will stay. The file is used to™point up which throws
the tooth out of square. There is not one filer in fifty
who can file a square tooth. The hammering is the
most essential thing. It requires a tension properly
distributed. y

There are many filers who can detect any irregular-
ities in temper, and compensate for them in their work.
The reason why many men do not succeed is that they
do not know the force of expansion, The saw receives
expanding blows where it does not need it.

There are two elements in hammering any saw, and
they are keeping the plate true, and of proper opening
to speed. It is not required of one man to know it all;
but the filer who cannot show some mechanical skill
outside of the file room is not much of a filer.

A man must be a natural mechanic, have good
judgment, and the straightest eye of any man about
the business. He will keep up with his work with all
the mill sharp. The man who only files or gums a
saw when necessity compels him, is not a good man.
While it is not required of a filer to be a sawyer, he
should know enough about the running of a saw to
adjust it right. If the sawyer cannot make good lum-
ber, it is his duty to see why ; whether in the saw, lead
of mandril, or anything else. A man well up in the
business will fit up every saw precisely alike. Saw
makers say this cannot be done, but it can, if saws are
of the same guage and teeth. The variation of temper
the filer will compensate for, so that a sawyer practi-
cally has the same saw when running a half dozen or
more,

A WHOLE FOREST OF CHESTNUTS.
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fine Petia “Yes, some chords of it.”

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For users of steam power who are not skilled
chanics or not accustomed to run engines. a
type of engine construction has recently
into vogue, consisting of a moving steam cylinder
and moving valve anda stationary steam chest, thus
dispensing with the various mechanical arrangements
commonly employed, such as the eccentric valve rod,
complicated connecting rods, slides, rockers, etc.

come

A French official industrial department issues the fol-
lowing recipe for preserving wrought iron chimneys
and chimney flue from oxidation : Brush over the in-
side of the pipe with a mixture of coal tar and pine tar.
Then fill it with wood shavings and chips and set fire
to them. The taris thereby calcined and adheres
to the metal, and also covers its surface with carbon.
A pipe so treated wili last many years longer than one
which is unprotected.

Where a person has frequently to put on pulleys on
a line or counter shaft near the ceiling of a roonn, it is
somewhat annoying and inconvenien: to use a ladder
for such purpose, and a single little device which we
have seen used in the shop, but it is not common by
any means, consists of a pole of such size and length
as is convenient for handiing and wili reach the top of
the pulley. Two or three inches from the end of pole,a
small iron rod four or five inches in length is attached
so that it projects from the pole at right angles. When
a belt is to be thrown on the pulley, the belt where it rests
on the shaft is caught on the projecting iron and push-
ed back uatil the slack of the belt is carried beyond
the pulley. The belt is then guided on to the surface-
ofthe pulley, where it catches, and being held by the
stick is easily and quickly lifted on to the pulley, the
stick and rod being carried out of the way by the
motion of the belt. “By use of this simple device a
dozen belts may be thrown on in less time and with
greater ease than a ladder could be brought ane
placed in position for putting on a single belt.

Apropos of boiler incrustafion how singularly tena-
cious many enyineers are of the idea that potatoes are
about the best preventive of scale that there is. The
reasoning runs thus: “Did you ever see the inside of
a teaketile?” “Yes.” “And did you ever notice how-
it was all furred up with scale?” “Yes.” Did you ever
see a kettle used for boiling potatoes furred up like a
teakettle?” ‘“No:? “Well, then, if you would use
potatoes in your boiler you would not be bothered by
scale.” It never seems to occur to these geniuses that
there may be another reason for the difference between
the two vessels which will explain the different results.
Thus, I presume no one ever saw the washboiler of a
laundress sealed to any extent, and yet the boiler is
not what she is apt to use in cooking her potatoes, but
it 1s generally wiped out, and thus any sediment from
the water is got rid of at once, while the teakettle is
used for months at a stretch Sine being cleaned,
and by that time it has acquired a coat of “enamel”
which a cold chisel and hammer will scarcely
budge.

There are three methods of producing forced draft,
writes a correspondent of Zhe Tradesman. Oneis a
jet of steam admitted to the smoke stack near the
base, through an annular pipe pierced with small holes.
This system is not the most efficient and causes con-
siderable loss of fuel as the steam that 1s used to create
draft would do ten times as much work were it used in
an engine instead of being used direct. The second
method is that of forcing air into the ash pit of the fur-
nace through pipes from a blow er. This system is good
especially ifthe air be first warmed by being forced
through pipes in the smoke stack. The third method
is in inaintaining a “closed fire room,” the stoke hole
being made air tight, and blowers being used to force
the air into the fire-room, from which it “rushes into the
ash pit and thence up through the grates. The princi-
pal defect of this system is that when the furnace doors

are open the cold air will rush in, causing strains and
perhaps cracks in the tube sheet and pei hay ps the tubes
themselves.

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OPINIONS ON THE LOG DUTY.

THE reciprocity negotiations between the United
States and Canada that were on the carpet for October
have been declared off in the meantime. President
Harrison’s alleged reason for the postponement 1s the
precarious condition of Secretary Blaine’s health. The
of negotiations months ago,
when the Canadian representatives had by appointment
actually reached Ottawa, was due to the inability of the
President to give the needed time to the conference,
having on hand a political tour through certain of the
States. This time itis Mr. Blaine’s turn to play bluff,
for a dispatch of 25th ult says that the Secretary
has reached the capital,and appears in splendid health.
THE LUMBERMAN has no interest in this little by-play
at political battledoor and shuttlecock. Its direct in-
terest is in the anticipated relation of reciprocity to the
lumber industries of the country. Our own govern-
ment did not move in the matter during the meeting of
Parliament, waiting the result of the expected confer-
ence; and with the meeting still hanging in the balance,
nothing better than speculation as to results is likely to
be realized just now. Anything of value that will shed
new light on the question, or make more clear the
ground already covered, we shall in the interim be
pleased to lay before our readers. We observe that Mr.
Loveland, the active head of the Saginaw Salt & Lum-
ber Co., a firm largely interested in Ontario lumber,
ana of whose lumber operations a sketch is given in
our Michigan letter, has been expressing himself to an
interviewer on the question. He states that his advices
from prominent lumbermen in Canada, leaves very
little reason to suppose that our government will reim-
pose the log export duty. “A re’mposition of the duty,”
he says, “would at once increase the duty on the 600,-
000,000 feet ormore ofmanufactured lumber which Cana-
da annually markets in the States, $1 a thousand.” In his
opinion if the duty were re-imposed there would not be
one-half the quantity of Canadian logs cut by Michigan
“Not only this,” adds Mr. Love-
land, “but all the supplies for the operations in Cana-
da are purchased there, all the horses are bought on
that side ; I purchased 4o only a few days ago for our
company’s camps there, and all of the men for the
camps are hired there, all of which benefits the C.na-
dian people. If the log export duty should be reimposed
the result would be that the buying of Canadian timber
by Michigan lumbermen would be largely curtailed.”

The Mail, discussing the subject at some length
n a recent editorial, apprehends unpleasant con-
sequences should the Dominion government reim-
pose the log duty. Irritation would follow reimposition.
The Mail says :—

The Americans are now aware that Canada has for
many years been a large importer of American logs
down the St. John and elsewhere—a trade which they
cannot check by an export duty, as their constitution
prohibits such an impost. The export duty having
been removed, its reimposition would attract a degree
of attention that was never given to the subject before
the repeal of the duty, and no doubt the result would
be that, as retaliation in kind could not be resorted to in
consequence of the constitutional prohibition of any ex-
port duty, the case would be promptly met upon the

postponement some

owners as at present.

assembling of Congress by a joint resolution adding the
export duty on logs to the import duty on lumber 1m-
ported from countries imposing an export duty. Under
this arrangement, if the export duty was the same as
when repealed, the duty on pine would be $4 and upon
spruce lumber $3. per thousand. This course would
force an ignorfiinious backdown upon our government,

| | and the export duty would again be removed under

circumstances less pleasant than in October 1880.”

It is not to be forgotten that there is no love lost be-
tween the JZa77 and the Abbott administration, and
besides the JZaz/ is the Canadian champion of reci-
procity between the two countries, and to the extent
that its convictions are undoubtedly strong on this
question, in that measure it may write with a bias in
the one direction.

The Canadian Manufacturer the straight-out apostle
of protection to every form of Canadian industry, de-
votes several columns of its iatest issue to a discussion
of the lumber and timber trades in Canada. It quotes
at some length from the speech of Dr. Spohn, MP. for
East Simcoe, excerpts from which we publish in an-
other column. Our contemporary contends that the
Canadian government made a fearful and foolish mis-
take in allowing themselves to be ‘brown beaten and
intimidated’ by the United States government, and in
the face of this threat to have removed the log duty.

The Manufacturer goes on at some length to say :—

“Before the imposition of that duty it was found that
Canadian forests were being depleted to supply Ameri-
can sawmills, andit was hoped that the export duty
would encourage the manufacture of the logs into
lumber in Canadian mills ; and it had this effect. The
American government felt keenly the loss caused by
this transfer of business from their country to Canada ;
and the plan to recover it was by raising their duty up-
on lumber. The answer of the Canadian government
to this menace should have been not a back down by
the removal of the export duty on logs, but an increase
of the export duty to $3, the old duty of $1 only to be
enforced whenever the United States government
might see proper to reduce the import duty to that
amount.”

This is undoubtedly strong ground to take, but in the
opinion of our contemporary it is the only right position
for Canada, and the immutable law of supply and de-
mand would operate here the same as it does in every-
thing else. “We know that the American market
stands in imperative need of Canadian lumber.”

The Sault Ste. Marie Pzoneer published in the centre
of an important lumber section sees only disaster
ahead. It says :— ;

“In a few years at longest—unless sooner restrained
—these grand pineries will have been stripped of their
timber by the United States mill men, and Canada will
be ieft with a thousand miles of pine stumps to remind
her of the prodigal waste of one of the richest terri-
tories in the world. Two hundred years of careful in-
dustry cannot replace the timber which has already
been taken from thousands of acres. How long will it
be before such wilful waste is overtaken by woeful
want? Are allthe men who are elected to Parliament
lumberers or their agents, that not one word of protest
is to be heard in local or federal legislatures against the
almost ceaseless destruction of one of the greatest
sources of Canadian wealth. Verily our land is being
laid waste by strangers, and the source of Canadian
wealth is rapidly disappeaiing without adding to the
manufacturing interests, industry, or revenue of the Do-
minion.”

WOOD FOR STREET PAVEMENTS.

Just at atime when the movement in Toronto and
many of the larger cities of the States is to abandon the
wooden pavement for asphalt and kindred compositions,
word comes to us through European travellers that the
wooden pavement is coming into increased favor
abroad. We are discarding it in this country for the
reason that it seems to be no more than put down be-
fore repairs commence ; and on many of the streets of
this city, where the charge can neither be laid to the
door of old age, nor heavy teaming, the wooden pave-
ments are in a more unpassable condition for driving
than the most primitive country road. Nor is the
record from a sanitary view encouraging to this form of
roadway; at least popular opinion attributes to the block
pavement its full share of evil for the several epidemics
of greater or less virulence that from time to time show
themselves in our cities.

This is an indictment that does not place wood on
top for the important purposes of road-building. At

least the evidence quoted, and we do not pretend to
gain say it, does not place it ina favorable light for
these uses. At the same time, however, that it is re-
ceiving its condemnation here and elsewhere, we find
not only Europeans looking with favor on wooden pave-
ments, but cities on this side of the water, despite the
damaging testimony against the cedar blocks, are mak-
ing large plans for the use of this particular pavement.
The city of Rockford, Ill., is a case now beforeus. The
authorities there are laying cedar block pavements, but
they do not lay them in the usval way. Instead of
placing them on hemlock blocks, they will be placed on a
base of six inches of rubble, heavily rolled, and two
inches of sand. This method is not without good
authority to support it, those who should know contend-
ing that by pursuing this course the pavement will wear
much longer and make a better pavement by being upon
a firm body. On general principles wood should make
a satisfactory and durable pavement. But if the plan
of using the wood in the construction of the pavements
is faulty an unfair sentence is passed upon wood.
It is known that in this country timbers and in nota few
cases shingles are found that have withstood the blasts

of our severe winters for one hundred and even one-

hundred and fifty winters. While in Norway wooden
churches are standing, with timbers of nothing harder
than Norway pine, that have braved the fell frosts of
these artic winters for seven hundred years. The pre-
servation in this latter case is attributed. largely to the
fact that they have been coated over and over again
with tar. The standing timbers of a country church
and the cedar blocks of a city roadway, which have pecu-
liar hardships to endure, are not parallel cases ; but the
inference is clear, that proper preservative measures
must be employed to give enduring qualities to wood
under whatever conditions, favorable’ or otherwise, it
may be used. Let us give the products of our forest a
fair show for wooden pavements, as we would for any
other purposes, before we pronounce too vigorously
against them.

LUMBERMEN BOYCOTTING LUMBERMEN.

THE methods of the boycott are not to be restricted
to workingmen’s grievances only. The contagion has
caught the Pine Lumbermen’s Association of Winnipeg,
Man. The members of this association have taken the
position that they will not sell pine lumber to dealers
who handle spruce lumber. The question was brought
before the Winnipeg board of trade a week ago, and
after considerable discussion, the following resolution
was passed :—

Resolved, That this board views with strong disapprobation
the decision of certain pine lumber manufacturers of the north-
west to refuse to supply lumber to dealers who handle and
sell spruce lumber, believing such decision to be direct inter-

ference with the legitimate flow of trade and a tyrannical at- _

tempt to hamper and coerce trade to the benefit of the few
and against the interests of the many.

The resolution, on instructions of the Board, will be
forwarded to the lumbermen’s Association and also to
the several boards of trade in the province.

However desirous 1t may seem under certain circum-
stances to give a special push to one particular line of
merchandise, at the expense of another line of the same
class, uncertain ground is taken, when the methods
employed to accomplish this end are in contravention
to the true principles of trade and commerce. And of al]
the means that can be used to accomplish a business end
none are more absolutely objectionable than the boycott.
There is an ugly spirit of arbitrariness about it to which

no man will submit except under power of a force that

cannot be conquered ; and no business man should ask
another to be placed under its domination.

We would want the pine lumberman of the North-
west provinces to secure as large and profitable market
for their pine as the opportunities and extent of the
market will permit ; but let them be assured that this
cannot be accomplished by any methods as restricted
and imperious as the boycott.

R. J. S. DRINKWATER, ORILLIA, ONT.: “You must
allow me to compliment you on the perfection that your
paper is coming to or rather has come to.”

Wo. LEES, FALLBROOK, ONT.: “I think THE LUM-
BERMAN, a most excellent paper.”

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THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

_ Woop isto beata discount in future in C. P. R.
trestle work. Asa result of the recent tour of inspec-
tion made by the chief officers of this company, it has
been decided to replace all the wooden trestles with
steel structures. The cost is estimated at something
over two million dollars, but the directors believe the
consequent lessening of the schedule time between
Vancouver and Montreal will repay this immense out-
lay, since trains will be able to run at considerable
higher speed over steel bridges than over the best class
of wooden trestle work. \

THE favorite wood for paving purposes in London is
the jarrah wood, imported from Australia. An inquiry
has been recently set on foot to determine whether
some other of the Australian woods notably red gum
would serve as well as jarrah wood, but the testimony
goes to show that while substitutes are used in some of
the Australian cities for jarrah nothing that is offered
is quite as satisfactory. They all lack the lasting qual-
ities of jarrah. The inquiries further show that the
supply of jarrah is abundant and that there need be no
apprehension of the supply running short for many
years to come. Wood paving grows more and more in
favor in the European cities.

THE durability of timber under certain. conditions is
illustrated in a foundation of red pine planks taken
from a sewer in Sparks street, Ottawa, The sewer was

’ constructed from 32 to 38 years ago.
foundation of red pine planks laid transversely, on
which two side walls of stone are erected, which are
covered over at the top with heavy round cedars.
The cedars at the top are al!, though still apparently
quite serviceable, in a more or less advanced state of
decomposition. The planks, however, are to all ap-
pearance as sound and hard as on the day they were
put down. It is another proof that timber kept con-
stantly submerged in water keeps in good condition—
unless sewage has a special virtue as a timber preser-
vative.

It consists of a

THE Southern Lumberman celebrates its tenth birth-
‘day by the issue of a special number descriptive and
illustrative of the progress of the lumber and timber
industries of the Southern States. Our contemporary is
to be congratulated on the general “make-up” of its
anniversary issue and on the gratifying progress that
it has made during the first decade of its existence.
The opening up ot the lumber industry of these states
is of comparatively recent date. It was not till 1875
that any vigorous effort was made to realize the rich
stores that time has since shown exists in these southern
forests. The walnut and cherry timber of Indianna
began to fail, and buyers, seeking for other pastures
green, began to flock into the hardwood forests of Ten-
nessee. The early bird, in this case, reaped the reward.
The value of this hitherto unrecognized source of wealth
was not realized by the people, and before its riches
had dawned upon them, millions of feet, including the
bulk of walnut and cherry, were bought at about one-
tenth its value. This was true also of ash, and to some
extent, of poplar and oak. History repeats itself in the
case of all our natural products. The adventurous
prospector, who has often to brave the ridicule and

__. prejudice of friends, gets in on the yround floor and
makes his pile.
vd It requires courageeand foresight to be among the

We see no reason why he should not.

pioneers in any cause ; success does not always crown
the work of the pioneer ; when it does, he has generally
well earned it. The primitive methods of manufactur-

- ing and marketing, that have been common to all lum-

bering sections in their early history, were with the
South in the days of the seventies. To-day they are as

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_wellup tothe times as most of the older territories.
est just now in these states gathers around yellow

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pine. There people are very sanguine of the uses and
value of this wood, and whilst some discount must be
made for native enthusiasm, indications tell of good
value having its existence in this particular timber.
Tennessee is the chief lumbering state of the south,
where there are now 436 saw mills, 142 planing mills
and 20 shingle mills. Of these 41 (including twelve
saw mills and ten planing mills) prosecute their suc-
cessful industries in the city of Nashville. They have a
daily. saw mill capacity of 456,000 feet. The lumber
handled or consumed by them yearly is 229,350,000
feet. Weare not so far north in Canada that we do
not find an appreciative interest in the welfare of those
engaged in the timber interests of the Sunny South.

NEW YORK is again threatened with a lumber “tie-
up.” The trouble is a continuation of the labor diffi-
culties of the early summer. At that time, as a result
of united action by the members of the Lumber Dealers
Association the men were badly beaten. It was an
ugly licking for the walking delegate, and he continues
to smart under it. He would again stir up the men
and practice his old tricks, and it is an effort in this
direction that has given rise to present rumblings ofa
fresh fight. Zhe Lumber Trade Journal of New York,
which carried through the former contest with marked
ability and success, very plainly warns the men that if
they allow themselves to be influenced by these agita-
tors, anda single dealer in the Lumber Association is
boycotted that every yard in the district will shut down
and the men will have to meet their fate with a cold
winter before them. It is to be hoped that for the sake
of the families of the men, if for no other reason, that
wise counsels will be allowed to prevail.

RECENT government returns furnish some important
particulars of the volume and character of lumbering
operations in Manitoba and the Northwest Territories:
We are told that there are 19 mills in operation within
the Winnipeg agency cutting under government license.
The total amount of dues collected for timber within
the Calgary agency during the year amounted to $8,-
232.88, being a decrease of $8,578.24. The price of
lumber at Calgary was from $12 to $18 ; at Cochrane,
$12 to $16 ; at Fort McLeod, $15 to $43 ; at Lethbridge,
$30, and at Cypress Hills, $13. Twosaw mills were
cutting lumber within this agency last year under gov-
ernment license, and several portable mills under pér-
mit. The total amount of dues collected within the
Edmonton agency was $4,910.59, being an increase of
$868.86, as compared to the previous years. The price
of lumber at Edmonton during the year was $20 to $23,
and at St. Albert $23 to $25. The agent reports three
saw mills in operation within his agency. The total
amount of ues collected in the Prince Albert agency
was $7,689,91, being an increase of $3,596,32 over the
previous year. Lumber sold at Prince Albert from $20
to $42, and at Battleford from $30 to $35. There. is
only one saw mill in this agency cutting timber under
license, namely, the one at Prince Albert, erected by
Moore & McDowell in 1876. There are, however,
several mills at Prince Albert and Battleford cutting
under permit. Saw mill returns received at the head
office give the following quantities of building material
as having been manufactured and sold during the year
within the five agencies: Lumber, 30,605,906 feet :
sold 27,097,480. Shingles, 1,449,916 ; sold, 1,610,247.
Lath, 156.402 ; sold, 142,146. Sixty-four licenses to
cut timber over a total area of 2,312.88 square miles
were issued during the year. The number of applica-
tions during the year to cut timber was 88, of which 48
were for licenses to cut lumber in Manitoba and the
Northwest Territories, and the remainder to cut timber
on Dominion lands in British Columbia. The number
of applicants during the previous year was 81.

A RETURN brought down at Ottawa towards the
close of the session showing that 42,000,000 acres of
Jand in Manitoba and the Northwest Territories had
been granted to railways, and the same policy being
continued has brought from the Winnipeg Commer cial
a vigorous and outspoken protest. This journal, in
order to make clear toits readers what this “dissipation

| to be entered it cannot be done too soon.

of the public domain” means, points out that the entire
superficial land area of the province of Manitoba, in-
cluding swamps and all untillable land, is 41,002,240
acres, so that the gift to railways exceeds by a million
We need
have a question of this character placed sometimes ir

acres the whole area of this province. to

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this bold shape to realize fully its import. Our con-
temporary follows up its protest by showing that as yet
the railways that have been built, influenced by this
prodigal gift, cover only a small portion of the country,
and “if land grants are to continue untiJ all parts of the
country are opened by railways, there will not be land
enough in the entire country to satisfy the railwa

The railways will own all the land, and still be uns;

fied.”

wink governments and corporations with a child-li

Railways have the power, apparently, to hood

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innocence that is foreign to anyone else, but that
perfectly indigenous to them. No one isso unfair as
not to concede to the railways of the country well-
deserved merit for the important part they have occu-
pied in the development of the country. But there is a
wide gulf between credit-earned commendation, and
an insatiable hoggishness that breeds with too many
railway corporations. The people have rights, the
country has rights, that must be made a consideration
with governments, just as much, as the alleged rights
of railway companies. Ifa protest to ayail anything is
We may
make up our minds that whatever the railway compan-
ies secure they will hold ; there will be no giving back
anything. A little regiment of municipalities in this
province have had some experience, if not in land giy-
ing, yet in bonus granting to railway companies, and in
the interim of careful second thought, they know to-day,
just how much their generosity has cost them, and how ~
little, in too many cases, they have for their liberality.

The objection to this principle of bonusing comes with

enlarged strength when it applies to public land. The

Commercial states a true principle when it contends
that the public lands belong to and “should be held by

people.” We agree with our contemporary that the

time has come to cry a halt to this policy, which if not

seriously felt now, will certainly “in the future prove

disastrous to the country.”.

TORONTO has had an avalanche of failures in build-
ing and lumber circles during the past month. Among
the smaller concerns that have gone under may be
mentioned Hammon & Williams, builders, of North
Toronto, who assigned to Campbell & May with lia-
bilities of $3,000, and assets nominally the same. H.
Lambert, another builder ina small way, is seeking
a composition with his creditors. Herbert A. Matthews,
proprietor of the Toronto Hardwood Company, has
assigned to H. J. Watson. The Bloor Street Lumber
Company is liquidating. The company consists of
Stephen Wilcox, H. H. Mullin, of this city, and T-. J.
Hammil, Barrie. Direct liabilities are placed at $9,800,
and indirect $9,000. The assets are about $9,000—
largely book debts. The surprise of the trade has been
the financial embarrassment of William McBean, the
extensive builder of what is familiarly known as specu-
lative properties. His affairs have been placed in the
hands of A. E. Osler. Mr. McBean’s trouble is in
being “land-tied,” and unable to sell owing to the de-
pressed condition of the real estate market. The
amount involved in the failure is from $250,000 to $300,-
soo, while it is claimed there is a surplus of $90,000,
but this is conditional on the assets realizing what is
deemed their proper value. What the outcome will be
it is just now difficult to state. These several difficult-
ies will have no serious effect on the lumber trade out-
side of the firms, that may be interested as creditors,
and we do not know that any ofthem will be hit to hurt
very badly. The builders who have gone under are

sufferers from the depression in building operations in
the city. As we have pointed out before in these col-
umns, speculative building in the city has for some
years been carried on in a measure altogether in excess
of the actual requirements of our population. The re-
action that has set in is perfectly healthy, and whilst it
will pinch some, and others it will squeeze pretty hard,
the outcome will be for the general good, and will not
be without a salutary effect upon some enthusiastic
spirits who are more noted for their ability as boom-
ster than level headed business men.

THE CANADA LUMEERMAN.

November 1891

pyuco B. RATHBUN, founder of the Rathbun Co.,
Deseronto, Ont., is an American having been born

near Aurora, N.Y., in 1812. He established himself in
usiness at Deseromto, then known as Mill Point in
1848. He died in 1886 and the extensive business is
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to-day managedypys @ldest son, Edward W. Rath-

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bun. The compaiy @wms aad operates 350,000 acres
of timber land und@m govermme@mt license, 57,000 acres
of deeded timber lagdsy Zggeracres of timber rights
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P. D. Gordon, of PemBtoke; Ont., in company, with
W.R. Thistle, of the exter ive lumber firm of Thistle,
Carswell & McKay, of CalaB0gie, Ont., have been en-
joying a business and pleasure trip on the Pacific coast.
Mr. Gordon says that he has been especially interested
in the sawmill part of their observations. He states
that it is a treat to watch the cutting of the large tim
ber. Hesaw a big log cut which was was 52 feet
long by 41 inches at the top end, without a knot

in it.
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Miss Tessie Alexander, Canada’s popular and talent-
ed elocutionist, recently returned from a trip through
the Northwest and British Columbia. It is needless
to say that she was delighted with the country and
believes that the one who is yet to write Canada’s poem
must pay a visit to the Pacific coast and drink in the
wonderful inspiration that comes from the scenery of
British Columbia. She tells how, “We drove out one
day to see the famous big trees in Vancouver park, and
we found a party of six gentlemen just grouping inside
one to be photographed. Four were mounted and the
others were in a carriage. The huge tree held both
horses, vehicle and men, then there was room for us

to join the party.”
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The large blocks of burnt timber limits inthe Sudbury
section, burnt over during the past summer and placed
on the market by the Ontario government, were sold by
tender during the month. The occasion of opening the
tenders brought to the city a number of prominent
jumbermen, among whom were W. R. Thistle, Ottawa;
R. A. Klock, Klock’s Mills; T. B. Chapin, Saginaw; S.
B. Hill, Saginaw and Joseph Williams, Goderich. The
quantity of lumber was estimated at over 50,000,000
feet, and the whole was secured by four well known
firms, realizing $122,000, exclusive of the regular tim-
ber dues, which will have to be paid as well. The
purchasers were: Hill & Booth, Pembroke, 30,000,000;
R. Booth, Ottawa, 5,000,000; Moran & Co., Pembroke,
5,000,000, and Walters & Co.; Lindsay, 13,000,000.
Hon Mr. Hardy, Commissioner of Crown Lands, on be-
ing interviewed on the sale, expressed himself as well
satisfied with the prices obtained.

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I continue to meet with various curious “finds” of in-
terest to the lumber trade. Here is a budget of them
this month. In the September LUMBERMAN readers
will remember the “find” of a walking cane embedded
in a large silver maple that had been cut on one of the
streets of Galt, Ont This town is ambitious to cele-
brate itself in this line. The other day while some
Galt boys in Ward 1 were cutting up a portion of a pine
stump the axe struck something hard, and an examina-
tion showed it to be a flint arrow-head, which in the
days of long ago had been driven into the tree, doubt-
less by some Indian when testing his bow or shooting
at a mark. It was buried in the wood between six and
seven inches. In a sawmill in Spottsylvania county,
Va., in sawing a pine log two feet in circumference, the
saw went through the butt end of a twelve-pound shell
which was embedded in the log out of sight. It is sup-
posed that the tree was about nineteen inches in dia-
meter at the time the shell was fired in 1863, as these
trees grow about a quarter of an inch a year. A curi-

osity has been found in Washington. /t consists of a
very large moose horn grafted in the base of a tree. It
has been in that position for years, as the tree has
grown around it so as to get such a grip on it that cut-
ting the wood away is the only way of separating the
two. It was found near the Betty O’Brien mine on the
highlands south of the town. It is evident that at some
remote period a huntsman was chasing the monarch of
the woods, who, in running away, was caught in a tree,
and in trying to extricate himself the horn was broken
off.

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Isaac Cockburn, of Gravenhurst, Ont., one of the best
known of the lumbermen operating largely in the north-
ern section of the province, returned recently from an

| extended trip in British Columbia, Washington, Idaho,

Montana, Dakota, Minnesota, Manitoba, and the
Canadian North-West Territories. He went in the
spring by way of the Northern Pacific to Spokane Falls
and struck north for the lumbering districts, visiting
Tacoma, Seattle, Victoria, New Westminister, Van-
couver and other points. He was of course interested
in the methods of lumbering on the Pacific coast. These
operations aye on an extensive scale, but in Mr. Cock-
burn’s opinion the system of taking out lumber is open
to much improvement. The methods of fishing in the
rivers in the west are unique. A large revolving wheel
is used which throws the fish into traps, and the barrels
filled with fish are sent floating down the river like saw-
logs to the various canneries. Minneapolis impressed
bim with its fine buildings and the extent of its lumber-
ing business. But no point was, in his judgment, open
to more favorable commendation than the Province of
Manitoba. He considers it far superior tu Dakota and
Montana the other side of the boundary. He visited
every part of Manitoba where there was railway con-
nections and part of the territories. There is no coun-
try like it for the poor man ; no where can he get a like
start in life with the same certain prospects of success.
He met with a man who four years ago was working at
$28 a month, and this season had thirteen binders at
work in his field and would be likely to sell $16,000

worth of wheat.
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J. H. Gilbert, of the Hollister Bros. Lumder Com-
pany, of Saginaw, Mich., has expressed himself thus in
regard to Canadian lumber matters: “I have been
looking over lumbering operations in the Georgian Bay
region. Eighty million feet of logs have been sent
across from that section to Michigan this season, and
next season the quantity will be pretty nearly doubled.

Howry & Sons sent over 28,000,000 feet, and have |

camps at work cutting actively. Thomas Pickard, a
jobber for the Emery Lumber Company, who has con
tracted to put in 200,000,000 feet of logs with about five
years to do it in, says he will bank 40,000,000 feet this
fall and the coming winter. He is operating a logging
railroad 12 miles long, and is hauling 100,000 feet of
logs daily. Sibley & Bearinger had 11,000,000 feet of
logs hung up, which were sold last spring but did not
come out. Bearinger was over there last week look-
ing at a tract of pine, with the view of . further invest-
ment. The woods in all regions are full of land lookers,
the removal of the export duty on logs having stimu-
lated Michigan men to invest in Canada pine. While
the quantity of timber is interior to that in Michigan,
the condition of lumbering, the climate, proximity to
market, etc., are so nearly like those in the peninsular
State, that itis a question if Canada does not offer a bet-
ter field for operations than any other locality further
west or in the south. The market on the east side of
Lake Huron is not as good as on the other shore, and
for this reason the Folsom & Arnold mill and the
Emery mill have been idle this season, the owners
preferring to raft the logs across the lake.”
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The recent sale of burnt timber by the Crown Lands
Department of the province, particulars of which I
have given elsewhere, brings to the front the question,
how best to preserve timber damaged by fire.
Worms if allowed to have their own way will lose no
time in getting at the damaged timber. They im-
mediately commence boring and the damage done is
irretrievable. I have before me at this writing, a let-
ter from a lumberman asking what can be done to

stay the ravages of the worm. The question is difficult
to answer. One thing is sure no time should be lost in
cutting the pine, peeling the bark, and getting the logs
into the water. One lumberman has stated as a
result of personal observation, that in upper Michigan,
where forest fires had prevailed, the bark on pine logs
was being opened and salt insertedas a preventative of
destruction by worms. This would be an expensive
method to apply to a large tract of timber. An
American operator, who has become disgusted at ef-
forts to save burnt timber, is reported to have said that
“the best way to treat burned pine was to punch up
and continue the fire until the timber is reduced to
ashes.” This man of course was a little mad, but it
shows the difficulties that beset the matter. It is a pity
that we cannot apply to our burnt timber in this coun-
try the charm which is said to surround a sacred log of
yellowish colored wood standing just outside of Ch’l
Hua gate, Pekin. The log has remained in its present
position since the fall of the old Ying dynasty. It is in ~
good preservation and has commanded the respect of ©
all classes and conditions of people. Insects in China
usually make inroads in timber ina very short while,but
they are said never to alight upon this sacred tree
trunk, and it is true that they have not left a single
trace of their work upon it, while the timbers in every
direction are a perfect honeycomb of insect work.
The Chinese people believe that the log is the habita-
tion of some god, and on that account gather and wor-
ship at its base at least once a year.
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“Perhaps some one else can tell why,” remarked Mr.
Meaney, manager for Robert Thompson & Co., whole-
sale lumber merchants, “but it does look as if the
United States government were not anxious to talk re-
ciprocity to the present Canadian government. Presi-
dent Harrison and Secretary Blaine between them
manage to have a neat little excuse ready whenever the
time comes for the commissioners of the two countries
to get together. Some day may be something will
transpire when these two peoples will actually get down
to business and then we will know where lumber
stands in the deal.” Our conversation was interrupted
here by a telephone summons to Mr. Meaney to attend
a meeting of creditors. Interesting business, I remark-
ed. “Yes,” said the genial lumberman. Been a good
many local failures during the month? “And there
will be more of them before the snow falls,” he added.
“General lumber trade is, taking it altogether, in a fairly
satisfactory condition, but local trade is far from
healthy. We are tired of carrying many of these men
and have drawn the lines of credit very close in the
case of the average city builder. One does not know
what day ary one of them will drop. It is the old story
of being brought into existence and carried on the real
estate inflation of a year ago. Now the bottom has
fallen out of speculative building and there is nothing
for many but to go under.” Would not a reduction of the
time on which lumber is sold save the jobber from at
least part of the loss made by these constant failures ?
“Certainly replied Mr. Meaney. Three months’
credit on lumber, which is now the rule of the trade, is
absurd. Lumber should be cash, or at the most thirty —
days ; were this so we would be able to keep down
many an account that on a three months’ basis soon
grows to large proportions. You smile and ask, why
don’t we do it? Without any exception the whole-
salers agree that a change should be made, but we go
no farther. We never get any nearer together than to
say it should be done. In Hamilton, where our firm
has a branch, it is done and works to the gain of every
dealer.” It appears to me, I remarked, that the deal-
ers here are much in the same hox as the Chicago
wholesalers at the present time. They are selling lumber
at prices that represent no profit. Every one of them
does it All agree that prices should be raised, but
there is not among them one who will take the
initiative. You need, as they need, some one like Joan
of Arc, to rise up from the ranks, and give the order to
advance. No one will take the step of his own account
for he is afraid he will be alone. “That is so,” said
Mr. Meaney as he left to see what show there was for
a dividend in the meeting calling him off. “I wish
THE LUMBERMAN would prove the Joan of Arc.”

_» grades of lumber here.

A PLEA FOR RECIPROCITY.

Bearings on the Lumber Interest—Effects on Manu-
facturing—A Budget of Facts and Figures—
Speech by Dr. Spohn, M. P.

