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GENTLEMEN,—About .Marc Ent 2, 12 © ““Spooner’s Finest @ opperine Ba Pe = > —= ~ test showed finest results, and on sheet ys SSS and approximated the formula of Mz 4 Ly . = _ In October of the same year ot ” New Yor > Yee othe = mitted for test, and tested in compar wl new testing machine, built at great expense. showed Magnolia Meta 1 to have Te Sue ior ©) 100 degrees less. On December 31st thi is pe rf w asitested again with the result cits fusin pounds to the square inch. Owners and «s Sole Manufacturers London Office: 75 Queen Victoria St. Chicago Office: 41 Traders Building On January 31st Magnolia Metal was tested, which ran fifteen m utes with 1800 lbs. to the s sq. inch, and one he ur With 2000 i s j inch, and at the end of the hour the metal shov a te ore degrees Fahrenheit. Under separate cover we hand you ports @ of the tests, showing velocity of rubbing surface about 2000 feet per min- ute, diameter of shaft 5 inches, and reve ayatier ns about 1500. = ; 4 ORRE} 4 A TREET ‘Yours truly, eee T Fe 7 CORTL ND1 S R Nore.—Mr. Torrey is U.S. Assayer, andes ycen in U.S. Mint ser vice at New York for 30 years. ) ce; , => S| ——— fontreal Offi SU See Se Se Se Se H. McLaREN & Co., Agents J Z Jon Bertraii X Sons Cc. C. CLEVELAND G. F. CLEVELAND aoe LOOL VORKS = : =) J. L. Goodhue & Go. GEO. CORMAGK | ae Be crore | ALL KINDS OF | | EATHER BELTING ©: ——" RUMSER MACHINE TOOLS, BTC. | ann LACE LEATHER ID2oqnvs0V0ISs | Dies, LUMBER SHIPPED TO ALL PARTS BY. RAIL OR VESSEL WHITBY, ONTARIO RUBBER BELTING MONARCH,.RED STRIP AND LION BRANDS. MANUFACTURED. BY. THE GUTTA PERCHA & RUBBER MANUFACTURING CO.OF TORONTO. . FACTORIES. AT PARKDALE, ONT. Waite For Discounts. CN a yee SHURLY & DIETRICH wee N LARGE QUANTITIES TO THE UNITED STATES ~ GALT, ONT. THE ONLY SAW MANUFACTURERS IN THE ( WORLD WHO EXPORT SAWS IN WAOMSATAT NANT INI AV VOT SOLE PROPRIETORS OF THE SECRET CHEMICAL PROCESS OF TEMPER Our Silver Steel sie are Unequalled January, 1892 THE -<:---. PF6SOOL Band dW A Complete Line of the Most Approved Modern Saw Mill * Machinery . Of All Kinds .. Pacts » 60aSt * BHF CIRCULAR HILLS tb “lb WIKI ND PRESCOTT’S Band Mills Carriage Ofisets * olballl Fe6qS « PERKINS SHINGLE [i AGHINERY = O0NLS SAN TOOLS + To Wuom Ir May Concern: This is to certify that the Wm. Hamilton Manufacturing Company, Limited, of Peterborough, Ont., have been licensed to manufacture and sell throughout the Dominion of Canada the Band Saw Mill known and called the “Prescott Patent Band Mill,” also the device for Saw Mill Carriage known as the “ Prescott Patent setting Mechanism,” and by virtue of said license the said Wm. 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SEND 3 GENT STAMP For our little Book Inspection of Pine and Hardwood Lumber THE CANADA LUMBERMAN Toronto Amherst Foundry and (SERLAGH & 60. MANUFACTURERS OF PETER —_—— ——N Ww o ut = IGATOR CHISEL-BIT SAW. _ SSUIYSIUAN [[IW MLS Jo enSoyrjed Mau sno 104 puag ATM YOM IW Mes OL GHALdVay ATIVIOddS [eWUR}sqns pure su0Ns S190 *SOUIDU pue FA VO E> ‘Ja ‘uo doip 0} sp.1voq toy Topuoy UCIT "saxog [IQ MoArssay ul Suruuns jarpuryy [993 Aavay] “‘paaoutai aq 0} Mes jiutted 0) dn smoryy ure TINO "SMOIOS YUA pajsn{pe ‘apiny Meg poaordury SeYIUT 09 0} dn Meg jo azIs Aue sayey pury 1ysry waoay I ‘ON THE CANADA LUMBERMAN BUIMES 19}1~NY 10J aIqQeIINS aUI0g peinjorjnuryl SatAjg [vIaAVS $90d 907 ‘Tadd GNV SSO*” ~ “fl q 3 i G Ty III PUC) Ul }Sv) “he.” OM oy Hil ps ur ape gail \ lll WOH : | Oe eet NJOUIUSEW IW MES 9pes9 Wye os T# CANADA LUMBERMAN Voiume XIII. NUMBER I. TORONTO, ONT., JANUARY, 1892 jf Tex $1.00 Pe {Ss GLE DICKENS IN CAMP. fer the pines the moon was slowly drifting, The river sang below ; The dim Sierras far beyond uplifting Their minarets of snow. The roaring camp-fire, with rude humor, painted The ruddy tints of health On haggard face and form that drooped and fainted In the fierce race for wealth. Till one arose, and from his pack’s scant treasure A hoarded volume drew. And cards were dropped from hands of listless leisure To hear the tale anew. And then, while round them shadows gathered faster, And as the firelight fell, He read aloud the book wherein the Master Had writ of ‘‘ Little Nell.” Perhaps twas boyish fancy—for the reader Was youngest of them all— But, as he read, from clustering pine and cedar A silence seemed to fall ; The fir-trees, gathering closer in the shadows, Listened in every spray, ; While the whole camp with “‘ Nell” on English meadows, Wandered and lost their way. And so in mountain solitudes—o’ertaken As by some spell divine— Their cares dropped from them like the needles shaken From out the gusty pine. Lost in that camp, and wasted all its fire : And he who wrought that spell !— Ah, towering pine, and stately Kentish spire, Ye have one tale to tell! And on that grave, where English oak and holly And laurel wreaths entwine, Deem it not all a too presumptuous folly,— This spray of Western pine! —Bret Harre. MODERN WOOD-BENDING. § Nae primitive idea of wood-bending was to conquer a stick when green, and hold it in position, as illus- trated in the making of bows. New applications of the underlying principle, and discoveries incident thereto, are constantly being made, and bending for all purposes is readily done by the aid of usually simple appliances and steaming processes. Where it is desired to have the piece to stay in place, the heart is kept outward, the tendency of wood being to bend outward. But where a corner piece or other difficult stuff is being bent, the heart is kept inside because admitting of more end pressure or upsetting without giving way or wrinkling. A bent piece increases in weight for its bulk according to the extent it is compressed, being much stiffer, also, than when in its natural and undisturbed state, which makes it especially desirable for carriage work. Tests that have been made with bent and sawed stuff under similar conditions have shown the former to be the stronger. By steaming wood, its stiffness is increased, without reference to the bending, and it is also rendered brittle, which is sometimes enough of a characteristic to be detrimental to its quality. One kind of hickory is better for spokes or whiffletrees after it has been steamed, while another kind becomes very stiff when air- _ dried. Kiln-drying and steaming cook the gum in a resinous woods, and hence have a similar effect. Stiff- ness is the desirable quality in a spoke, felloe or whiffle- tree, and in hickory, it is always increased by steaming. It is difficult to splinter or tear a piece of bent wood. Its fibers have become interwoven, and without being particularly indicated on the outside, the interior be- comes materially changed. A NEW WOOD FOR PIANOS. MYRTLE log has been sent from Oregon to a piano manufacturing firm in Boston, and as the wood is susceptible of a high polish it is thought that this ship- ment is but the beginning of what will grow to be a flourishing industry. A. H. CAMPBELL. PRESIDENT MUSKOKA MILL AND LUMBER COMPANY. REQUENT reference is made to the fact that a considerable number of the leading enterprises of the day are in the hands of young men. To no small extent it is true that this is a young men’s age. Yet, what is more noticeable than the wonderful activity, in all walks of life, and often where the heaviest labor is called for, of so many old men—those who have, in not a few instances, passed the allotted three score years and ten? The bare mention of the name of Gladstone, or in our own country, of the two premiers, Abbott and Mowat, is suggestive of scores of others, and a multitude of interesting thoughts in this direction. One of the largest lumber concerns in the province is the Muskoka Mill and Lumber Company, at the head of which is Mr. Archibald Hamilton Campbell, a gentle- man in his 73rd year. Mr. Campbell’s has been an active, busy life, and no doubt here is the explanation of his activity to-day. He was born at Carbrook, in Sterlingshire, Scotland, in 1819, and a look at his features, shown in the cut accom- panying this sketch, tells of that*sturdiness of character and intellect, that is a predommant mark of those who hail from the land of mountain and crag. His father was John Campbell, a lawyer eminent at the Scottish Mr. A. H. CAMPBELL, bar. A liberal education was given the son, who stood well in his classes, in both the Edinburgh Academy and University. On the completion of his studies he com- menced banking, and later on, took up the study of law. He had his eye fixed on the newer world, and the time came when he decided to embark for Canada. At all times when a boy, fond of out-door sports and athletic exercises, shortly after reaching this country he entered upon the rugged life of a miner, becoming interested in mining ventures on the shores of Lake Huron. No wealth was found in the undertaking, and Mr. Campbell, with Scottish shrewdness, quickly dropped the business, and in 1858 we find him connected with a lumber venture in Peterboro’, and from that time on, without interruption, he has been engaged in the lumber busi- ness. His success is the success of the company of which he is president, which owns large limits in the Georgian Bay districts, and operates extensive mills there. In our ELI page we print a report of an interview with Mr. Campbell, in which he discusses matters of import- ance to the lumber trade generally. The business offices of the company are in Manning’s Arcade, this city, where Mr. Campbell’s third son is actively asso- ciated with him in the management of the business. To educational matters Mr, Campbell has_at all times given considerable attention, and for some years, he wa a member of the Board of Trustees of Toronto Univer- He is a member the Masonic fraternity, and high up in the Order. sity and Upper Canada College. In religion he is an Anglican, an active mem} both the Diocesan and Provincial Synods, and councils of these bodies no voice or opinion carries He is one of the founders of purpose of checking ritualism, and one of the warmest and most active friends of Wycliffe College. He has three sons and three daughters. more influence than his. the Church Association organized for the The son is a barrister in Toronto, the second a physician, the third we have already referred to as engaged with the father in the lumber business. Toronto University. eldest All are graduates of A NEW IDEA IN BOILERS. (fe steam boilers are subjected to extremely de- structive strains when the furnaces are first started for raising steam is due to the fact that those portions of the boiler surrounding the furnace become highly heated, while the more remote parts remain for a long time comparatively cool. Hence, there is expansion of the metals, and the consequence is that strains are set up in the boiler, which shorten its life and are otherwise very prejudicial. To remedy this Mr. C. E. Hudson, a naval engineer of experience, has de- vised a simple, ingenious system, which has had a successful practical trial on board a merchant vessel. The arrangement consists in substituting for the present furnace fronts steam-heating chambers of the same strength as the boiler. These chambers, which do not interfere with the grate furnace, are at starting filled with water from the bottom of the boiler, or from any point of the boiler where there is no circulation. A sniall fire is lighted in the furnace at first, which heats the water in the chambers, and by degrees the remain- der of the water in the boiler becomes heated, and the shell is gradually warmed, a uniform temperature being attained. During this period there is neither pressure nor steam used, and as soon as the circulation ceases by reason of the accumulation of temperature, the heaters become auxiliary boilers, assisting the larger one. As soon as the temperature has become uniform the fires are hurried and steam is raised to a working pressure. The primary work of the heaters being accomplished, the chambers are used as feed water heaters. The feed water, instead of going into the boiler direct, is diverted into the heaters and becomes heated to a temperature of 200° Fahrenheit. It will thus be seen that the arrange- ment is that of a combined automatic circulator and feed water heater, which not only does not rob the boiler of steam, but arrests and utilizes heat which would otherwise’ be wasted, or rather worse than wasted, as it radiates into the stock hole, and in some circumstances renders it unbearable. The steamship on which the system has been at work for nearly two years is the Cariganshire, a vessel of nearly 3,700 tons. The results of its application are stated by the engineer in charge to be entirely satisfactory. There has been no trouble whatever with it, and the temperature in the stoke hole is found to be reduced by 27°. A further important point is the fuel economy, a saving of 7 per cent. being shown on the average of five voyages. uneven A THREE CENT STAMP DOES IT. O*’ 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. JANUARY, 1892 STEAM; ITS INFLUENCE ON THE ARTS AND MANUFACTURES. N a series of most instructive articles on this subject, from the pen of the late Prof. F. A. P. Barnard, occurs the following admirably written eulogium of the services rendered by this mighty agent of civilization in the maintenance of the commercial and imdustrial su- premacy of Great Britain, and a graphic picture of the slowness with which the revolutions caused by the introduction of steam were brought about, because of the lack of due appreciation of its enormous powers of usefulness. We quote from Prof. Barnard in what follows: There remains to be mentioned one additional and most important consequence of the invention of the steam engine, which has impressed profoundly not merely the industrial but the political history of the world. If the cotton-gin has been responsible for much in controlling the political and social destinies of the Western continent, the steam engine has been for still more in fixing for England her place among the nations of the earth At the time when this splendid invention made its appearance, England called herself mistress of the seas, and assumed to be the equal, if not the super- ior, of any military:-power upon the land. This place she still claims, perhaps justly, though her title to the exclusive dominion of the waves can no longer pass un- challenged. But without the steam engine, the power of England would have long since suffered a hopeless paralysis. Itis from the dpths of her mines that she has drawn the aliment which has sustained her manu- factures and fed her boundless commerce and built up the enormous wealth which is the basis of her present strength. Her iron and coal have made her a hundred times richer than she could possibly have been if she had possessed instead of them all the gold of California and all the diamonds of Brazil. Buta century ago, just as Watt was turning over in his mind his first crude notions of the motor which was destined to transform the con- structive industry of the world, many a thoughtful patriot and statesman of Great Britain must have been regard- ing with anxiety and alarm the stagnation which seemed to be gradually creeping over the mining industry of his country, and the danger which menaced with speedy total extinction this great source of her national wealth. As the mines were sunk deeper, the expense of lifting to the surface the mineral extracted, of course increased; but this was a trifling consideration compared with the vastly greater expense of withdrawing the water which flowed in, in constantly increasing abundance, and which had to be raised from a constantly-increasing depth. In many instances mining had almost ceased to be remun- erative; in many others quite. One after another the mines were abandoned and the water was allowed to fill them up. What had already happened in many instances could not fail to happen at length in all. An early ruin plainly impended over the mining industry of Great 3ritain, which could not fail to bring with it, and with the consequent failure of her fuel, an equal ruin to the manufactures, the commerce, the wealth and the political power of the British empire. It was at this critical juncture that the new motor appeared. For some time after its appearance, it was only for the drainage of mines that its immense powers of usefulness seem to have been recognized; so imper- fect at that time was the state of advancement of the mechanic arts! But applied to this purpose, then of paramont importance, it adverted at once the imminent danger which menaced British Industry, and restored to Britain the commercial scepter just as it was about to fall from her grasp. The greatness of the British empire to-day is, therefore, clearly due to her early possession of the steam-engine. Without it she must invevitably and speedily have sunk to a level of comparative insig- nificance. It is remarkable that, vast as was the revolution which the steam-engine was destined to effect in the industrial world, the steps by which this was accomplished did not succeed each other with great rapidity. The first im- pression which the invention produced was in the relief it brought to mining. Its influence was next most dis- tinctly felt in the development that it gave to textile manufactures. Then metallurgy yielded to its trans- forming power, and by degrees the same influence extended itself into every branch of mechanic art. But the application of the new power to locomotion upon the water and upon the land, applications which were des- tined to infuse into commerce a life and activity which it had never known before, and so to react upon production indirectly no less effectually than the same cause had already done directly, came at long intervals, and re- quired the greater portion of a century for their full realization. It is interesting to observe how, in the infancy of a great invention, conceptions which are per- fectly just, struggle painfully and often for a long time abortively, to embody themselves into form; and it is sad as well as interesting to observe what chilling lack of sympathy usually ittends their announcement; what obstinate prejudices rise up to oppose their introduc- tion; what ridicule labors to dishearten their authors; and what contemptuous refusal of substantial aid operates to paralyze effort. The practicability of applying steam to river navigation was repeatedly demonstrated before the close of the 18th century ; but it was only after the lapse of forty years from the invention of the engine, that Fulton, in presence of a great mulitude, assembled chiefly in the hope of finding amusement in his discom- fiture, made at length the decisive experiment which was to force this truth upon the convictions of men beyond the possibility of further question. Twenty years more elapsed before it was clearly seen in what way the same power might be made subservient to the uses of locomotion on the land; and ten more - still before the problem which had been so long com- pletly solved for inland waters was admitted to be so likewise for the ocean. We stand at the end of the first quarter of a century since the Atlantic was bridged by steam; and within that brief period the entire naval and almost the entire commercial marine of the world has undergone a complete transformation. The tonnage of vessels has been doubled, the duration of voyages has been diminished more than half, and the interchange of wealth between nations has increased no less in quantity than in rapidity. The effect of all this upon productive industry everywhere is too vast to be computed. WOOD PULP FROM SWEDEN. WEDEN finds the exportation of wood pulp a profit- able business, as is indicated by a regular increase of about twenty per cent. yearly. There is no reason why this growth should not be constant, for.the Swedish manufacturers recognize the necessity of keeping alive the goose that lays the golden egg, and in consequence, they cultivate their forests instead of destroying them. The demand for wood pulp is constantly increasing, both for making paper and for the many other uses to which it is found to be adapted. In reality the industry is in its infancy, and it is bound to grow to proportions that will surprise even those now in the trade, and there is no reason why the vast forest lands of North America should not compete with those of Northern Europe in supplying the markets of the world. To do this suc- cessfully the woodlands will have to be cultivated according to the most approved rules in forestry, and owners of such lands, who observe these rules now, will find as the years go on that they have not only made a good profit on sales, but that the value of their lands have largely increased._{[Wood Pulp News. LOGGING A MILL. BY J. H. MINER. THe cutting of logs into lumber after they have been delivered to the mill is a minor item when we take into consideration the dangers and hindrances which attend the “logging.” In a rolling section the mill should be set in a valley, so that the haul will be as much down hill as possible. It being much cheaper to put the lumber up the hill than the logs. The timber- wheels or carry-logs should be of the lever-hoist and “bobtail” pattern, which allows more room to make shorter turns. Log-wagons are in general use to haul on the logging road to mill or station. f Various appliances are now in use for conveying and handling logs, but all these, to work successfully, require thickly grown timber, as scattered timbers require the old method with the use of teams. Logs should be sawed instead of cut, as two feet out of every ten are consumed during the cutting. And two men with a good saw will do more in one day than four men armed with axes. If possible crooked trees should be cut in the crook, so that the logs be as straight as possible. Crooked logs is the result of sprung timber, besides they cause waste in sawing every time. In felling a tree, cut it, if possible, so that it will fall fairly, or it will be broken in many cases and not detected until the saw gets it. A leaning tree should not be felled the way it leans if it can be avoided. Of course the most convenient way of getting the log out must be considered. Where it cannot be avoided the tree must be felled the way it leans; cutting the heart nearly through, leaving only the edges to break. If the outside is cut and the centre left to break, the log will be greatly damaged by splinters pulling out, and which are often seen four to six feet long. Do not rush a team in warm weather; likewise early in the morning. Do not hire “harum-scarum” drivers who abuse and balk the teams, A first-class man will take care of his teams and put in logs while the average man will let his teams run down, constantly breaking his wagons, and resulting in the mill waiting more or less for logs. A good man is cheaper at high wages than a team killer working for nothing. A log hauls much easier butt end foremost, and saws much better the same way, and it will not pinch the saw. A great quantity of timber is left in the woods which should come out; and if convenient to get at a small log, do not leave it as ofttimes more time is lost in getting a large log than would go to making the differ- ence in profit between the two. In the snowy districts logs are skidded in various ways, but mostly by teams to certain points. Heavy logs are capped with a cone-shaped binder which keeps the log up, avoids stumps and other obstacles, and skids much easier. DRY ROT IN TIMBER. O wood which is lable to damp, or has at any time absorbed moisture, and is in contact. with stagnant air, so that the moisture cannot evaporate, can be con- sidered safe from the attack of dry rot. Any impervious substance applied to wood, which is not thoroughly dry, tends to engender decay; floors covered with kamptuli- can and laid over brick arching before the latter was dry ; cement dado to wood partition, the water expelled from dado in setting, and absorbed by the wood, had no means of evaporation. Woodwork coated with paint or tar before thoroughly dry and well seasoned, is liable to decay, as the moisture is imprisoned. Skirtings and wall paneling very subject to dry rot, and especially window backs, for the space between woodwork and the wall is occupied by stagnant air; the former absorbs moisture from the wall (especially if it has been fixed be- fore the wall was dry after building), and the paint or varnish prevents the moisture from evaporating into the room. Skirting, etc., thus form excellent channels for the spread of the fungus. Plaster seems to be sufficiently porous to allow the evaporation of water through it; hence, probably, the space between ceiling and floor is not so frequently attacked, if also the floor boards do not fit very accurately and no oilcloth covers the floor. Plowed and tongue floors are disadvantageous in certain circumstances, as when placed over a space occupied by damp air, as they allow no air to pass between the boards, and so dry them. Beams may appear sound externally and be rotten within, for the outside, being in contact with the air, becomes dryer than the interior. It is well, therefore, to saw and reverse all large scantling. The ends of all timber, and especially of large beams, should be free (for it is through the ends that moisture chiefly evaporates). They should on no account be imbedded in mortar. Inferior and ill-seasoned timber is evidently to be avoided. Whatever insures dampness and lack of evaporation is conducive to dry-rot ; that is to say, damp- ness arising from the soil; dampness arising from walls, especially if the damp-proof course has been omitted ; dampness arising from use of salt sand; dampness arising from drying of mortar and cement. Stagnation of air resulting from air grids getting blocked with dirt or being purposely blocked through ignorance. Stagna- tion may exist under a floor although there are grids in the opposite walls, for it is difficult to induce the air to move in a horizontal direction without some special means of suction. Corners of stagnant air are to be guarded against. Darkness assists the development of fungus; whatever increases the temperature of the wood and stagnant air (within limits) also assists. EVAPORATING SALT. N officer of the Canadian Pacific railway is reported to have inspected the new patent vacuum pan pro- cess of evaporating salt from the brine, invented by Thomas Craney, an inventor of Bay City, Mich. The — new process has been in use on the St. Clair river, and is also worked in connection with the caustic soda plant of McGraw Bros., of Bay City. The process it is anticipated will be an important factor in salt production both in Canada and the United States. It is stated that the officer in question was. greatly impressed with the experiment and held out inducements to Mr. Craney, to come to Canada and introduce the process. It is thought he will come, January, 1892 FRICTION GRIP PULLEYS. | ae accompanying cut illustrates quite fully some ot the operations of the celebrated Friction Grip pul- leys. These are worthy of a close study by all sawmill men and workers in machinery. No I isa grip driver on the main shaft, which drives the cross shaft 3 by the mule pulley stand at 2-2, and the cross shaft 3 is stopped and started by simply throw- ing the grip pulley 1 in or out of grip; when 3 is started pulleys 4 and 5 can be started at will to run either the planer or the saw. The 4th grip pulley No. 8 drives on to counter shaft 10, driving with a cross belt at 10 to a borer at 9. Were it not for the grip pulley at 8 the counter shaft 10 would run continually, and a tight and loose pulley would have to run from 10 to the borer, the same to planer and saw. An important feature of these Grip pulleys is expressed in the words that have now been adopted as a motto by the manufacturers, “Grips always motionless when out of clutch.” A prominent electrician has explained that this is a most important feature and one he had not seen in any other grip pulley. It permits any pulley on the shaft to be stopped and the grips adjusted without interfering whatever with the shaft. The Grip pulley might, in the broadest use of the term, be called an “all round pulley,” so completely have the manufacturers combined in it the strongest essential features necessary to the perfect working of any pulley, and added to these are the special and valuable feat- ures exclusive to this grip pulley. We find that this pulley when not in grip is stationery, and this feature applies both to the driven and driving grip pulleys. The ease of adjustment of these pul- leys will be appreciated by every workman ; every portion of grip from collar or shaft to grips on friction rim in plain sight and reach. The adjustment is as simple as one would wish to see it; there is but one set screw to each grip to adjust friction shoes; when worn out they are readily replaced, being hard maple with end wood to wear; a short, quick movement of slight force, engages or disengages grips, or a slower movement if desired. These pulleys to-day are in use in all classes of mills and manufactories throughout the Dominion, and the fact that the Waterous Engine Works Co., Brantford, who are the manu- facturers, are constantly in receipt of additional orders from the firms having them already in use, is about as satisfactory commendation of their real merits as the most practical business man is likely to want. BELT HOLDERS AND LOOSE PULLEYS. BY J. L. O. THE proper care of loose pulleys and idlers is a very important consideration in a large wood-working mill or factory where there is a large amount of oil and babbitt metal used to keep up these parts of the running gear of the mill; that is, to keep them in good condition. What is more disagreeable than to go into a mill and hear one or two loose pulleys rattling and jarring away at a fearful rate and doing great damage to the shaft, which in the end will be cut up and worn so badly that the shaft has to be taken to the machine shop and trued up. This can be done once or twice, and then the shaft is too small for further use unless the worn piece is cut off and a new piece welded on and trued up. I have often seen this done on account of the shaft being so badly cut up; the only resort was to weld a piece on and trueup. Ihave seen pulleys reversed; that is, the tight changed over to the other side of the loose pulley on account of the shaft being so worn. Some of the troubles mill men have to contend with in loose pulleys, are too small oil holes for oiling, the metal wearing and closing up the oil holes. When this happens, the pulley soon cuts out. Sometimes a loose pulley wears out on one end more than the other; this causes the belt to run crooked on the pulley. I have seen a belt worn out from rubbing on its edges before the face was a little bit worn. I have seen rods and sticks driven in the ground to keep the belt on the pulley when the machine was standing idle, from the loose pulley being worn oblong and one-sided. If loose pulleys could be discarded it would be a great blessing to men who have charge of such work in a planing mill, and a great saving of money in a years time. On large flooring machines and surfacers, the driving-belt is generally six or eight inches wide; if it is rubber, it is four-ply, or, if it is leather, sometimes it is double thick. Both kinds are very heavy and have a hard pull ona pulley, and a pulley generally lasts eight months before it is required to be filled. In winter time great care has to be exercised to keep them well oiled, on account of the small space for oil, and the oil becomes chilled before it reaches its destination, hence the trouble— rattling pulleys. I would prefer to work all night or any Sunday filling loose pulleys, than to hear loose pulleys rattling and jarring all day long. The object of these remarks is to advocate something that will be an improvement upon the old methods as far as loose pulleys are concerned. I consider the Wellington belt holder a great improvement in this line Cwsoe, CANADA LUMBERMATY Ree. ; 9 it works successfully. There is a countershaft nde the floor where the saw frame stands, driven by belt from the main shaft. On one end of the countershaft, next to the pulley which carries the belt fron shaft, is a driving pulley which carries the belt up through the floor to the small driven pulley on the arbor. An iron-flanged pulley, eight inches in diameter, in a well-arranged lever-handle, secured to yet strong wooden hangers, is placed at a suitable distance from the driving pulley on the countershaft. Two strong cords, 5-16-inch diameter, such as sed for weighed window sash, are connected to this lever handle, passing through sash pulleys such as are used in window frames for raising sash. One cord i in one direction and the other one in another di pulling on one cord brings the binder pulley against the belt and starts the saw; pulling on the other, stops the saw at (which runs as an idler on a shaft running through the once. The flanges on the binder pulley binder frame) prevents the belt from running off the pulley when stopping the saw or releasing the belt wl it is running at full speed. In fact, the works successfully. It is on the principle of a feed binder on a flooring machine. interested me very much. It originated from a studious thoughtful and painstaking mechanic. It is simple, yet durable, out of the way entirely, and finished up in a workmanlike manner. arrangement The whole arrangement Any one contemplating erecting a rip saw of this kind, would do well to give the arrangement de- scribed above a careful study, as I am sure it will prove profitable in the end. A great nuisance is dispensed with ; that is, too many loose pulleys, which require much time in looking after and keeping them in running order. THE FLYING SPARKS. T the last session of the On- tario Legislature the Mutual Fire Underwriters’ Association of this province endeavored to NT ii secure an enactment making it TORONTO Lirn. Co. OPERATIONS OF THE FRICTION GRIP PULLEYS. wherever it can be used. We will take for example, a weatherboard resaw. The belt holder is placed in proper position next to the driving pulley on the line shaft. The belt can be shifted off and on to the driving pulley at will. When the saw is not in use, the belt is shifted to the belt holder and stands idle. This saves the belt and a loose pulley is dispensed with—no loose pulley to look after. Small edging saws and self-feed rip-saws can be operated in the same manner, without loose pulleys, by having belt holders attached. Patent friction clutches have been largely introduced into mills of all kinds because they fill a want long felt. I know of a place in this vicinity where the friction clutch is used to a great advantage by stopping in a moment a length of shafting when not in use, and the same works successfully. I know of a mill where there is in full operation several saws, run entirely without loose pulleys, the belt holder taking their place in every instance, giving entire satisfaction. The belt holder can be used on a flooring and ceiling machine in conjunction with a loose pulley, to advantage. When the machine is standing idle for a short space of time, and sometimes longer, the belt can be shifted over on the belt holder. This is a saving to the belt and loose pulley. A very ingenious contrivance and a saving, is a small saw which I have seen put up, and is now in use, dis- pensing entirely with a loose pulley or belt holder, and compulsory that all steam en- gines be placed at least 100 feet away from farmers’ barns and stacks while threshing. claimed that a large percentage of the fires in rural sections could be traced directly to the spark from the fire-engine. The measure did not become law, though it is not unlikely that it will come before the House again at some future time. The port- able fire-engines give trouble to lumbermen as well as farmers. One of the annoy- ances of sawmill men using portable boilers and engines is the shower of sparks and cinders from the smoke- stack, endangering adjacent lumber, timber and sheds. By reason of this fountain of fire from the stack, it is often impossible to get a team to stand near it during loading or unloading. poses to get over this trouble by an ingenious yet simple device for arresting sparks before they are forced up the stack by the exhaust. It consists of a simple annex or extension of the boiler, at or beyond its intersection with the stack. The extension is about twenty-six inches beyond the stack, and to this is affixed an iron adjustable drum, which can be removed for cleaning out ashes. This receptacle catches all the sparks forced rearward by the exhaust, the artificial vacuum creating an eddy in the current of air at the rear of the boiler, forcing them back and the specific gravity causes them to settle in the drum, as the smoke goes oft through the stack. The spark arrester in this method is at the bottom, instead of at the top of the stack. The It was A southern lumberman pro- ‘ principle is that of the locomotive boilers; which are all extended beyond the stack, without return flue, and is, therefore, not new, but in its application to sawmill boilers it should be worthy of some consideration. HAVE you renewed your subscription for 1892? io TNE CANAD ZS LUMBERMAN January, 1892 PUBLISHED ON THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH ee ARTHUR G. M@ORDTIVEHE OFFICE: 75 CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE BUILDING TorRoNTO, ONTARIO TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : One Copy One Year, in advance ........ 2.2.2... eee eee es ee $1.00 One Copy Six Months, in advance ....................-....55. 50 Foreign Subscriptions, $1.25 a Year ADVERTISING RATES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION Tue Canapa LUMBERMAN is published in the interests of the lumber trade and of allied industries throughout the Dominion, being the only re- presentative in Canada of this foremost branch of the commerce of this coun- try. It aims at giving full and timely information on all subjects touching these interests, discussing these topics editorially and inviting free discus- sion by others. Especial pains are taken to secure the latest and most trustworthy mar- ket quotations from various points throughout the world, so as to afford to the trade in Canada information on which it can rely in its operations. Special correspondents in localities of importance present an accurate report not only of prices and the condition of the market, but also of other matters specially interesting to our readers. But correspondence is not only welcome, but is invited from all who have any information to com- municate or subjects to discuss relating to the trade or in any way affecting it. Even when we may not be able to agree with the writers we will give them a fair opportunity for free discussion as the best means of eliciting the truth. Any items of interest are particularly requested, for even if not of great importance individually they contribute to a fund of information from which general results are obtained. Advertisers will receive careful attention and liberal treatment. We need not point out that for many the CanapDA LUMBERMAN, with its spe- cial class of readers, is not only an exceptionally good medium for securing publicity, but is indispensable for those who w ould bring themselves before the notice of that class. Special attention is directed to ‘‘WaNTED” and “For Sate” advertisements, which will be inserted in a conspicuous posi- tion at the uniform price of 15 cents per line for each insertion. Announce- ments of this character will be subject to a discount of 25 per cent. if ordered for four successive issues or longer. Subscribers will find the small amount they pay for the Canapa Lun- BERMAN 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 encour- aging _us to render it even more complete. OURSELVES. LUMBERMEN are modest kind of folk, not much given to tooting their own horn, and it is becoming their rep- resentative, the CANADA LUMBERMAN, to preserve a like demeanor. We prefer at any time that our work shall speak our worth, and this is about the way we are prepared to let matters rest just now. Let it be remarked, however, that this is our birthday, the thirteenth anniversary of the first issue of the CANADA LUMBERMAN. Steadily, regularly and promptly each month, during the twelve closed, through good report and ill, fair weather and foul, we have endeavored, faithfully and intelligently, to represent the vast lumber and kindred industries of this Dominion. Twelve years is not a long time in the life of man, but it represents in trade journalism in Canada a record that tells of a measure of success, a degree of solidity, of which we need not be abashed. We celebrate our birthday by appearing before our readers in new clothes. The type founders have been working on us for some time, and it is due them to say that they have done their work well, and that the new dress in which we appear to-day is just about as pretty as they make them. Don’t you think so? We do not wish the breast of our fellow journalists, but if there is a handsomer printed trade journal in Canada than the CANADA LUMBERMAN we want to see it. Everything about the journal is new, the type from which the paper is printed from cover to cover, new and finer paper, a new cover and new heading, and the best of press work; and each particular part made, as it were, to nicely dovetail one into the other. years now to excite envy in The effort of the proprietor of the LUMBERMAN has been above all else to keep this journal in perfect touch with every interest of the lumber trade; capable, well informed, reliable and thoroughly impartial in its treatment of every lumber issue. From the many kind words that we are con- But the showing is not all outside. stantly receiving from leading lumbermen in all parts of the Dominion—for in no sense is the LUMBERMAN sectional in its character—we are led to believe that they appreciate the various improvements that have been made in the editorial management of the paper within the past year. We may only say that these several special features will be part of the general make-up of the LUMBERMAN for the new year. ELI will talk to you as of old; our special letters from leading lumber centres at home and abroad will come along promptly every month; the news columns will be made replete with the latest in the editorial pages topics directly pertinent to the lumber industries will be dis- cussed from a standpoint having only in view the interests of the lumber trade as a whole; articles of purely practical and technical character will have ample space placed at their disposal. In addition to these and other features, which we believe are rightly valued by our readers, we shall introduce throughout 1891 a num- ber of new features. The ELI page will contain not only chats with prominent lumbermen, but it will be graced from month to month with the faces of not a few of the men who help to make lumber opinion. A character sketch, with portrait, of leaders in the trade will also appear each issue. This month opens with Mr. A. H. Campbell, the well-known president of the Muskoka Mill and Lumber Company. Technical articles will from time to time be illustrated, not to say anything further of other improvements, all tending to make the CANADA LUMBERMAN still more valuable to the trade generally. news ; LUMBER AND RECIPROCITY. THE principles of reciprocity continue to find favor with the American Government. Under a reciprocity agreement recently concluded with Germany, duties on forest products are reduced as follows :—‘‘ Lumber and timber: 1. Raw or merely rough hewn with axe or saw, with or without bark, oaken barrel staves, unchanged. 2. Marked in the direction of the longitudinal axis, or. prepared or cut otherwise than by rough hewing; barrel staves not included under No. 1; unpeeled osiers and hoops; hubs, felloes and spokes, 25 per cent. 3. Sawed in the direction of the longitudinal axis ; unplaned boards, sawed cantle woods and other articles, sawn or hewn, 20 per cent.” Some day there will be a conference between the statesmen of Canada and the neighboring republic, and it may be that then lumber conditions be- tween the two countries will undergo other changes. In the meantime the subject continues to provoke increased discussion in both political and trade circles in both countries. One can seldom take up a United States lumber exchange without finding reference, less or more, to the question, and lumbermen on the other side of the border are divided on the question just as they are here. The Northwestern Lumberman, of Chicago, continues its discussion of the subject of “American Markets for American Lumber,” following the letter of Mr. Huyett, which opened the discussion, and to which reference was made in these columns last month, by letters and special articles from lumbermen in different parts of the United States. The majority of opinion expressed by these correspondents is favorable to the exclusion of Canadian lumber, but, as the Mississippi Valley Lum- berman points out, the discussion shows that the subject is largely local. All depends on whose ox is gored. The contributors to the literature on this subject are almost without exception eastern men. ‘A reciprocity treaty with Canada would widen the field of the lumber pro- ducers in Minnesota, who, despite the present restrictive tariff, succeed in shipping lumber into Manitoba and the Northwestern provinces.’ In some of the letters pub- lished there is little logic or reason, while there is a good deal of the hurrah style of logic that is common to the man who supposes that around his particular ism is centered the wisdom of the universe: One writer tells us that a national convention of lumbermen is not only “imperative but inevitable. The lumber manufacturers have been outgeneralled through the Dominion Parlia- ment, and it is time to appeal to our national legislature.” The Northwestern Lumberman itself remains only an onlooker. Colorably it 1s with Mr. Huyett and his friends in this agitation, but is shrewd enough to let them do the talking. At the same time, in an editorial para- graph replying to the Montreal Journal of Commerce on the saw-log duty—a summary of the article appears among “Views and Interviews” in the LUMBERMAN— our Chicago contemporary tell us, in deprecating tones, that after all the volume of logs towed over the border from Canada this year is not more than 1 per cent. as much as has been sawed in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota in a year, and the quantity of lumber brought over is only two or three times more than this. To Mr. Huyett the worry is that, if present conditions pre- vail in 1892, this quantity will be raised to 125,000,000 or 150,000,000 ft. Matters, he thinks, are bad enough now; they will be worse then. But suppose the quantity does go up to the last figure, it would only be about 2 pe cent. of the cut of the three pine states named, and even when the importation of lumber is added to the logs, according to the Northwestern, the whole thing would not be more than a drop in the bucket to the American lumber trade. Then why all this ado over the question? Where this terrible competing monster, who has already shaken the lumber trade of the United States from Maine to Texas and from Washington to Florida? We have a shrewd suspicion that the Northwestern Lumber- man, when it started this discussion, was after an agitation that would boom itself in certain lumber sections; and it has been astute enough to let other folks do the booming without committing itself too em- phatically one way or the other. A DEFECT OF WOOD PULP PAPER. A COMBINATION of circumstances of late years has led to the manufacture of printing paper in large quan- tities from certain kinds of woods, chiefly spruce and poplars. It is in the memory of many of us, when the rag bag of the home was a valuable asset in the pro- viding of pin money for the little woman of the house, or sufficient to keep the small children in boots and shoes. Everything in the way of rags, and paper made from rags, was carefully preserved, and found a ready road to the paper mill there to go through the various processes needed to make a good sheet of white paper, which, after the printer and binder had done their work, would come to us as a handsome volume of Tennyson, Longfellow or Shakespeare. This day has gone. The everlasting reaching out for cheapness, the curse of the competition of the age in every department of business, set ingenuity moving for some other commodity from which to make paper at a less cost than rags. The outbreak of the American civil war served in a degree to stimulate this ingenuity. In 1862 the price of cotton ran so high, that common book paper rose to twenty- two cents a pound, a price altogether too high for profitable book-publishing. Straw, which had long been used for coarse wrapping paper, was mixed with rags. Then wood was tried—the softer kinds—and the pulp produced from it was mixed with the cotton pulp, until to-day paper is almost entirely composed of it. This is a good thing for the wood pulp men, but a recent exam- ination of some of the early books printed on the wood pulp paper has revealed a condition of affairs that to book men is rather alarming. Many are the jests that have been made at the expense of the literature of the present and past ages, and plausible arguments have been produced to prove that the world would really lose nothing by the burning of our most valuable libraries. Few, however, will treat this style of argument with any measure of seriousness. We all know that the thoughts of the world’s great thinkers are too important to be consigned to oblivion in this fashion. But if wood pulp is to be used extensively in the production of paper for book-making, we can have no permanency given to the thoughts that will be printed on its pages. A writer who has been investigating this matter tells us that books printed on paper made from cotton retain in after years all their natural whiteness of surface, but books printed from wood pulp paper in only a few years assume an ugly yellowish appearance and become quite — brittle. ‘“‘Let me,” says this writer, “take down a few fairly typical books from my own shelves. Here is a copy of Henry Mackenzie’s works, published. in New York in 1836. It was a comparatively cheap edition, containing in one volume the three volumes of the _ destruction. JANUARY, 1892 original English edition. But it was printed on paper made entirely of cotton, and every page to-day has a clean, pure white surface, and every letter is as distinct as when it came from the press of the Harpers. Con- trast it with any volume of this set of the elder Disraeli’s works, which was printed in New York in 1863, and is therefore just half as old as the Mackenzie. The leaves are all yellowed at the edges as if every page were set in an old-gold frame, and even in the centre they are noticeably brittle ; or take an edition of Lamb’s ‘ Essays of Elia’ (1860)* so of a pretty edition of Irving’s ‘Tales of a Traveller’ (1865), so of numberless others. One of the most flagrant instances is furnished by a beautiful holiday book of permanent value, perhaps the finest that was issued in the season of 1882. The drawing and cutting of the illustrations alone cost $5,000, and copies of the book in the ordinary binding sold for $10. It is not yet nine years old, but it is already marked for You can fix the periods of the successive changes in the composition of paper by looking at books and observing the dates on their title pages.” To the world of letters, however, it may strike the manufacturer, the matter is of no ordinary moment. AMERICAN LUMBER OPERATIONS IN CANADA. ONTARIO is not the only province in the Dominion into which United States lumbermen are extending their operations. It is well known that many of the largest operators in this province are Americans, largely inter- ested in the working up of pine, and hailing from the pine state of Michigan. We now have Maine lumber- men casting a wistful eye at the spruce of New Bruns- wick. They see more than spruce. The lumbermen of New Brunswick have devoted their attention chiefly to the production of deal logs for the English market; this has called for logs of a large size, and in securing these smaller trees have been neglected by the log haulers. Recently a tract of rather more than 50,000 acres, about 25 miles distant from Fredricton, which had been well cut over for deal logs, was placed on the market, and a syndicate of Maine operators, among who are Messrs. F. Gilman, of Bangor, and Bennett, of Danforth, have become the purchasers. A portion of this land runs close to the railway, and it contains, it is claimed, large quantities of birch and maple, which can be marketed by rail without difficulty, The same parties, associated with others, have also lately become the purchasers of 64,000 acres of spruce land of excellent quality, on the Miramichi river. A Bangor syndicate, in addition to the transactions here named, have bought a tract of Io, ooo acres of sapling pine lands, situated on the Tracodie river, which discharges into the Gulf of the St. Lawrence. The indications are that these Americans will become owners of mill property in New Brunswick, as well as the timber, and if this be the case, the lumber trades of the Maritime provinces should experience a revival, which is certainly much needed, as a result of this fresh influx of capital and business energy. APPROPRIATING LOGS. ABOUT six months ago the United States Govern- ment appointed two special agents, DeLambert and Stout, to investigate the stories of trespassing on Gov- ernment lands, on the boundary lines of northern Min- nesota. These men have now been four months at the work, in fact they had not been heard from for so long a time that fears were entertained in Washington for the safety of the party. The Washington Government are satisfied from the report that has been presented to them, although only a portion of the streams and waterways on the boundary lines were examined, that extensive tres passing on Government pine lands has been going on for some time. The expedition travelled 1,500 miles, mostly by canoe. It is anticipated that the report, which is in preparation, will recommend the establishment of a Government post at the, mouth of the Rainy River. It is probable that the party will return in the spring and examine the country in the Red Lake reservation, which is entirely drained by rivers flowing north. Most flag- rant lumber depredations it is alleged have been com- mitted all through this country, the logs being floated off to Rat Portage. A Happy NEW YEAR. WE inay remark parenthetically that this is the month for renewal subscriptions. Has your subscription to the CANADA LUMBERMAN expired? A glance at the wrapper will give this information. It has cost some money to produce a journal as well gotten up as the LUMBERMAN, and you may remit your subscription as promptly as you like—you will not cause offence by being too prompt DECEMBER marks the retirement from the Albany lumber market of H. W. Sage & Co., who have conducted a branch at this point since 1867. Headquarters of the firm are at Ithaca, N.Y. The firm were large handlers of Michigan pine of their own manufacture. “The Albany market,” says the New York Lumber Trade Journal, “will never recover from the loss of so large an interest, and their place will never be filled.” WE are in receipt of a letter of considerable length from William Little, of Montreal, a close student of lum- ber problems, and whose contributions to these pages in the early part of 1891, will be remembered by our readers. In the present letter he discusses in his own vigorous fashion the effect of the abolition of the export duty on logs on the lumber trade of Canada, making a strong plea for its renewal. The crowded condition of our columns prevents inserting the letter this month. In the February issue our readers will hear from Mr. Little. DIFFERENT countries, and different methods of doing business ; not without good reason our local lumbermen have found fault with the system of selling lumber to country dealers on three months time, which has fre- quently meant three months renewal for at least part of the purchase represented in the amount. But in Sweden, in her export trade with Great Britain, lumbermen have been accustomed to sell on six month’s credit. A move- ment, however, is now being made, and will likely be successfully carried out, to make the time four in place of six months. DULUTH isa point that has experienced quite a boom in lumbering the past season. The cut of the saw mills of this district show 253,300,000 feet, against 215,000, ooo feet in 1890, and that of the city mills 127,300,000 feet, against 70,000,000 feet last year, the gain being entirely in the mills in Duluth. In the district there were also manufactured 53,111,000 lath and 74,552,000 shingles. Next season it is expected that nearly 100,- 000,000 feet will be shipped East from Duluth. Many new lumber firms have come from Saginaw this year, and six mills have been built in Duluth, adding 150,000,- ooo feet annual capacity. Two of these mills have a capacity of 50,000,000 feet each. “The output of city mills next year will run up to 200,000,000 feet, and that of the district to 350,000,000. If two or three mills are built, as is expected, it will be much more.” A FEW months ago we had occasion to refer to the disposition of United States lumbermen to seek fresh fields of purchase and to get away from the middleman as far as possible. We judge that this spirit of change is operating against the trade of not a few lumber points, where the trade was supposed to be solid and safe. We learn within the past month that over 50,000,000 feet of lumber have passed by Saginaw and Bay City, Mich., from Menominee, en route to Buffalo and Tonawanda, N.Y., which markets have formerly been considered as belonging especially to the Saginaw River mills. Mich- gan lumbermen, in making up their balance sheets and finding a skrinkage in trade, are disposed to charge it to the volume of Canadian lumber that is reaching their side of the lines; they may also take cognizance of facts like that connected with Menominee, which we have here stated, as having some relation to Michigan trade, SOME curious make-shifts in the way account of the high price ot materials, have to be re- Take the matter of nails, for sorted to in Mexico. stance. These cost from 16 to 25 cent Dp they are so expensive that a great part of the building done with ropes, instead of nails. Within a stone throw of the Iturbide Hotel an immense building eing erected. The scaffolding is tied together with rope ‘ rafters being spliced in this way. Many of the have roofs of thatch tied to rafters with ropes, and some of these huts have not a nail in them. Few wooden buildings are known. The average house has neither cellar nor garret, and the fastenings which we make with nails are ingeniously constructed with brick and m 10Frtar. All classes of building material are costly here. You have to pay $35 or $40 a thousand for flooring, and glass is very high. A LUMBER salesman scores one for the lumber trade journal of his section. item, that a certain concern in Ohio had obtained a con- tract requiring over 1,000,000 feet of lumber. He had never dealt with the concern, but wrote it, and later on made a price; result, he has sold the firm 250,000 feet, ob- tained from reading that four-line item. And yet there are lumbermen, who say “a lumber paper ain’t no use The lumberman who knows Kis business best and keeps in the front of the procession, reads his lum- ber paper carefully from cover to cover. Such men know how infinitesimal is the subscription price of one dollar a year, which is the annual subscription of the CANADA LUMBERMAN, compared with the valuable news items, useful hints, pointers and information, which they obtain from each number, and that pays a dividend largely in excess of any other investment. He tells how he read a four-line nohow.” THE Timberman of Chicago, commenting on the saw log question, remarks “that the present condition of affairs has been brought about by the adoption of an exactly similar line of policy by the United States as that inaugurated by Canada in 1879 under the name of the “ National Policy.” The watchword throughout Canada at that time was and still remains “ Canada for the Can- adians,” and the United States cannot be blamed for attempting to work out her destiny upon the same lines.” This is refreshingly fresh. Our good brother does not propose surely to credit this country with leading the United States in a restrictive trade policy. We have a dim recollection of a neighbouring country erecting a high tariff wall some time back of 1879, and of a well- known journalist, Greely by name, who made some claim to being one of the fathers of the policy. Oh, no, brother, this country, we opine, caught the piotection fever from her cousins to the south. ExporTERs say the only disagreeable feature of South American trade is the uncertainty of getting paid. This truly is a disagreeable feature, which is sufficient to keep them from attempting to secure any trade in that direction.—Chicago Lumber Trade Journal. UNFORTUNATELY South America is not the only place where this uncertainty exists, and if we read our Chicago contemporary right, lumbermen know something of this species of trouble nearer home than South America. We have an experience of the business in Canada, and in Toronto. But the lessons learned from time to time from this experience are like the admonitions we give to the small boy of the family; the naughty action is repeated over and over again. Trade may be dull and business rendered unprofitable because of this; in the heat of competition prices are no doubt cut, and profits become hardly perceptible even to the microscope; but the story of every balance sheet, that most correctly ex- plains the unsatisfactory and unpleasant features of the year’s business, not any one year, but every year, is the column marked “bad and doubtful accounts.” We are constantly placing business where there is an “uncer- tainty of getting paid,” and where it is known uncertainty most certainly exists. Were one year’s record of losses from this one cause placed together and held up before the lumbermen of this country, and every country, it would produce a shock that is yet unobtainable from any electric battery that has emanated from the wizard of Melno Park. YOU cannot afford to be without the CANADA LuM- BERMAN. Yearly subscription $1.00. 12 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN JANUARY, 1892 ONTARIO. —Loggers are looking for snow. —Send the news of your district. —John Fownes, saw mill, Elgin, has failed. —TIsaac Newlands, builder, Kingston, is dead. —Wm. Phillips, of Young Ireland, Ont., jammed his leg while logging. The January is the month for renewal subscriptions. LUMBERMAN is $1.00 a year. —T. G. Wigg, Spanish River Lumber Company. of Thessalon, has become scaler for the —The lumber and shingle mills of Mr. Hubble at Markdale, are doing a good business this fall. —H. W. Petrie, of Toronto, is making large shipments of sawmill machinery to British Columbia. —Moffat & Co., of Carleton Place, whose planing mill was burned a month ago, are rebuilding rapidly. —The new Buill, Orr, Hurdman & Co. mill at Ottawa, when completed, will have a capacity of 37,000,000 feet. —A load of logs, the first of the season, were brought in on sleighs a week ago for G. W. Green & Son’s mill, Kingston. —An Ottawa butcher made a Xmas. showing of a monster black bear, which some of the ‘‘ boys” killed up the Gatineau. —Mr. T. H. DeCew, of Essex, is said to own over 1,600 acres of fine timber land in Oregon, which he thinks will yield not less than 100,000,c00 feet of lumber. —An extra gang of men have been sent to the Upper Ottawa shanties from Lower Town, to be employed chiefly as road- makers and general purpose hands. —The Ottawa Lumber Company’s concern near Calumet have closed down for the winter. They have re-engaged all their mill hands for their shanties on the Rouge. —Lumbering operations in the Lake of the Woods are reported quite active, though three of the Rat Portage mills have sufficient logs on hand to keep their mills running next summer. —E. Paradis, of Ottawa, has assigned. He is a mill fore- man himself, and his wife has been running a grocery for him. During the strike his customers’ accounts piled up, and he ran behind, until now the creditors’ patience is exhausted. —J. R. Booth, of Ottawa, who put thirteen band saws in his new mill, has decided to take out five of them. The original Buill, Orr, Hurdman & Co., who are enlarging their mill, will secure three of them. number is in excess of his requirements. —A proclamation is published forbidding the movement of saw logs or parcels of timber, in booms of over 5,000 pieces, in the main navigable channel of the Trent Valley Canal sys- tem between Pigeon Lake and Young’s point, under severe penalties. —The Elmwood Lumber & Furniture Company, of Elm- wood, gives notice of an application to the legislature for in- corporation, for the purpose of carrying on a lumber business and for the manufacture of furniture, etc., the capital stock of the company being placed at $20,000. —Gillies Bros. have recently purchased M. L. Russell’s limits on the Bonnechere at Round Lake and Pine River, sixty miles from Renfrew; and estimate to cut 200,000 logs on Mr. Russell is said to have sold well and Messrs. Gillies to have secured a good bargain. —W. H. Simpson, hotelkeeper, and Paul and Alf. O’Neil, have secured a timber limit containing about 19,000,000 feet at Bescotasing, on the Spanish River, and propose working it for ‘‘all they are worth.” it this season. A gang of about 30 men in charge of Alfred Edgar, of Bobcaygeon, as foreman, will do the work. —Martin Armstrong, a young man living at Nassau, near Peterboro, was instantly killed while working in the woods on the limits of the Lakefield Lumber Co. The deceased was working near a tree which had, in falling, lodged against an- other. The fallen tree, becoming released, crashed to the ground, and one of its limbs struck Armstrong. The R. H. Smith Company, of St. Catharines, report that with 1891 they closed one of the busiest years in the history of their firm. The demand for their ‘“‘Leader” cross-cut saw has been exceptionally large, and what has been most encour- aging, these saws have given complete satisfaction to the purchasers. The same firm are sole manufacturers of the Simond’s circular saw, which is pronounced the most uniform in temper of any saw made. —The master-in-ordinary has given an important judgment in the case of the Bloor Street lumber Co., whose troubles have before been referred to in these columns. This was an applica- tion made to have Stephen Wilcox, H. Mullen and T. J. | mills will make about 30,000,000 this year, secured largely on Hammill declared as contributors to the stock of the company to the extent of $3,000 each.. The defendants owned the premises and stock, which, on the formation of the company, they handed over and accepted $3,000 each in paid-up stock in payment. The plaintiffs claimed that the stock was not paid up by this means; that the defendants should rank as creditors the amount of property they turned over, and as debtors to to the amount of their stock, which was claimed to be unpaid. The master held that there was no liability upon the shares held by the defendants, and that the shares were fully paid. —The Parkin Shingle Company is applying for a charter to manufacture shingles in the town of Lindsay, with a capital of $15,000. The company intends running its shingle mill all winter, as it has sufficient stock on hand. getting out timber for next season’s cut—one in Somerville, on Mud Turtle Lake, and the other a few miles from Bobcaygeon, where the company recently purchased the standing timber on About 3,000 logs have been cut on this limit up to date, and drawing to The firm has a market in sight in the New England states for 20,000,000 shingles for next season, and will run night and day to supply It has two shanties 300 acres of land belonging to the Bick estate. water will begin as soon as there is sufficient snow. the demand. QUEBEC. —Copping Bros., lumber, Quebec, have dissolved. —F. Tremblay, sash and door factory, Montreal, is offer- ing to compromise. NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA. —C. S. Stephen, Fall River, N.S., has assigned. —J. & J. Parker, saw mill, Pollett River, N.B., are insol- vent. —Gibson’s new shingle mill at Marysville, N.B., when com- pleted, and running at its full capacity, will, it is said, provide shingles enough, four inches to the weather, to cover a farm of a hundred acres in little more than a year. —All saw mills along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway in New Brunswick have been shut down for the winter, and only a few men are now engaged on the wharves clearing up and covering the umber piled there. This stop- page occurs about a month earlier than last year. Nearly all the wharf men have gone to the woods. —Owing to depression in the lumber business, Mr. Hickson, of Newcastle, N.B., has made up his mind to go out of the: business of sawing lumber for the deal trade. At present he has a number of men employed changing his sawmill from a gang toa shingle mill. It is his intention to run ten shingle machines. These machines, when in proper working order, he estimates will turn out about 140,000 shingles a day. —Operators in Nova Scotia, it is claimed, are enlarging the volume of their business considerable this season. Huntley & Epps have thirty men in the woods at Lakeland, and have already got out about 3,000 logs, and have commenced sawing. Young Bros. & Co. have sixty men in the woods at Newville and about an equal number at River Herbert. The Newville gang already yarded 18,000 logs, and are getting out about 800 logs every working-day. The operations of Young Bros. & Co., will be larger this winter than ever before, and they will probably employ fully 200 men during the winter. —Nova Scotia has taken a new departure in the construction of timber carrying ships. The bark Argentina, built for the South American lumber trade, is the pioneer vessel, with a registered capacity of 583 ‘tons ; she carries an immense deck load of lumber, without any ballast whatever. Allowing ten days to clear the river and gulf, she expects to make the bal- ance of the run from Montreal to Monte Video in forty days, making the time for the whole run fifty days or thereabouts. The average time for an ordinary sailing vessel from Montreal to the River Platte is about seventy days. —The Fredericton Gleaner, stimates the season’s cut of shingles for New Brunswick at about 100,000,000. Of this about 65 millions will come over the Grand Falls. Of this latter quantity 15,000,000 will be cedar, from which John Mor- rison will make about 50,000,000 shingles ; Stetson, of St. John, 30,000,000 ; Miller and Woodman, St. John, 40,000, - 000 ; John McMulkin about 10,000,000, and other manufac- turers smaller quantities. For the cedar cut which will not come over the Grand Falls, James Murchie & Sons will make about 25,000,000 shingles. The new company of Americans which has purchased the Sears mill property, on Fish River, will make between 30 and 40 millions to be shipped by the Temiscouata Railway. The new mill being fitted up at St. Francis, on the American side, by Messrs. Wheelock & Ander- son, with four machines, will cut about 10,000,000 shingles. This cedar will be got out on the St. Francis River, and will also be'shipped by the Temiscouata Railway. The Van Buren . Grand River. The Salmon River mill, owned and operated by Hiram Stevens & Sons, of Maine, will manufacture between 12 and 15 millions. MANITOBA AND NORTHWEST. —J. H. McConnell has opened out in the lumber business at Hamiota. —A,. J. Hughes, late of the firm of Hughes & Atkinson, lumber merchants, Winnipeg, has opened out business on his own account. —Henry Roberts, of Strathclair, who now sells groceries and lumber, is adding a general stock of merchandise to the present stock of tea and timber. BRITISH COLUMBIA. —Housely & Co., planing mill, Vancouver, are out of busi-— ness, and succeeded by Robertson & Hackets. —The first shingle mill ever started on Vancouver Island has just commenced operations in Victoria, the owner of it being Mr. W. E. Loser. i —Shipments to Valparaiso have continued throughout the month. The ‘‘Athol” left the Hastings mills, New West- minster, a few days ago. —The saw mill at Golden is engaged in cutting timbers for a new vessel to be built this winter or early next spring by the Upper Columbian Navigation Co. —Robertson & Hackett, sash and door factory, Vancouver, have made considerable addition to the factory since it came into their hands. —The British ship Athlon, 1,371 tons, is chartered to load _ lumber at the Hastings mills, for Adelaide. This vessel loaded at Moodyville about nine years ago. : Application has been made to the British Columbia legisla- ture by E. H. Post, John Reid and J. C. Scott for incorpora- tion as the Pacific Coast Lumber Company, limited liability, capital stock $100,000 in $100 shares, chief place of business, New Westminster. —In towing a boom of logs from the upper end of Kootenay Lake to the saw mill at Pilot Bay the machinery of the “is fia, Jee a eee IZ 00 13 00 IX10'‘and 72 'spruceiCullSere asso mere Some oC enter c 10 00 Ir 00 rxroand'r2°millscullSs ee... esos ie oie het eee 9 00 z inch clear and picks........... wich hse aaa « 2400 25 00 rinch dressinpand’ better-= + -msmrs- teem oe eee 20 00 zr inch ‘siding: mulljunk a. ss aisiwsieyste coe eee core ree eee I5 00 x inch) siding com Aroma) tie eee ee et eee 12 00 1 inchisiding7shipiculis-- === eae teense ee ater II 00 Tinch! siding, malllkculls. peewee ee eee Oar om 3 9g 00 @ulliscantlingmenp et wire eee re aot is 9 00 1 1-2 and thicker cutting up plank. . os 25 00 x inch strips 4 in. to 8 in. mill run......... I5 00 1 inch strips, common 12 00 T L-4,AnCh: HOOK Eo metsrersereis «|= nie teste cesar ee 15 00 Ta 2,inchsMOOMN Sse cei ie nee ee 15 00 XOX shingles; x6 anche: <0). < Cerne tis oem oe een 2 40 XK shingles:x6 inch. ...250,.,2 =. sates cate et ee eee I 40 Lath; INO2 eg. siecle ttda nes eet alten nee aoe ee I go ath, JNor 2a cps scieteetict Miselas tier etc ee ere I 70 YARD QUOI ONS. Mill cull boards and scantling$ro oo .M. ~- Shipping cull boards, promis- II- 2in. flooring, es d 26 00 30 00 cuous widths. ..... 13 00 rough 18 00 22 ca stocks 14 00 se Us dres’d 25 00 28 00 Scantling and joist, up to 16 ft 13 50/ 11-4 in. flooring, un- 18 ft 15 00 dressed, B.M. . . 16 00 18 00 oe EY ** 20 ft 16 00 | r1- qin. flooring, dres'd 18 00 20 00 « Ke “22 ft 17 00 undres'd i2 00 15 00 ee Moe ‘“ 24 ft 19 00 | Beaded sheeting, dres- ee es «26 ft 20 00 sedi.p gece 20 00 35 00 a i ‘© 28 ft 22 oo | Clapboarding, dres'd. 12 00 o - ** 30ft 24 oo | XXX sawn shingles ne Sey ae Sama tte 7200. Per Vicgmecer sees 2:60" “2yge@ Ef ce Ke" 3qft~29-50)|\ Sawn lath. 3 eee I 90 200 23°50'|iRedi @aiky memes = 00 40 00 a ss £5 336: ft.g1) oll WhItens 9 -sic neem 7 00 45 00 ne ~ *€ 38 ft 33 00 | Basswood, No. rand 2 38 00 30 co se «40 to 44 ft 37 00 | Cherry, No. rand 2. 50 00 60 00 Cutting up planks, x White ash, 1 and 2. . 24 00 35 00 and thicker, dry . 25 00 28 00 | Black ask, 1and2. . 20 00 30 00 nA board 18 00 24 00 Dressing blocks . . . 16 00 20 00 Picks Am. inspection. 30 00 p MONTREAL, QUE. Monrreat, Dec. 31, 1891. Pine, tst qual., per Ms35 Gon 4ov0e)||(@Ale taser -peheaeeere [ele} Pine ss2nd: en oie oo $25 00 | Walnut . (ele) Pine, shipping culls . 3 oo 16 00 | Cherry fore} Pine, 4th qual., deals 10 00 12 00 | Butternut tere) Pine; milliculls’. =. (8100) xo) qo) Bich caeue tee cen 5 00 Speeho oto doo ro 00 12 00 | Spruce timber... . 13 00 16 00 Hemlock lumber... 8 00 10 00} Hard maple... .. . 20 00 21 00 Hemlock timber... 9 00 17 00| Lath.......... r 80 190 WASHO A ito arar exter wae 13 00 18 oc | Shingles. ....... I 50 3.00 Basswood. .... . . 1200 20 00| Shingles, cedar.... 150 3.00 ST. JOHN, N.B. St. JoHn, Dec, 31, 189r. DEALS, BOARDS, SCANTLINGS, ETC. 2.75 GR eas Spruce boards. .. . I2 00 2 Sy eee cea Pine Be 12 00 40 00 3 Peco hoete Ona ao > Oak ee 40 00 TEM Neos ere Ash 8 + . 15 00 25 00 Hemlock boards. . . 7 50 SHINGLES. 26. Sead: e5u8 PSSM DSBEUCE ING. Dien. es) atc) 25 5G [2 cn Qc one ING eo Cpa poco dod oa ened CLAPBOARDs. = (Co Sg ec $35 00)|(Spruce, extra... <7) . - «). 24/100 > Sheep meena GEARS 5 615 6G o o Zeh tle) Retes eee s oO. 1 I5 00 ‘ INGE 6 to we Cle) FLOORING, DRESSED. PRPee fe ers. eos Tevdowrains NO. Is) fas ee) L200 5.3. Ob SR ee peau Nio2 ate eit -yess ctr) LONCO, MISCELLANEOUS. ee Deaths; f= cies us 80 Bickets" Sus eee = 6 50 15 00 OTTAWA, ONT. Orrawa, Dec. 31, 1891. ast qual., per M$35 00 40 00 | Pine, 4th qual., deals. 10 00 12 00 id 22 00 25 00 | Pine, mill culls wees “Shoo! 20 60 San Goleor00s| Maths). 2.506). 2 pe 1 80 1 go BOSTON, MASS. is point is perfectly lifeless. zht. WESTERN PINE—BY CAR LOAD. rere ra Fine com., 3 and 4 in 42 00 46 00 No. 2, 1 in. Finecom. 28 00 30 00 1%, 1% and 2in... 29 00 31 00 eae No. 1 strips, 4 to 6i in. 40 00 43 00 ior eee eee 35 090 37 00 Jae Nor Gg erases. seis. 24100! |26;00 Cut ups, 1 to 2 in.... 24 00 30 30 2 36 00 Coffin boards........ 19 00 22 00 “y _6o per cent. clear... 34 00 Common all widths... 22 00 26 oo _ Fine common, rin.... 35 oo | Shipping culls, rin... 15 00 15 50 1%, 1% and 2in... 38 00 40 00} do 14% in. 15 50 16 50 EASTERN PINE—CARGO OR CAR LOAD. - c= ee $40 00@43 00 | Clapboards, 4 ft., sap 30 00 ele ee Seng ays © C0 45 00 aoe oe 26 o0|} Sap, and clear..... 33 00 35 00 16 50 Heart.extra........ 5° 00 55 00 5 a 13 50 Heart clear........ 45 00 50 00 Bevel siding 6 in. clear 23 00 24 00 55 00 : ; SPRUCE—BY CARGO. | Coarse, rough........ 12 00@14 00 + 14 0C0@15 00 Hemlock bds., rough. 12 00 13 00 “dressed 12 00 14 00 - 5. 16 00 | Clapbds., extra, 4 ft.. 34 00 36 00 PGlear ta Mts: cE... 3° 00 32 00 ent os 18 00| Second clear....... 25 00 On Roce oh awiis 10 00 14 00 LATH oo Loto 35g SASS aa ee 2 10@2 2 SHINGLES. eGo wtb «+--+. 1 25@1 50 | Cedar, sawed, extra 3, 35 93 5° Meseaie GEN SSRs osceeenes 3 00 Cite) Se dixtray No. 1)...5.- 2 50 Cypress, No. 1, 18 in 5 00 OSWEGO, N.Y. roughout the winter. ° material change has taken place in prices. * WHITE PINE. uppers, 1%, ee eae 2 espe: Ree apnepeaae cs $44 00045 00 Fy Ee 36 00 38 00 0. I, cutting up, 1%, me REMINDER oF ac oe Pe Geese nd aoe 3x 00 32 00 6 SAC Ch 0a eee eee 09 21 00 oe Eg 4 to 8 wide, selected for moulding strips, 14 to 16 ft. me 00 33 00 SIDING. 1% in selected....... 35 00140 00 1H i in dressing....... 18 00 20 00 Rare oe ip No. 1 culls.... 13 00. 15 00 Pas 1% in No. zculls.... 12 00 13 00 - 1200 13 00)1 in. No3culls...... 950 1000 1X12 INCH. 00 23 00 00 19 00 00 30 00 60 14 00 00 20 00 feet, 00 27 00 16 barn 17 00 feet, 00 16 00 feet, . oo 14 00 mill n 00 22 00 00 27 00 oo 17 0 00 14 00 50 10 00 1x10 INCHES. ; I culls out.$20 oof23 00| No. rculls........... 16 00 17 00 and better.. 25 00 30 00! No. zculls........... 10 00 ae 1%4 INCHES. 19 90| No. rculls........... 12 00 13 00 27 00 | No. zculls..........- 10 09 II 00 1X5 INCHES. ‘ 6,7 0r 8, No. rculls.. 14 00 15 00 ow 2 06,7018, No.zculls.. 12 00 13 00 Riccerccresse 24.09 200 SHINGLES, ze 3) 4 20 | XX, 18 in. cedar ee. 50, TAGs Zs EAs ab sir 2, 2+ 2. 0s 2.00 “/o Boston, Mass., Dec. 31.—The lumber market at No business worth nam- ig is being done, and dealers will be joyfully surprised any important change shows itself before spring. A y slight movement has been made in spruce—very _ Osweco, N.Y., Dec. 31.—A fair trade is being done, " indications of things being anyways lively Navigation is¢of course closed. ee 370 349°| XXX, 12in. cedar... .350 375 18 in.. Abs 2 yo Clear butt, 1B in. cedar. 2 50 2 75 222832200 210 " as ry). = s ’ - & a ea! ‘ we Ss hogy eV , a “ bg THE CANADA LUMBERMAN . 15 BUFFALO AND TONAWANDA, N.Y. TONAWANDA, N.Y., DEc. 31.—Lumbermen are in fine feather. Trade has been good throughout the month, some dealers claiming that they never had a bet- ter December. Stocks are badly broken, and the dealer who has anything approaching a well assorted stock is in luck. Good lumber is very difficult to secure, and prices are firm. Dealers here say, that as no cut rate on the Grand Trunk is in existence this year, as was the case last year, there is not the same competition between Michigan and Canadian better grades of pine. In Buffalo it is now taken for granted that there will be a building boom in the spring that nothing short of some unforseen labor disturbance can spoil. And lumber con- ditions are strengthened accordingly. Some trouble is being experienced by shippers because of the scarcity of cars caused by the immense quantity of grain to be moved. Navigation now being closed it is not unlikely that an advance in rail rates will take place. WHITE PINE. Up’ ‘S, 1,1%,1%and 2 Shelving, No. 1, 13 in TORO. MOA DR es 45 00 and)up, rin...... 29 00 Eh fine! 2) otic coped 55 00 | Dressing, 14 in...... 25 00 A Teeapaeoeooee nooo 58 oo 14x10 and 12...... 26 00 Sleessy 2 Web sob oao8 39 00 iy ie dighpnaco olde ae 24 00 To To lan oweeod 40 00 ERY howe Shade aerate 26 00 2ipi and) 3) il... <1. 46 00.| Mold st’ps, 1 to 2 in.. 25 00 Zi illo ace e OR DOS. 50 00 Bary No. 1, toand 12 Fine common, r in... Supa if 2) Milon aan ommoneo 21 CO 14% and 1% in 35 00 Retud Shing 2. 20 00 Bt sheorgdnes on 35 00 No. 2, ro and 12 in. 17 00 2% and 3 in. un 39 00 6and8in.......... 16 50 ZT Sicosene seobeee 45 90 No. 3, 10 and 12 in. 14 00@14 oo Cut g up, No. 1, rin. 28 00 OyandlSive bette 14 00 PAO 2 ts oocu0c 33 00 | Common, rin........ 16 00 18 00 ies DOG eoone 18 00 1% and BWA Silane se 17 00 19 00 No. 2, 1% to 2 in.. 24 00 Posie Homecare 19 00 20 00 No. 3, 1% to2in... 17 00 BOX. rxroand 12 in. (No 3 INarrO wp sei sneer = 12 00@13 00 Ge ia scunsseose A} CD |Z Mitoo se open noc s qe 13 00 1x6 and 8 in(No. 3 out) TH Coles goa satsapcabys 13 50 1x13 and wider...... Til er) a os cnconaod oooomo 14 00 SHINGLES, 18 in. XXX, clear... 4 00 | 16in., *A extra...... 2 60 18 in. XX, 6 in. clear. 2 75 16 in. clear butts..... 2 10 LATH. INGn Te coppotedc ow ennes SoouboouBodoorRng bon obo Joono voDoUbhoneOAbe 2 25 ALBANY, N.Y. ALBANY, N.Y., DrEc. 31.—This month marks, as it always does, the removal of Albany dealers from the lumber district to their winter offices “up town.” The canal closed business for the season on the 5th inst., and navigation, though in a sense open, is practically closed. The season for shipping by water has been longer than the average, and exceptional to the general rule, stocks have been “shipped up” clean. The stocks on hand will make a light showing in the annual balance sheets ; of good lumber there is, one may say, nothing on hand. The yards here are conveniently located for shipping by rail, and a considerable trade will likely be done the winter through. A Canadian visitor here this month was James L. Burton, of Burton Bros., Barrie, Ont., who was “feeling” prospects for another year. This firm are large shippers to Albany dealers. WHITE PINE. | f votre) Duigtatactslsl a 5g 0 ose Gyftoy= kre) |[eirey tebe leloh go Bary SOs $13 $16 1to2 in., "ths arise) ov sate 44 45] 1 174 to2 in. pDOX eres TS yL7, ttoz2in., selects...... 39 40. | 12 1n. and up, shelving. . . 26 32 1to2in., pickings. .... B34. 35 rd * coffin boards 9 23 2M in. and Wp COM meen 555 8)|( MON en shippers. .. 16 18 Aths) ie VeSOun S| IxXLONN-andin2iny coma. 416) 18 iB selects. .. 45 48 | 1x10 in., and 12 in. sound . fe ld pickings . 40 43 COMMON: sees wes <= 18 21 x to2in., yard picks. . .. 32 34 | 1x12 ins) dressings. 0s. 5 25 28 r toizin., No: micutsil: 212925, 1128: “ “dressing and better 32 33 1 toz2in., No. 2cuts.... 18 . 22 THIRTEEN FOOT STOCK BOARDS AND PLANK. 1x0 in.. up dressing . . . $28 $34]|1 in., siding, selected . . $38 $42 ixro in., “common....15 20/2 in., Siding, common. ..13 18 Ixi2 in., “dressing .....29 36] 1 1-4 in. 7 siding, selected. . 40 45 foe et common....15 22 common. 15 20 1x10 in., up dressing. . . .28c 33¢| 1 1-4xTo in. , up, dressing. .42c 50c TRAONNS (CUS: med ome ua rgfe Pate, CHES 6 5 G16 2 22GRI 25 SHINGLES AND LATH. , Shingles, shaved pine, 6 50 | Shingles, cedar mixed. 2 75 3 00 and quality... . . iy, Go) [LEW IOS 5 holm oO lmne 2 25 Sawed, extra...... 43° 440 Spruce ee OREO I 15 Sawed, clear butts... 300 3-25 Hemlock see ee 2 80 Cedar XOX.) 5 aa she 400 4 20 SAGINAW, MICH. SAGINAW, MICH., DEc. 31.—The month is a holiday month and Michigan lumbermen are prepared evidently to fall in with the common custom. Between times they amuse themselves taking a retrospect of the past, and discussing possibilities for the future. A fair trade is reported in bill stuff and special bills, hemlock and hard- wood. Prices for white pine have remained unchanged, from $13 to $16 being an average, while some is quotable as low as $10 and again at $19. A fairly active car trade is anticipated during the winter. An idea of lumber shipments on the Saginaw river by vessel will be sate a Te eine .* tee: a learned from the following figures for the season com- mencing April 11th and closing Dec. Ist, about 7% months. For this period there were 721 arrivals and 803 clearances of vessels engaged in the lumber carry- ing trade. Of the arrivals, 269 were steam barges and 452 tow barges; barges and 50% tow barges. barges among the arrivals was 74,039, and that of the tow barges was 150,229 tons. sels clearing was: and of the clearances 295 were steam The tonnage of the steam The tonnage of the ves- Steam barges 87,303, tow barges 169,251. It will be perceived that the clearances aver- aged about 3% vessels daily, Sundays included. What the cut of the season has been one cannot yet exactly say. One manufacturer, however, who is pretty well posted as to the amount of timber handled and sawn in the valley, reports that he is certain the amount of lumber cut this season will run 100,000,000 feet short of last season. FINISHING LUMBER-—-ROUGH. Uppers, 1, 1% and 1¥%...... 45 00| Fine common, 1 in........... 31 oo 6 1% and Te 40... seen. 14% and 1% Clear, % in Tia viornigaeX Select, % in. oe Vs AD Mecseeotee ane paren ae TIMBER, JOIST AND SCANTLING. 2x4 to 10x10, 12, 14 and 16 ft.$19 00 Bas See see oat eee 12 00 HES STSs saa bNaaa Saha Taseo 4X: 004 > 223i 2g ite. coer e 13 00 For each additional 2 ft. add 1 ; 12 in. plank and timber $1 extra; extra for sizes above 12 in. SHINGLES. MONK 7Slin; Climaxs--.. +. 3°50) |: 1B4an. X(onll):.-. a gears 50 RONOKS SAP INAW..\. selena eiie oe 2: 40)| KKK - shorts: 5-22) eee es 200 RONG Chimay sew aos cee mere 2 00 SEK oes poe oc eer I 25 Athy iin tol) Yaconaaoarsscdn 80 LATH. Lath, No 1, white pine....... 2 oo | Lath, No. 2, W. pine, Norway 1 50 NEW YORK CITY. NEw YORK, DEC. 31.—The continued open weather has had a certain stimulating effect on the lumber trade. Contract building has been pushed ahead with energy, and deliveries of lumber for this purpose have continued longer than expected. Outside of this one exceptional condition business is dull. Receipts of lumber are small, and what is more, stocks are small. This is — especially the case with thick white pine, and should any unusual demand arise dealers would have to hustle to put themselves in position to fill orders. Just a little bit of life has been shown in spruce and a few cargoes have come along from Maine and St. John, N.B. ° . . Complaints are made of prices for hemlock. WHITE PINE—WESTERN GRADES. Uppers, re nS Gacoss $44 00@45 00 50@14 00 14%, 1%and2in.... 46 00 47 00 14 50 15 00 3 and 4 in........ 55 00 58 00 00 42 00 Selects;x Insc. - 2+. = 40 00 4I 00 ©0 37 00 I in., all wide.....-. 4I 00 43 00 00 26 00 1%, 1%and2in.... 43 00 55 00 ©0 32 00 z{icunel 74 ses s55e50 52 00 53 00 00 27 00 Fine common, 1 in.. 36 00 37 00 00 37 00 14%, 1%and2in.... 38 00 40 00 00 36 00 Brand 4um\snyoe cr 46 00 48 00 50 23 00 Cutting SUP, aan No.1 48 00 30 00 00 22 50 UNiovaet niet hreje er 21 00 23 00 00 20 50 Thick, INOS Tesesaee 29 00 32 00 00 17 00 2s onda jaosres 24 00 26 00 00 25 00 Camino Now 150 00 22 00 Biatdl 173 he gh oc oe 22 00 23 00 00 19 CO Ne eas WAS aS 20 00 21 00 shoesie cones I7 00 18 00 Coffin Beads Nyon oe 20 00 28 00 BUILDING TROUBLES IN TORONTO. HE after effects of the real estate boom in Toronto are still being felt. Builders, small and large, are crippled financially, as a consequenée. The following assignments are reported for December :-— Peter Kennedy, liabilities, $1,100 ; assets, $5009. George Halford, liabilities, $4,000; assets nominally the same. Webber & Ledrew, estate small. Saunders & Herod, estate small. Scott & Cross, Ontario Planing Mills, show a nominal sur- plus of $12,000 over liabilities ; assets mostly locked up in real estate. A surprise to his friends is the crippled condition of the finances of Adam Armstrong, who was one of the best known builders in the city, and was supposed to be in good shape. He was a large holder of real estate and the present shrinkage in values is the cause of his troubles. The estate has been placed in the hands of Messrs. Dewart and Irving, who anticipate being able to realize 100 cents on the dollar for the creditors; and they hope for a surplus. Mr. Armstrong has taken a situation in Chicago. James Leighton, a west end builder, has assigned, with lia- — bilities $61,790 and assets $81,900. Land poor, is again the explanation of the difficulty. 16 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN ‘ JANUARY, 1892 EWS of the latest wonderful “find” comes this time from the town of Meaford, Ont. When chop- ping down a large elm tree, one of the landmarks of the town, a few days ago, to make room for the erection of a woolen factory, the choppers found, within a few inches of the heart of the tree, an old axe cut and a wrought iron nail. The theory of the Meafordites is that the axe mark had been made in the tree over a century ago, as the growth marks would prove. Ce The commercial journals of the United States, and in some respects the lumber trade journals in particular, are discussing the question of American shipbuilding. Uncle Sam looks back with longing eyes to the time when vessels of his own building held important sway in the carrying trade of the world. We can understand that he would like to see a return of those days, for, as one contemporary puts it, “every farmer, lumberman, miner and mechanic is interested.” I had a conversa- tion a few weeks ago with Isaac Warkup, of Oakville, a gentleman engaged in flour milling. He said: “It is all nonsense for the Americans to hope to regain the water carrying trade they once possessed. | know that our friends do not like to be told this, but with all their enterprise and energy the fates are against them. I came to this country in an American vessel in 1856. Then America was doing at least one-half of the carry- ing trade of the world. Shipbuilding in England was in a state of bankruptcy. Conditions were serious and in their desperation Englishmen set themselves thinking on this problem. The outcome was the happy thought, a thought at once put into action, to build iron vessels. It did not take long to prove the superiority of iron over wood for shipbuilding purposes. America quickly ‘dropped out of sight in the competition and I do not think can ever regain her position. In England iron is at her very doors, all facilities are at the water's edge, coal is abundant and cheap, labor is cheap. Our good friend Uncle Sam may squeal as he may like he cannot square himself with these conditions.” 4+ * * Is it necessary that ELI should say that he wishes the many readers of the LUMBERMAN every compliment that goes with the present holiday season? A Happy New Year to every one of you, and may business boom from start to finish of 1892. I cannot expect to meet in person very many, out of the large number of lumber- men, who read this journal each month, but I feel in any case that during the past year we have learned to know one another pretty well. I am anxious that this spirit should not only continue, but that the friendship should increase the longer we are acquainted. Realize that ELI is approachable under all conditions. Throw aside any diffidence that may perchance have taken possession of you. If you have something to say, say it. Never mind even if it hits EL! himself rather hard. He will take the blow good-naturedly ; and if he should hit back you will be just as good-natured—of course. My aim is to “get there,” and in no way can this be more cer- tainly accomplished than in a full ventilation of any sub- Did you ever know the real meaning of ELI? He is a hustler, a man who starts out to ‘“‘get there,” and does “get there” every time. Some one has said Newton would never have discovered the law of gravitation had he not been an ELI; Franklin’s discoveries in electricity, and Edison’s inventions in the same line are attributed to their wonderful ELI qualities. If Fulton had not been an ELI he Had never conceived and carried out the idea of a steamboat. Talmage and Spurgeon in the pulpit, Tennyson and Longfellow in the realm of poetry, and Dickens and Thackeray in the field of fiction, reached the topmost rung in the ladder of fame, simply because they were born ELI’s. The ability to be an ELI is not confined to those who wear a crown ject under discussion. or wield a sceptre, or those who can make the commerce of a country tremble with the scratch of a pen. The lumberman who conducts a successful business and “oets there” through twentieth century methods is as much of an ELI as he who controls a thousand miles of railway. To put it in a nutshell, the EL1is the man who succeeds in his chosen vocation, despite every discour- agement and obstacle. There are hosts of ELI’s in the lumber trade. Many of them have talked to you in this page in the year just gone. That you may the better know them we are going to adorn this page each month with portraits of a number of these ELI lumbermen. We shall ask you to look at the faces of several in the February LUMBERMAN. * * * * Canada’s timber wealth, particularly in this province, consists so largely of pine, that I sometimes think we forget, that there is no inconsiderable supply of hard- wood in the country. I was glad to have a chat the other day with Mr. John Inksetter, who hails from the county of Bruce, where a large trade is done in maple, birch and elm. His base of operations in lumber has been the town of Wiarton, where he has resided for many years, and where are located the well-known millmen, Jno. Ashcroft, R. Balstone, H. C. Biette, B. B. Miller, Jno. Kidd, Seamen and Newman, A. Jones and others. These firm’s have done a satisfactory year’s trade. A large portion of the hardwood cut of this section of coun- try is handled by Toronto dealers. Though hardwoods probably lead in Bruce county, Mr. Inksetter informs me that there is considerable pine in the northern part of the peninsular. A large trade had been done in the shipping of telegraph and telephone poles to the States, but the McKinley Bill, which, as LUMBERMAN readers know, increased the duty on railroad ties, telegraph poles, posts, etc., has seriously affected this class of lumber operations. A fair trade, however, is still done in towing poles from the shores of Lake Huron to Cleveland, which can be done at a cost sufficiently low to partly at least offset the increased duty. Besides it enables those interested in the industry on the other side to secure a class of pole for which they have a pre- ference. A very large consumer of the railway ties that are manufactured in Wiarton and vicinity is the Grand Trunk Railway. Mr. Inksetter tells me there is yet abundance ofhardwood to cut in Bruce county. % * % ¥ An interview with a “local lumber dealer,” that has been somewhat largely copied, in whole or part, by United States lumber journals and other commercial newspapers, was published in the Toronto World about a fortnight ago. “Lumber dealer,’ whose name is not made known in the interview, is reported to have said that he had just returned from a business tour of the mills in the north, and that little orno lumber was being shipped from the mills. ‘“ This,” says he, “is the best evidence you can get as to the state of the lumber trade ; when there ic no stuff leaving the mills you may be sure there is little or no demand.” Then follows what has struck me as a qualification of the first statement: “In all the lumber points I visited, however, there was only one at which I found any really good lumber. The mill men had no trouble getting rid of that. In fact they could not turn out enough to supply the demand. The Americans will take every foot they can get. But the trouble is they have little need for the common lumber. Why, I know of mill men holding a good deal of last year’s common cut and nearly all of this year’s. Fact is, the American’s don’t want our coarse lumber.” These conditions are attributed to the removal of the export duty on logs, something we are told that the luambermen are sorry they asked for. One thousand men, it is alleged as a result of this policy, have gone to the States. Americans who had established mills on this side have removed the whole or part of their plant across to their own side. “What is more, the mill men at Midland, Penetang, Waubashene and other places now find it better to sell the logs to the Americans than manufac- ture them into lumber and run the risk of holding the stock for some time, and perhaps even then only being able to sell'them the dressing and uppers. I know of some mill men who will not now sell good lumber to an American unless he also agrees to take the common.” These are strong statements. The ink, however, had only twenty-four hours to dry when a reply appeared in the same journal from another lumberman, who makes this distinct statement: “It is a hard fact that since the United States duty on pine lumber Las been reduced to $1 per thousand feet a steady shipment of common and cull lumber has been going on to eastern and south- eastern United States points. The mill men who are holding a “good deal of last years common cut and nearly all of this year’s” must exist only in the imagina- tion of your informant. They are not known to the trade. There has been a tremendous shrinkage in busi- ness in this city and in western Ontario, and it is the United States trade, fostered by the reduction in the duty, that has saved the lumber business from entire collapse. An examination of the lumber journals of the United States will show that Tonawanda dealers are complain- ing of the injury to their business from the car trade now going on from Canada;” and this statement is supple- mented with the expression of opinion, in which the writer is not alone, that if our Government reimpose the export duty on logs, the United States import duty will then be advanced to $3 per thousand feet, which it is averred would mean ruination to the lumber trade. I am going to leave it to LUMBERMAN readers to draw their own conclusions as to the weight of the two different po- sitions that are taken by these two lumbermen. I cannot omit saying this, however, that it is news to me to be told that millmen at any point are loaded up with lum- ber, either coarse or select. My work brings me con- stantly in contact with leading lumbermen of this city and other parts, who ought to know the lay of the land, and they all tell the one story, that our piling docks everywhere are singularly free of stocks of any kind. ign eke ey “One of the largest operators in the Ottawa district ” remarked to me some time ago, said Mr. A. H. Camp- bell, the president of the Muskoka Mill and Lumber Company, “that previous to the reduction of duty on lumber going into the United States to one dollar a thousand, that he did not receive cost for 65 per cent. of his shipments of lumber across the border. This illus- trates as clearly as one could wish the advantage that has come to Canadian lumbermen by a reduction in the duty. My regret is that we have not entire free trade in lumber, which I believe would be for the general benefit of the people of both countries. In no case can I imagine that any agitation will lead to a re-imposition of the old duty ; and to accomplish this our own Goy- ernment has only got to re-impose the export duty on logs. It is not improbable that should the log duty be re-imposed, that the United States would retaliate by increasing the duty on lumber to $3 or even $4. We cannot close our eyes to this one fact that the home con- sumption of lumber is so limited, that if we are to have a market for the products of our forests, we must go out- side for it ; and a natural market is that of the States. I have read lately a letter in one of the daily papers from some one who presumes to speak for the mill-owners of the Georgian Bay territories, telling a doleful tale of the havoc the export of logs is making in closing up large numbers of mills, depopulating villagesandsoon. This is all moonshine. We are sawmill men ourselves, and can speak from personal knowledge. There is no such distress existing as has been chronicled by these peo- ple. Another matter, the sawing of the logs, is after all a small part of the labor that has a place between the standing tree and the manufactured lumber, and in all the work of the woods and every step necessary to the getting of the logs actually to the mill it is the working- man that receives the benefit. Yes, I have read a num- ber of the letters that have been published in American lumber journals urging that Canadian lumber be excluded from American markets. I have no idea that the United States legislators will move in this direction any more than Ottawa would take a step to re-impose the log duty. United States writers on this question say that the introduction of Canadian lumber on their mar- kets has been the means of causing a reduction in the price of their own product. I have good reason to know that this is not the case. At the most the quantity of Canadian lumber that crosses the border is so small— the veriest drop in the bucket—that it is laughable to hear these men talk of Canadian lumber affecting the conditions of the American market.” hates rt - —ee a? ee he hl 2 i JANUARY, 1892 _ MICHIGAN LETTER. [Regular correspondence Canaba LUMBERMAN.] EFERENCE was made in my letter of last month to the opinion entertained at least by some lum- ~bermen that this erstwhile fertile pine state has seen its best days so far as lumbering operations are concerned. I do not say that those whose predictions run along these lines have all the facts and arguments with them, and yet, as the present season’s work comes to a close, there are some conditions that give color to this view. A number of our large operators are not only pros- pecting in other lumber territories, but they are making heavy investments, which must ere long draw off a measure of their attachment from this State, whilst sev- eral firms have closed business altogether and are planning operations for other fields another season. LUMBER FIRMS MOVING OUT. The firm of Mermill & Ring, who not long since were large holders of Canadian limits in the Georgian Bay _ district, closed down their mill here on 2oth inst., and its machinery will be removed to Duluth, where the firm has erected a newmill. The old mill cut 18,000,000 feet of lumber the present season. The A. W. Wright Lum- ber Company, who have put in 30,000,000 in Gladwin county, Mich., this season, is another concern that will break camp in the spring and will make their way north. ‘This company have about 1,000,000,000 feet of timber in Minnesota, near the Duluth & Winnipeg railroad. They will build, it is said, a road in connection with this road, and operations will commence next season. One of the oldest firms in Bay City, N. B. Bradley & Sons, have wound up their record as lumbermen. Their mill will be dismantled and the machinery removed to the upper Peninsula. This firm has been in business in Bay City since 1857, and have cut possibly 500,000,000 feet of lumber, to say nothing of the salt, shingles and_ lath which have been produced by the Bradley plant. A rumor is current that a sash and door factory will be built on the site of the old mill, which will be good news - for Bay City if realized. Another change, that removes from the field of active work one of the oldest lumber concerns in the state, is the closing out of the business of Ryerson, Hills & Co., whose milis on Muskegon Lake are among the historical landmarks of this section of country. By those who should know it is said that the mills of this firm have during their existence manufactured at least 1,000,000,000 feet of lumber. The members of the firm have undoubt- edly amassed large fortunes as a result of their work on Muskegon Lake and have ever been highly esteemed by the community. LOOKING TO CANADIAN PINE LANDS. On the other hand, we find those who think the pres- ent exodus, if | may so term it, to new fields and pas- tures green, just a little premature. E. G. Stoddard, one of our best-known Michigan lumbermen, said in a recent interview: “I have been in the busi- ness in Saginaw now for twenty-eight years, and have seen the best period inthe Jumbertrade. People are now looking around for other places to go to in view of the fact that the timber will soon be entirely gone. A great many are looking toward Oregon and Washington, but I don’t think the time has come yet for the opening of the lumber trade in that region. My reason for think- ing thus is that the market will be lacking for a long time to come. The Pacific slope is a young country, but on the whole it is pretty well equipped with -build- ings, and I don’t think there will be much of a demand in that locality. Then, Australia is in the same condi- tion, and the eastern market is rendered very hard of access on account of the immense distance and the moun- tain ranges lying between. If we had notimber it would be different, but even after Michigan and Wisconsin timber is used up we have the immense southern district besides the Canada pine lands which will surely be called into requisition.” THE WOOD FIBRE BUSINESS is intimately connected with the lumber trades, and intelligent lumbermen are interested in a study of its several phases. Hon. I. M. Weston, of Grand Rapids, _ Mich., is a gentleman who is extensively interested in this business. He has a large financial concern in a _ company which controls the Misterlich patents for mak- _ ing chemical wood fibre in the United States and Canada. * He is very sanguine of the possibilities of this industry. There is in his opinion scarcely any limit to the variety of articles that may be made from wood fibre. “All that is needed,” says Mr. Weston, “is a mould in which to press the fibre and sufficient pulp to hold it together ‘and you will have a door that is one solid piece of wood, and which will be light, strong and will not decay or warp. Perhaps you do not know that if the resinous substances are extracted from wood you have gotten rid of all that causes decay, and the fibre left is like a piece of cotton in whiteness and fluffiness ? The uses to which this is put are many. For some time past a factory at Port Huron has been making underclothes from wood fiber, which equal in every respect those made of wool. It is made into hats, blankets, pails, washtubs, trunks, basins, pitchers, and a hundred other things which are indestructable unless you break them with an axe. Professor Misterlich is now taking out patents for mach- ines which will weave and spin the wood fiber the same as cotton or wool. PIECE STUFF. McKeon and Glover, -of Bay City, now have 30,000,- 000 of logs on the skidways in your country. They are logging about 17,000,000 feet on the Gladwin branch of the Michigan Central. This is another firm that closes their operations in Michigan with this winter. They have handled during the season about 80,000,000 feet of logs. Muskegan has had in some respects a phenomenal season. Usually from 100,000,000 to 300,000,000 have been carried over till spring. For the first time in the history of that market there is no more stock on hand to-day than can be handled for the local demand. The Chippewa Lumber Company’s mill, near Chip- pewa Lake, Mich., has been sold to the Tallapoosa Manufacturing and Hardwood Company of Georgia. The mill has a capacity of 90,000 feet daily and cost $50,000. The Scribner failure, at Tonawanda, continues to excite unfavourable comment here. It struck some Saginaw and Bay City lumbermen pretty hard. Charles H. Plummer, lumberman and pine land dealer, has given mortgages to Daniel Hardin, of Saginaw, for $40,000, as security for paper endorsed by the latter. SAGINAW, MICH., DEC. 26, 1891. PICA. OTTAWA LETTER, (Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] |B ecees BER may fitly be termed an off month in the lumber trade in this district. I could hardly have less to record in the line of lumber news. The mills are closed down; there is no mill news. Logging in the woods is active, but this is a class of work that is not productive of much interest for a newspaper correspond- ent. Shipping is quiet, as one would suppose, at a time when the shipping season is practically closed. In the offices of our several lumber concerns book-keepers and clerks are busy working towards the balancing of ac- counts for the year. A little later, when balance sheets have been prepared, we will learn with all necessary certainty just how the year’s trade shows up. We do know this to be the case, that the stock books will show very small quantities of lumber in the hands of any of our mill men, outside of what is already sold and is being held subject to shipping orders from pur- chasers. This is a factor that is expected to have a favorable influence on prices in the spring. Prices can hardly be otherwise than firm, with a strong tendency to an advance in nearly all lines. Our exporters are looking forward to a revival of South American trade, where a fair market has usually been found for twelve-inch stock. The Export Lumber Company here is increasing its storage capacity for twelve-inch and other better grades by building a large addition t6 its sheds. Mr. John Ferguson, M.P., who reached the city this week from the Madawaska district, and who holds a contract from J. R. Booth for the taking out of logs this winter, says that lumbering on the Madawaska this win- ter is humming. Mr. Ferguson’s work is limited to the removal of logs that the fire passed through last summer. He reports that the bush fires had injured a large quan- tity of valuable timber. When he left the bush there was hardly any snow and very little frost. The large THE CANADA LUMBERMAN 7 lakes were still open and smaller ones were but ghtly The want of snow and ice to get the logs frozen over. r n out was severely felt. OTTAWA, DEC. 26, 1891. SHAVINGS AND SAWDUST. IT is claimed that a chute in the logging camp at Clif ton, Oregon, is the longest in the world, being three- quarters ofa mile. Its track is shod with railroad iron, and this smoothness and the sharp pitch get the logs down in twenty seconds. We would rather not try to interview one of them while taking this little excursion. ee re THE match-making women at Marseilles, to the num- ber of 650, have struck work. Their grievance is that the French wood employed by the State in this manu- facture is inferior and difficult to handle, and that though the Government professes to have purchased a large stock in Russia, whence the supply was formerly derived, no promise is given them as to the date of its arrival. re THE Lumber Worker, of Cincinnati, O., predicts an early return of walnut to its old-time popularity, basing the prophecy upon the statement that many of the larg- est furniture making concerns of the country are quietly buying all the walnut stock they can get, 30 cars of wal- nut, for example, having recently passed through Cin- cinnati en route to Grand Rapids, Mich. The Lumber Worker regards walnut lumber as the best stock on sticks to-day. * * * * A NOTE of warning to the loggers in the woods, not to be easily persuaded by the cheap jewellery pedlars, who like to play on their generosity, should not be with- out its effect. The money that the logger earns is well earned, and he does not need to throw it away for the first trumpery gew-gaw that is offered him by a glib- tongued notion pedlar who strikes the camp. The log- ger may make up his mind that these men are after him for the money they think they can make out of him. Loggers do not require any article that these men may offer them, while they are in the woods, and if it is important to procure anything of the kind, let them wait until they return to the city and patronize the store of a reliable merchant, where they will obtain value for their money. * * * P. O. ByRAM, of Victoria, N.B., whose opinions on lumber matters are not unknown to readers of this paper, is again after those Americans who insist on “slaughter- ing our forests and driving native labour and consump- tion out of our country.” Replying to N. C. Dyment, of Barrie, who has expressed himself as approving of the removal of the log duty, because of the reduction of duty on lumber that this step carries with it, he says: “The greatest curse that can follow the settlement of our for- ests is to allow the product to be slaughtered and manu- factured out of the country, instead of at home ; and the only way to place ourselves on an equal footing with Americans is to make the export duty on logs equal to their import duty. If the American cannot compete on these terms, other and perhaps better out- lets can be had for our manufactured lumber. If Can- ada is to be held for Canadians it is time her re- sources were protected from outsiders poaching on her territory.” A POINTER FOR MACHINERY MANUFACTURERS. OW comes the harvest of the machinery manufacturers. Mills will be overhauled, and alterations made. In some cases new machinery will take the place of old, and in others improved machinery will take the place of some not very The lumber manufacturer. knows that improved machinery means old that has fallen below the requirements of the plant. greater profits, and is willing to go to the expense necessary to make the improvements. The cut this winter in Canada will undoubtedly be above the average. This means that our lumber manufacturers will be anxious to have their mills in The time is opportune for the shrewd manufacturer of machinery to tip top shape for the opening of trade in the spring. bring to the notice of saw mill men the facilities possessed for meeting the various needs of the lumber trade. It is hardly necessary to suggest that as the only journal in Canada devoted to the interests of lumber and saw mill men the CANADA LUMBERMAN is an exceptionally valuable medium to all manu- facturers who contemplate business with this industry. JANuaARY, 1892 18 VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS. Our contemporary, the Journal of ss Commerce, of Montreal, devotes con- **Wooded’’ Country . : "Y siderable space in a recent number to a discussion of the saw-log question. It points out that this subject does not receive the attention it deserves, “considering the enormous interests involved.” It attri- butes this indifference to the fact that lumbering operations are usually conducted away from the regular centres of commerce, and are consequently less in touch with general trade conditions. The common ex- pression, “Canada is a ‘wooden’ country,” is paraphrased to read, it is believed, with greater accuracy, “Canada is a ‘wooded’ country.” These are the facts that support such a claim:—lIn 1889 the timber cut in Canada, on which dues were paid, was as follows, as given in the year book issued by the department of agriculture: Ontario and N. B. and Other Pro- Quebec. Nova Scotia. vinces. Saw logs, B.M... _ 1,248,804,546 190,236,547 169,849,654 Square timber, cu. ft. 5,720,068 23,800 Ceder, lineal feet. 104,059 4,063,549 The provinces received $2,211,127 dues on this tim- ber, but these figures fall enormously below the total production of timber, as vast areas on which lumbering operations are carried on, all woods and forests, where no dues are paid, are not included in the official returns above quoted, as they ought to have been when compiled. The exports ainounted to $26,071,000 equal to 27 per cent of the total exports. It would be diffi- cult to. say how much capital is employed in the trade, or to how many of our people it finds sustenance, but the figures are large. In 1881 the mills used up $21,134, ooo worth of raw material and the output was valued at $39,326,000. The men engaged in lumber industries are many scores of times greater in number than those in many minor manufacturies, all combined. Simcoe County alone has 150 saw mills; three firms there cut an aggregate of 110,000,000 feet yearly, while at Ottawa and vicinity the cut is admittedly much over 500,000,000 feet. Taking these facts, as the bed ground for its argu- ment, the Montreal journal goes on to show what all this means as an element in our national life, as an in- dication of active capital, and distributed wealth and maintaining an army of industry, closing with these words: “We are not so busy in our industries, nor are we so rich either, as to afford the sacrifice of large revenues derived by Canadian carriers by land and water, from lumber freights. Canada needs all possible employment for her people, and every dollar she can possibly retain, spent in her own borders. It is folly most gross to hand over such vast sources of wealth to a foreign nation. If not ‘drawers of water’ for our neighbours, the confining ourselves to the supplying them with saw-logs, certainly makes us ‘hewers of wood’ for their service and profit.” In another paragraph we have given AREA the views of the editor of the Chicago Interviewed. : A Timberman on lumbermen’s con- ventions. When at the mercy of the interviewer the editor also gave his opinions on the lumber trade of the United States, a subject not without interest to Can- adian lumbermen. He said:—A superficial view of the business situation with respect to lumbering during’ the eleven months of the current year that have elapsed, would lead to the conclusion that things have been in a uncommonly bad way. Complaints of dullness have been heard in all sections of the country, and in con- nection with all branches of trade, but in reality the southern lumber business has suffered the most. The traffic in 1890 was unprecedently large, and more than The stocks of lumber, as fast as There was usually remunerative. produced, went directly into consumption. no speculation nor forestalling. The trade was, by every rule of calculation, profitable. This year, with a slight demand from South American countries, and a general slack demand from abroad, the yellow pine pro- ducers have, especially for south manufacturers, aspired to get as much domestic business as possible. The competition has been so close and the demand from the agricultural sections so light, that prices were materially It is this condition of affairs that confronts the manufacturer at the beginning of the winter. In the west conditions were reported more favorable, and reduced. these have been further enhanced by the rich grain harvests. In the south the big cotton crop now being moved has come in for a large share of the bankers’ accommodation, while the lumbermen, who do business twelve months in the year, are set aside during the cotton season to a large extent, both in financial favors and transportation facilities. These features are embarass- ing just now, but ye editor is hopeful of another era of strong prices and active markets for the yellow pine pro- ducers at an early day. The lumber journals of the United Why Not? States are well filled up for the past month with reports of lumber- men’s conventions at different points. We make mention of this matter to ask the question, why not a lumberman’s convention for Canada, or at least for this province? The season’s business is about concluded and the time is opportune for our lum- bermen to get together and talk over matters of mutual interest to all engaged in the lumber trade. Other branches of trade in Canada have their conventions, why not the lumbermen? This is not the first time that the matter has been referred to in these columns, but our lumber friends here have not got anywhere yet. Speak- ing of the advantages of these occasional gatherings, the editor of the Chicago Lumberman, interviewed at New Orleans by the daily press, during the convention of lumbermen held in that city the early part of the this month, said :—“The lumber organizations, such as meet here to-morrow, are valuable agencies. serve to destroy foolish methods of competition; to mollify antagonistic elements in the business; to inform the world of the volume of this important branch of commerce, and give an exhibition of harmonious meth- ods, after such legislating and planning as are required have perfected the machinery of the association.” It will hardly be claimed that there are not like benefits to be secured as the result of a meeting of Canadian lum- bermen. It is just a matter of getting the ball rolling. Who will start it? ““AMERICAN MARKETS FOR AMERICAN LUMBER.” A REPLY. BY MR. J. BERTRAM, TORONTO. HERE isa woeful ignorance of tariff conditions shown in the correspondence on Canadian lumber affairs that the Northwestern Lumberman, of Chicago, has been publishing for a few weeks past. If our contem- porary would follow the advice it essayed on one occasion to give to another, and place before its readers a reprint of the McKinley Bill, we would hear less nonsense talked of the occult influence Canadian diplomats are alleged to have exerted over American statesmen when the lumber tariff was under consideration. In our editorial columns we have some further reference to the question. The subject is also touched in an interview with Mr. A. H. Campbell in our ELI page. publish a letter from Mr. J. Bertram, of this city, whose views on various lumber matters we have on other occasions given in the columns of the CANADA LuM- BERMAN. Mr. Bertram, with his thorough know- ledge of the lumber question, points out plainly a few of the errors into which Mr. Huyett, in his article on “American Markets for American Lumber” has fallen. Mr. Bertram says: Mr. Huyett opens with a declaration that ‘Canadian diplo- mats have secured for their manufacturers a market in the States for millions of dollars in value at the expense of thousands of our manufacturers and tens of thousands of our laborers.” Canadians would be glad to believe that their diplomats had the influence imputed to them, but the facts are against the supposition. Any increase in the exportation of Canadian lumber is presumed to be caused by the reduction in duty on lumber, and this was brought about by the passage of the McKinley tariff bill, which provided for a reduction on white pine from $2 to $1 a thousand, board measure, leaving spruce and red pine at the old rate, and increasing the duties on rail- road ties, telegraph poles, posts, etc. Therefore, the only item in the list of exports given which need be considered, or which could in any way effect adversely American manufac- turers or laborers, is ‘‘boards, planks, deals and other sawed lumber,” of which, according to the figures given, Canada exported to the United States in 1890 $7,744,454, and in 1801 $8,412,842, a difference in 1891 over 1890 of only $667,888, or a little less than the product of one of the Chaudiere mills at Ottawa, and this quantity (not enough to supply a good yard for one season) is represented as demoralizing and damning the whole lumber trade of the United States, and its influence is said to be felt from Maine to Texas and from Washington to Florida. It sounds absurd. The reduction in duty of $1 a thousand-on white pine was. Below we They | only made on condition that the Canadian government abol- ished its export duty of $2 a thousand on logs, and in lumber circles here the opinion is held that the equivalent demanded for the reduction is far more valuable to American manufacturers than the $1 a thousand is to Canadian mill owners, as it allows the former to obtain free logs from Canadian forests, enabling some Michigan mill owners to keep their mills running. So strongly is this view held by some parties here that repeated attempts have been made to get the export duty reimposed, their contention being that, to be fair, the United States duty should have been abolished altogether, or that at least the duty on spruce and red pine should also have been lowered. It is not possible to verify here the figures given for 1891, as the trade returns have not been issued for this year, but the amount given under the heading, ‘‘unmanufactured not else- where specified,” of $5,275,144, duty free, is so large that some information on what is comprised under this head would be valuable. The opinion is expressed by Mr. Huyett that Americans were tricked into lowering the duty on lumber, which shows a poor opinion either of the acumen or honesty of Washington representatives—an opinion that does not prevail here. The charge is also made that ‘‘the spirit of the Canadian government was shown shortly after the enactment of the McKinley law by a trick that was played to prevent Americans from getting any advantage from a sale of timber limits located in the vicinity of Lake of the Woods,” by inserting a clause in the sale that ‘‘lumber cut from the limits sold should be manufactured in the province of Ontario.” This charge of trickery so lightly made could only arise through the writer’s misunderstanding of the jurisdiction respectively of the dominion and provincial governments. The dominion govern- ment only can regulate export or import duties, and as all lands and timber not sold in Ontario belong to the province, the provincial government can impose any regulation it thinks fit in the sale of timber berths, so the dominion government must be held blameless. And so far as the provincial government is con- cerned, neither can it be charged with trickery. The McKinley tariff bill went into force on October 6, 1890. The timber berths in question were sold October 1, 1890, but the notice of sale, with the conditions attached, was issued July 2, 1890; and further, the obnoxious clause was not inserted at all in a sale of timber tributary to the Georgian bay which was made this fall. : It is claimed that Canadian mill owners immediately added the $1 a thousand to the price of their lumber. As a matter of fact, they obtained no more for their lumber in 1891 than they did in 1890; and it seems to be overlooked that a large proportion of Canadian lumber which goes to the United States is for re-exportation to South America and the West Indies, leaving a profit on handling with United States mer- chants and carriers. In discussing an international trade matter it is useless to bandy charges, impute motives or even inquire on whose side lies the advantage, as all trading must be considered for the advantage of both buyer and seller, or it would not occur. We here would be glad to cultivate more reasonable and friendly trade relations with our neighbours. The opinion seems to be held by some Americans that in trading with Canada the favor is all on one side, reasoning that they offer a market of 65,000,000 of people, and can only obtain in return a market of 5,000,000. That this idea is fallacious can be shown by examining the trade returns, the so-called balance of trade being largely in favor of the United States. For the year end- ing June 30, 1890, Canada sold to the United States $40, 522, - 810, and the same year purchased from the United States $52,291,973, thus showing that we purchased $11,769,163 more than was purchased from us. The favor, if favor it be, is on the side of the United States. oe TRADE NOTES. In our advertising pages will be found a list of second-hand machinery offered for sale by the Waterous Engine Works Co., of Brantford. We direct special attention to this announce- ment as containing a number of machines that are useful to sawmill men. They also advertise a sawmill for sale. A manufacturer whose lists of machinery should be in the possession of all sawmill men, is F. J. Drake, of Belleville, Ont. The newest invention of Mr. Drake’s is the ‘‘Canadian” Saw- set, which has a number of features distinctive to this one ma- chine. Mr. Drake is a man of strong inventive genius and has a thoroughly practical knowledge of the workings and manu- facture of machinery. In our November issue we gave a list of lumber firms that had purchased Brazel’s patent snow plows from J. Muckleston & Co., of Kingston. Since then one of the firms there mentioned has placed an additional order, and orders and inquiries have been received from Michigan firms lumbering on Georgian Bay. Amongst the orders received are those from Nelson & Sons, Cheboygan, who are operating near Webbwood ; Gillies Bros., Braeside, and others. This firm’s ‘‘ Red Top ” line of peavies and cant dogs are also meeting with ready sale. The Dodge Wood Split Pulley Co., of Toronto, have re- cently completed a very striking illustration of their rope transmission system at the new works of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company at Toronto Junction. The drive in this case is carried from the driving wheel on the engine over interme- diate roofs and yards to the wood-working shops, a distance of 460 feet. The power is conveyed in a positive and noiseless manner, and to the complete and entire satisfaction of the rail- way company. All who are interested in the successful trans- mission of power to a distance, should see this job, “Tr January, 1892 A SUCCESSFUL MANUFACTURING FIRM. INE years ago Mr. Bradley R. Mowry removed from the town of Lindsay to Gravenhurst, one of the progressive lumber towns of northern Ontario. There he formed a co-partnership with his two sons, Aldus and Bradley,under the firm name of B. R. Mowry & Sons. The beginnings of the business were on quite a limited scale, consisting principally in the repairing of machinery used in the many lumber and planing mills in that sec- tion of country. The business, however, grew, modestly, yet stronger and larger from year to year. In Septem- ber of 1887, a terrible fire swept over Gravenhurst, laying almost the whole town in ashes, the Mowry works going down under the flames with the rest. This mis- fortune, however, was the stepping stone to greater things with this industrious and enterprising firm. In rebuilding they decided to do so on a much larger scale, the works to-day consisting of a two-storey macl.ine shop I15 x40, a pattern shop co-equal in size, and a large foundry in which casting is done daily; six engine lathes, two iron planers, two large drills, bull lathe and a large number of smaller machines are constantly at work in these shops, driven by a Baxter engine, and as it is generally necessary to work overtime, the whole works after dark are illuminated by electric light. With the expansion of business a third son, Albert, has been added to the firm, which now consists of the father and three sons, who are the sole proprietors and manu- facturers of the “Boss” shingle machine, “Boss” jointer, drag saw sapper, and knot bolt and drill down carefully in the centre about one- quarter or three-eighths of an inch deep, then use another drill a trifle larger, ground the opposite way, so as to cut backwards; then with the ratchet reversed, as nearly all ratchets are reversible, by forcing the drill hard in the hole already drilled and working the ratchet backwards, in about nine cases out of ten the bolt will start. Then, by carefully easing away upon the ratchet, it may be screwed out. If this plan does not succeed, then drill the small hole to the end of the bolt and work out the shell that is left, carefully, with a narrow cape chisel. Again, you may start with every indication of having a good day’s run, but without any apparent cause one of the teeth of your driving gears may drop out. thing must be done and that quickly, for the chances are that you have not a duplicate on hand to supply its place; if not, you can not afford to stop the machine and lie idle for perhaps a week until a new one can be procured from the manufacturers, perhaps hundreds of miles distant, so you must improvise some way to insert a tooth, or something that will answer the purpose until a new one can be procured. Here the ratchet drill, if nothing better is at hand, comes again to your assistance. The gear should be put in a vice that will hold it firmly, and a piece of something, with one end secured to the bench or side of the building, and a helper at the other, will answer the purpose of a press. Then, with a drill a trifle less in diameter than the thickness of the Some- THe CANADA LUMBERMAN work, they are found to serve wel belts of not less than five inches in have been tested side by side with I« strength and durability, they are allege equally satisfactory, adhering very clos« generating no electricity while runn flexible, and unaffected by temperature limits. FIRES AND CASUALTIES. FIRES. Wm. Atchinson & Son, saw and planing Ont.; partly burned out. Jacob Lawrence & Sons, Sarnia, Ont; planir no insurance. CASUALTIES. William Deering was killed at Sutton, Ont., by a fallis tree. A Chaudiere mill hand, Ottawa, Ont., named fred Detourney, had his collar bone broken by falling off a ] f lumber. A shantyman named Xavier Lapointe, who lives at Gatineau Point, Ont., is home from the Madawaska, a sufferer a broken leg. Malcolm Kippen, while at work in the bush ne Ont., was seriously injured on the skull by a detached limb falling on him. Alexander McCool, a lumberman, of Mattawa. Ont. i ing. He has been traced to the water’s ed > believed was lost in a storm. saw machinery, and of House’s patent filing ma- chine for shingle and mill saws, as well as the manu- facturers of all kinds of general mill machinery. All the partners are practical machinists, and orders en- trusted to the firm can be | relied upon to be executed in a satisfactory manner, while promptness in all their business affairs has ever been a feature of the Fy house of B. R. Mowry & i Sons. TIGHT PLACES. = EY UNCLE PETER. IND reader, did you ever find yourself in a tight 1 AN | Ce iS | | Hz | \ | wal. A riverman named Napoleon | Legare, who lives in Hull, Que., and the Pettawawa, is likely to lose his who was at work on foot, which was crushed between two logs. Alexander Dupois and Joseph Mirault, of Hull, Que., both in the bush cutting wood, were when the former’s axe slipped struck Mirault in the thigh, inflicting | an ugly wound. from the handle and Wiss = Wm. McLellan, a_ life-long resident of Bishop’s Mills, Ont., driving from Virden, Man., to the home of his brother, thirty miles distant, in a lumber wag- had feet frozen that it is likely both legs gon, both so. badly will have to be amputated. = As men were moving some place? I think I can antici- lumber outside the dock at the pate your answer, especially cedar mill at Deseronto, Ont., a if you are a planing-mill fore- man and your mill happens to be located in the country, 10 or 15 miles from the nearest machine shop. Suppose, on a cold morning in the winter, with the thermometer down to zero, you commence with the expectation of turning out a good day’s work, but before starting you find it necessary to change the knives upon your cylinder, and one of the bolts snaps off; no matter how many spare ones you may have, the broken one must be got out. That is the first matter to deal with, and no matter how loose all the rest may be, this one is sure to be tight. Sometimes you may be lucky enough to be able to coax it out with the corner of a cold chisel, if you work carefully; but if that does not succeed, then some other remedy must be resorted to. In the end, you may be obliged to drill it out. Here the ratchet drill, if you have one (and no mill should be without one, for there is no tool that is more useful in a mill than this), will help you out. But drilling out a cylinder bolt without spoiling the thread is a nice job, and should not be resorted to until all other methods have failed. This, if nothing else, is a strong argument in favor of slotted cylinders ; but as there are hundreds of machines in use with the bolts tapped into the cylinder, we must get along without them. The surest way to get out a bolt of this kind, without injuring the thread so as to necessitate tapping it out, and putting in a larger bolt, which is always objection- able, is, first, to use a drill about one-half the size of the THE ‘‘Boss” SHINGLE MACHINE. tooth at the pitch line, the drill may be used and a couple of holes drilled in the rim half an inch deep, if the thickness of the rim will admit, and two pieces of round iron, moderately tight, but not driven hard enough to endanger breaking of the rim, fitted in. Dress off the points so as to be the same length and as near the shape of the others as possible, using the calipers or dividers to get them central. A gear repaired in the manner, if carefully done, will take but little time and will frequently run for months without any trouble; but no time should be lost in ordering a new one from the factory, as no one can tell how soon the same thing may happen again. It is an old proverb that “necessity is the mother of invention,” and if such breakdowns as occur in almost every mill that is located a long distance from a machine shop, does not call out the inventive genius of the fore- man at certain times, nothing else will. PAPER BELTS. ke is stated on no better authority than the New York Sun that one of the largest establishments in the States has for some time been turning out paper belts that have the reputation of being superior in many respects to those of leather; that these belts are made from pure linen stock, and are of any desired thickness, width or length, having also a driving power equal to any other from an equal surface, and while it is not claimed for them that they are adapted to all kinds of fortnight ago, the body of a man came to the surface.. It was re- cognized as that of Michael Mannion, a mill hand, who had left them weeks before to visit relations at Tyendinago. A teamster named Robert Saunders, working at Sappertin, B.C., was killed by falling off his waggon, loaded with wood. He leaves two young children, who are living with his father at Orillia, Ont. OUR NEW DRESS. T would be shabby treatment to come before our readers in the new dress we have donned to-day and not tell them who The LUMBERMAN must give Miller & Richard, type founders, of this city, credit made the stylish and well-fitting garments. for this handsome outfit. The body of the paper is printed from their extra hard metal Scotch type, which is known to printers in this country from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Those who are not practical printers will admire what in technical parlance printers speak of as a clean, open face type, while the printer himself knows the durability and perfectness that comes with this type, when it bears the well-known letters SSVI Oc Teer the advertising pages of the LUMBERMAN, and that give to The new and handsome types that are shown in these pages an attractiveness that will certainly be admired by our advertisers, comes also from the same firm, for as a matter of fact there is nothing necessary to the complete outfit of a printing office, small or large, that is beyond their capacity to furnish. Established as the leading type founders of Great Britain for upwards of a century, they have for many years been ably represented in Canada by Mr. R. L. Patterson, one of the most popular men among the printing fraternity through- out the wide Dominion. 20 ‘TORONT ° _ 20 FRONT ST EAST TELEPHONE 475 THE CANADA UWS Weezer WANTED AND FOR SALE in this department at tion. When four are 0 unt of _This notice shows the npareil type. Adver- nts will be inserted 11 ed a disc following issue. WANTED FOR CASH ‘5 AL F A MILL —_ = = T Sis ASH, cpa larter and one-and-z half i d seconds; must m and one inch Elm, as to stock on hand, dry- west prices F.O.B. Montreal, Que. Address all particulars t P. O. BOX 2144, NEW YORK, INE Wie WANTED TO CONTRACT 4 AND 1% IN. BASSWOOD, ALL 12 FT. New York inspection, ats next summer. ity Is sts and 2nds, arties need apply, stating price de- POTTER & PAIGE MFG. CO., 415 Willoughby Ave., Brook yn, N.Y. WHITE, SPEEE RAL ae: E ee THOUSAND FEET * tl wend A large pe > pair wheels and axles, Ondition, very cheap. JOHN J. GARTSHORE, 49 Front Street West, ’ RAILS, 10 of flat all Toronto. WANTED TO BUY “ANADIAN TIMBER LIMITS AND saw logs. Address, BEN BIRD- suilding, Detroit, Mich. *~OOD SALL, eel MBER BOUGHT, SOLD OR e ment. TUCKER DAVID, yn merchant, 202 Eleventh Ave., N.Y. onsigt lumber commissi« PARTNER WANTED O JOIN ADVERTISER IN MANUFACTUR- ing mill machi and patented specialties. E sh. Experience not necessary if attending to office work. SAW LOG SLEIGHS FOR SALE ae CHE AP, FU TY SETS ONE TEAM SAW le W ern, steel shod, made of the as new. MOS- SOM BOY D & a6 0., Bobcaygeon, Ont. J. TURNER .. Sail, Tent and Awning Maker. . 251 George St. and 154 King St. PETERBOROUGH and Boat Sails made to order. Perfect description of Lumbermen’s Supplies and oof Clothing. e ELECTRIC LIGHT Tue ROYAL ELECTRIC C° ater than the 27th of Must | | Machinery and Supply Co., | Warerooms and Office, opposite the Market. MACHINERY _ ~ECOND HAND MACHINERY FOR SAL E ~) by the Canada Machinery and Supply Co., Brant- ford, Ont., Dealers in New and Second Hand Machin- ery and Mill Supplies :— 12x16 WATEROUS DOUBLE gine with Pickering governors. 12x16 BECKETT SLIDE VALVE CUT-OFF EN ENGINE with Judson governors. gx15 BECKETT ENGINE, SLIDE VALVE. 74% x10 NORTHEY ENGINE WITH PICKER- ing governors. Se xg HORIZONTAL SLIDE VALVE EN- gine. 5 H.P. TUBULAR BOILERS TO BRICK IN. 16 H.P. TUBULAR BOILERS TO BRICK IN. 6 H.P. UPRIGHT LEONARD BOILER. NORTHEY STEAM PUMP, 2% IN. SUCTION, 14 inch discharge. WATEROUS SELF- and Jointer. ACTING SHINGLE MILL UPRIGHT SWING SHINGLE MILL AND Jointer. WATEROUS LATH MACHINE, THREE saws. SET IRONS FOR TWO HEAD BLOCK SAW mill. INCH J. T. NOYE MAKE, BUFFALO, burr pertable Chopper with crane and picks. POWER CORN SHELLER. 40 INCH WHEELS, 30 RE-SAW BAND SAW, with two 214 inch saws. BLIND SLAT TENONER. ONE-SIDE MOULDERS. 1 I I ile 1 2s 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 RIP-SAW TABLE. 4 CUT-OFF SAW TABLE. “~HAFTINGS, HANGERS, BELT- ing, etc., all sizes. Vee FOR PRICES FOR ANYTHING IN the line of Machinery and supplies to the Canada Brantford, Ont. Works, PULLEYS, GEconp HAND MACHINERY FOR SALE. VCR EEINGTON COMPOUND STEAM / pump ; steam cylinders 12 and 18 in. diameter, water 10 1-4, stroke ro in.; capacity 5 to goo gallons per minute, 2 1-2 steam, 3 1-2 exhaust, 8 in. suction, 7 in. discharge, capacity 4 to 6 good fire streams; has reversible counter, first-class condition in every respect; suitable for fire and domestic supply for any sized town up to 10,000 inhabitants. ENGINE-—Cylinder 22 x 30, shaft 8 feet long, 7 1-2 in. diameter, fly wheel pulley, Corliss pattern and slides, thorough order new Pickering governor, a 10 x 16 square bed circular valve engine also square bed slide valve 10x 12, BOILERS—One 52 x 14, with 44 3 1-2 inch tubes ; one 52 x 13 feet 8, with 66 3 in. danee: one 52x13 feet 6 with 52 3 in. tubes. These boilers have been thoroughly repaired. SAW IRONS—Waterous make, right hand, cast frame, takes 60 in. saw, 3 block carriage, peel dogs, 1 set Paxton’s make, cast frame, right hand, 7 block car- riage with wooden frame, axles running clear across, V and flat track. ONE SEWRY shingle machine, 4oin. saw, thorough order. WATEROUS PORTABLE SAW MILL can be seen at Acton station—25 h.p. engine, 30h.p. locomotive boiler, water front, circular fire box ; iron frame, friction feed and gig, 1 60 in. and 2 52 in. solid saws, 7 block carriage, 30 feet from centre to centre of first and last block, friction set, peel dogs, fric- tion log turner, slab saw, single edger, saw dust carrier, counter shaft. This mill is in first rate order and can be delivered immediately. Further particulars and prices of above machinery on application. WATEROUS ENGINE WKS. CO., Ltd., Brantford. Ue ese 1892 SAW MILL BY AUCTION HERE WILL BE SOLD AT IRONDALE, ON the Bancroft and Ottawa Railway, ro miles from Kinmount :— manufactured by the Co., L’td, Brantford, in The mill consists of One 4o h.p. stationary saw mill, Waterous Engine Works C 1888, built in their best style. the following machinery :— ENGINE—12x 14 straight line engine, with 5 in. steel shaft, fly wheel pulley ; BOILER —Boiler of best quality of steel, 52 in. diam., 14 feet long, lateral seams, double rivetted, tubes 3 I-2 in. in straight rows, beaded over at each end, 60 foot smoke stack, saw ” dust grates and allfittings and fixtures complete c SAW-IRONS—One iron saw frame, right hand, with 8 in. face, friction feed and gig works, Waterous timber gauge, 3 bearings under mandrel pulley, being outside of frame ; CARRIAGE—Consists of 6 log seats, 4 mains, with 3 wheels under each, the two front wheels run in brass boxes, ona V ‘track ; 2 intermediates with 2 wheels under each. These blocks are spaced so that the first and last blocks are 36 feet from centre to centre. The carriage can be uncoupled into short lengths for ordinary sawing, it is furnished with four peel dogs, and independent action to each knee for cutting taper stuff ; SAW —One 56 in. Emerson bit tooth saw. BULL WHEEL—One No. 5 bull wheel, chain and car; SUNDRY machinery in the mill, viz.: Single edger with counter shaft, slab saw running ‘at right angles to large saw, rollers behind the saw, main driving belt, origina ally 15 inch wide, 4 ply ‘heavy rubber belt. This mill is in good running order ; it is situated on the Black River at its junction with the Bancroft and Oitawa Railway that switches from the railway into the mill yard. The machinery for this mill will be put up at auction as mentioned aboye on Wednesday, the 13th day of January, with a fixed upset price. The mill will be sold cheap, and will be a good investment for any one with a small capital. 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Lumber Merchants TRUST BUILDING CHAMBERS _ COR. YONGE AND COLBORNE STS. ‘Toronto Se ALL KINDS OF PINE AND HARDWOOD LUMBER BILL STUFF CUT TO ORDER TNS) A SPECIALTY DONOGH===—= & OLIVER sy Nos. 213, 214 and 215 Se Board of Trade Building woronio, Unt. ~ WHOLESALE DEALERS IN OFFICE gives r 1802 eee eee ption price of THE THK ARE N Ai aie ete ee tHe a magnificent in joys: &. $5.00 The © pr Art Portfolio, A ’ oh nd THE / ass &5. oo: ribe for aid remit rh of hich the mon and. the Portfolio at oot “PRE MIU S TH AiGEN Aor 92 5) Bae ie it 2 Saoron, MASS. POM ISO? e coatace acd dackin THE = AMERIGAN : LUMBER : YARD a HAMBURG, GERMANY Pemerican: dp OFFERS THE BEST FACILITIES FOR YARDING AND SELLING MEKINOSOR GG o;..... ee ADDRESS: “CARL GARTNER, Agent HAamMmBvRG ROSENBACHER & Co. Bankers, HAamBEURG - Wood Goods LUMBER KAN er Cement Works MANUFACTURERS OF Wyoraatic CEMENT Pa urtic cular a ada aptec d for Dams, Smoke $ ebb Se BO Eee ROACH LIME FOR BUILDING, PLASTERING, GAS PURIFYING, PAPER MAKING, ET\ TRE ‘Aiea law. DESERONTO, ONT. GOMPANY .. © MANUFACTURERS OF RSERSESE 7 TE RIVA COTTER Endorsed by leading Archi Abeole lutely Fire. e€-pr Rees D oe s No Ag FIRE- PROOFING Does nol See on application of Heat oo Oi For use in Old and Ne ro aaa as Wood or Brick a S = Weight one-third that of Brick The (yasselman — weet ; -o——Lumber 60. Casselman a) ee Good Macilities for Shipping HEMLOCK BILL STUFF OF EXCELLENT QUALITY WAisomMViataaTactaLers OF PINE, SPRUCE, ASH, MAPLE and other HARDWOODS CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED Gives Warmth in Winter; Coolne J. W. MAITLAND————H. RIXON MAITLAND, RI RIXON & CO. OWEN SOUND, ONT. Saw Millers and Lumber Dealers All kinds of Building Material kept in stock LONG: BILL STUFF IN ROGK ELM, PINE, CEDAR AAD HEMLOCK Quotations furnished on application The Rathbun Company 2s Doors, eur Blinds, Stairs And all kinds of House-Finishing Materials Gb mya OL itor Pursines Bolen CoBRESPONDENCE SOLICITED J. G. AINSILE———-W. STODART WE MAKE A... --» SPECIALTY OF io ee 3 MASH NS KNIVES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR _ Planing, Moulding and Stave Cutting SS SEvaiel sib IS Stes es PETER HAY, GALT. ONT, —— eee Eee aS __ THE CANADA LUMBERMAN JANUARY, 1892 J, MUCKLESTON & KINGSTON, ONT. UW, Sole Licensees for the Manufacture in the Dominion of BRAZEL’S PATENT ::: ~—— SNOH/ A SIDEWALK Sx PLOWS CO. ‘RED TOP LINE”’ LUMDEFMEN'S TOONS resus” Skidding Tongs, Pike Poles, Goldshuts, Lumber Bob Sleighs The Gold Medal For Door, Sash, Blind and Furniture Factories PLANERS SK BAND SAWS MOULDERS SIS BAND RE-SAWS WE TENONERS Eas SHAPERS ox RIP SAWS SAND PAPERERS 3K JOINTERS CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED... .... WRITE FOR CIRCULARS AND PRICES. PARKER & EVANS SOLE PROPRIETORS OF THE FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL 5 BOILER FLUID COMPOUND Patented 5th March, 1877 Ze KS 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 long 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. S© William Sel ivteomtrSsau THOS. WHALEY, President W.E. HUTCHINSON, Sec.-Treas. The Whaley Lumber Go, = * HUNTSVILLE, ONT. Manufacturers of = Whité Pine Lumber, Bill Stl Lath and Shingles Also HARDWOOD LUMBER All Orders promptly attended to First-class facilities for Shipping (SiSpsVsyISpTpINVO)MVlens, Serpe) ()pOODoO) HERBERT G. R¢ REGINALD C., BLAKER H. G. ROSS & CO. Real Estate, Fire and Life Insurance SHIPPING AND GENERAL CONS oe AGENTS “NEW | WESTMINSTER, B.C. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED Box 273 ABC. CABLE ome “ROS So ey wee PANEL RAISERS DOVETAILERS DOUBLE SPINDLE BORER London, 1883 | Toronto, 1883 BUZZ PLANERS MORTICERS 3K BLIND MACHINERY BAND SAW FILER BAND SAW SETTER Etces Ete: me a ~The Gant BPOS. COMPANY, LUC., GALT, ONT. important to | ,L J AA BERME N and all who use © LEATHERe BELTING © ... You all use more or less Leather Belting, and are naturally interested in knowing where to get the very best article—that which will give you the least trouble either in stretching crooked or tearing at the lace holes. “(FE DIXON & GO.S Umlon Tanned je" sc well stretched and cannot be surpassed for strength and durability. Send for discounts. Our hand-book on leather belting mailed free on application. "ROUND PLAITED BELTS FROM 3-8 INGH TO 1-2 INGH LACE LEATHER F. DIXON & GO. | PATENT WIRE LACING 70 King St. East, Toronto ci acne EF WANTED TORONTO AGENCY OF SAw MILLS” The 3 Rathbun 60 Little Belt and Oak, Fesh, Birch Rocky Mountains Basswood and Good Pine Lumber Gedar and Piné Shinglés | GREaT NORTHERN RAILWAY Manufacturers having such for sale are invited to com- municate with T. W. WALKER, Agent ARNSPSYSP SOIC) For particulars write J. M. HUCKINS 4 Palmer House Block, Toronto or E. J. WHITNEY Office Cor. Spadina Ave. and Front Street Gen. Pass. Agent, St. Paul, Minn. January, 1892 : “LEE =D CANADA LUMBERMAN CIRCULAR SAW 7 GAUGE BAND SAW 16 GAUGE NOTE SAVING BY WIRE GAUGE WHICH ? SEASON’S STUMPAGE THREE MILLIONS SEASON’S STUMPAGE THREE MILLIONS SOs: a : “A COST: a ELE E ESS 15D SUSE Ss Sey a a ag 2 50 Ela Spear 2ST SR mg a ae : od 2 x Guiting, Watering Ema elverdng at NEU oo. to Re ee = a pee: wee Ee SES Ee ta ees 3 5° Murer eee. 3 a0 ict ayau Ay OM ie eee erecta aerial oe inne 2 00 Meet ees ee ee. 25 Jeoacinegony Calse. teacstie Sea e een oo ier at oe nao 25 Interest on $18,000 for 1 year at 7 per cent. $1,260, costing per 1,000 Se es age eee 7 Jie: (USFS 08%: 1 022 ee eh a ee NINE ono eer 40 Thre ai are ge c orc Wear and Tear of Machinery. ....... 