OLLOWING are extracts from a speech delivered
by Dr. Spohn, M. P. for East Simcoe, during the
recent session of the House of Commons. Dr. Spohn
represents a constituency largely interested in lumber
ard his speech was confined chiefly to the one subject.
Whether or not one agrees with the conclusions reach-
ed, the speech deserves a careful reading for the inform-
ation and many important facts that it contains. Dr.
Spohn said :—

“Of course the lumber interest has, in the course of
the last ten years, greatly increased ; as the lumbermen
employ better machinery they can consequently turn
out more lumber. However, in 1880, accoriing to the
trade and navigation returns, the export amounted to
$16,530,000, and in 1890 it amounted to $26,071,000.
Taking that same ratio, we find that the lumber trade
in 1891 will put out something like $50,000,000 worth of
lumber, and be worth over $600,000,000. In 1881 the
mills used up, according to the census returns, in raw
material, $21,134,000 worth, and the output was $39,-
326,000 worth, and

THEY PAID IN YEARLY WAGES

$8,347,000, and the total value of the lumber trade was
in 1881, $471,912,000. The lumber interest employs 61
times as many hands as all the sugar refineries, 156
times as many as all the distilleries, 234 times as many
as the oil refineries, and the binder twine combine is
simply nowhere. There are 150 saw mills in the three
ridings of Simcoe. One firm cuts 75,000,000 feet a year,
another 18,000,000 feet per year and another 17,000,000
feet per year, and soon. In the town of Midland there
is but one saw mill running to-day. All the others
are closed. One of these mills which is closed cut last
year nearly 18,000,000 feet of lumber and employed, in
its different departments, 380 hands. That mill has
been shut down, and the logs, which would otherwise
have been cut in Midland, are :

NOW CUT IN MICHIGAN,

and these 380 hands and their families have been com-
pelled to follow the logs, thus depriving Canada of
many good citizens, and the town of Midland is thus
becoming depopulated and is losing the advantage it
would gain by the expenditure of this large sum of
money, were the logs cut there as they should be. But
this is not an isolated case. What affects Midland
affects all the lumbering towns and cities in Ontario.
For instance, the town ot Gravenhurst should be the
manufacturing centre for the Muskoka Lakes, but this
affects that town as it does every other town and city
in Canada. I have been speaking of the effect of the
McKinley Bill on the lumber trade as it affects us on
the Georgian Bay, but now I propose to come nearer
home to some of you. Some people think that because
the logs cannot be towed from the Ottawa Valley this
does not affect the Ottawa Valley, but I will show you
that it does affect the lumber trade of the Ottawa Val-
ley as it affects the trade of the Georgian Bay. I am
informed that you had a box factory in Ottawa which
was run by E. H. Barnes & Co. and employed 150
hands, but, when the United States put a 35 per cent.
duty on boxes, that box factory shut down ; but that is
not the whole history of your box factory, E. H. Barnes
& Co. took the machinery out of the Ottawa box factory
and carried it to Rouse’s Point, on the other side of the
line, and they are there now manufacturing boxes for
the American market, and the people of Ottawa lost
the factory and the 150 hands and their families, and
the United States gained. Further, E. B. Eddy hada
box factory, but, like E. H. Barnes & Co., it was com-
pelled to shut down. Having given these examples to
show the state of things in the east and in the west of
the Province, | have no doubt that the same state of
things exists nore or less over the whole country. Still
further, the effects of reciprocity would be more bene-
ficial tothe country, because there would bea great
variety of wood manufactures started at once. In the
west, a planing mill is considered a necessary adjunct
to every saw mill. They do not ship their lumber in
the rough from the saw mills in Michigan, as we do
here, but the lumber is planed and then shipped to all
parts of the United States. Our Jumber could be
planed in the same way and manufactured, and

THIS WOULD GIVE EMPLOYMENT

to a great number of men. We know that it does not
pay to ship the lower grades of lumber to the United
States, because the duty is the same on all grades.
Whether we have lumber worth $25 a thousand or only
worth $7 a thousand the same duty of $1 has to be paid,
so it hardly pays to ship the lower grades of lumber to
the United States. We could manufacture the lower
Every one who knows anything
about the lumber trade is aware that there is an immense
market in the eastern States for the Ottawa Valley
jiumber and a large market in the Western and Centra]

1

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

States for the lumber manufactured on the Georgian
Bay.

Tiber js cut 1inch, 1-16 and 1-32 of an inch in
thickness. When ber it weighs 4,000 lbs. per 1.000 |
feet, partly dry from 3,000 to 3,500 lbs., and dry 2,500
Ibs. per 1,000 feet. An average carload weighs 30,000
lbs., so that a car can carry 8,000 feet green, 10,000 feet
partly dry and 12,000 feet of dry lumber. Lumber is
generally shipped partly dry, that is, from two to four
months after being cuf® The ffeight varies with the
distance and the lumber is graded differently in differ-
ent localities. For the calculations 1 am going to make
I intend to take the grading on the Georgian Bay, and
also the freight from the Georgian Bay to Buffalo. At
the present time, rough or unplaned lumber has to pay
a duty of $1 a thousand, planed lumber $2 a thousand,
and planed tongued and grooved $2.50 a thousand, and
lumber manufactured or partly manufactured 35 per
cent. Thus the

DUTY ON PLANED AND MANUFACTURED LUMBER

virtually prohibits its exportation. To be properly
planed the lumber must be dry, so that a car that car-
ries 10,000 feet partly dry, as it is generally shipped,
could carry 15,000 feet dry and planed, because we not
only gain by reduced weight but by reduced thickness
also. Lumber is planed on both sides to 7-8 of an inch
thick for the eastern trade.

only 28-32 of an inch, thus losing 1-5 of an inch in thick-
ness, and consequently 1-5 in weight. So you will see
that acar that will carry 10,000 feet partly dry will
carry 15,000 feet planed and dried. The freight to
Buffalo is $35 a car, so that if we had reciprocity with
the United States the lumbermen would save from $7
to $8 a car in freight alone, besides the duty of from $2
to $2.50 a thousand, which is a saving on the average
of at least from $32 to $35 on every car we ship over
and above the present profit, whatever that may be.
Now, you can imagine what this would do for the city
of Ottawa. Just fancy the lumbermen being able to
save $32 to $35 on every car they ship over and above
what they save to-day. They could afford to give better
wages, to employ more hands. It is not necessary for
me to tell you that not only Ottawa, but every town and
every place in the Dominion of Canada where lumber
is manufactured would flourish. Now, part of the lum-
ber that is shipped from Georgian Bay is shipped to
Buffalo and Tonawanda. The tatter town has been
built up by the lumber trade ; in fact Tonawanda has
been called the city of planing mills. A large portion
of the Georgian Bay lumber is shipped there in the
rough, and is planed and reshipped to different parts of
the United States. I was in Tonawanda not a great
while ago and while there the proprietor of a planing
mill told me that he could plane lumber and ship it to
Kansas and sell it cheaper than he could sell the same
quality of lumber in the rough, simply on account of the
extra freight on the rough lumber. In Tonawanda ,
they employ 5,000 hands in planing and handling lum-
ber. Just fancy
THE BOOM THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE

in our Canadian towns if these hands with their families
could be distributed aniong them in working up this
lumber. Of course you know Ottawa lumber does not
goto Tonawanda, but is shipped in a different direction;
but the Georgian Bay lumber goes, a portion of it, to
Tonawanda, and if the towns and lumber districts of
the west that shipped this lumber to Tonawanda could
have the advantage of the residence among them of
5,000 hands with their families you can imagine what
prosperity that would bring. There are thousands of
doilars paid yearly on Canadian lumber in duty in the
town of Tonawanda. It is not necessary for me to dis-
cuss the question of who pays the dpty on lumber, be-
cause we all know that the lumbermen of this country
pay the duty on every foot of lumber they send to the
United States. Now, in speaking of reciprocity with
Canada, this proprietor of a planing mill in Tonawanda
told me that if they had 1eciprocity between Canada
and the United States he would be compelled to move
his planing mills from Tonawanda to the lumber dis-
tricts of Canada within two years, because the extra
freight on sawdust and shavings would be to him
A LITTLE FORTUNE.

Now, shippiag culls, Georgian Bay grade, are worth $7
per 1,000 at the mill ; 1,000 shipping culls cut up and
planed would make at least 500 feet of wainscotting.
It would make a little more than 500 feet ; but I wish
to be on the safe side, and I will say 500 feet, although,
as a matter of fact, it makes some 600 feet. Wainscot-
ting is worth in Buffalo $40 a thousand. The labor for
making wainscotting costs $1 a thousand. It takes
24,000 feet of culls to make 12,000 feet of wainscotting,
worth at the mill $168 ; cost of making, $12. Now, the
freight to Buffalo is $33, the total amounts to $213 ;
12,000 feet of wainscotting at Buffalo, at $40 a thousand,
would be worth $480, so theie would be a return for the
shipper over the price oflumber and labor of $267 a car.
Now, then, take the article of doors. The ordinary
four-panel stock doors are made out of what we call
cut-ups and better, worth at the mill $22, These doors
are worth here $1.50 wholesale, they are worth in Buffalo
$2.20 each ; 1,000 feet of cut-ups and better will make

Lumber in the rough is 35h
32 of an inch in thickness, while after being planed res

36 four-panel ogks; 12,000 ft. ee | doors,
or acar load 24 doors in Canada at $14g0 each
would be worth $648; 432 doors in Buffalo at $2.20
each would pe worth’$950. Now, if we want to ship a
cagioad of doors to Buffalo, we pay freight $44 a car.
I¢Mave in my calculation quoted freight at fx a Car, /
4 in shipping doors and manufactured limber the
right is $44 a car. Now, the duty on $9g@¥at 35 per
cent. would be $332.50, clearance paper $3, total exe
penditure of shipment $379.64. This, added to the
$648, the cost of the doors in Canada, makes $1,027.24

as the total cost of delivering doors in Buffalo. But
the doors in Buffalo are only worth $950, so that the
shipper actually loses $77.24 on eve aaioad of doors
shipped to Buffalo. If we hadg y with the

United States the shipper wou
on every carload over the cost

QUITE ANOTHEF NG.
HE owner_of a woodworking plant in these days
“finds h f compelled to pay far more attention

to the adm¥m%Stration of his business than was neces-
sary afew years ago. When the woodworking ma-
es were fewer in number and less efficient in work,
emand for wooden articles in every line outran the
supply, making prices good and business generally re-
munerative. It used to be said that a man who failed
in every other line could get rich in running a saw,
shingle or planing mill. Those good old days have
gone, and to-day, withifhe market crowded with count-
less high-grade and efficient machines turning out a
supply greater than the demand, iunning a saw,
shingle or planing mill, or a chair, coffin, waggon, ex-
celsior, veneer, stave, heading, finish, frame, molding,
crate, basket, bucket, tub, barrel or furniture factory is
quite another thing. Twenty or thirty years ago the
consumer pressed manufacturer. To-day the manufac- -
turer is thrusting himself upon the consumer. The
owner of a plant must make his wares, and then he
must “hustle” fora market. This is the reason why
the manufacturer of to-day spends more time in his.
office, over his books, than in his shop, over his ma-
chines. The machinery makers have wrought the great
change visible in this line. The modern machines
work so well and produce so much that supply has over-
taken demand. The owner is succeeded in the shop
by the foreman. The owner has become a mere ad-
munistrator.

COST OF AN ACCIDENT.

LUMBER case that created some general interest

in the assize court, this city a week ago, was that of
Martha Tobin, of Bracebridge against the Shannon
Shingle Manufacturing Company, of Parkdale. William
Tobin, husband of the plaintiff, was a jointer at the
shingle factory and was killed there on November
Ist 1890. The widow is left with five little children, the
eldest only nine, and now sues to recover $3,000 dam-
age for the death of her husband on her own and their
account. Tobin was getting $1.75 a day as jointer, 25
cents a week being retained by the company as an in-
surance against accident. The claim alleges that the
saw where Tobin was working was not guarded; while re-
volving attherate of 1,350revolutions aminutea blockwas
drawn into it catching between the saw and adjacent
machinery breaking a huge piece from the saw which
flew at Tobin and cut through his body likea knife.
He died about an hour after the accident. The defence
is a denial of negligence on the part of the company,
and denial of any defect in the machinery and an as-
sertion that Tobin placed himself in the position oc-
cupied by him when he was hurt. Diagrams of the
machinery used in a shingle mill were shown the jury,
while Mr. Meredith, who is counsel for the defendants,
had in court a pretty little model, said to be a fac-simile
of the saw used by Tobin, all of which were used as
matters of evidence. The verdict was rendered in favor
of the plaintiff, the judge reserving his decision as to
the exact amount of the award.

Have youa copy of the “Lumberman’s Inspection
Book”? It contains rules and regulations for the in-
spection of pine and hardwood lumber adopted by the
lumber section and sanctioned by the council of the
Board of Trade of Toronto, June 1890. Send a three
cent stamp to the office of the CANADA LUMBERMAN
and a copy will be sent you.

P : : Cees es eee ae cg eee
: x 5 Mae ; if : _ E i 3 Fated fale eu gene tee
ta THE CANADA LUMEERMAN., . é: DO redeneras oe 5 gs OE A
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ep H E N FE WS —The Collinsby Rafting and Towing Company are build- | Edward D. Moore, who had been manager of the timber in-
. | ing a powerful steel steam tug at Kingston, the plates, ma- | terests, possessed himself of this property, and the other
=> oan chinery, etc., for which are being imported from England. brothers, Charles A. and Fred. D. Moore, brought an action
foe pA eZ : —W. R. Beatty anda gang of men are busily engaged ofejectment against him. The case is also in the Quebec
= Shomas,Realums mulls Bom! 's tae ore building and repairing Saracens in the Parry Sound dis- courts, and the motion at Toronto is for a stay of the injunc-
—E. C. Lewis, saw mill at Essex is doing a large trade. trict. The work is likely to keep them going until Christmas. tion until the first case is decided.
—Parker’s mill at Parkersville is still running and very —Business is brisk at the sash and door factory at Deser- QUEBEC.
busy.

—Smith Bros., saw mill and handles, Stewart, have sold
out the handle business.

—The mill at Waubaushene is shut down and the men
have taken to the woods.

—John Charlton & Co. are operating 80 to roo men on long
timber in the Algoma section.

—A new road has been laid by the Western Lumber Co.
near their offices at Rat Portage.

—The tug Resolute the property of the Emery Lumber
Co., is to be rebuilt at Collingwood.

—The Gilmour Company will establish car works in con-
necticn with their business in Trenton.

—The paper wood that was hung up this spring in the
Thessalon district is now coming down.

—Oct. 18th was the nineteenth anniversary of the laying of
thr first stone of the big mill at Deseronto.

—The Dickson Lumber Co., of Peterboro’, have sold the
remainder of their lumber to an Oswego firm.

—-The lumber business of Mr. McDonald at Newton is
showing every indication of a healthy growth.

—Woodstock has a soft maple tree, which shed its leaves
some weeks ago and is now budding out again.

—A large force of men are at work on Fitzwilliam (Horse)
Island, and a considerable cut is to be expected.

—A tow of six barges laden with lumber for New York
and other American ports left Ottawa on 14th ult.

—Wages in the shanties this year range from $18 to $24
per month and board, a shade better than a year ago.

—Perley & Pattee, Ottawa, made a shipment of four barges
of lumber and lath to Whitelake, N.Y., a few days ago.

—J. & T.Conlon’s mill at Little Current, has shut down for

the season. This firm are running two camps this season.

—Klock Bros.’ limits in Wells township have been bought
by Chew Lros., of Midland, and will be cleared this winter.

—About three hundred men will be employed in the

Mickle-Dyment camps in the Gravenhurst section this winter.

—Fraser’s mill in the Algoma district has closed down for
the season. They hold a considerable quantity of lumber in
their yards.

—Hugh Cameron, a shanty foreman, Ottawa, had $300
stolen from his boarding house. Another boarder in the house
is suspected.

—J. R. Booth’s new mill at Ottawa is shut down for im-
provements and is hardly likely to get running again for this
season's trade.
for the sea-
son. The cut has been 6,000,000 feet of lumber and over
3,009,000 shingles.

—Mickle & Dyment’s mill at Barrie has closed

—According to some old time river men the water in
the St. Lawrence River a month ago reached the lowest
point for thirty years.

—A large accumulation of sawdust in the river near Mans-
field wharf, may yet seriously interfere with navigation around
that portion of the Ottawa.

—J. S. Findlay, of Brooke, is building a new sawmill on
the Center road, Keppel, to fill contracts he has for supply-
ing maple blocks to a firm in England.

—Heath, Tait & Turnbull have started a camp in Bethune,
and J. Whiteside, of Huntsville, intends putting a camp in
the south-west corner of Proudfoot.

‘Wm. McKinley,” who stole a watch from John Bowles in
Sloan’s mill, Tilbury Centre, has been sentenced to one
month’s imprisonment in the county gaol.

—Ald. Scully, of Guelph, has been in Kentucky buying
lumber for Charles Raymond’s sewing machine factory,one of
the profitable industries of the Royal City.

—The Wm. Mackay lumber concern of Ottawa, have re-
cently completed a number of important repairs to their
waterways on the Upper Ottawa tributary.

—A local paper says that within the past two weeks no
Jess than 1,400 men went by North Bay to the vicinity of
Wahnapitae, to commence lumbering operations.

—The Rathbun Company, of Deseronto, has secured power

from the Dominion parliament to borrow money to the ex-
tent of 75 per cent of the paid up stock of the company.

onto. Many shipments are made to Great Britain. An annex

of 6ex16 feet will be erected to meet increased requirements.

—The Conger Lumber Co.’s mills at Parry Sound have
The season’s cut has been 8,000,000
The company will get out a large number of logs this

closed for the season.
feet.
winter.

—Hollister & Jewell, of Garden River, whose lumbering
property was destroyed by fire recently, have presented the
fire brigade with a cheque for $100 for the valuable services
rendered.

— Reeve McCusker, of Prescot county, has secured con-
tracts with Messrs. Bronson & Weston, Perley & Pattee,
Hurdman & Co., and J. R. Booth for a winter’s supply of
hogs for the different shanties.

—Lumber shipments at Burk’s Falls are reported to, be
heavy for the past month ; these include lumber, shingles,
lath, pulp wood and bark. The principal shippers are Jas.

Sharpe, M. C. Drew, and Knight Bros.

—The Saginaw Salt and Lumber Co. are running three
camps on the Vermillion and haye a steam barge forwarding
supplies from Nelson, on the Soo branch of the C.P-R. to
Foster and the berth east, on which they are operating.

—David Sicklesteel, of Amherstburg, and two daughters
will spend the winter at Vicksburg, Miss. Mr. Sicklesteel
has a mill in that place, which will engage his energies. His
business at McGregor will be managed by his son Lester.

—Manes & Booth, builders and contractors, Toronto, have
assignea with liabilities about $7,700, and assets consisting of
equities in land and house properties worth $16,500. With a
slow real estate market the pressure of taxes and interests on
mortgages was too much

—Wm..Tyler, builder, ef London, is endeavoring to effect
a settlement with his creditors on the basis of 40 cents, se-
cured. He owes $10,000, and it is likely most of them will
accept. He appears to have not figured his contracts out
closely enough and to have lost money by taking them too
cheap.

—The Hawkesbury Lumbering Company down the Ottawa
have enough logs at their mill at present to keep them run-
ning nicely until cold weather sets in. A few days ago they
sent an order to the Upper Ottawa Improvement Company’s
booms at Deschene’s to hold 50,000 there for

them until next spring,

rapids

—McGibbon & Sons, of Sarnia, shipped a cargo of lumber
to Germany. The cargo consisted of 300,000 feet of red oak,
intended for furniture manufacture ; it was shipped from their
mill at Penetanguishene by the stearner Niagara, which de-
livered it in Quebec toa vessel which will land it in Antwerp.
The freight amounted to $5,525.

—The Pembreke Lumber Company has been incorporated
The leading
stockholders are Andrew Thompson White, Arunah Dunlop,
Peter White, Thomas Deacon, Cornelius Chapman and John
Bromley. The capital stock is $120,000, with power to in-
crease same to $240,000 by resolution of the shareholders.

under charter from the Dominion government.

—Howry & Sons have a large force on Whitefish River and
expect to take out about twenty millions this next season.
They have an ‘‘Alligator” tug which climbs portages from
lake to lake and does the work of many men on the drive and
It is of
30-h.p. and built by John West, of Simcoe, the inventor.

in forwarding winter supplies on the inland lakes.

—A Sudbury correspondent writes that the camps in that
section are running to their full capacity, with the exception
of A. McCormick & Son, who are desirous of disposing of
their limits and do not intend to run a camp themselves.
Some building is going on in Sudbury and quite a few build-
ings on the Soo branch railway for the Chicago Nickel Co.

—Two shantymen Chanor and Duchesne had a narrow
escape from going over the Cascade rapids up the Gatineau.
They had allowed the craft to drift with the current, until it
got beyond their control and was within tity yards of the
waterfall. Fortunately at this point the boat stuck fast on a
rock, where the men remained until daylight when assistance
arrived.

— $150,000 worth of timber limits are involved in the case
of Moore vs. Moore, which is now on the docket in the
Master-in-Chamber’s court at Osgoode Hall. The Moores
come from Ottawa. Not long ago David Moore, a wealthy
timber limit man died there, leaving no will; and his son,

—End, Trihey & Co., lumber, Montreal, have dissolved.
—Richard Ready,coal and lumber, Montreal, has assigned.

—Moore & Eady, of Bryson, have large gangs of men at
work on the Schyan:

—Dnavid Lunam, of Campbell’s Bay, is at the shanties on
the Madawaska with a large gang of men.

-—The decrease in the timber exports this season as com-
pared with last will show a falling off of about thirty per
cent.

-+The four great driving pulleys for Eddy’s new mill at
Hull will measure 7 ft high, 4 ft. wide and two inches thick
onthe flange. Each of them will transmit power equal to
400 horse.

—The Buckingham Manufacturing Company (limited,) with
a capital of $80,000 has been incorporated, a number of Mon-
trealers being the promotors.
wood pulp paper.

Their objects are to deal in

—Mrs. Bondu, who lives near Lac du.Sable, charges a
number of shantymen with stealing her whiskey, breaking —
her bottles an:l.doing lots of other mischief The magistrate
when appealed to for redress gave the woman the very sensi-
ble advice to go home and give up Selling. whiskey.

—According to figures published by the Quebec Govern-
ment it is estimated that there have been produced in the |
province during the twenty-three years from 1857 to 1880 in-
clusive, 11,173 516,546 feet of lumber, and 70,272,572 cubic
feet of timber, while $10,764,368 have been paid over to the
government as timber dues. i

NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA.

—About one hundred men are in the woods at Clearwater,
N.B., for Mr. Lynch. :

—Richards & Co., of Boieston, N.B., will have three
camps this winter on Burnet Land Brook.

—Stevens & Roman are two young men from Acadia Mines
who started a small saw-mill four miles from Spring Hill, N.
S., on some money advanced by the father of one of the
partners. Th2ir next step was to give a bill of sale for $759
covering the engine, boiler and plant, and this they have fol-
lowed up with an assignment.

MANITOBA AND THE NORTHWEST.

—Ross, Hall & Brown, of Rat Portage, Man., have closed
down for the season. :

—The Safety Bay Lumber Co. (Bulmer’s mill) cut 57,000
feet of lumber in one day with Howard Vanderburg presiding
at the circular.

—Cameron & Kennedy, of Norman, Man., have been run-
ning their mill day and night throughout October. They have
sent a large gang of men to the woods for the winter’s work

BRITISH COLUMBIA.

—-A new logging camp will be established by the Brunette
Saw Mill Co., near Pitt River.

—The Spicer mills, at Vancouver, are at present giving their
entire attention to sawing shingles for the Manitoba trade.

—S. F. McIntosh and J. W. Enland, lumber dealers, Vic-
toria, haye dissolved partnership. Mr. S. F. McIntosh will
continue the business.

—C. L. Street & Co., of Chilliwack, have lately purchased
from Mr. B. A. Irwin, a former resident of Markdale, Ont.,
the standing timber of 100 acres for $2,700. The timber is
comprised mostly of red fir, silver fir, cedar, hemlcck, spruce,
alder and maple. A limit of five years is given the above
firm to remove the timber.

Ba ie M. Stewart, formerly Chief of Police at Vancouver,
who does a great deal of logging for the Brunette Saw Mill
Co., has just completed fitting up a portable logging camp on
Burrard Inlet, which will add much to the comfort of his men
while engaged in the woods. It consists ofa one storey
house constructed upona scow. It is fitted up with bunks
for eight or ten men, and a separate room for Mr. Stewart
himself. The galley for cooking is well supplied with the re-
quired utensils. One end of the scow is fitted up for the re-
ception of the logging engine which is placed there for trans-
portation. While aboard, however, its power can be used for _
the side wheel paddles with which the scow is supplied. The
outfit also contains a blacksmith’s forge, anvil, vice and cther
tools required to make ordinary repairs.

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THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

— Russia makes 30,000,000 wooden spoons a year.

—Mexico’s new tariff law retains lumber on the free list.

—Winds have blown down about 80,000,000 feet of timber
in northern Minnesota.

—W. H. Sawyer, a lumber dealer of Buffalo, N.Y., has
made contracts with Ashland miil owners to saw 80,000,000
feet of lumber.

—The Montreal Lumber Company has bought 1,200 acres
in Ashland County and 200 in Michigan.

—More than 187,000,000 feet of lumber have been received
at Buffalo, N.Y., since the opening of navigation.

—Men are so scarce in Michigan that in order to get them
to go into camp they have to be obtained from the ranks of
sewer diggers and other day laborers.

—More than 15,000,000 feet of lumber will be used in the
construction of the huge building for Manufactures and Liber-
al Arts at the World’s Fair, Chicago.

—Nearly 2,500,000 feet of lumber was shipped by rail by
the Saginaw Lumber and Salt Company during September.
Kail shipments have been active all along the line for the past
month.

The whole State of Maine is experiencing a severe drought
_and typhoid fever is raging in many towns.
at Watervale and Augusta and the sawmills along the Kenne-
bec are seriously retarded.

The cotton mills

—In France the government still levies a tax on docrs and
windows. To the peasant in his small hut this tax amounts
to a little more than 60 cents a year. but in small towns it
rises to $3.40 annuaily for each family.

—It is reported that a Michigan hardwood concern has
exhibited at a county fair thirty varieties of wood cut froma
single acre of ground. If this be the case, and the trees are
of any use, this concern ought not to be obliged to shut down
for want of something to cut.

—The H. C. Akeley Lumber Company, the largest manu-
facturers in Minneapolis, had sold within 6,000,000 feet as
much lumber as they had made vpto the first of October.
Secretary Jones and E. L. Harkness expect that October sales
will aggregate 10,000,000 feet a month.

—The Grounds and Buildings Committee of the World’s
Fair, Chicago, have decided to advertise for the construction
of a building to accommodate four sawmill plants. The
structure will be located south of the agricultural annex, on
piles driven in what is now a natural lagoon. The building

will be 130x200 feet and will cost $25,000.

—And now comes the proposition to build two railroad
cars out of a big tree found in Tulare, Cal. The log is to be
made hollow, windows and doors will be cut, and the in-
terior will be handsomely finished. The cars will be 45 feet
long with a diameter of 20 feet. They will be exhibited at
the World’s Columbian Exposition.

—lIt is reported from Duluth that Michigan lumbermen who
are interested in timber in the Duluth district expect to perfect

_ arrangements with the Duluth & Winnipeg and St. Paul &

Duluth railways to bring logs to Duluth by rail. It has not been
found practical to get the logs by the Knife Falls Boom Com-
pany’s boom at Cloquet and down the St. Louis river, which
is always an uncertain stream.

—Maine lumbermen are making preparations for their win-

_ter’s logging and will commence work promptly with the ad-

vent of cold weather. It is said the cut will be somewhat less
than that of last season, but it is probable that each lumber-
man will let his neighbor do the curtailing and put in an
average cut himself.

-—The foreign lumber business it is evident is still very
much demoralized. A meeting of the saw mill owners’ so-
ciety of Sweden was recently held at which thirty mill owners
were present at which an agreement was reached to reduce
the mill cut one-half. A proposition wasalso made to reduce
the time of credit to English buyers from six months to four
months. Under these conditions it is believed that the mar-
ket will be very much strengthened. The sawmill owners are
to open negotiations with the Swedish banks and endeavor to
induce them to discount no bills drawn for a longer period
than four months. :

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FIRES.
An old saw mill owned by J.W. Dinwoodie, Campbellford,
Ont., was burned recently.

An incipient fire occurred in Fredett’s lumber yard, St.
John, Que.

Mather’s saw mill near Vancouver, B.C., was completely

Little loss occurred.

destroyed by fire first week of October. No insurance.
Chew’s mill at Gravenhurst, Ont., was burned to the
ground on 14th ult. The lumber was saved. Loss, $12,000.

Insurance, $8,000.

An old church at Seaforth, Ont., stored with lumber and
egg cases by D. D. Wilson was burned on 6th ult. Insur-

ance $1,000—incendiary.

A fire occurred at Leg Lake, Ont., on 15th ult., destroying
the Deblaquire mill and about one anda half million feet
of lumber and 200,000 shingles.

Moffat’s steam saw mill at Dalhousie, N.B., was burned
the other night together with a large quantity of lumber. The
loss is about $25,000 and no insurance.

The large box factory at Waubaushene, Ont., owned by the
Dodge & Bliss Box Company, Jersey City, was destroyed by
fire on 2Ist ult. Loss about $25,000; insured.

The workshops and mills of the Canada Lumber Cutting
Machine Company, at Trenton, Ont., were destroyed by flre
on 21st ult. A quantity of hardwood lumber was also burned.
Property insured for $31,200.

A destructive fire occurred in Halifax, N.S., the early
part of the month. Among other properties destroyed were
Brookfield’s lumber wharf, J. C. Merlin’s planing mill,
Brookfield Bros,’ lumber. warehouses and office, and Mul-

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The large planing factory at Uxbridge, Ont., owned by R.
P. Harman and operated by Reid & Thirsk, was totally de-
stroyed by fire on 9th ult., together with machinery and con-
tents. Harman’s loss is fully $5,000 and Reid & Thirsk’s
about $6,000. No insurance.

CASUALTIES.
John Watts, working in a Kingston saw mill had his leg
broken by a falling log.

A circular saw removed parts of two fingers of W. R.
Davey, Williamsworth, Ont.

Joseph Dauphin had a Singer badly cut with a saw in Sickle-
steel’s mills at McGregor, Ont.

J. Johnsen, of Magog, Que., had his head badly cut by
coming into contact with a circular saw.

Antoine Merault, an old river man, of the Ottawa, had two
ribs broken near the Deschenes rapids while booming logs

Wm. Crowe, of Dummer, Ont., lost a son by a falling tree
in the Parry Sound Lumber Co.’s camp the early part of the
month.

The right hand of F. A. Clark, of Berwick, N.S., is badly
lacerated through coming in contact with a saw while at work
in the mill.

Thomas Boulanger is in the hospital at New Westminster,
a victim of a broken leg, caused by a log falling on him while
at work in the woods.

Wm. Johnson, a river man has come down from the Kip-
pewa to Ottawa, Ont., suffering with a fractured leg, sustain-
ed by a tree falling on him.

A young man named Wm. Graham, working in Bryce’s
shingle mill, Penetanguishene, Ont., got caught ina shaft
and had an arm broken and his face badly bruised.

A Frenchman working in the Fullerton lumber district,
near Masonville, Que., was killed a few days ago by a falling
tree, and a comrade with him was seriously injured.

David Esdale, an employee at McLaren’s mills, Ottawa,
Ont., dislocated his wrist, broke his arm, and seriously
injured his right foot, while moving lumber at the mills.

James Watson, an employee at Moore’s planing mill at St.
Mary’s, Ont., met with an accident the other day, by which
he lost part of the thumb and the three fingers of his right
hand.

F, Plastow, son of Mr. Plastow, while working around Mr.
Roach’s stave factory, at West Lorne, Ont., slipped and com-
ing in contact with the knife, had the ends cut off two fingers”
of the right hand. :

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A 12-year-old daughter of Joseph Bourdeau had the misfor-
tune to cut off the first and second fingers of her hand
Sloan’s mill, Vilbury Centre, Ont., while fooling with the
stave jointer.

Clark Jones, jr., of Glen Sutton, Que, who was cutting
logs, cut his foot severely a week ago. Wilbur Richardson,
of the same place, was severely injured by falling froma log
while chopping.

The careless use of an axe in the hands of a young son of
F. A. Haystead, of Fielding, Ont., has brought severe injury

He was at work in the woods in the

to the foot of this lad.
Parry Sound district.

A shantyman, Jacques Granbois, DuMoine camp, has re-

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turned to Ottawa, Ont., suffering from a fearfi

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accidently with a sharp axe he was wielding. It is feared 1
limb will have to be amputated.

A shantyman named St. Croix, while on the way to the
station in Ottawa on 23rd ult., was thrown from an express
wagon by a broken street car rail, and received an ugly cut
on the bead.

A frightful accident happened on Ioth ult., near Spanish
River, about one-half mile east of Shea’s Hotel, in which one
Robert Quigley, lumberman, was cut to pieces by a freight
train. The unfortunate man was supposed to have been un-
der the influence of liquor at the time of the accident and had
not noticed tke approach of the train.

Robert O’Rourke had his hand cut in the cedar mill at
Deseronto, Ont., and Edward Bruyea, while working in the
big mill, the same day had the index finger of his left hand
Heber Winfind had two fingers badly
crushed at the sash factory.

badly lacerated.
So much for Deseronto, Ont.

Accidents have been numerous in the Eddy, mills at Huli,
Que., during the month. A young man named Guertin,
aged 15, had two fingers severed from his right hand by the
steam rollers of a paper machine. C. Miller, another em-
ployee in the paper mill caught his arm between two large
iron rollers and had it terribly lacerated. Jacques, a youth of
17,sustained ‘a severe scalp wound by the breaking of a pulley

in the saw mill.

A budget of accidents is reported from Mickle & Dyment’s
camps in the Bracebridge district. Abraham Vanwicklin
nearly lost a thumb and is in the hospital. Fred Sawyer, an-
other workman, is keeping him company with a bad gash in
his shin made by an axe. John O'Neil was struck over the
He died while
being carried t> Huntsville by his companions. Wm. Clevely
is in the hospital at Huntsville and may not recover. He

was at work in the camp near Dorset and was going to an-

back with a large limb broken by the storm.

other camp tosee his brother, and travelling along the road
was mistaken for a deer by a hunter and was shot, the ball
striking near the shoulder and travelling through his body.

TRADE NOTES.

In our September issue, in giving a short desciiption
of a new two-spindle boring machine just constructed
by the Cant Bros. Co., of Galt, Ont., instead of saying
“The range of adjustment is from a horizontal to a per-
pendicular,” it should have been “The range of adjust-
ment is from a horizontal to a perpendicular line, and
to 45 degrees beyond the perpendicular.”

A notable exhibit at the late Montreal exhibition,
was that of Robin & Sadler in the machinery hall.
One of the chief attractions of this exhibit was a pyra-
mid consisting of three large leather belts made for W.
W. Ogilvie’s flour mills ; these were 24 in., 18 in. and
16 in. belts respectively.
also on exhibition a 26 in. belt which was awarded a
gold medal at the Jamaica exhibition. Besides these
were to be seen some very fine specimens of the dyna-
mo belting this firm make a specialty of.

The Brazil Snow Plow, manufactured by J. Muckle-
stcn & Co., Kingston, who control the patent for the
Dominion, bids fair to be soon used by all our lumber-
men who have limits to operate. Although this firm
only lately commenced manufacturing them the follow-
ing lumber firms have already placed orders for plows:
McLachlin Bros.,6; McKeon & Glover, 3; Barnet & Mc-
Kay, 1 ; Georgian Bay Lumber Co., 2 ; Thistle, Carswell
& Co.,1; Bronson & Weston, 2 ; Perley & Pattee, 4. Satis-
factory orders have also been received by the Messrs,
Muckleston for cant dogs, peavies, etc. As this estab-
lishment is the only one in the Dominion turning out a
complete outfit of lumbermen’s plows, sleighs and tools,
it is unique in its character and we trust will receive
liberal support.

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THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

TRADE REVIEW.

Office of CANADA LUMBERMAN |
Oct. 31, 1891. J
THE GENERAL SURVEY.
~* ANADIAN lumbermen are in good feather. This
is despite the fact of more local failures during
the month than for probably any single month in

the year. These have in no measure, however, discon-
certed the general trade.. They comprise chiefly build-
ers of speculative properties in the city, men who could
keep their heads above water so long as the real estate
whom it was only a matter of
soon as the bottom fell out of
real estate. Though, in numbers these embarrassments
have not been few, none have been for large amounts,
with the exception of William McBean, whose liabili-
ties are about $250,000. This amount consists nearly
altogether of mortgages on properties, the unsecured
claims not exceeding $10,000. For some time back
the insolvent’s building operations have been almost
nil. A proposition of twenty-five cents on the dollar
has been made to the unsecured creditors, and is like-

boom was on, but with
time of going under, as

ly to be accepted.

Country tradé has not opened out as was expected a
month ago. Reports from western Ontario tell of a
quiet trade, yet the expectations are well founded that
the year’s work among the farmers completed, and the
grain to some reasonable extent marketed, a satisfac-
tory business will be done. No disturbing elements
have a place with country dealers.

The chief cause of hopefulness with the trade is the
impetus that has been given to American trade
during the month. Said the head of one large concern,
and we found that the same view was entertained by
wholesalers generally, “lumber trade with the States is
undoubtedly looking up. The demand for dressing and
better is in excess of the supply. Truth is that we have
very little of these grades unsold at any important lum-
ber point in the province. This is having the effect of
making prices unquestionably firm and foreshadows a
promising trade for the spring.” One firm holding a
large quantity of Canadian lumber is Shepherd &
Morse, of Boston, and they realize that they have a
good thing to hold. A few days ago a request came
from an Albany house to be put in communication with
any one having 1%, 1% and 2 in. wide sidings 12 and
16 ft. cutting up and better, but no one could be found
to meet the call. Briefly stated Canadian lumber will
be at a premium in the near future. Coarse grades are
a little slow, yet the scarcity of better is causing a de-
mand for these in places where dealers must have
something. A good trade is being done in hardwoods.
The Ottawa strike is over, and the mills are making
the most of the short season left them. Conditions in
the maritime provinces, Manitoba and British Colum-
bia, also United States and foreign markets are review-
ed at length further on in this page.

NEW BRUNSWICK.

No big boom is on in this province. Shipments in
spruce deals to Great Britain for the month ending
September 30th have been slightly in excess of the cor-
Trade with the States has
The total value of exports of the pro-
ducts of the forest from St. John during September
shows an increase from $190,190 to $245,654 as com-
Atten-
tion is being given just now to the winter’s work in the

esponding month last year.
been only fair.

pared with the corresponding month last year.

woods which is likely to show an average cut.
MANITOBA.

a circular

The traie somewhat stirred

issued by the Pine Lumbermen’s Association concern-

are up Over

ing spruce lumber. The pine lumber manufacturers
have found that the demand for high grade stuff, such
as ceiling, siding, and flooring, has been in excess of
the demand for common dimension stuff and common
boards. This has been caused by the fact that many
retail dealers handle spruce lumber for common stuff,
This has left the

pine men with a large surplus of common stuff on their

and take pine for their high grades.

hands. A circular was accordingly sent out by the
association lumbermen that they would not sell to any
retailer who handled spruce for low grades. As the

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retailers must have pine for best grades, they would be
forced to take pine for common stuff also. The matter
has been referred to in our editorial columns, showing
that not only has the spruce men been up in arms, but
that the local board of trade have had the question un-
der consideration, resulting in a resolution vigorously
protesting against this action of the Pine manufacturers,
The Winnipeg Commercial says that “the men certain-
ly have ground for complaint, but they evidently have
made a mistake in the way thev have undertaken to
remedy the difficulty.” The operations are about an
average for the season of the year. The Lake of the
Woods lumbermen are busy getting their camps in ship
shape for the winters work. The business of the Lake
Winnipeg Lumber and Trading Company is being
liquidated.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.

The month has closed with conditions in lumber not
by any means discouraging. A good local trade has
been done, and the exhibit made at the annual exhibi-
tion, referred to in our British Columbia news letter,
indicates some of the possibilities of the province in
manufactured lumber, as well as telling something of
the natural products of our forest. A fair trade with
Australia continues to show up from month to month.
Several good sized shipments were made during Oct-
ober, and on the roth inst. the bark Pzsagwa sailed
from the Moodyville mills for Pisaga, Peru, on owners
account. The freight market is unchanged, and dull-
ness prevails at 57s 6d. Quotations are as.follows for
cargo lots for foreign shipment, being the prices of the
Pacific Pine Lumber Association : Rough merchant-
able, ordinary sizes, in lengths of 4o feet, inclusive, $9
per M feet ; rough deck plank, average lengih 35 feet,
$19 ; dressed flooring, $17 ; pickets, $9 ; laths, 4 feet,
$2. For local trade, the Rock Bay Saw Mill quotes:

Iovuyer ny Jhosanlleyere, 9@E lao ncocoocnccaenc: egzoe $10 00
Best quality dressed lumber, per M........... 20 00
Second oe oe 6 “ec

SNE: Ste 17 00
Lath, per Mien So ia ie eh ie ce eee 2 50
Shingles: fay sis rs ay eran Metre eed alee eae 2 25

Recent official returns show that the revenue receiv-
ed from the British Columbia crown timber agency
during the last year was $45,485.09, an increase of $27,-
440.32. The total quantity of lumber manufactured for
the year amounted to 13,546,943 feet as compared with
23,759,942 feet for the last year, and sold at the rate of
$9 to $10 a thousand.

UNITED STATES.

We doubt if on the whole reports from leading lum-
ber circles in the States tell of as satisfactory lumber
trade in October as for the preceeding month. This is
perhaps to be explained by the fact that we are one
month nearer the close of the season than was the case
thirty days ago. Besides the contrast between the
opening of fall trade in September with the dullness of
the summer months just then ended was more notice-
able than a contrast between October and September
trade ; lumbermen like other mortals are influenced by
their impressions. Buffalo and Tonawanda, as a point
in which Canadians are interested, sends a good decent
growl of dull times, and so does New York, and no one
at these points looks for a change before the opening
of spring. The situation is like this: Trade in certain
rural sections, observably in the State of Ohio, is brisk,
especially in white pine. Farmers have secured abun-
dant crops, and they are spending their money in im-
But the benefits of a rich harvest are not
being experienced in the great centers of population.
There was too deep an impairment of confidence in all
forms of investment, as a result of last fall’s panic, for
that. Real estate had received a severe backset, and it
will take some time for it to again reach the speculative
stage. Credits were seriously impaired by several im-
portant failures. Investments that promised well last
year turned out badly, and recovery must be made from
Liquidation must reach farther than it has yet
before capital will again venture to take risks. But it
can be seen that the process is going on, and by the
beginning of next year or in the early spring we may
expect to see all forms of enterprise take a fresh start.
Then will come an extraordinary demand for lumber
from the railroads, from the cities and towns and from
the developing west. Quite an export trade has been

provements.

loss.

done from Puget Sound, Washington, and the Hum.

boldt regions of California. One report chronicles a
big sale of lumber from California, a contract having
been closed in San Francisco recently for the shipment —
of 20,000,000 feet of lumber to South Australia for the
use of the Broken Hill Mining Company. ‘This is the
largest shipment ever ordered for a foreign market

from the Pacific Coast. Bids were put in for it by a
number of Puget Sound mills, as well as California con-
cerns, but it is not yet announced who was successful
in securing the contract.

FOREIGN.

“There has been a perceptibly improving tone in
most branches of the trade during the past month” say
Denny, Mott & Dickson, of London, Eng,, in their
October wood market report, ‘‘and there are appreciable
indications to justify the expectation of better business
during the closing months of the year, beyond the con-
sideration that newly-spread confidence often serves to
bring about the improvement hoped for We trust that
these hopes may be realized and that the last quarter of
the year may do something to redeem the character of
what has hitherto proved one of the most disastrous.
years within the experience of the trade.” Messrs.
Churchill & Sims, London, in their wood circular o¢
October 5, give these figures :—From Canada the im-
portation has been—Pine deals, 971,000 pieces, against —
2,189,000 pieces in 1890 ; spruce deals, 872,000 pieces,
against 1,499,000 pieces in 1890. And from New
Brunswick—Spruce deals, 167,000 pieces, against 98,-
ooo pieces in 1890. They add: The consumption of
pine deals in September has not quite equalled that of
last year ; but the position is very healthy, mainly in
consequence of an importation of less than half of the
great quantities brought to London in 1890. This has
reduced the stocks to not much more than those of
1888 and 1889. | Spruce deals have also been sparsely
supplied, and, the stock being now in quite average
compass, prices have risen during the month and hold-—
ers are very hopeful. Hardwoods have been a little
more in demand.” The great carpenters and joiners.
strike at London, which has been on for the last six
months and has cost upwards of a quarter of a million
of dollars, has at last been settled by arbitration and
the men have gone to work. Though late in the season
this will have an influence for the better over local
trade. The Liverpool Timber Merchant reports that
owing to the falling off in American shipments of wal-
nut and whitewood, more business has been done at
the yards, demand running chiefly to the better qualities.
Stocks of inferior descriptions are still much too heavy.
Stocks of pitch pine lumber are large, and prices are
low. Stocks of Quebec oak logs are heavy, but recent
arrivals of plank and scantling have gone immediately
into consumption. Several parcels of Montreal deals
arrived during the latter part of Septemper, the bulk of
which also went into consumption. High freight rates
have made prices firm, and the tendency is toward.
advance. The demand for third quality deals is very
good, and the stock is small, consequently a rise in
price is looked for.
deals. Prices generally were firm, and favorite sizes
brought excellent figures. “Flooring boards” were
reported in reduced supply, there having been no recent
arrivals, some sizes and qualities being entirely wanting.
African mahogany has become a serious competitor in:
the English market, of Honduras, Tobasco and Mexican
mahogany selling readily at high prices, and being,
seemingly, as well liked by consumers. In Sweden
trade has been greatly hindered by the continuance of
the strikes in the joinery and allied trades. Activity is
reported in the Australian trade, considerable shipments.
being made from the Pacific coast to this point.

There are several arrivals in spruce

Toronto, Ont.

TORONTO, Oct. 31, 1891.
CAR OR CARGO LOTS.

Tey ie Cut AMprancsDettercy -\. <ialeatgnecse-nc/<lcsie ess aeecasaee
TSI &rzidressing: and |Pechen=n.eetsess eee ene eres
(X10 sr MIL TUN ce lca en eictiviaee secrete oetiesmeee cee

33 00
20 00
14 00
1§ 00
I3 v0
11 00

Ix10 & I2 common....... ico p temas oateptag ointtels woke eats %
TRON SPEU Ge GUUS ie en teeter any et cree el eas
EXTO) & TAA} CMIST Se: ie «tek ciate Oe cee eeeweteceee es

9 00
Tumeh clear ane iekse,. a. ne tre eee aet eens 25 00
1 inch dressing and better.............. 2000
Me imeh) Stains uly Cine ey ectercle ss eeeienierte ee el eine eerie 15 00
1inch siding common..............-. RScseep tins ecpcterpe 12 0@

az inch siding ship culls.......---- +00. ++eeeeeeee sees _., 1000 IL00
rinch siding mill culls.... ........-eee eee sete reece re g 00
Cull scantling.. Sckéne DS dab opeCORAEH 00 900
4), and thicker ‘cutting up. “SIeid\ esa sdaete caearats Besar 2200 2500
1 inch strips 4"in to STA MTAMMUL ALUIL sol forcyosae «in’eleyaie =») +/s\0'> . 1400 1500

a inch strips, COMMON...... +... 60-05 esse sere rete eres
4% inch flooring.....
a%inch flooring... :
XXX shingles, 16 in.

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Lath, INOMT) Bere «aren ents siaie ce saieiicelue eee sa )> eile

YARD QUOTATIONS.
Mill cull boards & scantling$1o 00/Dressing stocks..

“Shipping cull boards, pro- Picks Am. inspection. . . 30 00
,miscuous SwAGGhS!, acme 13 00
stocks.... 14 00 . M.

Scantling & joist, up to 16 ft 13 50)1%4in. flooring. ‘ares! d 26 00 30 oc
= “78 ft 15 o0/1% we rough . .. 18 00 22 00
ns ** 20 ft 16 ooj/1% ** “ dres’d F.M. 25 00 28 00
as ‘22 ft 17 00 * **undrs’d B.M 16 00 16 vo
Me ‘24 ft 19 00 s “dres’d... 18 00 20 00
5S “* 26 ft 20 00 “«_ * undres’d 12 00 15 00

A “28 ft 22 00 meager sheeting, dress-
=» RO econtia yaa |p Edna e war eee ert 20 00 35 00
ov Se Eat 27900 Clapboarding, dres’d 12 00

Le oli ing 2 50|X sawn shingles

2 a eee Ee Gy ell ilaie Wil no sqs00 canes 2.600 2.70
rd ie 36 ft ai 00 Sn Teathe eaee oi I90 200
He Me 38 ft 33 20/Red oak............. 30 00 40 00
MOI Masih By OOINVINICE) Soden ic)=- mee 37 00 45 00
<utting u aks = _and Basswood, No. 1 & 2 28 00 20 00
thicker BV ar as oo 28 o0|Cherry, No.1 &2... 50 00 6000
board -3.-- : oo 24 00|/White ash, 1 &2.... 24 00 35 00
Black ash.1 & 2 .... 20 00 30 00

Ottawa, Ont.
OrTTawa, Oct. 31, 1891.

Pine, Ist qual.. 8 M.$35 00@4o oo\Pine 4th qual. deals 1000 1200
and 2200 2500|"“ millculls. 8 00 1000

- ae eulissi4o0) rooollaths ~.. 4... ©. 125 150

Montreal, Que.
MontTREAL, Oct. 31, 1891.

Pine, rstqua’y @ M $35 pees 00 | Basswood
00

Pine, 2nd 5 00 Oak, per }
Pine shipping culls Walnut
M.. 1300 1600, Cherry
Pine, 4th. “quality Bittenat, per, M... 220c 4000
deals # M........ Io 00 1200! Birch, 1500 2500
be millculls,@M $00 1000 jopeuce timber..... , 1300 1600
ruce, per M...... 600 a2 oo | Hard Maple “* ... 2000 2100
aoe pees Beootetei90! 3, leathi eas as c<-5- 160 -196
Hemlock timber. 1300 = oo | Shingles, rst, per M 3.00
. 13,00 25 0) oo! Shingles. 2nd, “* 125 150

St. John, N. B.
ST. JOHN, Oct. 31, I89gI.
Deals, Beards, Scantling, etc.

Spruce deals” a= ore wei oolSpruce oars is) ir) =. 512,00
Pine - = - = - 45 ool/Pine - - -I2 00@40 00
Dealends - - - - - - 6 00 Oak et == =~ A000

Scantling - - - - - - - 100¢Ash ss - - - 15 00@25 00

Hemigtk=* ~=- = =-> “=. ->'7 50
Shingles.

Spruce,extra - - - - - $3 50) INOS =m ae eT 28
se eee
Nor extra>- -. -

: Claptoards.
Pine, extra --- - - - - 35 oo/Spruce, extra- - - - - -2400
i emisgie-— = ----4s00 “ clears - - = - - 23.00
Peaticlears = = = = 35 00) “s No.1 - - -15 00
oe No.2 - - - 1000
Flooring, Dressed.

@in..No.1r - - -- 12 o0|4in., No.I - - - - - - 1200
Pde — 50/00} ~ NO. 2)- - -=.- = - - 10.00
Miscellaneous.

Staves - - - - - 300@450 |Laths - - - - - 13
Heading 17 in. per pr. 04 \Pickets --- - - - 6 50@15 00
gees) Fee 04% 05% Railway ties

a ee. WS: 04% 06 |

New York City

New YORK, Oct. 31. —Indications tell that we are
drawing to the close of the season’s business. Many of
the transactions of the month have this cleaning up
character. Orders that have been booked for some
time but not delivered are now being rushed out. No
one seems to be going on the assumption that trade
will be other than quiet throughout the winter. Lum-
bermen will rest on theiroars and the expectations of a
lively trade in the spring. -It needs some resources to
carry one over this period of repose, and when these
are weak we may expect trouble, unless a convenient
nurse be found to aid in catrying the weak ones
through. No two opinions are held of prospects for
the spring. Only some unforseen financial difficulty or
ugly kick-up in labor circles between now and then
will prevent a good season for lumber in the metropoli-
tan district. White pine holds stiff and firm, with a

ood volume of trade. Canadian supplies keep coming
m this direction. Western spruce has been selling fair-
ly well; lath have sold down to §2 to $2.05, but are
now up again to about $2.10 to $2.15 and some St.
John stock is is held at $2.20 a thousand to arrive
White Pine—Western Grades.

Upperssin.. - exer 44 00@45 00\Box, in .........- .. $13 50@14 00
Pe Be 2 Zins pie BT OO AMICKEE To geet 552700 14 50 15 00
3 &4iN....-.-. 2+ 5§ 00 58 o0Ceil’g, base, fig, oh I 40 00 4200

Selects, 1 in... 4000 41 i No.2":);- - 35 00 37 00
1in. all wide. - 4100 4300) No. 3......

1%.1% &2im......... 43 00 44 oii alge No: 4:
hs Meneereees sever 50-00 55 00) NG 2h series vs
ine common, 1 in... J 0c 37 o0 Molding, No.
«ey Ae alealaebammm Ao 49 00 j eid 00.036
3&4 in i - 46.00 48 09} \Bevel Ave, clear..... 22 50 2300
Catting up, tm, "No. 1 23 00 22 00 22 50
Mo; 2...- - 21 00 20 00 20 50
* 2 0 16 00 17 00
+ 24 00 2300 25 00
20 00 2200
220 18 00 19 00
20% =
17 0
20 00

Pisses Ne s¥Z

ALBANY, N. Y., Oct. 31.—Whatever may be the
mood of lumbermen elsewhere, seldom have the craft
here been in more jubilant spirits. They are full of busi-
ness and getting plenty todo. The market has been
thronged with buyers during the month, making sure
of the stocks for the winter, while the assortment is
good. Sortingup orders more thanany otherkind of buy-
ing are most on call. With the exception of cull spruce
and 1% inch pine the yards are well stocked. Quota-
tions remain perfectly firm. Just one weakness exists
in lumber circles and that is a disposition to be too
prodigal with credit, especially inthe matter of time. It
is a bad weakness and sooner or later will “kick back”
if not remedied.

White Pine.

1 to2in, good ...............49@B§o|r to 2 in, box................-$13@$16
Tis Ber Ath Sane is AW CZ) B00 corte sac | 17
12 “selects... 300 40}12 in. and up shelving..... 2 32
Le 2. ickings:.. ea 35\14 coffin boards 19 23
24 in. and up, goo a 38 [ORS ULD DELS ree LO o0@15
214 531 x 10 in. and 12 in. com.16 00 18
Qe ‘ 48\1x1o in, and 12in. sound

26 rf 4S COMIN ON grit aeeenersereces ass se 21
I 107 2in. yard picks 34|IX12in. dressing... 28
2) Nos an cuts). 28} ** “ dressing and better ie 33
12) Now2zicuts.. 22

Titian Foot Stock Boards and Plank.
Ixroin., up dressing.....%28@%34\1 in. siding, selected... $38@S43

1x10“ common. 15 20|1 common... 13
TX02) ey | GreSSiNng) =... a) Sa selected.... 40 76
1xi2— COMMON sae. I 22124 * Os common.... If 20
yx1o ‘* up dressing 28c@33c\1% x10 i in., Up, dressing....42c Soc
yxI0 “ CNIS peor acme | AUG NE GM CullSt perc 22C 25C
Shingies and Lath.
Shingles, sieves pine 6 50|Shingles,cedar mixed 275 300
2d quality. . BA BrO0| eathmpinesceeseeenane 200 210
Sawed, extra......... Aas OmrAlGO|ES DUC HEE ane 215
Sawed. clear butts... 300 3 10} emilock=ssemeaen 1 80
Cedar eNeRONe Te eee 400 4 20)

Buffalo ana Tonawanda, N. Y.

TONAWANDA, Oct. 31—Lumber business is emphati-
cally dull, that is the long and short of it. | We are not
getting any so-called fall trade worth the name, nor
are our people looking forward toa change this side of
spring. The spirit of financial unrest referred to in
our review last month continues. Never, perhaps, have
dealers scrutinized accounts with the same diligence,
and drawn the line more tightly than at the present
time. The season has been a poor one for rafting and
is continuing on later than usual. Canal shipments are
light. The yard stocks this winter will be altogether
on the light side and in some cases will be a great deal

broken. Hardwood is showing a somewhat better de-
mand.
White Pine.
Upirstr eae 82 in $45 00|shelving, No. r Tsim
Fe 3 an Soa Bcce 5§ oo| and up,.tin....... $32 00
aes eeeeauept 38 oo|Dressing, 1% in. 26 00
Selects, I in. 39 00} 1&%x1o & 27 00
1% to 2in 40 co} 1¥% in......... - 25 09
2% ands in dees 46 oo} 2in. 27 50
“ine: 50 oo|Mold st? ps rto2 in. 32 00
Fine common, ‘Lin. 33 oo|Barn, No.1. en 21 00
1% and 1% in.. 34 co Eisai 2u 00
2 in. weabeesee 3 35 00} No. 2, 10 ¢ 17 00
2% and 3in «.. 4z00, 6&8in 16 50
4 in. 45 00} No.3, 10 & 12 in... 14 00@ 14 00
Cut’g up, No. 11 in 28) OO) O/ Ge Spi: eee eter. 14 00
ne 2100 cccoebacaa 33 0o/ Common 2-2 16/00) /1S!00
No. 2,1 in. 30 18 00 e700) 5 19100
No. 2,1% to2in.. 24 00) . 19 06 2000
No. 3, 1% to 2in.. 17 00;
Box
tx1o&12in (No.3 out) 13 00/1% WN ceddsasete ser eboase 13 00
1x6& 8 in (No.3 out) 12 501% in..... - 13 50
TRIS CCU WIGE? asecen. DAMS OZ sates cyetetsr skiers siete 14 00
Narrow ii crccccstsexeees 12 co@ 13 00}
Shingles
18-in XXX, clear.... 4 co\16-in, *A eXtra......... 2 60
18-in, XX, 6-in clear 2 75/16-in. clear butts..... 210
Lath
IN ther migrieare done gerue0e HECODOE N70 Bed Cae Ae ab oy Dpsacks onan BoE ROE SEE rE

Ta N. Y.

OSWEGO, N. Y., Oct. 31.—An increased demand has
taken place for box grade also cutting up and better,
making prices in these lines rather firmer. Prices for
white pine are quite firm. The same is to be said of
hardwoods. Laths are scarce with an inciease of roc
in price.

White risa

Three uppers, 1%, 1% & 2inch - $44 00@45 00

Pickings, 14, 1% & 2in.. see Botti neat 3600 3600
No. 1 cutting up, 1%, 1% & 2in. ehels 5000 ++. 3100 3200
No. 2cutting up. 14%, 1% & 2in . 2000 2100
In strips, vt to fg ESE pore for. moulding strips, na
to 16 ft A me . 3100 3300
“Siding.
1 in siding, cutting up \1% in selected....... 35 00@42 00
piks & uppers..... 30 00@39 001% in dressing... setae: 1700 1900
1in dressing ........ 19 00@a21 oo\1% in No.1 culls.... 15 00 1600
1in No.1 culls... .. sea No. 2 culls.... 1300 14060
1in No. 2 culls...... 1300@1400)1_ in No.3 culls.... 950 1000
1X12 hed
12& 16 ft, millrun . a Rhy «1+. 2000 2300
10 & 16 ft’ Now &2, barn boards.. aoe Sic 1700 1800
12 & 16 ft dressing and better. Wes ty 2600 3090
SASL OA EE MOOV Mae Bilin eth xy cans eed ro otis cia oe 13 00 1400

1x10 Inch.

12 & 13 ft, mill run, mill culls out 21 00
12 & 13 ft, dressing and better. 27 00
gt 14 to 16 barn boards ..... ee 17 00

ETE ey da) A TIE PA ey ee i SOR 17 00
ks ft, INORZICULISHE MMe itr scth on wswels oo veneers I: 14 00
14.to 26 ft, mill run mill) cullsiout...é.'ece decors cv ereens 22 00
14 to 16 ft, ALESSI GS AMMNDELEED. « o 21s ciedoras aides 2: 0if sarecle os 27 00
14 to 16 ft, No. i culls 17 00
14 to 16 ft, No. 2culls 14 00
10 to 13 ft, Gare Seine Scttek ois tee cine y cote es ates ss weOSO' LO'OO

=
i ea ee oe? h

15
1 1-gxto Inches.

Millrun, mill culls out 20 00@2300.No. 1 culls........... 16 GO@17 00
Dressing and better..2500 3 oo\No. z2culls........... 1400 15 90
1x4 Inches.

Millrun, mill culls out 17 00@19 00!No. 1 culls.. -.- 13 00@1400
Dressing and better.. 2300 2700,No. 2culls........ 1100 1209
145 Inches.

67 or 8, mill run, mill 6,7 or 8, No. 1 culls.. 15 00@16 00

culls out. .» 19 00@21 0016, 7 or 8, No. 2culls.. 1300 1400
6, 7 or 8, drsg & better 2400 2300

Shingles
XXX, 18 in pine. . 3 75@3 85\XXX, 18 in cedar 3 503 75
Clear butts, pine , iin. 275 2 8<\Clear butt, 13 in cedar., 250 275
XXX, 16in pine....... 309 320 XKX, 18 in cedar 210 220
Stocks cedars, §or6in. 450 590
Lath.

NOMI, Uiionenseopesesceees speek 0 oc? LOINOs 2A MNEod vo ee rece : I 90
OS PG ties es ee Be

Saginaw, Mich.

SAGINAW, MICH., Oct. 31.—No special activity has
marked business during the month, and some hold to
the old story that trade is dull. At the same time a
good deal of lumber has changed hands, the past week,
telling of sales aggregating not less than 30,000,000 feet
in cargo lots. Prices in cargo lots have ranged from
$14.50 to $19. Coarse hangs harder than anything else:
it is in truth quite weak. Everybody, however, takes a
hopeful outlook of the future. Manufacturers are busy.
Stocks are working lower all round, and with returns
from our large crops there can be little doubt about the
next season’s trade. The failure of the Owen-Hutch-
son Lumber Co., of this place with liabilities of $88.
000, and assets about $80,000 has caused quite a flurry
but of short duration. It was not unexpected. The
company operated a planing mill, box factory and sort-
ing yard here and employed 125 men; they have been
in business since 1887. Most of the shingle mills have
closed down. Stocks are reported fairly well sold up.

Finishing Lumber—Rough.

Uppers, 1, 1% and 1% in....$45 oo|Fine common, 1 in.......... $31 00
; 1% & 1% in.. 26 90
PAE secs: 3
noe 33 90
37, OONG 174) BiOEO IM tse ee ee 34 00
Siding
Clear. % in 22 oofC, ¥% in 17. 60
% in - 46 00° % in 30 00
Select, % in : 20 o0/No, 1, % in aor 12 00
Sot Negeacn : - 39 00] Ain .... views ---- 20 00
Gener, Vp and Scantling.
2x4 to I0xI0,12, 4 and 16 tte Sielcoll= 20 fti--.- see ee I2 00
Teftes =-ses0) LX OO] 2216024 ft. - 13 00

For each Badiienal: 2 ft. add 1; 12 in. plank Peel ee oa extra;
extra for sizes above 12 in.

: : Shingles.
XXX 18 in. Climax............. 3 5ojr8 in X (cull). sea sers Se
XXX Saginaw......... -. 3 40.XXX shorts... - Sc bee aD
>, OC Ovi ebesiario sae cbeosncne) eal we. .Gaaae . £25
TON AsiMNGs Dee eee esse ee
Lath.

Lath, No. 1 white pine........ 2 cojLath No.2 W. pine Norway I 50

Boston, Mass.

Boston, MASS., Oct. 31.—Business has been fair
throughout the month, without any special circum-
stances to be noted. Quotations remain unchanged.

Western Pine—oy car load.
Uppers, rin .. .. ..$48 00@50 00|/Fine com.. 3 & 4in.. 42 00@46 o9

1%, 1% &2in ... 4800 50 00/No2,1 in. Fine com. 23 00 32 co
& poosodosens 55) 9 60 00) 14, Loom 2s 29 00 31 oc
SRG Sh en eo oat 42 00 43 00/No, 1 strips, ftebin 40 00 4300
GS s 4300 4500; No.2. -- 35 00 37 00
3 45 00 56 00 Noss ices , es 26 00
Mevuldineneardel 7 to Cut ups, 1 to 2 in. 24 00 30°00
11 inch clear.. 36 00 38 oo Coffin boards... .... 15 00 22 00
60 per cent “Clear 34 00 36 00} Common all widths . 2200 26 00
Fine common 1 inch 36 00 38 oo Shipping cullstin 15 00 15 so
1%,1% & 2inch... 38 00 40 00 do 1% in 15 50 16 50

Cargo or Car Load.

Nos. 1, 2 & 3 . 40 00@43 00 Clapboards, 4ft.,
st so6D a8 63 ano 23 COP Se Co| SOs aS oth Pig 00 45 00
afore 23 00 2600, Sap, 2ndclear.. .. 33 00 35 00
Shi ’g bds ‘& coarse 16 00 16 Sol) Heart extras... 2: 50 00 55 00
Refuse .. . 1226 13 50) Heart clear... .. 45 00 50 00
West’rr pine clapbds |Bevel siding 6in, clear 23 00 24 00
4 ft. sap extra .. .. 45 00 50 00|
Spruce——by Cargo.
Scantling and plank, \Coarse, rough. . . . 1200 1400
random cargoes . . 14 00@15 G0} Hemlock bds., rough I2 00 13009
Ward orders, ordin- “dressed 12 00 14 00
SIZES. 4. sss 15 00 16 alee bds., extra, 4 ft. 34 00 36 00
var worgers) extra Clean auto 32.) ae 30 00 3200
Mee eta 16 00 18 00) Secondclear... 25 00
Clear tiger boards: aeer9yo00!e20; 00] « Novas Sos. SS 19 00 1400
NON 2 16 00 17 00)
Lath.
Sprucesb yaCareOlpni-t ease ci teen caer Cee = 2 10@2 20
Shingles.
SOW oo Slo o oe 1 25@1 50\Cedar. sawed, extra 3 35

qlO0ie 4. 2hivG Clears roe oc
#300 93:15) Extra, Nowz .
ypress. No. 1, 18 in.

Pine, 18 in. extra .
Pine; Nownr. 2 .

(UN Ga Go
8S8S

The following vessels are now due at B. C. ports to
load lumber at Hastings or Moodyville- Mills: The
Norwegian bark F/oar, 776 tons, from Australia ; Ger-
man ship Eésze, 1,348 tons, from Sydney ; German
bark Katinka, 876 tons, from Rio de Janeiro; Chillian
ship Z7dia, 1,054 tons, from V pete ap and the Chillian
ship Glenmoray, 1,235 tons, fron: Valparaiso.

LUMBER WANTED.

ANTED for cash immediately, about 150,000 feet ash. bill

stock. prime quality from 9 to 18 feet long. 15 to 18 inches

wide, 1% to 6% inches thick. Quote price f.o.b. New York. Will

submit dimensions upon request. Address P.O. Box 2144, New
York, N.Y.

a HE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

MICHIGAN LETTER.

American Lumber Operations in Canada—Sketch
of Two Big Firms—Transfer of Valuable Ontario
Limits—Michigan Lumber Items.

{Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN. ]
ANADIAN lumbermen
and
affairs.

are not without a lively
lumber
Much of your lumber, under any circumstances,
this

I need not tell you that

appreciative interest in American

is sold on this side of the lines, and of late trade

has been steadily increasing.
Michigan lumbermen have a special concern in Cana-
dian lumber, not a few of her citizens being among the

largest operators of timber limits in the Province of

Ontario. Among the larger of these firms are the
Saginaw Lumber & Salt Company and the Emery
Lumber Company, both of Saginaw, Mich. I have

thought that it may not

people to learn something of the personal composition

be without interest to your

and financial strength of these concerns.
The Saginaw
istence from 1881, when it was capitalized at $120,000,
with a surplus of $200,000. The president of the com-
pany is one of your own citizens, James McLaren, the
@Ouew ReAS
is vice-president ; R. H.
D. L. White, jr., treasurer.
here, with Mr. Loveland

Lumber & Salt Company dates its ex-

known lumberman of Buckingham,
Loveland, of Saginaw, Mich.,
Roys, of Saginaw, secretary;
The head offices are located
and Mr. Mr. Loveland is a New
Yorker, born at Westport in that State in 1819, and
has followed lumbering all his Jife. He was for several
terms a member of the New York legislature.
mill owned by the company was formerly that of Sib-
ley & Bearinger, Crow Island, just out of the city. They
The company
owns 70,000 acres of stumpage in the Georgian Bay
district, and the coming winter will put 15,000,000 feet

well

Roys as managers.

The

manufacture 20,000,000 feet annually

of logs into the Vermillion river, and about 5,000,000
feet will be cut on Fitzwilliam Island. These logs will
be rafted to the company’s Mr.
Loveland took an active and influential part in secur-
ing in the McKinley bill the clause reducing the tariff
on Canadian lumber imported into the United States,
upon the repeal of the Canadian log export duty.

The Emery Lumber Company was organized in 1885.

mills here next season.

with a capital stock of $120,000 increased in 1889 to
$180,000. The officers are the same as those of the
Saginaw Lumber & Salt Company. This company

owns a mill at Midland, Ont., having a capacity of
18,000,000 feet, but it has not been operated during the
season of 1891. It stocks the mill of Temple Emery,
at East Tawas, and also furnishes stock for N. Hol
land’s mill in Saginaw, some logs for the
Saginaw Lumber & Salt Company. During the pre-
sent year it has handled about 40,000,000 feet of logs
and has camps established on the Wahnapitae, under
the direction of Thomas Pickard, an old
logger, who expects to cut 40,000,000 feet of logs dur-
ing the season of 1891-2 for the supply of the mills
This company also owns 70,000 acres of
timber in the Georgian Bay

These lumbermen into an>
other corporation known as the Michigan Log Towing

as well as

Michigan

next season.
district.
same are organized
Company, with a capital of $75,000. It owns and con-
trols five large tug boats, and brought across the lake
from Canada the present season 40,000,000 feet of logs.
OTHER OWNERS OF CANADIAN LIMITS.

An important sale of Canadian timber was closed
here on 3cd inst., when Ring & Merrill, of this city, who
some time ago purchased from the Midland & North
Shore Lumber
limits in the Georgian Bay territories, sold these limits
to Wm. P million-
aire lumberman. ‘The property it is believed contains

Co., of your country,

eter, Columbiaville, Lapeer Co., the
nearly 300,000,000 feet of pine timberand the consider-
Mr. Peter
the lumber to stock his Bay City mill, which means, of
side of the

ation is reported at about $350,000. buys

course, that the logs will be towed to this
line.

Sibley & Bearinger, of this State have started two
camps in the Georgian Bay district. They will put in
for another

Mr, Bearinger is disposed to

about 6,000,000 feet, and have hung up

season, 2,000,000 feet.
grumble at the price of stumpage in the Georgian Bay,

and thinks it will be a barrier to future buying.

; |
valuable timber

MICHIGAN LUMBER NOTES.

Freights have advanced 25 cents per thousand, the
rate now being as follows: . From Bay City to Buffalo
and Tonawanda, $1.75; to Ohio ports, $1.50; from
Saginaw to Buffalo and Tonawanda, $1.87™%, and to
Ohio ports, $1.62%. This rate may be further
creased shortly.

Rodney has had a fire, which wiped out $25,000
worth of hemlock lumber.

The Tittabawassee Boom Company is forging to-
ward the 275,000,000 feet limit, which it was predicted
would be their output this year.

S. G. M. Gates, who runs one of the best mills on
the Saginaw river, will save a big towing bill by having
over 1,000,000 feet of logs transformed imto lumber up
at Cheboygan.

As high as $28 per month is being paid experienced
men for logging operations.

H. W. Sage has purchased the Emery mill property
at East Tawas, consideration $12,500.

C. K. Eddy & Sons, East Saginaw, have purchased a
berth on the White Fish river, on the north shore of the
Georgian Bay.

An estimate of the logs rafted and delivered the pre-
sent season is as follows :

in-

Feet.

Tittabawassee and tributaries...... 295,000,000
Gass inivetioncs caterers meee Ree TAS 6,000,000
IBAdarivers cc tae ee Pee ee 3,000.000
Mawkanwiliniac wan octane eer cree 5,000,000
Rafl esrivier: 2. tigen tanta ex eke eee ne 25,000,000
AU GreSsnIVer:. sano ale Aarne ene 15,000,CcO
Ieicoyoor (Creloydentaia IBHOY, ok conn seen oae6 80,000,000
Upper Michigan) points). 2205.05.) 1: 35,000,000

SRO tale wsxcamiteans iwcgsr eee aeen ree ane ene 464,000,000

PICA.

SAGINAW, MICH., Oct. 24, 1891.

OTTAWA LETTER.

Conclusion of the Strike—What has been Accom-

plished—The Trade Side—Other Matters.
(Regular Correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN. ]

HE great strike is ended. The mills are not run-

ning with as large a staff of men as formerly, for
the reason that the men are not here. Not a few found
employment elsewhere during the progress of the
strike and left the country. To this extent the ranks
are broken.

Do you ask what has been accomplished by the
strike? It is about as THE LUMBERMAN has put it,
“Strike but Hear.” The mill men of their own volition
have made the rate of wages the same as they had
been in 1890, that is 50 cents a week increase over
what they were getting this year. No reduction has
been made in the number of working hours per day,
except in the case of Buel, Orr & Hurdman, where the
ten-hour system has been adopted, but unaccompanied
with any promise of an increase of wages.

The outcome can hardly be deemed a satisfactory
one for the strikers. They have lost a month’s work
and consequently a month’s pay, and at a season of the
year when it was important that they should have made
every day count. The pinch in this direction was be-
ing experienced by many families. Bakers and grocers
were prepared to lend some assistance to the working-
men in the shape of credit, but it was not to be expect-
ed that this could be continued for any great period,
and the time had come when credit had to be refused,
as many as forty families being cut off by bakers alone.

A calm survey of the situation, now that the trouble
is Over, confirms mein my opinion that the difficulty
between employers and employees might have been
brought to a conclusion within a short time of the first
outbreak had it not been for the interference of pro-
fessional agitators of the stamp of the leader Fateaux
and others.. Any little discontent that may be in the air
to-day is caused by a fanning of the flame by these fire-
eating professionals, who are the curse of the working
class anywhere ; and it will be a grand thing for the
workingmen when they recognize this fact.

TRADE ASPECT OF THE STRIKE.

Three weeks’ lost time during the period of the
strike and a reduced staff for the remainder of the sea-
son tells of a short cut. This has been placed by one
leading mi] owner at 25,000,000 feet. « “Mill men,” he

said, “would not, however, suffer any very great loss in’
the end, as the short cut would certainly have a ten-
dency to stiffen prices later on. It would without
doubt reduce the stock to be carried over the coming
winter. The logs are coming down rapidly, and extra
precaution will be taken to strengthen the booms if
they have to be held over.”

Shipping has been brisk throughout the month, suf-
ficient men being secured in most cases for the yon
even when the strike was in progress.

As compared with September last year the returns of
the United States consulate show that last month’s ex-
ports were greatly decreased. The figures are: Ex-
ports, September, 1890, $907,321 ; exports, September,
1891, $662,197 ; decrease, $243,124. This is largely
due to the decreased export of lumber, etc., due to the
strike.

The Hon. E. H. Bronson, M.P.P., and Messrs. F. P.
Bronson, W. G. Bronson, Levi Crannell and Daniel A.
Martin, of Ottawa, will apply to the Quebec legislature
to be incorporated under the name of the Schyan
River Improvement Co. The object of the proposed
company is the construction of slides, dams, piers and
booms for the floating of timber.