2 a oes Sr; aR see 35 EE an SOUS aera ie 2 2 er hy beeen ene tc = ia P2108 11 B2AO; OOOrat Ick ke. es Ole OOre et ass ee aot. core ee eee ee DP ZSsO4O CURE: I CaO MS at cl one ae $9 co $27,000 i} GAO, OOO catee.. -ihvteraiese se os OBOO Re hen! x7 br Lane oe aro OE Sees 3,240 38,380 = Cie OE) Se Ri pOONeeer s.r oe ce bs $29,700 li $11,880 450,000 Culls at.....:... BPG eee. 2... ke StS RES 2,700 InterestionsE xtra, Costron Vill pits OOOss cae ok c aeawe Serer Liao C 7 (ATT i) Ug Se ee ee eae $5,400 13 (0 1 i Sea ae Re enka + et ee ee ee ee $11,820 Loss or gain to you on season’s cut is over $6,000. Why continue to waste so much yearly in sawdust ? a ene HAS GOME TO STAY It will as surely supercede the Circular Mill as the Circular did the old-time Mulay Mill. It is as fast as the Circular; it can be run with one-eighth (%) inch saw kerf; the lumber cut is much smoother than with a Circular. Larger logs and wider lumber can be sawn than with a single Circular. The cut being at right angles to the grain, and not with it, the kerf is cut out clean and not split or broken as with a Circular Saw. The roughest boxy spruce can be cut with- out splintering on the lower edges. No scoring of the face of the log with the rear edge of the saw, rendering less surfacing necessary, so that lumber can be cut nearer to size. These and many other points could be mentioned in its favor. With the perfect Automatic Filer and other tools, the means and knowledge required to keep saws in order is brought within the reach of all. We have in our employ an expert whom we will send with each mill, and will permit him to teach any intelligent man how to use the band saw tools, and, with the rules furnished, a circular sawyer should soon become an expert band-sawman. ae eee NO. 1 MEDIUM BAND SAWMILL CORRESPONEENCE SOLICITED Waterous Engine Works Go. : : Brantford, Ganada 734 St. James St., Montreal ## 34 Sf. Paul St. Quebec t+ Main St., Winnipeg JANUARY, 1892 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN “ono ty eau mete wy SAONDAUOD 31Q09 991 = 1 VAVYNVO ‘GYOALNVYE “OO SYYOM ANIONA SNOYALVM AVL ‘Apduioid UdaLs oq |] Sa}vUl}se pur ‘paXdauod 9q 0} Y[NG puv S21]UID UIIMJoq SIDULISIP SUIAIS ‘S}UTA\ INoA JO UOIJAISOp [[NJ sn pues “poonpos A]}ea1s usdq svy — aouid ay} aours Aqjersads ‘saourydde Suravs-Aguow oduey ‘SUIAVS-1OQL] ISO} JNOYJIA oq 0} ‘UOTNEdWIOD asO[D Jo SALP ISay} Ul ‘PIOYY ULI UL [MUMS DAT] ‘DAISSA1S01d ON ‘osnyjod [[e Ae [PIA | ooz1 pur oo9 ! Xep ted “J oor 07 $1 Sun *S9.1]U9D UIIMJ9q 399} CO] 0} OX 19A0 JOU Jo SYy}Sudz ur ‘Kep oe ‘ HG ‘ ‘ ‘ ¢ ‘ ¢ Suis Sd S 92: ] Q +o. oO 1 Ae 1 aeeetot S TEL OF o0z I ‘og ‘gor “for “Sg ‘Zé *Z9 “99 SUIS: tad ‘yy S1 0} § wor Su No STAY TOF aPquiims ‘yusuyoRe S YM ‘ZS “Sh ‘eb “SE Suis¢ _ YOASANOD dsnddy AAVSH SYOAGANOD LSNGMYS LNOII => =— ———) pee HE am, is! ouiyw) pue Wiey “ysaIo4 aly jo JANUARY, 1892 THE CANADA LUMBERMAT CONVEY Logs .. Lumber Mill Refuse Sawdust Broken Stone (Joal, etc. Distance between centers no 1 detriment to working of Cable up to 1,500 feet. The Cast-iron Clamps fastened to Cable take all the wear in trough, also on wheel, and do all the driving. Driving Wheels are gapped with the exactness of cut gear. No wear on Cable. _.. We have examined Refuse Conveyors after 2 years’ use, and the cable was not even brightened. & beh x Weer AKRON.O: SENDMIOR ESTIMATES and REF ERENCES giving distance between centers and material to be handled These Conveyors Sold | have stood the | Fe ieey _ under test for four or [za x1 five years in the | . Full « States, where.. . | Guarantee @ hundreds are in fim “| operation .... : Waterous Engine Wks. Be Brantford, Can. THE ¢ CANADA LUMBERMAN ‘ JASUARY, 1892 ae H.W. PETRIE 3 Machinist and General Machiné Dealer === BSTABLISHED 1876: ln cis, Yr Sta ei [AI- = ae br éel WESt, TOFOntO, Galata OFFICE ee | ee ee ee Send for New one of my 66-page New Descriptive Catalogues Catalogue | FREE just out ~ WOOl ‘Yard any =A SPECIALTY PLANING AND SAWMILL MAGHINIEIR Y= Ot Ae ESS S . See New Catalogue No. 16.. Wood and Shingle Bolt Saw fq The Champion Wood Splitter Tue Iwerovep > LITTLE GIANT Planers. Matcher and Moulder SESS SSS BIER Se : SIRCULAR ) Oo SAWS O-~ | Catalogue No. 16 gives full description of all our Machinery. 25,000 now ready for distribution ©0230 eee OR TERY & CO. Size ee ws. > Pe OAM SP UMPES Z By els CV LY et = ror Boiler Feeding US Water Supply Fire Protection Ye Mining Use, etc., ete. Single and Duplex Steam and Water Power Pumps .... FOR ALL KINDS OF SERVICE.... connie Ce may a, WOEPEMENT AR PPCM HIGH PRESSURE MARINE AND STATIONARY ENGINES = = i s ‘ : + p>. GREAT ECONOMY IN FUEL AND POWER GUARANTEED .. PRICES AND PARTICULARS ON APPLICATION ...- ' NIORTHEY & CO. TORONTO, ONT. j= ———— — OFFICE: NO. 1 TORONTO STREET = SS a WORKS: GOR. FRONT AND PARLIAMENT STREETS The “CANADIAN” SAW-SET er PATENTED NOVEMBER 18, 1891 Mil I ZEN B —— = Mm SS} = — FOE) FHS = TT >a i J A= SS mn “S[1OM a10ul Op pue “OULeS ou) SI LEZ SDN ws— Size No, 2 is made specially and is strong enough to set any saw sizes, e placed in a vise or bolted on a plank stration, and worked with the foot. different Saws, eS = ae eee eH oS Oe — o—~S Joisva yno Quydierjs uni Mes oy) BuDyeut snyy ‘surypeorq jo Joduvp Auv ynoyym ‘axipe Apjoexe yoo} ArdA0 sjos ‘parmba. MO[q AtoAd puv ‘portsop sv ‘morq AAvoy 10 WYSE v SoyLNS J, jos Jo junowe Auv soy pojsn{pe Ajisva st 7] Se iMeaisl=epally, 121% © Size No.1, for Shop use, $2.00 each, $21.50 per doz. : F. ye DR ENED , me Cross-cuis; 250 “ 27.00 “ Pin ile! TTL, SINS 28 "i THE CANADA LUMBERMAN ; JANUARY, 1892 at ROBIN & SADLER> MN 222 2o25 gl DEALERS IN «LACE LEATHER» Gotton and Gandy Belting i 2,518, 2,520 and 2,522 Notre Dame St. MONTREAL MANUFACTURERS LGather paling ' 129 Bay Street :::: . TORONTO MON TRE The Montreal Saw Works eo Ltd. aaa - Dealers in - 0 ee ee, Dis Bree Nee Stave- -Sawing Circular aoe ee ——— uy : Yi) Machinery Sincle | Wee Li OO Vas. Y Band Saws Gang, Mill oy é ——————— i ) fy Swages Mulay, Pit | J yi —— i | Belting | Billet Web PA | == 4 emery Wheels Cross-cut Lg f | 2 | sfc Cy linder AND VY, oO i == = | | i | y ————— Speed Indica- ae : ———a =—— ZS ge Lace Cutters NSEertec : = 5222 = aes === and => Tooth a ——— 2 General Mill SAWS ae SS eee. SESS ee) Supplies WD Post OFFice Box, 167 KM. SMITH CO.. LIMITED: = ST. CATHARINES. ONT. Sole MO awe SIMONDS??_ = “the “LEADER” CIRCULAR SAWS 7 CROSS-CUT SAWS THE BEST SAWS IN THE WORLD Wone Genuine without our Trade Mark OUR HAND SAWS ceri, Ssie and mck? ~ REPAIRING PROMPTLY ATTENDED 10 ESTABLISHED 1855 ... Price List and Distennes: on application... : "INCORPORATED 1888 We Manufacture SAWS of every description .. Also CUTTING-BOX KNIVES ) wy ie Teronto VotumeE XIII. NUMBER 2. TORONTO, ONT., FEBRUARY, 1892 lator beac oes eee MAGNOLIA @ ee AL orc MAGNOLIA ANTI FRICTION metal CO. London Office: 75 Queen Victoria St. Chicago Office: 41 Traders Building Montreal Office: 74 CORTLANDT STREET Ee x, esc. See x ee ee os THe MaaGno.ia AnTI-FRrIcTION METAL Co. 74 Cortlandt Street, New York, N.Y. New York, N.Y., March s, 1891. GENTLEMEN,—About Meri 26 5 38 90, sampl O ““Spooner’s Finest Copperine Babbit” were subm itted to test showed finest results, and on analys sis, it proved to contai and approximated the formula of Magnc slia Metz al. In October of the same year other samples with same ma’ rk: v mitted for test, and tested in comparison with Mazns lia new testing machine, built at great expense. This test fo showed Magn olia Metal to have less friction and a temperat © 100 degrees less. On December 31st this perfec ced test piece ~S was tested again with the result of its fusi sing with ten minutes ru x pounds to the square inch. On January 31st Magnolia Metal was tested, which ran fifteer Owners and Sole Manufacturers utes with 1800 lbs. to the sq. inch, and one hour with 2000 Ibs. to inch, and at the end of the hour the metal showed a temperatur degrees Fahrenheit. Under separate cover we hand you detailex (@) of the tests, showing velocity of rubbing surface about 2000 feet ‘per min- ute, diameter of shaft 5 inches, and rev olutions about 1500. Yours truly, H. c TORREY. Norer.—Mr. Torrey is U.S. Assayer, and has been in U.S. Mint ser vice at New York for 30 years. NEW YORK SRR SS RL SB SR H. McLAREN & Co., Agents JOM Bertram & SONS CANADA TOOL WORKS = DUNDAS, ONTARIO MANUFACTURERS OF WOOD -WORKING MAGHINBRY MAGHINE TOOLS, BTC. WiTeE For Prices and CATALOGUE Cc. C. CLEVELAND G. F. CLEVELAND J. L. GoodhUE & 60. MANUFACTURERS OF | FATHER BEEMING and LACE LEATHER | Danville, Que. GEO. GORMAGK Wholesale and Retail Dealer in ALL 1 SANDS. OF ~ RUMBER LUMBER SHIPPED TO ALL PARTS BY RAIL OR VESSEL WHITBY, ONTARIO “ MONARCH. "RED STRIP AND. LION BRANDS. THE GUTTA PERCHA k RUBBER MANUFAC _ OFFICE, 43 YONGE ST. TORONTO. MANUFACTU RED. BY. TURIN C CO.0F TORONTO. FACTORIES AT PARKDALE, ONT.” WRITE, FOR Discounts. wee SHURLY & DIETRICH #%=* Se a Rah suet aes THE ONLY SAW MANUFACTURERS IN THE WORLD WHO EXPORT SAWS IN LARGE QUANTITIES TO THE UNITED STATES poniirte WTI ME TEL SOLE PROPRIETORS OF THE SECRET CHEMICAL PROCESS OF TENDERING. = wi Wi Ww : Our Silver Steel Snot are Peau FWA Wer er i Vereen THE CANADA LUMBER RIVEANM FEBRUARY, 1892 => PERKINS’ PATENTED& SHINGLE MACHINERY mem i: <1 F Knee Bolters @ |i wa ae Knot Saws Jointers a's Packers ~ © And all the necessary machinery used in a first-class Shingle Mill PLAN AND SPEGICATIONS OF COMPLETE MILLS SUPPLIED FREE 10 PURCHASERS # sw ox rao eos wo mes Also Write for Price List and Discounts of DIGK’S GUTTA PERGHA BELTING The Wm. Hamilton Manufacturing Gompany, Limited PETERBOROUGH, ONT. smi y Wie joEReINS: LLIS J.P ED ENT “4 ~ ie _—s >. > a a FEBRUARY, 1892 J. MUCKLESTON & KINGSTON, ONT. MANUFACTURERS OF =: : : ‘RED TOP LINE” Gant Dogs LUMDEPMEN'S TOOLS reais _THE CANADA LUMBERMAN Sole Licensees for the peeeaecne in the Domi BRAZEL’S PAT ENT ; SNOW AND SEAL CO. Skidding Tongs, Pike Poles, Goldshuts, Lumber Bob Sleighs — The Sturtevant Steam Heating and Drying Apparatus a eaeblieaie. lo all olassés Of Buildings _Dry-Rilns- < ol EEE PEATE PLANING MILL EXHAUSTERS CATA ae e% ALOGUE SEHND FOR B. F. STURTEVANT GO., Boston, Mass, U.S.A. BRAN CEES & | LIBERTY ST., NEW YORK; 16 SOUTH CANAL ST., CHICAGO; 135 NORTH THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA A. R. WILLIAMS, Toronto and Rlosineal Gen. Agent for the Dominion PARKER & EVANS SOLE PROPRIETORS OF THE FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL | BOILER FLUID ComPouND ‘Patented “sth “March, =a Zz AS 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 long 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. eee at igaatmM St... MIontreal THOS. WHALEY, President The Whaley LUMDEP OO. nr * HUNTSVILLE, ONT, = —— Manufacturers of == White Pine Lumber, Bill Stull, Lath and ollinglés Also HARDWOOD LUMBER All Orders promptly attended to First-class facilities for Shipping COR RESPOMUDENCE SOLICITED fo, RODD & OO. Real Estate, Fire and Life Insurance SHIPPING AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS . Timber Limits AND FARMING LANDS A SPECIALTY... . NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. Box 273 W. E. HUTCHINSON, Sec.-Treas. ABC. Caete Avo “i “ROSS” - CORRESPONDENCE. SOLICITED Important to ee M B ERM EN and all who use © LEATHER BELTING © e - You all use more or less Leather Belting, and are naturally interested in knowing where to wet the very best article—that which will give you the least trouble either in stre sash crooked or tearing at the lace holes. «(FE Dixon & 60.5 Union Tanned =: well stretched and cannot be surpassed for strength and durability. hand-book on leather belting mailec a free on app slicatio yn. ROUND PLAITED BELTS FROM 3-8 INGH TO 1-2 INGH wer sueme oy FE DIXON & GO PATENT WIRE LACING 70 King St. East, Toronto TORONTO AGENCY OF The Rathbun 60. WANTED Saw i MILLS —_—_——— Are open to Purchase———— Oak, Fesh, Birch Little Belt and ESE UO Rook a Mout untains ant Good Pine Lumber ane Osdar and Piné Shingles elting runs ee and easy on th ou = nae liscounts. _ ALONG | GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY Manufacturers having such for sale are invited to com- municate with For particulars write T. W. WALKER, Agent J. M. HUCKINS gs. 4 Palmer House Block, Toronto AMSNSUSIDNGNS, | or E. J. eons Office Cor. Spadina Ave. and Front Street | G Agent, St. Pau THE CANADA LUMBERMAN FEBRUARY, 1892 E.R. Burns SaW G0. > TORONTO B THE THIN On Bac, & EXTRA REFINE Ys j SILVER STEEL Ve — ape aS EXTRAREFINED Wey ¥ Shi Se CRBimcet TRADE. MARK ro. oN" z TRDE MARK ont: sae SAWCO. gt SAwCo TORO | aE We en | Z ZFS —Y ‘ MW |. Wy eee S 4 Circular} ' TAPER TOOTH STDRONTO ithographing op ZN Kt T H 5 S RAI! PH E RS Ce THE nl Mh HEADING 0 Tororo. ENGRAVERS |iimeeRaam PLSBEENCE FIRE AND MARINE. MILLS, "7 TL.CO, SSS ] manufactories and merchandise a specialty. Tele- | »! one at my expense. | | ON cma | ——— R. CUNNINGHAM, Guelph. | EACH PLUG OF THE Myrtle Navy IS MARKED TT. aa IN BRONZE LETTERS None Orns Genuine A. ALLAN, PE J. ©: GRAVEL, Sz F. SCHOLES, Ma NG Director ~ Canadian Rubber Company OF MONTRBAL === === CAPITAL $2,000.000 Our Rubber Belting is Unequalled in Amenes PORK SOLE TT oe IN CANADA A Sole Agents and Manufacturers of the Forsyth Patent mebper “2 Se “Seamless Line Wee Hine = yee Relting see. ===Hose™ HEAD OFFICE AND FACTORY: MONEREAL = = J.J. MeGIlis Manager Western Branch: Cor. Front and cian sts; POR@QINTS Jackets Wot ee MANAGER RMAN T= CANADA LUMBE Votume XIII. ) NUMBER 2. TORONTO, ONT., FEBRUARY, 1892 { Terms, $1.00 Pex Year 1 Since Cortes, 10 Ce GHARAGCTER SKETCH. MR. AUBREY WHITE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF CROWN LANDS FOR ONTARIO. “The worth of a State in the long run is the worth of the individuals composing it.”—John Stuart Mill. ue Civil Service of a country should present to her citizens the highest type both of individual charac- ter, and capability and capacity for the best kind of work. Unfortunately for the well-being of country and people this is not the ideal that meets the vision of everyone. To not a few the Civil Service is little better than a harbor of refuge for the “halt, the lame and the blind” of politics, or an easy-going sinecure for certain practical politicians, who insist that the party, whom they have served long and loyally, shall reward them or their friends, at the country’s expense, for this very loyal service. There is more than tradition to give color to this view; but it is by no means a fair view. These condi- tions, it will be found, are the exception and not the rule. Whilst it is true that politics have sometimes outweighed merit in the competition for public office, at the same time, and particularly in the more important offices of the Civil Service, these offices are held by certain men because these are the best men for the office. It is hardly necessary that his- tory should remind us that men like Chaucer, were in their day, in the employ of their country, this early poet having occupied the position of Com- missioner of Customs and Inspector of Woods and Crown Lands; Milton was Secretary of the Council of State during the Commonwealth; John Stuart Mill was a trusted officer of the East India Service. The men of the Civil Service on both sides of the Atlantic, with few exceptions, do credit to their country. We have in Mr. Aubrey White, whose portrait we give this month, a representative of the best type of the Civil Service officer. He occupies the responsible position of Assistant Commissioner of Crown Lands of the Province of Ontario. The old Greeks were wont to say: “To become an able man in any profession three things were necessary —nature, study and practice.” To the department ot Crown Lands Mr. White has brought these at- tributes in an eminent degree. Of him, it may be said, he was “to the manner born,” both as regards being an officer under the Crown, and in his service in this country as one whose place it is to have a large share in the management of our timber lands. Mr. White was born in 1845 at Lisonally House, near Omagh, County of Tyrone, in the north of Ireland. He is the fourth son of the late David White, then of Lisonally House and Mountjay Forest, near Omagh, in which town Mr. White’s father and grandfather were well-known lawyers. Like most north of Ireland men, the subject of our sketch is half Scotch, his mother being the daughter of Alexander Mackenzie, of Donaghmore House, Tyrone, who was, however, a native of the town of Dumfries, in the land 0’ cakes. Mr. White was educated at the Royal Schools of Rapoe and Dungannon, and “Dunbars,” Dublin. His early ambition was to enter the navy, and he was, as was then the practice, “nominated for a cadetship,” by _ the member for Tyrone, the Hon. Henry Corry, secre- _ tary of the Admiralty, in the Derby Government. — After going up for examination at Portsmouth Mr. White was, owing to family misfortunes, obliged to abandon his in- tention of entering the navy, and had to commence the battle of life in another way. He appears, however, to have had a bias for serving the Queen, for we believe he took the shilling in the year 1861 and served two years, when his discharge was purchased by his friends. The regiment to which Mr. White belonged, the historic “8th The Kings,” which carries Niagara on its colors, was under orders for Canada during the Trent affair, and that, perhaps, gave his mind a turn in favor of Canada. In 1863 he came to this country and went straight to Muskoka, settling on a lot on which part of the village of Bracebridge now stands. Muskoka at that time was a veritable wilderness, and Mr. White almost imme- diately gave up farming and went into the interior, trad- ing with the Indians in the service of Alexander Bailey, well known to the early settlers as a successful trader. Mr. White next turned his attention to lumbering, com- mencing, he laughingly says, as a road-cutter in a shanty and a tail-sawyer ina small sawmill. When Dodge and Company commenced their extensive lumbering in Mus- koka Mr. White entered their employment as an ordin- Mr. AUBREY WHITE. ary hand, working up to the position of culler. He then resigned to yo on an exploration survey undertaken by the Sandfield McDonald government to ascertain the character of the country between Lake Nipegon, Long Lake and the shore of Lake Superior, having been offered by the surveyor the position of chief explorer. On completing this work Mr. White entered the service of A. P. Cockburn, of the Muskoka line of steamers, and was wheelsman on the old Nipessing, the first summer she sailed Muskoka lakes. At this time he was offered a position on Professor Bell’s staff of the Geological survey of Canada, but was.obliged to decline. He was again asked to re-enter Mr. Dodge’s employment as explorer, which he did, and remained with him and his successors, the Georgian Bay Lumber Company, being in charge of their very extensive limits, and later as their Muskoka agent, until they sold the limits of which he was in charge when he left their service. He was immediately engaged by the Department of Crown Lands to estimate certain timber berths offered for sale in 1877, and on completing that work was placed on the staff of forest rangers, having supervision of Muskoka district. In 1878 he was appointed Crown Lands and Free Grant agent at Bracebridge, which position he acceptably filled, being familiar with every township in the agency. In 1880 headquarters, at Toronto, as clerk in charge of forest rangers and the collection of timber returns in the woods and forests branch of the department. Mr. White spent most of his first winter going through the Ottawa country so as to be as familiar with that region as he was with the western part of the province. In 1883, when the boundary dispute assumed an acute form, he was sent to the Rat Portage country to represent the Department in timber matters, which gave him a know- ledge of the resources of that region. In 1887 the late Assistant Commissioner, Mr. Thomas H. Johnson, died, and the Hon. Mr. Pardee offered the position to Mr. White, believing his outside experience, with what he had acquired in the inside service, made him the strongest available man. The Crown Lands is the most important depart- ment of the Provincial Government. Within its jurisdiction is embraced the management of the immense timber and mining resources that add so largely to the wealth of the leading province of Confederation. The country is fortunate in hay- ing at the head of this department a man of the strength of character and intellect, and practical ability, of Hon. A. S. Hardy. The very extent of the department, however, emphasizes the necessity of the Minister’s assistant being a man of special training and experience, and undoubted competency. Necessarily in so large a department a consider- able share of the work will fall on the Ministers Deputy, and we have yet to learn that Mr. White has failed to discharge those duties in a manner other than to gain the respect and esteem of all having business to transact with the Department. he was brought to LUMBERING IN BURMAH. ie Burmah, East Indies, they run their saw mills all the year round.. An annual rainfall of 120 inches is one of the features of that land. They cut teak with a circular saw. Lumber is sold by weight. It is used for ship and house building, and teak is the only wood the ants will not eat, and for this reason is the only sort of timber cut in that land of elephant-edgerman. Teak is worth, delivered on the dock, by the trunk of the elephant off-bearer—$83.33 per thousand feet, as we meas- ure lumber. Teak weighs forty-seven pounds to the cubic foot. Teak does not deteriorate or warp. The timber in that country is owned entirely by the government. The government lease the forests to the millmen at a certain sum per log, which is imposed by government agents as the timber floats down the swell- ing rivers. Burmah has about twenty sawmills. The best and largest cut 60,000 feet daily. Although the government gets pay for every tree which falls, there is no attempt made to restrict the felling of timber and therefore teak is growing scarcer and more valuable each year. Elephants and buffaloes haul the logs to the banking ground, elephants roll the logs into the water, elephants haul the logs up out of the water and place them on the carriages; elephants carry the trimmings to the refuse pile, elephants slip their strong and flexible trunks about the finished timbers and deliver them f.o.b. to the docks from whence they are shipped. CANADA LUMBERMAN, $1.00 a year. Subscribe now, FEBRUARY, 1892 CANADA LUMBERMAN CANADA’S LUMBER TRADE IN 1891. A REVIEW OF THE BUSINESS OF THE YEAR. THE GENERAL SURVEY. HE lumber situation in Canada for the year 1891 is very fully reflected in the detailed reports from the several provinces of the Dominion, which we are en- abled to present below. Nowhere can it be said that trade has been brisk. The returns from Ontario tell of a reduced output for the year as compared with some previous years, and the causes which have led to this decrease are mentioned in our review of the trade of this province. The information, which we sought to obtain for the benefit of our readers, covered not alone a question of the present, but also an effort to peep into the misty future. The word in this regard is encouraging. In answer to the question: ‘“‘What stocks are being carried over this the replies have told generally of smaller stocks than for some years past. One of the largest operators of the Ottawa says, “very much less ;” McClymont & Co., Ottawa, “much less;” the Collins Inlet Lumber Co., “150,000 less;” and only in a few cases is an increase reported. In fact, nearly all the pil- ing docks are well cleared. This shortage of stock has already had the effect of stiffening prices and the spring trade will open with the market quite firm. Another favorable condition is the activity in the woods this win- ter, indicating confidence in the future on the part of our largest operators. The cut in the majority of the camps will be larger than for 1891. We asked: “Is the work in the woods in your district this winter likely to be in excess of last winter?” C. A. McCool answers, “About double;” S. & J. Armstrong, McKellar, “Double ;” Burton Bros., Barrie, “20,000,000 excess over 1891”; Wm. Laking, Fesserton, “One-fifth more” ; J. W. Howry & Sons, Little Current, “20,000,000 excess”; J. & T. Charlton, Little Current, ‘3,000,000 excess”; Cameron & Kennedy, Norman, “20% greater”; Parry Sound Lumber Co., Parry Sound, “Our cut will be 11,000,000” ; McLachlan Bros., Arnprior, “1o per cent. excess.” It is believed that in the Ottawa district alone nearly 5,000 men are to be found in the camps, as compared with about 3,000 last season. So the hope is for good prices an increased demand, and stock cut to supply the demand. Quebec trade shows a noticeable curtailment com- pared with other years. This is to be accounted for, to no small extent, by the depressed condition of the Eng- lish lumber markets for more than a year past. The official figures of the English Board of Trade tell of a shrinkage in lumber imports from Canada as follows :— winter?” Hewn timbers 169mm oe Z£, 883,461 Hewn timber sUSOle- cer tanec 703,604 SAWNMWOOdS 1SG0nc% acme toe 2,093, 52 SAWN WOOGs SLGOL. somes. sae ss 2,013,452 Quebec shared, as did the Maritime provinces, in this depression. are not discon- certed by these conditions, but view hopefully the out- look for the future, as the following from our own corres- pondent in the Ancient City, who is thoroughly acquainted with lumber matters, past, present and future, would indicate. Lumbermen, however, He says: “Although the snow was very late in coming and considerable delay was caused in hauling logs, we believe that lumbermen, generally speaking, have been able to make up time lost by the fine weather and good roads that we have had since the snow fell. In the district of Quebec, with the exception of birch, ash, hemlock, tamarac and spruce, very little timber is manufactured; although a large quantity of spruce logs and some pine are got out every year for mills in the neighbourhood of Quebec. As spruce is doing better in Great Britain we have no doubt that a larger supply of logs than usual will be made this winter. From the Ottawa we learn that the production of square and waney pine will not exceed the estimated quantity; so that the Quebec trade as far as one can see 1s in a healthy condition. The manufacturers in Michigan and Ohio who have hitherto brought waney pine to this market are doing very little this winter, as the cost of standing timber is very high and with the manufacture, transportation and charges of different kinds no margin is left for profit at present Quebec prices. The Quebec houses are at present well repre- sented in Great Britain, one or more partners from each firm being on the other side of the Atlantic to look after the wants of their customers.” The report from the Maritime provinces says every- thing that need be said of lumber conditions down by the sea. The one regret is that no improvement in trade is to be noted. Our returns from British Columbia are not as com- plete as we had wished, yet the information that we fur- nish under heading for this province will give a fair idea of conditions on the Coast in 1891. ONTARIO. The returns that we have received from the leading lumber sections of the province would indicate that the cut for 1891 was considerably less than that of 1890. This is to be accounted for to a large extent by the fall- ing off in the Ottawa section, where the total cut was only about 175,000,000 feet, as against 325,000,000, the average of other years, representing a decrease of 150,- 000,000 feet. The circumstances that led to this abnor- mal decrease were somewhat varied. The season opened with large stocks on hand, and the policy adopted, ap- parently, was to clear these out, rather than work for a larger cut; and this was done, it is agreeable to say, at unproved prices over past years. The strike of the millmen, lasting a period of four weeks, meant a curtail- ment of cut proportionate with the average working capacity of the mills for that length of time. Then the E. B. Eddy Co. and Pierce Co. were out of the race in 1891, so far as sawing lumber was concerned. The cut from the leading mills is as follows: RerleyaSaulatteempmri. orien eye ter 36,000,000 feet eso GE WESIOM (COessccobaccess 500% 38,000,000 feet J RetBooth..-2ee ceprrsmee scene sheets 22,000,000 feet Buell One ekttindmankcc Comme aeee seer 18,000,000 feet McClymonte cat oneee ee weiteee 22,000,000 feet Wm. Mason and Sons 6,000,000 feet In the Georgian Bay, Parry Sound and northern dis- tricts about an average trade was done. Burton Bros., of Barrie, cut 15,000,000, which was about the same as the year previous. The Collins Inlet Lumber Co. cut 5,400,000, about 900,000 less than in 1890; Longford Lumber Co., of Longford Mills, 15,000,000, which does not differ materially from that of a year ago. A reduction is shown in the figures from the Parry Sound Lumber Co., which are as follows: 1891, lumber 7,500,000, lath 2,800.000, and 6,500,000 shingles, against 13,000,000 lumber, 4,300,000 lath and 7,200,000 shingles. Wm. Laking, of Fesserton, cut 3,500,000 feet, an increase of 500,000 over 1890. Cameron & Kennedy, of Nor- man, whilst located within. the province of Ontario, represent in a large sense the lumber interests of Mani- toba and the Northwest. Their cut for 1891 was 13,000,- ooo feet, an increase of 4,000,000 over 1890. This entire output goes to Manitoba and the Northwest. Ship- ments from this district in 1891 were about 65,000,000 feet, as against 45,000,000 in 1890. McLachlan Bros., Arnprior, cut 80,000,000 feet, which beats the record of the year anywhere. QUEBEC. We are indebted to Mr. J. Bell Forsyth, of Quebec City, for the statistics of the Quebec lumber trade that are embodied in the following review, the complete and accurate character of which reflects credit on the indus- try and ability of the compiler. The year 1891 did not add strength to lumber affairs in Quebec. There was a considerable falling off in ar- rivals from sea, as the following figures show: 313 ocean - steamers, 623,858 tons, against 341 ocean steamers, 642,- 874 tons the previous season, and only 251 sailing ves- sels, 233,327 tons, against 381 vessels, 320,093 tons in 1890. In the spring of 1891 the markets in Great Britain were depressed, and in many ports the stocks were heavy, an outcome in some respects of the strin- gency of the money market in England, and the strikes of the workingmen in the building trades. The result was the arrival of a very small spring fleet, and the summer and autumn arrivals were also small. Conditions in detail will be learned from a careful study of the following tables; WHITE PINE.—The shipping merchants were fully stocked, and the market opened last spring without any demand, although some lots were offered at easier rates than would have been accepted at the close of 1890. As the season progressed an improvement both in prices and in demand took place, and a number of rafts changed hands at fair rates. The quantity measured by the returns from the Supervisor of Cullers’ office has been exceedingly light, even less than the small supply of 1887 or 1888, and as a consequence the stock now wintering is a greatly diminished one. It is chiefly held for account of Quebec Merchants. Supply : { Square. ... 1,072,002 \ {2,943,680 Square \ Waney.. . . 1,730,609 f oe "| 2,048,898 Waney f Square... . 5,082,772 {4,799,633 Square 189°) Waney... eel 5,498,380. - | 3°598 209 Waney RED PINE.—The supply has been almost nil, far less than in previous years. This wood is not in great re- quest and is becoming scarce. Supply Export Stock NoXe) Hepeemeteecrcisan aie AGAVO)s 504 0 PUM WAKO: sauce 348, 165 TOOOReeret oe tiee 32407 O2 Se BS Oh Siac 612,918 OAK has been in less demand than usual, and though prices have been fairly maintained it will be observed that quotations for this wood are slightly reduced. The supply, export and stock wintering are lighter than usual. Export Stock 1891 715,120. Supply Export Stock TOOL Ree es eee 679;506...... 69 75250= ee 522,040 TSOOMse a ees 1,227:982)...). Us L0; 100m nee 753,506 EL_M.—While the receipts have been about one-third less than the previous year, the stock now wintering is unprecedently light. This is one of those woods difficult to procure, unless high prices are given for standing timber. Supply Export Stock TSQW ase nee (Meroe [a Mbers o.a.0 ¢ 657,800..... 102,608 1800) nam acti OLINSO2 ae 520:260.e eee 459,501 AsSH.—The demand has been very limited ; stock win- tering exceptionally light. Supply Export Stock LSOL career TOT,000" = 525. 130}320 5-106 21,357 LSOO% seyret ore: 14254 50h eee 5,250 eee 99,383 BrRCH.—This wood is easily procured and the supply is altogether regulated by prices offered. The wintering stock is about the same as last year. = Supply Export Stock TOU Ac oes See 133390 7e eee 140,320. L377 TSQOn eter. eee 22752 eee 493,740..-... 13,752. STAVEs.— Little to report in this branch of trade, ship- ment of staves having almost ceased. Supply Export Stock (URipeksiiche gree KORE Seog och T 3 ea% seen 5 1801 \ Puncheon...... Anca eee 7s, «72 eo Ne I (RIPe rs skys ot ces 1 peta lg a if POAC SO = 34 1890) Pimeheonee pen oanr eee LAD) c 2 eee 21 PINE DEALS.—There has been a fair demand during the season, though it must be remembered that the quantity of pine deals sawn at or near Quebec has be- come extremely limited, most of the production coming from the Ottawa and Western Canada. The stock win- tering is something heavier than last season, at the same time considerably under the average of past years. Supply Export Stock TSO cee eae 983,230 7O4 AT 2a 274,782 TOOOK aero 878,810.... 1,075,992..... 246,015 SPRUCE DEALS opened rather heavily in spring, im- proved towards summer, and have been in fair demand since that time. The quantity wintering, although heay- ier than last year, is only slightly over the average. Supply Export Stock LOQI eh eer 2,955,979--.. 2,280,049... . 1,199,950 T8OOM serous 3,830,914...- 35975,570- +>. FaanOZo SAWN LUMBER.—During the early part of the year the market was very much depressed for shipments to the United Kingdom, but later on it improved some- what, and now the prospects are more favorable. The American market has not been as good as in former years, but the prospect for 1892 is more encouraging. Pine is quoted at $15 to $18 per 1000 feet b.m. and Spruce at $10 to $12, according to quality, sizes, etc. Freights opened at 18s. for timber, and 42s. for deals ; closed at 25s. for timber, and 65s. for deals. THE CARRYING TRADE. The following are the arrivals and tonnage at the port of Quebec for the five years 1887 to 1891 inclusive :— SAILING VESSELS FROM SEA. 1887 1888 —- 1889 1890 1891 Wesselsins)-reis 393 318 392 381 251 SONS i. eee 295,912 260,301 326,706 320,093 233,327 OCEAN STEAMSHIPS. 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 Steamships... 287 244 324 341 313 Tons. gree 541,324 484,449 596,598 642,874 623,858 LOWER PROVINCES. 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 Vessels....... 425 447 371 442 519 PONS sje i.erte 193,136 231,518 196,269 241,242 275,084 — FEBRUARY, 1892 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN 7 THE MARITIME PROVINCES. For the excellent review of the lumber trade of the Maritime provinces for 1891, which here follows, we have to thank Mr. J. B. Snowball, of Chatham, N.B., the lumber king of these provinces, whose annual wood trade circular is a document highly valued by lumber- men both at home and abroad. The export of wood from New Brunswick again shows a large falling off, being 20,000 St. Petersburg standards less than 1890 and 58,000 less than 1889. Every shipping port in the Province shows a marked decline jn business, but the largest decrease is from Mirarnichi, where the export was 8,000 St. Petersburg standards less an previous year and less than half the export of 1883. The export of spruce from Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia for this season was 199,806 St. Peters- standards, against 256,217 last year, showing a alling off of 56,411 standards. The stock wintering here is 11,000 St. Petersburg standards in merchantable deals, against 10,000 stand- ards last year; and 2,000 standards in logs, against 5,000 _ standards last year. The stock at St. John is computed to be 6,000 St. Petersburg standards of deals, etc., against 10,000 last year, and 2,500 standards in logs, _ against 14,000 last season. The stock at Nova Scotia ports is almost nil. The winter operations in the forests are lighter than last year and to date we are without snow, and have had but little frost, but as both are fairly sure crops in this portion of Canada, but little uneasiness is yet expressed on that account. The stunipage tax levied by the Government of New Brunswick continues to be about double that charged on . spruce by other provinces of Canada which compete _ with the products of this province. The effect has been a gradual decline of the New Brunswick spruce trade; and a corresponding increase up to last year of that of - both Quebec and Nova Scotia. The output of the lat- "ter province under the stimulus of its cheap stumpage advantages, in competition with this province, has had an exhausting effect upon its limited timber areas, and the maximum of its capacity to produce spruce deals appears to have been reached in 1890 when its export to _ Europe was 99,512,924 sup. feet against 69,159,000 sup. feet in 1884. _ The Crown timber lands of New Brunswick are chiefly in its northern portion, where owing to the high altitude and in many cases mountainous nature of the country, and consequent excessive depth of snow, coupled with long rocky and difficult streams to drive, make it both tedious and expensive to get logs to the mills. The Crown Land Commission appointed last year under an act of the Legislature to make a thorough in- vestigation of the whole subject of administration of New Brunswick Crown Lands, is still conducting its enquiries, and it is hoped these will result in the Gov- emment adopting a more broad and equitable stumpage policy, and that New Brunswick will be put on an equality with the neighboring provinces as regards the -stumpage tax. ] _ SHIPPrERs From Port OF MIRAMICHI, SEASON OF 1891. ; Sup. ft. deals, No. Tons scantling,ends Palings Vessels and boards. eae ee 25 17-914 15,897,576 1,086,315 eee 19 15,146 14,137,678 ee 22 15,308 13,662,413 20,275 - 18 10,142 9,920,784 95,650 Trading Co. 12 8,907 8,591,443 28,725 ee 10 6,803 6,134,878 481,800 6 4,438 4,042,000 5,025 ot ae I 754 22,140 ee Jn, >.> 113 79.412 72,408,912 1,717,790 J. B. Snowball, birch 183 tons, pine 27 tons, hemlock 119 James Aiton, spool wood pieces 556,441. DistxiguTion OF ABOVE SHIPMENTS. Sup. ft. deals, No. Tons. scantling,ends, Palings Vessels, and boards, EE LE 49 33:429 34,777,814 1,608,850 EDs er no0 0910 xe 34 21.533 20,649,451 108,940 Me Seiad sn 350.4 20 13,0283 11,308,341 BROAN Ss wigs 2:0 2 1,745 1,562,266 i EE EEE 3 1,761 1,598,756 wellaneous............ 5 2,916 2,512,284 ee 133 79,412 72,408,912 1,717,790 at Britain, birch 183 tons, pine 27 tons, spool wood 599,451. France, hemlock 119 tons, a SHIPMENTS FROM MIRAMICHI FOR 12 YEARS, FROM 1880 10 1891, INCLUSIVE. 1880—155 millions sup. feet 1886— 72 millions sup. feet 1881—128 do. do. 1887— 68 do. do. 1882—117_ do. do. 1888— 73 do. do. 1883—149 do. do. 1889—110 do. do. 1884—108 do. do. 1890— 88 do. do. 1885— 87 do. do. 1891— 72 do. do. DISTRIBUTION, BY Ports, OF St. JOHN SHIPMENTS, 1891. Sup. feet deals, Ports No. Tons scantling, ends, Birch Vessels and boards (tons) LSOMINOW coccencoocane 2 3,489 3,811,132 IBarrO Wiese cciiers acre oe 2 1,246 1,146,261 IFAS, cans aresccudesye 3 33555 3,492,739 Continentessce ere: I5 10,857 9,786,577 IMARGRON s Saaoooscen 400 4 4,612 4,457,050 Glas COWS tacie soph tape erste: I Tel25 1,039,285 Treland oprvsecacis sso tiers GG Bayi Ae OKAIS 6 Ii 1 eecorneomne de on 9 11,303 2,945,963 Biverpooliets jest nate: 35 44,461 40,403,639 4,998 RSMo, 1kOnoabocoag boca 1G ELON sD 9,466, 369 SHanpmesssr ryt: 4 55315 4,798,415 WVQESTE rectenee entes eines, setts 12 9,287 8,079,011 Motalsc ysyoc even seas 155 138,174 122,242,682 5,004 SHIPMENTS FROM Sr. JOHN TO TRANS-ATLANTIC PoRTS FOR THE PAST 13 YEARS. Total sup. ft. Timber (tons) Deals, etc. Birch Pine ROTO Serece wie’: 188, 168,610 7,989 2,493 TSVOpe ee eae 153,279,357 11,548 Be237) NOOO! ss agecenesiot: 215,485,000 16,035 2,441 DS OMe oeicis: 210,281,730 50134 Te: LOS Zeer 201,413,717 7,576 3,332 TSSSwstes ames ea 181,517,932 11,778 3,883 NOGA sateen ce 164,829,825 14,006 3,836 TOSS ir ctsiatelsvoaty: 152,543,026 13,769 3,686 1886 ......... 138,934, 392 75354 4,313 EOS Jas oes sehen 118,450,590 5,197 1,587 FitetS}o) ed oth aro oa 153,184,187 4,721 457 TOS seein sys 180, 167,488 7,221 487 MO QO Me sits ee ahs 132,608,516 ia gjueit 4,317 KGOMer selarges 122,242,682 5,004 THE TOTAL TRANS-ATLANTIC SHIPMENTS OF NEW BRUNS- WIC IN 1890, COMPARED WITH I8OI. —1890— Ports < No. Tons Sup. ft. deals, Tons Vi's etc. Timber MVitramichis. 5 ei-rey-i= «215.0 159 97,015 87,638,256 1 MOLE NOL eles cvcre’ = otescuotieeies: 173 147,726 132,608,516 5,628 IBAbIUnSte ier tera ty reese. a ke 20 10,767 10,204,103 Dalhousie (including Camp- elton. ance corcessco 46 25,318 22,114,275 588 Richibucto (including Buc- touche) ls 70s rcutaree 42 15,977 14,945,707 Shedigel se sste Sh ctycerteas 30 »=:12,875~—Ss:« 11,780,071 Sackville (including Baie Werte) eiaciey.gee apse ens 29 14,199 14,074,000 Motals)..souescace sc 499 323,877 293,364,928 6,229 —1891— Miramichi} sine tet: 113 79,412 72,408,912 329 Ea /OMolenee ene coos Gore 155 138,174 122,242,682 5,004 Bathurst... sae eee eve yale 15 7,098 7,175,000 268 Dalhousie (including Camp- belltomysnat a4 one eee 35 21,534 18,837,900 458 Richibucto (including Buc- EGUGHE)\z y= cueueel eee 21 11,654 11,188,755 Shedia¢ ss .t 6. es vheeste 17 8,145 8,219,739 Sackville (including Baie MOLLE) ccerceises sncperare 24 12,819 12,447,000 MLOGALR Metre ete dee 380 279,436 252,519,988 6,059 The trans-Atlantic shipments from the province of New Brunswick for the past ten years were :— 1882—376 millions 1887—250 millions oe 1883—411 oe 1888—277 1884—333. “ 1889—369 ** 1885—292 “* 1890—293 “‘ 1886—276 ‘* 189I—253 ““ SHIPMENTS FROM NOVA Scorta, 1891. - Ports No. Tons Sup. ft. deals, Birch Vessels. etc. Timber Amherst (Pugwash, Tidnish, Northport)! je cley- ere 28 20,379 15,262,000 Gold Rivers. cc ck sererecniceus x I 631 570,687 IE N ere pea om InS oOrho/e ne S2gl,920) 25,505,070) 570 PArrspOroree se s.sce ales oan oe 28 27,503 24,760,273 BY CHOU Eo irnate: lctettuere hetie tells 13 9,120 2,797,000 5,152 Sherbrooke (St. Mary’s River) 2 990 807,425 Sheet Harbors: 22 22 121-0 8 4,784 4,135,355 ShipskaarDOr et -eeeretelenen- 2 1,647 1,404,253 St. Margaret’s Bay....... Wf ahteihey hy efoninoy/2} BAG. 5) eesti ntetis et arake 141 100,218 78,603,742 5,722 The shipments of deals from Nova Scotia to trans- Atlantic ports for following years were :— LOO ae 85,752,000 Ken aroha & Se 82,959,589 MOORE cen cere 7759 18,000 Nef) coloe Ono e 85,070,005 LOB red 69,159,000 IWefel® ed ans Prec Oe 92,605,488 TOS at aviee - 79,047,705 TOQO pra oe 2) 99,512,924 VOB Ope esti ey32 he 87,280,125 Iftoh 0) beng Our eNoren ORere 78,603,742 BRITISH COLUMBIA. The development of the lumber resources of British Columbia within the past few years has been very marked. Located there to-day are a number of the largest Jumber concerns on the continent, richly cap-_ italized and ably manned. No two opinions can exist as to the immense quantities of valuable timber that have an existence in this province. A large local trade has been developed, which grows with the growth of the country and its near neighbour Manitoba and North- West Territories. The larger trade on the Coast is with foreign countries, and its volume, for some years, will only be regulated by the prosperity of these countries. In 1891 this export trade was retarded by the civil troubles of the Argentine Republic, but these are happily on the mend, and also, in part, by the depression in commercial circles in Australia. The following figures from two or three of the larger mills will supply a key to the trade of the province :— 20,000,000 Moodyville Lands and Sawmill Co., cut 1891.... ee « e exports to for- eign markets. 17,000,000 Moodyville Lands and Sawmill Co., local trade... 3,000,000 Brunette Sawmill Co., New Westminster, cut lumber 13,328,875 oe “se oe oe se “e lath... 1,733,090 oe “ce oe ee ee se pickets 100,980 *‘shingles 6,706,500 “e “cc (73 “ec “ec This company say: “We built our present mill in 1890, and nearly half the season was over before we got fairly running.” Mechanics’ Mill Co., New Westminster, cut 1,200,000. Little or no logging is done in winter on the Pacific Coast. SHINGLES. The shingle market displayed considerable activity during 1891. We had occasion more than once to re- mark on the large home consumption, as well as the demand from the United States, where Canadian shingles found much favor. As indicating what is being done take returns from James Dollard, of Bracebridge, Ont., who cut in his own mill 8,000,000 shingles, and handled altogether 14,000,000. These all found aready market in our own country. Mr. Dollard says: “I will turn out in 1892 in my own mill and others that I stock, about 20,000,000 shingles.” TRADE NOTES. A. Robb & Sons, of Amherst, N.S., manufacturers of the Monarch Boiler and Hercules Engine, whose advertisement appears regularly in these columns, have been succeeded by the Robb Engineering Co., Ltd. In another column will be found the business card of E. Stewart, D.L.S., who has opened an office in Manning’s Arcade, this city. a dealer in timber limits and invites correspondence from those interested. His references are John Waldie, president Victoria Harbor Lumber Co., T. Long, ex-M.PP., of Collingwood, and Hitchcock & Foster, of Chicago, Ill. Mr. Stewart has had a wide experience as The Dodge Wood Split Pulley Co, of Toronto, are in receipt of the following letter, which speaks for itself: — Delhi, Ont., Jan. 8, 1892. Dodge Wood Split Pulley Co., Toronto, Dear Sirs,—In reply to your enquiry would say that the Rope Drive put in by you between our sawmill and planing mill has given entire satisfaction from the start. Yours respectfully, Quance Bros. THE MUSICIANS’ GUIDE. Every music teacher, student or music lover should have this volume. It contains 212 pages of valuable musical inform- ation, with full description of over 10,000 pieces of music and music books, biographical sketches of over 150 composers, with portraits and other illustrations. Also a choice selection of new vocal and instrumental music, and other attractive features. Upon receipt of eight two-cent stamps, to prepay postage, we will mail free a copy of the Musicians’ Guide, also a sample copy of Brainard’s Musical World, containing $2.00 worth of new music and interesting reading matter. Address The 5S. Brainard’s Sons Co., Chicago, Il. THE case recently brought against the Province of Quebec Lottery by one Richardson has been dismissed with costs. It is said that certain individuals have made a determined attempt to lay their hands on the funds of this concern, which is legalized by the government of the province of Quebec, in the hope of striking a rich mine, but in this they have evidently been mistaken. This lottery has drawings twice a month, and extensive prizes are awarded. The management announce that all patrons and agents can rest assured that drawings will take place as usual and all prizes will be paid imme- diately on presentation of the winning tickets. FEBRUARY, 1892 8 THE SSS LUMBERMAN PUBLISHED ON THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH aor oe ARTHUR G MORTIMER OFFICE. 75 CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE BUILDING Toronto, ONTARIO TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : One Copy One Year, in advance....... ; One Copy Six Months, in advance ......... Foreign Subscriptions, $1.25 a 2 Year ADVERTISING RATES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION MBERMAN is published in the interests of the lumber trade and of allied i stries throughout the Dominion, being the only re- presentative in Ca 1 of this foremost branch of the commerce of this coun- try. Itaimsat giv ing full and timely information on all subjects touching these intere: jiscussing these topics editorially. and inviting free discus- sion by others. Especia il pains are taken to secure the latest and most trustworthy mar- ket quotations from various points throughout the world, so as to afford to the trade in Canada information on which it can rely in its operations. Special correspondents in localities of importance present an accurate report not only of prices and the condition of the market, but also of other matters specially interesting to our readers. But correspondence is not only welcome, but is invited from all who have any information to com- municate or subjects to discuss relating to the trade or in any way affecting it. Even when we may not be able to agree with the writers we will give them a fair opportunity for free discussion as the best means of eliciting thetruth. Any items of interest are particularly requested, for even if not of great importance individually they contribute to a fund of information from which general results are obtained. Advertisers will receive careful attention and liberal treatment. We need not point out that for many the CANADA LuMBERMAN, with its spe- cial class of readers, is not only an exceptionally good medium for securing publicity, but is indispensable for those who would bring themselves before the notice of that class. Special attention is directed to ““WaNTED” and *“‘For Sate” advertisements, which will be inserted in a conspicuous posi- tion at the uniform price of 15 cents per line for each insertion. Announce- ments of this character will be subject to a discount of 25 per cent. if ordered for four successive issues or longer. Subscribers will find the small amount they pay for the Canapa Lum- BERMAN 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 encour- aging us to render it even more complete. THE Can ADA Leu =a FREE TIMBER PROPOSALS. THE Ways and Means Committee at Washington is moving in the direction of fewer restrictions on lumber. On the 23rd ult. a bill, drawn by Mr. Bryan, the Ne- braska member, providing for the abolition of the duty on unmanufactured lumber, was formally considered, and an agreement reached which will be embraced ina report to be presented to the House at an early date. The bill provides that on and after October 1, 1892, the Timber hewn and sawed, and timber used for spars in build- ing wharves; timber squared, or sided wood, unmanufactured, not peel) enumerated or provided for; sawed boards, planks, deals, and all other articles of sawed lumber; hubs for wheels, posts, last blocks, waggon blocks, oar blocks, gun blocks, heading Blocks, and all like blocks or stocks, rough hewn or sawed only; staves of wood, pickets and palings; laths, shingles, clapboards, pine or spruce logs, provided that if any export duty is laid upon the above mentioned articles, or either of them, by any country whence imported, all articles embraced in this Act imported from said country shall be sub- ject to duty as now provided by law. Another point agreed upon in committee is that “when lumber of any sort is planed or finished there shall be levied and paid for each side so planed or fin- ished 25 cents per thousand feet, board measure, and if planed on one side and tongued and grooved, 50 cents per thousand feet, board measure, if planed on both sides and tongued and grooved, 75 cents per thousand feet, board measure, and in estimating board measure under this schedule no deduction shall be made on board measure on account of planing, tonguing and grooving. This clause is in the language of the McKinley Bill, but provides for only one-half the duty levied in that measure. The bill further provides that paving posts, railroad ties and telephone and telegraph poles of cedar shall be dutiable at 20 per cent. ad valorem, and that sawed boards, planks, deals, and all forms of sawed cedar, lignum vite, lancewood, ebony, box, grandilla, mahog- any, rosewood, satinwood, and all other cabinet woods, not further manufactured than sawed, 15 per cent. ad valorem, veneers of wood 20 per cent. ad valorem. The movement, in short, is an assault on the McKin- ley Bill, which it isnot unlikely will be severely criticised by many American legislators duiing the present year. Whilst Mr. McKinley in his own State was victor- iously elected, the complexion of the United States legis- lature is largely Democratic, and Democratic leanings are unmistakably in the lines of freer trade relations. It is believed that nine-tenths of the lumbermen of the United States will oppose the passage of Mr. Bryan’s bill, as also another introduced by the same member, providing for free salt. The Chicago Timberman is of the opinion that it is only possible to secure the defeat of these measures by the most perfect organization and a strong and determined fight. The general sentiment ot the majority of the House is represented by our con- temporary to be favorable to the passage of both bills. We do not know that Canadians of any class view with particular favor the McKinley Bill, and it is becom- ing evident that the measure has a strong opposing force in the country of its adoption. STRENGTHENING CANADIAN FORESTRY. IT is not improbable that at the coming session of the Ontario Legisliture, which convenes on the 11th of the present month, fresh interest will be given to the ques- tion of Canadian forestry in a bill that will likely be in- troduced by Hon. E. H. Bronson, who is eminently fitted, by natural gifts and long practical experience to deal intelligently and comprehensively with the question. It cannot be laid at the door of our provincial govern- ment that it has been indifferent to the importance of the immense forest wealth of the province, and under the watchful management of Hon. A. S. Hardy, the Minister of Crown Lands, much careful thought has been given to this department of the government. Still everything that might be done has not been done. We do not know but that this is the fault of the people rather than their rulers. The utilitarian spirit of the age controls the actions of many men in so large a degree that if some immediate practical purpose cannot be served no large consideration is given to the concerns of the future. In regard to our timber interests this is the general policy that is being pursued. The country is rich in timber resources; let us fell the timber as rap- idly as we can now, while it is day; get it into the market and turn it into cash, for the night cometh, when the present generation at least, cannot work the forest wealth of the country. This will hardly be termed a parody on the facts as history gives them to us to-day. On this point Mr. Bertram and Mr. Little, though holding di- vergent views on the trade question in general and the lumber problem in particular, both agree. The former, in an interview in these pages some months since, said, one main difference between the United States and the Canadian lumberman working our timber limits is the rapidity with which the former will clear the woods of all standing timber. He will lose no time in getting every tree felled and marketed. The Canadian will go about the business more leisurely. Mr. Little warns us that if the depletion of our forests goes on at the rate of the past few years these forests will soon present little better than a barren waste. : Making necessary allowance for what may perhaps be an error in calculation in this matter enough is assured to make clear to every thoughtful citizen, that unless at some point in the near future, intelligent and workable methods of retaining or reproducing our forest wealth are adopted, the country itself and future generations will be the losers. We may not think it necessary to go nearly as far in this matter as is done in European countries; France, for example, having expended $30,000,000 in re-foresting, and is likely to spend that much more to reclaim its farming lands. But be it remembered, that this step became necessary, simply because of the wide rein that was given by the State to timber owners, when a plethora of timber was in existence. The most instructive example of scientific forestry is found in Germany. Her forests cover about 8,153,946 hectares, or 23.4 of the total surface of the country. One- third is devoted to deciduous trees, and the remainder to the conifers, German forestry methods seeking to prove a help, in place of a hindrance, to agriculture. The State ownership in these lands is about 29 per cent., that of town and village communities, 16 per cent., and private owners 55 percent. The State takesa high view of its relations to these lands, regarding them asa sacred trust in which the interests ‘of people yet unborn are to have equal weight with those of persons now living. We have here a view that finds its opposite in the utilitarianism of this country. Great care is given to the administration of forest lands, a department in charge of the Minister of Agricul- ture, who is immediately represented by the Chief of Forest Service. The plan of management is thoroughly German, and perhaps in no other country could the work be conducted in the same exact scientific spirit. The timber cannot be felled at the “sweet will” of every man who sees in the standing timber a mine of wealth for himself. The amount of timber for which a given forest area may be safely drawn upon is fixed by the government. Details of management, carefully reached by calculation from reliable data, are put in black and white for the executive officer of the range; and perfected arrangements are carried out for the periodic revisions which occur at intervals of five and ten years. The officers in charge of the forestry management of Germany are as perfectly drilled in their particular work as are the military officers of this most military of coun- tries in matters pertaining to their vocation. There are 681 officers of the executive staff, who are called Ober- forsters. The greatest pains are taken in the selec- tion and training of candidates. A candidate must be a graduate from a gymnasium, and then put in a year under an Oberfoster of experience; he must be at least 22 years of age; able to pass certain moral and physical tests, and be able to show that the state of his finances will warrant his undertaking the cost of his subsequent training. A year is occupied in obtaining a general knowledge of planting, felling and protecting forests. Then follows two years of severe study at one of the forest schools, followed by a year of jurisprudence and political economy at some university. All this leads up to the first State examination. If successful here another siege of hard study in more practical forestry lines is required, when the formidable final examination, partly in and partly outdoors, on land, political economy, finance, forest policy, organization of service, and the laws and lore of hunting, is undertaken. The advancement in forestry ranks after this is not particularly rapid. We fear that the average Canadian would weary in his effort to “get there.” But absolute mastery of one’s calling is a ‘sine qua non’ of German educational methods in any line. It may be claimed that no method approaching, even in a minute degree, the elaborate character of the Ger- man system, is necessary or applicable to forestry work in this country. We have to remember, however, that no sound system of any kind can be evolved from an ideal that rests on a low plane. The German ideal is high, but it is most complete, and we cannot dig into it and fail to extract much that must prove helpful to us on this continent. In India, where the soil, climate, social political and economical conditions, species of trees, etc., dealt with, were as diverse as possible, it was the German system, with some modifications, that was made successfully applicable to the forest service of that coun- try. It would be strange if from this system something could not be learned to help Canadian forestry. TARIFF PROBLEMS. THE paper by Mr. Wm. Little, of Montreal, covering two pages of this number of the LUMBERMAN, is prob- ably the most complete review of the duty question, favoring a renewal of the export duty on logs, that has yet been published. Mr. Little has for years been a close student of the economic side of lumber matters, and possessed of a wide experience as a large operator in lumber, his opinions will necessarily carry weight. It is doing no injustice to the line of argument pursued with so much vigor by this writer to say that he has al- ways been an uncompromising advocate of absolute protection to Canadian forests. He is just as thorough- going a believer in “Canadian markets for Canadian FEBRUARY, 1892 umber,” as Mr. Huyett is in “American markets for American lumber.” When the export duty on saw logs was $1.00 a thousand and the United States import duty on sawn lumber $2.00, he considered that a great injust- ice was being caused to Canadian interests, and took no inconsiderable part in having the export duty on logs increased to $3.00. It was shortly after this, of course, that the Government abolished the export duty alto- gether. Mr. Little now pleads with all the earnestness of his nature for a renewal of the duty to its former figures. Mr. Little’s leanings, we suppose, in matters of trade generally, as indicated by his discussion of the lumber situation, are towards protection of native industries, rather than in the direction of freer trade relations with other countries. And this is really the broader ques- tion that in nearly all the leading countries of the world is receiving, more than any other question, the consider- ation of their ablest statesmen. The time does not seem far distant when in Great Britain, United States and Canada, not excepting other European and American countries, an upheavel of tariffs and trade relations will take place, that by our grandfathers would have been considered as impossible as crossing the Atlantic to-day in Diogenes’ tub. But this is an age when history is made rapidly. What these changes will be it would be entering the field of prophecy to predict. country there are various economical views being pro- mulgated. Protection to native industries is the policy of the government in power, and opposed to this view are the free-traders, who would make commerce as free as the air we breathe. There are those whose pro- gramme is a tariff for revenue only. Reciprocity with the neighboring republic is a policy that has no incon- siderable following, whilst a form of protection that has lately been advocated with much vigor is that favoring reciprocal arrangements with the Mother Country as against the United States. Great Britain, perhaps, shows no serious intention of going back on her record as the great free trade country of the world, and yet there are internal rumblings of dissatisfaction with the condition of at least some of her manufactures, and changes are coming over her trade relations with other portions of the world. The question of what is best and wisest to do, taking the broad view, which Great Britain has ever done, is being asked. The United States has her own share of tariff prob- lems, and her policy of protection to native industries has been carried to far enough extremes to commence in some cases to rebound on those who have hitherto been its most zealous apostles. Good will come of the fullest discussion that can be given to these questions in Canada and everywhere. There need be no occasion for those who differ with each other adopting the school-boy role and commence calling names. Let the discussions among ourselves and with other countries be conducted with manly dig- nity and independence. No occasion can call for in- uendo or bitterness. Reaching out somewhat broadly in the trade discus- sion, and viewing the lumber question from different ground to Mr. Little, is the supplementary article to that of last month, which we publish elsewhere in this num- ber, by Mr. John Bertram, of this city. Mr. Bertram discusses mainly the lumber question, but the article is likewise suggestive of the view that he takes of the trade question in its broader light, particularly in its relations to “the dwellers on this broad continent.” The columns of the CANADA LUMBERMAN, we need hardly say, are open to our readers for a full and liberal discussion of the trade question in which as lumbermen In our own _ we have a deep interest. QUEBEC TIMBER SCANDALS. _ THE timber trade has not escaped the meshes of that have surrounded political affairs in this country for some months. Interest during the past has centered chiefly in Ottawa county. The ion is that during the past three seasons fees to amount of $92,000 were remitted to certain Jumber- doing business in that county—monies that rightly to the Quebec treasury. Under instructions from the DeBoucherville government, Mr. Kemp, in- spector of crown lands and timber agencies for the pro- vince, has been investigating the charges, and his report will be considered by the Royal Commission now inves- tigating Quebec affairs in general. J. B. Charleson, chief forest ranger for the province of Quebec, has proffered the following explanation. He says: “It is true remissions have been made, but they only amount to about $51,000 and a special remission of $20,000. The remissions are of three classes. The first was by special order and was based on the demands of the lumbermen that small logs, under 12 inches, of red pine should not be charged at the same rate as the larger logs. The lumbermen complained that the fees were 4o per cent. in excess of what they were under the previous government, and that under the previous government the small logs were put in as cord wood. The Mercier gov- ernment considered the complaint a fair one, and agreed that all small logs of 11 inches and under of red pine should go in at the price of spruce. The special remis- sion Was $15,000 allowed by the government to Gilmour & Co. as compensation for the amount paid by them to Father Paradis in his famous suit against them, Mr. Mercier believing that the verdict was a snap verdict. The other $5,000 was for the removal of burnt timber. The total amount of dues in the last four years amounted to $2,800,000, and it will thus be seen that the remission did not. amount to more than 2 or 3 per cent. With re- gard to the remission for burned timber the government, to encourage the removal of burnt timber, and to keep under the boring worms that get into burned standing trees, had reduced the fees from $1.30 a thousand to 65c. With regard to remission for shortages, the facts were that the lumbermen found that the amount figured in logs by cutters did not pan out in board measure in the yards, and this being the fact the government could not do otherwise than make a remission of fees for the difference. Some of the lumbermen pay as much as $84,000 a year, and their remissions in the four years would not amount to much over $8,000.” LUMBERMEN SPEAK. WOULD entire reciprocity in lumber prove an advan- tage to the lumber trade in Canada? This is one of a number of different questions embodied in a circular sent by the CANADA LUMBERMAN within the past month to leading lumbermen in the different sections of the Dominion. The other enquiries treat mainly of the cut of the year, where our lumber goes, work in the woods, and the outlook of business for another year, and are dealt with in the annual review of the lumber trade of Canada elsewhere in this number of the LUMBER- MAN. The replies to the enquiry on reciprocity are of the most pronounced character. Fully 95 per cent. of the trade, without regard to locality, have replied in the affirmative. Some of these have added emphasis to their replies in such words as, “most decidedly,” “un- doubtedly,” “certainly,” “very much,” “no doubt about it,” “Yes, by all means,” and similar expressions of approval. The letter, of J. T. Schell, of McPherson & Schell, of Alexandria, Ont., that accompanied his replies in circular form, goes more fully into the question than do some of our other correspondents, but it is unmistakably favorable to free trade. It has not been without some effort and expense that the CANADA LUMBERMAN has collected the informa- tion here given on the subject of reciprocity in lumber, as well as that bearing on other important phases of the lumber trade, and printed in these pages. This line of work comes directly within the province of a paper of the character of the LUMBERMAN. What our readers want is correct and comprehensive data on which to build intelligent and workable plans for the healthy development of the lumber industry. Mere theory will not do this, nor will the ‘ipsee dixit’ of any one man, nor any number of men. “Cold facts,” as some one else has expressed it, is what we are all anx- ious to get at; and from these “cold facts” we can safely trust the lumbermen and millmen of this country to draw with wisdom and act with judgment. We leave the facts presented in this number of the LUMBERMAN to their consideration. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN __ MAINE lumbermen are particularly interested in a case set down for trial at the coming term of the su- preme court in York county. Albion W. Rowe, of Cornish, claims to have had lien on about a million feet of logs which Jesse Sanborn had rafted in that town: and that while the lien was still on many of the logs came down river and were worked into lumber. The question to be fought out at this time is whether a lien can follow logs down a river and through the process of manufacture. A case of this nature has never before been tried in that state. AN English lumber journal remarks that “during 1891 only one sailing vessel arrived in Hull from British North America with a cargo of wood, two sailing vessels brought extract of bark, and four vessels arrived with pine deals, etc., from Montreal. For the second year in succession we have had no imports direct from Quebec. When our trade with that port was first established can- not now be accurately ascertained, but certainly from the middle of the last century we had summer and autumn fleets, some of the latter not arriving home until the early spring, and all the finest Hull ships were more or less employed in it. A remarkable change has, how- “ever, come over the trade.” SAILORS and negroes, if we except the highland Scotchmen, are perhaps more prone to superstitious thoughts than any other class of people. Many good stories are told of the idiosyncrasies of these classes along these lines. Here is one that bears a relationship to the timber trade. A cherry tree in a colony of ne- groes down south bloomed recently, and an old colored woman, who is credited with supernatural powers, de- clared that it was an omen of the approaching end of the world. The colony became excited, held religious services and waited for the end. But two weeks passed and the excitement began to subside. Then several trees bloomed, and all the negroes in the colony packed their household goods and left the place. THE northern sections of Minnesota, into which Mich- igan lumbermen are commencing to move, is pictured as one of the richest pine timber countries in the United States. It lies close by our Rat Portage territories, the only dividing line being the Rainy river. The climate is not cold, except in the higher elevation of land, but is of a steady and comfortable temperature. White poplar grows in abundance, and of good quality and size. As much as 25,000 feet will sometimes be found on an acre. This timber makes fine barrel stock, and large quantities of it are shipped to Rat Portage to be used by the exten- sive flour milling concerns that are located in those ter- ritories. It is estimated that in northern Minnesota there are at least 100,000,000,000 feet of standing pine, as well as other valuable timber. (nn THE year 1891 has been declared an “off year” for yellow pine manufacturers. Hope was big, but the actual did not materialize at any point. When prices were expected to advance they simply sagged, and when orders were looked upon as certain no demand existed. The Northwestern Lumberman, which is disposed to read its brethren of the yellow pine section a lesson, says: “In summing up the past year’s business, the ledger may show a blank line on the credit side of profit and loss, but for those who have kept a journal of experi- ence a credit will appear at the final posting which will prove in a majority of cases more beneficial than dollars and cents, and will prepare the way for a dividend at the close of the present year, whether the long-expected revival in trade comes or not. In short, while travelling a rough road, we learn more about careful driving in going one mile than in covering twenty miles of smooth road, on which a blind man would not stumble. FEBRUARY, 1892 ro THE CANADA LUMBERMAN THE NEWS. ONTARIO. —Joseph S. Wallis, lumberman, Port Carling, has replaced a 20 h.-p. boiler with a 65 h.-p. —The sawmill of George Esterbrook, at Tweed, Ont., was destroyed by fire on the 26th ult. —Messrs. Bryan, of Collingwood, have completed a new plan- ing mill and commenced operations. —Thornton’s shingle mill, Tamworth, Ont., has been de- stroyed by fire. Insurance, $1,100. —Dan MeArthur, a Canadian woodsman, working at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., was brutually murdered in a saloon on the r4th ult. —Lumber exports from Ottawa to the United States for the last quarter of 1891 were $475,000. This is an increase over a corresponding period of a year ago. —Thousands of cords of pulpwood are being cut throughout the Parry Sound and Muskoka districts this winter. Near Rosseau there are over 200 men engaged in the work of cutting. —A terrible accident happened at Hale’s Camp, north of Chelmsford, Ont. A sawlog rolled over a French lumberman, from the chest down, crushing him in a terrible manner. He was taken to Mattawa hospital. —The Trethewey Falls Shingle Mill (water-power, built 1891) with stock of logs, timber, camp equipments, etc., are to be sold. R. H. Meyers, of Bracebridge, is winding up the estate, from whom all particulars can be learned. —lLarge numbers of men in the lumber camps in Georgian Bay and neighbouring districts are said to be suffering from la grippe. extent of the epidemic is completely demoralizing the season’s Many deaths are reported, and in some camps the work. —J. R. gate-saw into his mill at the Chaudiere. Booth is at present placing another large English Men are now engaged The water channel beneath the mill is almost blasted out, and in building a pier 20x20, upon which the new saw will rest. the course of about two weeks the improvements will be com- pleted. —The following troubles in the lumber trade of Toronto are reported: W. N. Crone & Co., called a meeting of creditors ; James Hanna assigned to E. R. C. Clarkson, liabilities $7,000, assets, $6,000; Allan C. Thompson assigned to Robert T. Jenkins, liabilities about $10,000; J. J. Carruthers assigned to J. H. McArthur. —The rebuilding of Buell, Orr & Hurdman’s mill, Ottawa, is rapidly being completed. The greater part of the new machin- ery to be used in the mill has arrived, among which are two gigantic waterwheels, which will soon be placed in position. Three new band saws and a wick’s gate will be added to the present machinery, and a pier is being built, upon which the jatter will be placed. —An iron pulley on one of the dynamo machines in the new electric light station at Toronto Junction recently burst while running at full speed. The fragments flew in all directions, The pulley was at once replaced by a Dodge Wood Split Pulley (ordinary but the attendants miraculously escaped unhurt. stock), and the attendants now feel somewhat safe again. Moral—use Dodge pulleys. —The wholesale lumber firm of W. N. McEachern & Co., of S. J. Wilson & Co., representing one party to the old partnership, continues busi- stand, and W. N. the Canada Life Building, handling the same Toronto, have dissolved partnership. ness at the old McEachern has taken an office in lines of lumber as of old. His business announcement appears in this number of the LUMBERMAN. —Reid & Co, have secured the contract to supply the wants of Toronto with sidewalk plank and scantling for the year 1892, which means 4 to 5 million feet; and we understand from them that they are now prepared to receive propositions, and to make contracts with parties who will be getting out this class of material for next season’s delivery. It will be com- posed of 2 in. sidewalk plank, gang saw, and 4x4 scantling. We would suggest to the mill men to make an early bid for part of the contract. —wNotice is given that an application will be made at the next session of Dominion Parliament for an act incorporating a concern to be called the W. C. Edwards Company, for the purpose of carrying on in Canada, the United States and else- where the business of lumber merchants and manufacturers of timber and lumber in all the branches, with power to acquire the partnership business and property now owned by John Archibald Cameron, of William Cameron Edwards, of Rock- Jand, John Cameron Edwards, of Ottawa, and James Wood, of Rockland. —Lumbering operations are active at Penetang. The C. Beck Manufacturing Co. will take out a large quantity of logs from their limits up the lakes, and are also getting out a heavy stock of logs in the township of Tiny. They expect to run their large mills their full strength, as soon as navigation opens. Davidson, of Highland Point, is putting in good work in the Logs are being delivered at McGibbon’s mills for next season’s cutting. W. H. Belyea is getting out a large quantity of cordwood for shipment to Toronto and Hamilton. woods. —The interests represented by the Wood, Pulp and Paper syndicate are very large, as their mills will during the present winter use not less than 20,000 cords of spruce wood, produc- ing daily more than 100 tons of dry pulp. The pulp makers of the U. S. recognize that their only resource, when the supply on their side the line is exhausted, must come from the Cana- dian forests; and already the agents of the new syndicate are in the Georgian Bay territory, buying spruce forests by the hundreds of acres. The cutting and preparing of the wood for shipment will be contracted to Canadians. —The woods at Rat Portage are reported to be swarming with loggers. Nearly 50,000,000 feet, it is expected, will be cut this winter. The following firms have camps .in the woods: Cameron & Kennedy, Ross, Hall & Brown, K. L. Mnfg. Co., Dick, Banning & Co., Hughes & Atkinson. The Keewatin Milling Co. have awarded a contract to Mr. Rogue to take out 2,000,000 stave bolts, and he has a gang of men at work at Pine River on the contract. The C.P.R. have given contracts for over 400,000 ties and the following have men in the woods taking out their respective quantities: Egan Bros. 100,000; Deninson, 100,000; G. H. Strevel, 50,000; Holmes & Gardner, 50,000; H. Burton, 20,000; King, ot Fort William, 30,000; E. A. Carpenter, 50,000; Jno. Boyd, 10,000; W. Margach, 20,000. —About two years ago the steam barge Victor, carrying a cargo of Canadian lumber, was wrecked near Sand Beach, on the Michigan shore of Lake Huron. the beach and was picked up by a number of persons. The lumber drifted on to The master of the vessel claimed the lumber, and he sold it to the parties who had it. Captain Silversides, the master of the vessel, was arrested and taken to Detroit by the United States officers, under a charge of selling lumber to people without pay- ing the duty. summer Inspector Day, of Port Huron, collected the govern- He was discharged without any trial, and last ment duty from several parties, they paying twice on this lum- ber. Now a lumberman, McGibbon, of Sarnia, brings suit against the people who got the lumber. —A striking example of woman’s courage and fortitude comes from near Bear Lake, in the vicinity of the depot of J. R. Booth, the Ottawa lumberman. TEED SL PST eee se pose One ae eee I2 00 DT bn Sane 2 SB SOF er On See see II 00 (TTR SLIIDE TILA ale eee ee See en ae eee 9 00 (20 SELLE B22: 22 boee' ose Se UE son os aor ees eee aE eeeeee 9 00 x 1-2 and thicker cutting up plank........................ 22 00 25 00 X inch strips 4 in- to 8 in. mill run......................... I4 00 15 00 x inch strips, common I2 00 1 1-4 inch flooring...... I5 00 7 Ds) SEP 0. S0/GS $8500 een eee 15 00 XXX shingles, 16 inch 2 40 _ XX shingles 16inch.................. I 40 Wipe es = I go es NMR Sect ie fakes Seasons I 70 YARD PeOreTION®: p Mill cull boards and scantling$10 00 | F. M: : ee a boards, promis- II- 2in. flooring, dres'd 26 00 30 00 WEEDS 2 2... /. 13/00 ne rough 18 00 22 00 stocks . . . 14 00 ne f dres'd 25 00 28 00 eee oma cx. upto 16 ft 13 50) 11-4 in. flooring, un- eee 18 ft 15 0c dressed, B.M.°. . 16 00 18 00 ie ** 20ft 16 00} 1 r-gin. flooring, dres'd 18 00 20 00 ee “< 22ft 17 00 undres'd 12 00 15 00 ae ** 24 ft 19 oo | Beaded sheeting, dres- 7, «< 26 ft 20 00 sedis 2 9, 20 00° 35 00 < “< 28 ft 22 00 | Clapboarding, dres'd. 12 00 we 30 ft 24 00 | XXX sawn shingles =f « 32ft 27 00 Den Nl sae 260 270 3 «© 34ft 29 50) Sawn lath. ..... 190 200 ease Red Oale 2205. ci 30 00 40 00 ae Meso iian oo) White. 2 5... 37 00 45 00 x ** 38 ft 33 00 | Basswood, No. 1and2 as 00 30 00 ** 40 to 44 ft 37 00 | Cherry, No. rand 2. 00 60 co Cutting up planks, 1 White ash, rand 2. . a 00 35 00 and thicker, dry . 25 00 28 00 | Black ask, rand2. . 20 00 30 00 “board 18 00 24 00 Dressing blocks . . . 16 00 20 00 Picks Am. inspection. 30 00 MONTREAL, QUE. MonrTREAL, Jan. 30, 1891. wal., per M$35 00 40 00|Oak......... . 40 00 60 00 eas 22 00 25 00) hata tote lt IC GONe 60 00 1006 00 shipping culls . 13 00 16 00 Cherry ........ 60 00 80 00 qual., deals Ps oo 12 00/ Butternut....... 22 00 40 00 pee S00) 20.00) Birch... 2%. - 15 00 25 00 «++-+.-- 1000 12 00) Spruce timber... . 13 00 16 00 ber... 800 1000) Hardmaple...... 20 00 21 00 Seeeeeen OO) 17, 00.| Lath. ........:. 1 80 1x 90 Seeetetetete s+ 23.00 16 0c | Shingles.,...... 150 300 sue seet2 OO 20 00 | Shingles, cedar. ... 150 300 ST. JOHN, N.B. Sr. Joun, Jan. 30, 1891. DEALS, BOARDS, SCANTLINGS, ETC. Scie s © + » -$i2 CO Spruce boards. . . . 12 00 Meteie sus. » X5 00'| Pine 5 Dt £200) “4000 igicis s).°- . 6,00 | Oak oe yes ae 49 00 > Se 10 00 | Ash 4s - 15 00 25 00 Hemlock boards. . . 7 50 SHINGLES. Seen (> = 293/50, sprice No. 5... .. +. . T 25 I OE et 2 Seka 2G No. x, extra. . . - . 2 25 CLAPBOARDS. Berrie tt 2 55 00 Spruce, PRI eae se ate 24 00 im eas v's 45 00 pe eo pag aes si 23, OD, and cleass..... . 35 00 = Nos 0). ot TE).00 “ No. 2 10 00 ae eteme ih ey 5, me = 2-5-2 0. 1000 0 Oe eran ete . 10 00 MISCELLANEOUS. tee + +3 00 450 crit See 1 80 17 in. per pr % re Br Rees Fs 650 15 00 12 in. 04 1-2 05% | Railway ties 22 in. 04 1-2 06 OTTAWA, ONT. he Orrawa, Jan. 30, 1891. ‘ Pin ist qual. , per M$35 00 49 00| Pine, 4th qual., deals, 1000 12 00 and 22 00 25 00| Pine, millculls.... 800 10 00 ie, shipping culls. . 14.00 15 00|Jaths......... 180 190 QUEBEC, QUE. Quenec, Jan. 30, 1892. WHITE PINE—IN THE RAFT. 7 CLs. Cis, on inferior and ordinary according to average, quality, etc., : EE RES BE aisle aidiksin a po law 0 x.0ye 2 2%. a dese 010 16 @ 20 average quality according to average, etc, measured off. 18 «22 ; _psaendagga iB ‘ 23°«27 oe ee ce “ 28 30 oe ca oe oe se 29 35 aioe 18 to 19 inch “ “ “6 ‘6 «98 34 mney 1g to 21 inch “ “ee oe oe oe 34 37 KED PINE—IN THE RAFTS. Mi, acconding to av average and quality.....-. 0-000... 14 22 wae sg fen.* he ee ARAL Mima Te) al . 15 OAK—MICHIGAN AND OHIO, SHINGLES. By the dram, according to average and quality.............--.- 43. «47 12in. XXX, clear... 4 00| 16in., *A extra ve 2 bo mCne 18 in. XX, 6 in. clear. 2 75 | 6 in. clear butts.... 210 By the dram, according to average and quality, , 45 tosofeet.... 28 30 N LATH: 30 ta 35 feet.... 23 26 [eee OD PAS LA Aan AAP OO eee 225 ASH. 14 inches and up, according to average and quality...........-. 25 28 ALBANY, N.Y. BIRCH. : WHITE PINE. 16 inch average, according to average and quality.............. 20 23 LAE Zi A OOM ola ous $49 $50|1 to zin., box .....-.. $13 $16 z TAMARAC, ED Sibel etal ei oan Al, 44 45|2%-4t0O21p., box.,....13 7 s ai i 1 to 2 in., ” selects ALPE 39 40/ Izin. and up, shelving. . . A 32 Se according to size and Quality. sce ceric eter eee ee en es 7 a0 1to2in., pickings... . . ay eliagt notin tecaede ees Ek faly i a 4 FP eGe cD onbn pepe DD DOEOALDROOD 15 1 2} A in. and up, good. 55 58 | 10 “ te shippers. Sx a 8 STAVES. i oa 4ths. 59 53 | 1x101n.,andizin.com...16 46 Merchantable Pipe, according to quality and specification..... $300 $320 - = patie 5 46 | 1X10 in, and 1zin. sound. _ O. Puncheon, Merchantable, according to quality ......... 80 go 49 8643 comme We te ee wee ie 62 : I to2 in., “ya ard ge ie 32 34] 1xrzIn. dressing ...... 25 2 y : LEED 1 tozin., No. x cuts. 25 28 “* * dressing and better 3z 33 Bright, saccording to mill specification, $115 to $120 for rst, $75 to $80 for 1 to2in., No. 2 cuts. 18 22 and, and $38 to $40 for 3rd quality. ee Michigan, according to mill Eenicaton: $120 to $130 for 1st, and $90 to $95 for 2nd quality. Bright spruce, according to mill specification, $40 to $42 for 1st, $25 to $26 for 2nd, $22 to $23 for 3rd, and $19 to $20 for 4th quality. BOSTON, MASS. WESTERN PINE—BY CAR LOAD. (Wipperss meuniere $48 oo@so oo | Fine com., 3 and 4 in 42 00 46 14%, 1% and 2 in.. 48 00 50 00 No. 2,1 in. Finecom. 28 00 30 5 SVAN Zeeonospendo 55 00 60 00 1%, 1% and 2in... 29 00 31 Selects; men ee teers 42 00 43 00| No. 1 strips, 4 to 6i in. 40 00 43 es ie and 2 in.. 43 00 45 00 No. 2 DONS; onandoeno 00 50 00 No. 00 26 Moulding beards: 7 to Cut ups, 1 to 2 in.... 24 00 30 Tiers CLeAIy. mteler-)- 36 co +38 00 | Coffin boards........ 19 00 22 60 per cent. clear... 34 00 36 00 | Common aliwidths... 22 00 26 Fine common, rin.... 36 oo 38 oo | Shipping culls, in... 15 00 15 14%, 1% and 2in... 38 00 40 00 do 1% in. 15 50 16 EASTERN PINE—CARGO OR CAR LOAD, ay hte: $40 00@43 00 | Clapboards, 4 ft., sap saadnoboscore mae 28 00 30 00 Clearer sce 4000s 45 Bac RAE RIE Heme oe 00 626 00 Sap, and clear..... 33 00 35 Ship's bds and coarse 38 00 16 50 Heartextra...-.--- 50 00 55 (Retuseis. ada. gece I2 00 13 50 iWearticleare. rtd. 45 00 50 West'rn pine clapbds Bevel siding 6in. clear 23 00 24 4 ft. sapextra.... 45 00 55 00 SPRUCE—BY CARGO. Scantling and plank, Coarse, rough........ 12 oo@14 random cargoes.. 14 0o@15 00 Hemlock bds., rough. 12 00 13 Yard orders, ordinary “dressed 12 00 14 SIZES TE cere ies 15 00 16 00 | Clapbds., extra, 4 ft.. 34 co 36 Yard orders, extra @learsranstterrs specter 30 00 32 STs nonogancenae 16 co 18 00 Second clear....... 2 Clear floor boards.... 19 00 20 00 INS. 5s HuanoDoOseCR 10 00 14 Ihe} 12 5a anges aoe 16 00 17 00 LATH NS PrUGes by Carers ately scretare]assiayctoists Sis reserats icintalareieralas aie fetes weve ah 2 10@2 SHINGLES. S)odsS So seassencsseans I 25@1 50 | Cedar, sawed, extra.... 3 35 3 Pine, 18 in., extra...... 400 4 25 Ore han coopnoauges 3 Pine! Nios tine ctseices =is 3.00 315 BxtralwNOs 2 -preeelt 2 Cypress, No. 1, 18 in... 5 OSWEGO, N.Y. WHITE PINE. dihree uppers wandtahinchts =. )4snienisds Sela cisererspets $44 00@45 Pickings, 14, 1% and PINE \goncdpnoanbade spdahowor oapomas 36 co 38 No. 1, cutting up, 1} 4 nS Biel BD Wahoo conccneconosuccowece 3I CO 32 No. 2, Cutting mip 134 orang aime rene says ecersiie es 20 00 21 In strips, 4 to 8 wide, selected for moulding strips, 14 tor6ft. 31 00 33 SIDING. r in siding, cutting up 1 inselected....... 35 00@40 piks and uppers.... 30 00@39 oo | 1% in dressing....... 18 00 20 Tat ressin pecs sce. 18 00 20 00/1 in No. rculls.... 13 00 15 Hin Non x culls: es. I3 00 15 00| 1% in No. 2culls.... 12 00 13 rin No, 2iculls...-. IZ 00) 13) 00))/z, in. Noi3iculls.- 4... 9 50 10 1X12 INCH. T2vandin) feet, wml murat iret nel sie ieiietciein derateeoeiciste 2/2 20 00 23 12 and 16 feet, No. x and 2, barn boards................... 18 co 19 12 and 16 feet, dressing and better...............-:.0000+- 26 00 30 Taand zoMfeets MNO: zaCullS jayieis)meratelactete «che cleralcisterececeletboxeraicte 13 00 I4 1X10 INCH. and engifeetyonillintun, millicullSouts erties /te es eet ye oite 19 00 20 w2andina eek dressinctanc Dette karen alelelelsls ste aici ot 25 00 27 EXIO,| 24 COMO DAMIIN DOATOS see settee «ie steieiele o\-/e,crereie, 210) 8 alors 17 WAN Ceres tech wIN OO: TCULS tr aela seis: eciiee ays laret ele creieie ays 15 00 16 repay Who, AGUS apopndsedapspopba paaansommench 13 00 14 THtomomect millenium! mull cullsioutcrmckinetacriaen ae Acct 20 00 22 r4itomGvfeets dressing: ant DELteK! eee rperej-1-:aisysieisycieyeieieys s/ere ones 2500 2 MALLORLOMEEE INO Ii Cill Seperate tertiles te leeiieicieiarese or 16 00 17 Mat OMLOMeS tN OmzsCUUS eo Teratcie site asi stels aeleketra = chavs sleyeierers 13 00 14 10 to 13 feet, iXteh Sretilite cape apodtas sbagsou poncoUnB AoE eDeS 9 50 10 14X10 INCHES. Millrun, mill culls out.$20 co@23 00 | No. rculls........... 16 00 17 Dressing and better.. 25 00 30.00] No. 2culls........... 10 00 It 1X4 INCHES. Mill run, mill cullsout 17 00 19 00 | No. rculls........... 1200 13 Dressing and better.. 23 00 27 00 | No. 2culls........... 10 00 II IX5 INCHES. 6, 7 or 8, mill run, mill 6, 7 or 8, No. reulls.. 14 00 15 cullsiout.......-.. 19 00 21 00 | 6, 7 or 8, No.2culls.. 12 00 13 6, 7 or 8, drsg and ettere snr 24 00 28 00 SHINGLES. XXX, 18 in pine....... 379 3 90| XXX, 18in. cedar... . 350 3 Clear butts, pine, 18 in.. 2 70 2 go | Clear butt, 18 in. cedar. 2 50 2 XXX, 16 in. pine...... 3 10 3 20) XX, x18in. cedar ....200 2 Stock cedars, 5 or 6in.. 5 00 LATH. IN Ge retells f asus ont 82220) NIO 2, ut ant | eae O00. 206 2 Ion bi, CA ee Gono Hoe oe I 70 BUFFALO AND TONAWANDA, N.Y. WHITE PINE. Up’ ee 1,14%,1%and2 Shelving, No. x, 13 in BS Oban CUO OO He 45 00 Bigtal (boy seihl5g ag oe 29 ahs and’ giinscs cn: 55 00 | Dressing, 14% in..,... 25 VO esrinpiaeeracaciod 58 00 14% x10 and 12...... 26 Selects, Its coe: 2\6 39 00 DG lninyexsticleyetee cs 2 RIG tO'Z Mewes ae 40 00 Belinea cee rats 26 2% and 3 in....... 46 oo | Mold st'ps, 1 to 2 in. 2 7S te nj obo coed HO 50 00 | Barn, No. 1, roand 12 Fine common, r in. 33 00 eRe Anca: 21 he and VY i MN soon 35 00 BrandnStime via 20 aR ste see é 35 00 No. 2, ro and 12 in. 17 Se, aa CV rae 5c BoLoollls sland Sims leer. eo 16 fi Slo srmance Gene 45 00 No. 3, ro and 12 in. 14 o0@14 Cut g up, No. 1, 1 in. 281001), (Grand 8in.-...-.--- 14 Teoh arcaen pis 33 00 | Common, rin........ 16 co 18 AEA Bera Acco 18 00 14% andr¥in...... 17 00 19 No. 2, 1% toz2in.. Efi Rel! Za Sh opntideGnmODnoo 19 00 20 No. 3, 1% tozin... 17 00 BOX. ime ae 12 in. (No 3 DV ARROW sn siat-tetstte(os 3-10 12 00@13 Boies nines ria) tere) \| CCW. Sard go Se OO HOBEnE 13 sana oa (No. 3 out) TAREE IGM ANY se elitr telsicrs oe 13 1x13, and wider...... RAM EOI) SOMALI yeaah elaniare cieiey etal sie 14 SS88E838E38 Lo} 88888 88838838 5° 5° 88388 88838 88 88 88 8888838888 8888 88888S888 888388 8388 THIRTEEN FOOT 1x10 in.. es dressing STOCK BOAKDS AND PLANK. - $28 $34/|1 in., siding, selected . . $32 $42 1X10 in. common....1%5 20/1in., ’ siding, common...13 18 IxI2 in., “ dressing . 29 036) 11- 4 in, 5 siding, selected. . 40. 45 Me oe common....15 22 raf common .15 20 1x10 1n., up dressing.*. . .28¢ 33¢ | 1 1-4x%o in., up, dressing. .42¢ soc DATO CUS cease en cent a 17€ 21 ef So Sas ieee > 25C SHINGLES AND LATH. Shingles, shaved pine, 6 50 | Shingles, 75 30 znd quality. .... 5 50 Lath, pine Sows eo 2 25 Sawed, extra...... 43° 440 Spruce APS eto 115 Sawed, clear butts... 300 3 25 Hemilock< 25,2 222 2 & (Cedar XEXNS wg eewene 400 420 SAGINAW, MICH. FINISHING LUMBER—ROUGH. Uppers, 1, 14 and 1%...... 45 oo | Fine common, 1 in........-.. 31 00 Oi Silnn dnceouAnmnondae LasooD 46 0c| 1% and 1% in.........-. 26 oo SECS, tas sononosaconacnace 36 00 ZA tise ne le ae oe 33 09 TARE Glia aon, Sera ee Api 37 00 75 SAMGIy MMs ip moe een 34 oO BAN cacietetee rave eer 39 00 SIDING. Oy G3 Hil oseccnansspcnces Dapiesd |G) 7A Cas jog ees i055 17 00 YS 835 soa geOAOsOnNCORTNOd 46 00 Ye Wy ssn che sa nte res eee 30 00 Select, Dp PATA ty etehay Sea ane aks 20:00; Nos TAG ans ies oes se oe eee IZ 0 DSW e avaandounananacodone 39 00 Pp Mle pee sees ove eee 20 00 TIMBER, JOIST AND SCANTLING. 2x4 to Ioxio, 12, 14 and 16 ft.$10 00 ZEST So tes case ooo 12 00 18 ft 13 00 For each additional 2 ft. add x ; 12 for sizes above 12 in. SHINGLES. PXONONG iB nen Climax eee eee 3 50,| 28:1n2 & (cull): 325 ee eeeee EXEXOXS| Saginaw ser resets 240° | ROS ‘Shorts, -/p oc tae 2 |} POCORN bsg canccocade ao 2 00 0, ie Shas Shela = tee I Hit Mby (m Manecanoconacne 80 LATH. Lath, No 1, white pine....... 2 oo | Lath, No. 2, W. pine, Norway 1 NEW YORK CITY. WHITE PINE—WESTERN GRADES. (WippersaivastU reer $44 14%, 1%and2in.... 46 Byandianinte cece 55 Selecis s1sineee eerret 40 I in., all wide...... 41 1%, tYand2in.... 43 Brandan aera 52 Fine common, 1 in.. 36 1%, 1%and2in.. cae Siintely thoes anes Cutting up, rin. No. 1 38 NICH BO wcendeanaada 21 Thick, INIGh Hogapec 29 Borate Nations 24 Gommon Niort.) x0 BiG ar eiiGe oaDue 22 Ne. DW Nd ectteed. 5% 20 oogoeas anos 17 Cot Baad sega nodne 20 BA Coe aEeas 8888 @4= @® nS G 60) Box, Ios ae eee $13 50@14 fore) Dhicker@acss--eeee 1450 15 fore) Cavs 8 base, fig. No. 1 40 00 42 oo Bi cornesah2225 35 00 37 00 Ny Be cae ee 24 00 26 fore) Shelving, Nowe 30 00 32 fore) Breads ves70[8 25 00 27 fore) Molding, Novae. sec 36 00 37 00 Now s2:) saecen be see 34 00 36 oo | Bevel sid’g, clear.... 22 50 23 fore) Notes see 22 00 22 fete) No! 42): fee octet ee 20 00 20 fore) in| Obs $s ge Ronse ea54- 16 00 17 00 Norway, cl,and No. 1 23 00 25 Oni 2s oz eens acer 20 00 22 oo) }/Common)-- 25... se - 18 co 19 fore} 00 foe) . in. plank and timber $1 extra ; extra Pp 3 RSS SSISSISISSSSsss 8 An epidemic, thought to be smallpox, has appeared in a lum- ber camp near Manitou Falls, about twelve miles from W. Super- ior, on Black River, Wis. other members of his family are prostrated. It first appeared in the family of Jno. Dowlings, and after six days’ illness, his wife died, and all the Four lumbermen in the camp near Dowling’s house have since died and many are sick. A number of lumbermen, becoming alarmed, left for homes in Iowa and Minnesota, after having been exposed to the disease, and its spread is likely to occur. An English syndicate has recently purchased a large tract The property is what is known as the Hiles-Hadfield tract, about which there was considerable liti- gation some time ago. of land in Florida. and of which Wm. The region will be traversed by the Carabelle, Tallahasse and Georgian Railroad, now building, Clark, managing partner of the Clark thread mills, at Paisley, Scotland, is a director and large stock- holder. The land is covered with timber, mostly pine and cypress, and is said to be rich in phosphates. supposed to be several hundred thousand dollars. Mr. A. E. Lawrie forwards to The sum paid is @ the Indian Forester an authentic case of a forest fire caused by lightning, which occurred in the Alapelli forests of the Chanda district, Central Provinces. During a heavy thunderstorm a huge teak tree was struck in the Mirkalu reserve, which, it is hardly necessary to say, is protected from fire. scattered over long distances. The lightning current first struck an upright branch, and then ran down the stem, setting it on fire. The tree was shivered to pieces, large fragments being The storm being accompanied with but little rain, the grass and dry leaves round the burning As this unfortunately occurred in the middle of the night, more than 80 acres were burnt before Mr. Lawrie’s establishment could reach the spot and extinguish the fire. It is not often that one hears of a forest fire caused by tree were set ablaze. lightning. oi. — 16 as d= OD; VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS. Mention is made in a book Que- bec, Ancient and Modern,” written by E. T. D. Chambers, of the tradi- tion that it was underan elmtree, in what was afterwards the English cathedral enclosure, that Jacques Cartier The tree was blown down in A Memorable Elm. assembled his followers. September, 1845; and in connection with that event there is, says the Montreal Gazette, a story to the effect that the tree, having become rotten with age, the church- wardens had come to the decision that the ancient land- mark would have to be removed, and orders were given to have it cut down next day. During the night a gale arose, and the tree was blown down, but, in falling, as if to mark the place where it stood, it struck the iron railing, making a dinge that is pointed out to this day. Mr. Burall, an English lumberman, who visited this country recently, took back with him some specimens of British Columbia timber that are likely to convince our English friends that the giants of the forest do grow in this country. Mr. Burall tells them that he saw tim- ber being cut in the sawmills at Vancouver 6 feet square and 118 feet in length. The London Timber Trades Journal, in commenting on Mr. Burall’s visit, tells also English Lumber Opinion. of a cargo of Oregon pine, recently received at the docks of the Metropolis, which is greatly admired for its immense strength, durability and extraordinary dimen- And as a curiosity to our old country friends mention is made of a few pieces of waney board pine 24 in. up to 28 in. square, and 37 feet to 43 feet in length. P 1 3/ 3 8 sions. It has been said there is nothing like leather. Rather, there is nothing like wood. The man of sheepskins has not even an entire monopoly of hides for foot-wear. We are told that in the Western States—away west— that wooden shoes are still worn by a large number of people. Some had become accustomed to them in the land of their birth, and in their new home have not yet adopted the more modern specie of shoe. They are used by others who are employed in damp, sloppy places. Workers in tanneries, dyeing establishments and chemical works find them a better protection and more comfortable than shoes made of leather or India rubber. They are also worn by women when doing their scrubbing, and also on wash-days. The largest manufactory of wooden shoes in the United States is located at Grand Rapids, Mich., and there are two similar establishments in the same city. The products of these factories are shipped to nearly every State in the Union, and to various points along the Pacific coast. The shoes are made from basswood logs. Wooden Shoes. All lumbermen of the United States are not ready to endorse Mr. Huyett’s platform of exclusiveness for Ameri- can lumbermen. W. H. Boyle, a sash, blind and door manufacturer, of Oswego, N.Y., would remove all trade barriers between the two countries. In a letter recently published he expresses himself plainly on this point, and also discusses the oft discussed question: ‘Who Who Pays the Duty? pays the duty?” “TI believe,” says he, “that as a rule the exporter pays the duty. A letter on my desk from a manufacturer in Belgium refers us to our own Ameri- can glass list, and offers to pay freight and duties and allow their glass f.o.b. Oswego at the very best discount It would be difficult for the free trader to prove that the tariff was a tax to the consumer in that case. As another proof, when solicited for a contribution to an expenditure in- curred in efforts to defeat some clause of the McKinley Bill previous to its passage, we made an offer to the solicitor, a local lumber dealer, through whom we had purchased uniform grades of Canada stock for several quoted us by our own American factories. years, that we would contract for 300,000, 500,000 or 1,000,000 feet of exactly the same grades for the coming year, and that any reduction of price, as compared to the past two or three years, we would contribute to the fund in question. The offer is open yet, but so far the Canada man keeps the dollar that McKinley struck off. Directly across the lake are two extensive sash, door and blind factories; that little barrier or tariff keeps their FEBRUARY, 1892 manufactured product out of our market. I am sure if they should force their goods our way, they, and not the consumer, would pay the duty, as I am equally sure, had the McNinley Bill increased that tariff, we could not have added a penny to the price of our goods, which is regulated by keen, cutting competition between our- selves. Still, in the language of Bobbie Burns, “for a’ that and a’ that,” as the white pine supply in our own country is limited and so many industries are dependent upon it, 1 would remove the barrier and let logs and lumber come in free, or any other commodity that our American farmer cannot produce on our own soil.” A notable visitor to the city during the month of January was the veteran sea- man, Capt. Alexander Mac Dougall, of Duluth, inventor of the whaleback, and actively identi- fied with the big ship-building concern, the American Steel Barge Company. Mr. MacDougall talked freely to a reporter of our canal system which is an important factor in whaleback schemes. ‘The completion of your canal system,” said the Captain, “is what your naviga- tion interests most need at present. There now remains only the Beauharnois canals to be finished, and the Do- minion will have a complete chain of waterways to the sea. You willsee a revolution in the shipping trade then. The canals at Montreal won’t be able to accommodate the vessels waiting to go through. Over this route in summer time most of the trade from the west and north- west will be carried. Instead of going by rail to Boston and New York it will be shipped from Milwaukee and Chicago to Montreal. ‘There the lake vessel will trans- fer its freight to the ocean steamer to be carried across the Atlantic. The tonnage of vessels in Canada will increase from the 1,000,000 it is now to 40,000,000 or 50,000,000. The Dominion needs this increase badly. My friend Mr. Marks, of Port Arthur, who ought to know, tells me that only one freight vessel is under con- struction at present in the whole of Canada. I should say complete and enlarge your canal system at all costs. Speaking of his own vessel, Capt. MacDougall says: “Three years ago we launched the first whaleback. To- day there are 25 in actual commission. Twenty are on the inland lakes, four on the Atlantic and one on the Pacific. I have returned recently from both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. One whaleback has left Boston for Yucatan, and to-day I got a telegram telling me of the departure of the Pacific coaster from Seattle witha cargo of coal for Santiago. A shipyard is now in course of completion on the Puget Sound for the construction of whalebacks. We have more than we can do at our yards in West Superior. Eight vessels are on the stocks now six of these being steamers, not one witha length of less than 322 feet. We intend building two more especially for the St. Lawrence canal trade.” Canada’s Canals. TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND CANADA. BY JOHN BERTRAM, TORONTO, ONT. [" is not in a spirit of controversy that I again revert to the question of ““American Markets for American Lumber,” but rather to further elaborate the general aspect of trade relations between the United States and Canada. Before doing so, however, it would be well to notice one or two points made by Mr. Huyett in his second article. It was hardly possible to read his original contribution without considering it as a protest against American markets for lumber being thrown open to Canadians by reason of the $1 a thousand reduction on duty made by the McKinley Bill. This idea Mr, Huyett in his rejoinder disclaims, and says: “I did not arraign the McKinley law, nor attribute the demoraliza- tion thereto.” That being the case it was unfortunate for the apprehension of his true meaning that such expressions should have been found in his letter as “The $2 duty made conditions so unprofitable as to make Canadian operators very tired ;” “When the McKinley Bill was before Congress, negotiations prompted by Canadians resulted in a 50 per cent. reduction of the duty—benefiting a few American log operators and sur- rendering American markets to Canadians without an equivalent.” Then the difference in tables of imports as between 1890 and 1891 could presumably be given only as showing how the market had been surrendered, the table winding up with the significant statement, “The increase in importations as above shown is $9,768,160,” although these figures were afterwards with- drawn by Mr. Huyett as incorrect. — To an ordinary reader these quotations show that the whole question hinged on the reduction made by the McKinley Bill, and that the bill of complaint was founded thereon. It seems to be taken for granted by American writers that the selling of forest product is all done by Canada, and the buying by the United States. This is not altogether correct. The trade and navigation returns have not yet been issued here for 1891, so, taking 1890 as the latest available, they show, after a careful analy- sis, that the total amount of forest products “wood and manufactures of,” exported by Canada to the United States, exclusive of logs in the rough, was $9,958,685, and the total imports by Canada from the United States were under the same heading for the same year $2,290,- 628, or a difference of $7,668,057. This is certainly not a very large amount, and a curious opinion must be held of the vast volume of lumber trade in the United States, if much is made of it. The whole amount of imports over exports is hardly one-fifth of the amount of lumber trade done by Chicago alone. I endeavoured in a former communication to show that in international trade discussions a single trade or one class of production could not very well be considered alone; that as one trade reacts on another a wider view becomes necessary. If it is true, as claimed by Mr. George A. Priest, that “the great army of wage earners in the lumber industry are the people most interested in this subject,” and if the object of the United States peo- ple, as Mr. Huyett says, is “furnishing employment directly and indirectly to a large number of persons,” then the benefit of all wage earners must be considered, and it can surely make no difference in the aggregate whether the employee is working in a sawmill or in manufacturing saws. Now let us consider the question of trade between the two countries by examining the official figures, not of one year, which might be misleading, but for the past eighteen years, from 1873 to 1890 inclusive. The total imports of Canada from the United States for these years, on the basis of goods entered for consumption, were $851,871,068; and the total exports by Canada to the United States for the same term of years were $657,623,012, or a balance of trade in favour of the United States of $194,248,058, and this in face of the fact that the total imports of Canada exceeded the total exports for the same years by the sum of $398,342,740. These figures should give food for reflection, not only to those who take an interest in trade statistics, but also to those who evince an anxiety to provide employment for wage earners. That the United States authorities are anxious to extend their foreign trade, is proved by their making and asking mutual concessions in recently arranged reciprocity treaties. There is a market in Canada at the very doors of the American people, which, perhaps because of its nearness and familiarity, is treated as of little consequence, and which is capable of great expansion. No nation can sell without also buying, and it makes no ultimate difference whether trade is carried on directly or in a roundabout fashion. For example, the United States may send wheat to England, and with the proceeds buy coffee from Brazil; but the Englishman pays for his wheat all the same by selling some commodity to Brazil or some other country. The long line of frontier between the two countries of North America is peculiarly adapted for a profitable interchange of trade. Why should not Nova Scotia sell coal to the New England States, and Pennsylvania return the compliment by supplying Ontario? This trade goes on in spite of the barriers erected on both sides of the line. Will some of the handlers of “cold facts” point out why a free interchange of coal would not benefit both parties? The whole subject should not be considered in a narrow partisan spirit, but in one of modern enlightenment. The great bulk of the people are interested in the well-being and good neighbourhood of the dwellers on this broad continent, the only objectors being a small but noisy clique of tail-twisters on one side and their congeners on the other. FEBRUARY, 1892 THE CANADA LUMPBERMAYT I TORONTO _ 20: FRONT ST EAST - TELEPHONE 475 ~ WANTED AND FOR SALE Advertisements will be inserted in this department at the rate of 15 cents per line each 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. Adver- tisements must be received not later than the 27th of each month to insure insertion in the following issue. Ww ANTED FOR CASH ALF A MILLION FEET OF ASH, MOSTLY one inch, some one-and-a-quarter and one-and-a- half inch Canada Ash, strictly firsts and seconds; must be of uniform color; also commons and one inch Elm, rand 2. State particulars as to stock on hand, dry- ness and lowest prices F.O.B. Montreal, Que. Furthermore, Red Birch lumber, t and 2, all thick- nesses, principally 1 and 1 1-4 inch; also Red Birch Squares, 5x5 and 6x6, ten feet and over long, free of splits, a knot now and then allowed. Address all particulars to P. O. BOX 2144, NEW YORK, N.Y. paWeMILE FOR SALE N PROSPEROUS TOWN ON GEORGIAN Bay, eighty h.p. engine, modern improvements, capacity 25000 per day, rail and water conveniences, sid- ing to lumber piles. Easy terms. Whole or half inter- est. Plenty of stock can be bought. - Write for particu- lars. Lock Box 7, Hepworth station, Ont. WANTED TO CONTRACT OR 1% AND 1% IN. BASSWOOD, ALL 12 FT. long, quality 1sts and znds, New York inspection, to be delivered here in canal boats next summer. Only responsible parties need apply, stating . price de- livered. WHITE, POTTER & PAIGE MFG. CO., 415 Willoughby Ave., Brook yn, N.Y. i Sure RAILS, ETC. geet THOUSAND FEET “T” RAILS, 10 and 20 Ibs. to the yard. strap rail for tramways. 20 pair wheels and axles, in good second-hand condition, very cheap. JOHN J. GARTSHORE. 49 Front Street West, all Tor onto. TIMBER B ER’ rH FOR § SAL EB ERTH NO. 82, CONTAINING 36 SQUARE miles, situated on the north shore of Lake Huron, within about ten miles of Georgian Bay; well watered, and containing large quantity ot pine timber. Has never been lumberedon. Apply to THE GEORGIAN — ———— ———— BAY CONSOLIDATED LUMBER CO., Poronto. Be iieee coder 5H. P. STEAM SAWMILL, WITH power ay press and ho »p-sawing out fit, with or without stock of lumber. W Ie be "Id cheap. Address LOUIS LU — H, lot 2 P.O., Co., Ont. , Fullerton, Carlingford TO BUY TIMBER logs. me dre , Mich. Ww ANTED ~OOD CANADIAN Georgiar Whitney LIMITS AND BEN BIRD- SALL, Buile AKDWOOD LUMBER BOUGHT, SOLD OR received on consi TUCKER DAVID, lumber commi merchant nth Ave., N.Y. « 202 Elever PARTNER WANTED fly ce ADVE RTISE RIN ing mill ma have $3 capable Address * nt ion M ANUFACTUR- 1 specialties. Must ce not necessary if to office work. tO of kee D ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANTS Tue ROYAL ELECTRIC C° A large quantity of flat | SAWS TOG SLEVGHS HOR SALE eee CHEAP, FIFTY SETS ONE TEAM SAW log sleighs, new Ottawa pattern, steel shod, made of the best material throughout, good as new. MOS- SOM BOYD & CO., Bobcaygeon, Ont. SOFT ‘LM AND WE WANT B ASSW VOOD, hard maple. Write us. We pay cash. ROBERT THOMSON & CO., Bay Street, WILLIAM FOSTER 103 Toronto. Spt HAND MACHINERY FOR SALE. \ ORTHINGTON COMPOUND pump ; steam cylinders 12 and 18 in. diameter, water 10 1-4, stroke 10 in.; capacity 5 to goo gallons per minute, 2 1-2 steam, 3 1-2 exhaust, 8 in. suction, 7 in. discharge, capacity 4 to 6 good fire streams ; has reversible counter, first-class condition in every respect; suitable for fire and domestic supply for any sized town STEAM | up to 10,000 inhabitants. Lumber and Commission Merchant RECEIVER AND FORWARDER OF ENGINE-—Cylinder 22 x 30, shaft 8 feet long, 7 1-2 in. diameter, fly wheel pulley, ( sorliss pattern and slides, thorough order new Pickering governor, a 10 x 16 square bed circular valve engine also square bed slide valve 10x 12. BOILERS—One 52x 14, with 44 3 1-2 inch tubes ; one 52 x 13 feet 8, with 66 3 in. tubes; one 52x13 feet 6 with 52 3 in. tubes. These boilers have been thoroughly repaired. | SAW IRONS —Waterous make, right hand cast frame, LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES | . CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED... OWEN SOUND, ONT. J.D. SHIBR MANUFACTURER OF Lumber, Lath ¢ Shingles BRAGCEBRIDGE, ONT. MACHINERY _ ~“ECOND HAND MACHINERY FOR SALE by the Canada Machinery and Supply Co., Brant- ford, Ont., Dealers in New and Second Hand Machin- ery and Mill Supplies :— 1 12x16 WATEROUS DOUBLE gine with Pickering governors. sae | 12x16 BECKETT SLIDE VALVE w ith Judson governors. CUT-OFF EN- ENGINE 1 gx15 BECKETT ENGINE, SLIDE VALVE. 4x19 NORTHEY ENGINE WITH PICKER- governors, nl 50) ae \ TRITE FOR PRICES FOR ANYTHING IN the line of Machinery and supplies to the Canada Machinery and Supply Co., Brantford, Ont. Works, Wa yms and Office, opposite the Market. SAW TABLE. “PULLEYS, BELT- rero¢ EN- | ONE SEWRY shingle machine, 40 in. saw, takes 60 in. saw, 3 block carriage, peel dog Ss, I set Paxton’s make, cast frame, right hand, 7 block car- riage with wooden frame, axles running clear across, V and flat track. thorough order. WATEROUS PORTAELE SAW MILL can be seen at Acton station—25 h.p. engine, 30h.p. locomotive boiler, water front, circular fire box ; iron frame, friction feed and gig, 1 60 in. and 2 52 in. solid saws, 7 block carriage, 30 feet from centre to centre of first and last block, friction set, peel dogs, fric- tion log turner, slab saw, single edger, sawdust carrier, counter shaft. This mill is in first rate order and can be delivered immediately. Further particulars and prices of above machinery on application. WATEROUS ENGINE WKS. CO. J. J. TURNER .. Sail, Tent and Awning Maker.. 251 George St. and 154 King St. PETERBOROUGH , Ltd., Brantford. Canoe, Yacht and Boat Sails made to order. Perfect Fits Guaranteed. : Every description of Lumbermen’s Supplies and Waterproof Clothing. Rocliester Bros, : COMMISSION AGENTS Limits bought and sold on commission. Limits trav- elled 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. Communications confidential. iven. 36 Rochester St. Ortawea EB, STEWART, DLS. yrs References g DEALER IN Timber Limrts IN ONTARIO, MANITOBA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED OFFICE, 24 MANNING ARCADE KING ST. WEST ARG QW Os Oil. THOMSON- ee THOMSON SYST ADDRESS”. 58° WELLINGTON ST, quirements « The Montreal GaP Wheel 60. ...» MANUFACTURERS OF .... Gharcoal Iron Ghilled RAILROAD WHEELS OFFICES: NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE BUILDING, KONTREAL WORKS: LACHINE, QUEBEC We mike a specialty of Wheels suitable for the re- f Lumbermen and Street 1, Finished and Balance can supply them Pore GCORRESPONDENGE SOLICITED SCRIBNER’S LUMBER AND LOG .-- BOOK... OVER ‘E MILLION SOLD Most complete book of its kind ever pu measurement of all kinds of Lumber, L Scantling ; cubical contents of square and re hints to lumber dealers; wood measure; speed lar saws: care of saws; cordwood tables i growth of trees; land measure; terest, stave and heading bolt throughout the United States and new illustrated edition of 18 it. Sent post-paid for 35 cents. GEO. W. FISHER 8, ROCHESTER, N.Y. Box 23 or A. G. MORTIMER, Toronto, Can. FOR MILLS AND FACTORIES. FEBRUARY, 1892 SAWDUST. ith its teeth of steel = upon the tram =n meal elow the dam. procession down xe on the waters edge, arks among the sedge. Now swims a > away An push it here and there As | football love to play On Summer days in Summer air. nouts in cheering tones x masses down rves—among the stones busy trade-blind town. > saw with teeth of steel h the logs upon the tram food like golden meal e stream below the dam. JEROME W. TURNER. BELT FASTENER OF WIRE. HE fastening is made of wire, which for about half its length is bent intoa series of zigzags, the angles of which are bent upward at right angles, forming loops, the number of which on each side are equal to the number of holes in each end of the beit. Theholes are made at such a distance from the ends of the belt that when they E a i < t lif ‘ Ps a i are brought together the holes will be at the same dis- tance apart as the rows of loops in the wire. In using the fastening, the ends of the belt are brought together, and the ends of the wire are passed through the holes in such a direction as to bring the zigzags on the inner side of the belt. The ends of the wire are then passed through the loops successively, forming a second series of zigzags upon the outside of the belt, and are twisted In use, the fasten- ing beds itself in the belt so as to leave the surface The fastener is easily applied and reliable in together, as shown in the engraving. smooth. use. ARGENTINE PROSPERITY. DVICES received from the Argentine by the last steamer show that the value of agricultural and pastoral products in that country during the present The value of the agricultural crop in 1891 is estimated at $85,000,000. The wheat product is estimated at 8,000,000 tons, valued at $32,000,000; the corn crop at 1,000,000 tons, valued at $15,000,000. The value of the wheat and corn sur- plus for export is estimated at“$27,500,000. It is believed that this enormous crop, together with the returns from wool, hides, etc., will restore prosperity to this country. year will exceed anything before known. ANY of us work on from year to year, handling thousands of feet of lumber of different kinds, without once giving a thought as to its relative strength as compared with other substances, or to where it comes from or to whither it goes. One cubic foot of ash weighs 52.81 pounds ; bay wood 51.37; blue gum 64.8; cork 15; cedar 35; hickory 49; lignum vite 83°32 ; mahogany from 35 to 65; white oak (dry) 53.75; pine, white, 34.625 ; pine yellow, 33-85; spruce 31.25; walnut, black, dry, 31.25; willow 36.56. The comparative weights of green and seasoned tim- ber are about as follows; Pine, green, 44.75 pounds, dry, 34.62 pounds; ash, green 58.18 pounds, dry 52.81 pounds; beech, green, 60 pounds, dry, 53.37 pounds; cedar, green, 39 pounds, dry, 35 pounds. Thus it will be seen that the large majority of the lumber we handle is much heavier than we notice during our daily ac- quaintance with it. Now as to tensile strength of the above named woods. The tensile strength of ash is 15,000 pounds which about equals cast lead, which is 18,000 pounds; hickory, 11,000 pounds, or same as tin, which is 11,000 pounds ; mahogany, 21,000, or same as gold, which is 20,380 pounds; white oak, 16,500 pounds, or same as Clyde cast iron, which is 16,000 pounds; pine, 19,200 pounds, or same as gun metal, which is 18,000 pounds; walnut, black, 16,000 pounds, or same as walnut, English, which is 17,800 pounds; willow, 13,000 pounds, or same as sheet zinc, which is 16,000 pounds; cedar, Lebanon, 11,- 400 pounds, or same as beech, which is 11,500 pounds ; ebony, 27,000 pounds, which is about the same strength as copper. White oak at 16,500 pounds is tougher than many grades of cast iron, not only in tensile strength but in almost any other test to which it may be put. It is known that wood as a combustible is divided into two classes—the hard, as oak, ash, elm, beech maple and hickory—and the soft, as pine, cotton, birch, syca- more and chestnut. Green wood subjected to a tem- perature ranging from 340 to 440 degrees, will lose from 30 to 45 per cent. of its weight. Ata temperature of 300 degrees, oak. ash, elm, and walnut, in a comparatively seasoned state, lose from 16 to 18 per cent. Wood contains an average of 56 per cent of combustible matter. From an analysis by M. Violette, it appears that the composition of wood is about the same throughout the tree and that of the bark also, that wood and bark have about the same proportion of carbon (49 per cent.) but that bark has more ash than wood. PUBLICATIONS. Sir Edwin Arnold, who has been enjoying an interesting trip through the United States, has made a careful study of the conditions which govern the family in Japan and embodies his ideas in a paper called ‘‘ Love and Marriage in Japan” in the The article is illus- trated by the quaintest possible Japanese sketches running February number of The Cosmopolitan. down the sides and across the bottom of each page. An excel- lent photograph of W. D. Howells serves as a frontispiece, and his work as a writer of fiction is reviewed in the same number by H. H. Boyesen. 4 OR HEMLOCK, DIMENSION LUMBER, HARDWOOD flooring, cedar shingles, piles, sawdust, etc., write J. E. MURPHY, lumberman, Hepworth station, Ont. 7 fh. SINFORMATION When the tubes of injectors become scaled, do not undertake to clean them with a file or scraper, as a very small enlargement of the area of the jet will interfere with the working of the instrument, but remove the tubes and place them in a solution of one part of muri- atic acid to 10 or 12 parts of water. This will soften the scale, and the tube may then be washed. The fact that steam piping methods have not kept pace with the demands of higher pressures and modern practice is evidenced by the increasing number of acci- dents from the failure of pipes and fittings. There has not been for the rapid increase of pressure used a propor- tionate increase in strength of flanges, number and size of bolts used, and more generous provision for expansion and contraction. When small bolts are used in flanges they are often put under an almost destructive initial ten- sion by “the man with the monkey-wrench,” and are in no condition to withstand the excessively high pressures to which piping is now subjected. Valves and fittings also require greater attention in their design, construction and manipulation. The ability of a lubricator to feed heavy oil depends on the difference between the height of the water col- umn and the connection from the lubricator into the steam pipe. A friend has one in which the water col- umn extends for more than two feet above the body of the cup, but as the delivery is connected into the steam pipe nearly as high up as the top of the water column, the cup does not work in a satisfactory manner. The delivery connection should be lowered, and it is well to remember that if the pipe which is intended to supply the column with water is carried in a horizontal direction, while it may add to the capacity of the cup, or in other words enable it to feed out more oil in an hour, still it does not help it about feeding heavy oil, as the vertical height alone can do this. To lag pulleys with paper a workman writes :— Scratch the face of the pulley with a rough file thor- oughly, so that there are no bright or smooth places. Then swab the surface with a solution of nitric acid one part, water four parts, for fifteen minutes; then wash with boiling hot water. Having prepared a pot of the best tough glue that you can get, stir into the glue a half ounce of a strong solution of tannic acid, oak bark, or gall nuts, as convenient to obtain, to a quart of thick glue; stir quickly while hot and apply to the paper or pulley as convenient, and draw the paper as tightly as possible to the pulley, overlapping as many folds as may be required. By a little management and moistening of the paper it will bind very hard on the pulley when dry, and will not come off or get loose until it is worn out. Use strong hardware wrapping paper. “What do you do with all the files?” This is the question which the “old man” usually asks when he re- ceives an invitation to hand out a new file. More files are spoilt by laying them down where last used than by any other method. A new file is used once and then perhaps thrown down in the dirt, grease or water, and the dirt, dust and grease thus gathered convert a new file into an old one upon the spot. Keep a file clean at all times and begin when it isnew. Before using a new file rub chalk into the teeth, then clean with a brush or wire card; rub in another dose of chalk and the tool is ready for use. The chalk slightly fills the cavities be- tween the teeth and prevents metal filings and dust from collecting therein. Such filling renders the file more easily cleaned and toa certain extent neutralizes any acid that may find its way on to the file. eel 4 FROBIN & SADLER» DEALERS IN «LACE LEATHER» Gotton and Gandy Belting gaisaciaia! cuzin MANUFACTURERS ie OR Nex L6abner Belting 1} 2,518, 2,520 and 2,522 Notre Dame St. MONTREAL 129 Bay Street :::: seer TORONDG FEBRUARY, 1892 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN The MONARGH BOILER — caencea) NG AERGULES ENGINE a ____# Portable from 6 to 70 horse power. Surpass portable steam power heretofore produced for strength, durabil- * ity, compactness and the ease with which they can be moved. 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Important to | LJ M B > R M i N | and all who use © LEATHER ® BELTING @ - You all use more or less Leather Belting, and are naturally interested in knowing where to ai the very best article—that which will give you the least trouble either in stretching crooked or tearing at the lace holes. «(F_E. Dixon & Go.’s Union Tanned well stretched and cannot be surpassed for strength and durability. hand-book on leather belting mailed free on application. ROUND PLAITED BELTS FROM 3-8 INGH TO 1-2 INGH er omn FE. DIXON & 60 PATENT WIRE LACING 70 King St. East, Toronto TORONTO AGENCY OF The Rathbun Go| WANTED | | SAW KILLS Oak, Ash, Birch Little Belt and eo Rocky Mountains and Good Pine Lumber Pie: Gedar and Pine Shingles Belting runs straight aus easy on the pul- is — thoroughly ae vor discounts. ‘Our ALONG GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY Manufacturers having such for sale are invited to com- municate with T. W. WALKER, Agent TORONTO For particulars write J. M. HUCKINS 4 Palmer House Block, Toronto or E. J. WHITNEY Office Cor. Spadina Ave. and Front Street | Gen. Pass, Agen t, St. Paul, Minn, THE CANADA DEVO OM OSITISOMEGLIN Marcu, 1892 E, R. BUNS SaW G0. > Lapp TOFONtO - } SILV za STEEL ¢ TORONTO B THE uit iy, ip, a er, J i eager EXTRAREFINED WL”274 KOU Ke ow ALL KINDS OF Eunice ter" ae M ARK if CReme SAWCO. en ON WW et Wy TAPER TOOTH “Peres GERLAGH & ue MANUFACTURERS OF —The Crosby Lumber Co. have purchased 47,000 acres of _ timber land in Graham County, North Carolina. —It is reported that H. W. Sage and Company’s mill at West Bay City, Mich., will not start before July 1. ~ —Vast quantities of white oak are destroyed each year inthe Southern States to make way for tobacco and cotton. —Bufialo and Tonawanda’s receipts for 1891 were 768,241,. ooo. The receipts for 1890 were, in feet, 1,004,984,900. —The British Secretary of State for War invites tenders for the supply of English and foreign timber during the current year. -- —A new bill for the regulation of United States forestry _ interests is to be submitted to the present Congress now in session. E —Mernill & Ring’s new mill at Duluth will be ready for operation early in the spring. The firm owns timber enough to keep the mill running ten years. —Howard Watson, the well-known commission lumber dealer of St. Louis, sold in 1891 20,448,250 feet of lumber, 14,633,046 of which was yellow pine. —Michigan lumbermen are buying considerable timber in Arkansas. One recent sale was 3,500 acres to Hov we McCracken & Co., of Muskegon, Mich. —The Jarry wood of Australia is hard and durable as oak. It is well adapted for panelling and carving, and is destined to be much in favour with church builders, owing to its rich deep mahogany color. —Washington will spend $65,000 on its State World’s Fair building, and all the lumber and quarry material necessary for its construction will be donated by the lumbermen and quarry- _ men of the State. —The amount of yellow pine received in New York during 1891 is given as 242,216,552 feet, being 302,851 feet less than the receipts for 1890. The falling off of receipts is not as large as was anticipated. —The J. R. Davis Lumber Co. is running twelve camps on the head waters of the Chippewa, Mich. The company employs 450 men and it is estimated will pay out $200,000 for the expense of the winter’s work. % —A local paper calls Florida the best timbered State in the * Union. Out of about 38,000,000 acres, only 3,009,000 are in- cluded in farms, the remainder, exclusive of the area covered __ by lakes and rivers, being covered with heavy forests. —The manufacture of wood pulp has become one of the most important trades of Sweden. According to recent re- _ ports, that country has over 120 wood pulp factories, about half of which have been started during the last three years. __+—Weather in the Duluth district is giving satisfaction to loggers. Wauling is being pushed at all speed and the half- __ way mark is well passed. It looks as if the winter would end _ with more logs banked than the i had generally expected when the season began. = _—The latest and largest load record from the logging camps is from a Michigan camp, where a load of forty-four logs, caling 15,400 fect was hauled three miles by one team. It is » be hoped that no logger will attempt to outdo this record. is no economy and less humanity in thus overloading MA _—The lumbermen of Wisconsin are not daunted by the of snow on which to haul their logs. Near La Crosse loggers are using dynamite to break up the ice in the river, large blocks of which are hauled up to the roads, chopped up, spread in two narrow lines watered by the sprinkler, and frozen lo a solid mass. “The Everton Lumber Co., the mills of which are in the wn of Santa Clara, Franklin county, N.Y., has exchanged ith the State 25,000 acres of timber land in Hamilton county if 11,000 acres in Santa Clara and Duane, Franklin county, ¢ Hamilton county Jands were logged years ago, but are still —_ a fine growth ot hardwood and some soft timber. in county lands are covered with virgin forests, and bef ca gla the Everton mills for four years. —A Chicago clergyman is said to be preaching practical tem- perance to the lumber yard men of that city by driving to the yards every day at noon with a wagon containing a cabinet organ and a tank of hot coffee. Music and coffee are furnished free. This proceeding cuts off a large ‘‘can” enjoyed by the neighbouring saloons. trade formerly —The destruction of the pine timber by a small insect, which some call the pine weevil, will be almost total in some sections of Virginia. It is not confined to scrubby trees alone, but some of the best timber is going, and millions of feet will be dead in a short time. Much will be saved by steam sawmills, but there are not mills enough to save all. —What is said to be the largest piece of white oak timber ever sawed to order and shipped to the New York market was received by Messrs. Roberts and Case, of 62 Broadway. The stick measured thirty inches square and fifty feet long, and con- tained 3,750 feet, board measure. The estimated weight by the railroad standard was 22,500 pounds. The trunk of the tree from which it came was three and a-half feet in diameter fifty feet from the ground. The stick will be used about a dredging machine. —Forest vegetation is much richer in North America than in Europe, and comprises 412 species, of which 176 are native to the Atlantic region, 106 to the Pacific, ten are common to both, forty-six to the Rocky Mountain region, and seventy-four are tropical species near the coasts of Florida, as against 158 species in Europe. Six North American species of forest trees—the Judas tree, persimmon, hackberry, plane tree, hop hornbeam and chestnut—are alsq indigenious in Europe, all now growing there naturally south of the Alps. —Logging operations in the northern portion of Minnesota are being pushed with all possible haste. On the southern edge of the timber territory work has been greatly hampered by excessively bad weather, and farther north considerable diff- culty has been experienced because of bad roads. It is confi- dently believed that unless the mercury should take a drop very soon, the days for logging are numbered. Reports from north- ern Wisconsin indicate a similar condition of affairs there. Local lumbermen will require at least three weeks to reach their expected output. —The Cloquet Lumber Co., of Cloquet, Minn., is engaged in hauling the material for a logging railroad that will ulti- mately become quite an important factor in the development of the vast timber and other resources of the northern part of the State. It will eventually reach the international boundary at the head of Lake of the Woods, and will tap the great timber district north of the Mesaba belt and lying between ranges four In this area is estimated to be 15,000,000, - 000 feet of standing pine, all of which immense quantity is now unavailable for any mills except those on the Canadian Pacific. Some of the finest farming lands of the Northwest are also in this area, and they are being rapidly settled, over 500 home- and twenty, west. steads having been taken there in the last three months. Business for the week has been fairly good; salesmen report an increased All the mills The retail trade, too, is unusually good, a large part of it being new work. One large concern has had to employ outside teams to do the extra carting. The two vessels loading for the River Plate prevent In the West India line shippers say that they cannot make anything on lumber at Off-shore freights are scarce and unremunerative, and coastwise business is light, with double the tonnage offering that is. required. Large trains of box and hemlock boards have been shipped from Bangor. —A Maine dispatch, dated from Portland, says: demand for frames, and prices are a little firmer. are sawing and all have plenty of orders. total stagnation in export trade. present prices, and therefore they will not send any. We have now had over three weeks’ fine logging and every prospect of a full stock for all the mills that will run this season. —A despatch from Alpena, Mich., says: Two mills have gone out of commission, which will reduce the output of Alpena 25,000,000 feet. Two more finish next summer. The bal- ance have several years’ The attention of the mill Alger, Smith »nd Com- pany, Comstock Brothers and I’. W. Gilchrist will manufacture stock. owners is being turned to hardwood. several millions of finest red oak, some ash, elm, basswood and American satin. wood, all of which find ready sale. There is quite an activity in the lumber market, several purchasers arriving daily. Nearly all of the lumber wintered has changed hands at better than last fall’s prices. made to tow Canada logs here. Preparations are being Our nearness to the Georgian Bay makes this one of the most available points for the manu- facture of Canada lumber. A large amount of cedar posts, hemlock, tamarack and cedar ties arrive daily. It is estimated that over 2,000,000 pieces of cedar will be on the docks and in the river for summer shipment. The mills are being repaired, and soon the hum of the saw will take the place of the oppres- sive silence of a lumber town when manufacturing has ceased. —Mr. C. H. Clark, of Burton Bros., Barrie, was a caller at the LUMBERMAN office this month. —The LUMBERMAN received a call a few days ago from Jos. S. Wallis, the sawmill operator, of Port Carlin —Mr. David Maclaren, who was president of the Bank of Ottawa, has been x, Ont. ason of the late James Maclaren, elected a director of that institution. —Mr. J. R. Booth, of Ottawa, Ont., the members of the champion hockey team a handsome gold has presented each of medal as a memento of their victories this year. —Hon. E. H. Bronson, M.P.P., the extensive Ottawa lum- berman, has, on the advice of his physicians, gone to Hot Springs, N.C., for rest and recuperation. He will likely remain there for a month. —The LUMBERMAN was pleased to have a call recently from Mr. James Dollar, of Bracebridge, Ont., the extensive lumber and shingle manufacturer. Mr. Dollar is mayor of this thriving northern town. —H. Tudor White, a prominent business man and lumber- man, of Windsor, Ont., 3rd ult. Windsor for more than twenty years, and was highly respected. died at his home in that place on the Mr. White conducted a lumber and coal business at He was sixty-three years of age. —Jno. Webb, a well-known builder, of Hamilton, Ont., died a fortnight ago of la grippe. The deceased was born in Hythe, England, in 1842, and came to Hamilton in 1871, since which time he has carried on the building business there. He was a prominent mason. —Mr. Alex. Fraser, of Westmeath, Ont., is on a business trip to Great Britain. Mr. Fraser is an extensive Canadian operator doing a large business in waney and square board He has appointed Messrs. A. F. and D. Mac- kay, Canada Dock, Liverpool, agents for England and Ireland pine timber. (London excepted). —Henry C. Christopher, vice-president of the Clarkson- Christopher Lumber Co., of St. Louis, Mo., and one of the oldest and best known lumbermen in that city, died suddenly on the 29th ult. County, Mo., Mr. Christopher was born in Washington in 1829, and had been engaged in the lumber business about twenty years. —John B. Drewry, lumber dealer, died at his residence in He was ill Deceased was born at Cobourg, March 18, this city on the Ist inst., at the age of fifty-eight. only a few days. 1833. He lived a number of years in Oswego, where he After liv- ing a few years in Napanee he came to Toronto about a year and a-half ago. carried on an extensive wholesale lumber business. He leaves a widow, one daughter and five sons. —-Charles H. Waterous, senior partner of the Waterous Engine Works Co., died at his home in Brantford, Ont., on the roth ult. He was born in Vermont and came to Brantford in 1848. He at first managed the machine shop of Mr. Van Brocklin, but in 1855 bought out his employer, and from that time until 1877 had the concern under his direct supervision. The business assumed large proportions, and in 1877 it was formed into a company, the sons of deceased sharing the con- trol with him. Mr. Waterous was born in 1814, and was therefore 78 years of age at the time of his death. married in 1839. He was Mrs. Waterous and one son pre-deceased him. There are six children now living, J. E. Waterous, Ald. C. H. Waterous, David Waterous, of Brantford; Mrs. Agnew, Montreal, and Fred and Frank, who are connected with fhe branch works at St. Paul, Minn. —Mr. Gordon C. Edwards, who has been connected with the firm of W. C. Edwards & Co., of Rockland, for three years, and the Canada Lumber Co., of Carleton Place for four years, has been admitted as a partner into the Ottawa Lumber Co., of Ottawa, in which firm he now occupies an active posi- tion. Mr. Edwards is a son of Mr. John Edwards, of Ottawa, who retired from active business in 1888 but who is one of the owners of the above-named companies, and nephew of Mr. W. C. Edwards, of W. C. Edwards & Co., and A. H. Edwards, managing director of the Canada Lumber Co. Mr. Edwards was-made a director of the Canada Lumber Co in 1891 and a director of the Capital Planing Co., of Ottawa, in the same year, in both of which companies he still controls an interest. We take much pleasure in tendering to him our best wishes in his new capacity, and hope that the Ottawa Lumber Co. shall meet with even greater success in the future than it has done in the past. 14 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN f \ a ak Or au ‘Marcu, 1892 TRADE REVIEW. ‘Office of CANADA LUMBERMAN, | Feb. 29, 1892. | THE GENERAL SURVEY. HE quietness that is peculiar to February in every ee of trade has held complete control of the lumber trade during the month. Things have been jogging along in an easy-going sort of way, so far as the ) city trade is concerned, dealers waiting business will open out with the opening of spring. It is no ways likely, outside of the public works now un- der construction and the larger mercantile concerns that are engaged, or may engage, in building operations, that trade will be over brisk. The opinion grows with the experience of the months that there is no call just now for general house-building, so that for a few years, at the shortest, the speculative builder must seek other fields, or a change of vocation. The local situation has been comparatively free from financial disturbances until the close of the month when the announcement was made that Gall, Anderson & Co., of the city, builders and Jumbermen, had been obliged to seek relief from their creditors. The liabilities are estimated at $75,000, and the assets are assessed at a nominal value of $110,- 000, leaving a surplus of $35,000. The reason of the firm’s present trouble is attributable to the fact that cer- tain parties have recovered judgment on the covenants in certain mortgages on property held by the senior member of the firm, who had parted with the same some time ago, and owing to his inability to realize upon the property given to secure the claims, and the general depreciation of property held by them in the city, they have been compelled to consult their creditors. It is understood the Quebec bank is the largest creditor, secured. An extension of time will probably be granted. Trade in the country districts during the month has been disturbed to considerable extent by the many bye- elections that have taken place. “Nothing but politics doing here” has not been an uncommon reply to the stock enquiry, “how We may expect, however, that very shortly a turn in matters will assert itself. There is likely to be a fair trade done in lumber this spring. Farmers have been putting off building in not a few cases where building was a necessity for years, because of the “hard times”; with the good har- vest of the past fall they still held off, the season as a rule being well advanced before they had realized on this intended building will now be done in to see how is business?” their crops ; the spring. Our review of trade in the several provinces of the Dominion is given below and so of the United States and foreign markets. From a large number of special reports that the LUMBERMAN has received from differ- ent parts of the province there is no question that the trade in Canadian lumber with the United States shows an unmistakable increase. This remark applies not only to pine, but also to hardwoods, which find a grow- ing market across the border. We simply note the fact as it comes to us over the signatures of responsible firms “east, west, north and south,” in answer to the plain question: “Is trade with the United States on the increase?” The individual reader may draw his own inference. NEW BRUNSWICK. The month has been one of stillness in the Maritime provinces. It is yet doubtful how logging operations will come out this season, the weather not having been as propitious for lumbering as was expected. With an improvement in the English market the hope is that an improved trade will soon be observable in lumber circles at this Side. QUEBEC. There is little, if anything, to add to the very full re- view of Quebec trade that was given in the last issue of the LUMBERMAN. McKinley Bill against spruce constitute at least one of the difficulties that the timber trade of this province is obliged to fight, it is expected that the lJumber- men and manufacturers interested in spruce and pulp will hold a meeting at an early day, probably in Mont- real, when this matter will be fully gone into, and, if possible, some practical proposition to overcome the trouble planned. Realizing that the restrictions of the MANITOBA. The leading millmen are quite satisfied in their own minds that an increased trade in lumber over anything yet done in the provinces will be the record of the open- ing season. Building operations will be active among the farming population, the splendid harvest of the past season, the results from which will really be seen during the present year, more than in the past, placing them in position to build new barns and enlarge the old ones. The lumbermen will reap the benefit of these conditions. BRITISH COLUMBIA. The monthly letter of our British Columbia correspon- dent published in another column carries with it the impression that the outlook for the season’s trade on the Coast is encouraging. Immediate trade is not over brisk, but this is not to be expected. The preparations being made both for export and home trade are on a scale that evidences confidence in the future. A prone- ness to cut prices on the coast, more particularly in bidding for local trade, is an evil, that unless early nipped, is very certain to ultimately lead to unhealthy consequences. At least this is the history of a like cus- tom in other places, and we apprehend that results would hardly prove any different in British Columbia. 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A careful scrutiny of the markets of the United States tells quite distinctly of a shortage of important stocks like pine at nearly all the leading lumber points. Our Albany report is that in the better grades of pine, especially, stocks are already running below the demand and dealers are asking themselves anxiously what will be the conditions two months later when the demand will be largely enhanced. This circumstance is showing itself in a stiffening of prices everywhere and in an advance in price.at some points. From this view the opening season looks encouraging for the lumberman ; light stocks and a good demand are favorable conditions. The weather in Michigan and Wisconsin has not been very helpful to logging, and we learn that “‘an early ter- mination of hauling in the southern half of the Michigan and Wisconsin fields of operation, with some restriction of the season in the Upper Peninsula and Northern Wisconsin,” are likely factors of the season’s work. At some places the input will be completed early this month. There won’t be a plentitude of logs, at the same time it is expected there will be enough, and possibly a few to spare. A healthy state of trade is the record that comes from Philadelphia, where hardwoods are in urgent request. FOREIGN. For all of a year the foreign field for lumber has been beset with discouragements. Trade in Great Britain could hardly have been more sluggish. Australian trade experienced a general financial collapse. South America had burdens of no small dimensions to handle. Chili was kept busy with internal troubles, fightings within, in fact, and fightings without. So that at every outside point whatever else was abundant there was no business there. The spring of the new year approaches with not a few of these barriers to trade removed, or in course of removal. Lumber in Great Britain is undoubtedly looking up. The market may not prove as buoyant throughout the season as the more sanguine just now predict, but there will not be a like deadness in trade to that of a year ago. The turn has seemingly come in South America. The process of advancement to ex- tended operations calling for large supplies of lumber will necessarily be slow, but it will be steady, and, we think, continuous. The Australian trade does not yet show any remarkable signs of revival, and it will hardly prove a fruitful field of export from this side of the water for some time. With Chili business is improving. The betterment of conditions at any of these points means a betterment of trade in Canadian lumber. TORONTO, ONT. Toronto, Feb. 29, 1892. CAR OR CARGO LOTS. 1 1-4 WD Cub peamd! Detter eee ice leis oe eel ne 32 00 33 00 Tx10 and T2\dressing and better,.1;). .-. 0s ane 18 00 20 00 rxto, Shipping culls. . 14 00 16 00/ Laths.........- TSOne LGO) Dressing and better.. 23 00 27 00| No.2culls........... II 00 12 00 2 ee 1X5 INCHES. = 6, 7 or 8, mill run, mill 6, 7 or 8, No. rculls.. 15 00 16 00 QUEBEC, QUE. ie culls out..... vs 19 00 21 00o| 6, 7 or 8, No. 2 culls. . 13 00 14 00 QuEBEC, Feb. 29, 1892. 6, 7 or 8, drsg and WHITE PINE—IN THE RAFT. Ibetterser selpnrets sere 24 00 28 00 cts. cts. : ‘ inferior ern ordinary according to average, quality, etc., we: SHINGLES. sale 35 louaaetie See ssh Sep San OA Gea Eee eUpoaeae 16 @20 XXX, 18inpine....... 3 80 3 90| XXX, 18 in. cedar... . 350 3 75 aes quality, according to average, etc., measured off. Town 122 Clear butts, pine, 18 in.. 2 80 2 go} Clear butt, 18 in. cedar. 2 50 2 75 good and good fair average, ‘ 23 «27, XXX, 16 in. pine...... 3000 3 25| XX, 18 in. cedar ....200 2 10 Superior Fe ss es s¢ “28 30 Stock cedars, 5 or 6 in.. 2 00 n Shipping order as a es ‘ ee AEE LATH. faney board, 18 to 19 inch g SS Ms ee 28) 34 N N y y board, 19 to 27 inch “< “ee “ce se ee 34 37 No. I, 1% sp oenhb Aono oo 2 ne oO. 2, 1% CeO DGD Goer 1 t 2 30 RED PINE—IN THE RAFT. hig tiboa on noe oo 7 1 80 red off, according to average and quality BES ad Son DOOD Gd TH een) ing 7) EE gaye Gs se 22, 30 BUFFALO AND TONAWANDA, N.Y. OAK—MICHIGAN AND OHIO. : e dram, according to average and quality................. 43 47 TONA EESUENS N.Y , Feb 29 The SCEEN | of Many, ELM. of the better grades of pine lumber is a subject of no the dram, according to average and quality, 45 to 50 ee 28 30 little comment here. We have to remember that we 30 to 35 feet.... 23 2 5 eee F are only on the eve of the month of March. What will 4 inches and up, according to average and quality............. 25 28 be the situation when navigation opens two months Bis USER: a later? It must be said, under any circumstance, that ack average, according to average and quality.............. 20 23 ae ; eS the present conditions augur hopefully for good prices. e, according to size and quality..................-..--0-- 17 2 Lhe Lumber Exchange, at their meeting in January, - ad ce ae c . . . . . . . Sea > 5 18 revised prices, but it is quite clear that both in hard- STAV : : $ ferchantable Pipe, according to quality and specification... ...$300 $320 woods and pine there will need to be a further advance . Puncheon, Merchantable, according to quality ........- 8e 99 atan early day. Box lumber is also in large demand, DEALS. ¢ht, according to mill specification, $115 to $120 for 1st, $75 to $80 for _ 2nd, and $38 to $40 for 3rd quality. ight, Michigan, according to mill specification, $120 to $130 for 1st, and _ $90 to $95 for 2nd quality. ight spruce, according to mill specification, $40 to $42 for rst. $25 to $26 for 2nd, $22 to $23 for 3rd, and $1g to $20 for 4th quality. BOSTON, MASS. Boston, MAss., Feb. 29.—There is very little of importance to be noted of lumber matters at the Hub. We would rather that there was greater activity preval- ent here; but we are hoping for better things and the eart has not yet grown faint. We are just a little slower to get moving than our friends at other points of he Union, but we sort of feel it in our bones that there be a fairly satisfactory trade moving when we get ‘nearer into spring. WESTERN PINE—BY CAR LOAD. Uppers, 1 Wheat ayy 3 $48 c0@50 00 | Fine com., 3 and 4 in 42 00 46 00 (1%, 1% and 2 in.. 48 00 50 00/ No. 2,1 in. Finecom. 28 00 30 00 SMM OS ee pe ce = 535 00 6000) 1%,1%and 2in..: 29 00 31 00 Berean 42 00 43 00 No. 1 strips, 4 to6 in. 40 00 43 00 2 43 00 45 00) Sh Se asereenet dex 35 09 37 00 RE gape OF Es Sa) OP fe eae 24 00 26 00 g boards, 7 to | Cut ups, 1 to 2 in.... 24 00 30 30 See 0° 38 00 | Coffin boards.......- 19 00 22 00 “cael cent. ee: - 34 00 3600 ) oes one 22 00 26 00 common, 1 35 00 38 co ipping culls, r in I5 00 15 50 Wt. sie aed in... 38,00 40 00} do 1% in. 15 50 16 50 EASTERN PINE—CARGO OR CAR LOAD. = ie 00@43 00 | Clapboards, 4ft., sap 3 re tee 28 00 30 00 | lear ie....22.025,40 00 45 00 Feary Pe eae 23 00 25 00 Sap, and clear..... 33 00 35 00 bds and coarse 16 00 15 so Heart extra 00 55 00 Saas dey xn © 12 00 13 50) Heart clear. . 45 09 50 00 s | Bevel siding 6 in. clear 2300 24 00 - 45 00 55 00) SPRUCE—BY CARGO. : | Coarse, rough........ 12 0014 00 7 -- 14 OSf@15 00 Hemlock bds., rough. 12 00 13 00 ‘ard orders, ordinary “ “dressed 12 00 14 00 eee 15 00 16 00 Clapbds., extra, 4 ft.. 34 00 36 00 orders, extra lear ats. es. 2 30 00 32 00 Satis aa alee ah 16 00 18 00 Second clear....... 25 00 Ig 00 2000 MVE T oS 8i a. < J. 10 09 14 00 » See 16.0 1700. LATH oo 0 LSS aA ee 2 10@2 20 SHINGLES. Pes ile sor gas i 25@1 50 | Cedar, sawed, extra.... 3 35 3 50 _ — oe geg | Le ee 3 00 “3 ee eee 3.00 315 MOMESAS MORN oo a'0 «3 2 50 Cypress, No. 1, 18 in... 5 00 OSWEGO, N.Y. N.Y., Feb. 29.—No occasion arising for of trade at this point. Prices have shown of an upward tendency and we have reason pate an active season’s trade. WHITE PINE. 1%,1% leas 2 inch CAPO m esse rsorsissigosssssseees Co iy pgs id 2 in 32 00 cutting up, 1%, erga 2 in 00 » 4 to 2 wide. selected for moulding strips, 14 to 16 ft. a 00 33 00 SIDING. cutting up | 1% in selected....... 35 00442 00 d uppers... 32 lig 00 | se in dressing....... 19 09 21 00 aa 1g 09 21 00 in No. 1 culls.... 14 00 15 00 toulls...... 14.00 15 wo ein No, 2 culls.... 12 00 13 00 Eetes ie 13.00 14 00})1 in. No3culls...... 9 50 10 00 1K1z INCH, UP e ee ibtas es sevred-eay'es 20 09 23 00 jfeet, No. 1 and z, barn boards................... 18 00 19 00 OE be ee 26 00 40 00 feet, No. 2 culls Fy to, ae aAbyen Nan 13 0 14 00 1X10 INCH. oes run, — eal ot IPRs Aste oGuan9 0 19 CO 21 0 A, Crewing ULE er reece cess cnne 25 © 27 00 ES SE oe re ef ” AD en et ae ee 16 © 17 0 ED A Eee: eI ceo de ity eres os 1300 14 00 mill ron mill cullsout.. 7.00.20 2-0 renee eee LO) 220 BO ee th dad es By pp camer 2 2500 2770 NE Pe Ee eee 16 17 0 RR en 2 eer 130 140 Si FORO, FARE na ee 9 30 1000 s and is becoming scarce. The same is to be said of hemlock, which finds an extensive sale in this market. WHITE PINE, Up'rs, 1, 1%, 1 and 2 Shelving, No. 1, 13 in Bfapetieictciniarsrsrsie.ei< 45 00 and up, rin... = 29 00 5s ANG Une = We. 5)5) || i el Biss Woe Go bo $13 $16 rto2in.,4ths ....... iy Se) | ee OOS, Were eo oc ry eer, 1to2 in. PSeCleC ists mints 42 45) 12 in. and up, shelving. . . 26 32 1toz2in., pickings. .... 37. 40/14 43 coffin boards 19) 23 2M in. and up, good. ... 56 60/0 “ se shippers... 17 18 4ths....5r 55|xxroin.,and12in.com...16 18 bs a selects. .. 46 50| 1x10 in., and 12 in. sound . es ee pickings . 41 45 POW sant raates rire 18 ar x tozin., yard picks... . 34 36/|r1xz2In. dressing...... 2— 28 1 tozin., No. x cuts....25 28) ‘‘ “dressing and better 32 33 1 to2in., No. 2cuts....20 22 THIRTEEN FOOT STOCK BOARDS AND PLANK. 1X10 in.. ae dressing .. . $28 $34|1 in., siding, selected . . $38 $42 1x10 in. common.... 415. 20|1in., siding, common... 13 18 1x12 in., “dressing .... 29 36/1 1-4 in. a siding, selected. . 40 45 Fea, SE common....1%5 22 common. 15 20 1X10 in. ., up dressing. . . .28c 33¢.| 1 1-4xIo in., up, dressing. .42c soc reotep erp rat tei 5: GM Ree 18c 21c a SMCS Eas, eer, s 22C 25C SHINGLES AND LATH. Shingles, shaved pine, 6 50 | Shingles, cedar mixed. 2 75 3 00 and quality..... Ge || atin poles S aig alae 2 25 Sawed, extra...... 435 450 Spruce ; Room ee 2 00 Sawed, clear butts... 3 10 3 25 Hemlocks <5 63s. « 1 80 (OP ETD. 2, ©, Panan d 400 4 20 SAGINAW, MICH. SAGINAW, MICH., Feb. 29.