Men in large numbers are leaving here for the shan- —

ties.
OTTAWA, CAN., Oct. 26, 1891.

BRITISH COLUMBIA LETTER.

The Westminster Exhibition—Showing of Lumber

Products—Export Shipments—A Rival to E. B.

Eddy—News Gleanings.

[Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN. | ‘

HE Annual Exhibition and Citizens’ celebration

held in this city 23rd to 27th Sept., was the great-
est event of its kind ever held in this province. The
gate receipts at the grounds were $5,850. The exhibits.
surpassed the shows of former years in every respect,
even in your line, lumber and wood-work exhibits. The
Brunette Sawmill Co. got first prize for cedar shingles.
A pair of oak doors most beautifully carved attracted
great attention. Mr. Wyther, owner of the steam
yacht S¢. George, of Royal Yacht Squadron, England,
purchased a piece of fir plank 52 inches wide, ro feet
long by 2 inches thick, free from blemish or defect.
He takes it to England and intends having a table top-
made of it and polished. The B. C. M. T. & T. Co.
also hada very fine exhibit. So closely were these two.
matched that the judges have not yet been able to de-
cide as to which to award a special prize “to the best
exhibit of provincial manufacture.” They showed very
fine windows and blinds and took first prize for doors
and windows. They showed a fir plank 50 inches wide,
26 feet long by 24 inches thick, very smoothly sawed.
The Mechanics Mill Co. amongst other fine exhibits
had a yery nice bar-room counter and newel post.
They got second prize for doors and windows. Messrs.
Welsh ‘& Son, of this city, showed 25 pieces of native
woods polished and varnished to the highest ‘state of
perfection. :

TO COMPETE WITH THE HULL PAIL KING,

Vancouver has credit for erecting the first wooden
pail factory coming directly into competition with.
the celebrated makers of pails, the E. B. Eddy Com-
pany of Hull, Que. I think I am correct in saying that
until this time this well known concern has practically
had a monopoly of this line of manufacture. The Van-
couver Manufacturing and Trading Company will make
a bold attempt to divide the trade with the Eddy peo-
ple. We think that no better wood can be found for
this use than the splendid cedars of British Columbia.
The pail factory is well equipped with modern machin-
ery and is under capable management.

BITS OF LUMBER.

Mr. Slanght has joined Mr. MacLaren in the Bunard.
Inlet mill and may not build at Stevenston.

Rothsay Bay has arrived from Glasgow with water
works pipes and supplies. B

British Columbia has determined to be represented
at the World’s Fair in Chicago.
exhibit a building composed of every variety of wood
that grows in her forests, and to adorn it with ferns and

mosses grown within her own boundaries.
: HeGak:

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.-C.,-Oct. 24, 1891

She proposes to:

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November, 1Sgt.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

. PIECE STUFF FROM VARIOUS PARTS.

BITS OF NEWS OF INTEREST TO LUMBERMEN.

The Moodyville saw mill has closed down for repairs.

It is estimated that there is in pile in Arkansas $5,000,000
feet of lumber.

Henry W. Sage & Co.. are closing out their lumber bust-
ness at Albany, N. Y.

About 500,000,000 feet of logs are annually cut in Maine.
about one-third floating down the Penobscot and 150,000,090
-down the Kennebec.

It is estimated that New Brunswick lumbermen will cut
75,000,000 feet of logs the coming winter, as compared with
130,000,000 feet a year ago.

Fire broke out in Booth’s lumber yard, Rochesterville, Ont.,
on 27th ult. The fire was soon got under control. Damage
about $3,000 ; covered by insurance.

A new building is being erected in connection with the
factory department of the Brunette Sawmills to meet the re-
quirements of an ever increasing output.

East Texas lumbermen

which have raised the streams and made the prospects for get-

are rejoicing in heavy rains
ting down a good suprly of logs very bright.

It is said that violins made from cedar logs, supposed to
have been buried 2,000 years,and now being exhumed in Cape
May county, N. J., have a soft and melodious tone.

The recent sales of American walnut in London, Eng. have not
indicated a very strong market and will no doubt have the
effect of checking shipments, particularly of low grade logs.

Detroit has a dry-dock just finished capable of holding any
‘craft on the lake.
was necessitated by the rapid growth of the freshwater marine.

John Charlton M.P.,of Lynedoch, Ont and who has a large

interest in lumber, when in Saginaw, Mich., a few days ago |

is reported as saying that he is ‘‘confident that the log duty
will not be reimposed.”

The planing mills and the wood-working factory of James |

The plant cost upwards of $200,000 and |

Dempster & Co., Halifax, N. S., were completely destroyed |

by fire on 27th ult.
ment. Loss, $20,000 ; insured for $5,000.

Gillis Bros. saw mill, Paris, Ont., was completely destroyed
by fire on morning 27th ult. The fire originated in the boiler
house, and fanned by a stiff north wind, it quickly demolished
the mill and a large quantity of timber. Loss about $8,000 ;
insurance $900.

Tne Valleyfield Lumber Co. has been organized with a
capital stock of $40,v00, to manufacture and deal in lumber,
by Edmond Chausse, Joseph Marchand, Napoleon A. Hur-
teauand Alcime [arteau, of Montreal, and Maderic Lamothe,
of Salaberry de Valleyfield.

A sensational disclosure has been made regarding the affairs
of M. R. Hansen, a well known lumberman of Hansen, Wood
County, Wis., after whom the town was named.
disappeared and is accused of forgeries aggregating perhaps
$40,000, using the name of George Hiles, a wealthy Milwau-

WANTED AND FOR SALE.

Adzertisements will be inserted in this depart- |
ment at the rate of 15 cents per line zach insertion.
When four or more consec.tive insertions are

Forty men are thrown out of employ- |

| his boilers and engine, is not a good practice.

kee land owner, with whom he had had extensive transactions,
Up tothe time of the recent discoveries Hansen had been
regarded an honorable business man.

The Guelph Lumber Company’s limits have again changed
hands, being twice inside of six months. The previous sale
was for $250,000, exclusive of mills, houses, offices and town
property. A second sale has now been made, toa Michigan
man, for $335,000, exclusive of mills, houses, offices and town
property, and this after some 10 years’ cutting, at an average

of about 10,000,000 feet a year.

CHIPS AND BARK.
Which is the most dandyish tree? The spruce tree.

More than 300,000 persons are occupied inthe United
States in the direct manufacture of forest and saw pro-
ducts alone.

Rosewood takes its name not so much from its color
as its fragrance when first cut. It still remains prince
among the finer woods, being worth $750 per 1,000 feet
board measure.

An old toper, while ruminating on the cause of his
numerous tumbles, came to the satisfactory conclusion
that it was quite in accordance with natural laws. He
says: “Leaves have their time to fall, and so have I;
the reason is the same; it comes of our getting dry;
but the difference between leaves and me is that I get
dry more frequently.”

There is a man who own the site of a sawmill in New
York. He did own the sawmill and a wasps’ nest. He
set fre to it and incidently, everything but the sawmill
site was removed with thenest. The cure was rather
expensive but this incident teaches that people cannot
be too careful. The majority of damages to machinery
losses of mills and accidents of all kinds are caused by
acts just as foolish as the burning of a sawmill to get
rid of a nest of wasps.

HIRING AN ENGINEER.

In hiring an engineer, obtain the best you can get for
the amount of money you can pay. Do not hire a man
because he is acarpenter, a machinist and a blacksmith.
If he understands these trades so much the better. He
may keep that power in’ reserve to:be used in case of
emergency. Hiring an engineer and expecting him to
do the work of three or four men, besides attending to
It is
certain that while a man is putting on belts, oiling the
machinery or screwing down cap bolts, he cannot be
attending to the steam power of your establishment.

| The first that is known there will be a crank pin melt-

He has |

WANTED—TO BUY.

OOD Canadian Timber Limits and Georgian
Bay saw logs. ;
Whitney Building, Detroit, Mich,

ed fast to its brasses, or a cylinder head knocked out,
and the repair bill would include the cost of three en-
gineels.

Address. BEN BIRDSALL,

ordered a discount of 25 per cent. will be allowed.

COOD

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SECOND-HAND LUMBER.
HE second-hand clothes man is a known gq
all the large communities, and the dealer in seco:
hand furniture, stoves, books, and other articles of ven-
eral merchandise is a familiar cit zen of the modern
city. But it has been givento Ne York to develc
the dealer in second-hand lumber. He has | )
| his shingle,and makes an honest living, for cr
men inake their living- in no other way, in buying and
selling the lumber that is released by the exte € re
pairs and alterations that are always going o hat
great city. A year agoa truckman for one of these
firms was struck on the head by a beam which fel
from the second story of a house which was undergo-

His skull was fractured and at the hos-
pital thirty-five pieces of the same were removed. He
brought suit for damages against the owner of the
house and last week the jury gave him a for

Ing repairs.

verdict

| $7,500.

LITERARY MENTION.

One of the thoroughly readable weeklies of this city
is Saturday Night, and the success that has at-
tended its publication is a practical compliment to its
merits. Every one reads the Saturday's comments on
current topics signed “Don,” which is the well known
pseudonyme of E. E. Sheppard, the editor. This writer
touches every subject on which he writes with a prac-
tised pen and in a manner alike refreshing and bright.
Society news, music and the drama are leading de-
partments, and each edited with care and knowledge
of the subject handled.

The Magnolia Anti-Friction Metal Co.. of
York, having offices at Chicago, London, Berlin, Mar-
seilles, St. Petersburg and Vienna, made greater sales
and did more business in the month of September this
year than they did the first 18 months of the company’s
existence, commencing several years ago.

Messrs. Carthew-Findlayson, Dalby, Claxton &
Banks, of Victoria,B,C, have formed a Company. The
Royal Canadian Packing Co. The principal place of
business will be Claxton on the Skeena River—capital,
$100,000. Besides the canning business they will go
into saw milling and manufacture of all kinds of fish
oils.

New

FOR SALE—A RARE CHANCE.

VERY desirable mill property in the town of Essex, Ont

known as the Hanlan Mills, for the manufacture of staves and
lumber. The daily capacity of 20,000 teet of lumber and 34,000
staves. ‘{welve acres of }and for mill yard, on which is located 4
charcoal kilns,1 boarding house, two tenant houses, barns
sheds and other outbuildings, with an unlimited supply of pure
well water ; with or without horses, trucks, waggons, etc. Also six
million feet of standing timber, one-half elm: balance oak. cotton-
wood, ash, maple and sycamore ; from one to three miles from the
mill; and other timber in easy reach can be bought. The mills
are on the line of Michigan Central Railway, with two spurs run-
ning into the mill yard, and within fifteen miles from Detroit.

Terms liberal. Good reasons given for selling. Write or call on

the proprietor, T. H. DeCEW, Essex. Ont.

This notice shows the width of the line. and is set
in Nonpareil type. Advertisements must be re-
ceived not later than the 27th of each month to
insure insertion in the following issue.

ANTED a cargo of one inch Basswood lum-
ber, Address, F. ZIMM#RMAN, Cleve-
Jand, Ohio.

25.009,000 Timber Limit for Sale. Easy to

water; close torail; good miil site; will

b:soldfar below value. Address, LUMBERMAN
Office. Box 421.

Saw and Shingle Mill for Sale,

IRST-CLASS water power. with 40 feet head.

Any guantity of good timber at hand. Sold

aon ifscsidsoon. Addres, ALEX. MITCHELL,
Jr., Red Wing, Ont.

L ARDWOOD lumber, bought. sold or received
on consignment, TUCKER DAVID, lum-
ber commission merchant. 202 Eleventh Ave..N.Y.

SAW AND SHINGLE MILL

OP. SALE—on the Manitoulin, near Little
Current. A bargain. Address. W. L. H.,
CANADA LUMBERMAN.

SHINGLE LIMIT WANTED.
ANTED—Good shingle timber limit. Ad-
dress, P. J. D., care CANADA LUMBERMAN.
PARTNER WANTED.

| |, ee ay earn or active, with
$10,000 to $15,009, to handle lumber 1592.
Address, TI. C. F.. care CANADA J.UMBERMAN.

WANTED FOR CASH.

Half a Miliion Feet of Ash.

OSTLy 1 inch, some 1% and 144 inch Can-

ada Ash, strictly first and seconds; must

of uniform color, also commons and

1 in-h Eim, I and II State particulars

as to stock on hand dryness and lowest

prices ¥.0.%. Montreal, Que. Address a)l par-
ticulars t»

P. O. Box 2144,
NEW YORK,
iY:
AKTNEKSHIP WANTED in Sawmill, Sash
and Door or Furniture Factory. or any other
class of good wood-working establishment.

Advertiser pwill invest $5,000 cash, diess,
ad ” care of CANADA LUMBERMAN,

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STEEL RAILS, ETC.

EVERAL thousand feet T rails 12 and 20 lbs.

to the ya.d. A large eM S | of flat strap

rail for tramways. 20 pair wheels and axles, all in
good second hand condition, very cheap.

JOHN J. GARTSHORE,
49 Front Street, West,
Toronto.

FOR SALE, RENT OR PARTNERSHIP

IRST CLASS saw mill, planing mill, sash and
door factory and dry kiln, 35 pieces of machin-

ery in complete running order,situated just outside
of limits of city of Kingston. Premises suitable
tor a ship yard, or will sell machinery, dry kiln or
patiding or removal. For particulars and cata-
ogue of machinery address M. STRACHAN &
SON, Kingston, Ont. }

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BUSINESS CHANCE

A party having the disposal of about 50, -
000,000 feet of good standing White Pine
under Government license. besides a vast
quantity of standing Hemlock, Spruce, Birch.
&c., in a most convenient part of the District
of Muskoka, together with a good Mill, nearly
new, containing the very best machinery. is
anxious to meet with a purchaser or parties
willing to form a joint stock company. The
whole property will be put in at an extra good
bargain, and employment arranged for practi-
cal men. Full particulars as to Limits, Mill
and prices, map, &c., can be seen at the
office of the ** Canada Lumberman.”’

PLANING MILL
FOR SALE.

A Planing Mill and Sash and Door
Factory in running order and _ fully
stocked with best machines. Land
freehold. GOOD LOCATION IN
TORONTO. WILL BE SOLD AT A
BARGAIN ON EASY TERMS.

Apply to “Planing Mill”
Canada Lumberman.

SAW MILLS

IN - LITTLE - BELT

AND

ROCKY MOUNTAINS

ALONG LINE OF

Great Northern Railway

| For particulars write

J. M. HUCKINS,

4 Palmer House Block, Toronto

Or F. J. WHITNEY, Gen. Pass. Agent,

St. Paul, Minn.

WILLIAM FOSTER

Lumber & Commission Merchant

Receiver and forwarder of

LUMBER, LATH & SRINGLES

Correspondence Solicited.

OWEN SOUND, ONT

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B. KR. MOWRY & SON

MANUFACTURERS OF

Repairing

Promptly and

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The “BOSS” SHINGLE MACHINE =

Manufactured by us is acknowledged by practical men to be the best
‘ machine in the market.

GRAVENHURST, ONT.

mer ~-and-- Sharpener
HAS NO RIVAL
For Variety, Capacity or Quality of Work,

OR FOR
Simplicity, Durabilhy, Cheapness.

Will take saws from 6 inches ‘o 6 feet diameter, sets the saw
forward one tooth at a time automatically. Sharpens any saw
(rip or cross-cut) perfectly. Giving the teeth any desired pitch or
bevel, and making all the teeth exactly alike. Will sharpen 20:
teeth in ordinary mill saw in One Minute, or 100 teeth in shingle
saw in four or five minutes. The cut shows outline of mill saw
54 inch dia. Patent applied for.

Gitmour & Co.
Lumber Manufacturers and Dealers. Trenton, Ont.. 26th Aug., 1891.

¥. J. DRAKE Esq , Belleville, ( nt.

Dear Sir,—Your Patent Saw Sharpener is giving us good satisfaction. We average about:
one hundred thousand shingles per day, and sharpen the saws for both automatic and hand--
feed machines with your Sharpener. As it keeps the teeth all perfectly uniform it must be
easier on the machine and sawyer too. It causes also a great saving in files. We now only
use about one 10 in. file per week. Before putting in your machine we used about six per
week. As regards your Improved “XXX” Shingle Packer---they work first rate, and are the
only machines we could get that would press tight enough. We consider them the best we
ever had. Yours truly,

GILMOUR & CO.

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BRANCHES: '
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ESTABLISHED 1876.
Main Office, Yard, Storehouse and Shipping Depot, Opp. Union Passenger Station, Toronto, Canada

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Cant Dogs, Peavies, =e
Skidding Tongs, aE NMucklestor 1 e. Co.
Pike Poles, Coldshuts,
Kingston, Ont.
Lumber Bob Sleighs.

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DODGE W000. SPLIT PULLEY Gb,

&3 King St. West, Toronto.

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COUPLINGS MADE. GIVE EVERY SATISFACTION AS
que CANADA LUMBERMAN JOB DERI. * | Ho OR DRIVEN PULLEYS. FULLY GUARANTEED.

If you are in need of Stationery for your cffice, shanties or drives, let us
know your wishes and we can guarantee that both our work and prices will
please yon. Address, The Canada Lumberman Job Dept., Canada Life Build- |
ing, Toronto, Ont.

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FOR MILLS AND

FACTORIES.

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- of Canadian stocks are invited to write for quota-

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN. 21

LUMBER

A. M. DODCE & CO. —

ANUFACTURERS of and Wholesalc deal
ers in all kinds of Lumber, Lath and Shing-
Tonawanda, N. Y.

COWPER & GRECORY.
ECEIVERS and Forwarders yf Lumber,
Lath, Shingles, &c. Unexceliled facilities

for Shipping by canal or rail. Tonawanda, N. Y.

les.

TRUCK *+ WHEELS.

CHEESMIAN DODCE

<O¢Oooor
JMBER and Lumber Merchants. Ship and
Boat stock, Railroad Ties, &c. Office. 16
West Seneca Street, Buffalo.

EMMET FLEMING The Montreal se

NSPECTOR and Commission dealer in Lum-
ber. Office, 251 Louisiana Street, Buffalo, N.

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LAYCOCK LUMBER CO. sk Car Wheel Co
ANUFACTURERS of Pine, Hemlock and Sot nt ID edt lca
Oak Timber up to $5 feet in length. Saw |
Mills: Ackley. Pa, Black Ruck, N. Y., Graven-

hurst, Ont.
Buffalo, N. Y.

J. & T. CHARLTON
HOLESALE dealers in Masts and Spars,
Canada Round Pine, &c. Tonawanda, N.

Office, corner Main and Seneca Sts. |

MANUFACTURERS OF

CHARCOAL IRON CHILLED
WILLARD W. BROWN.

Main Street, Buffalo. handles all kinds |
20 of Hard Woods.

A. P. & W. E. KELLEY CO.

HOLESALE Lumber dealers. Yards at
YY [Saale and Chicago. Correspondence
Invited.

Offices: New York Life
Building, Montreal.

Insurance

Cc. P. HAZARD.

HOLESALE dealer in Lumber. Shingles.
Lath and Fence Posts. Correspondence
invited from the Canadian trade. No 92 River
Street, Buffalo, N. Y. |

Works: Lachine, Quebec.

<¢¢¢ oOoor

L. A. KELSEY LUMBER CO., (Ltd.) |

ANUFACTURERS and dealers in Hard- | Renton Steck

‘ : Syabet ae = Specialty of Wheels suitable for
d — SweY He eS Bee Ree W the requirements of Lumbeimen and
and write lor prices. ce Lonawanda, N.Y. | Street Car Service, and can supplv them Bored,

= Finished and Balanced.

BOVEE & HOWDEN

ee LURERS and Wholesale dealers |

in Hard and Soft Wood Lumber. Hoiders CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED

tions. Offices at Tonawanda and Le Roy, N. Y.

THE TONAWANDA LUMBER co. eS acd erase
ILLS at East Tawas. Mich.; office 106 Main | Sail, Tent and Awning Maker,

Street. opposite N. Y.C. and H.R. R.R.
v.Y 251 Georce ano 154 Kine Streets,

PETERBOROUGH.

Station, North Tonawanda, N. Y.
Canoe, Yacht and Boat Sails made to order.
Pertect Fits guaranteed.

Every description of Lumbermen’s Supplies
and Waterproof Clothing.

THE MONARCH BOILER
| (PATENTED) AND HERCULES ENGINE,

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Portable from 6 to 70 horse power. Surpass
portable steam power heretofore produced for
strength, durability, compactness, and the ease
with which they can be moved.

The 70 horse power can be taken over the rough-
est roads, or into the forest, and set up as easily
and quickly as an ordinary 20 horse power port-
able engine, and as firm as a brick-set stationary
engine. Engines and boilers of every size and des-
cription. Rotary Saw Mills, Shingle and Lath
machines, Law Grinders, Planers, etc. Mill
machinery and supplies of every description.
Every boiler insured against explosion by che

| Boiler Insurance & Inspection Co. of Canada.
Write for circulars.
4. ROBB & SONS, | Amherst Foundry and
Amherst, N_S. Machine works.
ESTABLISHED OVER 40 YEARS.

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Herverr G. Ross. Die. Reeinarp C.

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NH. G. ROSS & GO.
Real Estate, Fire and Life Insurance,

Box BLakeEr.

Shipping and General Commission Agents.)

j= Timber Limits and Farming Lands a Specialty.

A.B.C. Code, Cable address, ‘‘Ross.”’

NEW WESTMINSTER. - -

CORRESPONDENCE

B. C.

BOLICITAD.

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PORTER, ROBERTSON & CO.

STOCKS WHOLESALE HARDWOODS
STRIPS A qj HEMLOCK
SIDINGS h U M Bb k R SHINGLES
BILLSTUFF DEALERS LATH, ETC

Millichamp’s Buildings,

35 * Adelaide * Street + East,
TORONTO.

YARD: NORTHERN DOCK, FOOT OF BATHURST STREET.

CEO. HASTINGS. JOHN CRAY. H. HANCOCK.

GEO. HASTINGS & CO.

Lumber Merchants

TRUST BUILDING CHAMBERS,
Cor. Yonge and Colborne Streets.

TORONTO.

All Kinds of Pine and Hardwood Lumber.

=== BILL STUFF CUT TO ORDER A SPECIALTY.

NAPANEE CEMENT WORKS

— MANUFACTURERS OF —

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{Pes oL AREY adapted for Dams, Smoke Stacks, Foundations, Cul-
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ENDORSED BY LEADING RAILWAYS AND CONTRACTORS.

FrO4aC£i * LIME,

For Building, Plastering, Gas Purifying, Paper Making, &c.

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DESERONTO, ONT.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

»TERRA*COTTA*FIRE-PROOFING «

For Use in Old and New Buildings.

Endorsed by Leading Architects. Absolutely Fire-proof. About as Cheap as

Wood or Brick. Weight One-Third that of Brick. Does not
Crack on application of Heat or Water.
Deadens Noise. Gives Warmth in Winter; Coolness in Summer.

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THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

November, 1891

80 H.P. cbt orf coUPLING.

A FEW REFERENCES

FOR GRIP PULLEYS AND COUPLINGS.

Martin, Mitchel & Co., Elevator......... Winnipeg.......... 3—78x 6
Cookshire Mill Co. (Saw Mill)........... Cookshire, Que 454 ae
P. & A. McGibbon, Saw Mill............. Lachut@; Quer. aaa. I—52xX14
Pulle y Ss & Gut off a j.C. Wilson & Co., Paper Mill............ Lachute, Que..... . | ee
/ ; = coupling
/ z E. Buse, Saw Mill,... rer -. Vancouver, B. C........1—48x12
—o— G6 oup ling S. / | Waterous E. W. Co.
/ Riordon Paper Mills a 4—36x 8
INCHES pans / Globe Printing Co.. ee + .:2—49K12
yy) if Brooke Woolen Gores os. eteneeeree es SiMe sea ee 1 Split—3ox 6
LESS i @) / MalikéscPricey SawaMiillle a... <tr scence Quebec satiate 34 cue
FEET aN / George (Erbe. cece dee a oreo eee Winnipeg... I Split—3z6x12
») / AG VAGNID CIS Olea rrr ate : Jae aig eeLOMELCAN LE Mitr es 1 Split—36x12
as ; LD) K © Wi SHiloayamoe er secretariat aan Péterbororueenen I—24x 6
¢ SS} Northumberland Paper Co............... Campbellford.......... I—30X12
Electricdhight=Cornacsaa: ncn oe eelaes Kat ‘Portage. ..cc. oe I—48x12
Ss =] LEE O §S a) Li D Rediang ce Sons Pannerseee-.scteesce sae Berlinte..-eaccenerere I—30x 8
fees Son eos Poa ogee er Brantiord eo -aeme ee I—34X 9
estihaforn (Gre Wile oSee ng mc anee ddan. SIMCOE Ran ne.cn eee I—32XI0
»GUARANTEED.. Tavendaros: << seetenkon cee ee S. America........ j poeta rene
st SS : 1X19.44X10
AFTER Us 1 NG You WONDER Miller & Bunting, Veneer Works......... St. Catharines I—33X10
ms
TEROUS a) HOW you MANAG ED WITHOUT IT. Hunt Bros., Electric Light and Mills..... TE OTNGL On - meester terete 0) S6x12
3 72x16
i ap In anne DE ranikaWilsons bublishers: Tarstes se ROUOMILOL sarc mieten -I—46X12
> EN NGINE WKS € ©. Brantford, G an. Saaz Brewing Co., ice elevator. adtncani tec Hamailtfon: jaa: see sen eee 8
B. & S$. Anglin, Saw Mill...:......... Kingston ss.neereeeee I—36X1
C ‘Ss. Hyman) & Co.,.Tanners....-.....).+ ON GOMP aca eee oe
A FEW RECENT SHIPMENTS. | American Watch Case CGa Biases sone ‘Rorontowse eee see I—26x
| AB (S Bein ar se eer sae as Senta America...... I—22x
Genelle Bros., Sawmill, Tappen Siding, B.C. 1—20x10 in. face | W. H. McCordick. St. Catharines............. I—30X gin. face | estman a Cc achinists. . vese LOFONEO. «22... eee eee I—24X 6
eas ik. ‘Gr Sy Toronto. Ree a I—40x 9 | Waterous Engine Works Co., St. Paul, Minn.1- 30x 9 cue: Son & C ean CRI OOe didn Brantford............. I coupling
1. Ni ngale, Brick Works. Toronto. eee | NA Ke Drummond. (elevator work) Manitoba 2—20x 6“ Noir athe Tig Ser OT KS. 0. + oe Brantford......... 2 couplings
Dowling & Leighton, Furniture, Harriston, i 2axtoo A Harris, Son & Co., Brantford.............. 20X90 ae orth Facific Lumber Co................. Port Moody, B.C..... I—48x21
Toronto Radiator Co., Voronto..........---.-I—40X 7 = | Letang & Letang, Hee Be uaDo esas maber 564 Sprogeet Firstbrook Bros., Bcx Makers...... ..... Torontos:.<: 22 — 8
s, So — 30x s rl 2
al Pecaukes: Brick Works, Toronte..... ee . | Pettit, Bros oy sawmill stave works, Comber eeaauinwes Bertram & Co., tool makers OY oes a aa Dundas | Duplex... 3 Mee
k anaimo Electric Light Co, Nanaino B.C. z—3ox 8 ‘ | Adamson & Co.., (for BS work) Manitoba 1—24x 7 in. face James Morrison, brass works.............. YVoronto | Pulleys. . 4 '—36x12
I tor Work, Manitoba.............. 1 Cut- oft Coupling | J. Morrison, (for lathes) Toronto.......... I pair 12X 4 | 2—10X 3
Bip Etevator WOE = -..--.7—-24x8_1—6ox 7 in. face | Ogilvie & Co., Grist Mill, Seaforth........... 2—36x10 “ | Camedia ee eer disSO Coo oo edr conte Sudb nas wees 1—48 in. Sprocket
W. Milne. Sawmill, drive bull-wheel, Stayner 1— 16x10 ; 2x6 ne vs os ele ae Here srat aa are Pau Hee: -I—18 in. Sprocket
Windsor, Sandwich & Amherstburg Electric { 45x16 | American Mill Building Co., Stratford..!......34 40x13.“ Gin Seal Baas wht Co. ....-- sees bee el —92 x 19& 22
Railway, Wincisortc eran. 2) box12 | (28x13 Sng LO Seen Suet 2 Hamilton... .Grip Sprocket
a2 St o.. Brantford....... —48x i) i i i a i Minin mmmnos Soci! Jiri ome inco pcoodnocuotanolcacen off co
British America Starch Co.. Brantford sete ae American "Search Co. eee Brantford. ...1—3cx 8 fm
Many, after trial, make futher purchases of our Pulley. Wa'St Shawzetannleryse eke eee aee ee Bracebridge. 4—1&x 8, &c.

Bacwas Boiras | Focnon, Grip Pulleys:

A Driving Grip Pulley.

SPECIALLY NOTE

Crips always motionless when pulley
out of clutch.

Not necessary to stop an important
shaft with a dozen pulleys onit to adjust
an unimportant pulley.

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Brantford— Canada.

Orders from 7th to 23rd October.

North American Mill Building Co...... Stratford: ascmanee 24 ae
Practical School of Science. . Se eLOLONUGle ss. anes denne I—36X2

Riordon Paper Co....:.. .. Merriton (their 5th orderr) —24x 6
Walkerville Mal. Iron Co.. waWalkervillevens wi siec osene I—4cXI0
BabaeddyGormucserrrrs Roms Kill Weveenatoonaator. deo a 10—44X13
Barber Bros., Paper Mill.... aoe GEOLE etOwnaai eens I—40X12
Globekiile Worker cciistereteletetecsircte rete RorHopes am ee I—16X 7
Tallman & Son, Brick Works.........: Beamsville; hrc cee I—24X14
George Erbyelevatorarnnnecncseineieter WANN ES: cers aalcterstneter I— 46X14
George; Wiright z..a hace ae eee Fort Corington, N.Y....... 2—24x 8

ARETHE ONLY SPLIT GRIP PULLEYS & GUT OFF

= GOUPLINGS MADE. GIVE EVERY SATISFACTION AS
DRIVERS OR DRIVEN PULLEYS. FULLY GUARANTEED.

WATEROUS “ENGINE WORKS Co.

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BRANTFORD, CANADA.

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December, 189i THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

JOHN BERTRAM & SONS, < aa ae UE e ook GEO COR: MA EK

GYAN PAID AS ARGISEE Yen = 2S) aa Ee F |
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MANUFACTURERS OF

DUNDAS, ONTARIO. Lueather Belting! |4/ pi, of LU VBE R|

MANUFACTURERS OF

WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY] _ ; AND and ——— Ene
MACHINE TOOLS, ETC. Lace le ather. Lumber Shipped to all parts by Rail or | j |
Write for Prices and Catiiogdcs ID)RSIN wre - > (AIVist=2Se,) WHITBY. : VTARI J
THOS. WHALEY, | W: FE. HUT HINS IN
President.
The Whaley Lum ber Co.
OF HUNTSVILLE, ONT ) ED

Manufacturers ‘of

White Pine Lumber, Bill Stuff, Lath and Shingles

ALSO HARDWOOD LUMBER.

All orders promptly attended to. First-class facilities for shipping.
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

| : Investment Bonds.
Peter Ger lach & CO. | | THE DOMINION SAFE DEPOSIT WAREHOUSING & LOAN CO.

anufacturer »

Head Office—The Canadian Bank of Commerce Building, King St. W., Torewe

CAPITAL, ONE MILLION DOLLARS.

ae DIRECTORS.
THE HANDSOMEST a= W. D. Matthews, Esq., President. Henry W. Darling, Esq., Vice-Pres.
RLLIGATOR CHISEL- BITS TOWN IN CANADA 7A Z . John I. Davidson, Esq. S. F. McKinnon, Esq. G. B. Smith, E sq. M. P.P
: H. W. Nelson, Esq. J. P: Glark, Esq: J. H. Starr, Esq
ALLIGATOR CHISEL- BIT SAWS M. C. Cameron, Esq. Robert Kilgour, Esq. Alexander Nera Esq.
Thomas McCracken, Esq. Robert Davies, Esq. Eugene O’Keefe, Esq.

55 Heading
he Champion Stave, Heading and Ranga Ross, Daa

Ee d ests
eee Sat ee ae This Company is now issuing $100, $200%300, $400 nd $500 investments in bonds, payable in
ceiools and Mill Supplies. five, ten and fifteen years from date of issue, with participation in profits, affording all the a ant
CLEVELAN D, = fe) HI ages of compound interest accumulations on small sums of money. These bonds are the obligat-
ions of this Company and are specially prote cted by a sinking fund, invested in first-class real es-
tate mortgages. Vhey are plain definite contracts, subject to no contingencies whatever, are no
forfeitable after one annual payment, sith values definitely stated thereon For a small outlay

J. D. SHIER,

Manufacturer of |
PRABABRARARAAARAAERAAARRARE ’ rate of Four Per Cent. Per Annum.

they secure a fixed and generous returt
‘To bondholders who complete paste contracts the Company guarantee compound interest at the

x The Company is prepared to receive applications from reliable agents at all points where it is
Lumber, Lath and Shingles not already represented. :
wWvwvVVVVViVvvvVV Vv eee eevee ;
BRACEBRIDGE, ONT. The Safe Deposit Vaults of the company arian be surpassed for absolute security. Call
and examine or write for circular WHI. KER , Manager
Sees Pee CS CUNO Or Ce culan 2 WM KERR Manager — 2.

THE RATHBUN COMPANY, | The American Lumber Yard

DESERONTO, - - ONTARIO,
HAMBURC, CERMANY,

MANUFACTURERS OF

] ol Ors, oash, Panis, Ntairs | Offers the best facilities for Yarding and Selling all kinds os
SND ALL KINDS OF woo HOUSE FINISHING ae | American Wood Goods

Address :
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DRIES HARD AND SOFT WOOD LUMBER WITHOUT WARPING, CHECKING OR BLUING

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TORONTO

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BOILERS.

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HEMLOCK BILL STUFF OF EXCELLENT QUALITY.

ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF

PINE, SPRUCE, ASH, MAPLE AND OTHER HARDWOODS.

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

he W. MAITLAND 1. G. AINSLIE
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ADVERTISING Saw Millers =< Lumber Dealers.

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THE CANA DA vf UMBERMAN | WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF
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WRITE FOR RATES. QUOTATIONS FURNISHED ON APPLICATION

E CANADA LUMBERMAN.

VoituME XII. 2
NUMBER 12. y

_ TORONTO, ONT., DECEMBER, 1891.

MILL SURGERY.
BY JONATHAN TORREY.

‘OME things have been said about surgery, or more

properly dressing wounds in the mills. I had
hoped to see some plan developed by which men get-
ting hurt might receive immediate attention, and not
as is often the case, be obliged to wait and suffer a
long time before medical aid comes. Very many, if
not the majority of cases, are wounds which eommon
sense and good judgment will care for without the aid
of a physician.

A few things should be kept in common by the men,
and each one should contribute from time to time a
few cents to keep a little treasury, and a little medicine
chest amply supplied even for the most complicated
wounds. Very often where it is necessary to call a
skilled physician he often fails to bring the most need-
ed things with Inm, such as lint, bandages and sur-
geon’s plaster, and much delay is caused by hunting
them up. The medicine chest should contain a pair of
scissors, two or three knives, a knife made especially
for spreading a plaster, needles, a good supply of ban-
dages, alcohol, five per cent. solution of carbolic acid,
arnica, and with the rest a flask of whiskey, and a roll
of good surgeon’s piaster. A cut, even quite a saw cut,
can be drawn together with strips of surgeon’s plaster,
sticking it fast on one side and drawing the parts
gently together until they are nicely in place, and then
fasten the other side. These strips should be about
three-sixteenths-inch wide, and long enough to -reach
over the wound and stick firmly on the skin each side
of the wound. After covering the wound properly in
one direction, cross them in the other, and you will
find with a little care that the cut will be nicely done
up. Don’t be particular and cover it over tight, for it
will do as well in that way. This does very well for
small cuts, but for large, clean cuts made with some
knife, | advise sewing up with white silk.

A bruise must be treated differently. If the skin is
not broken, and no bones broken, a pail of hot water is
the very best application in the world. Strip the parts
immediately, and with a towel bathe the bruised parts
with water as hot as it can be borne, till the intensity
of the pain is gone, and often a continued bathing
will free the person from all pain, and the bathing con-
tinued frequently, will be all that is needed to make a
permanent cure.

For a common cut, which needs only a little im-
mediate attention, a roll of Griswold’s salve, or any
good sticking plaster will be all that is necessary; and
the part properly done up with this treatment will get
along well enough without further trouble.

For complicated cases, however, the first thing to be
done is to call the best surgical aid known. In the
meantime keep the injured person as comfortable as
possible. The whiskey will often be found a good as-
sistant, for often the nervous system needs sustaining
by some stimulant, and this is as good as anything for
the purpose, and it is so hard to get a pure brandy of
any kind, whiskey is usually the best thing to depend

on.
One thing should be always borne in mind, and that

is, if the person is so badly injured that he must be
taken to his home, it is better to take him there before
iny operation ts performed ; not taking him to the sur-
geon’s and then home. Ordinarily, however, it is quite
as well to have the surgeon come to the mill, for here
any convenience can be improvised for the operation,
which can not be provided at home. It is always best

to give the injured person the benefit of a doubt, and.

have the surgeon at hand, rather than let the wound
go uncared for. Often a person is made a permanent
cripple by not attending to the injured part at once.

SOUTH AFRICAN TREES.

is the Spring, in the year when rain has fallen for two

months, the Karoo is a flower garden. As far as the
eye can reach stretch blotches of white and yellow and
purple fig flowers. Every foot of Karoo sand is broken
up by small flowering lilies and wax flowers; in a space
of a few square feet you may sometimes gather fifty
kinds. In the crevices of the rocks little, hard leaved,
flowering air-plants are growing. At the end of two
months the bloom is over, the bulbs have died back in-
to the ground by millions, the fig blossoms are withered,
the Karoo assumes the red and brown tints which it
wears all the rest of the year. Sometimes there is no
Spring. At intervals of a few years great droughts
occur when no rain falls.

For ten or thirteen months the sky is cloudless.
Karoo bushes drop their leaves and are dry, withered
stalks: the fountains fail, and the dams are floored with
dry-baked mud, which splits up into little squares: the
sheep and goats die by the thousands, and the Karoo
isa desert. It is to provide for these long rainless
periods that all the plant life in the Karoo is modified.
The Karoo bush itself provides against drought by roots
of enormous length, stretching under ground to a depth
of many feet. At the end of a ten months’ drought,
when the earth is baked brickdust for two feet from the
surface, if you break the dry stalk of the Karoo bush
three inches high, you will find running down the cen-
tre a tiny thread of pale green-tinted tissue, still alive
with sap.

The air plants, which are fastened by the slenderest
roots to the ground or rocks, live entirely upon any
moisture they may draw from the air, and will grow and
bloom for months ina house without any water. In
other ways the intense dryness modifies vegetation.

SAWING AND PILING.

LMOST as much depends on the after care and
handling as upon the quality of timber and manu-
facture. If not very carefully piled it will warp or
buckle, especially thin wide stuff. The writer recently
visited a band saw mill that makes a specialty of quar-
tered oak, and saw some thin stuff—three-eighths inch
panels—piled in a manner new to him. Instead of be-
ing piled on sticks out of doors, the sticks were nailed
to strips at the ends and middle, forming a sort of
frame, and the boards were set up endwise as nearly
perpendicular as possible to prevent them falling, and
under a shed were latticed sides and ends boarded up.
It looked like a good deal of trouble for very little, but
the millman said it paid him well for all the additional
trouble and expense. He was twelve miles from a rail-
road, in a very rough country, but had evidently made
money. He declined to state for publication the price
he asked for three-eighths inch panels—only made prices
to those who wished to purchase. “But,” he added with
it, “I sock it to him on prices, you bet.” The fact that
he hada well equipped band saw mill of twenty-five
thousand feet capacity, plenty of fine white oak timber
in sight of it, and less than three carloads of that sort
of lumber on hand, was an indication that he did not
lack for customers. Another idea of this man’s is
worth mentioning. He trimmed his lumber as it came
from the saw, but did not edge it until ready to ship.
This incident is given to show the care necessary in
the proper manufacture of quartered oak. When so
prepared and handled there is no quoted market price
set on it, but it is like thoroughbred Jersey cows or im-
ported Spanish jacks the price depends on how bad the
buyer wants it. There is a good demand for it at
prices that allow a profit satisfactory to any reasonable
man.

The

§ TERMS, $1.00 PER YEAR
( SINGLE Corigs, 10 CENTs

HE HAS HAD HIS DAY.

The iceman’s look becomes austé re,
A frown is on his brow;
The summer’s gone, the fall is here —

He isn’t in it now.

CAMEL’S HAIR BELTING.
NE of the latest things in the way of a belt in this
country, though it is more familiar in England, is
belting made of camel’s hair. The first thought
of the mechanic who has had experience in buy-
ing a camels’ hair shiwl for. his wife, and paying
five or six hundred dollars for it, is that it is
altogether too expensive a material for belts; but we
are informed that this depends upon what particular
kind of hair is selected, and that some kinds of camel’s
hair, that is, hair which comes from certain parts of
the body, is not so expensive as to prohibit its use for
this purpose. Among the advantages claimed for the
belts are, they are absolutely uniform in strength and
elasticity at either surface or at either edge, so that
they run true and smoothly; have only one joint in
them, which can be made as good and smooth as any
other part of the belt; it is stronger than leather belt-
ing, and more durable; its adhesion is better, and it is
adapted to use in exposed places where it is liable to
become wet.

A TIMBER STORY.

HERE are timber stories as well as fish stories. A
quarter section of timber land that will cut from
five to ten million feet is considered a good quarter.
Fifteen million is rated extraordinary, but even that is
a baby estimate when we place it by the side of a particu-
lar quarter section on the Satsop, in Mason county,
recently cruised by-several competent men who will
testify shortly in the United States land office to the
quantity they found. One of these men will testify that
the quarter section will cut 40,000,000 and the whole
section at least 100,000,000. It is a solid mass of fir
even in the thinnest spots. When a railroad is built to
this land, the quarter section alone will be worth forty

to sixty thousand dollars.

AN ESSAY ON TREES.

The following essay on trees was written by a scholar
in Standard VI, of a Board School in Chelsea: Trees
are very useful. There are all sorts of trees the coker-
nut trees and orange, apple and plum trees. Coker
nuts are vely nice people. In the pacific and foreign
nations live on cokernut and many other fruits. Apple
trees and orange trees are very nice. Their are trees
that do not bloom, oak trees and bay and cor trees
and pine apple trees never bloom. Some trees are
very tall they stand from the height of 10 to 15 yds.
high and some are taller than that. Trees are very
useful for the wild rabits and hares and dears. There
is no wild beasts in England only in foreign nations.

PERT BUT LUCKY.

A few weeks ago a 11-year-old lad approached Mar-
shall Fieid, the noted Chicago merchant, and asked him
for a raise of salary.

“You'll have to go to your manager,” replied Mr.
Field ; “he attends to the pay.”

“V’ve been to him, and he won't do anything,” said
the lad.

_ “How much do you get ?”

“Five and a half a week.”

“Well, my boy, that’s 50 cents more than I got when
I was your age,” said Mr. Field, assuringly.

“Perhaps you weren’t worth any more,” the lad re-

torted.
The youth is getting $7 now.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

eNO Laas” se een eae ee
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hid December, 1891

RUNNING CIRCULAR SAWS.

HAVE seen men who, to judge by the intelligence
| they displayed, had better be running an axe ina
wood yard. They would jamb a saw through a board
like a man running a beetle and wedge. If the saw
choked up and stopped, they pull the board back a
foot or two, take a breath themselves, then bring. the

lumber slap bang against the saw again, stopping it |

dead. Something has got to slip; the saw belt is the
thing that usually does it. The belt can’t run off for it
has a cob house of edgings‘around it. Like a horse in
a horse power machine, the poor belt can kick as much
as it chooses, but must run as long as it holds together.

Sometimes a well-regulated saw will bind. It
cut into the work and cut a wider strip than can pass
Now the average man

will

between the saw and fence.
tries to remedy matters by pulling the work back. The
back of the saw cuts itself clear, but there is a spot the
width of the saw that has not been touched, sothe saw
runs in there again and is just where it was before.
The trouble is caused the saw getting hot. It
expands and dishes over. The saw always dishes
towards the coolest side. The cool side is the sharp-
est or may be has a trifle the most set in it.

When a saw acts as above, lift the board up square
off the saw. If you have just started into a long board
bear down on your end, and let it swing upon the edge
of the table and raise clear of the saw. If nearly
through the board, let it swing upon the back of the
table, and raise your end of it. Be very careful to keep
the board snug against the fence while lowering it back
upon the saw. The cool air striking on the saw takes
out all the dish, the saw straightens itself up and cuts
itself clear as the board is replaced, and will go along
all right.
when a saw cuts this caper, and that is to see if the
saw does not need setting or filing. Nine times out of
ten this is the trouble.

In jointing boards upon a sliding carriage you will
sometimes feel ihe board crawl sidewise as the saw
When this happens just take the saw off
and play dentist for a few minutes. When asaw smokes
(and when a man does also) it is time to quit. Saw
the timber, don’t burn it off. File a saw before it gets
dull. Don’t follow the rule one old chap had, viz.:
“When edgings would slide off the saw without catch-
ing, then file the saw.” Any saw that can be filed with
a three-cornered file, should need but three strokes of
the file for each tooth, two for the face and one for the
back. It does not take long to go around a saw at this
rate, and it can be done every time if the saw is filed
before it gets too dull.

Sometimes when taking a saw from the arbor, a blue
spot is found upon one or both sides of it. Just look
that saw over, and see if there is not a spot of gum or
dirt close to the blue spot. Glue is bad to get on a
saw. Pitch is worse, and there ts something in maple
sap wood that is worse than either. A spot of gum
upon a saw will cause it to heat, and the blue spots tell
the story. Take a piece of sand stone or a soft Scotch
“rag,” wet the saw and scour off all the dirt or gum.
Blue spots do not hurt the temper of the saw, but they
are apt to spring the saw, and cause it to take a perma-
nent set; and the only cure is hammering.

Hammering a saw is the sawyer’s bugbear. Almost
every one of them has tried to take a kink out of a saw
by hammering, and many have failed in the attempt.
The way they did was to lay the saw on the buzz planer
and rounding spot up, then take a five-pound hammer
and attempt to beat down the bent spot. Just like put-
ting a saucer upside down and trying to hammer it flat.
A man might as well attempt to straighten a dent in a
tall hat by placing it on the floor and pounding on the
top of it with the heel.

Take a steel straight-edge long enough to reach
across the saw. Hold the saw nearly plumb upon your
finger (if a small saw) and locate the bend.
little round spot.

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crawls along.

It is gen-
erally a Lay the saw, rounding
place down, upon the anvil. If you can not afford to
own an anvil to true your saws upon, you are too poor
to own a saw and had better sell out. Have a little
hammer not larger than your finger. The face should
be round and convex and not over an inch im diameter,
The pene of the hammer should never be used, except

There always is one thing to look out for |

in severe cases. Strike one or two blows upon the bent
place. Be sure that the saw lays true upon the anvil,
or you may hammer until you are tired, for all the good
it will do. After striking one or two blows, test the
saw again with the straight-edge. If it shows any
improvement, strike a few more blows, and test again.
If no change is seen, strike a couple of hard blows and
make another test.

The principle of the thing is, that the convex side of
the saw 1s larger than the other side, so it puffs out;
the hammer blows upon the smaller side, stretch the
surface, and have a tendency to correct the error by
swelling out this side, and, of course, shrinking the
other. Sometimes hammering as above only makes
the matter woise. In this case mark the place with
chalk or by some other means ani strike several blows
in a line extending from center to circumference
through the bent spot. Strike each side of the spot so
as to stretch the whole saw to agree with the full place.

The simplest bend to remove is when an arc of the
saw 1s sprung one side and the line of the bend follows
the cord of the arc. All that is needed to cure isa
number of light blows all in a row upon the hollow side
as above, and right in the hollow or bend. The worst
case to deal with is a twist, part of the saw bent one
way, part of it another, and the rest of it both ways.

In this case, go for all the Jow places one side first.
Get them all out and the saw will dish. It is very easy
to deal witha dishing saw—just hammer the rim. Take
the worst saw you ever got hold of, and if you can ham-
mer it so as to be dishing, then the battle is yours. A
few good blows at the roots of the teeth, and that saw
is good for something.

Once get it through your head where to strike a saw
and you can easily true up a bent one. If you have an
old saw that you have always kept to look at, try your
hand on that. Pick out a true place in it, and strike
there with the hammer, and see what the effect will be
Strike four or five blows in a line and measure the
bend they cause. Now, try to straighten the saw back
again. always bearing 1n mind that you can rot drive
down a bulging place. You must coax it down. Do it
as Paddy coaxed the pig to go ahead, by hitting him on
the nose. “If the mountain won’t go to Mahomet,
then Mahomet must goto the mountain.” If a cer-
tain part of the saw is too big, stretch the rest of the
saw to correspond. It doesn’t take much hammering.
Have often seen saws hammered too much. It would
spring the saw the other way every time, and it would
have to be hammered elsewhere to get it back again.

Hammering wants to be done like filing, “just before
it is needed.” A small kink needs but three or four
taps of the hammer. Let it go and another kink gets
in, the saw springs out of shape, or you may have to
get an expert to hammer it in shape again. Don’t let
a saw run a minute after it needs fixing. Itis only a
waste of time, power and elbow grease, It is ten times
as much wear to the machinery, saw and man. If we
could only make the men who tolerate dull, untrue
saws believe the above, they might get rid of Jots of
hard work and poorly-cut stock.

One day while passing througha shop, a circular saw
was heard making a noise as if it were haying an awful
hard time. Every time the sawyer forced a board
against the saw it would slow down and stop after going
eight or ten inches. The countershaft kept right on,
and didn’t care what the saw was doing. Upon going
around the saw table where the belt could be seen, it
was found to be sagging badly. It was too loose. The
remark was made to the sawyer that “if he took up
the saw belt the saw would work better.” The sawyer
said, “I’ll be if I take up any belts round this
mill unless I have an order.” That man can not be
blamed, either. The foreman would fuss and fret around
aman every time he found him doing a little repair
work, and it shows the foreman does not know his
business. The men get so they hate to mend anything.
It is hard, in any shop, to make the men “take a stitch
in time,” but when the whining boss runs the shop,
then every crack goes until it breaks clear off.

Patch up the little breaks as fast as they are found;
things will work better. If the corner of a cement joint
in a belt starts up, don’t let it go until the belt breaks,
but warm the belt, work in a little cement (one-third

fish, two-thirds common glue), hammer the parts to-
gether and drive in a few pegs. Five minutes will do
the job, but it will take half an hour to mend the belt
if it runs a week longer without fixing.

Some sawyers raise the table until the saw barely
reaches through the work. They claim that the saw
cuts better and easier. This is a mistake. It puts
double the work on the saw. For example: Take an
eight-inch saw and a pine board. When the board
runs close to the collars, the saw cuts neatly square
across, and the action of the saw is to cut off the grain
of the wood and split off the pieces thus cut off. This
agrees with the action of cutting tools in general.
When the table is raised, the tendency is to split before.
This, with the increase of the section upon which the
saw acts, which is double, makes it much harder for the
saw. The chip is smaller, but does not compensate for
the extra section of cut. E

Always.run the saw as high as possible.
ley is small, or the machine is bolted down, raise, up
the saws until the collars almost project through the
table. Keep the saw sharp and true. Use more oil
than cuss words. Then your saw will cut a great deal
of lumber, and do it easily.

THE FAITH OF INVENTORS.

NSHAKEN faith in their ideas, and a determined

perseverance to overcome obstacles, are gifts with
which inventors have been endowed, or, in common
parlance, they have their inventions “on the brain’—
mount their hobbies and ride them continually. If they
were influenced by rewards, or hopes of reward ultima-
tely, it would seem, in the eyes of the world at large,
that there was a “method in their madness,” and that
the tangibility of wealth was the terminus of the “hobby”
race. But we find a large proportion of inventors un-
biased and uninfluenced by any hope of wealth, money
or reward. They labor and experiment as though their
life depended upon it ; they labor with the hope only
of ultimate success in accomplishing what they pro-
posed to perform, and the labor is with them a labor of
life and love. This labor is ever constant in their minds,
ever uppermost in their thoughts, ever exerting itself in
every movement and every action. They are determin-
ed to overcome every resistance. It is an example of
the power of mind over matter—of intelligence over the
forces of nature.

And what does the world not owe to inventors?
Civilization, arts, and commerce are the fruits of the in-
ventors’ “hobbies,” and the greater part of these fruits
have been the product of toil, many years of labor, at a
cost of life, privation and poverty ; yet such was the in-
ventors’ faith that all obstacles have been overcome,
and often after the results are obtained the fruit is left
for others to mature and gather. Galileo declared the
world “did move,” and a prison was the result. Col-
umbus, on the eve of his discovery, was nearly being
thrown overboard by his discontented mariners. Har-
vey, the discoverer of the circulation of the blood, and
Jenner, who first practiced vaccination, may be cited as
examples of how great discoverers may be treated by
the world before their discoveries are appreciated.
Among the mechanics of a later day, Fulton, who was
declared crazy ; Colt, who had to mortgage his little
stock of tools to obtain money to make his pistol ;
Goodyear, patiently toiling to obtain his results in the
manufacture of rubber ; Howe, bravely meeting all ad-
versity to finish and introduce the sewing machine, may
be cited as a few—very few—examples of struggling
but afterwards successful inventors. The list might be
extended almost ad znfinitum. Yet when success is
achieved and the true value of the invention appreciated,
the tardy meed of praise is tendered to the persistent
faith of the inventor who accomplished the results.

A THREE CENT STAMP DOES IT.

On receipt of a three cent stamp we will mail free to
any address a copy of our little hand book entitled
“Rules and Regulations for the inspection of pine and
hardwood lumber,” as adopted by the lumber section
and sanctioned by the Council of the Board of Trade, of
Toronto, June 16, 1890. Address, CANADA LUMBER-
MAN, Toronto, Ont.

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THE ‘CANADA -LUMBERMAN.

HOW TO REPAIR A SPRUNG OR BLISTERED SAW.
O MAKE it clear: A blister is a bent spot, or the
same condition as a part of the plate forming the
tooth bent for set. The plate is bent enough to stay in
both cases, only a bent tooth does not change the ten-
sion, and a blister does change it; it buckles that part
of the plate, and must be bent back again. This re-
stores the tension somewhat, but in doing this that
part of the plate becomes stretched, and causes tension
in the surrounding plate immediately connected with
the blistered spot. It seems that the only practical way
to bend this blister back is by the use of a hammer and

anvil. Itis humped up and must be humped back
again. Forasaw I2to 20 inches, 12 to 16-guage, a

two-pound hammer will do. It should have a moder-
ately rounding face, and be very smocth, and the same
is true of the anvil.

If you do not care to buy a set of tools for this, then
get a two-pound machinist’s hammer, pick out the
highest and smoothest place on the blacksmith’s anvil,
and use it while he is gone to dinner. On this put a
thin piece of sheet copper, then strike heavy blows
directly on the convex side of the blister and force it
down using your short straight-edge. When you get it
down level, hammer the saw all over both sides alike
on the bare anvil, except where the blister is; do not
touch this spot only to true it, using copper blanket
between the saw and anvil. By hammering lightly all
over the plate you have restored the tension. To judge
when this is right, your saw if running at a high speed,
should have a little drop to it, that is, the most tension
on the edge caused by hammering most near the cen-
ter. To find this drop or sag, lay the saw down flat, and
with the straight-edge applied across the saw at right
angles with the support raise the edge next you, and
the plate should show 1-32-inch drop at and near the
center; turn the saw down, and it should drop the same
on that side too; this for about 2,000 revolutions per
minute. F

In truing up the plate, test all over both sides with
the short straight-edge. When you find a round hum-
mock, use the round face of the hammer, but if the
high place extends in ridge-like form, that is longer
one way than the other, use the pene end of the ham-
mer parallel with the ridge. A very dry, hard block of
wood, oak or maple, or what is_ best, lignum vite, end-
wise of the grain, is a pretty good substitute fora flat
anvil top: indeed, some sawmakers prefer to use this,
but I prefer a large flat-top anvil; this always remains
in shape and true.

If your saw happens to be center-bound or rim-slack,
“fast” as termed by saw hammerers, it should be ham-
mered at and near the edge: this condition is known
by the saw dropping near the center too much when
testing flat. The tension may be the reverse of this
and drop at the edge; by forcing the straight-edge
hard down, holding the saw up a little, one edge rest-
ing on a support, the edge will fall away, leaving the
center the highest. This is overcome, as before said
by hammering the plate about one-third the way off
from the center in circles, three or four of them both
sides alrke, on the smooth, hard-faced anvil, with the
sound face of the hammer.

These rules hold good on large saws, and as far as
goes on all metals.

WHERE TO FIND THE OLD-FASHIONED BUCK-
SAW.

HE buck-saw has gradually gone out of use in
cities, in consequence of changing methods of
life. Twenty-five years ago cords of wood forthe win-
ters use were dumped into the back yards, which were
then deemed a necessary adjunct to every house, to be
sawed. With the abbreviated space which the crowd-
ing of cities has brought about, this routine would not
be practicable nowadays, even if it were desirable. The
kindling wood factory, cutting up the log into very
small pieces and kiln-drying it tor convenient use, is
the order of the day.

The itinerant wood-sawyer who followed a load of
wood from the wagon stand has passed on. Not so,
however, in the country. Many a farmer has his buck-
saw, which he uses on rainy days to keep himself busy,

an economy of time at which the agriculturist, if any
one, is an adept.

In sections where this is the rule the demand for the
buck-saw is as large as it ever was, and in its perfec-
tion the’saw has ever kept in line with the step of our
day. Better sorts are made of
steel,” which is more in its name than in its approach-

what is called “razor
ing the high order which its appellation would signify.

It is, however, carefully selected from high grades;
how carefully, being shown by an extra cost of fifty per
cent. over ordinary sorts. The bracing of the saw has
also reached a point of high technical skill. The
middle brace often represents an elliptic in its center,
reaching at both ends a solid piece of wood. | What is
claimed, however, to be superio: has the points separ-
ately joined in the frame at the handle end, reaching a
point solidly in the further upright.
tain spring and strength to the movement, which is
in itself a study. Then the frame itself is light, com-
bining all in strength, utility, graceful lines, workman-
ship, and ease in movement.

Nothing is more laborious outside of the stoke-hole
of an ocean steamer than the sawing of wood, and the
care and skill with which the saw is made and put to-
gether are full of thought to the reflective mind in
considering the strides making in this mechanical age.

This gives a cer-

HOW TO DRY OAK.

CORRESPONDENT of the Sczentific American
asks the following question : ‘Would you kindly
inform a reader how to successfully kiln dry oak lum-
ber and not have it warp? We use twelve feet even
length, best quality Wisconsin red oak. In piling we
have six sticks even thickness two feet apart, founda-
tion of piles perfectly level but the lumber is not
straight. With exhaust in day we have one hundred
and thirty degrees, live steam at night one hundred and
sixty to one hundred and eighty degrees of heat.
Sometimes in the middle of drying we allow the kiln to
cool down entirely; for instance, stopping Saturday
night and not starting again till Monday morning.
Does that affect it? What is the right temperature for
drying oak when hot air is not used? How is_ lumber
dried with hot air? What degree of heat and what
size of blower ? How can I figure the pressure of force
of any sized blower?” The answer given is as follows:
Try turning steam into the drying room at the same
time steam is turned upon the coils. Keep the room
moist in this way until the lumber gets heated to one
hundred and'thirty or one hundred and fifty degrees.
Then shut off steam from the room and continue the
heat with very little ventilation. This will dry the lum-
ber evenly and make it less liable to warp. It is bet-
ter to have an even heat, and the drying should be
finished in a week. It is better for drying oak to heat
to two hundred degrees if possible. This you can do
with live steam by closing drying room nearly tight
during the last of the process. Ventilating blowers
give about two ounces pressure to the per square inch,
The pressure depends upon the speed.

A SIMPLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER.

T IS THE opinion of many that some of the money
which is spent by factories, mills, and stores on the
introduction of pipes and valves for fire extinction
might be saved by the adoption of a much simpler
method. Both sulphur and ammonia are well adapted
for extinguishing fire. Sulphur absorbs oxygen and
forms sulphuric acid, the fumes of which are much
heavier than air. The quantity required would be
small, since seventy grammes of sulphur can make
one hundred cubic metres of air inimical to combus-
tion. An effective sulphur extinguishing apparatus
can be made of a large box of moderate depth and
open at the top. It should be hinged at one end or
one side to a protected ceiling, and kept close thereto
by a cord or wire connected with a wire or strap form-
ed chiefly of cadmium fusible at 144° F. Inside- the
box is placed a considerable quantity of cotton wadding
well saturated with powdered sulphurous acid gas is
instantly evolved, which extinguishes the fire by ren-
dering the air unfit for combustion.

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Many machines that have become rickety and shake
can be made to work perfectly still by attending to
them in this particular.
A Powerful Gas.—A German scientist has discovered
a curious gaseous compound, made up of oxygen and
hydrogen. It dissolves metals, and with silver and mer-
cury it forms powerful explosives.
True Economy.—When selecting pulleys or belts

don’t be afraid of having the face of the pulley or the
belt too wide. Economy will be found in the use of
wide belts if not carried to extremes.

Some German engineers have invented a new lining
for bearings. It consists of a thin layer of compressed
vegetable parchment, and may be made to stand a
great deal of use by being occasionally impregnated
with mineral oil.

Few engineers will assert that either of the three
methods in common use from prime movers to the ma-
chines is so good that nothing better need be desired.
Toothed wheels, flat belts and endless rope have re-
specttully useful qualities peculiar to themselves, ren-
dering each better adapted to given conditions of work
than its companions. Neveitheless none of them claim
to be quite perfect.

Oxidation is one great source of deterioration in
boilers, and is caused by the air held in the water, the
process being intensified by the heat and pressure.
That the corrosion of boilers is caused by the oxygen
liberated from the water is shown by the fact that its
specific gravity is greater than steam (nearly double)
and therefore it would naturally remain near the water
line; and it is found that the corrosion is nearly al-
ways at that point.

Mention is made of an ingenious engineer, who de-
siring better lubrication of indicator pistons, has an in-
ternal reservoir formed in the body of the piston, so
that the steam pressure acting on the surface of the
lubricant, forces it through small outlets into a groove ©
on the other surface of the piston. This piston is thus
continuously lubricated, and the oil under pressure in
the groove forms a packing, one full of oil lasting, it is
asserted, while taking twenty-five diagrams.

The three elements of electrical transmission of
power are: (1) The generators, which are placed at
the power station, and which are driven by the water
wheei or steam engine or other prime mover; (2) the
copper conductors, which are placed on poles like tele-
graph wires, and which conduct the electric current
from the generators to (3) the motors, which deliver
the electrical energy to all kinds of machinery. The
motors are either belted or geared to these machines.

The most effectual remedy for preventing belts from
running to one side of the pulley would be to find out
first if the face of the pulley is straight; if not to
straighten it. In some cases the shafts may not be in
line. The remedy in this case would be to slacken up
the hanger bolts and drive the hangers out or in, as the
case may be, until both ends of the shaft become para-
lel. This can be determined by getting the centres of
the shafts at both ends by means ofa long strip of
board.

Plumbago has long been regarded with favor by
many engineers as a lubricant, and in many places it
seems to fit where everything else has failed, notice-
ably in rough. bearings, in which the plumbago can
settle and fill up, making a smooth bearing in place of
the old one. _If this partial use of its lubricating qual-
ities is successful it would seem that a bearing made
wholly of this material would be still better, but
whether superior to a good bearing lubricated with oil
remains to be demonstrated, and considering that self-
oiling bearings are now plentiful and efficient, the ad-
vantage of no oil disappears.

A correspondent of an engineers’ paper suggests that
white paint for boiler fronts, smoke stacks and other
iron surfaces in the engine room, instead of black, as
commonly used is more pleasing and makes a better
appearance; besides, it is known that jime is a non-
conductor of heat, therefore, whitewash must be con-
sidered an excellent material with which to cover the
many metal surfaces on which black paint is generally
used. He argues that white induces cleanliness, and
that there is no argument against its use but laziness.

A considerable saving in repairing saws is attributed
to the process of electric welding. It was formerly
necessary to cut down toa smaller size any saw from
which a tooth had been broken, but it is now only ne-
cessary to fit in a new tooth and secure it in place by
electric welding. A drop of oil restores the temper.
The joint in continuous band saws is also made by this
process.

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COMMERCIAL INFLATION AND THE BUILDING
TRADES.

IT is true that not a few shrewd men have made for-

tunes during the period of a commercial boom. Where

this has been the history of one, scores of others,

though they made money at the time, let it slip through |

their fingers when the boom had ceased; for just as
surely as night follows day, so comes a collapse as a

| sequence of commercial inflation. Few there be who
| successfully go through the combined periods of in-
| flation and collapse. We need only refer to the history
of Manitoba as an instance not far remote, and one
| that has a forcible lodgment in the memory of many
to this date.

We are not forgetful of the fact that it is during
these periods of inflation that the greater enterprise is
often shown by individuals and communities ; and that
prosperous cities and towns have an existence to-day,
that would never have reached more than the conditions
of a village or hamlet, had they not first gone through
the hands of the enterprising boomster. The same
thing is observable in commercial undertakings of
various kinds. How few railroads of any country, that
may be paying properties to the present owners, did
better for their promoters than land them in bankrupt-
cy. As the pioneer of the forest endures the severest
hardships, not unfrequently breaking down physically
under the strain, while future generations reap the
rewards of his to:l, a kindred law exists in the
world of commerce, which builds prosperously on the
work of those who went before, and courageously laid
the foundations.

It is not the case that the pioneer always builds
wisely and well. More frequently the peculiar spirit of
daring and impetuosity that makes him a pioneer has
combined with it a certain recklessness that leads him
to take chances that the more conservative man would
never take. But had there been no Columbus, would
there have been a new continent? Where would
science be to-day had there not been a Newton to lead
the way?

Our own city is not void of some experience, that if
not directly, at least indirectly, bears a relation to this
line of thought. Last month the news columns of THE
LUMBERMAN told the story of a considerable number of
local failures in the lumber and building trades. This
month adds full as many more to the list, and rumbl-
ings are heard of others. These periodic troubles are
not uncommon to the building trades, and in no way
presage anything alarming to the general lumber trade.
But the very fact that from time to time they show
themselves the more distinctly is the cause of their ex-
istence marked.

A few years ago, real estate operations in Toronto
shot ahead with race horse speed. This circumstance
gave birth toa volume of speculative building far be-
yond the requirements of the city. It was undertaken
largely by men of no commercial strength, but then the
boom was on, and where to-day, loan associations,
money lenders and capitalists guard the treasury with
the watchfulness of an eagle, then money was plethoric

and one did not require a gilt-edge rating to secure
either credit or capital. The result : everybody was
doing something in real estate and building. The
business man, working on a limited capital, managed
somehow to extract sufficient money from his business
to go into building, confident that he had only to erect
his houses and ticket them “for sale,’ and he would

find a customer as readily for them as for the sugar or
cotton stored behind his counter, and with a consider-
ably larger profit for his labor. Many did this and did
it again, until the time came when it could not be done
again. Then followed the pinch that is sure to come
when one’s capital is locked up in property of the
character of houses and lands, that when slow to move
are slow indeed. And when the effort to move be-
came desperate, as it would in some cases, then it was
found that like the tailors suitings that had not first
been sponged, there was a good deal of shrinkage
visible.

What is the explanation? The position is very
nicely put by the Vorthwestern Lumberman, discuss-
ing the subject not in a local but in a general light.

In periods of dullness, when money is hard to get, and
only the very best security will obtain at all, the inclination is
to build as little as possible. Even men who desire to make
permanent investments of that character will defer them till
times are better, as they say. They should rather build when
material is cheap, because sales are slow, and dealers are
anxious to sell; when labor is plenty and mirimum wages
prevail. After-a lapse of time business recovers from stagna-

. tion, enterprise awakens, there is a demand for houses, and
the capitalist or speculative builder- launches -into «building

with vigor. At the same time prices of building material and

labor advance, and it is nearly impossible to obtain either at
the bargains that could have been secured in the previous dull
times. The result is that the majority of buildings in all the
large cities are erected at a cost that is not justified by the‘in-
come that can be derived from them during a series of years.
In the case of the speculative builder, who starts structures
that he expects to sell at a profit before completion, or as
soon as finished, he is often caught by ihe collapse of a boom
and his bankruptcy follows, because he has paid too much for
material and labor, and probably for the land on which’ his
buildings stand. The cost of the enterprise has been inflated
by the boom and when he attempts to secure a loan in dull
times, he finds a wide divergence between the expenditure
and the security value of his property. In other words he
finds he has lost money, and if the loss is equal to the equity
he put in at the start, he is a bankrupt at once. Foreclosure
of mortgages and forced sales reduce the value of improve-
ments that fall into such ill luck toa level below cost from
which they may never recover.

Do these things tell of the decadence of Toronto, as
some envious writers proclaim abroad? Not in any
sense. They are conditions that have been encoun-
tered in the history of the most prosperous cities on the
continent. During the period of real estate depression,
if we shall put it that way, as noticeable as when the
boom was on, Toronto’s population increased with
marked rapidity, whilst in commercial progress and
the construction of public buildings and colossal
structures, the property of sound and conservative

/ monetary institutions, never in the history of Toronto

has there been like activity.

Present conditions are not without their lessons, and
perhaps the lumber trades in some measure can take
these lessons home not in any sense do they reflect
disparagingly on the possibilities of t his great city.

A DUTY PROTEST FROM AMERICAN LUMBERMEN.
ANY fault found with the McKinley bill, in its rela-

tions to the lumber interests of Canada and the United _

States, has so far, come from Canadian lumbermen. It
is a new thing to find American lumbermen protesting
against the privileges that so many of their own number
have been prepared to lay hold of with increasing avid-
ity. But a writer ina United States lumber exchange
essays to call upon the “lumber manufacturers and
their employees” of tis country to “immediately protest
to the president and request the re-imposition of the
duty removed by the act of 1890, and make such a show-
ing to the next Congress of the United States as will give
relief to our manufacturers from a competition that does
not benefit consumers of lumber but damages _pro-
ducers.” i ;

Canadians, according to this writer, were actually too
clever for Uncle Sam and “tricked him into lowering
the duty on lumber.” The Ohio statesman has usually
been credited with being the “smart Aleck” in this deal,
but it seems that Miss Canada was really to smart for
him.

The increase in the importation of Canadian forest
products into the United States within the past year is
the circumstance that has set the American writer
trembling with fear as to the further outcome. It will be
known that it is these same figures that have caused so
much concern to Canadian lumbermen. The figures, are
these: Importations of Canadian lumber into the United
States for the year ending June 30, 1890, $10,118,198;

for the year ending June 30, 1891, $19,886,358; showing -

an increase of $9,768, 160. ,

The argument is that, whilst a few American manu-
facturers with Canadian interests are benefitted by these
conditions, the great body of United States lum.bermen
are serious losers. The Canadian lumber is brought into
competition with the American product, and “the effect
of this competition,” we are pathetically told “is felt from
Maine to Texas and from Washington to Flonda.”

The writer of the article in question is undoubtedly
an ultro-Protectionist, but he may make up his mind that
whether the great body of United States lumbermen are
protectionists or free traders they are well satisfied with
the kind of protection Mr. McKinley has given them in
his little bill, as far as Canadian lumber is concerned,
and we opine they are ready to go it one better when
the opportunity presents itself.

Just before closmg our forms we received a well
written’ communication from an esteemed subscriber

: and well known lumberman, in ‘which the MWorthwest-
ern Lumbermans “bogey” is handléd in a vigorous —

fashion, We publish it in another column.

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THE insurance losses on the lakes for September and
October are estimated at $465,000. The two months
taken together are without precedent. We have not
the figures beside us at this writing, but it may be
noticed that the losses from mill fires this year have been
of a most exceptional amount.

THE carpenters in the Sheffield district of England,
recently obtained a considerable advance in wages.
This had the effect of turning the attention of builders
to doors and window frames made elsewhere. Recently
doors imported ready-made from Canada have been
taken into that district at a cheaper rate than they
could be made there, and used in houses now in course
of erection in the South Yorkshire district.

THE Hemlock lumber producers, of New York and
Pennsylvania, say that trade with them is injured in a
measure by the influx of cheap pine from Canada, the
imporiation since the change in duty increasing very
largely. There is no doubt about the increase: the fact
that the increase has taken place, and is likely .o further
grow, is the best possible evidence that the tariff change
has been generally acceptable to the lumber industry
across fhe border. It may hit the hemlock men a little
hard, but the lumber trade as a whole are not likely to

squeal.

THE Kingston (Jamaica) correspondent of the New
York American Mail and Export Journal writes: A
good trade, and a profitable trade at that, is to be made
in lumber of all kinds if properly attended to. There is
a growing desire for improved dwellings in the majority
of the West Indian islands, and when it is remembered
that the erections are to a great extent made entirely of
wood, an opinion can be formed as to whether the mar-
ket with the West Indies for lumber is worth keeping
and worth an attempt to extend it. The Canadians are
seeking to make a strong point in this, and have taken
no little pains to bring the resources of the Dominion
before the builders and merchants in the more import-
ant centers of the West Indian islands. Pitch pine and
white pine are the kinds most in demand. shooks or
staves and headings are also in good demand at all
times, and a profitable business can be done in these if
care is taken in the selection.

A Goop work is done during the winter months by
the Women’s Christian Temperance Union in providing
the various lumber camps of the province with maga-
zines, newspapers and other suitable reading matter.
To each Union is assigned the care of a certain number
of camps. There is no reason, however, why this work
should be confined to Ontario alone. and it may be that
itis not. In New Brunswick, British Columbia and
Quebec thousands of Jumbermen are at work in the
woods, and whilst, as is somewhat «painfully shown 1n’
our interview with Mr. J. S. Murphy, of Quebec, in an-
other page, there are thousands of shantymen who are
unable to read, at the same time there are others in
large numbers who are not so ignorant, and who doubt-
less appreciate the kindly acts of this philanthropic
organization. More than this, the story as told’ by Mr.
Murphy shows how far short, with all the missionary
effort of our churches, christianity and philanthropy
have come of meeting the mission needs of our own
country.