—The indications point to an early spring; we are hoping for it, for it cannot be gainsaid that so long as we remain closed in with win- ter’s mantle, whether in the garb of snow or ice, or March winds, business is held by the and keeps to close quarters. it has been slow. A few lots have been picked up for spring delivery, and local yards have bought some. Good lumber is firm with a fair inquiry at full prices. A cargo sold during the week at $9.50 for shipping culls, $19 for common and $38 for uppers; another lot sold at $17.50 straight, and at straight measure stocks are held at $12 up. Box lumber is wanted at $10, and Norway bill stuff is held at $9 for ordinary lengths and $12 and upward for special lengths, hemlock bill stuff is held at $8.50, and boards at $10. contagion As regards trade of the month FINISHING LUMBER—ROUGH. ; OG and! 139.0506: 45 00 | Fine common, 1 in. 31 00 sqAaeaonsaerbovoneoo ..-46 OC 1% and 14 in : 26 00 DSELECES MAM oie olen c otersiies oleteeiors 36 00 2 in. Bn oe .-33 09 1% and 1%... Bs fataha ele atte states 37 00|C, 7, 8 and 9 in 24, 00 2 fn gD aSSooeta Oa CEeade a 39 00 SIDING. Clear, 2 IM 2 434.- 62-522. > 2300|C, % in... 17 00 BAAN sia arate aidiess.c. a5 6.4| , 0:0. GRECAES Bonn BACB RUD ADE 2°40 || X XK shorts..../...-- 2 00 SNOMG Chimaira ee Bec 2600 baa es eee Maite ne (4 demon aod sear te 80 LATH. Lath, No 1, white pine....... 2 oo | Lath, No. 2, W. pine, Norway 1 50 NEW YORK CITY. NEw YORK, Feb. 29.—Just as everyone is planning for what is anticipated will be a good years business in building lines, we are confronted with a possible indica- tion of renewed trouble among the workingmen. Um- brage has been taken at the action of one of our largest contractors and a week ago the walking delegates showed their teeth in public demonstration against this contractor. It is to be hoped that the trouble will end without resort to a strike, for we all have painful recol- lections of the manner in which the lumber industries were paralyzed on the opening of the season’s trade a year ago by similar difficulties. White pine is holding its own well, while for box stuff there is a growing demand, to the extent that with some dealers stocks are running bare. Prices for eastern spruce are fully 20 to 25 per cent. higher than at the close of last season. WHITE PINE—WESTERN GRADES. Uppers, 1 Hes eto05 9 » Sag ©0@45 00) |(Boxs ins. ee eee $13 50@14 00 14%, 1%andz2in.... 46 00 47 00 athickergrceeee ee 14 50 15 00 gyand\ 4. in| fe. 55 00 58 00 cals; base, fig. No. 1 40 00 42 00 Selects; min=..-..-.-- 40 00 41 00 PD) Beisoya oe eee 35 00 37 00 I in., alliwideleen- 4I 00 43 00 No. Siete sapsossac 24 00 26 00 14%, 1%4and2in.... 43 00 44 00 Shelving, INOW x<. r and 1 1-4 inch; Sq x6, ten feet and over long, free of S t now and then allowed ddress all particulars to P. O. BOX 2144, NEW YORK, N.Y. SAW MILL FOR SALE N PROSPEROUS TOWN ON GEORGIAN oy eighty h.p. engine, modern improvements, per day, rail and water conveniences, sid- o lumber piles. Ex asy terms. Whole or half inter- est Plenty of stock can be bought. Write for particu- lars. Lock Box 7, Hepworth station, Ont. WANTED TO CONTRACT OR 1% AND 1% IN. BASSWOOD, ALL 12 FT. long, quality rsts and znds, New York inspection, to be delivered here in canal boats next summer. Only responsible parties need apply, stating price de- livered. WHITE, POTTER & PAIGE MFG. 415 Willoughby Ave., Brook Lyn, N.Y. CO., SPE WAS. aC: CEVERAL THOUSAND FEET “‘T” RAILS, and 20 Ibs. tothe yard. A large quantity of flat strap rail for tramways. 20 pair wheels and axles, all in goc ond-hand condition, very cheap TOHN J. GARTSHORE, 49 Front Street West, Toronto. 10 od sec WANTED TO BUY *~OOD CANADIAN TIMBER LIMITS AND Georgian Bay saw logs. Address, BEN BIRD- SALL, Whitney Building, Detroit, Mich. OR SALE—2;5 H.-P. STEAM SAWMILL, WITH power cider press and hoop-sawing outfit, with or without sto flumber. Will be sold cheap. Address LOUIS LI CH, lot 2, con. 4, Fullerton, Carlingford P.O., Perth Co., Ont. OR HEMLOCK, DIMENSION LUMBER, hardwood flooring, cedar shingles, piles, sawdust, etc., write J. E. MURPHY, lumberman, Hepworth station, Ont. TIMBER LIMITS FOR SALE TO CLOSE A PARTNERSHIP ESTATE OUR LIMITS IN THE NIPISSING DIS- trict, as follows: Nos. 12 and 20, 36 miles in extent, traversed by west bay of Lake Nipissing. Nos. 31 and on Veuve River, 36 miles in extent, the C. P. R. running through the limits. tain 80,000,000 feet of merchantable etc. Estimated to c timber, Pine, Spruce, Full particulars SUCKLING & CO., 64 Wellington St. West, TORONTO. and terms on application to Commission Agents. | 1 CUT-OFF SAW TABLE. THE J.C.MEL TIMBER BERTH FOR SALE YERTH NO. CONTAINING 36 SQUARE miles, situated on the north shore of Lake Huron, within about ten miles of Georgian Bay; well watered, and containing large quantity of pine timber. Has never been lumbered on. BAY { CONSON IDATED LUMBER CO., } ARDWOOD LUMBER BOUGHT, SOLD OR received on consignment. TUCKER DAVID, lumber commission merchant, 202 Eleventh Ave., N.Y WILLIAM FOSTER Lumber and Commission Merchant Q. 02, Toronto. ———— RECEIVER AND FORWARDER OF LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES a CORRESPONDENCE SoLicrrED Soo OVW HN SOUND, OMT. J.D. SHIBR MANUFACTURER OF Lumber, Lath & shingles BRAGEBRIDGE, ONT. MACHINERY _ COND MACHINERY FOR SALE = HAND by the Canada Machinery and Supply Co., Brant- ford, Ont., Dealers in New and Second Hand Machin: ery and Mill Supplies :— ae as 1 12x16 WATEROUS DOUBLE CUT-OFF EN- gine with Pickering governors. 4) 12x16 BECKETT SLIDE VALVE ENGINE with Judson governors. 1 gx1s BECKETT ENGINE, SLIDE VALVE. A 74x10 NORTHEY ENGINE WITH PICKER ing governors. 4 5%xg HORIZONTAL SLIDE VALVE EN- gine. 2 25 HP. TUBULAR BOILERS TO BRICK IN. D 16 H.P. TUBULAR BOILERS TO BRICK IN. 4 6 H.P. UPRIGHT LEONARD BOILER nl NORTHEY STEAM PUMP, 2% IN. SUCTION, 1% inch discharge. 4 WATEROUSSELF-ACTING SHINGLE MILL and Jointer. 1 ERIE HT SWING SHINGLE MILL AND Jointer. yl WATEROUS LATH MACHINE, THREE Saws. 1 SET IRONS FOR TWO HEAD BLOCK SAW mill. ‘3 30 INCH J. T. NOYE MAKE, BUFFALO, burr porte able Chopper with crane and picks. 4 POWER CORN SHELLER. 4 RE-SAW BAND SAW - with two 2% inch saws. 1 BLIND SLAT TENONER. 40 INCH WHEELS, 2 ONE-SIDE MOULDERS. 1 RIP-SAW TABLE. = HAFTINGS ing, etc., all sizes. \ 7RITE FOR PRICES FOR ANYTHING IN the line of Machinery and supplies to the Canada Machinery and Supply Co., Brantford, Ont. Works, Warerooms and Office, opposite the Market. HANGERS, PULLEYS, BELT- Apply to THE GEORGIAN | | ROsister B Br0s : COMMISSION AGENTS Limits bought and sold on commission. Limits tray- elled 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. Communications confidential. 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ANGLIN. sawmill, Kingston, write 24th Feb., 1892: ‘‘The grip pulley still ee : | Providence 'Kelegram Z = e = A td Y ae Successors to . | |to the busy, thelazy and the econo continues to give good satisfaction and is a good convenience, as we do not have to A. RORB EP SONS; | miler ounery and Whe Coner ionalist.-T . : - : 4 e See, | Amherst, N.S. Machine Works. has no peer in originality of design stop the rest of the mill or throw off belt when filing saw. TST AMAISHED. GUL 2) SRT. accuraey of; vision, -t aud ability to transform its = nore jean Yeo UST rn a é — oe Se saa Chicavo Interior.— AALL & PRICE. sawmills, Quebec, write Feb. 24th, 1892: ‘‘We have been using your | ln sata tines RVOTSkromied grip pulleys for some time, and | | [busy people. We know of one / ; they give every satisfaction. They WATE ROUS J. J. TURNER | Josicic ( nonth has work o'clock at night, and yet has kept v ed . J | . A of current world events. He readst ne are not liable to get fs of order | oe Sail, Tent and Awning Maker ee | fit giveshimarunning commentary portant and do not require much attention BRAN FORD | : events, besides a digest of the best articles in ;. | 251 George St. and 154 King St. | [contemporary magazines.” in adjustment. CANADA. er cas '|Price 25c. $2.50 a Year. Our Motto: Canoe, Yacht and Boat Sails made to order. Perfect | AGENTS WANTED. “ LUB RATES ON APPLICATION, | Fits Guaranteed. Send Ten Cents TH™ REVIEW OF REVIEWS, for Sumple Copy. 13 Astor Place, New York Grips always motionless whert out ot clutch. | _ Every description of ILumbermen’s Supplies and | Waterproof Clothing. A Sam le Messrs. STUART & HARPER, SOURIS, MAN., January 7th,: 1892. D & Agents Dodge Wood Split Pulley Co., of the Winnipeg, Man. C; GENTLEMEN,---Y our favor to hand and contents noted. The Rope Drive you supplied is man giving us first-rate satisfaction ; better than we expected. We think it will be durable, and it i A has ample capacity to drive all the machinery in the elevator. E tt If any of your customers want anything of the kind, just tell them to come and see it Ere! Ss work, which will be the best recommendation we can give it. : The elevator works first rate, and the engineer says that he does not know much difference received in keeping up steam. We are glad to hear that you are keeping busy. b We are, yours truly, 4 US Signed, McCULLOCH & HERRIOT. on™ DOGG WOOd Split Pulley 60., TOrONtO ESTABLISHED 1876 . ¥: ae "THE IMPROVED thas 3 TELEPHONE 2590 Lathes ——< LIbU6 Glant Planer, Mateher=«Mouldér Balting Sand Papering (E-Cere=., Circular Saws Machines eee gee §=Babbit Metal Planer Knife ar Sharpeners : hime hii Band Saws : . A i WRITE TO : ce ) =. send for... 2 Sigs H. W. PETRik Illustrated Catalogue Woodworking Machinery 141-145 Front Street West No. 16, Free ea) be AV) PCN) Sy. 2. TOKORTO Marcu, 1892 ECONOMY IT SEASONS WITHOUT DESTROYING “LIFE” OF wo0D IT SEASONS WITHOUT WASTE OF FUEL AND LABOR 10 LUMDEPMéN, Déalérs and Manuiacturers #9 IS WEALTH! RKE-PROOF DRY-KILN IT SEASONS WITH REMARKABLE RAPIDITY IT SEASONS WITHOUT “CASE HARDENING” IT SEASONS WITHOUT DANGER FROM FIRE Outside View.of the Andrews Progressive Kiln OUR PROCHSS DUPLICATE Ssa ta IN@ Be ASM! THE SEASONING OF LUMBER. Artificial Seasoning must be done Rapidly, without injury to the Stock, and with Economy of Fuel and Labor. The Andrews Kiln is the Perfect Lumber-Drier. TS remarkable efficiency depends upon its peculiar mode of applying heat to, and eliminating moisture from, the air used in drying. We use no ce by Sl costly fan, engine, or other device that requires constant attention, nor do we waste heat by a special chimney or door. The air circulates through the lumber and the moisture absorbed from it 1s extracted from the air by natural methods. PRINCIPLES THAT APPLY: Air will hold in solution a This amount Water can be taken out of air only by condensation. certain amount of water without its being perceptible to sight or touch. varies with the temperature of the air—the warmer the air is the more water it will receive. When the air has taken up all the water it can take, it is said to be “sat- urated.” When air cools it deposits its water in the form of cloud or fog, which, if cooled Tle body of air thus deprived of moisture will again readily take up more moisture, and is therefore specially effective for drying purposes. The drying power of the air which enters a drying room is “the difference between the maximum saturation for the highest temperature of the air and its ‘dew point’ before it enters or becomes heated above initial temperature.” The higher the temperature of a drying-room, the cheaper its contents can be dried. When this high temperature is used in connection with air that has been previously deprived of moisture, we have the maximum of efficiency. This very rapid seasoning without injury to the lumber is accomplished only by ‘‘ The Andrews.”’ still mo1e, becomes liquid water. CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION. The Andrews Kiln has a hollow inner wall, reaching nearly to the ceiling, and a The space between these two walls forms a down Above the tight outer wall of sheet metal. flue communicating at its foot with a large flue at the bottom of the kiln. openings of the bottom flue are the steam coils which furnish the heat. The lumber is placed upon cars outside the kiln and rolled in on tracks. The cars stand directly above the coils and close enough to get-the advantage of the ra- diant heat. The air from the heaters passes up slowly through the lumber, taking up moisture from it, and then goes over the inner wall down the side flues to the bottom. On its way down, as it comes in contact with the sheet-metal outer wall, its moisture N@ HNG@AeNesy condenses on the cool metal and trickles down. By means of small gutters on the inside of the metal walls near their foot, the water is conveyed out of the kiln. The air, having thus parted with much of its moisture, passes through the bottom flue to the coils to be heated again, its comparative dryness now making it more effective than common air for this purpose; yet this air is so tempered with moisture that no “dry heat” comes in contact with the lumber. This circulation goes on continuously. In a few hours after water ceases to flow from the gutters the lumber can be removed. By this process the lumber is dried in a moist air at a high temperature, and this has been found to give wonderful results. The humidity of the air is so gradually, effectively, and finally rapidly lessened that warping and checking are reduced to a This continued use of the same body of air, without access of cold cur- rents, saves a large part of the heat. This kiln does its work perfectly EITHER IN SUMMER OR WINTER. During the warm weather the average temperature in the sun is 110 degrees at noon, and as we never use less than 150 degrees of heat in drying lumber, it will be seen at once that the steel outer wall will always be efficient as a condenser of the vapor in the kiln. We dry on the CONTINUOUS SYSTEM, that is, putting the lumber in at one end of the kiln, green, and taking it out at the other end dry and properly seasoned. This admits of using cars or trucks, and the lumber can be handled more economically than if simply piled or “sticked” on the floor of the kiln. At each end of the kiln a platform can be built, if desired, the entire width of the kiln. The lumber is loaded upon cars at front end of the kiln. As each car is loaded it is rolled into the kiln and pushed forward. This is repeated until the kiln is filled with cars. When the cars have passed through the kiln and reached the delivermmg end they are ready to take out and unload upon the rear platform; or they can be rolled upon transfer cars for unloading elsewhere. All kilns sold are furnished with AUTOMATIC FIRE SPRINKLERS, which do away with any suspicion of danger from fire, thereby lessening fire risk, a point that fire insurance companies have for a long time been trying to impress upon lumbermen minimum. and manufacturers of woodwork. . In other systems, when the engine or fan is stopped, both the source of heat and the circulation cease. With a kiln full of green lumber in the process of drying, this stoppage is often the cause of losing the entire contents from mould and mildew. In our kiln, as long as steam is allowed to pass from boiler to kiln, it will work even at a very low pressure. In the construction of the Andrews Kiln much labor and material are saved, as it is of the simplest form. No expensive foundation or separate house for engine, blower and heater is needed. We can guarantee a saving of money in the construction of these kilns over the cost of any built. We furnish all the heating apparatus, piping, iron material and rail. In our contract we guarantee the seasoning of pine or oak in less time than an competing kiln that leaves the lumber in good condition. The Andrews Process and Apparatus for Artificial Seasoning of Lumber will Save you Money in every one of the following items: Time: CapitaL: Interest: Insurance: Yarp Room: Freigut : MareriaL: LABOR > EP xXPEnSE YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT IT DOMINION Dry KILN COMPANY 95 CANADA LIFE BUILDING ‘LOR Gh LRGs ain a 2 Marcu, 1892 WHOLESALE DEALERS IN DOT, ROBERN & 0 Stocks XQ Strips G Sidings iSrubl Shegcbae ce Bardwroods Shingles Hemiock Lath etc. .. MILLICHAMP’S BUILDINGS . . 385 ADELAIDE STREET BAST TORKONTO Yard: Northern Dock, Foot of Bathurst Street GEO. HASTINGS EEO. HASTINGS é e (0. Lumber Merchants TRUST BUILDING CHAMBERS COR. YONGE AND COLBORNE STS. ei 6 JOHN GRAY sea bes ALL KINDS OF PINE AND HARDWOOD LUMBER © A SPECIALTY & OLIVER sy WHOLESALE - DEALERS IN OFFICE Nos. 213, 214 and 215 Board of Trade Building. oo. Ont. cach oo saga for THE The eae ARE N. ae the ae f the r lea din iews attractive - PREMIU M ever offer by cl MASS. scribe r THE ARENA for (2852 andr ip 2O0.c oe FOR 1892 setae asta pa HAMBURG, GERMANY OFF A . ee etetescumes FYMeriGan not Crack on application of Heat or n Old and New Buildings | Weight « odie ae “of Brick ee Giv mth in Winter ; Coolness in Summer 22 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN a aa MARCH, 1892 h Leaves no Seam around the Brick Thickness of Bricks can be changed instantly Immense Strength 2 >< IMMENSE PPESSUFE » Beautiful < gAypeaye 12 ~ Bricks Fi¢ ar Fully Guaranteed WATEROUS ENGINE KS BRANTFORD CANADA O0* S Sawmill ()wners OFTEN have a fine deposit of clay or shale right at their door, and ALWays abundance of SX S fuel with which to turn it into brick. Why not furnish building materials of brick as well as of wood? Plastic or mud process bricks are very generally made. Such a plant would probably not be a paying investment where the market is at a considerable distance. THE DRY PRESS process involves a very much larger and expensive plant, produces a beautiful brick—solid, heavy, compact, with perfect surface and edges —at the same or a less cost per thousand than the ordinary plastic process. These Brick bring to-day in the Toronto market $18.00 to $20.00 per thousand. Ordinary brick bring $5.00 to $7.00. Will not the difference pay freight and leave you a handsome profit? The Saginaw sawmillers make salt ¢ oOoNwN VY Oa ow 8 =) G with their refuse—why cannot you make brick? Will it not pay you to look into this? Clay tested for intending purchasers FREE. simon WfalerOus Enginé Works Go. aba’ - BRANTFORD, CAN. HUGH CAMERON, Clay Expert, Agent Ieee CANADA LUMBERMAN 23 MARCH, 1892 Dauntless Shingle and Heading Machine | | | | ! | =. WILL make more | Shingles per day than any self-acting machine with vertical saw in existence, and more || N Also Manufacturer of other kinds of k Shingle Jointers Both Self-acting and Hand-feed . Shingle Machines | Shingles from the same 7 ui) Packing Boxes i Poti Ye Ony/// ll ef ; | quantity of timber , al mB olicts h YU < . ] / —S— : Drag Saw Machines | Stationary TAE FRAME .. Is of Iron throughout, very |: | and braced. | TAE CARRIAGE .. Is very light and strong, |: | made of forged Cast Steel | | | Plate, running on steel ways or | tracks. Will take in a block 18 | inches wide and 19 inches long, | adjustable for 16-inch or 18-inch | | shingles. heavy and rigid, strongly bolted’ |. i mal == —CAPACITY FROM 25,000 TO 50,000 PER DAY——_—. and Portable Sawmills | Double Edgers | Single Edgers Slab Saw Rigs i Bull Wheel Rigs || Lath Machines | Lath enue Wel) aie Grerscere n fact, a general line of | Mill neues with Pulleys, | | Shafting, etc. << be PATENTEBEB AND . MANUFACTURER OF iF. Jd. DRAKE | SAW, SHINGLE AND LATH BELLEVILLE, GouNiae. MACHINERY P NOR THEY &= SPECIAL * STEAM * PUMPS H ity pes ont Fe i “i ror Boiler Feeding rN Fire Protection YW sindié and Duplex Steam and Water Power Pumps FOR ALE KINDS OF SERVICE. =~ - Water Supply Minme Use, etc: ete . These Pumps are of the latest and best design, the result of long and valuable experience in the Canadian INDEPENDENT AIR PUMP GONDENSERS For ATTACHING TO HIGH PRESSURE KARINE AND STATIONARY ENGINES GREAT ECONOMY IN FUEL AND POWER GUARANTEED ON APPLICATION ... .. PRICES AND PARTICULARS —— UNGRTREY MEG. ©. TORONTO, ONT. OFFICE: NO. | TORONTO STREET WORKS: COR. FRONT AND PARLIAMENT STREETS 24 ‘ THE CANADA LUMBERMAN MARCH, 1892 oe ie SMITH CO.. LIMITED——— ST. CATHARINES, ONT. Sole Manufacturers eX ‘The SIMONDS” » The “LEADER” | uae ‘\ CIRCULAR SAWS) = ®——s CROSS-CUT SAWS 1 eaters THE BEST SAWS IN THE WORLD Wone Genuine without our Trade Mark £0 OUR HAND SAWS cant xn vari ‘~~ - REPAIRING PROMPILY ATTENDED 10 | f\ Jt f\ Tied: SHED 1855 . . . Price List and Discounts on application... , INCOREE REE We Manufacture SAWS of every description. Also GUTTING-BOX KNIVES 4A ae MONTREAL, Sis WioRiKs SCS The Mons Saw Works Co. Ltd Manufacturers - Dealers in - - of - Stave-Sawing Gircular Machinery Shingle Band Saws > Files, Gummers Gang, Mill Saas Mulay, Pit Belting Billet Web Emery Wheels C é Lacing, Setts ross-Cu Side Files Cylinder AND Speed Indica- tors Chisel-| oit Lace Cutters Inserted i an Tooth = D General Mill SS PWS Ses ESSELTE IGE STS Supplies OFFICE, 452, » St: PAUL. STREET, MONTREAL. DB. ie MOWFY ce SON ‘tng Hah i! . ; ; Ta . oe SRW MILL — The Best il 327° SHINGLE MILL, | Masting MPArGHINERY stlinglé Machinery a Specialty REPAIRING PROMPTLY AND CAREFULLY EXECUTED Gravenhurst, Ont. vu KR anEREne: Teronto VotumeE XIII. \ NUMBER 4. TORONTO, ONT., APRIL, 1892 MAGNOLIA o@ met AL” MAGNOLIA ANTI- FRICTION METAL CO. London Office: 75 Queen Victoria St. Chicago Office: 41 Traders Building Montreal Office: H. MCLAREN & Co., In Use by Eight foe . Governments . Owners and Sole Manufacturers 74 CORTLANDT STREET NEW YORK Agents Cc. C. CLEVELAND G. F. CLEVELAND J. L. Goodhue & GO. MANUFACTURERS OF LFAT HER BELTING °::: anp LACE LEATHER ' Jotn Bertram & Sons CANADA TOOL WORKS DUNDAS, ONTARIO | WOOD -WORKING MACHINERY MAGHINE TOOLS, BTC. WRITE For Prices AND CATALOGUE Danville, Que. Tue Macno.ia AnTI-Friction MeTAat Co. 74 Cortlandt Street, New York, N.Y. New Yor GENTLEMEN,—About March 26, 18 “Spooner’s Finest ‘Copperine Babbit” we test showed finest results, and on anal and approximated the fc emia a of Mag In October of the same year other mples mitted for test, and tested in comparis vith Ma new testing machine, built at great ex aot se. i showed Magnolia Metal to have less friction and z 100 degrees less. On December 31st this Beets tec was tested again with the result of its fusing with te pounds to the square inch. On January 31st Magnolia Metal was tested, wl utes with 1800 lbs. to the sq. inch, and one hour inch, and at the end of the hour the metz a showe degrees Fahrenheit. Under separate cover we y of the tests, showing velocity of rubt ing surfac out 2 ute, diameter of shaft 5 inches, and revc lutions about 15 Yours truly, H.G Notre.—Mr. Torrey is U.S. Assayer, and has been vice at New York for 30 years. _ TC JRREY. ‘fp U.S. Mint ser oS ae ee ee ee GEO. GORMAGK | Wholesale and Retail Dealer in ALL KINDS OF LUMBER LUMBER SHIPPED TO ALL PARTS BY RAIL OR VESSEL - WHITBY, ONTARIO RUBBER BELTING MANUFACTURED BY THE GUTTA PERCHA & RUBBER MANUFACTURING C0.0F TORONTO. OFFICE, 43 YONGE ST. TORONTO. PAC rOnE> AT PARKDALE, ONT. WRITE. FOR dalek ae = ? weeee SHURLY & ‘DIETRICH ae THE ONLY SAW MANUFACTURERS IN THE WORLD WHO EXPORT SAWS IN LARGE QUANTITIES TO THE UNITED STATES SOLE PROPRIETORS OF THE SECRET CHEMICAL mocess OF TENDERING: : Our Razor Steel coed are eaneaia THE CANADA LUMBERMAN APRIL, 1892 =S PERKINS’ PATENTED& SHINGLE MACHINERY = a Hand or Power Feeds: (eee Ty ~ MACHINES =< = EY y Drag Saw S Se SERAIIN 5 se a — - Se | SES »» THE KING OF ROTARIES.. ji I = os ) A ee K l) C S B O It CLS Nw ie ae), | nN () ad WV S | le MO a wh / q ae i fi | Packers ~ 6 ac SO And all the necessary machinery used in a first-class Shingle Mill PLANO AND SPECIFIGATIONS OF GOMPLETE MILLS SUPPLIED FREE 10 PURCHASERS > saw tor wnt ora wo mi Also Write for Price List_and Discounts of DIGK’S GUTTA PERGHA BELTING The Wm. Hamilton Manufacturing Gompany, Limited PETERBOROUGH, ONT. T™ CANADA LUMBERMAN -Votume XIII.) NUMBER 4. J TORONTO, ONT., APRIL, 1892 GHARAGCTER SKETCH. MR. E. B. EDDY. “If I have done the public any service it is due to nothing but industry and patient thought.’—Newton. HERE in this broad Dominion is the name of E. B. Eddy, of Hull, Que., not known? Influenced by the law of association, who strikes a match, for whatever purpose, without thinking of this greatest of match- makers? E. B. Eddy comes of historic Mayflower stock, and was born in Bnistol, Vt., in 1827, being a direct de- scendant of that doughty warrior but luckless wooer, Miles Standish. He came to Canada in 1851 and setiled in Hull, Que., where, in 1854, he commenced the making of matches. The contrast between the small beginnings of those days and the achievements of the present—by actual calculation the product of his match factory is 27,600,000 matches per day —is an illustration of the tremendous energy and push of the man during these years ; for it has not been all plain sailing with Mr. Eddy. He has had difficulties to overcome that would have downed ten ordinary men, but his un- conquerable energy has enabled him to climb successfully over each obstacle as it has met him in his path. The fire-fiend did not spare Mr. Eddy. In 1882 his large works were destroyed by the devouring element. He was in Quebecat the time, and his laconic, but intensely practical reply to the telegraph message sent him, whilst the labor of years was being so ruth- lessly wiped out, is characteristic of the man. These were his words: “Put out the fire, clear up debris, prepare to build. I'll be home to-morrow.” In 1856 the manufacture of woodenware in the shape of pails, tubs and washboards was added to match-making. Later on he ac- quired large tracts of land and entered exten- sively into lumbering, erecting huge sawmills, planing mills and door and sash factories. In 1886 Mr. Eddy’s vast business interests were organized and consolidated into the E. B. Eddy Co., (Ltd.), working under charter secured fromm the Dominion Government. Since that date the concern has withdrawn from the planing mill business, and gone extensively into the manufacture of paper and the operation of a sulphite fibre mill, becoming large consumers of spruce and pulpwood. How closely Mr. Eddy’s interests are identi- fied with the timber interests of this country is shown in the fact that about 15,000,090 feet of lumber are sawn each year, all of which is the company in their various factories. About 15,000 cords of pulp is consumed annually in their chemical and wood pulp mills; thirteen tons of sulphite fibre, six- teen tons of wood pulp, fifteen tons of manilla, tissue, wrapping and newspapers, and ten tons of wood board aie made daily, together with a daily average of from 260 to 265 dozen wooden pails and tubs; fifty dozen fibre ware pails, tubs, etc, and 27,600,000 matches are turned out each day (Sunday excepted) the year round by the E. &. Eddy Company. The pay roll runs about $30,000 per month. ‘ The following story of Mr. Eddy, told by his familiar friends, illustrates, without any playing on the word, the hless business resources of this commercial king. Some years ago the match manufacturers of the United es resolved to secure a prohibitory duty to exclude ir. Eddy from a modest share in the match market of used by that country. The duty was about to be put on when he appeared at a convention of the manufacturers, and, after exhausting every plea against the proposed duty they were about to rivet on by a formal demand, he threatened to place his matches, beautifully labelled, in every city, town and hamlet between Canada and the Gulf of Mexico. He did this quietly. They laughed. The duty promptly went on. Mr. Eddy returned home, re-crossed to Ogdensburg and He protested, but in vain. at once secured suitable buildings for a large factory. This he equipped at once, and in a week or ten days he brought over foremen and scores of skilled hands from Hull, and engaged fresh hands on the spot, and began operations. Within a month an enormous quantity of matches was produced and pushed into the market all over the country. The American manufacturers became alarmed; the threat seemed in process of quick realiza- tion. They called another meeting; offered Mr. Eddy CAR. PHOTO-ENG.BU. Mint 2B: an immense sum to abandon his Ogdensburg factory, and besides paid the entire expense incurred in estab- lishing it, and even the return fares of the employees ED DY. brought from Hull. Of Mr. Eddy personally little need be said; he is well known to the people of this country. Busy man that he is, he is ever the gentleman, and genial and courteous to all visitors. His acts of enterprise as a citizen bear their own evidence in the town of Hull, which owes its rapid and continued growth in an incalculable degree to Mr. Eddy’s efforts. No more beneficent citizen is found in any community, as the people of Hull and its insti- tutions, public and private, testify. He was married in 1846, before leaving Bristol, to a native of the same town, a lady who can claim the distinction of being the grand-daughter, on her father’s side, of John Arnold, of Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany. It well been said: One Canada, one Eddy. has 1 joi ¥ 1 ( ( THE STRENGTH OF WOOD GREATER THAN STEEL. STATEMENT recently appeared in a contempor- ary giving the results of a comparative test of hardwood with steel, and showing that the advantage of strength in proportion to weight was with the wood. This fact seems to have been unobserved until recently, and has occasioned much surprise among woodworkers. But it 1s the fact that hardwood is stronger than steel in resistence to breaking weight. Some further advantages in favor of wood are thus stated by an exchange an all-steel machine is brought into sharp contact with spring some unyielding obstacle, its frame is liable to g, and when once sprung its usefulness is at an end. It cannot be strengthened without resort to the shop for moe, Ibe A) bent under a violent strain, it at once springs back to its wood frame it is not thus affected. If original shape. A piece of steel one foot long and a halt inch square weighs double as much as a piece of seasoned ash one foot long, 134 inches square. In other words, the steel in proportion to bulk is 1534 times as heavy as the wood. A steel frame of a machine which is one-fifteenth as large as a woed frame weighs exactly the same as the wood. But even with this difference in size, the wood has four times the strength. These are problems that any one can solve. On the contrary, recent evidence as to the use of steel in place of wood for railway ties, which have been very reluctantly adopted, has proven that steel is the most economical. In Burmah steel ties, after having undergone a careful test on different parts of the line, are now displacing the teak railroad ties hitherto used on the open line of the state railway. Teak so far has been found the best timber yet used for this purpose, and has been found to last as long as ten years; but the use of stee! ties economizes the expense of spikes, and is reported to last from 40 to 50 years. The low price now ruling has been a great inducement not only of substituting steel ties, but also a large quantity of steel rail-is now being used in this province. With the growth of this idea, which must result from the rapid depletion of our hardwood forests, no doubt a method of preserving metal ties from rust will still further lengthen the period in which it may be used and make it still cheaper as a permanent sleeper for railway tracks. A GOOD SUGGESTION TO ADOPT. VERY mechanic should have a library of his own, no matter how small. A lbrary, even if it only consists of two books, is of value. Once-the habit is formed of purchas- ing books, it is surprisimg how soon a creditable collec- tion of books will be secured, and what a benefit they will be to the owner. The mechanic unaccustomed to the use of books has no idea of the benefit to be derived from them. He does not know that the use of books will fit him fora better position, and enable him to earn better wages and do better work. It is a good plan to set aside a certain sum each week or month to be applied to the purchase of books. Here the mistake of buying the wrong books must not be made, or the money will be wasted. Some men, once in the habit of acquirig a library, buy books merely because they are books, and will help to fill the shelves and make a Avoid all Buy books as tools are bought, because they are needed, and they will bea benefit to their purchaser. show. such nonsense. SUBSCRIBE to CANADA LUMBERMAN. $1.00 a year. 4 “THE CANADA UMS Ei7eZN APRIL, 1892 VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS. In a way we live in an age noted for Yet no past age has given more attention to the intel- Uses of its extravagance. Waste Products. 2 ligent utilization of what are considered the waste pro- ducts of the earth. Doubtless the experiments some- times made are chimerical, but it is only by experiment- A use is said to have been found for the sage brush of the Western plains, here- ing we can learn what is what. tofore supposed to be one of the least serviceable things that grow. Its monotonous gray makes the depressing But an Idaho man thinks he has found what it is good for. By a lime process—boiling the branches—he gets a pulp which he says is equal to the best made from wood, and he believes he can sell the paper for four and a-half cents a pound at a fair profit. aspect of the desert worse than nothing. In the year 1812, as readers of history know, a naval duel occurred between the American man-of-war Chesa- peake, commanded by Captain Laurence, and the British frigate Shannon, commanded by Captain Broke. The battle resulted disastrously to the American vessel, its commander being killed, and the Chesapeake was carried off by the victors. The fate of the Chesapeake was curious. She is in existence to-day, as sound and staunch as the day she was launched, but is used in the inglorious capacity of a flour mill, and is making lots of money for a hearty Hampshire miller, in the little parish of Wickham, England: After her capture by Sir Philip B. V. Broke she was taken to England in 1814, and in 1820 her timber was sold to John Prior, miller, of Wick- ham, Hants. Mr. Prior pulled down his own mill at Wickham, and erected a new one from the Chesapeake timbers, which he found admirably adapted for the pur- pose. The deck beams were thirty-two feet long and eighteen inches square, and were placed unaltered hor- izontally in the mill. The purlins of the deck were about twelve feet long, and served without alteration for joists. Many of these timbers yet have the marks of the Shannon’s grapeshot, and in some places the shot are still to be seen deeply embedded in the pitch pine. Mill Made from A Battleship. “T have lost all interest in advancing the work of this shop and my sole ambition is to put in ten hours per day and draw my pay Saturday night. I am entirely done with all ideas of trying to advance the interests of my employers by brain labor or improved methods of doing work. The firm has several of my devices which save it many hundred dollars per year. I have received several kicks, but no thanks, in connection with these matters ; therefore, I am done with such business.” This is the way an intelligent mechanic recently expressed himself. He was a good workman and a practical in- ventor. His effort had been to throw enthusiasm into his work, but it had met with no appreciation, and he had become soured. Forever after that man is likely to have a poor opinion of the employer of labor. Judging others by his own experience, he will consider all as simply task-masters, oppressors of the workingman, getting out of him everything that is possible, giving in return as little as he can, not even supplementing the pittance that may be paid by a word of kindness. Yet all employers are not alike. There are employers pos- sessed with a generous supply of the milk of human kindness, whose thoughts are constantly working in lines that will help to make life more worth living to those who, by their enthusiasm, intelligence and labor, are no inconsequential factors in creating the fortune the em- ployer is piling up. A broad sympathy, and a killing of the narrowness of view that too often takes hold of employer and employee, is what is wanted the world over between man and man. It pays—has paid where ever tried. Not All Alike. To what funny uses sawdust is put. The butcher uses it to give cleanli- ness to his shop floor. The fire has consumed much that has come from the sawmill. Sena- tor Snowball has pictured to us the “sawdust dump” right under Parliament House, which adds so largely to the beauty of the Ottawa river. A few months ago we told in these columns of chemical experiments that were More About The Sawdust Dump. being made, with the object of utilizing it in bread mak- ing. Last month we told about sawdust for building purposes. Some one with a mechanical turn now pro- poses to employ it as a filler in preparing house finish and furniture. The dust is selected to match the wood to be finished. If it be pine, pine dust is used, if oak chestnut or butternut, the dust of either may be used in- discriminately, if black walnut, then walnut dust, etc. It is first subjected to a baking process, by which all moisture is evaporated. The baking should be carried to a point as closely as possible to carbonizing without changing thecolor. It should then be put into a mortar dry and be subjected to continuous trituration or pound- ing until reduced to a flour. Much of the labor of tri- turation may be saved by running the dust through an ordinary portable farm grist mill, or even through a good coffee mill. The fine powder is applied precisely as 1s any other powdered filler, and it is said to possess this advantage over mineral or metallic fillers, that if baked just enough to kill the fibre, and used with pure, boiled linseed oil, it will not shrink when dry, and fall out, as will many of the mineral fillers. It is also claimed that where wood is darkened before filling, as in the treatment for antique effects, the filling can be dark- ened to correspond, either by submitting it to an alkali or acid bath of mild strength, before baking, or, much cheaper and easier, by carrying the baking process to a partially carbonizing degree. It is further claimed that ground with oil, non-resinous dust can be made into putty far superior to any other, as it will not shrink and needs no coloring, which renders it very desirable for painters’ as well as glaziers’ use. With success in this direction, there is reason to believe the dust can be utilized in mixing paints where wood tints are desired, or even for all the natural tints, by the addition of color- ing matter. There is yet much of experiment and speculation as to the utilization of the waste material of the sawmill, and human ingenuity must be greatly at fault if it does not yet devise means to turn the bulk of it into articles of commerce. In the March LUMBERMAN a brief ee account was given of the various woods of Honduras, one of which is Mahogany. In our day we think of mahogany most probably in connection with the manufacture of the finest grades of pianos. In England this wood is largely used for this purpose, and the class of pianos made from it are in unusual demand all over Europe. In its time mahogany has been used for all classes of furniture, from the common tables of village inns to the splendid’ cabinets of a regal palace. But the village inn of this country certainly displays its extravagance in other directions rather than mahogany tables. -In “The Library of Entertaining Knowledge,” published in Lon- don, Eng., in 1829 by Charles Knight (in their day Knight’s popular volumes were widely read) some inter- esting facts are given concerning mahogany. The intro- duction into notice of mahogany appears to have been slow; the first mention of it was that it was used in the repair of Sir Walter Raleigh’s ships at Trinidad in 1597. “Tts finely variegated tints were admired, but in that age the dream of El Dorado caused matters of more value to be neglected. The first that was brought to England,” says the writer, “was about the beginning of last century, a few planks having been sent to Dr. Gib- bons, of London, by a brother, who was a West Indian captain. The Doctor was erecting a house on King street, Convent Garden, and gave the planks to the workmen, who rejected it as being too hard. The Doc- tor’s cabinet-maker, named Wollaston, was employed to make a cabinet box of it, and as he was sawing up the plank he also complained of the hardness of the timber. But when the cabinet-box was finished it outshown all the Doctor’s other furniture, and became an object of curiosity and exhibitition. The wood was then taken into favor. Dr. Gibbons had a bureau made of it, and the Duchess of Buckingham another; and the despised mahogany now became a prominent article of luxury, and at the same time raised the fortunes of the cabinet- maker by whom it had been at first so little regarded.” A single log of mahogany imported at Liverpool some years after weighed nearly seven tons, and was first sold for £378, resold for £525, and would, the account goes on to say, have been worth £1,000 had the dealers been certain of its quality. The London Music Trades Jour- nal, writing of the value of mahogany for pianofortes, says: “Spanish mahogany is decidedly the most beaut- ful, but occasionally, yet not very often, the Honduras wood is of singular brilliancy, and it is then eagerly sought for to be employed in the most expensive cabinet-work. A short time ago Messrs. Broadwood, who have long been distinguished as makers of piano- fortes, gave the enormous sum of £3,000 for three logs of mahogany. These logs, the produce of one tree, were each about fifteen feet long and thirty-eight inches wide. They were cut into veneers of eight to an inch. The wood, of which we have seen a specimen, was peculiarly beautiful, capable of receiving the highest polish, and when polished, reflecting the light in the most varied manner, like the surface of a crystal, and from the many forms of the fibers offering a different figure in whatever direction it was viewed.” Are we living too fast? is not new. The question But we go on living; have we settled the problem? Hardly, unless everyday observation more than belies the record. The LUMBERMAN is not given to moralizing. The aim of each paragraph written is to get at some- thing thoroughly practical, but the observation of a neighbouring commercial journal “catches us” as hay- ing a very practical bearing, while possessing a strong moral coloring. “It was once the custom,” says this representative of iron and steel, “to offer sacrifices to Moloch. The offerings to this gentleman were not of jewelery, vegetables or cash, but of human lives, served up on a hot coal or in a bloody basket. The altar of this man-eater was a shamble, in which the patriarch and the babe, the rich and the poor, the wise man and the fool, went into ashes and mincemeat without fear or a coroners jury. We are fortunately living in better times. The butcher’s shop is closed, and Moloch is out of business. The modern man is no longer served on a gridiron or a plate to a cannibal god. Weare, however, doing some occasional whittling on the old block. Ina refined and conventional fashion we are offering sacri- fices of time, health and mentality to a modern Moloch. This last and improved edition of the man-eater is overwork. We live in a rapid age. The clock is too slow and the days too short. We spread a mile of life on a yard of time, and by burning the business candle at both ends the light goes out in the middle instead of at the bottom. Business isa race-horse seldom in the pad- dock, but mostly on the track. Everything moves under the spur and whip. In the totals of progress we have forgotten the invoices of human life. The commercial structure is immense and magnificent. We spread print- ers’ ink in statistical Te Deums and are patriotically proud of our national supremacy. But under the super- structure is a catacomb and on the back page of business statistics an extended list of lunatics and invalids and a growing pile of undertakers’ bills. Attention has been called to this fact by physicians and publicists, but the underground railway to asylums and cemeteries is still running on time and paying dividends. In the modern conditions of business, it seems to be necessary for some men to be sacrificed for the rest. They are pivotal in their different vocations. When the king-pin is missing the wagon stops. Such men labor beyond the limits of reason and the endurance of nature. Life is a file of invoices. Rest is simply an anxious man sandwiched for a few hours between two sheets, with broken nerves, delinquent health and spells of sleeplessness and night- mare. Artificial remedies are resorted to in order to postpone the usual catastrophe. Opiates, capsules and stimulants are used to stop the cracks in a leaky ship, with the usual finale, in a heavy cargo and a dead cap- tain. There may be an excuse but there is no disguise for this fact. It is deplorably common. Overworksis becoming a public enemy. When business men are conscious of its encroachments on their vitality, they should wisely call a halt, not forgetting that even in this age of cupidity a bank account and a big business is no offset to premature exhaustion, a soft brain and a short life.” The Moloch Of Modern Business. — Has your subscription to CANADA LUMBERMAN ex- pired? Subscription $1.00 a year. | 3 . i = ; t [ | - mur. Marcu, 1892 AROUND THE CHAUDIERE. BY MOSES OATES. ~FKROM an interesting sketch of the Chaudiere, pub- lished in a recent issue of the Empire, written over the well-known pseudonym of “Moses Oates,” we re- print the following excerpts, which more particularly describe the lumber side of this great lumber district :— “The Parliament buildings and the Chaudiere, with the industries clustered around it possess, however, more interest than anything else in the environments of the twin cities of Ottawa and Hull. Comparatively few Canadians have visited Ottawa, but the architecture of the buildings has been made familiar to everyone through engravings. The beauty of these stately piles, with their exquisitely graceful towers, cannot be appre- ciated unless they are actually seen. Engravings can scarcely hint the rich, warm, restful coloring which here, more perhaps than in any public structures on this con- tinent, give the architecture an indescribable and sur- passing charm. _ The Chaudiere is a more magnificent and more inter- esting spectacle. It almost defies description and can- not well be photographed; so it does not receive the attention from the public at a distance that it merits. In stupendous turmoil it surpasses Niagara. It is full of sentiment, and yet is one of the most practical bread- and-butter affairs in existence. Its height falls short of the expectation of a visitor. “Though the total descent of the river is sixty feet, the fall proper is only about forty feet high, and scarcely seems half so much. But when you are in Ottawa you cannot forget the cataract. The roar is everywhere. It penetrates the hotels. A stranger—I have several times mistaken it for the roar of rain on the roof. Its sound is a multitudinous mur- It enters the halls of Parliament at times; on the square it is as the sound of a Niagara. But when you look over the cliff westward up to the broad city of lum- ber that stretches, with its slides and water avenues, across the valley from Ottawa to Hull, you see no adequate cause. A latticed bridge spans a narrow chasm hemmed in by mills. Behind it, above it and below is a gleaming roll of mist from which emerges on the dark waters a long, tossing undulating serpent of foam that winds slowly down the widening river, passes below your eyes, and miles away eastward till lost where the river curves out of sight. The river view towards and beyond the falls is beautiful, but no falls are visible ; only a glinting as of bright bayonets flashing in the sun amid the smoke of battle. ON THE LUMBER FLATS. To understand the Chaudiere you must go there. Winter has its peculiar charms for this excursion, but summer, on the whole, is better. A horse-car line, winding deviously along the streets on the bluff, gives you glimpses now and then of the lumber flats below. At last you descend into the strange wooden city of the Chaudiere, the largest lumbering centre in the world. Interest grows with every yard of your progress. Lum- ber, lumber everywhere; countless piles on piles, that shut out the vision and fill your nostrils with the balm of the piney woods. Railway tracks cross your path and wind in amongst the mills. The famous slides, the running of which is one of the most coveted and thrill- ing experiences life conveniently affords, pass under you and away. Lanes of water run here and there. Where they open on your way you catch momentary vistas of mills and wooden causeways and bridges, of terraces and gorges of water and roaring cascades that leap or tumble from glassy basins into foaming depths, whose multiplicity and distribution are confusing. Your ears are stunned by the sounding waters. Your eyes are delighted with phalanxes of crystal spouts, breaking into foam, and sending up from shady depths almost impalp- able clouds of spray, against which rainbows bridge the “mysterious waterways, and veil in glory the dim interiors of the wide-mouthed mills where men move and saw rip their stately, deliberate way, as in a pantomine. Now and then, as your car rattles on, you get a glimpse in the sombre east, above the lumber piles and rainbows and noise and turmoil, of the calm and beautiful towers and on Parliament hill, while up water lanes leading ‘into the glowing west you see booms and logs, and zyond them the lake-like expanse of twinkling river, etching towards the wilderness. ACAaG — > as | The car stops near the bridge, and opposite that colos- sal congregation of belts and saws, pillars and beams and shafts, known as Booth’s sawmill. It is, since its recent enlargement, the greatest lumber mill in the world, and has a capacity of 100,000,000 feet per annum. The car stops and trembles, and as you leave it and walk on, the quivering is that of a gentle earthquake. The ground seems solid enough, but you doubt whether or not you are on terri firma; whether the quaking is due to the buried Ottawa, tossing and tumbling along sub- teranean ways, or to the mighty impact of the falls near by. You step upon the suspension bridge, and sud- denly, past the angle of the great mill, with a roar at once augmented a hundred-fold, the Chaudiere, en- wrapped in shining mist, bursts upon you. A SCENE OF STUPENDOUS TUMULT. As you lean over the railing your first thought is scarcely of the falls. Their height is insignificant ; they are much overtopped by the by no means lofty structure of plank and beam that pushes out into the mist and surges of the basin. But you do not think of that for the moment. Your senses are filled with the stupendous tumult and slow and awful strength of the surging floods pent and struggling through the chasm below. The sound of many waters is in your ears, the thud and thun- der of the fall of mighty floods; the hiss and swish and roar of a thousand voices of the cataract calling from the seething chasm, from the cascades pouring over timbers and rocks on either side, and from the rolling spouting clouds of spray, through which in front a myriad blades of light flash dazzling from the face of the falls. Then you have leisure and disposition to enjoy the scene in detail and appreciate the very varied beauty which, in a measure, unequalled in any noted cataract elsewhere appeals to every mood and change of the soul. Through the spray above the falls is seen the broad sur- face of the Ottawa, twinkling against the green of the distant shore and spanned far out to the islets in mid- stream by the silver gleam which marks the first roll of the cataract. Then the great river, here a full mile in width, suddenly converges within a quarter of a mile, and almost at right angles, and after yielding minor rivers to the lumber flats, gathers for its plunge into the “cauldron” of the Chaudiere. On the right, or Ottawa side, the river comes in deep, smooth, stately flow; on the left the shallower waters, curving in by the Quebec shore over ledges of limestone far apart, flow down a succession of long lines of little glistening falls. In mid-stream the deep river becomes more and more disturbed as it nears its plunge. It breaks and tosses now and then into feathery foam, and here and there swells into rounds and ridges, or sinks into permanent hollows, where the gathering waters pour in from either side and go raging down the rock-rifts worn up stream from the edge of the gorge. Then comes the mighty plunge. A UNIQUE CATARACT. It the spectacle of a great river, ranking with the larg- est in Europe, suddenly contracting from the width of a mile to force its furious way through a rock-bound pass- age not 200 feet across, has a few parallels, in irregular- ity of outline the falls of the Chaudiere are absolutely unique amongst great cataracts. The river flows from west to east; but the waters fall from every direction. A deep crack or gorge, 500 feet in length, extends north and south athwart the stream, but not the whole way across. A second gorge runs eastward from the south end of this crack with the direction of the river and passes under the bridge. Above the bridge a third ravine enters the second from the north. The three gorges form the edges of a somewhat quadrangular plateau of rock extending out from the Quebec shore, and on a level with the riverbed just above the main falls. Over this plateau the river flows and spreads, and falls from three faces, west, south and east into the chasms. As the mid-waters of the 1iver flow directly over into the great transverse crack, and the waters converging from the left pass the main fall by and pour into the gorge from the south, the Chaudiere has five sides. In full flood the cataract has a continuous angu- lar front of nearly 2,000 feet. It is this extraordinary peculiarity of outline which gives to these falls their unrivalled magnificence of tumult and makes their name Chaudiere, or “Cauldron”—so peculiarly appropriate. Ww Nor is the Chaudiere lacking in historic interest. More than two and a-half centuries ago Champlain camped here. The cauldron was familiar to nearly every adventurous spirit of the ancient regime, for this was the gateway to the vast and mysterious west before a white man had seen Lake Erie, or heard the roar of Niagara Falls. Here the great canoe fleets of the Hurons paused on their way to and from the little trad- ing fort at Montreal, and through the dark woods fring- ing the chasm poured hundreds of dusky warriors in the arduous toil of the portage. Here the bloody Iroquois, boldly penetrating from their southern home, lay in wait, and sometimes their dreaded warwhoop mingled with the roar of the cataract. All is changed: the last vestiges of the primeval for- est have long since disappeared. But the Chaudiere is more a place of portage than ever. Steamers puff their strenuous way into the lower surges of the cataract. From hundreds of miles above the forests come down and emerge on the broad river below in lumber destined for the markets of two continents. A great causeway runs from the bridge to Hull and overlooks the terraced cascades of the ravine. It is thronged from morning till night with thousands of busy feet, for at its further end clusters one of the marvels of the Chaudiere, the colossal factories of Eddy, of Hull, from whose industry within a generation a whole city has sprung into being.” CAN SMOKE BE BURNED ? S a matter of fact smoke, at the temperature neces- sary to ignite carbon, may be consumed, but smoke once created and carried by excess of draught from the hottest part of the furnace onward to the smokestack, may not be consumed. It requires a tem- perature of 800° to ignite carbon. The answer to the question must be with a view to practical value, and to compress the matter necessary to be understood. For answer we will assume a fresh fire be made and fed with bituminous coal. A large volume of smoke is seen to be given off and hurried by the draught to the smokestack. Of what is that smoke composed? There is, firstly, the water that is in the coal converted into vapor, and that vapor is the carrier of the matter that we call smoke ; that smoke is composed of hydrocarbons, and the more solid matter that is chiefly carbon. Now, bear in mind that the smoke is of the coal a part; yet one part is consumed and the other part escapes as soot and smoke. Why, burning is an act of contact, intermixture, ignition and union, by which the hydrocarbons and the solid carbon in the fuel enter into union with the oxygen derived by the draught from the outer air; that union, to be perfect, must be in scientifically determined propor- tions; if the air supplied be insufficient, then the union will be limited and the volatile constituents of the coal will pass away as soot; if the air be in excess the temperature will be lowered and the solid particles of carbon from the disintegrating coal will be carried by the draught from the fire-bed unconsumed to the smokestack as.smoke. If the requisite oxygen was supplied in contact with the ignited and igniting coals, then the smoke would be consumed, for that smoke is only comminuted parts of the coal resulting from disintegration of the greater parts, the disintegration caused by the heat resulting from the union of the oxygen supplied and as much of the combustible particles of the coal in a gaseous state as that oxygen can take up. Now, as combustion is an act of union, there will be no smoke from that which enters into union, and if there be a sufficiency of oxygen to enter into union with all the gases of the furnace, then by their intermixture there will be union, creating sufficiency of temperature for ignition of and combustion of the solid carbon particles, as well as of the volatile constituents ; and no smoke. The answer, therefore, to the question: “Can smoke be burned?” is yes, with the exact required proportion of oxygen in contact with, and intermixing with, the gases in the furnace; without the exact required propor- tions, and under the ordinary usual conditions of firing, with or without the hundreds of schemes, many of them revived fallacies for smoke-burning, it is not possible to burn smoke in the furnace; that is to say, it is not pos- sible to burn smoke in the furnace except and to the extent of the portion that has entered into union with the oxygen provided by the draught from the atmosphere. 6 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN APRIL, 1892 PUBLISHED ON THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH ee JAISUDNESQGONSY SA WCVSYMOWOWMISe OFFICE. 75 CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE BUILDING Toronto, ONTARIO TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : One Copy One Year; in advance <./5<:.55 oceanic secandenenne oe $1.00 One Copy Six Months, in advance «0 ooo... neces oe een eye is = 50 Foreign Subscriptions, $1.25 a Year ADVERTISING RATES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION Tre CanapA LUMBERMAN is published in the interests of the lumber trade and of allied industries throughout the Dominion, being the only re- presentative in Canada of this foremost branch of the commerce of this coun- try. 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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 encour- aging us to render it even more complete. ONTARIO CROWN LANDS. THE annual report of the Commissioner of Crown Lands for this province is a document of special interest to lumbermen. Notwithstanding the unpopularity of the average blue book we do not know why every citizen should not be deeply interested in this particular The proud position of Ontario to-day 1s due in no small measure to the wealth of her for- est products. What we shall yet be will be dependent, in part at least, on the future management of these pro- ducts. There would appear to be no valid reason for dissatisfaction with the management in the past. In matters of detail, there are those who will criticise this management. We suppose mistakes have been made; we do not know that infallibility is clatmed by the Com- missioner; but broadly, the generally successful and satisfactory results to the province at large is the best comment on the generally wise administration of our wood and forest interests by Mr. Hardy and his associ- ates. We will all trust that this record may be sustained throughout the years to come. It will not be the case, however, without more skillful management each year than in any of the years preceding. Our timber products become less with each season’s cutting. As shown in the Ministers report, to which we refer more in detail below, losses are continually experienced from the ray- ages of the bush fire. In a sentence, our woods and forests are not inexhaustible. When we had plenty we could perhaps afford to be prodigal; to quote Poor Rich- ard: “When the well is dry we know the worth of water ” A timber famine is not yet imminent in Ontario, but the long view of public affairs is the wise view, and its appli- cation to our forest wealth will mean a continuation to the province of the prosperity it has so amply enjoyed in the past. The past year: The Commissioner inform us in the report laid before the House at the present session that the tetal collections from woods and forests amounted to $1,022,619.31, which includes $172,521.22 on account of bonuses, leaving the revenue from timber dues, ground rent, etc., $850,068.09. volume. Little or no improvement is said to have taken place in the “square timber trade during the year, but the large stocks held in the makers’ hands and at ports of shipment have materially decreased, and as only a lim- ited quantity of timber is being taken out this winter there is good prospect of the square timber trade being soon in a satisfactory condition. The sawn lumber trade has been fairly active during the year, and, though there has not been a great advance in values, the demand for lumber has been sufficient to keep prices firm. The output of logs and timber last year was less than that of the previous year, and consequently the stocks of logs and lumber held at the mills have been greatly reduced. From present appearances, if the winter continues favor- able, the output of sawlogs for the coming year will be greatly in excess of last year, and a consequently in- creased accrual ot revenue may be expected.” About 95,000,000 feet of pine timber damaged by fire on the north shore of Lake Huron was placed on the market for sale, and disposed of at prices satisfactory to the department. Besides this loss, a result of the ex- tremely dry weather of the past summer, about 100,000,- ooo feet, more or less, were damaged on licensed lands, but, owing to the presence of the fire rangers, the local- ities where the damage was done and the quantities damaged were known in time to enable the licencees to make arrangements to cut so much of the timber as would be wasted if not at once manufactured. The es- timated loss on account of timber burnt on licensed lands, from figures furnished by the licensees, would appear to be about $70,000. What the net loss from these fires will be to the province cannot yet be defin- itely stated until the cutting is completed, but there seems to be little doubt that had it not been for the fire ranging service of the department these losses would have proven much heavier. The largest limit- holders in the province avail themselves of the service; and last season thirty-seven of the various lumber firms had rangers upon their limits. The number of rangers employed was ninety-eight, at a cost of $20,053.24. In answer to circulars sent out the licencees have expressed themselves well satisfied with the fire ranging service. The Ontario Cullers’ Act came into operation for the first time last year, which necessitated the holding of examinations at various points throughout the province to test the fitness of persons desiring to be licensed to cull sawlogs and timber cut upon Crown lands. Each of the examining Boards consisted of three ‘skilled per- sons, one of whom represented the lumbering interests, the other two being selected by the department. Ex- aminations were held at thirteen of the most important and easily accessible lumbering centres; 383 candidates were examined, of whom 371 were found qualified and granted licenses. CROWN LANDS IN NEW BRUNSWICK. THE system of management of Crown Lands in New Brunswick has been a source of discontent and fric- tion in that province for many years. To endeavor to remedy the various evils the Local Legislature in July, 1890, appointed a commission with instructions to enter fully into the question and report to the House at a later date. The Commission have taken nearly two years to complete the work, holding eighteen meetings during that time, with the result that the report is now in the hands of the provincial secretary. The instructions to the Commission were in these words: “To investigate and report upon the best method of administering the Crown timber lands of the province, and in so doing to consider and report upon the relative merits of long and short leases; as to the rate of stump- age proper to be charged, having regard to the state and condition of the lumber market and the competition to which the New Brunswick product is subject in Euro- pean markets; also as to the relative advantages and disadvantages to which the trade is subject in the northern section of the province as compared with the southern section; also as to what aid, if any, can pro- perly be given, and upon what rivers and streams, towards facilitating driving operations; also as to what changes could with advantage be proposed and adopted in respect to the scaling of logs and lumber; also as to the permanent employment of scalers or rangers by the year and the mode of compensation to those officials ; also as to the protection and conservation of the forest wealth of the province.” A circular was sent to those engaged in the lumber business in other provinces, and also to the leading lumbermen of New Brunswick, in which accurate information and statistics were sought on various troublesome points. Oral testimony was like- wise taken from a number of persons interested in: lumber affairs. The report favors long leases rather than short leases, as being in the interests of both the Crown and lessee and is consistent with the practice in Maine, and is said to be the general desire of the principal operators in the province. The recommendation is made that at the expiration of the term for which existing leases are held the lumber lands be leased at public auction, to be held by the lessees thereof by yearly license, renewable from year to year during the pleasure of the Government under conditions of compliance with all regulations made or to be made by the Governor-in-Council. The Commission say they are of the opinion that “the pres- ent value of the timber upon the Crown lands is consid- erably in excess of the rate or price for stumpage now obtained therefor, and if it were husbanded a rate of stumpage very much larger, perhaps double the present rate, would be realized within a few years. It is urged that there should be a strict enforcement of the law against cutting under-sized trees for pulpwood as well as. piling. To correct this prevailing abuse the Commis- sioners advise that in all such cases double stumpage be- charged. They would not at present advise discrimin- ating rates of stumpage in different sections of the pro- vince, but advise that the stumpage on cedar be made the same as on spruce and pine logs. Following on the lines of management of Crow lands in Ontario the Commission further recommend the permanent employment of men of experience and char- acter to act as scalers, rangers, fire police, fishery and game wardens, assistants in surveying, etc., at fixed yearly salaries, to be paid out of the Crown land reve- nues. The Commission would have these appointments non-political. They find that at present the scaling is not uniform, and that while in many cases operators have had their logs over-scaled, yet on the whole there has been a loss of stumpage to the Province of perhaps 20 per cent. No reasonable expenditure, it is stated, should be considered too great for the protection of tim- ber lands from fire, and a clause should be inserted in all leases requiring lessees to use every reasonable pre- caution to protect them against fire. They would have an appropriation made annually to be expended in retracing and marking established lines of survey, and would like to have all the timber lands of the Province surveyed into blocks of not more than five miles square, and the quantity of lumber thereon ap- proximately ascertained, when the expense is warranted. They direct attention to the injury done to the lumber- ing interest as well as to the reputation of the Province as an agricultural district by permitting settlers to locate on timber lands which are unfit for tillage. They also direct attention to the waste of hemlock timber when cut for the purpose of obtaining bark, the logs being left to rot in the woods. The report is signed by the three commissioners = Messrs. A. F. Randolph, Frank Todd and Hon. Allan Ritchie. It has been looked for with more than ordin- ary interest by lumbermen both imside and outside of New Brunswick; and will prove of general interest to LUMBERMAN readers in their desire to keep in intelli- gent touch with lumber affairs generally. LUMBER TARIFFS. OuR Ottawa correspondent has something to say of the several deputations which have waited upon the Government within the past month asking that certain changes be made in the lumber tariff. The requests named were in the line of increased duties on lumber; the paper men asking for a re-impo- sition of the duties on spruce, and British Columbians that Douglas fir be protected. Mr. Ives’ notice of mo- tion calls for a re-imposition of the duty on all sawlogs. On the Ist inst., after our Ottawa letter was in print, a large and influential deputation waited on Messrs. Abbott, Foster and Bowell, taking diametrically oppo- site ground on the lumber duties to that advocated by vat ete italia, wees. ~~ ¢ a q ApRIL, 1892 THE CANADA LUMBER MATY 7 the previous deputations. The lumbermen present were : Speaker White, Messrs. McCarthy, O’Brien, Bennett, Tyrwhitt and Edwards, of the House of Commons; Messrs. J. R. Booth, Hiram Robinson, Egan, James Gillies, F. W. Powell, David Maclaren and C. H. Ed- wards, representing the Ottawa lumber interests; and Messrs. James Scott, Waubaushene; D. L. White, Mid- land; J. L. Burton and H. H. Strathy, Barrie; A. H. Campbell, Toronto. These gentlemen strongly opposed the reimposition of the export duty upon either sawlogs or wood pulp, believing that it must inevitably result in Canadian lumber coming under the operations of the clause of the McKinley Act which imposes a practically prohibitive duty upon lumber imported from countries which impose an export duty upon logs. They also strongly opposed the proposed increase in the duty upon mess pork, contending that Canadian farmers are yet unable to supply the demand, and that the imposition of the extra 1'4 cents per pound could only result in loss to the lumbermen. In our Michigan letter, and also in the ELI columns, some brief reference is made to tariff matters in the United States. The fact is that nothing has yet taken a formative shape in actual legislation in either country. The Washington convention fell flat, only about fifty representatives visiting the Capital. United States lumbermen are in no sense unanimous in their opposition to Mr. Bryan’s bill, whilst others are perfectly indiffer- ent, and not a few would welcome free lumber. The Chicago Timberman counsels its friends “to keep cool and speak softly; even if the tariff were removed the United States would survive the shock and lumber still be worth more than cost.” And the New York Lumber Trades Journal says: “A duty does not protect the lum- ber dealer, but it does protect the owner of stumpage; yellow pine does not compete to any great extent with Canada pine; and the price of pine beams and heart flooring is very little affected by the price of Canada pine.” It is a case where some are doing a good deal of barking. The watchful dog must sustain his record for watchfulness, but the bark is very harmless. EDITORIAL NOTES. DENVER, Col., is to have a lumber trust, framed with sufficient ingenuity to avoid the penalties of the law. WE have received, too late for insertion or comment in this number of the LUMBERMAN, a letter from Mr. Wm. Little, of Montreal, Que., anent tariff matters. Some mention will be made of the subject in May. THE Forestry division of the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture have been making a series of tests to ascertain whether the allegation that the withdrawal of resinous matter from the long leaf pine of the south has an injurious effect upon the strength of the trees subjected to these tests. This practice is known as “Hoxing” the timber, because the gathering of the resin is done by cutting a recess (box) into the foot of the tree, which is called “boxing” the tree, and then scarring (chipping ) the trunk above the box, increasing the size of the scar from year to year. From this scar the semi- liquid resin exudates and drains into the box; this pro- cess is continued for four years, and then the trees, les- sening in yield, are abandoned. The current public belief has been that the timber of these “boxed” trees, sometimes called “turpentine timber,” is deteriorated by the process. Not only is its durability, in which this species excels, believed to be lessened, but also its strength, and hence its value in the market has been considerable reduced. Since annually from 500,000 to 750,000 acres of this pine are boxed, involving in this assumed deterioration, at the lowest estimate, 1,000,000,- ooo feet, B.M., of lumber, a considerable loss in values, counting by millions of dollars, is thereby incurred. Mr. Fernow, chief of the forestry division, made some 115 tests of “boxed” timber. He does not admit that his conclusions from the experiments made are to be absolute. He thinks it may be desirable to extend the investigation. The finding, however, is this: “Although enough tests have not been made to enable general laws to be formulated, the tests are suf- ficient in number to indicate that, generally speaking, “boxed” longleaf pine loses none of its strength on account of undergoing that practice.” HE shrewd business man fits in his business to suit the requirements of the locality where he is domi- ciled. No sane man would think of opening an ice-cream restaurant among the Esquimaux, nor expect to do a thriving coal trade in the heart of Central Africa. But such conditions might possibly be reversed with some advantage to all concerned. Lumberman John Gunyo, of Brighton, Ont., is one of the men who aims to do business where business can be done. I hada talk with him a few days ago and learned that he has purchased a new property in this thriving village, which he will fit up with modern machinery for the manufacture of cheese boxes and barrels. Brighton is the centre of a large cheese manufacturing country and Mr. Gunyo’s trade in this direction may be taken as assured. Elm is grown in good quantities in the vicinity and is cut by Mr. Gunyo in his sawmill at Smithfield. * % * * Is not this a sensible view as expressed by the presi- dent of the Chicago Lumbermen’s Association in his annual address? He said: “If our present business fails to show that measure of profit which the outlay of time and capital employed would seem to warrant, I cannot resist the conclusion that undue competition among ourselves in our home market is more at fault than the natural competition we must always expect to meet from other markets, seeking the same outlets for their lumber product.” “Save me from my friends” has been the prayer of more than one man, and itis true that the obstacles that thwart trade in all lines of com- merce, and we know it to be the case in lumber, and not confined to Chicago, are often from within rather than from without. I often think if those who take a partic- ular enjoyment in fighting supposed enemies from an opposite camp would busy themselves in making the roadway clean before their own door, or, if you like, examine the condition of the mote in their own eye, that they would realize substantial business results much more quickly. x * * Mr. Phipps, provincial forestry officer, with commend- able persistency, never loses an opportunity to put in a word on his favorite subject—forestry. I was glad to learn of his talk to the boys of Upper Canada college a few days ago. Catch a Scotchman, it is said, when he is young, and imbue him with right notions on any sub- ject and one has an ardent disciple for all time. Others besides Scotchmen are shaped right when caught young. It was a happy idea of Mr. Phipps to undertake to impart to these college youths correct thoughts and principles in regard to one of the richest of our natural products. Who knows but what a future Commissioner of Crown Lands was in that audience? We may be sure that future parliamentarians were there; doubtless, successors to the lumber operators of this day ; certainly the coming citizen was there. The question of forestry is a Citizen’s question, and the boys of all our educational institutions, from the lowest to the highest, should be taught the leading principles of forestry. Let me whisper to the Minister of Education, who has always shown himself ready to fall in with any suggestion of a national character, that it would be a popular move to arrange for a talk on “Forestry” by Mr. Phipps, or other experts, to public school and high school pupils, and it would not be a mistake for the teachers themselves to have a lecture on the subject. * & * I have heard an amusing story of an old-time lum- ber king of Aroostook county, Me., which readers of this page will enjoy, perhaps more particularly those of New Brunswick, some of whom were doubtless ac- quainted with Colonel John Goddard, the subject of the yarn, who was at one time a prominent figure in Ashland and other parts of Maine. He was an eccentric genius sd i and was made the leading character in a novel called “Now-a-Days.” On one occasion, when he wanted to hire an ox teamster, Goddard went into the barroom of a tavern to test the ability to drive his oxen of a dozen He hands and knees and acted the part of a contrar his Vy OX, woodsmen gathered there. got down upon inviting the crowd to display their skill as teamsters. Several tried and failed to suit the great lumberman, when up stepped a strapping young six-footer, who re- marked that he could start any ox in Aroostook. He took the goad-stick, in the end of which was a long brad, and tried the ordinary methods for a while, but Then the new candidate for teamster suddenly jammed the busi- ness end of the goad an inch deep into Goddard’s flank, and the result was startling. The lumberman emitted a yell which could be heard across the St. John, sprang to his feet and wanted to fight. But he cooled down under the calm gaze of the six-footer, joined the the ox shook his head and wouldn’t budge. general laugh and hired the man on the spot. + * & Ship-building calls for spars and masts to-day much larger in size than those used in the years 1865 to 1870. Then the vessels built were smaller than the crafts of to-day. New Hampshire and Maine, supplied the timbers for these purposes at that time. But their forests are thinned out of suitable timbers, and British Columbia and Washing- ton Territory are enjoying this trade to-day. Mr. J. L. Cunningham, of Boston, whose business it is to supply masts for ships to the Atlantic shipbuilders, tells in an interview something of this trade. ‘ The northern pine,” he says, “is next to the white oak in strength, and has double the strength of the eastern pine. I buy nothing over 115 feet in length, but we could get masts 150 feet long it we wanted them. It is little trouble to get a stick 150 feet long without a knot. The lumber business in the State of Washington is extremely dull, and half the mills along Puget Sound are idle. A stick that cost $110 a year ago can now be bought for $60. The reason? The South American and Australian markets have been overstocked, and there is no demand. The markets are glutted. Why, a year ago the freight on 1,000 feet of lumber to South American ports was $21.50; to-day it is $9.50, and the worst of it is there are no prospects of improvement for the present. A cargo per year of such spar timber is shipped in the rough, and the masts are shaped at New England and eastern shipyards.” Our eastern provinces, together with ek Ke ak Our old friend, P. O. Byram, of Victoria Co., N.B., writes: Mr. Ext, by the looks of your keen eye, I think you can tell us the most destructive animals with which we have to contend, and how to keep them from destroy- ing our commonwealth. I may be mistaken; but, as the Yankee says: I presume to calculate its the highest grade of the human species. About fifty years ago, before the grading of animals was known, our graneries held out and supported the race without fear or alarm ; and owing to the toll coming indirectly out of the con- sumer’s dish, they were not aware it cost anything to support them. But since Confederation and the grad- ing by class took place, we have attained to a state of such high cultivation consumers begin to view their sit- uation with alarm, and fear the bottom will fall out of their grain bin. I propose to change the programme, taking the toll to find the stock, instead of taking it indi- rectly out of the consumers, and they not aware how much it costs them to keep up the race; take it direct oat of capital, according to number of thousand dollars in matter, instead of out of the poor consumer, having to support eight or ten children, under the head of protec- tion and indirect taxation. In how long capitalists will stand to be taxed to hold out a premium to Brother Johnathan of thirty-five cents in shingles and $2.00 per M. put on other lumber for them to cross the lines above Grand Falls; to slaughter our forests and carry it on the American side to manufacture it. But in Ottawa, New Brunswick interests are poorly represented or they would not stand such nonsense. What’s your opinion about it? THE CANADA LUMBERMAN is a most excellent trade paper, and ably represents the interests of the Canadian lumbermen.—Chicago Lumber Trades Journal. 8 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN APRIL, 1892 OTTAWA LETTER. | Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN]. HE Government has been waited upon during the month by several deputations directly or indirectly connected with our timber interests. The paper makers are pressing their claims for a re- imposition of the export duty on wood exported to the United States for the manufacture of paper. A deputa- tion consisting of Mr. John McFarlane, manager of the Canada Paper Company and President of the Paper Makers’ Union of Canada; Mr. E. B. Eddy, of the Hull Paper Mills; Mr. John R. Scott, of the Napanee Paper Mills; Mr. Rowley, manager for E. B. Eddy, and Mr. J. J. Gormultly, Q.C., Ottawa, had a conference a few days ago with Mr. Abbott, Mr. Foster and Mr. Mackenzie Bowell touching tlis matter. Spruce pulpwood and spruce logs are being heavily drained upon by United States concerns and it is on these specially that a re- imposition of the duty is asked. It was pointed out that when the United States had, under the conditions of the McKinley Bill, reduced the duty on pine lumber to $1.00 per thousand feet, spruce was not included, and remains at $2.00 per thousand, whilst the export duty on spruce logs was removed altogether, as in the case of pine logs. This has given the United States dealer, it is alleged, an unfair control of our spruce stocks. The United States had in the meantime imposed a duty on ground wood pulp of $2.50 a ton, a rate which amounted to about $1.25 a cord; and in that way, spruce being largely the substance from which ground wood pulp is made, their tariff practically prohibited the importation of that article into the United States, except at the high rate of duty, thereby getting the better of Canada. The Government has also been approached by the British Columbia members, who consider that in the constitution of the McKinley Bill an invidious distinction has been made against Douglas fir, a rich product of the Pacific province, as with spruce in Quebec and New Brunswick. They ask for a similar duty on pitch pine and redwood imported into Canada to that exacted by the United States Government upon Douglas fir enter- ing the United States, unless the British Columbia Douglas fir is admitted free into the United States. Supplementing these requests of a special character from lumbermen is the notice of motion of Mr. Ives, M.P., which has a position on the order paper asking for a re-imposition of the duty on sawlogs all round; in other words, going back to conditions before the Mc- Kinley Bill was a known article of legislation. The First minister and his colleagues have promised to give prompt consideration to the wishes of the paper men and Bnitish Columbia lumbermen, but with what effect it is difficult to say. It looks, however, as if Mr. Ives, who is a Government supporter, though he had been disposed to kick, will be kept reasonably quiet, and his motion will probably get no further than the order paper. AFFAIRS OF THE CASSELMAN LUMBER CO. More than ordinary interest is being taken by all classes in the affairs of the Casselman Lumber Co., now in liquidation. The statement of assets and liabilities prepared by Mr. J. M. Garland, liquidator, shows the total liabilities to be $124,000, and nominal assets $143,- ooo. These consist mainly of lands covered by mort- gage, and logs and lumber, which is largely hypo- thecated, and if placed under forced sale would exhibit a material shrinkage. Besides an action, it has been stated, has been entered by the Molson’s Bank to attempt to recover possession of a large portion of the real estate, including the large site of the sawmill, which was burned a month ago. All these circumstances give a problematical character to the estate, in which many Ottawa lumbermen and others have a considerable interest as creditors. A wider interest is felt by the residents of the village of Casselman, the very existence of which is practically dependent upon the welfare of the company. If the company is to be wiped out it almost means the extinguishing of Casselman, and a serious loss of trade to storekeepers both of the village and in Ottawa. OTTAWA, ONT., March 28, 1892. , Thirty million feet of logs are banked on the Tillaba- wassu River at Midland and 20,000,000 at Averill, Mich. BRITISH COLUMBIA LETTER. {Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN]. R. JOHN WILSON, manager of the Brunette Saw- mill Co., has recently returned from a trip to the Australian colonies, and shrewd, observing man as he is, every opportunity was utilized to study the country and its people. Mr. Wilson went on business, of course, and we have reason to believe that his mission in this respect was successful. Trade in Australia, as LUMBERMAN readers know, has been very flat for some time back, though the outlook is now rather more promising. Labor disturb- ances have crippled business in these colonies, as they have in other parts of the world. Mr. Wilson’s opinion is that the strikes in Melbourne and Queensland have been the means of keeping a great deal of capital out of the country. Australia has got great undeveloped wealth in min- erals, etc., and, with the exception of the “colony of Victoria, the exports exceed the imports. The feeling is general in all the colonies that a steamship line from British Columbia direct would be of great benefit, not alone to them but to Canada, and they are hopeful not only of seeing the two countries connected with a direct steamship line, but also with a commercial cable. When this becomes an accomplished fact the C.P.R. will be the highway between the Australian colonies and Eng- land. The time now occupied between Vancouver and Sydney is twenty-eight days. This could easily be reduced to twenty days by a direct line. Mr. Wilson was rather astonished at the railways in Australia, which are all run by the colonial Governments, on the European system. He says the Australian mer- chants are more anxious to increase their dealings with Canada than with the United States. Six years ago the Broker Hill Silver Mines were bought for $7,000 and since then have paid the stock- holders $15,000,000, and are to-day worth a fabulous amount. The town of Broker Hill, when Mr. Wilson visited it, was depending upon the railway for its water supply, and water was then selling at six shillings per 100 gallons, to a population of 30,000 people. The thermometer at Broker Hill registered 103” in the shade. The federation of all the Australian colonies is looked for in the near future, and sanguine people think this will be the forerunner of Imperial Federation. Mr. Wilson enjoyed his Christmas dinner in the height of summer, and with a fan in his hand. GREAT LUMBER DEAL. A big deal in British Columbia timber and sawmill properties was consummated last week, when Mr. L. H. Northey, acting for himself and Senator Drumm, Mr. W. B. Allan, Mr. P. A. Paulson and Mr. B. Carmody, of Tacoma, entered into an agreement with Mr. W. P. Sayward, of Victoria, to purchase his big mill, in opera- tion at Rock Bay, his timber limits comprising some 15,000 acres on Vancouver Island, his steamers and all the other paraphenalia of the immense business, which is one of the oldest established and most important in British Columbia. The contract figure is not yet made public, but it is understood to be in the neighborhood of $350,000. The company purchasing are allowed until the first day of May to inspect the timber, which has not yet been thoroughly examined, and then Mr. Sayward is to have sixty days in which to wind up affairs. The acquisition of the Sayward property will give Mr. Nor- they and his associates 50,000 acres of timber land in this province, and their intention is, as soon as they take possession, to proceed with the erection of a thoroughly and modernly equipped mill in Victoria, capable of cut- ting not less than 180,000 feet per diem. SHAVINGS. The Brunette Sawmill Co. have substituted the Dick belt for the rope transmitters formerly in use, and have now the largest driving belt ever used on the mainland. It is eighty-six feet five inches in circumference, thirty- six inches wide, made endless, of gutta percha and can- vas, and it is claimed that it can be used in the water if necessary, without stretching. The fine weather continues and orders for building keep the mills busy. Prospects for trade with Australia and South America are improving. Cassaday’s shingle mill at Vancouver has cut 40,000 shingles daily for some time, which is considered very good work. Michael Fortin, of the Mission sash and door factory, reports business good. A. B. Dixon has been appointed manager of the Mis- sion sawmills. The twelve new boilers for the Moodyville mill have been brought over from Victoria. ‘The mill will be run- ning again by April tr. The Okanagan Sawmill Co. lost 9,000,000 ft. of lumber in their drying kiln last week. H.G.R. NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C., March 25, 1892. MICHIGAN LETTER. [Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] Tes State of Michigan holds the first position in the production of lumber of any State in the American Union. The following compilation, however, covering the years 1885 to 1891, shows that, with the exception of the first-named year, the product of 1891 has been the lowest in seven years. The table I here append gives the product in both lumber and shingles :— Lumber. Shingles. TSO ievn wegen k eae: 3,578,138,732 2,574,675,900 TOSG'; LS eae eee 3,984,117,175 2,988,124,232 lito tsy eptmeet tO nicpr ese a Cie 4,162,317,778 2,677,858,750 POSSE» stunt po eisepeee woe 4,292,189,014 2,846,201,000 listo ae Oa OO ROO Oy or 4,207,741,224 2,602,930,250 T8GON eae ee ee 4,085,767,849 2,469,878,750 T8015 at See 3,599,531,6068 1,813,874,250 A comparison of stocks on hand shows as follows :— Lumber. Shingles. TOSS sccharatotcnoitevecetansen ener 1,252,940,251 211,229,500 TOSOnc ne hea euu eee 1,354,101,834 283,938,000 1887 sl Roe 1,428,224,132 195,218,000 TOSS» srcrrcceter aoe as 1,463,226,000 335,952,256 BSSOs ack Serene 1,447,503,997 372,807;250 TOQOn so veya ete 1,436,878,279 376,875,750 TOOL) Ns eve ea cess 1,218,683,167 199,211,250 A reduced output is also shown in staves and headings. for 1891, compared with 1890. The figures for the former tell of the manufacture on the mills of the Sag- inaw River of 28,179,492 pine staves and 1,639,417 sets. of heading for salt packages, while in 1890 there were produced 31,981,191 staves and 2, 922,122 sets of head- ing, showing a decrease of 3,801,699 staves and 1,282,- 705 sets of heading. g While on the line of statistics I might here append some interesting figures showing how rapidly rail ship- ments of lumber are growing on the shipments by water. Take the figures of the past five years to illus- trate :— Year Water. Rail. 1887522 Snie Dee 486,185,000 261,900,000 1888... ..5...0..t.cermeares en 451,391,000 304,362,000 TSSOh cue asc aeeee 432,130,000 352,500,000 T8QO io .5c0 5 sc beens rete 409,872,000 401,847,000 _ i o10) (ER SE San FG 165/00 404,577,000 405,258,000 FREE LUMBER TALK. The lumbermen’s convention at Washington has been. a subject of more or less conversation among the repre- sentatives of the trade here. It can hardly be said that many of them enthuse to the boiling point after the manner of the Northwestern Lumberman. They are just a little too level-headed for that sort of thing. We have lumbermen who would like to see free lumber the policy of this country, and there are others who. would welcome an increased duty on all lumber coming from your country. But the trade is by no means unani- mous on any of these matters. The truth is, and the meagre interest shown by the small attendance at Wash- ington confirms this view, the trade generally do not view with serious alarm a free lumber bill should it become law. As I have already suggested, it might pinch a little in some quarters, but these drawbacks would be offset in part, if not exceeded, by advantages in other directions. PIECE STUFF. The manufacture of egg cases is one of the adjuncts of the lumber business carried on extensively in Saginaw and other parts of the State. The Mackinac division of the Michigan Central have found it necessary to increase the locomotive service owing to the heavy demands of the log traffic. Ten thousand dollars is the handsome donation of lumberman John F. Eddy, of Bay City, toward Buchtel College, at Akron, O., to be expended for a science building. SAGINAW, MICH., March 26, 1892. PICA. { [ ‘. | HM i APRIL, 1892 LUMBER UNDER COVER. is getting to be an acknowledged fact that any kind of lumber left exposed to the weather after one summer in the open air will deteriorate very rapidly, the actual loss by this means ranging from 2% to 10 per cent., according to the kind of wood and the season of exposure. It is an open question whether the loss does not commence with the first day’s exposure. Authorities differ on this head, some claiming that with the excep- tion of-a very limited number of kinds of timber all lum- ber is better for open air exposure for a certain length of time, varying with circumstances, such as thickness, variety of timber, amount of sap, etc., but more especi- ally according to the season, which in turn varies both with latitude and longitude. The area of the hardwoods is so extensive that all these conditions enter into the question so far as it pertains to them. The statement of a few practical facts on this subject will serve to help settle the question... It is generally known that the sap part of any wood is the first to decay under ordinary circumstances; but it is not so well known that if the sap wood were kept in an absolutely _ dry atmosphere it would rot no sooner than the rest of the tree. Theoretically there can be no decay without moisture coupled with sufficient heat to produce a certain chemical action. Every one knows that a quantity of green or wet lum- ber, thrown into a solid pile, if left for any time on a reasonably warm day, especially if the weather be cloudy or the air be heavily charged with moisture, will com- mence to take on a green or black stain. This stain will penetrate the entire sap portion of the lumber in a short time, varying with the temperature and humidity, and with many kinds of lumber will spread to the heart por- tion, becoming in all cases indelible. This green or black stain is in reality a mold or fun- goid growth, which is the first visible evidence of the chemical changes leading to decay. For all practical purposes the solid matter in all hardwoods is the same, varying only in proportion, and but slightly in a long list. Thus the variations in timber are caused not by differences in solid matter, but by the different arrange- ment of the particles of that matter coupled with the fluid or volatile elements which are the life-blood of the tree. ‘ The growing tree is a complete chemical laboratory within itself, working day and night building up trunk, branches and leaves. Often the work goes on for some time after the tree is felled; but practically a complete change of chemical action takes place shortly after that event, and if the tree or the lumber into which it may be made is left unprotected, exposed to the elements, wind, rain, snow and alternating heat and cold, the chemical action of the fluids tends to the destruction rather than to the building up of the fibre. Leave the tree in the damp, shaded woods, stretched upon the ground, from which added moisture may be drawn, with the temperature above forty-five degrees, and the work of destruction, beginning with the sap por- tion and the bark, proceeds rapidly. Place the trunk in a position where external moisture will be excluded, and where, by a circulation of dry air, the fluids and volatile matter may be easily and freely evaporated, and the destructive influences are reduced to a great extent. Remove the bark, saw the log into lumber and you reduce them to a minimum. Change the location of that tree trunk or lumber to the open air, where it will be subjected to all the influences of the variable climate of the temperate zone, and the destructive forces are at once stimulated to renewed action. This covers the whole question of protecting Jumber _by covering or sheds. Even if it be conceded that it is better dried in the open air, there can be no question that so soon as the drying is accoinplished the stock will lose value rapidly thereafter if still left exposed. So well known is this fact that buyers of dry stock to hold for re-selling, count in this prospective loss as part of the cost of handling. The dealers in costly foreign woods have long realized this fact, and invariably house their stock in such a man- ner as to protect it from the weather as much as possible vithout using artificial means. UTILITY OF THE EMERY-WHEEL IN WORKSHOPS. BY J. H. MINER. OW few machinists there be that know the utility of the emery-wheel, and what it is adapted to. One- half of the machine shops throughout the country have nothing more than a grindstone, and that is used only for tool sharpening. In all branches of repair and fitting there is more or less chipping, filing, etc. The emery- wheel will reduce the part in the time it takes to tighten the work in the vice in many cases, leaves the part fin- ished a flatter face than is possible to do with the file. In fitting bolts and boxes of the ordinary class, a dozen can be fitted while one piece can be by chipping. In rough castings there is much annoyance in chipping from the particles of sand which only adds to the wheel’s cut- ting. In fitting up keys and outside work on straps, etc., it is superior to the shaper in time saving. What the emery-wheel will do is limited only to the skill of the operator. The setting, care of and the right grade of wheel for the work is a very important item, and is looked after but little. A wheel should be hung on a heavy, true and well-balanced mandrel, should have a rigid rest for the work so adjusted as to be kept right up with the wear of the wheel where side-dressing is neces- sary, aS in turning up a flat surface. The rest should be adjustable sidewise. A good wheel requires but little dressing to be kept true, if rightly set up. A rickety stand and rest condemns the wheel. Instead of cutting free, it runs with a chatter and shock of a battery, emits a lot of dust not very advisable to consumptives, while the operator’s eyes may be partly filled; and this is not all, a broken wheel is the result nine times out of ten in such cases. No work should be allowed to rock, nor should it be held loosely to the wheel. Hold it firm, and a well set wheel will reduce more in one minute than a file or chisel in five. Collars should be one-third the diameter of the wheel, with pasteboard washers between collar and wheel. See that wheel does not fit the man- drel tight, if so, heat from the bearing through any ne- glect might burst the wheel. Wheels as a general thing are not belted heavy enough to work without slipping. Light single leather, one-quarter in width to the size of the wheel is not too much for stands. The work must be kept moving for fast cutting or the wheel will glaze quickly by fusing the metal. To get good results, wheels must be of the proper grade. For edging cast- iron or steel, taking gates and sprues off castings, a coarse hard wheel should be used. Such a wheel is not suitable for flat or surface work as it will glaze quickly, while a soft wheel would not edge-grind, but would wear and crumble off. For general use a medium hard and coarse wheel is best. For soft metals as malleable iron, brass and tool grinding, a medium soft wheel is best. A hard wheel on planer and moulding bits will draw the temper if great care is not exercised. Where much grinding is necessary in a short time, the article should be cooled frequently, which prevents glazing, keeping up free cutting. There are many poor class wheels in the market. Users, by changing, can determine this to their satisfac- tion. Aside from the ordinary stand, the emery-wheel is used for various machine work, as planers, pulley grinders, and finishing up shafting for special work. It is indispensable in car works for grinding car wheels. For chilled castings and case-hardened bear- ings the emery-wheel has no equal, in fact, no substitute can compare with it. The simplest form of dresser, which is very good, is a one-half or five-eights bolt with about a dozen thin washers; slip on a loose nut and, with the thumb and finger of the left hand, hold the blank nut to the washers, leaving just sufficient room to allow them to revolve. You can dress your wheel in any desired shape very quickly. For truing the wheel, allow the head of the bolt to rest on the support before the wheel and by ruling it to the desired position the wheel can be trued. The bolt should be eight or ten inches long, and may have a handle screwed on in place of a nut. When washers are worn they can be quickly re- newed. The shorter the angle that the washers will revolve at, the quicker and better the work will be done ; to revolve with the wheel in the same ratio will accom- plish but little. New Brunswick sawmills have commenced operations. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN 9 A BIT OF CANADIAN HISTORY. ORTAGE-DU-FORT, in the county of Pontiac, Que., will be the scene during the coming summer of a big demonstration. The occasion will be the unveiling of the monument which is to be erected over the grave of Cadieux, a French-Canadian voyageur, whose name is familiar to the ear of every voyageur, as well as every French-Canadian in the eastern part of Canada. A brief history of the death of Cadieux, as told by an Ottawa journalist, will be of interest to the public. In 1801 Cadieux, together with three other voyageurs, were making an ascent of ‘the Ottawa River. When they arrived at the head of the Calumet Island, where there is a heavy shute of water, which is known as a very treacherous spot by all rivermen, their provisions ran out. Cadieux went into the bush at the head of the island in search of game, leaving his three companions on the shore in charge of his birch bark canoe. gone but a short time when a band of Iroquois Indians, He was who at that time were at war with the white men, were noticed coming down the river in canoes. The Indians had gained sight of them, and were rapidly approaching the island before the voyageurs took the alarm. was no time to search for Cadieux, so, hastily shoving off the canoe, they made for the Quebec shore, thinking they could reach Portage-du-Fort, which was at that time a Hudson Bay fort. too strong for them, and in spite of their strenuous efforts they were borne to the brink of the rapids. Over the shute they went, while their pursuers thought the men had only met with death in a different manner from what had been intended for them. This, however, was not the case, and the men reached the shore in safety about a mile below. For two long days they remained where they had landed, anxiously awaiting the appear- ance of Cadieux, subsisting on what they could find in the way of game and berries. On the third day they made their way to the spot from which they had been so hastily driven. But a brief search in the surrounding bush revealed to them their lost companion, in a most pitiable state. Hunger and exposure had done their work, and Cadieux was breathing his last, and all their One slight smile of recognition and he died in the arms of those with whom he had shared the trials and dangers of a river life in an unsettled country. On looking around to find a suitable spot to bury the body, they found close to his side a large piece of birch bark, on which was scratched a few lines in French, which to this day forms the most popular song of the Canadian river men. It is known as “Complainte de Cadieux,” and is to be found in N. S. Gagnon’s “Chansens Canadien.” There they buried the remains of Cadieux, erected a rude wooden cross and surrounded the grave with a cedar fence. Forsome years past the parish priests and citizens of Fort Colonge have been obliged to renew the cross every second year, as the river men, when passing the grave, invariably chipped out a piece of the cross to wear as a talisman . against the many accidents incident to a bushman’s life. This fall the cross erected only two years before had disappeared, having been carried away piece by piece, and all that remains at present to indicate the spot which holds the remains of Cadieux is a piece of the cedar fence, about eighteen inches long, which has escaped the searching eyes of the voyageurs. Even the trees which surround the spot bear witness to the number of visitors, as there are, it is estimated, over 20,000 signa- tures and cross marks indented upon them. In such esteem is the memory of Cadieux held that many of the voyageurs look upon him as a patron saint, and the un- veiling of his monument will no doubt be an event long to be remembered by the rivermen of the Ottawa dis- trict. We talk of the rough character of the average bush- man. Certainly his surroundings do not give much encouragement to the cultivation of the esthetic side of his nature. But does not the little incident cited here show a very noble side to that life; tell of a big- heartedness—a thoughtfulness for a fallen comrade— that would do credit to the most cultivated mind? The LUMBERMAN thinks so. There The current, however, proved efforts to revive him were of no avail. McNicol’s sash and door factory, Renfrew, Ont., was destroyed by fire on the 26th ult. Io THE CANADA LUMBERMAN APRIL, 1892 ——_-——, Office of C CANADA inte ) : March 31, 1892. f THE GENERAL SURVEY. RADE during the month has been in the region of the future rather than the immediate present. March has not been a busy month for lumber, but the indications point to a fairly active season so soon as navigation gets in full swing and In Toronto no great amount of building will be done, that will be the weather will permit of outside work in building. helpful to the lumber industry. The public works under con- struction do more for the quarryman and ironmonger than for the lumber merchant; still activity in building will increase with the opening spring, and the wood-worker will be able to secure some share of the trade. In country sections of Ontario business is likely to be fair, Our trade with the United States shows a marked increase, and is likely to continue yet without any particular boom. s:eadily in the same direction. In the Maritime provinces, where trade for the past year has been dull, hope is not yet very bright regarding the future. Some improvement is at the In British Columbia the outlook might The large harvest of the past season has given a same time expected. be better. stimulus to trade in the Northwest. the ‘‘ United States” ditions in outside markets. Under the headings of and ‘‘ Foreign” we give a resume of con- NEW BRUNSWICK. There is not much movement in trade in this province as yet, though with the spruce market bracing up in some degree, and stocks in the English market reported low, an improved trade is at least hoped for this year. QUEBEC. The harbor commissioners of Quebec in their annual report furnish some figures which, though supplied in the main by the LUMBERMAN in its annual review, will be found valuable as coming from this particular source. According to this report the quantity of square white pine in stock at the first of the year was 2,943,680 cubic feet; 2,048,898 feet; red pine, 348,165; oak, 522,040; 102,608; ash, 21,357; birch, 13,177; basswood, 258; tamarack, 5,686; spruce, 483 ; black walnut, 4,122; whitewood, 9,153; butternut, 187 ; maple, 2,609; hickory, 3,296; hemlock, 11,416; pine deals, 207,880 standard, merchantable, 65,902, cull; spruce deals, 1,121,339 ; merchantable, 78,611 standard; pine and spruce 1% and 2 inch, 7,656,381 feet; hemlock and waney, elm, standard, plank, 1, 1%, hardwood plank, 345,846; 1,533,190. Business has not yet shown any marked signs of revival, but the belief is that actively opens. tamarack deals, it will improve when the shipping season MANITOBA. Whilst the people of the Prairie province are not anticipating any unhealthy boom in building, they have, from the present conditions of the country, good reason to expect a brisk sea- son’s business. Immigration will no doubt be ona considerable scale this summer; in fact, we are commencing to know some- thing about it already, and the class of men and women who are deciding to make this new country their future home appar- ently possess not alone sufficient capital to give them a start, but also are of a character personally to add the right kind of strength to the communities where they will settle. BRITISH COLUMBIA. Lumber business on the Coast continues quiet. The hope is entertained that the turn will soon come, but as yet it is not here. A representative of one of the largest lumber companies He found trade This is an important field for British Colum- bia lumber, and until a revival takes place in this colony a hitherto profitable outlet for our forest products will be closed. All reports from the Antipodes confirm what the lumber repre- There is said to be in Melbourne a stock of lumber equal to a year and a half’s consumption. returned from Australia during the month. very depressed. sentative cited states. Whilst from this one point of trade things are not looking up overmuch, some better news comes from South America, where a good deal of lumber goes. In considering lumber matters on the Coast this is to be remembered that the capacity for doing a lumber trade is on a large scale, an even when trade is reported dull, which relatively it may be, yet a comparatively large business may be doing. The local market has been ex- periencing for a little while back some of the pleasantries of until cutting prices, the Victoria lumber dealers have cried a halt and formed a combine. now The following are the Rough lumber, per M., $10; best quality dressed lumber, per M., $18; second quality dressed lumber, $14; laths, per M., $2.2 $2.25. Quotations are as follows for cargo lots for foreign shipment, being the prices of the Pacific prices agreed upon: per M., ; shingles, per M., Pine Lumber Association: Rough merchantable, ordinary sizes, in lengths to forty feet, inclusive, $9 per M. feet; rough deck plank, average length thirty-five feet, $19; dressed flooring, $17; pickets, $9; laths, four feet, $2. UNITED STATES. Writing of trade for the month just closed, and remem bering : that we are not yet ‘‘out of the woods” so far as the winter season is concerned there is no particular reason to grumble of The movement of lumber has been impeded in part during the month because of snow trade at any leading lumber point. storms that have prevailed over almost every part of the coun- try. rains and summer suns. But this difficulty will quickly melt away under spring From almost everywhere come reports of stocks being short, and as a result prices are holding firm. There is certain to be a large demand for the better grades of pine, and for coarser grades there is likely to be a fair call. The spruce market is looking up and hardwoods are in active Whilst on the one hand the continued cold weather of March had an untoward influence on the distribution of lumber, it has helped the loggers, and will reduce to a mini- mum the supply of logs to be left on the skids. FOREIGN. The wood trade in Great Britain does not look up. demand. About the only consoling condition is the limited supplies of leading stocks on hand, which means that there must be some buying in the near future. The more sanguine spirits, however, are hopeful of a speedy resumption of active operations. are fairly well maintained and those for the better grades of hardwood are decidedly firm. Black walnut logs and lumber are both in good request and can be readily disposed of at full prices. The lower grades are not wanted. At Liverpool consumption is satisfactory for the time of year, and recent arrivals light. Prices The Scottish timber trade has been interrupted recently to a considerable extent by severe snow storms, but demand has been fairly steady and prices well maintained. Denny, Mott & Dickson, of London, Eng., in their latest wood market report, say: ‘‘The general lethargy which has marked the opening months of the year is becoming very disquieting to large holders of stocks, and is not conducive to the merchant on this side making forward contracts for import.” A recent arrival at Liverpool is a cargo of Canadian goods, consisting chiefly of what in England is known as pine stocks, i.e., pine. boards twelve inches wide and one and one-quarter inches thick. These boards are said to have been cut for the South American market, but shipped here instead. A public sale of logs at Hamburg, Germany, the latter part of February is re- ported to have been quite satisfactory in results, and is taken as indicative of a favorable market. In Australia trade is emphatically dull. There is some improvement in South America affairs. TORONTO, ONT. Toronvro, March 31, 1892. CAR OR CARGO LOTS. ST. JOHN, N.B Sr. Joun, March 31, 1892. DEALS, BOARDS, SCANTLINGS, ETC. SES GENE 65 6 oo oo e $12 00 | Spruce boards oe tibia 12 00 lista se Pe oe ANS O 15 00 | Pine ; * +» » 12.00) 40108 DealtendSier site wae as HOLOO|@ak sg ean aKa 40 00 Scantling. aks 2 Sms » eo 6) tO) 00) |PAsh f . «15 00 250m Hemlock boards. . . 7 50 SHINGLES. Spruce, OA Beno borne 3 $3) 50) |'Spruce, Noy1 = esa.) ener Spee Clearer mee BV Yolo ie” ots Gk om 8 4 +) 3 eee fs Nov ayextras eee 2 25 CLAPBOARDS. Rine extras mien) $35 oo Spruce, XE se Ree 24 00 ES clears = thse neg thle 45 00 ClEALS |.) =) omnes 23 00 Sty ond Yolearsina ae cma 35 00 ee No; 3) 5%) > ape Ee No.2. . .. 70nge FLOORING, DRESSED. (Dire INV blo 6 O08 oimen2) OO) kA MIN OS ce meeatcln=n - neon 12 00 ESD AN O::2 i fey tas eh oan . . 10 00 SOON ON 2 bg se ee 10 00 MISCELLANEOUS Staves = gn00 4 50 Laths ae t 80 Heading 17 in. per pr 04 Rickets! /heucy acme 650 15 00 Heading 18 in. 04 1-2 05% | Railway ties Heading 22 in. 04 1-2 06 OTTAWA, ONT. Orrawa, March 31, 1892. Pine, rst quval., per M$35 00 40 00 | Pine, 4th qual., deals. 10 00 12 00 Pine 2nd ‘“ 22 00 25 00| Pine, millculls.... 8 00 10 00 — Pine, shipping culls. . 14 00 16 00] Laths......... 180 190 QUEBEC, QUE. QUEBEC, March 31, 1892. WHITE PINE—IN THE RAFT. cts. cts, For inferior and ordinary according to average, quality, etc., measured Off... scsi cence or ict cise eee eee ».. 16 @ 20° For fair average quality, according to average, etc., measured off. 18 22 . ee For good and good fair average, © 23: lay For superior ee iN s rg oe ee In shipping order vt ie % oe Sarg Was Waney board, 18 to 19 inch ee Bs sf fe Les.) oat Waney board, rg to 21 inch oe re ee & rad 37 RED PINE—IN THE RAFT. Measured off, according to average and quality, foo ees Eee 14 22 In shipping order, 35 togg feet “GR er eee 22 30) OAK—MICHIGAN AND OHIO. By the dram, according to average and quality................. 4370 0147 ELM. By the dram, according to average and quality, 45 to 50 feet.... 28 30. me 30 to 35 feet.... 23 26 ASH. 14 inches and up, according to average and quality............. 25 28 BIRCH. ; A 16 inch average, according to average and quality.............. 20 23 TAMARAC. Square, according to size and quality + sjand.e)ai2 2 gust ae ee 17 20. Flatted, Se AM MenEE MERLIN E SAL cide. aces oto T5 18 STAVES. Merchantable Pipe, according to quality and specification..... $300 $320 W. O. Puncheon, Merchantable, according to quality ......... 80 go DEALS. Bright, according to mill specification, $115 to $120 for rst, $75 to $80 for and, and $38 to $40 for 3rd quality. Bright, Michigan, according to mill specification, $120 to $130 for 1st, and $90 to $95 for 2nd quality. Bright spruce, according to mill specification, $40 to $42 for rst, $25 to $26 for 2rd, $22 to $23 for 3rd, and $19 to $20 for 4th quality. > BOSTON, MASS. Boston, Mass., March 31.—This has been one of the quiet~ est lumber points in the Union for several months. No power above or below seemed to be able to move things. As we approach closer to spring business fortunately shows some slight indications of improvement. Quite an active trade is shown in spruce. A good stock of white pine is in the hands of dealers, and whilst the demand is not large, prices are stiff. Prices on hemlock are easy. Shingle trade is more stirring than probably any other line, and prices steady. WESTERN PINE—BY CAR LOAD. me TeE/ Tho LUKE (ho) ANG WAI soc edo oc on edoasbecconeeAbencane 32 00 33 00 rxroandn2idressingiand\bettery-eene er acrictesetin iment 18 00 20 00 TXLO vand) vem \irumisee ie peers tle eleieteetaieeieeeree 13 00 14 00 TACOANG xaedressing este were tae Nhe ere ee eieee eer 14 00 15 00 XTOland x2 COMMON seas eee eee eens I2 00 13 00 Tx10 and! n2/spruce cull sea.o a. nce ek tee ieee eat 10 00 II 00 BOLING 1d (HV So srocagdavepon Ase qnoconacounuaooans Q 00 Tin@h. clearsand \picks soar. teen ater CEE Cee - 24 00 25 00 Tinchydressingiandaibette rset imse itera thine trees 18 00 20 00 Tinch sidingsmillgnunheececee cece och cl keene 14 00 15 00 T Anchhsidingy commoner crite ert reste eri eee eres II 00 12 00 ra Sha Celay Sabhoves Govtsy CLUS; wcocgocvendcedeneeuscdqoscdscsaves 10 00 II 0O 1 aol Sahioyer srl Cello csanecoonsaunvesconcauodbovensoees 8 00 9g co Gulliscantthing-yacjeftesreskes cleo to Poort etree lel stan rene eee 8 00 9 00 1 1-2 and thicker cutting upmplankwysci los cee 22 00 25 00 TTS Sahat ob (xe) rie mM AWS s ooonodoas cose sou avduS I4 00 15 00 MMA AAS, COMMA: moo aracacrovamsvcocagcunesonossocos II 00 12 00 L 1-4inchiflooringey xe oho eee Ic cheers Se en eee 14 00 15 00 1 1-2:Inch: flooring: -)-hem cites coat te oe. aidan Apa eek Meer 14 00 15 00 XCXOXG shinglessoar6yinchteeecpr eral eae eer aerer ae rere 2,305 2n40) KX shingles onch avec sete sleet eerie ere tee aor (Ce) Bath! INosaiyc asc eeerio mir pitas te ee eet rere I 70 1 go PathyuNonete cet eee eerie mice iecrcciioe tiektetacisi reer I 70 YARD QUOTATIONS. Mill cull boards and scantling$1o0 00 F. M. Shipping cull boards, promis- II- 2in. flooring, dres’d 26 00 30 00 CHOMSAWIGtSiEe een 13 00 Gu rough 18 00 22 co stocks . . . 14 00 sf sé dres’d 25 00 28 00 Scantling and joist, up to 16 ft 13 50| 11-4 in. flooring, un- 18 ft 15 00 dressed, B.M. . . 16 00 18 00 of as ‘* 20 ft 16 00 | 11- qin. flooring, dres’ de 18 00 20 00 tg ae «* 22 ft 17 00 ““undres’d 12 00 15 00 Gi ss ‘“* 24 ft 19 00 | Beaded sheeting, dres- Os ss “26 ft 20 00 Sedveun- moment 20 00 35 00 os a ** 28 ft 22 oo | Clapboarding, dres'd. 12 00 4 n “* 30ft 24 00 | XXX sawn shingles rf ee i “32 ft 27 00 pen Min nena 260 270 ‘ ff © 346 20) 50) Sawnilathy ase 7) £90" 200 Payrte | NOI 56 5 g6 6 30 00 «40 00 ; BfSide See Ole) || MS OS Oa S als 37 00 45 00 ; . ** 38 ft 33 00 | Basswood, No. 1and2 28 00 30 00 a “40 to 44 ft 37 00 | Cherry, No. rand 2. 50 00 60 00 Cutting up planks, 1 White ash, 1 and 2. . 24 00 35 00 and thicker, dry . 25 00 28 00} Black ask, 1and2. . 20 00 30 00 board 18 00 24 00 Dressing blocks . . . 16 00 20 00 | Picks Am. inspection. 30 00 | MONTREAL, QUE. MonTreEAL, March 31, 1892. Pine, ust qual., per, M$a5 co “40-00°|(@ak 5-2... 2. 40 00 60 00 Pine: 2nd, ears « 22 00 25 Walnut). £2 60 00 1006 00 Pine, shipping culls . 13 00 16 Cherrygaecw ae mre 60 00 80 0a Pine, 4th qual., deals 10 00 12 Butternut... -nete en e 22 00 40 00 Pine milfems cine SuCOm TO. CONN I:Cht rae anuen wear 15 00 25 00 SDE CGncc) ee enn ro 00 12 00 Spruce timber... . 13 00 16 00 Hemlock lumber... 8 00 10 00 | Hard maple... .. . 20 00 21 00 Hemlock timber... 9 00 17 00) Lath..c0%...... 1 80 1 go rE Ot ce Ot CHEMO ER Dota 0 13 00 18 00|Shingles........ 150 300 Basswood 2 moos 12 00 20 00 | Shingles, cedar . TsO 3700 Wipes, Ty Ae ee $48 oo@50 oo | Fine com., 3 and 4 in 42 00 46 oa 1%, 1% and 2 in.. 48 00 50 00} No. 2,1 in, Finecom. 28 00 30 00 3)and 4 in yee lait 55 00 6000 1%, 1% and 2in... 29 00 31 00 Selects;im ine eee eee 42 00 43 00] No. r strips, 4 to 6i in. 40 00 43 00 1%, 1% and 2 in.. 43 00 45 00 No. 2:42: 4eeneeee 35 09 37 00 ayaunel Zh To, go0ncn6 45 00 50 00 No. 3)co. eee 24 00 2600 Moulding boards, 7 to Cut ups, 1 to 2 in.... 24 00 30 50 11 in. clear...... 36 00 38 oo | Coffin boards........ Ig 00 22 00 60 per cent. clear... 34 00 36 oo | Common allwidths... 22 00 26 oo Fine common, rin. . 36 oo 38 00 | Shipping culls, 1 in... 15 00 15 50 14%,1% and 2in... 38 00 40 00 do 14% im. 15 50 16 50 EASTERN PINE—CARGO OR CAR LOAD. INOS. x)2landi generic #40 ro@isace Clapboards, 4 ft., sap : nos coaRanaonos[05 30 00 clears cents 49 00 45 00 sr cieyae cee Renee 23 00 26 co Sap, and clear..... 33 ©0 35 00 Shes bds and coarse es 00 16 50 Heartextra........ 50 00 55 00 INS WES tannin aseoaso 12 00" 13/50 Heart clear.......-. 45 00 50 0a West’rn pine clapbds Bevel siding 6 in. clear 23 00 24 00 4 ft. sapextra.... 45 00 55 00 SPRUCE—BY CARGO. Scantling and plank, Coarse, rough........ 12 00@14 00 random cargoes.. 14 00@15 00 Hemlock bds., rough. 12 00 13 00 Yard orders, ordinary “dressed 12 00 14 00 SIZES-. 2 Pao NiowraeOgl sy 2 le) es ast 2 30. 5 = se cae ee I 90 BUFFALO AND TONAWANDA, N.Y. ' ToNAWANDA, N.Y., March 31.—Better grades of lumber are altogether on the short side. This can hardly be considered other than a favorable outlook for spring trade. Stocks are so badly broken at many points that there will have to be a lively sorting up in order to do trade with any satisfaction. The re- ence is more particulafly to cuts, uppers and box. Shingles _and lath are also becoming scarce, and one correspondent says “there will be none, or next to none, when the lake season 10 * Hardwood trade is in nice shape. Present demand is for oak, and white and black ash. The Lacock Lumber Co. have sufficient timber in your country to make two large rafts, and this they will bring forward at an early date to be cut dur- ing the season at their North Buffalo mill. The annual meet- g of the Buffalo Lumber Exchange was held on the 5th inst., vhen John F. Stewart was elected president, Millard S. Burns, ce-president, and Christopher W. Baldy, sec. -treas. WHITE PINE. Shelving, No. 1, 13 in 45 00 and up, rin...... 29 00 55 00 | Dressing, 14% in...... 25 00 58 00 14x10 and 12...... 26 00 39 00 EIN eee ele « 24 00 40° 00 ZO. SAS ae 26 50 vf oo | Mold st’ps, 1 to 2 in. 28 00 50 00 | Barn, No. 1, toand 12 33 00 Meee ae 3 5-2 21 00 35 00 Band inp... /.:. 20 00 35 00 No. 2, 10 and 12 in 17 00 Boies)]) Gandfin...- 22. 16 50 45 90 No. 3, to and 12 in. 14 o0@14 50 28 oo 6and8in.......... 13 50 33 00 | Common, rin........ 16 00 18 00 18 00 14% andr in...... 17 00 19 00 2,1% toz2in.. 2 ce! | CS se 19 00 20 00 No. 3, 14% tozin... 17 00 BOX, 1x1 Ban 1z in. (No 3 IANTOW 5 olen len. ence 12 00@13 00 Receds prec a's ea) 13 00 2B AST ne ee 13 50 Se SE MANO ERAN «oli s a> nie «/zye cine « 14 00 SHINGLES. 4 00| 16in., *A extra...... 2 60 275 16in. clear butts..... 2 10 LATH. Re See rasan essere sesesssasecessosessserersrerersesssage 225 ALBANY, N.Y. ALbany, N.Y., March 31.—Not a few hopeful signs tell of a spring trade. Trade has been very encouraging roughout the present month, and with navigation about open- mg there can be no doubt of increased activity in lumber. ers say that they have already many good orders booked Fagh immediately on our water-ways becoming clear for The eastern call for lumber is a hopeful omen of and a strong demand is coming from that quarter. The is a good influx of buyers from different and they do not come without bringing business with Pine is strong both as regards the demand and prices. is also firm in price, and considerable wanted. The (pil is healthy and active. Below we give a PINS $60 10-in. common............. $15 $16 55 12-in. dressing and better... 28 34 50 | REOMMONN one vireo: ola wn cies) 15 17 Ae 45 | 1%-in. siding, selected, 13 ft. 40 45 Babe spsseed $52 55 LT nn em i BG SRS ee 47 9 | sin, siding, selected........ 38 42 itt 25x 42-45 DUNN co veh ites ‘XG WNT, ee SAs o> rors 37 40| Norway, clear............. 22 25 7 EEE aiee DTM 6s 9-050. 080-2. 16. 18 Rerat 7 te 5 -> ye AF SON COMIBDN 2 ec 2-037 tices JIA 15 ~ el FB 42° 45 aay ee: 13 ft., dressing c. c. better, each v4.44 43 «55 2 Sos plank 17-ft. culls, each 23° 25 as, : 7, 95 tein, 13 ‘a dressing +» @ 32\ andbetter,each.......... we 42 wee Rarrow . --. 1% 22 sin, boards, a culls. . 20 > se * , ? ‘ s 4 c a + Wnt =, le + wig SHINGLES. Sawed Pine, ex. xxxx..$4 35 $4 50| Bound butts, €x 18 ....$5 go $6 co Clear butts.......... 3101 9 ee PREMMGCK dct ro-g.c cine 215 2 30 Smooth, 6x 18....... 5 40 5 SUrUCemas aries ees otis 220 2 30 . LATH, BAN Giacinto Cerra SZ EH PS DITICCL vei rtrine te pelaieiols/« s\ereeie.- 2 25 SAGINAW, MICH. SAGINAW, Micu., March 31.—A well-known commission man has expressed the opinion that the outlook for spring is unusually promising. The month of June will be no more than reached before dealers will have run ashore on regular stocks, that is, dry lumber, and we can hardly hope that the spring cut will be in condition to ship for a month later. This tells of firm prices, and such, in fact, is the record of the market now, especially for better grades. Twelve and fourteen inch, No. 1 and No. 2 boards are very difficult to secure. Box lumber is active and a fair trade exists for hemlock and hardwood. FINISHING LUMRBER—ROUGH, Uppers, 1, 14% and r&...... 45 00 | Fine common, 1 in........... 31 00 DALY shes aceraiaier = eishete sites spveunrcys 46 oc Des And PAM seis sielevs ei-1- 34 00 0 1 09 [s) Desi pacer st ieecteistc tetrestey ene: 39 00 Vs ne TIMBER, JOIST AND SCANTLING. 2x4 tO IOXIO, 12, 14 and 16 ft.$19 oo Bombay Adare ste te se eS 12 00 i Ss ooondeakconpoodboton 12 00 PREG DA Meas soosgedescoe 13 00 For each additional 2 ft. add x ; 12 in. plank and timber $1 extra ; extra for sizes above 12 in. SHINGLES. XXX 18 in. Climax.......... BCo} ex ShnsexXe (Cull) Perreyen ere 50 D0, O.6 SEVEN soup eaaaes enna 340 | POO FOSosanasnqcte ooes 2 00 ROX Climax prices 2 10 »,@ Geena caado con adncorae 60 nL) Ss ZED GS Dhiba aouo sooner I 00 LATH. Lath, No 1, white pine....... 2 o0| Lath, No. 2, W. pine, Norway 1 50 NEW YORK CITY. New York, March, 31.—The trade are just a little dis- appointed that the expected revival in lumber has not com- menced to show itself. Business, in fact, this month has been altogether slow. The weather has not been any too favorable for outside work, and this is accepted as an explanation of the continued lull in lieu of anything better. No one has any rea- son, however, for fearing a dull summer. It may not be ter- ribly brisk, but a satisfactory showing is likely to be made for the season. Prices have not altered during the month. The impression prevails that white pine in the higher grades will be scarce for early demand in any case. _ Flooring and box boards are in good demand. Spruce holds firm and will likely con- tinue so. From $16 to $19 is being paid. Hemlock is on steady call, with prices varying from $12 to $14. The hard- wood market remains steady and prices firm; cherry is having a popular run. WHITE PINE—WESTERN GRADES. Wippers.soue ID rie) -12, ane ©al@45) (G0) |PBoxenmh). ~OOD CANADIAN TIMBER LIMITS AND I Georgian Bay saw logs. Address, BEN BIRD- , Detroit, Mich. SALL, Whitney Building _ MACHINERY ~ECOND H AND | M ACHINE! RY FOR SAL E by the Canada Machinery and Supply Co., Brant- ford, Ont., Dealers in New and Second Hand Machin- ery and Mill Supplies. 4 12x16 WATEROUS DOUBLE _ gine with Pickering governors. 4 12x16 BECKETT SLIDE with Judson governors. 4 6% x9 COPP BROS. & BARRY SLIDE VALVE Engine. y 51%4x9 SLIDE VALVE ENGINE. CUT-OFF EN- “VALVE ENGINE 4 (M1515 12 UPRIGHT ENGINE WITH 8-H. P. boiler connected and set up on cast iron base. 2-H.P. UPRIGHT MARINE ENGINE WITH 4-h.p. upright boiler, complete with propeller shaft and screw. D BRICK-IN BOILERS 44 IN. 12 feet long. 4 25-H.P. BRICK-IN BOILER. DIAMETER BY 4 6 H.P. UPRIGHT LEONARD BOILER SMALL FIRE BOX BOILERS FOR CHEESE factory use. 4 NORTHEY STEAM PUMP, 2% 1¥% inch discharge. bs WATEROUS SELF-ACTING SHINGLE MILL and Jointer. ‘IN. SUCTION, 4 4 UPRIGHT SWING SHINGLE MILL AND Jointer. , oo ae ae yl WATEROUS LATH MACHINE, THREE Saws. nl 7) Se IRONS FOR TWO HEAD BLOCK SAW mi | ‘GOLDIE & McCULLOCH IRON TOP Shaper. CANT-GOURLAY 24-IN. PONY PLANERS. CANT-GOURLAY 10-IN. BUZZ PLANER. PINE AND HARDWOOD \ JANTED—SIX MILLION FEET. WHITE / Pine Mill Culls, 1, 1%, 1% and 2 inch, and rail points for shipment to New York; also all kinds of Hardwoods. Lumber inspected at point of shipment and settled for by resident agent. Send list of stock, prices and freight rates to GRAVES & STE ERS, Wholesale Lumber Merchants, 19 Whitehall Street, New York. WANTED FOR CASH Ash and Soft Elm OSTLY ONE-INCH, SOME ONE-AND-A- J quarter and one-and-a-half inch, strictly firsts and seconds, must be of uniform color; also commons. Furthermore, Ash and Oak squares from one-and-a-half to four inches thick. Can also use Soft Elm Logs 20 in. and ever in diameter for export; Red Birch Lumber I. and II. all thickness; also Red Birch squares 5x5 and 6x 6, 10 feet and over long, good squares. Address all particulars as to dryness, quality, quan- tity on hand and price, to P. O. Box 2144, New York, N. Y. TIMBER BERTH FOR SALE ERTH NO. CONTAINING 36 SQUARE miles, situated on the north shore of Lake Huron, within about ten miles of Georgie an Bay; well watered, and containing large quantity of pine timber. Has never been lumbered on. Apply to THE GEORGIAN BAY CONSOLIDATED [ UMBER CO., Toronto. SAWMILL FOR SALE CHEAP. W E OFFER FOR SALE THE FOLLOWING machinery as contained in our mill at Pontypool: —One 55 horse-power Boiler; one 45 horse-power En- gine; Saw Rig and Carriage; Edger and Slab Saw; Bull W heel; Log Car; Shafting, etc. All complete and in good running “order. Can be seen in operation if de- sired. 82, JOHN IRVIN, Pontypool or Dundalk, Ont. WA WANT ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS. / Will pay cash. ROBERT THOMSON & CO., 103 Bay Street, ANTED- Toronto, W WE ARE IN THE MARKET FOR / three hundred thousand feet of beech, maple and poplar lumber. Apply to REDLICH MFG. CO., North Clark Street, Chicago, U.S.A. | Fo. HE ML OCK, DIMENSION LUMBER, hardwood flooring, cedar shingles, piles, sawdust, etc., write J. E. MURPHY, lumberman, Hepworth Stz ation, Ont. ARDWOOD i UMBER BOUG HT, received on consignment. TUCKER DAVID, | lumber commission merchant, 202 Eleventh Ave., N.Y. E. STEWART, DLS. DEALER IN | Timber Limits IN ONTARIO, MANITOBA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED OFFICE, 24 MANNING ARCADE | KING ST. WEST ‘TORRONE Osis: at water | SOLD OR | 34-INCH WHEELS BAND SAW. DOWELL MACHINE. JIG SAW. SAW TABLES. y BLIND SLAT TENONER. Sas 6 IN. OF 18-INCH 6-PLY RUBBER drive belt in good order. SEAS TINGS, HANGERS, PULLEYS, BELT- ing, etc., etc. RITE CANADA MACHINERY & SUPPLY Co., Brantford, Ont., for anything in new and second hand Engines, Boilers, Machinery and Supplies. Rooliester Bros. : COMMISSION AGENTS Limits bought and sold on commission. Limits tray- elled 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. Communications confidential. 36 Rochester St. QRLAWE J.D. SHIBR MANUFACTURER OF Lumber, Lath & Shingles BRAGEBRIDGE, ONT. References given. The MONARGH BOILER cPatentes) ANG HERGULES ENGINE Portable from 6 to 70 horse power. steam power heretofore produced for strength, durabil- ity, compactness and the ease with which they can be moved. The 70 horse power can be taken over the roughest roads, or into the forest, and set upas easily and quickly as an ordinary 20 horse power portable engine, and as Surpass portable firm as a brick-set stationary engine. boilers of every size and description. Engines and Rotary Saw Mills, Shingle and Lath Machines, Saw Grinders, Planers, etc. Mill machinery and supplies of every description. Every boiler insured against explosion by the Boiler Insurance & Inspection Co. of Canada. Write for circulars. ROBB ENGINEERING CO., LTD. Successors to A. ROBB & SONS, Amherst Foundry and Amherst, N.S. Machine Works. ESTABLISHED OVER 40 YEARS. WILLIAM FOSTER Lumber and Commission Merchant RECEIVER AND FORWARDER OF LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES . CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED... OWEN SOUND, ONT. J. J. TURNER .. Sail, Tent and Awning Maker. . 251 George St. and 154 King St. PETERBOROUGH Canoe, Yacht and Boat Sails made to order. Perfect Fits Guaranteed. Every description of Lumbermen’s Supplies and Waterproof Clothing. SCRIBNER’S LUMBER RAD LOC .-- BOOK... OVER ONE MILLION SOLD Most complete book of its kind ever published. Gives measurement of all kinds of Lumber, Logs, Planks, Scantling ; cubical contents of square and round timber ; hints to lumber dealers; wood measure; speed of circu- lar saws; care of saws; cordwood fables: felling trees ; growth of trees; land measure; wages, rent, board, in- terest, stave and heading bolts, etc. Standard book throughout the United States and Canada, Get the new illustrated edition of 1882. Ask your bookseller for it. Sent post-paid for 35 cents. GEO. W. FISHER Box 238, ROCHESTER, N.Y . MORTIMER, Toronto, Can. / or A. G ROBIN & SADLER | \ y “MANUFACTURERS OF: MeATREAL e 251822520 NOTREDAME S129 BAY ST TELEPHONES FOR PUBLIG AND PRIVATE LINES ALL INSTRUMENTS SOLD OUTRIGHT. TO ONTO NO ROYALTY NO DELAYS NO MISTAKES NO RENTAL FEES t ESTIMATES CAREFULLY MADE FOR TELEPHONE OUTFITS C. A. MARTIN & CO., 765 Graig St., MONTREAL an April, 1892 THe CANADA LUBE RM AWN Representative Lumber Manufacturers and Dealers poe Railway, Express, or 7 ; ee Power, Styl Town nearest Shipping Point Nears Business Daily Capacity f itawal Qnt.=-...:-.. Ottawa Scie escouctiae NBOOtH a nies cors cic suakleuleserc Lumber, Wholesale and Retail. - : Steam, Circular and Band Mi u \ 4 Seo -8 eee Bronson & Weston Lumber Co. . . . .\2 Sawmills, White and Red Pine, Wholesale Water, Gang and Band, 450m LVaMtate cysts oyeiesiwsts OTTAWA LUMBER CO.........!/Lumber, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Wholesale Waicta fa isioratarercvctere's Perley & Pattee .............|Sawand Lath Mill, Pine, Wholesale . Wat., Gang and Band, 5S 4 - Lath 7om Parry Sound, Ont..... iktersembenst acacaseces Conger Lumber Co... 2 oe oe ne Lumber, Wholesale and Retail............. Z ee ile... CF REPOS ORONO ID Parry Sound LumberCo........ .|Saw, Shingle and Lath Mills, Pine, Wholesale ..|Water, Gang, Circular, Saw gor Shingles 40m, Lath 30m Muskoka Mills, Ont...)/Penetang............. Muskoka Mill and Lumber Co... . .|/2 Saw, Sh. and Lath Mls. Pine, Ced., Whol.) Wat., Cir., Gang and Band, rror Alexandria, Ont....... Alexandria .........:. McPherson, Schell & Co. ....... Cheese Box Factory, Pine, as ce, Cedar . j Almonte, Ont......... Almontes: cece ca aiealdwell vA. G5 S00. 11. 3 «9 soo Sawmill, Pine, Lumber, Hemlock, Hardw« sodst Circular, 3m Meare, Ont: ...--....-. SSerade eee siete oss aie a Dymont & Mickle............ |Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, ‘Cedar, Hardwoods... Steam, Circular, 40m Barrow Bay, Ont...... Wiarton: ae cnck a mae: Barrow Bay Lumber Co., Limited . ./Saw, Shingle and Heading Mill, Pine, Cedar|Steam, Circular, 16m Oak, Oak Railwa ay Ties, Paving Bloc ks . : Blind River, Ont...... Blmd)River.2-<.: 2.25: Blind River Lumber Co......... 2 Saw, Sh. and Lath Mls., Pine, giant, Bl. Bire rch Stm., Band, Cir., S. 75m, Sh. 60m Bobcaygeon, Ont...... Fenelon Falls......... Boyd, Mossom & Co........... Lumber, Wholesale and Retail.......... a Rtip tes’ : Bracebridge, Ont......|Bracebridge........... DOLLAR, TPANIES) 628 Sites aaa tcee ed Lumber, Shingles, Wholesale ........ Bealls 3 € Seerrme, Ont.....-...+-- UIELETSOR tas aces sess |Burton Bros 5 Ae oe DH IO Duns DaGeOeo luumbers Wholesale and Retail............... POOLS Byng Inlet, Ont....... $3 Ul shanSotegsecees |Georgian Bay Consolid. Lumber Co.|/Sawmill, Pine, Hemlock, Birch....... ......../Steam, Circular, zom Calabogie, Ont........ Galabostes sss naa. Carswell, Thistle & McKay...... |Lumber, Wholesale and Retail......... A A TINE ; MANUFA : : Collins Inlet, Ont...... Collins Inlet .......... Collins Inlet LumberCo......... Lumber, Pine, Oak, Ash, Birch, Whol. and Ret.|.......... ve MANUFACTURE} Comber, Ont.......... amber secs sce ATS. Ts Ss E5135 oo ooo oo oe Saw and Stave Mill, Pine, Hardwoods..........|Stez am, Circular, 6m Glammis, Ont......... Pinkerton o.ccsee sees): Wie aiss Wis gla eh oo 6 Cano O Saw, Shingle and Lath Mill, Timber Lands, Steam, Cir., Saw 14m, Sh. 20m | Hemlock, Pine, Lumber, Hardwoods......... | . Hamilton, Ont........ Hamilton..... ....--- BRADLEY, MORRIS & REID CO. .|Lum., Tim., Pine, Hem., Hwds., Whol. and Ret.|........000000000eceeeeeeereees Charcoal Iron Ghilled Huntsville, Ont........ Ehsntsville— 5. = 2:42. Heath, Taitand Turnbull....... Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hardwoods...|Steam, Circular, 25m Hamilton, Ont..-..... Huntsville and Katrine|\ Thomson, Robert & Co. ........ Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods............. Steam, Circular, 4m Keewatin, Ont........ Keewatine:.o. 222 ess Dick, Banning &Co........... Sawmill, Pine, Hardwoods, Wholesale ; .|Steam, Circular . aa Ss ESS fee eee Keewatin Lumber & Mfg. Co. .. . .|\Saw, Lath, Sh. and Pl. Mill, Moving Posts, Pine| Water, Band and Circular, 100 “WR an Eakefield, Ont.........|Lakefield............. Lakefield Lumber Mfg. Co. ...... Lumber, Wholesale and Retail............,..-. pHoooeeae J Little Current, Ont..../Sudbury.............. Charlton, J. &T............ .|/Sawmill, Pine, Ash, Birch, Oak, Wholesale...... Steam, Circular, 25m os a SEA OG atodaes see +) Ciyritin. GET CoG ols 66 Go abo OOD Sawmill, Pine, Ash, Birch, Oak......... ....-/Steam, Circular, 25m = SaaS SO ac tnon sone Howry, J. W:G&Sonms.......... Lumber, Wholesale and Retail..... sonedeanoosllaso Rt soft ; 1 London, Ont.......... Pamidoni- 2 :2p 5 2<15)- = Gordons aamespepei-) -) syereic eo se umber vAshwElmeNiaples- pecan ener ier eS Apenon Longford Mills, Ont.../Longford ....-......-.. Longford Lumber Co........... Saw and Plan. Mill, Hemlock, Hardwds., Whol.|Steam, Band and Circular, ro Midland, Ont......... Mian ee oie ini = Peters Ge Gasye a cierm sho.s cues sr si ana Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hardwoods...|Steam, Circular, 15m Mount Forest, Ont....;Mount Forest......... Seas Webb shogosonoed Cherry, White Ash, Hardwoods, Wholesale.....|....... RARE ete Norman, Ont.......... Nor MAN. sees sees eee CAMERON & KENNEDY... . ./Saw and Plan. Mill, Tim. Lands and Logs, Pine|/Steam, Circular, 4m nee Minnesota & Ontario Lumber Comme Lumber, Wholesale and Retail......... Sean eH ac Pee tone ae 550 Toronto, Ont.......... La G1 5 eases Campbell, A.H. &Co.......... Lumber, Wholesale .............- SOME Ree NB ee ear tsn hs Wy ches ete OFFICES: bd Seen ee ote to) 6 SCE Eee Donogh & Ever ssostcooc a dos umbere wholesales errcistccs ceri -siclssete ss cis Com. ee ores ss Be dcisnosss sms (Gall, erson O.......... -|Lumber, Pine and Hardwoods, Wholesale ..... Com. soe. SOoeS fe en OMEATIO M MIINEr OG eo ushor aia). o)s).2).c) 5) Pst ber, WNOLESALE 545,05 s/o 5 ninleys( Woetoy aja/einyavars 3 [a/al|laye w cttyereiejs) < IMMensé PPeSSUPC Beautiful Bricks Fully Guaranteed ©)wners OFTEN have a fine deposit ot clay or shale right at their door, and ALWAys abundance of fuel with which to turn it into brick. Why not furnish building materials of brick as well il| = = - as of wood? Plastic or mud process bricks are very generally made. Such a plant would probably not be a paying investment where the market is at a considerable distance. THE DRY PRESS process involves a very much larger and expensive plant, produces a beautiful brick—solid, heavy, compact, with perfect surface and edges—at the same or a less cost per thousand than the ordinary plastic process. These Brick bring to-day in the Toronto market $18.00 to $20.00 per thousand. Ordinary brick bring $5.00 to $7.00. Will not the difference pay freight and leave you a handsome profit? The Saginaw sawmillers make salt with their refuse—why cannot you make brick? Will it not pay you to look into this? Clay tested for intending purchasers FREE. 7 te tet Eas Waterous Endiné Works 60. * sar BRANTFORD, CAN. HUGH CAMERON, Clay Expert, Agent THE, CANADA LUMBERMAN — F ApRIL, 1892 E.R. BUPNS SaW G0.» THE i Zs eset TOFONtO THIN box ONTO Ps fds Manuiacturers a, fact E TAMOE id * ont TEC CHONE E ‘Di o. MARK * T ABU N70. 5120 mek Sas SAWC0, TORO ALL KINDS. OF TAPER TOOTH a epee PETER GERLACH & Go. TORONTO eens thoqraphin ‘0. Litho u ph g (0 a Al “LAI GE ELBIT SAWSI= ki! T H G G RA P H E. RS oe THE Bg te set MACHINES Bee TO. -E Ne siukie CLEVELAND, OHIO tee UENCE mere BND be See eS: TL.CO, _ ndis ialty c phone BE ae er stics N R. CUNNINGHAM, Guelph. I THE ONLY PLACE IN| Tf (THE WORLD WHERE (, COPPERINE /2 | Ny IS MADE: // |GAT-OR=CHI: 'SEL=BIT EACH PLUG OF THE Myrtle Navy IS MARKED ‘Tl. aoe Fin pNO E Q OMA, ayy S0Up [Bares So, tachi Es ORK | Navan | IN BRONZE LETTERS THI cer ER 4 On. ~ Wo oon 2 : eating | None Other Genuine | ONS NGS 1 A. ALLAN, P: J. O. GRAVEL, SE F. SCHOLES, Manacine Director Canadian Rubber Company OF MONTRBAL CAPITAL $2,000,000 Our Rubber Belting 1 1S SENSE Unequalled in America PATENTEES AND ware IN CANADA ubber Seamless Co.) iad 1; CoN “Seamless Tube. FOR Be ting 2 ====Hose” HEAD OFFICE AND FACTORY: MONTREAL = == 3) eSicG IRIE aiavien Western-Branch:. Cor Fronganeh ele. sie TORONTO” J. He WAWwK ERO ee Sole Agents and Manufacturers of the Forsyth Patent F AprIL, 1892 THE CANA DA LUM BERMAN 2 Beopastincss Co, |‘ "efathbun Gompany-< Umber Merchants ae TRUST BUILDING CHAMBERS Doors, Sash, blinds, Stairs eigen And all kinds of House-Finishing Materials a erento: 3 (CEDAR OIL for Purging Boilers ALL KINDS OF PINE AND | CoRRESPONDENCE SOLICITEL HARDWOOD LUMBER QO~ BILL STUFF CUT TO ORDER Tie ( SS6IM all. Pee a ee C OO~ — ASSPE CTA: soc) casein io, 96 ee oe core DG Ob): eres LDONOGH== ——— = Se aeat i 2 Good HMacilities for Ss Bee HEMLOCK BILL STUFF OF EXCELLENT QUALITY ® OLIVER 3 eee arc scomuons oh ivtePeine CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED..... Ee LUMBER fern Se anew ws ac Se MAITLAND, RIXON & CO. Nos. 213, 214 and 215 OWEN SOUND, ONT. Board of Trade Building Ss ° aw Millers and Lumber Dealers Toro nto 3 © nt. All kinds of fal whe in stock THE AMERIGAN LUMBER 2 YARD cos LOM BIL STUFIN ROK FL, PE, EHR AND HELO HAMBURG, GERMANY OFFERS THE BEST FACILITIES Femerican «{ bs Na Pahee Gement Works FOR YARDING AND SELLING MMMGNDS/OF... 2.5... Wood Goods > ae ge BEMGITASEENGS = = suc nee TROINDS GRAN eect iee H. HANCOCK ©) AGES | Particularly adapted for Dams, Smoke Stacks BMndorsed by ROSENBACHER & Co. ene GARTNER, Agent | Foundations, Culverts, Cisterns, Cellars, « tc. ~OO~ ees Bla ee Bankers, HAamBURG HAMBURG ROACH LIME FOR BUILDING, PLASTERING, GAS PURIFYING, PAPER MAKING, ETC. ou! MAGHINE KNIFE WORKS Fl MRE OE; il WIACHINE KNIVES Wal OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR be ig Planing, Mouiding and Stave Cutting +222 SSinel S39 IDSSISS 3S — | ps hates ieee oe ee SAY. GALT, Oi Sectional View (2 pulleys on 1 grip ring). Ay 2- JLEY. fn MADE WITA 2, 4, 6 or 8 grips, transmitting any px | THE cst ag N 55 Zt W. B. & GS. ANGLIN, sawmill, Kingston, write 24th Feb., 1892: ‘The ip pulley still ————— continues to give ee atisfactio nd is a good -onvenien ce, as do not have to | DESERONTO, ONT. stop te rest oh the ull or throv ob elt when Bee : GOMP!) \ a ZS —— ———— == RBALL & ie awmills, at ebe rg write Feb. 24th, 1892: ‘‘We have been using your MANUFACTURERS OF ; P grip pulleys for some hey give every satisfaction The ” » WATE ROUS | ERA COMM are not lia ble to get | Endorsed by leading Architects and do not require m os attention BRANTFORD | Absolutely Fire-proof Deadens No f EIRE- PROOFING in adjustment. re D | Does not Crack on application of Heat or For use in Old and New Buildings Water , AN A A tess Ss SaaS aa Our Motto: About as Cheap as Wood or Brick ZS Grips always motionless when out of clutch. Weight one-third that of Brick ..... s Warmth in Winter ; Coo ae in Summer APRIL, 1892 © LUMBERMEN. DEALERS -_. AND MANUFACTURERS Dominion Dry Kiln Compan NO FAN NO ENGINE Phe ANOREWS Dry KiLN THE ANDREWS For all kinds of Lumber, Staves etc., etc. MANUFACTURERS OF # HK # L _— — a= THE NOYES Especially adapted for the Rapid Drying of Thin Lumber LUMBER DINKY NILN Sa ew ea ees THE ANDREWS LUMBER DRIER HAS BEEN PROVED TO POSSESS THE FOLLOWING POINTS OF EXCELLENCE : Ist. That its drying is rapid and perfect. 2nd. That external and internal checking and discoloration are entirely avoided by this method. 3rd. That the drying is done by a continuous system and the tempera- ture of the kiln is under absolute control at all times. 4th. That our Drier is free from the varying air currents (always waste- ful) incident to all fan and open-draft kilns. - ] 5th. That our drying is done by the slow continuous movement of a large body of slightly moistened air. 6th. That our condensing surface is so very large as to be adequate to precipitating the moisture of the saturated air with the least amount of movement. 7th. That our piping is tested by high pressure and every outfit is fully guaranteed. 8th. That by our improved system of drainage the freezing of pipes becomes impossible. NO CHIMNEY NO SMOKE NO FAN NO_ ENGINE NO SPECIAL FIREMAN OR FUEL NO EXPENSIVE BRICKWORK NO CASE-HARDENING RSS ES ESS SESS iN THE SEASONING OF LUMBER. WE DO ARTIFICIAL SEASONING RAPIDLY, WITHOUT INJURY TO THE STOCK, AND WITH THE GREATEST ECONOMY OF FUEL AND LABOR. THE ANDREWS KILN IS THE PERFECT LUMBER DRIER. TS remarkable efficiency depends upon its peculiar mode of ap- | plying heat to, and eliminating moisture from, the air used in drying. We use no fan, engine or other device that requires constant attention, nor do we waste heat by a special chimney or ventilator, nor do we reduce temperature by introducing cold-water pipes or freezing mixtures for condensing puiposes. We use a perforated pipe under the lumber, so arranged that, when required, the air at one end-can be ‘impreg- nated with additional moisture, This: penetrates evenly the lumber above it, softening the surface, and is of very great advantage where case-hardened lumber has been put into the drier. NO RISK OF FIRE NO CHECKING OR WARPING NO EQUAL | WritE FoR Quotations AND Strate Exactty WuHar You Want SeSee esses == — Be SSeS LOE OO COS DOMINION DRY WNILN OOF sia # * + CANADA LIFE BUILDING + «+ + Aes e ce fi | Apri, 1892 a THE CANADA LUMBERMATI SAWMILL MEN! You will all require more or fees Pulleys this spring . . . “OO se Lo not waste time and money making mean-looking home-made Pulleys . .. WE BUILD A SPECIALLY STRONG WOOD SPLIT POLLEY Mon SAvy wow, VWSsEe PRIGES LOW AND DBLIVBERY QUICK meen y FOLLEY FOLLY GUARANTEED SL SOO" IMNSPSY ISVS DS) See VWVOOD SPLIT PULLEY CO. Meme roe, On nr. Dauntless SHiNdl6 and neading Macning Also Manufacture | other kinds of . : es Jointers Both Self-acting and Hand-feed . . Shingle Machines | * WILL make more | Shingles per day than | any self-acting machine with vertical saw in existence, and more |. Shingles from the same |. quantity of timber. : Packing Boxes | Bolters | Drag Saw Machines | Station 2nd Portable Sawmills | Double Edgers | Single Edgers : Slab Saw Rigs | Bull Wheel Rigs Lath Machines | Lath Bolters averse In fact, a ¢ general line of | Mill Machinery, with Pulleys, Shafting, etc. TAE FRAME- .Is of Iron throughout, very |- ay y and ngid, strongly bc sed and brac ced. TAE CARRIAGE — ... 1s very light and strong, made of forged Cast Steel Plate, running on steel ways or tracks. Will take in a block 18 inches wide and 19 inches long, adjustable for 16-inch or 18-inch shingles. CAPACITY FROM 25,000 TO 50,000 PER DAY = —1F, J. DRAKE! a pussesase w SAW, SHINGLE AND LATH MACHINERY Brew evi. Bie THE CANADA LUDMSER WEA APRIL, im == © ¢ —==R. A. SMITH CO. LIN TER = ST. CATHARINES, ONT. Sole Manufacturers SS aa™ OnE = = The SIMONDS” & The “MEADER” |= 9 eee CIRCULAR SAWS CROSS-CUT SAWS pe =——F a Lem es O84 wid , SCATHARING?= THE BEST SAWS IN THE WORLD Wone Genuine without our Trade Mart OUR HAND SAWS sty serena - - - REPAIRING PROMPTLY ATTENDED 10 OVO OLR Sn ESED he . . . Price List and Discounts on application... * NCOREOR AE We Manufacture SAWS of every description. 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Ward, of Montreal, now at the age of seventy- three years, who has spent fifty-six of these as a lum- berman. Mr. J. Kewley Ward was born in the Isle of Man, in 1819, of English and Manx parents. His course in life, as after events have proven, was shaped when, at an early age, he was apprenticed to the trade of carpenter ‘ and joiner. Having completed his tenure of apprentice- ship he spent a year in England working at his trade. In 1842, now fifty years ago, he emigrated to the United States. For a time after his arrival in the new world, he 3 wandered around to some extent, engaging with energy and faithfulness in any honorable work that came in his / way. In 1845 he located in Troy, N.Y., securing a posi- tion in a planing mill, owned by the late John Gibson, of Albany, N.Y. It was there that he obtained his first experience in handling lumber, a branch of business in which in after years he was to occupy a conspicuous sai’ gion by el __ position. At the end of three years he entered into busi- £ ness on his own account by renting from the owner the mill in which he had given three years of faithful ser- % vice. It was a plucky undertaking for the young man, _____ but he rose equal to the occasion. From boyhood Mr. Ward had tasted of the sweets of labor. Work did not frighten him, nor could difficulties overpower him. He believed with D’Avenanti: “Rich are the diligent, who can command time, nature’s stock? and could his hour- glass fall, would, as for seeds of stars, stoop for the sand, and by incessant labor gather all.” He was his own book-keeper, amanuensis and office man-of-all-work, at the same time keeping three Woodworth planers doing their work making money for the mill, and not q alone supervising, but doing in person much of the actual mechanical work of the shop. Three years of earnest toil along these lines brought to Mr. Ward success altogether beyond his expectations. He was yet prepared to assume further responsibilities, -and harder work and move on to greater victories, and fo at this time entered into the manufacture of lumber, ; along with a son of his old employer, who had built one of the-best steam sawmills in Steubin county, in south- western New York. Increased experience was now added to Mr. Ward’s store of lumber knowledge. He learned what was meant by shanty life, making logs and driving them, as all logs for the firm’s mill had to be taken along the Tioga river down to the Chemung, where the mill was situated. Unable to secure a suffi- cient supply of timber without a larger expenditure of capital than the firm was able to control, Mr. Ward de- termined not to jeopardize his future by entering into ventures beyond his depth, and wisely pulled up stakes in Steubin county. This step was immediately followed by a decision, as he has expressed it himself, “to try Canada.” This was im 1853, and Mr. Ward has never had occasion to regret the choice. Prospecting for a time, he at last bought a mill and property on the Maskinonge river, in the pro- nce of Quebec, where he spent ten years lumbering, driving and sawing, adding during these years somewhat to his possessions. In 1863 he moved to Three Rivers and took the mills and limits built and owned by Nor- Philips & Co. Running these successfully for Ss SOT Cet ie SO * lumbered ever since. several years, he afterwards sold out to an American firm from Williamsport, Pa. The year 1870 found Mr. Ward a resident of Mont- real. Lumbering operations were commenced on the river Rouge, a tributary of the Ottawa, where he has The sawmill is situated in the vicinity of the Lachine canal, and the logs are rafted through the Long Sault, the lake of Two Mountains, and along the Lachine canal to the mill. The annual cut of the mill is about 15,000,000 feet. “Me tink dat all men love lazy” is the expressive way in which a foreign tongue has sized up the chief love of ordinary mortals. The record of Mr. Ward’s career shows plainly “dat he no love lazy.” At his ad- vanced age he is still active in business pursuits; at the same time, as a good citizen, giving liberally of his time and means to many important undertakings of a public character. Four years ago he was named a Legislative Councillor of his adopted province, probably the first case recorded where a practical mechanic, a man who had sprung directly from the working classes, and a Manxman, has held this exalted position. The “ Protest- ant Hospital for the Insane,” of Montreal, is an institu- Hon. J. K. Warp. tion in which Mr. Ward is deeply interested, and which owes much to his generous care. Briefly: Whatever his hand findeth to do, he does with all his might. On another page we publish an able paper on “Canadian Woods,” by Mr. Ward. SAWING HARDWOOD. shee successfully saw hardwood, says a writer in our bright little contemporary, Hardwood, requires first, a saw adapted to the purpose and to the power of the mill. Hardwood does not heat a saw because it is hard, but because the saw is not suited to its work and in many cases not fitted up rightly. Sawyers know that a saw cuts much better while cutting through the bark, unless it is hickory or a similar species. It is when a log is squared up, as is now generally done, that the best lumber is made as a rule, and right here the saw runs badly. It enters the cut right, goes straight for a few feet and then begins to snake and heat on the rim. The carriage is gigged back, the saw cooled and the process repeated, the best timber being spoiled in sawing. When the heart is approached the saw begins to run better. I am inclined to take the part of sawyers. They are often accused and abused when they should not be. No man under the sun can run a saw that is not adapted to the work in hardwood. Now, what constitutes the right kind of a saw? millman of experience ought to know. First, all log saws will do more and bettter work with as few teeth as possible, other things considered. That is, a thin saw requires more teeth than a thick one. A filer who cannot put a corner on a tooth so it will stay, must : more teeth Bent or spring set requires more teeth. A man in the dark is apt to imitate his successful neighbour, who may be running sixty teeth on four or five inch feed. caught with the running of the saw, and obser it has more teeth, concludes that a saw of would work on his mill. He has limited power, while his neighbour has ample to make the saw take a large feed. in his saw. The man in trouble is at once ng that this kind But not so. For ordinary work fifteen teeth for every inch of feed are sufficient on an eight-gauge saw; a ten-gauge saw should have eighteen and a seven-gauge twelve teeth. If a saw runs on one-inch feed fifteen teeth are ample; if it has a two-inch feed it will require thirty teeth, and soon. They must be filed square, have good corners, and then the saw will be in proper shape so far as the teeth and fitting of the points are concerned. For an eight-gauge saw I would recommend not larger than a 3/-inch throat to teeth, so as to chamber the dust well. The whole trouble often arises from the saw tooth not chambering the dust. Why? Because too many teeth cut the dust too fine, and instead of packing it into the throat of the teeth to be carried out of the cut, it passes by between the saw and the log, packs firmly against the log and the rim and heats the saw. If all hardwood sawyers will take notice they will find that when their saw heats as mentioned the dust will be packed as nicely to the side of the log asa plaster. If each tooth had cut a trifle more the dust would have been coarser and more in the shape of a chip and would have chambered nicely, and the saw would not have been heated and the lumber ruined. If you are running on two-inch feed and have a saw with 48 teeth, you will get along better with a spring set instead of a full swage tooth. If an eight-gauge saw has over 50 teeth ona light feed it will give trouble and would do better with every other tooth taken out. A large, round gullet will not always work, as there is often too great a number of teeth for such a shape. Often inserted tooth saws give this trouble, no one knowing exactly where the trouble is until finally a new set of rings or throat pieces is put in and the saw works well, the trouble being that the old rings had worn off on each side and were convexed in the centre, letting the dust’slip by instead of carrying it of the cut. Light power should have plenty of hook to the teeth, and where the carriage approaches the saw slowly a greater hook can also be carried. The set should be much less for hard wood than for soft. wood it is a common practice to run too much lead in the mandrel. All saws should be flat or lean a little to the log, and have sufficient lead so that the back of the saw does not scratch the cut in gigging. to and fro against a saw sidewise will heat the saw and make crooked lumber, not when the saw is hot but when it is cold. This is a great oversight on the part of many mill owners, and the cause of much worry and vexation to the sawyer. The mill owner thinks a cool saw ought to always make a bee line. It will follow the same curve or crook in each board, making them of even thickness, but when a piece of square stuff is turned out, or the last piece on the carriage, it is found to be crooked and almost ruined. In sawing hard A log going ECONOMIC VALUES OF CANADIAN WOODS. BY HON, J. K. WARD, MONTREAL, QUE. HAT I will have to say has been acquired in the rough school of experience, and not in academic halls or at the feet of wise men. Having spent more than half a century in the workshop, the forest, on lake and river and sawmill, I am sure you will not think it out of place or presumptuous on my part to try to impart some of the knowledge I may have acquired in the way indicated, though it be ever so little. The trees indigenous to our country and climate are of two classes, the coniferous or evergreen and decidu- ous, or those that shed their leaves annually. Of the first-named class is the common cedar; one of the most useful in our woods. It abounds in nearly every part of the wooded country, is largely used for fence-rails, pickets, posts, sills for buildings, telegraph poles, rail- road ties where the line is straight, it being considered too soft to resist the pressure on curves. It is very light and durable, has a pleasant aroma, said to be a protec- tion against moths when used for drawers or chests. It also furnishes material for roof shingles for home use and exportation, a large quantity of which find their way into the United States from the eastern townships. Not the least important of the evergreens is the hem- lock. It exists in great quantities in almost every part of the province, and is usually found mixed with other woods; it is the cheapest class of sawed lumber that we have, is strong and durable when not exposed to the weather, and is used for rough work, such as sheathing, roof boards for shingling on, holding nails better than almost any other wood, joists, studding, stable flooring, and is said to be proof against rats gnawing through it on account of the prickly nature of the wood. But the great value of the tree when it is not too far from navig- able water or rail, is in its bark, which is almost invalu- able for tanning purposes, and realizes from four to seven dollars a cord alongside railroad or barge. Trees that are taken for their bark are usually cut down and stripped during the months of June and July, when it peels easily, but it is no pleasant task for those who have to do it, as the plague of black flies and mosquitoes pre- vailing at that time can only be appreciated by those who have had some experience in the bush at this par- ticular season. The tree, after the bark is taken off, if not too far from river or mill, is made into sawlogs and sold to the lumbermen or taken to the mill and sawed on halves, the millman taking half for his labor, the farmer selling the other portion or hauling it home for his own use. The extract of hemlock is used in medicine for its narcotic properties. The balsam or sapin of the French is of little com- mercial value. When large enough it is made into lum- ber. It is usually found in poor soil mixed with white spruce; it makes a nice ornamental tree, is graceful in shape, nicely pointed at the top, and of a very dark green color. Our ordinary WHITE SPRUCE, one of the best known and most useful of the ever- greens, is found in great plenty from Nova Scotia to the Ottawa, including the St. Lawrence and their tributaries, but is not often seen west of the former river until we reach Lake Superiorand northern Manitoba. The wood of this tree is largely used for building purposes, making excellent floors and joising timber, as well as for doors, sashes, mouldings and inside finishing, when white pine is scarce. It also furnishes spars for sailing vessels, such as yards, masts, etc., as it is both light and strong. The sea or black spruce of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick is largely used in the frames of ships, and when well salted is said to be almost as strong and dur- able as oak. I have seen a Nova Scotia barque with part of her frame exposed, as sound as the day it was put up, after eight years of service in many climes and storms. The spruce is also the favorite wood of pulp makers, to be manufactured into paper, though other woods to some extent are used, the young trees being preferred. Vast quantities are cut down to supply the demand which is increasing very rapidly. Much of this material is taken to the United States in its natural state, where it enters free of import duty. Our Govern- ment, I think unwisely, removed the export duty that existed until a year or two ago, thus hastening the . or pinus strobus of the scientists. denuding of our forests, and robbing the country of one of its principal sources of wealth. The next in order of this class is the TAMARACK, OR LARCH, sometimes known as hackmatack. It is deciduous in its character, and though it has fallen in value of late years owing to the decline of ship-building in Quebec, yet it is an excellent wood, being little inferior to oak for strength and durability, and much more easily worked. Years ago I| have sold it in Quebec for twenty-five cents a cubic foot, while to-day it is difficult to get for the same average quality twelve to fourteen cents, and that for only a limited quantity. None of it is exported. What is made is principally used for sills under plank sidewalks, and in the construction of a few small vessels and scows that are built for local purposes. The smaller trees are mostly made into railroad ties and cordwood, which is considered an excellent steam-producing fuel on account of its inflammability. Tamarac knees made out of the root of the tree are valuable to export. The red, or Norway pine, another of the coniferous trees, is often found scattered with white pine, largely on the Ottawa and its tributaries; it has much thicker sap than the other pines; it is a valuable timber, strong and elastic, much used in this country for flooring and the frames of railroad cars. In England, largely for floor- ing, joists and ship planking. .. . ~ We now come to what every lumberman considers _ THE KING OF THE FOREST, in grandeur, usefulness or value, the white or cork pine, The tree of all others ‘that serves more purposes than we can enumerate. Among them the tiny match, the mast for the great ship, the frame of the sweet sounding piano, and wher- ever a soft, easy-working wood is wanted, either in the arts, the workshop, or the factory, there it is to be found. As an article of commerce it far surpasses in value and quantity that of any other wood, if not of all sorts put — together. It supplies more freight for vessels coming into the St. Lawrence than any other commodity; it gives more employment to wage-earning men than any industry in our country, except agriculture. It employs more capital in manipulating it from the time the men leave for the woods in the fall to make, haul and drive the logs and timber to the mills; the building of mills for sawing ; the construction of barges and steamboats to convey it to the market, as well as the large amount of freight furnished to.railroads ; the erection of factories to convert it to the various uses to which itis put. It is safe to say that the value of the output of pine lumber alone, produced in Canada, is at least $25,000,000, or two and a-half times as much as that of any other manu- facturing industry, and when we consider that sixty per cent. is paid for labor and that nearly all to men repre- senting a large population, you can readily see how important it is, either by legislation or otherwise, to pro- tect and conserve the source of this great factor in our prosperity. How can we extol sufficiently this monarch of the forest that we are so much indebted to? The tree, when growing in the open country, is of little or no value except as a shade tree, its lateral branches reach- ing almost to the ground, and it is in the dense forest we have to look for the great tree of commerce, where nature acts the pruner. There the branches decay and drop off, the trunk shoots upward high above its neigh- bors, seeking that which it was deprived of below, light and air. By this action of nature we get our clear pine, so much prized by mechanics. As the branches drop off, the wood grows over them, and we get the stately tree carrying its size well up and often attaining sixty or seventy feet to the branches. I once saw a tree that measured forty inches in diameter, seventy feet from the ground, without a knot or defect visible in this space. Naturally, however, it is very rare to get a log or the best of timber without finding knots or defects as you get near the heart, the remains of the dead branches that fell off in the trees youth. My experience teaches me that WHITE PINE IS OF SLOW GROWTH. The smallest tree that ought to be taken for saw logs or timber should be at least fourteen inches at the butt. This would take not less than fifty years to produce, and such a tree as I have before described, as much as one hundred and fifty. I have a white pine tree near my May, 1892 house that has not gained more than three inches in | twenty years, although it is in good rich soil, perhaps too rich. Large groves of pine are usually found on poor light soil. I think, consequently, that the bulk of the pine found under such circumstances is apt to be — punky or defective for the want (so to speak) of nourish- ment. ‘The best pine is usually found on stronger soil mixed with hardwood. It is unpleasant to contemplate the want of this valuable timber. Once gone it is gone forever, and cannot be reproduced in our time or our children’s, as unlike mineral or the other products of the soil, the quantity produced from these is only limited by the amount of labor employed in producing them. Per- haps, however, time will find a substitute in some artifi- cial wood, or employ metal to take its place. Hardwoods, to which | will briefly refer presently, that were once almost discarded, except for burning, are coming largely into use in consequence of the improved wood-working machinery that has been devised of late years, making the work of preparing and completing joiner-work much more simple and easy than it was to do the same thing in pine (when I served my time, over 50 years ago, and when flooring, mortising, tenoning, sticking mouldings out of dry spruce with hard knots was done by hand). The facilities also for reaching hardwoods and getting them to market will help to make up for the loss of this favorite material, which I hope is yet a long way off. I might say before closing this part of my subject that the MAGNIFICENT CEDAR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA will no doubt largely take the place of white pine for joiner-work. The Douglas fir will be a valuable substi- tute for our coarser woods, when they become scarce and high in price, that is, if the railroads moderate rates coming east so as to come into competition with each other. It will, however, | am afraid, be some time be- fore either takes place. The last of the soft wood that I will refer to is the bass wood, linden or bois blanc. It produces lumber that is much used by carriage-makers, furniture manu- facturers and joiners, for panels, etc. DECIDUOUS OR LEAF-SHEDDING TREES. Of the deciduous or leaf-shedding trees, the first I will refer to is the beech, a handsome shade tree with smooth bark and bearing a small triangular nut not of an unpleasant taste. The wood is used for various pur- poses, such as carpenters’ planes, shoemakers’ lasts, bobbins and shuttles for cotton and woolen factories, ‘and largely for firewood, as it makes excellent fuel. Birch, of which there are several species, principal ‘among them being the large or yellow birch, is much cused for furniture, by wheelwrights, for stair builders, for -hand rails and balusters, and in ship-building, forming a ‘portion of the frame, flooring and keelson, being durable when kept wet. It is also largely exported to Europe as ‘square timber. It is .a tree of considerable size, often reaching twenty to thirty inches in diameter. It is also a favorite firewood. The white birch or bouleau, has within a few years become of some value when found within easy reach, having been turned to account for the manufacture of spools and spool. wood for thread makers, the white part — of the wood only being used. Many shiploads have been shipped to England and Scotland the past few years, principally from the lower St. Lawrence. The elm is much admired as a shade tree. Rock elm found in Ontario is tough and durable, and is valued for the planking of vessels. Common elm is used for barrel staves. Oak is one of the most valuable woods of com- merce. The white and blue oaks of Ontario were famous for their great size and length, as wellas strength and durability. In ship-building it has no rival, except it be the live oak of Florida. The white oak found in — Quebec is small and of little value; the red oak is of good size and makes excellent inside floors and house- hold furniture. Black walnut is almost a thing of the — past, although forty or fifty years ago in the country — between Guelph and the St. Clair river and Lake Erie it — was cut down, burned or put to the commonest use, such as fence rails, posts, hog pens, etc. There are many _ varieties of maples, soft and hard maples being familiar to almost everyone. The hickory is a highly esteemed wood, noted for its toughness and strength, and is more plentiful in Ontario than Quebec. May, 1892 VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS. Humphrey Potter. is probably the only boy who ever invented anything : of practical use to the world. Before Waitt had perfected his discovery the Newcomen engine was considered the best. Besides a man, it required the services of a boy to turn alternately the two cocks, one admitting the steam into the cylinder, the other admit- ting the jet of cold water to condense it. This work was easy enough, but it soon grew monotonous, as it had to be constantly attended to. Potter was-lazy, and he thought how much time he would have for play if he could only make the cocks turn themselves. He observed the alternate ascent and descent of the beam above his head, and being a bright boy he thought he could save himself much work by applying the move- ment to the alternate rising and lowering of the levers which governed the cocks. He contrived a device, which he called the “scoggan” (meaning lazy boy), con- sisting of a catch worked by strings from the beam of the engine. While the arrangement was of course very rude, it not only answered the purpose and made the engine automatic, but improved the working power by increasing the number of strokes from six to fifteen in *the minute. Henry Beighton, who added the plug rod and hand gear, subsequently improved upon the boy’s work by doing away with the catches and strings and substituting a rod suspended from the beam, which alternately opened and shut the tapets attached to the steam and injection cocks. A Boy Inventor. There is not supposed to be much sentiment in business; perhaps not as much as there might be. “Business is business” is the motto’on which the changes are hourly rung in the busy mart of -com- merce, and the man who steps out of this hard, beaten, adamantine track, more frequently receives the cynic’s laugh, than not, for his unusual innovation. But without following the subject further on these lines, though they are not wanting in suggestion, we shall quote an extract from a commercial exchange, that if on sentimental lines will, we opine, touch a sym- pathetic chord in the breasts of not a few business men. “The road along which the man or business travels,” says this writer, ‘“‘is not a macadamized one, nor does it ordinarily lead through pleasant scenes and by well springs of delight. On the contrary, it is a rough and rugged path, beset with “wait-a-bit” thorns, and full of pitfalls, which can only be avoided by the watchful care of circumspection. After every day’s journey over this worse than turnpike road the wayfarer needs something more than rest ; he requires solace, and he deserves it.. He is weary of the dull prose of life and athirst for the poetry.. Happy isthe husband who can find that solace and that poetry at home. Warm greetings from loving hearts, fond glances from bright eyes, the welcome shouts of children, and many thousand little arrangements for our comfort and enjoyment that silently tell of thought- ful and expectant love, the gentle ministrations that disencumber us in an old and easy seat before we are aware of it; these and like tokens of affection and sympathy constitute the poetry which reconciles us to the prose of life. Think of this, ye wives and daughters of business men! Think of the toils, the anxieties, the mortifications and wear that fathers undergo to secure for you comfortable homes; and then compensate them for their trials by making them happy by their own firesides.” Business And Sentiment. The crazy habit of cutting’ prices cannot be too severely condemned. We have reverted to the matter more than once in these pages; and will give place here to some utterances that we have found in an exchange, from one who knows how to size up the question in vig- orous English and apt simile. This writer says: “Some men have a mania for cutting prices, and where the habit is strongest it is the least frank and open-handed. _ It condescends to trickery, and is in trade relationships ‘what judas Iscariot was in the councils of the twelve apostles. It is, of course, impossible to manipulate iness morals on a pancake basis of even justice. It Sawing off Prices. may have its revivals, but these are usually restricted to Saints are scarce both in churches and shops, and, if a pity, it is still a fact; and if Moses fails with the ten command- ments, it is not reasonable to suppose any trade law can escape the usual violation. The evil, however, is none the less for being too common, for it is to this spirit of rivalry and cupidity we find so many men making meat of their noses to spoil their neighbor's face. It is this phrenzy that makes competition homicidal. It simply does a butchering business and fills the modern shambles with debtors and creditors, financial skeletons and busy sheriffs. This, of course, is foolish; but as fools seldom die when young, they have to be endured in whiskers. They are practically immortal, and never die. They co- exist with the mosquito and the gadfly, and the wart that spoils the beauty of a Roman nose. Everybody knows that two-thirds of our business failures, bad debts and ruined creditors are traceable to these unrepentant sinners, and that their delinquencies in the long run have to be balanced in the big clearing house of the public purse. All kinds of schemes are devised to limit this business evil. We cork it up in conventions, com- mittees and organizations, and frame all kinds of affi- davits to keep the modern Annanias from his old habit sales, and leave the sinner still unregenerated. uu PLANER KNIFE GRINDING MACHINE. of going back on his veracity. Men travel hundreds ot miles, frame constitutions and employ the national mails to distribute resolutions and schedules in printed form, but stilk the cat gets into the pantry and the dreaded camel gets through the néedle’s eye. In fact, men who would adhere to living prices and save themselves from the sheriff, are frequently compelled, by the law of self- preservation, to take to the water on a plank when the bottom is kicked out of the business boat. Competition keeps its knife on the grindstone and the trader’s throat, with the criminals sitting before a ledger, and their names on the official roll of fair and honest trade. It may be safely said that it would pay, with a handsome profit, to give a life pension, with board and lodging and free rides on Sundays, to this class of men, who are strangling themselves and their neighbours by undue and injudicious competition.” OF “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. A THREE CENT STAMP DOES IT. receipt of a three cent stamp we will mail free to any address a copy of our little hand-book entitled CANADA LUMBERMAN 5 PLANER KNIFE GRINDING MACHINES. HE evolution of planer knife grinding would be interesting study. Step by step the advanced from the clumsy all-day job done on a grin stone, two men holding the knife to the work. The fir improvement dispensed with the services of one man, by using a dovetail slide to travel the knife to and fro. The advent of emery wheels made a decided advance, for a narrow emery wheel twenty-four inches in diameter took the place of the more burly grindstone, and a more elaborate mechanism traversed the knife back and forth without the aid of manual Jabor. The emery wheel ground a slight concave in the bevel of the knife when first used, but the concave increased regularly with the wear of the wheel till, long before the close of its natural life, it had to be put aside as having outlived its usefulness, the edge ground becoming altogether too concave. The next step was the introduction of a mas- sive machine nearly a ton in weight, and the objection- able increase in concavity was prevented by an oscillat- ing motion of the knife carrier. this machine was never a prime favorite. Cup or tub wheels next pushed their claims, but while they made a very good edge for some work, the lack of concave was objectionable to those whose finer work seemed to demand a concave edge. What is really wanted by nine-tenths of planing millmen is a substantial yet simple machine that For obvious reasons will grind accurately and automatically either a straight or concave edge. The illustration on this page represents such a machine. Moderate in price, simple in construction, accurate in work, producing at will of operator either a straight or concave bevel, occupying the mini- mum of room, provided with a countershaft, if needed, (not shown in illustration), it does seem to fill the bill, and the makers, the Dominion Emery Wheel Co., of Hamilton and Prescott, guarantee it will. For fuller particulars, price, etc., please address them. ANOTHER LOCAL FAILURE. E regret to have to record this month the assignment of Porter, Robertson and Co., lumber merchants, of this city. Mr. Robertson, the sole member of the firm, is one of the best-known and most highly respected men in the lumber trade. Unfortunately, however, like many others, he has during the past year suffered heavy losses, Mr. Robertson places his habilities at $10,000 and assets nom- until at last he has himself been forced to the wall. inally the sanie,-but which will, no doubt, shrink consider- able in the effort to realize on them. The creditors were most kindly disposed towards the insolvent, and a com- promise might have been arranged, but it was Mr. Rob- ertson’s wish that the estate be wound up, and his hope is that‘if the shortage is not too heavy that he will ultimately be able to wipe it out by his own exertions. As an earnest of his intentions to push things, and lose no time in getting down to work, we are pleased to learn that Mr. Robertson has formed a connection with the Toronto Wood and Shingle Co. (Ltd.), of Queen Street West. will no doubt be a profitable one to the company, and we The arrangement trust will be equally satisfactory to Mr. Robertson. WHY BAND SAWS BREAK. Being a book of instructions to filers on the care of large band saw blades, used in the manufacture of lumber. Treating on the hammering, filing, brazing and care of band saw blades, removing unequal tension, set- By Joshua Oldham; M. T. Richardson Co., Cloth, price $1. For sale at office of CANADA ting irregular teeth, etc. Publishers, New York. LUMBERMAN. In the above-named book may be found valuable information on the subject of treating band saw blades. Beginning, the author gives sixteen reasons for the breaking of band saw blades. and information which, if carried out, will remove the causes of breaking, is then given. The styles of ham- mers to use are illustrated and described. Explicit instructions are given on hammering, filing and brazing the blades. Instructions are given to remove improper and unequal tension, irregular and uneven teeth, ete. In connection with the treatise is a history of the manu- facture and use of the saw from its origin to the present time. Altogether the book presents an accumulation of valuable and practical information which cannot be found anywhere else. It is printed on fine paper, in good clear type, and is bound in cloth. Each reason is analyzed, 6 a THE CANADA. 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Special correspondents in localities of importance present an accurate report not only of prices and the condition of the market, but also of other matters specially interesting to our readers. But correspondence i is not only welcome, but is invited from all who have any information to com- municate or subjects to discuss relating to the trade or in any way affecting it. Even when we may not be able to agree with the writers we will give them a fair opportunity for free discussion as the best means of eliciting thetruth. Any items of interest are particularly requested, for even if not of great importance individually they contribute to a fund of information from which general results are obtained. Advertisers will receive careful attention and liberal treatment. We need not point out that for many the CanaDA LUMBERMAN, with its spe- cial class of readers, is not only an exceptionally good medium for securing publicity, but is indispensable for those who would bring themselves before the notice of that class. Special attention is directed to ‘‘ WANTED” and “For Sate” advertisements, which will be inserted in a conspicuous posi- tion at the uniform price of 15 cents per line for each insertion. Announce- ments of this character will be subject to a discount of 25 per cent. if ordered for four successive issues or longer. Subscribers will find the small amount they pay for the Canapa Lum- BERMAN 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 encour- aging us to render it even more complete. NO LOG DUTIES. Mr. IvEs’ resolution: “That itis expedient to impose export duties on sawlogs and spruce pulpwood when exported from Canada,” did not receive very hearty sup- port from the members of the Commons, and its defeat settles for some time the agitation for a tariff change in Canadian lumber. The principal participants in the debate were the mover, Mr. Corbould, of British Columbia; Mr. John Charlton, himself a lumberman, operating Canadian limits and with an office at Tonawanda, N.Y.; Mr. Sproule, Mr. O’Brien, who represents the lumber con- stituency of Muskoka, and the Finance Minister. The mover did not make out a particularly happy case tor his side of the question. His speech was faulty in the important particular of not exhibiting a mastery of the actual facts of the situation. He was quickly taken up, by Mr. Charlton, in his statement that the Americans could not do without our spruce and would have to pay any duty we might choose to put on. It is stated by Mr. Charlton that there are immense tracts of spruce in the Adirondack mountains, in New Hampshire, Michi- gan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, as well as in the South- ern States. Mr. Charlton further pointed out that it was a mistake to say that the only reduction made by the United States was the duty on white pine from $2 to $1 per thousand. There were five reductions made, includ- ing that on shingles from thirty-five to twenty per cent And we opine that LUMBERMEN readers are aware that during the past year Canadian shingles in considerable quantities have been exported to the United States, and the trade is growing. Whilst engaged in writing this article the writer was called from his desk to talk witha manufacturer engaged largely in the shingTe trade, who states that the entire shingle output of his mill goes to the States. Mr. Charlton takes common ground with the Algoma Advocate, published in an important paper wood section, that it would be unjust to the small farmers who have pulpwood to sell to compel them to wait until Canadian manufacturers were ready to buy it. There is this important fact to be considered in a dis- cussion of the duty question, and perhaps not generally known to lumbermen, that the trade and navigation returns show that while in 1891 there were exported 228,500,000 feet of spruce, there was imported in the same time eight or nine times that quantity for manufac- ture in Canada. In the last seven years, Mr. Charlton says, our spruce imports represented $8,500,000, while our exports during that period amounted to the value of only $3,280,000. The real position, as it exists to-day, was nears as fairly stated by the Minister of Finance as by any of the speakers, when he said that there were diverse interests in connection with this matter, but the policy of the Government had been fixed, and whilst from certain points of view the spruce industry had probably been unfairly dealt with, yet considering the entire lumber interests, together with the conditions that were an embodiment of the McKinley bill, it would be disadvant- ageous to the lumber interests of Canada to reimpose the duties on lumber. This is the position the LUMBERMAN has taken on the question from the commencement of the agitation for a reimposition of the log duties. Our friend the Canadian Manufacturer, when saying some kind things of the CANADA LUMBERMAN a month ago, expressed the hope that we would bend our enlarged energies to the advocacy of a reimposition of the log duties. The answer of Mr. Foster, whose trade policy finds special favor in the eyes of the Manufacturer, is the answer of the LUMBERMAN. We take the situation as it is to-day and, with the Minister of Finance, ask: What advant- ages could lumbermen gain by a re-imposition of the duties? It is not relevant to the issue to say that Sir John Macdonald should never have consented to an abolition of the log duties. He did consent. We are prepared to admit that in the change certain local and individual interests connected with lumber have suffered. But let us remember that other branches of the lumber © trade, and the business record of the past year is its own complete answer on this point, would, if the Government were to revert back to former conditions, suffer in a degree immeasurably greater than is the case with any particular branch under present conditions. It cannot be forgotten that we have not the shaping of the lumber tariff altogether in our own hands. Were this so, we might do something we cannot now do. As we have repeatedly remarked, the McKinley bill is an important factor in any re-adjustment that may be proposed, and it is useless to shut our eyes against this element in the case. INDIVIDUAL AND NATIONAL EXTRAVAGANCE. Is the oft-repeated statement correct, that individually and as a people, we are spending more than we are earning, and steadily drawing on capital account? The large growth per capita in the national tax bill would seem to furnish only one answer to the latter part of the enquiry, and the Government have called a halt none too soon in deciding to cut down expenditure in various important particulars. Irrespective of party the over- burdened tax-payer is ready to admit that much. What is the case of the individual? The individual, after all, constitutes the nation. If his policy is based on principles of thrift and frugality we have not so much reason to dread the policy that governments may pur- sue. An American lumber journal, that has been keep- ing a record of the various causes of failure in the lum- ber trade during the past year, has furnished us with an illustration, that whilst perhaps exceptional in magni- tude, places the case of the individual in very clear light. A Wisconsin firm recently failed for a large amount and the estate will pay less than forty cents on the dollar. Three gentlemen constituted the firm, and in their desire to aid in a re-adjustment of their troubles generously volunteered to each reduce their living expenses $10,000 for this year, in this way creating a saving of $30,000 a year. What they will still expect to retain per member for their “living expenses” is not mentioned, but we may safely conclude that “living expenses” that will permit of a reduction of $10,000 a year are likely to still have remaining sufficient to admit of a fairly decent living. The open confession of these men carries but one interpretation, which is that during these years they have been living at the expense of their ~ creditors, who are now obliged to discount their claims fully sixty per cent. Business men, and the circle includes men of other callings, who are spending more than they earn, are not confined to this Wisconsin lumber firm, though their case is perhaps an agyravated one, nor to residents of the United States. The individual in the present day appears born to extravagance. The pendulum has swung with a vengeance to the opposite side, and we know little of the thrift and economy that guided the course of our grandfathers. The beginner in busi- ness, who has not only his fortune to make but actu- ally his needed capital, must live as well as the inde- pendent merchant, who, for a decade of years and more, toiled and saved, pinched and screwed in order to place his business on a solid basis, and not until then com- menced to drink in the luxuries of life. The younger man does not intend that he shall overstep seriously the bounds of frugality. If his personal account in the mean- time is larger than the actual trade being done would seem to warrant, he expects that shortly his argosies will come home and he will readily recover any extra- vagance of the present. The system of economy is bad, and more frequently the argosies, if they do come home and none are lost, realize a little short, rather than in excess of the estimate. One result follows. The man begins to find himself pinched, and if he does not pull up with a short rein he is soon in the same boat that sunk the Wisconsin lumberimen. Political economists draw a sharp dividing line be- tween those trades that are productive in their results, and others which, while representing an outgo, do not add in any way to the wealth of the State. The lumber and wood-working trades furnish a familiar illustration of the first-named class. Starting from the time the tree is felled in the forest until the day it graces our drawing rooms, shaped into handsome furniture, as each day’s labor has been put upon it, and capital has been employed to give it other shape and form, its value has gone on increasing, adding to the wealth of the producer and the nation in which the work of production has been carried on. The liquor traffic is often taken by political economists to illustrate a business which gives back no- thing productive, or that benefits the individual or nation, in return for the capital and labor absorbed by it. The individual, who draws upon his earning powers in excess of the amount earned, is violating every rule of sound political economy, so far as his worth to the com- munity is concerned, if not in the same degree, just as certainly as the liquor seller or others who engage in non-productive employments. Every dollar expended beyond his earnings is a dollar wasted to the commun- ity. The community, in some of its parts, is going to come short that amount. The position is worse than this. That dollar he has lost by his extravagant living is not only a dollar lost, but, like the talent unused and tied up in a napkin, there has been lost with it the earn- ing power possessed by it. We see the force of this condition when we contrast the position of the business man who loses his dollar with the man who husbands it. The one, in pursuing this policy continuously, becomes a bankrupt; the other is steadily adding to the wealth of the community at large. His business increases, giving him the ability to consume greater supplies of the raw material of his own or other countries. Additional employment is furnished to the laborer; the avenues of transportation have increased business placed in their hands; and all through the net-work of activity that surrounds operations of business the pulse throbs with enlarged healthfulness and strength. Individual extravagance is a national calamity. OIL VS. GREASE. In English mills fluid oil has largely given way in fa- vor of grease for lubricating wood-working machinery. The best class of grease is a solidified oil, which pos- sesses the advantage of remaining longer in the bearings than fluid oil. It is applied through the medium of a special form of screw or screw-plunger lubricator, ‘the grease being forced into the bearing at intervals by turning the screw. The great point you have to aim at is to secure a lubricant which will not develop fatty acids and clog and gum the bearings up. A common oil or grease is dear at any price for wood-working machinery. ; 2 3 : F _ several exhibitions of childishness. has his chief abode in Chicago. May, 1892 _ THE CANADA LUMBERMAN HEAVY LUMBER CHANGES. MICHIGAN lumbermen are increasing their holdings in Canadian pine, two heavy purchases having been completed during the month. The most important, probably, is the deal of Merrill, Ring, Fordney & Co., of Saginaw, who have secured from the Dodge estate pine timber in eleven townships on Magnetawan river, Georgian Bay district, estimated to cut nearly 500,000,- ooo feet of standing timber, 19,000,000 of logs afloat, and a sawmill of 12,000,000 capacity. The mill is the one located at Byng Inlet, which, we are informed by those likely to know, will be actively operated by the newconcern. The consideration for the entire property is placed at $750,000. The syndicate, headed by the Arthur Hill Company, of Saginaw, Mich., has closed a deal with Pattee & Perley, of Ottawa, for 500,000,000 feet of pine on the Ottawa river at a reported price of $800,000. The Hill Company, which owns large tracts of timber in upper Michigan, places its product on the eastern market, and will likely manufacture the Can- _adian timber on this purchase in the same manner. EDITORIAL NOTES. THE timber land fake is being worked to good advan- tage on the Pacific coast (American), and an exchange says every few days a sucker is caught. Sometimes in one way and again in another, but everywhere the thimble-rigger and his whole crowd of satellites find the innocent gullible to work upon. They catch even lum- bermen, it seems, who ought to know better. IN one of the debates towards the closing of the ses- sion of the Ontario Legislature last month, in reply to a speech of Mr. Wood, member for Hastings, the Minister of Crown Lands made an important statement regarding the timber wealth of this province. The estimated mile- age of unlicensed Crown timber lands he placed as fol- lows :—West of the Ottawa river and northwest of the limits sold in 1872, between 80° and 85° west, and ex- tending north to 48th parallel of latitude, 24,000 square miles; between the Ottawa agency and berths sold in 1881, 540 square miles. Averaging timber on this area at 1,000,000 feet to the mile, there were 24,000,000,000 feet. The late Col. Dennis estimated the timber in the disputed territory at 26,000,000,000, making a total of 50,000,000,000 feet. There were three years ago under license in Ontario about 19,000 square miles, on which there was supposed to be 10,000,000,000 feet, which made a grand total of over 60,000,000,000 feet of timber still uncut in the possession of the Province. With such figures as these he believed that the quantity of timber in possession of the Province was beyond question for a century to come. THE Mississippi Valley Lumberman has its brother, of Chicago, the Northwestern Lumberman, by the hip, in two columns of “deadly parallel” contrasting the views of the latter on “free trade in lumber” in 1887 and 1888 with those expressed during the past few months in its sensational articles under the caption of “Ameri- can Markets for American Lumber.” In 1887 the ques- tion of commercial union between the United States and Canada was being discussed by the press of both countries. The Northwestern was particularly interest- ed in the subject in its relation to the lumber interests of its own country. Not once, but over and over again, it stated that “the country at large would certainly be the gainer by unrestricted trade with the Dominion. There was no reason to suppose that the abrogation of the customs duties would reduce even the price of mill- run stock.” The truth is our Chicago contemporary has made itself painfully ridiculous in the eyes of every sen- __ sible lumberman in the way it has handled this question, and if anything its silly charges of disloyalty to Ameri- can lumber interests made against the Timberman, the Mississippi Valley Lumberman and the New York Lum- Trades Journal have not been the least silly of its The American hog The constant efforts of the Northwestern Lumberman to decry every other lumber newspaper in the country, holding itself up as the “great and only” lumber journal of sixty millions of people, gives one the idea that Chicago grows more one kind of hog. + ” "man fell to discussing Pacific cedar. HE Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, with that facetious philosophy that marks the writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes, asks: “What would be the state of the highways of life if we did not drive our ‘thought- sprinklers’ through them with the valves open, some- times? Besides,” he says, and I want to emphasize the thought, “there is another thing about this talking which you forget. It shapes our thoughts for us; the waves of conversation roll them as the surf rolls the pebbles on the shore.” We are told that there are no good conversationalists in the present day-— the art is lost. There is assuredly a difference in mankin1 in this respect, and just how chary some people are to exercise their “thought-sprinklers” no one knows better than the newspaper interviewer. Where does each one derive the knowledge, which too often they hug with miserly pride? » We are all borrowers from others; one genera- tion from another; the individual to-day from the indi- vidual of yesterday. I am so desirous that our friends should give interest to this page, for their own gain, either by word of mouth, or frequently, when this is not convenient, by written communication, that it seemed to me that the Autocrat’s talk about “thought-sprinklers” might prove suggestive. * * * * Every mother crow, it has often been said, thinks her own baby crow the blackest; and this spirit of loy- alty to ones own particular progeny displays itself in many different ways. I have found a recent illustration of this, touching the matter of lumber, in a dialogue between lumbermen reported by an exchange: “One ‘It’s a fraud to call it red cedar,’ he said, ‘it’s nothing of the sort. It’s white cedar and not as good a quality as ours. Didn't you ever notice it? How spongy it is? I should think it would let the rain through like a sieve.’ A Pacific cedar man says: ‘The coast shingle is bound to beat the world. White pine doesn’t compare with it. It will keep rain out as long as a house can stand up. No cedar in the world compares with the Pacific cedar. A white pine man tells me that the yellow pine is proving a delusion as a building timber. Even in the Southern States they admit it, he says, for when placed in the vic- inity of stone and brick walls, it is struck with a dry rot that ruins it in a very few years. A yellow pine dealer, on the other hand, informs me that yellow pine is grow- ing in popularity as framing timber, and for use as posts and girders in stone and brick blocks. The same diver- sity of opinion is expressed concerning northern and southern oak, Canadian and Michigan elm, Wisconsin and Minnesota pine, and in fact any two kinds of lum- ber that grow on opposite sides of any line fence. The man who knows his lumber best likes it best, which proves to me that no lumber is wholly without merit.” * * * * At the session of the Ontario Legislature of 1891 Mr. Hardy introduced a measure, known as “The woodman’s Lien for Wages Act,” designed to protect the woodmen who, in their dealings with small jobbers, were frequently at the end of the season done out of their entire wages. The Act covers the districts of Algoma, Thunder Bay and Rainy River only. Objection was taken in the House, at the time the bill was under discussion, to the limitation clause. Mr. Miscampbell, himself a practical lumberman, and others, contended that if the measure were good and necessary it should be made general and not special in its application. Mr. R. Kember Johns, of Gravenhurst, has written a letter that gives force to this contention. He says that a large number of men work- ing in the camps and sinall shingle mills in the districts of Muskoka and Parry Sound are sufferers through the dishonest nethods of their employers. “In the last few days,” he says, “no less than six men have applied to me in this state’ with amounts from $40 to $100 com- “I ing to each. These men as a class do not take the work for amusement or occupation, but to help on the family at home. One man told me he had been working since December so that his wife, who was afflicted, would be able to get medical advice, which he now could not get her. With small shingle men it has become a custom for a man to rent a shingle mill, get logs by any means and have these cut up, usually upon the strength that he has a contract to supply a certain quantity of shingles to one of the large buyers, men supply bolts and logs on the faith of this contract, and after the shingles are made and marked find that the jobber has drawn all the pay and has left them to get their claims from him as best they can. The jobber takes contracts at prices that will not pay for lumber and labor, and the poor laboring man has to go to the wall. lumberman buying shingles from such men as these when marking the shingles should be answerable to the workmen for wages as also to the poor settler for the pine. The thousands of dollars that are lost to these poor men in this district alone would surprise any person not in the way that I am of seeing, month after month, the same thing going on.” *+ * FF Every buyer or Among matters having a place on my desk is a letter, of some length, from Mr. Wm. Little, of Montreal, whose valued contributions have at various times found a place in these columns. It was written in anticipation of the resolution in Parliament favoring a re-imposition of the export duties on logs, and intended for publication in the April LUMBERMAN. Unfortunately it did not reach us In time, and much of its force is now lost from the fact that the House has decided against any changes in the lumber tariff. As may be surmised from Mr. Little’s former articles, he considers that rank injustice was done the lumber interests of Canada when Sir John Macdonald’s government consented to a renewal of these duties. In this position he has been supported by the Board of Trade, of Montreal, which a few weeks ago sent a strongly worded memorial to Ottawa framed on these lines. Mr. Little’s strong contention is that the Michigan mill-men must either have Canadian logs or close down their mills. He says: “In round numbers we supply the United States markets with, we will say, four hundred million feet of white pine lumber annually. The Michigan mills alone have been supplying the same market with four thousand millions of this lumber, or ten times as much. About twelve hundred millions of this, or three times the whole amount of our exports to them, are produced in Saginaw, Tawas, Alpena and Cheboygan districts of Michigan, most of which is shipped to Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and the New England states, where our four hundred million feet en- ter into competition, handicapped by a duty, formerly of $2, now reduced to $1 per M. Now, the Americans aa- mit that many, if not most, of the mills in this section of Michigan must go out of existence unless they get logs from Canada to saw. Here, then, came in a good op- portunity for Canadian operators to realize good prices for their lumber. The Michigan mill-men kept us for years from making a reasonable profit on our lumber sent to their market by the import duty of $2 per M.., and continued to do so until their own white pine timber was about gone, and a reduced production on their part inevitable, unless they got Canadian saw logs to stock their mills. When, instead of our people having the advantages to be derived in higher prices for our lumber from this condition, we give them 3,000,000,000 feet of our timber, free of all restrictions whatever, to continue in their mad career to glut the markets with excessive supplies; and since as I have stated what I know from personal observation they have under existing conditions the advantage of $3 per M. over our own manufacturers, they can, and I have no doubt will use our timber to de- press the price of our lumber product not only in their market, but in every market where we send white pine lumber. It would be just as injudicious for an opposing army to give its ammunition to its adversary when he ran short as for our lumbermen to give these American mill-men our logs to manufacture into lumber, every board of which comes into competition with our own production. And it is simply ruinous to do so with the additional advantage of $3 per M. in their favor which they now have.” (oe) May, 1892 MICHIGAN LETTER. [Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] VERYONE is alert for business, now that we are fairly into the spring season. Not even the agitation over the coming presidential election, which is commencing to warm up at all points, is to be allowed to divert lumbermen from straight business. Lumber, on the whole, was just quiet enough last year to make the trade anxious to put in a profitable season this year, and the outlook favors improved conditions. Manufacturers lay the blame of lessened profits last year on the competition brought about by the quantity of coarse lumber that reached here from your side of the line, making Sag- inaw lumber a drug and resulting in a depreciation in prices. Just how short stocks are may be indicated by the statement that all of 25,000,000 feet of uncut lumber has already been sold. It is on the incoming cut, in fact, we must depend for our supplies for the summer's trade. FIGURES OF BOOM PROFITS. One branch of lumbering that has paid well in Michigan is Mr. Edward Hall, of Detroit, who has been endeavoring, in the interests of himself and fel- that of the boom companies. low lumbermen, to secure reduced rates, has had prepared the following table of profits. The Manistee River Boom Company was organized in 1869 with a capital actually paid in of $22,000, and was stocked for $100,000. Dividends paid to stockholders in 1873, $10,000; 1874, $15,000. The Muskegon Boom Company was organized in 1864 with $40,000 actually paid in. In six years the capital stock was increased by the earnings to $200,000. In 1870 it declared a dividend of $38,262.50; in 1871, $19,524.40; in 1872, $18,478.54; in 1873, $60,000; in 1874, $80,000. In 10 years it declared dividends amounting to $246,265, on a capital paid in of $40,000. The Tittabawassee Boom Company was organized in 1864 with an actual capital paid in of $50,000. to $100,000, and it paid dividends as follows: BOOG Cee See a $25,000 1S Ae ee ee $20,000 POGOe 4s ie te 40,000 LS 7S eS ae 20,000 POGOe sore: torent 40,000 WeDo camseOe eS oo 20,000 BOOO A Foes, = foots 2x0 30,000 toy /emeicra tee error 20,000 MOO Mere ete 1 25,000 TO Oe tee acerewen 15,000 ROVOmicorse Soe: 20,000 UST OM AG a eects 15,000 Sra Be pie eee 15,000 BOSOs res arty aeene 15,000 MO PPM ced wcaiazists nothing Ico} Une re eee 15,000 Rea B eer voiste i= ers 20,000 TS SZa carers ee 15,000 All of these companies have made money nearly every year, besides paying good salaries to the officers. The average cash dividends of the Tittabawassee Boom Company for the first 10 years were 47 per cent. PIECE STUFF. At the recent state elections representative lumbermen re- ceived a fair share of the offices. James Gow was elected mayor of Muskegon; William S. Linton was elected mayor of Saginaw; Edward Buckley was elected mayor of Manistee; William E. Hill, the well-known sawmill machinery manufac- turer, was elected mayor of Kalamazoo. More hoops will be produced in Michigan in 1892 than in any single year in the history of the business—so it is claimed. Two dams on the Molasses went out the fore part of the month, and it is feared that 9,000,000 feet of logs, belonging to Charles Merrill & Co., may be hung up. Holland & Co., who are operating a mill at Neubinway, are reported to have sold 22,000,000 feet of lumber to be cut, and the mill will run day and night this season. Hall & Buell will have 52,000,000 feet of logs for their Manistique mills. SaGinaw, Mich., April 26, 1892. PICA. OTTAWA LETTER. [Regular correspondence Canapa LUMBERMAN.] HE various lumber deputations that have visited the capital within the past month received the reply of Parliament on the 11th inst., when the resolution of the member for Rich- mond, (ue., asking for the imposition of export duties on saw- logs and spruce pulpwood, was defeated by an unmistakable The debate occupied not a few hours of the House, Mr. Charlton’s speech was undoubtedly the speech of the debate, majority. and was taken part in by a number of leading members. evidencing a practical grasp of the question, that was not dis- played in the utterances of any other member. Those who were anxious to see a tariff change were unfortunate, it seemed to me, in not having their views espoused by an abler advocate than Mr. Ives. Their case in the hands of a stronger man would certainly have been improved. or otherwise in the LYMBERMAN, you will make comment on the speeches, and for this reason do not pretend to give a. of them here. howeyer, let me quole a reference.in the speech of Mr. O’Brien resume Aside from the immediate question, on the important subject of other markets for pulpwood. He said: ‘‘There was another point to which attention should be ‘really valuable for export is in reality very limited. - credit. This was increased* _ 000 standards. I anticipate that, editorially . called, the destruction of the forest, wealth. There was not a civilized country in Europe that had not a system of forest preservation and perpetuation, so that they exported now as But Can- ada, with all its boasted civilization, education and advance- large a quantity of forest products as 300 years ago. ment, seemed to think only of how to destroy this great wealth. In this respect Canada was certainly far behind the age. It must be borne in mind that the amount of timber It was said that the Americans had put their mills near the border in But it was absurd to sup- pose that in these days of invention no other article would ever order that they might get our pulp. be found for the purpose of manufacturing paper than pulp. We are placed ina most humiliating position with respect to the United States as far as this particular trade is concerned. There is at present literally no other market. Weare really at the mercy of the United States, and the only way for us to recover from the humiliating condition is by finding other markets.” LUMBERMEN IN COURT. The case of McKay vs. Canada Lumber Co., which occupied the attention of the courts for two days, is one of unusual inter- est to lumbermen. Briefly stated, the transactions were as follows: The Canada Lumber Company bought from W. Mc- Kay, of Ottawa, certain logs lying in Buckshot Lake, at a cer- tain price, the measurement to be that on which Mr. McKay would pay Government dues, and the terms being nine months’ At the expiration of the nine months the defendants, finding themselves not able to pay, asked the plaintiff to accept in payment of the debt, a nine month’s note for the amount After the defendants had given the note they took delivery of the logs and drove them to Innisfill, some sixty-five miles distant, where with six per cent. interest, to which he agreed. they were counted and divided into two lots, being a joint pur- chase between Caldwell & Sons and themselves. The defend- ants claimed that there was then found to be a shortage in the number of logs from the number contained in the specification on which the purchase was made, and also that the output at the mills showed a shortage, and refused to pay the full amount of the note. The plaintiff's contention was that the logs had been sold and delivered according to the measurement on which he had paid Government duty, and that he could not be held by a count taken some nine months after, and of which he was not notified, so as to have his interests represented. There were a large number of witnesses on both sides and the case was ably fought out by the learned counsel engaged, which were Dalton McCarthy, ().C.; Thomas Deacon, Q.C., and G. Delahaye for the plaintiff, while the Canada Lumber Company were represented by A. J. Christie, Q.C., of Ottawa, W. R. White, Q.C., and Mr. Green. Judgment was reserved. VARIOUS MATTERS. Considerable damage occurred in the vicinity of Oxford At the mills thirty feet of a dam was carried away, together with a Mills a week ago, caused by the waters of the Rideau. portion of Weir’s sawmill, causing a loss of over 2,000 logs. A ~ good portion of the village was submerged, and traffic sus- pended for three days. MeIntyre & Macdonald lost upwards of thirty cords of wood. A gentleman who has lately returned from the Upper Gat- ineau is authority for the statement that about 630,000 logs will come down the Gatineau this spring made by the Messrs. Gilmour, MacLaren, Rathbun, Edwards and Boyle & Mc- Craken.” These 630,000 logs will go a little better than 400,- In square timber there is about 100,000 feet, Boyle and McCraken are bringing down for the Lachine market 160,000 feet of made principally by the MacLaren firm. dimension timber, and also three small rafts of cedar telegraph The E. B. Eddy Manufac- turing Company will also receive some 1,000 cords of pulpwood poles also for disposal at Lachine. for their paper mills in Hull. Mr. J. R. Booth is the purchaser of the timber limits of the The Lake Huron limits brought $18,000; the limit on the north side of the lake, sixty-six square miles, brought $6,500; and the Springer township limit, $8,000. bought the Nipissing farm, 687 acres, for $1,100. The limits of the Timmons estate were put up and withdrawn, only $28,000 being offered for parcel. 1, and $6,000 for parcel No. 2. Orvrawa, Ont., April 27, 1892. © Moore estate, which were sold during the month. Mr. Willen, of Nepean, NEW BRUNSWICK LETTER. [Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN]. TEVENS & CO.’S mills, on Salmon river emptying séven miles below Grand Falls, have been sawing a good part of the winter and have cut about 3,000,000 shingles already. This firm intends running two more shingle machines this sum- mer, which will make eight, and have more stock on hand than they can cut this season. They have a rotary, clapboard, lath machine and planer, and ship many thaqusand dollars’ worth of lumber every month by rail; the station is three miles from the mill. The labor and consumption this mill creates proves a great boon to that part of the country. The members of the firm are Americans, but not of the lion’s tail-twisting stamp— a prominent species among our friends across the border. They mean business, and show it by their works, adding prosperity to the surrounding country. In contrast to the action of these men, go above the Grand Falls, along the boundary line, and we find our forests are be- ing slaughtered by Americans and floated by our beautiful water ways to extensive steam mills on the American side for the purpose of manufacturing our finest growth and saving American duty—building up the American side of the line out of our resources. . Bey. One of the largest American concerns manufacturing our lumber on the American side is the Vanburen Shingle Mill Co. It annually manufactures 25,000,000 cedar shingles, besides spruce for clapboards, etc., etc., out of the lumber of our pro- vince, and saves thirty-five cents duty on shingles and $2 per 1,000 feet on spruce. a . Unless favored with heavy rains it looks black for getting lumber out. VicroriA, N.B., April 18, 1892. iP ORB: BRITISH COLUMBIA LETTER. [Regular correspondence CaNnapA LUMBERMAN.] ape hope expressed in our last that an improyement in the lumber trade would soon be felt, is being realized. The local trade is improving fast, and the foreign is slowly. It is very gratifying to all who have been upholding the mer- its of Douglas fir to see how it is gaining prominence, not only at home, but abroad. As-we write, the Hastings Sawmill Co., Vancouver, are loading the ‘‘ Toboggan” for Wilmington, Del., U.S.A., chiefly with timbers ;-while the Brunette Sawmill Co. are now cutting three carloads of 3 and 4 inch deals, 12 inches and up in width, clear fir, for Liverpool, Eng. They go to Montreal per C. P.R. for transhipment. Exportations to Manitoba and Northwest Territories have increased, The completion of the Panama canal would give a greater stimulus to our trade than many imagine, and it is to be hoped it may be completed, and that as soon_as possible. Australian circulars received ‘yesterday do not speak as hope- fully as we could wish. Your ‘‘Character Sketch” of representative lumbermen in each issue is always looked forward to with interest. EG. Re New WESTMINSTER, B.C., April 20, 1892. BARRIE LETTER. [Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN]. CASE of peculiar interest to lumbermen came before the Hon. Chancellor Boyd at the Chancery sittings here on the 7th inst. John Davidson, the well-known lumberman of Barrie, entered‘into an agreement last year with the Victoria Harbor Lumber Company to sell them a large quantity of logs, booms, mill tug stores, general lumbering plant, and also a license from the Indian Department at Ottawa to cut the whole of the timber known as the McRae limit, all on the Manitoulin Island, for the sum of $56,500, of which $6,500 was to be cash, and the remaining $50,000 by five notes of $10,000 each, pay- able at intervals of six months apart, withinterest. The plain- tiff alleges that, so far as he is concerned, all the conditions have been fulfilled, and he is entitled to have the agreement carried out and the purchase completed by the defendants. He also claims $6,000 damages from them for non-fulfilment of the contract, and brought the present action to compel specific per- formances of it. The defendants, on the other hand, as a reason for resisting the action and not completing the contract, allege misrepresentation, on which they relied, under which they were induced to enter into the agreement. They say that a quantity of logs were stated as comprising more than 45,000 pieces, whereas there were 41,000 pieces only, and that an average of eleven of the logs would produce 1,000 feet of mill run lumber, instead of which it took an average of sixteen or more logs. That it was represented that the whole of the logs had been cut on the McRae limits, whereas about one-half had been procured elsewhere and were of inferior quality. That the plaintiff denied having conversed on the subject matter of the agreement with one Thompson, who had been sent by the defendants to examine and report upon the property in con- templation to purchase, whereas he had conversed with Thomp- son on the matter, and finally that the plaintiff had not the right to assign the license to cut on the McRae limit, having forfeited the same, it is alleged, by reason of fraud said to have been committed on the Indian Department at Ottawa in the way of making a false return to. the department of the number of logs cut on the limits under the license in 1890-91, the said returns declaring that only 22,275 pine sawlogs had been cut, containing’ 1,539,059 feet, whereas there had been cut under the license during the season named 40,000 logs, containing May, 1892 3WSODPer-Oao-Bop-8 LUMBER IA IS about 2,500,000 feet. The defendants by counter claim submit that if bound to carry out the agreement they should be reim- bursed for damages sustained as follows, viz.: for misrepresent- ing the number of pieces and lumber they would produce, $15,000; by reason of the statement that the whole of the logs had been cut on the McRae limits, $15,000, and for alleged misrepresentation that the plaintiff had not conversed with the agent, Thompson, the sum of $25,000. After hearing some evidence and discussion the Chancellor decided to enter a ver- dict for the plaintiff for $50,000, referring it*to the master to report on any matter showing wherein the defendant had not obtained that which he was to get under the contract, reserving further directions and costs. Mr. Moss, Q.C., and Mr. Strathy, Q.C., appeared for plaintiff, and Hon. S. H. Blake and Mr. Anglin for defendants. There is every reason to anticipate a busy lumber season in this district. __ stock of pine, basswood, ash and elm logs to keep their mill in ie 4Ss«atettive operation for some time. Our operators generally have { secured a good cut, and the music of the sawmill will be a fam- iliar sound in these parts from now on until the leaves begin to fall another autumnal season. Vansickle Bros’. mills start up with a sufficient BaRRIE, ONT., April 22, 1892. ALPHA. FIRES AND CASUALTIES. FIRES. —The Eureka planing mill at Owen Sound, owned by S. J. Parker, and occupied by James McLaren, has been burned; insurance $2,000. —James Ellis’ lumber camp near Seguin Falls, Muskoka, was burned to the ground recently. All the clothes belonging to seventy workmen were burned, together with their money _ and other valuables. —At eleven o’clock on the 5th ult. a fire broke out in W. W. Carter’s mill, at Crookston, Ont., anda heavy wind pre- vailing the building was soon burned to the ground. The mill was built two years ago by Mr. Carter, and was fitted out with circular saws and one set of shingle machinery. The lumber adjoining the mill was saved but some shingles were burned. Loss about $1,400; insurance $1,040. About a year ago Mr. Carter had a camp at Crookston burned, losing $500, without insurance. CASUALTIES. —A man named Buck has died from injuries received in Kibb’s mill, Wiarton, Ont. —Leon Shepard, of Abercorn, Que., of logs near Sutton a fortnight ago. was drowned in a jam —Henry Zwicker, employed on the drive of Harlow & Kempton, Liverpool, N.S., was drowned on the 9th ult. —Wm. Routley fell thirteen feet from a lumber pile in Milne’s lumber yard, Ethel, Ont., receiving a severe shaking up. —James McDonald, employed in Prentice & Jonlan’s saw- mill, Dunkirk, Ont., had his arm removed at the elbow joint by a shingle saw. —Dan Galbraith, an employee of the sawmills at Nanaimo, B.C., ran a piece of wood as thick as a man’s thumb through the palm of his hand. —H. Dankard, of Hepworth, Ont., while operating the butting saw in C. W. Witthun & Co.’s mill, nearly severed his arm above the elbow. —A young man named Young, son of Samuel Young, of Medonte, Ont., was so badly crushed between two logs a few days ago that his recovery is doubtful. —John Linton, of the firm of Linton Bros., Wiarton, Ont., had both his arms severed by a circular saw while cleaning the sawdust away from the saw with a stick. —A young Canadian named Archie Boudreau, who was working in the lumber woods for S. G. M. Gates, of Bay City, Mich., was instantly killed by a Jog rolling over him. —The skeleton of H. Watson, of Duluth, was found in an abandoned lumber camp, near Kat Portage, Ont. Watson _ was an explorer, prospecting for Minneapolis parties. Some rich specimens of gold and iron were found in his knapsack. —Thomas Cowling, aged twenty-three, of Hampton, Ont., _ a short time ago had his finger cut off by a circular saw. The wound was dressed and it was thought to be doing well. How- ever, he continued to grow worse, lockjaw resulting, and death his sufferings. John Graham, Ont., of Galt, met with a very severe acci- a few days ago when working at Hespeler’s sawmill. driving belt of the large circular saw Wad slipped off the ley, and while assisting the workmen in replacing the belt teeth of the moving saw caught Graham’s clothes, throwing fim over on the floor with his back against the saw. While in this position, and before the saw could be stopped, it had cut THE NEWS. ONTARIO. —McGibbon’s sawmill, Penetang, is in full operation. —The sawmills at Norman have made an early start for the season’s work. e —-R. W. Mutchmore, lumberman, Providence Bay, is re- tiring from business. —Reports from the Nipissing district say the spring drive is coming along in good shape. —John Brown, a local builder, is reported to have left town, leaving behind him a great deal of indebtedness. —Louis Seebach, of Carlingford, Ont., writes that he has finished sawing this season, having had a good run. —The Rathbun Co. shipped from Brockville a few days since, 1,600 doors and two carloads of ash lumber for England. —The boats of the Deseronto Navigation Co. have com- menced running. The big lumber mill of the Rathbun Co. is in full operation. —A large quantity of timber is now being shipped over the Grand Junction Railway. It is the product of the forests of the Georgian Bay district. —John Ning, of Fort William, is said to have secured a con- ‘tract for loading 400,000 ties for the C.P.R. between Fort William and Winnipeg. —The Muskoka Mill and Lumber Co. have purchased a new tug to take the place of the ‘* tender” which they have sold to Wm. White, of Midland. —J. B. Charleson, late forest ranger in the Province of Que- bec, and his son, T. P. Charleson, have decided upon opening up a lumber broker’s office in Ottawa. —Michigan lumber firms, who own limits on the Wanapitae and Spanish rivers, expect to be able to load the barges in the Georgian Bay about May 15. heavy. Their cut the past winter was —P. Williams, book-keeper for A. C. T. Sorell, lumber mer- chant, Boston, was arrested at Montreal the early part of the month charged with embezzling several thousand dollars from his employer. é 4 —There is a wage trouble with the men who hauled the logs on the Birch Island Reserve, in the Little Current district. Conlon Bros. claim that the Indians are paid in full, and refuse to honor the orders; and the teamsters have put the logs in limbo. —At the station yard, Whitby, there are quite a number of large pieces of dressed timber, which are to be shipped to Liverpool, Eng., where they will be made into masts for large They came from Cartwright township, and each piece is worth from $50 to $roo. ocean ships. —Our advertising columns contain the announcement of a shingle mill for sale, located five miles from Bracebridge, Ont., that furnishes an exceptional opportunity for a practical man to enter business on his own account. The property belongs to an estate which must be wound up almost immediately. —A week ago Robt. Boyd, of Matchedash, Ont., was chop- ping in the bush, when a tree fell across a hollow log, which The old bear started off on a run, and, though watched for, did not return. Mr. Boyd took the cubs home, where they are now as playful as a pair of kittens. proved to be the Winter abode of a bear and its two cubs. —Henry Lamb, mill-owner, of Highland Creek, left home the other day to go to Eganville with a load of lumber. He halted on the road to feed his horses, and made himself com- fortable by lighting a fire in a stump. He fell asleep, and in his dreams, it is supposed, removed his purse from his pocket and placed it near enough to the fire to be consumed. At least he found purse and twenty dollars in bills missing, and the loose silver lying near the stump. —Application has been made to the Dominion Government for the incorporation of the Gilles Bros. & Co., who propose to acquire as a going concern in all its branches the business of lumbering and manufacturing of lumber now carried on by James Gillies, William Gillies, John Gillies and David Gillies, under the name, style and firm of ‘‘Gillies Bros,” and to carry on throughout the Dominion of Canada, the United States of America and elsewhere, the business of lumberers, timber mer- chants and branches, and also of pulpwood, pulp and other products from manufacturers of timber and lumber in all its wood materials, and may for all or any of the purposes pur- chase, lease or otherwise acquire any licenses to cut timber, timber limits, lands, buildings, works, goods, wares or mer- chandise and other property, real and personal, movable and immovable, and improve, manage, develop, lease, mortgage, exchange, sell, dispose of, turn to account or otherwise deal in the same. 9 3erry Bros’ idence A new Butterfield has been put in, which turns out excellent shingle factory and planing mill, Prov Bay, has commenced running for the season. shingle machine work. The firm has orders for 300,000 shingles. QUEBEC. John Dougall has bought an outfit for a planing mill which he is establishing at Carberry. Goddard & -Messrs. Scott, machinery for the manufacture of cheese boxes. Knowlton, are putting in —The dam at Ham’s sawmill, Massawippi, was swept away a week ago, causing a heavy loss of logs to Mr. Ham. —Hurdman’s new mill in Hull will be ready to saw logs about toth inst. ; capacity, when in full working order, 1,200 logs a day. —A. Neilson & Co., doing a lumber business in Valcartier and Stoneham, have assigned. The liabilities are about $15,000, the assets consisting of timber lands, lumbering implements, and a mill in course of construction. NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA. —E. D. Jewett & Co., lumber, St. John, N.B.; estate sold en bloc. —N.N. Bentley, lumber, Five Islands, N.S. ; $1,401. —There will be about 10,000,000 feet of deals to ship out of the river Herbert, N.B., ten schooners to carry them away. bill of sale this season, which will employ about Mr. McKean, of St. John, has purchased 3,000,000 feet of deals in Shulee. —Davis & Grey, of Leicester, N.S., have taken out 200,000 superficial feet of timber; B. B. Barnhill, of Two Rivers, 2,500,000 feet of logs; Shulee Lumber Co., 3,000,000 feet of lumber; B. B. Powers, of Salt Springs, 3,500 spruce logs. Philip Casey has re-purchased an interest in Davis & Grey's mills. —The Herald, Chatham, N.B., says: Never in the history of lumbering has the season for stream driving followed logging so closely. Quite a number of the lumbermen have, instead of breaking up their camps for a few weeks and sending the men out, put them to work on the streams. They will bring the logs with them. —The Bridgetown, Monitor, N.S., chronicles the following with respect to ship-building in Kings county: C. R. Burgess intends to launch his 600-ton barquentine early in May, and will then go to work on a large vessel. Captain Porter has a three-masted schooner on the stocks at Canning, which he will At Spencer’s Island Capt. W. H. Baxter has a three-masted schooner of about 300 and 400 tons, which he will launch in the autumn, and has laid the frame for an- other in Canning. launch next summer. —A report from Edmundston, N.B., says there is a boom The fine quality of our cedar is commanding high prices on the American market, and in the shingle trade just now. several mills are being erected on the many waterpowers for Besides the large mill recently built at Fort Kent, Robert Connors will have six He has purchased the Brown mill at Grand Falls, and intends remoy- ing it to St. Francis. which this section of the country is noted. shingle machines sawing this summer near his place. Duncan Sinclair is putting in a steam power, whilst Mr. Wheelock is busy rebuilding on the site of his former mill, lately destroyed by fire. BRITISH COLUMBIA. ; —Shipping intelligence of the month tells of an encouraging The British ship Mount Carmel, 1,596 tons, Captain Livingston, has left Van- couver to load lumber at Port Blakely for Valparaiso. The British ship Burmah, 1,647 tons, Captain Pitt, sailed from San She is under charter to by Welch & Co. The Norwegian bark Emblem, 1,152 tons, will probably load at Burrard Inlet for the United Kingdom, as may the British ship Crown of Denmark for Melbourne, but these charters are not definitely settled. There are now four vessels loading at the Hastings mill. measure of activity in lumbering ‘circles. Francisco for Vancouver on April 5. load lumber at Moodyville for Valparaiso at 36s., MANITOBA AND THE NORTHWEST. —The Wishart furniture business, Winnipeg, out, and Wishart is moving to Toronto. is being closed y, who has recently returned from England, will - take his old position as chief engineer in J. A. Christie’s mill, Brandon, Man. —The Western Lumber Company have appointed John Arbuthnot manager of their Winnipeg branch, in place of Mr. Van Etten, who is now representing the company as travelling salesman. —The following are the new officers of the Western Lum- bermen’s Association of retail dealers, Winnipeg: President, A. Black, Winnipeg; vice-president, Mr. Barclay, Brandon; seeretary-treasurer, G. B. Housser, Portage la Prairie. 10 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN TRADE REVIEW. Office of Cc ANADA LUMBERM AN, | April 30, 1892. | THE GENERAL SURVEY. ATURE is doing her part in helping on trade. Despite a lack of the proverbial showers during the month of showers, and an overflow of March winds into April, spring weather has come in upon us in nice shape. Every encourage- The work itself is all that local ment for outside work is afforded. is wanted to make the situation complete. So far as trade is concerned we can hardly hope for an over-abundant supply, for obvious reasons repeatedly stated in these columns. Country trade is opening out with indications of bettered con- ditions. Canadian trade with the States continues to become ‘further enlarged, and now that Parliament has given its finale on the duty question, so far as this may have proven a disturb- ing element in the trade, it is at last removed. Reverting back to weather matters the want of rain, if a drouth should continue, will give some trouble in getting out logs in easy quantities. The logs are needed, for stocks of lumber are undoubtedly short. When Gall, Anderson & Co. the city, were first forced to call their creditors together many wholesale lumber merchants, of hoped they would get through with a compromise, and avoid the necessity of This has not been the issue and they have at though it still looks as if it might be handed back to them at a net price The statement of affairs showed an assignment. last abandoned the estate, of twenty cents on the dollar. a total direct indebtedness amounting to $55,432.27, owing principally in Toronto. The biggest creditors are Mickle, Dyment & Son, Barrie, $4,872; R. Thompson & Co., $4,515; Mrs. M. ey $4,500; A. A. Scott, $2,627; Donogh & Oliver, $2,526; J. Tennant & Co., $1,623; Aikenhead & Crombie, $1,410; Elias Rogers, $1,298; G. Cormack, $2,516; N. Dyment, $1,839; John Davidson, $1,814; W. Greensides, $1,744; H. J. Hulbert, eae W. R. Thompson, $1,416; J. McDermott, $1,217; J. P. Walter, $2,363; Train estate, $3,245; Drake Hardwood Co., $1,633. The Quebec Bank holds an indirect claim of $93,004, of which it is estimated that $25,000 will rank, while secured and preferred debts make up a total of $93,281. nominal value of $45,715, nominal deficiency of $47,566. In the several provinces we haye little to add to what is Against this the assets are set down at a mostly in real estate, leaving a chronicled under the classified headings. In Quebec and New Brunswick the trade rests to sufficient extent on British condi- tions that we must hope for a revival across the Atlantic before British Its main strength, however, the volume of business will materially increase here: Columbia’s local trade is growing. is in export, and whilst the situation in Australia is still flat, the outlook is improved in South America. In the United States lumber is active, which cannot be said of Great Britain nor foreign fields generally. NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA. The S N.S., that when the total is footed up there will be a decrease ackville Post says of the winter’s cut in Cumberland, of fully twenty millions of logs between the figures for this and last year. Many of the smaller operators workéd carefully, The number of rotary mills in the woods is also smaller this year. and the larger firms fought shy of large gangs. Among the heavier firms who have operated their probable cuts are: & Co., eight to nine millions; Kelly Bros., 3,000,000; Porter Bea , 500,000; B. B. Barnhill, 2,500,000; Shulee Lumber Co., 3,000,000 and 6,000 piling; Gillespie & 4,000,000 and 6,000 piling; E. I. White, 500,000 T. White, 7,000,000 and 3lack is getting out a Jarge quantity near Young Bros. Prescott, and a large quantity of piling; E. William Parrsboro. piling. The general feeling among the trade in the Mari- time Provinces is not particularly hopeful. Labor matters in Britain are in a state of unrest and the demand from this market The imports of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia spruce deals are reported by Farnworth & Jardine, of Liverpool, Eng., is not over hopeful. in their circular of April, to have consisted of 933 standards, against no import during the same time the two previous years; the demand is unsatisfactory, and the present stock, viz., 11,358 standards (although less than last year), is quite sufficient. QUEBEC. Business is largely in a waiting condition. English markets have not shaped as well as we had hoped, and until a favorable turn takes place there we cannot expect a boom on this side of the water. The refusal of the government to adjust the duties on spruce is unfavorably commented on by dealers in this pro- vince. With the duty off the logs and a $2 duty remaining on John Charlton to the standing, the trade of this province, in this one important par- spruce lumber, Mr. contrary notwith- ticular, know that they are doing business seriously handicapped. MANITOBA, Orders for stocking up of the yards at the chief centres of the province are coming forward in a fashion that augurs well for a good spring and summer trade. Another hopeful omen is the stiffening of prices at the mills in sympathy with increased prices at neighbouring points in the States. In the new list of quotations of lumber prices at Lake of the Woods mills 2x4 dimension from eighteen feet up is advanced one dollar over last fall’s prices; 8x10 to 12x12 is also advanced one dollar ; Seo in. shiplap is advanced $1, to $17; cull, ceiling, siding, flooring is $1 lower, to $9; and rough cull boards are also reduced $1, to $9. Lumber at the yards in Winnipeg has all been advanced, a combine being formed among the dealers. Immigrants are crowding into the province and things gener- ally take on a lively coloring. BRITISH COLUMBIA. Spring trade has as yet developed in only a moderate degree. Export shipments are slow, but with a slightly improved out- look. Australian freight rates have declined; freight to Puget Sound steady. that had been come to by dealers not holding together. Shingles for fifty cent points delivered is $2.85, with varying prices according to freight rates for different points. Rough merchantable, ordinary sizes for foreign shipment of lumber in cargo lots: In lengths to 40 feet, inclusive, $9 per M. feet; rough deck plank, average length 35 feet, $19; dressed floor- ing, $17; pickets, $9; laths, 4 feet, $2. GREAT BRITAIN. Prices are not over steady, the understanding Reports from Great Britain do not give much hope for a large summer trade. Denny, Mott & Dickson, of London, in their report of April, say: ‘‘The first quarter of the year has been most unsatisfactory in respect to the volume of trade, which has been of a very meagre and hand-to-mouth character. Labor strikes have checked business in many directions, and timber, in common with most trade interests, has been seriously affected by the falling off in foreign orders. Whilst this con- traction in the general trade of the country continues, the de- mand for timber generally is not likely to expand, and unsatis- factory as the demand has been this year, it would be wise for both shippers and merchants to adjust the supplies to the present restricted consumption.” Of Canadian timbers the same circular says: ‘‘Whilst landed stocks of yellow pine, oak and elm continue to move off slowly, a fair amount of business has been arranged both for summer and autumn de- livery. Shippers have succeeded in obtaining very full rates, especially for waney and square pine for shipment to Clyde, Tyne and other out-ports ; but the imports to London promise to be very moderate, owing to the increasingly small demand for ship-building purposes on the Thames.” Farnworth & Jardine’s Liverpool circular of April says that ‘business throughout the month has been exceptionally quiet and the deliveries generally unsatisfactory.” Churchill & Sim, of Lon- don, say that ‘‘the importation of pitch pine timber has been a moderate one, and the stock is no more than an average. Considerable sales have been made throughout the month, and, although they hardly compare favorably with the cost, rates have been fairly maintained.” UNITED STATES. The natural impetus that comes from the spring season is being felt, less or more, at all lumber centres. New York is, perhaps, least favorably affected by this condition, as it is once more experiencing the hurtful influences of a possible strike. Just the opposite is the case in Boston, where throughout the winter the lumber trade was almost at a standstill. The build- ing operations there are reported as unusually active. Albany is securing the advantage of its position as an important ship- ping centre; business has been active during the month, and the expectation is that it will keep so throughout the entire The impression is that generally throughout the coun- try building operations will be conducted on an enlarged scale over last year, and the lumber trades are preparing themselves accordingly. White pine is on top. Better grades are scarce everywhere, and there is no condition that is likely to change the situation for some months. No ordinary demand exists for Prices as a consequence are firm. TORONTO, ONT. Toronvro, April 30, 1892. CAR OR CARGO LOTS. season. even coarse grades. Perey EClthanepey choad Idea oho6 aannnodatoboussouescoNUNDS 32 00 33 00 rxz0 and x2.dressingand betters seta ennai ie eeenbeineieierettie 18 00 20 00 axto) and) ra" milliruniidc). pecec cots «cele ace coe ieeiieee 13 00 14 00 1x1oland in2"dressinge see ote ee ne Eee ne 14 00 15 00 IXTOLANG sr 2 COMMON andar icelr eee eae ee eer eee 12 00 13 00 1x10 and 12 spruce culls......... Gere rte cee e tne tenons 10 00 II 00 rxroiandhr2 mill¥cullseee erect bt eree ieee g 00 rinch' clearand picks; cere: oleae heel Cee eee «= 24 00 25 00 1 inch dressing and better..................- Bie oceia She 18 00 20 00 x inchisiding mull mun’. .2 ea -eeks wei AEE nC oreo 14 00 15 00 rinchisiding COmMONe sparse iit alee hte ise Rite ee eee II 00 12 00 rinch siding’ ship»edllsi cya: n-ne soe ee eee eee meer ee 10 00 II 00 inch sidingemillwcullsey nccevien eine seer eee eee 8 00 9 00 CGulllseantling:. tate. core c cess cenen ents eee steiner 8 00 9 00 1 1-zjand thickerscuttingsupyplankssreenlee cermin eee 22 00 25 00 X Inch Strips :4/into18 any mil lintin) each ee euieee eeemte 14 00 15 00 TL ANCM Strips, (COMMON. -5 selects cc ce lei been en erent II 00 12 00 rur=4-drich Moorings si. arly jes, 2 sdiel- ta nee Re eee EEE 14 00 15 00 Tor-2 AN Ch MOOLN Ps erste casita at eiadseny tetera 14 00 15 00 MEX Shingles,--r6hanch sk, esis waaectse see tice eee eee 230 2 40 SM shinglesix6 inehi seen vyraesae caedeisene et pellet ae XO. oe 40: Dea tT INGOs Dias apes ines aviv atrieletesetisele eevee teary eerie eee 7 Omen KOO) Lath), INO: ise men tie ls come ate ore eee I 70 bs May, 1892 YARD QUOTATIONS. Mill cull boards and scantling$10 00 F. M. Shipping cull boards, promis- 11- 2in. flooring, dres'd 26 00 30 00 cuous widths. ..... 13 00 rough 18 00 22 00 stocks . . . 14 00 « & dres'd 25 00 28 00 Scantling and joist, up to #6 ft 13 50| 11-4 in. flooring, un- 8ft 15 oc dressed, B.M. . . 16 00 18 00 up es fs ae 16 00 | 11- qin. flooring, dres’d 18 00 20 00 ff ss “ 22ft 17 00 “* “undres'd 12 00 15 00 iS us ‘* 24 ft 19 00 Beas sheeting, dres- fe fe & “26dte20-00)| 0S sedis weenie « + 2000 35 00 ee 2 “ 28 ft 22 oo Claphoaniiok, dres'd. 12 00 es i ‘* 30 ft 24 oo | X sawn. shingles 3 ‘es “« 32ft 27 00 Pere Mis 287 32 Dressing boards, narrow.... 18 22 | 10-in. boards, 13-ft. culls 20 SHINGLES. Sawed Pine, ex. xxxx..$4 35 $4 50| Bound butts, €x 18 ....$5 90 $6 oo Clear butts.......... BecOmeamecalitle mocks. .yicinsiliterriete 215 230 Smooth, 6x 18....... Bavie: Geil) Syne a zaneapeenocerac 220 2 30 LATH. IRIS 25 dogocanoonemocadone dn Sie: 2 || Spatld= Aeseleaesanendooaonncon 2 25 SAGINAW, MICH. SAGINAW, Micu., April 30.—Contrasted with conditions a year ago it can be said that the market to-day shows an encour- aging improvement. Stocks are altogether on the short side. The better grades are decidedly scarce and difficulty will be experienced in early shipments. Coarser grades are in much greater demand than a year ago, and prices firmer. Stocks of shingles are very low. Clear butts are in demand where a year ago they were entirely void of activity. FINISHING LUMBER—ROUGH. Uppers, 1, 1% and 1%...... 45 Fine common, 1 in........... 32 1% andix34 ink. t% and1% Clear, % in ... DgeiMiateciee sre Se Gas ASM coop aaponeppodce S$) Wononocvocmotesoadiond TIMBER, JOIST AND SCANTLING. 2x4 to 10x10, 12, 14 and 16 ft.$10 00 sth. eae QoO OURO ODO SCOUCUD 12 00 FD \[ipedanoeoonoorn catsone 12 PREG! B71 inongaosonacboN 13 38 For each additional 2 ft. add 1 ; 12 in. plank and timber $1 extra ; extra for sizes above 12 in. SHINGLES. eK Kerr Shin bma a rciernee : 2). || Bie ><(Cuil) ssossnoondn0cdos 50 EXERORT Sap AW, ssielete steleletoiclols - 3 40] XXX _ shorts »G.CLEiEt asin osbocosos sen 2 25 » Ok ssnneeoadnasconnd aeag6 ROUT INES GMD oaiete sere sce a I 00 LATH. Lath, No 1, white pine....... 2 00 | Lath, No. 2, W. pine, Norway 1 50 NEW YORK CITY. New York, April 30.—Trade is far from opening out aus- piciously this season. Labor troubles are in the air and the threatenings of the walking delegate are proving a serious deterrant to manufacturers and contractors. The position is exactly this: until it is known what will be the outcome of these anticipated difficulties manufacturers are holding off from buy- ing stocks of lumber, which simply means that lumber dealers, wholesale and retail, are finding things dull. Arrivals of white pine have been delayed somewhat since the opening of naviga- tion as a result of floods at Albany preventing shipments. WHITE PINE—WESTERN GRADES. Uppers, x0 in. s.... $44 00@45 00 1%, 1% and2in.... 46 00 47 00 SeaANG AN oe ere sete 55 00 58 oo Selects, 1in....°....- 40 00 41 00 00 1 in., all wide...... 41 00 43 00 fore) 1%, 1% and 2in.. 43 00 44 00 00 PAM We4eeIN, 2. «)s15) 51-05 52 00 53 00 fore) Fine common, 1 in.. 36 00 37 00 fore) 14%, 1%andzin.... 38 00 4000 00 Reali Sn oapeetio 46 00 48 00 fore) Cutting up, rin. No.1 28 00 30 00 50 i (oe dianemeiodeone 21 00 23 00 50 Thick, Ife), eat Bae 29 00 32 00 0. I 00 INosa2 Reser eer. - 24 00 26 00 Norwayecl: and No. 1 23 00 25 00 Common, No. 1, 10 WEY O75ee cag Gane 20 00 22 00 PY (53 5 iaoonene 22 00 23 00] Common............ 18 00 19 00 Nomeztrccrantccs 20 00 21 00 in fast (C1 ABR 6 aohow 17 00 18 00 Coffin Boesde Rancduae 20 00 22 00 TO STOP THE LOTTERIES. QUEBEC, April 12.—A deputation of the St. Jean Baptiste Society, consisting of Messrs. L. O. David, Jacques Grenier, J. D. Rolland and L. E. Beauchamp, waited upon the Government this morning and were re- ceived by Hons. Messrs. De Boucherville, Casgrain, Nantel, Flynn, Beaubien and Pelletier. They drew the attention of the Government to the fact that several lot- teries have recently sprung into existence in this pro- vince notwithstanding that the only legal one was the Province of Quebec Lottery, which was authorized by Parliament, and asked that steps be taken to wipe those lotteries out of existence, with the exception of the Province of Quebec Lottery. They also asked the Government that a certain time be fixed for the exist- ence of the provincial lottery. Hon. Mr. De Boucher- ville said that he was opposed to lotteries in general and would immediately put a stop to all lotteries, with the exception of the Province of Quebec lottery, but when the object for which the latter was established was at- tained, it would also be put out of existence. The dep- utation returned to Montreal this afternoon highly satisfied with the result of their interview.—Montreal Star, 12th April, 1892. SEU “al |NFORMATION There is but one really sensible thing to do for an overloaded engine—replace it with a larger one. Var ious makeshifts may be resorted to, but can not give the satisfaction desired. An overloaded engine is a heavy clog on the earning capacity of an establishment. A maker of wood-planing machines in England has done a very sensible thing in putting a kind of box rack over the table of a chain-fed surfacing machine, so a pile of pieces can be laid in the rack, and the lower one fed into the machine until the whole pile is gone. This not only does away with putting in a piece at a time and holding in the hands until the rollers nip the end, but also insures regular and continuous feed for short pieces, which is nearly impossible in feeding by hand. Will iron rust cause fire? A good authority says it will, and that when the oxide of iron comes in contact with wood away from the atmosphere the oxygen that was in the iron leaves it and what remains crumbles into small particles of metal with such an affinity for oxygen that as soon as exposed to the atmosphere it becomes red hot, capable of igniting wood very readily. This furnishes a good reason for keeping a lookout for rusty metal that scales off and drops from pipes and other metallic substances employed in mills. Particularly should out-of-the-way and dark corners be frequently and carefully cleaned. So long as it was considered that there was some mysterious cause for the explosion of boilers there might have been an excuse for the continued running of a boiler which was in bad order, but it is now very clearly understood that mechanical and chemical action is cap- able of producing rapid deterioration of boiler plates, and unless these causes are found and removed, an acci- dent will certainly follow. In too many cases the engineer in charge of a plant has no authority whatever regarding repairs, other than to fix a breakdown after it has occurred, or make such repairs as he is able to do at times when the machinery is not in operation. If those having boilers which have never had any compound used in them, will go to such boilers and knock off the heavy scale, they will in nearly every case, find the plates badly corroded. This was caused by the scale itself. Now, if that scale had been removed by a boiler purger, and the plate had been found corroded, immediately it would have been charged to the purger. As between scale, pure and simple, on a plate and a boiler purger, the former is the most injurious. Yet the scale is suffered to remain, and the boiler purger is charged with doing injury to the boiler. People seem to have a great horror of boiler purgers, but no fear at all of scale in boilers. If you will stop to consider a moment, says a writer to Power, you will find that the outside of the belt has the most strain on it, on account of the fact that all the stretching takes place on this side of the belt every time it goes around the pulley; and it ought, therefore, to be the strongest part of the leather. The grain side is the strongest side, as, by splitting the hide close to the grain you get good lace leather, while the flesh side makes very poor leather for any use. It is very fibrous, spongy and open; and I have found in my twenty-five - years in mills that oil and dust particles in the air always settle on the outside of the belt. Now, on large pulleys, if the flesh side is placed out it will open its fibre as it passes around the pulley, and in time these cracks become filled with oil and grit; which would not be the case if the grain side was placed out, because the fibers are just twice as close on this side, which is the life of the belt. If you are running a fan with one belt and put another one on the other side, you can nearly double your pressure and yet not tighten the first belt; but tighten the first belt to double the strain and this one will do the same work, but it will take more power to do the work on account of the increased friction on the shaft caused by the pull of the tight belt; and where many belts are used in this way it will take double the amount of power really necessary to run the mill. TO THE SUPREME COURT. a HE, noted of Tennant against the Union Bank of Canada went to the Supreme.Court on the 27th ult. It arose over the failure of the old lumber of Christie, & Co. When in business the firm borrowed some ‘$55,000 from the Union Bank and gave in the case James firm Kerr warehouse receipts against logs bush. Mickle, & Co.; men of Barrie, and other creditors seek to Dyment lumber- invalidate these warehouse receipts and use Assignee Tennant’s name in the suit. Chancellor Boyd dismissed the action in 1890 and the Court of Appeal followed with a similar decision, with the exception of Justice Burton, who dissented. HISTORIC ELMS. HERE are some fine old elm trees on the banks of the River Wye, one of the most delightful streams -in England. Some two or three of these trees being considered dangerous, have recently been cut down and sold. On being sawed a number of bullets were found embedded in the trunk of one of the trees. It is believed that they were as large as marbles discharged from guns during the civil war | in the reign of Charles I., when Hereford was besieged, and ultimately surrendered to the forces. Thus, if conjecture the birthplace of Nell Garrick fur- nishes, 250 years afterward, an interesting in which, of Parliamentary is correct, Gwynne and David reminiscence of the civil war, by the Hereford lost churches. way, two its ODD STUFF. A California tree” ected in Tulare county to be shown at the Exposition at Chicago in A com- mittee of the Board of Trade, after an extended tour of inspection, picked out a tree feet nine inches in circumference at the base, eighty- five feet above the ground and sixty-five feet at a height of sixteen feet. “big has been sel- 1893. measuring eighty-seven A cypress log six feet long, four feet through, weighing 14,400 pounds, was re- cently It showed its aye to be 384 years. At Glen Allen, 27th ult., destroyed by fire, with a large quantity of lumber. of the fire known. Loss about $5,000; no insurance. Rootiester Bros. : COMMISSION AGENTS Limits bought and sold on commission. Limits trav- elled and carefully prepared. Estimates given. Some first-class berths on the North Shore of Lake Huron and on the Wane Ottawa now in our hands for sale. cut near Fordyce. on the morning of the Walter Quickfall’s sawmill was is not The cause Communications confidential. References given. 36 Rochester St. Ortawa BE. STEWART, DLs. IN DEALER Timber Limits IN ONTARIO, MANITOBA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED OFFICE, 24 MANNING ARCADE KING St. WEs1 TOROM rO.@ Mor? THE CANADA LUMBERMAN ail 186 "WANTED AND FOR SALE _ MACHINERY Advertisements will be insertedhs in this deparmnient at the rate of 15 cents per line each insertion. 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. Adver- tisements must be received not later than the 27th of | each month to insure inserti on in athe following i issue. SAW “MILL. FOR SALE I N PROSPEROUS TOWN ON Bay, eighty h.p. engine, modern improvements, capacity 25000 per day, rail and water conveniences, sid- ing to lumber piles. Easy terms. Whole or half inter- est. Plenty of stock can be bought. Write for particu- lars. Lock Box 7, Hepworth station, Ont. MARIA IRANUESS 12 4C —EVERAL THOUSAND FEET “T” RAILS, 10 ~~ and 20 Ibs. to the yard. A large quantity 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. SAW MILL HORS A a @LiEAde V JE OFFER FOR SALE THE FOL LOWING machinery as contained in our mill at Pontypool: —One 55 horse-power Boiler; one 45 horse-power En- gine; Saw Rig and Carriage; Edger and Slab Saw; Bull Wheel; Log Car; Sha fting, etc. All complete and in good running order. Can be seen in operation if de- sired. JOHN IRVIN, Pontypool or Dundalk, Ont. THOROUGHLY EXPERIENCED LUMBER: BUYER WANTED. PPLICANT MUST. BE FAMILIAR WITH ash and elm lumber. None but men of undoubted State age, experience and refer- P.O. BOX 2144, New York, U.S. 4 ability need apply. ences. WANTED TO BUY ~OOD CANADIAN TIMBER LIMITS AND J Georgian Bay saw logs. Address, BEN BIRD- SALL, Whitney Building, Detroit, Mich. = HOR] SALE T KINGSTON FOUNDRY & MACHINERY Co. (Limited), two Sawmill Engines, cylinders 13 x 21, fly-wheel 9 ft. 6 in: drain, driving pulley qt. x 18 in. face—new—at a bargain. \ JE WANT ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS. Will pay cash. ROBERT THOMSON & CO., 103 say Street, Toronto. 7;OR HEMLOCK, DIMENSION LUMBER, hardwood flooring, cedar shingles, piles, sawdust, etc., write J. E. MURPHY, lumberman, Hepworth station, Ont. —===— JE received on consignment. lumber commission merchant, 202 Eleventh Ave., WANTED FOR CASH Ash and Soft Elm AY OSTLY ONE-INCH, SOME i quarter and one-and-a-half inch, strictly firsts and seconds, must be of uniform color; also commons. Furthérmore, Ash and Oak squares from one-and-a-half to four inches thick. Can also use Soft Elm Logs 20 in. and ever in diameter for export; Red Birch Lumber I. and II. all thickness; also Red Birch squares 5x5 and 6x 6, 10 feet and over long, good squares. TUCKER DAVID, N.Y. Address all particulars as to dryness, quality, quan- tity on hand and price, to P. O. Box 2144, New York, Nave TIMBER BERTH FOR SALE Betts NO. 35, CONTAINING 36 SQUARE miles, situated on French River, within about twelve miles of Georgian Bay. There isa large creek and other smaller streams crossing the same which empty into the French, and containing large quantities of Pine Timber. Has never been lumbered on. Apply to EXECUTORS OF JOHN BROWN (deceased) Room No. 8, Drake Building, Easton, Pa. SCRIBNER’S | LUMBER AD LOG .-- BOOK... OVER ONE MILLION SOLD Most complete book of its kind ever published. Gives measurement of all kinds of Lumber, Logs, Planks, cubical contents of square and round timber; wood measure ; speed of circu- cordwood tables; felling treés; Scantling; Ss hints to lumber dealers; lar saws; care of saws; zrowth of trees; land measure; wages, rent, board, in- terest, stave and heading bolts, ete. Standard book and Canada. Ask your bookseller for throughout the United States new illustrated edition of 1882. it. Sent post-paid for 35°cents. GEO. W. FISHER Box 238, ROCHESTER, N.Y | or A. G. MORTIMER, Toronto, Can. ARDWOOD LUMB ER BOUGHT, SOLD OR | ONE-AND-A- | When four | GEORGIAN | 4 a pal ge esl el Caaal Sap ECOND HAND MACHINERY FOR SALE by the Canada Machinery and Supply Co., Brant- ford, Ont., Dealers in New and Second Hand Machin- ery and Mill Supplies. 12x16 WATEROUS DOUBLE CUT-OFF EN- gine with Pickering governors. 12x16 BECKETT SLIDE VALVE ENGINE with Judson governors. 6% x9 COPP BROS. & BARRY SLIDE VALVE Engine. 5%xg9 SLIDE VALVE ENGINE. 6-H. P. UPRIGHT ENGINE WITH 8-H. P. boiler connected and set up on cast iron base. 2-H.P. UPRIGHT MARINE ENGINE WITH 4-h.p. upright boiler, complete with propeller shaft and screw. BRICK-IN BOILERS 44 IN. DIAMETER BY 12 feet long. 25-H.P. BRICK-IN BOILER. 6 H.P: UPRIGHT LEONARD BOILER. SMALL. FIRE BOX BOILERS FOR CHEESE factory use. _ i “ = NORTHEY STEAM PUMP, 2% IN. SUCTION, 1% inch discharge. 2 WATEROUS SELF-ACTING SHINGLE MILL and Jointer. UPRIGHT SWING SHINGLE MILL AND Jointer. “ WATEROUS LATH MACHINE, THREE Saws. =o IRONS, FOR TWO HEAD BLOCK SAW mil GOLDIE & .McCULLOCH IRON TOP Shaper. CANT-GOURLAY 24-IN. PONY PLANERS. CANT-GOURLAY 10-IN. BUZZ PLANER. 34-INCH WHEELS BAND SAW. DOWELL MACHINE. JIG SAW. SAW TABLES. BLIND SLAT TENONER. FT. 6 IN. OF. 18-INCH 6-PLY RUBBER drive belt in good order. HAFTINGS, HANGERS, PULLEYS, ing, etc., etc. Wires CANADA MACHINERY & SUPPLY Brantford, Ont., for anything in new and second en Engines, Boilers, Machinery and Supplies. J.D. SHIBR MANUFACTURER OF Lumber, Lath & Shingles BRAGCEBRIDGE, ONT. ni FROM Port Huron and Detroit Is the Short Line to SAGINAW AND BAY GIT (Centres of the vast lumber interests of Michigan) NT. PLEASANT, CLARE, REED GITY BALDWIN, LUDINGTON, MANISTEE AND MILWAUKEE AND MANITOWOG, WIS. The last two named are reached by the Company's line of Steamships across Lake Michigan. BELT- The line thus formed is a short and direct route from NEW YORK MONTREAL BUFFALO TORONTO to ST. PAUL, DULUTH and Pacific Coast points. Write either of the undersigned for Folders, which contain Maps, Train Schedules and a great deal of in- formation cf value to those contemplating a trip to any of the above-mentioned points. W. H. BALDWIN, JR., W. F. POTTER, General Manager. Gen’. Sup't. A. PATRIARCHE, Traffic Manager. SAGINAW. MICH. GENERAL OFFICES: SHINGLE MILL FOR SALE: SITUATION : ag The Tretheway Falls Shingle Mill is new, built 1891, on the South Branch of the Muskoka River, 5 miles from Bracebridge, near,South Falls switch N. & N. W.’ R.R. With the mill are 5 acres of land, large board- ing house, team horses, wagon, sleighs, etc., etc., in fact complete equipment for mill and lumber camp. MACHINERY : Consists of Little Giant Leffel Wheel (60 horse power), Boss Shingle Machine, Jointer, Splitter, Drag, Butting and Knot Saws; Endless Chain Burner, Bull Wheel, etc., etc. Building is 30x 40 heavy frame, with room and ’shafting placed for second shingle machine, Belt- ing complete and everything in good running order. Circular saw could be added with small expense. TIMBER : Is abundant for 50 miles above the mill on the waters of the South Branch—many townships being yet owned by the government—-besides thousands of acres of deeded pine, four or five thousand acres of which can be bought immediately. There is also about 400, 000 feet of timber at mill which can be purchased with it, so that buyer can commence cutting at once. The estate must be wound up, and will bear the clos- est examination. For further information, address THE CANADA LUMBERMAN, Toronto, Ont. NEW &.2"° queiies= ILLUSTRATED Mi, 9-WOR eB E Vas HW. PETRIE 07 RONTO,CANADAS LA REE @ “TE J. J. TURNER .. Sail, Tent and Awning Maker... 251 George St. and 154 King St. PETERBOROUGH Canoe, Yacht and Boat Sails made to order. Fits Guaranteed. Perfect Every description of Lumbermen’s Supplies and Waterproof Clothing. The MONARGH BOILER crane NG HERGULES ENGINE Surpass portable Portable from 6 to 70 horse power. steam power heretofore produced for strength, durabil- ity, compactness and the ease with which they can be moved. The 70 horse power can be taken over the roughest roads, or into the forest, and set upas easily and quickly as an ordinary 20 horse power portable engine, and as firm as a brick- set stationary engine. Engines and boilers of every size and description. Rotary Saw Mills, Shingle and Lath Machines, Saw Grinders, Planers, etc. Mill machinery and supplies of every description. Every boiler insured against explosion by the Boiler Insurance & Inspection Co. of Canada. Write for circulars. ROBB ENGINEERING CO., LTD. Successors to A. ROBB & SONS, Amherst Foundry and Amherst, N.S. Machine Works. ESTABLISHED OVER 40 YEARS. WILLIAM FOSTER Lumber and Commission Merchant RECEIVER AND FORWARDER OF LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES . CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED... OVW EN SOUND, ONT. TELEPHONES Get the | FOR PUBLIG AND PRIVATE LINES ALL INSTRUMENTS SOLD OUTRIGHT. NO MISTAKES NO RENTAL FEES NO ROYALTY NO DELAYS ESTIMATES GAREFULLY MADE FOR TELEPHONE OUTFITS C. A. MARTIN & CO.. 765 Graig St., MONTREAL Representative Rumber Mat Ufacturers and Dealers May, 1892 eee ge TE CANADA. LUMBER WAT : Railway, aoe or) - : eae Power, Style a Town nearest Shipping Point Name Business Daily Capacit * Ottawa, Ont.....-...- Ottawa ed eee A| Booth AR a een ear Lumber, Wholesale and Retail....... Steam, Circular and Band M . =, oC aR eee Bronson & Weston Lumber Co... . .|2 Sawmills, White and Red Pine, Wholesates~ -~Water, Gang and Band, 450n s Bs hefoTs is ee \OLTAWA LUMBER CO. 4... .4..- Lumber, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Wholesale Sioiciee Perley & Pattee ............./Sawand Lath Mill, Pine, Wholesale .. Wat., Gang and Band, Saw 4001 Lath 7om Parry Sound, Ont..... Pee eee Canper umber Cos5.. 22 «feiss i's) 5) Lumber, Wholesale and Retail... f eS ee Parry Sound...... .../Parry Sound LumberCo......... Saw, Shingle and Lath Mills, Pine, Wholesale ..| Water, Gang, Circular, Saw 9on . Shingles 7om, Lath 30m Muskoka Mills, Ont... Penetang..,.......... Muskoka Mill and Lumber Co. .. . .|2 Saw, Sh. and Lath Mls., W. Pine, Ced., Whol.) Wat., Cir. Ca ing and Band, r1rom Alexandria, Ont.......)Alexandria ........... McPherson, Schell & Co. ....... .|Cheese Box Factory, Pine, Spruce, Cedar Almonte, Ont......... Almonte”. 3-. 5-<",. beni CAlGRvellowA (Ge sON.. 25. <2 sp elevators Sawmill, Pine, Lumber, Hemlock, Hardwoods.. Circular, 3m Barrie, Ont. .......... Barge oben. (DY IORE @ MICK a... scsrie's 2 cases Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Cedar, Hardwoods Steam, Circular, 40m * Barrow Bay, Ont...... Witarfomtss: em ar re Barrow Bay Lumber Co., Limited . ./Saw, Shingle and Heading Mill, Pine, Cedar Steam, Circular, 16m | Oak, Oak Railway Ties, Paving Blocks Blind River, Ont...... Blind-River...........|Blind River Lumber Co. ....*:. .|/2 Saw, Sh. and Lath Mls., Pine, lain, Bl. Birch) Stm., Band, Cir., S. 75m, Sh. 60m Bobcaygeon, Ont...... Fenelon Falls<: :. >. >. Boyd, Mossom & Co Lumber, Wholesale and Retail......... : on Bracebridge, Ont... ... Bracebridge. ...<...... DOLLAR, SADIE ec) ey cuenta . .|Lumber, Shingles, Wholesale ....... creer tae : e Bearaie, Ont.......-.... Utterson Satins as Burton Brssiss. |. fi ee eS: Lumber, Wholesale and Retail. Hes ; jae Ore Seiee Ont...) 8. ss ....... Georgian Bay Consolid. fiery se Co.|/Sawmill, Pine, Hemlock, Birches ee ie Steam, Circular, zom Calabogie, Ont....:... -|Calabag PIC re srdertoe ... Carswell, Thistle & McKay...... Lumber, Wholesale and Retail SPORE Y aH 5... MANUFACTURE! Collins Inlet, Ont....../Coltins Inlet ..... .... Collins Inlet TumberCosn sess ae Lumber, Pine, Oak, Ash, Birch, Whol. and Ret. : : Comber,Ont......=..: Comber ..... Eee Aenshes J. 9. Wi BIO. s,s a, so as Saw and Stave Mill, Pine, H ardwoods i Steam, Circular, 6m » * Glammis, Ont......... iRinkertonj, 5-4-2: -'-’- McIntyre, Va Go Altre ate a Pesce: « Saw, Shingle and Lath Mill, Timber Lands,|Steam, Cir., Saw 14h, Sh. zom . Hemlock, Pine, Lumber, Hardwoods....... 6 6 ] Hamiltcn, Ont........ Hamilton..... .... . BRADLEY, MORRIS & REID CO. ./Lum., Tim., Pine, Hem., H wds., Whol. and Ret.|........... ‘ “ harcoal Iron hilled Huntsville, Ont........ Elumeswille: 252-2 25 Heath, Taitand Turnbull....... Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hardwoods...|Steam, Circular, 25m Hamilton, Ont...... . Huntsville and Katrine Thomson, Robert & Co. ........ Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods... .......-|Steam, Circular, 4m”*~ -« Keewatin, Ont........ Keewatiner £8: chk ith. Dick, Banning &Co........... Sawmill, Pine, Hardwoods, Wholesale...... Steam, Circular eR iin2 = © 2S 3 aee a os aOOb Keewatin Lumber & Mfg. Co. .. . .|Saw, Lath, Sh. and Pl. Mill, Moving Posts, Pine|Water, Band and Circular, 100m Lakefield, Ont.... ....|Lakefield..... ....... Lakefield Lumber Mfg. Co. .. . -|Lumber,; Wholesale and Retail.....:........-.-|:...++-- nbee : Little Current, Ont.. 3395 Sudbury Sa SS Sscseel EI eal at au bee . Sawmill, Pine, Ash, Birch, Oak, Wholesale -. Steam, Circular, 25m oe ——_—— : oe ee eee COME EGG Jin) sie iclke ie) ois. se wai Sawmill, Pine, Ash, Birch, Oak............ Steam, Circular, 25m Doe, - ees Pe OWE. Sie Wied ONS: . 9 1. is sues Lumber, Wholesale and Retail... . re Fal haere cc « ae oe omc, see ilessaon 5 Hee Oe ape aero Wines TEs 6 5 Be olebGoecaoc unitber A She Bilas eapler rep .tea. -jjetetee ee «oie te)| lab ta -1- fore ; Ee n | Longford Mills, Ont...|/Longford ............. Longford Ln ae es cai ololg ond Saw and Plan. Mill, Hemlock, Hardwds., Whol.|Steam, Band and Circular, 10om Midland, Ont......... Wirdiand 8.32 oncac. 0 < Peters & Cain...............{Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hz ardwoods. ../Steam, Circular, 15m —— = — ~ Mount Forest, Ont--.:|Mount Forest-...: we foreensides, W.S... 2605s se ie Cherry, White Ashi Hardwoods; Wholesales... alin... siete elee te Norman, Ont.......... _ eee . CAMERON & KENNEDY .|Saw and Plan. Mill, Tim. Lands and Logs, Pine|Stea am, *Circulz ir, 4m fy Gea SRW ak siden is ox 23 Minnesota & Ontario Lumber Co. . .)}Lumber, Wholesale and Retail................. err eae ; Orr : Louise, rs Ce oes - Elmwood, G.T.R...... = Sea e Bon. So a8 Wa okoetn Hardwoods, Shingles, Lath, Handles........... \Stec am, C ircular, 20m. BRICES) Toronto, Ont......-... Toronto s,s. FS. ampbe (N65 1B) a CICRORE SO Bainnibersaw nolesalepey. «cys dere: «censtecanhes Bee: b Speen Boer ace . .|Circular, Gang and Band, 180m d Chaudiere Mills, Que..|Chaudiere Stn......... Dreakew SOU... sos oe aces Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods, Wholesa Wee Water, Gang, 150m Cookshire, Que........ Cookshire.......... ee iCopkshire Mil Co. Sse ee eee wes Saw, Shingle, Planing, Stave and Heading Mill. |Steam, Circular and Gang, 60m We make a specialty of Wheels suitable for the re * Montreal, Que........ Montreal..............|Dufresse, 0. Jr. & Frere. ...-.... Seana Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hdwds., Whol.|Steam, Circular and Band, 50m ate Tal I : is Fe RE ee wd etch nianie oe. pReoperts, Joseph.& Fils. .=..%... Saw and Planing Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds,|Steam, Circular, 200m Hee CIC Dts Oh Un Dermeniang een Int. Fin, Spruce, Hardwoods, Wholesale...... can supply them Bored, Finished and Bal oe: 2 a 2 ; SHEARER & BROWN ........ ./4 Sawmills, Oak, Ash, Elm, Pine, Hem., Dim...|2 Stm., 2 Wat., Band, Cir., 4om Moodyville, B.C.......|New Westminster... .. MCRD ENEULE SAWMILL CO. ... . Sawmills, P. Fin, Spruce, Cedar, Hardwoods .../Steam, Circular, 20m New Westminster, , B.C. = “s . . Brunette Sawmill Co. ........ .)Sawand Planing Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds, /Stez am, Gang and Circular Fir, Cedar, Spruce, Hardwoods............... CORRESPONDENGE Canterbury, N.B...... Canterbury Stn .:. James Morrison & Son ......... Sawmill, Pine, Hardwoods........55...-+0---+ \Steams Circular, 38m Bridgewater, N.S...... Bridgewater_. DAVIDSON, E.D.&SONS...... 5 Saw, Shgle. and Lath Mills, Pine, Spr., Hwds.| Water, Circular and Gang, 200m SOLIOI TE D « - ‘Lumbermen desirous of being represented in this Directory can obtain information in regard to rates by communicating with ‘the Publisher. jo Fearn i THE. J.C.MS LAREN BELTING ce ) MONTREAL TELEPHONE 475 “MANUFACTURERS OF MONTREAL 2518.%2520 NOTREDAME S129 BAY ST * Send for sample of our new SAWMILL BELT =k SECTIONAL View (2 pulleys on 1 grip ring). A 3-GRIP PULLEY. ae The Rathbun Gompany<3 W. B. &2 S. ANGLIN. sawmill; Kingston, write 24th Feb., 1892: ‘‘The grip pulley still So) continues to vive ¢ ve good satisfaction and is a good convenience, as we do not have to give good a good convenience, DESERONTO, ON stop the rest of the mill or throw off belt ili fies OX ©. 9 a when filing saw. WALL & PRICE, sawmills, Quebec, write Feb. 24th, 1892: ‘We have been using your . MANUFACTURERS OF grip pulleys for some time, and Be Bre tray ttn, trey WATEROUS Doors, Sash, Blinds, Stairs are not liable to get out of order ene he ee, attention BRANTFORD And all kinds of Housé-Finishing Materials ~ in adju iment. 7 Our Motto: CANADA GE DIA RR Sm for Purging Boilers Grips always motionless when out of clutch. CoRRESPONDENCE Soviciten "LELe, CANADA: LUMBERMAN May, 1892 J. MUCKLESTON & KINGSTON, ONT. 7A MANUFACTURERS OF ::: : ‘‘RED TOP LINE”’ CO. , = PLOWS Sole Licensees for the Manufacture in the Dominion of BRAZEL’S PATENT : SNOW ano SOBA LUMDEFMEN'S TOOIS recs Peavies Skidding Tongs, Pike Poles, Goldshuts, Lumber Bob Sleighs The Sturtevant System sr Heating and Ventilating Applicable to all Glasses of Buildings NI Vi Progressive | _Lumber| Dry-Kilns ZY DS The Sturtevant Steam Heating and Druing Apparatus Drummond, MoGall & GO. MANUFACTURERS OF THE ONLY Olt-LoUGRIGATING AANTI-FFRIGION METALS INCREASES MOTIVE POWER SAVES 60 PER CENT. IN OIL DoES NOT HEAT OR CUT STANDS THE HIGHEST RATE OF SPEED Its SPECIFIC GRAVITY IS 11.49 | CRUSHING RESISTANCE 112 TONS | ADAPTED TO EVERY CLASS OF MACHIN- | ERY READILY MELTED AND DOES Not DE- TERIORATE OR CRYSTALIZE BY RE- MELTING 50 PER CENT. LESS FRICTION THAN OTHER METALS Drurmmond, McCall & ©. TORONTO OFFICE: 71 ADELAIDE ST. EAST Montreal, Que. A. M. COLQUHOUN, REPRESENTATIVE W.E. HUTCHINSON, Sec.-Treas. Thé Whaley LUMDGP GO. -=« of HUNTSVILLE, ONT. Manufacturers of White Pine Lumber, Bill Stuti, Lath alld Shingles Also HARDWOOD LUMBER All Orders promptly attended to First-class facilities ior Shipping COpsosvVSpzTopyr oop Mey Spo (GIANT jo) H.G. ROSS & CO. Real Estate, Fire and Life Insurance THOS. WHALEY, President SHIPPING AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS | . TIMBER LIMITS AND FARMING LANDS A SPECIALTY... . NBW WESTMINSTER, B.C. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED A, Be. Caes_e App “ROSS” BOX 273 STEEL PLATE PLANING MILL EXHAUSTERS SEND FOR CATALOGUE B. F. STURTEVANT GO., Boston, Mass, U.S.A. BRANCHES : 91 LIBERTY ST., NEW YORK; 16 SOUTH CANAL ST., CHICAGO; 135 NORTH THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA - A. R. WILLIAMS, Toronto and Montreal, Gen. Agent for the Dominion Important to | | U M BERME J. and _all_who_use © LEATHER BELTING ... You all use more or less Leather Belting, and are naturally interested in knowing where to get the very best article—that which will give you the least trouble either in stretching crooked or tearing at the lace holes. LACE LEATHER PATENT WIRE LACING ETC. TORONTO AGENCY OF The Rathbun Go. Oak, Atsh, Birch Basswood and Good Pine Lumber Gedar and Pine Shingles Manufacturers having such for sale are invited to com nicate with T. W. WALKER, Agent ASHSLOACKS Office Cor. Spadina Ave. and Front Street ( F_E. Dixon & 60.’s Union Tanned well stretched and cannot be surpassed for strength and durability. Send or discounts. hand-book on leather belting mailed free on application. ROUND PLAITED BELTS FROM 3-8 INGH TO 1-2 INGH s¢ [. ~ | For particulars write Belting runs straight oe easy on the pul- is thoroughly — Our E. DIXON & 60. 70 King St. East, Toronto WANTED Saw MILLS Little Belt and Rooky Mountains ALONG LINE OF GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY J. M. HUCKINS 4 Palmer House Block, Toronto . r E. me MENS . Pass. Agent, St. Paul, Minn May, 1892 Pn THE CANADA LUMBERMAWN WORKS 7G s. oo E.R. BUPNS SaW Go, > re. j | )) ts eae a py, ss a WAIN ; EXTRAREFINED 1) ILVER STEEL TRADE MARK ont f « iill_ TRADE MARK 1. Cram: Sawco,ToRONT? meso GN” AL KINDS Sts ToRON nr oN «fro ATLA MCS™ LONG SAWS VV LANCE ___ LANCE TOOTH Te — AI THE WARPLOMEAO\ v—s 7, TOWN IN. CANADA TAPER TOOTH PETER GERLAGH & (0. ‘TORONTO Lithographing [ITHOGRAPHERS &: ToRONTO.. ENGRAVERS| ____THE ALLIGATOR CHISEL-| “BIE SAW. / “ALI OR OHISEL-BIT SAWS | THE CHAMPION STAVE, HEADING AND SHINGLE MACHINES IGE TOOLS AND MILL SUPPLIES | GLEVBLAND, OHIO - CAUTION Myrtle Navy IS MARKED Ae oa IN BRONZE LETTERS i ee SIRE AND MARINE. MILLS, No e O 4 e manufactories and merchandise a specialty. Tele- th G phone at my expense. n € en U ine R. CUNNINGHAM, Guelph. | eee eee eS. _ A. ALLAN, Pre J. O. GRAVEL, Se F. SCHOLES, Ma Canadian Rubber Company OF MONTRBAL ———T—CAPITAL $2.000.000 Our uy Heer Belting is SAW es Unequalled in Aorerien ) PATENTEES AND Poe ee IN CANADA ubber Seamless Co.) Rubber ie. “Seamless Tube we Relting ses —===Hose” HEAD OFFICE AND FACTORY: MONTREAL - - J. J. McGILL, Manager Western Branch: Cor. Front and Yonge ois TORONTE 4 _ F ow. e WALKER, MANAGER Sole Agents and Manufacturers of the Forsyth Patent © 6 WSOsP Sa aeee LUMBERMAN ope a ; ie Ney 1892 SOnAWMILL MEN! You will all require more or ' less Pulleys this spring . oO Sec Do not waste time and money making mean- looking home-made Pulleys 7 WE BUILD A SPECIALLY STRONG WOOD SPLIT PULLEY FOR SAW MILL WS PRIGES LOW AND: ‘DBLIVBRY QUICK EVERY POLLEY FaLEY GUARANTEED SHIN D FOR paige = DODGE WOOD SPLIT PULLEY CO. ‘LORGNT@)@inue Dauntless Shingle and Heading Machine | | Also Manufacturer of || other kinds of . Lari make more | | Shingles per day than any self-acting machine with vertical saw in | existence, and more |. Shingles from the same |. quantity of timber. Shingle Jointers Both Self-acting and Hand-feed Shea Beciatnes : Packing Boxes Bolters Drag Saw Machines Stationary and Portable Sawmills | Double Edgers | Single Edgers Slab Saw Rigs Bull Wheel Rigs: _ Lath Machines _ Lath Bolters TAE FRAME———_- | ... ls of Iron throughout, very heavy and rigid, strongly bolted |.| 22 | and braced. DAE CARRIAGE——- ... Is very light and strong, | made of forged Cast Steel | Plate, running on steel ways or | | | tracks. Will take in a block 18 inches wide and 1g inches long, adjustable for 16-inch or 18-inch | shingles. = -CAPACITY FROM 25,000 TO 50,000 PER DAY Mill Machinery, ‘with Pulleys, Shafting, etc ae Oe MANUFACTURER OF SAW, SHINGLE AND LATH MACHINERY » Beto Moscone — In fact, a general line of | 4 _ May, 1892 a. CELE CANADA LUMBERMAWN WASTE The Saving effected by the Band Saw over | the Circular INE WORK ey | often means a profit on the year’s Ada “Lx 5 , a business in place of a loss. Do not Delay ordering your Band Mill WATEROUS if needed for this season’s cut. Our capacity is already taxed. Call at BRANTFORD our works. We can show you a Band Mill in practical operation CANADA | car by. Bee F . Waterous No. | Band Mill TINA AMOMENT &. oevNs Ge cima | “Ss tik, Sune | “SAVING OF BELTS, “~~ crip PULLEY HALL & PRICE, Lumbermen, Quebec, write: February 25th, 1892. We have been using your Grip Pulleys for some time in our sawmill, and they give every satisfaction. They are :net lable to get out of order and do not require much attention in adjustment. - Have three Pulleys—two 60x16; one 36x 12. PETTIT BROS., Lumber and Staves, Comber, write: February 26th, 1892. The Grip Pulleys work nicely, and we can conscientiously and very heartily recommend them for sawmill work. Have three 64x17 Pulleys; two Cut-off Cou lings. 4X17 ) pins Branch Works : Seo ee ee WATEROUS ne gland Agencies : W.B. & S. ANGLIN, Sawmill, Kingston, write: - WINNIPEG February 24th, 1892. ~ BRANTFORD MONTREAL The Grip Pulley still continues to give good satisfaction, and is a great QUEBEC ana convenience, as we do not have to stop the rest of mill when filing saw. We CANADA 7\ Adelaide St. E. think it would be better if it had six grips instead of three, as it looks too light Toronto ...... for all kinds of work. BO sO2 CANADA LUMBERMAN May, i DonocH—= & OLIVER — Nos. 213, 214 and 215 SS Board of Trade Building Torente, One So aL ee eaare IN OFFICE H. HANCOC CEO HASTINGS a Co. Lumber Merchants SE ee ete Yonae Wn eee een oe oronto se ALL KINDS OF PINE AND Been wee aie BILL STUFF CUT TO ORDER CG) A SPECIALTY THE = AMERIGAN : LUMBER = YARD HAMBURG, GERMANY OFFERS THE BEST FACILITIES FOR YARDING AND SELLING Pemerican: {> va Goods ® AE KINDS, OF cist or o7 es orgcine ADDRESS: ROSENBACHER & Co. Ba ankers, HamBuURG HAMBURG fs. W. MA ——H.. RIXON ‘W. STODART ee . AINSILE MAITLAND, RI RIXON & CO. OWEN SOUND, ONT. Saw Millers and Lumber Dealers — All kinds of Building Material kept in stock vspectairy oF [()NG BILL STUtt N ROGK ELM, PINE, VEDA AND HEMLOCK | “Napanee Cement W orks Wyoraatic CERERS Particularly adapted for Dams, Smoke Stacks, panera = BY Founc lations, Culverts, Cisterns, Cellars, etc. OO Leading Railw and Contractors ROACA LIME FOR BUILDING, PLASTERING, GAS PURIFYING, PAPER MAKING, ETC. GALT pt an WORKS ht Planing, Moulding and Stave Cutting | —S=Send for Price List| ~- GOMPANY . _ ae | TERRA COnTA @ Firepreo FIRE-PROOFING ahs olutely Fire-proof Deadens Noise s not Crack on application of Heat. or ISAS ASS ISS ASS About'ag CheapiecnwieeateaEree SgaEas gh hird that of Brick ..... Gives Warmth in Winter; Coolness in Summer LUMBERMEN AND WOODWORKERS we Dont Overhaul your mills or factories or add additional machinery or supplies without — first communicating with on: et, at eee vee rental Ye 58 mH. W. PEA New and Second-Hand Machinery Broker | 141-145 FRONT ST. WEST, TORONTO WOODWORKING MACHINERY . SAWMILL MACHINERY jx Circular Saws, Band Saws, Babbit Metal, Belting, etc. ==SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE NO. 16, FREE ways a MEE ‘CAN ADA TUBE RIAN SReWMBERMEN, DEALERS ... AND MANUFACTURERS Dominion Dry Kiln MANUFACTURERS OF b Hye ANDREWS Dry Kin WS NO FAN NO ENGINE TAE ANDREWS For all kinds of Lumber, Staves etc., etc. a... THE NOYES Especially adapted for the Rapid Drying of Thin Lumber Beevilolty WIXY KILN THE ANDREWS LUMBER DRIER HAS BEEN PROVED TO POSSESS THE FOLLOWING POINTS OF EXCELLENCE : Ist. That its drying is rapid and perfect. 2nd. That external and internal checking and discoloration are entirely avoided by this method. 3rd. That the drying is done by a continuous system and the tempera- ture of the kiln is under absolute control at all times. 4th. That our-Drier is free from the varying air currents (always waste- ful) incident to all fan and open-draft kilns. 5th. That our drying is done by the slow continuous movement of a large body of slightly moistened air. 6th. That our condensing surface is so very large as to be adequate to precipitating the moisture of the saturated air with the least amount of movement. 7th. That our piping is tested by high pressure and every outfit is fully guaranteed. 8th. That by our improved system of drainage the freezing of pipes becomes impossible. NO FAN NO ENGINE NO CHIMNEY NO SMOKE SQS SAS Sas kas Sk aS SAS | \N SEZ =EZA NO SPECIAL FIREMAN OR FUEL NO EXPENSIVE BRICKWORK NO CASE-HARDENING THE SEASONING OF LUMBER. WE DO ARTIFICIAL SEASONING RAPIDLY, WITHOUT INJURY TO THE STOCK, AND WITH THE GREATEST ECONOMY OF FUEL AND LABOR. THE ANDREWS KILN IS THE PERFECT LUMBER DRIER. constant attention, nor do we waste heat by a special chimney or ventilator, TS remarkable efficiency depends upon its peculiar mode of ap plying heat to, and eliminating moisture from, the air used in drying. We use no fan, engine or other device that requires nor do we reduce temperature by introducing cold-water pipes or freezing mixtures for condensing purposes. We use a perforated pipe under the lumber, so arranged that, when required, the air at one end can be impreg- nated with additional moisture. This penetrates evenly the lumber above it, softening the surface, and is of very great advantage where case-hardened lumber has been put into the drier. NO RISK OF FIRE NO CHECKING OR WARPING NO EQUAL WritE FOR QUOTATIONS AND Sirate Exactry WHar You Want —— : ie ESN] Na GN KN NGS) movMNiION DRY NILN GOMPANY + * * CANADA LIFE BUILDING + + + ose reo..-wr THE CANADA LUMBERMAN May, 1892 ——_ SMITH Co.. LIMITED-= ae ST. CATHARINES. ONT. Sole Manufacturers - - The “SIMONDS” x , The “MEADER” |-q eting CIRCULAR SAWS CROSS-CUT SAWS THE BEST SAWS IN THE WORLD Wone Genuine without our Trade Mark OUR HAND SAWS saa stiecriny 2" - - - REPAIRING PROMPTLY ATTENDED 10 A= : ESTABLISHED 2855 . . « Price List and Discounts on application... INCOREOR Ee We Manufacture SAWS of every descriptions Also GUTTING-BOX KNIVES z PEE MEN cig a ee axes ers | wy b eUTER NES : MIONTREA ete gare eo’ CHARLES M.WHiTraw, Manacer. Banurscrurcrs - Dealers in - 0 Stave-Sawing Circular Machinery Shingle Band Saws 5 . Files, Gummers Gang, M il DY Soe Mulay, Pit AN Belting Biller Web i) Emery Wheels $y Lacing, Setts Cross-cut Yh Side Files Cylinder ayp MM Speed Indica- : : | tors Chisel-bit 4 Lace Cutters Inserted ; = | Y i Tooth a / General Mill SAWS ee Supplies OFFICE, 452, St: PAUL LSTREET, MONTREAL. 9”. “ei Post OFFICE: Box, 167 B.K. MOWPY & SON Shingle Machine ai mint Se 2 3K | | ees ee The Best = \ ge FR | SHINGLE MILL | Machine | MAGHINERY Te i Sey) ues Market i ~~ Shingle Machinery a Specialty ) ——————————= | ‘ul a ai CT i. ay SS Axe REPAIRING PROMPTLY AND CAREFULLY EXECUTED Gravenhurst, Ont. VoituMeE XIII. | NUMBER 6. ‘ MAGNOLIA o~ METAL” MAGNOLIA ANTI-FRI CTION metal .CO. 74 CORTLANDT STREET London Office : Chicago Office: Montreal Office: H. MCLAREN & Co., 75 Queen Victoria St. 41 Traders Building Agents In Use by Eight me . Governments . ‘TORONTO, ONT. JUNE, 1892 Pare fd hese Soe BCS SA Bi Se THE MaGno.ia AnTI-FRICTION METAL Co. 74 Cortlandt Street, New York, N.Y New GENTLEMEN,—About March 26, “Spooner’s Finest Copperine Babbit”’ y test showed finest results, and on analysi and appro oximated the & Satie a of Mia In October of the same year othe mitted for test, and tested in co omipa ari new testing machine, built at great expens showed NEO Metal to ne less friction la atu roo degrees less. On December 31st this perfected test piece of ( was tested again with the result of its fusin pounds to the square inch. On January 31st Magnolia Metal was tested, which ran fif utes with 1800 Ibs. to the sq. inch, and one inch, and at the end of the h sf de grees F ahrenheit. Under ser Owners and Sole Manufacturers of the tests, showing velocity | ute, diameter o of shaft 5 inches, < Yours truly, H. G. TORRE’ Nore.—Mr. as yrrey is U.S. Assayer, and has bee U.S I vice at New York for 30 years. NEW YORK Join Bertram & Sons CANADA TOOL WORKS DUIMIDAS, ONTARIO MANUFACTURERS OF WOOD -WORKING MACHINERY MACHINE TOOLS, BTC. WRITE For Prices AND CATALOGUE Cc. C. CLEVELAND G. J. L. Goodhue & 60. MANUFACTURERS OF [LEATHER BELTING ¢1:: ano LACE LEATHER DamMvaIle, Que: “= | GEO. GORMAG it Wholesale and Retail Dealer in v ALL KINDS OF * LUMBER LUMBER SHIPPED TO ALL PARTS BY RAIL OR VESSEL WHITBY, ONTARIO RUBBER BELTING. MONARCH , RED STRIP AND LION BRANDS. 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Between these two leading rep- resentatives of the Canadian lumber trade there can be drawn not a few parallels, as well as contrasts. Mr. Ward’s activity in business, at an age when men usually seek retirement and ease, is an illustration of the vigor and continued effort that may accompany years of active work. In Mr. Miller, who is president of the Parry Sound Lumber Co., one of the largest concerns in this province, operating several mills and extensive timber limits, we find a type of the young men of the present day, who are to be found everywhere, controlling many of our largest commercial concerns. Mr. Ward represents the lumber trade of Quebec with its own individual conditions and indigenous character- istics. Spruce more than pine is the product of that province. Mr. Ward has shown his loyalty to his con- victions in the valiant battle he has waged for a readjust- ment of the spruce duties on lines more conducive to the growth and prosperity of this important wealth-produc- ing element of Quebec. In Ontario, where Mr. Miller’s interests are placed, white pine is king, and from his point of view we can understand that the president of the Parry Sound Lumber Co. has no serious quarrel with the duties on lumber as they rule at present, whilst he would be satisfied, doubtless, were it so decreed that we should have entire free trade in lumber. It was a saying of Napoleon that “he never blundered into victory; he won his battles in his head before he won them in the field.” Mr. Ward could never have attained the success that crowns his seventy-two years busy life, nor would it have been possible for Mr. Miller to have grasped the details and volume of business that were yiven over to him before he had reached his major- ity, owing to the declining health of his father, who was principal of the Parry Sound Co., and handled these with magnificent success ever since, without each first fight- _ ing out their respective battles in their head. “With __ what do you mix your colors?” was the innocent enquiry _ put to a celebrated artist by one who had been dazed _ with the beauty of the work he was viewing. “With __ brains,” was the laconic but forceful reply of this master on canvas. This is the element that Mr. Miller for __ twelve years past has thrown into the management of his varied and extensive undertakings. Mr. J. B. Miller was born in the County of Leeds in July, 1862, consequently he is a month away from his _ thirtieth birthday. His father was J. C. Miller, M.P.P., ____ alumberman of extensive operations, who died in 1884. _ The younger Miller was educated in Toronto, primarily at the model school, following up the years at that "institution with a course in Upper Canada College. His father’s health declining he abandoned his academic studies in 1380 to assume the responsibilities of the _ €xtensive business conducted by the senior Miller. How cc npletely he fitted into the large niche which the con- tinued illness of the father, followed later by his death, 1 necessary, has been intimated in what is already ten of this sketch, and finds ample illustration in the h, extent and present position of the Parry Sound iber Company with its manifold connections and # aa "The principal mill of this company is that on the é Seguin river, having a capacity of 15,000,000 feet annu- ally. Every facility has been given to manufacturing in the first-class equipment of the different mills of the company, and in shipping conveniences in the erection of splendid docks from which an immense barge, the largest lunber_ barge in the upper lakes, and costing $100,000, plies, connecting with several ports of the Georgian Bay and Lake Huron. Over 400 square miles of pine lands, heavily timbered, are held by Mr. Miller. Mr. Miller is interested in a number of commercial undertakings in Toronto; prominent among these is the extensive works of the Polson Iron Co. In 1883 he married Miss Hunter, daughter of Robert Hunter, now deceased, and formerly of the firm of Hunter, Rose & Co., Toronto. Mr. Miller is a resident of Toronto. During the summer months, with his family, he finds no inconsider- able enjoyment voyaging around and exploring the many beauties of nature that have their place in the picturesque region of Muskoka and Parry Sound. Standing an onlooker at Eton one day, observing the students at their games, Wellington remarked: “It was CAN PHOTO-ENG,BU. Mr. J. B. MILLER. there the battle of Waterloo was won.” “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” Taking an occasional respite from the laborious duties imposed by a business of the size of Mr. Miller’s, he but acts on the lines so wisely suggested by the remark of the Iron Duke. He takes a lively interest in military affairs and is a lieutenant in the Queen’s Own. Just how genial and sociable Mr. Miller is at all times ask those whose privi- lege it is to join him in one of his yachting expeditions, or in other ways meet him in social intercourse. LABOR-SAVING DEVICES. EW machines can not be prevented, nor should they be, since they enrich the world, and have made the workingman’s progress to be what it isalready. He never had a fraction of his present comfort till steam machinery began to do his work for him. House, cloth- ing, good food, education, clubs, newspapers, all his advances are the result of modern machinery. It is the Atlas which carries the world’s welfare on its shoulders ; every bit of work it does is so much lifted from the strain and drudgery of the laborers as well as of the rest of us. By cheapening production it increases consumption, {J $1.30} A i ( E c which calls for more labor, which new labor is easier than before the machine went to work. Think of the toil of the old fashioned farmers in the harvest. com- pared with that of him who now sits on his rea per and binder in comparative ease all day! The workman who learns to understand new machinery rapidly 1} help ) as to work it, is the man of his time, and this shou the model and ambition of all. The times reward the nynble and quick-witted—which all should make haste to become. And the duty to do so is laid upon them by nature, not by society. Society can not prevent men from thinking out improvements which nature p their heads. uts into And, therefore, the workman must keep himself right with nature, as, indeed, he is learning to do. The readjustment of laborers consequent upon the perpetual invention of improved machines is a source of perpetual disturbance everywhere, and always has been in civilized societies. So are changes of fashion, as when shoe buckles went out, a large body of buckle makers were brought to destitution. Both, however, are only a part of the general social movement, which is incessant and endless. The only way the individual can keep his place is by enlarging his range of industry. The workman must be quick to learn new things. He must cease to think of stopping the flood of novelties, and learn to swim in it. Business men of all kinds are troubled by the same instability of affairs. He who will not change is submerged; he who changes with the times gains by the times’ changes. POLISHING WOOD WITH CHARCOAL. METHOD of polishing wood with charcoal, now much employed by French cabinet-makers, is described in a Parisian technical journal. In this cos- mopolitan city may be seen many articles of furniture of a beautiful dead-black color, with sharp, clean-cut edges and smooth surfaces, the wood of which appears to have the density of ebony. As against furniture rendered black by paint or varnish, the difference is so sensible that the great margin of price value between the two kinds of work explains itself. The operations are much longer and more minute in the case of charcoal polish- ing, which respects every detail of carving, while paint and varnish would clog up the holes and widen the ridges. In the first process only carefully selected woods are employed, of a close and compact grain; they are covered with a coat of camphor dissolved in water, and afterwards with another, composed chiefly of sulphate of iron and nutgall. These two compositions, in blending, penetrate the wood, giving it an indelible tinge, and at the same time rendering it impervious to the attack of insects. When sufficiently dry, the surface of the wood is rubbed at first with a hard brush of couch grass and then with charcoal of substances as light and pliable as possible. Any hard grains remaining in the charcoal scratches the surface instead of rendering it perfectly smooth. The flat parts are then rubbed with natural stick charcoal, and the indented portions and crevices with charcoal powder. Alternately with the charcoal, the workman also rubs the furniture with flannel soaked in linseed oil and essence of turpentine. Repeated puncings cause the charcoal powder and oil to penetrate into the wood, giving the furniture a beautiful color and also a perfect polish without any of the flaws of ordinary varnish. @* 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. A THREE CENT STAMP DOES IT. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN JUNE, 1892 VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS. Somebody thinks themselves clever. We let our readers have the benefit, be it much or little, of the following wrinkle in logging which is somewhat freely going the rounds of the Canadian press. This is what our friend says: “As a rule it takes two men to pull a 6 or7 ft. saw, but this way one man and a small pole will do the work. Cut a small pole the size of a fishing rod about 8 ft. long. A Logging Wrinkle. Then tie a strong cord 3 ft. long, having a small hook to fasten in the eye of the saw, to the small end. Force the larger end of the pole in the ground on the opposite side of the tree you wish to saw and pull. The spring in the pole will pull the saw back every time.” We had something to say some months since of the extent to which wooden shoes are worn in the western states, but it is in Europe that the wooden shoe is more in vogue. Recent estimates place the number in Europe who wear wooden shoes at 70,000,000 people, one job- bing house in Paris disposing of 1,000,000 pairs each year. The ordinary every-day sabots are made of bass- wood, but there are finer shoes made of other woods. Basswood is light and does not split. In Europe poplar and willow are used, but poplar is inferior to basswood, and willow is the best of ali. Beech makes a good shoe, as do walnut and birch. The harder, finer woods are used for Sunday shoes in the old world, but in this coun- try, where sabots are worn for rough tramping only, the cheaper woods answer the purpose. Basswood is bought in stove lengths at $2 a cord. A cord of wood will make 60 to 80 pairs, so it can be seen that the material does not cut much of a figure as to cost of production. wholesale price for wooden shoes in this country is $3 a dozen for adult sizes, $2.40 for medium, and $1.80 for Wooden Shoes In Europe. children’s sizes. The employer does not hesitate, and rightly, to condemn the indifferent The man who does not throw heart into his work, whether it be ruling a king- dom or sweeping a street, is a useless workman. But, who makes the careless workman, in part, at least? Slipshod methods, as the system of the shop, have no little to account for. To use the illustration of one writer on the subject: “Hurry up, it’s good enough,” has spoiled many a good man, and if an employer habit- ually crowds his men with more work than they can properly accomplish, denies them the right, as it were, to honestly perform their allotted tasks, he has only himself to blame if eventually they become as careless as he is. Where such shiftlessness involves a loss to the customer it becomes culpable dishonesty, and the employer who permits this has only himself to blame if he becomes eventually the victim of his workman’s lack We are weary of reading dolorous com- Slipshod Employers. workman. of rectitude. plaints and criticisms where the power to remedy the There would be an immediate and permanent decrease in the number of lazy and negligent workmen if every employer kept up to the mark himself and had those he paid do It is the old story: like priest like evils complained of rests with the complainer. the same thing.” people, like master like servant. It does not seem unlikely that the eight-hour-day agitation at the forth- coming general elections in Great Britain may overshadow even the Home Rule question, which is being kept in the front of the Liberal platform. Whether in the older world or this newer country the wage question never downs. We seem not to touch bottom; it looks sometimes as though we did not try to We deal with systems, not men; and imagine we can square all men with the same measur- ing rule. Centuries of experience have proven the futil- ity of the effort, though we still go on in the same perverse lines. Why not try dealing with men for a change? The Lumber World asks the question: “Can the salary question be perfectly squared? That is, can an employer, who pays so much a day, do anything to encourage an active, industrious, intelligent and skilled workman, and to draw out his best qualities? Orcanhe do anything to spur up the indolent, loafing, ignorant Squaring the Wage Question. reach bottom. The - and clumsy man alongside? Evidently not, so long as the work is paid for by the hour rather than by the pro- duct. Iam convinced, from long observation of men in shops, that the best way to grade men’s wages is to grade by the output. In other words, wherever piece- work is possible, the employer and employee alike will be better served by counting pieces and paying by the piece. That method puts a premium upon the good work of the skilled worker, and it puts a discount upon the bad work of the bad worker. It is no encourage- ment to a particularly good worker to have his superior work bunched with the inferior work of his elbow neigh- bor, and to be paid just the same as the man whose fingers are all thumbs and who would rather loaf than It simply encourages the inferior worker to go inferior.” Does not this sound like common sense? Where the method has been adopted its common sense practicability has been shown. What is required is a more general application of the rule. work. on and remain What would lumbermen say in this day of ship-building to tmasts 100 feet high? But we write of the past not the present. A writer on the subject of ship-building among the ancients says: “Large ships were not un- known to the ancients, and some of the most roomy attained dimensions equal to ships of modern times. Nevertheless they were unmanageable monstrosities, almost at the mercy of wind and wave, and utterly unfit to cope with the fury of a hurricane. Doubtless we are indebted to travelers’ tales for the detailed descriptions that survive the lapse of ages. Constantius conveyed from Heliopolis to Rome an obelisk weighing 1,500 tons, and, in addition to this long-coveted monolith, the ship carried about 1,200 tons of pulse stowed about the small end of the obelisk in order to bring the ship on an even keel. In 268 B.C., Archimedes devised a marvel- ous ship for Hero of Syracuse. Her three lofty masts had been taken from Britain. Luxuriously fitted sleep- ing apartments abounded, and one of her banqueting halls was paved with agate and costly Sicilian stone. Other floors were cunningly inlaid with scenes from the “Tliad”. Stables for many horses, ponds stocked with live fish, gardens watered by artificial rivulets and hot baths were provided for use or amusement. Ptolemy Philopator possessed a nuptial yacht, the “Thalamegon,” 312 feet long and 46 feet deep. A graceful gallery, supported by curiously carved columns, ran round the vessel, and within were temples of Venus and Bacchus. Her masts were 100 feet high, her sails and cordage of royal purple hue.” Masts 100 Feet High. t “Sermons in stones, texts in trees, books in the running brooks, and good in everything,” as Shakespeare so broadly expressed it, was perhaps the thought in the mind of a writer in the St. Louis Lumberman when he descanted as follows on the language of trees. He has said: “The lumberman is never out of school when in the woods. All he wants is a pair of good optics and an ounce or two of reflective brain. With these in oper- ation he need never be blank in his mind or without a free library. The study of an acorn, a cedar cone or a pine seed will steady the observer's faith in the value of little things, the necessity of time for growth and matur- ity, and what, when united, the products can do, even of trees, supposably created to furnish warmth for cold fingers, or be transformed into shingles, fence posts or barn doors. A grove of oaks may shelter a spring that can irrigate a county; a cluster of cedars may stay an avalanche, and a clump of pines turn the course of a mountain torrent. If the observer is disposed to envy the higher status of his neighbor or friend—the willow that clings to the swamps or the stream; the fir tree to the crag; and the cedar to the solitary morass, and each in its place maturing in size and serving its purpose, isa lesson of content by no means thrown away in this age of unsatisfied ambition and untiring energy. Again, if the woodsman is disposed to be critical with his circum- stances, to look on the dark side of life, and in his struggle with adverse conditions he weakens in backbone and grit, he can see in the old oak that has been rocked in the storms of a hundred years that it 1s what it is by its brave contest with tempest and gale. It is sturdy Tongues In Trees. and vital, when others of its kind, sheltered in ravines and protected in forests, have long ago succumbed to the tap of the woodpecker and the tooth of time. It is in this way and only by this process of struggle and courage that the sturdier qualities of character are in any case developed. A study of this kind is good for any man in the dumps. The fact that no tree is useless, however cheap in the market or outside of demand, is a practical lesson to the man who is apt to demur at his lot or his talents. The cedar cannot say to the pine tree: “You are of no use,” or the walnut to the willow: “You are a waste of space and leaves.” If one is put into furniture and the other into barn floors, and one is utilized in a palace and the other in a laundry, each has its place and specific value. There was no spoilt timber in the plan of creation, and from a witch hazel to a red- wood tree, the uses of each, as the wheels and springs in a watch, are practically mdispensable to the interests of all. It is so in human life; no man worthy of his mother’s milk is without value in the economy of nature.” THE ORIGIN OF SAWMILLS. T cannot be denied that our forefathers executed their work well, but in many respects they were peculiarly wasteful in both time and material to attain this end. This can be particularly noticed in the latter case in the history of sawmills. Owing perhaps to their prejudices or the superiority of splitting timber over sawing timber in the simple early mills, sawmills were not encouraged to any extent until the seventeenth century, although their invention dates much farther back. Even this sounds a crude age for this ingenious tool to be used, but we must not forget that the invention of the saw by the Greeks dates far back into the misty ages of time. When we compare this age and the time which elapsed before its universal adoption, we see how great our fore- fathers’ prejudices against new inventions were. Indeed so great was the quantity of timber wasted by splitting “in Russia in the sixteenth century that Peter the Great forbid it to be transported on the Neva. But in spite of this, split timber is still used for many purposes because of its superior strength and toughness. Germany in ages back is well known to have beena great inventive country, and we find that the Germans had the honor of e1ecting the first sawmill on the banks of the little river Reeur, in the fourth century. The early mills were all either driven by wind or water, and this early mill was driven by water. True,this millis stated to have been for sawing stone, but there is no doubt that those for sawing wood were erected contemporaneously. This mill appears to have been the only one erected for hun- dreds of years, for they were not universally used, and many later writers speak of sawmills in their time as new inventions. The next instance we find of a sawmill is in the records of the City of Augsburg, which states that three were erected on the banks of the Hanvey brook in that city in 1332, owned by the Hospital of the Holy Ghost. Again when the Infant Henry of Germany sent settlers to the new found island of Madeira, in the fifteenth century, he ordered thei to erect sawmills, in order to convert some of the beautiful timbers found there into deals. The city of Breslau had a sawmill in 1427, which produced a yearly rent of three marks. In 1490 a sawmill was erected in the forest of Erfurt. Norway, that timber-covered country, owned its first sawmill in 1530, for we read in 1543 of a deal tithe being instituted by Christian III. All these early mills had only one blade in a reciprocating frame, and those having several blades in one frame were not used until 1575, when several of that kind were erected on the banks of the Danube. Holland, which at one time owned more saw- mills than any other country, erected its first in 1596, at Saardam. In England sawmills had the same fate as the crane at Strasburg. They were violently opposed by the hand sawyers, and the first one erected, that near London, in 1663, had to be abandoned, and the one at Limehouse in 1767 so excited the rage of the populace that they pulled it down. Circular saws and driving sawmills by steam power were probably contemporary, and they were first erected just about a century ago. Sweden owned the largest sawmill in the world at that time one driven by a watermill 12ft. in breadth, which drove seventy-two frame saws. What would they say to our circular saws now? JUNE, 1892 BAND SAWS FOR LOG SAWING. 