AN experiment is being made in Paris, France, of a
new system of wood paving. It consists of pieces of
oak about 4 in. long, split up similarly to the ordinary
firewood, and laid Joosely on end in fine sand on a bed
of gravel from 4 in. to 4% in. in thickness. A layer of
fine sand is then spread over them, and they are alter-
nately watered and beaten several times. In about
forty-eight hours the humidity has completely penetrated
and caused the wood to swell, and it is claimed that the

TEE A DAY

LUMBERMAN.

mass becomes thus absolutely compact and homogen-
eous, and capable of supporting the heaviest traffic. In
London, Bristol and other parts of England contracts
have been let during the past month or so for the laying
of considerable wood pavement. Thecontract in one case
calls for the laying of yellow deal blocks, 9 in. by 6 in.
on a bed of Portland Cement Concrete. The Puget
Sound Lumberman alleges that native cedar, if properly
laid with fir or hemlock planks underneath, will make
the best kind of pavement in the long run. Thus block
paving continues to hold its own on both continents.

Must the saw mill go? A new machine has been in-
vented which it is said will revolutionize the lumber
business. This machine cuts lumber without any waste
and there is no sawdust whatever. The new invention,
which is called the Bradley Draw Cutting machine, is
designed to cut thin boards and planks, and will cut in
different thicknesses varying from one thirty-second of
an inch to an inch. The inventor is Thomas S. Crane,
and he and Dr. E. Bradley, who is the principle owner,
have been at work on it for five years. The saving in
lumber that this machine will effect will be very great.
Mr. Lewis said that in small lumber, one-quarter and
one-half an inch in thickness, one-quarter of the log is
lost in sawdust; then another eighth is lost in planing,
and the lumberman in preparing his lumber for use
loses three-eights of the log. This new invention will
save all that. The machine cuts cherry, ash, birch and
maple, in thicknesses from a sixteenth toa half inch.
The machine is intended to be placed in the woods and
to cut the trees as soon as they are felled. Green wood
is cut more easily than seasoned wood, but logs have
been cut with it that had lain in the yard for ten years.
The machine weighs forty tons.

LUMBER conditions in the Puget Sound district,
Washington, are in a most unsatisfactory shape. Be-
tween the lumbermen of Seattle and Tacoma severely
strained relations exist, and the result is that these men
are, metaphorically speaking, cutting one anothers
throats by a continued cutting of prices. As is asually
the case under like circumstances, at any time, neither
party is being benefitted by the cutting. No more trade
is being done, and profits are sacrificed to the individual
injury of every man in the trade. An attempt will be
be made to remedy the trouble by the formation of a
state organization, when ‘other questions including an
adjustment of railway rates, and rules for inspection and
grading will be considered. Get together and stick
together brethren is the word from your Canadian lum-
ber friends. This doing business on the lines of
a Donnybrook fair, each man striving to do the most
injury to his neighbor, is silly business. Every man gets
hit in the melee. It may be that to realize right profits
you may have to wait for a revival of foreign trade, but
this will be better than doing business as you are now,
just for the fun of the thing. There is money sometimes
in what the French term the activity of remaining
silent.

CHARLES Stewart Parnell, the Irish statesman whose
recent death called renewed attention, was engaged at
one time in the saw mill businéss. This is a fact not
generally known on this side of the water. Mr. Parnell
began business in the saw mill, timber and stone quarry
trade about the year 1873. Two years previously he
returned from a tour in America, and determined then
to commence in the trades named at the first oppor-
tunity. The mills were built on the family estate at
Avondale, near Rathdown, county Wicklow, and of
course, some stir was made in the neighborhood in con-
sequence, the reasons being that ib was somewhat
unusual foi a landlord to engage in commercial pursuits,
and that a new industry was created in the district.
But very shortly Mr. Parnell’s mind became engrossed
in politics, and early in 1874 he took an active part in
political affairs, and from then devoted himself chiefly
to those concerns. The saw mills, etc., did not stop,
however, nor did Mr. Parnell cease to be connected
with them. Indeed, up to the time of his death he was
connected with the businesses, which are still being
carried on. At the works a good deal of native timber
is Sawn vp apd manufactured into wheelwrights’ goods

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and similar articles which are not only sol lrel:
but exported from the country. A brisk trade
done in general turning, but particulars he t

of brush heads, handles, etc.

THE great feat accomplished last spring by Leary
the enterprising lumberman, in shipping a raft of logs
from St. John, N.B. to New York has already been
recorded in these columns. Reference has also been

made to the intended effort of Chas. H.Moore, of Lock,
Moore & Co,, owners of timber limits and saw mills at
West Lake, La., and who resides at Galveston, Texas,
to out do the Leary feat. Mr.
Moore himself more perfect particulars of the methods
to be employed in the accomplishment of this feat. He
said: 1 have consulted some of the oldest sea captains
in America, men who have crossed the ocean and
traversed the coast all their They have perfect
faith in my theory and believe that the experiment will
be a successful one. In the first place a log raft from
Galveston to London wouldn’t encouter the severe storms
and seas that are confined to the coast from the Bay of
Funday to New York Harbor. Of course it might be
possible that a journey across the ocean with a raft
might encounter weather more severe than that on the
coast but it would be an unusual case. I will choose
my weather, making a start from Galveston late next
July. The shipment will be consigned to our London
house. About three months will be employed in mak-
ing the raft, which will consist of three sections, firmly
spiked together after the plan of a primitive catamaran.
The logs of each section will be solidly lashed by heavy
cross pieces and spikes. This raft will be built in Gal-
veston harbor and propelled across by the steam tug
Storm King andatramp ocean steamer 3,000 tons,
owned by Frederick Leyland & Co., proprietors of the
Leylana Line, Liverpool, Eng. The raft will be about
half the size of the Leary raft. wire cable
will be used for hawsers. The raft is to consist of Texas
yellow pine, and is intended for ship and house-building.
The risk, of course, is great, for if the logs are lost I am
out about $20,000. If the experiment should prove a
success I will make my shipments by raft every summer,
as it ‘is by this means I save freight, while the action of
the water on the timber seasons and improves it.

We have now from

lives.

Ponderous

“BE sure your sin will find you out,” is an axiom of
high authority that excepts not even the dishonest
lumberman. An illustration of recent date is found in
the case of D. W. Holt, a lumber merchant, of Phillips-
burg, Pa. This man has been placed on trial in a suit
to. reccver $3,500 paid to him by the Peoples’ Fire In-
surance Company, of Pittsburg, Pa. There are 16-simi-
lar cases against Holt, which will probably be decided
by this case. The whole involves about $120,000.
Some time ago Holt’s lumber yard at Phillipsburg was
destroyed by fire, and he succeeded in recovering
$120,000 insurance. The charge now is that the fre
was the work of an incendiary, and that Holt himself
was the guilty party. He was further guilty of the fraud
of causing his books to be so manipulated that they
were made to show about twice as much lumber as he
had actually on hand. A. B. Carpenter, a former
employe of Holt, has yiven testimony of a highly sensa-
tional character. He testified that Holt had instructed
him that when he was making his daily returns to the
bookkeeper of the number of feet of lumber he was to
increase the amounts each day until the entire amount
given made the total about twice that on hand. This
done, he said that Holt had made a proposition to him
that if he would fire the lumber he (Holt) would give
him a quarter interest in the business and 10 per cent.
of the insurance, which proposition he admitted he
agreed to. Witness then explained how he prepared
boxes saturated with oil to fire the yard, concluding
as follows: “On the night of August 2Ist 1882, Holt
came to me about 7 o’clock and told me it was time to
finish the work up. Holt then left,” said the witness,
“and I fired the boxes.” Carpenter then told how the
crime had preyed upon his mind and he could get no
rest, day or night, from a guilty conscience; how it had
transformed him into an old man, his sufferings finally
becoming so great that he went to the sheriff and con-
fessed all.

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THE: CANADA LUMEERMAN.

December, 1891

N C. DYMENT, of Barrie, thinks the outlook for |
¢ the lumber trade is bright, for the reason that

building throughout che country has almost been at a
standstill. He approves of the action of the govern-
ment in removing the export duty on logs because
it had the effect of reducing the duty on lumber going

into the States.
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“Our shipments of cak this year,” 1emarked Mr.

Charles McGibbon, the Penetang lumberman, “have
been considerable. We are doing a nice foreign trade
But we are taxed $2 a thousand every
time on hardwoods. What was the matter with the
government that they did not get down the duty on
hardwoods, when they lowered it on pine ?
the log duty, you ask. It is tough on our saw mills in
the north. Tis too bad that such a quantity of timber
should be sent to the other side, that rightly should
give employment to labor in our own saw mills. If we
had free trade in lumber there is little question but that
the Americans would be disposed to plant their mills

on our side of the lines, close to their logs.”
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David Ross, Whitemouth, Man., writes: Being a

manufacturer of spruce lumber for the last eleven. years,
I felt some interest in the action taken by the pine
manufacturers of the Lake of the Woods towards the
and yet I never feared but that the ques-

in hardwoods.

spruce men ;
tion would right itself very soon. It 1s well to remem-
ber that there are pine men who do not own allegiance
to the boycotting process. Such men, I believe, as
Dick, Banning & Co. and John Mather do not believe
that the process is workable; and although they were
willing to accept its blessings, would not shoulder its
onus. The trouble with the pine menis that-they want
the earth, and when they get that they are not satisfied.
Your remarks on boycotting are sound and fair to all
classes of business, the lumber trade not excepted
The true principles of trade are stronger in their
governing influence than the circular issued by the
lumbermen of any one section of any one province.
This too needs to be remembered in connection with

this matter: trade has never been better in Manitoba

than this summer, and yet men are found who are not

satisfied.
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A few days since I had a pleasant chat with Mr. C.A.

Larkin, very recently of Brandon, Man. Mr. Larkin
conducted a successful lumber business in the Prairie
Province for several years, and only disposed of his
business there within the past month to become a resi-
dent of Toronto. “Business has been splendid in
Manitoba all summer,” said Mr. Larkin. “We do no
export trade, as you know. The business is entirely
local,but it is keeping good pace with the growth of the
country. J think our methods of doing trade in
Manitoba—my reference is solely to lumber trade—is
superior to yours in Ontario. We are altogether more
exact and careful in the grading and inspection of
our lumber. There are about twenty-five distinct
grades of lumber in Manitoba. We grade more closely
than you do here. For example, in the matter of
flooring your people seem to cut all sorts of lengths.
We cut to one uniform length, which is more economi-
cal to the builder in making up. There is practically
no manufacturing of sash, doors or other house build-
ing appurtenances in the province. You may think it
strange, but we buy everything required in this way
from St. Paul, paying 257% duty and then we do better
than in Ontario. What influences us in our trade with
the States is the fact that we secure just the class of
sash and doors suited for the line of building common
to this new province. My purpose in coming to On-
tario is to engage in the manufacture of these things
particularly for Manitoba trade. Since the falling off in
export trade in British Columbia, an effort is being
made to cultivate the field in Manitoba, but not with

very much success. The woods there are not so well

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suited for the trade, as what comes from the Rat Port-
age district. But I can say that there is nothing in its
way to equal British Columbia cedar. The polish that
is capable of being put on this wood is something sur-
passing competition anywhere in the world, as far as I

am aware.”

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“T am one of the old pioneers of Canada,” said P. O.
Byram, of Victoria, N.B. “For fifty years of my life I
have been engaged in milling and the lumber business,
more or less, and have taken an interest in opening up
our wilderness lands. But J find syndicates locking up
our lands, and driving population out of the country
despite every effort of the pioneer to open them up.
What is worse, our provincial and Dominion legislators
encourage this slaughtering of our once magnificent
forests now fast becoming extinct. You ask why is this
done: simply to encourage lumber rings, and secure
for the politicians whatever influence they can exert on
their behalf. I give you an example of what I mean,
and this is one case among the thousands, that might
be cited. | About forty years ago, I came to this upper
country and concluded to open up a settlement on
Grand River, Victoria Co. The late Hon. R. D. Wil-
mott, our respected Governor was then Surveyor-
General, and our present respected Goveinor, L. L.
Tilley was also in the government, and I wrote them
my desire. At once they sent Mr. Gordon, C. L.
Surveyortorunin to the settlement forme when | desired.
He staked lots on both sides of Grand River for several
miles up. In those days, on all lands laid off for actual
settlement, the crown protected the lumber thereon for
the benefit of the pioneers. I chose my lots and cut
down about fifteen acres and put in acrop. The next
year I cieared about five acres more, and did some
more planting. -In August a frost came and cut the
crop down. Fortwo years of hard toil, except about
thirty dollars worth of hay, and after having expended
four hundred and nineteen dollars, I realized nothing
save a small stock of potatoes. I concluded to adhere
to the old saying, “where you loose money is the best
place to find it.” I tried again and met with better
success In my farming operations, at same time exert-
ing some influence in having roads opened and settle-
ments started. But the day of the politicians came.
Lumber syndicates were formed and lands that were
laid out for the settlers fell into their hands. These
lands have been operated to a large extent by Ameri-
cans who stripped the forests of their wealth, removed
the logs to their own side of the lines there to be man-
ufactured into lumber in their own mills. The effect
has been to dishearten the settlers,and give poor en-
couragement to the erection and operating of lumber
mills of our own. We should exact an export duty
equivalent to the American import duty on our manu-

factured lumber.”
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Constant experience bears testimony to the accuracy
of the saying, that one half the world does not know
how the other half lives. We see this exemplified almost
daily close to our own doors. I closed an exceedingly
interesting interview with Mr. J. S. Murphy, the veteran
lumberman of Quebec, a few days since, convinced that
there is, as another old saw goes, more truth than poetry
in the statement. Mr. Murphy has been a resident of
Quebec for 46 years, and has been engaged in lumber-
ing the greater part of his life-time. He has an office
in Quebec city and operates a mill and timber limits
on the St. John river employing about 300 hands. He
knows almost every foot of his native province and
relates some interesting history of the conditions of the
habitant.

“To you know,” said Mr. Murphy, “that there are
thousands of men and women in the Province of Que-
bec, who have never seen the ancient capital, or put
eyes on a railroad. An epoch in the lives of scores of
these people, was the occasion a few years ago, when a

local railroad extended its ramifications into these
backwood’s settlements. It was a great day for
the small boy, while the older boys, who took

advantage of the opportunity to see how the
steam horse could pull them along, had a lively
time, though they came backto the woods, many of them,
with heads increased in size as aresult of too close
acquaintance with some of the blessings. of modern

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These people live in the most primitive
Their domicile is usually a log house, with no
lack of occupants to fill every nook and corner. The
average family of the French shantyman, consists, I
suppose, of fifteen or sixteen juniorshantymen. The
counsel of Holy writ to be fruitful and multiply and
replenish the earth is religiously practiced by these
people. You say it must take a good deal to fill the
mouths of families of this size. It does, and it is sur-
prising how little it is done on. Each family has a
patch of a garden, where, if the season is at all favorable,
a crop of potatoes and other vegetables is grown, which
goes a good way towards tiding them over the winter.
In summer, work is found chiefly in the mills, where
fair wages are earned. This lasts about six months of
the year. In winter a certain number of men go into
the woods, but employment of course is not found for
all. From $1o. to $12. a month is paid the men in win-
ter, and from$5. to $7 to boys of sixteen and seventeen
years of age. This is exclusive of their board. We
feed them well, not with the dainties you are accus-
tomed to get in Toronto, but good, substantial food and
abundance of it. It is undoubtedly a monotonous life,
yet these people taking them altogether seem happy
and contented. Thousands of them can neither read
nor write, but I am glad to say that of late years through
the efforts of missionaries and various philanthropic
organizations a change is being made in these re-
spects; but the field is a wide one to cover.

“The fact that work cannot be fcund in winter for
large numbers of these people has caused the removal
of thousands of them to Massachusetts, where not only
the men, but also the women and children find work in
the cotton factories.

“To leave this phase of lumbering and replying to
your enquiry as to the condition of trade in Que-
bec, I may say,” continued Mr. Murphy, “that trade
during the season just closed was very dull. One hun-
dred and fifty six cargoes of lumber less than last year
left our ports, representing in money about $3,000,000.
This is a considerable reduction in one season’s business.
The competition of the Baltic has affected our English
trade of late years. Cheap as one may think labor
in Canada, we cannot commence to compete with foreign
labor. On the Baltic, women work in the lumber mills,
doing work that we would consider altogether beyond
the physical ability of the sex, receiving eight and ten
cents a day. It is chiefly a poor grade of lumber that
reaches England from these ports, but it is sold at a
price so much lower, relatively than ours, that Canadian
forest products are at big disadvantage. Where one
vessel leaves Canada for England, six leave the Baltic
ports and we find this circumstance operates seriously
against trade here.

“Yes, I am hopeful that the building of the new
Manchester ship canal will help our trade with England.
In fact I know where a beneficial effect has already
been experienced by Canadian dealers. Lumber for
Manchester will now go direct from Canada, and not as
hitherto, first to Liverpool and then undergo additional
carrying expense before reaching Manchester. We
will likely do an increased trade with Manchester.
Freights have run high this year and that has had a
hurtful influence on trade with England. As many as
fifteen or twenty vessels loaded with lumber from Can-
ada have been lost during the year.

“Trade with the United States has been good. I ship
all my spruce to Troy, Albany and Burlington. Have
done so for years and established a good trade at these
points. We ship of coutse altogether by water, which
makes our season short. Towards the close of the sea-
son freights to American ports went up from $2,25 to
$3,50 thousand. This led American lumbermen, who
had bought our lumber, to order it to be held here
until next spring. We get $7.00 for coarse and $12.00
for better grades in Quebec.

“Though the season closed has been dull we anticipate
a marked improvement in business in the spring. The
lumber trade in England, which has been more than
dull for a year past, shows encouraging signs of
improvement. Our stocks of lumber are low, there will
be a good work done in the woods this winter and all
these conditions portend better things. Prices will, I
think, hold firm.

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December, 18gi.

[WRITTEN FOR THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF LABOR AND CAPITAL.

HE best time, it has been said, to prepare for war, is

when a nation is at peace. The time to discuss the
relations of labor and capital is not whenthe mind is
inflamed by the passions that seldom fail to be roused
during the prevalence of a strike, but when business is
going on undisturbed, and the workman in the shop,
and the employer in his office are doing with all their
heart the work that is nearest to them.

We do not suppose that, on general principles, any
reasonable person will dispute the right of either em-
ployer or employee to become members of an associa-
tion organized for the purpose of advancing interests
common to those identified with their particular calling.
Capitalists and employers of labor, we are led to think,
would be serving their own interests better, if they got
together more frequently than is the practice with the
majority of tradesmen at the present time. In every
branch of business questions are constantly arising, that
can only be settled right, after careful and united con-
sideration by everyone interested in the particular trade
concerned. . This getting closer together occasionally
would lead to improved methcds of doing business, a
removal, measurably at least, of some of. the results of
present day competition, an increase in profits in some
cases, where business is being done almost for nothing,
and would be the means of creating a spirit of amity
and fraternity, that in this break-neck-age is to be pre-
ferred to the dianiond cut diamond policy that ‘is ‘too
much the vogue. Briefly put the old illustration of the
strenght to be found in the burdle of sticks has its ap-
plication to the commercial world.

When purposes of this character bring business men
together, whether they be lumbermen, millers, manufac-
turers, or merchants, good must be the result. If the
object is to combine in any manner for the oppression
of the employee, to take unfair advantage of certain fav-
orable conditions of trade in existence at the time, and
thus bear tyrannically on the people of a community
in general, then occasion is given to employ means to
subvert these ends.

Workingmen, and we include those of any class, who
work with hand or head, and. we may use the term in
its generic sense, embracing all men and women, who
work for a livelihood, have an equal right with the
employer to band themselves together into organizations
for mutual improvement, mental and social, and that
they may be in organized shape to resist attempts that
might be made to deprive them of their rights and free-
dom, providing always, that only manly and honorable
means are employed to accomplish the end desired, and
that these means, even though approved of by a major-
ity of the assembly or society, by whatever name it be
called, do not operate unfairly against any one or more
of their own members or workmen engaged in that
trade.

When workingmen’s societies get away from these
leading principles, they resign cause for the sympathy
and support of all worthy people just as much as the
capatilist does when he uses his position and opportun-
ities for personal aggrandizement, regardless of how
others may suffer.

Stating the case in these terms, without pretending
to enter into an elaborate discussion of the labor prob-
lem, we refer to one question only, but one that pro-
bably more than any other is the cause of frequent fer-
ment in labor circles, and which if rightly solved would
itself solve others. What is a days work? Custom has
fixed it at various lengths. The government employee
has sometimes done his work without doing it. He
may even be pursuing another- vocation, but manages
to draw his day’s pay. The bookkeeper in the office,
clerk in the store, mechanic at his bench, Jumberman
in the mill may work six, eight, ten, twelve or even
fourteen hours a day. Custom has no absolutely fixed
rule, nor can custom correctly make a rule. A day’s
work is measured by the work a man does within that
day, whatever the time-keeper’s record may show. Two
men may work in the same shop, commence work
together and drop their tools at the ringing of the same
bell. One may have worked fifty per cent. longer than
the other during the same time.

The case has been squarely stated by the head of a

"seriously is just here.

large painter's firm, where the eight hour rule prevails.
He said:

When a painter comes to me for a job I ask him ifhe is a first-
class workman, and if he belongs to the painter's union, to
both of which he invariably replies in the affirmative. Well,
then, say I, your union makes two demands of me, and I will
only make one of youin return. Your union says that you
must be paid $3.50 day, and that the day’swork must be only
eight hours. Now, my one demand of you is this, that you
will give me in return for eight hours work at $3.50 day an
able bodied man’s work. I have discovered after repeated ex-

| periments that a skilled, able-bodied painter can paint eight

rooms with one coat of paint in a day, andI demand of you to
paint eight rooms a day or else you needn’t begin work.

Some of the fellows who want work, when they hear my
demand, shrug their shoulders and say, ‘‘Well I’m no steam
engine,” or ‘‘I’m no horse,” while others who are more good-
natured say they are willing to make atrial. I find, however,
that a majority are not able to do eight rooms ina day. Some
do seven, some seven and a half, and some only six. Al] men,

| however, who cannot do eight rooms are paid off, and only

those who can put one coat of paint on eight rooms are re-
tained. The work is not impossible to be done. I have one

| man who can do thirteen rooms in a day if he wants to but I

only ask him to do eight. I would rather pay an able-bodied
man $4 a day than $3.50 if I can get the man I want.

The point where workingmen’s unions stumble most
No attempt is made to grade
their workmen, and the man whose habits have led him

into every excess, rendering him wholly unfit to do |

“eight rooms a day,” adhering to the painters illustra-
tions, is as good a man in the eyes of the union, as the
sober, industrious, studious fellow, who aspires to be a
peer in his trade, doing with his whole heart, whatsoever
his hands find to do.

No employer of labor will object to pay this man, but
there is neither business, or common sense, in the de-
mand of the labor union that insists that good, bad, and
indifferent workmen shall be dealt with alike. When
a workman goes into a shop to buy goods he does not
obtain cottons and silks, tweeds and broadcloths at the
same price. He will pay more for one than another
because the value is there. Is not the workman who
paints eight rooms a day, worth more than the man,
who paints only six rooms? The surprise is that the
intelligent workmen do not realize the dead weight that
is placed on their talents and energies by the existence
and practice of this rule, which is general to working-
men’s unions of all trades.

Strikes will be fewer when this law is amended.

jj

A BATCH OF FAILURES.

OVEMBER will be noted in lumber circles in

Toronto, as foliowing on the heels of the preceed-

ing month, with another batch of failures, chiefly of

builders. In our editorial columns we have discussed

the question of these periodic troubles at some length

and believe that the reasons there assigned for their
occurrence are correct. ;

The case of Bryce Brothers is probably the most im-
portant among the builders, though in many circles not
unexpected. Three months ago, without giving names,
we referred toa large local firm that was in deep water.
The reference was to Bryce Bros. They carried on a
lumber business, and besides doing a large amount of
speculative building a few years ago, also held contracts
in building from the Public School Board, and have
done considerable paving, both board and asphalt
about the city. H.H. Williams has been appointed
receiver, and is busily engaged endeavoring to get the
estate into better shape.

Charles McClelland,a speculative builder at Parkdale,
carrying on business in the name of his wife Mary
McClelland has assigned to E. R. C. Clarkson, who has
been instructed by the creditors to wind up the estate.
Liabilities $34,600 with nonimal assets $38,000.

C. Spencer & Son, which means Charlotte Spencer
and John William Spencer, the former being the wife of
A. Spencer, who faited some years ago, have made an
assignment to D. D. Christie. Assets $2,713.10, and
Liabilities $1,400.70. The fim have a number of con-
tracts out and if these and the other assets realize as
expected, the estate will probably pay 100 cents on the
dollar.

James Leighton, builder, has a lot of property on his
hands, which is unsaleable, and he is consulting his

creditors. Nominal assets $18,000, and $12,000 liabili
ties A committee of creditors are investigating his
affairs.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

T. & R. Robertson and Hannah Mould are the name
of two other building concerns, in a small way, that
made assignments before the month of November
ended.

Samuel Davidson, dealer in small lumber, has assigned
to E. R. C. Clarkson. The estate is a small one

| Abig failure is reported from Richmond, Quebec.
Mr. J. C. Bedard, who for many years has carried on a
large lumber business in Richmond, has assigned with
liabilities of 50,000. Mr. Bedard is supposed to have
lost a lot of money lately in lumber and also in slate
quarries. His assets are not yet known.

The most important failure in lumber lines during

5

the month is that of Tennant Co., of Dock No. 3.
The firm is composed of Mrs. J. Tennant and H. & A.
Colwell. The direct liabilities amount to $20,000, and
the assets are estimated at $15,000. The chief creditors
are: Beck Manufacturing Co., $2,200; Conger Lumber
Co., $2,000; Mickle, Dyment & Co., $2,100; Peter
Robertson & Co., $1,400, and Playfair & Co. $1,400.
The firm have made an offer of 5oc. on the dollar which
is now being considered by the creditors.

A number of small failures in different parts of the
Dominion are recorded in our regular news notes.

R,
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NEW MULTIPLE SPINDLE BORER.

HE Cant Bros. Co., of Galt, have just brought out a

new Multiple Spindle Boring Machine, whichis design-
for accurate and rapid boring, being specially suitable
for dowelling joints, table leaf work, furniture work
church furniture, school ‘seats, etc. The frame ‘is of
iron, well braced and planed perfectly true. The man-
drel frames slide on planed ways. Each mandrel frame
is independently adjustable to and from the other by
means of screws and crank, each mandrel being driven
by an independent belt. The table works on planed
ways, and is raised and lowered by means of bevel
gears and screws operated by a crank and parallel shaft
below. The treadle is connected to the table by adjust-
able rods to regulate the throw of the table, which is
moved forward to the boring bits when the treadle is
pushed down by the foot, and which returns to its ori-
ginal position when the treadle is released. The
clamping device on our machine is entirely new, the
work being held down by four eccentrics which are
operated by one handle, so that along with the new
stop it is impossible to bore the holes out of line. For
extension table work our machine surpasses anything
yet made. The machine can be made with one, two,
three or four spindles, and will bore holes from 4 inch s
to 4 feet apart.

PROTECTING THE BELTS.

BOUT the'first thing I did after taking charge of this
Di. says a writer in an exchange, was to rail it in
and to box in the belt. Any one who has had the mis
fortune to be present on the occasion of an accident to
some poor unfortunate who has slipped and been crushed
in the fly-wheel pit, or who has been caught by a belt
and had his arm torn out of the socket, will be more than
ordinarily anxious not to have such anaccident happen to
him, or any one in his presence or on his premises. In
some countries there is a law about boxing in all wheels,
shafts, belts, &c., which by any means may be the cause
of death or injury to careful or even to careless people
The careless people have as much right to life as the
careful ones have; they are just as much loved and their
earnings may be as necessary to some one’s support as
though they were the most cautious and practical per-
sons on the globe. And after all, it is not necessarily
the careless men who get caught. The most careful
may slip on a greasy spot, or may be seized with ver-
tigo, or be absent-minded by reason of trouble at home.
By boxing in dangerous things, you never have any
terrible scenes to haunt you.

J. H. Chaloner, lumber dealer, Lauder, Man., had
his stock damaged by fire.

McLellan & Black, lumber, West Brook, N.S., have
dissolved.

F. Tremblay’s saw mill and sash and door factory,
Montreal, Que., was destroyed by fire on 29th ult.
Loss, $32,000.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

December, 189

THE NEWS.

ONTARIO.
Wm. K. Snider, lumber dealer, Wilkesport, has assigned.
The mills at Longford Mills have shut down for the sea-

—Joy & Son, Napanee, have completed a large addition to

their saw mill.
Barrett Bros. are pushing ahead with their new mill at
Maganettawan. ;
-J. W. Anderson & Co., shingle manufacturers, Lanark,

have assigned.

—Dickinson’s mill at Staples is closed ; Ainslie’s stave mill
at the same place is busy.

—Onyer Bros., of Holland Centre, have sold their saw mill
to Mitchell Bros., of Berkley.

—The rains of November have helped the securing of logs
that had moved very slowly before.

—De Blaquiere’s shingle mill at Leg Lake, recently de-
stroyed by fire, is in course of re-erection.

—The Longford Mills Lumber Company have four camps
this winter and expect to cut 12,000,000 feet.

—Large quantities of shingles are being shipped from South
River, for the Shannon Shingle Co., of Toronto.

—Mr. McEachern, of Maganettawan, is at Burks Falls
busily engaged shipping his sunmer’s cut of lumber.

—The Rathbun Company, Deseronto, have shipped a car-
load »f doors and sash primed and glazed, to South Africa.

—The remainder of the paper wood which was “‘hung up”
in the Thessalon section is being removed by the steam barge
Lindsay.

—The Buell, Hurdman Company have purchased a loco-
motive from the Eddy Company, and have leased one of their
lumber yards.

—The cordage factory at Brantford has been purchased by
the Consumers Cordage Company, of Montreal, Que. The
price paid is understood to be $150,000.

--John Galbraith’s mill, a few miles from Emsdale, cut
6734 thousand shingles in one day, thus beating all other
shingle cutting for one saw, by 54 thousand.

—Rumor states that the Georgian Bay Lumber Co. have
bought Messrs Burton & Bros.’ large mills at Byng Inlet
North for, in the neighborhood. of, $§!0,eco0 cash.

—Considerable trouble is experienced from low water in
the vicinity of Lakefield, and mill owners are realiziny that
prompt measures will have to be taken to remedy the evil.

-—Messrs Burton & Bro., of Byng Inlet have shipped nearly
16,000,000 ft. this Season, and their mill (one circular and
gang), closed down on the 18th of November, having cut over
15,000,000.

—Mr. Gascien’s barge, lumber-laden, on her way to Oswego
via Rideau canal sunk off Kingston. No lives were lost. Mr.
Gascien is a resident of Hull. The barge is one of D,
Murphy’s & Co’s.

—Valee, an Ottawa shantyman, in a dispute about a woman,
bit the whole nose off a half-breed hackman named Soucie.
The nose was sewed on, but refused to reunite; inflamation set
in and Soucie’s death is expected.

—The water in the log pond at the Big Mill, Deseronto,
has been so low that logs have had to be drawn over the mud
to the slides, a state of things never known before. The mill

has had an excellent year’s trade.

—The Conroy mills at Alymer, Ont. are still running, nearly
two hundred men being employed there. The cold weather
will likely put a stop to operations this week, when all the
employees will be sent to the shanty by the firm.

—The steam saw mill at Carleton Place, of William Cald-
well, of Lanark. was shut down recently, the logs and limits
having been exhausted by the 22 years of ceaseless havoc
among them. Seven hundred chains were gathered up at the
wind up.

—The steamship, Czty of Midland, \eft Byng Inlet, Nov.
21st for Parry Sound, Midland and Collingwood having a
heavy cargo of old iron and about 60 passengers. She makes
her last trip for this season next week, which will close a suc-
cessful season’s business.

—Pau] Huffman, saw mill owner of Northfield Centre, has
assigned, but his creditors have ordered the assignee to carry
on the business until the two law suits he now has pending
are decided. If he wins, the creditors will be paid in full. If
he loses, the estate will barely pay 20 cents on the dollar.

The following advertisement ina Toronto paper duped

several score of workmen: ‘‘Wanted—50 men for lumber

woods, wages $26 to $35, board and fares paid.

Apply 45
Wallace-ave., near Dufferin-st., after 5."" The men paid the
advertiser a commission of 25 cents, and they were to report
at the Union Station for transportation. The men turned up,
but no agent.

—The 7Zhessalon Advocate says :—Very little lumbering
will go on on tke Manitoulin this winter, the McKinley tariff
having killed the cedar industry. A few logs will be got out
Conlin and Walsh have got the timber on the
Indian reserve at Manitowaning, and will operate extensively;
this will not help the village much, as the supplies will be got
at the Indian stores a Wikemikong. Very extensive operations

will be carried on at Webbwood, and that village will boom

at Kagawong.

this winter.

—Tenders were opened on 7thult.at the Crown Lands Depart-
ment, pursuant to advertisement, for the purchase of an esti
mated quantity of 32,500,000 feet of timber damaged by fire
during the past summer, viz., projected berth 66 and part of
65 on the Vermillion River. The prices realized were some-
thing over $3 per 1,000 feet, board measure, by way of bonus
Messrs. Booth and Hale
The commissioner

and in excess of Government dues.
of Ottawa were the successful tenderers.
considers the sale a very good one.

—A Rat Portage correspondent writes: ‘*‘The sawing sea-
son of 1891 has now closed, all the mills in the district having
shut down, The planing mills are still going and lumber be-
ing shipped, but orders have eased up somewhat lately.
Several outfits have been sent out to the bush by the local
mills, and this week the Aevzgz¢ser. left- for Reed iver -hav-
ing a barge and outfit fer D. E. Spragge, of Winnipeg.
Sprague’s limits are on the Rosseau river, and the logs are

driven down to the Red river, but for his getting in- supplies=

the portage is preferred, as it is between twenty and _ thirty
miles distant. as against about one hundred miles by way of
Winnipeg Dick, Banning & Co. are having repairs and al-
terations made in the head gates for their water supply. Mr.
Dick being here to look after the work.”
QUEBEC.

—Leon Ravary, saw mill, St. Clet, has assigned.

—DuGrenier & Gagnon, saw mill, etc., Racine, have as-
signed.

—Ross Bros. are rebuilding their large timber slide at
Buckingham.

—Three car loads of new machinery have arrived for the E.
B. Eddy Coy’s new paper mill at Hull.

—J. Allaire, lumber and tannery, St. Boniface, has sold out |

his lumber business to Edward R. Lloyd

—FExtensive alterations are being made in the pulp works of
the Buckingham Manufacturing Co., Buckingham.

—Twelve square timber camps are at work in the locality
of Portage du Fort which is a half more than last winter.

—Thomas Lyon has contracted with Ross Bros., of Buck-
ingham for the making of about 1,000 pine logs. He willalso

go heavily into spruce. ©

—8,oo00 feet of lumber and § kegs of nails were used in the
scaffolding required for the. building of the big chimney for
Mr. Eddy’s factory, Hull.

-—The employees of the E. B. Eddy sulphide works Hull,
wear a neat nickel plate on their hats, bearing the inscription
“i, B. Eddy, Sulphide.”

—George Smith has shipped since the rst day of October
about 50,000 feet of basswood and ash lumber from Camp-
bell’s Bay, Pontiac Co., to the Rathbun Company, Deseronto.

—Roderick C. Carter, dealer in lumber, Montreal, has
ceased to do business under the name of the Montreal Lumber
Co., and has now registered under the name of the Brosseau
Company.

—E. Morency, a lumber dealer in a small way at Quebec,
has assigned. He is a steady man who has been in business
10 or 12 years doing a moderate trade and under small ex-
pense. And yet he has not been able make both ends meet.

—The members of the firm of J. Gilmour & Co., lumberers
of Ironsides, have dissolved partnership, and the business will
be carried on in the future under the name of Gilmour &
Hughson. The members are John Gilmour and W. C.
Hughson, of Albany, N.Y.

—The McLaren Manufacturing Company, limited, Mon-
treal, on the demand of the Lachute Lumber Company, have
gone into liquidation. The lumber company, represented by
Messrs. Archibald and Foster, presented a petition to Mr.
Justice Gill asking for a winding up order and the appoint-
ment of a liquidator. The petition was granted. Mr. Alex.
Caldwell has been named provisional liquidator.

—Last summer when Ross Bros., of Buckingham lost con-
nection with their Basin piling ground by way of the water

_percentage offered. .

slide, they decided to pile their lumber for the future in the
town, expecting that the C.P.R. would offer some inducements
in the way of sidings and fair freights. After waiting until
now for seme sign from the company they have gone back to
their first love and are now actively engaged in the work of
restoring the connection. The C.P.R. will not only refuse to
build the siding but will not even funnish cars to ship what is

already ordered out.