2 is not alone in this country, but abroad, that the band saw is engaging the attention of practical machinists. We illustrate on this page a special band saw for log sawing, manufactured by A. Ransome & Co., of Stanley Works, Chelsea, London, S.W., Eng., a concern that has a world-wide reputation for high-class sawmill and wood-working machinery. The merits of the particular machine in question have been brought to public notice very recently through the inspection made of one of these machines, that was about to leave the workshops for Tasmania, by a company of scientific and practical men connected with the trade. The claim is made by the Messrs. Ransome & Co. that while their machines possess the best features of the machines made on this side of the ocean, for ensuring rapid work and facility of manipulation, they have been still more designed to meet the requirements of a market like Canada, where economy of timber and the produc- tion of smooth and true boards, with a moderate expend- iture of power, are likewise indispens- able. of the upper saw pulley. Its saw pulleys are eight feet in diameter. The blades used on it are eight inches in When cutting they travel at the rate of 7,250 feet per minute. The weight of the machine complete with its traveling carriage is twenty tons. width, and their lengths are nearly sixty feet. This machine will saw right through a maximum depth of seventy-five inches, and will square and convert The wooden section (dogged on the traveling carriage) showed a log of the logs up to seven feet in diameter. maximum diameter which the machine can convert. It girths about twenty-two feet. A lot of blue gum wood of this average section, and fifty feet long, would weigh nearly fifty tons. The rate of travel of the log, while the saw is cutting it, is variable up to fifty feet per minute. Where smaller logs are to be cut a still higher rate of speed is obtain- able. Messrs. Ransome & Co. will cheerfully furnish to readers of the CANADA LUMBERMAN any particulars The log sawing machines now in use may be classified under the three following heads: (1) vertical timber or log frames; (2) rack circular saw benches; (3) horizontal single blade — LOSS saw frames; and it may be useful to place on record in a summarized form ville the advantages which the makers of these special band saw machines claim for them as the results of practical working. As compared with a vertical timber frame—(1) The band saw, taking only one cut at a time, enables the sawyer to see what internal defects there may be in the log, or how the figure of the wood is developing, and so to convert it to the best advantage. (2) The band saw cuts very much faster than the vertical frame, the effective speed on the cutting edge of the saw being 7,000 feet a minute, as against about 200 feet a minute, which is the effec- tive speed of the cutting edge of each saw in the vertical frame. (3) The time lost in changing saws on the band ( i uit THE CANADA LUMBERMAN : LINING UP AN ENGINE. HE easiest Way to determing fi € i e shaft is out of line depends considerably « fs style of the engine, as with some engines it can be done quite easily and by simple means, while in other inconvenience and greater difficulties are experiencec in lining, says the Stationary Engineers ‘ engine is attached sOlidly to the foundation : Te leveled and squared. With the frame of the engine level, a level placed across the guides should show these to be level also, then a plumb line droppex ‘ of the crank, so that the line will come at the centre of the length of crank pin when the pin is above the shaft, and again when it is moved to the lower part of its travel, will show that the shaft is level. This point might also be determined by the use of a level, if enough of the shaft is exposed to accommodate the length of the level. To determine whether the shaft is in line on a horizontal plane, run a line parallel with the guides and determine whether the crank pin strikes the line at the sai when near both the outward and the inner points. Ifthe leveling and estab lishing of the line are carefully done, the engine can be placed exactly in line, or a trial in this way will show how much it is out of line. To thoroughly line up an engine and get all parts in their proper position, the piston, crosshead and connecting rod must be removed and a line drawn through the cylinder and projected beyond the outer point reached by the crank pin in its travel. This line must be centered accurately in the cylinder, saw is about half an hour a day as against two to five hours a day lost in changing and shifting saws in the vertical frame. As compared with the rack circular saw bench—(1) The band saw will do as much work as the rack circular saw bench with much less power. (2) The band saw saves about 70 per cent. of the wood which is wasted by being cut into sawdust with the large circular saws used in the rack bench. The band saw when cutting oak or elm logs wastes a full The rack bench doing the same work with a 62 inch saw wastes fully five- sixteenths at each cut. Thus, when sawing a log 24 inches square into boards one inch thick, the band saw would produce four more one inch boards than could be obtained from the same log if converted at the rack bench. than is obtainable from a circular saw, and the surface of the wood is not marked by the back of the saw. As compared with the horizontal single blade saw frame—{1) The band saw will cut vastly more than any horizontal single blade saw frame in the market. (2) The band saw takes up considerably less space in the mill than the horizontal frame. Assuming a log twenty- four inches square by twenty feet long required to be cut into boards one inch thick, the band saw would saw the log completely up into twenty-two boards in the same time as it would take the horizontal frame to cut off the first two boards, the waste of wood being the same in each case. The particular machine shown in our illustration stands twenty feet high from its base plate to the summit sixteenth at each cut. (3) The band saw makes much smoother work _s .——— mae | il —— Bg RANSOME’S SPECIAL BAND Saw FOR LOG SAWING. of the band saw not included in the description here given. Woodworkers are likely to be interested in a number of machines constructed by this concern, and which are fully described and illustrated in catalogues and circulars. They also manufacture several machines and appliances for keeping large band saws in order, a patent automatic saw-sharpening machine being one of the most useful. This machine will sharpen in about 20 minutes what would take 4 hours to sharpen by hand. SHAFTING. De sure that the shafting has a firm foundation, that the hangers are strong enough and not spaced too far apart, that they are lined up in good shape and well provided with means of lubrication. duce the size of shafting as you go further from the en- gine, for everything that helps to take friction from the engine load is beneficial; this requires careful calculat- ing, however, and should not be done by guess work; it does not pay. It may pay to re- measurements being made at both ends and the work carefully done, so that the line is at equal distance from the sides. the distance of the line from the sides at either end of the cylinder will be multiplied at the crank end. can be fastened in convenient manner at the crank end, but at suffi- cient distance beyond, so as not to in- terfere with the movement of the crank. With the line in position, the guides should be carefully adjusted and the adjustment made accurate, as must all A very trifling variation in The line any other adjustments and measurements when lining up the engine, or best re- sults cannot be obtained. A good and careful workman can show his qualities to good advantage in this kind of work, for here a vari- ation of half a hundredth of an inch may be “good enough” to suit some, but the line should be drawn closer than this. With tbe cylinder and crosshead in line, the next thing is to line the shaft. This can be done by removing the shaft from the bearings, the caps of the journal boxes and running a line through replacing them, and then testing with a square and plumb line or level, adjust the bearings, so that the shaft will come in line. If the shaft bearings are badly worn we should prefer to line the shaft while in position. This can be done by blocking the shaft so it is level with the center line of the engine, and placing it also at an angle of 90°, as shown by the square, to the center line of the engine. The height of the shaft can be obtained by leveling from the center line to center of the shaft. If it is necessary to re-babbitt the bearings, the old babbitt should be removed from the boxes before the shaft is placed in position ; then, when accurately in line, re-babbitt the boxes in the usual way. THE MYSTERY. WRITER in an engineer’s paper properly says that when old grate bars, scrap iron and similar weights are hung on the safety-valve lever (to prevent the valve working at the proper time), there is always a deep mystery connected with it—and that mystery is, what prevents an explosion? 6 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN JuNE, 1892 PUBLISHED ON THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH —BY— IHISUNSHONS. 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Special correspondents in localities of importance present an accurate report not only of prices and the condition of the market, but also of other matters specially interesting to our readers. But correspondence is not only welcome, but is invited from all who have any information to com- municate or subjects to discuss relating to the trade or in any way affecting it. Even when we may not be able to agree with the writers we will give them a fair opportunity for free discussion as the best means of eliciting thetruth. Any items of interest are particularly requested, for even if not of great importance individually they contribute to a fund of information from which general results are obtained. Advertisers will receive careful attention and liberal treatment. We need not point out that for many the CanapA LUMBERMAN, with its spe- cial class of readers, is not only an exceptionally good medium for securing publicity, but is indispensable for those who w ould bring themselves before the notice of that class. Special attention is directed to “‘ WANTED” and “For Sate” advertisements, which will be inserted in a conspicuous posi- tion at the uniform price of 15 cents per line for each insertion. Announce- ments of this character will be subject to a discount of 25 per cent. if ordered for four successive issues or longer. Subscribers will find the small amount they pay for the CANADA Lum- BERMAN 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 encour- aging us to render it even more complete. PROBLEMS OF THE TRADE. THE recent failure of Gall, Anderson & Co., of this city, has served to make bare some of the weaknesses, that have honeycombed the lumber trade of the country fora number of years. A list of direct liabilities aggregat- ing $59,000 carries with it several obvious inferences; and when to this amount is added a bank indebtedness of $93,000, to secure which the best assets of the estate had been pledged as collateral, perhaps it is not surpris- ing that the dividend paid to the direct creditors does not exceed nineteen and a-half per cent. The assets of the estate have been sold to Mrs. Gall for $11,552, she arranging the bank claim and paying the preferred claims and liens. Some of the creditors are disposed to dispute the claim of the bank, but it is not known of any legal steps being taken in that direction. Banks usually look out for themselves, and make sure of the methods they adopt in dealing with a customer. The position of the ordinary creditor is not likely to be helped by the safeguards that the bank lays hold of to make itself solid, but in this respect it is only another case of “the devil take the hindmost.” Where the creditor is more frequently misled is in the false impression he obtains of the assets of the debtor. He steps into a customer's shop and he sees around him a vast quantity of valuable machinery and stock in var- ious conditions of manufacture. He looks into the yard and there sees piled up thousands of feet of lumber. He comes to the off-hand conclusion that the assets are abundant and he cannot run much risk in making a sale of $2,000 or $3,000. Asa matter of fact the whole concern may be hypothecated to the bank. The liabilities of Gall, Anderson & Co. are represented in fifty-nine amounts. These are divided as follows: Eight under $100; eleven from $100 to $300; seven, $300 to $500; twelve $500 to $1,000; eleven $1,000 to $2,000; four $2,000 to $3,000; four $4,000 to $5,000. Nearly all the leading lumber firms both of city and country rank on the estate. The insolvent firm was of course in business on a considerable scale; but does not an analysis of the liabilities, in the light of the informa- tion that is now in creditors hands, indicate that credit was given with a prodigality that is outside the bounds of safe trading? We suppose the reason for this is not hard to seek. The size of the list of creditors is evi- dence that the opportunities for buying were not few and far between. They could only have served as a feeder to overtrading because of the easy road they furnished to secure credit. All were anxious for trade and, as a prominent lumberman remarked when discussing this case, which the LUMBERMAN has taken simply for the purpose of illustrating its remarks: “There is no lumber- man but what has some lines of stock he is solicitous of selling$ if he does not make the sale, competition is so keen, someone else will, and risks are taken against one’s own better judgment.” In a word, too many men are engaged in the lumber business, and yet probably there has been no time in the history of the trade, in Toronto at least, when so little capital was seeking investment in this direction. Writ- ing in the terms of an interview on the ELI page, it can hardly be said that Toronto has a wholesale trade worthy the name and commensurate with the importance and magnitude of the lumber industry. A large business is necessarily done, as the metropolis of the province it could not well be avoided ; but it is a broken trade, divid- ed among what wholesalers there are, an army of com- mission men and the mills. Anyone, if he has the money, can go direct to the mills and buy a carload of lumber assorted to meet his particular requirements. This matter of ignoring the middleman and buying direct from the producer is to some extent an evolution of present-day business methods in almost every line of trade. Whether the effect on business in general is beneficial is open to serious question. It takes away from the manufacturer the advantage gained in having his accounts in comparatively few hands, of whose financial standing he can more readily be advised and know. In its stead he multiplies his accounts and the expense and labor of looking after them; and if his eggs are not all in one basket, the many in which he has placed them are too often made of exceedingly flimsy material, and in too many cases will not carry safely what isin them. Relatively the same general principles apply to the lumber trade, whilst special and particular conditions govern its operations. One result of banishing the yard trade at any market centre, is that there is no standard system of inspec- tion. It must always be so where each mill makes up its own particular lot of lumber to suit the particular customer. A need of inspection is a need that ought not to exist in the lumber trade, and one that is not con- ducive to the best interests of the trade in its entirety. Difficulty in regulating prices is likely to be experi- enced where the yard system is abolished and lumber is distributed from the mills. This has been the experi- ence for some time in the yellow pine market of many of the Southern States, where there is no coherence among the trade; everyone buys from the mill, and each mill has its own price. It is claimed, owing to the very wide producing field in the south, and the want of con- verging points for shipping stocks, that these conditions _ cannot be avoided. The disastrous effect of this line of operations is nevertheless fittingly illustrated in these southern conditions. Where there is no market centre for the carrying of the various products of the various mills, and distribution goes out from no place in particular, the interests of millmen are prejudiced to the extent that they do not succeed in placing before the trade generally the full producing strength of the mills. The consumer is necessarily at a disadvantage when without a centre to which he may go for the different varieties of lumber that his business may require. How far these conditions have been a factor in the present disorganization of trade in Toronto and serve to explain the cause of the losses sustained by lumbermen here and elsewhere, is a point on which there is perhaps a division of opinion. We are likely to return to the question in a future issue and we shall be glad to have the lumbermen themselves “speak out” through these columns, which are open to all. undoubtedly brings that time nearer. FORESTRY IN QUEBEC. A CORRESPONDENT, writing to a local journal, pleads for greater forestry preservation in the province of Quebec. He notes with approval the steps taken by the Ontario Government in appointing a commission to enquire into the methods and expense of maintaining a forestry reserve in this province and hopes that the new Commissioner in Quebec “will address himself to the problem of forest conservation.” An attempt, it appears, was made under a former administration to inaugurate a system of forest reserves, but it never took any active shape. ‘There were under license,” we are told, “ 1890 in the upper Ottawa agency, in round numbers, 21,000 square miles; lower Ottawa, 6,000; St. Maurice, 11,000; Saguenay and other eastern agencies, 19,000; in all, 57,000 square miles. About 3,000 square miles of the above have been abandoned, and there are 16,000 square miles upon which no operations have been made during the last five years.” All told, there is 38,000 square miles of territory under license in the province of Quebec, upon which more or less lumbering is con- stantly carried on. Not more than one-half of this is pine-producing, and the remainder is largely spruce. “The comparative value of the Upper Ottawa, and the River Rouge. in Argenteiul, both about equal in area, can be judged,” says this correspondent, “by the fact- that only 305 miles have been relinquished in the Upper Ottawa agency, while 3,674 miles have been relinquished in the agencies east of the river Rouge. If any active effort will be made towards preserving our white pine it should be directed towards the Upper and Lower Ottawa agencies of 27,000 square miles; but it is fair to assume that scarcely half of this area is pine-bearing, or what lumbermen call a pine country.” On this data it may not be possible to calculate very closely just the time when the forests of Quebec will be shorn of their present timber wealth, but each year It is a hopeful sign, under these circumstances, to find those interested in the lumber affairs of Quebec giving thought to the question of forestry preservation, and we may wish that the Provincial Government, which has need to conserve all the wealth possible to itself, will give practical effort to the suggestion to look with vigilance after this import- ant source of wealth within its own borders. This pro- vince will watch with interest its movements. Forestry to-day, as we have pointed out in these col- umns before, is a question of practical importance to every lumberman, besides having a distinct national bearing, and that Government which aims to move wisely along these lines, will be moving for the future gain of its people. It is pleasimg to observe that the able paper by Hon. J. K. Ward, published in the May LUMBERMAN, is having no small influence in creating thought among our eastern lumbermen concerning this matter. A LUMBER SUIT. THE case of Simpson Rennie against Brown and the Utterson Lumber Co., which has been in litigation for a considerable time, has at last been settled by the Supreme Court, judgment being in favor of the plaintiff. The Utterson Lumber Co. is composed of J. W. Lang, ex-Ald. W. W. Park, James Todhunter, Wm. Mitchell, of Toronto, and Mr. Steele, of Brampton. The pro- perty of the company consists of a large sawmill on Mary’s Lake, Muskoka. Years ago the owner was Robert Brown, to whom Simpson Rennie, a Scarboro farmer, loaned $2,500, and took a mortgage on the mill and adjoining eighty acres as security. Long afterwards it was found that the mortgage had accidentally omitted mention of the mill, and as the land was worth little, ’ Rennie would lose his money unless he could make the mortgage apply to the mill. The omission occurred by reason of the fact that the mill stands on posts in the lake and does not touch the land. Before the Toronto men bought the property Rennie says he gave them notice of his claim, but the mill was part of a bankrupt estate about 1888, and they bought it from the assignee, R. H. Gray, of Toronto. Rennie was successful in his action to hold the mill on the mortgage before Justice Falconbridge, again in the Court of Appeal and again in the Supreme Court. The costs, it is said, now amount to $3,000, or more than the mortgage. . a THE CANADA LUMBE ** A S usual,” writes P. O. Byram, of Madawaska, N.B., “our bluenose lumbermen generally lose about one week of the best brook driving in spring by being so narrow and contracted in intellect, that to save one cent and lose one dollar, they fail to have their men on hand before the water rises, and pick the ice out of small streams, instead of waiting for the sun to thaw them out. Providence has smiled on them for the last few years, but by all appearance this year, to their sorrow, Providence will not indulge in too much procrastination, and will leave their lumber in the streams as a warning to take time by the forelock and be always ready. I hope I may be a false prophet, for lumbermen have made money this year, but I fear they will be like a good cow giving milk, kick it over in the drain.” se se se “Rain,” said Mr. Andrew McCormick, the well-known lumberman, “‘is still wanted up the Upper Ottawa and until it comes heavy and soon the lumber industry suffers. On some of the streams in the upper country there is no more water now than there was last fall. All the spring - water has run away, and as for the north water, it is of no use for the drive. On some of the drives the lumber- men are talking of discharging their men and leaving the logs where they are for the present year. The streams on the north side of the Ottawa river are much more in need of water than onthe south side. I have been over thirty years in the lumber business, but in all that time I never saw such a want of water. What we want is a whole week’s rain to swell the rivers and unless that comes before the roth of June things will get intoa bad shape, for the timber and logs will be ‘hung up.’ The mills will not be seriously affected this year, for there are logs enough in the several booms on the Ottawa river to keep them going, but next spring and summer there might be a scarcity of logs to saw until they are drawn out of the small streams and swept down the Ottawa.” ; eae oe “So much uncertainty is associated with the sale of lumber in the city,’ remarked Mr. John Donogh, of Donogh & Oliver, “that not only are we not pushing sales, but in some cases we prefer to be without busi- ness. Even with firms that are supposed to be in good standing, we are learning by sad experience that they have no more bottom frequently than the man who makes no pretense to be held up with abundance of capital. The curse of business all through is the loose credit system. Gall, Anderson & Co.’s failure is a case in point. Everyone supposed the firm to be in a good position. They were selling lots of lumber, but when the crash came we found they were doing trade as reck- lessly as many who had gone before them. One can easily understand the temptations to this kind of busi- ness. Obligations had to be met, and the man in a cor- ner is ready to sell his lumber to almost anyone, if he can only get paper that the banks will accept. Pro- tected themselves, the banks in too many cases accept this indifferent paper to relieve other paper of no better quality, and only when trouble comes does the trusty lumberman find out the real condition of his customer’s estate.” The general outlook of the lumber trade, Mr. Donogh considered, was encouraging. t tk & “1 can hardly give you any reason why there is no Canadian lumberman’s association,’ said Mr. James Tennant, “not but what there is need for an organiza- tion of the kind.” We all know why the old cow crossed the road. “Because she crossed the road.” And theres no lumberman’s association because there’s no lumberman’s association. I have not been able to discover any better reason in my talks with lum- bermen either this month, or at any other time in my calls upon them. “Everyone just now,” continued Mr. Tennant, “is talking about this failure and the other that is occurring in the lumber trade. I need only refer to the assignee’s list of liabilities of the most notable failure of the month, Gall, Anderson & Co., to show how widely are the ramifications of this business. Lurmber- men, almost from Dan to Beer-Sheba, are to be found represented in that list of $58,000. posed that a union of lumbermen, no matter how solidly they hold together, is going to banish insolvency. Like the poor, the unfortunate in business will always be with us. But a little more cohesion among members of the trade, a greater amount of confidence, one in the other, would enable us very often to give to one another pointers and suggestions of the conditions of those to whom we are selling stocks that if acted upon would keep our ledgers free of many a bad account.” It is not to be sup- ae a a Sie “A union of local lumbermen,” said Mr. Eyer, of Reid & Eyer, Toronto, “is no doubt an end much to be desired. We are working at cross purposes to-day, where, if pulling together and meeting in council occasionally, we could arrive at conclusions that would be generally helpful to the whole trade. But so far as arriving at a uniform price basis, I do not see how that is possible the way trade is broken up in this city. What is needed to get trade into healthy channels is the yard system, where stocks of standard and wantable lumber will be kept. Then there could be an intelligent system of inspection and prices fixed on that inspection. To accomplish this end it is necessary that men with capital embark in the lumber business. They don’t do so now and the result is we are almost without a wholesale trade in this city. We have no lack of lumbermen. All a man has to do to-day to get into the lumber business in Toronto is to secure desk room in an office, print some letter heads and envelopes, and announce himself a lum- ber merchant. He can solicit orders and he can secure from the mills whatever lumber he wants in mixed car- loads. When lumber is sold in this way, it is a case of every man for himself, and a basis of inspection is out of the question. I am not going to say that the mills should refuse to sell lumber inthismanner. They can hardly do otherwise in the present shape of trade. I do not know of a single mill that pretends to sell its supplies to one con- cern only ; but when trade gets round to that point where the millman will sell only to the wholesaler, leaving him to do the jobbing, the lumber business in this city and the country generally will be in much better form. ‘AI things come to those who wait,’ and we will get where we ought to be—some day. ‘The sweet bye and bye’ will yet be the lumberman’s goal.” koe & * Mr. Edward Jack tells in the N. Y. Lumber Trade Journal of the manufacture of lasts in the province of New Brunswick. On the banks of the St. John river and its tributaries large bodies of beech and maple of excellent quality are found and are utilized in the manu- facture of last blocks. The chief operator is Mr. Ora Gilpatrick, of Danforth, Maine. His operations are carried on upon the Keswick river, about 30 miles from the city of Fredericton. The valley of this river is trav- ersed by the Canadian Pacific railway (New Brunswick division), which gives a ready means of transportation to the cities of the United States. Mr. Gilpatrick em- ploys about 75 hands. His camps are distant on an average from the Canadian Pacific railway about five miles. The plan of operations is as follows: After the camps are built and clears in the woods and roads made to the maple ridges, the trees on which have been previously examined, the choppers proceed to cut down such trees as they judge suitable for their purposes. No logs less than Io inches at the top end are made use of. After the tree has been cut down the log is hauled to a large vacant space in the forest which had been cleared in the autumn, and which is known as the “yard.” Here they are piled in rows or tiers. At each yard there is a portable engine of about 12-horsepower, which drives a drag saw for the purpose of cutting the logs into lengths of from 10 to 15 inches. As these lengths are sawn they are removed by the marker, who has a pattern for the shape of the block. This he marks on the end of the section, which is then passed on to the “chippers,” whose duty it is to split the section and roughly chip the WATS 7 blocks according to the pattern above referredto. When this is done they pass into the hands of the “sorter,” who places each block into its proper division, that is to Say, aS misses’, women’s, men’s and boys’ last After having been thus assorted they are ed on sleds to the drying sheds on the line of the railway. These are nearly open sheds, roofed over so as to keep off any rain which may fall. block is placed by itself. In the drying shed each kind of Blocks for rubber work are forwarded “green.” They are kiln-dried before use. Those to be made use of for the manufacture of leather boots or shoes are allowed to remain in the drying sheds Eastern maple is much better for last purposes than that growing in the west- > until the month of September. ern states, the wood of which is of a much softer char- acter. tk tk & & well known They are Canadians, and the senior member, Mr. John Charl- ton, has for years been a representative for Norfolk in the House of Commons, and one of the ablest members of the Liberal party. The firm are large operators at Little Current, and interested in timber limits in the northern section of the province. They also carry on a business at Tonawanda, N.Y., as sawmill owners and lumbermen. A week ago I had a chat with Mr. T. Charlton, who is the resident member of the firm at Tonawanda. “Southern pine,” said Mr. Charlton, “is coming into competition with Canadian pine on the American side of the border. A considerable quantity is finding its way to New York. In some respects Southern pine is better than Canadian pine. I think the advantage is with the former for flooring and outside sheeting. The pick qualities are better than anything we can get in Canada; some of it is as hard as oak. Southern pine affects Norway. We have not bought any Norway for years. I am inclined to think that it was the intention of the author of the McKinley Bill to have included Norway under the one dollar duty; but not being a practical lumberman he was not aware that Norway and white pine were two different woods. The The lumber firm of J. & T. Charlton are both in our.own country and the United States. - South is rich in timber and prices will keep down for years.” Replying to an interruption from the inter- viewer, Mr. Charlton said “that any additional cost in freight, because of distance, was offset by the price. The genuine lumberman in the South has a rather hard road to travel; with the poor workmen, who have only their earnings to depend upon, the position is aggravat- ingly tough. It is a common matter for a man to get hold of a sawmill for a season. He engages his work- men and starts cutting, paying them just as little on account of wages as it is possible, putting them off with one excuse and another until he gets near the end of the season. In the meantime he has been shipping out his lumber. The men are informed that this is in the hands of New York dealers, who have not yet paid for it, and he presumably starts off to look after his account. In the words of a popular ballad: “But he never came back again ;” and the men are done out of their season’s wages. Next year a new proprietor comes to occupy the mill, and, as a new man, he is taken to be an honest man, the workmen learning when too late to help them- selves, that they have once more been deceived. You can understand how difficult it is for the honest, reput- able lumberman of the South to meet the class of com- petition that is part and parcel of these methods. The unprincipled adventurer, paying little or almost nothing for his labor, cuts under the other every time, so that to-day legitimate lumbering is not profitable in the South.” Touching the tariff question Mr. Charlton said he would certainly like to see free lumber, but he doubted very much if it was coming. “Just now there is more election talk than real business going. I certainly think that the considerable influx of Canadian lumber into the United States during the past year has affected the price of American lumber. It has been an additional element of competition.” * * * = A strong delegation of lumbermen waited on the Que- bec Government and urged a modification of the prac- tice imposed by the late Government of granting special permits to third parties in territory already licensed. The Government promises the matter serious attention. wr THE CANADA LUMBERMAN JUNE, 1892 = MICHIGAN LETTER. [Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN. ] OUR readers will be interested in various figures concern- ing American purchases of Canadian timber, that are passing current in different parts of the State. I give them as they come to me from a variety of sources without entering into a discussion of their import, if any special import or signifi- cance is to be attached to them, nor do I stand sponsor for the entire exactness of every statement made. The Bay City correspondent of a Chicago lumber journal, controyerting the oft-repeated story that Michigan mills would soon come to a standstill for want of logs to saw, has told us quite recently that ‘‘within the past year arrangements have been perfected whereby a vast quantity of timber, not tributary to the Saginaw River, is to be brought here to be manuufac- tured,” and that this includes deals that will ‘‘transfer 3,000, - 000,000 feet of Canadian timber to this river to be manufac- tured, a supply equal to a cut of 500,000,000 feet annually for six years.” McKeon & Glover, a Bay City firm, and who rank among the largest loggers in the country, say that they banked 000,000 feet of logs in Georgian Bay waters last winter, and Their estimate , eens feet of these will come to Saginaw. is that 130,000,000 feet of Canada logs will come to the Sag- inaw River this season. Isaac Bearinger, of Sibley & Bear- inger, another Michigan concern, says that his firm owns $200, - ooo worth of logs in the Georgian Bay region. Other interests are represented by Wm. Peters, who owns a mill at Bay City, and is believed last year to have purchased over 300,000,000 feet of Canada pine; C. K. Eddy & Son own 400,000,000 feet there; the Spanish River Lumber Co., of which E. T. Carring- ton, of Bay City, is president, owns over 200,000,000 feet ; J. W. Howry & Son have been operating in your territories for some years; the Saginaw Lumber & Salt Co. and the Emery Lumber Co. are extensive operators; the Messrs. Bliss, Mc- Clure and others individually and collectively are said to con- trol not less than 1,500,000,000 feet of Canadian timber. These cases are outside of the two important transfers of the Dodge estate and Pattee & Perley to United States capitalists and mentioned in the LUMBERMAN last month, and which re- presented investments, respectively, of $750,000 and $800,000. PIECE STUFF. F. M. White, of Saginaw, who for some time represented D. L. White & Co., of Albany, N.Y., is going into the export of hardwood logs and timber in New Orleans. Merrill & Co. have rebuilt the two dams that recently went out on the Molasses, hanging up 7,000,000 feet of logs, but even with the aid of the dams the prospects for getting the logs Fully 100,000,000 feet of logs know of Unless aid comes the expense of handling them will be increased. The Butler and Peter Salt and Lumber Co.’s Butterville were burned on the roth inst. at $250,000 with about half insurance. are thrown out of employment. SAGINAW, Mich., May 25, 1892. down is unfavorable. the low condition of the water in this section. mills at The loss is estimated Four hundred men PICA. OTTAWA LETTER. [Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] (Oe the morning of Monday, 9th inst., the news was carried throughout our streets that there was a strike at the Chaudiere, about fifty employees of Buell, Orr, Hurdman & Co, having refused to goto work. On the Saturday previous they had been asked to commence work at six o’clock instead of seven o'clock. This the men refused to do unless they received an increase of wages. When seven o’clock Monday morning arrived the men took off their coats ready to begin work, but were notified by the foreman that in working ten hours a day their wages would be reduced from $7.50 a week to $6.50. The millowners held a meeting and decided to pay one dollar a week more than they had been paying last year for eleven hours a day. them said: Happily the trouble was speedily gotten over. This was satisfactory to the men; as one of “We don’t want a strike. We want work. Eleven hours is a pretty long day but we don’t mind that so We all owe There are hundreds of men much as long as we get the increase of pay. money and can’t afford to be idle. in the mills who would positively refuse to quit work if ordered.” The mills are now pretty well started on the sea- son’s work and, with the labor difficulty at an end, a prosperous trade is expected. Recent rains have removed, in part at least, the uneasiness among mill-owners consequent upon the low condition of the water in the tributaries to the Ottawa River. About 45,000 logs for the Hawkesbury Lumber Co. have already been passed down this year. It is stated some 630,000 logs were cut up the Gatineau this winter by Messrs. Gilmour, MacLaren, Rathbun, Edwards and Boyle & McCraken. The McLaren firm, it is said, have made about 100,000 feet of square timber. Boyle & MacCracken are bringing down 160,000 feet of dimen- sion timber for the Lachine market. E. B. Eddy will, it is stated, receive 1,000 cords of pulpwood from the Gatineau district. INDIFFERENT LENGTHS. Ex-Ald. Thackeray has the sympathy of his fellow-citizens in the loss sustained by the burning of his planing and sash mill on the roth inst. immediately a line of hose belonging to the mill was laid, but when the water was turned on burst at a defective coupling. The fire brigade responded quickly to the alarm, and soon streams were playing on the flames, but the mill was doomed, and in less than an hour $30,000 worth of damage was done. The machinery destroyed was valued at $31,000, whilst manu- factured lumber amounting to $25,000 was destroyed. There is only $10,000 insurance, of which $5,000 is in the A¥tna. The mill was destroyed about three years ago, and handsomely rebuilt. In this connection Mr. E. B. Eddy has done a gen- erous act, as is ever his wont, having notified the Thackeray firm that owing to the disastrous conflagration which swept away their handsome mills, that he placed his mill and machin- ery at their disposal. At present Mr. Thackeray has a very heavy list of orders and contracts on hand, the non-fulfilment of which would prove a serious disappointment and inconvenience to their customers, the more so at this busy season of the year. Mr. Eddy says he will either finish their orders himself for them or allow them the use of his machinery to do so them- The fire broke out in the engine room, and selves. McLaren & Co.’s culler, Wm. Stirling, has returned from up the Gatineau and states that some 300,000 logs are now on their way down for that firm. It was hoped that the persons who proposed to form a com- pany to work the Casselman lumber mills would have proven successful in their plans, but it seems not, and the liquidator will proceed to dispose of the estate. Buell, Orr, Hurdman & Co. are having a new office building erected which will give increased office accommodation and additional platform room for tracts and lumber. Mr. Alex. Lumsden, of New Edinboro’, is bringing down a raft of 175 cribs of square timber from the Kippewa and Tem- iscamingue tributaries on the upper Ottawa. Dry mill wood is becoming very scarce. The dealers’ stocks are about run out. Saturday afternoon about four o’clock a boy named Andrew Kelly, of the Chaudiere, met with a severe accident by falling from the top of a wood cart which was heavily loaded with blocks. His left shoulder was dislocated and a cut two inches long was inflicted on his head, it having come in contact with the hub of the wheel. OTrawa, Ont., May 23, 1892. BRITISH COLUMBIA LETTER. [Regular correspondence CaNnaDA LUMBERMAN. ] UITE a history belongs to the engines used to drive the machines of the large sawmill of the Moodyville Sawmill Co., at Burrard Inlet. They were originally built by Hum- phrey and Tennant, an English firm of engineers of world-wide reputation, many of whose engines are to be found in the older vessels of the British navy to-day. The particular engines in question were first placed in the man-of-war Sparrowhawk, which was used as a despatch boat during the Crimean War, and did good service against the Russians in the Black Sea. The vessel was finally condemned in Victoria in 1872, on account of the boilers giving out, and was sold for what she would fetch. She was bought by Messrs. Moody, Deitz and Nelson (the former the founder of Moodyville, and the latter the present esteemed Lieutenant-Governor), who were at that time projecting a larger mill than the small one that they had then, and which was run by water-power with an auxiliary engine. The cylinders are forty-two by thirty-six inches, and the engines were changed from compound vertical to horizontal high pressure. They make sixty revolutions, carrying forty pounds of steam, and develop about 260 horse-power, sufficient to run the mill with the aid of a water-wheel with thirty-two feet head, which is so arranged that the lath mill and planers can be run without getting up steam, should the mill be shut down. During the past six months important improvements have been made in the Moodyville mill, conducted under the super- intendance of Mr. E. Cadwaladder, the present millwright, who has held that position for twenty years. Ten years ago this mill was averaging only 40,000 feet per day; to-day it averages 100,000 feet every ten hours. The mill is owned and operated by the Moodyville Lands and Sawmill Co., Ltd., of which Mr. Johann Wulffsohn, of Messrs. Wulffsohn and Bewicke, Ltd., is managing director, with headquarters at Vancouver. Mr. J. H. Ramsdell is general manager; Mr. A. V. C. King, accountant; L. Card, foreman; J. S. McWhinnie, log foreman; G. Brown, storekeeper; E. Cadwaladder, mill- wright, and J. S. Randall, machinist. COAST CHIPS. A small sawmill is being built by Mr. Yates on the Slocan River, East Kootenay. . G. O. Buchanan, of Revelstoke, has been granted timber leases to the extent of 1,760 acres at the head of Slocan Lake, estimated to contain about 9,000,000 feet of lumber. In all probability a sawmill with a capacity of 20,000 feet a day will be erected there in the immediate future. A logging camp has been started on Burnaby Lake by Messrs. Smith, MacPherson and Rowling. The little steamer Bute has been placed on the lake to tow the logs to the entrance of the Brunette River, down which they will be floated to the Fraser. Two dams will be built at the head of the Brunette to assist in floating out the logs. Galbraith and Sons, well-known local lumbermen, have lately added a shingle mill to their sash and door factory, on Tenth Street, the capacity of which is 35,000 shingles per day. Several large orders for shingles have already been booked. The logging trade of the province is in a large measure con- trolled by J. McKinnon and Norman McDougall, who met a few days ago in solemn conclave and decided to raise the price of logs. Their contention is that there is nothing to be made at the business at present prices. McKinnon’s camp is located at the head of Port Neville, and McDougall’s at Seymour Narrows. This combine will operate somewhat against small loggers and mills which depend on loggers for their supplies. NEw WESTMINSTER, May 21, 1892. R. CENTRAL AMERICA LETTER. [Special correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN]. OUR readers, whom I would judge are cosmopolitan in their tastes, doubtless have curiosity, if not interest, n learning something of lumbering in other parts of the world— possibly in Central America. I write of some of the peculiar- ities of lumbering here. First comes the mill; it is a good one, made by the Waterous Engine Works Co., of Brantford, but ordered specially for the kind of work it has to do, and it does it to perfection. There is the big saw-edger, cut-off saw, tie-spotter and borer, and re- saw on the deck. The mill is 125 feet long by 25 wide, with lean-to for boiler, engine and filing room. The timber is so heavy that we have to use an overhead log turner on nearly every log, and rollers to end of mill for delivering lumber and timber. The timber is of a great many different kinds, some extremely hard, such as nispero, chanco chere and quisera- colpachi; others are softer, such as era cedar (Spanish) and mahogany. We have some oak, but very much harder than Canadian oak. Occasionally we cut an incense tree and scent up the whole neighbourhood while doing it. Another tree called soap bark makes banks of foam for miles down the small stream that carries away the surplus saw dust. I have seen the foam three feet deep and completely covering the stream at a little cataract on the route. Nispero logs are very hard on saws and require a newly-sharpened saw for every log. Sometimes they are very large and then we have to sharpen twice for one log. There seems to be a SANDY SUBSTANCE IN THE TREE that just wears the edges of the teeth away in no time. It takes forty yoke of oxen to keep the mill going beside what is brought in by train. We brought out cross-cut saws and chains for logging, but the natives will not use them. They cut every log with an axe that has a straight handle six feet long, and looks something like a grubbing hoe. The logs are all pointed and a hole bored through the point and a pole made fast to it with raw-hide ropes and the other end of the pole tied to the yoke with the same material. The yokes are fastened to the oxen’s horns with long leather straps passed around the horns and crossed over the forehead, so the oxen draw by the horns and forehead altogether. I have seen eight yoke of oxen draw- ing one log, and it sounds just a little odd to hear the drivers coming up to the mill in a long string with their, ‘‘Ak ye carajo. Diabolo sin verguensa Demonio conbenow,” which translated would be, ‘‘Go on, confound you; devils without shame and condemned.” Demons though they be, they get in a lot of logs, and not overly expensive. Cutting and hauling (less than a mile at present) costs eight dollars per 1,000; the lumber averages $60 per 1,000 at the mill when cut; so you see there is a little margin for profit. Lumber does not sell by the 1,000 but by the piece, and I give you a list: boards 12 inches wide and 11 feet 4 inches long, 70 cents each; 2x4 inches, 55 cents; 3x4 inches, 75 cents; 2x3 inches, 45 cents; 4x4 inches, 95 cents; cedar board § cents per inch in width, 1% x6 inches, 65 cents; I x 6 inches, 50 cents; 2.x 2 inches, 30 cents; 1x3 inches, 30 cents; 1% x3 inches, 35 cents. This is all II feet 4 inches long, extra length double extra price. The price for sawing is from 25 cents to 40 cents per cut. One day we cut a log for a man that cost him $11.25. This just took ten minutes so you see a GOOD MILL PAYS in this country even by the M. or cut either. The mill belongs _ june, 1892 - to Minor C. Keith, a very large railroad contractor. He also has thousands of acres of bananas growing, large sugar and coffee plantations and thousands of acres of portrero where he fattens cattle for the markets of this country. The mill is sit- _ uated on the Naranjo (orange) estate which has 12,000 acres in it and is used for coffee, sugar and portrero. Mr. Keithis now rebuilding his sugar mill on this estate and will soon be able to turn out about ten tons of sugar daily. There are tramways to take the cane to the mill, and one will soon be finished to take ‘the slabs from the sawmill to the sugar mill for fuel. We have the most beautiful climate here imaginable, never too hot to work and certainly never cold. go bare-footed, and lots of children can be seen naked till they reach the age of twelve and fourteen. and make many a dainty dinner for the mill hands—Jamaica 4 egroes. A family of baboons live in the trees just above the . and their howls will not let any person oversleep them- selves. Some of the hands have some queer pets. One has a tame watusa, others have monkeys, and one has a snake skin hanging up in his room that was too long to stretch on an rift. 4in. board. Workingmen’s wages are very low, about $1.35 and $1.50 Costa Rican money, which at present is worth about one-half of American gold. The manager and sawyer get good salaries, and some foremen, but nothing to tempt one to leave Canada and put up with the living of this country. Mr. Keith is adding a planing, sash and door mill to his sawmill. The commonest kind of a door is worth $25 here. He is thinking also of a wheel factory; a pair of cart wheels sell for $120. There is a steam wood-splitter connected with the mill, and a planer, each of which has aseparate engine to drive it. JAMES INKSETTER. La Gioria, C.A., May 2, 1892. Most all workmen Monkeys are plentiful FIRES AND CASUALTIES. FIRES. —Bentz and Pilatzkis sawmill at Eganville, Ont., burned to the ground. —Cozens & Bell, sawmill, etc., Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., burned out. —James Thompson’s mill at Orkney, Ont., has suffered from fire. Loss, $5,000. —The furniture factory of Dowling and Leighton was destroyed by fire on the 15th ult. —The pulp department of the Georgetown mills, Ont., was partially destroyed by fire on the 15th ult. CASUALTIES. —A man named Woods had his thumb cut off by the saw while edging in a mill at Oro Station, Ont. —Alexander Milsap was instantly killed by the breaking of a balance wheel in a mill near Sundridge, Ont. —E. Black, formerly of Belleville, Ont., but now of Wil- liamsville, lost a finger by a planer in a sawmill. —Joseph Leduc, an Ottawa riverman, was dangerously hurt while chopping wood in a Lower Town hotel yard. —Two boys lost their lives at Sutton, Ont., while playing onaraft. They fell off together and were drowned. —Herbert McMillan, while measuring logs at Holmes Land- ‘ing, N.B., was carried off by the logs and had his arm broken. —Edward Farron, of Elora, Ont., had his right leg broken _ while drawing logs from the river flats at his farm in Pilkington. —Fouw boilers of the Midland Salt and Lumber Co.’s plant at Midland, Mich., exploded, killing four men and seriously injuring four more. —Robert Charters is thought to have been fatally injured by a blow from a swinging hand-spike; he was employed in John rvine’s mill, Dundalk, Ont. '_—A sad accident happened on John Bell’s drive on the Cold- ater River, Ont., where Mr. Young, of Eady, was so badly ‘Inj ured that his recovery is doubtful. _— Benjamin Brooks, employed in Brooks’ sawmill, Golden Valley, Ont., was severely scalded on hands and legs, by the xple sion of the boiler. The mill was burned to the ground. —William Baylis, a workman in the lumber camps near Vancouver, B.C., committed suicide on the 1oth ult. by shoot- ing himself through the head. ‘om near Toronto. —Conrad Kuhl, a machinist, was instantly killed in the saw- will at Elmwood, Bruce Co., by the breaking of the large ving belt. Deceased was about fifty years of age, and leaves fife and six children. —Mr. Hopkins VanValkenburg met with a very painful in the sawmill at Norwick, Ont., probably losing the ght of at least one of his eyes, if not injuring both. A large t on one of the wheels broke and struck him in the face with it force, felling him to the ground. He will be confined to wouse for some time to come. , He is supposed to have come (ie eee ONTARIO, —A new sawinill is being erected at Elora. —There is talk of a pulp factory at Bracebridge. —Martin Bros., lumber, St. Marys, have dissolved. —S. D. Grout, lumber, Vankleek Hill, has assigned. —Thos. Reaburn is operating a portable sawmill at Lisle. —Low water is causing anxiety to lumbermen at many dif- ferent points. —Smith Bros. & Gibson, planing mill and sash and door factory, Brussels, have assigned. —Business is reported lively at Novar, sawmills are going and houses are in course of erection. —The Whaley Lumber Co.’s mills, at Huntsville, are cutting large quantities of lumber and shingles. —Mickle, Dyment & Son’s mill, at Severn Bridge, has been put in first-class shape for the season’s work. —The new shingle mill of the Georgian Bay Lumber Co., being built at Waubaushene, is nearly completed. —Part of Gilmour’s big mill, Trenton, has commenced work, and it is thought the whole mill will be in operation in a few weeks. —J. D. Lebel, lumber, London and Sarnia, Ont., is offering fifty cents on the dollar, and shows liabilities of $17,000, and assets of $13,000. —The big lumber mills at Rat Portage and Norman are in full swing, and the expectation is that they will run night and day throughout the season. —A heavy downpour of rain in Luther township is welcomed by the local lumbermen, who have a considerable quantity of logs to get down the streams. —The Lindsay Post says: M. M. Boyd & Co., of Bobcay-' geon, have about 100,000 logs, cut during the past three seasons, awaiting a chance to float them down. —H. J. McMillan, of Meaford, has shipped 25 car loads of square timber to England. The timber was principally elm and ash, measuring from 20 to 60 feet in length. —The local press proclaim the new tug now being built at Collingwood for the Emery Lumber Co., to be ‘‘a regular clinker, and will be by far the best on the Georgian Bay.” —Lumbering is dull in Washago, only one mill running. Not less than thirty men have signified their intention to go to the Northwest and grow up with the country. —Kendall Kennedy, of Hobart, whose mill was recently burned down, is rebuilding it, and will soon have it in running order. Mr. Kennedy has a large stock of lumber and shingles to cut. —W. H. Petrie, a constant advertiser in the LUMBERMAN, has received a large order from the Buffalo Drop Forge Co., Buffalo, N.Y., for iron tools. He anticipates further business from the same source. —While loading timber on the train at Holland Centre, Robert Stewart met with a sad accident, which will disable him for some time, in getting his leg jammed between two skids, which broke it in two places. —Mr. J. F. Beck, Secretary for the C. Beck Manufacturing Co., says that both of their big sawmills at Penetang will be kept busy all the summer and that one of them will have to run night and day, to get their stock out. —It is now a good many years since timber or logs were last taken down Hurd’s Creek from Lake Clear. This year the Messrs. Moran, of Renfew, have a drive of logs to come down it. A good many of the old rivermen doubt if they will get out. —J. Dovey & Son intend towing their logs from Fenelon Falls to the mill at Lindsay by means of a hermaphrodite craft. It is a large shanty punt fitted with paddle wheels and small engine and boiler, and is christened ‘‘ The Flying Dutchman.” —While a teamster, of Tilbury East, was drivingjhome from Tilbury Centre late one night recently, he was held up by a gang of three men. The three men took from the teamster’s wagon a large quantity of goods. It was supposed that they were men employed in McMackon’s mill, Romney, as three men suddenly left there early next morning. —A raft of square timber, the first of the season, reached Pembroke in tow of the Alex. Fraser, a fortnight ago, and, after being fitted out with cabins and provisions, left for Quebec. The raft was got out by Messrs. Barnet & Mackie, and was sold to Dobell & Co., of Quebec, who supply the British Gov- ernment withtimber. It contains 2,700 pieces in 108 cribs, and is said by competent judges to be one of the finest rafts of square timber ever on the Ottawa. —W. P. Warner has sued the Minnesota & Ontario Lumber Company, of Norman, in the St. Paul courts to recover a bal- THE CANADA LUMBERMAN | Z ance of $2,600 for Jegal services rendered by him, HL F. Stevens, Harris Richardson, C. H. Fauntleroy and C. C. Lawrence. The accounts of the other attorneys were assigned to the plaintiff. The services sued for were rendered to W. J. Macaulay and Dennis Ryan, who formed the defer or- poration and assumed the liabilities of the firm of Macaulay 4 Ryan. —Mossom Martin Boyd, the well-known lumberman, of 30beaygeon, Ont., for the provisional directors, has made ap- plication to Parliament to revive and amend the act to incor- porate the Lindsay, Bobcaygeon and Pontypool Railway Co., and to extend the time for commencing and completing the same, also to reduce the capital stock; and also for power to extend the proposed line of railway from the village of Bobcay- geon through the Township of Galway to a junction with the Irondale, Bancroft and Ottawa Railway at or near Irondale, in the provisional county of Haliburton, and for vther purposes. QUEBEC. —-Eli Audet, contractor and lumber, Ascot Tp, has assigned. F. McCaffrey, sawmill and lumber, Nicolet, has assigned. Liabilities are given at $50,000. —Elie Lachance, sawmill, general store, etc., St. Proxede: curator advertises stock, etc., for sale by tender. —The timber that was taken out near Ramsay by Booth and Hale during the past winter, is now being shipped by C.P_R. to Papineauville. —S. Dalpe, for twenty-five years a manufacturer of carpen- ters’ planes at Boxton Pond, wants to turn his business into a joint stock company. NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA. —This season’s lumber cut of the Upper St. John River and its tributaries in New Brunswick is expected to reach over 125,000,000 feet. large amount of lumber cut on the Meduxnakik. This estimate does not, however, include a —The mill property formerly owned by R. E. Fitz Ran- dolph, of Dalhousie, N.S., and by him sold to the firm of Spinney & Mack, of this place, and recently sold by the assignee, has been purchased by Messrs. Charles, John and Edward Piggott, the latter being a son of Mr. John Piggott. They have also bought the lands, some 1,400 acres, which belonged to the property, and will carry on a general milling business, commencing this spring. The machinery connected with the mill, which is valued at some $4,000, is nearly new and in excellent condition, while over 1,500 logs are now in the pond, and every effort will be made to increase the number while the weather permits. men. The present owners are energetic BRITISH COLUMBIA. —Alfred B. Dixon, Mission City, has assigned to Hugh Youdall, of New Westminster. sawmill owner, —George O. Buchanan, sawmill, on Kootenay Lake, will remove and rebuild at Kaslo City during the summer. —The Brunette Sawmill Co. have shipped per barque Ursus Minor, three-quarters of a million feet of lumber for Sidney, N.S. W. —The Michigan Lumber Co., of Vancouver City, have decided to discharge the Chinese now employed by them, to the number of thirty-five; they having concluded that white labor is preferable and cheaper in the long run. —The Kendall band saw, manufactured by the British Columbia Iron Works, for Messrs. George Cassady & Co., of False Creek, is giving great satisfaction. The saw will cut 10,000 feet of inch lumber per hour. This machine enjoys the reputation of being the smallest and most powerful of its kind in the world to-day. The saw-carrying wheel is only five feet in diameter, the whole machine being driven by an eight inch belt.. There is also a great saving in lumber on account of the cut made by the band saw. MANITOBA AND THE NORTHWEST. —F. J. Defehr has started in the lumber trade at Rosenfeld. —Murray and McDiarmid, builders, Winnipeg, have dis- solved partnership. —H. B. Mitchell, of Millwood, has taken out over 2,000,000 feet of logs this winter. —John Law, of Neepawa, Man., has disposed of his lumber business to Thomas Harrison, Sr. —Mr. Inglis, of Deseronto, is to be manager of the new Winnipeg branch of the Rathbun Lumber Co. —Mr. Thomas McNea, from Markdale, Ont., has entered into partnership with Mr. J. Hanbury, of Brandon, owner of the Brandon Planing mills. A large business is done. —Mann and Durham, of Brandon, have assigned. They started business about four years ago with a capital of $1,500. To-day the Keewatin Lumber Co. has a judgment against them of $10,000, and A. B. Law & o., private bankers, one for $22,000. 10 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN TRADE REVIEW. Office of CANADA LUMBERMAN, | May 31, 1892. J THE GENERAL SURVEY. O far as the lumber trade of Toronto is concerned, it is dull, unsettled and unsatisfactory. Recent failures, prominent among which is that of Gall, Anderson & Co., these conditions and it is hardly likely that the end is even yet. Eventually, however, good will come out of this purging pro- Building oper- have accentuated cess and trade assume a more life-giving tone. ations are certain to be quiet throughout the entire summer ; how far conditions will recover themselves in the fall depends some- what on events in the interim, and no little on the harvest. A month ago millmen were seriously alarmed because of the continued dry weather. It looked as if the large majority of logs cut during the past winter were to be hung up for a more convenient season. The rains of the past ten days have in a large measure removed these troubles and reports from the Ottawa, the Georgian Bay district and the Lower Provinces, that have reached us within a few days of the present writing, contain the intelligence that the drives in most cases are making satisfactory progress Stocks of lumber on hand are exceedingly light. Better grades, in fact, are not to be had for the brightest gold dollars. Just how prices will rule it is a little difficult to say until the new lumber is well forward. Indications point to stiff prices. Country trade in Ontario is slow; a hand-to-mouth trade only is being done. Recent communications from Winnipeg state that the immi- gration going into Manitoba and the Northwest this spring is the largest since 1882, the boom year. New towns are grow- ing up fast and building operations in these and the older Prices hold firm. Trade is improving somewhat in New Brunswick. Deals shipped from St. John to Great Britain are given at about 130,000,000 feet, against 137,000,000 feet last year; birch 6,000 tons, against 5,082 tons last year; pine 2,200 tons, against 1,740 tons last year. Farther on we give lumber conditions in British Columbia, United States and for- towns assures a hopeful trade in lumber. a resume of eign centres. BRITISH COLUMBIA. Our correspondent at the Coast writes us that all the mills in or adjacent to New Westminster and Vancouver and on Van- couver Island have renewed their promises to maintain prices as per price list. A committee has been appointed who are to investigate all reported infractions of the agreement and as a deposit of $1,000 is in their hands from each party to this agreement, to be forfeited if they are found guilty, it is likely to be strictly carried out. The agreement carries with it the clear understanding that whilst present prices are to be main- tained they are not to be raised. This arrangement among millowners will give a more healthy tone to business, for the disposition had been to indulge in a war of prices. The gen- eral shows indications of improvement. Not a little activity exists in export fields. Local trade is being helped in Vancouver by a period of unusual activity in building lines. Buildings are to be erected to the cost of $1,950,000, and which may be increased even beyond this figure by other projects under consideration. A syndicate of eastern and British Columbia parties has secured control of all, or nearly all, the shingles now on hand or to be manufac- tured this year. Some will be kept in stock at certain points here, but the bulk will be shipped to Manitoba and the North- west. Cedar shingle manufacturing gives promise of a large development in this province. UNITED STATES. More particularly in sections where excessive rains and floods lumber outlook have been prevalent during the month the lumber trade has experienced a depressing effect. These conditions apply to Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, and to a distressing extent in Mississippi. Sympathetically these troubles have had their influence on other lumber centres and directly to the extent at least of retarding shipments and staying distribution for the present in these sections. settle the New York cabinet-makers who were out; Labor difficulties continue to un- market. A fortnight ago it was the they have since come to time. Now the granite workers are on strike. The hardwood trade is most affected by this action, but the real trouble arises out of the effect of these continued strikes upon the market generally. They unsettle trade as a whole, and certainly the building and all kindred trades in particular. a demand, is firm. The largest amount of activity is found at Albany. Pine continues scarce and sales are being made in advance of their arrival; especially is this so with choice lots. Buffalo reports buying by home and eastern buyers to be brisk. That trade is fairly satisfactory in Michigan is as much as can be said. White pine, so far as there is FOREIGN. South American trade is looking up a little, but only a little. British Columbia is sending out some shipments to this point. Boston reports tell of a few important shipments from her port, and so with other shipping centres. Things are brightening, and when nearing the fall months a good trade with this coun- No silver lining is to be seen in the commercial sky in the Antipodes. Trade in Australia is dull— dull. Lumber business does not look up in Great Britain. The Lumber Trade Journal says: ‘‘We stated in plain language at the beginning of the year that we did not anticipate a good trade this year, and our expectations, we are sorry to say, have been verified to the very letter. Business is naturally a trifle better than it was a month ago. This is always the case, and has nothing unusual about it. But what does the improve- ment amount to? The actual business done is not half what it should be, and on every side we hear reports of stagnation. If the market is running short of the better class of wood, we may plenty of the commoner kinds, and it is hardly conceivable that producers will limit their output for the sake of regulating the prices on this side. Importers do not want the stocks of former years on account of the slackened demand, so that shippers will be cutting their throats both ways.” TORONTO, ONT. Toronto, May 31, 1892. 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COG 6o oo cospvocsoss0s00sba0KeC ODOT ODER 8 00 9g 00 Culllscantling@esa- ee eee eee eee eer Perr eeeeee 8 00 g 00 1 1-2 and thicker cutting upmplanicceeee erence ne eer 22 00 25 00 x inch strips 4 in. to 8 in. mill run..............-....-.eeee I4 00 15 00 TEA N Haga, COMMON ano. apdaboaessoonnDbeoUEASOabeasouS II 00 12 00 Tat-4sinch flooring s.jan eee ee eee noth eee ace eere 14 00 15 00 Te REP HA os ov hoo como nacorncoecodann cHao nd baooTaaDeU I 14 00 15 00 XXSK shingles; r6jincheer cee REE Ur eee terete MEX shingles 6unchh nner eer cee e lt aN fear inemnnne Arc HOndauoutmacwd TpoJsonoteon saqaeson ILEiaN, INob Peonasdotmoodnon oc naopoaconosoddudoasoasonbod 70 YARD QUOTATIONS. ; Mill cull boards and scantling$1o oo F. M. Shipping cull boards, promis- I1- 2in. flooring, dres’d 26 00 30 00 cuous widths. ..... 13 00 hy rough 18 00 22 00 stocks 14 00 4 ce dres'd 25 00 28 oo Scantling and Joist, up to 16 ft 13 50] 11-4 in. flooring, un- fo 8th 5 GO dressed, B.M. . . 16 00 18 00 se oy “20 ft 16 00 | r1- gin. flooring, dres'd 18 00 20 00 sé ue Sou 22iit 7 OO undres’d 12 00 15 00 es fs “24 ft 19 00 | Beaded sheeting, dres- ss < « 26ft 20 00 SGilo 5 ao 5 20 00 35 00 Ob es “28 ft 22 00 | Clapboarding, dres’d. 12 00 fe ff “30 ft 24 00 sawn shingles OG Be 32:ft)27 500 mae WI Goon oo 2S) BIO BY es “34ft 29) 50)|| Sawn lath. - 5 =) 2 x 90) | 2¥00 23)/50)|| Red Oak -ii5. = -330)00) 401co0 e fe Speugoyitegiznoo)l Whitest meena OOM CHOO) ub ef ‘* 38 ft 33 00 | Basswood, No. rand2 28 00 30 00 sf «« 40 to 44 ft 37 00 | Cherry, No. rand 2. 50 00 60 00 Cutting up planks, 1 White ash, rand 2. . 24 00 35 00 and thicker, dry . 25 00 28 00 | Black ask, rand2. . 20 00 30 00 board 18 00 24 00 Dressing blocks . . . 16 00 20 00 Picks Am. inspection. 30 00 MONTREAL, QUE. MonrrEAL, May 31, 1892. Pine, tst qual., per M$35 00 40 00|/QOak.......... 40 00 60 00 Rinescndieewe enn. Ze (Koy AS Gyo) || \Wewboitle 5 5 55 a oa 60 00 100 00 Pine, shipping culls . 13 00 16 00 | Cherry .........60 00 80 00 Pine, 4th qual., deals 10 00 12 00} Butternut....... 22 00. 40 00 Eine} mil icullste-).-4-8SnOOmexonoos|) Birch snene «ss «© F500 25/00 SMUG noo sen ae 10 00 12 00] Spruce timber... . 13 00 16 00 Hemlock lumber... 8 00 10 00] Hard maple... ... 2000 21 00 Hemlock timber... 900 17 00|/Lath........ p59 FB) FF ED Ash? o, eueebeecre ae nei @oy ws @O|| Shvivalless 5 666505 I50 3000 Basswoodiinetimens 12 00 20 00| Shingles, cedar. ... 150 3000 OTTAWA, ONT. Orrawa, May 31, 1892. Pine, 1st qual. » per M$35 00 40 00 | Pine, 4th qual., deals. 10 00 12 00 Pine 2nd ‘‘ 22 00 25 00| Pine, millculls.... 800 10 00 Pine, shipping culls. . 14 00 16 00 | Laths......... 1 80 1 90 BOSTON, MASS. EASTERN PINE—CARGO OR CAR LOAD. Nos. 1 ziand (geenesere $40 00@43 00 | Clapboards, 4ft.,sap ‘i pbOAdATCHOCDONtOO 28 00 30 00 QE ecsatongcacn 40 00 45 00 OE TOTO 23 00 26 00 Sap, and clear..... 33 00 35 00 Ship's bds and coarse 16 00 16 50 Heartextra........ 50 00 55 00 Refitse it ues 12 00 13 50 Heart clear........ 45 00 50 00 West’'rn pine clapbds Bevel siding 6in. clear 23 00 24 00 4 ft. sapextra.... 45 00 55 00 WESTERN PINE—BY CAR LOAD. (Uippersyer ines ree $48 oo@s50 00 | Fine com., 3 and 4 in 42 00 46 oo 14%, 1% and 2 in.. 48 00 50 00} No. 2,1 in. Finecom. 28 00 30 00 Brandeaine eee ice 55 00 60 00 1%, 1% and 2in... 29 00 31 00 Selectsiau ineseeeri ies 42 00 43 00| No. 1 strips, 4 to6in. 40 00 43 00 1%, 1% and 2 in.. 43 00 45 00 INQR Aipooonsnooc0s 35 00 37 00 Zand spa inline ee ete 45 00 50 00 Nong anennenine 24 00 26 00 Moulding boards, 7 to Cut ups, 1 to 2 in.... 24 00 30 00 Trin: Clearsere sc 36 co 38 00 | Coffin boards........ 19 00, 22 oo 60 per cent. clear... 34 00 36 oo | Common all widths... 22 00 26 00 Fine common, rin.... 36 00 38 oo | Shipping culls,1 in... 15 00 15 50 14%, 1% and 2in... 38 00 40 00 do 14% in. 15 50 16 50 SPRUCE—BY CARGO. Scantling and plank, Coarse, rough........ 12 00o@14 00 random cargoes.. 14 00@15 00 Hemlock bds., rough. 12 00 13 00 Yard orders, ordinary “dressed 12 00 14 00 SIZES ere me 15 00 16 00} Clapbds., extra, 4 ft.. 34 00 36 00 Yard orders, extra Clear’ aftcntacwmers: 30 00 32 00 SIZES econ vere 16 00 18 00 Second clear....... 25 00 Clear floor boards.... 19 00 20 00 INO Stee eee .+++ 10 00 14 00 I eran at on geeiice ar 16 00 17 00 LATH Spriicetbyicar eo: Aeketreissiets veel ieee cial elavereiae els eter ane 2 10@2 20 JUNE, 1892 SHINGLES. hileieoaaneon oqaanbos I 25@1 50 | Cedar, sawed, extra.... 3 35 3 50 Pine, 18 in., extra...... 4.00 4 25 leary cies ace cree 3 00 Pine Nos erielatat sia 3.00 315 Extra, Noig.).0-511:° 2 50 Cypress, No. 1, 18 in... 5 00 OSWEGO, N.Y. WHITE PINE. Three uppers, 145, o and 2 inch Pickings, No. 1, cutting up, ‘ Now2cuttingoup 0 pier eur ten ito Sie ere eee eee 21 00 23 In strips, 4 to 8 wide, selected for moulding strips, 14 to16ft. 31 00 33 SIDING. 1% in selected....... 35 o0@42 yi in dressing....... 19 00 21 1% i in No. 1 culls.... r4 00 16 1% in No. 2culls.... 12 00 13 Duin NOM culiseer cee Io 00 If IX12 INCH. 12 andex6)feet.arntllexineerepe ee eeieeteee ae eee eee 12 and 16 feet, "No. 1 and 2, barn hoardsticckomer es set oe 12 and 16 feet, dressing. and) better. o1)-)seiesias aise e> ve eelereis 12 and 16 feet, INO. "2 CUS more einelin citer enna aie 1X10 INCH. 12 and 13 feet, mill run, mill cullsout..................... r2/and' 13 feet, dressing and. better. .-.. jo. ----+2- sees sore Ix10, 14 to 16 barn boards............... RAECOaa.os6 12 and 13 feet, No. 1 culls 12 and 13 feet, No. 2 culls 14 to 16 feet, mill run mull/cullsont..2: «<2. 2-2-1 ee eee 14 to 16 feet, dressing and better.............-.----.- 14 to 16ifeets INiosaicullssace.-)1-ietle)seras eee eee T4;toioiteets Non 2iCulls ieee rij. )a1-leler orice eee eee a 10 to}13 ‘feet; Nom 3) culls. etic eet alee es eee eee 14x10 INCHES. Millrun, mill culls out.$20 00o@23 00 | No. rculls..... es Beh 0 Dressing and better.. 25 00 35 00| No. 2culls....... IX4 INCHES. 19 00) |/'No. 1 cullse= eee 27,00 | No. 2 culls. - (0.0 -ee k2nOomneey IX5 INCHES. 6, 7 or 8, No. rculls.. 15 00 16 21 oo | 6, 7 or 8, No.2 culls.. 1 in siding, cutting up picks and uppers... I in dressing......... Ig 00 21 00 tin No. x culls...... rin No. 2 culls...... I2 00 13 00 Mill run, mill culls out 17 00 Dressing and better.. 23 00 6, 7 or 8, mill run, mill culls out......... 19 00 6, 7 or 8, drsg and betters: ascents 24 00 88 88 88 8888888888 8888 88888 88888 28 oo SHINGLES. 3 90 | XXX, 18in. cedar... . 3 50 3 75 2 go | Clear butt, 18 in. cedar. 2 50 2 75 3 10| XX, 18 in. cedar . ... 190 200 5 00 LATH. No. 1, 1s sas eres 0: 5 2 501 |) NO.) 25 tee ee ele Con MO, my bho soc poo 5 ago HED BUFFALO AND TONAWANDA, N. Vs WHITE PINE. Shelving, No. 1, 13 in XXX, 18 in pine..... 0 6) 9/2) Clear butts, pine, 18 in.. 2 70 XXX, 16 in. pine...... 3 00 Stock cedars, 5 or 6in.. 4 50 Ups 1,1%,1%and2 epamsasendeis00 45 00 and up, rin...... 31 00@32 co 2% and! 3) inser S06 55 00 | Dressing, 14% in...... 25 00 aviliepeacamepuica cee 58 00 14x10 and 12...... 26 00 Selects, i0s. tr spies é 39 00 1¥% in 24 00 T/to20in=. «ecm se 41 00 21 IN 0s Ae ee eae 26 50 2M and 3 in....... 48 00 Mold st’ps, 1 to 2in.. 31 00 32 00 Inijsn here ties eyes S48 00 50 00 | Barn, No. 1, toand 12 i *Fine common, r in. 34 00 i 20 00 14 and 134 in Sodorn 35 00 20 00 AN eeteirieeae sale 35 00 3600 No. 2, ro and 12 in. 17 00 avd and 3 in ubendoo 39 900 6.and 8)in.-2- = se = 16 50 Igoe ee 45 00 No. 3, ro and 12 in. 14 00 14 50 Cut gup, No. 1,1 in. 28 oo Giand Bin Sse ee 13 50 1% to2 in. Common, rin........ 16 co 18 00 No. 2, 1 in.. 14% andr¥in...... 17 00 19 00 No. 2, 1% to2in.. 22 00 24 00 2) iN ea eens «+: 19 00 20 00 No. 3, 1% to2in... 16 90 17 00 BOX. 1xtoand 12 in. (No 3 CUO Hidncoadbon. I3 00 1x6 and 8 in(No. 3 out) 12 50 3 1x13 and wider...... 14 50; |i2siin\aw.daneeeteeeas oe 14 00 SHINGLES. 18 in. XXX, clear... 4 00 | 16in., *A extra...... 2 60 18 in. XX, 6 in. clear. 2 75| 16 in. clear butts..... 2 10 LATH. ISOs eteanauvansoaponddocoudKDS.ADOAD on GOOlU elie [ein aieletaree eTOCs 225 ALBANY, N.Y. PINE. 2% in. and up, good........ $60 | 10-in. common............. 15 $16 INGEN -s560saognocnnoea 55 | 12-in. dressing and ‘better... 2 34 SAMESISooorosscneconsecse 50 Commons. Sh -2 eee etene 15) 057, Iiekingsee merits eters 45 | 114-in. siding, selected, 13 ft. 40 45 1 to 2-in. good........ oie) <. on =) «1° Saw and Stave Mill, Pine, Hardwoods.......... : Glammis, Ont......... |\Pinkerton .......... SIMMCISISUAS ENN ACAI oe. aie" yc sue’ 0s Saw, Shingle and Lath Mill, Timber Lands, ' ; Hemlock, Pine, Lumber, Hardwoods......... : Hamilton, Qnt........ CEO a BRADLEY, MORRIS & REID CO. .|Lum., Tim., Pine, Hem., Hwds., Whol. and Ret. , Huntsville, Ont.. iHuntsville............ |Heath, Taitand Turnbull....... Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hardwoods... ‘ Hamilton, Ont........ Huntsville and Katrine|/Thomson, MONE ACOs. sis +o eke o> Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods............. ; Keewatin, Ont........ Weewatin.....-.-.2>..| Dick; Banning & Co... 2 3... ss - Sawmill, Pine, Hardwoods, Wholesale.......... : SS Saaaee sd F .-|Keewatin Lumber & Mfg. Co..... Saw, Lath, Sh. and Pl. Mill, Moving Posts, Pine 5} Lakefield, OP .-|Lakefield....... ..|Lakefield Lumber Mfg. Co. ...... Lumber, Wholesale and Retail................. , Little Current, Ont....|Sudbury.............. \Chaskion, J. & Ti. 5 css secs coo Sawmill, Pine, Ash, Birch, Oak, Wholesale...... | = ‘g Ded g ce tysaas PUCOMASNg ie OO Nat ote agMialc Merc, \o 16 Sawmill, Pine, Ash, Birch, Oak.....-.......... | =i “ ees | * oy ...|Howry, J. W. & Sons Lumber, Wholesale and Retail................. f London, Ont.......... London... ..|Gordon, James........ . .|Exp. and dlr. in Am. Hwds, made to specification Lon: lord Mills, Ont. ..|Longford . ..|Longford Lumber Co . . .|Saw and Plan. Mill, Hemlock, Hardwds., Whol. id Midland, Ont.........|Midland.. Peters & Cais cists ee ee ee eee Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hardwoods. .. i Mount Forest, Ont....|Mount Forest. . GrSCsiges > Wi Ba eicisus pueiese. echo Cherry, White Ash, Hardwoods, Wholesale. .... Norman, Ont... .. Norman .|\Cameron & Kennedy........... Saw and Plan. Mill, Tim. Lands and Logs, Pine elt ora - ; Minnesota & Ontario Lumber Co. .|Lumber, Wholesale and Retail................. ‘ Louise, Ont...... Elmwood, G.T.R.. SEPA Bil, ty a eer Hardwoods, Shingles, Lath, Handles........... i | Toronto, Ont...... Toronto 4 Campbell, A.H.&Co.......... EAUNDEK WV IOLESAl@ Ts i riviels ig anemia mi ataye rere elev: = | 3e .\Ontario LumberCo............ DGinbers AWiNOlESAleN 1 careers oer re waite s <3 . Shannon Shingle Manufacturing Co.|Shingle Mill, Pine, Cedar ..................... - “ ; . endl F |Victoria Harbor LumberCo....... 3 Saw, Shingleand Lath Mills, White Pine, Whol. : Wiarton, Ont...... Wiarton j SUAS US UREN pon Sie ne ee PEE 3 Sawmills, Lumber, Barrel Heads............. Buckingham, ae PEL OMM SESE D Biotin Boy russ cl oedeetinie) o's z Sawmills, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods .......... Chaudiere Mills, Que.. LOAROY 7 NOUN 5b 5910 errs 5 ele 2 Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods, Wholesale. . Cookshire, Que... =e COORKSEIO MSN CO. oo acd ce rets oiie b's Saw, Shingle, Planing, Stave and Heading Mill. ' Montreal, Que Montreal... Dufresse, O. Jr. & Frere........ Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hdwds., Whol. ag oe i Roberts, Joseph & Fils......... Saw and Planing Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds, : | Int. Fin, Spruce, Hardwoods, Wholesale...... : a : 5a : E SHEARER & BROWN ......... 4 Sawmills, Oak, Ash, Elm, Pine, Hem., Dim... Mortyville, B.C. New Westminster. MOODYVILLE SAWMILL CO. ... .|Sawmills, P. Fin, Spruce, Cedar, Hardwoods... ew Weaminster, 8.C. od Ee Brunette Sawmill Co.......... Saw and Planing Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds, Cantertury, N.B gewater, N.S.. Tato, Ont.. Toronto, Ont..... Canterbury Stn. Bridgewater Toronto, Ont.... (Toronto, Ont.......... . James Morrison & Son DAVIDSON, E.D.&SONS.. W. N. McEachren &Co.... James Tennant & Co.......... I Fir, Cedar, Spruce, Hardwoods.............. Sawmill, Pine, Hardwoods ./5 Saw, Shgle. and Lath Mills, Pine, Spr., Hwds. SUM DET, LWW OLESALG riety aitiesieieis sieisprioviojet ls slaw Lumber, Lath, Shingles, etc., Wholesale........ Steam, Gang and Circular Steam, Circular, 38m Water, Circular and Gang, 200m Com. Com. Lambermen desirous of being represented in this Directory can obtain information in regard to rates by communicating with the Publisher. For 68-page Catalogue of Pumping Machinery for all possible duties . . ADDRESS Northey Mig. 60, Ltd. TORONTO MB Thé Montréal Gar Wheel 60. .... MANUFACTURERS OF .... Charcoal Iron Chilled noROne WHEELS OFFICES: NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE BUILDING, MONTREAL Works: LAGHINE, QUEBEC We make a specialty of Wheels suitable for quirements of Lumbermen and Street Car Ser can supply them Bored, Finished and Balanced. CORRESPONDENGE SOLICITED PETRIE TORONTO, CANADA. = HW. ¥ JUNE, 1892 NOW IN GSE IN ALL TAE BIG MILLS odge Wood Split Pulley Co. Head Office : Factory : SPLIT POLLEYS FOR SAWMILLS EIGHA: ALWAYS CGeop Porm irs: ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED STRONG ENOUGH FOR DOUBLE LEATHER BELTS, ANY WIDTH. | SIMPLICITY OF FASTENING. LOW PRICES AND QOICK DELIVERY :: .:: SPLIT OR SEPARABLE: EXCELLENT BELT SURFACE. | TORONTO JUNCTION F.L.REDDAWAY & Co. | MANUFACTURERS OF TRADE BREAKING Soak G6 In“CAMED HAIR BELT (as ot Ah MANCHESTER, ENGLAND. 3 MACHINERY SECOND. H AND MAC HINERY , FOR SALE by the Canada Machinery and Supply Co., Brant- ford, Ont., Dealers in New and Second Hand Machin- ery and Mill Supplies fee 2x16 WATE ROUS DOUBLE CUT-OFF EN- eee 1 Pic kering go vernors. A, 2% 5 BECKETT SLIDE VALVE ENGINE vith ch Juds yn governors. 3 Bley x9 CORP BROS. & “BARRY SLIDE VALVE Eng xine. 4 See SLIDE VALVE ENGINE. 6-H. P. UPRIGH1 ENGINE WITH 8-H. P. + boiler c onnected and set up yn ca st iron base. 4? 4 2-H.P. UPRIGHT MARINE ENGINE WITH 4-h.p. upright boiler, complete with propeller shaft and screw. By BRICK- IN BOILERS 44 IN. DIAMETER BY 12 feet lon 4 25-H.P. BRICK-IN BOILER. 4 6 H.P. UPRIGHT LEONARD BOILER. 4 SMALL FIRE BOX BOILERS FOR CHEESE factory us 4 NOEaae y STEAM PUMP, 1¥% inch discharge. 4 A WATE ROUSSE LF-ACTING SHINGLE MILL and Jointer. 4 A UPRIGHT SWING Jointer. 4 WATEROUS LATH MACHINE, Saws. 4 oe TRONS FOR TWO HEAD BLOCK SAW mill. 2% IN. SUCTION, SHINGLE MILL AND ~ THREE ic ih Ibs. 6 IN, ENGLISH. Oak DouBte LEATHER __7,5 22 * “ALSO. MANUFACTURER Ss eee take OF HOSE ay St FRs. XAVIER ST ~ MONTREAL 4 GOLDIE & McCULLOCH IRON TOP Shaper. 2 CANT-GOURLAY 24-IN. PONY PLANERS. 4 CANT-GOURLAY 10-IN. BUZZ PLANER. 1 3¢INCH WHEELS BAND SAW. 4 DOWELL MACHINE. 1 JIG SAW. 6 SAW TABLES. 4 BLIND SLAT TENONER. 5 FT. 6 IN. OF 18-INCH 6-PLY RUBBER drive belt in good order. HAFTINGS, HANGERS, PULLEYS, BELT- ing, etc., etc. RITE CANADA MACHINERY & SUPPLY Co., Brantford, Ont., for anything in new and second hand Engines, Boilers, Machinery and Supplies. Scribner’s Lumber and Log Book - - Over One Million Sold - - Most complete book of its kind ever published. Gives measurement of all kinds of Lumber, Logs, Planks, Scantling ; cubical contents of square a and round timber ; hints to lumber dealers; wood measure; speed of circu- lar saws; care of saws; cordwood tables: felling trees; growth of trees; land measure; wages, rent, board, in- terest, stave and heading bolts; etc. Standard book throughout the United States and Canada. Get the new illustrated edition. Address THE CANADA LUMBERMAN, Toronto, Ont. | ALL KINDS OF KY4 SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS 83 NING Sie Wisi TORONTO, ONT. THE = AMERIGAN = LUMBER = YARD HAMBURG, GERMANY OFFERS THE BEST FACILITIES FOR YARDING AND SELLING Pemerican «{ > ~-- Wood Goods oe ya" foe) je) 2, je wiley me ADDRESS: CARL GARTNER, Agent HAMBURG ROSENBACHER & Co. Bankers, HAMBURG __ ROBIN & SADLER ) MANUFACTURERS OF (MONTREAL. | 2518 2520 NOTREJAME S129 BAY ST, az Send for sample of our new SAWMILL BELT =a ~The Rathbun Gompany<2 6. G._LESERONTS, Gia Doors, Sash, Blinds, Stairs And all kinds of House-Finishing Materials CEDAR OIL for Purcine Soler CoRRESPONDENCEH SOLICITED . | June, 1892 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN Pees rior CO. LIN) ED Sr ee ST. CATHARINES, ONT. Sole Thatscees\ is SeuCde aS Zz > - OF = The “SIMONDS” » The “LEADER” | | —_ Pe = ae: ij P= 5 Cee 2 : = E | | CIRCULAR SAWS CROSS-CUT SAWS | or “THE LEADERS : THE BEST SAWS IN THE WORLD | Wone Genuine without our Trade Mark Sully wise tans TTENDED 1 i OUR HAND SAWS - - REPAIRING PROMPTLY ATTENDED 10 WW KW | ESTABLISHED 3855 . Price List and Discounts on application . INCORPORATED 1228 We Manufacture SWS of every description. Riso GUTTING-BOX KNIVES ‘TORONTO Lithographing (0 [ITHOGRAPHERS & TORONTO. ENGRAVERS. , Planer — * Matoher ~ MOUIdGE C HIS machine is of an improved design and can be used for rapid matching, surfacing or The cylinder is of forged steel, the boxes fine panel work in either hard or soft wood. being seven inches long. A pressure bar is on each side of the cylinder, thereby enabling the machine to do first-class work. It has two speeds for feeding, one for pine and the other for hardwood. Both top and bottom rolls are four inches in diameter, and all the four are driven The side heads move up and down with the bed, and each head can be moved backwards and forwards by heavy gearing, thus ensuring a reliable feed. The matcher spindles are of steel. by means of screws and crank at side of machine. W. STODART J. W. MAITLAND———H. RIXON J. G. AINSILE. pee MAITLAND, RIXON & CO. OWEN SOUND, ONT. Saw Millers and Lumber Dealers All kinds of Building Material kept in stock LONG BILL STUFF IN ROCK ELM, PINE, GEDAR AND HEMLOGK Quotations furnished on application Napanee Gement Works MANUFACTURERS OF JAAYDRAULIC CEMENT Endorsed by Q)O— Leading Railways ROACA LIME and Contractors FOR BUILDING, PLASTERING, GAS PURIFYING, PAPER MAKING, ETC. WE MAKE A... .-. SPECIALTY OF Particularly adapted for Dams, Smoke Stacks, Foundations, Culverts, Cisterns, Cellars, ete. “(GALT MAGHINE See pipe iLiad: (a MACHINE KNIVES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR Planing, Moulding and Stave Cutting —=—Send for rice 21st PETER HAY, GAa@aieas THE RATHBUN === GOMPANY : MERERSRS§] TERRA COTTA EX NSSEK NSS ENNIS) Endorsed by leading Architects Absolutely Fire-proof Deadens Noise AU FIRE- PROOFING Does not Crack on application of Heat or mal For use in Old and New Buildings Water PSYAIRSYA SSIS AIS AIS} About as Cheap as Wood or Brick Sa SSI Weight one-third that of Brick ..... Gives Warmth in Winter; Coolness in Summer 7S 2 a ee ll pe —,;_ Sa SEND FOR PRICE AND ANY FURTHER INFORMATION TO A. Ww. PETRIE 141 TO 145 FRONT ST. W.. TORONTO Dealer in all kinds of New and Second-hand Machinery June, 1802 THE CANADA LUMBERMAWN 7 1 Mme BAND MILL Fras Certainly Gome to Stay And you will be wise to intelligently and carefully investigate, when you will be sure to find : Patented in Canada, Feb., 1892 U.S., July, 1891 I. That all the new mills in the States of 20,000 capacity up are Band Mills. 2. That Band Mills are replacing gangs and circulars in old mills. 3. That they produce 8 to 15 per cent. more lumber than the circulars from the same logs. 4. Lumber is truer, less waste, nearer size, saving freight and dressing. 5. As economical as the gang, with all the cutting advantages of the circular. 6. CAPACITY AS GREAT AS THE CIRCULAR. 7. With improved automatic tools saws are no more difficult to manage than gangs or circulars. THINK Ae MOMENT == yo | gNillt If the above statements are correct, can .N VZ7 . you afford to continue as you are? Will not the investment of $2,000 to $3,000 in a Band Mill be one of the best investments you can make ? Will it not return more than its cost in cutting the first season’s stock and be a source of continual profit ? Se } raving Decided to No. 2 BAND MILL Purchase a Band Mill 8-foot Wheels, 10-inch and 12-inch Saws HAVE SOLD BAND MILLS TO THE FOLLOW We would refer you to the claims we make for our Band Mill - i SPECIAL POINTS TO NOTE: ING PARTIES: G 1. 6 STEEL COLUMNS connecting upper and lower plates in place of ONLY ONE. NO. | MILLS Spreads the strain over more surface, and gives greater rigidity, having an upper H ad F it 3 F tory H y Ai ae connecting plate in addition to the usual lower one. anover urniture actol y = ANOVET 2. WHEELS LESS THAN 1% FEET APART, while in other mills the usual dist- Jones Bros. = " = Wiarton ance is from 4% feet in the shortest to 7% feet in the longest. - = - = 3. REDUCED COST IN SAWS, 8 to 15 feet being saved on each saw. W ° a: G reensides 4 ¥ M ount I6 orest 4. BESIDES A SAVING IN COST, the short saw brings the bottom of log where it T J .* 7% ae comes in contact with saw (in our mill) 5 feet from where saw leaves the upper A" : ». Low ndes Fi : iy Gaspe wheel. In ordinary mills it is 8 feet to Bs feet, or longer. The further the Ber Robt Thackery i Sparks St. Ottawa of the saw that comes in contact with the log is from the upper wheel, the more : im ier 4 readily it gives to the pressure applied, creating a tendency to run back on the Chas. kK reultziger - - H eidelbero lower wheel, while it remains stationary on the upper wheel. - When this occurs = 2 the saw is buckled at the log or broken at the upper wheel. The advantage in NO. 2 MILLS favor of this trouble not occurring is, in our mills over other mills, fully 50 per r ) x : per cent. in our favor. This enables us also to run the saw on the No. 2 Mill un- 2. \W . Buchanan = I erry Station, M.C.R.R. der a tension of 3,600 Ibs., being 700 to goo Ibs. Jess than ordinary. The great T ” advantage of getting nearer to the upper wheel can be further illustrated by R. & W > Con Way a Aylmer, Dine: trying as run 5 Belt on at the inccne pulley, and then try to run it off at the receiving pulley, and note the difference. 5. WHILE DOING AWAY with outer bearing to wheels to gain the advantage of WW A f E ROG S bringing wheels closer together, we secure the same effect by bringing the inner bearing in each instance to the centre of the wheel, the line of greatest strain, by coring out hub of wheel. Bearings of wheel shafts are 18 to 19 inches long and R extra heavy. B A N f FO FR D 6. HEAVY TRIANGULAR FRAME supporting upper wheel and shaft, giving what is equal to a 4-foot bearing on the front centre column, making binding impos- sible when adjusting the tension. Most sensitive tension, power adjustment to upper guide, and many other features common to all mills. ee Se AEDES LUMBERMAN June, 1802 J, MUCKLESTON & KINGSTON, ONT. Sole Licensees for the Manufacture in the Dominion of BRAZEL’S PATENT : : : SNOW AND SIDEWALK CO. MANUFACTURERS OF 2: : : ‘CRED TOP LINE”’ Gant Dogs Lumbéermens 100Is Peavies Skidding Tongs, Pike Poles, Goldshuts, Lumber Bob Sleighs THE STURTEVANT PATENT PROGRESSIVE Tec DRY KILN Dries Hard and Soft Wood Lumber Without Warping, aa or ma | Sebhe*:.. | Nig STEEL -PEAGE | SE System WRITE FOR (_ ATALOGUES Planing Mill HEATING | foi EXHAUSTERS |) MAILS Removing Ghips | MACTORIES Shavings and Sawdust BOSTON: i i Tl | CHICAGO: 34 OLIVER STREET = HNN il ie 16 SOUTH CANAL ST. = PHILADELPHIA : gI ee eae EET 135 NORTH THIRD ST. B. F. STURTEVANT 60. Boston, Wiss, USA~ = ft R. WILLIAMS, Toronto and Montreal GENERAL AGENT FOR THE DOMINION Drummond, MoGall & GO. MANUFACTURERS OF THE ONLY Olt-LoUBRIGATING AMIT-FRIGTION METAL ADAPTED TO EVERY CLASS OF MACHIN- ERY READILY MELTED AND DOES Not Dr- TERIORATE OR CRYSTALIZE BY RE- MELTING 50 PER CENT. LESS FRICTION THAN OTHER METALS Drummond, McCall & G. TORONTO OFFICE: 71 ADELAIDE ST. EAST Montreal, Que. A. M. COLQUHOUN, REPRESENTATIVE W. E. HUTCHINSON, Sec.-Treas. The Whaley Lumber GO. um of HUNTSVILLE, ONT. Manufacturers of Whité Pine Lumber, Bill Stuff, Lath and Shingles Also HARDWOOD LUMBER All Orders promptly attended to First-class facilities for Shipping CORRESPONDENCE SSPO(QAND}O) 1. G. ROSS & CO. Real Estate, Fire and Life Insurance SHIPPING AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS . TIMBER LIMITS AND FARMING LANDS A SPECIALTY. . . 6 vines: *xoss" NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICI TED INCREASES MOTIVE POWER SAVES 60 PER CENT. IN OIL DOES NOT HEAT OR CUT STANDS THE HIGHEST RATE OF SPEED Its SPECIFIC GRAVITY IS II.49 CRUSHING RESISTANCE I12 TONS THOS. WHALEY, President Carr Box 273 Important to [_ UJ M B E RM E N and all who use ° LEATHER e BELTING © ... You all use more or less Leather Belting, and are naturally interested in knowing where to get the very best article—that which will give you the least trouble either in stretching crooked or tearing at the lace holes. me easy on the pul- *«( FE. Dixon & G0.’s Union Tanned s"**. ae well stretched and cannot be surpassed for strength and durability. Send* tor discounts. Our hand-book on leather belting mailed free on application. ROUND PLAITED BELTS FROM 3-8 INGH TO 1-2 INGH TORONTO AGENCY OF The Rathbun 60. -Are open to Purchase—— Oak, Ash, Birch | Little Belt and Basswood Rocky Mountains and Good Pine Lumber ALONG LINE OF Gedar and Pine Shingles Belting runs straight LACE LEATHER PATENT wie LACING 70 King St. East, Toronto WANTED SAw MILLS GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY Manufacturers having such for sale are invited to com- 5 5 For particulars write municate with J. M. HUCKINS T. W. WALKER, Agent 4 Palmer House Block, Toronto CASS Le) SOUS) or E. J. WHITNEY Office Cor. Spadina Ave. and Front Street Gen. Pass. Agent, St. Paul, Minn. _E. DIXON & 60. * SO EUMBERMEN, DEALERS ... AND MANUFACTURERS Joe, 892 _ THE CANADA LUMBERMAN Dominion Dry Kiln Company MANUFACTURERS OF e@ For all kinds of Lumber, Staves Especially adapted for the Rapid Drying etc., etc. of Thin Lumber mOVIIDEIX DKXY RILNS SSSI ([ CESSES ‘7 ws THE ANDREWS LUMBER DRIER i THE SEASONING OF LUMBER. HAS TO POSSESS THE FOLLO : Se ere BASE EC LITE OF EXCELLENCE WE DO ARTIFICIAL SEASONING RAPIDLY, WITHOUT INJURY TO THE STOCK, AND WITH THE GREATEST ECONOMY OF FUEL AND LABOR. THE ANDREWS KILN IS THE PERFECT LUMBER DRIER. SS \ ih is Ist. That its drying is rapid and perfect. 2nd. That external and internal checking and discoloration are entirely avoided by this method. 3rd. That the drying is done bya continuous system and the tempera- ture of the kiln is under absolute control at all times. 4th. That our Drier is free from the varying air currents (always waste- ful) incident to all fan and open-draft kilns. 5th. That our drying is done by the slow continuous movement of a large body of slightly moistened air. 6th. That our condensing surface is so very large as to be adequate to precipitating the moisture of the saturated air with the least amount of TS remarkable efficiency depends upon its peculiar mode of ap- >, plying heat to, and eliminating moisture from, the air used in drying. We use no fan, engine or other device that requires aes = B SZ constant attention, nor do we waste heat by a special chimney or ventilator, Wa nor do we reduce temperature by introducing cold-water pipes or freezing Ki mixtures for condensing purposes. We use a perforated pipe under the NON ©) movement. Oy lumber, so arranged that, when required, the air at one end can be impreg- Laos — our piping is tested by high pressure and every outfit is fully nated with additional moisture. This penetrates evenly the lumber above guaranteed. : : : 8th. That by our improved system of drainage the freezing of pipes it, softening the surface, and is of very great advantage where case-hardened becomes impossible. lumber has been put into the drier. NO FAN NO CHIMNEY NO SPECIAL FIREMAN OR FUEL NO RISK OF FIRE NO ENGINE NO SMOKE NO EXPENSIVE BRICKWORK NO CHECKING OR WARPING NO CASE-HARDENING NO EQUAL Write For QuoTaTIoNs AND STATE Exactty Wuat You Want SeenON DRY .SILN GOMPANY # « * CANADA LIFE BUILDING « + + ao om. CONT THE CANADA LUMBERMAN JUNE, 1892 B. R. BURNS Saw 60. a : WORKS AT =) 25. 7. - PARK DAES HE TORONTO Buy THIN | = TRADE MARK w T. ERE £0 0 0 a. Ae “hts eeuti too TAPER TOOTH LANCE TOOTH Dauntless SMIndl6 and Heag Maohiné Also Manufacturer of other kinds of . Shingle Jointers | Both Self-acting and Hand-feed Shingle . Machines Wt make more Saaaics per day than any self-acting machine with vertical saw in existence, and more Shingles from the same ; Packing Boxes 4 \ EN quantity of timber. | Bolters ame Drag Saw Machines | Stationary THE FRAME———- and Portable Sawmills } ... Is of Iron throughout, very heavy and rigid, strongly bolted and braced. | Double Edgers | Single Edgers Slab Saw Rigs | Bull Wheel Rigs | Lath Machines Lath Bolters TAE CARRIAGE —_—_- .. Is very light and strong, made of forged Cast Steel Plate, running on steel ways or tracks. Will take in a block 18 inches wide and 19 inches long, adjustable for 16-inch or 18-inch - Mill Machinery, vith Pulleys, shingles. ————CAPACITY FROM 25,000 TO 50,000 PER DAY Shafting, etc. 4 F, J. DRAKEK = manurneideca ce SAW, SHINGLE AND LATH MACHINERY BELLEVILLE. Grae B.R. MOWFY & SOM | Sin _ | Sones In fact, a general line of ; MANUFACTURERS OF | Manufactured by us is acknowledged | by eh men to be Ne SRW MILL The Best Py SHINGLE MILL | Machine MAGHINERY OE lle . : j || Market. Shingle Machinery a Specialty REPAIRING PROMPTLY AND CAREFULLY EXECUTED | Gravenhurst, Ont. ——= = SS Sa | =| == —— iy eff I | » alll [rr- K RRnERCEne aw wh KR TeRONTo | Sess ES eS es ea"s Tue MacGno.ia AntTI-Friction Mera Co. 74 Cortlandt Street, New Y Ne GENTLEMEN,—About March 26; ‘Spooner’s Finest Co ypperine Babbit” v test showed finest results, and on analysi t pro and approximated the formula of Mz agnolia Metal. ; i i an - { Texms, $1.00 Per Yeas alae TORONTO, ONT., JULY, 1892 { Tens, $1.00 Pex Year In October of the same year other samples with same m In Use by Eight oe . Governments . mitted for test, and tested in comparison with M new testing machine, built at great expense. T showed Ma agnolia Metz il to have less fricti ; if 100 degrees less. On December 31st this pe rfe ed te perine was tested again with the result f its fusing with ten minutes run of 160. pounds to the square inch. On January 31st Magnolia Metal was tested, which ran on utes with 1800 lbs. to the sq. inch, and one hour with pas, lbs tt ae Owners and inch, and at the end of the hour the metal showed a te | Sole Manufacturers degrees Fahrenheit. Under separate cover we hand you ©) @) | of the tests, showing velocity of rubbing surfac ute, diameter of shaft 5 inches, and revolutions about 1500. London Office: 75 Queen Victoria St. 74 CORTLANDT STREET Yours truly H. G. TORREY. é sie Nore.—Mr. Torrey is U.S. Assayer, and has been in U.S. Mint ser Chicago Office: 41 Traders Building “flee ats haw Wouk fas 30 eS Montreal Office: = SS SS ee ee NEW YORK | Se a eee John Bertram & Sons JL. Goodhue & 60, || GEC. CORMACK DUNDAS, ONTARIO MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF [FATHER BELTING :::: LUMSER | MANUFACTURERS OF anD LACE LEATHER LUMBER SHIPPED TO ALL PARTS BY RAIL OR VESSEL WOOD - WORKING MAGHINBRY Danville, Que: WHITBY, ONTARIO RUBBER BELTING MONARCH,RED STRIP AND LION BRANDS. MANUFACTURED BY THE GUTTA PERCHA &k RUBBER MANUFACTURING CO. OF TORONTO. > ST. TORONTO. - 3 FACTORIES AT PARKDALE. ONT. — OF GE ae eras E : Write for Discounts. ee hoe . | yee SHURLY & DIETRICH gees THE ONLY SAW MANUFACTURERS IN THE WORLD WHO EXPORT SAWS IN LARGE QUANTITIES TO THE UNITED STATES [\anvracturers OF WMI A OTANI INA TIVO SOLE PROPRIETORS OF THE SECRET GHEMIGAL PROCESS OF TENDERING : : Our Razor Steel oe are Unequalled THE CANADA: LUMBERIMMAMN JuLy, 1892 Al Hand or Power Peed ae a a a / DSLR SESS SS SS SSE SESS SSS — UES Knee Bolters | |] Knot Saws |) (|) sane eb. cere Jointers _©_ & 1 a Packers © bie ee And all the necessary machinery used in a first-class Shingle Mill PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS OF COMPLETE MILLS SUPPLIED FREE 10 PURCHASERS 2» st ox wisrarn crmocie mo as, Also Write for Price List and Discounts of DIGK’S GUTTA PERGHA BELTING The Wm. Hamilton Manufacturing Gompany, Limited PETERBOROUGH, ONT. CANADA LUMBERMAN Voiume XIII. NUMBER 7. TORONTO, ONT., JULY, 1892 Sa iE wry. DESPATCH from Saginaw, Mich., to the Detroit Free Press says: “Logs are coming in from Canada, ‘several rafts having arrived. It is estimated that about 170,000,000 feet will come across the lake to Tawas and _ the Saginaw River this season. The Emery Lumber ~ €o. will bring over 40,000,000 and the Saginaw Lumber & Salt Co. 20,000,000; J. W. Howry & Sons 22,000,000, and Sibley & Bearinger 21,000,000 feet.” We suppose that on the whole these figures come somewhat near what will show at the end of the season to be the actual facts. Mr. R. H. Roys, of the Saginaw Sash & Lumber Co., has said that his company and the Emery Lumber Co. together will raft 60,000,000 feet across, and this about agrees with one statement given above. In the Michigan letter of the LUMBERMAN last month Mc- Keon & Glover, of Bay City, who are interested in Canadian timber, placed the total at 130,000,000. Somewhere from 125,000,000 to 175,000,000 will likely turn out to be the correct export of Canadian logs for the year. It would help to a better understanding of the lumber situation if along with these export figures in logs there could also be furnished an estimate of the trade in sawn lumber between Canada and the States. Those without a knowledge of the whole situation must be expected to express regret that so large a quantity of the product of our forests is removed to a foreign coun- try there to be manufactured by American workmen into lumber. They are not supposed to know possibly that the legislation, which permits of a trade deemed by some an injury to the country, at the same time creates an enlarged market for sawn lumber of a kind and quality hitherto a drug to the Canadian lumberman. The manufacture of the increased quantity of lumber needed to supply this demand has given an impetus to milling that would not otherwise exist. The rule is one that works two ways in this case. * * * * The Ontario Government has recently brought out in pamphlet form, with illustrations, a comprehensive _ description of the soil, climate, products, agricultural capabilities and timber and mineral resources of the Rainy River district. The work embraces fifty-two pages, and is edited and compiled by Mr. Frank _ Yeigh, of the Crown Lands Department, who has done his work in creditable manner. The Rainy River _ territory abounds in valuable timber, embracing pine, poplar, birch, basswood, oak, elm and soft maple, balm _ of Gilead, spruce, cedar and tamarac. On the banks of the Seine and other rivers flowing into Rainy Lake there is a very large growth of red and white pine. _ Seven large sawmills are located at Rat Portage, Nor- _ man and Keewatin, having a united capacity of 100,000,- 000 feet board measure a year. Besides these there are four other sawmills on Rainy River and Rainy Lake. It is estimated that there are two million dollars invested in these eleven mills, their combined annual product _ reaching four million dollars, and employment is fur- _nished during the season to over two thousand men. ° a a The Quebec Legislature is moving on the lines of the _Lumberman’s Lien Act of the Ontario Government, passed two sessions ago. Mr. Panneton has introduced a _ bill which provides that: “Every person engaging f either by agreement in writing or otherwise to and manufacture timber, or to draw it out of the for- or to float, raft or bring it down rivers and streams, is, for securing his wages or salary, in preference to all ‘other creditors, a first privilege upon all other timber nging to the person for whom he worked, and if he ted for a contractor, sub-contractor or foreman , upon i the timber belonging to the person in whose service such contractor, sub-contractor or foreman were.” The introduction of the measure provoked a long and lively debate, taking the thoughts of our lower province law- -makers for a time from the troubles of the State to the worries and difficulties that beset some of the lowhiest of their people. Similar objections to those urged against the Ontario Bill were raised against Mr. Panneton’s proposals. Mr. Cooke contended that it would prove prejudicial to the lumber industry, one of the most important in the province. The rights of the working- men were championed by Mr. Fitzpatrick, who made the point that the lumbermen were the only class of workmen who were not now protected by the law by a lien on the product of their labor. Legislation which may disturb important commercial interests needs to be touched with care, but it cannot be said that the experi- ence in this province has as yet shown any of the ill effects on trade that were anticipated. Quebec will likely adopt the measure. * * * * One of the most extensive lumber and sawmill trans- fers that has taken place in Canada for many years was completed at Ottawa a week ago. The contracting parties were the executors of the late James Maclaren and the firm of W. C. Edwards & Co. The latter pur- chased all the property owned by the late James Mac- laren, at New Edinburgh, including the sawmill site, the island, the several piling grounds, the right of water power of the Rideau Falls and everything else pertain- ing to that property, with immediate possession. In addition to this the firm of W. C. Edwards & Co. pur- chased the whole of the Maclaren timber limits on the Gatineau, Lievre, Du Moines and Temiscmingue, com- prising nearly 300 square miles of timber limits. On both the vendors’ and the purchaser’s sides the price is retained as an inviolable secret. It is understood that Messrs. Edwards & Co. will rebuild and run the New Edinburgh mills, using for this purpose the timber from the newly-acquired limits. The success that had always attended the lumber operations of the late James Mac- laren is familiar to every LUMBERMAN reader. W. C. Edwards & Co. are successful lumbermen of Rockland, Que., who will doubtless carry on to yet greater successes the newly-acquired property. LUMBER IN THE NEWER PROVINCES. eee annual report of the Department of the Interior, recently laid before parliament, contains much infor- mation of interest concerning the lumber industry in Manitoba, the Noithwest and British Columbia. The total revenue from the Winnipeg office on account of timber, mineral and grazing lands amounted to $34,855, being a decrease of $3,200 as compared with the previous year. The price of lumber within the Winnipeg agency varies from $9 to $19 a thousand, board measure, accord- ing to the quality and kind of the lumber. There are twenty-two mills in operation within the agency cutting under government license. The revenue received from the British Columbia crown timber agency during the last year was $45,994, an increase of $509. Of the amount collected the sum of $19,275 has been received for bonuses of berths put up to public competition. The total area acquired was about 205 square miles, averag- ing a bonus of $94 a square mile. The total quantity of lumber manufactured for the year amounted to 30,597,439 feet, as compared with 13,546,943 feet for last year, and sold at the rate of $9 to $19 a thousand. There are fourteen mills within the agency cutting timber under license from the Dominion Government. The total amount of dues collected with the Calgary agency during the year amounted to $11,906, being an increase of $3,693. The price of lumber at Calgary was from $12 to $18, at Cochrane, $16, at Fort MacLeod, {Te $1.00 Pex Yes Cori ( $17 to $40, and at Cypress Hill, $10. Ten sawmills were operating within this agency last year under gov- ernment license, and several portable mills The total amount of dues collected within the Edmonton agency was $6,567, being an increase of $1,592, as under permit. com- pared with the previous year. The price of lumber at Edmonton during the year was $10 to $20 a thousand feet. The agent reports three sawmills in operation The total amount of dues collected within the Prince Albert agency was $6,124, being a decrease of $1,237, as compared with the previous year. Lumber sold at Prince Albert from $20 to $42 a thou- sand. There is only one sawmill in this agency cutting timber under license, namely, the one at Prince Albert erected by Moore & MacDowall in 1876. There are, however, several sawmills at Prince Albert and Battle- field cutting timber under permit. Sawmill 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 :— within his agency. Manufactured Sold Sawedslumbers arr eerie 52,530,530 50,749,240 Shinglestjiei 5-2 scpete = oceus, sere erate 4,797,000 3,948,216 athe tse beh wens ere arslehs Oi ae Veeears 967,350 1,200,200 Ninety-two licenses to cut timber over a total area of 2,435,06 square miles were issued during this year. The area licensed in the province of Manitoba, the three provincial territorial districts, and on Dominion lands in the province of British Columbia are as follows :—Mani- toba, 569 miles, Alberta, 1,435, Assiniboia, 59, Saskatch- ewan, 197, British Columbia, 172. SUBSTITUTES FOR LUMBER. (Rei is not nearly so much talked and written now about the various substitutes—paper, straw, saw- dust, bark, etc.—for lumber as there were a few years ago. An enthusiastic inventor of some paper or straw composition once could get the ear of a newspaper reporter, get his ideas dressed up in choice language and embellished by the reporter's active, but untrained, imagination, and the article would go the rounds of the press, sometimes being copied into the trade press, and be accepted by a great many as an invention that would supercede lumber. Only a few years ago the most extravagant claims were made in regard to straw lum- ber. It could be sawed, planed, or worked any way just as lumber is. As a matter of fact it was manufac- tured and put on the market and sold. A few floors were laid of it but they proved utterly worthless in a short while. Wetting caused unsightly blisters which soon developed into uneven places and holes. Another genius proposed to make buggies of paper that would be lighter, stronger, cheaper, and in every way superior to those made of wood. But the paper buggy has not materialized yet, and if it ever does it will soon go to join the straw floor. Many of these wild ideas about paper as a substitute for wood, and even iron, grew out of the success of what is called a paper car wheel, ignoring the fact that there is very little paper used in a paper car wheel, and what there is, acts only ina supplementary manner to support .the iron and steel parts and afford a slight degree of elasticity. The so-called paper roofing furnishes- only the ground or body for other water-proof materials. For the uses to which lumber is usually applied no substitute except iron is likely to come into use to an extent to perceptibly affect the lumber trade. Lumber will still be used in increasing quantities and will prob- ably never be lower in price than at present. Owing to pressure of other matter the usual “Char- acter Sketch” and portrait is omitted from this month’s LUMBERMAN. Sea THE CANADA LUMBERMAN JuLy, 1892 A SERMON IN A SAWMILL. BY REV. D. R. MILLER. of yer sawmill right along, n’ to the same old pleasin’ song; n the noisy water-wheel, >to a new Virginny reel. yer sawdust, too, I see; is the ruin of the tree, 1on while yer greasin’ up the cogs, inin’ thro’ yer old sawlogs. Y Will'am, that this cruel liquor trade n’ it never can be stayed; , Will'am, that no matter what yer think, 10t flourish ‘ceptin’ someone buys the drink, got ter have some logs to run yer mill, r men have boys ter fill the till, n timber, an’ they saw it up, yer See, s both the timber and the tree! in’ which I know yer loves to hear, that way an’ the lath’s a-pilin’ here, WI out’ard an’ the cash’s a-comin’ in, sperin’ an’ times is good ag’in. Ah! be hummin’ an’ the wheels of sin go round, »t of fellows that I know are being ground, n the forest, but they’re slashin’ down our joys, yusiness is the ruin of the boys. saw 0’ ruin keeps a thrummin’ right along, o' the helpless an’ it’s tearin’ thro’ the strong, that is fallin’ is the tears an’ blood an’ woe, ippin’ in the waters that’s a-surgin’ down below. the mill-wheels still keep thrummin’, an’ the slabs are flyin’ free, An’ the of blood has fallen till it’s sprinkled you an’ me, ys are droppin’ deathward like yer forests on the hills, > still keep up the timber for the runnin’ o’ the mills. can saw yer logs, frien’ Will’am, so that when the work is done tog are worth far more in money than afore the work begun. But for every gash these liquor fellows make upon our boys, There's a bl red gash o’ ruin thro’ our own domestic joys. An’ we're all a-stan’in’ back of ‘em, an’ helpin’ ’em along, An’ a-votin’ liquor ballots to perpetuate the wrong. For I tell yer it’s the voter that manipulates the saw, When he regulates the business with his tax or license law. Yes, the party wins by voters, an’ the winners make the law, An’ the An’ this peerless Christian nation, with a heart as hard as steel, law is the machinery that agitates the saw, Takes the dealers’ cash and turns the rushin’ water on the wheel. Then all the mills go buzzin’, and the tears begin ter flow, An’ the homes begin ter crumble, an’ the land is full of woe; But I tell yer all the sufferin’ an’ sorrow that we feel, Is because the Christian voter stands himself beside the wheel. HOW TO BURN SAWDUST ON COMMON GRATES. HERE are many sawmills that haul off their sawdust and haul back wood to steam their boilers with, thereby doubling the cost of their steam, when if they were to burn their sawdust for fuel they would save the expense of hauling it off and render the cost of their steam only that of putting the dust into their furnaces. Generally all this expense is incurred simply for the If these mills will daily put a small quantity of sand in their dust it will form a substance resembling pottery on their grates that will answer admirably for sawdust grates. This substance will be full of perforations, thus allowing the air to circulate through it, just as it does through grates, and when cold it is very brittle. Every morning it should be broken up, and a portion of it removed from the grates, leaving only enough on them to barely cover them over, and with heavy steaming it sometimes becomes so thick that it is necessary to remove a portion of it at noon. In burning sawdust mix no slabs or other large fuel with it. Burnt alone it is the best fuel that a pine lumber sawmill produces. To burn sawdust in small furnaces a blower in the smoke-stack is indis- pensable. reason they have no sawdust grates. CORK FORESTS. ee CP OWING in Spain and Portugal is an ex- tremely precarious business, and it demands con- siderable capital. Only the other day a man in New York City was seeking a partner with $100,000 to put into a cork forest in Spain, with a lease of 150 years. The bark is cut only once in ten years, but as the forests are very large the grower manages to obtain an annual Crude cork comes over to America in great bales The heat to which it is subjected in order to flatten out its curves also drives out most of the insects, such as one would naturally expect to find in bark. As cork is too light to form a cargo of itself, the cork-carrying vessels also bring oil, olives, wine and heavy merchandise of var- ous sorts. crop. weighing from 175 to 225 pounds each. T. W. Kerr, Ladner’s, B.C. :—Well pleased with LuMBER- MAN. A very valuable and useful paper. ELt page is good. BAND SAW PRACTICE. BY J. H. MINER. HEN a saw fractures in the centre there may be something wrong besides the filers work. If a saw is adjusted so that the edges will not crack, and is run too open in the centre, it will, in the course of time, crack from unusual vibration. The centre of the saw forms a convex from over the wheels to an extent that will produce a greater bend in the centre than on the edges. The general result of a saw too open is a frac- tured edge. Saws that are not kept true will crack in the centre by the friction of such parts against the metal lining of the guide. In nearly all cases of fracture in the centre it will be found that the surface is hardened, and often so hardened that a file will hardly take it. A saw seldom cracks from the side. The crack is most prominent on the outside. Saws that are watched closely and have the surface dressed or ground off with a piece of soft emery, can prevent this. A test with the file will reveal whether such spots are removed. The dressing can be done while the saw is in motion on the mill. To arrest a crack filers differ. Some use a chisel and mark the saw parallel on both sides. Whether or not this is reliable I donot know. I have found out from experience that a crack punched as per the accom- panying cut will not extend, and I think this is what is wanted :— If the crack has extended no deeper than in the illus- tration, it will wear out. I have run cracks one and one- half for months. Great care must be taken to punch the saw well on both sides. The advantage of this equala- teral triangle punching is that the divergence is not con- fined to one point, but to an angle which prevents the crack extending. Saws often crack in the braze. This is from two causes, viz.: A bad braze or distorted tension. There are many intricate parts about a well stuck braze that causes it to mysteriously crack. The greatest trouble with the saw fracturing in the centre is from bad ham- mering, and getting a saw full of lumps, which undergo an undue strain over the wheels, similar to the accumula- tion of gum spots on the wheels. A true saw rightly tensioned runs without tremor in itself. The mill may cause a vibration which it ought not to have, but it does not affect the saw as lumps do. It is not understood that a saw is cracked when it seems lumpy. Often a saw is found perfectly straight and flat as far as the full spots can be divided, but the straight edge shows many full places which the filer does not consider, simply for the reason that he does not believe this work will always better the case. STEAM FOR THE SAWMILL. TEAM in most sawmill plants, whether they be large or small, is an important question. On account of the nature of the fuel, which is, and always will be, green sawdust, its generation is of no small matter. The question first to be considered is sufficient boiler capacity, which in the average mill cutting lum- ber, lath and shingles, can be figured as follows: With two flue boilers, twenty-two square feet of heating sur- face for every thousand feet of lumber cut in a day of eleven hours. With tubular boilers it requires more, or thirty-four feet for the same amount of work. These figures are based on using the ordinary slide valve engines with steam feed edgers, trimmers, shingle mill, etc. The smokestack area should be one-third greater than the total combined flue area of all the boilers, and ninety to one hundred feet high. Any higher than that is useless, for it will not increase the draft to any percept- ible extent. Where there is sufficient amount of saw- dust when fed with conveyors to supply all the boilers the grates should be five feet long and placed twenty inches from the bottom of the boiler. It is immaterial whether they are set level or inclining. Ten inches back of .the grates start the bridge wall, build it up to within ten inches of the boiler inclining at an angle of forty-five degrees. Do not leave a large combustion chamber back of the bridge wall. You are not burning coal but sawdust, so fill it up to twelve inches or so from the bottom of the boiler. Have the return large and free, with doors to remove the ashes as they accumulate, for steam can never be made where the return space is filled with ashes to within a few inches of the boiler, as is often seen obstructing the free passage of air. Feed the sawdust a little forward of the centre of the grates, for the draft has a tendency to draw it back. See that the fires are regulated properly with the feed slides in the conveyor, so that the proper amount is fed through, as it burns away on the grates below. Never allow the fires to get too high or too low. Drill peek holes one inch in diameter through the front, and by looking through you can look in, if the fire shows a nice bright color it is properly supplied and the heat will be ntense almost to the point of melting the iron. But if darkish smoking or throwing many sparks, you can be sure the foreman has been negligent in feeding too slow or too fast, which will depress the steam as nothing else will. In the smaller mills, where slabs entirely are used for fuel, the grates should not be over three feet long, with the bridge wall built up two feet back of the grates. This will give a large fire room, the air passing up through the grates at the front thence back through the fuel, giving as quick a combustion for slabs as it is pos- sible to make. Never use eight foot grates, for it is an utter impos- sibility to keep them covered with fuel and you will never have steam with cold air passing through the grates. The most successful as well as economical way, barring first cost, for complete plants having sawmill, planing mill, kilns, etc., is to have one main boiler house placed near the sawmill. get their largest supply of fuel. There conduct the steam through pipes'to the planing mill, etc., which can be very cheaply done by conveying the pipe overhead on posts placed twenty or twenty-five feet apart as follows: Drive two piles eight or ten inches apart, flatten the insides to fit the post, which is placed between them and two strong bolts passed through. Nail a cross piece on the post where you want the pipe and properly brace. The box is made by spiking together two by twelve breaking joints. When the pipe is laid, and raised two inches from the bottom of the box, fill up and pack well around the pipe a mixture made of slacked lime and sawdust (made into a mortar as you would for plastering), which is a good non-conductor free from the danger of fire and at a very low cost. A pipe thus treated con- denses but very little steam. Blow the shavings through metallic pipe from the planing mill to the shaving vault in front of the boilers. By having the boilers arranged in batteries having one battery of just sufficient capacity to run the planing mill at such times as the sawmill may not be running, the expense for steam will be at the minimum. Use a cyclone dust extractor set on the roof directly over the sawdust conveyor and spout down into it, and make a connecting branch to the main shaving pipe. At the connection have a valve or switch connected with ropes running Cown to the fire room. Then the shav- ings can be at will either run into the shaving vaults to be used for raising steam running kilns nights, etc., or switched off through cyclone and mixed with the saw- dust feeding to the boilers, as the condition of steam requires. And it will astonish you how quick the boilers will respond with more steam when a little shavings are mixed with the sawdust feeding in. Arched ovens such as are used in tanneries for burn- ing spent tan bark built on in front of the boilers are cleaner with less danger of fire, and will give better results than the usual way of feeding with spouts between the boilers. As the brickwork soon gets red hot instantly igniting the sawdust as it strikes the grates, combustion is consequently more positive and complete. BALES OF SAWDUST. CURIOUS and profitable business has grown up in the Maine woods about the sawmills in the utilizing of the immense quantities of sawdust by compression. Thousands of tons of sawdust are pressed into compact blocks and bales, and in this form is finding a ready market for kindling and fuel in eastern cities. For there they must peeeerey ot ad Ap™ iM f % ns ¥ at TH CANADA LUMBERMATT 5 VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS. Large quantities of birch timber are consumed annually in the manufac- ture of spools and shoe pegs. Both articles rank among the smallest of our small wares, but, like the common pin, they find a large con- sumption everywhere. The larger quantities of these articles are manufactured in Maine and to some extent in the province of New Brunswick, for it is in these parts that birch is principally found. The white birch logs are sawn into strips four feet long, and from ne to two inches long and of the same thickness. hese strips are sent to the spool factories where they quickly worked into spools by most ingenious ibor-saving machinery. The strips of white birch are d into one machine, and they are not touched, in fact sy are hardly seen again, until the spools, all finished market except polishing, drop out by the bushel another machine several rods away from where the ps started in. The spools get their gloss by being idly revolved in barrels by machinery, the polishing ting from the contact of the spools in the barrel. ple is used largely in the manufacture of shoe-pegs, although white birch is used at some factories. Shoe- are sold by the bushel, and are worth all the way from three shillings to one dollar a bushel, according to quality. More than $150,000 was received by Maine shoe-peg factories last year for goods. Spools and Shoe Pegs. With the progress that is made in mechanical arts, and none the less so in every department of life, it is not surprising to find improvements in methods of transpor- tation equally far forward. In fact, when we cast our me nories back to the days of the stage coach in our own country, or travel in imagination to suffering _ Russia, where only the most primifive methods of loco- motion are known—one actual cause of the present ter- ‘rible distress—and then study the railway and canal systems of this continent to-day, we are inclined ‘to think that nowhere else has progress been more advanced than in the one line of transportation. ing to an item of detail affecting the lumbering indus- ries, we are just now witnessing an important change of methods in this respect. Only a few years ago, ithin the memory of most lumbermen, the man who would suggest railroading logs from the pineries to mills would have been looked upon as verging on anity. To-day the business in Michigan is so enor- that the capacity of the Michigan Central railroad as been overtaxed to such an extent that the company has been obliged to hire locomotives from other roads to ‘meet the demands made on it on the*Mackinac division, d consequently an order for twenty locomotives given ‘a short time since, has been changed to thirty. The man who haunts the corner grocery and out of the vol- ; of his own emptiness talks as if he knew every- g, is apt to find himself sadly left as he gets out into light. Verily, it doth not yet appear what we shall Present-Day Progress. A machine may not be able to speak, but a writer in The Tradesman is of the opinion, evidently, that it has a of company, and knows the good from the bad. nost any machine,” he says, “will behave better in 0 d place than if hidden in a slush-hole under piles dirt all rubbish. The feed cones of a certain wood- yorking machine were located in a little ‘dog-hole’ neath the engine-room floor, and a man to get at had to ‘walk in on his back, and crawl out on his ly” The cones gave all manner of trouble. When seemed as if nothing else could possibly happen then ne belt would let go or turn inside out against the guide os lacing would give out, or a cone get loose, yw variety. It kept the mechanic busy about all the e looking after these cones. Finally, new arrange- were made, and a little room built expressly for : cones. The room had a nice skylight and a d-up pit wherein the cones were in full view. A was built around the pit, a nice staircase led and these same old cones and same old belt ran sole months without breaking or giving the least le. 1 might get up a moral that clutches and speed _ Machines Well Placed. = o Com-. cones work the best when they are placed in good whole- some locations, but the ‘live’ millwright has found that out long ago, and he doesn’t build low, cramped-up wheel-rooms and mills any more—if he can prevail on the owner to let the millwright have his own way, the better way. He tries to make plenty of room for twice as much machinery as he ever expects to put into the mill, and thus he keeps all the friction clutches ‘good natured’ and the workmen ditto.” We talk of the nine lives of a cat, Sa ee and some wonderful stories are told of feline endurance. A few days ago the Toronto press told of a cat that had been discovered in the drain box of a sewer, where it had been embedded beneath several feet of earth for not less than three weeks without food or air» When set free, however, it did not take pussy long to recover her usual vivacity and playfulness. The following stories from London Tid- Bits tell of two specimens of the toad and frog species whose ability to exist on less than Dr. Tanner’s diet leaves the family cat a long way behind in the race. What is printed by our English contemporary supple- ments nicely the stories printed in the LUMBERMAN at different timés telling of the curiosities found inside of trees: “In some strangely shaped fossil trees accident- ally dug out of a stone quarry were found treasured up the petrified-looking bodies of reptiles, birds, bats and such small deer—which had thus been honored by pre- servation m massive mausoleums. When cutting open the trunk of an elm a live toad was found lying con- cealed about three feet from the root. It skipped away very alertly, yet, we are told, no tree was more sound, nor could any aperture be discovered through which the littfe captive could have penetrated. It is supposed that the spawn from which it originated must have accident- ally been treasured up in the tree from the first moment of its vegetation. In like manner, while some men were squaring the trunk of an oak they had just felled, they suddenly started back in astonishment on seeing a hid- eous frog, about the size of a large pullet’s egg, encrusted in the tree four inches in from the bark and fifteen feet from the root. Though mangled by the axe, the crea- ture still moved, but it appeared old, thin and decrepit. As in other cases, a careful examination revealed no entrance to its prison house.” Scalping and scamping are not un- known in different trades. We do not know but that it is a trick of all trades to scamp in work so that the loss in profits, that is oftena result of present-day competition, may in a measure be leveled up. Perhaps the term “scamping” is more properly applicable to these methods than “scalping,” though both transactions are none the less dishonest. They lack even the extenuating element that led to the suggestion in early English days to remove a penny’s worth of silver from the current English shilling and still call it a shilling. The suggestion then was made in ignorance of the true principles of political economy, which requires that value be represented by value, and a more thorough knowledge of the science made the blunder clear. It will hardly be claimed, however, that the contractor who makes his profits out of spurious material and incompetent workmanship, when the opposite is called for in his specifications, does so out of the simplicity of his heart, believing all the time that logically and morally he is doing the correct thing. A lumber contemporary has taken the term “scalping” and applied it specifically to certain transac- tions in lumber. Appeal is made to the Century dic- tionary for an official interpretation of “scalping,” and is given thus:—“Scalper, n.—One who scalps, or takes a scalp; one who sells at less than official or recognized rates ; specifically, a dealer in railway and other tickets who shares his profits with his customer, or who pur- chases unused tickets and coupons at cheap rates, and sells them at a slight advance, but for less than the official price.” The Timberman, the journal referred to, then goes on to say:—“There are some things in the Century definitions that are suggestive of the lumber scalper—he not infrequently takes the scalp of his con- signor, and he has to-sell at less than the recognized rate—but it is assumed that the scalper first buys, and The Lumber Scalper. then iss at a slight advance. That is not the way with the lumber member of the genus. He never buys. If he would the objection to him would be largely removed, for the little dealer who has happened to buy cheap and is content to sell at a slight advance, even if under the market, is merely a nuisance to be endured with as much equanamity as possible. The lumber scalper first sells —something he hasn’t got and often doesn’t know where to get—and then tries to buy at a low enough price so there will be margin enough to pay his postage, board- ing house and laundry bills—assumuing that he ever pays them. (and needs none), takes no risk (the seller does that), and is merely a demoralizing element in a reputable business without any decent profit to himself or to any one else, for the man he sells to usually is cheated on grades and measure, and the man he buys from can whistle for his pay if anything goes wrong—or the scalper goes wrong, which he does in numerous Poverty is no crime, but it should not seek credit under the pretence of wealth. The lumber scalper is the clerk or inspector who tires of earning an honest living and turns confi- dence man. He may think he has honest intentions, but he is on the wrong basis. If the Timberman were to make a dictionary it would define “scalper,” in the lumber sense, about as follows: Scalper, n.—One who He has no investment, no office, no money instances. _sells to a sucker lumber he doesn’t own, and then finds another sucker to trust him with the goods.” : BITS OF EXPERIENCE. AVING occasion to grind a saw to-day, says a writer in the Sawmill Gazette, the thought came: “What a difference from the way I filed the first saw I ever tried to sharpen.” I nearly wrote “put in order,” but that would not fit, for it was in anything but order when I presented it for inspection. When the writer was fifteen years old he was employed by a carpenter to assist in rebuilding an old house, with the understanding that if he proved “docile,” or in other words, showed any hopes of becoming a good workman, he should have steady work and be advanced as his ability would warrant. But for quite a while he evidently had a much greater capacity for finding iron in the old material be- ing worked over than anything else, and it was a very poor day when the saw did not require filing at least twice, while the time put in over the grindstone crank, to have the hand-axe and chisels ground, makes his back ache to even think of. The old gentleman, Mr. S., had not forgotten that he was once a boy himself, and was very patient. But one day he concluded that possibly it would lessen the num- ber of nails found by the saw if the one using it had to keep it in order, more especially as it was but a few minutes after filing when the saw was brought up with the points all gone, having had a full stroke, and very likely with a “rider,” across a ten-penny nail. So, going to his chest, he procured the saw-set, a flat file and a three-cornered file ; but instead of proceeding to file the saw he gave them to me and said: “You are pretty good at dulling, now let’s see how you are at sharpen- ing.” “I don’t know how to file a saw.” “Well, I guess you do not; but you will never be able to tell until you try, and you can’t learn any younger than you are now,” and turned to his own work, leaving me with the tools, which I concluded to use. I set the saw first, and if the blade had been as hard in temper as many I have seen since, possibly I would have had to re-tooth it; as it was the teeth were reduced in thickness as well as turned pretty well out on the sides of the saw. After setting, the thought came that the flat file was to be used to joint, so it was used vigor- ously, though with no thought as to whether a saw would work best with a full or hollow front; my recollection is that one was rather on the hollow, if not “holler,” which it certainly did when I got at it with the other file, which was pressed well down and pushed and pulled (when the handle did not come off) several times across each notch in the saw, the side filed first getting the most, so when the saw was turned but little was required to bring the teeth to a point. Thomas Gibson, Wroxeter, Ont.:—We think a great deal of CANADA LUMBERMAN, and from a sawmiller’s standpoint see nothing to excel it. 6 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN JuLy, 1892 PUBLISHED ON THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH = ARTHUR G MORTIMER OFFICE. 75 CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE BUILDING Toronto, ONTARIO TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Copy One Year, in advance................