—A jobber paid a visit to one of the Quebec lumbering
establishments to make the customory arrangements before
commencing bush operations, and was greatly surprised to
learn that the standard log in vogue this year according to the
principle laid down by the Quebec Government must contain
249 feet board measure instead of 200 feet as formally. ‘Well,
it does beat all,” he said, “I have been chucked out of a job
at the mines because they say the mining tax compels them to
stop working, I thought [ would go in for jobbing at logs this
winter, but an additional fifty feet on the standard log for the
same money as usual settlesthat spec. I think Mr. Mercier
wants to run us out of the country altogether.”

—John Hannigan, lumber merchant of Desrivieres, is
endeavoring to effect a settlement at 20 cents in the dollar on

_ his personal liabilities of $45,000. He is a large shipper of

hard wood lumber to the United States, and was one of the

_ Principle promoters of the Rapid Manufacturing Company, of

Bedford, which collapsed ignominiously a year ago. He held
419 shares in the concern and, in addition to this, endorsed
heavily for James Crothers, the president, who left with his
affairs in bad shape. He owns a good deal of real estate, but
his bankers have a lien for $34,000 on it to cover his endorsa-
tions, and it is doubtful whether his estate showsmore than the

NEW BRUNSWICK.
John Kilburn has been in Fredericton securing men for
his Quebec camps.

—Two new mills for the manufacture of spools are in course
of erection in Northumberland.

-—A shingle mill is to be erected just below Campbeliton,.

on the line of the Intercolonial by David Richards, who has
been lumbering on the Restigouche for several years.

—Large numbers of men are in the woods, and the pros-.

pects are that as large acut will be made this winter as last, if
not larger. Cedar, especially, will be got out in large quan-
tities. ;

—Between 4,000,c00 and 5,000,000 feet of spruce, and 5,-
000,000 or 6,000,000 feet of cedar will be cut on the Resti-
gouche this year.

—The St. Lawrence Lumber Company at Bathurst are
pushing ahead the work of rebuilding on the site of the mill
recently destroyed by fire. The new mill is to be completed
by the opening of navigation next spring. _

—A shingle mill is to be built at Marysville, near the Canada
Eastern track. The land owned by Mr. Gibson, lying along
the track, has an immense amount of cedar of the best quality,
and the railroad will be used to bring the lumber to the mill.
This will necessitate the building of a number of additional
dwelling houses in the town. The building will be 6ox100

feet, and the engine 160-horse power. There will be space.

for 12 shingle machines, but only eight will be put in at pre-
sent.

MANITOBA AND THE NORTHWEST.

—The mills at Norman, Man., are shipping considerable

sawdust for the C.P.R.

—All the saw mills at Norman, Man., are now closed with
the exception of Cameron & Kennedy’s day shift.

—TIronsides, lumber dealer, Thornhill, Man., has sold out
his lumber business. He intends going into the butcher busi-
ness in Miami.

—Many mill hands in Manitoba, now that the mills have
closed down, are engaging in threshing operations in Mani-
toba and North Dakota.

—It is rumored that a company is about to take over the
Ross, Hall & Brown water power at Norman, Man., and
erect a mammoth paper mill here, unless Rat Portagers give a
$15,000 bonus to remove it to their town.

—H. Crowe & Co., have sold out their lumber business in
Winnipeg, Man., to Jas. M. Hall, of Rat Portage, who was
lately connected with the Western Lumber Co., of that place.

-—The partnership existing between John E. Campbell and
Andrew R. Stevens, as lumber dealers in the villages of Car-
man and Glenboro, Man., has been dissolved by mutual con-
John E. Campbell takes over and will continue the
A. R. Stevens will continue the Glenboro

sent.
Carman business.
business.

The manufacturing of shingles has become.
quite an industry on the north shore.

ee eee

—_———

December, 191.

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

BRITISH COLUMBIA.

—E. Dahack, of Haney, is getting out ties and cordwood
for the C.P.R.

—The Brunette Saw Mill Company havea logging camp
on the Lillooett river, where they own extensive timber limits.

—McLaren’s mill at New Edinburgh is clesed down for
the season. The cut been in the neighborhood of 25,000,000
feet.

—A. C. Fraser, of Cowichan Lake, has a contract from
Hewitt & McIntyre to get out 15,000,000 feet of logs for
zheir mill at Cowichan.

~

—The lease of the premises now occupied by Smith &
- Clarke’s mill, Victoria, having expired, a new mill will be
built near Laing’s ways, at James Bay.
_ —The large tree that has given Garry Bush Point its name
and which has for years assisted navigation on the Fraser
river, is in danger of being washed away.
—Fred. Robinson, who has been manager of the Beaver
saw mills, Beaver, for some years, has sold out his interest to
the old members of the company and gone east.

—McClymont & Co.’s saw mills in New Edinburgh, now
yun by Maclaren & Co., will change hands next May, when
Mr. David Maclaren, of Wakefield, will take possession.
Maclaren & Co. and McClymont & Co. then intend retiring
From the mill business permanently.

—The News-Advertiser, of Vancouver says: ‘‘The saw
vnills are still kept running steadily, there being now four ves-
sels toading at the Hastings Mill and one at Moodyville. The
tocal trade has, however, slightly fallen off during the last few
‘lays as the building season is now about over.”

PERSONAL.

J. S. Stain, lumberman, of Quebec, is on a visit fo Eng-
and on lumber business.

Assistant Government forest ranger George Bick, of Bob-
caygeon, died during the month. He had held the position
for twenty years.

Wm. Pulling, of the Thompson Lumber Co., Windsor, Ont,
was married on 17th ult., to Miss Peacock, of Detroit, in
Woodward Avenue Methodist church.

Hon. E. H. Bronson, M. P. P., the lumber King of Otta-
wa, Ont., has recently purchased the noted horse Selfax.
$1,500, is said to have been the price paid.

R. R. Dobell, a prominent lumber merchant, of Quebec,
has consented to run as Parliamentary candidate for the Com-
mons for Quebec west. Mr. Dobell has large interests in
fJuebec and is known as an enterprising and liberal-minded
citizen. Beyond his sympathies with Imperial Federation, it
is said that Mr. Dobell has no party attachments.

Twenty-seven years ago J. D. Abbey, of Clayton, Ort.,
Jeft home and was never heard of until last week, when he
veached Almonte, Ont., to inquire for friends. Mr. Abbey
first went into the lumber business _ in Michigan and became
rich, when forest fires swept away property valued at $1,000, -
009. Although almost ruined by this catastrophe, he was not
“iscouraged and went to work again with renewed energy.
Success once more was his lot, when he sold out his timber
and went to Minnesota, where he went into farming and
ranching and where he now resides.

William Henderson, who died a few weeks since at Mon-
treal, (Jue., was one of the old settlers of that section. He
was born at County Farmaugh, Ireland, May r8ro, and came
fo Quebec with his father, David Henderson, in the year
1820. where he remained for a number of years engaged in the
Tumber and timber trade. He came to Montreal in 1842 and
here he has resided ever since. He carried on an exten-
sive lumber and timber trade, retiring from active busi-
ness life some years ago. He was a member of the city
council, representing the St. Louis Ward, from 1868 to 1871,
being the only old countryman ever elected to represent that
ward in the council He was very popular with the French
Canadian population, and employed a large number of them
in his mills and elsewhere. While in the council he was in-
strumental in having the by-law passed creating Mountain
Park, and worked hard with the late Rev. Father Labelle to
have the Northern Colonization Railway built at Jerome. He

« was life governor of the Protestant House of Refuge and took
an active part in the welfare of the Montreal General Hospi-
tal, and was also one of the founders of the Irish Protestant
Benevolent Society. In the year 1835 he married a daughter
of the late Captain John Jameson, of H. M. qth Royal Bat-
tallion, and had a family of three girls and four boys—one
daughter, Mrs. T. B. Pacy, and two sons, David H. and Nor-
man, the well known lumber merchants of Montreal, besides
a number of grandchildren survive him.

wet = aay mai

—wWithin the last six months 150 young women have taken
up timber claims in the State of Washington.

—Several mills in Alabama have been obliged to cease
operations because there were no logs. There has been no

rain since September.

—The old propellor Passazv, owned by Mr. Blodgett, of f

Detroit, lumber laden, foundered in Lake Erie. The car-

go was insured for $2,700.

—More than 15,000,000 feet of lumber will be used in the
construction of the huge building for manufacturers and liber-
al arts at the World’s Fair.

—The statement is made that it will cost each of the
makers of saw mill machinery $8,000 to $10,000 to make an
exhibit at the World’s Fair.

—The widest plank on earth is on exhibition at the railroad
depot, in Humbolt, Cal. It was cut at the Elk river mill,
and is 16 feet in width. Tt will be among the Humboldt ex-
hibits at the World’s Fair in Chicago.

—The chute in a logging camp at Clifton, Oregon, is three-
quarters of a mile in length, and is one of the longest chutes in
the world. The bottom is shod with railroad iron. A log
slides the whole length in twenty seconds.

A tree near Manistee, Mich., thirty-six feet in circumfer-
ence. twelve feet in diameter, and one hundred and seventy-
five feet high, will be blasted by dynamite, as there is no saw
that will cut and no mill that can cut it into boards.

—Wages for woodmen in Minnesota rule somewhat higher
this year than last. Some difficulty is experienced in obtain-
ing men enough to supply the demand.. From $20 to $40 a

month and free transportation are being paid for help.

—Yellow pine trade conditions present a rather peculiar as-
pect. In Texas orders are badly needed, while in Arkansas
they are being refused, because cars in which to ship them
cannot be secured. It’s a pity that conditions cannot be
evened up a bit.

—Typhoid fever is reported prevalent in the logging camps of
the Menominee region, and in other portions of Michigan and
Wisconsin. Out of 25 patents in the Menominee river hospi-
tal at Marinette recently, 17 were down with typhoid, all hav-
ing come from camps to the north. Ina camp near Ontona-
gon, Mich., 16 out of 30 men were down with the disease.

—About the most interesting thing in the lumber circle at
Chippewa Falls, U.S., isthe extreme scarcity of men. Loggers
find it difficult to get even half a crew,and good wages. The rea-
son of this scarcity of men is said to be due to the fact that but
few of the ‘boys’ have returned from Minnesota and the
Dakotas where they went threshing.

—A new steam ferry is shortly to be established across the
Sound between Helsinborg and Elsinore so as to connect
Sweden and Denmark. The ferry will transport Swedish and
Norwegian railway carriages from Helsinborg to Denmark,
and German and Danish carriages from Elsinore to Sweden.
A new harbor and large railway station are to be erected at
Elsnore.

—Three thousand large sal trees in the Saranda, Porahat,
Kolhan forests of Singbhum, were recently sold by tender.
The trees were of large size, girthing from 6 to 10 ft. Ac-
cording to the /udtan Forester, this is the first attempt at
a systematic utilization of the fine Singbhum timber lately
made easily exportable by the opening of the Bengal Nagpur
Railway, which passes through the forest.

~ -One of the evidences of the beginning of a new era among
the Puget Sound lumbermen is the establishment, by several
mill men, of yards in the agricultural districts. This is the be-
ginning of an extensive yard system, which in future years
will solve the question of a market for Puget Sound lumber.
When the markets are extended into the neighboring states
the lumber industry will flourish like a green bay tree.

—M. B. Goble, an extensive dealer in lumber, of Catletts-
burg, Ky., has made an assignment. His liabilities will pro-
bably reach $400,000, but the assets will be nearly the same
amount. Goble was interested in the Cotter Lumber Com-
pany of Louisville, which failed recently, and it is said this
precipitated his assignment. Claims against the estate are
held entirely by Louisville and eastern banks, local institu-
tions not holding any of Goble’s paper.

Henderson Bros’.

planing mill, Cobourg, Ont., ha
damaged by fire.

Bonnewise, of Brodhage

The mill and machinery of Johr

Ont., is a complete wreck from fire. Insurance $1,500
The saw mill and sash and door factory of L. C. Dicks,
Fordwich, Ont., has been entirely destroyed by fire. Lo

$3,500, insurance $1,500.

During the past five years there has been about twenty fires
in Norman, Man., but the means of combatting them have ir
each been so effectual that the total damage during the whole
five years has only been a few hundred dollars. A fire started
in Cameron & Kennedy’s mill yard a week ago, but it was
quickly extinguished.

CASUALTIES,

Joseph Fowler, formerly of Orillia, was killed in a saw mill

at Beggsboro, Ont.

F. Joanette, of Hull, Que. had one hand badly mangled by
a circular saw in J. R. Booth’s mill.

John Kay, jr. in the employ of Cameron & Kennedy, Nor
man, Man., had his hand badly crushed a week ago.

Andrew Porlier had his leg broken through falling on a
slab at Cameron & Kennedy’s mill at Norman, Man.

James McGowan, head sawyer for {. Caverly, Gilmour,
Ont., had three fingers taken off while sawing shingles.

Foster Hockley, a young lad of 13 years, had his hand ter
ribly mangled at McAdam’s saw mill, South River, Ont.

An employee named Gendron in Edward's mills, Rockland,
Ont. had three fingers cut off while working at one of the
Saws.

Charles Nibbs, of Owen Sound, who had been working in .
a saw mill at Little Current, was drowned by being knocked
off a schooner.

Arthur Furber, an employee in the Victoria Harbor Lum-
ber Company’s mill at Garden Hill, Ont., had his arm taken

off with a circular saw.

' died.

Octave Charbonneau, 2 shantyman, of the Madawaska, is
at home in Lachute, Que., suffering from a severe wound in
the leg, obtained while cutting a tree.

A tree fell on one of the men in Conlon’s camp, in the Parry
Sound section, breaking his arm and injuring him internally.
He was taken to the hospital at Collingwood.

While piling lumber at Buell, Orr & Hurdman’s lock,
Ottawa, Ont., on the Hull side of the river, a workingman
named Xavier Proux fell to the ground under a heavy deal,
dislocating one of his shoulders and being otherwise badly

shaken up.

An old beggar inmate of the Old Men’s Home for the Aged,
Ottawa, Ont., was found drowned at the head of the Chaudiere
lumber slide. The old man stooped down to drink in the
river, and remained there, head submerged, in which state he
was found dead a short time after.

W. Clevely, the young man in the employ of Mickle & Dy-
ment, lumbermen, who was accidently shot for a deer by
some sportsmen in the woods near Huntsville, Ont., has since
His home was in Orillia, where the remains were
taken.
fired the fatal shot, guilty of manslaughter.

A coroner’s inquest has found James Manning, who

On 1oth ult,, Willis McLean, a 16-year-old son of John

, McLean, while loading lumber in Col. Hespeler’s saw mill yard

at Galt, Ont. was killed. The horse, which had not been out
of the stable since Saturday previous wasa little frisky, and the
lumber being slippery, owing to the snow and frost, the lac
fell off and the waggon ran over his head and smashed his
brains out. He was picked up by a lady, and uttered:—‘‘Oh,
lay me down !” and died.

On 6th ult. the boiler in M. E. Tonkey’s planing mill and
sash and door factory, Sundridge, Ont , blew up, demolishing
the building and machinery and injuring a number of men.

The boiler was blown through the building and about So feet

into the air, landing 175 yards from the factory. James Turn-
Both legs

Cassidy

bull, engineer, was driven through two pattitions.
William
penter, had a leg and arm broken by falling ary.

car-

are broken and he is terribly scalded.

Several ochers were scalded but rot seriously

14

THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

December, 189¢

Office of CANADA Tae |
Nov. 30, 1891. |

THE GENERAL SURVEY.
ioe AL lumber trade has been disturbed by a num-
ber of failures durmg the present month, princi-
Elsewhere in this
number we of these troubles
accompanied with some comments on the general ques-
to the

When we use the word

pally of builders in a ‘small way.
have given particulars

embarrassments as related
building and lumber trades.
“disturbed,” it is in a- very qualified sense, for whilst it
that these business for two months
past, have not been few in number, yet in nearly every
case they have been looked for, and in no case have
they had a hurtful effect upon any important lumber
concern. Of local trade, then, meaning Toronto, the
position is #27. There is no trade worth the name doing,
and at this date we cannot expect any marked revival.
Good reasons exist, however, for expecting matters to
take an improved shape in the spring; the weeding out
of a number of weaker concerns this fall will itself give
strength and tone to the general trade.

Country trade is quiet. Though the crop is heavy
and good prices have prevailed throughout the season,
yet for various reasons, it is not being marketed quickly,
and as a consequence, money continues hard to get,

tion of financial

is true, troubles,

We cannot now expect, an active movement in building. |; > ‘
‘| next spring. There will be little shipping from this out.

before the spring, when there is likely to be a fair
volume of trade done throughout the country.

Shipments to the United States continue active, and
there is an outlook for a fairly active trade with this coun-
try the winter through.

Mills are practically closed down al] over, and opera-
tions in the woods are in full swing. It will be noted
from our Ottawa letter, that in the Ottawa district, fully
2,000 more men are at work in the bush this year than
was the case last year, and relatively, we have reason
to believe, that the number employed in all the camps,
in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and British Colum-
bia are in excess of a year ago. This fact augurs an
increased trade for another year. What trade has been
done during the yearnow rapidly closing, will bedealt with
at some length in our trade review for the first number
of the new year.

NEW BRUNSWICK.

Trade holds a sort of dog trot position as the season
comes toa close. Dealers are commencing to count
noses and compare figuies with those of former years.
They are not likely to show an increase in the business
done, rather a decline over last year at any rate. From
Miramichi district the shipments this year are 72,000,-
ooo feet against 87,000,000 in 1890. - This decline, it 1s
sad to relate, is continuous. When this year the ship-
ments were 15,000,000 less than last year. in 1890 the
decline was 22,000,000, compared with 1889. Taking
the returns since 1880, comprising the operations of
twelve years, the total shipments were in round numbers,
1,227,000,000 s.f. Of that quantity 744,000,000} s.f.
were shipped in the years from 1880 to 1885 inclusive,
and only 483,000,000 s.f. in the period from 1886 to 1891
inclusive. The local press attributes the decline in this
industry to the tariff and the high values of stumpage.
Lumber is accumulating, we are told, very rapidly on
the government pier at St. John. Thereare now about
140 cars loaded with deals on the pier awaiting shipment
to Europe. These cars contain somewhere in the vicin-
ity of one and one-half millions of lumber.

MANITOBA.

The closing will the
province as one of the most prosperous in its history.
This remark applies to businessin general, and assuredly

season now be known in

includes the lumber trades, which have enjoyed a
thoroughly prosperous season. There can be little
doubt but that the spring will open up with a large

stimulus given to building operations.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.

Trade in the province this month has had a strong
leaning to the quiet side. The season of course is well
advanced and this is ar explanation in part, but yet it
is not a full explanation. Export trade is extremely
dull, whilst the trade that has been doing with the

Northwest has also dropped off to a noticeable degree.
Freights are weak and have shown a steady decline
during the month. Quotations are as follows for cargo
lots for foreign shipment, being the pr'ces of the Pacific
Pine Lumber Association: Rough merchantable, ordin-
ary sizes, in lengths to 40 feet, inclusive, $9 per M feet;
rough deck plank, average length 35 feet, $19; dressed

flooring, $17; pickets, $9; laths, 4 feet,$2. For local
trade, the Rock Bay Saw Mill quotes:

RoughrlumbersperaNiaeee et eee ene $10 00
Best. quality dressed lumber, pee Ws woke aesoe 00 00
Second “ oe emer sete ea 00 00
Laths, “per (Mic. ae eee ee ee eeasemes 2 50
Shingles; “5 aes Need tee elias cere ae ea cmsenee 2215

UNITED STATES.

Touching immediate trade, it 1s evident that the busi-
ness of the month at the leading lumber centres has
been circumscribed, as compared with last month. This
is hardly disappointing. The near approach of winter
usually has the effect of curtailing the general demand
for a product like lumber, and besides the thoughts of
both wholesalers and retailers are inthe direction of clos-
ing up affairs for the year, before making new or large
contracts. Ina word it is the stock-taking season, or
at least near to it, and at these times business is always
quiet. Aside from these facts, however, local circum-
stances in some cases are proving quite helpful to trade.
The World’s fair, for example,is causing a large demand
for lumber in some quarters. What lumber has been
sold, and not delivered, will in most cases be held ‘until

Shingles,inthe Michigan market particularly have become
sluggish enough for anything. The same spirit of hope-
fullness that prevails with the trade at individual centres,
holds good with United States lumbdermen generally.
All are big with expectations for the spring season.
FOREIGN.

Australian trade says Lord, Hughes & Co., in their
last circular has relapsed into its former dull state, the
slight improvement noted in a former circular, not hav-

ing been sustained. Lower prices are prevailing all

round. The trade, at the same time, are hopeful of a

thorough revival of business in the spring,

A Glasgow, Scotland, report says that prices for wal-
nut and whitewood have considerably declined during
the last three months. Small and inferior wood has
been imported greatly in excess of market wants, and
that class of stock is almost unsaleable. Large - prime
wood is very scarce and finds a ready market. Prices
for ash are very firm, with prospect of an early improve-
ment. Stocks in first hands are very light. There is a
moderate stock of oak on hand. |

Denny, Mott & Dickson, of London, Eng., in circu-
lar of November say: The improved tone in most
branches of the trade has been well maintained during
the past month, the partial settlement of trade strikes
having further conduced to the confidence of holders.
There still seems good reason to think that the year
will close with much lighter stocks, in most description
of goods, than has formerly been the case; and although
the demand still leaves much to be desired, the all
round position seems far healthier than it has been at
any time during the year. The British Board of Trade
returns relating to wood goods show that the import
of sawn ‘wood goods has been somewhat in excess of
that impored during October, 1890. . The figures stand
as follows: For 1891, 566,035 Ids.; for 1890, 538,704
Ids. The value of this importation for the month is
computed at £1,176,145, against £1,168,543 last year.
This is equal to a depreciation in computed value per
load of about 4 per cent. It is interesting to find the
increase and decreases from the various exporting
countries. From Russia it is more by 57,871 Ids.; from
Sweden and Norway by 3,716 lds., and from Bnitish
North America less by 13,959 Ids. For the ten months
the import has been 3,742,348 lds., as against 4,114,181
lds. for the same period of 1890.

Toronto, Ont.
ToroNnTO, Nov. 30, 1891.
CAR OR CARGO LOTS.

1 « 1% in. Cut up and better., A itidvale beards adee dase SGA OO RMR 100
TRIO NZ GLESSING ANG DELLC Keitel ene ere tee 1800 2000
PRTO/ G12 MAT AT cesses 6 wie ae rareie's aio nleloielelels}evsls ele /eteicin 1300 1400
1X10 S02 ALESSING Perocrorete espe dele igver dees wens tiseteie cael /sen k ALOO mn 5 OO

13 00
11 co

IMLO& 12 COMMON |). sehen
1X10 & 12 Spruce culls

I ‘inch clear ane DICKS © wiissciodeeeie is pave Stans e alee eee 24 00 os ce
Pinch dressing an dibetten. an sseeen nna 1800 2000
Finch) siding nail ume seer en eae ae eerie 3400 15 00
TANGheSidin SeCOMIMON eee eee Meee eee eee 1100 1200
1 inch siding ship culls.. 1000 1100
fanchysidinevmniWeulllS ery. area eee eee eee ener 00 900
Cull scantling.. 800 900
4, and thicker cutting up. plank tis ce ee 2200 2500
£ inch strips 4 in to 8 in mi i run. 1400 15 00
1 inch strips, common. 1100 1200
1% inch flooring.. 14 00 1500
1% inch flooring. . 1400 1500
XXX shingles, 16 in. 230 240:
XX_ shingles, 16 in. 130. 140
Bath, Nosr (70.h. bo eda tee eens 170 190

INOf2) - ) hadaiggied canemmecine nc Ron ane eee eee 170

YARD QUOTATIONS.

Mill cullboards & scantling$10 00/Dressing stocks..... 16 00

Shipping cull boards, pro- Picks Ae inspection. . oe ue
miscuous widths......... 13 00
stocks.... 14 00 . M.
Scantling & joist, up to 16 ft 13 50 rin. flooring, creed 26 00
** 18 ft 15 00]1%% ‘rough . af 8

20 ft 16 oo|1% ‘* ““ dres’d F.M.2
22 ft 17 00 ‘““““undrs’d B.M I 2
24 ft 19 00 . “ dres’d... 18 00
26 ft 20 00 undres’d 12 00

28 ft 22 00|Beaded sheeting, dress-
30 ft 24 00] ed.. 20 00
32 ft 27 00 Clapboarding. ‘dres’d
34 ft a 50 Bree or Ma shingles

3 50
36 ft a ()
38 ft 33 20/Red
40 to 44 ft 37 00

Cutting up planks 1 and
thicker LY wcrretnerws 25 00 28 00
saan Sencie I

30 o¢
22 00
28 00
16 vo:
20 02
15 00

35 00
12 0c

H
+

4“ “a
oe ve
“ “a
ve 6 “ “ec
oe AY
ve “
ts “a
“a

2 70
2.00.
40 00

00

Basswood, No. 1 & 2 28 oo 2 a
Cherry, No. 1 & 2. - 50 00 60 00
00 24 00/White ash, 1 & 2. ae 00 35 00
Black ash,1 & 2. 20 00 30 oo»

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Ottawa, Ont.
OTTawa, Nov. 30, 1891.

Pine, 1 1st qual., ® M.$35 00@40 00\Pine 4th qual. deals 1000 1200.
2nd 2200 2500/“ millculls. 800 1000
16 00! Darn 125

pect Bit ar culls 14 00 150

Montreal, Que.
MonTREAL, Nov. 30, 1891.

Pine, 1st qua’ y @: M $35 00@40 00 | Basswood.......... 12¢0 2000
Pine, 2nd 25 00. 2800 | Oak, per 5 000 6900
Pine. shipping culls Walnut ‘ 00 100 00
OM so99 0000000 =: 1300 1600) Cherry ‘* 6200 8000
Pine, 4th quality Biteoae per, Mi 2200 4000
deals #M........ 1000 1200] Birch, 1500 2500
Pine, mill culls,#@M 800 1000] Spruce timber..... » 1300 1600.
pruce, per M...... oo 1200| Hard Maple “ 2000 2100
Hemlock, lumber.. 8 00 1000/1% Lath............ I60 19¢-
Hemlock timber.... 1300 1400] Shingles, Ist, per M 3 00:
ASUS cours 1300 2§ 00! Shingles. and, 125 150

St. John, N. B.

St. JoHN, Nov. 30, 1891.
Deals, Boards, Scantling, etc.

Spruce deals” - > -- - $12 00/Spruce boards - - - - 1200

Pine - - - - - 15 oo|Pine : - - -I2 00@40 oc

Dealends - - - - - - 6 oo|Oak SS" = 5) eee COTO!

Scantling - - - - - - - 1oo0Ash = * - - = 15 00@25 oo

Hemlock mae - 750
Shingles.

Spruce, extra - - - - - $350 No.t - = = = + = 1 2%
clear = = = = --) =s3i00|Pine = == twee ees
“No. rextra - - - 225

; - Clapboards.

Pine, extra - - - - - - 35 00 Spruce, extra - - -.- - -2400
«clears - - - - - ~45 00) “ clears - - - - - 2300
“\ 2d'clears - = = = = 35)00/" = No.1 - - =15 00.

: i No.2 - - - 1000
Flooring, Dressed.

Gin. Noir 9s = - - 2 00/\4in.,No.I - - - - - - 1200

“ No.2 - - - - - - -1000 No./2°=) ==) = “= —rollo0
Miscellaneous. :

Staves - - - - = 30c0@ 450 |Laths - = —=)-)- 1 380

Heading 17 in. per pr. 04 \Pickets - - - - - 6 50@15 co
ere) a 04 05%4|Railway ties : I
* 22): 04% 06

New York City

New York, Nov. 30.—Canadians are interested in
the white pine trade, and it can be said of white pine
in this market that it fully holds its own. At this time
of the year no large demand is expected, but a good
general demand prevails, and prices are firm and with
a leaning towards stiffness. Of better qualities
the supply is on the short side. Spruce remains firm
and there is not much offering. Dealers here are com-
mencing to lay some~hopes on Brazil, looking to it as
furnishing an outlet for low grades. It is early,
however, to say how much or how little this market
will be worth to us.

White Pine—Western Grades.

Upperstin.. ...$44 00@45 0o|Box, in- abt o@r14 0°
1%,1% & ain wea a 47 00] Thicker ....scs-s.+« : ae § 00
THs cose coe Ss a <3 00 Coulee base: Ag, oe I i 00 42 =
Selects, I in............. 40 00 41 00] No. - 35 00 37 0°
1 in, all wide AT GO! (AG 1OG|h NOnisareecneennenen 24 00 26 0?
14%,1% &2in......... 43 00 44 00 mae bane No. I.. . 30 00 32 0%
Bees /UiNocaasncics 195 5200 53 00] No. _ 25.00 27 00
Fine common, 1 in. . 36 0c 37 oo Melding, No. a3 00 37 00
1%, ei 2s: .. 38 00 40 00 4 00 36 00
3 &4 ite . 46 00 48 00 Bevel sates clear... 22 50 23 00
catting ae No. 1 28 00 30)G0]) S)NOsp ere -taccaee seeeenee 22 00 22 50
INO D2 eescecen eer eaeeee 21 00 2300] No. 2 20 00 20 59
Thick N 29 00 32 0c} No. 3.. 16 00 17 00
0. 2. 24 00 26 00|/Norway, cl, & No. I 23 00 25 0?
Common, N No. 2. . 2000 2200 ~
TM evcdscirecesesersecs 22 00 23 o Common .. 18 00 19 0%
No. 2 20 00 21 OC
NO), 3yss0--<: 1700 18 o
Ceffin boards... 20 00 28 a

Albany, N. Y.

ALBANY, N.Y., Nov. 30.—A continued spell of mild
weather has been favorable to shipping, and this has
worked to the advantage of shippers, who have been en-
abled to make a big hole in stocks on hand. Not more

re

December, \8o1.

than 90,000,000 feet, the lowest for years, will be held
over in the yards this winter. We have been bothered
this year as in the past for want of boats and as a con-
sequence many orders remain unfilled. Trade is taking
a shape of late that operates materially against the
business of the middleman. Small dealers now, as
well as large, go direct to the mills and buy 11 carloads
to suit their own convenience. This is the case in
hardwoods, and especially so with pine, dealers now
doing business direct with the mills in the west and
in Canada. It has been pointed out that whilst there
are advantages in this method of doing business, that
with small dealers there are dangers, and they may re-
gret some day that they broke away altogether from
the middleman, who in this market at least, has
always used them well. Good lumber is decidedly
scarce, short in truth of requirements. One by ten
inch pine boards are very scarce; in fact, they are al-
most unobtainable, not even, we are told, in your coun-
try.
White Pine.

1 to2in, good .........-...-.-349@350|1 to 2 in, DOK... eee esse BIG@S16

ei - -aths .: HAMeeAS te7atOr2 Neen eeeeeeenereni-i) 130) Lz.
x ‘*2 “ selects - 39 4012in. and up shelving..... 26 32
Pied ppelnes - 34 35/14 - fe coffin boards 19 2
2% in. and up, good , 55 538110 2 shippers.....16 o0@r
2 E SS ATNS cieyajoccia 30 531 x 10in. andi2 in.com.16 00 18
ra eee “ selects...... 45 451x1o in. and 12in. sound

wENK Td “ pickings..... 40 43) common ....................18 21
1 to 2in. yard picks........ 32 Sibert dressing............. 25 28
12 “No.1 cuts......... 25 28) “ ‘‘ dressing and better 32 33
ml onNG! 2 Cuts.-.--.-... 18 22

Thirteen Foot Stock Boards and Plank.
IXIo in., up dressing... ..$28@534|1 in. siding, selected --# SOPs

1x10 “ common...... 15 20|I common... 13 I
amaze «dressing .--. . 29 36/14 ** = selected.... 40 45
IxI2“* EpMmmOn: = TS 22 | common.... 15 20
ixto “ up dressing......... 28c@33c\1%{ x10 in., up, dressing....42c 50c
4xio'“ culls ...........17¢ 21¢|14%xto0" CwilSiscre22e | 25C
Shingies and Lath.

Shingles, shaved pine 6 50o\Shingles,cedar mixed 275 300

quality....... 5 oo|Lath, pine..-.2....... 200 210
Sawed, extra.:....-.. HOU PAUSCH SSDIUCE sone Aswicic «- 210
Sawed. clear butts... 310 325! Hemlock.......... 1 80
Cedar, RAK. oo 5.. 225 400 420

Buffalo and Tonawanda, N. Y.

TONAWANDA, N. Y., Nov. 30.— The weather has
been favorable to the lumber trade, and at a time’ when
there is a good deal to do before winter fairly settles
down upon us; this is fortunate. Considerable stock
has been coming to hand for yard purposes, and of this
not a little of the better stock, which has been scarce
here for some time. The time of the year is suggestive
of a retrospect of the year’s trade now fast coming toa
close. It cannot be said that the year has been a par-
ticularly bright one for the lumber interests. Labor
disturbances have caused a loss to the laboring classes,
and naturally had a hurtful influence on the lumber
business. The volume of trade at these points will not
be up to that of last year. We look forward, however,
with good reason for the hope that is in us, for an in-
creased trade in the spring.

White Pine.
Up'rs,1.1% 14% &2in $45 oo|/Shelving, No.1 13in
ae and) 3 in.:.... 55 00} and up,1 in........ $32 00
OE eee 58 oo Dressing, 1% in...... 26 00
Selects, 1 in.. 39 08% «1%x1o & 12........ 27 00
1% to 2in.... Pico AO C4 | eee 25 00
2% and 3 in. Port SE ere 27 50
mt eee 50 00 Mold st’psrto2 in 32 00
Fine common, 1 in. 33 0o0|Barn, No.1. ro&I2in 21 00
1¥%and 1% in...... ANON. OURCO INIA: « sa50skoceac : 2u 00
2 ae 35 00 No. 2,10&12 in 17 00
24% and 3in A2 OO) OC Hint... --, 16 50
BUIIDY oi non season sas» 0 45 00 No. 3, 10 & 12 in... 14 00@ 14 00
Cut’g up, No.1, 1 in 23 00) 6 (1 eee ota 14 00
1% to 2 in............ 33 oo Common......:....... 1600 18 00
Mea Za... -:.- 1800 1% &1¥%in........ 1700 19 00
No. 2, 1% to 2 in... ZOO FZUNS <0. 22212-20s-0052 190G':. 20 OO
No. 3, 1% to 2in...
1x10&12in (No.3 out) 13 00
1x6& 8 in (No.3 out) - 50
1x13 & wider ....... 14 00
ee
Shingles
iin XXX, clear.... 4 coji6-in, *A extra......... 2 60
1%in, XX, 6in clear 2 7516-in. clear butts..... 2 10
Lath.
a 2 25

Oswego, N. Y.

OSWEGO, N.Y., Nov. 30—Trade has been on the
quiet side. Prices are firm. Better grades of white
pine continue scarce. Laths have an upward tendency.
The work for the season is being rapidly cleaned up.

White Pine.
Three uppers, 1%,1% & zinch Bae

Z Bee 00@46 00

Pickings, 14,134 & 2in..... moan ne % pee! 00

No. 1 cutting up, 1%, 1% & 2in. 3100 3200

No.zcuttingup.14%.14&2in.... ..... .... 2000 2200
In strips, 4 to 8 wide, selected for moulding strips, 14

to 16 £t. S533 dae rete ee to59 see. 3100 3300

. ae F Siding.

1 in siding, cutting up 1% in selected....... 35 00@42 00

& uppers..... 32 0039 901% in dressing...... 1900 2100

1in dressing ........ 19 00@21 00 1% in No.1 culls.... 1400 1500

tin No.1 culls me?! 0015 001% in No.2 culls.... 1300 1400

tin No. 2 culls...... 1300@14 00\1 in No. 3 culls.... 950 1000

‘i t412 Inch.

12& 16ft, millrun .... sae iv P miey +++. 2000 2300

to & 16 ft, No. 1 &2, barn boards.... 1700 1500

12 & 16 ft, dressing and better. : eats 2600 390

PMs DUIS MIE Sa 4, i Sb Foo 5S> doe ocponsnsete’ 13.00 1400

. 1900 2100

. 2800 2700

... 16.00 1700

ebeed 00% 1000) 17 00

severserees 1300 1400

Taito OMe MI MUCUS OUT: oer. s.r ee cnnele sn oo 00 2000 2200
TAtoMmo toy nressine And DEELeL ony src -einalelsneles ctzenale 25.00 2700
AMCORLO Mt EN ONLICUI Sir ene titra leeelrieeieinr sie) LOIOD) 7/00
RHIC OULOME ENO MIZICUL Serene eee iecidraerianos snteu 23)00) TA00
TOMUOM LS tts NOs Sy CUUSi iis ne eel se @ 950 1000

1 r-gxso lunches.
Millrun, mill culls out 20 00@23 00 No. 1 CHS see Stouts.
Dressing and better.. 25 00 30 00/No. 2culls...........
1x4 Inches.
Millrun, millculls out 17 oo@1900|No. 1 culls............
Dressing and better.. 2300 2700|No. 2culls............
1x5 Inches.
\6, 7 or 8, No. 1 culls..