-.05. eee ee nae $1.00 One Copy Six Months, in advance ..................0-eeeeeees 50 Foreign Subscriptions, $1.25 a Year ADVERTISING RATES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION ROBERTSON, - - - EDITOR. js: Tue CANADA LUMBERMAN is published in the interests of the lumber trade and of allied industries throughout the Dominion, being the only re- presentativein Canada of this foremost branch of the commerce of this coun- try. It aims at giving full and timely information on all subjects touching these interests, discussing these topics editorially and inviting free discus- sion by others. Especial pains are taken to secure the latest and most trustworthy mar- ket quotations from various points throughout the world, so as to afford to the trade in Canada information on which it can rely in its operations. Special correspondents in localities of importance present an accurate report not only of prices and the condition of the market, but also of other matters specially interesting to our readers. But correspondence i is not only welcome, but is invited from all who have any information to com- municate or subjects to discuss relating to the trade or in any way affecting it. Even when we may not be able to agree with the writers we will give them a fair opportunity for free discussion as the best means of eliciting the truth. Any items of interest are particularly requested, for even if not of great importance individually they contribute to a fund of information from which general results are obtained. Advertisers will receive careful attention and liberal treatment. We need not point out that for many the CanaDA LUMBERMAN, with its spe- cial class of readers, is not only an exceptionally good medium for securing publicity, but is indispensable for those who would bring themselves before the notice of that class. Special attention is directed to ‘‘ WANTED” and “For SALE” advertisements, which will be inserted in a conspicuous posi- tion at the uniform price of 15 cents per line for each insertion. Announce- ments of this character will be subject to a discount of 25 per cent. if ordered for four successive issues or longer. Subscribers will find the small amount they pay for the Canapa Lum- BERMAN 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 encour- aging us to render it even more complete. BANK OPINION. Ir is doubtful if in any other way the financial situa- tion throughout the country is more clearly and correctly focused than by means of the reports and addresses of our leading bankers, which usually come along about this time of the year. Sir Donald A. Smith, president, and Mr. .E. S. Clou- ston, general manager, of the Bank of Montreal, each delivered instructive addresses at the annual meeting of this bank, held on June 6. The occasion was the 74th annual meeting of the leading monetary institution of the Dominion. Illustrative not alone of the growth of the business of the bank, but also of the commerce of the country, for the two in this case go hand in hand, the president drew a contrast between the transactions of the bank in its early years, and those of to-day. In 1817 its capital was $350,000, and as there was no other bank in the country at that time this represented the entire banking capital of Canada, where at present the capital of the banks doing business in Montreal alone is upwards of $50,000,000. The capital of the Bank of Montreal is now $12,000,000, with a rest of fifty per cent., or $6,000,000. The growth of the commerce of the Dominion during these years, and more particularly the past twenty-five years, is shown in a comparison of the imports and exports of this period, some interesting figures on this line being furnished by Sir Donald. In 1868 the total value of our foreign trade was $131,027,532. It has not always maintained an easy level, fluctuating more or less at times. The trade returns, however, for the fiscal year, ending April 30, show an extraordinary develop- ment as contrasted with the preceding year, the figures of the export trade being, 1891, $77,452,314, and 1892, $88,435,793, and this notwithstanding the McKinley Bill. So with the shipping. The month of May just closed shows an inward tonnage in the port of Montreal of 174,000 tons, against 132,615 tons in “91 and 157,000 tons in ’g0, or 17,000 tons more than in May, ’g90, which was the largest previous record. Throughout the entire address President Smith takes a hopeful view of the business situation, believing there are great things ahead for this Dominion. Hardly running in parallel lines with this view is the opinion expressed by General Manager Clouston, but his remarks are none the less wholesome, even though in contrast with those of the president, decidedly pessi- mistic. Better times were expected when it was known beyond peradventure that the country had been favored with an exceptionally fine harvest, but Mr. Clouston says “we have experienced as dull, if not a duller, year than those preceding.” The explanation of these hard times is attributed to the fact that farmers used what money was realized from the sale of grain for the payment of obligations due the loan associations, implement manu- facturers and others. The residue of grain they have held in hopes of higher prices. “If, however,” he says, “as it is supposed, there is still a considerable amount of grain in the farmers’ hands, we are undoubtedly on a better and more assured basis, and with anything like a good harvest we may reasonably hope for some improve- ment in the future.” Albeit, conditions would have been improved if the farmers had sold their grain earlier in the season instead of holding for higher prices, which have not been, or seem likely to be, realized, whilst the grain is suffering, in the opinion of those competent to judge, a depreciation of fully twenty per cent. from stor- age and attendant causes. The deposits of the bank have increased largely dur- ing the year. In fact there has been, and is now, no lack of money in the country, but as Mr. Clouston re- marks: “Cheap money is not an unmixed good, and is often a sign, as in the present case, of general distrust, and a widespread and far-reaching inactivity in busi- ness.” The weak side of business in Canada to-day is the hesitancy exhibited, by those who have the money, to invest it in commercial undertakings. The generai manager of the Bank of Toronto touched on the same matter in his annual address when he said: “The most conspicuous feature in the financial situation throughout the world has been the continual accumulation of unem- ployed money, which has been accompanied by a state of heaviness in general business, and an absence of new outlets for capital.” And in this country, the Toronto manager goes on to say, this feature has “markedly characterized the business situation.” The one important article of confidence is what is most required to give healthfulness and tone to the commercial situation. THE QUESTION OF MARKET CENTRES. IT is contended that if the yard system in lumber is made to supplement the commission man, or buying direct from the mills, that in a short time an undesirable monopoly would be created. Is this so? Doubtless it is a possibility, for concentration of trade in a few hands not unfrequently leads to a combination for the purpose of advancing prices. Almost every branch of trade has experienced the ill effects of these combinations. The grocer has a sugar combine to fight, and the dry goods man a monopoly in cottons or woolens. The nature of the lumber trade is such that combines on parallel lines to those of other trades is rather prob- lematical. A grocer sells teas, sugars, spices and a score or more of articles the output of distinct and differ- ent manufacturers. So with the dealer in dry-goods, and other merchants trading in general commodities. A combine in some particular and leading line of the catalogue is not unworkable. With the lumberman it is hardly the same. He sells only the one line of goods; there will be different kinds and classes of lumber, but not in anyone of these would a combine be practicable in the sense that it is possible with sugar or cottons. It might be expected, as the trade would resolve itself into fewer hands, that a greater uniformity of price would be the rule and that these prices would be firmer than when everyone is paddling his own canoe. This could not be deemed an unmixed evil. Carried to unreasonable lengths its baneful effects would be as condemnable as those of any other combine. But a union of business men, not to unduly increase prices, but to prevent what is too often ruinous cutting, is a condition to be sought for in every business. In buying direct from the mills or through the com- mission man the dealer is but following in some respects the trend of business in other lines. As we pointed out last month, the practice is surrounded with certain risks and drawbacks; yet it is carrying out the principle which in other departments of commerce makes each man a direct importer and saves him money by cutting out the profit of the middleman. The millmen ina good measure encourage this method of business, as they, rightly or wrongly, argue that the profit charged by the wholesaler is a profit which it is better for them to retain and divide up with the dealer who buys direct. There is this, too, about the custom, that the small millman, who must sell his cut, finds that he is more likely to do business direct than througha jobber. And we have enough millmen to make competition among them about as lively as one would want to see it any- where. Perhaps this is turning sound business methods topsy- turvy, and is a violation of every principle of political economy. With the keenness of business to-day the closest regard is not given to the principles of Adam Smith, Bastiat, Walker, Mill, Carey, Perry, or any school of economists, past or present. EDITORIAL NOTES. MR. GEORGE HILLIARD, ex-M.P., a well-known lum- berman, died at his residence in Peterboro on 23rd June. The deceased was a son of Christopher Hilliard, an officer of the British army, who served under the Duke of Wellington, and was all through the Peninsular war. He was born in Dundas county in 1827 and came to Peterboro in 1847. In 1862 he entered the lumber trade, purchasing a sawmill, which is now within the corporation of the town of Peterboro. He has also been engaged in flour milling and was interested in a woolen mill. He was a Conservative in politics, and in 1878 was elected for the House of Commons, and re- elected in 1882. He declined a third nomination. He was a prominent member of the church. His death is deeply regretted by all who knew him. THE loggers of British Columbia have for some time been agitating for the appointment of a Government scaler. They had hoped that action would have been taken so that the difficulties, that they allege meet them in their work, would have been escaped this season. But nothing has been done. The complaint, as given by a Vancouver paper, is this: ““A man gets a boom of logs ready at some given point. He scales them there as accurately as it is possible to scale them, making due allowance for bark, shaken timber and general waste, according to the accepted rule on the coast. When he comes down here and tells the millmen that he has so many feet to dispose of, if they agree to take the quantity he has for disposal they hire to him the requisite number ot boom-chains at a certain figure, according to the regu- lar rates. They also agree to send a steamboat up to the place where the boom is lying to bring it down. After the logs arrive they have, of course, to be scaled by the millscaler, whose estimate of the number of feet in the boom almost invariable turns out to be a good deal lower than that which was made by the owner of the boom. There is no appeal from his estimate, how- ever, and the luckless boom owner is caught, as the phrase goes, in the crack of the door, and must either accept the price of his logs according to the said estimate or let them be where they are, besides paying for the use of the chains and for the towage. In the case of a poor man who has perhaps nothing but his boom to depend on, the result is inevitable. He has to take the price fixed by the millman, in order to pay the charges incurred. He has no recourse in law or otherwise, being entirely in the power of the party of the other part.” This is the logger’s side of the story, and relief he contends would be found in the government scaler, who could act impartially and fair to both parties. Our Vancouver contemporary adds that most of the millowners are strongly in favor of the appointment of the Government scaler and say that the sooner it is done the better for all parties. As the business is worked now, the millman who wishes to do an honest business is handicapped in the competition with those who practically steal their logs. JuLy, 1892 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN | : 4 was just stopping to see your modus operandi,” explained the visitor in the sawmill. “We ain’t got any,” apologized the sawyer. “I’ve been tryin’ to git the boss to interduce some of the new-fangled inven- tions, but he says the old-fashioned way is good enough for him.” Happily, however, the census of millowners who are content with the “old-fashioned way” is dis- ing] Il. tressingly sma et ee It cannot be charged that the LUMBERMAN is much given to talking shop. I am sure no advantage is taken in this page to “toot one’s horn,” and as little in any other part of the paper. Nor am I going to makea break now. But the following talk by a level-headed business man is just good enough to find a place here, and also to be gummed up in some conspicuous place on the desk of every business man. “The employer who conducts his business on the theory that it doesn’t pay, and he can’t afford to advertise,” says this writer, “sets up his judgment in opposition to all the best busi- ness men in the world. With a few years’ experience in conducting a small business on a few thousand dollars of capital, he assumes to know more than thousands of business men whose hourly transactions aggregate more than his do in a year, and who have made their millions by pursuing a course that he says does not pay. Such talk in the year 1892 may well be considered ridiculous, and it requires more than the average patience to dis- cuss the position of whether advertising pays or not. His complacent self-conceit in assuming that he knows more than the whole business world is laughable, and reminds us of the man who proved the world doesn’t revolve by placing a pumpkin on a stump and watching ' it all night, basing his calculations on the result. If advertising doesn’t pay, why is it that the most success- ful business men believe in it?” x 4 & *£ In his annual address to the shareholders of the Merchants Bank, Mr. George Hague, the veteran man- ager, usually directs a part of his remarks to lumber affairs. With agencies widely scattered throughout the Dominion, and through them brought into intimate con- tact, no doubt, with many prominent lumbermen, his resume of the lumber situation must always command deserving consideration. In his address of a fortnight since Mr. Hague said: “Last year and the year before were years of heavy losses in the lumber trade—no new thing, by the way. Important failures took place both in Canada and England. (In one of these we were interested, but our securities brought us out with only a small loss). The reason of these failures was the com- mon one of parties, on the strength of a good year’s trade, plunging into enormous operations far beyond their means to carry through. Production has now been curtailed and most of the goods we are chopping this year will be sold to advantage. Sawn lumber has had an average year, and with the exception of the Toronto building trade, the general demand is good. This line of business requires not only a heavy capital to carry it on successfully, but also an extraordinary degree of vigilance. Multitudes of operations are carried on over widely extended tracts of country, and anything like an easy-going style of conducting business will infallibly lead to ruin. Bankers know this to their cost. Painful as it is to think of labor and money thrown away, it is always too true that it would have been better for the banks and many of their customers if millions of trees that have been cut down and sawn up had been left standing in the woods,” kt kk If | were writing for a religious newspaper I might refer to June as a month of church courts, for nearly all our religious denominations, and we have not a few of them, hold their annual conferences, synods, assemblies and gatherings, under whatever name one will call them, at this time of the year. But it is straight business that is talked in this page; and if the churches have been having their innings the business community, as repre- sented in the annual bank meetings, have also been taking a turn at the bat. I ° have given you in another paragraph on this page some utterances of the manager of the Merchants Bank on the lumber sit- uation. In that case a Montreal banker speaks. I am going to give here the words of Mr. B. E. Walker, manager of the Bank of Commerce, the leading bank in this province. Mr. Walker is a thorough-going business man and he has always manifested an interest in the natural wealth of Canada that gives extra import- ance to anything he may say touching our agricultural, mineral, or forest resources. Of lumber he says: “We have little that is not favorable to report of the lumber and timber trade. In the Ottawa district the pine tim- ber manufactured was less than three million cubic feet, and adding thereto the stocks held over from previous years on account of the bad state of the trade, referred to in my remarks a year ago, the entire stock held for sale amounted to about five million cubic feet, a quantity considerably less than the yearly product of the seasons 1888-89 and 1889-90. For this there appears to be a satisfactory demand at good prices, so that it may be said that the timber trade has quite recovered its tone, a remarkable and gratifying change in a comparatively short time. In the Parry Sound and North Shore dis- tricts very little timber has been made, but there is an increase in the manufacture of deals, the trade in which has also improved considerably. Notwithstanding a slight increase in wages, and more than usual expense in driving owing to the late breaking up of the ice and low water, the bulk of the cut of logs will reach the mills in the Ottawa district, and at a reasonable cost. The cut, with the smaller amount than usual held over, makes a stock exceeding last year about ten per cent., but keeps well below the excessive production of 1887-88. The cut of logs elsewhere also somewhat exceeds that of 1890-91. There has been an excellent market with some advance in prices in the United States, and a partial revival of the trade with South America, apparently indicating a return very soon to the demand which existed before the financial troubles of the last few years. The home consumption is still unsatisfactory because of the decline in building operations. The consumption of pulp wood is increasing very rapidly, and in view of our well nigh inexhaustible supplies of spruce this is a trade which will soon, if it does not already, occupy a place of great importance among the industries of this province.” %* * * * A fortnight ago I spent an interesting half-hour in the office of the Ontario Lumber Co., in the Yonge St. Arcade, chatting with Mr. H. H. Cook. Mr. Cook knows the lumber situation from A to Z. It matters little at what point the interviewer may attack him, his intimate knowledge of conditions, local and general, pres- ent and past, renders his response ready and complete. “JT consider,” said he, “that for some years we have been selling lumber in Canada at altogether too close prices. For my part our company has preferred to hold its lumber rather than part with it at prices offering. Who is most to blame for these conditions perhaps it is difficult to say, and yet there are some greater sinners in this respect than others. The commission men are responsible for their share of the evil. I am liberal in my views of commercial affairs, as you may know, and would not desire to put a bridle on any man’s methods of doing business, so long as these are conducted hon- estly and above board. But when conimission men are ready, for the sake of making a few dollars at the time, to sell lumber at a mere trifle above cost, it becomes so demoralizing to legitimate business that I am disposed to kick vigorously. This is what commission men are doing. They have no yard, they have no mill, they have almost nothing at venture in their transactions. They are out to sell lumber for the money that is in it for the day, be that amount ever so small, and beyond that they have no interest in the trade. The millmen, too, are responsible for some part of the decline in prices. I can name good-sized concerns who are among the biggest sinners we have anywhere. They’ll be sorry some day. Not by any means have we a tremendous pull on the American lumber market, as some luynbermen would have us believe. Every year the yellow pine of the south is coming more directly into competition with Canadian pine. This is more particularly the case as the stocks of Michigan pire have become lessened. There can be no doubt that Michigan is fast losing her grip as a pine State. With negro labor they have a great advantage in the south is not possible for any other class of workmen to compete against them. Why, even the Chinese have no show. And it is not as mere laborers, doing only logging and over lumbermen at any other Jumber centre. It the rougher work of lumbering, where the negro is used. They are taken into the mill and educated into the work of sawyers and general mill mechanics. And in these positions a very slight increase in wages is given them above what they were getting when engaged in the most primary work of the lumberman. So we must look upon the lumberman of the south as no insignificant competitor with the Canadian lumberman.” A mention of tariff matters brought from Mr. Cook the straight reply that as a lumberman he was undoubtedly in favor of free trade. “How a Canadian lumberman can hold any other view I cannot understand. We have seldom had a better advertisement of Canadian lumber interests than that furnished in the attack made on the Bryan free lumber bill by the Northwestern Lumberman. I wrote the editor thanking him for the agitation. Scores of Americans who knew little or nothing of our great lum- ber resources, to-day realize what immense wealth we possess in the product of the forest. And many of these are now doing business in Canadian lumber.” + * & “The Redwood district of California,” said an Ottawa gentleman who had made a tour of the lumber districts of that country, “is confined to the counties of Hum- boldt, Mendecino and Sonoma, only isolated clumps of trees being found outside of this tract. I visited Casper, where the timber handled is chiefly redwood. The streams flowing through the redwoods are small and can only be used for log-driving purposes when there is an abundance of rain during the winter season. As this frequently fails, most of the lumbermen have constructed short tramways from their limits to the mills and bring in the logs by rail instead of by water. A visit to a redwood camp is both novel and interesting to Canadians. We mount one of the trucks of a logging train, which consists of a locomotive and ten trucks, and off we go over a well constructed railway ten miles in length. The train rattles along at a speed that seems somewhat reckless to the uninitiated. Jughandle creek is crossed on a bridge 145 feet high and shortly after Mitchel creek runs beneath us, 100 feet below the level of the rails. The height of these bridges does not add to our sense of security, but we soon leave bridges behind and dashing through cuttings twenty to thirty feet in depth and around curves innumerable, we descend with a gradient of seventy feet to the mile to the level of the creek. There the railway terminates and a gang of fifty loggers are at work among the mighty redwoods. Felling the tree is an important part of the work and good fellers command the highest wages. Two men work on each tree, using saws twelve feet in length. It takes half a day to fell a good sized tree, say from six to eight feet through. The fellers are followed by other sets of men, who cut the tree into suitable lengths, usually from ten to twenty feet. Another gang does the barking. The bark is from three to five inches thick and sometimes even more than that. When barked the logs are rolled upon the skidways by means of jack- screws and then comes the work of hauling to the roll- This is accomplished by a donkey engine with goo feet of wire rope. We now proceed to the coast, a run of about an hour. Here watch the unloading of the logs and see them go thundering down the chute which conveys them to the mill-pond, 100 feet or more to tle level of the track. The lumber on leaving the mill is loaded on cars which are hauled to the cliff above by means of a stationary engine. It is then hauled on tramways to the piling ground by mules, which are used to a considerable extent throughout California instead of horses. The lumber is shipped chiefly to San Fran- cisco and Los Angeles. The vessels are loaded by means of a chute lowered from the cliff by means of ways. spars and tackle.” 8 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN - JuLy, 1892 MICHIGAN LETTER. [Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] ees logs are commencing to arrive on this side of the border. We may mention as already here a raft of 3,000,000 feet for the Saginaw Lumber and Salt Co., another for the Emery Lumber Co., and a third for Sibley & Bearinger. The two latter were billed for Tawas. John Welch, of Bay City, has contracted to cut 17,000,000 feet of Georgian Bay Hal- lenbeck & Gilbert have purchased an interest in these logs, and logs, brought over by the Saginaw Lumber and Salt Co. Mr. Gilbert will look after the sawing of them. BITS OF LUMBER. The manufacture of spools from birch is developing into quite an industry at Alpena, Mich. Saginaw lumbermen are after the scalp of the U.S. Senate because of an effort to take $30,000 from the recommendation of the House Committee to appropriate $100,000 for the improvements of the Saginaw River. Dewitt C. Spaulding, the well-known lumberman of Grand Rapids, Mich., has recently sold his tract of hardwood timber lands in Cherry Grove township, near Cadillac, to William Gerber and Edward T. Merrill, of Reed City. In a recent list. of millionaires of this country the New York Tribune included twenty names, nearly all lumbermen, from Saginaw. Our lumbermen, out of their extreme modesty, coupled with a characteristic regard for hard facts, say that not more than three in the list could rightly qualify as millionaires. D. A. Blodgett’s pine, which amounts to upwards of 300,- 000,000 feet, said to be the largest continuous tract of pine now standing in Michigan, is to be cut at the Cummer sawmills in Cadillac. and the monthly pay roll of the men employed therein will be about $17,000. It will require at least eight years to cut this timber, No complaint can be made in this section of want of rain. It rained twenty-one days in May, and we have had our full share of the watery element this month. Logs are coming for- ward in good shape. Both the Tittabawassee Boom Co. and the Muskegon Boom Co. have experienced trouble from the rapidity with which the logs have been reaching them, and high water causing several serious jams of logs. SAGINAW, Mich., June 22, 1892. PICA. OTTAWA LETTER. [Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] HE lumber season is now fully opened, and not for some years has the outlook of the Ottawa valley been more cheering. The fears of a month ago that large numbers of logs would be hung up because of the dry weather have in a large A number of shantymen who came down from the vicinity of the Madawaska and Kippewa river limits ten days ago are authority for the state- measure been removed by recent heavy rains. ment that with the exception of a few ‘‘drives” which were _placed on some small creeks early in the season, all the logs would be brought to the Chaudiere without any great difficulty. Mr. J. R. Booth has, counting his logs of last and this year’s cut, not less than 1,000,000 pieces now in the water. These are on the Ottawa, Black, Amable du Font, Nesbinsing, Kippewa, Temiscamingue and several lesser streams and lakes. Such of these as will not be driven out from the lesser streams into the Ottawa will be boomed up in deep lakes so that the “worm cannot touch or injure the timber, for if the logs are left on the shore in the sun or weeds they will become worm eaten and much injured. Booth’s big mill. Ten band saws are now in operation in A VALUABLE RAFT. One of the largest rafts that ever floated out of Ottawa is that owned by Mr. Robert Booth. cribs ; it was made on the Pettewawa river and is the cut of 89-’90 and *90-’91. The average size is 60 feet. This timber was hung up at the Pettewawa last year and the year before, because This mass of timber contains 230 prices were so low that the owner thought it was a profitless undertaking to put it upon the congested lumber market at Quebec. timber goes to the market having been sold at a good price Things look brighter this year and the whole mass of before it left the boom. This immense raft is in charge of an Indian pilot and nearly all the crew are Indians from Caughna- waga. Mr. Booth met with some trouble on the way down having 80 of his cribs smashed on Lake Duchene by the heavy winds. The raft is being towed by two tugs and is expected to reach Quebec the end of this month. Four more rafts are now on the way down from the Upper Ottawa. One is owned by Barnet and Mackey, another by A. Barnet, of Renfrew, and the other two by Alex. Fraser, of Westmeath, This latter timber was got out on the Coulenge river and like Mr. Booth’s timber is of last year’s cut. All this timber has been sold at good prices, and is on its way down to be delivered at Quebec, where a large part of it will be shipped for England. AFTER A MILLMAN. The case of Brennan and others against Thomas A. Hodgson, of the Elgin St. planing mill, having been decided against the mill, the defendant has given instructions to his solicitor to appeal against the decision of Judge McMahon. The plain- tiffs asked for an injunction against the running of the mill on the ground of a nuisance caused by noise, smoke, vibrations, ete., and the decision is that as such charges have been sus- tained, the injunction is granted with costs against Hodgson. Mr. Hodgson not unnaturally feels somewhat raw over the decision. He has been in business in the one section of the city for seven years, and believes that his mill has been an important factor in building up that part of the city. Now because a certain’ number of persons allege that the hum of the machinery has become wearisome to them that it is very unfair to him, and a general injury to the locality, to ask that the mill be removed. He says that he will fight them to the bitter end. INDIFFERENT LENGTHS. A pulley wheel claimed to be the largest yet cast in Ottawa was shipped the early part of the month to Gillies Bros. saw- mill at Braeside. The face of the wheel is five feet wide and the diamater measurement is 12 feet. It weighs between 10 and 12 tons. The wheel, whichis a rope pulley, fitted for 20 ropes, is said to be the largest rope pulley so far turned out in the Dominion. The firm of White, Avery & Co., lumber exporters, has been dissolved by the retirment of F. W. Avery. The new firm will be known as W. G. White & Co. Buell, Orr, Hurdman & Co., are meeting with compliments on all hands for the neat appearance of their mill and offices, which have recently been freshly painted and generally rejuy- enated. Thackeray’s new planing mill is rapidly rising from the ashes of a month ago. It will be an attractive structure. It is estimated that Bronsons and Weston have cut about 250,000 logs the past winter. The total cut for the four Chaudiere mills is said to be in the neighborhood of 1,260,000 logs. Orrawa, Can., June 23, 1892. BRITISH COLUMBIA LETTER. [Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN. ] NOTHER object lesson illustrating the immense timbers of this province has been provided in the shipment this month by the B.C. Mills Timber and Trading Company from the Hastings Mill of six cars of the finest and largest timber that has ever left here. As with the shipment the early part of the year these timbers have been destined for Montreal, Que. The shipment consisted of 28 pieces measuring 60,470 feet. On two cars were loaded four sticks 24x30 inches, and 58 feet long; two 81%4xto inches, and 50 feet long; one 24x30 inches, and 54 fect long; two 6x8 inches, and 50 feet long; one 12x21, and 55 feet long. The total measurement on these two cars was 20,289 feet. 24x30 inches, and 54 feet long; three 24x24 inches, and 30 feet long; five 12x24 inches, and 4o feet long. The total meas- urement on these two cars was 20,741 feet. Two other cars carried the three largest sticks, each of which was 36x36 inches, Two more cars were loaded with two sticks and 60 feet, the total measurement of these three pieces being 19,440 feet. TORONTO CAPITAL ON THE COAST. Plans for the incorporation of the Toronto Milling and Manufacturing Co., with headquarters at Victoria, are now well advanced. Main movers in the project are Mr. John White, ex-M.P., and T. J. Hammill, two gentlemen whose names will appear among the provisional directors. The capitalists inter- ested, as the name of the company implies, are principally from Toronto and Barrie, and include H. H. Strathy, John Strathy, John Davidson, Mr. White and Mr. Hammill. The mills will be located, with the homes of the millmen, at the new city of Sidney, Saanich district. The mill grounds include 30 acres of the townsite land, and over 50,000 acres of magnificent timber will be made tributary to this mill. Within six months the first and smaller mill will be completed and ready for business. A second and more imposing mill building will follow with a capacity of 250,000 feet per day, and capable of giving employ- ment to 250 or 300 loggers and millmen. In addition to the Sidney mills, it is understood to be the intention of the Toronto syndicate to erect and equip a sawmill at Alberni. is as yet in its incipient stages, however. This project COAST CHIPS. The mill at Moodyville has been shut down for want of vessels to convey its lumber to market. The Norwegian barque Ursus Minor is about to leave the Brunette sawmill with 500,000 feet of lumber for Sydney, N.S.W. The Maclaren-Ross Lumber Company will not cut any lumber at its mill near Westminster this year, on account of the dull state of trade. The newly-established shingle and sawmill of the Pacific | Coast Lumber Co., at New Westminster, is one of the best equipped mills in this province and gives promise of becoming one of its most important and successful lumber concerns. The machinery is from your well-known mill furnisher the Wm. Hamilton Manufacturing Co., of Peterboro. Mr. J. G. Scott, who a few years ago was engaged in the lumber business in Toronto is the manager. The syndicate which purchased the Sayward mill property contemplate the erection of an extensive mill on their timber limits near Seymour Narrows, where they can have every facility for the cheap and speedy handling of lumber. The limits of the syndicate include some of the most hezvily tim- bered land on the island. There is deep water close alongside the proposed mill site, capable of floating ships of the largest The locality is in almost every way favorable for the plans of the syndicate, and it is not improbable that a mam- moth lumbering establishment may soon be in full operation. size. New WESTMINSTER, B.C., June 20, 1892. PERSONAL. S. S. Cook, lumber, Morrisburg, Ont., is dead. Matthew Cochrane, planing mill, Dutton, Ont., is dead: Mr. T. J. Hannum has retired from the position of superin- tendent of Buell, Orr, Hurdman & Co.’s mills. It is under- stood he has been succeeded by Mr. T. Kennedy, formerly in — charge of the old Skead mills. Richard Fraser, Sr., one of the first lumbermen to carry on business on the Upper Ottawa, died the early part of June, aged 67, at his residence in the township of Pembroke. He was born in the county of Carleton in 1825. The death is announced of James Stewart, Jr., nephew of Robert Stewart, lumber merchant, of Guelph, and son of the late Robert Stewart, lumber merchant, Limehouse, Ont. The deceased had lived in Chicago for the past sixteen years. One of the pioneers of Lethbridge, Alta., is dead, aged In 1884 he assumed charge of the lumber- ing interests of the Northwestern Coal and Navigation Co. He was a highly respected citizen and at one time a member of the local legislature. seventy-two years. Mr. Alexander Maclaren, Buckingham, Que., has been elected president, and Mr. David Maclaren, Ottawa, Ont., - a director, of the Coe Hill Mining Co., of Belleville. This is one of the largest and wealthiest mining companies in America. The Messrs. Maclaren are the well-known eastern lumbermen, sons of the late James Maclaren. Mr. E. S. Sheppard, of Minneapolis, Man., has taken up his residence at Hannaford, on the American side of the Rainy River at the mouth of the Big American River in Minnesota. He is at present busily engaged estimating pine timber that he intends to cut into logs and bring to Rat Portage for market unless the new railroads that are heading for Hannaford get through in time to build mills to cut them on the Minnesota side. : Mr. George Cochrane, of Peterboro, Ont., has received offers from two large lumbering firms—the Victoria Harbor Lumber Co. and Mr. John Walsh, Collin’s Inlet, wishing to secure his services for measuring logs on Georgian Bay; one for a three month’s engagement, and the other to measure 3,500,000 feet of lumber. Owing to other engagements Mr. Cochrane is compelled to decline these lucrative offers. Evi- dently Mr. Cochrane’s abilities are known. A sad surprise to the trade was the announcement the early part of June of the death of William G. Thomas, at Norwalk, Conn. Mr. Thomas was one of the pioneers in the Albany lumber district, having founded the house of Hill, Thomas & Co., continuing afterward as Thomas & Hyatt, and W. G. Thomas & Co. He was at one time vice-president of the Albany Exchange Bank, and had served as president of the board of lumber dealers. About fifteen years ago he retired from business, and removed to his native place, Norwalk. A number of prominent Torontonians, on invitation of the Mayor and corporation of the town of Penetanguishene and the Summer Hotel Co., of the town, spent a pleasant three days’ outing during the past month among the isles of the Georgian Bay. The mayor is Mr. C. Beck, the well-known — 4 lumberman, who did not spare himself either in his official or private capacity to make things enjoyable for his visitors. They were shown through the two large mills owned by Mr. Beck, and which are fitted up with every equipment for the One hundred and fifty men are employed in the mills besides a large number in the camps, tugs and docks of the company. A visit was also made to the beautiful residence of Mr. Beck, where the party were delight- fully entertained by Mrs. Beck and daughters. carrying on of a large trade. SS a ae — wi cae 1892 THE CANADA LUMBERMA Pte MEWS. ONTARIO. —G. Heimbacker, sawmill, Hanover, has sold out. —J. W. Agret, lumber dealer, Ottawa, has assigned. —W. S. Ramsay & Co., sawmill, Sutton, have assigned. —J. D. Hough, sawmill, Mount St. Louis, has assigned. —R. Kennedy’s new shingle mill, Hobarth, Ont., is about ready for operation. —Log towing has commenced from the north shore of the Georgian Bay to Bay City and Saginaw, Mich. —Harris & Campbell, cabinet makers, Ottawa, are seeking a compromise of fifty cents in the dollar upon liabilities of about $25,000. —The drive of J. & B. Green’s dimension timber, on the Gordon River, has been abandoned because of low condition of the water. : —One of the Rathbun Co.’s drives is being transferred from the water to the railroad at Calabogie. There are from 800 to 1,000 carloads in it. —Heavy rains in the vicinity of Wallaceburg have caused much anxiety to millowners and lumbermen. Large jams of ___ logs on the Sydenham River have been brought down. —Lumber failures to some extent continue in Toronto. Churchill & Hudson have been compelled to consult their creditors. Allan C. Thompson has assigned. Both estates are small. —The Rathbun Co., of Deseronto, who have been operating q a sash, door and blind factory at Lowville, N.Y., for some ‘ years, will close the same this month, and will withdraw from that town. —A stock of logs, aggregating 500,000 feet, belonging to the Waggon Works Co., Chatham, were swept away by recent floods on the Thames. Lumber dealers generally along the river have been put to considerable trouble by the high water. aw —Emile Leger, a well-known young Ottawa lumberman, who has been employed in the woods at Marinette, Wis., for some three years past, has returned home. He says there are quite a few Canadians there, and shanty wages range from $35 to $40 a month. —The Rathbun Co., of Deseronto, are likely to lease the steam sawmill belonging to the estate of N. E. Cornier, of Aylmer, Que. As employment will be given to about 100 hands, Aylmer people are hoping that the negotiations may be successfully carried through. —Last year the Gilmour Co. obtained possession of the waters below Buckhorn, Hall’s Bridge, two hours before the Dickson Co. This year the Dickson Co. has the advantage. Already three of their drives have gone through and three more are close behind. According to custom the firm first getting possession of the waters have the right to use them. Consequently the Gilmour Co. have to wait till the Dickson Co.’s drive is through, and as this will take about four weeks, the Gilmo 0 moved their forces for the present. local correspondent from Spanish River says: ‘‘The drive of logs and square timber on the Spanish River is pro- gressing favorably. About some 5,000,000 feet will be left on the Sable River unless we get more rain. Mr. Loughrin, of ___ Mattawa, has the driving of some four or five concerns’ logs on _ the upper part of the Spanish River. It is reported he is getting the different drives out very fast. About 140 or 150 million feet of logs and timber will be sorted out through the boom at the mouth of the river this season. The Sable and Spanish River Boom and Slide Co. raft out the different logs here and charge at the rate of two cents a-piece for logs and eight cents a-piece for square timber. The company employ about thirty-five men at this work, who raft out about 10,000 pieces a day.” _ —The lumbermen carrying on operations on the borders of Lake Simcoe, who are accustomed to take tows of sawlogs _ across the lake, have suffered much pecuniary damage by the breaking up of the pocket booms and the scattering of the logs along the lake shore. They appear to think that many of these logs are unlawfully appropriated by owners and others living near the shore. Mickle, Dyment and Co. have lately brought a number of actions in the courts against various parties, whom they conceive have wrongfully appropriated their logs. ight or nine of these cases were heard before his honor Judge Dartnell at the last division court in Beaverton. In most of the cases it was shown that the logs were merely ied up and placed aside in order to get access to the water. ‘The judge held that the parties had a perfect right to do so; there was no conversion, and non-suited the plaintiffs. In her case judgment was given for fifty cents against a dant who had sawn up a log into firewood. In another the defendant admitted he had sawn into lumber five logs and was willing to pay for them. His honor observed that while he sympathized with the plaintiffs in their losses, they were not altogether fiee from blame. They had let the contract for towage, and had neglected and refrained to insist upon the con- tractor fulfilling the terms of his contract by collecting the logs scattered around the lake. He intimated that in any clear case he would give heavy damages, but pointed out that the taking of sawlogs wrongfully was a crime punishable with seven years in the penitentiary, and that they might find difficulty in recovering in a civil action until they had first obtained a con- viction against the offender, it being the policy of the law that the offender should be punished before his estate should be attacked in a civil action. Mickle and Co. are determined to proceed against all offenders, and no doubt the warning given will have a good effect in protecting their property. QUEBEC, —Low water in the Quyon Creek will keep logs and pulp- wood over till next spring. —Two hundred hands are employed in the mill of the Ottawa Lumber Co. at Calumet. The company has a contract for 12,000,000 feet of lumber besides their own logs. —Since the opening of navigation this season 18,680,000 feet of sawn timber has passed through the Lachine Canal. Much of this lumber will be shipped to Europe by steamship. In the transportation to Montreal sixty-five barges were required, and had it been shipped by rail 1,868 cars would have been required. —The Hon. Mr. Flynn’s bill to amend the law respecting Crown lands has passed its final stages. The last opposition amendment made to it, which was one to strike out cedar from the list of merchantable woods to be taken by the lumberman, was rejected on a division of thirty-eight to eleven, and the third reading of the bill was unanimous. Two of the most important speeches in support of the ministerial policy respect- ing Crown lands were those made by Eastern Township mem- bers—Messrs. Chicoyne, of Wolfe, and King, of Megantic. The latter gentleman pointed out that no one suffered by the new bill, and that in reality it was not a question at all of dif- ferences between the merchants and the settlers, as some would have us believe, but one of how far the treasury was prepared to go. while the pine timber on it remained the property of the Gov- ernment. A similar law here would greatly simplify matters. In Ontario the land was freely given to the settlers, NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA. —Prescott & Gillespie, of Rivert Hebert, N.S., have put 4,000,000 feet of lumber in the river this season, and their men are still at work. —William McKay, of St. John, N.B., has purchased from Messrs. Burrell, of Truro, 10,000,000 feet of deals, at a cost of about $80,000. The shipments will be made from Halifax. —The lumbermen on the Restigouche River, N.B., are striking it happy with their drives. Perhaps without an excep- tion all are now free. George Moffat will have between 4,000,000 and 5,000,000. David Richards estimates that with his cut and what he has bought from others, he will have about 4,000,000, nearly half of which will be cedar. have about 2,000,000; Alexander will have 2,000,000, most of which, if not all, will be cedar; Mowat about 1,000,000. Unlike the work on the St. John and the Miramichi, the driv- ing on the Restigouche this year was not any more expensive than last season. The jam in the Aroostook is still solid. Men are at work endeavoring to make a break, but there is not much hope of succeeding. C. W. King estimates that ten days ago there were fully 12,000,000 in the jam itself, and there were fully half as much again behind it. Much of the cut in Queen’s county is hung up. Mr. Hetherington is having a hard time, and the prospects are that he will have to leave the greater part of the drive behind. Mr. King has got out some of his hemlock, but his cedar is holding back hard. The other operators are experiencing the same trouble. Shives will BRITISH COLUMBIA. —A new boiler and engine has been placed in position in the shingle mill of Frank Lickman, Chilliwack. —The Burnaby Lake Lumbering Co. have been doing some big work, having put into the lake 37,000 feet of lumber in five hours. —Victoria has a lumberman’s association with W. Chambers, president; D. F. Adams, vice-president; Ewen Morrison, secretary. A provincial organization is contemplated. MANITOBA AND THE NORTHWEST. —The Moore & Macdowell Lumber Co., of Prince Albert, will ship 50,000 feet of lumber to Battleford per steamer Northwest on her first trip there. —Murray & McDiarmid, builders, Winnipeg, have dis- solved. G. W. Murray will continue the planing mill and James McDiarmid will continue in the building and contracting. FIRES. J. & A. Carson, lumber dealers, Pict su, N.S., are burned out. W. J. Fowlds & Son, lumber, Hastings, Ont., burned o insured. George Graham’s sawmill at Kimberly, Ont., was burned on the 8th ult. The car works at Deseronto, Ont., wer fire to the extent of $20,000 on the 14th ult. Largely insure: F. Richardson, lumber, etc., Ingersoll, Ont., was damaged by fire; insured. The sawmill of A. Tait, Orillia, Ont., was weeks ago. Durned two It will be rebuilt at once. The Dickson Co., of Peterboro, Ont., lost about 30,000 feet of lumber by fire at Lakefield a fortnight ago; fully insured. Hale & Murcheel’s N.B., burned; loss $45,000, insurance $15,000. It is doubtful if the mill will be rebuilt. lumber mill at Fredricton, Duncan’s new sawmill at New Methlakahtla, B.C., with cuts and prepared material for 20,000 salmon cases, and a together stock of lumber is a total loss from fire. $30,000. Aggregated loss over CASUALTIES. Robert Scratch lost a part of two fingers on the buzz planer in McCaffrey’s planing mill, Huntsville, Ont. David Galbraith, who owns and operates a sawmill at Stoke, Que., is missing. It is feared he is drowned. John Haystead had his index finger broken in three places while at work in Beatty’s mills, Parry Sound, Ont. James McCormack, an employee of Gilmour & Highson, near Chelsea, Ont., was drowned while booming logs. William Mitchell, aged twenty, while working on a drive of sawlogs at Uphill, Ont., fell into the river and was drowned. A thumb and two fingers were taken off the hand of David Mahood, of Dick’s mills, Fordwich, Ont., by a circular saw. Neil Bell, of Collingwood, Ont., while driving a load of lumber, fell forward and was badly kicked by one of his mules. A youth named Bendall, an employee of the Brunette Saw- mills Co., B.C., was drowned while fishing on the saw logs below the mill. Norman McDougall, foreman of Haslam logging camp, on Johnston Street, B.C., is a sufferer from injuries received whilst engaged at his work. James Watt, an employee in the sawmill at Monkton, Ont., died a week ago from the effect of a severe cut at the knee- joint from an edging saw. Oliver Belanger, a log driver for Thompson & Cleary, an American lumber firm, was drowned while getting out logs on the Sturgeon River, Ont. The body of an unknown man was found in the water near Cook’s mill, Spanish River, Ont., a few weeks ago. He is thought to have been murdered. Mr. Richard Marshall, employed in Toronto Lime Co.’s sawmill at Limehouse, Ont., recently had his right Jeg badly fractured below the knee by being caught in a belt. A farmer named William Morris, of Mulgrave, Ont., was crushed under a load of lumber, which he had been driving up the Gatineau. He died a few days later from his injuries. While working in Pare’s sawmill, Essex Co., Ont., Joseph Anderson, about twenty years old, caught his foot and was thrown on a circular saw. body was cut in two. While Mr. Louis Lamarche, of Hull, Ont., was at work removing a load of plank from a truck, a couple of heavy deals fell, striking him on the body and legs. His limbs were terribly bruised and he has lost the entire use of them. Death was instantaneous, as the Mr. Richard C. Williams, manager of the Ideal factory, St. Thomas, Ont., was passing a planer in the factory when a small square piece of wood, which caught in the circular saw, flew up, the corner striking him in the right eye, fracturing or crushing the eyeball. injured optic. Dr. Ryerson, of Toronto, removed the Minard A. Keith, foreman in Dunn’s mill, at Grand Bay, N.B., was picking up a poker just as a flash of lightning came. The poker was struck by the current and the man was rendered senseless. Both his arms are paralyzed. A number of tele- graph poles were shivered by the lightning in that vicinity at the same time. 10 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN July, 1892 TRADE REVIEW. Office of CANADA LUMBERMAN, | June 30, 1892. J THE GENERAL SURVEY. pees business in Canada, both in city and country, No one looks for a turn in the city for some time. Fortunately no local failures of any moment have occurred during the month, and it may be that the “weeding out” is now well-nigh completed. It is an old saw that all things come to those who wait, and no doubt whatever the time is drawing nearer when the turn will have come, and a profitable lumber busi- ness be done in this city. It is being said that the loan societies are the only ones who are making money, or at least putting themselves in shape to make money, out of present conditions. Hope was entertained that a considerable trade would have been done in the country this spring and summer, but reports tell of dealers buying exceedingly cautiously. That farmers have had other outlets for their money, not- withstanding the large harvest, and a great deal of grain still remains unmarketed, accounts we believe, as the general manager of the Bank of Montreal has remarked, for the quietness in country districts. Another good harvest and better prices for grain will help everyone. Canadian trade with the United States is brisk, and a large quantity of our lumber will find its way across the border this season. The scarcity of white pine lumber in the States will necessarily have a tendency to keep prices for our lumber firm. We have had rain enough and to spare in many places, and with few exceptions, both along the Ottawa and in the Georgian Bay districts, the drives are reach- ing their objective points in safety. Mills are busy and labor matters running smoothly. In the Maritime proy- inces and Quebec no unusual activity prevails. The British market is dull, and this means much to both these territories. Business is good in Manitoba, and British Columbia is holding its own nicely. NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA. More so than in other parts of the Dominion, we opine, difficulty in getting down the drives is being ex- perienced in New Brunswick. This will reduce the cut below what was expected earlier in the season, while on the other hand it may keep prices more firm. A con- siderable shingle trade is being developed between these provinces and the States. A recent reduction in rates to shingle shippers at Fredricton to seventeen cents per too pounds to Boston is having a salutary effect on this industry, enabling manufacturers here to compete suc- cessfully with places in the province shipping by vessel. The larger lumber trade, which looks to Great Britain for its outlet, is naturally unfavorably affected by the depression in that market. BRITISH COLUMBIA. “Improving” is the report that may be given of lum- ber matters in this province. Activity is notable around the mills, and new mills are being planned, which denotes development, and confidence in the future. The trade are working harmoniously and an evenness of prices is on the whole being maintained. There is talk of a lumberman’s association for the province. Home trade is fair. Export trade has not yet got back to its former condition; this is shown by an examination of the shipping records compared with those of a year ago. But matters are mending, more particularly in South America, and it is thought that better times are prob- able in Australia in the near future. UNITED STATES. A remarkable condition of trade for this season of year is the absolute scarcity of white pine throughout the northwest section of country. The reference of course is to dry stocks. From Saginaw to Minneapolis this is the situation. We find the explanation no doubt in the small stocks on hand at the close of last season’s work and the wet weather of the present season delaying the cut this season. An American lumber contemporary sums up the situation in these words: “It can be said that dry white pine inch lumber is scarce from Duluth to the seaboard; for our market reports indicate that, though in the eastern markets there is no unusual call is slow. No one is losing heart over the situation. for most kinds of lumber, white pine boards are selling readily. In this market, at a season when there should be such heavy receipts as to cause a mellowness of prices, dealers are actually handicapped in their trade because they cannot procure a sufficiency of dry stock. Gener- ally the market sags considerably by July 1, but this year there is more likely to be an advance than a reces- sion of values.” Dealers are undecided as to the wise course to pursue under the circumstances. They hope that prices will decline later on; in the meantime they must have stocks, and the conundrum is to avoid being loaded up when the decline comes. FOREIGN. The approaching general election in Great Britain, as is the case with an election in any country, is having an unsettling influence on business, and the lumber busi- ness not excepted. Additional to this circumstance is the unrest in the labor market, which portends, where these are not already in operation, further strikes in dif- ferent parts of the Kingdom. Trade has been dull enough for months, many months, but, with what is here stated, this stagnation is likely to further continue and make the year, where there had been some hopes of a revival, decidedly unprofitable. Canadian freights are reported in a depressed condition. From Montreal to Liverpool 4os. has been quoted; to Bristol 43s. 9d. In the London market prices have not weakened and hard- woods are a trifle firmer. Canadian oaks are scarce; ash and elms from Canada are en route, and from the fact that stocks on this side are exhausted, they will be quickly picked up. Trade in Liverpool is an improve- ment on that of London, but not much to brag about. Matters are quiet in Scotland. Shipbuilding on the Clyde is slack. Denny, Mott & Dickson, of London, in their monthly circular sum up the situation in these words: “The business of the last month has been marked by great apathy. The continued depression has served to check any tendency to rash speculation, but on the other hand the strain on the resources of small traders must be increasingly severe, as month fol- lows month with a dragging demand and little chance of a living profit on the reduced turnover.” Elsewhere there is no important change in the foreign markets. Business is showing an upward tendency in South America, and in time this market will resume a normal condition. A betterment in commerce can hardly be reported from Australia. TORONTO, ONT. ToRONTO, June 30, 1892. CAR OR CARGO LOTS, 16 FEAL TU CLONE oho) Bua! INSCOPs soon sacnoob moon owe odoeasonudan 32 00 33 00 TXIOand raid ressingvandibetteceneen heen ale teen nnener 18 00 20 00 ae adoy Hol 1). SMM Tilo po drnacosondnoagnosonssasaundsacnc T3 00 14 00 IxLojandsr2edressinemee cen meee ile eee mete eee I4 00 15 00 PSA! 1A CGOMMMIN a novaqsessovdanHossbsesonaescunhenas I2 00 13 00 5F3) Ainl 1 Soya GUIS; oo dcauaossvadvosgasocactaénannsap 10 00 11 00 PaO ZN WA will COV. ooncuaancogacossorodaencs Poston dsoen 9 00 Tinchicleamand™ picksee peste een ceererteerinnntne - 24 00 25 00 1 SUAYG)O) ObESS IONS Biv! ISLE oma ounsnconusoduconesvatunasson 18 00 20 co eave Srabgoyer seal TAINS cos onanseocaasousauososs Gb nesoeans 14 00 15 00 1 inch siding common... II 00 12 00 x inch siding ship culls.. : 10 00 11 00 qeinchysiding@nail cull sare eee eee eee ee eee ne eneEeranee 8 00 9 oo Culllscantling seer eecnte e ee eer Eee c ere tee eter 8 00 9g 00 Tr-2jand i thickenlcuthin eat piplanicaee ene teenie ene 22 00 25 00 FE MOGI HBS Asha; 1) E)sioy soul co pesooeseooescsosesno- 14 00 15 00 Tinchistrips common eee eee e eee eer ete nee II 00 12 00 i 1-4uinch flooring eaw-cier eee Cee eer cere enone 14 00 15 00 1-4-2 Mach AOOring az. omen oe ore ee Eee nee 14 00 15 00 2.0,0;6 Borges; 75 SUN, so 6udsdanooeocngausaquge-sosasonec 230 2 40 MeXGshingles Oincheaa cee eee eee ee eee i 3f0) an 710) JOEL) INOS. 5c doounoGooCAnsoopNbOdAHOdBUONDOUNH OSL SanUnoE 7) 10 fe) 1EFS HMINIGH Dog nnan co qnsnudnbudbuseco oanbamonacboadcoonnbe I 70 YARD QUOTATIONS. Mill cull boards and scantling$10 00 F. M. Shipping cull boards, promis- 1 1-21n. flooring, dres'd 26 00 30 00 cuous widths. ..... 13 00 ne es rough 18 00 22 oo stocks . . . 14 00 ie 4 dres'd 25 00 28 00 Scantling and joist, upto 16 ft 13 50| 11-4 in. flooring, un- fs ce «¢ 18 ft 15 00 dressed, B.M. . . 16 00 18 00 @ ee “20 ft 16 00 | 1 1-4in. flooring, dres’d 18 00 20 00 a kd He ete 37 (00) fs ““undres'd 12 00 15 00 ss “ “* 24 ft 19 00 | Beaded sheeting, dres- ee “ «26 ft 20 00 Slo no 6 5 + . 20 00 35 00 For good and good fair average, ‘‘ as ie 6 bene at M7 For superior a By S ee 5S 2B eA In shipping order uf ge es a O28 aS Waney board, 18 to 19 inch fe sf S “ &* 2B tae: Waney board, 19 to 21 inch us oe ee ss + Soa ee RED PINE—IN THE RAFT. Measured off, according to average and quality. 14 22 In shipping order, 35 to 45 feet “ - a4 22 30 OAK—MICHIGAN AND OHIO. By the dram, according to average and quality................. 45% aR ELM. By the dram, according to average and quality, 45 to 50 feet.... 28 ) q 4 5' 3 a ‘ ie e 30 to 35 feet.... 23 26 ASH. 14 inches and up, according to average and quality............. 25 28 : BIRCH. 16 inch average, according to average and quality.............. 20" pe TAMARAC. Square, according to size and quality 20 Flatted, KS ns 5 18 STAVES. Merchantable Pipe, according to quality and specification. .... $300 $320 W. O. Puncheon, Merchantable, according to quality ......... 80 9° DEALS. , Bright, according to mill specification, $115 to $120 for 1st, $75 to $80 for and, and $38 to $40 for 3rd quality. Bright, Michigan, according to mill specification, $120 to $130 for rst, and $90 to $95 for 2nd quality. Bright spruce, according to mill specification, $40 to $42 for rst, $25 to $26 for 2nd, $22 to $23 for 3rd, and $19 to $20 for 4th quality. BOSTON, MASS. BosTON, Mass., June 30.—The logging situation in Maine is serious for want of water to bring down the logs, and of this we hear a good deal at the Hub. On the Maine rivers it is expected that the drives will not be able to bring down more than fifty per cent. of the cut, with this perhaps reduced to thirty per cent. On the Kennebec the lumbermen say they will be able to bring to market about 40,000,000 feet out of a cut of about 125,000,000 feet. Four of the largest sawmills on the Penobscot are idle for want of spruce logs. As a result of this and other conditions prices are holding firm, making sure a fair profit to everybody from logman to dealer. The production of spruce will likely fall from thirty to fifty per cent. short of what it was expected to be, and to make doubly sure of a profitable year there is some talk of the trade organizing to control prices. EASTERN PINE—CARGO OR CAR LOAD. Nos. 1 2 and 3 $40 00@43 00 8 Aunt: 30 28 60 /30/00|| _ tclear=bceeeiseenee 40 00 45 co 5 23 00 2600] Sap, and clear..... 33 00 35 00 Ship’s bds and coarse 16 00 16 50 Heart extra........ 50 00 55 00 Refuse src. teriaene I2 00 13 50 Heart clear........ 45 00 50 00 West'rn pine clapbds Bevel siding 6 in. clear 23 09 24 00 4 ft. sapextra.... 45 00 55 00 WESTERN PINE—BY CAR LOAD. Uppers quence ere $48 c0@so oo | Fine com., 3 and 4 in 42 00 46 co 14%, 1% and 2 in.. 48 00 50 00| No. 2,1 in. Finecom. 28 00 30 00 Brand atinleetehterstetes 55 00 60 00 1%, 14% and 2in... 29 00 31 co Selects; Imeen-2 ce 42 00 43 00 | No. rstrips, 4 to 6 im. 40 00 43 00 1%, 1% and 2 in.. 43 0c 45 00 Bae ta aa ano Roscs 35 00 37 00 Biandiet emer niee 45 00 50 00 INO: 3 s-neuneanctes 24 00 26 oo Moulding boards, 7 to Cut ups, 1 to 2 in.... 24 00. 30 00 ir Int) clears... 36 00 38 00 | Coffin boards........ Ig 00 22 00 60 per cent. clear... 34 00 36 oo | Common allwidths... 22 00 26 oo Fine common, rin.... 36 00 38 oo | Shipping culls, 1 in... 15 00 35 50 14%,1% and 2in... 38 00 40 00 do 1\% in. 15 50 16 50 SPRUCE—BY CARGO. Scantling and plank, Coarse, rough........ 12 00@14 00 random cargoes.. 14 00o@15 00 | Hemlock bds., rough. 12 00 13 oo Yard orders, ordina os ““ “dressed 12 00 14 00 SIZESIEE Eee *...15 00 16 00 00 636 00 Yard orders, extra 00 32 00 SIZES. Sets csvetten te 16 00 18 00 25 00 Clear floor boards.... 19 00 20 00 00 14 00 CA roost snoduen 16 00 17 00 ; LATH Spruce iby Cargo aanasio)- icine oti eee elses eg ee eee 2 10@2 20 SHINGLES. Spruce eh emecementecre 1 25@r 50 | Cedar, sawed, extra.... 3 35 3.50 Pine, 18 in., extra...... 400 4 25 Clears Seen 3 00 (Pines Niosuerileteetesiins 3.00 315 xtra, UNO: eevee 2 50 Cypress, No. 1, 18 in... 5 00 THE CANADA LUNMBERMAMN 1 a OSWEGO, N.Y. - OSWEGO, N. a June 30.—Trade is fair. Prices are aa Box grades and better stocks are in good demand. WHITE PINE. | Three uppers, 1%), i and 2 inch Picki ings, No. x, cutting up, ‘ No. 2, cutting up, ‘ In strips, 4to8 =e selected for moulding strips, 14 to 16 ft. Se SIDING. 88888 8888 » © 88888 838 3 in siding, cutting up 1% inselected....... 35 and uppers. . 1¥ in dressing....... 19 1% in No. rculls.... 14 16 i in No. 2culls.... 12 13 min. No giculls...... 10 II IX12 INCH. Beemeiterth feck MM yu ys ae cela ce oie cle ee eee eines v's 20 2 12 and 16 feet, No. x and 2, barn boards...............-... 18 a2and 16 feet, dressing and better................-..200-5 26 emandexGtect, NO. 2 Cus eee ce ee ee eens 13 7 IXIo INCH. and 13 feet, mill run, mill culls out nd 13 feet, dressing and better...... cro, 14 to 16 “how [Pees oe eee 00 25 Ren RG) cit ee eee eee a oT? (EEE, AS GUESS Sa eee eee as to 16 feet, mill run mill cullsout....................-..- Seema feet, dressine and better...........02:---25--0ee ee 2 | to 16 feet, No. 1 culls to 16 feet, No. 2 culls.. . ill run, mill culls out. $20 o0@23 fore) and better.. 25 00 35 00 IX4 INCHES. Ig 00 27-00) | Nos2 culls. 2.2... 12 IX5 INCHES. 6, 7 or 8, No. rculls.. 15 21 oo | 6, 7 or 8, No.2 culls.. 13 98 88 88 8838888 88 888s 88 38 388 88838888388 8838 SHINGLES. MK, 18in. cedar... . 3 50 3 7, Clear butt, 18 in. cedar. 2 50 27 XX, 18 in. cedar . ... 190 200 X, 1B in pine....... F a pine, 18 in.. XXX, 26 in. pine...... 3 3 10 »50r 6in.. 4 50 5 00 LATH. PE in ten ~ = -'- = a ale Aon 5 karen OCenO tne 2 20 ore: 80 BUFFALO AND TONAWANDA, N.Y. _ TONAWANDA, N.Y., June 30.—The strike which com- _ menced here the early part of the month has had, as would _ be expected, an injurious effect upon business. Happily it is, at this writing, off, but the aftermath has not yet _ disappeared. Aside from this unfortunate circumstance conditions are healthy and a good summer’s trade is pretty well assured. ge x5 vhs 1% and 2 WHITE PINE. Shelving, No. x, 13 in and up,1in...... 31 00@32 00 Dressing, 1% in...... 24 00 25 00 14%x10 and 12...... 26 00 i? TP ER On cancion 24 00 Mit eect = 26 50 Mold = st’ps,1 to 2in.. 31 00 32 00 mo No. 1, toand 12 Bee oe seeks = 20 00 6 ad Painters ter - 20 00 No. 2, ro and 12 in. 16 50 17 00 tan an eee... <5. 16 00 No. 3, roand 12 in. 14 00 14 50 Grad Brio. > 13 50 Common, rin........ 16 00 18 00 1Y% and 1% in Bans 17 00 19 00 ei en EASE RB BAR 18 00 19 00 BOX. PEETOW ra ak eot cara oe 12 00@13 00 oy / ig OS ge ile a 13 00 on aw amen eat 13 50 EO WEP DIN eno a'clojasiotee a a» 14 00 SHINGLES. 4 00| 16in., *A extra...... 2 60 2 75 | 16in. clear butts..... 2 10 LATH. ET esos Sins «Foc op oie nfe'n,sivies cece vies eb, 2 25 ALBANY, N.Y. “ABBANY, N.Y., June 30.—The boom with which trade started off a month ago has hardly been maintained oughout the closing weeks of the month. Heavy ins have no doubt had something to do with this con- on hindering shipments somewhat. This point is 9 in close enough touch with New York to be affected, asurably at least, by the strikes of the bigger city. €ipts of new lumber have been rather slow to date, from this out supplies from Michigan and Canada are cted to be brisk. Stocks of dry pine are alarmingly Prices all round are firm. PINE. 10-in. common............. $15 $16 12-in. dressing and better... 28 34 vat Reno peat tir, 15 17 1o-in. plank, 13 ft., dressing c. c. and better, eac 43 10-in. ans 13-ft. culls, each 23 25 10-in. , 13 ft., dressing and better, eac ORO PL, 28 32 10-in. boards, 13-ft. culls. . 20 SHINGLES. ed Pine, ex. xx%x%..$4 35 $4 30 | Bound butts, €x 12 ....$5 90 $6 00 butts.......... 310 3 25 ihe 2 aa 2 15 2 30 ay a MSIE PANEER DD Sloss o.c0'e cove 220 2 30 ‘ LATH, Dorner crn e er cr cer ccress G2 25 | SYTUCE ees e reece cece ee rene 2 00 Sebi i ; = , “i SAGINAW, MICH. SAGINAW, MICH., June 30.—Lumbermen who are accustomed to weigh conditions carefully, and are not of those who talk without knowledge, do not hesitate to say that not in recent years has the lumber situation been more encouraging. Prices just now are certainly bullish, A member of the firm of Kimball & Merriam is reported to have said: “Usually we have a large quantity of lumber contracted ahead, but at present we have only about 250,000 feet. Lower grade stock is being eagerly sought, and prices have not only advanced, but the supply is not sufficient for the demand.” Green lumber is in stong demand, exceptionally so, a fact from which, placed alongside of other conditions, one can draw their own inference. FINISHING LUMBER—ROUGH. Uppers, 1, 1% and 1%...... 45 00'| Fine common, 1 in........... 32 00 2 Tilson osnoen AO dor eip.oetiic 6 1% and 1¥& in.. 34 00 Selects, 1 in r\&% and 1% Clear, % in Gees shipguemodassoneanadese Yo ANI ks Pa Ses Ae YIBING eas POR IAOs SOOO ADE DRG 32 Select, % in No.1, %in Ue Rae dacon noc) ob Oras YA Wie cobcboacdsonp 1 inabbes 22 TIMBER, JOIST AND SCANTLING. 2x4 to ToxIo, 12, 14 and 16 ft.$10 oo Oe) 1h nAph dodo e Ane obec 12 00 HST Cosad gan seo eto EaD Agar 12 00 EPein! OSs oouannoponee 13 00 For each additional 2 ft. add $1; r2 in. plank and timber $1 extra ; extra for sizes above 12 in. SHINGLES. SOM hin: Climax. 4. cass oe Broo! rinse (Cull) cee oma s lets 75 NOLO. BEE aaonmoear ono BAO PX NG em SHOMES ec taetete sic stein easy 2 00 EXONS Clinicians seins acters 2 25 Rea av ay stdate talents Tel veyayer nes I 25 TBiins- seine Cy Disses ceclsea se eee I 00 LATH. Lath, No. 2, W. pine, Norway 1 50 NEW YORK CITY. NEW YORK, June 30.—Lumber trade is being hin- dered by a number of labor strikes. The only one directly connected with the wood trades is the cabinet makers, but besides these are the granite workers and the tile pavers. Taken altogether they unsettle business, for one does not know just what shape these things take sometimes, or how far or where, they may spread. Despite these difficulties, however, a good average trade is being done indicative of a fairly whole- some condition in lumber business. Box boards are in good demand. WHITE PINE—WESTERN GRADES. Uppers, TEByEN SS Bend $44 o@s 5p 00)|| Boxsnitn ecco $15 50@14 00 1%, 1%and2in.... 46 00 47 00 eihickeraitrs tec 4 50 I5 00 grand Wasi, 22-212). 55 00 58,00 | Ccil’ 8 base, fig. No. x a 00 42 00 Selectssa-ini. terse 40 00 41 00 PS gba tesa 35 00 37 00 I in... all wide...... ALsOOw 4601/0) INGO. 63) nei (ee ester 24 00 26 00 1%, 1%4%and2in.... 43 00 44 00 Shelving INIOb a8 p apes 30 00 32 00 3) Zul vi Wace aoced MCs Fol) ING Basasosndesoc 25 00 27 00 Fine common, 1 in.. 36 00 37 00 Molding, IN@beideea ne 36 00 37 00 14%, 1%andzin.... 38 00 40 00 DP vodepancacse 34 00 36 00 Franc pimpin ene. cleus 46 00 48 00 Bevel sid, g, Clear.... 22 50 23 00 Cutting up, rin. No.1 28 00 30 00 Ch” etd dooa sabe 22 00 22 50 Nie) A Btonionganae 2I 00 23 00 INI@h! Bissannovapats 20 00 20 50 Thick, ING) heer 29 00 32 00 INGE Meh oc meeelenes 16 00 17 00 INOs RAY cpiciererninteietaee 24 00 26 00 Norway, ch and No. r 23 00 25 00 Common, No. 1, 10 INO eos raitelisstersrsVorie 20 00 22 00 Eilsier yelGonnosne 22 00 23 00 Conan Lp dant qoncns 18 00 19 00 LN topes Odin seme tb 20 00 21 00 I fas WME) oder co ewone: 17 00 18 00 Coffin boards.......- 20 00 22 00 PROTECTION TO A LOTTERY. The Quebec authorities are still fighting the several lotteries that have recently endeavored to do business in that province. The only one that is able to carry on business unmolested is what is known as the Province of Quebec Lottery, and which has been doing, so its. many patrons affirm, a square business for years. This par- ticular lottery is carried on not simply without the pro- tests, but it has the legislative sanction, of the Legisla- ture of Quebec. The case of the poor girl, Mary Donovan, of Montreal, who a month or so ago won the capital prize of $15,000, is one of the many instances referred to as evidence of the straightforward manner in which all promises made by this concern are kept. The drawings take place twice a month. TRADE NOTE. The Dodge Wood Split Pulley Co., of Toronto, advise us of a veritable ‘‘boom” in their rope transmission work among the big mills this season. They say that the millmen are fast finding out the merits of a rope drive for heavy powers, when put in under proper conditions and circumstances, and that the patronage which they are receiving is a fair evidence that the Dodge patents cover the secrets of the successful substitution of rope for belts in sawmill work. This company have in progress of manufacture at present drives to the extent of 1,900 h.p., which are replacing troublesome belts. They invite correspondence. SINE N ORMAIC Oil as a fuel is coming into more general use with each succeeding year. It gives excellent satisfaction. Flanged pulleys destroy many good belts. A properly rounded pulley will retain the belt on the centre. A belt ought only to have contact with the pulley face. A new form of fastener for woodwork, designed to take the place of nails or screws, has The device consists of a sharpened at the bottom, and driven like a nail into the wood across the joint to be fastened. been invented. small plate of corrugated steel vork down is In polishing, some workmen always oil their v first, but oiling afterwards and then rubbing said to be preferable, because when the work is oiled previous to wetting with water, certain amount of oily surface presented to the water, which renders the bite or grip of the wood to the polish less certain than if the first-mentioned plan is followed. there is a No one has any business to rivet a belt in the manu- facture. If rivets strengthened a belt the rubber belting man would use them. You can cement the plies of a leather belt so tightly that the latter will part anywhere but in the joint. A cemented belt beds itself to the pul- ley, over its entire surface; a riveted belt touches only in spots, as you can plainly see any time that a new riveted belt is started up. It is very poor economy to put in an engine of forty- horse power and connect it with the shaft that is to drive all the machinery, by a belt that is not able to transmit over twenty-horse power with a reasonable degree of tension. Yet we find plenty of just such cases, and the consequence is that such belts are strained up with binders to more than double what they should be. Then, the natural result is a broken belt every few days, and a new one much oftener than the proprietor is willing to pay for it. - The Scientific American, answering a query of the best way to preserve oak posts from rotting when in the ground, says: The cheapest process for preserving posts, and probably the best, is to soak the ends in a nearly saturated solution of sulphate of iron (1% lb. of the crystal sulphate to 1 gallon of water) for 24 hours. The most convenient arrangement of this work is to use a tight hogshead with one head out, set it on end and pour the solution in about 6 inches deep; then fill the hogshead with the posts. Repeat the operation each day until the required number of posts are treated. The setting can commence at once. Oak timber treated in this manner is known to have lasted 30 years in damp mines, where two years is its life without treatment. If the posts are pointed, the solution should be made deeper than 6 inches, so that when the hogshead is filled with posts the solution will rise to two feet in depth. Vulcanized rubber belts being unaffected by cold and heat are at the same time exceedingly pliable and elastic, while they offer strong resistance to humidity and chem- ical influences. A German technical journal says of this: To join narrow belts, both ends, having been put together at a right angle and provided with two rows of holes, are strapped together. With broad belts either a thin piece of leather or a piece of rubber belt is to be used on the back side, in order to strengthen the con- nection; the pieces used for this purpose ought to cor- respond in length to the width of the belt. and are to be sewed or riveted in place. In sewing them the belts — should be placed on a belt stretcher in order to avoid injury. The belts are materially improved and made more durable by applying the following coating: To equal parts of black lead and litharge boiled in linseed oil a sufficient quantity of lac is added to insure speedy drying. With such a coating rubber belts look as though polished. If, for some cause or other, the rubber should scale off, the belt is to be coated anew. If, owing to the effect of dust or other causes, the rubber belt should slide or become liable to slide, the inside is to be moistened with boiled linseed oil. Animal oils or tallow are entirely unfit for use in this connection. ee Lg) ST es = THE CANADA LUMBERMAN Jury, 1892 THE LUMBER TRADE ABROAD. A Sas of lumber rinaw dealer purchased 5,000,000 feet eastern markets. one time a rich sawmill Graves, at James owner, ha in Gravesvi Fire or planing in Woods, Jenks & Co.’s > lumber district of Cleveland, Ohio, caused about $200,000 damage. George Harmey, of Woodruff, a promin- ent lumberman who recently met financial reverses, drowned himself in the Wisconsin river. Lumber traffic through the ‘‘Soo” canal is In May, 1891, 46,829,000 feet of and in May, 1892, increasing. lumber passed through, 68,925,000. A cargo of mahogany is said to be floating Atlantic. It March 3tst last, since which time it has floated loose on the was abandoned thousands of miles. Hickory as lumber is exceedingly scarce in Though now rarely White ash the United States market. called for, it is more rarely found. of good fibre is generally used as a substitute. Water shipments from the Saginaw Valley, Mich., have fallen off nearly 11,000,000 feet since the beginning of the season as compared with last year. The railroads are rapidly driv- ing the vessel men out of business. At Genoa, Ark., a small station on the Cot- ton Belt Railroad, burglars entered the office of the Bodcaw Lumber Co., opened the safe and carried away $40,000 worth of the company’s stock, $12,000 worth of notes, and about $100 in cash. The famous big trees of North Carolina will be represented in the Forestry Building at Chicago by a colonnade of nine trunks, each twenty-five feet long, which are the gift of Mr. George Vanderbilt from his estate at Biltmore, near Asheville. On the 16th ult. fire did $25,000 damage to the mill of W. P. Mershon and Co., north of Saginaw, Mich. It caught in the boiler room and destroyed the cutting mill, dry kiln and 750,000 feet of lumber. It required heroic work to save the docks and the adjoining prop- erty. The loss is about half covered by insur- ance. Lumber is the largest of any single manufac- turing enterprise of the United States. The 750,000,000, and about 3,000,000 people contribute to it their capital invested in it equals labor and look to it for their support. manufactured output of the American sawmills alone equals the marvelous annual yield of $500,000,000 greater than all the gold, silver, copper, lead, iron and coal mines of this great nation. The Timber Trades Journal, London, Eng., says the houses of Cape Town, Africa, are built of brick, because frame houses soon succumb to the fierce southeasterly winds and the intense heat of the summer. The timber used for the construction of the old Dutch buildings was mostly teak, brought from India. At the pres- ent time most of the timber is imported from Sweden and Norway, with considerable pine from Florida. There are no forests worthy of the name within 400 miles of Cape Town, and only one in the entire Cape Colony. The Manchester Ship Canal Company, Eng- land, is making preparations for landing space to accommodate the timber and lumber trade, between Eastham and Rancorn. At Ellsmere port, the terminus of the Shropshire Union canal, vessels drawing 26 feet of water can safely land their cargoes. lumber can be distributed nearly throughout Cheshire, Shropshire, and in many other places in North Wales. Weaver with the ship canal an enormous water At the junction of the river space is being reserved as a timber pond, which will be used for the storage of logs. The | From this point | . ; Lake Superior points for the | WANTED AND FOR SALE Advertisements will be inserted in this department at the rate of r5 cents per line each 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. Adver- tisements must be received not later than the 27th of each month to insure insertion in the following issue. , WANTED TO BUY OOD CANADIAN TIMBER LIMITS AND Georgian Bay saw logs. Address, BEN BIRD- | SALL, Whitney Building, Detroit, Mich. FOR SALE T KINGSTON FOUNDRY & MACHINERY ve Co. (Limited), two Sawmill Engines, cylinders 13 x 21, fly-wheel g ft. 6 in. drain, driving pulley 7 ft. x 8 in. face—new—at a bargain. WORTHINGTON COMPOUND STEAM PUMP FOR SALE. TEAM CYLINDER i2 AND 18% INCHES diameter; water cylinder, 10% inches; length of stroke, 10 inches; speed, 75 to 125; capacity, 530 to 890 gallons per minute; 2%-inch steam; 3% exhaust; 8-inch suction; 7-inch discharge; capacity, 4 to 6 good fire streams. This pump supplied the city of Brantford for several years satisfactorily for fire and domestic supply when its population was over 10,000. It is in thorough order and will do equally as good service as when new. For prices and further particulars address WATEROUS ENGINE WORKS CO., Brantford, Canada. TOGRE NA. ARGE PLANING MILL WITH EXCEP- tional facilities. Railway switch into premises. Also Flat, with or without power, steam-heated, suit- able for all kinds of woodwerking. Apply J. F. CANNIFF, 36 Toronto St., Toronto. WHITE BIRCH AND SOFT ELM WANTED. UMBERMEN HAVING 1-IN. RED BIRCH and r-in. dry Soft Elm, firsts and seconds, for sale, please communicate with W. W. BROWN, 202 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y. WANTED. SAWERS AND FILERS O SEND ME THEIR ADDRESS, AND I will send free instructicns on hammering saws that is certified to be worth from $50 to $100. J. H. MINER, Bioxi, Miss. E WANT ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS. Will pay cashe ROBERT THOMSON & CO., 103 Bay Street, Toronto. OR HEMLOCK, DIMENSION LUMBER, hardwood flooring, cedar shingles, piles, sawdust, etc., write J. E. MURPHY, lumberman, Hepworth station, Ont. ARDWOOD LUMBER BOUGHT, SOLD OR received on consignment. TUCKER DAVID, lumber commission merchant, 202 Eleventh Ave., N.Y. SMM MITIL, INAS, Ja ANC. EVERAL THOUSAND FEET “T” RAILS, 10 and 20 Ibs. to the yard. A large quantity of flat strap rail for tramways. 20 pair wheels and axles, all in good second-hand condition, very cheap TOHN J. GARTSHORE, 49 Front Street West, Toronto. ENGINE AND PLANER FOR SALE 20 TO 25-H.P. LEONARD ENGINE AS GOOD as new, is at present running sawmill, cutting Also a 24 inch Would exchange A 5,000 to 8,000 per day of ten hours. planer and matcher in good order. planer for a large engine. ROBT. BELL, JR., Box 35, Hensall, Ont. WILLIAM FOSTER Lumber and Commission Merchant RECEIVER AND FORWARDER OF LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES . .. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED... OWEN SOUND, ONT. J.D. SHIBR MANUFACTURER OF Lumber, Lath & Shingles BRAGEBRIDGE, ONT. Cc.A LARKIN 93.95 97 NIAGARA CATALOGUE TIMBER BERTH FOR SALE Bes NO. 35, CONTAINING 36 SQUARE miles, situated on French River, within about twelve miles of Georgian Bay. There is a large creek and other smaller streams crossing the same which empty into the French, and containing large quantities of Pine Timber. Has never been lumbered on. Apply to EXECUTORS OF JOHN BROWN (deceased) Room No. 8, Drake Building, Easton, Pa. SHINGLE MILL FOR SALE SITUATION : The Tretheway Falls Shingle Mill is new, built 1891, on the South Branch of the Muskoka River, 5 miles from Bracebridge, near South Falls switch N. & N. W. R.R. With the mill are 5 acres of land, large board- ing house, team horses, wagon, sleighs, etc., etc., in fact complete equipment for mill and lumber camp. MACHINERY : Consists of Little Giant Leffel Wheel (60 horse power), Boss Shingle Machine, Jointer, Splitter, Drag, Butting and Knot Saws; Endless Chain Burner, Bull Wheel, etc., etc. Building is 30x 40 heavy frame, with room and shafting placed for second shingle machine. Belt- ing complete and everything in good running order. Circular saw could be added with small expense. TIMBER: Is abundant for 50 miles above the mill on the waters of the South Branch—many townships being yet owned by the government—besides thousands of acres of deeded pine, four or five thousand acres of which can be bought immediately. There is also about 400,000 feet of timber at mill which can be purchased with it, so that buyer can commence cutting at once. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN, The estate must be wound up, and will bear the clos- Toronto, Ont. est examination. For further information, address NEW & 2 ER ( ILLUSTRATED 4 -VOL | E VAS H W.PETRIE = \ aA TORONTO,CANADAD Thin NORTH SHORE NAVIGATION GO. ROYAL MAIL LINE To Sault Ste. Marie and Georgian Bay Ports STRS. CITY OF MIDLAND, CITY OF LONDON, FAVORITE AND MANITOU Running in connection with the G.T.R. and C.P.R., will sail as follows :— The CITY OF MIDLAND and CITY OF LONDON will leave Collingwood every Tuesday and Friday on arrival of G.T.R. morning trains from Toronto and Hamilton, calling at Meaford. Leave Owen Sound same days at 10.30 p.m. after arrival of C.P.R. train from Toronto, connecting at Wiarton with night train from the south, and calling at intermediate ports to Sault Ste. Marie. Steamer FAVORITE will leave Collingwood Mon- days and Thursdays after arrival of morning trains for Parry Sound, Byng Inlet, French River and Killarney, connecting there with above line of steamers for the **Soo.’’ Returning will make close connection at Midland on Wednesdays and Saturdays with trains for the south and steamer MANITOU for Parry Sound. Steamer MANITOU will make regular trips from Penetanguishene, connecting with trains from the south, only at Midland on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday for Parry Sound, connecting there with Steamer FAVORITE for Byng Inlet, French River and Killarney, where connection is made with above ‘‘ Soo ’’ line of steamers. For tickets and further information apply to any agents G.T.R. or C.P.R., or to C. E. STEPHENS, W. J. SHEPPARD, Sec.-Treas., Collingwood Manager, Waubaushene WHEN YOU BUY SORIBNER'S LUMBER AND LOG BOOK You get the best, most complete and useful table bock for the measurement of Lu ma berant Wess Ever Published. Over One Million Sold - - Calculations are given showing the number of feet board measure contained in various sizes of logs by DOYLE’S RULE, besides many other tables useful for lumbermen and others. Mailed to any address on receipt of 35 CENTS. Address THE CANADA LUMBERMAN, Toronto, Ont. erie Wi sl op ee il RAILROAD FROM Port Auron and Detroit Is the Short Line to SAGINAW AND BAY GITY (Centres of the vast lumber interests of Michigan) KT. PLEASANT, GLARE, REED CITY BALDWIN, LUDINGTON, MANISTEE AND MILWAUKEE AND MANITOWOC, WIS. The last two named are reached by the Company’ line of Steamships across Lake Michigan. The line thus formed is a short and direct route from NEW YORK MONTREAL BUFFALO TORONTO to ST. PAUL, DULUTH and Pacific Coast points. Write either of the undersigned for Folders, which contain Maps, Train Schedules and a great deal of in- formation of value to those contemplating a trip to any of the above-mentioned points. W. H. BALDWIN, JR., W. F. POTTER, General Manager. Gen’l. Sup't. A. PATRIARCHE, Traffic Manager. SAGINAW, MICH. The MONARGH BOILER GENERAL OFFICES: - Surpass portable Portable from 6 to 70 horse power. steam power heretofore produced for strength, durabil- ity, compactness and the ease with which they can be moved. The 70 horse power can be taken over the roughest roads, or into the forest, and set upas easily and quickly as an ordinary 20 horse power portable engine, and as firm as a brick-set stationary engine. Engines and boilers of every size and description. Rotary Saw Mills, Shingle and Lath Machines, Saw Grinders, Planers, etc. Mill machinery and supplies of every description. Every boiler insured against explosion by the Boiler Insurance & Inspection Co. of Canada. Write for circulars. ROBB ENGINEERING CO., LTD. Successors to A. ROBB & SONS, Amherst Foundry and Amherst, N.S. Machine Works. ESTABLISHED OVER 40 YEARS. J. J. TURNER .. Sail, Tent and Awning Maker .. 251 George St. and 154 King St. PETERBOROUGH Canoe, Yacht and Boat Sails made to order. Fits Guaranteed. Every description of Lumbermen’s Supplies and Waterproof Clothing. Roahester Bros. : > COMMISSION AGENTS Limits bought and sold on commission. _ Limits tray- elled 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. Communications confidential. 36 Rochester St. Ortawa E. STEWART, DLs. Timber LImrkts IN ONTARIO, MANITOBA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED OFFICE, 24 MANNING ARCADE KING ST. WEST ‘POR ONE G4 @ivigae Perfect References given. eee ameaeaaeeaacaaaaaacaaaacaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamaaacacaaaaaaaamasacaammaaiamaaaaa Juty, 1892 DUPLEX STEAM PUMP RISE IVA EN LB THe CANADA. LUMBERMAN WHY NOT + NA deg Xo) © horn bt 1) OR SP TRE NOAA PLACE: YOU ORDER FOR A PUMP Kk WITH THE NORTHEY MFG. GO. Me emo Representative Lumber Manufacturers ane Dealers | Railway, Express, or Lown |nearest Shipping Point| Name BUSINESS imei ut... . -. ME teepr Ae eee las onc oic.c Booth, [PBR eno Neuctieters Sens citeires nhews WwW Peieealee and Retail. eee Ottawa, Ont.......... ORCA wane aoe sinieissic.e Bronson & Weston Lumber Co..... 2 Saw mills, White and Red Pine, Wholesale .... Ottawa, Ont.......... OS: Seer eee JOTTAWA LUMBER CO......... | Lumber, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Wholesale.... Ottawa ut. 2... 5... CS eee, See ee oer Perley GHEALLCE ete cients ctensl cere Saw and Lath Mill, Pine, Wihtolesalenmenenner Parry Sound, Ont..... Up ec RRA ae Conger Lumber Co............ Lumber, Wholesale and Retail...............-. Parry Sound, Ont..... Parry Sound.......... |Parry Sound LumberCo......... Saw, Shingle and Lath Mills, Pine, Wholesale. . Muskoka Mills, Ont...|Penetanguishene...... ‘Muskoka Mill and Lumber Co., Head|W. Pine Lumber, Lath and Bill Stuff, all lengths. | Office, Arcade, 26 King st. w. , Toronto Alexandria, Ont....... Alexandria: ....20-%.. McPherson, Schell & Co. Cheese Box Factory, Pine, Spruce, Cedar ... Almonte, Ont......... IEE. os sence 8 .|Caldwell, Ane Sonten = ; .|Sawmill, Pine, Lumber, Hemloc k, Hz urdwoods Rearse, Ont. .... 02... ptRRE o= 5's. aa nes ss Dymond MUICKIC F< cr chess) te Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, ‘Cedar, Hardwoods... Barrow Bay, Ont...... MARTON Sosdc ties \s/0.c10 Barrow Bay Lumber Co., Limited . .|/Saw, Shingle and Heading Mill, Pine, Cedar } Oak, Oak Railway Ties, Paving Blocks a Blind River, Ont...... |Blind River.... ./Blind River LumberCo......... 2 Saw, Sh. and Lath Mls., Pine, Hem., Bl. Birc h Bobcayzeon, Ont...... \Fenelon Falls........ Boyd, Mossom & Co........... amber! Wholesale and Retai Ae ett Bracebridge, Ont Bracebridge...... DOLLAR JAMES 2... se sci o ss Lumber, Shingles, Wholesale .................. Barrie, Ont....... LE PUIBGETONUGKONS «Ss 2c -5 c.<% 6.0 i 6. os Lumber, Wholesale and Retail........... Byng Inlet, Ont.. 3 0 tterson ...... ..|\Georgian Bay Consolid. Lumber Co.|Sawmili, Pine, Hemlock, Birch ...............5 Calabogie, Ont......../C Calabogie ... - . Carswell, Thistle & McKay...... Lumber, Wholesale and Retail................. Callander, Ont........ Callander, G.T.R. John B. Smith&Sons ......... White and Red Pine Lumber, Bill Stuff, Lath Head Office, Strachan Ave., Toronto} and Shingles............-...:2eseeeeeee Collins Inlet, Ont...... Collins Inlet. . Sues. -: Collins Inlet LumberCo......... Lumber, Pine, Oak, Ash, Birch, Whol. and Ret. Comber, Ont.......... Comber. 20.2 .. PLAINS HC ibis SIO « « c.cle sc cls c Saw and Stave Mill, Pine, Hardwoods.......... Glammis, Ont..... Pinkerton ..... -(Mcintyre, LoS Fe Se ec Saw, Shingle and Lath Mill, Timber Lands, | Hemlock, Pine, Lumber, Hardwoods......... Hamilton, Ont........|Hamilton..... .. BRADLEY, MORRIS & REID CO. .|Lum., Tim., Pine, Hem., Hwds., Whol. and Ret. Huntsville, Ont.... Huntsville... . ..... Heath, Tait ana Tumibull .< :.. - Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hardwoods... Hamilton, Ont........ Huntsville and Katrine Thomson, ROMEE Mi CO nm seis stele: Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods............. Keewatin, Ont.. ..|Keewatin...... . Dick, Banning COs ot alse slie ee Sawmill, Pine, Hardwoods, Wholesale.......... Keewatin, Ont........|Keewatin..... : Keewatin Lumber & Mfg.Co..... Saw, Lath, Sh. and Pl. Mill, Moving Posts, Pine Lakefield, Ont.... WiioMield ..5:..+.5... Lakefield Lumber Mfg. Co. ...... L umber, Wholesale and Retail one a Little Current, Ont....|Sudbury. . MIDHATMON PIPNOCtLisie, lcs) cle ots 0 > obs Sawmill, Pine, Ash, Birch, Oak, Wholesale. . Little Current, Ont... .| Sudbury........ Pa CONAN Ay ekOer Jia tals ate es» .|Saw mill, Pine, Ash, sich AOalen tren ebeatnce Little Current, Oni... .|Sudbury .|Howry, J. W. &Sons..... .|L umber, Wholesale and Retail................- London, Ont. |London... Oris PAMMIES arlene of a enone eee o Exp. and dlr. in Am. Hwds, mz ade to specification Longford Mills, Ont. ..|Longford . Longford Lumber Co........... Saw and Plan. Mill, Hemlock, Hardwds., Whol. Mount Forest, Ont. Mount Forest. NGTERUSICES Writs ere retectcls sta whe > ic Cherry, White Ash, Hardwoods, Wholesale..... Norman, Ont..........|Norman.... Cameron & Kennedy........... Saw and Plan. Mill, Tim. Lands and Logs, Pine/S Norman, Ont... -|Norman... Minnesota & Ontario Lumber Co. -|Lumber, Wholesale and Retail................. Louise, Ont...... _.|Elmwood, G.T.R.. Ss oa AIBOM Gr SOM is) + leisiclc so) 6 611 Hardwoods, Shingles, Lath, Handles........... Toronto, Ont....... .|Toronto .|\Campbell, A. H. &Co....... a WerimberawWinolesalet-rr tects sseeire)svrsiserasoleisers aries Toronto, Ont...... apOTONIO........-. NE pie GRCUMANE cette le fele tele al umbers Wholesales. ata ccincsteetecoieies seats clones Toronto, Ont.......... Toronto .... Donen @ Oliverivac G seeictwvicls ss umber Wholesale neers ys eerihrio deo eames Toronto, Ont...... ..| Toronto Victoria Harbor LumberCo....... 3 Saw, Shingle and Lath Mills, White Pine, Whol. Toronto, Ont.... ..|Toronto W. N. McEachren &Co........ rb umber, Wihtolesal evr tl ai ote cts vl cc sacseweee Toronto, Ont...... .|\Toronto James Tennant & Co.......... Lumber, Lath, Shingles, etc., Wholesale........ Wiarton, Ont..........|Wiarton MSH Preis as ste s! oiicr'e ch ol cise e) 3 Saw mills, IL umber, Barrel Heads............. Buckingham, Que.....|Buckingham.... LB aE, S 6 haa Potaeeoe Pickoms 2 Sawmills, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods .......... Chaudiere Mills, Que. . |Chaudiere Stn. \Breakey, John......... -|Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods, Wholesale. . Cookshire, Que........|Cookshire. .. _,|Cookshire Mill Co. Saw, Shingle, Planing, Stave and Heading Mill. Montreal, Que .|Montreal.... ,|Dufresse, O. Jr. & Frere........ Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hdwds., Whol. Montreal, Que.... Montreal... Roberts, Joseph & Fils......... Saw and Planing Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds, } Int. Fin, Spruce, Hardwoods, Wholesale...... Montreal, Que Montreal... |ISHEARER & BROWN ......... 4 Sawmills, Oak, Ash, Elm, Pine, Hem., Dim... Moodyville, B.C New Westminster. |MOODYVILLE SAWMILL CO. .|Sawmills, P. Fin, Spruce, Cedar, Hardwoods... New Westminster, B.C.| New Westminster. |Brunette Sawmill Co.......... Saw and Planing Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds, | Fir, Cedar, Spruce, Hardwoods.............. Canterbury, N.B James Morrison & Son......... Sawmill) Pines Hardwoodsee-. sevice a. cise Bridgewater, N.S.. |\DAVIDSON, E.D. &SONS...... 5 Saw, Shgle. and Lath Mills, Pine, Spr., Hwds. Lumbermen desirous of being represented in this Directory can obtain information in regard to rates by communicating with the Publisher. .|Steam, Circular, Power, Style and Daily Capacity -|Steam, Circular and Band Mill Water, Gang and Band, 450m Wat. , Gang and Band, Saw 4oom, | FSH Lath jom Water, Gz ing, Circular, Saw gom, Shin; gles 7om, Lath 30m 2 Mills, Water, 1 Band, 2 and 3 Circulars. Gangs |Ci ircular, 3m 4om Steam, Circular, Steam, Circular, 16m | Stm., Band, Cir., S. 75m, Sh. 60m SR BB boda One OrOE etn AB OR aOnEe | e .... MANUFACTURERS OF .... Steam, 2 Circular, 80m Steam, Circular, 6m Steam, Cir., Saw 14m, Sh. 2 Gharcoal Iron Ghilled RAILROAD WHEELS NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE BUILDING, MONTREAL Works: LAGHINE, QUEBEC We make a specialty of Wheels suitable for the re quirements of Lumbermen and Street Car Service, can supply them Bored, Finished and Balanced. Steam, Circular, 25m | Steam, Circular, 4m Steam, Circular Water, Band and Circular, room 25m Steam, Circular, 25m Com. Stm., Com. Com. Steam and Water, Circular, Port- Cir., Gang and Band, 140m ’ 7 14 able and Stationery, rom Circular, Gang and Band, 180m Water, Gang, 150m Steam, Circular and Gang, 60m Steam, Circular and Band, som Steam, Circular, 200m and GORRESPONDENGE SOLICITED 2 Stm., 2 Wat., Band, Cir., Steam, Circular, 20m Steam, Gang and Circular 4om Steam, Circular, 38m Water, Circular a Gang, 200m | OAK TANNED BEL TORONTO 20 FRONT ST EAST TELEPHONE 475 THE J.C.MfLAREN BELTING C2 montreac 14 THE CANA DA® 2 UMS EOMCzAs JuLy, 1892) 5 The Dodge Patent System Rope Transmission of Power Millmen having trouble with large belts by slipping and loss of power should write us for information on our Patent Rope Drive System Thousands of horsepower in use in the largest and most modern mills. contract for the complete erection of Drives of any power. 10,000 Wood S We plit Belt Pulleys always in stock for immediate shipment. DODGE WOOD SPLIT PULLEY 83 KING ST. WEST, TORONTO THE: AMERIGAN : LUMBER = YARD HAMBURG, GERMANY, Pemerican <)> Wood Goods ADDRESS: CARL GARTNER, Agent HAMBURG HAMBURG OFFERS THE BEST FACILITIES FOR YARDING AND SELLING Ail KINDS OF S222 SS ROSENBACHER & Co. Bankers, ROBIN & SADLER \ MANUFACTURERS OF ie i Ain, i (ce . ‘ 4 — ft) SS 6 hip ee PR << MOAT REAL TORONTO 2518 &2520 NOTREDAME S129 BAY ST. 4z Send for sample of our new SAWMILL BELT ea The Rathbun Gompany-2 oO GQ _LESERONTO, ONT. Doors, Sash, Blinds, Stairs And all kinds of House-Finishing Materials GE DAE @iae fom i tren m]4 Sentence CoRRESPONDENCE SOLICITED SSILF-LIBREM ; DORs WENe SP a ue aaiie The (seorgian Bay ssc a Gonsotcatee ia 60 Man PINE LUMBER, m SIE, SHINGLES Shipments by Vessel or Rail ano LATH Adaress_ WAUBAUSHENE, Ont. or 24 King St. West, TORONTO Drummond, MoGall & 60. MANUFACTURERS No ANI-FR OF THE ONLY TON METAL Wi ADAPTED TO EVERY CLASS OF MACHIN- ERY READILY MELTED AND DOES Not DE- TERIORATE OR CRYSTALIZE BY RE- MELTING 50 PER CENT. LESS FRICTION THAN OTHER METALS INCREASES MOTIVE POWER SAVES 60 PER CENT. IN OIL DOES NOT HEAT OR CUT STANDS THE HIGHEST RATE OF SPEED ITs SPECIFIC GRAVITY IS II.49 CRUSHING RESISTANCE 112 TONS Drummond, McCall & ©. TORONTO OFFICE: 71 ADELAIDE ST. EAST A. M. COLQUHOUN, Timber Limits Hone Nee TO. UN cok oe ries n Pin mit end ee tig ular tS LEON: ARD G. LITTLE, Room 13, Temple Building, Montreal. REPRESENTATIVE Montreal, Que. Planing Mill for Sale CPs won the latest improved m: ing order. The fac s hig ae we ell w achin ae n first- ry oie < TIO, the ood- working mac aes i ees Wo ae well oe ap. One-third cash, bareeek wood mber. Fo r further pa ars a ss “PLANING MILL,” Care of CANADA LUMBERMAN Jury, 1892 THE CANA DA LUMBER WEA A. SMITH CO., LUT ED=——— ST. CATHARINES, ONT. Sole Manufacturers _— The “SIMONDS” g The “LEADER” 9 aD CIRCULAR SAWS CROSS-CUT SAWS | THE LEADER a THE BEST SAWS IN THE WORLD EE : Wone Genuine without our Trade Mark OUR HAND SAWS suisse": RAPMRING PRONPLY ATENDED 1 Rl NAV Nv W ESTABLISHED 1855 . Price List and Discounts on application . We Manufacture SkWS of every description. Rriso GUTTING-BOX Agee _ TORONTO | ithographing (0. [:ITHOGRAPHERS & -APALUGHTOR GHISEL-BT SHS | | THE CHAMPION STAVE, HEADING AND SHINGLE MAGHINES | Torovrs. ENGRAVERS fileiiaeeaea PETER (sERLAGH & (0. EACH PLUG OF THE Spt Myrtle Navy Pr = | IS MARKED aTiSaas IN BRONZE LETTERS se |e ap AND MARINE. MILLS, = manufactories and merchandise a specialty. Tele- N Ot G phone at my expense. O n € & r e i] U | e€ R. CUNNINGHAM, Guelph. A. ALLAN, Presipent . O. GRAVEL, SEcRETARY-TREASURER F. SCHOLES, Ma G Director Canadian Rubber Company OF MONTRBAL sss 5 A NOUN GE RU Cee Our Rubber Belting is SAWS Unequalled in ee PATENTEES AND eR Ee IN CANADA ubber >¢amless peubber vreneand “Seamless Tube iia Belting (TOT eee === 1]09se HEAD OFFICE AND FACTORY: MONTREAL - - J. J. McGILL, Manager Western Branch: Cor. Front and Yonge Sis ORONTS Dee ei Ae eee, IVLAN AGH: Sole Agents and Manufacturers of the Forsyth Patent JuLy, 1892 WHOLESALE DEALERS IN OFFICE Nos. 213, 214 and 215 = Board of Trade Building FP oronio: Onis Mr Bos GG SIXTEEN REASONS, AND HOW TO AVOID THEM BAND SAWS BREAK Being instructions to filers on the care of large band saw blades used in the manufacture of lumber. A book filled with valuable mformation on the care of band saws. Giving the reasons for breaking: analyzing edch reason; giving instructions to dispense with the causes as laid down in each reason; and full details on filing and brazing. The proper styles of hammers to use are illustrated and described, and views of blades showing the blows of the different styles of hammers form an important part of the illustrations. Improper and unequal tension are then treated, and the manner of properly setting irregular teeth is described. In connection with the treatise is a his- tory of the invention, manufacture and use of the saw from its origin to the present time. The work in whole makes an accumulation of information such as has never before been published. The book is printed on fine paper, good clear type, and is handsomely and sub- stantially bound in cloth. It will be sent to any address on receipt of the price, ONE DOLLAR. Address— CANADA LUMBERMAN, Toronto, Ont. NO ROYALTY NO DELAYS TELEPHONES 4 NO MISTAKES FOR PUBLIG AND PRIVATE LINES - - - » NO RENTAL FEES ALL INSTRUMENTS SOLD OUTRIGHT ESTIMATES CAREFULLY MADE FOR TELEPHONE OUTFITS C. A. MARTIN & CO.., 765 Graig St., MONTREAL J. G. AINSILE “MAITLAND, RI RIXON & CO. OWEN SOUND, ONT. Saw Millers and Lumber Dealers All kinds of Building Material kept in stock LONG BILE STUFF IN ROGK ELM, PINE, CEDAR AND HENLOG Quotations furnished on application Napanee Gement Works MANUFACTURERS OF AAYDRAULIC CEMENT Endorsed by Oven Leading Railways and Contractors ROACA LIME FOR BUILDING, PLASTERING, GAS PURIFYING, PAPER MAKING, ETC. “(GALT MaGniNc KNIFE WORKS | i il | WwW. STODART WE MAKE A... .. SPECIALTY OF Particularly adapted for Dams, Smoke Stacks, Foundations, Culverts, Cisterns, Cellars, etc. MACHINE KNIVES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR Planing, Moulding and Stave Cutting —s=Sjeracl sfere ISsSicS IAS Se HAY, GARR THE RATHBUN GOMPANY ... MANUFACTURERS OF SOROS soy! TERRA COTTA 2 FIRE-PROOFING Absolutely Fire-proof Deadens Noise Endorsed by leading Architects Does not Crack on application of Heat or For use in Old and New Buildings Water Bynes PE \SNAIENSSASS a ISS About as Cheap as Wood or Brick SNS Ae SAS Weight one-third that of Brick ..... Gives Warmth in Winter ; Coolness in Summer THE {)etiane e Planer Matcher “¢ MOUICGF HIS machine is of an improved design and can be used for rapid matching, surfacing or The cylinder is of forged steel, the boxes ie nll [| i sal ee “a | fine panel work in either hard or soft wood. being seven inches long. A pressure bar is on each side of the cylinder, thereby enabling the machine to do first-class work. It has two speeds for feeding, one for pine and the other for hardwood. Both top and bottom rolls are four inches in diameter, and all the four are driven by heavy gearing, thus ensuring a reliable feed. The matcher spindles are of steel. The side heads move up and down with the bed, and each head can be moved backwards and forwards by means of screws and crank at side of machine. SEND FOR PRICE AND ANY FURTHER INFORMATION TO... A.W. PETRIE {41 TO 145 FRONT ST. W., TORONTO Dealer in all kinds of New and Second-hand Machinery - J Jury, 1892 ‘THE CAN ADA LUMBERMAN 17 The BAND MILL TENSEI SEER EEEnennenetaee ema Fras Gertainly Gome to Stay And you will be wise to intelligently and carefully investigate, when you will be sure to find : Patented in Canada, Feb., 1892 U.S., July, 1891 I. That all the new mills in the States of 20,000 capacity uf are Band Mills. ’ 2. That Band Mills are replacing gangs and circulars in old mills. That they produce 8 to 15 per cent. more Iumber than the circulars from the same logs. 4. Lumber is truer, less waste, nearer size, saving freight and dressing. 5. As economical as the gang, with all the cutting advantages of the circular. 6. CAPACITY AS GREAT AS THE CIRCULAR. 7- With improved automatic tools saws are no more difficult to manage than gangs or circulars. THINK Ae MOMENT | ARN OPT Jol ate If the above statements are correct, can , | you afford to continue as you are? Will not the investment of $2,000 to $3,000 in a Band Mill be one of the best investments you can make? Will it not return more than its cost in cutting the first season’s stock and be a source of continual profit ? Se - -— | _ Fraving Decided to No. 2 BAND MILL Purchase a Band Mill 8-foot Wheels, 10-inch and 12-inch Saws Uy NWN AA oe SN We would refer you to the claims we make for our Band Mill E HAVE SOLD BAND MILLS TO THE FOLLOW- SPECIAL POINTS TO NOTE: ING PARTIES : 1. 6 STEEL COLUMNS connecting upper and lower plates in place of ONLY ONE. NO. | MILLS Spreads the strain over more surface, and gives greater rigidity, having an upper H er F r it F t : H connecting plate in addition to the usual lower one. eve BEeUre ac Ory . anover 2. WHEELS LESS THAN 1% FEET APART, while in other mills the usual dist- Jones Bros. - S - W 1arton ance is from 4% feet in the shortest to 7% fet in the longest. T 7 : : 3. REDUCED COST IN SAWS, 8 to 15 feet being saved on each saw. W ‘ ». Greensides 7 é M ount Forest 4. BESIDES A SAVING IN COST, the short saw brings the bottom of log where it T a comes in contact with saw (in our mill) 5 feet from where saw leaves the upper N 7 = E = W : >. Low ndes Gaspe wheel. In ordinary mills it is 8 feet to 12 feet, or longer. The further the point Robt Thackery = Sparks St Ottawa of the saw that comes in contact with the log is from the upper wheel, the more ; a Ea i Ss ’ readily it gives to the pressure applied, creating a tendency to run back on the Chas. kK reultziger ~ - H eidelberg lower wheel, while it remains stationary on the upper wheel. When this occurs the saw is buckled at the log or broken at the upper wheel. The advantage in NO. 2 MILLS favor of this trouble not occurring is, in our mills over other mills, fully 50 per T : per cent. in our favor. This enables us also to run the saw on the No. 2 Mill un- 7. W ° Buchanan = Perry Station, M.C.R.R. der a tension of 3,600 Ibs., being 700 to goo Ibs. Jess than ordinary. The great j ns . advantage of getting nearer to the upper wheel can be further illustrated by R. & W. Conway > Aylmer, Ole. trying to run a belt off at the delivering pulley, and then try to run it off at the receiving pulley, and note the difference. WHILE DOING AWAY with outer bearing to wheels to gain the advantage of 5. WA i a RO¢ ‘ S bringing wheels closer together, we secure the same effect by bringing the inner 5 bearing in each instance to the centre of the wheel, the line of greatest strain, by coring out hub of wheel. Bearings ‘of wheel shafts are 18 to 19 inches long and f T bo R extra heavy. B A N O D 6. HEAVY TRIANGULAR FRAME supporting upper wheel and shaft, giving what is equal to a 4-foot bearing on the front centre column, making binding impos- sible when adjusting the tension. Most sensitive tension, power adjustment to upper guide, and many other features common to all mills. ; : THE CANADA JULY, 1892 _ IMPROVED IRON FRAME _ WITH EBNDLESS GHAIN DRIVEN BY INTERNAL FRICTION LOG JACK 4b THE most powerful and smoothest- running Jack Works made. Easy to place in mill. Can be placed on mill floor or on timbers underneath the floor. No crossed belt is required. Can be stopped or started instantly i, without a jar. F. REDDAWAY & Co. MANUFACTURERS OF 14 1811bs. G IN, ENGLISH Oak DouBLe LEATHER -_7,522 ALSO MANUFACTURER S OF LINEN. FIRE. HOSE - MAN CHESTER, 3: 57 St Frs. XAVIER St THOS. WHALEY, President The al Liner 6 (p(), nite White Ping Lumber, Bill Stuff, Lath and Shingles Also HARDWOOD LUMBER All Orders promptly attended to First-class facilities for Shipping COREE SPOMDHINCGCH SOLteIased® A. G ROSS'6eG@ Real Estate, Fire and Life Insurance SHIPPING AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS . TIMBER LIMITS AND FARMING LANDS A SPECIALTY... . NBW WESTMINSTER, BG. Box 273 BREAKING Strain 6-In.“Camew HAIR BELT 5a Srat: W.E. HUTCHINSON, Sec.-Treas. va c oe CABLE “ROS CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED MADE IN if oe ai ZZ J. DRAKE BELLEVILLE, 2 ti TORONTO AGENCY OF The Rathbun 60. ——— Are open to Purchase —— Oak, Ash, Birch fsasswood and Good Pine Lumber Gedar and Pine Shingles WANTED Saw MILLS Little Belt and Rocky Mountains ALONG LINE OF GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY Manufacturers having such for sale are municate with invited to com- | For particulars write J. M. HUCKINS 4 Palmer House Block, Toronto or E. J. WHITNEY Gen. Pass. Agent, St.. Paul,-Minn. T. W. WALKER, Agent AVSPSLSD SACS) Office Cor. Spadina Ave. and Front Street important’ to | (JMA BER MEN aid aluto use ° LEATHER BELTING --, You all use more or less Leather Belting, and are naturally interested in knowing where to get the very best article—that which will give you the least trouble either in stretching crooked or tearing at the lace holes. ine easy on the pul- *<(F_E. Dixon & 60.’s Union Tanned isc sere well stretched and cannot be surpassed for strength and durability. Send tor discounts. Our hand-book on leather belting mailed free on application. ROUND PLAITED BELTS FROM 3-8 INGH TO 1-2 INGH yor messe sw FE, DIXON & 60. PATENT WIRE LACING 70 King St. East, Toronto Belting runs straight ETC. | : JuLy, 1892 IS) B LUMBERMEN, DEALERS AND MANUFACTURERS ECONOMY IS WEALTH OES ESO Outside View of the Andrews Progressive Kiln, showing Lumber placed crosswise the building, on cars. The Andrews Process and Apparatus for Artificial Seasoning of Lumber will Save you Money in every one of the following items: TIME - INSARANCE - MATERIAL CAPITAL = YARD ROOM = LABOR INTEREST = FREIGAT = EXPENSE YOU CAN NOT AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT IT DOMINION DRY KILN COMPANY SOLE LICENSEES FOR THE DOMINION CANADA LIFE BUILDING TORONTO, ONT. Te above is a fac simile of the title-page of our new descrip- tive Catalogue. Write for a copy. - THE -CAN ADA LUMBERMAN JULY, 1892 E.R. BURNS SaW GO.» Ly | PB ec Toronto 4 sc et PAY) SS SILVER STEEL AWC : THIN Use!) 2 Manufacturers | pypaperinen \: F is -Oi- ; o MARK x Satine eo” TELEPHONE 5120 TAPER TOOTH LANCE TOOTH TRE DOMINION LEATHER BOARD 60., MONTREAL MANUFACTURERS OF ASSESTOS MILL SORRD FRICTION PULLEY BOARD FOR STEAM PACKING THE BEST FRICTION KNOWN Proprietors Sault au Recollet Paper Mills, making ROOFING, SHEATHING, FLOORING AND LINING FELT OTHER MEGBINE OILS IS IN USE IN ALL THE », © BIG aI SW eee moma BROs. & OO, - - TORGHIS THE STURTEVANT 3 36% “reavx Planing Mill Exhausters PROGRESSIVE LUMBER DRY Gt Heating and Ventilating Apparatus for all classes of Buildings B. F. STURTEVANT GO,, Boston, Mass., U.S.A. A. FR. WILDIAMS,, Genera Agent For THE DoxINION «& TORONTO AND MONTREAL i gt LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK; 16 SOUTH CANAL STREET, CHICAGO BRANCHES ~ ~ 135 NORTH THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA Manufacture! d by u acknowledged Al uy H Hi MANUFACTURERS OF by ipractic ee EN a || PAW MIL The Best | S AND L Machine we x SHINGLE MILL onthe Market fl — 32 Capacity : | : e AS i ni ~MAGHINERY Sutaetod 6 gee | , accordi THUY Ais af = Shingle Machinery a Specialty 3 REPAIRING PROMPTLY AND GAREFULLY EXEGUTED Gravenhurst. Ont. Th = y will ll | afk sup hRER Ene, Ter RONTO feet} TORONTO, (ONT. AUGUST, 1892 [ease eee In Use by Eight he . Gove ronments . A —— = and appre »ximated the formula of Mz ia N ie > = SSS In October of the same year othe aplc = | mitted for test, and tested in comparison y I e new testing machine, built at great expense. Th es showed Ma agnolia Metal to hz ave less friction a , © 100 degrees less. On December 3rst this pe mes ted tes was tested again with the result of its fusir 1g with te RE SS a ie THE MAGNOLIA ANTI-FRICTION METAL Co. 74 Cortlandt Street, New York, N.Y. N GENTLEMEN,—About M an ee 26 “Spooner’s Finest (Ci opperine Babbit”’ test showed finest results, and on anz pounds to the square inch. | On January 31st Magnolia Metal was tested, w \\f] utes with z8ooilbs: to.the sq. inch, and one Be yur with 2 Owners and inch, and at the end of the hour the metal s at f Sole Manufacturers | degrees Fahrenheit. Under s separate cover we ah and 4 (@) ofthe tests, showing velocity of rubbing surface ce about 2000 fe ute, diameter of shaft 5 inches, and revolutions about 1500. London Office: 75 Queen Victoria St. 74 CORTLANDT STREET : "Yours truly, H. G. TORREY. ’ r Kr 3 Nore.—Mr. Torrey is U.S. Assayer, and has been in U.S. Mint ser Chicago Office: 41 Traders Building vice at New York for 30 years. Montreal Office: N FE xe () R IK C—O SSS SESS . SF SRO RRS SRR. SIS SB SRP H. McLaREN & Co., Agents ) \ | Za Bis Z Zp A a Bie | C. C. CLEVELAND G. F. CLEVELAND G FE G — — hy, dL Goodhue & 60 cnet ithe | U “aaa ONTARIO vy MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF eS i | | EATER BELTING 777: —— LUMBER Sees WORKING MACHINERY N LUMBER SHIPPED TO ALL PARTS BY RAIL OR VESSEL MACHINE TOOLS, BTC. | anp LACE LEATHER | ° | Sia iar | Warre ror Prices axp Caratocur | Danville, @ue. | WHITBY, ONTARIO RUBBER BELTIN MONARCH,RED STRIP AND LION BRANDS. MANUFACTURED BY THE GUTTA PERCHA &k RUBBER MANUFACTURING CO.OF TORONTO. z TOR NTO. ; pee AT a bb oak ONT. b ties a8; MONEE 2 ORO Write For Discounts. wee SHURLY & DIETRICH eeX aa ESS ECO SING® THE ONLY SAW MANUFACTURERS IN THE WORLD WHO EXPORT SAWS IN LARGE QUANTITIES TO THE UNITED STATES MALLETT INLAY VO EOI TOV U CWO OWT ON VV VL VON VW VEO OV YW DVS WV TY SOLE PROPRIETORS OF THE SECRET CHEMICAL PROCESS OF TEMPERING : : Our Razor Steel Saws a are aalet THE CANADA LUMSBERMAN Aucust, 1892 THE “BOSS” TURBINE WATER WHEEL IWMCAIN UAC Te Ose aa se 99 | gives the highest percentage of useful effect The ROSS Turning for every cubic foot of water used. No swinging gates, no arms, no rods. S]X CASTINGS comprise the entire wheel. Can be mounted on horizontal or vertical shafts... The easiest working gate of any wheel made; revolves on steel balls, therefore moves without friction. Easily controlled by governor. Can be shut off instantly in case of accident. Gates not easily chocked or clogged. The fewest moving parts of any wheel made, and consequently — the most durable. By taking out bolts, as shown on dome or cover, wheel can be immediately removed from case. The Boss] W heel ae IS MADE IN DRY __ SAND MOULD; (= SMOOTH, EVEN SURFACES; ONE COMPLETE CASTING f ; | oS ———S PATENTED 1891 SPM IOODS 2 Turbine Water Wheels, Iron Flumes, Penstocks and Water Wheel Governors Perkins’ Celebrated Shingle Mill Machinery Hinkley’s Band Saw Swaging Machine M. Covels Improved Saw-Sharpening Machinery Simonson’s Patent Log Turner Cunningham's Twin Engine Steam Feeds | Wilkins’ Patent Balance Gangs Prescott’s Band Sawmills, Carriage Offsets and Steam Feeds The Claussen Friction Olact Pulley and Cut-off Couplings | High-class Sawmill Machinery Write for Circular of above and Illustrated Catalogues of Sawmill Machinery to The Wm. Hamilton Manufacturing Gompany, Limited =p DG) DISH SOVS(@iOfes no, QINae. T# CANADA LUMBERMAN VotumeE XIII. NuMBER 8. TORONTO, ONT., AUGUST, 1892 SYchHe WY. BOUT a fortnight ago Graham, Horne & Co., of Port Arthur, received a large raft of logs which had been towed across Lake Superior from Wisconsin to be manufactured into lumber in Canadian mills. So it is a poor rule that will not work both ways. The Americans are taking our logs. If we are so disposed what is to prevent Canadians from taking their logs? Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. The tow- ing, we are told, was accomplished with complete success. “xx xX What to some people may be an extraordinary occurrence may be to others a matter of no particular remark. Peculiar phenomena will mark certain local- ities, but to the residents of these localities they possess nothing peculiar, because common to the locality. A stranger in that locality would find these a feature of wonderment. It is here that one of the delights of travel asserts itself. The London Timber Trades Jour- nal prints a photographic view of a log jam, or “salom,” as it is called, that occurred at Riga, in the Baltic pro- vinces of Russia, and gives a lengthy account of the disaster. A “salom” is not an unknown difficulty of lumbering in the Baltic, but it is unusual evidently to witness anything as large as that described by our Eng- lish contemporary. In this newer world a log jam is a frequent occurrence, and the size of some of them is not to be measured by that on the Riga. ame XX Not less than one hundred men and boys make a liv- ing picking up and selling pieces of wood that fall from the mills into the Ottawa river, and 150 others, who work between times and after regular working and school hours, find occupation and some remuneration in the same business. Up and down the river these fishers of wood may be seen at all hours, early and late more par- ticularly, in their flat-bottomed bonnes, some with pike pole and others with nature’s own grappling rod, the arm and hand, dragging in their product. The wood is piled on the shore to dry and afterwards hawked around the streets for sale. Those who can afford it hold their supplies for the winter when a better price is secured. Some hold their draggings for home consumption, filling in a useful niche when the cold sweeps down the Ottawa and money and work is less plentiful than in the sum- mer. The quantity of driftwood, as it is termed, gath- ered in a summer in this way runs up into many thou- sands of loads. Were it not that the river is relieved of this refuse the wood would sink in time and fill the river bottom or block the bays. And so it is that very little of anything counts for waste in this day. ihe ele OTK In a sketchy compliment paid by one newspaper man to another—and strange to say they are rival journalists catering to the same field—there is found these words: “Haven't you noticed that there are men who always have an eye on boys who show signs of promise, which means gentlemanly boys, who try to do their best every time? Well, there are, and boys would be surprised if they knew how they were being watched by men who were’on the lookout for brainy, reliable help, and some of them if they knew anything would behave themselves better than they do.” Walking along the streets of any of our towns or cities, small or large, the observing man must be impressed with the thought that either there are many boys who do not know they are “being watched by men on the look-out for brainy, reliable help,” or, if “knowing this, they must hold strange ideas of what goes to decide an employer of labor in selecting his help. goes a boy on a message for his employer; what he doing? He has lost fifteen minutes of his master’s time betwixt staring in a shop window and chattering with an idlecompanion. There is a young man out on a business commission and with a friend he steps into a corner saloon, and the moisture on his upper lip is the tell-tale of his business in that place. Another indoors gives no thoughtful care to the work in his hand. His heart is not in his work. What employer wants any- thing to do with any of these boys? These are not the boys, who like the one of whom we have been reading, has forged his way from common school to high school, and the rudimentary positions of a newspaper office to one calling for enlarged abilities and greater responsi- bilities. The LUMBERMAN touches on these matters because it has an interest in the younger generation of lumbermen, as well as those who have climbed suc- cessfully over the difficulties of earlier years. We have a strong attachment for the boys, and we want to see them start right. eee In some measure at least chaos will exist in a district where the conditions of society are still embryotic. We see this in the municipal management of our newer towns. Those charged with the responsibility of controlling affairs are timorous of moving too rapidly, and public works are entered upon as though those con- cerned were building only for a day. Even so modern and progressive a city as Toronto is not a poor example of this kind. How much of our public works has been of a character that has called for constant tearing down and rebuilding. The younger business men, and some of the older ones, pursue similar methods. They do not recognize the possibilities ahead, and hesitate to go too fast. It is the conservatism of human nature asserting itself, an excellent characteristic, though doubtless exer- cised with too great vigor sometimes. The lumbermen of the Southern States are having an experience some- what on these lines. They have realized of late years the large timber wealth of which they are possessors, but by its very abundance they are dazed. There is no such a thing as business organization among them, and as has been indicated by recent interviews in these columns, in their anxiety to place their product on the market, they have had no regard for one another's interests, or, indeed, their own. ewe Few studies in life are more interesting than those which illustrate the various methods employed by man to obtain a livelihood. The pressure of living in this age is so great that it tests the wit of the most ingenious and gives rise to many novel occupations. In another para- graph we have told of the driftwood gatherers of the Ottawa river. A step or more higher up in the mercan- tile ladder are the “millwood” dealers of the Ottawa, who contract with the millowners to remove daily from the mills at the Chaudiere the refuse wood that gathers from the saws. This wood consists largely of blocks and four-foot edgings, which drop from the saw into a place known as the “box.” For the proper running of the mill this “box” must be kept clear, and this is a stipulation of the contract. The men engaged in the business need to possess sufficient capital to supply themselves with horse and rig, and must employ more or less help to carry on the work. About too loads of blocks and 200 cords of edgings are taken daily from the mills. This business has not assumed its present propor- tions ata jump. ‘There was a time it is said in the early history of lumbering in Ottawa when millmen not only gave the refuse wood away to have it removed, but paid some one to have it done. Population has increased and with it the demand for wood. It is estimated that 35,000 loads of millwood a year are now taken from the mills. One mill alone, it is said, makes $1,000 a month out of its refuse wood, or about $6,000 a year. As a study in economics these facts are not unsuggestive. THE POWER OF WATER, HERE are very many, generally unknown, peculiar- ities about water as a power-making agency, even to a great many mechanics that are quite efficient in practical hydraulic engineering. The spouting velocity of water is controlled by the same law as falling bodies. As an instance the spouting velocity of water under a 16-foot head is the same as that of a body falling 16- foot, that is, the velocity of the falling body at the end of the 16-foot fall is the same as the initial velocity of the spouting water from under a 16-foot head, both being 32.4 feet per second. The velocity from under a 64-foot head is 64.8 feet. It strikes the careless thinker as being quite strange that water should have a spouting velocity of 32.4 feet from under a 16-foot head, and why 64.8 feet from under a 64-foot head, and each are apt to jump at the conclusion that as the head increases in height it loses relatively in power. That, however, is very far from being true. A 20-inch water wheel will yield eight times as much power under a 64-foot head as it would under a 16-foot head, but would, of course, use twice as much water. The power developed being always directly as the quan- tity of water used and the height of the head. The square root of the multiple of increased height is the multiple of the increased spouting velocity. Thus, as we have seen, the head has been increased from 16 to 64 feet or 4 times, while the spouting velocity was increased 2 times only, 2 being the square root of 4. The spouting velocities of streams of water issuing from under various heads is as the square roots of the heads ; or, in other and plainer terms, velocities increase in exactly the same ratio that the square roots of the heads increase; and a convenient way to ascertain the spouting velocity of any given head is to take the square root of it and multiply it by the constant factor 8.1. As an example we will take a head of 16 feet, the square root of which is 4, which multiplied by 8.1 equals 32.4 feet the velocity of a 16-foot head. Again we have a head of 64 feet, the square root of which is 8, which, multiplied by the constant 8.1, equals 64.8 feet per second, the spouting velocity of a 64-foot head. Now, if we take a 4-foot head as a basis and call its useful effect one, we are able to construct a simple form- ula for ascertaining the relative useful effect of any other head. First obtain the spouting velocity of the head as above explained, and divide it by 16-2 which is the spouting velocity of a 4-foot head; then divide the height of the head in feet by four and multiply the two together and the product will be the efficiency as com- pared with a 4-foot head. As an example take a 16-foot head, the spouting velocity of which is 32.4 feet, which divided by 16.2 equals 2; and 16 divided by 4 equals 4, which multiplied by 2 equals 8. Therefore, the efficiency of the 16-foot head is 8 as compared with one for the 4- foot head. Or again, take a 64-foot head, the spouting velocity of which is 64.8, divided by 19.2 equals 4, and 4 divided into 64 equals 16, which multiplied by 4 equals 64, the efficiency of the 64-foot head being that many times greater than the 4-foot head. It must be under- stood that the vents are the same in size in their calcula- tions. As the size of the openings are decreased or increased the effectiveness is decreased or increased in proportion. The result of these calculations are only relative to get at actual results. In any case we must know the actual quantity of water that can be used. DECLINE IN SHIPMENTS. [LY MBER shipments from the Saginaw river by lake had amounted up to July 1 to 129,673,000 ft. Last year at the same date the shipments had reached 138,- 186,000, and in 1882, when the business reached the maximum, it had amounted to 284,794,922 ft. The decline is due to the decline of the business. ‘THE CANADA @Uiwes nasi AuGuS?T, 1892 VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS. All the large trees of the forest are not a growth of this newer country, though the British Columbia tooth- picks and the big trees of the Pacific coast may be expected to possess an unquestioned lead. An English contemporary tells us of some large trees 1n that coun- try: “On the top of Shanklin Sand, in Surrey, stands the Hascombe Beech, bearing upon the outside of its stem a board setting forth that it was a remarkable tree in 1772. In Norbury Park is a beech 160 feet high. At Crowhurt, in Sussex, is a venerable yew tree, thirty feet in girth, and supposed to be more than a thousand years old. At Norbury there is a Druids’ Grove of yews that might from their appearance be of any age that fancy dictated; they are affectionately spoken of by their proper names, “The Fallen Giant,” “The King of the Park,” and “The Horse and its Rider.” It is the oak family, however, that has produced the most emin- ent individuals; but it cannot be forgotten that if all the toys and ornamental specimens of cabinet work said to have been manufactured out of the Herne Oak really formed a portion of that Shakespearian tree, it must have possessed a fabulous quantity of solid timber. Panshanget, Hertfordshire, figured even in the last cen- tury as the home of the Great Oak, containing a thou- sand feet of sound timber, and maintained. by all good judges to be a model of oak-like form.” Large Trees. There is such a thing as being over- smart—at least thinking one’s self so. The newspapers are as guilty in this respect as anyone. A writer in a recent Atlantic wraps on the knuckles none too severely those people who want to take fun out of everybody and everything, and enters an intelligent plea for greater seriousness in the world’s concerns. Everything is not to be sacrificed to the wits of the day. The Northwestern Lumberman makes a practical application of this line of thought to matters closely related to lumber. “It’s in bad taste,” says this journal, “for cheap newspaper writers to sharpen their pencils and what wit they possess, and pounce upon the man who declares he is on the path that leads to perpetual motion. If a man has an idea in his head he should be permitted to work it out to the best of his ability. There are so many men whose brains are strangers to sucha thing as an original idea that by all means the man who does possess such an idea should be given a chance. We all remember right in our own line how inventions and their applica- tions have been attacked. Mike Engelmann was called very short-sighted when in 1854 he put a circular saw in his mill at Manistee. Years ago when the first band saw used in Bay City was discarded and hung out on the fence to bleach, every man who passed along the high- way and who thought he knew all about the points of a sawmill, remarked cheerfully and complimentarily, “The blank old fool,” or words to that effect. Yet look at band saws to-day. Hill, the nigger man, and Pres- cott, the steam feed man, came in for their share of abuse. It has been so all along. Of course not a man who reads this expects to see a machine that will furnish its own power and run forever, but the crank who believes he can produce such a machine is harmless, and in his investigations may stumble upon something that will prove of value. We wish for once the pens of the wits of the press might be turned on the men who are not trying to do anything. The perpetual motion crank has this virtue at least—he is trying to do the best he can.” Small Wit. During the past winter it came to the LUMBERMAN to make enquiries regarding the weighing of lumber shipped by car. The complaint was that the car weight invariably gave to the lumber a greater weight than the lumber itself carried. were loaded up in no small degree with ice and dirt gathered during their various journeys. These things were not allowed for in the net official weight of the car, and consequently counted as lumber when the loaded car was placed on the scales. The evidence of these conditions was verified by specific cases that had been placed in our hands, and further in interviews among the trade in the city. Our bright little contemporary, Weighing Cars. The cars, especially in winter, - Hardwood, has lately been giving its views on this ques- tion. The subject is introduced by the statement, known zo be the rule in railway construction, that all cars have the shop weight stencilled on the sides when the car is finished, which is seldom changed till the car goes to the bone yard. “This might possibly be honest,” this authority goes on to say, “if the car never had to be repaired or did not so often accumulate dirt and rubbish for which little or no allowance is made by the weigh clerk. Often in winter cars will be run into the lumber yard with hundreds of pounds of dirt of various kinds frozen tightly to the deck and on to the running gear, to which is added as much more ice and snow, too solid to be removed without great expense, all of which adds to the gross weight of the car. Compelled to use the cars, the lumberman loads them and trusts to the weigh clerk to make the reduction as near right as he can guess, which can scarcely be very close, and must naturally be in favor of the railroad company, if made at all. Ifthe lumber is weighed in transit or at destinations, the case is rendered worse still. In transit weighing is almost always the most unsatisfactory, as it is generally done in a hurry and carelessly, the distance from and ignorance of the shipper’s personality somehow operating to produce a feeling of irresponsibility in all the railroad employes concerned. If lumber is sold delivered, the receiver is relieved of all responsibility, generally paying all freight bills as presented, without reference to pos- sible overweight. And once paid, every shipper knows only too well how difficult it is to get an error corrected, and how few errors in weighing are ever fully or satis- factorily corrected. About the only safeguard on weigh- ing the shipper can possible have, is to weigh all lumber himself on his own scales, as it is loaded. But even this, in many cases will only act as a check against the most flagrant errors; minor ones, amounting to only a few hundred pounds to a single car, seldom being corrected. A large shipper who had placed scales at his mill, on which every foot of lumber he shipped was weighed, relates that of 1,000 cars he loaded, the railroad weights corresponded to his in the case of only fifty-two cars, and that of the remainder all except forty-seven ran over, the net increase averaging slightly over 300 pounds per car for the entire 1,000 cars, or 300,000 pounds alto- gether. As the average freight on this lumber was between eighteen and nineteen cents per hundred, he actually paid the railroad company something over $540 overcharged freight on the 1,000 cars in one season; and there being no competition from his shipping point, he with the greatest difficulty only managed to secure a refund of a little more than one-half the amount.” Perhaps in the good times to come, when Bulwer Lytton’s “Coming Race” will have peopled this earth, or Bellamy’s new world has been ushered in, excessive profits and excessive competition may be consigned to the limbo of the past. These two abnormal elements, in the opinion of the Bankers’ Magazine, give rise to the various difficulties in production and exchange. The pity is, though the wish may seem chimerical, that we are not able to right these matters now, and not be obliged to wait for another generation, when the remedy will do no good, at least to those of us who are about here at the present time. Conditions are unevenly bal- anced. Constantly one end of the teeter and again the other is in the ascendant. The see-saw is not guided by any rules of a fair equilibrium. Is the trouble where the Bankers’ Magazine places it? Our impression is that this journal has very squarely struck the mark. The reasoning is supported by the logic of a wise political economy and the lessons that one’s own observation and experience teach. The journal in question says: “The profits from production and exchange in many cases are so great that those who reap them seek to produce and exchange beyond what may be termed the normal or healthful limits of society. That this remark is true is within the ken of everyone’s experience. The modern machinery for forcing business in many directions fur- nishes abundant proof. The conduct of many producers and exchangers would seem to imply that men no longer had any wants; that production and exchange were not based on mutual interest, but could be affected only by the application of extraordinary energy. This seems to Certain Business Methods. be the underlying idea in much of our modern exchange, — and yet, as we have seen, it must be wholly false, or else our leading premise is erroneous. Another explanation for thus forcing business is the small profits, which com- pels producers and exchangers to increase their business in every possible manner in order to get enough to pay their expenditures and save themselves from bankruptcy. We are all familiar with the consequences of attempting to do business when insolvency 1s pending. All know what extraordinary efforts are often made in order to avert that event. How goods are pledged for future ad- vances; how they are sold at very low prices and often at ruinous loss; how money is borrowed at high rates of interest; in short, all sorts of methods adopted in order to escape such an unwelcome fate; and the result of these things, of course, is most destructive to all legiti- mate business. Reasonable prices are destroyed, the entire market is demoralized, and, in fine, the whole process of production and exchange thrown out of gear, when the pressure to produce and sell originates from this state of things. And yet, in the past, a great deal of production and exchange has had such an origin; the unlucky are always with us, who, in trying to save them- selves, too often draw many others nearer to the danger line than they were before. These, in brief are the leading explanations of the phenomena which we set out to explain. Men seek to produce and exchange beyond any rational desire, either to enhance their profits or to escape ruin. much or a fight for life. Probably society suffers more from the operation of the last cause than from the opera- tion of the former; but in either case the suffering is great. Production and exchange should lead to no such results ; these processes should yield mutual gains and pleasure. And they would if kept within proper limits. What produces so much loss and misery at the end is the extension of production and exchange beyond these boundaries.” MILL SAWS: THEIR USES AND ABUSES. CKNOWLEDGING that many writers on mechan- ical subjects have imparted much valuable inform- ation on the care and management of circular saws that is not only interesting but instructive to the thousands of users of that useful tool, yet, notwithstanding all this, says Mr. C. R. Tompkins, M.E., there is still the same old trouble that has for years been complained of, especially with new ones, and unless the sawyer or filer is an expert, and has the necessary tools for correcting certain faults, or rather adapting them to certain condi- tions saws will be continually sent back to the factory with the stereotyped phrase, “the saw won’t work.” And this is not always the end of it, and saws have often been sent back two or three times before they will work satisfactorily. Now, the question is: Who is at fault? In this age of competition it is not probable that any saw-maker would knowingly send out an inferior article, but, on the contrary, all saw makers intend to use the best material and employ the best mechanical skill in their construction, and yet after all there is just as much fault found with the saws sent out by the largest and most prominent saw makers as those from smaller establishments; and the fact is that probably not one saw in fifty that are condemned and sent back for alter- ations or changes has really any faults whatever in the quality of the stock or the workmanship, and’ if each saw were used under precisely the same conditions there is no reason why one would not work just as well as another. But here is where the greatest difficulty is found, and one that saw makers are obliged to contend with. The manufacturer may have in stock a dozen saws, all of the same diameter and the same gauge, and all fitted up with the same care, and each hammered for a tension to correspond with a certain speed. Now, an order comes in for a saw of a certain diameter and gauge; nothing is said about te speed or other conditions—only the saw must be saipped at once, and the best and only thing the manufacturer can do is to fill the order from his stock and trust to Providence or good luck for it to fill the bill in a satisfactory manner; but if not, then trouble will commence as soon as it is started. Thus while two saws are out of the same lot and as near alike as possible, one may work well and give perfect satisfaction, and the It is either a fight for too- — AucustT, 1892 THE CANADA LUMBERIAN other will be sent back as worthless until certain changes ‘are made in the tension or something else. Now, how is the saw maker to know, in the first instance, from whence the trouble arises, unless he is jnformed as to the conditions of speed, etc.? Inthe first place, there should be an established standard of speed adopted for all circular saws of different sizes, and that ‘standard should be adopted in all mills, and then the saw makers would have something to go by; but so long as every mill has its own speed, and some have two or three different speeds, according to the size of the log. ww is it possible for him to give a saw the proper ten- m for any speed? The feed is another consideration. As the strain upon - saw varies with the feed, as well as the centrifugal €, a saw that might be well adapted to one feed at a certain speed might not be so well adapted to another, 2 nd while one saw may be all right, another from the e lot may be all wrong in the estimation of the "sawyer. Imperfect collars are frequently the cause of trouble, and it cannot be supposed that a saw which of itself’ may be perfectly true, will run so upon imperfect collars, and to pack up a new saw with paper to com- _ pensate for imperfect collars is a remedy as bad as the _ disease. Cases are sometimes found where the carriage was not _ square with or at night angles with the mandrel, and this _ is frequently the cause of trouble with a saw. _ Now, all these points should be carefully examined and corrected before a saw is condemned. Where the collars are out of shape and do not run true on the face, the sawyer, if he is an expert workman, can easily cor- that himself without taking it to a machine shop. ecan easily rig up a temporary rest that will be suffici- tly rigid for the purpose; then, by running it slowly th a file ground square on the end, and by the use of a short straight edge, he can soon scrape it down to its per shape with but little trouble, and when this is pleted the chances are that the saw will run true, d if other things are equal and the tension adapted to F conditions of speed and resistance, all will be well. f not, then the tension should be so changed as to adapt it to the work. 4 Again, it is a well-known fact to all sawyers that the best of saws, after a few months of hard work, will lose eir tension, become sprung or dished and require quent hammering in order to correct it, and the delay d expense of sending the saw to the factory or running t in such condition may be avoided by keeping the ‘necessary tools on hand for this purpose Therefore, he hammering and ordinary repairs of a circular saw hould be part of the education of every sawyer or filer, pecially those who make filing a specialty. With oper tools, which every proprietor should consider part f his outfit, these repairs can be made not only much caper, but at a time just when they are needed. Insufficient and uneasy power is another obstacle that the saw maker has to contend with. In some of the mills, more especially those that are upon light and operated by water power, the speed is vari- able. Now, if a saw is hammered to run 600 revolutions er minute, it cannot possibly run correctly where the eed frequently runs down to 400. I have often noticed Such saws to start into a log at 600 revolutions, and by the time that it had run one-quarter the length of the og the speed would be down to 400 and the saW would be flopping around like the tail of a fish; then the feed tld be stopped to allow it to recover, only to be epeated two or three times at every cut. Now, how an it be expected that a saw working under such con- mS Can maintain any tension or be kept in anything te decent running order. The fact is, if the power is ot sufficient to drive a saw through an average-sized ga it Goo revolutions per minute, it is better ,if the power- _ hot be increased, to reduce the speed at once to 400, d have the saw hammered to that speed and the feed ulated accordingly, and probably the same amount of a bnocild be accomplished as would be the case re the feed must be stopped every few feet to allow Saw to recover its speed, and under such conditions unner saw should be used, not only saving power, g lumber also. cular saw, like every other tool, in order to per- form its work in a proper manner and with the use of a reasonable amount of power, must be kept sharp and in good working order, and there is no economy in running a saw after it has become so dull that the lumber is torn out of the saw kerf instead of being cut in a clean, smooth manner. BURNING HARDWOOD SAWDUST. HE fact that he could burn his sawdust under his boilers, says Hardwood, has heretofore given the pine manufacturer an advantage over his hardwood brother. One of the most troublesome factors in the sawmill business has always been the disposition of the refuse. The pine men have succeeded in reducing the cost to a minimum by the aid of conveyors and the refuse burner, the dust going directly to the furnace; thus, while disposing of it economically, also reducing the cost of firing by dispensing with one or more fire- men, according to size of plant. It is a well-known fact that one of the most perplexing problems for the hardwood millman to solve is how to dispose of the dust, while a heavy item of expense has been firing the furnace. If the dust could be used for fuel as in the pine mjlls, there would be a double saving, for while an immense reduction could be made in the cost of handling and the disposition of the dust, and by lessening the labor of firing, an additional and no less important saving could be made in the slabs and edgings, otherwise burned in the furnace. In all hard- wood districts they are valuable for house fuel, for which they readily bring a good price, and could they be mar- keted as such instead of having to go to the furnace room as at present, they would add a not inconsiderable sum to the profit side of the manufacturer’s yearly balance sheet. It is undoubtedly true that could sawdust be entirely substituted for other fuel in hardwood sawmills, many making now a bare living for their owners could be made to pay a profit. In these days of close margins, active competition and high prices for fuel, this is becoming a matter of vital importance to the hardwood manufacturer. The increasing use of the band saw has served to complicate the problem very materially for, whereas with the circular mill some kinds of sawdust could be burned on a pinch, the band saw cuts all kinds so fine that all are equally refractory when put on the grate bars, the pine men even finding it difficult to burn it alone on the ordinary grate. The increased use of circular saws of thin gauge has still added another difficulty, for now, with a thin cir- cular on one side and the fine band saw on the other, there is nothing to mix with the latter coarse enough to give passage to the air through the mass of sawdust on the grates. And here is the whole theory in a nut shell. To burn dust there must be some means of supplying each particle with its proper accompaniment of oxygen from the air, without which there can be no combustion, only a coking with a moiety of heat. The coarse dust of the thick gauge saws of the old circular mills admitted sufficient air to permit of com- bustion with careful firing and a draft capable of remov- ing enough of the lighter ash as fast as made to prevent it from clogging the space between the unburned par- ticles. The finer the dust, the less room for the neces- sary air among its granules. Hardwood dust is, per- force, finer than pine from the fact that the saws have more teeth and are run with less feed, thus giving each tooth a smaller bite on the wood. Hardwood, owing to its superior density, burns slower than pine, and what is true of the wood is true of the dust. A device that will burn pine dust, therefore, may or may not burn hardwood, and here is where the latter still puzzles the inventors, who have been working on the problem in a desultory way almost from the time of the first use of the saw. It seemed to be understood from the outset that a current of air must be introduced and maintained underneath the grates, which should be of sufficient force to penetrate any mass of dust accumu- lating on them and large enough to furnish the necessary quantity of oxygen and to prevent the formation of a cake with the ashes and unburned dust. One of the first recorded attempts made was early in wa the fifties, in a sawmill and a general wood-working establishment in Massachusetts. All kinds of wood, native to the state were worked up in the mill, and the dust was mixed. The dry dust of all kinds was mixed witb shavings and chips from turning and other lathes, and was easily burned. But this fuel and other coarse refuse from the mill proving insufficient at times for the boiler furnace and the hot-air furnaces of the crude kilns then in use, and wood being expensive, an attempt was made to burn the green sawdust, which proved fairly successful until the establishment was abandoned and dismantled a dozen years Jater. The contrivance employed was all home-made and very simple. iron pipes placed transversely across the ash pit close to grate It consisted mainly of a gridiron of small the under surface of an ordinary set of cast iron bars. In the upper side of the pipes a series of small holes was drilled to come opposite the spaces between the bars. from a twenty-four inch home-made wooden fan which operated as a blower, and which revolved at about 2,000 Connected to the gridiron was a pipe running revolutions per minute. That was all there was to the machine, and so successful was it that when not needed, there being plenty of dry fuel, or the water-power which ran the mill part of the time being in use, the surplus dust was run into a pile outside the furnace room to be wheeled in when wanted; and for more than a decade that simple, home-made device, built by three boys all under age, did its work so well that no more wood had to be furnished for the furnace, and three of the home- made fans were worn out in succession. Several fairly effective patents for the same purpose are in use, but it is doubtful if anything yet discovered can beat the simple arrangement here described if it be equipped with a good, substantial steel blower fan. Most of the appliances in use embody more or less of this principle, generally forcing a blast of cold or hot air into the fire pit, either above or below the grates, some combining pipe and grate bar in one piece by a simple change of form, others arranging the air pipes differently. It is still a question whether the hot blast is an improvement, as it is the quantity of oxygen that can be injected among the sawdust grains that produces the desired result, and the amount in the air depends upon its density and not upon its bulk; therefore heated air being expanded and less dense than cold, must con- tain less oxygen to the cubic foot. Heat also robs the air of a portion of the hydrogen which it holds in the moisture and which it carries in suspension in a natural state, and as hydrogen is an aid to combustion under certain conditions, its loss is of more or less moment. Until recently the economic questions involved in the burning of hardwood dust have appeared of so little account that scientific investigation as to principles and means has not been stimulated to any great extent. But the question is now assuming so much importance that decisive results may well be looked for in the near future. i many planing mills there is trouble because the grindstones used are not suitable for the tools and bits. A much softer grindstone is needed for tools used for cutting wood than for those used for cutting iron and steel. The quality of work turned out by any modern wood-working machine depends very much on the skill and accuracy exercised in grinding the tools and bits. The grindstones should be kept perfectly true and well balanced, and should not be speeded so fast as to create too much heat, nor so slow as to cause unnecessary loss of time. We often see stones so “out of round” and so “wabbly” that the operator cuts from the heel of the bevel toward the edge of the tool, and has the stone to rotate from instead of toward him. If the stone is true it should run toward the tool that is being ground—that is, of Course, supposing the tool is held about one-third the distance from the top of the stone, with the cutting edge uppermost. The angle of the bevel of a wood- cutting tool has a great deal to do with its efficiency and differs very greatly from that which is proper for an iron-cutting tool. WOOD-WORKING TOOLS. Has your subscription to CANADA LUMBERMAN ex- pired? 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SYMPATHETIC interest centers in Newfoundland, whose chief city, St. John’s, was devastated by fire on July 8, last. Without entering into details, for the story of the fire has been told with all minuteness in the daily and weekly press, the fact that 14,000 people are home- less, dependent upon the beneficence of sister coun- tries for their existence, will carry some idea, yet most inadequate, of the suffering that is being endured. A happy feature, though the term may appear incon- gruous, of this distressing calamity—and we want to remember that the blackest cloud has its silver lining —is the ready and generous response of the people of the Dominion to the call for help from the ancient colony. How true it is that one touch of nature makes the whole world kin. Newfoundland has a lumber history that 1s not with- out interest to Canadian lumbermen. The latest official report to the colonial office states that there are more than 2,000 square miles of valuable timber lands, prin- cipally pine, within the colony. Mr. Howley, F.G.S., of the Geological Department, reports that there are 850 square miles of pine timber land in the Gander and Gambo river country, and 700 square miles on the bor- ders of Exploits River and Red Indian Lake. To this must be added the but partially surveyed timber limits of Deer Lake, Grand Pond and Humber River country. It is safe, he thinks, to assume, therefore, that the lumber industry will, in the near future show consider- able expansion. Canadians are to some extent inter- ested in the lumber resources of the island. Ex-Ald. J. W. Phillips, of this city, has a large lumber interest in Newfoundland and had about $10,000 worth of lumber destroyed in the fire, but which, we are glad to say, was fully insured. Mr. Phillips has taken an active interest in raising funds to assist the sufferers, and promptly sent forward himself a cargo of lumber for their benefit. Other lumbermen, in their position as members of the Board of Trade, and as private citizens, have contributed liberally. The publisher of the CANADA LUMBERMAN, who is also publisher of the Canadian Miller, was suc- cessful, in response to an appeal to the millers of the country for contributions in kind, in securing, all told, about 400 barrels of flour for the St. John’s people. St. John’s is, or rather was, one of the most beautiful cities in the world. The entrance through the narrow straits leading to the city possessed a peculiar charm, while the city itself, in its form of construction and the surroundings associated with its almost measureless fishing interests, was, we have been told, singularly unique and attractive. Though not unnaturally deeply depressed just now, and despondent of again recovering their former position, we will hope that in a little while, as the mists gradually clear away, that our sister colon- ists will be fired with fresh activity and enthusiasm and rise stronger than ever from the fires of the present. We can hardly expect anything else from a people known to be markedly hardy and robust in their composition. LUMBER PRODUCTION IN CANADA. OUR Ottawa correspondent informs us, through his letter in another page, that the lumber industry of the Ottawa valley is experiencing an undoubted revival. Business has not been nearly so brisk for many years. The mills are running with a full complement of hands, and the product of manufactured lumber that will be produced this season is already, largely, sold. No one is rejoicing more over the situation than the people of Ottawa. It means prosperous times for them. The monthly wage bill of the many large mills of the district, combined with the turn-over, at good prices, of their output, cannot be resultant in anything else. Moved by a not unnatural human impulse the citizens of Ottawa think, under the favorable conditions now exist- ing, that matters might be further strengthened, and are asking: “Now that the lumber market 1s improving and what lumber will be produced is practically disposed of, why will not the mill-owners increase their output and for the season run the mills night and day?” From the local point of view the question is pertinent and force- ful. If the wage bills of the millmen could be doubled by having a night staff, as well as a day staff at work, it would mean big things for Ottawa. But the millmen have distinct recollections of the experience of past years and do not look favorably on the suggestion. Because there is a good demand in apparently a rising market for what lumber Canadian mills are now produc- ing it does not follow, if the capacity were doubled, that the same conditions would apply. The step might have, in part at least, an opposite effect and if not, kill the goose that had laid the golden egg, cause the egg to be considerably addled. For several years past, as LUMBERMAN readers are aware, the lumber industry of the country has been depressed; and in the opinion of shrewd lumbermen, and leading bankers of the country have spoken strong words on the question, this was a result of over-pro- duction a few years ago, particularly in 1887-88, when, as Mr. Hague has said, lumbermen “plunged into enormous operations far beyond their means to carry through.” The most healthful times commercially are not always when the manufactures of a country are multiplying rapidly and running at their fullest capacity. One may not unfairly refer to a period in the near past in this country when trade in this direction was experiencing a wonderful boom and at the same time manufactures in many important lines, instance the cotton mills, could not well have been in a more congested condition. Production in any line is secured at a cost for labor and a cost of capital. be able to withstand the call from both sources, other- wise it will represent a loss to the manufacturer, who has drawn on these two sources. It is a mistake to say that the cost in both instances will come out of the article manufactured. We expect this; but expenditure on a given article does not necessarily give that article value. The demand for the commodity manufactured fixes the value. One may expend labor and capital in production and yet the commodity produced, for various reasons, fail to realize even the cost of production. The history of commerce tells of scores, yea hundreds, of cases of the kind. The commodity produced must - Concerning the lumber trade, whilst mill owners in running their mills over-time, might cover their cost of labor, they might come short of covering the cost of capital consumed in the additional work. Running the mills at an increased capacity would require an increase in capital, and capital, like labor, cannot be had with- out cost. Further, the extra lumber produced might make a demand on capital to which capital could not easily respond, and the history of 1887-88 would repeat itself. The placing of this additional product on the market would not unlikely have an influence in lowering prices on the new product, but, also tend to affect prices of lumber generally, in the hands of both millmen and middlemen. These are some of the con- siderations, no doubt, that have determined the Ottawa lumbermen to go it slow in the work of production, for at least this season. AMERICAN LUMBERMEN IN CANADA. A FEW months ago we chronicled in these columns the sale of 500,000,000 feet of pine and a mill of 12,000,- 000 capacity, besides a large quantity of logs afloat, of the Dodge estate on the Georgian Bay, to Mermill, Ring & Co., of Saginaw, Mich. It was not certain at that time whether the purchasers would operate the Canadian mill, or remove their timber to Michigan to be manu- factured there. We learn now that the new concern will operate the mill here and that during the coming winter they will build another mill near the old one and use it for the manufacture of the newly-acquired timber. A yard will be established at Toledo, where it is ex- pected that about 20,000,000 feet of manufactured stock will be handled annually. This resolve on the part of these American lumbermen is a disappointment to the people of their own State, as it had been hoped that Saginaw would have reaped the benefit from manufac- turing so large a quantity of lumber, but it is stated that “the discrimination against Saginaw in the matter of rail rates induced the firm to decide to manufacture all in Canada, and ship the major portion in the rough to Toledo.” This is a case where Canada has been a gainer by the addition of at least another mill in placing the control of important timber interests in the hands of United States lumber concerns. Their decision, doubt- less made after careful calculation, may prove a deciding point in the plans of other American lumbermen opera- ting in Canada. The firm of Merrill & Co. is described as “one of the largest and most enterprising lumber concerns in the northwest.” They also operate a large mill at Duluth. LUMBER AND THE INTERCOLONIAL. IT is difficult, without further explanation, to under- stand the recent action of the Intercolonial railway in resolving to charge $1 a car demurrage on all cars at St. John, N.B., not relieved of their lumber within forty- eight hours after arrival. Shippers claim that it is not possible to discharge their cargoes in this time. Their case is stated in these words: “Before a large vessel can be induced to go to the wharf to load there must be fifty or seventy carloads of lumber there waiting to begin with, which means only two or three day’s work. Then they have to run their chances in getting their cargo along in time. It not unfrequently happens that whena vessel is lying waiting for the balance of her cargo, the lumber is delayed somewhere along the road and the shipper Has to pay the vessel demurrage for the time she is kept waiting. Again, lumber delayed in this way sometimes arrives after the vessel it was itended for has sailed, and if the shipper was charged demurrage for keeping the car waiting for a few days till he got another chance to ship the lumber, he would naturally feel that he had been unjustly dealt with.” There is every reason for the Intercolonial treating with the lumbermen on a common-sense and generous basis. The lumber traffic on the road is no inconsiderable item. Since April 1, for example, the firm of F. Tufts & Co. alone have paid this road $8,000 freight on lumber shipped from St. John. We would not argue because a Government road that any unwise concessions should be made by the Inter- colonial to particular shippers, but where a large share of the freight receipts come from an industry like lumber it is manifestly unfair to unnecessarily hamper and harrass the shipper. AucusT, 1892 THE CANADA LUMBERMATI “I 4 le capacity of my mill,” said Mr. George Willis- croft, of Georgetown, B.C., “is 25,000 feet ; spruce and cedar is my principal cut; ten hours counts a day’s work. The equipment of the mill consists of double circular saws, each fifty-two inches in diameter, one twenty-four-inch edger, one Wilkin’s balance gang with forty saws to cut half-inch lumber for boxes which is my principal business. I also have three planers and one stenciling machine for stamping box ends. The mill is situated in Big Bay, seven miles south of Port Simpson and 550 miles north of Victoria on the north-west coast of British Columbia. I have a steamer that I use for delivering lumber and towing logs. She carries 90,000 at each load.” fe Ss se A prominent Quebec lumberman says that large quan- tities of southern yellow pine are being shipped to Eng- land and the continent for shoring up in the coal mines, for which purpose there had hitherto been a good demand for the inferior grades of Canadian white pine timber. The gentleman in question says that the yellow pine now going forward from the southern ports is sold at rates that can hardly pay freight and insurance In recent numbers of the LUMBERMAN I have reported interviews with various Canadian lumbermen pointing out the extent to which southern pine is coming into com- petition with Canadian pine. The form of competition cited above is doubtless new to our readers generally. The cut prices at which the lumber is being sold bears out what has been previously stated in this page by Mr. T. Charlton and Mr. H. H. Cook. + * * * Who does not know Secretary Hill, of the Toronto Industrial Exhibition? In a peculiar manner he pos- sesses that combination of intense activity and executive skill necessary to the important position he holds. I think of him at this time up to his eyes in work, bringing to completion the various plans that the man- agement of the Industrial have made for the forthcom- ing fair, which is on the boards for September 5 to 17. We always expect big things of this exhibition, but inan especial manner, I am told, have arrangements been completed this year for a programme enlarged in many important particulars over those of previous years. To the manufacturers of the country this exhibition possesses special significance and I believe that they are prepared generally to recognize the place it occupies in helping to publish abroad in substantial and practical manner the resources and possible manufacturing and commer- cial strength of this Canada of ours. We have just completed the celebration of our twenty-fifth anniversary as aunited Dominion. Without indulging in any non- sensical loyalty twaddle: Is not the time opportune to demonstrate by actual deeds the progress the country has made in this quarter of a century so lately closed?’ The Industrial is a strong helper to this end and for this reason we may all hope that the year 1892 will score the biggest success yet in its history. I have an idea that as Canadians we can afford to be more Canadian than is our every-day custom. AS a ie 5 At no time in the distinguished career of Mr. Gladstone has greater interest centered on the G.O.M. than during the month just closed. Where can history point to an- other statesman at the advanced age of eighty-three tak- ing the foremost position in one of the greatest political battles that has ever been waged in Great Britain or any other country? And coming out ontoptoo. But I stop here. This page eschews politics, or else, 1 may run my head, or some other tough substance, against a snag with more points to it than I might enjoy. Lumbermen, however, have a special interest in Mr. Gladstone as _ 4 feller of trees whose skill is not to be disputed by the cleverest Canadian woodman. What is the phil- msophy of tree felling with Mr. Gladstone? Mr. W. T. Stead, of Review of Reviews fame, gives us a reason. “Think about something he must,” says Mr. Stead, “for a mind so active will never doze off into lethargy except- ing when he is asleep; and it was this necessity for finding some means of gaining complete mental rest which led him to cultivate the felling of timber. In all other modes of exercise there is room for thinking ; cricket, football, riding, driving—in almost all of these there are spells during which the mind can forget the immediate object and revert to the subject from which it is necessary to have a complete change. In chopping down a tree, you have not time to think of anything excepting where your next stroke will fall. The whole attention is centered upon the blows of the axe; and as the chips fly this way and that Mr. Gladstone is as profoundly absorbed in laying the axe at the proper angle at the right cleft of the trunk as ever he was in replying to the leader of the Opposition in the course of a critical debate.” ne co Cm he The following talk in regard to American lumber interests in Canada came under my notice in conning a United States lumber journal the other day. I do not suppose that our friends over the way always get hold of the right end of a story. Sometimes I know they do not. But as a piece of lumber gossip which is passing current among American lumbermen I give the fol- lowing as I find it, without note or comment, just now at any rate: ‘‘ Michigan men are invading the Georgian Bay and other Canadian points for logs, but log owners over there have caught on, and are asking prices that tagger the mill men on this side. One of them told me that anything in the shape of a pine log is held at $9 to $9.50. “They just seem to have fixed that price on everything,” said he, “although some lots are worth $3 and $4 a thousand more than others.” The Arthur Hill Company, of Saginaw, bought 8,000,000 feet of fine logs at Garden River at $9.50, and they are now being rafted across and manufactured at Cheboygan. A number of log owners who put in stock last winter for the market, have concluded to manufacture them in Canada, and Michigan men generally are willing to let them, consider- ing the prices asked, holding that there is no money in logs at $9.50. It costs about $2 to raft them across the lake, and when the saw bill comes out and other expenses, there is nothing left, as the greater portion of the stock wili not bring over $13.50 to $13.75 log run. A Saginaw river mill man, who is sawing Canada logs cut from limits owned by his firm, says it does not cut out like Michigan stock, and it brings tears to his eyes as com- pared with Cass, Tittabawassee and Tobacco river logs that have furnished his mill with timber in seasons past.” + % & * Whether the middleman is a desirable quantity in the lumber trade of the country is a question that has been discussed at some length in these columns during the And whether ye editor in handling this subject has reached a final conclusion himself I am not so sure. It’s a many sided question, and a good deal can be said pro and con. Ottawa lumbermen are’ facing it just now in practical fashion inasmuch that the millowners have disposed of the products of their several mills altogether to the middleman and when a buyer visits the capital he can deal with no one else. One Ottawa buyer interviewed on the question said: “For several years past the lumbermen have been selling very largely to the middlemen each year more and more of the total cut, but this season literally everything in the better grades has gone into their hands, and every year from this out such will likely continue to be the case. In selling to the middlemen the lumbermen are sure of ready cash, and save themselves the bother of selling in small quantities with all the bookkeeping that goes along with it. Of course it is to their advantage to do business that way, but it necessarily follows that the consumers have to pay higher rates, as they have to stand the middlemen’s expenses and profits. The increase in price is due to scarcity. White pine, especially dry stuff, is very scarce both in the States and Canada and as a consequence the price has gone up with those who hold it. The South American market is this year better than for years back, and what with the demand from there and the scarcity, prices are more likely to increase than go down. Jn my opinion the present prices will past two months. never fall again, even though the demand becomes les for the reason that white pine is year by year growing less plentiful in the woods.” A prominent middleman claims while consumers might in some cases pay more than if dealing at the mills, the “middle” business as now conducted is better for the lumber trade in every way. Ottawa by the middlemen in office and other For instance fully $50,000 is spent yearly in salaries, while no less money is circulated by the millmen as a result of the “middling.” cost of lumber to consumers in the States is lessened, as they In some cases the can buy from the middlemen there at the same compara- tive rates as they could from the lumbermen here, and at the same time save their railway fare and other expenses to and from Ottawa. t+ k & It does not appear that the agitation for free lumber with United States lumbermen is likely to reach, in the near future, any further than the arena of public and personal debate, inside and outside of legislative halls, and of the various lumber organizations of the neigh- boring republic. tion of every great reform; and when the question is intelligently threshed out in this manner there is reason to expect that it may take a formative shape in legisla- tion. prevails in some lumber sections of the States, more strongly than othersf has been indicated at different times in these columns. I give here an interview with Representative Stout, of Michigan, who does not enter- tain the fears expressed by others that free lumber would mean the ruination of the United States lumber in- dustry. Said he: “Our forests are fast disappearing. If we can save them by admitting Canadian lumber free, it would seem wise to do so. The individual holdings in my State are numerous. Ten persons own so much of Michigan hard timber and pine that if it were placed on either side of the 4,000 miles of Michigan railways it would so bound the line of vision, that a stranger would think that he was traveling through an impene- trable forest. One person holds enough timber to make a line two miles wide, the longest diameter of the state. So far as these holdings are pine they have added the first cost every year to the value, and many of them double their first cost each year for thirty years.” Mr. Stout said that the pine holdings of Michigan are worth more than the improved farms. “Yet, every year,” said he, “protests are offered here against taking off the tax on lumber. When, in 1871, a committee of Chicago builders and sufferers from the most disastrous fire on record came to ask for free matenal to erect their city, another committee, in Pullman sleepers and buffet cars, followed to ask that lumber should not be free, and it succeeded. I have always thought that whatever entered into the construction of the home should be free. Were I to suggest the best means of conserving the safety of the state I would find its strongest bulwarks in the home. No man who sleeps under his own roof can fail to have a previous interest in the good order and safety of the state. And what shall we say when the government, for any purpose whatever, proposes offer- ing the paltry protective tax of $1 on lumber? The committee which the lumber convention appointed to seek a hearing before the Ways and Means Committee of the House, protesting against taking the tax of $1 per thousand from lumber, was composed of men who draw bank cheques every month running into the tens of thousands of dollars. They declare that the lumber interests will suffer if the tax on Canadian lumber is removed. Suffer what? It’s large profits may be slightly reduced. If it is now $5 per thousand feet, it may be only $4, if Canadian lumber is made free. What a pity if a class which has made the most colossal for- tunes of the century should have these profits slightly This, however, is a preliminary condi- The opposition to a free lumber measure, that reduced!” He said that there is scarcely an acre of uncut pine in Michigan or Wisconsin which cost $1.25 an acre in 1885, which has not increased in value too per cent. per annum on that first cost for thirty-seven years up to now, “and much of it,” said he, “double that amount.” “And yet the poor pine land holder must be protected against Canadian lumber. What 09 effrontery ! Advertising in CANADA LUMBERMAN pays. 3 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN AuGuUST, 1892 MICHIGAN LETTER. [Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] HE opinion given currency to, more than once, in these letters that Michigan pine is rapidly diminishing, finds fresh corroborative testimony constantly in the expressions of prominent lumbermen throughout the State. Opinions will differ regarding the time when the demolition of the last pine tree will have taken place, but all are agreed that Were it not for the supplies that are coming across from your side of at the longest this period is not far distant. the border to-day not a few large mills would find them- selves without logs to keep running. A case in point is that of William Peters, of Bay City. His new bandmill will not commence running this year until about July 1, waiting the arrival of logs from Canada. It is claimed by one journal that Mr. Peters ‘owns enough Canadian timber to run his mill for the next fifteen or twenty years, and the mill was built for this purpose. An effort will be made not only to keep the mill busy the balance of the season, but to tow enough logs from Canada to afford sufficient stock for an early opening next year.” OUR HARDWOOD WEALTH. A prominent authority on lumber matters believes that the future lumber interest of Michigan is in its hardwoods. He is reported to have said the other day: “The reign of King Pine in Michigan is on the wane, but the man does not breathe now who will see the time when the lumber industry will not be a great and prosperous business in Michigan, for when the pine is gone then the other woods will go to market, and they will enrich the people far more than pine has done, though their utilization will not create so many millionaires. In fact, the hardwood lands of Michigan are to-day the bonanzas of the future to the investor, large or small, as well as the settler and the poor man seeking a home, to whom these hardwood acres are what a father is to a child whom he supports and lets him have all he makes, for while he is carving out a home the land will give him a good living, and, if he is wise, when he gets the farm cleared he is comparatively rich, over and above his farm, the finest land the Almighty ever left out of doors, in a climate that is nature’s own sanitarium, and his hardwood, which he has been able to sell at a good profit, has made him so.” A local correspondent commenting on this opinion has sagely remarked: “‘It is a great pity that this idea had not obtained before thousands of acres of the finest hardwood timber in the country was ruthlessly sacrificed to the flames.” BITS OF LUMBER. Very little is doing in shingles in the Valley, most of the mills being closed down for lack of logs until a week or two ago. S. M. McLean & Co., of Bay City, have commenced running twenty-four hours, their work being principally on Canadian logs. They average 18,000,000 feet a season. The rumour is revived that the Grand Trunk is to extend its line from West Bay City to connect with the Algerroad. One statement is that the road will be built this summer, but this is unlikely. Mr. Loveland, of the Saginaw Lumber and Salt Company, and the Emery Lumber Company, says they have three rafts on the way over. They have not lost a log this season. One or two rafts were blown ashore on the Bay shore, but no logs escaped. Those running logs from Canada are much gratified at the success attending log rafting across the lake. Two local lumbermen, J. T. Hurst and O. E. Elsemore, are just now in the Georgian Bay district of your country looking over a tract of pine, containing about 250,000,000 feet, which If the deal is closed Mr. Hurst, it is said, will cut 75,000,000 feet of logs the coming fall and winter they are likely to buy. and raft them to the Saginaw River next season to be manu- factured. Pica. SAGINAW, Mich., July 21, 1892. OTTAWA LETTER. [Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] ITH little, if any, reservation I can write that lumbering operations in the Ottawa Valley partake of a decidedly Contrasted with the lethargy that has been the main constituent element of this important indus- improved character. ‘ try, for many moons, the transformation is very acceptable to the people here. And now that Parliament is adjourned and they are no longer called upon to divide their interests between matters political and the affairs of business, the inter- est in the lumber boom is all the greater. Prices are firm; in fact, they are on the advance, and this is is favorable to situation. one condition that a prosperous Then sales are brisk. I may put the case a little stronger; pretty much all the lumber that the mills are capable of turn- not all reached the consumer; the middlemen are holding part of it. ing out this year is already sold. Of course it has But those whose endeavour it is to make contracts with the mill- owners direct, receive the one answer that stocks are sold out. Within the past six weeks it is computed that not less than 26,000,000 feet of lumber have been shipped to the United States and England. I am told that trade with the neighbor- ing republic is very satisfactory. Mill-owners may be expected, after their long wait, to feel in good form over these improved conditions, and yet they are moving cautiously in all their As one millman has said: ‘‘We do not care just We are transactions. now for various reasons to rush things as we used to. satisfied if we do a quiet steady business.” LUMBER IN CANADIAN BOTTOMS. A change has taken place in the ways of shipping lumber that from a Canadian standpoint has peculiar interest. This spring an organization known as the Ottawa Transportation Co., and including all the Ottawa forwarders, was formed. This concern made contracts with the mill-owners and middle- men, and have been doing about the whole of the carrying business this season. As a consequence a fleet of American bottoms, over twenty in number, that had heretofore controlled the larger part of the lumber trade, are lying here idle. Shipping by barges has been further curtailed from the fact that here, as elsewhere, more lumber is now-a-days shipped by cars. This plan is a convenience to small dealers, as a ship- ment of say 10,000 feet, at a cost of $150 can be made by car, where a barge load would represent about $3,000. SITE FOR A PULP MILL. Messrs. Masey & Lansing, of Watertown, N.Y., have been here inspecting the surroundings with the thought of establish- ing a pulp mill in this district. It is important to the success of such a mill that there should be abundance of water power, and of course there is no lack of this element here. Mr. Lansing when spoken to about the matter intimated that at their mills, three miles from Watertown, they were experiencing a difficulty because of lack of water power. If a pulp mill is established, and the probabilities point strongly in that direc- tion, the turn-out of pulp would run about thirty tons per day. Questioned on the tariff Mr. Lansing said: ‘‘We are prepared to pay $2.50 per ton at the outset for shipping the pulp to Watertown, with the probable ultimate result of building a large establishment in this city.” CASSELLMAN ESTATE. The estate of the Cassellman Lumber Co., insolvents, has been disposed of under the hammer of Auctioneer A. B. McDonald. The principal purchasers are as follows :— Stock and store amounting to $74.41, sold at 32% cents to H. Allan, of Ottawa; 12,000 ties to Rathbun & Co., at 13 cents. 24,000 sawlogs to Rathbun & Co. at $3.27 per 1,000 feet board measure; 12,577 logs, to Alexander McLennan, of Montreal, at $3.30 per 1,000 feet board measure. 6,153 logs, at $5.50 per 1,000 feet board measure; 9,000 logs to Alex. McLennan, Montreal, at $5; the stock in the lumber yards amounting to $1,437 was purchased by Beach & Co., of Win- chester, for $274 cents on the dollar; 300 cords shingle butts, to Rathbun & Co., for $1 per cord; tor cords hemlock bark, Rathbun & Co., $3.10 per cord; 2,000 cedar poles, valued at $973, for 22 cents on the dollar, to Rathbun & Co. ; shanty plant to Rathbun & Co. for 17% cents on the dollar, valued at $642. The manager’s household effects and seventeen horses were sold to various purchasers with reserve. AMONG THE LUMBER PILES. Thackeray’s new mill is nearly ready for operation. Rochester Bros., whose head office is in this city, have taken out 60,000 logs in the Lake Huron district this season. A large raft of timber, containing 109 cribs, the property of W. M. Mackey & Co., is on the way to Quebec, and there will likely be sold to English shippers. A gang of about 100 shantymen who arrived down from the upper O.tawa a few days ago, report the drives coming along nicely. The first logs for the Chaudiere mills have reached the Des Jouchin rapids. Perley and Pattee have been doing some big work with a Prescott band mill driven by water. It recently sawed in eleven hours: 4,047 feet, 1 inch; 85 ft., 1% inch; 11,723 feet, 1% inch; 5,726 feet, 2 inch; 85,038 feet, 3 inch; a total of 106,619 feet. A large-sized lumber deal was consummated here this month when the old Grier timber limits, more familiarly known latterly as the Pierce limits, were sold at the instance of the Bank of Montreal, to Shepard & Morse, of Boston. The extent of the limits is about 100 square miles; the purchase includes a large quantity of logs on the drive and in the boom. The amount of the transaction is from $200,000 to $215,000. The logs will likely be manufactured in Ottawa. We have witnessed at the Cascades the largest jam that has occurred on the Gatineau for some years. The jam contains hundreds of thousands of feet of lumber, some hundreds of railway ties, two rafts of flat deals and a couple of cedars. The locality is a short distance below the Cascades station on the competition in the Northwest. _ of inserted teeth. The saw with which the experiments were : pe superintendent of a company which sunk $60,- the Gatineau Valley railway. A gang of men have been hard — at work endeavoring to make a clearing. They have a heavy contract on hand, but they are stout-hearted as well as stout-— bodied fellows, accustomed to hard tasks, and will no doubt get there in this case. ; Orrawa, Ont., July 23, 1892. BRITISH COLUMBIA LETTER. 7 {Regular correspondence Canapa LUMBERMAN.] 3 LD. J. B. KENNEDY, president of the Brunette sawmills, has returned from his trip to Manitoba and the North- — west. ‘‘I’ve been on the move,” said he, ‘‘for eight weeks and have travelled over about all the railway, maim and branch lines, between here and Rat Portage. I stopped off at a great many places, visited all the principal places in Manitoba right down to the boundary line, went north as far as Edmonton in the Northwest, and took in the Spallumcheen Valley and other — parts of the interior of British Columbia on my way home.” He says that the way in which settlers are pouring into the - Northwest is surprising, but the vast country swallowed them up so fast that where a train load of immigrants and their effects were unloaded one day, the next day all would have dis- appeared—gone to homesteads several miles from the line. Winnipeg, Brandon and all the towns were building fast, and large quantities of new ground are being broken. The crops — are looking splendid. As far as lumber is concerned, the out- look for British Columbia lumber is about the same as last year, the freight rates to points in Manitoba being against usin comparison with Rat Portage and the big mills east of Winni- | peg, while a number of small mills on the mountains enter into This is for the poorer class of lumber, but, as for the best quality, they can’t approach this province. A CANADIAN INVENTOR. An improvement in band saws recently perfected by Mr. J. N. Kendall, late of Ottawa, and builder of the Maclaren-Ross mill here, will be of interest to LUMBERMAN readers. The improvement consists in the saw being so shaped as to admit made is a 17-gauge, and has 129 teeth, which can be changed in fifteen minutes. It has been running about two months and doing well. Not a tooth has loosened nor any trouble what- ever been experienced. The testing of the saw on rough and knotty timber and logs with many barnacles on them has shown no weakness in the saw. The inventor is on the look- out for a capitalist or capable manufacturer who will join him in placing the invention on the market. COAST CHIPS. : Morton Bros., Nicomeke, contemplate selling out to Mr. Melvin. The Royal City Planing Mills have recently added to their plant three shingle machines of new design made by a local manufacturer and containing several alterations and improve- ments that make them better suited to British Columbia timber. c Grant and Kerr, of Ladner’s Landing, and W. Fortier and Son, of Mission City, are putting in new and more powerful boilers, engines and wood-working machinery. The latter have signed a contract for the delivery of 500 cedar doors to be delivered in six months from June I. Boat builders of New Zealand are delighted with a supply of oars sent from this province by Cassady and Co. They have about come to the conclusion that there is nothing like the spruce of British Columbia for oars. -New Zealand and Australia have no wood suitable for oars, and these are all imported from England in the finished state. A fair trade in this article is hkely to be worked up here. NEw WESTMINSTER, B.C., July 18, 1892. THE SECRET OF IT. ooo in learning how to successfully dry maple flooring, says: “The trouble ordinarily with kiln drying hardwood is that it is not kept damp enough. Kiln makers tell us that sufficient moisture is introduced by the fan. That’s wrong. Now, every day we stop the fan and, for an hour, turn steam into the kiln. Lumber should dry from the center out, and by keeping the out- side sufficiently damp while it is so drying, so it will not split, is what gives us this perfect lumber.” 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. : Avcust, 1892 THE NEWS. ONTABIO. —Henry Helmka, sawmill, etc., Springfield, has sold out. 7 —The Rathbun company are making an addition to their ; sash and door factory at Deseronto. —Vigar Bros., sawmill, Port Arthur, are claiming exemption from taxation from the court of revision. —Toronto failures of the month are: W. H. Drayton, Josiah Hall, and G. G. Kerr. All are small. —Shaw and Douglas, of Kemptville, whose mill was lately destroyed by fire, will push ahead with rebuilding. —Business is so brisk at John Milne & Son’s planing mill, Huntsville, that the factory will be kept running night and day. —aAn unusual quantity of lumber, the property of Bronson & Weston, of Ottawa, is on their new piling grounds at Rock- land. - —The lumber factory of J. B. Miller, of Toronto, suffered damages to the extent of $3,000 by fire a fortnightago. Fully insured. —W. B. Bennett, of Harley, is removing his mill to the fifth concession of Burford, where he has lots of custom logs waiting fr cutting. —At McLaren’s mills, in New Edinburgh, booms of logs were broken by a hurricane and piles of lumber scattered in every direction. —Logs that had been hung up for the season on the Trent, Moira and other rivers of Central Ontario are fast reaching their destination. —It is stated that a number of agents of American firms are in the Georgian Bay district bargaining for large quantities of spruce for the American mills. —Several thousand logs are at present running the Govern- ment slide at the Chaudiere, being the property of the Hawkes- bury Lumber Co., of Grenville. ~—Klock’s lumber is all over the slides and is now anchored ; at the Queen’s wharf. It makes one of the largest rafts to go ‘ down the Ottawa river this season. —Geo. Cormack, of Whitby, is importing British Columbia fir to this province. Boards are thirty-two feet long and three and a-half feet wide, free from knots. —Mickle, Dyment & Sons are constructing a switch to their proposed mill site at Severn Bridge. They also purpose build- ing a shingle mill for immediate operation. —The largest load of timber ever carried on the inland lakes was delivered at Garden Island last week by the schooner Ceylon. It consisted of 67,397 feet of pine from Spanish : River. 5 —The tug Summer recently passed through Sarnia with the largest raft of long timber that ever passed through the St. Clair River—about 3,000,000 feet. There were over 325 cribs, containing over 6,000 logs. —It is estimated that 3,000,000 fect of logs will be brought down the Ottawa district streams this season, of which 2,000,000 are coming down the Ottawa proper. The value of the total shipment will be over $5,600,000. what was left in the woods last season. —The Ontario Government give notice through the Lum- BERMAN advertising columns that a large number of timber limits in the Nipissing, Algoma, Thunder Bay and Rainy River districts will be sold at public auction October 13, at the department of Crown Lands, Toronto. —The Peterboro Examiner of a week ago says that ‘‘a drive of logs consisting of 230,000 piéces, the property of the Rath- bun Co., of Deseronto, and the Gilmour Co., of -Trenton, is passing down the Trent River now. Over 100 men are employed on the drive, which is one of the largest that ever _ passed through these waters.” —The applicants to the Dominion Government for a charter for the Toronto and British Columbia Lumber Co., are: John White, of Roslin; Robert Thomson, of Hamilton; John David- son, of Barrie; Thos. John Hamill and John Stinson Hatton, of Toronto; John Alexander Strathy, of Barrie; William Bell, of Guelph; Jonathan Henderson, of Barrie; Henry Hatton Strathy, of Barrie, and Earnest V. Bodwell, of Victoria. The stock of the company is $1,000,000. The chief place of business is to be at Toronto. —Laumbering operations at Port Arthur are being conducted on a much larger scale than at any previous time in the history _ of the district. Large contracts have been Jet by the Canadian * Pacific Railway Company for ties, which are being taken out between here and Rat Portage. The trade in cedar, for paving locks, fence posts, telegraph poles, ties, piles, and as square * ATA s Much of this timber is’ THe CANADA LUMBERMAN 9 timber for bridge and culvert work, is {largely increasing. Three firms have camps on the line of the Port Arthur, Duluth & Western Railway, which are expected to cut 8,000,000 feet of pine, which will be sawed in the district for the trade of Manitoba and the Territories. QUEBEC. —The brigantine Alaska, of Quebec, owned by Maguire and Co., has sailed for Las Palmas, Canary Islands, laden with lumber. This is the first export of lumber for the Canaries from Quebec. —The Quebec & Lake St. John Railway Co. has purchased a large tract of the most valuable timber land on the continent, situated in the northwestern part of Quebec province. The railway will be extended to the tract, which is 500 miles inland. —The old E. B. Eddy lumber yards in Hull, which have for years been stripped of lumber are rapidly assuming their former appearance. Since the ground was taken over by Messrs. Buell, Orr & Hurdman a vast quantity of all kinds of lumber has been piled there. NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA. —Gideon D. Reid, lumber, Hopewell, N.B., has assigned. —Lumbermen hope, as a result of recent heavy rains, to relieve some 12,000,000 feet of logs in a jam near Aroostook Falls, N.B. —Lewis and Starret’s steam sawmill at Pleasant Hill, Economy, N.S., destroyed by fire with a considerable quantity of lumber. —The Keswick Lumber Company intends erecting a new sawmill at Upper Keswick, N.B., the coming fall. About 1,500 cords of hemlock will be peeled by this concern this year. The bark will be shipped to the United States. —An important patent suit which will interest mill owners and lumbermen is pending in the equity court of New Bruns- wick. The suit is brought by H. A. Connell, Woodstock, against John Fraser, Woodstock. for the infringement of the patent of the Kearney shingle jointer, patented in 1886. The Kearney jointers are now used in nearly all the shingle mills in Canada. Connell Bros. obtained assignment of the patent, and allege that the Union Foundry Company is engaged in the manufacture of the jointers. This suit will test the validity of the patent. BRITISH COLUMBIA. —The capital stock of the Columbia River Lumber Company (Limited) is increased from $30,000 to $250,000. —Frank McLeod has purchased a sawmill plant and intends to erect a mill on his property at Chemainus. He has some fine timber limits. The mill will be running this fall. —Timber piracy to a greater or lesser extent is being carried on in different parts of this province. A case came before the New Westminster courts a few weeks ago where four men were charged with cutting cedar timber for shingle bolts, with intent to steal the same. The men had been arrested the previous day by Sheriff’s Officer Patterson in the act of cutting the timber, but they disclaimed having cut any more than what was actu- ally found piled up on the ground at the time, although there were abundant indications all around of extensive cutting hav- ing been done there. The land is the property of J. W. Horne, M.P.P., and is considered worth $50 an acre, the timber being very valuable. It is said that the business with many has come to be looked upon as perfectly legitimate, or at least one which usage has sanctioned. The authorities, however, assert their determination of putting an end to it. ; —Ship-owners are holding for higher freight rates for Aus- tralian ports, but shippers do not seem willing to accede to their demands. Among recent arrivals are the Hindostan, 1,543 tons, at Moodyville to load for Valparaiso on owner’s account. The Palawan sailed for Iquiqui and the Leonor for Valparaiso on July 8. The Colorado, now on the way from San Francisco, will probably load a cargo for South America. The Zebina Gowdy, 1,087 tons, has been chartered to load at Vancouver. There are three vessels, aggregating 2,088 tons, loading at British Columbia ports, all for Valparaiso. Quota- tions are as follows for cargo lots for foreign shipment being the prices of the Pacific Pine Lumber Association: *‘ Rough mer- chantable, ordinary sizes, in lengths to 40 feet, inclusive, $9 per 1,000 feet ; rough deck plank, average length 35 feet, $19; dressed flooring, $17; pickets, $9; laths, 4 feet, $2. MANITOBA AND THE NORTHWES?. —Jobn Irwin, builder, etc., Minnedosa, has sold out to G, F. Burgess. —Dennis Coghlan was drowned while rafting near Moore and McDowall’s mills, Edmonton, overbalancing himself on the logs. —Brine & McDonald, bankers, lumber dealers, etc., Fort Qu’Appelle, Assa., have dissolved. The business will be con- tinued by D. H, MacDonld and Co, FIRES. Shaw and Dougall’s sawmill and planing factory, at Hall- ville, Ont., destroyed by fire. Captain Robinson’s sawmill at Fisher's River, on Lake Winnipeg, has been destroyed by fire with all the winter cut of logs. The Rathbun Co. have suffered a loss of several thousand dollars by fire in their lumber yards at Kingston, Ont. Insured. G. F. Allen’s barrel factory, and Kenney, Haley & Co,’s sash and blind factory, including much valuable machinery, at Yarmouth, N.S., were destroyed by fire. Loss $50,000 ; insurance $20,000. CASUALTIES. George Turner slipped from a boom at Trenton, Ont., and was drowned. Leon Lachapelle, a chopper, fell dead while cutting a tree at North Vancouver, B.C. John Neil had his right arm cut off in McGugan’s sawmill, St. Joe’s Island, Algoma, Ont. At Centreville, N.B., a young man named Simonson, who runs a sawmill, was drowned while booming logs. A. G. Scott, a workman in McCaffrey’s planing mill, Hunts- ville, Ont., has had three fingers terribly lacerated. A shantyman named Larochelle, working on the Gatineau, is suffering from a broken leg. He slipped on a lot of logs. Moses Burt, who worked at Brewers’s mill, near Fredericton, N.B., had his arm so badly injured that it had to be cut off. Arthur Lacroix, a mill hand at Gagnon’s sawmill, Temple- ton, Que., loses two fingers by coming in contact with a circular saw. Norman Pubble received a compound fracture of the right arm through being caught by a belt in a Campbellford, Ont., mill. While running an edger in Perchbecher’s sawmill, Williams- ford, Ont., Fred Eyers had the three first fingers and thumb of his right hand cut off. Doman Gogang, working at David Jackson’s mills, near Tidnish, N.S., has had one hand amputated because of injuries received with a circular saw. Joseph Valiquette, a shantyman who lives near Montebello, Que., had his legs severely crushed while engaged in driving logs. One leg may need to be amputated. Henry McDowell Hodgins, aged twenty-one, eldest son o1 Mr. Edward Hodgins, of Yarm, was drowned at the sawmill of Hodgins Bros., of North Clarendon, Ont. An employee of Murray Bros.’ mill, North Bay, Ont., had his left leg almost severed and the right foot and thigh severely cut and bruised while working around a saw. Solomon Peters, colored, of Kingsclear, N.B., was rafting logs some distance above Fredericton. He went on one log into the middle of the river, rolled off and never reappeared. A lad of thirteen years, Patrick McNeil, was killed at Bur- ton Bros’. mill, Byng Inlet, Ont., while endeavoring to cant a log te the large circular. His body was severed in two in an instant. A lad named Charles Leduc was severely injured in Mc- Cray’s mill, on the Ottawa, while engaged working around a band saw. He loses one finger and may have to have two others amputated. A man named Charles Scott, forty years of age, in the employ of the Hastings mill, at Vancouver, B.C., had his right foot caught between the line rollers of the lumber carriage and suffered terrible injuries. While Donald Caverly, of Madoc, Ont., was unloading shingles at a house one of the bunches fell on him. The second day after the accident he was taken with hemorrage of the Jungs, resulting in death. David Boggs, a partner in Boggs Bros.’ woodyard, Toronto, lost his life by becoming entangled with a circular saw. He was literally sawn in pieces before the workmen noticed the accident. He was a widower with six children. Nellie, the six-year-old child of Mr. Thomas Conlon, lumber merchant, Thorold, was burned so badly that she lived only about four hours after the accident. The child was playing with fire when her clothing caught and was burned off her body before assistance could reach her, 10 THE CANADA LUM SEHEAVEAN AuGusY, 1892 TRADE REVIEW. Office of BG: ADA mane AN,) July 30, 1892. J THE GENERAL SURVEY. HE lumber situation in Canada, taken as a whole, shows signs of improvement. Encouraging con- ditions of the Ottawa district are very fully related in our Ottawa letter on another page. It is estimated that 3,000,000 logs will come down the Ottawa district this summer. Three million logs, at an estimated aver- age yield of 125 feet, board measure, per log, will give a total board measure of 375,000,000 feet for all the mills of the Ottawa district. This quantity of sawn lumber, at an average price of $15 per 1,000 feet, will mean a turnover of capital large enough to prove of substantial benefit in levelling up the depression of former years. Of the 3,000,000 logs coming down a fair percentage belongs to those left over last season. In the Georgian Bay districts lumber operations are active, and while it is true that large quantities of the logs cut will be manufactured outside of our own country it is to be remembered that up to the point of manufacturing our people reap the advantage of all the labor that is placed on the logs and this is considerable. At the same time the mills are as busy this season as they have been for some years past, and probably an increased business is being done. Prices have stiffened and at the increased figures good sales are being made. Ottawa dealers report enquiries brisk from Brazil and South America where very little lumber has been sold for nearly two years. The local situation in Quebec and British Columbia is noted further on. In New Brunswick the improvement is less marked than in some other places. A good local trade is being done in Manitoba accentuated by the large influx of emigrants. So far as Ontario is concerned business is quiet. Representatives of the leading lumber firms report sales slow and small. The favorable outlook of the growing crops, however, has given good hope of a satisfactory fall trade. Narrowing down the local situation to Toronto the chronic condition of many months back continues. Building permits of the past six months amount to only $1,310,000, which is but little more than half those of the same period in 1891, for then they were $2,516,000. QUEBEC. The figures which we give below showing the quantity in cubic feet of square timber measured at the port of Quebec during the past six months as compared with the corresponding period of last year indicate an encourag- ing increase in lumber operations :— 1891 1892 Waneywhitespines. tit trt-eie 565,535 863,347 \ Witte (PNGB Restore adsoodcanous 291,757 462,649 RGGI (i Ereee cr cesesoonoccqod00 25,631 23,354 CYAN a8 Hand esas akexs yateceye sys tar phere 438,914 467,060 LTA Aa eee ocaicrae cm ricieneene 416,272 412,519 PSH = wines cscisise ssectle sine aie are 61,191 93,004 Buch andemaple se... o- cee ener 90,239 310,061 Timber freights continue to rule disastrously low, the latest quotations being Quebec to Cardiff: Timber, 17s., deals, 40s. Quebec to Ireland: Deals, 42s. 6d. A vessel was taken to load deals at St. Thomas, for an Irish port, on private terms, said to be 42s 6d. Lumber from Quebec to Burlington, Whitehall and Plattsburg, $1.50 a thousand; lumber to New York, $2.50a thousand ; from Batiscan to Burlington, Plattsburg and Whitehall $1.40 a thousand. BRITISH COLUMBIA. The general outlook on the Coast is quiet, the mills running about three-quarter’s time. A number of ship- ments to South American ports are recorded in our news columns, and the expectation is that later in the year trade in this direction will have increased. Local trade is on the whole satisfactory and prices remain un- changed. UNITED STATES. Trade reports from the principal lumber centres do not tell of any large distribution of lumber. The labor troubles in New Yo1k continue and are having a de- pressing influence on business, which is being felt at points outside of the metropolis. The heavy rains of June have changed any calculations based on a short crop of logs. Not only has the cut of the past winter been pretty generally secured all over the country, but large quantities of logs that were supposed to be hope- lessly hung up have also come forward. Spruce logs in Maine have met with equally generous favor, and where a month ago it did not look as though the drives could bring down more than fifty per cent. of the logs they are all now safe in hands. The theory in some circles is that this circumstance will have the effect of rendering prices more easy than for a few months past ; but this is to be remembered: good lumber is lamentably scarce everywhere, and in Michigan and Wisconsin, as in our own country, the season’s mill cut has been extensively sold ahead of production. FOREIGN. If the words “slight improvement” are used to desig- nate the conditions of the British lumber market it is the most that can be said. Denny, Mott & Dickson, of London, Eng., have this to say in their last wood market report: “The past six month’s business has been of a very depressing character in most departments of the timber trade, owing to consumption generally having been very unsatisfactory. The consequent strain on large holders has been severe, as heavy stocks have hung on hand and charges and interest accumulated ; whilst small holders, who look for a quick turnover, must have been sorely tried. Low freights, and the decline in the general business of the country, do not promise a very brisk timber market for the remainder of the year. On the other hand, the removal of disturbing features in the labor market, and the diminution of reck- less competition, through the quiet but steady squeezing- out of unsound traders, combine to encourage a reason- able hope of better markets for the closing months of the year.” Of Canadian timber this firm write: “Al- though demand has been very moderate during the half-year, all landed stocks of good Waney have been exhausted, and a moderate importation of the new sea- son’s timber will be welcome. The tendency of long waney to displace square pine is growing, being greatly favored by the ship-building consumers.” Indications grow pointing to an improvement.in business in South America at an early day. TORONTO, ONT. Toronto, July 30, 1892. CAR OR CARGO LOTS. Tt Aen Cu cup randibe iter nner eer aeerineaistneeater 32 00 33 00 Txrojandia2idressingyand! bettereeert terenett ner ie 18 00 20 00 pede) heral set TNA. soahoos cooKcesqscaudoutaocosobooNaS 13 00 14 00 Tx1ojand a2 idressinp waco eee eee I4 00 15 00 IXLO)/And 721COMMONEE Eee Eee eey-Ece ree ee eee 12 00 13 00 oa) PbaXal 379 Soy aCS GOS, on sagcanoncoecooncdoacdundagane0e 10 00 II 00 TxLojandexzemillcullSanenser etre nee Meee ner ier g 00 Tinchyclearand apickshr ere rere eerie hereEnee 24 00 25 00 munchidressingsyanda betters ia mere seer teenies 18 00 20 00 munchisidingsmdl lice caer eek renee eererne er eiaee 14 00 15 00 zr inch siding COMMON -f-s- lass -fe ney Cerone II 00 12 00 manchisidingsshiprcullssee eee ener een eee rEtte IO 00 II 00 rinchysiding millicullss- seer eee eee Pence ner ae 8 00 9 00 Culliscantlings cima cou doce) os Serene he eee nee 8 00 §©6g 00 1 1-2)andithickern cutting up) plankw.s-eeteeeeeenieiiieee 22 00 25 00 Te SEIN Fo ohoS AL rbot; 1x0) (3) ua Seb ABO Ge ooanaescoucaccoasondee I4 00 15 00 ze shovel Gimyos, Comme Macooosnosgodvancsancasacdanaanoosese II 00 12 00 Tox-AUNChIlooking japon ee eee eee ere eee 14 00 15 00 LEX- 2 INCH MOOLIN Steep easepecnis ese eee ce iene 14 00 15 00 KKK shingles, r6inch an. je-heee see ce ee eee 230 2 40 XOX shin gles6jinch ey. et ee eee eeer eee I 30 1 40 IDEA ING iohogboot anpEendDodOMDoaNoAtodsDOsOS bo oMoSaone 7 OleGO ILEIIN, ING QoncoscccoooosndoopyoaboeeovedayacoouopGAesdss I 70 YARD QUOTATIONS. Mill cull boards and scantling$10 00 F. M. Shipping cull boards, promis- I I- 2in. flooring, dres’d 26 00 30 00 CUOMSIWAGENS| ee teenie 13 00 rough 18 00 22 co stocks . . . 14 00 fe *§ dres'd 25 00 28 0o Scantling and Joist, up to 16 ft 13 50| 11-4 in. flooring, un- 18 ft 15 00 dressed, B.M. . . 16 00 18 00 as 1 ** 20 ft 16 00 | r1- 4in. flooring, dres’'d 18 00 20 00 “ “ “ « 22 ft 17 00 undres’d 12 00 15 00 oe pe “24 ft 19 00 | Beaded sheeting, dres- 4 wy “26 ft 20 00 Gilg 6 6 5 0 20 00 35 00 ee os © 28 ft 22 00 | Clapboarding, dres'd. 12 00 es 4 ““ 30ft 24 00 | XXX sawn shingles ee a ‘S324 27 00 ee Whe 6 6 0 6 5 260 270 ‘ os F 2yiste eo) (0) || SERIES 5 5 5 6 6 190 200 Fey Go| IGE ORs ny 4 So 5 30 00 40 00 ‘ i oueeg Otten TaOo) | AWihite cee ene 37 00 45 00 : oe ““ 38 ft 33 00 | Basswood, No. rand 2 a 00 30 00 . “40 to 44 ft 37 00 | Cherry, No. 1and 2 . 00 60 00 Cutting up planks, x White ash, 1 and 2. . 2 00 35 00 and thicker, dry . 25 00 28 oo} Black ask, rand2. . 20 00 30 00 board 18 00 24 00 Dressing blocks . . . 16 00 20 00 Picks Am. inspection. 39 00 MONTREAL, QUE. MonrrEAt, July 30, 1892. Pine, tst qual., per M$35 00 40 00|Q@ak.......... 40 00 60 00 Pines zndbeene iio PEA tole) iy Coley | Valedbsithen ss GG a a ole 6 60 00 100 00 Pine, shipping culls . 13 00 16 00| Cherry ........ 60 00 80 00 Pine, 4th qual., deals 10 00 12 00 | Butternut....... 22 00 40 00 ine millicnlisi-m sent S COM xOFOo)|| birchin neni anaenn 15 00 25 00 SPICE mien Aer 10 00 12 00| Spruce timber... . 13 00 16 00 Hemlock lumber... 8 00 10 00} Hard maple...... 20 00 21 00 Hemlock timber =< - 9700) 17 00)| Lath. J)... 2) 1 80 1 go D5 2 ooo on 8 4 13,00) /8!/'00)|/Shingles) sys peers I 50 300 [BasSWOOd). 16) es) este 12 00 20 00] Shingles, cedar.... 150 3.00 OTTAWA, ONT. Orrawa, July 30, 1892. Pine, 1st qual., per M$35 00 40 00 | Pine, 4th qual., deals. 10 00 12 00 Pine 2nd ie 22 00 25 00| Pine, millculls.... 800 10 00 Pine, shipping culls. . 14 00 16 00|Laths......... 180 1 90 ST. JOHN, N.B. Sr. Joun, July 30, 1892. DEALS, BOARDS, SCANTLINGS, ETC. Spruceidealsy cummins $12 00 ) Spruce boards . nda c 12 00 [PTes. rac ae tevurey eae eee 15 00 | Pine = » « 22100) s4ON00) Deallendsik.) sistemas ase 6 oo | Oak i SRG 40 00 ‘Scantlin ges menr me memencncine to 00 | Ash ce 2» « «0500 25 ean) Hemlock boards... 7 50. SHINGLES. Spruce, GAIA 5 54 ooo 8 $3501 |SS prucesNos:x-me lew ieee I 25 fs CE 5 5 aa 5 Dect ilest er a ee eae Ae 3 Garcia I 25 sf IMS 5 Hg G5 Ao 2.25 CLAPBOARDS Pine, OES ovo 6 60a a 635) .COl| Spruce extray-i suse 24 00 clears aay 45 00 ‘- Clears i..cSeor se 23 00 “sid Jendnclears) es eh emcee 35 00 eh No. x. . 3 2) erenos) “ No.2... . soko FLOORING, DRESSED. Gi NOste sem a 5 60 6 6 IAAT bibtre ICH IG no bn 6 6 6 12 00 SO IN(On 2 nara a omen 10 00 cCRENIG dou atk aa 10 00 MISCELLANEOUS. MENGES no. 0) oO oo 3 00 4 50 Weathsera te) vations 1 80 Heading 17 in. per pr 04 IPickets#mie vst-ck ane 6 50 2 00 Heading 18 in. 04 1-2 05% | Railway ties Heading 22 in. 04 I-2 06 QUEBEC, QUE. QUEBEC, July 30, 1892. WHITE PINE—IN THE RAFT. cts. (cts: For inferior and ordinary according to average, quality, etc., ae Measured tofhe jess -eincisisverssowoerie Aer oe Pieter eee I 20 For fair average quality, according to average, etc., measured off. 18 22 For good and good fair average, “‘ 23 27 For superior fe ss a <¢ “28) “Sao In shipping order fs se i sf 29), ae Waney board, 18 to x9 inch ee sf i ES of ober Waney board, 1g to 21 inch cf ae ff fe ‘34 7 RED PINE—IN THE RAFT. ~ Measured off, according to average and quality, jo ayo 9 a9) Hepa ee 14 22 In shipping order, 35 ito.45feet"*® = 4&5) Seen 22 30 OAK—MICHIGAN AND OHIO. By the dram, according to average and quality................. 43 49 ELM. : By the dram, according to average and quality, 45 to 50 feet.... 28 30 30 to 35 feet.... 23 26 ASH. 14 inches and up, according to average and quality............. 25 28 , BIRCH. 16 inch average, according to average and quality.............. 20 23 TAMARAC. : Square, according to size and quality Jwieie oe siding ae ee 17 20 Platted,. £8 ON ice elton eee 15 18 STAVES. Merchantable Pipe, according to quality and specification..... $300 $320 W. O. Puncheon, Merchantable, according to quality ......... 80 go DEALS. Bright, according to mill specification, $115 to $120 for rst, $75 to $80 for end, and $38 to $40 for 3rd quality. Bright, Michigan, according to mill specification, $120 to $130 for rst, and $90 to $95 for 2nd quality. Bright spruce, according to mill specification, $40 to $42 for 1st, $25 to $26 for 2nd, $22 to $23 for 3rd, and $19 to $20 for 4th quality. BOSTON, MASS. ” Boston, Mass., July 30..—The apprehended log famine hinted a month ago has no longer an existence, the heavy rains of June bringing the logs along with a rush. A particular interest all the same hovers around spruce. A few weeks ago an attempt was made to form a combination to keep up the prices that had become very firm because of the anticipated scarcity of logs, but it would not work. Now have come rumors of an attempt at Bangor to create a corner in spruce logs. But with the stock of logs that have come down the streams this does not seem likely. Prices have changed some, as will be observed by an examination of the list below. EASTERN PINE—CARGO OR CAR LOAD. INOSseaziandish errr $40 00@43 oo | Clapboards, 4 ft., sap : FOoYoOOSCEoSOoUCS 28 00 30 00 Clearer ce mereete 48 00 50 00 Re ena ence on 23 00 26 00 Sap, and clear..... 45 00 Ship's bds and coarse 16 co 16 50 Heart extras esses 52 00 55 00 IRGUES 5 soo 500 s84200 I2 00 13 50 Hearticlear.-eaere 49 00 50 00 West’rn pine clapbds Bevel siding 6in. clear 23 00 24 00 4 ft. sapextra.... 53 00 WESTERN PINE—BY CAR LOAD. : Uppers; Der ee $48 oo@s5o0 oo | Fine com., 3 and 4 in 42 00 46 00 14, 1% and 2 in.. 50 00 52 00} No. 2, rin. Finecom. 28 00 30 00 syetoal one consuscee 55 00 60 00 14, 1% and 2in... 29 00 31 00 Selects scominerereeces 43 00 45 00| No.1 StI, 4 to 6 in. 43 00 44 00 1%, 1% and 2 in.. 47 oc 48 00 Noi 2..cacsaeee 36 090 637 00 epanal ZU i cacestoc 56 00 60 oo No. 3 alege steered eet 28 00 30 00 Moulding boards, 7 to Cut ups, 1 to 2 in.... 24 00 32 90 Ren eCleareee rer 36 co 38 00 | Coffin boards........ Ig 00 22 00 60 per cent. clear... 34 00 36 00 | Common all widths... 22 00 26 oo Fine common, rin.... 36 00 38 oo| Shipping culls, 1 in... 15 00 15 50 14%, 1% and 2 in... 38 00 40 00 do t\% in. 15 50 16 50 SPRUCE—BY CARGO. Scantling and plank, Coarse, rough........ 12 00@14 00 random cargoes.. 14 00@15 00 Hemlock bds., rough. 12 00 13 00 Yard orders, ordinary "dressed 12 00 I4 00 SIZES waste tee iaeyes 15 00 16 00 | Clapbds., extra, 4 ft.. 35 00 36 00 Nerd: sores) extra | \Cleartta Miter 33 00 34 00 ile Nolaeniat 16 00 18 00] Second clear....... 24 00 26 00 Oe eos boards.... 19 00 20 00 Nos oie eee +++ 2300 26 00 ING Bandcasoscann 16 00 17 00 LATH SSPHUCE ID YACAN ZO wreretatererele ein ededatet catalase else a oteter nts hotter eee 2 50@2 75 SHINGLES. SHWE ponnassssc0esse0 re Col@be Ts) || Wish iogos scones sa0 cock tS Pine, 18 in., extra...... 4.00 4 25 Clear.2i nena neat 3 00 15 25 Pine, clear butts....... SB) ee) Gl as Extra, Nos une 200 225 Cedar, sawed, extra.... 3 50 3 65 | Cypress, No. 1, r8 in... 5 00 6 25 Canaday cleanser. -.s- 2751 Canadal.;.ic'. «eee ce eee 3.25 Canada, extra, No. 1... 2 00 2 40 OSWEGO, N.Y. OsWEGO, N.Y., July 30.—The market has evidenced no particular Shen during the month. Prices are unaltered. WHITE PINE. F Three uppers, 1%), 1% and 2)inch ..2en. cick serene ee eee $45 09@45 00 Pickings, No. r, cutting up, ‘ Nov2;cuttingiups: S| See 2 este ceecuticae eee eee 2I 00 2300 In strips, 4 to 8 wide, selected for moulding strips, 14 to16ft. 31 00 33 co « cc “ec AuGusT, 1892 14 to 16 feet, No. 1 culls 14 to 16 feet, No. 2 culls Io to 13 feet, No. 3 culls SIDING. ‘1 in siding, cutting up 1 in selected....... 35 00@42 00 picks and uppers... 32 00@39 00 1¥ in dressing....... 19 00 21 00 1 in dressing......... 19 00 21 00| 1% in No.1 culls.... 14 00 16 00 xin No. x culls...... I4 00 I5 00 1 i in No. 2culls.... 12 00 13 00 rin No. 2 culls...... I2 00 13 00]1 Sh No 3 cculls...... I0 00 II 00 1X12 INCH. emmmrumtremateet ntl TU. oie oe eee me eines viene eee eee 20 00 23 12 and 16 feet, No. 1 and 2, barn boards................... 18 00 19 12 and 16 feet, dressing and better................-.-00005 26 00 30 mrmeaeetert NG 2 CUS ooo oe wn oie oie cece eee sp pies 13 00 14 1X10 INCH. zz and 13 feet, mill run, millcullsout....................-. 19 00 21 12 and 13 feet, dressing and better...................-.--- 25 00 27 ExIO, 14 to 16 barn boards 17 - q2and 13 feet, No. x culls co 16 r2 and 13 feet, No. 2 culls 00 14 14 to 16 feet, mill run mill cullsout...................-.--- 20 00 22 )) x4 to x6 feet, dressing and better............--.-..0200000s 25 00 00 oo 00 1&%x10 INCHES. Mill run, mill culls out.$20 00@23 00 | No. rculls 00 17 Dressing and better.. 25 00 35 00| No. 2culls.. 00 15 IX4 INCHES. Mill run, mill cullsout 17 00 19 00 | No. rculls 00 14 Dressing and better.. 23 00 27 00| No. 2culls oo 13 IX5 INCHES. 6, 7 or 8, mill run, mill 6, 7 or 8, No. rculls.. 15 00 16 culls out......... Ig co 21 00/ 6, 7 0r 8, No.2culls.. 13 00 14 6, 7. or 8, drsg and TELS ose 24 00 28 00 SHINGLES. XXX, 18 in pine....... 370 3 90| XXX, 18 in. cedar... . 3 50 375 Clear butts, pine, 18in.. 2 70 2 go| Clear butt, 18 in. cedar. 2 50 2 75 XXX, 16 in. pine...... a oo 3 25| XX, 18in. cedar ....190 200 Stock »50r 6in.. 450 5 00 LATH. Js ge ern FO Ane eB: CHEERED eo 2 20 isc OS SSS eee 1 80 BUFFALO AND TONAWANDA, N.Y. TONAWANDA, N.Y., July 30.—Only a fair business 1s doing. A threatened strike among the lumber shovers is declared to have been only talk. Receipts in pine are light and a right assortment wanting. A good quantity of Canadian pine is reaching Buffalo by barge. Good lumber continues scarce, especially thick cuts and uppers. WHITE PINE. are, 1,14%,1%and2 Shelving, No. 1, 13 in and up, rin...... 31 00@32 00 Dressing, 1 in...... 24 00 25 00 14x10 and 12...... 26 00 ANT EAR y= copoohes 24 00 Zo EVO Ie RES 26 50 Mold st’ps, 1 to 2in.. 31 00 32 00 ae No. 1, roand 12 AR ADaQC ore ee 20 00 6 ani Bones de 20 00 No. 2, ro and 12 in. 16 50 17 00 Genii aa 16 00 No. 3, ro and 12 in. 14 00 14 50 GandiSins oj 4-- 13 50 Common, rin........ 16 00 18 00 1% and r¥ in ese ee 17 00 19 00 25 War eee AAAS 18 00 19 00 BOX. Narrow out) Saiomd 8 in(No. 3 out) 12 50 | 14 1x13 and wider...... 14 50|2 in , SHINGLES. 18 in. XXX, clear... 4 00| 16in., *A extra...... 2 60 18 in. XX, 6 in. clear. 2 75 | 16 in. clear butts..... 2 10 LATH ee ys loos cies ccc ccccecccccsvacucseee 2 25 ALBANY, N.Y. ALBANY, N.Y., July 30.—The volume of lumber busi- ness doing is not large. Stocks are wanting in assort- ment and this is causing a difficulty in filling orders. Prices keep firm. PINE. $55 $60 | 10-in. common............. aS $16 55 | 12-in. dressing and better. . 34 5° (COMICON Fr - om eaneans 17 45 | 1%-in. siding, selected, 13 ft. Be 45 55 NON asoie ov ead fos fe Is 17 50 | 1-in. siding, selected........ 38 42 45 MERION oe so oo cas ales ois 15 17 40 | Norway, clear............. 22°25 55 RI PESRIIS eit so ovine Cera 16 18 50 KEIN Gs ato calsiniareceie tts ec II 15 45 | 10-in. plank, 13 ft., dressing c. c. 40 and better, each 7h 43 «55 27 | 10-in. plank, 13-ft. culls, each 23. 25 35 | t0-in. boards, 13 ft. , dressing 32 and better, reach teh Uae 28 32 22 | 10-in. boards, 13-ft. culls.... 20 SHINGLES. Pine, ex. xxxx..$4 35 $4 50| Bound butts, € x 18 $5 90 $6 00 Pete S0SE NW SROMUOCK ay: 5 95.0000 ovens 215 230 ON hs ns ee ie ag 220 2 30 LATH. if ae ALS GIIMNICE sno cicicte.s coe e'erlce er ceced 2 00 SAGINAW, MICH. ;, SAGINAW, Mich., July 30.—No large amount of lum- _ ber is offering, which is having the effect of making trade quiet. Prices, however, remain firm, and the _ €xpectation is that a good fall trade will be done. Com- : plaint is made that the discrimination in railway rates against the lumber shipper is driving the sales trade from this market. FINISHING LUMBER—ROUGH. wee 45 | Fine common, 1 in...........32 00 Rese esp rere reser, 2+ +40 O° Wy ADAG ANG: sc 05cres, 34 00 NAN, £055 A « o'v'2% a0 de ei! CPO 0 he ee ene 35 sete rerosarraree ~w Ch 7, BANA GIN thoi oes cn00+30 00 MANE os Ope sxe 44 oo W~ 88 88 88 8888888888 8888 SIDING. Clear, % i BpOO)| (Ce ING eos se ale oe ries o> 18 00 % in ; Fs Select, % in Y%, in TIMBER, JOIST AND SCANTLING,. 2x4 to 10x10, 12, 14 and 16 ft.$10 00 nis) Seo gaanauudedAasabuotN a 12 00 PASI ee OL LAY Wit BOCES 12 09 PAP Gley" Winanponnaaoodad 13 00 add $1; 12 in. plank and timber $1 extra ; extra For each additional 2 ft. for sizes above 12 in. SHINGLES. YOO.6 HBT, OMNES 564g 0000 cyles) (adsorb, <((dtl) be conpatcopoddae 75 KORE SAR IMA Wi faivte elsiviste/st stricre NASP. Aris duoponnaon aha 2 00 Noe Clima stasis tostisneracioccos 2 25 », ©, GAS SORA tere COT ABE I 25 18 in. 4 in. c. b I 00 LATH. Lath, No 1, white pine....... 2 00 | Lath, No. 2, W. pine, Norway 1 50 NEW YORK CITY. NEW YORK, July 30.—The market is lacking in strength and healthful vigor. The weather of the month, some parts of which have been excessively hot, has proven one depreciating element. The disposition has been not to handle any more lumber than immediate necessities made compulsory. Then an unsettled labor market continues to affect the consumption of lumber. Troubles referred to in a former LUMBERMAN were no sooner quieted than rumors have arisen of diffi- culties in other sections of the labor field. A house- smith’s strike is now on and is having the effect of stay- ing important building operations. The season is ad- vancing and the trade are not without fears that the summing up, when the time comes, will show a business shrunken to no inconsiderable extent. White pine is quiet with box stuff most in demand. Buyers have formed the impression that the ease with which logs have come along latterly is due to the heavy rains, which have an influence in breaking the firmness in prices that has existed so far this season. WHITE PINE—WESTERN GRADES. Uppers, Leura gous vos 00@45 00 $13 50@14 00 1%, 1% and2in.. - 46 00 47 00 (ore) gyand| 4 in ~\.)-.../-.. 55 00 58 00 fore) Selects, 1 in. - 40 00 41 OO 00 I in., all wide. - 41 00 43 00 00 1%, 1%and2in.... 43 00 44 00 fore) Branden cer 52 00 53 00 00 Fine common, 1 in.. 36 00 37 oo oo 1%, 1%andzin.... 38 00 40 00 00 sychal ta aenecdon 46 00 48 00 00 Cutting up, rin. No.1 28 00 30 00 50 IN\ey, -Aigacowdesionen 2I 00 23 00 50 Thick, INGy career 29 00 32 00 OH 3) I 17 00 Nh, “2 Bosnoncoodve 24 00 26 00 Beavers | and No. 1 23 00 25 oo Common, No. 1, 10 INO: Zosoaapadosbe 20 00 22 00 ctrl) Wlsgeoogcs 22 00 23 00 Gemiion atipendosahes 18 00 19 00 eae mobo eens. 20 00 21 00 IN@> 3) aeocoscooucc 17 00 18 00 Coffin oad SAnOainne 20 00 22 00 THE WATEROUS COMPANY. REPORTER noticed the Waterous team going to the station last night with two very large pulleys, with two men on the wagon painting them. This rather raised his curiosity, and, on enquiry, he found that this was a shipment of two 82 x 16 inch face grip pulleys, arranged to work on one central driver, fifty inches in diameter, being made for Hunt Brothers, of London, for their electric light plant. The order was received Monday, June 27, and the pulleys shipped last night, making just nine working days, out of which can be counted the holiday of the first of July, when the Waterous people excurted to Buffalo. When the mechanism of these pulleys is taken into consideration, it will be seen that this is very fast work. While on this subject, it might be mentioned that the Waterous people have shipped about twenty-five to thirty tons of these pulleys during the month of June, two of the largest shipments being to the Hamilton Electric Light and Power company, and the Kingston Light, Heat and Power company. The new feature of placing two pulleys on a double driver, economizing space, is highly appre- ciated by the electrical companies, who, as a rule, drive their dynamo from each side of their shaft, and crowd their pulleys as close together as possible. Several prominent electricians have (after a thorough examina- tion) expressed their approval of the Waterous grip pulley, making the statement that they had not previously seen a pulley that they would care to attempt to use, and for that reason had not up to date used grip pulleys. The shipment just made to Hunt Bros. is the fifth to them of grip pulleys, they having some ten or twelve pulleys and couplings in use at their electric light station in London.—Brantford Expositor, July 7. AN important auction sale of the timber limits, saw mill and lumbering plant of Mossom Boyd & Co., of Bobcaygeon, is announced in our advertising columns. THE CANADA LUMBERMATI 1 PERSONAL. C. H. Doxee, planing mill, Campbellford, Ont., is dead. Mr. Tousey, of Bay City, Mich., is a visitor in the Georgiar Bay district, buying timber. The Secretary-Treasurer of the Northwestern Ontario anc Manitoba Lumber Association has donated a cheque of $600 to the Winnipeg general hospital. Mr. Benjamin Young, one of the Jumber kings of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, who latterly resided Ne braska, is dead. He was very wealthy. Prominent among the lumber buyers in Ottawa during the past month were :—Harcourt Smith and A. Gravel, of Quebec of Brooklyn, N.Y. ; Edson Fitch, of Montreal; T. N. Kenyon, and Fred. C. Eaton, of New York. Mr. A. Miscampbell, M.P.P., of Midland, advisory committee to assist the commissioner for Ontario in connection with the World’s Fair at Chicago. He ally represent the lumber interests of Ontario. will be one of an will speci- A better choice could hardly be made. Mr. R. A. Klock, of R. H. Klock & Co,. Klock mills, Ont., was united in marriage on the 13th ult. to Miss Ethel, second daughter of Colonel Pope. The bride wa: were Miss Pope, Miss Lockett, Miss Ramsay, and Miss Arnoldi. The groom was supported by his brother, Mr. A. J. Klock, B.A. Sc. Congratulations. Richard Estey, Senr., Cena of died at Fredericton, N.B., a fortnight ago, aged eighty-two. Deceased was born at Douglas, York Co., in 1810. He at one time carried on an extemsive lumber and milling business at Victoria Mills, two miles below Fred- ericton. He was one of the foremost business men of New Brunswick and very highly esteemed. ONE METHOD OF FINANCING. ALMOST every country has, at some period of its his- tory, used the lottery as a means of acquiring monies for special purposes. France for a time in her early history raised 14,000,000 francs annually. Usually this method of financing has been employed on behalf of charitable and benevolent objects and under the guaranty of Goy- ernment. Germany in 1699 planned a lottery on a con- siderable scale with a beneficent purpose in view. Similarly England and other European countries have worked at one time or another on kindred lines. It has been recognized in not a few cases that there are fea- tures of the lottery that do not always redound to the best interests of the community where they are the vogue, and legislation has frequently been called upon to render illegal lottery methods for any end. -The wiping out by Congress of the celebrated Louisiana Lottery, conducted for years in palatial fashion, is the most recent case of Governmental action. At no time has the lottery secured any important foothold on Can- adian soil, with the one exception of the Province of Quebec Lottery, which has been a fixture for years. It is specially protected by the Government of Quebec to the exclusion of the People’s and other lotteries that at different times have striven to do business. It is claimed for the Quebec lottery that it is conducted in the inter- ests of philanthropy and that the management are scrupulously straight and exact in their treatment of ticket holders. INDIFFERENT LENGTHS. Mr. McLennan, of Lancaster, who bought the logs of the Casselman Lumber Co., of Casselman, Ont., is erecting a mill on the site of the old Casselman mill. The saw and shingle mill owned by S. L. Purdy and leased by D. Ellis, at Castleton, Ont., was struck by lightning on 16th ult., and damaged to the extent of $2,000. James H. Bromley, of Pembroke, has purchased the Thompson timber limit on the Coulonge river containing twenty-seven square miles. There is on the limits over 200,000 cords of poplar pulp wood, besides basswood, spruce, white and red pine timber. It is his intention to put on a large force of men to prepare the pulp wood for the American markets. A sample shipment of British Columbia square timber went forward to England a week ago that old country dealers may see for themselves the immense timbers produced in the Pacific province. ‘The shipment went via Quebec. The expectation is that a trade will spring up between the old country and British Columbia in lumber and that it will be railed over the Canacicn -acific to Quebec and then shipped. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN AuGustT, 1892 THE LUMBER TRADE ABROAD. A Port Huron (Mich.) factory making underclothes from wood fibre, is said to be which | are equal in all respects to those made of wool. Half of the best part of the town of Chnistian- | Nor., principal hi sand, has been burned and 356 of the ses and numerous public buildings, including large sawmill and extensive stock of timber. The world has recently been completed in England largest band sawing machine in the The machine can saw of and the carriage will accommodate logs and sent to Tasmania. through a maximum depth five seventy- inches, fifty feet long and weighing about fifty tons The millionaire lumber firm of Wright Davis and Co., of Duluth, Minn., have signed papers disposing of one of the largest tracts closed the The firm owned 4,000,000,000 feet of standing of the to the of pine land ever out in west. timber on the Swan river, a tributary This has all Pine Tree Lumber Company, Mississippi. been sold a Weyerhansen concern, for a sum approximating $1,300,000. The MONARGH BOILER acentee) ANC HERGULES ENGINE ECE le fr om 6 to 70 horse power. Pat ass eee mo Pied. The 70 horse power can She taken over the roughest roads, or into the forest, and set upas easily and quickly as an aie ary 20 horse power portable engine, and as firm as a brick-set stationary engine. Engines and boilers of every size and description. Rotary Saw Mills, Shingle and Lath Machines, Saw Grinders, Planers, etc. Mill machinery and supplies of every description. Every boiler insured against explosion by the Boiler Insurance & Inspection Co. of Canada. Write for circulars. ROBB ENGINEERING CO., LTD. Successors to A. ROBB & SONS, | Amherst Foundry and Amherst, N.S. Machine Works. ESTABLISHED OVER 40 YEARS. AUGEION NOLIGE Important Sale of Timber Limits HE RECEIVERS OF THE ESTATE OF the late David Moore will offer for sale, at public auction, on Thursday, 11th day of August, 1892 At the Russell House, City of Ottawa, at the hour of three o'clock in the afternoon, the following valuable Timber Limits, known as limits belonging to the estate of the late David Moore, situate on the Kippewa River, and designated as follows: Kippewa Berth No. No. 239 of 1873-4 re cc és Se & te Ts ce Area 50 square miles each. For terms and conditions of sale Receivers, Ottawa. The purchaser will be bound to each limit according Ihe above limits will be positively sold without reserve. Intending purchasers making apply to any of the take the supplies on to schedule and valuation. explorations can rely upon this sale taking place as advertised. A. B. MACDONALD, Queen's Auctioneer, etc., Ottawa. THOS. H. KIRBY, \ -C. H. CARRIERE, 7; Receivers. | of Pine Timber. P. LARMONTH, “WHOLESALE |: ih TOR ONTO, | “WANTED AND FOR SALE Ady ertisements w ill he ae in this department at the rate of 15 cents per line each 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. Adver- tisements must be received not later than the 12th of each month to insure insertion in the following issue. WE WANT ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS. Will pay cash. ROBERT THOMSON & CO., 103 Bay Street, Toronto. OR HEMLOCK, DIMENSION LUMBER, hardwood flooring, cedar shingles, piles, sawdust, ete., write J. E. MURPHY, lumberman, Hepworth station, Ont. ARDWOOD LUMBER BOUGHT, SOLD OR received on consignment. TUCKER DAVID, lumber commission merchant, 202 Eleventh Ave., N.Y. HORS SAVE T KINGSTON FOUNDRY & MACHINERY J Co. (Limited), two Sawmill Engines, cylinders 13 x21, fly-wheel g ft. 6 in. drain, driving pulley 7 ft. x 18 in. face—new—at a bargain. WHITE BIRCH AND SOFT ELM WANTED. ]_ PEER SEN HAVING 1-IN. RED BIRCH and r-in. dry Soft Elm, firsts and seconds, for sale, please communicate with W. W. BROWN, 202 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y. SMNTIBIL, IWWANOILS, 12,10C, EVERAL THOUSAND FEET “T” RAILS, 10 and 20 Ibs. to the yard. A large quantity 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. ENGINE AND PLANER HORSS AVES 20 TO 25-H.P. LEONARD ENGINE AS GOOD JAR as new, is at present running sawmill, cutting 5,000 to 8,000 per day of ten hours. Also a 24 inch planer and matcher in good order. Would exchange planer for a large engine. ROBT. BELL, JR., Box 35, Hensall, Ont. WANTED FOR CASH Ash and Soft Elm OSTLY ONE-INCH, SOME ONE-AND-A- quarter and one-and-a-half inch, strictly firsts and seconds, must be of uniform color; also commons. EF urthermore, Ash and Oak squares from one-and-a-half to four inches thick. Can also use Soft Elm Logs 20 in. and over in diameter for export; Red Birch Lumber, I. and II., all thickness; also Red Birch Squares 5 x 5 and 6x6, ten feet and over long, good squares. Address all particulars as to dryness, quality, quan- tity on hand and price, to P. O. Box 2144, New York, N.Y. TIMBER BERTH FOR SALE BE H NO. 35, CONTAINING 36 SQUARE miles, situated on French River, within about twelve miles of Georgian Bay. There isa large creek and other smaller streams crossing the same which empty into the French, and containing large quantities Has never been lumbered on. Apply to EXECUTORS OF JOHN BROWN (deceased) Room No. 8, Drake Building, Easton, Pa. Timber Limits HOSE WISHING TO BUY OR SELL CAN- adian Pine or Spruce Timber Limits will please send particulars to LEONARD G. LITTLE, Room 13, Temple Building, Montreal. WEETRIL STORONTO, GANADA. H. WILLIAM FOSTER | Lumber and Commission Merchant RECEIVER AND FORWARDER OF | LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES . CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED... SHWVOADINE SSHNONSaos Gosooz J.D. SHIER MANUFACTURER OF Lumber, Lath & Shingles BRACEBRIDGE, ONT. SHINGLE MILL FOR SALE SITUATION : The Tretheway Falls Shingle Mill is new, built 1891, on the South Branch of the Muskoka River, 5 miles from Bracebridge, near South Falls switch N. & N. W. R.R. With the mill are 5 acres of land, large board- ing house, team horses, wagon, sleighs, etc., etc., in fact complete equipment for mill and lumber camp. MACHINERY : Consists of Little Giant Leffel Wheel (60 horse power), Boss Shingle Machine, Jointer, Splitter, Drag, Butting and Knot Saws; Endless Chain Burner, Bull Wheel, etc., etc. Building is 30x 40 heavy frame, with room and shafting placed for second shingle machine. Belt- ing complete and everything in good running order. Circular saw could be added with small expense. TIMBER : Is abundant for 50 miles above the mill on the waters of the South Branch—many townships being yet owned by the government—besides thousands of acres of deeded pine, four or five thousand acres of which can be bought immediately. There is also about 400,000 feet of timber at mill which can be purchased with it, so that buyer can commence cutting at once. The estate must be wound up, and will bear the clos- est examination. For further information, address THE CANADA LUMBERMAN, Toronto, Ont. J. J. TURNER .- ail, Tent and Awning Maker.. 251 George St. and 154 King St. PETERBOROUGH Canoe, Yacht and Boat Sails made to order. Fits Guaranteed. Every description of Lumbermen’s Supplies and Waterproof Clothing. NORTH SHORE NAVIGATION GO. ROYAL MAIL LINE To Sault Ste. Marie and Georgian Bay Ports Perfect STRS. CITY OF MIDLAND, CITY OF LONDON, FAVORITE AND MANITOU Running in connection with the G.T.R. and C.P.R., will sail as follows :— The CITY OF MIDLAND and CITY OF LONDON will leave Collingwood every Tuesday and Friday on arrival of G.T.R. morning trains from Toronto and Hamilton, calling at Meaford. Leave Owen Sound same days at 10.30 p.m. after arrival of C.P.R. train from Toronto, connecting at Wiarton with night train from the south, and calling at intermediate ports to Sault Ste. Marie. Steamer FAVORITE will leave Collingwood Mon- days and Thursdays after arrival of morning trains for Parry Sound, Byng Inlet, French River and Killarney, connecting there with above line of steamers for the **Soo.’’ Returning will make close connection at Midland on Wednesdays and Saturdays with trains for the south and steamer MANITOU for Parry Sound. Steamer MANITOU will make regular trips from Penetanguishene, connecting with trains from the south, only at Midland on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday for Parry Sound, connecting there with Steamer FAVORITE for Byng Inlet, French River and Killarney, where connection is made with above ‘‘ Soo’ line of steamers. For tickets and further information apply to any agents G.T.R. or C.P.R., or to C. E. STEPHENS, W. J. SHEPPARD, Sec.-Treas., Collingwood | Manager, Waubaushene Roctiester Bros. : COMMISSION AGENTS Limits bought and sold on commission. Limits trav- elled 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. Communications confidential. References given. 36 Rochester St. Ot ta Wa E. STEWART .bies DEALER IN Timber WIMNrts IN ONTARIO, MANITOBA AND BRITISH COLUABIA CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED OFFICE, 24 MANNING ARCADE KING ST. WEST ‘EL ORONGLG? @iNae: zee) ee al RAILROAD FROM Port Huron and Detroit Is the Short Line to SAGINAW AND BAY ITY (Centres of the vast lumber interests of Michigan) NT. PLEASANT, GLARE, REED CITY BALDWIN, LUDINGTON, MANISTEE HILNAUKEE AND MANITOHOG, MIS. The last two named are reached by the Company” line of Steamships across Lake Michigan. The line thus formed is a short and direct route from NEW YORK MONTREAL BUFFALO TORONTO to ST. PAUL, DULUTH and Pacific Coast points. Write either of the undersigned for Folders, which contain Maps, Train Schedules and a great deal of in- formation of value to those contemplating a trip to any of the above-mentioned points. W. H. BALDWIN, JR., General Manager. W. F. POTTER, Gen’l. Sup’t. A. PATRIARCHE, Traffic Manager. SAGINAW, MICH. GENERAL OFFICES: - UGTION SALE ImDer Berths DEPARTMENT OF CROWN LANDS (Woops AND Forests BRANCH) Toronto, 27th June, 1892. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, UN- der Order in Council, Timber Berths as here- under in the Nipissing, Algoma, Thunder Bay and Rainy River districts, viz. : in Biggar, Butt, Finlayson, Hunter, McCraney, McLaughlin, Paxton, Peck, and the northerly portion of Berth Forty-nine, lying South and West of the Wahnapitae Lake, all in the Nipissing district ; the townships of Lumsden and Morgan, and a small portion of territory lying North and West of Pogomasing Lake, in the Algoma district; Berths One and Seven, Thunder Bay district ; and Eleven, Twenty-seven, Thirty-six, Thirty-seven, Sixty-four, Sixty-five, Sixty-six, Sixty-seven, Sixty-eight and Sixty-nine, Rainy River district. Will be sold at Public Auction on Thursday, the Thirteenth day of October next, at One o’Clock p.m., at the Department of Crown Lands, Toronto. ARTHUR S. HARDY, Commissioner. Nore.—Particulars as to locality and description of limits, area, etc., and terms and conditions of sale, will be furnished on application personally or by letter to the Department of Crown Lands. A@ No UNAUTHORIZED ADVERTISEMENT OF THE ABOVE WILL BE PAID FOR. WHEN YOU BUY SORIBNER'S LUMBER AND LOG BOOK You get the best, most complete and useful table bock for the measurement of Lumber ant Loss Ever Published. Over One Million Sold - - Calculations are given showing the number of feet board measure contained in various sizes of logs by DOYLE’S RULE, besides many other tables useful for lumbermen and others. Mailed to any address on receipt of 35 CENTS. Address THE CANADA LUMBERMAN, Toronto, Ont. AuGusT, 1892 UPLEX fomtntx mre coro Trouenvs ons POWER PUMP eee es 8 ee AND ae ST bE A {\ AND FIRE PUMP POWER INDEPENDENT CONDENSER NORTHEY MFG. 60., Ltd, TORONTO, ONT. Representative Lumber Manufacturers and Dealers Railway, Express, or Power, Style and Town nearest Shipping Point} NAME BUSINESS Daily Capacity | | erred. Ginko... 2... itawan 2 osc: era anin Hoth he aoa 6 0 gece On one |Lumber, Wholesale and Retail................. Steam, Circular and Band Mill Ottawa, Ont..........- WTA AS 56 a on ym ce Bronson & Weston Lumber Co..... 2 Sawmills, White and Red Pine, Wholesale....|Water, Gang and Band, 450m (OFS 2 6 ee itawa- aa... JOTTAWA LUMBERCO......... enmber eine no pruces ElemlocksswWiholesal eli ||pr sess ameter eis)- tise aie olen Ottawa, Ont.......... SD EEA soca he :ceate.n. [PratiyAg eines Gong on 50000 MO Saw and Lath Mill, Pine, Wholesale........... Wat., Gang and Band, Saw 4oom, | Lath 7om Parry Sound, Ont..... | Uv oe eS ae \Conger Lumber Co... - 0. 2. oss ivarioan, Wwiolsals inal Ikea soaks soacods ond esonadomosedednoonmesaoneeoccne Parry Sound, Ont..... Parry Sound.......... Parry Sound LumberCo......... Saw, Shingle and Lath Mills, Pine, Wholesale ..|Water, Gang, Circular, Saw gom, | Shingles 7om, Lath 30m | Muskoka Mills, Ont...|Penetanguishene...... Muskoka Mill and Lumber Co., Head|W. Pine Lumber, Lath and Bill Stuff, all lengths.|2 Mills, Water, 1 Band, 2 Gangs Office, Arcade, 26 King st. w., Toronto and 3 Circulars. Alexandria, Ont....... Mexantimia. 2... .-2-%- McPherson, Schell & Co. ....... (Cyaaga letor< Masiony, as, Somes, CaGeve oon sacllooconssovcdspo¢assnnce0g070000 Almonte, Ont......... PAN IOTDE o,2)51<\0.2%ianie «+: 2:0 Ealdwelll Arison. i. sisusre oo = Sawmill, Pine, Lumber, Hemlock, Hardwoods. .|Circular, 3m eS LSS SoS pep eno ee Dymnontince WICKIC sce ee cue. 3 © Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Cedar, Hardwoods...... Steam, Circular, 4om Barrow Bay, Ont...... WW taesODie eee - Barrow Bay Lumber Co., Limited . ./Saw, Shingle and Heading Mill, Pine, Cedar | Oak, Oak Railway Ties, Paving Blocks ...... Steam, Circular, 16m Blind River, Ont...... Bind River... 5... -.1.-4 Blind River Lumber Co......... 2 Saw, Sh. and Lath Mls., Pine, Hem., Bl. Birch}Stm., Band, Cir., S. 75m, Sh. 60m Bobcaygeon, Ont...... Fenelon Falls......... Boyd, Mossom & Co........... lktensiod, Wiinolecallacinal INGE lias ono 500deo Gond|ldnoamasuaogaceqoonuoMoaeesscoSu Bracebridge, Ont...... Bracebridge........... DOTMARS PANES terre ales) sisi ols! « Mambersohineless winolesalemn me imei cite cite leit eerie hee rekker-tetersioistets era Uae 20 peAREM erste sects ee 5% 2 BUTLOMPSTOS Sel ceils fotou’s tel sacle opie. je Ibnrloae, Wianoescioenclikgeil, co ccnodcocosoacl|sonoscospenhoobedaqsodocooGnanne Byng Inlet, Ont......- Witerson = oo. aoa. ccs |Georgian Bay Consolid. Lumber Co.|Sawmill, Pine, Hemlock, Birch ................ Steam, Circular, 2om Calabogie, Ont........ Calabogie:. 5-225. --2:- Carswell, Thistle & McKay...... Muimber yy inolesale ancmvetallenrier eprom |Meiee eee tertstsetelotisie site ayers ail) Callander, Ont........ Caliander, G.T.R. ....|/John B. Smith & Sons ......... White and Red Pine Lumber, Bill Stuff, Lath | Head Office, Strachan Ave., Toronto] and Shingles..............0.sseseeeeeenr eens Steam, 2 Circular, 80m Collins Inlet, Ont.....- Collins Inlet .......... {Collins Inlet LumberCo......... Pambers eine Oak, Ash) Birch,sWibol.satad Gta Mee arcte teh etepe te ate » \Keewatin Lumber & Mfg. Co..... Saw, Lath, Sh. and Pl. Mill, Moving Posts, Pine] Water, Band and Circular, room Lakefield, Ont...._.... Sh Lakefield Lumber Mfg. Co. ...... Iino, Wihesleseimeyntal RYSeyil sae aloe sp osbon, colleoee damn Bok oun epee tae Oomeomoe ae Little Current, Ont....|Sudbury.............. Charlton, J. & T Sawmill, Pine, Ash, Birch, Oak, Wholesale...... Steam, Circular, 25m Little Current, Ont....|Sudbury.............. Conlin, T. & J. Sawmill, Pine, Ash, Birch, Oak................ Steam, Circular, 25m Little Current, Oni....|Sudbury.............. Howry, J. W. &Sons.......... Lumber, Wholesale and Retail.................- London, Ont.......... DAMIAON = OF ce ciee icin IG OLODIL PS AMTIES ros tat sis.) otto) oi ote s) « Exp. and dlr. in Am. Hwds, made to specification Longford Mills, Ont...|Longford .... ...|Longford Lumber Co........... Saw and Plan. Mill, Hemlock, Hardwds., Whol. Mount Forest, Ont....|Mount Forest......... (oval Vn yn oe Gono 6 DA Cherry, White Ash, Hardwoods, Wholesale..... Norman, Ont..........|Norman.............. |Cameron (TE ie BS he 0 Ae Saw and Plan. Mill, Tim. Lands and Logs, Pine|Steam, Circular, 4m Norman, Ont.......... SNiprattarioern se so - |Minnesota & Ontario Lumber Co. .|Lumber, Wholesale and Retail............,.... orse, Ont.........-.} Elmwood, G.T.R......|S. B. Wilson &Son..........- Hardwoods, Shingles, Lath, Handles........... Toronto, Ont.......... REO 0 ce» ose oie 2 \Campbell, Nh ale BS 6 6 Prumiber i WiunOleSale iy ravetsiar< crete) sieisierejer-iedeicleletatelas'e aes Toronto, Ont........-. On ae ae iON MenNAnNt S \. 18. ". vo recietcs. Pim berm nOlesales: cma cieaities sie tetey cea raiteeerets, og CS SE Se |i le Dowen & Oliver’; 2. Sane es Barber wWnolesalesen picmvecresetcycicuteiteyefeceiricrsrors G Toronto, Ont.......... (vets Ona eaeae |Victoria Harbor LumberCo....... 3 Saw, Shingleand Lath Mills, White Pine, Whol. Toronto, Ont.......... Worontd,,...,.-%, ..|.W. N. McEachren & Co........ Wumbersawiholesaleree earcue am anassntcmre (G or Lio James Tennant & Co.......... Lumber, Lath, Shingles, etc., Wholesale........ Com. Wiarton, Ont.......... Wiarton....... fee Miller, LUO SR PY Ne ane eb oly SiC er eLeS 7 3 Sawmills, Lumber, Barrel Heads............. Steam and Water, Circular, Port- | able and Stationery, rom Buckingham, Que.....|Buckingham.......... IR ORB StOSce et ckoicls ete hal chee? cl essente 2 Sawmills, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods.......... Circular, Gang and Band, 180m Chaudiere Mills, Que..|Chaudiere Stn..... IBECAKEeN a, JOM cael otis wusieasetngs.aue Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods, Wholesale. .|Water, Gang, 150m Cookshire, Que........|Cookshire..... et pICooksiite NAMICO! oo sis sie ss Saw, Shingle, Planing, Stave and Heading Mill.|Steam, Circular and Gang, 60m Montreal, Que........|Montreal.............. |\Dufresse, O. Jr-& Frere. ....... Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hdwds., Whol.|Steam, Circular and Band, 50m Montreal, Que........ Moiiteals... oi. .ce0; Roberts, Joseph & Fils......... Saw and Planing Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds,|Steam, Circular, 20om | Int. Fin, Spruce, Hardwoods, Wholesale...... Montreai, Que Montreal.. west SHEARER & BROWN......... 4 Sawmills, Oak, Ash, Elm, Pine, Hem., Dim...]2 Stm., 2 Wat., Band, Cir., 4om Moodyville, B.C.. New Westminster......MOODYVILLE SAWMILL CO. ... .|Sawmills, P. Fin, Spruce, Cedar, Hardwoods ...|Steam, Circular, 2om New Westminster, B.C.|New Westminster.....|Brunette Sawmili Co.......... Saw and Planing Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds,|Steam, Gang and Circular Fir, Cedar, Spruce, Hardwoods.............. Canterbury, N.B Canterbury Stn. ...... |\James Morrison & Son......... Sawmill, Pine, Hardwoods.......2:02:0.0000055 Steam, Circular, 38m Bridgewater, N.S.. Bridgewater .|DAVIDSON, E.D. &SONS...... 5 Saw, Shgle. and Lath Mills, Pine, Spr., Hwds.|Water, Circular and Gang, 200m |} Lumbermen desirous of being represented in this Directory can obtain information in regard to rates by communicating with the Publisher. UAK TORONTO 20 FRONT ST EAST TELEPHONE 475 NW The Montréal Gar Wheel Go. .... MANUFACTURERS OF .... Gharcoal Iron Ghilled RAILRO mae WHEELS NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE BUILDING, KONTREAL Works: LAGHINE, QUEBEC We make a specialty of Wheels suitable for the re- quirements of Lumbermen and Street Cz Service, and can supply them Bored, Finished and Balanced. CORRESPONDENGE SOLICITED THE J.C.M°LAREN BELTING C2: onrrea THE CANADA LUMBERMAN Aucust, 1892 The Dodge Patent System Or Rope lransmission of Power Millmen having trouble with large belts by slipping and loss of power should write us for information on our Patent Rope Drive System Thousands of horsepower in use in the largest and most modern mills. We contract for the complete erection of Drives of any power. 10,000 Wood Split Belt Pulleys always in stock for immediate shipment. DODGE WOOD SPLIT PULLE Yaa 63 KING ‘ST. WEST, TOROGNTS MACHINERY _ OLLOWING LIST OF SECOND-HAND MA- chinery for sale by The Canada Machinery and Supply Co., Brantford, Ont., dealers in new and sec- ond-hand machinery and supplies :— Oxe TUBULAR BOILER, 44-IN. DIAMETER x 12 ft. long, Waterous make. NE 25-H.P. WATEROUS FIRE-BOX PORT- able boiler on skids. oe 8-H.P. FIRE-BOX BOILER. oO 6-H.P. FIRE-BOX BOILER. o 6-H.P. UPRIGHT LEONARD BOILER. oe 4-H.P. UPRIGHT MARINE BOILER. NE 12x16 SLIDE-VALVE BECKETT MAKE engine. Ox 9x12 SLIDE-VALVE MORRISON MAKE engine. NE 6%x9 SLIDE -VALVE COPP BROS. make engine. ORE 3 54%x9 SLIDE-VALVE BECKETT MAKE engine NE THREE-HORSE LEONARD MAKE eng Zine. NE “COW AN & CO, ae AKE LARGE SIZE planer | aner and matcher, used only eighteen months. NE AMERICAN MAKE ‘PLANER AND matcher in g00 od orde er. Two 34- INCH WHEELS BAND SAWING machines. NE BBREE SIDE MOULDER, GOLDIE & McCulloch make ()\NE ONE. “SIDE MOULDE ‘R IN GOOD OR- der. ONE BLIND SLaT TENONER TWO. UPRIGHT SWING SHINGLE MaA- | chines with jointer. ee ; NE WATEROUS SELF-ACTING SHINGLE mill and jointer. ey St ees One® WATEROUS LATH MACHINE, THREE 728 GOLDIE & McCULLOCH MAKE louble cope tenoning machine, used eighteen months only a wo PONY PLANERS, 24-IN., WITH COUN- tershafts, Cant-Gourlay’s make, Galt. Ore SWING CUT-OFF SAW. a" wooD FRAME TENONER WITHOUT ORE Sa | FRAME SHAPER. >, COPP BROS. MAKE UPRIGHT | PRUGCTION SALE TIMBER LIMITS SAW MILL AND LUMBERING PLANT, ETC. HE UNDERSIGNED ARE INSTRUCTED by Messrs. Mossom Boyd & Co, (dissolved by the death of a partner) to offer for sale by auction, at The Mart, King Street East, Toronto, Canada, on Wednesday, the Twenty-third day of November, 1892 commencing at twelve o'clock, noon, all their valuable white pine timber berths comprising sixty-eight square miles of virgin timber lands at west end of Lake Nipis- sing, tributary to Georgian Bay, and timber berths in | the townships of Sherbourne, Snowdon, Glamorgan, Monmouth and Harvey, tributary to Trent River and | > | Bay of Quinte. Also their Sawmill at Bobcaygeon, lumbering plant, | etc., etc. For particulars apply to MOSSOM BOYD, Bob- caygeon, Ontario, or to | Messrs. WICKHAM, THOMPSON & FITZGERALD, Canada Life Building, Toronto, Ont., Vendors’ Solicitors. SCRIBNER’S _ ER AND LOG AN BOOK us WA OVER ONE MILLION SOLD Most complete Book ‘ of its kind ever published Gives measurement of all kinds of Lumber, Logs, Planks, Scantling ; cubical contents of square and round timber; hints to lumber de alers; wood measure; speed of circ ule ar Saws; care of saws; cordwood tables; felling trees; growth of trees; la tcl measure; wages, rent, board, interest, stave and he ading bolts, etc. Standard book throughout the United States and Canada. Get | the new illustrated edition of 1882. Ask your book- seller for it. Sent post paid for 35 cents. =) GEO. wv. FISHE | | Box 238, Roc tae N.Y. or A. G. MORTIMER, Toronto, Can. A. M. DODGE, W. J. SHEPPARD, The (;60rOIAN Ba se es Oonsolidated Lumber 60 MANUFACTURERS OF PINE LUMBER, BILL STUFF, SHINGLES avo LAT = Srna Address WAUBAUSHENE, Ont. o 24 King St. West, TORONTO _ ROBIN & SADLER MONT REAL. TO RONTO 2518 &2520 NOTREDAME 1129 BAY. ST, azz Send for sample of our new SAWMILL BELT =a The Rathbun Gompany-< oO GO DLDESERONTO, ONT. Doors, Sash, Blinds, Stairs And all kinds of House-Finishing Materials CEDAE) Gl tor Pussine sae. CoRRESPONDENCE SOLICITED AucusT, 1892 THE CANADA _ LUMBERMAN 15 ONG Gas & OLIVER se Nos. 213, 214 and 215 So Board of Trade Building Toronto, ONE Wase SIXTEEN REASONS, AND HOW TO AVOID THEM WHOLESALE DEALERS IN OFFICE Being instructions to filers on the care of large band saw blades used in the manufacture of lumber. A book filled with valuable information on the care of band saws. Giving the reasons for breaking: analyzing each reason; giving instructions to dispense with the causes as laid down in each reason; and full details on filing and brazing. The proper styles of hammers to use are illustrated and described, ‘and views of blades showing the blows of the different styles of hammers form an important part of the illustrations. Improper and unequal tension are then treated, and the manner of properly setting irregular teeth is described. In connection with the treatise is a his- tory of the invention, manufacture and use of the saw from its origin to the present time. The work in whole makes an accumulation of information such as has never before been published. The book is printed on fine paper, stantially bound in cloth. ONE DOLLAR. ! good clear type, and is handsomely and sub- It will be sent to any address on receipt of the price, Address— CANADA LUMBERMAN, Toronto, Ont. TELEPHONES “4 NO MISTAKES FOR PUBLIG AND PRIVATE LINES eee eNO RENT ALAEEES ALL INSTRUMENTS SOLD OUTRIGHT ESTIMATES CAREFULLY MADE FOR TELEPHONE OUTFITS C. A. MARTIN & CO.. 765 Graig 5t., MONTREAL NO ROYALTY NO DELAYS wT, J. W. MAITLAND _——H, RIXON . G. AINSILE———-W. STODART — MAITLAND. RIXON & CO. OWEN SOUND, ONT. Saw Millers and Lumber Dealers All kinds of Building Material kept in stock LONG BILL STUFF IN ROGK ELM, PINE, GeDAR RAD HEMLOCK ques ome: ft furnished on applic Sa nmm1i Napanee | Gement Works JAYDRAULIC GemeNy WE MAKE A... -«« SPECIALTY OF = s- oa wawia Particularly adapted for Dams, Smoke Stacks, Bndorsed by ; = Es Tes dince Railwave Foundations, Culverts, Cisterns, Cellars, etc. OO BRT a aa. oa ap 5 aed and Contractors ROACA LIME FOR BUILDING, PLASTERING, GAS PURIFYING, PAPER MAKING, ETC. “(GALT MAGHINE KNIFE WORKS ii neh ( i MACHINE CON GOV Gr = OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR Planing, Moulding and Stave Cutting Senedd for Price 21st ee re Ay, GAL Iona THE RATHBUN GOMPANY K ESE ASE SEEISS Endorsed by leading Architects Absolutely Fire-proof MANUFACTURERS OF am TERRA COTTA FIRE-PROOFING Deadens Noise Does not Crack on application of Heat or D, For use in Old and New Buildings Water SISA SSSI SSS) About as Cheap as Wood or Brick SASeQ\ SaaS Seay Weight one-third that of Brick ..... Giyes Warmth in Winter; Coolness in Summer uw SAWMILL ad WOOD-WORKING MAGHINERY ON EXHIBITION 141 TO 145 FRONT ST. IN MY WAREROOMS WEST, TORONTO, ONT. Steam Drag Saw; Improved Stave, 2 Automatic Sawing Machines Winnie’s Patent Hoop Coiling Machine Heading and Shingle Bolting Saw | Winnie's Double Mandrel Hoop Sawing Machine Machine Winnie's Hoop Pointing and Scarfing Machine 2 Automatic Shingle Machines and Jointers, Hall’s | Winnie’s Double Hoop Planer Patent Log Hauling Jack, Chain and Spool; Circular and Crosscut Saw Gummers Log Cars “ Grand Triumph” Drop Tilt Shingle Machine Hall's Patent Shingle Machine and Jointer Smallwood’s Patent Shingle Machine Zarrel Headers; Shingle and Lumber Saws Jobn Pickles & Son’s English Surface Planer No. 1 Improved Planer and Matcher; Cant, Gourlay & Co., makers Revolving Bed Surface Planer; Cowan & Co., makers 26-in. Surface Planer; Gourlay & Co., Swing Shingle and Heading Machine New Goldie & McCulloch Shingle Machine Two-block Shingle Mill; Shingle Jointers Shingle Knot Saw and Jointer Lath Mills; Shingle Packers Stave Bolt Equalizer; Foot Stave Jointers New Spoke and Axe Handle Machine Double Edger; Edging Tables Complete “‘ Eclipne McGregor, makers Moulder; Goldie & MeCulloch, MEN Planer and Matcher; Four-side ** Eclipse” Cant Bros. & Co., makers Four-side Moulder; McKechnie & Bertram, makers Three-side Moulder ; McGregor, Gourlay & Co., Sawmill; Thomas Dill, maker Pour-head Block and Irons for Sawmill Carriage makers Three-side Sticker; Cant, ee & Co., makers ian Saw Irom 5 Three-side Sticker; C. B. Rodgers & Co., makers Pony Planer; Cant Bros. & Co., makers Surface Planer; McKechnie & Bertram, makers Pony Planer, 30-in.; Major Harper, maker Surface Planer, 24-in.; C. B. Rodgers & Co., makers Pony Planer, 20-in.; McKechnie & Bertram, makers Surface Planer, 231%-in. ; American make Pony Planer, 24-in.; Frank & Co., makers Stationary Bed Planer; W. Kennedy & Sons, makers Pony Planer, 20-in.; Waterous Engine Co., makers Surface Planer; McKechnie & Bertram, makers Pony Planer, 20-in.; Josiah Ross, maker Sash and Moulding Machine; McKechnie & Bertram, | Pony Planer; A. E. Doig & Co., makers makers Heading Planer; Goldie & McCulloch, makers Three-side Moulder; Goldie & McCulloch, makers One-side Moulding Machine; American make Buzz Planer, 16-in.; Cant, Gourlay & Co., makers Buzz Planer or ee Canadian make Circular Re-sawing Machine; Cant Bros. & Co., makers H. B. McGregor, Gourlay & Pony Planer, 24-in.; McGregor, Gourlay & Co., makers New Improved Pony Planer; McGregor, Gourlay & Smith, maker Co., Pony Planer, 20-in.; McKechnie & Bertram, makers Cant Bros. & Co., Circular Re-sawing Machine; makers Circular Re-sawing Machine; Co:; Tenon Machines, Jig or Scroll Saws, Band-sawing Ma- maker New Improved Pony Planer, 24-in. ; makers chines, Power and Foot Morticers, Post-boring Pony Planer, New Improved; McGregor, Gourlay & Machines, Swing Cut-off Machines, Saw Tables, Co., makers Shapers, Sand-papering Machines, Planer and Moulding g Knives, Pony Planer; Cant, Gourlay & Co., makers Belting (Leather and Rubber). 1, Ww. S=epae ie bononro, Ont. SEND FOR FREE CATALOGUE . THE CANADA LUMBERMAN AucusT, 18c2 ——R. A. SMITH CO. LINITED——— ST. CATHARINES, ONT. Sole Wi eas hae Coren "2X The “SIMONDS” g , The #LEQDER” | 9 ASBESTOS MILL 5OARD FOR STEAM PACKING — 1 LIBERTY ST., NEW YORK; 16 SOUTH CANAL ST., CHICAGO; 135 NORTH THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA __The Sturtevant Steam he Sturtevant Steam Heating a and Druing Apparatus A. R. WILLIAMS, Toronto and Montreal, Gen. Agent for the Dominion Use McCOLL'S “LARDINE” iz. Ram aaa IS IN USE IN ALL THE py, © VE WNVECS & o's oxo S's 5. K. MOWr & Sqn , Te boss” | onindle Maohine 7 SAW MILL ||| "tesa I ae | Machine “ aa” SHINGLE MILL |) ™ the Marke: 7S MAGHINERY ||| zasem~ Shingle Machinery a specialty REPAIRING PROMPTLY AND CAREFULLY EXECUTED Gravenhurst, Ont. cafe, Je TeRonte NuMBER 0. A a In Use by Eight Leading ... Governments... On January 31st Magnolia Metal was tested, which ran fifteen min- 505 MAGNOLIA ANTI-FRICTION utes with 1800 lbs. to the sq. inch, and one hour with 2000 Ibs. to the sq. Owners and inch, and at the end of the hour the metal showed a temperature of 200 1 Sole Manufacturers degrees Fahrenheit. Under separate cover we hand you detailed reports —. } TORONTO, ONT., SEPTEMBER, 1892 Breet etedt a =.=. =e. oe eo Tue MaGNnouia AnTI-FRIcTION METAL Co. 74 Cortlandt Street, New York, N.Y. New York, N.Y., March 5, 1891. GENTLEMEN,—About March 26, 1890, samples of metal } ©: ‘‘Spooner’s Finest ‘Copperine Babbit” were submitted to m e test showed finest results, and on analysis, it proved to contain no cc opper, and approximated the formula of M agnolia Metal. In October of the same year other samples with same marks were sub- mitted for test, and tested in comparison with Magnolia Metal: upon our new testing machine, built at great expense. This test for temperatures showed Magnolia Metal to awe less friction and a temperature of about 100 degrees less. On December 31st this perfected test piece of Cc Sppemi ine was tested again with the result of its fusing with ten minutes run of 1600 pounds to the square inch. @) of the tests, showing velocity of rubbing surface about 2000 feet per min- ute, diameter of shaft 5 inches, and revolutions about 1500, London Office: 75 Queen Victoria St. 74 CORTLANDT STREET ____ Yours truly, H. G. ‘TORREY. : ee Notr.—Mr. Torrey is U.S. Assayer, and has been in U.S. Mint ser Chicago Office: 41 Traders Building vice at New York for 30 years. Montreal Office: N E W ve () . 5 = == H. McLaren & Co., Agents ; PRS ARS SZ ~ MONARCH, RED STRIP AND. ION BRANDS. MANUFACTURED BY THE GUTTA PERCHA & RUBBER MANUFACTURING CO. OF TORONTO. NT Bel FACTORIES PARKDALE , ONT. OFFICE, 43 YONGE ST TCRONTO. Wine Gan DV koMaNeS = : Gc creveranp 6. F, CLEVELAND ec |,| 1. Gone & 60, |, “HO _SORMAGK DUNDAS, ONTARIO MANUFACTURERS OF FUNDS, OF LUMBER WOOD - WORKING MACHINERY | FATHER BELTING °... LUMBER SHIPPED TO ALL PARTS BY RAIL OR VESSEL MACHINE TOOLS, BETO. anp LACE LEATHER ee oe Write vor Prices anp CATALOGUE Danville, Que. WHITBY, ONTARIO i THE ONLY SAW MANUFACTURERS IN THE WORLD WHO EXPORT SAWS IN LARGE QUANTITIES TO THE UNITED STATES SOLE PROPRIETORS OF TRE SECRET CHEMICAL PROCESS OF TEHPERING : : OurRazor Steel Saws aré Unequalled THE CANADA LUMBERMAW SEPTEMBER, 1892 HE “BOSS” TURBINE WATER WHEEL MANUPAGTURD D> Ea 7 $6 99 | gives the highest percentage of useful effect a The ROSS TUPDING for every cubic foot of water used. No | swinging gates, no arms, no rods. SIX iy CASTINGS comprise the entire wheel. Can be mounted on horizontal or vertical shafts. The easiest working gate of any wheel made; revolves on steel balls, : therefore moves without friction. Easily controlled by governor. Can be shut off instantly in case of accident. Gates not easily checked or clogged. : J be The fewest moving parts of any wheel made, and consequently = = the most durable. By taking out bolts, as shown on dome or cover, ats 8 wheel can be immediately removed from case. Hill i! L£@£LL_—_—_—— The “BOSS” Wheel nl ip tS NOOIS WN WRT — Z =< = SAND MOULD; oT SMOOTH, EVEN SURFACES; ONE COMPLETE | CASTING SIDI IEG IOOLDS § | Turbine Water Wheels, Iron Flumes, Penstocks and Water Wheel Governors Perkins’ Celebrated Shingle Mill Machinery Hinkley’s Band Saw Swaging Machine M. Covels Improved Saw-Sharpening Machinery Simonson’s Patent Log Turner Cunningham’s Twin Engine Steam Feeds Wilkins’ Patent Balance Gangs Prescott's Band Sawmills, Carriage Offsets and Steam Feeds The Claussen Friction Clutch Pulley and Cut-off Couplings | High-class Sawmill Machinery Write for Circular of above and Illustrated Catalogues of Sawmill Machinery to The Wm. Hamilton Manufacturing Gompany, Limited PHTHREBOR © Gia 2 iNGe Votume XIII. NUMBER 9. TORONTO, ONT., SEPTEMBER, 1892 MS, $1.00 Pex YEAR | Sincie Corigs, 10 Cents —_-- BY THE WAY. Ac option held by J. T. Hurst and S. O. Fisher, two Michigan lumbermen, on seventy-two square miles of timber on the Wahnapitae River, Georgian Bay, has been closed. The limits were owned by McArthur Bros., of Toronto, and the consideration, it is stated, is $550,000. The expectation is that a cut of 250,000,000 feet will be realized trom the property. Fifteen years ago, so runs the story, McArthur Bros. paid $75,000 for these limits. The difference between $550,000 and $75,000 is a tidy sum. Would our Henry George friends _ take this as a case of unearned increment? Be Be Se 8% Among several reasons given by a Chaudiere lumber- man for the boom in lumber this year is this: ‘“‘A feeling has suddenly grown up that the lumber trade has reached a kind of crisis, or, in other words, that the forest supplies have come to a point where they have turned on the down-hill grade towards depletion. Under such a belief, or fact, prices must keep up nght along, and far-seeing lumber dealers are endeavoring to hustle in all the stock they can before the product mar- ket takes another jump.” It is difficult to realize that such a crisis in lumber has yet been reached in Canada, though the period has been hastening undoubtedly by our prodigal treatment of the forests of late years. ea THE United States Congress has adjourned, but among the list of bills that received the official assent we do not find the Bryan free lumber bill. It vexed the bosom of our friends of the Northwestern Lumberman, and was the subject of columns of protests from certain lumbermen throughout the country, who thought they saw in it ‘a monster of such frightful mien,’ that were its provisions to become law the immense lumber business of the United States would immediately vanish into thin air. We are glad that relief has come to break the tension of anxiety which, along with the hot spell, was commencing to prove excessively overpowering. The man who wants his lumber on an easier basis is not in it this time, and must grin and bear his lot yet a little. eee. THE American agent at Waubaushene, Ont., having raised the question whether rafts of saw logs shipped from Canada across the lakes to the States, being exempt from duty, are subject to the requirements of certified invoices, the authorities at Washington have quoted the provisions of section 4 of the act of June 10, 1890, which says no merchandise exceeding $100 in value except personal baggage can be admitted to entry without a duly authenticated invoice or bond for the production of such invoices. There would seem to be no good reason why this regulation should not apply to logs. Its application does not carry with it the payment of duties, their exemption being already pro- vided for, whilst an official record of the logs received in the States from Canada, would, for statistical and com- mercial reference, prove very useful. is a, a IN a little hand-book recently issued by the Western Retail Lumbermen’s Association we have a good index of the business intelligence and strength of this organiza- tion. The membership embraces about 150 firms and the territory extends over the C.P.R. main line as far west as Indian Head and all their branches in Manitoba to their terminus; the N.P. railway in Manitoba and M.&N. railway to its terminus. The book before us gives full list of the members, constitution and by-laws the association, and the inspection rules of the orthwestern Ontario and Manitoba Lumber Associa- governing and grading white and red pine lumber. freight tariff is not the least important feature of the book. The association is one that means business and holds its members up to its by-laws under a penalty for breaking the price list agreed upon, so that if caught, they shall on conviction, pay the difference on the whole bill in question of the wholesale cost and the retail price at that point, into the funds of the association. Should a dealer refuse to pay on the second offence he will be expelled from that association and the Wholesale Dealers’ Association, for it is a joint one, and the honor- ary members shall be notified by the secretary that such party is no longer a member. This latter notification is equivalent to saying: “Don’t trade with him.” + 5 =.,-4 Me OR Benjamin Harrison is not the only man engaged in the business of retaliation. To pay the United States back, in its own medicine, for placing heavy duties, under the McKinley Bill, on Australian wool, the legislators of the Antipodes have decided to retaliate against the United States by imposing a duty of $6.25 on Oregon pine. Our British Columbia correspondent intimates that this action will no doubt stimulate trade between that pro- vince and Australia. We do not think that the fears entertained of British Columbia fir being included under the high tariff, because of a wrong understanding of names, need give anxiety. The tariff measure is leveled against the United States, and Australia can have no object in closing out our woods. The total exports of the products of the forest from Canada to Australia last year amounted to $254,973, including pine deals to the value of $12,950; spruce deals, $45,853; laths, palings and pickets, $4,942; planks and boards, $187,591. This is not a very large trade, and will bear increasing, but it is to be remembered that the market in Australia has been severely depressed for a year and more and dull- ness still prevails. During the past year the United States exported to Australia, under the head of “wood and manufactures of,” deals, boards and planks to the value of $1,123,066; lath, $16,317; palings, pickets and bed slats, $10,727 ; shingles, $1,125 ; box shooks, $2,931 ; staves and headings, $19,545 ; all other lumber, $28,431 ; sawed timber to the value of $206,754; hewn timber, $3,229 ; logs and other timber $1,260. ee ee OG ; It is the habit of some United States lumber journals to belittle the quality of Canadian woods, though the readiness with which American operators secure large holdings of timber in this country is a striking illustra- tion of a contradiction in terms. But the best testimony touching the character of our timbers is that of the men on the spot who have an experimental acquaintanc with our woods. Referring to parts of the Georgian Bay district, Michigan lumbermen, who are at work on the Vermillion, Whanapitae and Spanish rivers say that in size and extent there is no timber grown in their state that will equal the timbers of these territories. From the information that reaches us through our Michigan correspondent and from other sources there can be little doubt that United States lumbermen will put ina particu- larly active season in the Canadian woods the coming winter. We are losing the sawing of part of this timber because of it being towed to Michigan mills, but it becomes more apparent each month that these conditions will be altered in the near future. We intimated last month that the purchasers of the Dodge estate, a Mich- igan concern, who had intended towing their logs to their mills on the other side would now do the sawing in Canada. We hear of other United States firms who are seriously considering the problem whether it would not pay best to erect mills at various desirable points adjac- ent to their limits, saw their lumber here, and ship direct to United States ports by means of barge and tugs. The argument is that this would pay better than towing the logs over and afterwards shipping. THE NECESSITY OF A STANDARD RULE FOR BELTING. BY GC. RB: ee question of the power that may be transmitted by leather belts has been so frequently discussed in the various mechanical and trade papers that it would seem as if some definite standard of value ought to have been established long ago. But still there seems to be as wide a difference of opinion between those who claim to be experts as ever. Each one seems to have his own theory, and sticks to it, whether correct or not. TOMPKINS. M.E. One cause for this difference of opinion is in the amount of tension that a belt should be submitted to, for we are all well aware of the fact that the greater the tension the greater will be the frictional resistance upon the face of the pulley, but economy and durability in many cases are left out of the question altogether. It should not be a question of how much power can be transmitted by a belt of certain width, but rather how much power can be safely and economically transmitted by the same. Here the main question arises upon which “doctors” disagree. One author says a belt one inch wide will resist a strain of 675 pounds, while another well-known author says: “A leather belt will safely and continuously resist a strain of 350 pounds per square inch of section.” Now, while a good piece of leather belt one inch wide might support a weight of 350 pounds without breaking, this is no criterion to go by. A belt is never made of one solid piece of leather, but is formed by joining several pieces together by cement, rivet or lacing, and as the strength of all material is no greater than its weakest place, that point must be taken for the basis of all such calculations. Again, suppose a belt joined together by either process would stand a strain of 350 pounds to the inch in width without breaking, the question arises whether it is practical or economical to any belt at that tension. Take, for example, a belt 12 inches wide and subject it to that tension, the whole stress would be 12 x 350=4200 pounds, or two and one tenth tons. Now, I submit to any practical mechanic how long would a belt of that width last under that stress, or what would be the effect upon the journals and box of a shaft three inches or less in diameter that are so frequently driven by belts of that width. The question of how much stress will a leather belt stand without breaking is not the question to be taken into consideration in practice, but rather what is the most practical stress for economy and durability. Now, it has been demonstrated by numerous tests made by the writer that an average belt one inch wide, when joined together by either of the methods referred to, parted at a stress of 210 pounds, and this being the case, and itis conceded by all mechanical experts that in practice no body should ever be subjected to a strain greater than one-half its ultimate strength, it follows that in practical use a leather belt should never be subjected to a stress greater than 100 pounds to the inch in width, which, in the case of a 12-inch belt, the standing stress would amount to 1,200 pounds, which is all that should be required of it, and if the conditions are such that a belt of that width will not transmit the required power at that tension, rather than to increase the tension and destroy the belt, it is better and more economical in the end to increase the size of the pulleys and thereby increase the speed of the belt, for the power of a belt in all cases is the speed multiplied by the stress. The power given out by a belt under a certain stress is another question upon which there is a wide difference of opinion. But this question is so easily tested by any one who will take the trouble to do so, it would seem as if it should have been settled long ago, and a definite standard arrived at. For the benefit of any who may desire to satisfy 4 THE CANADA TUM EIZEZzIM SEPTEMBER, 1892 themselves, the following directions may be useful: Procure a pulley of any convenient size with sufficient width of face to accommodate two belts. It should be perfectly flat on the face and smooth, and mounted upon a shaft perfectly round and smooth, which may rest upon a pair of balancing bars or centers, so that it will be free to move in any direction. Next procure a good average belt one inch wide and fasten one end to the floor, and pass the other end over the pulley, and to this end suspend a weight of 100 pounds. The belt should be so attached to the floor that when the weight is sus- pended the belt will embrace just one-half the circum- ference of the pulley. Now, the power of a belt is simply the friction between the under side of the belt and the face of the pulley, governed by the stress to which the belt is submitted, for, according to the established laws of friction, the frictional resistance between any two bodies in intimate contact increases as the weight. Therefore, as we have submitted the belt in question to a stress of 100 pounds, and that being the weight pressing against the face of the pulley, it only remains to find the power necessary to overcome this frictional resistance and cause it to slip. For this pur- pose one end of a strap, about the same thickness as the belt, should be attached to the face of the pulley and passed over it, so as to draw in the opposite direction to the weight. Now, if sufficient weight be attached to the strap to overcome the friction of the belt and cause it to slip under this pressure of 100 pounds, that weight will represent the frictional power of the belt. With a smooth-faced iron pulley and a belt of average thickness, that weight will not vary materially from forty pounds. The writer has tested this at different times and under different conditions, and while belts that were strictly new have in most cases fallen a little short, old belts that were worn and greasy gave a trifle more, but the average belt that had been used but a short time gave near enough to forty to say that the frictional power of a leather belt is forty per cent of the stress. Tests were also made in the same manner with belts two, three and four inches wide, with the same results, so that it 1s also quite safe to say that the frictional power of a belt is as the stress, regardless of width. “That is to say, that with the same stress of 100 pounds, the four-inch belt slipped with the same force or weight of forty pounds; but with a stress of 400 pounds upon the four-inch belt it required a weight of 160 pounds upon the strap to cause it to slip, thus proving what has already been stated, that the frictional power of a leather belt under ordinary circumstances is equal to forty per cent. of its stress, regardless of width. That, consequently the frictional power of a belt twelve inches wide under a standing stress of 1,200 pounds, would be no more than But while the twelve-inch belt would only be required to stand a stress of 100 pounds to the inch in width, the six-inch belt would necessarily be subjected to a stress of 200 pounds to the inch. Therefore, it will be seen that if a stress of 1,200 pounds be required to transmit a given power, it will be more economical to use a belt twelve inches wide than one of six. a six-inch belt under the same stress. The following rule may be deduced from the foregoing tests: To find the power that may be safely transmitted by a leather belt, when the speed and stress are given, multiply the speed of the belt in feet per minute by forty per cent. of the whole stress and divide by 33,000. Assume the twelve-inch belt first referred to at a tension of 1,200 pounds to move at a velocity equal to 2,000 feet per minute. First, forty per cent. of 1,200 is 12x 40= 480 X 2,000 = 960,000 + 33,000 = 29 horse-power. The foregoing rule is based upon the supposition that the belt embraces just one-half the circumference of the pulley. but where it embraces more or less it has been foand that the frictional power increases or decreases nearly in proportion to the square root of arc of contact. THE AGE OF TREES. ECENT information gathered by the German for- estry coinmission assigns to the pine tree 500 and 700 years as the maximum of life, 425 years to the silver fir, 275 years to the larch, 245 years to the red beech, 200 years to the birch, 170 years to the ash, 145 years to the alder and 130 years to the elm. VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS. On the road from Therapia.to Buyuk- dere, on the Bosphorus, there stand in a beautiful meadow several splen- did plantains of immense size. They have been several times struck by lightning, split down the middle, and in some cases part of the trunk has been consumed by fire. Nevertheless, they are still fresh and vigorous, putting forth fresh leaves and branches every year. Under their shade Geoffrey de Bouillion, Duke of Lorraine, encamped in the year 1096, with a portion of his suite, when on his way to rescue the holy places from the thraldom of the Saracen; and popular belief attributes to this circum- stance the wonderful vitality of these trees. Historical Trees. We learn of the “early ripe” and what is sometimes the corollary of this, the “soon rotten.” There is none of the latter element in the composition of the sturdy oak, which woodmen are proud to refer to as the monarch of the forest. Prof. Marshall tells us that the oak in a general way requires to grow from 120 to 200 years before it is fit to cut for large timber. Left alone, it may live for 1,000 years, but the proportion of good timber in trees after a certain age rapidly diminishes. There are many trees still standing in this country which are from 800 to 1,000 years of age. The oak rarely bears fruit at all before it 1s fifty to sixty years old, and seventy to eighty years is a more general age. When the fruiting season has once been reached, the tree goes on producing acorns every year; but it is noteworthy that heavy crops of good seeds only recur every five years or so, the yield in the interval beimy inconsider- able. This is in accordance with Hartig’s discovery that in the beech, for instance, the tree goes on storing up nitrogenous materials and salts of phosphorous and potassium during the first seventy or eighty years of its life, and then suddenly yields these stores to seeds. Age of the Oak. The age belongs to the specialists. An all-round man in any calling, and especially in mechanical lines, will look far afield to find his proper niche in this day. The place is not easy to find, nor is it easy to find the man, when the place and work are waiting. This point is nicely illustrated by a writer in the Industrial World, who, entering somewhat philosophically into his subject, gives expression to thoughts that are practical and suggestive. Recently this writer needed some sheet metal work done in accordance with drawings prepared by him. ‘Forty years ago there could have been found in any American village of two thousand population a tin shop wherein this job would have been done at once and well done. After a long search a good general worker of sheet metals was found who was willing to undertake the job. He was not found in a sheet-metal- working establishment, but in a shop where model ma- chinery is aspecialty. Such shops as these cull out from numerous applicants such as can demonstrate all-round skill in their respective trades. They are usually men well advanced in life. As they drop away, one after another, it becomes more and more difficult to supply their places. The decrease of manual skill and of artistic sense among mechanical workmen results not merely from want of such all-round practice as they got half a century ago, but from a want of that sort of loy- ing interest in their work which the old-timers used to feel, when they could put something of their individual- ity into everything that they made. Nowadays the workinan has simply to work out a design—or rather, to run a machine to work out some part of a design— prepared by some artist whom he does not know and The general result may be beautiful when the different parts are assembled, but the work- man feels that he has no personal share in the produc- tion of its beauty. He has become a regulator of a machine; he simply sharpens tools, adjusts them, keeps his machine oiled, and puts into it the material to be worked upon. All the precision, the nicety of operation are due to the inanimate rather than the living tool. What interest can such work beget? What lofty ambi- tion can it stimulate? What workman when the bell rings the time to quit work feels reluctant to leave his task or lingers over it to bring out some beautiful effect Not all Gain. never has seen. or interesting combination that he feels he must see before he can depart contentedly? If machines were invented to play billiards, and only by their use could this king of games be played, how long would the game be a favorite? If violins could be performed upon only by automatic mechanism, or pictures painted only by machine-actuated, self-charging brushes, who would be charmed any longer by art? Neither the artist nor the dilettante; the artist and the dilettante would cease to exist. So, while we have gained much from the enor- “mous increase in labor-saving machinery that has characterized the latter half of the present century, we have lost what probably will not soon be restored, the love of work and pride in work for its own sake, the love and pride that were the parents of mechanical skill; skill which, now they are dead, is itself decaying. The loss appears inevitable to those who scan the social horizon philosophically; it is, however, no less to be regretted because unavoidable. This tendency of labor-saving machines was many years ago pointed out by Ruskin, who, in the light of the fulfillment of his prediction, proved only too true a prophet. It 1s this effect upon the masses, more than unequal distribution of wealth, that is separating society into distinct classes.” The wonder- ful progress of the nineteenth century is not all gain. An axiom that found place in the copy-book head-lines of our school days read: “Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well.” It was not always adhered to then, nor is it to-day. This is the view, apparently, of our contemporary, Hardwood, who talks as follows of one of the sins of the lumber trade: ““When times are a little dull, prices a little off and sales anything but brisk, the temptation comes to the average manufacturer to try to even ‘up things by working in a few boards a little off grade which he has heretofore been in the habit of throwing down a grade or two, thus making the grade enough poorer to correspond with lowered prices. There is also a disposition to slight the various stages of manufacture, such as careful turning of the log, edging, trimming, etc., with a view to crowding the output to the maximum limit, thus increasing quantity and decreasing cost at the expense of quality of manufacture. This is the very poorest policy a manufacturer can possibly adopt. Under the conditions named is the time, if ever, when he should look closely after the manufacture of his stock ; see that the best is got out of every log; that it is sawed smoothly and evenly; that it is edged carefully and trimmed to a nicety ; that it is sorted with discrimin- ation and piled with the utmost care, even to the mill culls, and when ready to ship see that the sorting is kept fully up to grade. Now is the time to gain a reputation for perfect manufacture and good grades. The manu- facturer who maintains his reputation on these points during times of slow sale and weak prices will always have the best of whatever trade there is going, and will be sure to feel the first effects of a revival when it does come and he can take his pick of customers. When times are dull, instead of yielding to the temptation sug- gested to keep up profits, let the manufacturer look about for leaks in the business itself. See that no oneis shirking, that there are no deadheads on the pay-roll, that every man is doing a full day’s work; look closely after the work in the woods and see that every tree is cut to the best advantage and that teams and men are kept on the move all the time; see that everything is snug and trim and in good repair in the mill, that there are no stoppages on account of broken or weak belts and toggled up machinery; look after the furnace grates and the fuel and the entire steam-making apparatus. In short, when times are dull, the way to meet them is to follow up the business so closely as to make the very best quality of lumber at the lowest possible cost consist- ent with fair wages to employes. . In lieu of this it were better to shut down and wait for better times, for any attempt to get even by any methods at all questionable will inevitably result in making matters worse in the long run.” A Bit Of Advice. A tree was cut in the Puget Sound forest recently from which seven cuts were taken without a knot, their combined length being 179 feet. The tree scaled 48,000 feet. SEPTEMBER, 1892 THE ‘‘BOSS” TURBINE WATER WHEEL. a accompanying illustrations represent a new tur- bine water wheel recently placed upon the market by the Wm. Hamilton Manufacturing Company, Ltd., of Peterborough, Ont. The “Boss” turbine wheel is the outcome of a series of very many expensive experiments through a long period of years, and every point devolved, either by practical use or scientific test, has been seized upon in deciding precisely what is the best construction of every part of the wheel. The result of their experiments is the “Boss” turbine wheel of to-day. The prominent features of this wheel claimed by the manufacturers are those of economy, simplicity of parts and durability. At no period of our country’s history has there been such a demand for a first- class turbine wheel as now. Population and wealth have multiplied, but water powers have not, and not only this, but the volume of water in many streams has greatly dim- inished. In the “Boss” turbine wheel the owners of water powers will find a motor not only unsurpassed in its strength and mechanical simplicity, but seldom equalled in its power and percentage, when varied from half to full gate. The wheels, during the many trials that the different sizes were subjected to, showed a percentage of useful effect of from 87 to 92 per cent. of that of the water, a percentage, we believe, that will be hard to beat. This percentage is not only what the wheels tested by means of the dyna- mometer has shown, and under the most favorable circumstances, but what is actually being done by the different-sized wheels re- cently placed by the above firm throughout the province. The wheel is simplicity itself—no gates to choke or clog, and all parts liable to injury are under cover and protected. The wheel case and draft tube are of one casting. The case has a series of graduated chutes so constructed as to direct the water upon the periphery or outside of the buckets at all points of the gate opening. The gate is circular in form and is mounted upon the wheel case, and has a series of balls inter- posed between the flange of gate ring and wheel case, forming the bearing; by means of the balls the friction between gate ring and case is reduced toa minimum. The gate is placed between the wheel case and the runner and revolves horizontally, there being a series of openings on the gate ring to register with openings or chutes on the wheel case. The gate is opened or closed by means of a rack and pinion under cover of the dome and protected from injury. The runner is of one continuous casting, having no bolts or bands to become loose. The illustration clearly shows the construction of the runner. The wheel is completely covered in the neck of which is carried the by the dome, upon ni Ty lity to merit the commendation of all who have the care of or who may use water wheels. The wheel is manufactured in fourteen sizes, from six up to sixty-two inches. All who contemplate the im- provement of water powers are invited to correspond with the above-named firm, who will furnish plans and estimates or other information upon all forms of water wheel work, including wheels erected upon horizontal as well as vertical shafts. i | x } L it TN TTT Tu 7 NTT LEONE AON ATOLL LCC TU TTT TOOT This wheel is highly suitable or woolen mills, grist mills and electric light plants requiring steady motion, and easily controlled by governor, and it is strong and substantial for saw mill and mining or other heavy work. stuffing box, by means of which the wheel is aligned true. The con- struction of the stuffing box is a departure from the old-time meth- od, requiring no hardwood blocks, being made in two parts bolted together and held upon neck of dome by means of screws. The operation of aligning the wheel shaft is done by means of screws shown on side of neck of dome. To remove the wheel for examination or re- pairs occupies very little time, the flune being empty and admittance being yained by the removal of the bolts as shown on dome or cover; the wheel is then ready for removal. One feature, and a desirable one, is that the wheel is removed from the top instead of through the bottom, thereby saving much time and annoyance to the millwrights or others who may for any reason re- quire to remove the wheel or put it in place. The wheel consists essentially of six castings; there are no gate rods or bolts to get out of order. From the Mustrations it will be conceded at once that the design of the wheel and the arrangement of parts are such as SAWMILL ECONOMICS. T was, only a few years ago, capable of demonstration that there had been little, if any, advance during the last forty years in the average product of the saw mills The old mulay saw would cut about 2,000 feet per man, employed from the pond to the yard, and the circular or band saw mill of five or six years ago would hardly do as well as that; but within a comparatively short time there has been a substantial on a per capita basis. B028GL, (CeCe LUMBERIMAMN 5 gain in economy of production. 1J reE about by minor appliances anc NY < ore pe fe rangement and systematizing of the busine It used to be said that the steam log turne doubled the capacity of the saw mill. J : Oo certain extent true. It did largely increase the output of the mill, but it entailed added labor and increased the number of hands in other parts of the establishment, so that the per capita of the production as but ttle changed. The high-speed feeds also greatly increasec the output without in any correspo £ anner de creasing the cost. Now it is no uncommon 1 see a mill which turns out 3,000 feet pe apita or bette though still in a majority of cases the production will be at or below the 2,000 feet mark. Perhaps two of the chief factors in reducing the amount of labor are the log “kicker,” so called removes the log from the chain as it is brought into the mill, and the tog loader. Not infrequently a mill can be seen which is doing rapid work with no one at all on the decks, and very commonly one to two men will take care of a double-deck mill. Right in that spot there has been a saving of from two to four men. Another great saving has been made in handling cants to the gang or boards to the edger. Transfer appliances have done away with one to two men on each side of the mill. Again, transfers to the trimmers from the edgers have reduced the number of hands employed, and devices for automatically sorting lumber to lengths, and other con- veniences -at the tail of the mill, have lessened the number of hands at that point. A well-known millwright of the Northwest makes the assertion, and professes to be able to back it by a suffici- ent moneyed guarantee, that he can build a mill that will cut an average of 5,000 feet per man employed, counting from the foot of the log haul up to the tail of the mill, including the men who place lumber on the trucks ready to go into the yard. This arrangement, however, would not include the shingle and lath depart- ments, except the men on the slasher, as those depart- ments are independent, and should be figured by them- selves in considering the capacity of the mill. It is also probable that the band mill has had con- siderable to do with lessening the amount of labor One edger and one arranged easily to take the product of two bands, and in employed. trimmer could be any kind of timber the number of logs handled with the band is not so great as it is with the circular. It seems to be evident that the saw mill business is Until the advent of the band mill and the appliances mentioned, coming to its perfection of development. with others, the sole result of invention and improvement has been to increase the production of the mill without effecting a saving in labor; but with the constantly increasing prices of logs, with the close competition prevailing and the appreciation by the manufacturers of the necessity for the utmost economy in the production a new era bas dawned. THE UTILIZATION OF WIND POWER. HERE is a windmill in London perched high up on a timber tower erected on the top of a building on the City Road, not far outside the old “City” boundary. It has a sail of thirty feet diameter, and is quite a big affair when one climbs to the top of the tower. But what I specially wanted to note was the fact that this windmill is lighting the premises over which it stands. Its upright shaft, which comes down from the mill, drives a horizontal shaft which carries a large belt pulley, and by this large pulley is driven asmalldynamo. The dynamo generates a current which charges a battery of “ accumulator cells, and these in turn “drive” the lamps. At times, when the wind is low, the speed falls below what is proper for charging the secondary battery. To pre- vent this being charged at such low speed there is a cut- out held in by a magnet and kept out by a coiled spring. When the magnet is weak the current is cut off from the accumulators, but when the dynamo is running at a fair speed the magnet is strong and pulls the switch into contact and the charging proceeds. The mill will run and charge all night and all day. In quiet weather it runs much of its time slowly, and, therefore, uselessly, but it also runs the night through, and I suppose would on an average do eight hours work in twenty-four. 6 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN SEPTEMBER, 1892 PUBLISHED ON THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH — ho ARTHUR G MORTIMER OFFICE. 75 CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE BUILDING ToronTO, ONTARIO TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: (ne Copy One Vearsoim advance). srqicsi-arsieieisieieie cre sisseintarelsieielevale $1.00 One Copy Six Months, in advance ...............-..ceecsccece 50 Foreign Subscriptions, $1.50 a Year ADVERTISING RATES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION J. S. ROBERTSON, - EDITOR. 