16 00@17 00
1400 1500

13 00@1400
II 00

67 or 8, mill run, mill 15 00@16 00

GUUISHOMCL oa aietete= r 19 00@a21 00/6, 7 or 8, No. 2culls.. 1300 1400
6,7 or 8, drsg & better 2400 28 00)
Shingles.
XXX, 18 in pine....... 3 80@3 90)X XX, 18 in cedar....... 3 50@3 70

Clear butts, pine, 18 in. 2 80 290|Clear butt, 18 in cedar., 250 270
XXX, 16in pine....... 300 3 25)KK, Tein Cedabeen cece. 200 220
Stocks cedars, § or 6in. 450 500

Lath.
INOW, Etre eect tne OMLOL NOG 2erk X-Aitets o\slefornin’sie’elete ein) o\0 I 90
ING Hae ike eaam ch nepali oe estans I 60)

Saginaw, Mich.

SAGINAW, MICH., Nov. 30.—Little activity prevails
in the cargo market, the business in this direction be-
ing ended for the season. No more stock will be
bought for lake shipment, and we do not hear of any
purchasers yet for spring delivery. Prices are stiff,
good lumber being short of the demand. Yard trade
is good, and the planing mills are doing a fairly active
business. Taking the season throughout, the business
will show a nice average. The statement is confiding-
ly made that there is less unsold lumber on the mill
docks in proportion to the total output than one year
ago. : ‘

finishing Lumber—Rough.
Uppers, 1, 14% and 1% in....$45 0o/Fine common, 1 in...........$31 00

7A \ erica AOec Oa On Dee Eb Teas 46 co) 14 & 1% in........... . 26 00
Selects, in... bay 30) 00|e 2itnbesstecaenrs -. 33 00
1% & 1%... BR 7100| Gre OrCcaGyi eee eee ene 34 00
ANIME SER sehen tesa. sweets 39 00,
Siding
Clear, % in.... he 22 oo|C, % in 17 00
US TO aoe ahr .--. 46 00] % in . 30 00
Select); 32 ine... ‘ 20 oo|No. 1, % in I2 00
Weuinisnee ier Aooa .... 39 00] % in . 20 00
Timber, Joist and Scantling.
2XALOMLOXTO: 12:14) ana) Lope pO) GO| zolftessseeccr-secessteesss -eeese = I2 00
rho eRe ere REE eee O DICE II 00| 22 & 24 ft 13 00

For each additional 2 ft. add 1; 12 in. plank and timber $1 extra ;

extra for sizes above 12 in.

Shingles. .
OOK TS Tiel Chive veooccsae secs G} Gfelpins phar 2C (GUM ecosas crosceoarcees Ge)
DOR SEIS ER /cadcooeccoswocas <} ODO. Suloaitennme ones Beets
2.O,6(OMiaeb agate apdoosccon Ice (lel) 82,2; Gen eerie ancecorpOn nen Doren Tn As
TOMI GMD. .peics ch a,crec ness 80
Lath.

Lath, No. 1 white pine........

2 co|Lath No.2 W. pine Norway I 50

Boston, Mass.

Boston, Mass., Nov. 30.— Quietness in lumber
reigns supreme at the Hub. No great volume of busi-
ness has been done during the month, and we are like-
ly to have a quiet winter. Spruce is keeping an em-
phatic upper lip, seldom, if ever, has the position been
more firm. It is only fair to say that the chief reason
for this is its scarcity, rather than any particular de-
mand. Prices on hard pine are low and have ruled so
all summer.

Western Pine—by car load.

Uppers, rin .. .. ..$48 00@50 oo/Fine com.. 3 & 4in.. 42 00@46:00
1%, 1% &2in... 4800 §0 00/No2,1 in. Bine com, 23 ae (ole)
SB Zit Ro eatossoue Sy 99 LOC sears Wares ane 29 00 31 00

Selects, MELT e ivare oietere 42 00 -43 00/No. 1 strips,"4 to6in 40 00 43 90
1%, 1% & 2in...... 43 00 45 00): No.2..........., 35 00 37 00
BGA eee 45 OOM STOO! mM INONGyen een shite ee 24b00) 26100

Moulding boards, 7 to Cut ups, 1 to2in.... 24 00 30 00
{1 inch clear....... 36.00 38 oo|Coffin boards... .... 1g 00 22 00

60 per cent clear 34 00 36 00/Common all widths. 22 00 26 oo

Fine common 1 inch 36 00 38 oo/Shipping cullsrin 15 00 15 50

1%, 1% & 2inch... 38 00 40 00 do 1% in 15 50 16 50
Eastern Pine—Cargo or Car Load.

Nos. 1, 2& 3.... .... 40 00@43 00|/Clapboards, 4ft., sap
oon ova, ca op oo 0 ZdGD" 32) Ge) CEN 5. cabo) cows LO)! 7O Gp)
Reece iaeenie-we 23100820100! ei Sap,2ndiclear eum33400) 19s100,

ae, bds & coarse 16 00 16 S0} Heartextra .... .. 50 00 §5 00

Refuse .......... ... £290 13 50] Heartclear....... 45 00 50 00

West’rr pineclapbds Bevel siding 6in, clear 23 00 24 00
4ft.sap extra .. .. 45 00 5000

Spruce—by Cargo.

Scantling and plank, Coarse, rough. . . . 1200 1400
random cargoes . . 14 00@r15§ ooj[femlock bds., rough 12 00 4 oo

Yard orders, ordin- i “dressed 12 00 14 00
ANVESIZESP eta ole is 15 00 16 oo|Clapbds., extra, 4 ft. 34 00 36 00

Yard orders, extra Clears tiie a) 6 30 00 32 00
SIZES mom aeny rn 16 00 1800) Secondclear... 25 00

Clear floor boards. . 19 00 20 00 (AAS CO 8 Me MEE 10 00 1400
Wise 2k outa ome 16 00 17 00)

Lath
SPLICE DNICALS ON Nicaea elec al oe eit el ow chee. ahr 2 10@2 20
Shingles.

DDUICE mayan en 1 25@1 50\Cedar, sawed, extra 335 350

EAMG WES II CRET ATs cera 4100 An 25 | Cleat.) vores 3 00

Eine, N07 Tink. eon. i 2/00 3) 15|| Extra, No.r. ... 2 50

Cypress, No. 1, 18 in. 5 co

—J. L. Hughes, of Brandon, Man., is in receipt of two
large barges of lumber from his mills on Rainy River. The
expectation is that the entire summer’s cut will be received
before the close of navigation.

SAW LOG SLEIGHS FOR SALE—VERY CHEAP.

IFTY sets one team saw log sleighs, new Ottawa pattern (steel
shod), made of the best material throughout, good as new.
MOSSOM BOYD & CO., Bobcaygeon, Ont.

1200 |

DUTY QUESTION.

Editor Canada Lumberman:—WN hat
the editor of the Lumberman, does he
sleep 0’ nights ? or is he physically unstrung by insom-
nia resulting from the “bogey” he has conjured up re-
garding the disastrous effects on American lumbermen’s
interests by the admission of Canadian lumber into the
United States at the current rate of duty ? The frantic
inconsistency in some of the pleas put forth both in the
opening letter by Mr. Huyett and followed by equally
absurd propositions in letters of commendation that
appear in the issue of the paper Nov. 28th, are to say
the least refreshing. It would seem that we Canadians
are terrible people. We actually control the Congress
of the United States. We compelled the legislation
which resulted in the decrease of the duty from $2 to
$1. Was ever any statement so absurd? What are
the facts? Under the McKinley act it was decreed
that the duty on pine lumber should be reduced to $1,
but that from any country imposing an export duty on
logs exported into the United States, an import duty
should be collected on lumber equal to the export duty
so collected. Against what country was that directed ?
any other than Canada? did that show it was Cana-
dian influence which produced the lowering of the duty
or did it clearly show that Canada must be brought to
time and be made to abolish the export duty then im-
posed on logs? The complaint is also made that :
Canada lumber demoralizes prices on hemlock and
coarser grades of pine etc., “and that its admission
benefits no one but the Canadian.” How does it de-
moralize the market, by selling at lower prices? If so,
does it not benefit some one, does it not benefit the
American consumer, and who gets the benefit of the
lower duty? An appeal is made to all employees of
lumber concerns to unite in recommending some
measure that will result in the exclusion of Canadian
lumber. Why should they, will they benefit, will their
salaries or wages be greater, were they larger when
Canadian lumber was subject to a $2 impost, would
they be raised if the former duty were restored? I
think not. The idea of the greatest protectionist coun-
try on earth finding fault with another people because
they pursue the same policy is, to say the least, cool.
Because Canada wants to have Canadian logs manu-
factured into lumber in Canadian territory, it is termed
a rank injustice to American interests, when the whole
spirit of American industrial legislation is that Ameri-
can interests shall be: fostered and developed on Ameri-
can soil. ‘Fault is found with Ontario Province because
she now will not sell ber own private domain unless
the product be ‘manufactured within her borders; is
there:anything unfair in that ; is it not publicly made
known as one of the conditions of purchase that such
shall be done? Where- is the trickery? Americans,
or for the matter of that, Canadians, who don’t wish to
purchase under such conditions, are not compelled to.

As an economic question it of course narrows itself
down to whether the consumer pays the duty or not,
and parties in the United States, judging by the late
elections are, to say the least, evenly divided on that
matter, but to attribute the lowering of the duty to the
sinister influence or even the active work of Canadians
is ridiculous to those who daily see the hostility with
which anything appertaining to Canadian interests is
met in’either the Congress of the United States or the
local State Legislature.

Let the fault, if any, be laid at the door of American
legislators, but don’t blame Canadians for what they
have not done.

The Northwestern Lumberman should be the repre-
sentative of all the trade, not of a faction. Perhaps at
a later date I may return to the subject.

is the matter with

Northwestern

; = M.
TORONTO, Nov. 30, 1891.

THE CANADA LUMEERMAN.

December, 1891

MICHIGAN LETTER.
Decline of Water Shipments—Trade Prospective and
Retrospective—Decadence of Michigan Forests.
A Dam at Niagara Falls.
[Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN. }
gi Re shipments of lumber by water from Saginaw
river ports during the season have been the small-
est for many years, and are in the line of a gradual de-

cline, which must ultimately have a serious effect on
the water-carrying trade Of the State. The following
figures exhibit the shipments for the season to Nov. 1
from the entire Saginaw river for five years and illus-
strate the fact just stated.
Lumber. Shingles. Lath.

Ey eer 486,081,627 74,497,000 25,128,000
BSS Scie cs ark 436.326,000 75,802,000 29,474,000
1889.. ...... 376,880,000 87,705,000 18,554,000
1890 .... . 382,162,000 70,547,000 11,397,000
0) Cap obeyenar 365,228,000 72,327,000 13,099,000

It is to be remembered, in this connection, that while
the shipments by water are steadily decreasing, the
railroads are each year capturing a larger lumber busi-
ness.

The season’s trade is weil Lumbermen are
viewing the work now both retrospectively and pro-

over.

spectively.

Freight rates to Buffalo and Tonawanda have been
advanced, and | hear of two firms who have sent in-
structions to forward no more of their lumber until
next spring.

Some failures, as you know, have occurred this year,
and Michigan lumbermen have not altogether escaped
their effects. The Hagard failure struck a number of Bay
City men, and the P. A. Scribner troubles of the pre-
sent month have roped in quite a number from Bay
City. This firm did business at Tonawanda and the
Michigan men, who suffer are: Pitts & Grange, $17,-
000; Eddy Bros., $5,500; Eddy, Avery & Eddy, $2,-
800; S. G. M. Gates, $1,600; Thomas Madden, $4,500.

LUMBER CONDITIONS.

Dealers generally, express themselves as satisfied
with the trade that has been done, despite occasional
set-backs, some of which I have hinted atin this and
previous letters. A prominent manufacturer here, who
has been in the business in Muskegon for twenty-five
years is authority for the statement that with the ex-
ception of one or two “boom” years the season of 1890-
1891, has been the best, all things considered, within
his memory. He bases this statement upon the fact
that from the very beginning, starting with lumbering
operations last winter, every condition has been favor-
able to the logging, driving and manufacturing of pine
with a mininum expense and without losses or casual-
ties worthy of note.

The question of the decadence of the lumber industry
in a State possessed of the lumber importance of Michi-
gan is always a leading question and gives rise to much
in the way of conjecture and often little that has no
other quality to recommend it. In 1867, a writer, who
was supposed to have good knowledge of the question
discussed, estimated the total standing pine in the
Saginaw and Au Sable districts at 5,241,600,000 feet,
which, at 300,000,000 feet yearly cut would be exhaust-
edin 17 years. Well, the seventeen years are a good
many years over run, and stilla rather lively cut goes
on. Not in any one year since that date has the pro-
duction fallen below 451,000,000 in any season. At the
same time there are individual parts of the State where
the timber is becoming decidedly scarce. A lumberman
who recently returned from a trip to Muskegon River,
where he has been looking over the lumbering pros-
pects for the coming season, is reported as saying:
“that where once the woods resounded with the crash
of the axe there is now a dreary waste of barren plains,

The camps on the Mus-
kegon River to be operated this winter, he says can
In the
Higgins and Houghton Lake district, Matthew Wilson

swamps and straggling trees.
be counted upon the fingers of the two hands.

is about the oly one who has any standing pine and
but a handful, perhaps not to exceed 15,000,000 feet,
which he will throw the The
beits southward, along stream and its
branches, are being operated, the most of them by log-

ging

into lake this winter.

other the

railroads and seldom that the primitive

methods of Michigan lumbering are seen. The pre-
sent will wind up all but about half a dozen lumbering
tracts tributary to this city and next season the Boom-
ing Company do not anticipate, nor have they counted
on receiving more than 250,000,000 feet for the drive,
and this, President Hil] thinks may possibly be re-
duced about 50,000,000 feet. A quantity of logs will be
brought to the city direct by rail and in some instances
rafts will be made on Lake Michigan.”

To remedy in part, at least, the trouble caused this
season in Saginaw river and lake ports, the suggestion
has been made to build a dam at Niagara Falls. Capt.
Marshall, the government engineer in Chicago, how-
ever, says the only practicable way to-get more water.
in the lake channels is to dig deeper. Should dams be
built he says that in two or three years the water in
the great lakes will be so high that people will be
clamoring against that as they are now against low
water.

PICA:

SAGINAW, MICH., Nov. 25, 1891.

OTTAWA LETTER.

Closé of the Season—A Short Cut—Large Increase in
Bush work—5,000 Men in the Woods—A Lumber-
man for the Cabinet—Lumbermen in Court—
Where the Profits come in—Timber Limit

Purchases—Piece Stuff.
{Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN. }

O far asmilloperations are concerned we have reach-

ed the end of the season. If every saw in every mill’

hereabouts has not stopped buzzing each is near enough
the last kick to exhibit little life in the effort. The
season in some respects at least has not been over satis-
factory. 1 expect in a future letter to give you figures
telling with proper exactness the outcome of the sea-
son’s trade. I cannot do this to-day, but with what in-
formation is in my possession there is no risk in saying
that the cut will be much behind last year. J. R.
Booth has said this of the cut of his mill, and Pierce &
Co. have only cut nine million feet against fifty million
last year, their mill at the Chaudiere having been closed
down throughout the season.

This short cut, however, is not an unmixed evil. It
has left our piling grounds well cleaned out of nearly
every kind of lumber. Prices have asa consequence
stiffened, and the winter in the woods will be one of the
busiest lumbermen have experienced for years.

Five thousand men will spend the winter in the bush
this year—I am speaking only of operations of Ottawa
lumbermen—as compared with three thousand last year.
Road cutters are getting $12 to $16 a month (and their
keep of course), general hands $16 to $20, log cutters
$20 to $22, scorers $26, liners $30, hewers $35 to $40,
cooks $30 to 35. There is an-increase of about $4.00
a month all round. The estimates of the men employed
in most of the shanties this winter are given as follows:

Bronson’s & Westman, 990; Buell, Orr & Hurdman,
600; Hawkesbury Lumber Co., 400; McLaren & Ed-
wards, 300; Ross Bros., 400; Canada Lumber Co., 200
Edward Moore, (square timber) 100; Emery Lumber Co.,
300; Rochester Bros., 100; R. H. Klock’s, 150; Booth’s
200; Perley & Pattee’s, 500. - Locally this means a good
deal for Ottawa and Hull. Taking an estimate of 5,000
men in the woods, with an average of $20 a month will
be an expenditure for wages alone, by the ]lumbermen
of about $100,000 per month, or $500,000 for the season.
The increase in pay over last year will be between $8o,-
000 and $100,000.

HON. PETER WHITE FOR CABINET MINISTER.

The question of lumber representation in the Cabinet
is being considered by prominent lumbermen in this
section. A few days ago a deputation consisting of J.
R. Booth, G. H. Perley, Hiram Robinson and Berkley
Powell had an interview with Premier Abbott with this

| object in view, strongly urging the claims of Hon. Peter

White, now Speaker of the House of Commons, to a
position in the Cabinet. Mr. White was for years en-
gaged in lumbering and as a lumberman likely knows
as much of lumber affairs as the next man. He has
been a member of Parliament forsome years, represent-
ing the north riding of the County of Renfrew. Neither
friend or foe will dispute his ability to hold a seatin the

Dominion Cabinet, and altogether aside from the pre-
sent movement his name has frequently been mentioned
when the question of Cabinet making has been to the
fore, as it has very much been, since the death of Sir
John A. Macdonald. Whether he should have a place
there as the representative of any particular trade inter-
ests iS a question on which people will divide opinions.

A%Sundance of precedents exist in Canadian Parliamen--

tary practice to support the custom, for class interests
hold powerful sway in our politics. Goldwin Smith tells
us that this is the-rule of merit in Cabinet making, one
man being chosen because he is prominent in Orange
circles, another for the reason that he is a good Roman
Catholic, and a third to represent the prohibition move-
ment, and so on. Perhaps so, but I shall not tread
further on the dangerous field of politics.

TWO IMPORTANT LUMBER SUITS.

The suit in connection with the David Moore estate,
to which you made some reference in your news col-
umns last month has since been settled, Edward Moore
agreeing to pay each of the other heirs, six in number,.
$7,500, which offer was accepted. When David Moore,
the father died, he was one of the wealthiest lumber-
men in the Ottawa Valley, his estate being valued at
$700,000. His eldest son, Edward Moore, was left in
charge of the estate. He managed it with business
ability and success, having since paid out $250,000 to.
the other heirs. Some complications arising as to the
administration of the Quebec portion of the estate as
well as a question about a large Ontario limit which
had been left separately to Edward Moore by his
father, the other heirs began the suit which has just
been amicably settled. With regard to the disputed
limit, the contention of the other heirs was that, al-
though David Moore gave it to his eldest son, which
they admitted, they held that this was under a mis-
apprehension. Edward Moore, while repudiating this,
nevertheless was prepared to make some concessions
with them in view of the appreciation in value of the
limit. The facts show where the profit in lumbering
comes in. David Moore bought the limit originally
for $4,000. Edward Moore during his father’s lifetime
made $46,000 out of it, and after his fathers death
$30,000 more and finally sold it for $46,000; total,
$126,000.

The action brought by G. B. Pattee, G. H. Perley
and C. Berkley Powell, for damages against John
McKay for obstructing and shutting off the waters of
the Amable du Fond river has been dismissed with
costs. The plaintiffs have an extensive timber limit on
Long Lake and by means of the Amable du Fond,
thence by the Mattawa, thence by the Ottawa, they
convey their logs to their mills. They claim that in
August last, while they had 25,000 logs in transit, the
defendant made a dam on the Amable du Fond, which
injured the river as a stream for floating logs by re-
ducing its current. Plaintiffs claim $4,000 damages,
and a declaration that the said river cannot be so in-
jured and that Mr. McKay shall have no right to dam
it. The decision rendered, confirms McKay in his
right to dam the Eau Claire river, not saying what the
consequences may be.

TIMBER LIMIT SALE.

The timber Kmits' of Messrs. Dougherty & Roches-
ter and R. Gorman were sold by public auction during
the month, creating considerable activity among lum-
bermen. Parcel No. 1.—Kippewa Berth, No. 21, on
White Pine river was the first offered. Bidding started
at $10,000 and went as high as $31,400, when it was
knocked down to J. C. Edwards, M.P., of Rockland.
Parcel No. 2—Berth A and B on river Coulonge, area
100 square miles, was withdrawn as was also the sup-
plies and plant for the shanty, only $18,000 being offer-
ed. The limits of Messrs. Dougherty & Rochester
sold en bloc. They comprise licenses 280, 281, 283..
and 284 on the Mattawa, with 21 miles frontage. Cap-
tain Murphy bidding $57,000 at which price it was.
sold, the purchasers being Messrs. Thomas and Will-
iam Murray, of Pembroke. A few days later these
gentlemen sold the limits again to the Rathbun Com-
pany of Deseronto, at an advance on the price paid. It
is stated that the Rathbuns will erect a mill between
Klock’s and Mattawa and thoroughly work the limits.

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THE CANADA LUMBERMAN.

PIECE STUFF.

Napoleon Fateaux, who won for himself the sobri-
quet of “the Bonaparte of the Chaudiere” during the
late strike still continues to inspect the town, as none
of the mil! owners will hire him. This is rough on Napo-
leon, but no more than he deserves.

A local paper makes the statement that the mill
owners who were responsible for calling out the troops
-during the recent riots have decided to settle the little
bill on their own account.

A report of Chief Young shows that the fire losses in
the city since 1881 total up nearly h half a million of
dollars. Details of the nature of the fires are not given,

but, there is no doubt that a considerable percentage of |

them is represented in the lumber trades.

Forwarders have been experiencing some difficulty
in getting American boats to touch at this port, in con-
sequence of the recent strike. Dealers have orders for
the States but are troubled because of this want of
shipping accommodation.

What is known as the little mill of Messrs. Buell,
Orr, & Hurdman, situated close to the falls on the Hull
side will be almost entirely rebuilt and made about as
large as any mill in the locality. Three new saws and
two patent gates are among the new machinery to be
placed in it.

An experiment in cutting logs was made at J. R.
Booth’s mill at the Chaudiere on 7th inst., between the
gangs of two patent gates, one of which was purchased
by the firm this year. The men worked half a day and
cut together 1,800 logs, which surpasses all previous
records for that length of time. The men on the new
gate cut five more than those on the old one. In ad-
dition to the two gates there were nine bandsaws at
work the same afternoon, so that the cut all told must
have been a very large one. ;

Mr. Robert Hurdman is on a trip to his lumber
shanties.

At a meeting ofthe Trades and Labor Council held
during the month, the following report was presented
touching the late strike. It gives the men’s view of the

case -—

The struggle lasted just four w eeks and three days and re-
sulted in very material gain for the men engaged. There
were about 2,200 men out and whenthe strike was declared
off on the 16th by the committee the following was shown to
be the result :—

Previous
hours
hours.

Firm. = Previous Present

aS wages. wages.
Mason.... II fo) 6.50 t9 7.00 6.50 to 7.50
Bronson... 11% 11% 6.50to 7.50 7.00 to 8.00
Perley.... 113 11% 650to7.50 7.00 to 8.00
Booth.... 113 11% 6.50to7.50 7.00 to 8.00
Hurdman. 113% 10 6.50 to 7.50 6.50 to 7.50
Pserce= TE fe) 6.50 to 7.50 7.00 to 7.50
Shepherd. 11 fe) 6.50 to 7.50 7.00 to 7.50
x, 1... Co.. 11 fe) 7.00 to 7.50 7.00 to 7.50

OTTAWA, CAN., Nov. 25th, 1891.

BRITISH COLUMBIA LETTER.
“Devil Club” —B. C. Fir and Cedar in To-
ronto—Shingle Cutting all Winter—A New
Lumber Company.
[Regular Correspondence CanADA LuMBERMAN.]
OUR article in the October LUMBERMAN of “Trees
that Sting,” reminds any one acquainted with the
woods in British Columbia of the “Devil: Club.” The
effects of the two are alike and are both to be avoided,
if possible.
I have just learned that quantities of B.C. fir and
cedar have been used in the new Confederation Life

The

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building, going up in your city. The opinion of the
contractors ve these woods would be valuable to a

large number of your subscribers.

Mr. MacCaulay, of the Chemainus Lumber Co., has
gone to Chili, and Mr. John Wilson, of the Bru-
nette Saw Mill Co., has gone to Australia, both in the
interests of their respective firms.

The Revelstoke Lumber Co.
winter and get out six million feet of lumber for 1892
They will soon close down the main mill for the

will cut shingles all
cut.

winter.
Elmer Ward’s new side-wheel boat has made its

trial trip, to the satisfaction of all interested ; it will be
principally used on the Fraser river.

The new mill at Barnet, Burrard Inlet, will be ready
to start sawing early next spring. Nearly all the ma-
chinery is in place. It is a very complete mill of 330 ft.
x50 ft., two stories. The iron burner 120 ft. high, is
provided with a water jacket extending 30 ft. up its
base. A siding is built. The company have very
good water works for fire protection.

The Smelter Co. at Pilot Bay, Kootenay, are build-
ing a wharf 700 feet long; 500,000 feet of lumber will
be used exclusive of covering.

The Pacific Coast Lumber Company of New West-
minster is seeking incorporation. The managing di-
rectors of the company, Messrs. Scott, McCormick,
Allen & Port, have decided to fit up their mill with the
newest and most improved machinery for lumbering,
and their order, which is a very heavy one, is now being
placed on the cars in the east and is expected to arrive
here in a week or two. The mill is situated on the end
of Lulu Island just west of Messrs. McGillivray & Co.'s
shops, and was formerly owned by the North Pacific
Lumber Company, now extinct. The plant at present
in the mill is sufficient to get out lumber for the more
extended premises which the Pacific Coast Company in-
tend to begin the erection of at once. As soon as the
new machinery arrives and the necessary powers are ob-
tained the mill will be started and run at full capacity.
All the directors are thoroughly practical men with

large experience in the lumber business
lak, (Ge dR
NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C., Nov. 18, 1891.

TRADE NOTES.

To get the best is the policy of a shrewd business
man always. It is an especially sensible rule to follow
in the purchase of an article connected with machinery.
The poor thing is sure to go to pieces at the time one is
busiest, and will give trouble when trouble is.least
wanted. The record of the Friction Grip Pulleys, man-
ufactured by the Waterous Engine Works Co., of
Brantford, Ont. appears to be one of unqualified satis-
faction in all quarters. Seldom it is that a manu-
facturer can give to the world such a list of first class
references of an article of machinery as is published
in the LUMBERMAN for this month, of the Grip
Pulley and Couplings of this company. A rather
unusual, but very practical test of the strength of the
Grip Pulley, was shown in the case of an accident a few
days ago on the Sandwich, Amherstburg and Windsor
Electric Railway. Something gave way and everything
connected with the make-up of the train felt the force of
the accident. The dynamo did not even escape, but an
examination afterwards showed that the Grip pulley re-
mained undisturbed and its natural strength in no way
abated by the strain that had told on all the other parts.
The Waterous Co. will be pleased to furnish particu-
lars of these celebrated pulleys.

CHIPS AND BARK

Makers of certain lines of wood ¢g
sawmill men are not careful enoug
and grading-—and which is oft« ) é

A handsome maple WOUIG DE con ered f
all trees to need to blush fo )
erally the first to turn red.

There is just as muc h difference JELWEE re
example as there is between a )
noise and one which blows a tune

A “crank” is now defined as a braine et unpracti-
cal man who has spent his life turning fortune &
for other men to draw prices therefrom wey

Nothing but a stump now remains € weepil
willow which for so many years marked ipoleo
burial place at St. Fidlena:,

City life is a severe trial. One man is struck with
dry rot; another develops season cracks : anothe:
shrinks and swells with every circumstance. Few men
stand the drying out of the natural sap of their green-
ness in the artificial heat of city life. ;

A Georgia editor, who is also a dealer in timber and
pastor of the village church, was recently called upon
to perform the marriage ceremony. He was ina great

hurry—in fact, the couple surprised him in the middle
of a heavy editorial on the tariff. “Time is

money,”
said he, without looking up from his work. “Do you
want her?” The man said, “Yes.” “And do you
want him?” The girl stammered an geen
Man and wife!” cried the editor. “One doll

aan me a load of wood for it—one-third pine, ae
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BITS OF LUMBER.
The woods chiefly used by the Greeks and Romans
were the cedar, ash, oak, yew, lotus, citron and ebony.

A Saginaw lumber firm exhibits a w hite pine board
16 feet Tong by 40% inches wide, containing one knot
the size of a nickel.

The smallest tree that grows in Great
be seen on the very top of Ben Lomond. It is the-
dwarf willow, which at maturity, reaches a height of
only two inches. .

Britain may

On the farm of Mr. E. Boughner, lot 6, con. 13,
Windham, Norfolk Co., there is an apple tree having a
girth of 9 ft. 1 in. One of the branches measures, Ga ft.
6 in. in circumference. The tree is 60 years old and is
still flourishing. \

Examinations of mounds in Jersler parish, in North-
ern Jutland, by archeologists, have led to the discov ery
of oak coffins dating from the Early Bronze Age, about
1,000 B.C. Hitherto such oak coffins have only been
found in Southern Jutland.

The systematic replanting of the Malagan forests is
urged in a Kew bulletin, or gutta percha will disappear.
Fifty years ago gutta percha was unknown in Europe.
Now. the annual consumption amounts to 4,000,000
pounds, with a constantly increasing demand, and the
trees where it is obtained in the East Indies cover a
very limited area and are being rapidly used up.

Dwarf trees, only two feet high, exact productions in
minature of sycamore, oak, cedar and apple trees, have
for.200 or 300 years been raised by the Japanese. The
mode of producing them is a well guarded secret, but
some French gardeners have, within the past five
years, almost equafled the Japanese in the production
of these ue trees.

It has b Ln generally asserted by the weather-wise
that we are|to have;a cold winter with plenty of snow,
but old Indjans, w ho are accredited with a fair know-
ledge of wether indications gathered from nature, as-
sert that. the cold and snow will come early and go
quick, and will be followed by an open and mild win-
ter. Somej|lumbermen, much as they dislike the pre-
diction, are prepared to gamble on the red man as a
weather prognosticator against his white brother.

A. M. DODCE & CO.

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J. & T. CHARLTON
OLESALE dealers in Masts and Spars,
Canada Round Pine, &c. Tonawanda, N.

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WILLARD W. BROWN.

Main Street, Buffalo, handles all kinds
of Hard Woods.

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A. P. & W. E. KELLEY CO.

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Tonawanda and Chicago.
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Lumber dealers. Yards at
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HOLESALE dealer in Lumber, Shingles,

Lath and Fence Posts. Correspondence

invited from the Canadian trade River
Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

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L. A. KELSEY LUMBER CO., (Ltd.)

ANUFACTURERS and
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and write for prices. Office Tonawanda, N.

dealers in Hard-
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Station, North Tonawanda, N. Y.

Box

Hereert G. Ross.

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Offices: New York Life
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Canoe, Yacht and Boat Sails made to order.
Peifect Fits guaranteed.
Every description of Lumbermen’s Supplies
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Portable from 6 to 70 horse power. Surpass
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The 70 horse power can betaken over therough-
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Every boiler insured against explosion by éhe
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Write for circulars.
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Amherst, N_S. Machine works.
ESTABLISHED OVER 40 YEARS.

Reemarp C. Bruaxer,

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Real Estate, Fire and Life Insurance,
Shipping and General Commission Agents.

jc= Timber Limits and Farming Lands a Specialty.

A.B.C. Code, Cable address, ‘‘ Ross.”’

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WANTED AND FOR SALE | WANTED FOR CASH. | . PARTNER WANTED. W A N TE E
Ty : eS — | O join advertiser in manufacturing mill ma- D
ae wile be eae im oe Half a Miliion Feet of Ash. T chinery and patented specialties. Must have

iW bs ‘ $3.coo to $5,000 cash. Experience not necessary

. ee OSTLy 1 inch, some 1% and 1! inch Can- | if capable of keeping books and attending to office SAW MILLS
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~ a prices F.O. B. Montreal, Que. Address all par- EVERAL thousand feet T rails 12 and 20 lbs. ot é
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one hundred thousand shingles per day, and sharpen the saws for both automatic and hand-
feed machines with your Sharpener. As it keeps the teeth all perfectly uniform it must be
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use about one 10 in. file per week. Before putting in your machine we used about six per
week. As regards your Improved “XXX” Shingle Packer-—they work first rate, and are the
only machines we could get that would press tight enough. We consider them the best we
ever had. Yours truly,

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FOR GRIP PULLEYS AND COUPLINGS.
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Electric Light! Coben ss sean anee Tee Moheinted ae pane nope. 1—48x12
S P LIT oO R Ss re) Li D R. Lang & Son; Danvers sean PET Meier nies «ele vee I OX 8
Wisner, Sons aaa «0 4,067) Cee eheminior@laaaeopagos yobe I—34X 9
W. Sutton, Grist Mule ie ereeeeeerrrer ‘Siliti (clo ge aes Sr)
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AFTER USING YoU WONDER \ Miller & Bunting, Veneer Works......... St. Catharines..........1-—33X10
48X 9
plow you MANAG ED WITHOUT IT. Hunt Bros., Electric Light and Mills..... WBomnclom-pyte iste cies! 6} 56x12
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——S S. Frank Wilson. Publisher:.......5-)2ea% Monontonecn «<2 06c2--<. AOR
WKSG. Brantford, G an. Kuntz Brewing Co., ice elevator.....-.... laeheeullliGiierc ann aBOnpaee I— 30x 3
ae Windy (sta sy ven vedlbo SEAM OUNQIIEG eA G6 55n0- RCUMBIS POM rele etesisis se 1 30s
| C.S. Hyman & Co., Tanners..-......... - ONG onrimey ser sensects I—30X
A FEW RECENT SHIPMENTS. American Watch Case Co........-.-----+s Torontos eee eens I—26x
| uu C. een ae Mill. . ara Contra America...... I—22% :
W.. H: McGordick, St. CatharineS-tn.-s--seers I—30X gin. fz estman & Baker, Machinists............ PBI S25 990% fei 2.
Waterous Engine Works Co., St. Paul, Minn.1 —3ox : te A. Harris, Son & Co... -. 0012s eee er ene Brantford coupling
k J.A.K. Drummond. (elevator work) Manitoba 2—20x 6 bu British American Starch Works.......... Brantford ¥ 2 couplings
n. F Aciarrnis Sonic Com Brantford po: “ INiohetiln Jeeiebae Wiimote CoOksageanaeacnnonoo Port Moody, B. C I—48X21
Taylor B oo eee Detanae Letang, waiucal Ree 1—I2 in. Sprocket Firstbrook Bros., Box Makers............ Toronto... .a-eeeeeneeee 2 ee?
710 IS-5 ae rOS., Saw x stav yorks, C — 6 vat
J. J. Coul SEU IEG awmill’ & stave works, Comber Bre eee Bertram & Co., tool makers............... Dundas | Duplex... ( 3—15x4¥%
se Zle a Adamson & Co..(for elevator work) Manitoba 1—24x 7 in. face James Morrison, brass works..........--.- Yoronto | Pulleys. . pa
or Elevator ....1 Cut-off Coupling | J. Morrison, (for lathes) Toronto.......... I pair 12x to > . S : eae
oe = : é p ....7—24x8 1—6ox 7 in. face ! Ogilvie & Co., Grist Mill, Seaforth.......... p. Baer fr Canadian Copper Co...........2001eesee Sudbury... .1~48 in. Sprocket
W. Milne, Sawmill, drive bull- wheel, Stayner1—16x1o re, ClowetiéaC ompbilevator so. 4... +. 0.2) seen Lennoxville..1—18 in. Sprocket
Windsor, Sandwich & Amherstburg Electric _ { 48x16 U: American Mill Building Co., Stratford..*.....34 40X13 a5 Royal Electric Light Co: ...............5 Montreal 2; aden
Railway. Wandsor.n. scene oqxre a 5 “ paleoee AG (ENTIAL SIEANG (Colac 0005.00 7ascehpuronanee Hamilton.. .Grip Sprocket
British America Starch Co., Brantford....... I—45xI4 rane Grand irinigShopsee serene eens Hamilton. ...Cut-off coupling
M f “al ke f | British American Starch €o.............. Brantford....1—3ox 8
any, after trial, make futher purchases of our Pulley. | Wasse Shaws tannenyemese nena n eens Bracebridge.4—1&x 8, &c.
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North American Mill Building Co. ~Stratfordins eee Soonedocons j2eers e NOTE SPECIALLY *
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Beamsville....... 2 wee 24X14
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: .....Fort Corington, N.Y.......2—24x 8
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Firstbrooke BRO OnOE Toronto...(3rd order).... 34 42x 9 e
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North American Mill Building Co........Stratford..(5th order) ...3—3ox11 ‘TeRMs AND ConpiITIONS,
A SPECIALEN., alae —All messages are re- have been agreed to by
rips always motionless when pulley Rows ;
out of clutch.» ‘ceived by this Company the sender of the follow-
Not necessarv to stop an important Stoome ; } ‘ ~ :
shaft with a dozen pulleys on it to adjust for transmission, subject | ing message. This is an

an unimportant pulley. to the term andteoadems

tions printed on their
Blank Form No. 2, which
terms and conditions

unrepeated message, and
is delivered by request
of the sender, under
these conditions.

W.C. VAN HORNE, President. B. S. JENKINS, Supt., Winnipeg. *
CHAS. R,.HOSMER, Man. Telegraphs. J. WILSON, Supt. New Westminster, B.C.
HOMER PINGLE, Supt.. Toronto.
JAMES KENT, Supt., Montreal.

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