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Subscribers will find the small amount they pay for the Canapa Lum- BERMAN 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 encour- aging us to render it even more complete. ONTARIO’S TIMBER RESOURCES. WE are hearing a good deal about the denuding of our forests. Just to what extent this has been the case in thirty-two of the older settled counties and districts of Ontario is told in the seventh,annual report of the Clerk of Forestry for this province. In Carleton, Halton, Lennox, Lincoln, Northumber- land, Ontario, Peterborough, Wellington and Dufferin (with the exception of Melanchton and East Luther townships, which are still under the process of clearing for settlement) only about five per cent. of timbered land remains in each county. This consists chiefly of elm, ash, maple, beech, tamarack, with little, if any, pine. Take Brant, Huron, Hastings and Simcoe, and the aver- age is from eight to ten per cent. of the total area. Dundas, Middlesex, Norfolk, Perth, Waterloo, Welland and Wentworth can claim of timbered lands from fifteen to twenty per cent. We come then to a number of counties where the showing is from one-quarter to one-third of the area. About one-fourth of Essex is still in timber, principally black ash and soft maple. Scrubby oak will be found in a few localities, but all other merchantable timber has well-nigh disappeared. Kent has about twenty-five per cent of the total area in timber land, and includes elm, black ash, basswood, hickory, beech and maple. Oak and walnut were once plentiful, but no supplies of either of any consequence remain. Mr. Phipps, the Forestry Commissioner, does not lose an opportunity here to point a very practical moral. These valuable woods were nearly all exported at a time when they only commanded a sufficient price to pay for the labor of cutting and marketing them. The reckless and improvident regard for the future with which these invaluable forest re- “sources were exported can now be realized when it is considered that oak that sold fifteen or twenty years ago at $4.50 per thousand feet could now be marketed at $25 per thousand, and walnut, which then only brought $14 per thousand feet would to-day command $100, The wooded portion of Lambton is about one-fourth its entire area. In Elgin perhaps one-third of the county is still wooded land. Considerable beech, maple, elm and ash are distributed over part of the county; there is also oak, hickory, chestnut, whitewood, cherry, sycamore, butternut and black walnut in smaller quantities. In the eastern portion of the county there is a large quan- tity of pine. In Glengarry we find principally maple, birch, beech, basswood, rock elm, black ash, hemlock and some white pine, with smaller quantities of cedar, tamarack, balsam and balm of Gilead. ; A good deal of maple is to be found standing in Pres- cott, where, at a rough estimate, one-third of the county is still timbered land. The other leading varieties of timber which remain are elm, beech, birch, basswood, cedar, hemlock, spruce, tamarack and balsam. The most plentiful kinds of trees found in Renfrew are white and red pine, white spruce, maple, tamarack, birch, beech, red and white oak, ash and elm. The portion of the county still in timber is probably one-third of the whole. About one-half of the county of Bruce is cleared land but the area yet in timber is being rapidly dimin- ished. Fears are expressed that unless means are adopted to prevent the indiscriminate destruction of the woods, the experience of older-settled counties will be repeated in Bruce. The most numerously represented kinds of trees are cedar, hemlock, basswood, maple, white and black ash; very little pine. We continue to look to Muskoka as a lumbering dis- trict. What are the conditions? Probably about three- fourths of the district is still uncleared land, though lum- bering operations have been carried on extensively throughout this area. Nearly all the pine of a market- able character has been cut, and the hemlock is rapidly being removed. Mr. Davies, in the ELI page, tells of the saw-fly in Muskoka, which is doing serious hurt to the hemlock. The predominant varieties of timber which remain are ash, oak, basswood, maple, birch, cedar, tamarack, spruce and balsam. The timber, it is stated, has been cut indiscriminately ; many rocky tracts, which are utterly useless for any other purpose than timber growing, have been completely stripped, or, after being partially cleared, devastated by fire. In the Parry Sound district the proportion of land now in timber, not counting the scrubby second-growth that is coming up over the land devastated by forest fires is about sixty per cent. of the whole. The chief arieties of timber extant are maple, beech, hemlock, edar, tamarack, spruce, red oak, pine and birch. It is remarked that the Georgian Bay has sunk some four feet within the last eight years, which some are disposed to attribute to the disappearance of timber about the head waters of the streams which debouch into it. The county of Oxford contains about five hundred thousand acres of land, of which about one hundred thousand are nominally in forest. Not more than two- thirds of this will be beech and maple, the rest being composed of various woods such as oak, ash, hickory, chestnut and walnut. There was formerly abundance of pine, but it is long since cleared. In southern Vic- toria there is not more than ten per cent. of forest land, but in the remainder of the county to the north the pro- portion of uncleared land is estimated at about sixty per cent., though considerable areas of this have been over- run with bush fires. The principal kinds of timber remaining in the southern part are cedar, tamarack and spruce in the swamps, and some hardwood, which is rapidly diminishing. The pine is nearly all gone. The leading varieties in the northern sections are maple, hemlock and cedar. All told there are some fifty-two counties and districts in Ontario. Not even the minimum of five per cent. of wooded land is likely to be discovered in many of the remaining twenty counties unparticularized in the for- estry clerk’s report. But among the districts not named are Algoma and Nipissing, two of the most richly wooded territories in the province. With some fairness a share of the Chaudiere timber wealth might also be considered as belonging to Ontario; at least it lies con- tigious to this province, though actually in Quebec, and it is within Ontario that some of the largest saw mills, which transpose the logs into merchantable lumber, are located. Carefully calculating what remains of wooded land in a large number of counties, and remembering especially its rich abundance in certain special districts, it will be granted that a timber famine is not yet imminent in Ontario. And yet one cannot consider the history of the thirty-two counties the forestry report has singled out for mention without being face to face with the fact that similar extravagance in the man- agement of almost any other department of business, public or personal, would have long since resulted in disastrous bankruptcy. The effect upon agriculture, the rivers and streams of the country, and the character of the climate are all questions suggested by the conditions stated. The matter of immediate consideration would seem to be the utilization of such methods, and the exercise of those plans, that would result in a wise husbanding of the residue of timber that remains to the province, while at the same time placing no unnecessary embargo upon it as a commercial product. HABITS OF WORKINGMEN. HOWEVER distasteful the admission may be, it is nevertheless too true, that the evils of intemperance hit the working classes harder, and in wider extent, than probably any other section of the community. No testi- mony on this point is stronger, and more direct, than that given in a letter from Master Workman Powderley a year or so ago. It has sometimes been said that workingmen employed in lumbering operations, particularly shantymen, are victims of the cup in an aggravated degree. When free from the labors of the woods, like the sailor when he reaches port, after a long voyage, it is too often the case that many of these woodmen will visit the first saloon that comes in their path, and this is not usually far away, and there spend most, if not all, of a season’s earnings before closing a drunken carousal. Signs of a better day dawning are indicated in the in- terest shown of late years by our churches and temper- ance organizations sending missionaries into the lumber camps, furnishing healthful reading matter, and in other ways endeavoring to cast sunshine into a manner of life dismantled of many elements of gladness. The solici- tude of the lumbermen for the comfort of their employees is shown in the improved conditions of shanty life con- trasted with those of earlier years. And so faras the per- sonal habits of the men are concerned the employer can only be anxious that these be improving and uplifting in their character. Not only from a humanitarian point of view, but even from the standpoint of the coldest utilit- arianism, this desire would most surely prevail. Mr. D. T. George, a prominent lumberman in the Maritime provinces, stated recently before the Royal Commission, meeting in New Brunswick, that he employed a large number of men, but “did not employ drinking men.” He bore testimony to the efficacy of the Scott Act in rural districts, and “that it had reduced drinking in the cities and towns.” Mr. J. Rister, manager of the plan- ing mill at Fredericton, N.B., had found the operations of the Scott Act beneficial to his employees and to the community. This view of the question is fast taking hold on all employers of labor in the present day; even those who are not entirely abstemious themselves often make it a sine qua non in contracts with employees that they be total abstainers. Workingmen themselves are not slow to take note and be guided by these altered conditions. They see the preferences that rightly are given to the employee, who even though not so bright and clever a workman, is yet to be depended upon. Moreover, to themselves and their families, they know that increased comforts neces- sarily follow a life of temperance and frugality. HELPING LUMBER INTERESTS. WHEN the Parry Sound railway to Arnprior is com- pleted no industry will experience the advantages of the boon greater than the saw mill men. A direct route through to the United States will then be enjoyed, and in this respect Arnprior will be on a level with Ottawa. SEPTEMBER, 1892 ‘THERE CANADA LUMBERMAN 7 HE well-known lumber veteran, A. R. Christie, was just in from the Georgian Bay district when I met him a few days ago. “Oh, yes,” said he, “the mills are somewhat busy, those that have anything to cut; but we are not so terribly in want of lumber as some people would make one believe. We will make a mistake if an excess of lumber is again cut by the mills. Prices are better than they were; they had need to be; but an overplus of stocks will not help prices.” + * * * “We are well pleased with the business situation,” said Mr. John Donogh, of Donogh & Oliver. “Local business is, of course, quiet enough. You will have noticed how building permits have fallen off in the city ; but outside business is satisfactory. We are doing a good business with the States. We have taken over the business of the Proctor Lumber Co., of Buffalo, and made that a branch of our business. Mr. Charles W. Playter, who is well known to the American trade, is our representative. Our Mr. Oliver, who was north among the mills lately, reports the larger part of the season’s cut as having changed hands. Prices are stiffening and all signs point to better times for the lumber business.” * * * * Mr. Wm. Palmer, of Random, Trinity Bay, New- foundland, is a lumberman of the distressed colony, who has been visiting relatives in London, Ont. Mr. Palmer has been peculiarly unfortunate in his losses by fire. He had suffered considerable loss by forest fires in the early part of the month, and had just reached St. John’s to market a boat load of lumber when the great fire broke out by which the product of his season’s opera- tions went up in smoke. He says it is impossible to describe the sufferings of the ten thousand homeless people of all ages, sexes and conditions, who are encamped in the parks and waste places of the city with no means of support other than what is sent them by the charitable people of the world. Mr. Palmer is on his way to the Northwest to sce what are the prospects there for a new start in life. ee oe Among the many summer visitors to Toronto the present season was Mr. Francis E. Lloyd, professor of botany and forestry in the Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon. It was my pleasure to meet Mr. Lloyd during his stay here, and our conversation, it was to be expected, turned on the subject of forestry. I was interested in learning that forestry will be made a subject of considerable importance in the curriculum of the Pacific University. The soil is congenial, and I have no doubt that reflectively, if not directly, the lum- bermen of Oregon will be influenced by the teaching of the university on this subject. I suggested to Mr. Lloyd that his teachings would probably be more theor- etical than practical, remarking that I supposed this was the position of botany as a subject of university teach- ing. “Botany, it is true,” said Mr. Lloyd, “has a strong esthetic side, and it is natural, as it is ordinarily taught in our schools and seminaries, that we should view it in this light. It also occupies an important place as a scientific subject, and this ought not to be for- gotten. But it has a decidedly practical, business, every-day side in what we term economic botany. Treating the question in this light we think of a plant like cocoa as one eminently adapted for domestic uses. How can it be made more productive? In what way Can its virtues be strengthened? What treatment needs be accorded it to improve its growth? These and many ‘other questions have to be considered in a study of the _€conomic relations of cocoa. So with scores of other ‘ used for domestic, medicinal and mechanical ‘purposes. And it is as an economic question I shall forestry. Every year gives impressiveness to the question. Because of the immensity of the timber resources of this continent we have been wickedly pro- digalin their destruction. But if the history of European countries is worth anything to us, we can only continue this waste at a terrible cost to generations yet unborn. Briefly, my aim will be to show up in clearest possible light that a knowledge of the principles and practice of forestry will pay.” t+ * OF Prof. Saunders, Dominion Commissioner for the World’s Fair, in an interview has said that timber will be one of Canada’s greatest displays. Four thousand feet of space has been set apart for this country and a good slice will likely be used by the lumbermen. British Columbia will be well represented in timber pro- ducts; probably 1,000 feet will be given up to lumber exhibits from that province. It has been decided that the sections of logs to be shown are to be of a uniform height of three feet six inches. They will stand on a platform eight inches above the floor, so that they will be at the most convenient height for people to inspect them properly. They will be shown in the rough and polished, some cut so as to show the tangental appear- ance of the wood, and so on. The uniformity in height will allow of ready comparisons of the timber from differ- nt parts of the country. What was specially wanted was a good representation of specimens of our commer- cial lumber. Mr. Nicholas Awrey, M.P., Ontario Com- missioner to the Chicago Fair, has sent out 600 circulars to the lumber dealers of this province, and is meeting with a ready response from them. He is anxious that the province should make a display of its finest woods. In the exhibit of wood and wood products there is good reason to expect that Canada will make a large and noteworthy display at the Columbian exhibition. * * * * Mr. Wim. Davies, the well-known provision merchant of this city, who spent some time in the vicinity of Lake Joseph, Muskoka, this summer, is authority for the state- ment that wide-spread damage is being done to the hemlock forests of that district by a voracious little animal that completely strips the limbs of leaves, render- ing the tree almost lifeless. A branch of a blighted tree was shown to Dr. Wm. Brodie, of this city, a prominent entomologist, well versed in conditions in this country. He has expressed the opinion, without having seen a specimen, that the destructive work is chargeable to the larvee of the saw-fly. He thinks, however, that it must be closely related or identical with the species (lophyrus- abietis) that has destroyed the foliage of evergreens in several of the Eastern States and in Quebec. In New England the larve of this fly has been especially destruc- tive. The male is about a quarter of an inch long and two-fifths inch in expanse of wings; black above, brown below, the wings with changeable tints of reddish, green and yellow. The legs dirty yellow, antennz like short black feathers curled inward on each edge. The female is three-tenths inch long and one-half inch in expanse; yellowish brown above, with blackish stripe on each side of thoarx; dirty yellow below; antenne short and taper- ing, nineteen-jointed, serrated on the outside. The larvee, which are about half an inch long, live in large swarms, curling the hind part of the body around the leaf while feeding. The head and anterior parts are black, body pale green with longitudinal stripes, below yellowish ; they become almost yellowish at last. From this description anyone may identify the fir sawfly. t+ * * * “One must stick close to the cushion these days,” said Mr. Meaney, city manager for Robert Thomp- son & Co., “if he is to make business pay. I have done very little holidaying this summer. Present busi- ness is quiet; local trade is dull as ever; but through- out the country the outlook is undoubtedly hopeful. So soon as farmers can get over harvesting we may expect them to engage in building operations, which many of them have been deferring for years, because of hard times. At the mills we have had a busy season, particu- larly in deals for the British market. Our Mr. Thomp- son is in Glasgow, Scotland, at the present time, where we have a branch house.” Mr. Meaney told me a good story to show how local builders will scheme to do up the lumberman. It is not an easy matter for the specu- lative builder to secure credit these days. Toronto lum- bermen have had their own experience of that kind of business. “But some of them methods to get the best of us,” good square lie gives no worry. A certain individual made application for credit a while ago. up two or three houses. will try all sorts of said Mr. Meaney. “A He was putting He wanted rock bottom prices, as everything would be paid, he said, inside of 30 days, which would give time, if necessary, to put a lien on the property. When our bill was something under $100 I considered it best to look for some money. I found bricklayers and others mission. Enquiry was made only to discover that the property had never been transferred to the individual in question The owner of the property claimed lumber, bricks, and were on a similar all other material on the ground as necessary to protect himself, leaving everyone else out in the cold. The cul- prit himself skipped the town, and then had the gall to send back an affidavit saying that he and Mr. Owner had deliberately planned to defraud every man from whom they could secure material of any kind. Of course, it was a clear case of fraud, but our amount was too small to make it worth while putting on costs. One needs to be wary of Toronto speculative builders; don’t you think so?” * * * * “The question of how best to promote the material progress of Canada,” says Mr. R. W. Phipps, the well- known Forestry Commissioner for this province, “is one to which much attention has been devoted. It is felt that in the past the development of the country has not been in proportion to the resources at our command, and the manifold attractions offered for settlement. Various proposals have been from time to time submitted with a view to the more rapid expansion of our commer- cial and industrial interests. It seems not a little singu- lar that while this problem occupies so prominent a place in the minds of Canadians they should suffer one of the principal sources of national wealth and pros- perity to be wasted. I refer to our forests which, apart from the present and prospective value of the timber supply, are indispensible to the continued prosperity of our yet more important agricultural interests. It ought to be generally known the indiscriminate cutting down of the timber tends greatly to impair the productiveness of the soil. A certain proportion of wooded country 1s necessary to ensure a steady water supply and prevent the land from becoming parched and sterile owing to the want of moisture during the summer season. Ignor- ance or indifference to this great natural law has always resulted in National ruin. The process is gradual, extending over a lengthened period, but none the less sure. Climatic changes set in which render the labor of the cultivator less productive and the crops less abund- ant. The country is no longer able to support the pop- ulation which formerly derived their subsistence from the soil and famine drives many to seek homes else- where. Scientific forestry explains the function per- formed by the forest as the great natural storehouse of moisture, large quantities of which are absorbed and retained by it after every heavy rain, and given out gradually into the water courses or by evaporation into the atmosphere. Where no trees exist the water runs rapidly off the torrents and in a day or two the ground is as dry as ever. It follows that the reckless clearance of the country has inflicted great injury on agriculture besides diminishing the sources of our future supply of wood. It is time that this destructive process was arrested—the remaining woods, especially in our frontier countries, carefully preserved—and measures taken to redeem in some degree the mistaken recklessness of the past by replanting. I am glad to note the fact that the Provincial Government has set apart a forestry reserve of considerable extent in the back townships where some of our principal rive: ‘2nd streams have their source, which will prevent th: ~ dried up to mere rivulets owing to the destructi ~ds. But much more remains to be done in sre private effort and example can alone » farmer and land-owner ought to rea st as well as his duty to do what he ynants of bush as well as by rep. tions of soil and climate w a prosperous agricultural c (os) THE CANADA LUMBERMAN SEPTEMBER, 1892 MICHIGAN LETTER. (Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] HE statement has been made that not in a score o1 years has there been a more ready sale for lumber and at Letter Thus far the lumber interests of this The one difh- culty experienced is that common to the trade in other lumber sections, viz., We hear of dealers buying logs and having them manufactured themselves prices than this year. district are enjoying a favorable season’s trade. the scarcity of saleable lumber. to meet pressing demands of customers. These conditions do not, however, presage a larger cut than usual. On the contrary the opinion is held that the cut will be lighter than was anticipated earlier in the season. The stock on hand in manufactured lumber at the close of the season last fall amounted to 342,000,000 feet, and probably 100,000,000 feet of this was sold for spring delivery, reducing the actual stocks to that degree. A good demand existed throughout the winter, breaking pretty well into the remaining surplus. An active season’s cutting, with supplies of logs readily available, would have overtaken the call for stocks that existed all along, but, as has been pointed out in these letters before, logs were slow to come to the fore; mills stood idle for some weeks and, what is more, as you know, a migration of several of the larger operators has taken place to other fields. It is estimated that the cut will reach 600,000,000 feet, and it may be 700,000,000. BITS OF LUMBER. The Alpena Cedar Co. has been incorporated with a capital stock of $60,000. The Gladwin hoop mill will be in charge in future of Mr. C, H. Hood, the former owner, Mr. Saylor having retired and removed to your country where he will engage in a similar line of trade. The mills at Tawas are reported to be liberally stocked with Canadian logs, that point being ready of access for rafting. Sibly and Bearinger will manufacture 23,000,000 feet of logs here this summer. In ten years the Jake shipments of lumber from Saginaw ports has fallen off from 413,162,875 feet to 174,423,000 feet. The explanation is that the traffic has been diverted from the water routes to the railroads. News from Bay City is that Canadian logs in large quantities are at the mouth of the river, but some delay is being experi- enced in getting them to the mills, where they are much required. Turner and Fisher are in receipt of a raft of 26,165 pieces, scaling 2,811,040 feet, from Spanish River. Among Michigan lumbermen who are engaged in the activi- ties of lumbering in Canada, either on their own account or on behalf of others, may be mentioned E. L. Pratt and Thomas Pickard, Charles Woods, Charles Moore, McKeon & Glover, G. N. Fletcher and Sons, Alger Smith and Co., J. T. Hurst and S. O. Fisher. Their interests are chiefly in the Georgian Bay district. James Hamilton, of Bay City, is under contract with F. W. Gilchrist and W. H. Potter, to cut 80,000,000 feet of pine. He expects to cut at the rate of 20,000,000 feet a year. A steamer, chartered by Mr. Hamilton, left Alpena for Thessalon, Ont., with camp supplies and outfit the early part of the month. F. W. Gilchrist and T. W. Fletcher have contracted to cut 100,000,000 feet of pine on the Sauble River, Georgian Bay district, for Ben. C-. The cut for Mr. Morse this winter will be 5,000,000 feet, and 25,000,000 feet per year sub- PICA. Morse. sequently. SAGINAW, Mich., Aug. 22, 1892. OTTAWA LETTER. {Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] VERYTHING I said last month touching the remarkable activity in lumber circles this season can be reiterated with renewed emphasis and fresh detail. Lumber is booming. The daily shipments at the Chaudiere are heavier than for years. Prices are firm and stiffening. As will be noted from particulars I shall give further on in this letter appearances point to a continuance of the season’s activity by enlarged oper- ations in the woods the approaching winter. A development in the class of lumber shipped to Great The call of the had until late years been altogether for square timber. Bull had an idea that he could saw b* British market John yards to his particular Britain is interesting to note. requirements far better than ¢ one by the Canadian manufacturer. Conseqne had the logs trimmed down to what is kr iber. About ten years ago Mr. Cox, ar egularly visits this mar- ket, and is b- >a supply of thin lumber, that is be 2k. Since then the trade in ving, our English friends rds here cheaper than they crease in this trade works favorably for our mills, which of course secure the benefit of the extra outlay for sawing. ANOTHER BIG LUMBER DEAL. Lumber changes on a large scale in this district this season are becoming somewhat common. One of the most important is that completed this month in the purchase by J. R. Booth, of the booms, piers, mills and piling grounds, wharves, docks, and all the plants connected with the Perley & Pattee buildings in Ottawa. The price paid, to use Mr. Booth’s words, was “under a half million dollars.”” The mills purchased lie along- side those of Mr. Booth. It is rumoured that Mr. Booth has been planning for some time extensive improvements in the terminal facilities of the Canada Atlantic Railway at the Chau- diere, and this he could not accomplish without first acquiring the Perley & Pattee mill property. The death of Mr. Perley in the recent past opened the way for a sale of the estate of this Mr. Booth will take possession of the newly purchased property at the close of the sawing season. Perley & Pattee have still 1,500 square miles of limits to dispose of. Just what One rumor is that they will erect new mills on their Petewawa limits. Another large transaction that is likely to be closed any day is the sale to Mr. A. Lumsden of about 400 miles of timber limits on the Kippewa and Temiscamingue, the property of the late James Maclaren. $200,000 to $300,000. WORK IN THE WOODS. firm. their plans will be for the future is uncertain. The transaction is one representing from Preparations for work in the woods are active. Buell, Orr & Hurdman have already sent about 100 men up to their shanties to make repairs for the opening of fall operations. Shepard & Morse have a large gang at work on their recently acquired limits on the Kippewa. The limits are familiarly They will open ten shanties, and when their force is complete it will embrace 500 men. Alex. Gordon, of the firm of Booth & Gordon, who will operate on the Kippewa and Gordon Creek, says that they will send a large number of men into the woods this month. Other firms of the Chaudiere are moving in similar lines and the engaging of gangs of men for these purposes is a leading work of the known as the old Pierce limits. month. A NEW LUMBER CONCERN. The purchase of the timber limits of the late David Moore, which took place on the 11th inst., has brought into existence a new lumber concern known as the Moore Joint Stock Lumber Company, and composed of E. D. Moore, C. A. Moore, F. D. Moore, W. Moore and H. T. Moore and Mrs. E. S. Skead. The company intend carrying on the business formerly carried on by their father and operations will be commenced this Shanties will be opened at once and about 500 men The Kippewa winter. will be employed getting out timber this winter. limits are thickly covered with excellent timber, and it is thought the firm will only take out square timber for the first year. The sum of $255,000 was paid by the new company for the limits sold at auction, comprising eight berths, which cover fifty miles each. SHORT PIECES. Lumber shippers complain of a dearth of cars for the freight of local consignments, though there is every accommodation for export trade. Messrs. Perley & Pattee will erect on the site of the old Baldwin mill, which is now being demolished, a power house for the Ottawa Electric Co. Shantymen’s wages will range the coming season from $24 to $25 per month, and arrangements with hands on square timber are being closed at $40 per month. Maclaren & Co. are negotiating the sale of all lumber piled in the Ottawa yards, about 6,000,000 feet. Rumor states that the Rideau falls power and the old Maclaren’s mill will be sold by Edwards & Co. to an American syndicate for electrical purposes. T. Walklate, superintendent of lumber for the C.P.R., is authority for the statement that the shipments of square timber from Chapleau and Eau Claire for England via Quebec are through for this season. Two million five hundred thousand feet have passed through his hands between these points. Shepard & Morse will work their new Pierce limits with splendid energy. They will at once get out two rafts of square timber for the English market, which, it is claimed, will be of very superior quality and will fittingly inaugurate the com- pany’s operations. They will specially cultivate a South American trade turning out lumber adapted for that market. They will also go extensively into log making and lumber Mr. Robert Hurdman will be in charge of this branch of the work, and his long ex- Last year’s cut of logs will be manufactured this year at Conroy’s mill on Lake Deschene by arrangement with that firm. manufacturing on their own account. perience in shantying will be most valuable to the firm. Orrawa, Ont., Aug. 22, 1892. BRITISH COLUMBIA LETTER. [Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] HIPPING intelligence tells of a fair measure of activity in lumbering circles. Several clearances and a number of arrivals are to be noted. The British ship Nineveh, 1174 tons, Captain Broadfoot, arrived in port in ballast on the 4th inst. from San Diego, under charter to load lumber at the Hastings mill for Sydney on owners’ account. The same date the American barkentine, Robert Sudden, 594 tons, Captain Uhl- berg, sailed from Vancouver with a cargo of lumber from the Hastings mill, consisting of 375,437 feet of t. and g. flooring, and 395,703 feet of rough lumber, making a total of 771,140 feet. The value of the cargo was $8,797. She is bound for Iquiqui. On the 8th the Chilian ship Hindostan, 1,543 tons, Captain Welsh, sailed from Vancouver with a cargo of lumber from the Moodyville mill, consisting of 999,702 feet of rough, and 200,139 feet of clear lumber, making a total of 1,199,841 feet. She has also 1,503 bundles of laths, the value of her cargo being over $11,000. The American schooner, Robert Searles, 570 tons, Capt. Piltz, has been chartered to load at the Hastings mill for Adelaide at 41s. 3d., and word is received that she had arrived at Port Townsend from San Diego. The Norwegian ship, Morning Light, 1,216 tons, which loaded a cargo of lumber for Melbourne the early part of the year, may probably load here again. British bark Zabena Gowdy, 1,087 tons, Capt. Manning, loading lumber at Vancouver for Wil- mington, Del. Chilian ship Atacama, 1,235 tons, Capt. Caballero, loading lumber at Moodyville for Valparaiso. COAST CHIPS. Local trade holds its own. The Brunette saw mill have closed up their Mud Bay logging camp for the season. Houston and Wilson will shortly erect a machine shop and sash and door factory at Golden. Messrs. Wiggins and Green have the honor of establishing the first steam saw mill on the River Tabusintac. J. McLaughlin, one of the patients admitted to the Vancou- ver smallpox hospital, was an employee of the Buse saw mill at Hastings. The authorities are taking steps to quarantine the mill. A considerable loss has been sustained with a boom of logs anchored in the cove between Deadman’s Island and the Park, and many of which have broken away and passed through the Narrows. Mr. W. Clark is in charge of a new camp at Hemming Bay for the Hastings saw mill. The camp will be situated on the lake and a railway will be built from the lake to suit water and the logs handled by locomotive power. Among the exports from Nanaimo for the past quarter were 46,000 pickets and 1,715,009 feet of lumber valued at $7,799 to Chili; 63,500 feet lumber valued at $789 to Russia; 962,- 000 feet lumber and 132,000 laths valued at $8,121 to Aus- tralia; and 54,000 feet lumber and six spars valued at $699 to Gilbert Islands. Dr. Dunn, late of Hall Bros. and Co., Three Rivers, Que., and Messrs. Rathbun and Co., Deseronto, Ont., has got employment at the Hastings mill in Vancouver. He worked at the building of the Maclaren-Ross mill till it was completed, then at Grant and Kerr’s, Ladner’s Landing, putting in addi- tional machinery. Although ‘‘Douglas fir” is classed as ‘‘Oregon pine” in Australian markets it is to be hoped that the duty they have imposed on the latter will not apply to the former. Should it not, shipments from British Columbia may be expected to increase shortly, even though that trade is very dull at present. The promises made the New Westminster Board of Trade that these numbers would be correctly named and quoted separately in their market has not yet been carried out. The Brunette Saw Mill Co. have put themselves in good shape to fight the flames should circumstances require this step. They have purchased from the Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Co., of your city, who are well represented in this province by Mr. W. L. Ogle, a complete fire-fighting outfit, consisting of 500 feet of Maltese cross hose, hose reel, play pipes, and all necessary accompaniments. The fire hose is the same as is used by the city fire department, and the couplings are threaded so as to fit the waterworks’ hydrants. Mr. Sargeant’s mill at Nelson broke all previous local records for fast sawing on Friday of last week, when one gang cut 97,230 sup. feet of merchantable lumber. The logs sawed were pine for about six hours; the remainder of the day they were cutting spruce. The men who can claim the greatest amount of credit for this big day’s work are: D. Creighton, engineer; George Meagher, foreman; P. Gorman, edger, and Wm. Dolan, surveyor. On the same day the lath machine— Matthew Gorman, foreman—cut 48,800 laths. New WESTMINSTER, B.C., Aug. 18, 1892. SEPTEMBER, 1892 _ BS 02) Jey OSG OOVS ie NEWS. ONTARIO. —The planing mill ef W. Donnel, Peterboro, has been en- larged. . —Logs are coming down the Gatineau in large numbers since the breaking of the jam at the Cascades. —The McLennan steam saw mill, at Casselman, is well nigh completed and will likely be running in a few weeks. —The employees of Cane & Sons, lumber, Newmarket, ex- -eursioned to Hiawatha island the latter part of August. —McLachlin Bros., Arnprior, are about to build a new saw nill on the bank of the river a little south of the present saw nill. —Negotiations are pending for the purchase of the Brennan « Sons sawmill property and timber limits in Bethune and Sinclair by the Rathbun Company. _ —A lad named O’Neil, an employee of the Capital pening “Mills, Ottawa, lies in a critical condition from injuries received by a pile of lumber falling and striking him on the back. —Messrs. Stone and Fagan are handling with success three large drives consisting of 100,000 pieces belonging to Dickson & Co., of Peterboro. These logs are from the Scott limits. ¢ —Alexander Fraser’s raft of square timber has been tied a up at Portage du Fort, Que., owing to low water. ing raft of the season to pass Ottawa is Mr. Barnet’s, of Renfrew. The remain- —The Ontario Government will sell the unsold timber limits at the head waters of Madawaska, Pettewawa and Muskoka rivers. This sale is necessitated by the building of the Ottawa _ and Parry Sound railway through this tract. —The Ashburnham saw mill of the Dickson Co. is kept busy sawing ties for shipment on the C.P.R. to various points. The C.P.R. have been loading cedar ties from the mill for the past two months. About a thousand are shipped away daily. _ —Alex. Lumsden has passed over the Chaudiere slides a raft of pine timbers got out on the Montreal river. It is pronounced the finest that has gone down the Ottawa river this year. There are 140 cribs in the raft and the average is seventy feet. —A jobber of the Ontario Lumber Co., named Robert Smith, who resided at Pembroke, and did business at Com- manda Creek, Parry Sound, has left the country. There are ‘some creditors, and one of them, Neil McEachern, took out a __ writ of attachment against Smith’s property. _ —Rumor has it that an American company will shortly com- mence work on the erection of a pulp mill near Pembroke. _ The mill will probably be used exclusively as a spruce pulp mill. It is also said that they have purchased a water privilege on the Pettewawa where they will establish a poplar pulp mill. —An explosion of sawdust occurred in the Ottawa river just above Nepean Point, causing a sensation on the river and _ throwing the water about fifteen feet in the air. The sawdust bank formed below the Rock Island is gradually growing __ larger, and lengthened, so that the Hull ferry is obliged to run much out of its course to avoid it. _ _ —A correspondent of the Peterboro Examiner from Young’s _ Point says: ‘‘I must put in a good word for all the men on the __ drives that have passed through here so far this season. They have been most orderly. Scarcely a drunk man was to be seen d last week there were over two hundred men in and around here. This says a good deal for them.” —The following logs have been brought down the Ottonabee Kiver and adjacent waters this season: Strickland and Co., 60,000 pieces; Dickson and Co., 225,000; The Rathbun Co., 100,009; Gilmour and Co., 46,000; Geo. Hilliard, 15,000. “making a total of 446,000 pieces. A delay of about six weeks occu ed owing to low water and high winds. —A local paper is authority for the statement that an arrangement has been entered into by a syndicate whereby the of the estate of the late Mr. Hilliard, of Peterboro, fe agreed to let them have the valuable mill property known Blythe mills, for a certain sum, unless they shall, on or re Monday, the 5th day of September next, receive a sub- better offer therefor. —The wholesale lumber dealers of Rat Portage, together friends to the number of over 100, including many from litoba, excursioned to Rainy River on the 10th ult. Music 5 furnished by the Winnipeg band, and before reaching € Alex. Black, on behalf of the Retailers’ Association, wed a vote of thanks to the wholesale dealers, which was i with great cheering. Several other gentlemen, includ- , Hon, RK. Watson and Mr. Gilmour, also made short congratulating the hosts on the success of the excur- ecutao ee re eae eae ae a) > eee) QUEBEC. —Dobell, Beckett & Co., of Quebec, have purchased this year’s lumber cut of W. C. Edwards & Co., of Rockland. The price has not transpired, but it is understood to be at full market rates. —The Crown Lands Department of Quebec has made up a collection of samples of wood growing in the provinces for presentation to L’Ecloe Forestiere Nationale de Nancy, France. The samples are 4x8 inches, neatly planed, woods varnished. and the hard- The samples were as follows: balsam, firwood, white spruce, white cedar, rock elm, white pine, hemlock, hard maple, white birch, white oak, white ash, tamarac, red and black oak, red cedar, black birch, butternut, red pine. A similar collection for the Chicago exhibition will be prepared. Basswood, —Two important actions have been entered for decision at the next sitting of the superior court at Aylmer, Que., by Messrs. Gilmour and Hughson, lumber merchants, against Mr. Alonzo Wright, ex-M.P. In the first action Gilmour and Hughson claim a certain strip of land situate and crossing cer- tain lots in the sixth, seventh and eighth ranges of the township of Hull as their property. The land in dispute was formerly used as a deal slide connecting with an old saw mill, of which the old firm of Gilmour and Co. became proprietors several years ago. In addition to the property the plaintiffs also claim possession of the slide, which still is serviceable, and over Mr. Alonzo Wright’s property adjacent to his residence and through the very center of his large and beautiful garden at Chelsea. The plaintiffs in the second action claim a portion of an island situated in the Gatineau river opposite Mr. Wright’s residence which has been occupied by the defendant and used as a sum- mer resort. Some time ago notarial protests were served at the instance of Gilmour and Hughson, requesting Mr. Wright’s consent to a surveyor determining the lines in both cases, but the request was refused, hence the present legal proceedings. MANITOBA AND NORTHWEST. —Timber in the Cypress hills, Assiniboia, has been burning for some days. —Capt. Robinson is building an addition to his planing mill at Selkirk, Man. He purposes putting in a saw and carnage with which to cut the logs taken out last winter at Fisher bay. The logs will be brought in on barges, as the captain thinks there is too much risk in rafting them in. BRITISH COLUMBIA. —The B. C. Paper Mill Co., of Alberni, has purchased the little steamer Lily, which they will use in connection with their business. —Hill Bros. intend starting a saw mill with a capacity of 20,000 to 30,000 feet per day on Wilson Creek, near Eldorado, City, West Kootenay. $100 per M. The price of lumber there at present is —It has been decided that the Canadian building at the World’s Fair shall be roofed with B. C. cedar shingles; and various other provincial woods, it is expected, will be used in the construction of the building. FIRES AND CASUALTIES. FIRES. Kelly Bros. steam saw mill, at River Hebert, N.S., destroyed by fire; loss $12,000. A fire broke out in Moffat’s planing mill at Carleton Place, Ont., but was discovered in time to be quenched by a Carr chemical engine. The Lindsay Lumber Co.’s mills, Lindsay, Ont., were struck with lightning and the whole building was quickly wrapped in flames. The mill was burned to the ground and 200,000 feet of lumber, 200,000 shingles and a quantity of bill timber, the The mills were built by Thomas Dean, of Lindsay, two years ago. The exact amount of the loss is not yet known, but it is considered to be between $15,000 and $20,000, with $4,500 insurance. stables attached and some dwellings in the vicinity. CASUALTIES. Two children, a boy and girl, were drowned while playing on Jogs, near Casselman, Ont. A lad, Johnnie Wilson, nine years of age, was drowned while playing on a raft at Lanark, Ont. Frank Moffatt had his fingers badly cut at Cane & Sons wood-working concern, Newmarket, Ont. A lumber hand named Arthur Seguin, of Hull, Que., had his foot crushed while at work loading lumber. Peter Bernard, knot sawyer on the shingles in the M. and O. mill, Norman, Ont., had the index finger of his left hand cut off. A millwright named John Linnock, employed at FE. B. Eddy’s paper mill in Hull, Que., had his arm severely crushed while repairing some of the machinery. LUMBERMAN 9 Hugh Reynolds, a young man, was accidently drowned, while working at the Pacific Coast Lumber Co.’s mills, B.C Mrs. W. T. Bell, while crossing the bay at Cameron and Kennedy’s boom, in Norman, Ont., fell into the water and was drowned. A little daughter of Mr. Hebert, of Bedford, Que., had all the fingers of one hand cut a the planing machine in Goslet’s saw mill. Angus Mackay, while working at the planing mill at Tiv- erton, Ont., received a severe cut in the ball of the eye by a flying splinter. Ed. Quinn, wound in the abdomen inflicted when putting of Peterboro, Ont., is suffering from a severe a belt on a pulley at his saw mill. was drowned N.B., A boy named Frank Smith, ten years of age, at Humphrey’s mill pond, five miles from Moncton, while playing on logs. David Turnhill, of Paris, Ont., while at work with a circular saw in his factory, entirely from the hand. received a cut severing the forefinger Joseph Gravelle, of Hull, Que., an employee of Perley and Pattee’s mills, Ottawa, Ont., leg by a board striking him. John Bulman, lumber camp, in the Georgian Bay district, Ont., is reported to received severe injuries on his of Michigan, foreman in E. L. Pratt’s have been drowned a few days ago. Waite, New Westminster, B.C., lost three A miliwright named D. V. Pacific Coast Lumber Co., fingers while running a shingle machine. in the employ of the Joseph Vaillancourt, a mill hand employed at the Deschene’s mills, Ottawa, Ont., while it was in motion, and dangerously hurt. Marshall McIntosh, a clerk on the drive of Barnett & Mackie, at Gordon’s Creek, near Pembroke, Ont. was struck on the head by a heavy belt, , was drowned while endeavoring to carry some chains across the gap. E. B. Rochofson had the flesh stripped from two fingers in the left hand, and two fingers of the right hand badly bruised, when working at a band saw at the axe factory at Galt, Ont. Maxime Villeneuve, working with the Keewatin Lumbering Co., Keewatin, Ont., while piling lumber last week had both bones of the forearm fractured by some of the lumber falling on him. Henry Miller, when at work at the edging table in the saw mill of J. and J. R. Gillies, at White Lake, Ont., was struck in the abdomen with a piece of board, and died in a short time. Alexander Brown, of McDonald’s logging camp, near Victoria, B.C., was engaged loading logs on the cars when his foot slipped and he fell between the landing and the car, and was crushed to death. David Hanson, of Hanson’s Mill, on the Nashwaak, N.B., while working among the machinery was caught among the belting and thrown against the shaft securing a wound fully eight inches long in his back and extending into the spinal column. Willard Thompson, an employee of Thomas Johnston’s - shingle mill, at Rat Portage, Ont., a saw and received a wound four inches long and cutting deep into the head. could be secured. got his head in contact with He lost largely of blood before medical aid Fears are entertained that Edward Boilleau, a foreman in Bronson and Weston’s mills at the Chaudiere is drowned. He was put on night duty on logs and has been missing since. Boilleau was an employee of the firm for years and was always regarded as a steady and reliable man. He was married and has a wife and three children. As Barnet & Mackie’s raft was passing the rapids at Duchesne recently, a crib struck on the rocks. One of the hands, Joseph Lafleur, of Little River, Que., near Canillon, was thrown off by the concussion and, despite the efforts of his companions, was swept over the rapids and whirled to death. Lafleur was forty-eight years of age and leaves a wife and four children. At Morrison’s mills, Fredericton, N.B., a belt which runs to govern the engine came off, starting the machinery at a prodig- ious speed. This burst the supping wheel, in which are set a number of knives for peeling the bark off cedar logs. The knives flew in all directions. Craig, who was standing about ten feet from the wheel at the time, was struck in the hip with terrible force and reeled to the floor unconscious. | McCluskey and Rider, who were at a greater distance from the wheel, were also struck by some of the knives and painfully but not danger- ously wounded. Craig was removed to the Victoria hospital, where he died a few minutes after his arrival. The deceased was fifty-five years old and leaves a widow and five children. io THE CANADA LUMBEHRMAHN SEPTEMBER, 189 TRADE REVIEN Office of CANADA LUMBERMAN, | August 31, 1892. J THE GENERAL SURVEY. ONFIDENCE, some one has said, is a plant of slow growth, but once firmly fixed it is possessed of remarkable procreative powers. Lack of confidence has been the retarding influence to a development of trade for a number of years. There is no in this country want of resources; no country is more richly blessed. Capital is not lacking; but the possessors have rather accepted an unprofitable bank interest than risk it in outside investments. One of the best evidences of the restoration of confi- dence in commerce is indicated by the advances in bank stocks and securities that has been a feature of the stock market within the past month. It is a sure com- mercial barometer. But the advantage does not end here. An improvement in business is soon felt all along the line, and is indicated at this particular time in the bright outlook for a fall trade in every department of mercantile life. Lumber is feeling the boom. Our reports from every important centre show that the lumber trade is assuming a position to-day that it has not enjoyed for many years. The cause of the revival, a prominent Chaudiere lumber- man has said, is of an anticipatory character, but it is none the less certain. Crops in Canada and the States have exceeded the expectations of everyone, and it is argued that it is hardly possible for the country to enjoy unusually large crops two years in succession without the whole business of the country being materially strengthened. This, however, is only another way of saying that the people generally have confidence in the future, and are prepared to purchase stocks and make investments in anticipation of the better times that are not immediately here, but are not, they believe, far away. In our own province the fall trade in lumber is likely, because of these conditions, to be brisk. Farmers will build barns, erect new fences and use lumber in many different ways, having the money to buy with. We are not yet looking for activity in building in Toronto, but a general revival in the country must affect favorably the market here. Trade with the States is assuming large and increas- ing proportions. Trade in the States, as we have remarked further on, is good. English lumber markets are not improving very rapidly, but it is thought that conditions are on the mend. Considerable shipments of Canadian lumber are going forward to Britain. The Quebec news is of shipments greatly in excess of those of a year ago. British Columbia intelligence possesses various elements of promise. One needs only to peruse our news pages and special correspondence from different points to be assured that the woodmen will have a busy time the coming winter. QUEBEC. Figures, which never lie, at least not in this case, show a large increase in the quantity of timber culled and measured at the port of Quebec compared with those of a year past. Take the following as up to Aug. 2, of 1891 and 1892; the measurements are in cubic feet: 1891 1892 Waney wwhite pines. << 126. e rie nesters 832,229 1,336,603 \MITS yt Ope aon Ace aan CS aomcen 622,213 859,743 RECEPENE sate) ysis sidie toch s ttee weee te isthe 28.567 38,099 (ON eo Gri in CR ODI OE IOC era 511,598 612,808 [DI 5 Sete 6 EIR RR enc nats cerca 419,741 625,001 Birch andimaple: . ononnca 5200 5400] No. A POS enEa sec" 28 00 30 00 Moulding boards, 7 to Cut ups, r to 2 in.... 24 00 32 90 Toy CLeATrttetetets 36 00 38 00 | Coffin boards........ Ig 00 22 00 60 per cent. clear... 34 00 36 00 | Common allwidths... 22 00 26 co Fine common, rin.... 35 00 38 oo | Shipping culls, in... 15 00 15 50 14%, 1% and 2in... 38 00 40 00 do 1Y in. I5 50 16 50 SPRUCE—BY CARGO. Scantling and plank, Coarse, rough........ 12 0o@14 00 random cargoes.. 14 0o@15 00 Hemlock bds. , rough. 12 00 13 00 Yard orders, ordinary «” dressed 12 00 I4 00 GV saodcaosoence 15 00 16 00} Clapbds., extra, 4 ft.. 35 00 36 00 Yard orders, extra Clear, \auitcn creer 33 00 34 00 SIZES ie rare Nesters 16 00 18 00 Second clear...-<.. 24 00 26 00 Clear floor boards.... 19 00 20 00 Note x45. Soe eee 23 00 26 00 Oy 2 intactaratoso0 16 00 17 0O LATH Spruce byicareoaatci-ievje nie «rerio eteicie Rice iste eee eee 2 50@2 75 SHINGLES. Spruceisniestexcuah east rTco@r' sollMINosrnn cence ese eee I 75 Pine, 18 in., extra...... 4.00 4 25 Clears acon secteur 3.00 5 25 Pine, clear butts....... 3.00 315 xtra, INOsz oa aclareisie 200 225 Cedar, sawed, extra.... 3 50 3 65 | Cypress, No. 1, 18 im... 5 00 6 25 Canada, clear.......... 275i) Canadavc-\sctieeesien meets 3 25 Canada, extra, No. 1... 2 00 2 40 ‘SEPTEMBER, 1892 --_‘OSWEGO, N.Y. OsweEco, N.Y., Aug. 31.—Prices with a fair trade doing. remain unaltered, WHITE PINE. aay uppers, 1K. 14 and 2 inch ickings, os > ur 3 @ BS 8 Ne i, cutting up, * No. 2, cutting up, * In strips, 4to8 ae selected for moulding strips, 14 to 16 ft. 31 WN Ww 88838 8888 SIDING. z in siding, cutting uP 1 inselected....... 35 00@42 picks and uppers... 32 00@39 00 | 1/4 in dressing....... 19 21 Zin dressing......... Ig 00 21 00 | 1% in No. rculls.... 14 16 xin No. x culls...... 14 00 15 00|1% in No. 2culls.... 12 13 rin No. 2 culls...... 12 00 13 00)1 in. No3culls...... 10 II IXI2 INCH. Li REL AS UGS Ses Some coacecousb © asOeDEaBSCaEnaE Bo 20 23 )a2 and 16 feet, No. 1 and 2, barn boards................... 18 19 _ar2 and 16 feet, dressing and better he ZO 30 Seeeerardeca feet, Noo 2) culls eee nein 13 14 p IXIo INCH. x2 and 13 feet, mill run, mill cullsout...................... 19 2 Seesmd x3 feet, dressing and better....-...-..-....26.-200s 25 0, 14 to 16 barn boards a2 and 13 feet, No. 1 culls and i3 feet, No. 2 culls f4 to 16 feet, mill run mill cullsout........................ 20 to 16 feet, dressing and better.................. r4 to 16 feet, No. rculls..... a to 16 feet, No. 2 culls. ; p 10 to 13 feet, 2 Dy Se TSS an een Se a a 10 88 88 83 8888888 88 8888 88888 8888 14X10 INCHES. ; Millrun, mill culls out.$20 0o@23 00 | No. rculls........... 16 17 h ‘Dressing and better. -925 00° 35 00] No.2culls........... 14 I5 IX4 INCHES. “Mill run, mill cullsout 17 00 19 o0| No. xculls........... 13 14 Dressing and better.. 23 00 27 00| No. 2culls........... 12 13 1X5 INCHES. “beget mill ran, mill 6, 7 or 8, No. rculls.. 15 16 culls out......... Ig 00 21 00] 6, 7 or 8, No.2 culls.. 13 14 = Ace soede 24 00 28 00 XXX, SHINGLES. 18 in pine....... 37° 3 90| XXX, 18 in. cedar... . 350 3 75 ~ Clear butts, pine, 18 in.. 2 70 2 90| Clear butt, 18 in. cedar. 2 50 275 eswrk. ain pane “tipaee 3.00 3 25| XX, 18in. cedar .... 190 200 i ceeeeerears 5 OW OTD. 4.50 5 00 LATH. Doh. 2st a A Bea PANO=)-25 FG sme, s ysiici Shey se 2 20 ity oo i i rs +z... 80 7 BUFFALO AND TONAWANDA, N.Y. TONAWANDA, N.Y., Aug. 31—It would be idle to say that the great railroad strike, of which this locality has _ been the centre, has not interfered with business. Aside from this consideration, however, and before the strike had been precipitated, lumber business had only been fair. Receipts are by no means excessive. What demand exists is mainly for better grades, and these are scarce, with prices disposed to advance. A good fall business is looked for on all hands. WHITE PINE. Pes 1,14%,1%and2 Shelving, No. x, 13 in and up, 1 in Dressing, 1% in. 14x10 and 12 ea in.. 00 A ec, Pee 50 Mold : st'ps, 1 to 2in.. 31 00 32 00 Barn, No. 1, roand 12 TES SOR enereee 20 00 6and 8 in......... 20 00 No. 2, ro and 12in. 16 50 17 00 Gand Pines. A. 16 00 No. 3. 10 and 12 in. 14 00 14 50 Grarid Bane, a) «sf. 13 50 Common, rin........ 16 00 18 00 2, 1 in 1% andi¥in...... 17 00 19 00 ee es ANNU S Hatslaika) els voieis 18 00 19 00 = 3, 1% tozin. 17 00 BOX. Narrow era ss oes» 13 00/ 1% in 12 50|1% pea 14 50|2 in ‘ SHINGLES. £0 4 00| 16in., *A extra...... 2 60 2 75| 16 in. clear butts..... 210 ¢ LATH. eS geo n ails sas nc cise Ho piccvecccedcescecceses fe y 2 25 a ALBANY, N.Y. _ ALBANY, N.Y., Aug. 31.—The collapse of the strike in ew York, with 15,000 men returning to work, has had favorable influence on the lumber trades here. It is ed that the loss in wages to the workingmen has “ell less than $1,200,000, a serious matter for them; then to be beaten. What the loss is to the lumber des can hardly be estimated, for contracts have been ed that at this late date cannot be taken up again Is it surprising that the temptation is o write in strong terms on this question of strikes, so itably disastrous to everyone? General trade has nse during the month, both for export and home CASO PINE. $55 $60 55 | 1z-in. dressing and better... 28 34 50 MINION ese an ae coc (os 15 17 45 | 1%4-in. siding, selected, 13 ft. 40 45 Seas) | COMMON sha K oh edocs Aes 15 17 47 59 | 1-in. siding, selected........ 38 42 ohaz. “45. ANNA sioise Storie 0 0.0 3 15 17 + 37 40) Norway, clear............. 22 25 52 55 MUU oe nrg IAS) Bile om 6 16 18 47 30) Common......s...60.44. I 15 42 45 ae ie lank, 13 ft., dressing c, c. 37 49 ter, PACK ie 3) 55 43 ee: nk ‘ia-ft. culls, each 23 2 =. - 3° 35 | 10-in. $, 13 ft., dressing - 2% 32) and os Badr leat 28 32 12 22| 10-in. boards, 13-ft. culls.... 20 LATH, a Be Peach are sor 1 8 ZEDONG. | 425 fone Aveo snc tz sce 2 00 b 88 88 88 8888888888 8880 SNISOD, CEY-OIP-Oey-% LUMBERMAIT rT SHINGLES. Sawed Pine, ex. xxxx..$4 35 $4 50| Bound butts, €x18 ....$5 go $6 00 Clear butts.......... 3 tO) 3 25) |\pebemlockiy. ca, eaep osc 215 2 30 Smooth, 6x18....... BR ftey i (ste) Pep oyatlely BAA onn oh AcoAD 220 230 SAGINAW, MICH. SAGINAW, Mich., Aug. 31.—At a time when holiday- ing is supposed to be the vogue we find dealers and planing mill men unusually busy. We have been telling every month of the meagre supplies of good lumber, and one can hardly report anything different this month. To supply pressing needs consumers have been obliged to be satisfied with lower grades, which has been a good thing for the lower grades. The condition, however, has been one to further stiffen prices all round. FINISHING LUMBER—ROUGH. Uppers, 1, 1% and 1¥...... 45 00 | Fine common, 1 in..........- 32 00 Ci ilsooweth couadtoeaoosuCns 6 oc i Pinel yes Shilo neaeann bon 34 00 Selects, 1 in 00 eID emcee en eie as piles 35 00 1% and 1% ‘Gon G7 Sand ighiniyen ae cer as 30 00 TIMBER, JOIST AND SCANTLING. 2x4 tO Ioxro, 12, 14 and 16 ft. te (ele) Piel Gna eaeen ane pon eerie 12 00 iP inborn doneoc aaa SaEeehy 00 EDEN Ey er pas notice An ee 13 00 For each additional 2 ft. add ie 3 12 in. plank and timber $1 extra ; extra for sizes above 12 in. SHINGLES. SXOXOXGGr She @lamaxe ye eee tees 2) (ei || saciotee o.oo aacourioeinanccoue 75 2.0.0.5 RESME nenoesecroN ee 2} 7] 9:O.0.0 “Givoydis- Seacaccdad inenc 2 00 2, @. CI GUNES = ganacdasocaCose 2 25 DO. SRO ORES HBC OD EEO CIaHEe I 25 MOpiney4yiee Coy Deyeias)-heeicie «= clove I 00 LATH. Lath, No 1, white pine....... 2 00| Lath, No. 2, W. pine, Norway 1 50 NEW YORK CITY. NEw YoRK, Aug. 31.—To the cessation. of labor troubles must be attributed the improved vim with which manufacturers and dealers have taken hold of business this month. The surrender of the walking delegate has come too late to restore much of the trade that has been lost for this season, yet not too late to throw a fair measure of life into trade. No line more than white pine is feeling the benefit of improved condi- tions, and the more so from the fact that for some time stocks had been light. Spruce continues to rule firm. WHITE PINE—WESTERN GRADES. (Wipperss x 1Dl. anes yu, Cal@vis oe) || LXer, Shp o on oooupoudod $13 50@14 00 14%, 1%andz2in.... 46 00 47 00 MUhtickerd nr. niet cae I4 50 I5 00 2 cinel Zo WN acoaaaco 58 00 | Ccil’g, base, fig. No. r 40 00 42 00 Selectsymini...- ae 41 00 INGiy 2a errno 35 00 37 00 z in., all wide 43 00 ING! Sa unser ee 24 00 26 00 14%, 1%andzin....'43 00 44 00 Shelving, INIGh Roacees 30 00 32 00 a airel 7 SMogcadesu 2EOON E537 00) | BING s array tee rerctare 25 00 27 00 Fine common, 1 in.. 36 00 37 00 Molding, IN@> Bee oo be 36 00 37 00 14%. 1%andz2in.... 38 00 4000 INIOS Pitcssodnoahe- 34 00 36 00 BAMA e wvezeiotetelaias 46 00 48 00 Bevel sid’ g, clear.... 22 50 23 00 Cutting BP, rin. No.1 28 00 30 00 INOcpitersctereis sists 22 00 22 50 ikke, @ceecaedesoun 21 00 23 00 INGhS Oetcocneenecd 20 00 20 50 Thick, INO} Stedonon 29 00 32 00 INOS S}iasoenocebeUb 16 00 17 00 ISS 2 coocetoabosd 24 00 26 00 Norway cl, and No. 1 23 00 25 00 Common, No. 1, 10 INOMM aire ee tor 20 00 22 00 Binal 573 Tle co gepoD 22 00 23 oo Comned peaboddoouen 18 00 19 00 S Disa etete cytes 20 00 21 00 gasesODD NOS 17 00 18 00 Coffin Beards SHCA b 20 00 22 00 CULLERS’ EXAMINATIONS. pHs following is a list of the successful candidates at the examinations for cullers’ licenses under the Ontario Cullers’ Act held by the Department of Crown Lands at various points in the province on 14th July last. The examination consisted in a series of questions bear- ing upon the culling and measurement of sawlogs and of practical tests in the way of actual measurement and culling of logs provided for the purpose. The success- ful candidates are entitled to licenses authorizing them to cull and measure sawlogs cut upon Crown lands in Ontario. BRACEBRIDGE.—J. G. Anderson, Alpena, Mich., U.S.; J. W. Benson, Sturgeon Bay; Chas. M. Beck, Jr., Penetanguish- ene; W. J. Beatty, Coldwater; C. W. Burns, Jr., South River; A. E.Clarkson, Midland; E. Clairmont, Gravenhurst; W. F. Cameron, Sturgeon Bay; Daniel Connelly, Gravenhurst; John Dawkins, Gravenhurst: Jas. E. Doxsee, Gravenhurst; Jas. W. Fallis, Sturgeon Bay; John Gadway, Parry Sound; Chas. Henderson, Bracebridge; John Johnston, Peninsula Lake; William McGown, Parry Sound; Thos McGown, Sr., Parry Sound; Patrick McDermet, South River; Angus MacKay, South River; A. J. McDonald, Longford; Angus D. McInnes, Gravenhurst; Alexander McKendry, Waubaushene; John H. Newell, Parry Harbor; Sherman Palmateer, Gravenhurst; Michael H. Sheehan, Waubaushene; Thomas Scott, Parry Sound: Lawrence Smith, West Saginaw, Mich., U.S.; Thos. G. Taylor, Gravenhurst; Thomas White, Parry Sound; William Watson, North Bay; Frank R. Weston, Midland. BELLEVILLE.—George T. Bissell, Trenton; R. Marrigan, Deseronto; KR. Baxter, Deseronto; T. A. Adair, Gananoque; Wm. Fisher, Trenton; O. W. Kemp, Trenton; C. B. Kirk, Queensboro; J. G. McCaw, Queensboro; J. D. Monaghan, Deseronto; Edward Breeaugh, Deseronto; Barney McAuley, Trenton; Thomas Fox, Deseronto. SupBury.—James T. McDougall, Klock’s Mills; James A. Sharp, Sudbury; Oliver Paquette, Webbwood; Harry S. Shanacy, Cook’s Mills; Frank Johns, Nipissing Junction ; William E. Londry, Sault Ste Marie, Ont.; George Cook’s Mills; Edward D. Jessup, ( “ache Bay ; George Thessalon; William Matheson, Chelmsford. PETERBOROUGH. —Theodore Ludgate, Peterborough ; Thos. Bick, Bobcaygeon; John Flaherty, Lindsay: Henry Junkin, Marmora; Maurice J. Gorman, Fenelon Falls; George Wilson, Lindsay; William Albert Davis, Bobcaygeon; James Bray, Kinmount, Robert A. Dickson, Keene; Stewart Shea, Camp- bellford ; David A. Cooper, Millbrook. ARNPRIOR.—W. P. Kingsland, Ottawa; Fredk. Arnprior; John Harrison, Jr., Pembroke; Alex. G. Braeside; Frank N. Johnson, Ottawa; Harry Cox, Que.; Patrick Barrett, Arnprior; John B. Kerr, Arnprior; Thomas McIneuly, Quebec; Archibald McBride, Amnprior; Thomas Yuill, Arnprior; Robert Owns, Basin Depot; Alfred W. Brundage, Pembroke; James Labelle, Waltham, Que; Walter M. Ross, Ottawa; Walter Kennedy, Arnprior; Elu. Labelle, Waltham, Que.; Alex. W. Thomson, Arnprior; P. Munro, Braeside; John A. Gillies, Braeside; Thomas Broug- ham, Eganville; Robt. J. Blair, Arnprior; William Smith, Ottawa: Patk. Mangan, Arnprior; James Currie, Ottawa; Daniel Stewart, Braeside; Peter Marcil, Ottawa; H. A. Ruttle, Carlton Place; E. Hawkins, LaBreton Flats; Benedict Richards, Ottawa; J. D. Ladurante, Ottawa; Robt. L. McFarlane, Arnprior; Frank Halliday, Mississippi; James Halliday, Springtown; John Kennedy, Pembroke. Turgeon, 2 A. Boyd, Buchan, Munro, 3ellirica, PERSONAL. Mr. P. H. Colston, of Pembroke, Ont., widely known in the Ottawa district in connection with the lumbering business, has recently lost his mother by death. Mr. L. A. Lewis, head book-keeper at the Brunettee Mills, Sapperton, B.C., has joined the benedicts. was Miss Nettie Dockrill, of Port Moody. The death is recorded of Mrs. Charles W. Pitt, wife of the manager of the Ontario Lumber Co., at Burk’s Falls. Mrs. Pitt was a great favorite and universally beloved by all who knew her. The happy woman Mr. R. W. Phipps, clerk of forestry for the Ontario Govern- ment, offers to mail to any LUMBERMAN reader, sending name and address, a copy of his recently issued and valuable report on Forestry in Ontario. His address is 25134 Richmond Street West, Toronto. Mr. Joseph Oliver, of the lumber firm of Donogh & Oliver, was elected D.G.M. of the Independent Order of Oddfellows, at the meeting of Grand Lodge held in Windsor, Ont., during the past month. Mr. Donogh is also prominent in the Order, being a P.G.M. Colonel J. Armory Knox, of New York, the founder, and for many years, editor of Texas Siftings, has been visiting Ottawa on business for a lumber syndicate with which he is connected. contributes to his paper occasionally. He is a Scotchman by birth, and though he has lived in the United States he has never been naturalized, being still a British subject. He is not now in active journalism, though he TRADE NOTE. THE Waterous Engine Works Co., of Brantford, Ont., are meeting with good success in placing their band mill. A letter from R. & W. Conroy, of the Deschanes Mills, Que., published The Waterous mill isa decided change in style, with its steel columns in their advertisement, is a very complimentary story. with broad top and base in place of the one and two column mills which have previously been the only kind. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. THE new transcontinental line of the Great Northern was opened for passenger business between St. Paul, Minneap- olis and Spokane, Wash., on August 14th. Trains will leave St. Paul daily at 7.40 p.m.; Minneapolis 8.10 p.m. The solid new trains will embody every new device and comfort known to modern car builders. roomy pattern, with high back seats, so well adapted to long Elegant sleepers and diners and free col- onist sleepers will be used. Spokane will be reached on the morning of the third day after leaving St. Paul. The Rocky Mountains with magnificent scenery and the Flathead Valley will be passed in daylight. It will be the shortest line to Western Montana, Northern Idaho and Eastern Washington, and the only route to Columbia Falls, Kalispell, the Tobacco Plains Country, Jennings, Bonner’s Ferry and the Kootenay mining region. Connection is made with steamers at Bonner’s Ferry to Kootenay Lake, Nelson, Ainsworth Hot Springs, Kaslo, and the Slocan mining camps, in British Columbia. A vast area of mining, lumbering and farming country is opened to settlement by the completion of this line. The track of the Pacific extension is ballasted with rock gravel from one end to the other, and has the lowest mountain grades and easiest curves of any line in the west. distance travelling. RAVELLER AND SALESMAN FOR NEW YORK AND NEW England.—Wanted, a young man who has a good knowledge of fonbers chiefly white pine and hardwood, to solicit orders largely in the car trade. Apply with references and stating salary expected, to “‘Can- ada,”’ office of this paper. The coaches are-of the newest - THE CANADA LUMBERMAN PACIFIC COAST SHINGLE TRADE. HE Puget Sound Lumberman in its current issue, under the heading of “Growth of the Shingle Trade,” gives a list of fifty-six new shingle mills estab- lished in Western Washington during the past six months. With British Columbia and Oregon to hear from, it is safe to say that over 100 new mills have been erected in the Pacific Northwest since January Ist. The daily capacity has been increased 5,860,000 by the building of these mills. With the estimate of the cut of shingles | last year at 900,000,000, the increase of the capacity this year will bring the cut up to 2,800,000,000, an of per cent. Machinery and other equip- ment for the new mills cost in the neigh- increase $260,000. borhood of In explaining the cause for this in- creased demand for shingles, the Lum- berman says it arises from the popularity of red cedar shingles at the east, and that this popularity is due to the efforts of the North Pacific Consolidated Company. The Con solidated C OnE ay) spent much | The largest vessels on the lakes can load at the docks. money in advertising. First, circulars were sent to every dealer in the United States: then testimonials were mailed ; then salesmen were sent out, and, lastly, country yards with It was a rather cars were sent to orders to keep until sold. risky experiment, because the white pine men did not fancy into their territory, and then the deep-rooted custom of buying pine shingles had to be over- It was a long time before returns came in. It took eighteen months to get a dealer in Chicago to handle the cedar shingles, and it looked as if the advertis- ing go for naught. But orders commenced to come—slowly at first, it is true—and the tide was turned. Last year sent east. invasion come. would 400,000,000 shingles were This year the shipments will amount to over 1,000,000,000. THE LUMBER TRADE ABROAD. A Tacoma firm has sent a carload of fir to an Illinois agricultural implement manufacturing firm to be used for wagon box boards as an experiment. A fortune awaits the dealer who will make a specialty of importing mahogany, satinwood, etc., from the west America to coast ports, rosewood, coast of South exchanging Washington fir. On the 6th ult. fire destroyed the Schul- enburg & Boeckler Lumber company’s mill in Dutchtown, Minn. It is supposed the mill was struck by lightning. The mill and machinery were valued at about $125,000, and insured for $65,000. If the Minneapolis mills are going to break the record this year and make 500,- 000,000 feet of lumber, the thing has got to be done the last half of the season. The boom scale for the first half of the season shows a slight excess over the scale for the last although sawing was commenced earlier in 1892 than in 1891. It begins to look as though the 500,000,000 mark would not same period year, be reached. Michigan lumbercmen still continue to invest money made out of pine boards in lake property. F. W. Wheeler & Co. have taken a contract to build a steam- ship of 4,300 tons for David C. Whitney, of Detroit, one of the same capacity in which Waldo A. Avery will own a half interest, both of these craft costing $240,- 000 each. This ship-building firm has contracts to build craft aggregating $780,- Eddy Bros., a Saginaw valley lum- ber firm operating a mill at Bay City, have put a large amount of money into vessel property and have contracted with the Detroit Dry Dock company to builda steamer of 4,500 tons, to cost $225,000. TIMBER BERTH At Public Sale ERTH NO. 35, CONTAINING 36 SQUARE miles, situated on French River, within about twelve miles of Georgian Bay. There isa large creek and a number of smaller streams crossing the same which empty into the French. It contains large quantities of pine timber and has never been lumbered on. Sale to take place on Wednesday, October 19th, 1892, at 2.30 p-m., at the Mart, King St., Toronto, Canada. EXECUTORS OF JOHN BROWN (deceased) Easton, Pa. AR SAW MILL AND TIMBER For Sale at Parry Sound ooo. HE MILL IS SITUATED ON THE WATERS of Parry Sound and has good shipping facilities. The mill will cut about twenty thousand feet of lumber in ten hours, and twenty-five thousand shingles. There are about five thousand acres of timber, pine, birch, hemlock, ash, spruce, basswood, etc. Some of the lots have pine and some the other timber, but all the lands are well timbered. The Parry Sound Colonization Railway is now in process of construction to this point. Apply to WM. BEATTY, Parry Sound. FUCTION SALE TIMBER LIMITS OAW MILL AND LUMBERING PLANT, E16. HE UNDERSIGNED ARE INSTRUCTED by Messrs. Mossom Boyd & Co. (dissolved by the death of a partner) to offer for sale by auction, at The Mart, King Street East, ‘Toronto, Canada, on | Wednesday, the Twenty-third day of November, 1892 commencing at twelve o'clock, noon, all their valuable white pine timber berths comprising sixty-eight square miles of virgin timber lands at west end of Lake Nipis- sing, tributary to Georgian Bay, and timber berths in the townships of Sherbourne, Snowdon, Glamorgan, Monmouth and Harvey, tributary to Trent River and Bay of Quinte. Alse their Sawmill at Bobcaygeon, ‘ELGr CLGe For particulars apply to MOSSOM BOYD, Bob- lumbering plant, | caygeon, Ontario, or to Messps. WICKHAK, THOMPSON & FITZGERALD, Canada Life Building, Toronto, Ont., Vendors’ Solicitors. SGRIBNER’S __ LUMBER AND 1G BOOK \, OVER ONE MILLION SOLD Most complete Book of its kind ever published Gives measurement of all kinds of Lumber, Logs, Planks, Scantling; cubical contents of square and round timber; hints to lumber dealers; wood measure; speed of circular saws; care of saws; cordwood tables; felling trees; grewth of trees; land measure; wages, rent, board, interest, stave and heading bolts, etc. Standard book throughout the United States and Canada. Get the new illustrated edition of 1882. Ask your book- seller for it. Sent post paid for 35 cents. GEO. W. FISHER, Box 238, Rochester, N.Y. MORTIMER, Toronto, Can. J. J. TURNER .. oail, Tent and Awning Maker.. 251 George St. and 154 King St. PETERBOROUGH Canoe, Yacht and Boat Sails made to order. Fits Guaranteed. Every description of Lumbermen’s Supplies and or A. G. Perfect ! Waterproof Clothing. SEPTEMBER, 1892 WANTED AND FOR SALE “Aa ertisements aii ihe Frssaad in this department at the rate of r5 cents per line each 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. Adver- tisements must be received not later than the 27th of each month to insure insertion in the following issue. ‘—£ WANT ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS. Will pay cash. ROBERT THOMSON & CO., 103 Bay Street, Toronto. OR HEMLOCK, DIMENSION LUMBER, hardwood flooring, cedar shingles, piles, sawdust, etc., write J. KE. MURPHY, lumberman, Hepworth station, Ont. J ARDWOOD LUMBER BOUGHT, SOLD OR received on consignment. TUCKER DAVID, lumber commission merchant, 202 Eleventh Ave., N.Y. NSURANCE—FIRE AND MARINE. MILLS, manufactories and merchandise a specialty. Tele- phone at my expense. R. CUNNINGHAM, Guelph. FOR SALE T KINGSTON FOUNDRY & MACHINERY Co. (Limited), two Sawmill Engines, cylinders 13 x 21, fly-wheel 9 ft. 6 in. drain, driving pulley 7 ft. x 18 in. face—new—at a bargain. WHITE BIRCH AND SOFT ELM WANTED. UMBERMEN HAVING 1-IN. RED BIRCH and 1-in. dry Soft Elm, firsts and seconds, for sale, please communicate with W. W. BROWN, 202 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y. SLEEE RALESS Ee EVERAL THOUSAND FEET “T” RAILS, 10 and 20 lbs. to the yard. A large quantity 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. WANTED FOR CASH Ash and Soft Elm OSTLY ONE-INCH, SOME ONE-AND-A- quarter and one-and-a-half inch, strictly firsts and seconds, must be of uniform color; also commons. Furthermore, Ash and Oak squares from one-and-a-half to four inches thick. Can also use Soft Elm Logs 20 in. and over in diameter for export; Red Birch Lumber, I and II., all thickness; also Red Birch Squares 5 x 5 and 6x 6, ten feet and over long, good squares. Address all particulars as to dryness, quality, quan- tity on hand and price, to P. O. Box 2144, New York, N.Y. Timber Limits HOSE WISHING TO BUY OR SELL CAN- adian Pine or Spruce Timber Limits will please send particulars to LEONARD G. LITTLE, Room 13, Temple Building, Montreal. Rooliester Bros. : COMMISSION AGENTS Limits bought and sold on commission. Limits trav- elled 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. Communications confidential. References given. 36 Rochester St. Ortawa WILLIAM FOSTER Lumber and Commission Merchant RECEIVER AND FORWARDER OF LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES . CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED... SWHIINC SOUANGS), GSU SHINGLE MILL FOR SALE SITUATION : The Tretheway Falls Shingle Mill is new, built 1891, on the South Branch of the Muskoka River, 5 miles from Bracebridge, near South Falls switch N. & N.W. R.R. With the mill are 5 acres of land, large board- ing house, team horses, wagon, sleighs, etc., etc., in fact complete equipment for mill and lumber camp. MACHINERY : Consists of Little Giant Leffel Wheel (60 horse power), Boss Shingle Machine, Jointer, Splitter, Drag, Butting and Knot Saws; Endless Chain Burner, Bull Wheel, etc., etc. Building is 30x 40 heavy frame, with room and shafting placed for second shingle machine. Belt- ing complete and everything in good running order. Circular saw could be added with small expense. TIMBER : Is abundant for 50 miles above the mill on the waters of the South Branch—miany townships being yet owned by the government—besides thousands of acres of deeded pine, four or five thousand acres of which can be bought immediately. There is also about 400,000 feet of timber at mill which can be purchased with it, so that buyer can commence cutting at once. The estate must be wound up, and will bear the clos- est examination. For further information, address THE CANADA LUMBERMAN, Toronto, Ont. AUGTION SALE Imber Berths DEPARTMENT OF CROWN LANDS (Woops AND Forests BRANCH) TorRonTo, 27th June, 1892. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, UN- der Order in Council, Timber Berths as here- under in the Nipissing, Algoma, Thunder Bay and Rainy River districts, viz. : in Biggar, Butt, Finlayson, Hunter, McCraney, ‘McLaughlin, Paxton, Peck, and the northerly portion of Berth Forty-nine, lying South and West of the Wahnapitae Lake, all in the Nipissing district; the townships of Lumsden and Morgan, and a small’ portion of territory lying North and West of Pogomasing Lake, in the Algoma district; Berths One and Seven, Thunder Bay district; ard Eleven, Twenty-seven, Thirty-six, Thirty-seven, Sixty-four, Sixty-five, Sixty-six, Sixty-seven, Sixty-eight and Sixty-nine, Rainy River district. Will be sold at Public Auction on Thursday, the Thirteenth day of October next, at One o’Clock p.m., at the Department of Crown Lands, Toronto. ARTHUR S. HARDY, Commissioner. Nore.—Particulars as to locality and description of limits, area, etc., and terms and conditions of sale, will be furnished on application personally or by letter to the Department of Crown Lands. fe No UNAUTHORIZED ADVERTISEMENT OF THE ABOVE WILL BE PAID FOR. J.D. SHIBR- Manco URER OF Lumber, Lath « Shingles BRAGEBRIDGE, ONT. The Rathbun GCompany-3 CO Ox DESH RONT@O, ona MANUFACTURERS OF Doors, Sash, Blinds, Stairs Find all kinds of House-Finishing Materials CHE DAER O1L, ter Pursine temens CoRRESPONDENCE SoLticrTrRepD SEPTEMBER, 1892 @oEee CAMA DA. TORT BERMAN The (se0rgian Bay =< <= (onsolidated Lumber Go. PME LMR, BL SUF, SHES wo LAT Address WAUBAUSHENE, Ont. »° 24 King St. West, TORONTO Lithographing (o. [ITHOGRAPHERS & FLAMBURG, GERMANY OFFERS THE BEST FACILITIES Femerica n ‘«( > <_< —— FOR YARDING AND SELLING SS = ALL KINDS OF 00d GOOMS Aiicntor Grist. AT SAYS: ADDRESS: THE CHAMPION STAVE, HEADING AND SHINGLE MACHINES ROSENBACHER & Co. CARL GARTNER, Agent ICE TOOLS AND MILL SUPPLIES Bankers, HamwmseuRnRG HAMBURG CLEVELAND, OHIO The Dodge Patent System Rope Iransmission of Power Millmen having trouble with large belts by slipping and loss of power should write us for information on our Patent Rope Drive System Thousands of horsepower in use in the largest and most modern mills. We contract for the complete erection of Drives of any power. 10,000 Wood Split Belt Pulleys always in stock for immediate shipment. Seon WOOD SPLIT PULLEY CO. 63 KING ST. WEST, TORONTO 14 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN SERTEMEPR, 1892 MACHINERY FS ake Se LIST OF SECOND-HAND MA- chinery for sale by The Canada Machinery and Supply Co., antford, Ont., dealers in new and sec- ond-hand machinery and supplies :— Ore; E 25- Pe WATEROUS FIRE-BOX PORT- le bo on skids. OXE os FIRE-BOX BOILER. os 6-H.P. FIRE-BOX BOILER. @X= 4-H.P. UPRIGHT MARINE BOILER. NE 12x16 SLIDE-VALVE BECKETT MAKE NE AMERICAN MAKE PLANER AND matcher in good order. WO 34-INCH WHEELS BAND SAWING machines. @s= THREE-SIDE MOULDER, GOLDIE & McCulloch make. Oe ONE-SIDE MOULDER IN GOOD OR- aer. ONE BLIND SLAT TENONER TWO UPRIGHT SWING SHINGLE MA- chines with jointer. @NENWATEROUS SELF-ACTING SHINGLE mill and jointer. Oh WATEROUS LATH MACHINE, THREE Saws. engine. ONS GOLDIE & Mc€ULLOCH MAKE NE 9x12 SLIDE-VALVE MORRISON MAKE double cope tenoning machine, used eighteen engine. months only. NE 6%xgq SLIDE-VALVE COPP BROS. WO PONY PLANERS, 24-IN., WITH COUN- make engine. tershafts, Cant-Gourlay’s make, Galt. NE 5%xg SLIDE-VALVE BECKETT MAKE @Oxe SWING CUT-OFF SAW. engine. NE 25-H.P. WATEROUS MAKE UPRIGHT ON WOOD FRAME TENONER WITHOUT engine. copes. y NE 6-H.P. COPP BROS. MAKE UPRIGHT ORE WOOD FRAME SHAPER. engine. LONOGH & C)LIVER WHOLESALE DEALERS IN OFFICE Nos. 213, 214 and 215 LUMBER | Board of Trade Building Toronto, Ont. TELEPHONES FOR PUBLIG AND PRIVATE LINES ALL INSTRUMENTS SOLD OUTRIGHT NO ROYALTY NO DELAYS NO MISTAKES NO RENTAL FEES t ESTIMATES CAREFULLY MADE FOR TELEPHONE OUTFITS C. A. MARTIN & CO.., 765 Craig St., MONTREAL J. W. MAITLAND-—H. RIXON =——-wW. STODART J. G. AINSILE == MAITLAND, RI RIXON & CO. OWEN SOUND, ONT. Saw Millers and Lumber Dealers All kinds of Building Material kept in stock LONG BILL STUFF IN ROCK ELM, PINE, CEDAR AND HEMLOGK wus ceria ESBS SE! on application Napanee Gement Works MANUFACTURERS OF JAAYDRAULIC CEMENT Particularly adapted for Dams, Smoke Stacks, WE MAKE A... -». SPECIALTY OF Hndorsed by Leading Railways and Contractors ROACA LIME FOR BUILDING, PLASTERING, GAS PURIFYING, PAPER MAKING, ETC. Foundations, Culverts, Cisterns, Cellars, etc. (GfL1 MAGHINE ANIF E WORKS» i Mm MACHINE KINI WEsS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR Planing, Moulding and Stave Cutting —]|Send for Price List = PETER HAY; Gamage, THE RATHBUN GOMPANY = ae TERRA COTTA FIRE-PROOFING Absolutely Fire-proof Deadens Noise For use in Old and New Buildings Does not Crack on application of Heat or SISSSAISSS : yA] Ree SSSA ae Aaa Water Gives Warmth in Winter; Coolness in Summer About as Cheap as Wood or Brick Weight one-third that of Brick 6 ier oo JESS IC ee SAW MILL and WOOD-WORKING MAGHINERY ON EXHIBITION IN MY WAREROOMS i41 TO 145 FRONT ST. WEST, TORONTO, ONT. 2 Automatic Sawing Machines Heading and Shingle Bolting Saw Steam Drag Saw; Improved Stave, Machine 2 Automatic Shingle Machines and Jointers, Hall’s Patent **Grand Triumph” Drop Tilt Shingle Machine Hall’s Patent Shingle Machine and Jointer Smallwood’s Patent Shingle Machine Swing Shingle and Heading Machine New Goldie & McCulloch Shingle Machine Two-block Shingle Mill; Shingle Jointers Shingle Knot Saw and Jointer Lath Mills; Shingle Packers Stave Bolt Equalizer; Foot Stave Jointers New Spoke and Axe Handle Machine Double Edger; Edging Tables Complete “‘ Eclipse”’ Thomas Dill, maker Four-head Block and Irons for Sawmill Carriage Sawmill ; Drag Saw Irons Winnie’s Patent Hoop Coiling Machine Winnie's Double Mandrel Hoop Sawing Machine Winnie’s Hoop Pointing and Scarfing Machine Winnie’s Double Hoop Planer Log Hauling Jack, Chain and Spool; Circular and Crosscut Saw Gummers Log Cars Barrel Headers; Shingle and Lumber Saws John Pickles & Son’s English Surface Planer No. 1 Improved Planer and Matcher; Cant, Gourlay & Co., makers Revolving Bed Surface Planer; Cowan & Co., makers 26-in. Surface Planer; McGregor, Gourlay & Co., makers Four-side Moulder; Goldie & McCulloch, makers “Eclipse” Planer and Matcher; Cant Bros. & Co., makers Four-side Moulder; McKechnie & Bertram, makers Three-side Moulder ; McGregor, Gourlay & Co., makers a hree-side Sticker; Cant, Gourlay & Co., makers Pony Planer; Cant Bros. & Co., makers Major Harper, maker McKechnie & Bertram, makers Frank & Co., makers Pony Planer, 20-in.; Waterous Engine Co., makers Pony Planer, 20-in.; Josiah Ross, maker Pony Planer; A. E. Doig & Co., makers Heading Planer; Goldie & McCulloch, makers Buzz Planer, 16-in.; Cant, Gourlay & Co., makers Buzz Planer or Jointer; Canadian make Circular Re-sawing Machine; Cant Bros. & Co., makers Circular Re-sawing Machine; H. B. Smith, maker Circular Re-sawing Machine; McGregor, Gourlay & Co., maker Tenon Machines, Jig or Scroll Saws, Band-sawing Ma- chines, Power and Foot Morticers, Post-boring Machines, Swing Cut-off Machines, Saw Tables, Shapers, Sand-papering Machines, Planer and Moulding Knives, Belting (Leather and Rubber). Three-side Sticker; C. B. Rodgers & Co., makers Surface Planer; McKechnie & Bertram, makers ; C. B. Rodgers & Co., Surface Planer, 23%-in.; American make Stationary Bed Planer; W. Kennedy & Sons, makers Surface Planer; McKechnie & Bertram, makers Sash and Moulding Machine; McKechnie & Bertram, makers Three-side Moulder; Goldie & McCulloch, makers One-side Moulding Machine; American make Pony Planer, 24-in.; McGregor, Gourlay & Co., makers New Improved Pony Planer; McGregor, Gourlay & Co., Pony Planer, 20-in.; McKechnie & Bertram, makers New Improved Bony Planer, 24-in.; Cant Bros. & Co., Pony Planer, 30-in. ; Surface Planer, 24-in. ; makers Pony Planer, 20-in. ; Pony Planer, 24-in. ; makers makers Pony Planer, New Improved; McGregor, Gourlay & Co., makers Pony Planer; Cant, Gourlay & Co., makers eel W. PET RIM teorenmne, ena: SEND FOR FREE CATALOGUE . SEPTEMBER, 1802 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN Patented in Canada, Feb., 1892 U.S., July, 1891 No. 2 Band, 8-ft. wheels, 10 to 12-in. saws, 43 ft. long. WE CLAIM Stiffest, Steadiest Mill built Greatly Reduced Space Between Wheels, down to 12 or 14 inches Ease of Changing Saws, only one lever to operate and tension not disturbed Great Simplicity, all parts in plain view Reduced Cost of Saws, only 43 ft. long Most Sensitive Tension, entirely independent of straining device The two boxes of upper shaft are connected by a heavy cast bracket, hingea to the triangular frame. The tension is applied to this bracket by weighted levers, so that the tension is most elastic and instantaneous, having nothing to move but the upper wheel, shaft and bearings. The triangular frame supporting these is moved by straining screw. Our No. 1 Band for mills of smaller capacities has equally as good points, and has made relatively as good showing. WATEROdGS BRANTFORD CANADA THE WATEROUS BAND MILL 50-INCAH FEED To the revolution of a saw 43 feet long, running 10,000 feet per minute, is pretty quick work. While watching the Waterous Band at Conroy's, men who ran single and double col- umn American mills on the Ottawa, remarked: ‘““WE COULD CUT A THIRD MORE LUMBER IF OUR MILLS WOULD STAND THAT SPEED.” The Waterous Band is the steadiest and truest cutting mill built. Heavy top and base plates, connected with 6 steel columns, gives great rigidity, per- mitting fast speed. PIR IRIRITS No. 2 cuts with friction feed and inade- quate power 54,000 ff. per day They threw out a circular and put in a Waterous Band, and are evidently well pleased with the change Deschanes Mills, Tps. Hull, Que., Aug. 18, 1892. Waterous Engine Works Co., Brantford, Ont. Gentlemen,—We have pleasure in handing you herewith settlement for the band mill purchased from you this summer. The trial we have made of the mill for now nearly two months convinces us that the band mill is a most desirable addition to a saw mill, and, in fact, owing to its great saving in what has formerly been wasted in sawdust, should be considered a necessity. We are more than pleased with the mill; it runs as true and steady as could be desired, cuts perfect lumber and does it rapidly, we having cut from unpicked logs 27,300 feet in five hours, 17,000 feet of which was three inch, the remainder one inch. We may frankly say that we hesitated a good deal about placing our order with you, and had the mill not come fully up to your warrantee you would have heard from us in a way probably not as pleasant as we hope this report will be to you. We are, including our superintendent, Mr. Bisson, well pleased with the mill, and would certainly put in another of the same kind without a moment’s hesitation. We intend increasing our power before another season, when we will have greater capacity with our band mill. Yours very truly R. & W. CONROY. Order your Band Mills early for next year. 16 SEPTEMBER, 1892 A Good Independent CONDENSER IS A PROFITABLESING Sa eae IF YOU ARE WORKINGS ea, ENGINE HIGH PRESSURa DELAY, BUT WRITE US PROMPTLY DONT NORTHEY MFG. 60., Ltd. OUR INDEPENDENT CONDENSER MANUFACTURERS ... TORONTO, ONT. Representative Lumber Manufacturers and Dealers z Railway: Express, or | 3 ve = Power, Style and Hows nearest San anie Point} NAME BUSINESS Daily Capacity Ottawa, Ont 4 Ottawal-eeea sas once ‘|Booth, ai R ote: crak cGekomemce a acneirems Tate Wines and Retail ROLES COTTA CGNs Steam, Circular and Band Mill Ottawa, Ont .|Ottawa _...../Bronson & Weston Lumber Co..... 2 Saw mills, White and Red Pine, Wholesale ....)Water, Gang and Band, 450m Ottawa, Ont -|Ottawa. . Ba cee |OTTAWA LUMBERCO......... Lumber, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock: Wholesaler en san rccen a oe a eee eee re Ottawa, Ont | Ottawa eeiinceereeer Bele CHIME ooookoooooo0d Saw and Lath Mill, Pine, Wholesale ........... wee ane and Band, Saw 4oom ——————————— ath 7om Parry Sound, Ont. Wittersonte rence a: Conger Lumber Co............ Lumber, Wholesale and Retail.............-..-Jee+-,-s a Aeon PHO UTE aA dom Sade Parry Sound, Ont. Parry Sound..........| |Parry Sound LumberCo......... Saw, Shingle and Lath Mills, Pine, Wholesale. -| Water, Gang, Circular, Saw gom, Shingles q7om, Lath 30m Muskoka Mills, Ont...|Penetanguishene...... Muskoka Mill and Lumber Co., Head) W. Pine Lumber, Lath and Bill Stuff, all lengths.|2 Mills, Water, 1 Band, 2 Gangs | Office, Arcade, 26 King st. w. Rcronts and 3 Circulars. Alexandria eer eee McPherson, Schelltai Comme ee Cheese Box Wactory, Pine; Spruce,|Cedar ey tctye| eed eae ee ete erecta eee e Almo Inte an aaa erasers CaldwellivAe GiSon> ai cence. Sawmill, Pine, Lumber, Hemlock, Hardwoods. .|Circular, 3m Barrie, Ont. roe Nn Goganacoeenacaaat Dymont & Mickle............ Saw mill, Pine, Spruce, ‘Cedar, Hardwoods...... Steam, Circular, 4om Barrow Bay, Ont......|Wiarton.........-.... Barrow Bay Lumber Co., Limited . ./Saw, Shingle and Heading Mill, Pine, Cedar | | Oak, Oak Railway Ties, Paving Blocksiasiise Steam, Circular, 16m Bund eS, Onteneese| BlinduRiverse--eeaeaer Blind River LumberCo......... 2 Saw, Sh. and Lath Mls., Pine, Hem., Bl. Birch}Stm., Band, Cir., S. 75m, Sh. 60m Bobcaygeon, Ont..... |Fenelon Falls......... Boyd, Mossom & Co Lumber, Wholesale and Retail sc cisicha th cell Oe sa seeen eee een Bracebridge, Ont..... |Bracebridge........... |DOLLAR, JAMES...... cro Lumber, Shingles, Wholesale. ajc.) taieyelere rusts. | ate vrstenste niente eR oe eee e Barrie, Ont........ SiBarrle sate aeats co oes |BurtonS Bros) ce-u-) -ceten enone enenel iis Lumber; Wholesale and ‘Retail 05. s.4::c ements nin| she ee tee eieien eeereeete 3yng Inlet, Ont.......|Utterson ......... .|Georgian Bay Consolid. Lumber Co.|Sawmill, Pine, Hemlock, Birch ................ Steam, Circular, 20m Calabogie, Ont........|Calabogie ..... _.|Carswell, Thistle & McKayire- umber, \Wiholesaleand) Retalli pee errr eeeecennt ee aeen teeters . MANUFACTURERS OF.... Callander, Ont .|C allander, G.T. Re |\John B. Smith & Sons ......... White and Red Pine Lumber, Bill Stuff, Lath \), Head\/Office!!Strachan)-Ave", Doronto|) Yand Shingles sep sjerteter-t-elte) tel neteletstete teed Steam, 2 Circular, 80m Collins Inlet, Ont... .|Collins Inlet ...... ..\Collins Inlet LumberCo......... Isumberns bine OaksAshebx.chea Wino le ange ie ts | Perera eta rere aera = Comber, Ont........- IGomiben aac ne cccoe WRITS Yo So CG 6 bacled ous Saw and Stave Mill, Pine, Hardwoods.......... Steam, Circular, 6m Charcoal Iron Chilled Glammis, Ont... Pinkertoneeneee eee cre (McIntyre, We Givin ooo poconoo Saw, Shingle and Lath Mill, Timber Lands,]Steam, Cir., Saw 14m, Sh. 20m Hamilten, Ont.... Huntsville, Ont........ aa -|Huntsville and Katrine| ‘Thomson, Robert & Co. .|Keewatin. ONG. er n, Ont.... Hamilt K I atin, Ont.... Ke .|Hamilton..... . BRADLEY, MORRIS & REID CO. Huntsville... .|Heath, Tait and Turnbull....... eeriseie |Dick, Banning & Co. 60000 P0000 antae Keewatin Lumber & Mfg. Co..... Keewatin. -|Lum., Hemlock, Pine, Lumber, Hardwoods......... Tim., Pine, Hem., Hwds., Whol. and Ret. Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hardwoods... Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hardw: Godse a eaasee ae Sawmill, Pine, Hardwoods, Wholesale.......... Saw, L ath, Sh. and PI. Miil, Moving Posts, Pine Steam, Circular, 25m Steam, Circular, 4m Steam, Circular Water, Band and Circular, room RAILROAD Lakefield, Ont... ne Wakefieldleercrs accive ete Lakefield Lumber Mfg. Co. ...... Lumber, Wholesale and Retail aera thaeee Te Little Current, Ont....|Sudbury.............. Keayibing Io Coo aAooodasoaddos Sawmill, Pine, Ash, Birch, Oak Little Current, On}...:|Sudbury.............. Howry, J. W. isons eee Lumber, Wholesale and Retail......... London, Ont......... Wondoneeeee eae |Gordonslamesi ini anna Exp. and dlr. in Am. Hwds, made to specification Longford Mills, Ont...|Longford............. [Longford IOAN OMS Gacacegood Saw and Plan. Mill, Hemlock, Hardwds., Whol.|steam, Band and Circular, room Mount Forest, Ont....|Mount Forest......... GreensidessiwWeis-rsieiet-nenetemenen sions Cherry, White Ash, Hardwoods, WHolese leuecta | eta eer ort oes ana Norman, Ont.. Norman, Ont.. Louise, Ont. Toronto, Ont...... Toronto, Ont...... Toronto, Ont..... Toronto, Ont.. Toronto, Ont.. Toronto, Ont...... Wiarton, Ont...... Buckingham, Que Chaudiere Mills, Que. Cookshire, Que. . Montreal, Que Montreal, Que.. Montreai, Que.... Moodyville, B.C... New Westminster, B.C. Canterbury, N.B..... Bridgewater, N.S.. SINOXMLAM Eerie Cameron & Kenned ea Nomatin cere ees aoe |Minnesota & Ontario Lumber Co. ..|Elmwood, G.T.R......|S. B. Wilson & Son. ..........- Eorontoectceces shel |Campbell, PSUECICOS Coo edo oad sVWRorontow ts -cericcenee IF. N. Tennant Cob oD OOo OOD O.6 | WOON) wecocepsoccoos (Donogh & Oliver ............ ii@orontoe..seeceen eee |Victoria Harbor LumberCo....... Torontome serer eee |W. N. McEachren &Co........ ae Torontomnmeccreee ...|James Tennant & Co.......... S| Wilartonie.syecemrce nent boii Vi ooodacaooadddoD Buckingham. J TROSSIBIOS sa eucderclesorenememenen ements _|Chaudiére Stn. ..|Breakey, OS G6 oobi 000.010 0 . .|Cookshire. ),. a \Cookshire;MalliCo. vee eee) ances “alllMontreals.c-0.ss4c2 22 Dufresse,1 0. Ji. ee MrCTe seein ees .|Montreal....... .|Roberts, Joseph & Fils). 205 21. 0 | ..|Montreal...... ...SHEARER & BROWN ......... -|New Westminster.....|MOODYVILLE SAWMILL CO. .... New Westminster..... Brunette Sawmill Co.......... Canterbury Stn. ...... |James Morrison & Son......... .|Bridgewater .. ..DAVIDSON, E.D. &SONS...... Saw and Plan. Mill, .|Lumber, Wholesale and Retail............ ar Hardwoods, Shingles, Lath, Handles........... S umber mwiholesale seem ctceleciteieetieteeiisrict umbers, Wholesale c-iacieeiimietiech etree Lumber, Wholesale ........... 3 Saw, Shingle and Lath Mills, White Pine, Whol. umibers) Wiholesaletn. pit see ieee een Lumber, Lath, Shingles, etc., Wholesale........ 3 Sawmills, Lumber, Barrel Heads............. 2 Sawmills, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods .......... Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods, Wholesale. . Saw, Shingle, Planing, Stave and Heading Mill. Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hdwds., Whol. Saw and Planing Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds, Int. Fin, Spruce, Hardwoods, Wholesale...... 4 Sawmills, Oak, Ash, Elm, Pine, Hem., Dim... Sawmills, P. Fin, Spruce, Cedar, Hardwoods... Saw and Planing Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds, Fir, Cedar, Spruce, Hardwoods.............. Sawmill/Pine; Hardwoods: ..5-24-eerenm eee 5 Saw, Shgle. and Lath Mills, Pine, Spr., Hwds. Tim. Lands and Logs, Pine]S Stm. jin Com. Com. Steam and Water, Circular, Port- able and Stationery, rom Circular, Gang and Band, 180m Water, Gang, 150m Steam, Circular and Gang, 60m Steam, Circular and Band, 50m Steam, Circular, 200m Gang and Band, 140m 2 Stm., 2 Wat., Band, Cir., Steam, Circular, 29m Steam, Gang and Circular 4om Steam, Circular, 38m Water, Circular and Gang, 200m | Tetnseeoe ne of being represented in this Ean can obtain avin in - Sas to Teese by Space with the Publisher. TORONTO -20 FRONT ST EAST TELEPHONE 475 OFFICES: NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE BUILDING, MONTREAL Works: LACHINE, QUEBEC We make a specialty of Wheels suitable for the re- quirements of Lumbermen and Street Car Service, and can supply them Bored, Finished and Balanced. GORRESPONDENGE SOLICITED THE v. C.Me LAREN BELTING co MONTREAL SEPTEMBER, 1892 £H=OD CAINADA FLUMBERMARXI 17 CAUTION LNT & PRE MARQUETE EACH PLUG OF THE RAILROAD Myrtle Navy a eee LUMBERMEN, DEALERS AND MANUFACTURERS POrt Huron a Detroit IS MARKED SL Pi. /——SAGIM AKD. BAY Git : : ECONOMY IS WEALTH (Dies NT PEASANT, GLARE, REED CT IN BRONZE LETTERS Cr 23 235 NO BALDMIN, LUDINGTOM, MANISTEE None Other Genuine AILMAUKEE AND KANITOWOG, HIS. The Jast tv nam are reachec 5 ( line of Stez ee across Lake M The line thus formed is a short d direct NEW YORK MONTREAL BUFFALO TORONTO to ST. PAUL, DULUTH and Pacific Coast points Write eithe or of the undersig I ontain Maps hedule ‘ ae? fi E Rin (oan n of value to th se contem] sien Lug Ni of the above-mentioned points. € = | W. H. BALDWIN, one W. F. POTTER, General r. Sup't. = A. PATRIARCHE, Tr rer GENERAL OFFICES: - SAGINAW. MICH. a DOORS & GLAZED WINDOWS Outside View of the Andrews Progressive Kiln, showing Lumber placed crosswise the building, on cars vuenenser NORTH SHORE. NAVIGATION GO. HW.PETRIE* an ST TORONTO, CANADAD| NEW. &: 20 BGS ep Ww " di CATALOGUE BFF The MONARGH BOILER The Andrews Process and Apparatus for Artificial Seasoning of Lumber | EOCSS HNN alle | will Save you Money in every one of the following items: | To Sault Ste. Marie and Georgian (Patented) ene ANd HERGULES ENGINE TIME - INSURANCE - MATERIAL | SE SES Re Cie © | i CAPITAL ; WANES) GSSIEN ; oe | STRS. CITY OF MIDLAND, CITY OF LONDON, INTEREST FREIGAT = EXPENSE FAVORITE AND MANITOU Running in connection with the G.T.R. and C.P.R., —— a ao | will sail as follows :— The CITY OF MIDLAND and CITY OF Lone YOU CAN NOT AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT IT will leave Ce llingwood every Tuesday and Friday o arrival of G.T.R. morning trains from T c d Hamilton, ae at Meaford. Leave Owen Sount same days at 10.30 p.m. after arriva from Toronto, c¢ nee ting at Wiart on i r- tS OMINION _ DRY ILN OMP N from the south, and calling at interme: Portable from 6 to 70 horse power. Surpass portable | A Y Sault Ste. Marie. steam power heretofore produced for srenerh, ean be | FSsng Favosune leave ce llingwood ce Ss h Ss h which after arriva morning = in ao SOLE LICENSEES FOR THE DOMINION Parry Sound, Byng Inlet, French River The 70 horse power can be taken over the roughest | connecting there with above line of ste ads, 0 he fo d set il 1 « kly = Soo. Returning will make close apy —, at fia power ponadble ae: ane as CANADA LIFE BUILDING TORONTO, ONT. Midland on Wednesdays and Saturdays h ins firm as a brick-set stationz ary engine. Engines and for the south and steamer MANITOU for Parry Sound. boilers of every size and description. Rotary Saw Steamer MANITOU will make regular trips from Mills, Shingle and Lath Machines, Saw Grinders, Penetanguishene, connecting with trains from the Planers, etc. Mill machinery and supplies of every south, only at Midland on Monday, ieee description. Every boiler insured against explosion by | Thursday and Saturday for Parry Sound, connecting the Boiler Insurance & Inspection Co. of Canada. | there with Steamer SNOREEE for Byng Ink et, French White for circulars. | | River and Killarney, where connection is made with ' LTD | ; A : | above ‘*So0”” line of steamers ROBB — ae co., . a above is a fac simile of the title-page of our new descrip- Reece anh hia ee ae aunty do Sar A. ROBB & SONS, Amherst Foundry and tive Catalogue. Write for a copy. | agents G.T.R. or C.P.R., or to Amherst, N.S. Machine Works. tt ye ; a | CG. E SURE See W. J. SHEPPARD, | Sec.-Treas., Collingwood Manager, Waubaushere A. SMITH Co.. LIMITED—— i= > oe ST. CATHARINES. ONT. Sole Manufacturers eis 0 OW 6)» === | 2 k& MITH SS U§l_ The “SIMONDS” » The “READER” | otha p CIRCULAR SAWS 4 CROSS-CUT SAWS = eas THE BEST SAWS IN THE WORLD Wone Genuine without our Trade Mark ESTABLISHED OVER 40 YEARS. es OUR HAND SAWS sa ees te’ ~~ - REPAIRING PROMPTLY ATTENDED 10 Jt ESTABLISHED 1855 . . . Price List and Discounts on application... INCORPORATED 1888 We Manufacture SAWS of every description. Also GUTTING-BOX KNIVES 18 7s SC ASSEAID Z IS GASES Evie SEPTEMBER, 1892 [,o8TMAN JUMBER COMPANY Eastman Mill and @lothes=Pin Factory. CO O August 24th 7/7 2. Messrs. Dominion Dry Kiln Co., Toronto, Ont. Gent lemen:- We have thoroughly tested the "Andrews" Lumber Dry Kiln furnished by you and must say that 1t more than surpasses our expectations. We put green Spruce lumber in from the saw dripping with water and in 18 hours it was drier than lumber that had been stuck up in the yard all summer, and in four days it was as dry as a bone, and without nearly as many checks or warps as the same grade air dried. ; . We have inspected several different patent dry kilns during the last three years with a view of choosing the best, and we are now satisfied that we have the best known process, and at about one-half (or less) the price of the Sturtevant process, which 18 the best except the "Andrews" which we have found. A very important feature of the "Andrews" Kiln is that it saves so much steam over that of any other system. You may refer any one you like to us, or send them down to inspect, and we can satisfy them that what we say is true. We purchased kiln dried lumber in Montreal for Kiln building, which took three weeks to dry, and after we had steam on five days the same boards, 6 inches wide, had shrunk one-eighth of an inch, and they had been under cover from the time of receiving them until put on. Your kiln cannot be beat. Yours truly, KASTMAN LUMBER OQ. pr L.A.P, SEPTEMBER, 1892 The “CANADIA PATENTED NOVEMBER 18, 1891 ——————— a THE CANADA LUMBERMAN hm SAW SET Y | , 4 } SRE a 5 Sec ‘ ea & = hy Ty i; 4 } 2D aye ty ee oy ? ‘ BO copes) y ee = (, oe 22 Al . os a: h y) Zo Tae ( rs gf 26 Si ao] ca mn = | 4 ie cs ox ee fee Ss eas a meee Be Al ee at aH =f, [oe OS CY , 20°35 y gm Of gc _- n } ae e lH 2 cs p VW — 5 & - Bea ( -= | ( p ~<—S —_ pot —, p——~ YI SI = Ss owns ll A saw with too much tension will heat when everything is all right. Care must be exercised not to allow it to incline out of the log, or it will permanently dish. A saw of this kind will run better with the rim a little warm, which naturally results in inclining the saw to the log, and causes the lumber to be sawed half an inch narrower at the back end than at the frontend. Should the saw incline out of the log, the result will be to the opposite. Such a saw should be hammered, but with care. A new saw that is a little too open may be successfully run. Should the bracing heat, water should be applied, which can be done by putting a short belt on the mandrel, letting the lower part run in a tub of water. The belt will convey cool water to the mandrel and help it wonderfully. Saws are often run in too close a space. Where there is not sufficient room between track timber and saw frame, slivers and knots lodge against Ens saw, often ruining it in a few minutes. All sawyers should have a stop cord attached to the governor, by which the engine can be quickly stopped. 6 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN OcTOBER, 1892 PUBLISHED ON THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH —— By POSANSQONSE GH WKSOVSVONOWOMSL OFFICE. 75 CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE BUILDING ToRONTO, ONTARIO TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : One'Copy. One Year, in advance). <)..c 05 ood 10 00 12 00| Spruce timber .... 13 00 16 00 Hemlock lumber... 8 00 10 00} Hard maple...... 20 00 21 00 Hemlock timber. 2. 9)00) x7) (o0)|"eath oy eee 180 190 Ash Meee oe ee T3000) TBLOON Shine es. nee eeeneae Z50) 3,00 Basswood....... 12 00 20 00| Shingles, cedar.... 150 3.00 Three uppers, 1} Ay 2 YY and:2-inehi........... cla: eee eee $45 00@46 oo Pickings, as fe Leasing Abe Ree ee eee 36 co 38 co No. x, cutting up, ‘ (0 desea eee eee 3I CO 32 00 No. 2, cutting up, ‘‘ f6. L uagGe seo ee 2I 00 23 00 In strips, 4 to 8 wide, selected for moulding strips, 14 to16ft. 31 00 33 oo SIDING. 1 in siding, cutting up 1% in selected....... 35 00@42 00 picks and uppers... 32 00@39 oo 1 i in dressing....... 19 00 2I 00 i in dressings ees 1g 00 21 co | 1% in No. 1culls.... 14 00 16 00 Tene NOssc seul Sper I4 00 15 00 1% in No. 2culls.... 12 00 13 00 Z in Non 2 cullsesecee 12 00 13 00}1 in. No3culls...... IO 00 II 0o IX12 INCH. 12,and\26) feet, mill mune). 11) oe soe eile eee 20 00 23 0 12 and 16 feet, No. 1 and 2, barn boards................... 18 00 19 00 12 and 16/feet, dressing: and better... sees 26 00 30 00 r27andyr6 feet; No. 2CullSh oe. eerie eee eee ee 13 00 14 00 IXIO INCH. t2.and| x3)feet, utllinuua, mat) culls Gntee ee ee ee Ig 00 21 00 12 and 13 feet, dressing’ and ‘better? -..aec. 6 ere eee eee 25 00 27 00 IXxIo, 14 to 16 barn Boards... 0h.) noe eee 17 00 r2jandurg feet, NOs x iCUl Siesta ets nett nee teen «+ 15 60 “26 ©0 r2iand 73) feet,, No; 2\culls. sn. 12 penal eee eee ees 13 00 14 00 14 to x6\feet, mull zn) millfculllSouteee eter 20 00 22 00 14 to 16: feet; dressing and |better.. .- 0s aeeee eneeee eee 25 00 27 00 14 to 16 feet,, No. riculls: 2:22). tei ee eee 16 00 17 CO 14.to 16 feet, No: 2:culls:..a..1. -- 2s nterlse eee eee I3 00 14 00 TOtO)ng)Leets NOs SICUlIS se lcinrieiye tetetelstel: isi ete IO 00 II oo 14x10 INCHES. ; Millrun, mill culls out.$20 00o@23 00 | No. reulls........... 16 00 17 00 Dressing and better... 25/00. 35 oo! || No: 2cullsie.s-o-eaee 14 00 15 00 IX4 INCHES. Mill run, mill cullsout 17 00 19 00 | No. rculls........... 13 00 14 00 ; Dressing and better.. 23 00 27 00| No. 2culls........... I2 00 13 00 IX5 INCHES. 6, 7 or 8, mill run, mill 6, 7 or 8, No. rculls.. 15 00 16 00 CullStowtereeertis 19 00 21 00/6, 7 or 8, No.2 culls.. 13 00 14 00 6, 7 or 8, drsg and betters m ar ectee 24 00 28 00 SHINGLES. XXX, 18 in pine....... 370 3 90| XXX, 18 in. cedar... . 350 3 75 Clear butts, pine, 18 in.. 2 70 2 go} Clear butt, 18 in. cedar. 2 50 2 75 XXX, 16 in. pine...... 3.00 3 25] XX, 18in. cedar ....2190 200 Stock ‘cedars, 50r 6in.. 4 50 5 00 LATH = IMIGh mee bos ooo tO 805 2 40)|| Nios (2), a4 meee eee 2 20 IMO sey cs she: Sualala: a ole Aus 3 t 80 BOSTON, MASS. Boston, Mass., Sept. 30.—Several outside conditions are aiding to a more helpful condition in the lumber trade of the Hub. Trade in South America is picking up, and we are hearing favorably from the Argentine Republic. Satisfaction is expressed with the spruce market. EASTERN PINE—CARGO OR CAR LOAD. INOS; 1) 2)and) ayer $40 00@43 oo | Clapboards, 4ft., sap 4 Ries, soein.atekseteboatte erate 28 00 30 00 Cleareerae tee 48 00 50 00 Beto iceccbrct emit 23 00 26 oo Sap, and clear..... 45 00 Shoe bds and coarse 16 00 16 50 Heart extra...-.... 52 00 55 00 IRGUT ao sancedooneds I2 00 13 50 Fleaxticlean sans srl 49 00 50 00 West'rn pine clapbds Bevel siding 6in. clear 23 00 24 00 4 ft. sapextra.... 53 00 WESTERN PINE—BY CAR LOAD. eects; be holoeaae 48 o00@50 00 | Fine com., 3 and 4 in 42 00 46 oo 14%, 1% and 2 in.. 50 00 52 c0| No. 2,1 in. Finecom. 28 00 30 00 Ss) EbuGI7Btlcoecooooud 60 00 65 09 14%,1% and 2in... 29 co 31 00 Selects; relly 43.00 45 00| No. 1 strips, 4 to6in. 43 00 44 00 aa 14 and 2 in.. 47 oc 48 00 INK iS Soplondanas > 36 00 37 00 isasandaed 5200 54 co INOS Stipe ceo oe 28 00 30 00 Moulding boards, 7 to Cut ups, 1 to 2 in.... 24 00 32 00 Cleat ser tre 36 00 38 00 | Coffin boards........ Ig 00 22 00 60 per cent. clear... 34 00 36 00 | Common allwidths... 22 00 26 oo Fine common, rin.... 35 00 38 oo} Shipping culls,z in... 15 00 15 50 14%, 1% and 2in... 38 00 40 00 do 14% in. 15 50 16 50 SPRUCE—BY CARGO. Scantling and plank, Coarse, rough........ 12 00@14 00 random cargoes.. 14 00@15 00 Hemlock bds., rough. 12 00 13 00 Yard orders, ordinary “” dressed 12 00 14 00 SIZES) Jo sfebs, Aapeeiottes 15 00 16 00 | Clapbds., extra, 4 ft.. 35 00 36 00 Yard orders, extra Gleariza itera 33 00 34 00 Biss danbognodes 16 00 18 00 Second clear....... 24 00 26 00 Clear floor boards 19 00 20 00 No. “2 .poeeer ee 23 00 26 00 (oh) Anasdanssepon 16 00 17 00 LATH. Spruce by cargos ic. sass csie so osclslee selects le eee 2 50@2 75 SHINGLES. SJOTUCS cocoeisesagonoor T 0o@rx 50) | Norm. settee I 75 Pine, 18 in., extra...... 4.00 4 25 Cléar Sc.toasee ee <3 sje GOO Seay Pineyiclear butts. eerie: 3 (co 3 55, xtra, No: meee 200 2 25 Cedar, sawed, extra.... 3 50 3 65 | Cypress, No. 1, 18 in... 5 00 6 25 Canada, clear... ....-5 2075 |\Canada® ii... eee 325 Canada, extra, No.1... 2 00 2 40 OSWEGO, N.Y. OsweEco, N.Y., Sept. 30.—There is nothing remark- able to be noted of lumber conditions at this point. A steady trade and firm prices might be made to embrace the situation. WHITE PINE. BUFFALO AND TONAWANDA, N.Y. TONAWANDA, N.Y., Sept. 30.—One cannot with much cause complain of the volume of trade being done. Things are not rushing, but a steady business is doing. Prices, if not already listed at advance figures, are nearly there. The Lumber Exchange is seriously considering an increase in prices, and will hold a meeting almost immediately, when the subject will be discussed and beyond doubt an advance made. WHITE PINE. Up'rs, 1, 14, 144 and 2 Shelving, No. 1, 13 in Aces Renee $ 49 00 and up, 1 in...-.. 32 00@33 oo 2, and 3 in. ae 58 00 | Dressing, 14% in...... 24 00° 2500 vie oS ood 62 00 14x10 and 12...... 26 00 Selects, 1 in. 39 00 P36. In. see eee 24 00 ITY tO 2 sence om 40 00 43 00 2 In. .tccecReeeeee 26 50 24% and 3 in....... 47 00 | Mold st’ps, 1 to 2in.. 3z 00 35 oo Aho tsescreicisaiia ae 52 oo | Barn, No. 1, roand 12 Fine common, i in... 37 00 38 oo IN eee eee 20 00 14% and 1% in..... 37 00 38 co GandtSiint «sneer 20 00 Al Wadmroenece Sale c 39 00 40 00 No. 2, ro and 12 in. 16 50 17 00 24% and 3 in....... 39 00 49 00 6and8in.......... 16 co UraIT echt cmt 47 00 No. 3, ro and 12 in. 14 00 16 oo Cut'g up, No. 1, rin. 29 00 30 00 Gvand Sine eee 13 50 1450 5A 130) ANNO Gob0 2000 34 00 35 oo | Common, rin........ 16 co 18 00 No. 2s dcr atina rete res rote Ig 00 20 00 iY andzr¥in...... 17 00 IQ CO No. 2, 14% to2in.. 25 00 26 00 Din R eee ee 18 00 19 CO No. 3, 14% tozin... 18 00 19 00 SHINGLES. 18 in. XXX, clear... 375 4 0o| 16in., *A extra...... 250 260 18 in. XX, 6 in. clear. 2 75 | x6 in. clear butts..... 2 10 OcroBER, 1892 BOX. sy x2 in. (No 3 Naiows oes 12 00@13 00 Re Recs sie 13 00/714 in............... 14 00 15 00 rx6and 8in (No. 3 out) 12 50] 1% in : I4 00 15 00 rxr3 and wider...... SOO) RO. CONS) AN. ae c esclaye eins cia I4 00 15 00 LATH. (0 0 ook SSS SRS SESS SSS Gen Se Geese Se SOeicn i SON. cnn cesar 2 25 ALBANY, N.Y. ALBANY, N.Y., Sept. 30.—Sufficient activity to make trade encouraging is a feature of the lumber market at this point. Prices are no doubt on theadvance. Tona- wanda has already moved in this direction, and practic- ally prices are on the rise here. Stocks in the yards are scarce and it seems perfectly certain that the volume to be carried over the winter, after the close of navigation, which is drawing near, will be lighter than usual. These conditions do not encourage a holding-off policy ~ on the part of buyers. PINE 2% in. and up, good........ $55 $60 | 10-in. common............. $15 $16 y Meet Sere. ------- 55 | 12-in. dressing and better... 28 34 r Sols oS S588senpepogS 50 Common 17 2 7 ODES -so4eqseepeeeeee 45 | 14-in. siding, 45 1¥ to 2-in. good........... 52 55| Common 17 ccs = 47 50 | 1-in. siding, selected 42 SLi) eee 42 45 Common 17 03 Th a" 6 goer 37. 40 | Norway, clear 25 GEE POO as semisiee sae 52 55 Dressing 18 SRM eae a= cose 47 50 Common 15 Obi sa 42 45 10-in. plank, 13 ft. , dressing @ c. Whelmps -..--.----...-.- 37. 40 and better, eich eeae B3Eess5 Cutting-up .............. 22 27 | 1o-in. plank, 13-ft. culls, each 23 25 Bracket plank ............. 30 35 | 10-in. boards, 13 ft. , dressing Shelving boards, 12-in. Sg 32| and better,each.......... 28 32 Dressing boards, narrow. 4% 22 | 10-in. boards, 13-ft. culls.... 17 21 LATH. td ee 722 Fiz Sag Cone Se a 215 = SHINGLES. Sawed Pine, ex. xxxx..$4 35 $4 50| Bound butts, €x18 ....$5 90 $6 00 Clear butts.......... Bear EL emlocksas cejs.0 sie -)4'< rie 215 2 30 Smooth, 6x 18 WowseGo)| Spuice sacar - $13 5014 00 i 48 CO 47 Dhiclere 5% be bo 14 50 15 00 Ese owas 55 00 56 00 | Ccil’g, base, fig. N 60 42 00 Err 49 1 41 00 No. eee: 09 37 00 | SS 4.00 43:00 One AR SS SAAe 24 09 26 00 +43 44.0 Shelving, No. 1 ~ 342 0 ++ 5209 53.00 Yee 00 27 0 - 36 00 37 00 Molding, No. 1 wo 3470 OOP, MOOT IOs Zo eo coe pe tyes ~~ 36 00 are 4 0 4B betel sid’ g, clear.... 22 50 23 00 up,1in. No.1 22 oo A OS See 22 00 22 50 SI Se Zoo | PRR Poe 20 00 20 50 govtne Ds, 3 225252), ->4 30100 47°00 YF Teer, Karen e ‘l,and No.1 23 00 25 co PROS Paar veces oe 200 22 1 Saree Fe J 23 00 |Common.,.......... 18 00 19 00 COMING SALES. A saw mill and timber at Parry Sound is offered for sale by Wm. Beatty, Parry Sound. An advertisement in this month’s LUMBERMAN tells of a valuable shingle mill, near Bracebridge, Ont., that is for sale. At the Mart, King St., Toronto, on October 19, a valuable timber limit on French River, part of the estate of the late John Brown, will be sold. An important sale of timber berths of the Ontario Goyern- ment will take place at the Department of Crown Lands, Par- liament Buildings, Toronto, on 13th inst. The sale of the Mossom Boyd & Co. saw mill and lumber- ing plant, located at Bobcaygeon and district, is named for No- vember 23. Sale will take place in Toronto. THE valuable mill property of the Toronto and Midland Manufacturing Co., at the town of Midland, Ont., is offered for sale by tender up to the 15th inst. This property is very con- veniently located for the shipping of its product either by rail or water. Particulars are to be obtained from an advertisement in these columns. TRADE NOTES. The Cant Bros. Co., Galt, Ont., have patented their solid web wood split pulley, which is spoken of very highly, as will be seen from a letter published in their advertisement. It is claimed for it that it is lighter than an iron one, thus saving weight on shaft and reducing friction; and dust than the usual arm pulley; that it is less liable to get out of balance than one fastened with kegs and set screws, and that consequently the cost of running is less. that it raises less wind One of the useful inventions of the present day is mineral wool, used for pipe and boiler covering, and wherever it is desired to prevent the radiation of heat, for deafening in floors, for filling partitions, for lining roofs, and for all pur- poses where protection from heat and cold are desirable. It is in use in Toronto in such places as E. & C. Gurney Co.’s iron works, Polson Iron Works, and other large manufacturers. The Canadian Mineral Wool Co., Toronto, who control this patent, have an advertisement elsewhere in the LUMBERMAN. We are pleased to notice in a recent exchange that a Water- ous heavy band mill worked for the last two months by Messrs. Conroy in their mills at Deschenes Mills, Que., has given excellent satisfaction. ““We are more than pleased with the mill, it runs as true and steady as could be desired, cuts perfect lumber and does it rapidly, we having cut from unpicked logs 27,300 feet in five hours. The aver- age daily cut is 45,000 feet, as the water power which drives it is light.” With steam feed and abundant power this mill will cut 100,000 feet of pine lumber,per day. It makes fifteen per cent. more lumber from the same logs than the circular saw, a point we should think lumbermen would not be slow to note. Write Waterous Engine Works Co., Brantford, for further particulars. The purchasers report : In a day when the temptation in advertising is often towards gross exaggeration, the advertiser who is able to make a strong statement, and at the same time speak absolutely by the book, has scored an important point. This would seem to be the position of the Magnolia Anti-Friction Metal Co. They claim that Magnolia Metal is the best metal that has ever been devised for high speed, and heavy engine, sawmill, and every class of mechanical bearings, and as a logical confirmation of this statement, they point to the enormous trade in this com- modity since it was first put on the market in 1886. The record shows that the sales for the year 1891 were about 22% times as great as the combined sales for 1886 and 1887; and the sales for 1892, from present indications, will exceed thirty times the business done during years 1886 and 1887. Magnolia ought under these circumstances to be deserving of a trial. The Metallic Roofing Co., of Toronto, were very prominent exhibitors at the recent Industrial Exhibition. Their Eastlake metal shingles were everywhere, and wherever they were they were on top—on top of the Natural History Building, the gate entrances, Floral Hall, Press Bureau, ladies’ retiring parlors, Grand Stand, new Dog House, about all the beautiful kiosks— everywhere. Wherever it was thought they would do the most good there they were, and certainly they did an immense amount of good during the fearful rainstorm on the 13th ult., in sheltering the immense crowds from being drenched. These shingles are in great demand for covering all sorts of buildings, particularly mills, factories, warehouses, depots, foundries, workshops, farm buildings—in fact, for covering any sort of a building that requires a good, weather proof roof. An adver- tisement of this concern will be found in our adveitising columns and they will send particulars to any one writing them. Terra cotta for fire-proofing does not appear to be as exten- sively used in England as has been the case here, observes Architecture and Building. We note that special mention is made of an experiment made last month at Bishop’s, Waltham, THE CANADA LUMBERMAN | 7 Hants. The experiment was made in a little building of the dimensions of one room of an ordinary house, with brick sides and a terra cotta floor above, the pieces bei zing so dovetailed as to render it almost hermetically sealed. The floor was reached by means of a wide staircase, with an ornamental balustrade, resembling that of carved oak. In the room below faggots of wood were piled up to the ceiling. Round these at the bottom were placed tar barrels, with a layer of straw. The mass was While this was going on most of the visitors ascended the staircase and stood on the floor, feeling the slabs from time to time to see if set on fire and the fire burnt with great intensity. the heat was making any impression on them, but throughout the whole trial they maintained almost the same temperature, being quite cold. By-and-by the fierce flames wrapped them- selves round the staircase, cutting off retreat by that way, and had it been constructed of wood short work would have been made of it. However, beyond being slightly blackened with smoke, it remained as impassive as the floor above. The room was one mass of white heat, resembling in color molton lead. Had the floor fallen in at that time cremation would have been the fate of those on it. The party remained on the roof from half to three-quarters of an hour—a sufficient period to put the experiment to the severest test—and so little had they felt the heat below that many shivered with cold. Immediately the visitors descended, a large number of the workmen and boys ran up the stairs and jumped about on the floor, which appar- ently had not in any way been affected by the great heat, though the fire continued to burn for a considerable time after- ward. The Rathbun Co., of Deseronto, Ont., ers of terra cotta fire-proofing in Canada. are manufactur- PERSONAL. Jay Gould is half owner of a sawmill in Louisiana, near the town of Alexandria. F. W. Hore, of the manufacturing establishment of F. W. Hore & Sons, Hamilton, Ont., who died recently at Bullock’s Corners, was for some years engaged in the sawmill business at Crooks’ Hollow, Lynden and Greensville. 1821, He was born in and was a member of the West Flamboro council for fifteen years, and resigned to remove to Hamilton. Mr. John McLean, well known in lumber circles in Ottawa, has taken to himself a wife in the person of Miss Nora Sey- mour, of the Capital. The marriage was celebrated in St. Patrick’s church, the Rev. Father Foley officiating. The presents to the bride were many; Mr. McLean was presented with a well filled purse by his many friends in the lumber business. Douglas Fir, which is found in large quantities in British Columbia, is said to have been named after its finder, David Douglas, a botanic discoverer, at one time in the service of the Horticultural Society, of London, Eng. He was an untiring explorer, and ultimately lost his life in a pitfall made for trap- ping wild cattle, being gored to death by one of these savage animals, which was in the pit. Lord Jersey, in his recent tour through the wilds of New South Wales, accidently discovered a relative in the person of Mr. Broadhead, the owner of a property near Kiandra, to which the party was attracted by a pretty little old-fashioned sawmill worked by a primitive water-wheel. The proprietor is a grandson of the late Sir Robert Peel. Lady Jersey com- memorated the occasion by christening the neighboring moun- tain (which is one of the highest in the snowy range) as Mount Jersey. The death took place recently in Embro, Ont., of Mrs. Gunn, relict of the late Alexander Gunn, at the age of seventy-seven years. Mrs. Gunn came to the neighborhood of Embro with her husband in 1831. She afterwards removed to Burford, where Mr. Gunn became manager of a saw mill. These were stirring times in Canada, and Mrs. Gunn had many strange tales to tell of the rebellion. Her door was never locked at night, and many men and women in good position in western Ontario found shelter in those days under her hospitable roof. THEIR NEW HOME. THE Gutta Percha & Rubber Manufacturing Co., of Toronto, have recently removed into new premises at 59 and 61 Front Street, W. The commercial concerns of the Queen City can make claim to many handsome and perfectly equipped ware- houses; few there are that will excel in any particular the new home of this well-known rubber house. A THREE CENT STAMP DOES IT. O*% 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. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN OCTOBER, 1892 NEWS AND NOTES. It is estimated that before completion | the Manchester ship canal will have cost $70,000,000, the estimate. All hope of its ever paying any dividend is well nigh abandoned. nearly double original A riverman named Joseph Deroches, of Three met with an accident lately. who hails from the vicinity Rivers, Que., While on the way to the Union depot he | was pitched from the seat of the express his head struck the ground and a wound three inches long was inflicted on the back | alp. Frederic shantyman from the vicinity of Montebello, was the victim He was in an and while of the sc Lavigne, a of an accident at Ottawa. hotel yard in Lower Town, wrestling with another bushman he was accidentally thrown into a cellar opening. He sustained a dislocation of the right shoulder the right temple. and was cut on The Austro-Hungarian consul at Patros, Greece, says that that city has four steam saw mills for cutting blocks of wood into boards, from which packing cases for currants are made; a branch of industry which has developed rapidly within the The boards for such cases obtained from Austria- last six years. were formerly Hungary. “Walnut lumber quantity in the lumber trade is almost a thing of the past,” said a prominent local dealer to a reporter of the St. Louis Republic. “It is not because of any real scarcity in the supply of timber from which walnut lumber may be made, but from the fact that the craze for walnut furniture has died out entirely or nearly Oak, ash and maple have taken its as a commercial so. place, principally oak.” Ottawa Free Press: Large quantities of square timber have reached the Chats Rapids and are coming slowly but surely over the slides. The timber will probably pass the Ottawa slides this fall, though, if the demand at Quebec becomes less, it will be wintered at Deschenes. It is a noticeable fact that the extension of the field of lumbering is gradually necessitat- ing the extension of the Ottawa river works. When the slides here and at other places were constructed the bulk of the square timber came from the near | vicinity of the Ottawa and passed over the slides with the flush of water about the middle of June. The greatest height of water is in June, but the square timber is being made now at the head waters of the tributaries of the Ottawa, at Temiscam- ingue and on the Pettewawa. This tim- ber cannot reach here till the end of July or middle of August at the earliest, or even, as this year, as late as the end of September. By these dates the water is lowered very greatly, and difficulty is experienced in passing the cribs over the slides. This year it is stated this has been specially experienced, the cribs hav- ing in many cases to be polled over the | with | slides at Portage and Mountain pike-poles. Fortunately at the present time the water gives some signs of rising, and should those cribs now come down, they with little extra labor, be able to pass right through. It is expected, however, that the slides through- out the river will require deepening to render them as useful as they formerly were for the passage of cribs. on the road will, WANTED AND FOR SALE Advertisements will be inserted in this department at the rate of r5 cents per line each 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. Adver- tisements must be received not later than the 27th of each ORI to insure insertion in the following issue. WE WwW ANT AL ih KINDS OF HARDWOODS. Will pay cash. ROBERT THOMSON & CO., 103 Bay Street, Toronto. OR HEMLOCK, DIMENSION LUMBER, hardwood flooring, cedar shingles, piles, sawdust, etc., write J. E. MURPHY, lumberman, Hepworth | station, Ont. ARDWOOD LUMBER BOUGHT, SOLD OR received on consignment. TUCKER DAVID, lumber commission merchant, 202 Eleventh Ave., N.Y. RAVELLER AND SALESMAN FOR NEW York and New England.—Wanted, a young man who has a good knowledge of lumber, chiefly white pine and hardwood, to solicit orders largely i in the car trade. Apply with references and stating salary ex- pected, to ‘‘ Canada,” office of this paper. NV VES eee agt es Se uLCXS2 2) MILL RUN, ONE inch, bright color. TAYLOR, SCOTT & CO., Toronto. NSURANCE—FIRE AND MARINE. MILLS, manufactories and merchandise a specialty. Tele- phone at my expense. R. CUNNINGHAM, Guelph. HOR SALE T KINGSTON FOUNDRY & MACHINERY Co. (Limited), two Sawmill Engines, cylinders 13 x 21, fly-wheel 9 ft. 6 in. drain, driving pulley 7 ft. x 18 ins face—new—at a bargain. WHITE BIRCH AND SOFT ELM WANTED. [EO MEER MEN HAVING 1-IN. RED BIRCH and t-in. dry Soft Elm, firsts and seconds, for sale, please communicate with W. W. BROWN, 202 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y. SEE TRATES kau: eet THOUSAND FEET “T” RAILS, 10 and 20 lbs. to the yard. A large quantity 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. TQ EASTERN STATES LUMBERMEN. AN EXTENSIVE HANDLER OF PULP wood, fir, spruce, canoe birch and poplar, is de- sirous of finding a market for same in the Eastern States—New York or Boston preferred. Is prepared to ship any size required per schooner from Quebec. Parties handling same should communicate with I.C.L., care CANADA LUMBERMAN, Toronto. Timber Limits HOSE WISHING TO BUY OR SELL CAN- adian Pine or Spruce Timber Limits will please send particulars to LEONARD G.. LITTLE, Room 13, Temple Building, Montreal. CANADA PINE FUR SALE. JOUR WELL-WATERED BERTHS; VIRGIN timber; all within eighteen miles of the Georgian Py BOX “xX,” CANADA LUMBERMAN. WANTED FOR CASH Ash and Soft Elm OSTLY ONE-INCH, SOME ONE-AND-A- quarter and one-and-a-half inch, strictly firsts and seconds, must be of uniform color; also commons. Furthermore, Ash and Oak squares from one-and-a-half to four inches thick. Can also use Soft Elm Logs 20 in. and over in diameter for export; Red Birch Lumber, I. and II., all thickness; also Red Birch Squares 5x 5 and 6x6, ten feet and over long, good squares. Address all particulars as to dryness, quality, quan- tity on hand and price, to P. O. Box 2144, New York, N.Y. Bay. To Lumbermen, Mill Owners AND OTHERS LIQUIDATOR’S SALE OF VALUABLE MILL SITE EALED TENDERS WILL BE RECEIVED up to the 15th day of October, 1892, addressed to John McGregor, Liquidator of the Toronto and Mid- land Manufacturing Company, Room g, 9% Adelaide | street east, Toronto, for the purchase of that valuable | leasehold property known as the Planing Mill of the Toronto and Midland Manufacturing Company, at the Town of Midland, in the County of Simcoe, including Mill Site, Water Privileges, Mill and Fixtures. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. For further particulars and terms and conditions of sale apply to the Liquidator, or to MACDONELL & SCOTT, 9% Adelaide street east, Toronto, Solicitors for Liquidator. MACHINERY OLLOWING LIST OF SECOND-HAND MA- chinery for sale by The Canada Machinery and Supply Co., Brantford, Ont., dealers in new and sec- ond-hand machinery and supplies :— OW? 25-H.P. WATEROUS FIRE-BOX PORT- able boiler on skids. (Oe 8-H.P. FIRE-BOX BOILER. @x= 6-H.P. FIRE-BOX BOILER. @rz 4-H.P. UPRIGHT MARINE BOILER. NE 12x16 SLIDE-VALVE BECKETT MAKE engine. @x gx12 SLIDE-VALVE MORRISON MAKE engine. Ow 6% x9 SLIDE-VALVE COPP BROS. make engine. Ox= 5%xg9 SLIDE-VALVE BECKETT MAKE engine. @kez 25-H.P. WATEROUS MAKE UPRIGHT engine. NE 6-H.P. COPP BROS. MAKE UPRIGHT engine. NE AMERICAN MAKE PLANER AND matcher in good order. TPO 34- INCH WHEELS BAND SAWING machines. NE THREE-SIDE MOULDER, GOLDIE & McCulloch make. NE ONE-SIDE MOULDER IN GOOD OR- der. Ore BLIND SLAT TENONER TWO UPRIGHT SWING SHINGLE MA- chines with jointer. NE WATEROUS SELF-ACTING SHINGLE mill and jointer. NE WATEROUS LATH MACHINE, THREE Saws. NE GOLDIE & McCULLOCH MAKE double cope tenoning machine, used eighteen months only. TPXo PONY PLANERS, 24-IN., WITH COUN- tershafts, Cant-Gourlay’s make, Galt. @x= SWING CUT-OFF SAW. NE WOOD FRAME TENONER WITHOUT copes. (Ow? WOOD FRAME SHAPER. TIMBER BERTH At Public Sale ERTH NO. 35, CONTAINING 36 SQUARE miles, situated on French River, within about twelve miles of Georgian Bay. There is a large creek and a number of smaller streams crossing the same which empty into the French. It contains large quantities of pine timber and has never been lumbered on. Sale to take place on Wednesday, October 19th, 1892, at 2.30 p.m., at the Mart, King St., Toronto, Canada. EXECUTORS OF JOHN BROWN (deceased) Easton, Pa. RKUCTION SALE TIMBER LIMITS SAH MILL AND LUNBERING PLANT, ETC. HE UNDERSIGNED ARE INSTRUCTED by Messrs. Mossom Boyd & Co, (dissolved by the death of a partner) to offer for sale by auction, at The Mart, King Street East, Toronto, Canada, on Wednesday, the Twenty-third day of November, 1892 commencing at twelve o'clock, noon, all their valuable white pine timber berths comprising sixty-eight square miles of virgin timber lands at west end of Lake Nipis- sing, tributary to Georgian Bay, and timber berths in the townships of Sherbourne, Snowdon, Glamorgan, Monmouth and Harvey, tributary to Trent River and Bay of Quinte. Alse their Sawmill at Bobcaygeon, lumbering plant, etc., etc. For particulars apply to MOSSOM BOYD, Bob- caygeon, Ontario, or to Messrs. WICKHAM, THOMPSON & FITZGERALD, Canada Life Building, Toronto, Ont., Vendors’ Solicitors. G. W. BURNS, SR. LAND LOOKER #? TIMBER VALUATOR Limits looked after at Reasonable Rates . SOUTH RIVER, ONT. Re SAW MILL AND TIMBER For Sale at Parry Sound HE MILL IS SITUATED ON THE WATERS of Parry Sound and has good shipping facilities. The largest vessels on the lakes can load at the docks. The mill will cut about twenty thousand feet of lumber in ten hours, and twenty-five thousand shingles. There are about five thousand acres of timber, pine, birch, hemlock, ash, spruce, basswood, etc. Some of the lots have pine and some the other timber, but all the lands are well timbered. The Parry Sound Colonization Railway is now in process of construction to this point. Apply to WM. BEATTY, Parry Sound. AUGTION SALE Imbér Berths DEPARTMENT OF CROWN LANDS (Woops AND Forests BRANCH) Toronto, 27th June, 1892. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, UN- der Order in Council, Timber Berths as here- under in the Nipissing, Algoma, Thunder Bay and Rainy River districts, viz. : in Biggar, Butt, Finlayson, Hunter, McCraney, ‘McLaughlin, Paxton, Peck, and the northerly portion of Berth Forty-nine, lying South and West of the Wahnapitae Lake, all in the Nipissing district ; the townships of Lumsden and Morgan, and a small portion of territory lying North and West of Pogomasing Lake, in the Algoma district; Berths One and Seven, Thunder Bay district; and Eleven, Twenty-seven, Thirty-six, Thirty-seven, Sixty-four, Sixty-five, Sixty-six, Sixty-seven, Sixty-eight and Sixty-nine, Rainy River district. Will be sold at Public Auction on Thursday, the Thirteenth day of October next, at One o’Clock p.m., at the Department of Crown Lands, Toronto. ARTHUR S. HARDY, Commissioner. Notr.—Particulars as to locality and description of limits, area, etc., and terms and conditions of sale, will be furnished on ’ application personally or by letter to the Department of Crown Lands. fz” No UNAUTHORIZED ADVERTISEMENT OF THE ABOVE WILL BE PAID FOR. SHINGLE MILL FOR SALE SITUATION : The Tretheway Falls Shingle Mill is new, built 1891, on the South Branch of the Muskoka River, 5 miles from Bracebridge, near South Falls switch N. & N. W. R.R. With the mill are 5 acres of land, large board- ing house, team horses, wagon, sleighs, etc., etc., in fact complete equipment for mill and lumber camp. MACHINERY : Consists of Little Giant Leffel Wheel (60 horse meee Boss Shingle Machine, Jointer, Splitter, Drag, Butting and Knot Saws; Endless Chain Burner, Bull Wheel, etc., etc. Building is 30x 40 heavy frame, with room and shafting placed for second shingle machine. Belt- ing complete and everything in good running order. Circular saw could be added with small expense. TIMBER: Is abundant for 50 miles above the mill on the waters of the South Branch—many townships being yet owned by the government—besides thousands of acres of deeded pine, four or five thousand acres of which can be bought immediately. There is also about 400,000 feet of timber at mill which can be purchased with it, so that buyer can commence cutting at once. The estate must be wound up, and will bear the clos- est examination. For further information, address THE CANADA LUMBERMAN, Toronto, Ont. OcTOBER, 1892 THE CANADA LUM OUR INDEPENDENT CONDENSER A Good Independent CONDENSER IhSaggae “Ieee Ek es Sieh IF YOU ARE WORKING YOUR INVESTMENT Neri mG) PRESSURE DON’T DELAY, BUT WRITE US PROMPTLY NORTHEY MFG. 00. Ltd. TORONTO, ONT. MANUFACTURERS ... Representative Lumber Manufacturers and Dealers Power, Style and Railway, Express, or oe Town eartst SEeeee Point NAME BUSINESS Daily Capacity Oitawa, Ont. ....-.-.. lOttawa SE e a ated siae LETDanl- bk os canoe Gono anDes Lumber, Wholesale and Retail................. Steam, Circular and Band Mill Ottawa, Ont..........|Ottawa...............|Bronson & Weston Lumber Co..... 2 Sawmills, White and Red Pine, Wholesale....|Water, Gang and Band, 450m Ottawa, Ont.......... LAE) Se pr OTTAWA LUMBERCO......... Lumber, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Wholesale....|...........0:0.s00ceseesecees : iw Aonbss.....-.. TO Es al a eS (Perley, @ Pattee’. species) +) us = one Saw and Lath Mill, Pine, Wholesale........... Wat., Gang and Band, Saw 400m, } Lath 7om Parry Sound, Ont..... WEE aes ose \Conger Lumber Co............ [euimber-aywiholesalerand@Retaille creveriteterretry ra ucts mete okies ve steietiey astetsievercis. actehs Parry Sound, Ont..... Pay Sound. .....--.7 \Parry Sound LumberCo......... Saw, Shingle and Lath Mills, Pine, Wholesale ..|Water, Gang, Circular, Saw gom, | Shingles 7om, Lath 30m Waubaushene, Ont....|Waub2ushene......... Muskoka Mill'and)Lumber‘Co;,, Head|Pine only: 5.50.02 ee ee ie ce tinei ene neces Waubaushene mill, stm., 200m; Office, Arcade, 24 King st. w., Toronto Pt. Severn mill, water, 120m Alexandria, Ont....... WMlexandria: <..2.2:..6:- |McPherson, Schell& Co. ....... @heeseiBoxshactonyabinesoprucelGedarl- etree een cence orients Almonte, Ont......... Almonte........2..... \Caldwell, A.&Son........... Sawmill, Pine, Lumber, Hemlock, Hardwoods. .|Circular, 3m Te NS ANRAE 3X5 a icles ea <.s Dymont & Mickle............ Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Cedar, Hardwoods......|Steam, Circular, 4om Barrow Bay, Ont...... BNARSORT hse 2 ahs anc. |Barrow Bay Lumber Co., Limited . .|Saw, Shingle and Heading Mill, Pine, Cedar Oak, Oak Railway Ties, Paving Blocks ......|Steam, Circular, 16m Blind River, Ont...... Blind River........... |Blind River LumberCo......... 2 Saw, Sh. and Lath Mls., Pine, Hem., Bl. Birch|Stm., Band, Cir., S. 75m, Sh. 60m Bobcaygeon, Ont...... Fenelon Falls......... \Boyd, Mossom & Co........... umber ew bolesaleyand@Reta ly atte ieetecss-tevays east |lsvematevereteleev arate ere Ges ee eee eres Bracebridge, Ont...... Bracebridge........... DOLTAR EVANS arena el a) aie! oie) = umber: psbingles VW Nolesalede)rscrsr-cpve cvers.cve cisseisi| le crategrureteteresey a vareye aprsietes staves eyenee re Barrie, Ont........-... LEO Te aw Se ie, Bat, Ol Onno CECiD ioumbersmyinolesalerandpRetatln..\eriten tke ae let hin ers oesee cure siecle mcrae at clens Byng Inlet, Ont..... 2 UE ee Georgian Bay Consolid. Lumber Co./Sawmill, Pine, Hemlock, Birch . ve .|Steam, Circular, z2om Calabogie, Ont........ Ealabopie .......4.... Carswell, Thistle & McKay...... umber iholesalevand peta tlerisssrtetseciseteler vars liste eae cast saree eieke ere ie aes oe Callander, Ont...... ..|Callander, G.T.R...../John B. Smith& Sons ......... White and Red Pine Lumber, Bill Stuff, Lath Head! Office; Strachan) Ave, Toronto) and Shingles. ojo. 00.0 ccc cele ve cine nle cies ens Steam, 2 Circular, 80m Collins Inlet, Ont...... Collins Inlet .......... Collins Inlet LumberCo......... umber PinenOak-pAsh birch: wv nolwand | Retel tena qed ce sise > deieiie siacven cere e Comber, Ont.......... ee Ainslie, J.S.& Bro..........- Saw and Stave Mill, Pine, Hardwoods.......... Steam, Circular, 6m Glammis, Ont......... PPA OIOM <)> ap coe ss. MMCIME TE FON a Cop Ate a1 ei el Meme ato o's Saw, Shingle and Lath Mill, Timber Lands,|Steam, Cir., Saw 14m, Sh. 20m } Hemlock, Pine, Lumber, Hardwoods......... Hamilten, Ont........ |Hamilton..... ........BRADLEY, MORRIS & REID CO. ./Lum., Tim., Pine, Hem., Hwds., Whol. and Ret.|............... 00200 scee ener ee Huntsville, Ont........|Huntsville............ Heath, Taitand Turnbull....... Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hardwoods. ..|/Steam, Circular, 25m Hamilton, Ont........ |Huntsville and Katrine/Thomson, Robert & Co. ... -|Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods.............|Steam, Circular, 4m Keewatin, Ont........ MRC COTARAN 2) oo 52 4.5 0-s01 Dick, Banning & Co........ -|Sawmill, Pine, Hardwoods, Wholesale.......... Steam, Circular Keewatin, Ont........ Se ree \Keewatin Lumber & Mfg. Co Saw, Lath, Sh. and Pl. Mill, Moving Posts, Pine] Water, Band and Circular, room Lakefield, Ont.........|Lakefield............. |Lakefield Lumber Mfg. Co. ...... WambernmvVholesalerandwRetarliecvrvarrternir riya lemaisierstciecoearoacahvels cere aiave slo elelets Eeeeeeaeene os Subiiry-.............|Conlin, T.& J. os. cccsscscee Sawimllleeine wAsh birch, | @ake yercie. vase. Steam, Circular, 25m Little Current, Oni....|Sudbury..............]Howry, J. W. &Sons.......... umberpyynolesaleanden etalllaprivcemertirrentsltiieniirasticciiscracerites ders London, Ont......... EPEWMEUNI Ges oso ene exes IOLA AMIES ono ie) cas kelofe) 2 oh yiolo) = Exp. and dlr. in Am. Hwds, made to specification].............-.0.ceeeeee eee e eee Longford Mills, Ont...|Longford . .....|Longford Lumber Co........... Saw and Plan. Mill, Hemlock, Hardwds., Whol.|Steam, Band and Circular, room Mount Forest, Ont....|Mount Forest......... GIGETIBIGER Wo BS vireo veel ede eer ators Cherry, White Ash, Hardwoods, Wholesale. ....]..........ceecceceeeteeeeeevees Norman, Ont....!.....|Norman. .-|Cameron & Kennedy........... Saw and Plan. Mill, Tim. Lands and Logs, Pine]Steam, Circular, 4m Norman, Ont..........)Norman.............. Minnesota & Ontario Lumber Co. . .|Lumber, Wholesale and Retail...............cc)ec cc cee cece cece eee eteuneeeeunes Louise, Ont...... ..|Elmwood, G.T.R......|/S. B. Wilson & Son........... Hardwoods, Shingles, Lath, Handles........... Steam, Circular, 20m. Toronto, Ont.......... ee ee Campbell,A.H.&Co..... ppaaumper; Willolesalevmenter:. saakcte ae cise chi civ ate lt etate em was se Gea tety ob auatetes geede Toronto, Ont..........|Toronto.... ANGE A ORDANG sos. fas nat = oc LOI Der WO lesdle wc ccaetet ccm aey ano: Sm numsiinie Docs eliatcie tie erotica cite vores Fie I) ec] cr Doro pa SiOlUVver sole sels ees rimibermy bolesalemmecwi rc eure errs ters Com Toronto, Ont....,. . Toronto ...|Wictoria Harbor LumberCo....... 3 Saw, Shingleand Lath Mills, White Pine, Whol.|/Stm., Cir., Gang and Band, 140m Toronto, Ont.... Toronto ..|W. N. McEachren & Co........ Laimber paw holesale.n-mmcirciteie sine veloc Com. Toronto, Ont..... -|Toronto . ..JJames Tennant & Co.......... Lumber, Lath, Shingles, etc., Wholesale........ Com Wiarton, Ont.... .| Wiarton POROUS 5 et a eu Cl COR OICRORCNED C 3 Sawmills, Lumber, Barrel Heads............. Steam and Water, Circular, Port- able and Stationery, rom Buckingham, Que.....|Buckingham..........|RO8S Bros. .......00e-eee00s 2 Sawmills, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods.......... Circular, Gang and Band, 180m Chaudiere Mills, Que. .|Chaudiere Stn .|Breakey, John.........+..-.. Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods, Wholesale..|Water, Gang, 150m Cookshire, Que........|Cookshire............ Cookesiire Mul Co, oo sss. +s Saw, Shingle, Planing, Stave and Heading Mill.|Steam, Circular and Gang, 60m Montreal, Que 5 Wutresse, OF Jr7& Frere. . 2. iss Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hdwds., Whol.|Steam, Circular and Band, 50m Montreal, Que.. .|Roberts, Joseph & Fils......... Saw and Planing Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds,|Steam, Circular, 20om | Int. Fin, Spruce, Hardwoods, Wholesale...... Montreai, Que Montreal... .....,.|SHEARER & BROWN......... Sawmills, Oak, Ash, Elm, Pine, Hem., Dim...|2 Stm., 2 Wat., Band, Cir., 4om Moodyville, B.C... |New Westminster..... MOODYVILLE SAWMILL CO. .. . .|Sawmills, P. Fin, Spruce, Cedar, Hardwoods ...|Steam, Circular, 2om New Westminster, B.C.|New Westminster.....|Brunette Sawmill Co.......... Saw and Planing Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds,|Steam, Gang and Circular Canterbury, N.B. u _.|Canterbury Stn. Bridgewater, N.S... Wood Goods ADDRESS: CARL GARTNER, Agent — HamBpvuaRG FOR YARDING AND SELLING Bankers, HamBURG Cc. C, CLEVELAND John Bertram & Sons CANADA TOOL WORKS DUNDAS, ONTARIO WOOD - WORKING MAGHINBRY MAGHINE TOOLS, BTC. WRITE FOR PRICES AND CATALOGUE | J. L. Goodhue & GO. MANUFACTURERS OF | FATHER BELTING :.:: anp LACE LEATHER Dan Wadd. S, IQS: G. F. CLBVELAND GEO. GORMAGK Wholesale and Retail Dealer in ALL KINDS OF LUMBER LUMBER SHIPPED TO ALL PARTS BY RAIL OR VESSEL WHITBY, ONTARIO oe ———— —- a OcTOBER, 1892 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN J. W. MAITLAND H. RIXON MAITLAND, RI RIXON & CO. OWEN SOUND, ONT. Saw Millers and Lumber Dealers All kinds of Building Material kept in stock wesescatsy of LONG BILL STUFF IN ROGK ELM, PINE, CEDAR AND HEMLOCK @uotations furnished on application WE MAKE A W. STODART | J. G. AINSILE The (seordian Bay 2 Gonsolidaved Lumber 60 MANUFACTURERS OF Address WAUBAUSHENE, Ont. “PINE LUMBER, BILL STOKE, INGLES ano LATH Shipments by or Rail or 24 King St. West, TORONTO i cS ae o)=) -—- SAW MILL and WOOD-WORKING MAGHINERY 141 TO 145 FRONT ST. ON EXHIBITION IN MY WAREROOMS WEST, _T ORONTO, OMS Steam Drag Saw; 2 Automatic Sawing Machines Improved Stave, Heading and Shingle Bolting Saw Machine 2 Automatic Shingle Machines and Jointers, Patent “Grand Triumph” Drop Tilt Shingle Machine Hall's Patent Shingle Machine and Jointer Smallwood’s Patent Shingle Machine Swing Shingle and Heading Machine New Goldie & McCulloch Shingle Machine Two-block Shingle Mill; Shingle Jointers Shingle Knot Saw and Jointer Lath Mills; Shingle Packers Stave Bolt Equalizer; Foot Stave Jointers New Spoke and Axe Handle Machine Double Edger; Edging Tables Complete “Eclipse” Sawmill; Thomas Dill, maker Four-head Block and Irons for Sawmill Carriage Drag Saw Irons Hall’s Winnie’s Patent Hoop Coiling Machine Winnie’s Double Mandrel Hoop Sawing Machine Winnie’s Hoop Pointing and Scarfing Machine Winnie’s Double Hoop Planer Log Hauling Jack, Chain and Spool; Circular and Crosscut Saw Gummers Barrel Headers; Shingle and Lumber Sawg John Pickles & Son’s English Surface Planer No. 1 Improved Planer and Matcher; Cant, Gourlay & Co., makers Revolving Bed Surface Planer; Cowan & Co., makers 26-in. Surface Planer; McGregor, Gourlay & Co., makers Four-side Moulder; Goldie & McCulloch, makers “Eclipse” Planer and Matcher; Cant Bros. & Co., makers Log Cars McKechnie & Bertram, makers Three-side Moulder ; McGregor, Gourlay & Co., makers Four-side Moulder; Three-side Sticker; Cant, Gourlay & Co., makers Three-side Sticker; C. B. Rodgers & Co., makers McKechnie & Bertram, makers C. B. Rodgers & Co., makers Surface Planer, 23%-in. ; Stationary Bed Planer; W. Kennedy & Sons, makers Surface Planer; McKechnie & Bertram, makers Sash and Moulding Machine; McKechnie & Bertram, makers Three-side Moulder; Goldie & McCulloch, makers One-side Moulding Machine; American make Surface Planer ; Surface Planer, 24-in. ; American make Pony Planer, 24-in.; McGregor, Gourlay & Co., makers New Improved Pony Planer; Co., makers Pony Planer, 20-in.; McKechnie & Bertram, makers New Improved Pony Planer, 24-in.; Cant Bros. & Co., makers McGregor, Gourlay & Pony Planer, New Improved; McGregor, Gourlay & Co., makers Pony Planer; Cant, Gourlay & Co., makers Pony Pony Pony Pony Pony Pony Pony 3uzz Planer or Jointer; Cz Circular Re-sawing Mac} Circular Re-sawing M Circular Re-sawing Co:, Tenon Machines, Jig Power and Foot Planer; Planer, 30-in. ; Major Planer, 20-1 Planer, Planer, 20- Planer, Planer; A. | Heading Planer; | Buzz Planer, 16-in. ; chines, Machines, Shapers, E. Doig & (€ ers Goldie & McCulloch, makers maker Swing Cut Sand-papering Moulding Knives, Belting de Cant, G Machine; McGregor, or Scroll Saws feeevy. HY] RIK, Toronto, ONT. SEND FOR FREE CATALOGUE proved Swing” Shingle ~ Heading Machine IMPROVEMENTS PATENTED Every Machine is Guaranteed Saw 4o inches diameter The Gheadést Good shingle Machine in the Market Steel Saw Arbor Easy to adjust for thick or thin Shingles or Headings I also manufacture other Saws, with pulleys, shafting, etc., Write for Prices . F. J. Pulley on Saw Arbor to drive Jointer (automatic and hand-feed), Packing Boxes, Bolters, Stationary Saw Mills, Portable Saw Mills, chinery, and in fact a general line of kinds of Shingle Machines Shingle Jointers, Knot Drag Saw Machines, Lath Ma- sawmill work, etc. DRAKE BREE VILER VON ® 18 THE CANADA LUMS 2 eR WeAzrk Ocrozer, 1892 THE ANDREWS5 DRYER For Lumber, Lath, Shimglessstaveswrcie: et les siete 4 ae ERS TO DO WHAT IS [) Bey ie FR GUARANTEED IN SAVING THEM MONEY IN Freight, Insurance, Time, Interest, Expense, Capital, Yard Room, Labor Nannann NAUK | nanan | Annann | NRA SHARSSHARN SERRE There may be persons who do not appreciate the advantages of the artificial drying of lumber. But the shrewd men, in the man- facture of furniture and other woodwork where reputation would be sacrificed by a lack of proper m iterial for good gluing and finishing, recognize a good system of drying as an important element of their success. High scientific authorities and thoroughly practical men are now agreed that the hot-blast and rapid-current systems ARE WASTEFUL, and that steam heat is the only safe means for artificial drying. The mode of applying steam heat most efficiently and economically is therefore now the essential point, The Andrews Dryer accomplishes this result more surely than any other known system. je Sisis vil INNNTTANNNTAN i OEE’. EOE. LILLIE MG S This system and apparatus covered by letters patent. NN-—Prass Gutters for receiving condensed moisture. PPP— Sticks between lumber. SS—Double Steam-Coils. T—Auto- matic Steam Fire-Extinguishers, . Arrows show direction of currents of air. A-—Drying-Room. BB—Brass Condensing-Walls. _CCC— Lumber Cars. EE—Down Air-Flues. FF—Bottom Air-Flue. HH-—Inside Walls, protecting meta! from heat. LIL—Lumber on cars. “WE PUT GREEN SPRUCE IN DRIPPING WITH WATER, No FAN No ENGINE No SMOKE No CHIMNEY No SPECIAL FIREMAN OR FUEL No EXPENSIVE BRICKWORK NO RISK OF FIRE NO CHECKING OR WARPING No CASE-HARDENING AND IN EIGHTEEN HOURS IT WAS | DRYER THAN LUMBER TAME Vile THAT HAD BEEN STUCK UP AA eee IN THE YARD ALL SUMMER.” This is the verdict of a Quebec lumber firm, and we can give equal re- sults every time. TTF Hae * a NO EQUAL ara 3 Outside View of the Andrews Progressive Kiln, showing Lumber placed crosswise the building, on cars. The Andrews Lumber Dryer Has been proved to possess the following points of excellence: Ist. That its drying is rapid and perfect. 2nd. That external and internal checking and discoloration are entirely avoided by this method. 3rd. That the drying is done by a CONTINUOUS system and the temper- ature of the kiln is under absolute control at all times. 4th. That our Dryer is free from the varying air currents (always wasteful) incident to all fan and open-draft kilns. 5th. That our drying is done by the slow continuous movement of a large body of slightly-moistened air. 6th. That our condensing surface is so very large as to be adequate to precipitating the moisture of the saturated air with the least amount of movement. 7th. That our piping is tested by high pressure and every outfit is fully guaranteed. 8th Th by j ved sys f drai he fi sat f pi b DOUBLE FLANGE WHEEL ON CAR WHEEL, DOUBLE FLANGE SECTION OF CAR TRUCK, SHOW- th. at y our improved sy stem oO rainage the freezing Of pipes be- SINGLE TRACK ING AXLE BOX. comes impossible. SEND FOR CIRCULARS Ee coe 2 | _——————— a BOLT AXLE STRAP WASHER DOMINION DRY KILN COMPANY — CANADA LIFE BUILDING : : : : TORONTO, ONT. Ow = D2, CANADA LUMBERMAN BAT OOd Split. FOR SAW AND SHINGLE Belt Says WG Cin A I S17 ES ON STOCK AND CAN hi ANY ORDER” AT Q ONCE. WE GUARANTEE ENTIRE Yo, Gs SIShAt PON VAN D-OUR PRICES i mixed OW TOR ti ELAN YOU :-CAN ee TEEN OO Rec, Ir YOU ARE BUILDING OR MAKING ADDITIONS foe US A TRIAL Send for New Catalogue. mest WOOD SPLIT PULLEY CO. Oa KING ST. WES), TORONTO eR E DDAWAY, a e G, TORONTO AGENCY OF WW A N zie Ee 'D) The Rathbun GO. "Saar aus Are open to Purchase——— Oak, Arsh, Birch — [jttle Belt and BREAKING STRAIN 6 In.“CAmeL” iain BELT — ET iailbs. Basswood . IN; EnGtish Oak DouBLe LEATHER __7,522 “ ROOK Mountains fuS0 MANUFACTURERS OF | and Good Pine Lumber ee awe to LINEN FiR eE HOSE Gedar and Pine Shingles GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY MANCHESTER; 37 St FRS: XAVIER St, ENG LAND. MONT REAL Manufacturers having such for sale are invited to com- | For particu lars write ‘ municate w ith ee M. HUCKINS THOS. WHALEY, President W. E. HUTCHINSON, Sec.-Treas. T. W. WALKER, Agent f. HUCK ° Black. wea The Whaley LUMDGE GO, snr anne PT = MURTSULLE ON : whive Pine Lumber, Bil Sut, Lath and Stings) f+ E- Dixon & Oo. 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Bur SAW 00. ope, gp Pai sy THIN fig ie i yt VAIN P YS Sa V Di) Ep: TRADE MARK ont oul y ox yi on Sawco,ToRONTO mrB20 | S A Phase oN 0 TAPER TOOTH LANCE TOOTH THE DOMINION LEATHER BOARD GO., MONTREAL MANUFACTURERS OF ASBESTOS MILL BOARD FRIGTION PULLEY BOARD FOR STEAM PACKING THE BEST FRICTION KNOWN Proprietors Sault au Recollet Paper Mills, making ROOFING, SHEATHING, FLOORING AND LINING FELT THE STURTEVANT PATENT PROGRESSIVE LUMBER DRY [KILN Dries Hard and Soft Wood Lumber Without Warping, Checking or Bluing Sage Unga | les SU a a STEEL FlARE ee wane System Waive, e WRITE FOR { : Catatocves Planing Mill HEATING EXHAUSTERS MILLS Renota Ghips | 2 NSBR SOM) Shavings and Sawdust CHICAGO: 16 SOUTH CANAL ST, BOSTON: 34 OLIVER, STREET PHILADELPHIA : 135 NORTH THIRD ST. NEW YORK: gt LIBERTY STREET a ”? ann RBIGH GRADE Use McCOLL: > LARDINE" mk MAC e—« Our GYLINDER OIL tac. be HA. SMITH CO. LIMITED ST. CATHARINES, ONT. 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HE town of Arnprior, as is the case with many growing towns to-day, owes its inception and pros- perity largely to the enterprise of one man. Arnprior is beautifully situated at the confluence of the Madawaska and Ottawa rivers. Here a little more than forty years ago the late Daniel McLachlin pur- chased the water power and 400 acres of land in the township of McNab, within the limits of which the municipality of Arnprior now stands. At that time there were but few families resident in the locality. Immedi- ately on acquisition of the site by Mr. McLachlin, in the year 1851, he proceeded to create a town. He had it surveyed, and the present town was laid out. Several lots were sold at a very low figure and a goodly number presented as free gifts to intending settlers. The result of this generous action was speedily manifested in the erection of several buildings, and in a 5 = short time the dense $ : pinery gave place to the village streets and the hum of industry took the place of the silence of the forest. For some time previous to this a saw mill with one circular saw was operated, but did not prove a success, and *after lying idle for some years was. event- ually carried away by a freshet. On the com- pletion of the Canada Central Railway, about the year 1862, a water mill was built by Mr. McLachlin, and in the fall of the same year the construction of another water mill was commenced. The lat- ter mill was completed the next season, and both mills have been running every season since without intermis- sion, A third mill, oper ated by steam, was built on the shore of the Chats Lake in 1871, and after running successfully for four years was destroyed by fire. It has been replaced by another, built by the present firm, which for size and cutting capacity stands at the head of its kind on the continent. A fourth mill is at present in course of erection, and everything that science and art can bring to bear on its construction is being utilized to produce a building and machinery capable of compet- ing with the advanced ideas of the most progressive, scientific Jumbermen and manufacturers. During the sawing season about 700 men find constant employment in the mills, and in the winter the operations in the woods require a force of from goo to 1,000 men, besides about 300 teams. The output of sawn lumber, as a result of the labors of this large force, is enormous, last season’s cut being in excess of 80,000,000 feet, or 500,000 feet a day of eleven hours; and the calculation is that when the fourth mill is in operation, with all its appliances of progressive science, that the cut will be proportionately larger in excess of that quantity. 2 The facilities for carrying on this enormous business are as varied as they are complete. Everything that almost unlimited space and a generous outlay of money can secure is at the command of the men who are at the heads of the different departments and look after the varied interests. The piling ground for the sawn lum- ber may be said to be the largest in the world, there being nearly ten miles of track laid through it. The machinery in the water mill, No. 1, consists of one stock gate, one slabber and two Yankee gates; in water mill No. 2, one stock gate, one slabber and one large circular, with all necessary edgers, trimmers and appliances for lath, etc. The steam mill, of which we give an illustration on this page, is driven by two engines of about 800 horse- power; its machinery consists of two slabbers, one large stock gate, one twin circular, two stock gates, one band Yara enw. Going te Work THE McLACHLIN MILE, ARNPRIOR, ONT. > d saw, all of which are of the latest and most improved pattern. The machinery of the new steam mill is not yet finally decided upon, as advantage will be taken of the most recent improvements prior to the commence- ment of its operation. The Messrs McLachlin Bros. are owners of very extensive limits on the Madawaska, Bonnechere, Peta- wawa, Amable du Fond and Coulonge Rivers, and within the last few months they have purchased over 500 miles of virgin timber land on the upper Ottawa, on which there never yet has been a tree cut. This large lumber business is carried on to-day by H. F. McLachlin and Claude McLachlin, surviving sons and successors of the business so successfully founded by their father, the late Daniel McLachlin. A brick dwelling house owned and occupied by James Jarrett, lumberman, Alliston, Ont., was destroyed by fire on the roth ult. THE GATINEAU. A MONOGRAPH BY BENJ HE first white man who spoke about River Gatinez was Champlain, in 1613, but he gave no name to that stream. The word Gatineau means a resident of Gatinais, a small district situated between Pa Orleans. All the families called Gatineau in France are from that region. Canada never had family by that name—it was that of Nicolas Gatine: alias Duplessis, who came to this country in 1649, and acted as clerk of the Hundred Partners, also as Cl the Court and a notary public at Three Rivers and Montreal. 1663, when he got married and moved to Cape de la Madelaine, on the other side of the St. Maurice where the Algonquins had a village of their own. The Hundred Partners had been dissolved recently From 1651 he resided at Three Rivers, until when Gatineau married Marie Crevier, the S1S- ter of Jeanne Crevier, who was the wife of Pierre Boucher, gover- nor of Three Rivers and founder of Bou- cherville, the direct an- cestor of the premier of Quebec. The post of Cap de la Madelaine was one of the trading places in Canada at that time. All the In- dians of the north, and some of the west, to go there each sum- mer to meet the French and sell them the fur they had gathered for that purpose. Itis well known that from 1635 to 1700 the route from the spot where the city best used built to the lower St. Lawrence was through either the of Ottawa is Lievre or the Gatineau rivers, because of the facility of communica- tion between these “walking and the ones emptying in the St. Maurice. The Indians roved through that vast country and often met the French merchants 6n their way at certain points on appointed dates. Gatineau had three sons: Nicolas, who made a name roads” for himself in the wars against the New England colon- ies. Jean was seigneur of Gatineau, a property in the county of St. Maurice, and trader at Detroit after the establishment of that place. He died at Three Rivers in 1750. Louis was seigneur of St. Marie, in the county of Champlain, and died there in 1750 also; he is the only one of the three brothers who left a son, but this last one never married. Therefore, about the year 1800 the Gatineau family were totally extinguished in Canada. Nicolas’ death is unknown, at least so far as the date is concerned. The last mention of him is in the sum- mer of 1681. that Gatineau got drowned in the Gatineau river? [How many since that date, especially those engaged in lumbering, have found their deathbeds in this same Gatineau river.—Ed. LUMBERMAN.] What would you say to the supposition THE CANADA LUMBERMAN NovEMBER, 1892 ONTARIO’S BIG TIMBER SALE. HE sale of Ontario timber limits, in the Legislative Chamber of the old Parliament buildings on Thurs- day, October 13, marked in some respects a memorable meeting. Ontario legislators will not again be called upon to answer to the appeal of “call in de members” within the dingy walls of the old chamber, and there was something suggestive, though possessed of a sombre shading, in the ring of the auctioneers “going, going, gone,” as Ontario’s forests to the value of $2,308,475 were knocked down to the highest bidders. Seldom, when political excitement has been running at the highest, has a larger audience gathered within these walls, and perhaps at no time within the history of the buildings were more “dimes and dollars, dollars and dimes,” as the old jingle goes, represented in any audi- ence that has assembled in the old historic buildings. THE AUDIENCE. Lumbermen were present from all parts of Canada and the leading lumber centres of the United States. Among these might be named: John Charlton, M.P., Lynedoch; Allen Gilmour, Trenton; George Bryson, Jun., John Bryson, M.P., Fort Cologne, Q.; Nelson Holland, Buffalo; Hiram Emery, Bay City; Arthur 5. Hill, Maurice Quinn, Saginaw; A. McLennan, Cheboy- gan, Mich.; T. Charlton, Tonawanda; Matthew Slush, Mount Clemens, Mich.; C. Beck, D. Davidson, Pene- tanguishene; Alexander Fraser, Westmeath, Q.; C. J. Smith, Ottawa; Alex. Barnet, Renfrew; Hiram A. Calvin, Garden City, Mich.; A. Pack, Alpena, Mich.; J. W. Fitzgerald, Parry Sound; C. W. Wells, Saginaw; Temple Emery, East Tawas, Mich.; E. Walker Rath- bun,. Deseronto; H. B. Smith, Owen Sound; J. D. Shier, C. Henderson, W. Webster, Bracebridge; P. M. Guntie, Trenton; H. Waters, Lindsay; James Sharpe, Burk’s Falls; C. W. Burns, South River; James Moills, Saginaw, and George H. Miller, Brooklyn. Merrill & Ring, of Saginaw, and the Whitney estate, of Detroit. The seat of honor was occupied by Hon. A. S. Hardy, Commissioner of Crown Lands, whose countenance bore a pleased and satisfied expression that might have been taken as a premonition of the success he saw in store for the province, and indicated later in the large sum realized from the sale. On the right of the minister sat Mr. Aubrey White, assistant commissioner of Crown Lands, whose wise counsels, based on a very perfect knowledge of the timber conditions of the province, were frequently disclosed, as the sale proceeded, in whispered conversations between the commissioner and his deputy. The auctioneer’s hammer was wielded by Registrar Peter Ryan, whose hand has lost none of its cunning, as one of the cleverest auctioneers of the prov- ince, and who by his ready Irish wit kept up interest in the proceedings from beginning to end. A STUDY OF FACES. . It was a picturesque scene in not a few particulars. The faces were a study. Thomas Murray’s was a face that became familiar to nearly everyone before the sale was closed. Pontiac’s ex-M.P. is well known to many Toronto citizens, but his shiny silk hat and gold-rimmed spectacles did not want introduction on this occasion, as Mr. Ryan would ever and anon appeal to Mr. Murray to help along the sale when the bidding would commence to drag, just as he would at another time turn to the hero of Halton, Mr. John Waldie, to start some of the more valuable limits with a round bid of say $5,000 a square mile. The doughty champion of Sunday Observance, Mr. John Charlton, M.P., was a studious onlooker, though the sale closed without anything falling his way. Michigan lumbermen, in the persons of Mr. A. Pack, Alpena; T. Emery, East Tawas; Hiram Emery, - Bay City; Arthur S. Hill, Saginaw: A. McLennan, Cheboygan, and others occupied conspicuous places among the bidders. Others besides lumbermen had timber berths knocked down to them. There is not much connection between millinery and lumber, unless the chip hat is a remote relative, nor between general dry-goods and the trees ot the forest, but this did not prevent Toronto’s well-known wholesale milliner, Mr. S. F. McKinnon from putting away $10,075 of his pile in Ontario limits, and John Drynan (W. A. Murray & Co.) going it to the tune ot $38,662. BERTHS AND BUYERS. Promptly at the hour of one o’clock the stentorian tones of Mr. Ryan were heard. The berths sold and the buyers were as follows :— Township of Biggar, berth No. 3, concessions 7 to 14, lots 1 to 10, area 13% square miles; purchaser J. McCoy, price, square mile, $4,000, total $53,000. Township of Butt, berth No. 2, concessions I to 4, lots 11 to 35, area 1334 square miles, Halk & Booth; price, per square mile, $1,200, total, $16,500. Berth No. ~ 3, cons. 5 to 9, lots II to 25, area 12-square miles, T. Murray, price $500 square mile; total $6,000. Berth No. 4, concessions Io to 14, lots 11 to 25, area 1134 square miles, T. Murray, price $1,600 square mile; total $18,800. Berth No. 5, concessions 1 to 7, lots I to Io, area 11% square miles, T. Murray, price, $1,250; total $14,062.50. Berth No. 6, concessions 8 to 14, lots 1 to 10, area 11 square miles, T. Murray, price $1,150, total $12,650. Township of Finlayson, berth No. 1, concessions 1 to 7, lots 1 to 10, area 10% square miles, G. W. Pack, price $1,800, total $18,450. Berth No. 1, concessions 8 to 14, lots 1 to 10, area 1034 square miles, Beck Manufacturing Co., of Penetang, price $4,400, total, $47,300. Berth No. 3, concessions I to 7, lots 11 to 20, area IO square miles, James D. Shier, price $600 square mile, total $6,000. Berth No. 4, concessions 8 to 14, lots 11 to 20, area II square miles, J. Baird, price $4,100 square mile, total $45,100. Berth No. 5, concessions 1 to 7, lots 21 to 30, area 11 square miles, C. A. Millener, price $1,450 square mile, total $15,950. Berth No. 6, concessions 8 to 14, lots 21 to 30, area 1034 square miles, J. Waldie, price $1,300 square mile, total $13,975. Berth No. 7, concessions I to 7, lots 31 to 40, area 11 square miles, Hill & Wells, price $2,800 square mile, total $30,800. Berth No. 8, concessions 8 to 14, lots 31 to 40, area II square miles, C. Cameron, price $3,200, total $35,200. Township of Hunter, berth No. 3, concessions I to 8, lots 21 to 35, area 17 square miles, Gilmour & Co., price $12,700 square mile, total $215,900. Berth No. 4, con- cessions I to 8, lots II to 20, area 1134 square miles, Gilmour & Co., price $7,000 square mile, total $82,250. Berth No. 5, concessions 1 to 8, lots I to 10, area 12% square miles, John Drynan, price $2,650, total $32,- 462.50. Township of McCraney, berth No. 11, concessions I to 7, lots I to 10, area 11% square miles, J. Baird, price $4,750, total $53,437.50. Berth No. 2, concessions 8 to 13, lots 1 to 10, area 11% square miles, A. McArthur, price $1,800, total $20,250. Berth No. 3, concessions I to 7, lots 11 to 20, area 11% square miles, Beck Manu- facturing Co., price $900; total $10,350. Berth No. 4, concessions 8 to 14, lots 11 to 20, area 1114 square miles, A. McArthur, price $1,800, total $20,250. Berth No. 5, concessions I to 7, lots 21 to 35, area 1534 square miles, John Waldie, price $2,700, total $142,525. Berth No. 6, concessions 8 to 14, lots 21 to 35, area 15 square miles, John Waldie, price $4,100, total $61,500. Township of McLaughlin, berth No. 3, concessions 1 to 8, lots 1 to 15, area 151% square miles, Gilmour & Co., price $4,900, total $74,725. Township of Paxton, berth No. 1, concessions I to 7, lots I to 10, area 1034 miles, W. Milne, of Ethel, price $1,000 square mile, total $10,750. Berth No. 2, conces- sions 8 to 14, lots I to 10, area 1144 square miles, A. McArthur, price $1,000 square mile, total $11,500. Berth No. 3, concessions 1 to 7, lots II to 20, area II square miles, A. McArthur, price $1,000, total $11,000. Berth No. 4, concessions 8 to 11, lots If to 20, area 11% square miles, John Gray, price $7,400, total $85,100. Berth No. 5, concessions I to 7, lots 21 to 30, area 16% square miles, John Gray, price $5,700, total $94,050. _ 3erth No. 6, concessions 8 to 14, lots 21 to 30, area 16% square miles, price $7,000 square nile, total $115,500. Township of Peck, berth No. 1, concessions 1 to 4, lots 1 to 15, area 94 square miles, Gilmour & Co., price $2,600, total $24,050. Berth No. 2, concessions 5 to 9, lots I to 15, area 10% square miles, Gilmour & Co., price $5,900 square mile, total $61,950. Berth No. 3, concessions 10 to 14, lots I to 15, area 114 square miles, Gilmour & Co., price $3,500, total $39,375. Berth No. 4, concessions I to 4, lots 16 to 29, area 7 square miles, W. Dyment, price $2,700, total $28,900. Berth No. 5, concessions 5 to 9, lots 16 to 29, area 8% square miles, 4 Hill & Wells, price $3,400, total $28,900. Berth No. 6, concessions 10 to 14, lots 16 to 29, area 1134 square miles, Gilmour & Co., price $17,500, total $205,625. Township of MacLennan, north part of berth No. 49, area 13 square miles, Hall & Emery, price $4,400, total $57,200. Algoma district, Township of Lumsden, concessions 1 to 6, lots 1 to 11, area 31% square miles, C. Campbell, price $3,100 square mile, total $96,875. Township Morgan, concessions 1 to 6, lots I to 12, area 354% square miles, G. Pack, Alpena, Mich.; price $10,600, total $373,650. Berth on west side Pogamasing Lake, area 4 square miles, W. Stewart, price $7,460, total $29,600. Thunder Bay district, berth No. 1, adjoining the Township of Pardee, area 12 square miles, J. F. Cole- man, price $2,800, total $33,600. Berth No. 7, area 4 square miles, was withdrawn at $1,000. Rainy River district, berth No. 1, north of Turtle and Burnt Lakes, and south of White Pine Lake, area 15 square miles, C. Cameron, price $720 square mile, total $10,800. Berth No. 27, on the east side Manitou River, running into Rainy River, area 7 square miles, G. J. Grant, price $550, total $3,850. Berth 36, on Name- ukon River, area 24 square miles, W. Ross, price $400 square mile, total $9,600. Berth No. 37, area 15 square miles, was withdrawn at $350 square mile. Berth No. 64, situated on Turtle Lake, area 13 square miles, S. F. McKinnon, price $775 square mile, total $10,075. Berth 65, on Turtle Lake, area 7 square miles, G. J. Grant, price $475, total $3,325. Berth No. 66, on east side of Clearwater Lake, 8 square miles, J. Drynan, price $775, total $6,200. Berth No. 67, north side of Clear Lake, area 134 square miles, G. J. Grant, price $975, total $1,462.50. Berth No. 68, on Mink and Pigeon Lakes, area 4 square miles, G. J. Grant, price $475, total $2,900. Berth 69, on Martin Lake, area 16 square miles, C. Cameron, price $950, total $15,200. THE PURCHASES SUMMARIZED. Following is a summarized list of the purchasers and the amounts paid :— Gilmour &(Co;,, Drentons--- +. aee ee eee eee $ 703,875 G. W., Pack, Alpena, Michis 3-2 eee teen 392,100 Js, Waldie; Toronto..5 3.7 = ete = eee eens 118,000 Ji Baits. 0c eais. 36). oe eee Ree eee 98,537 Am McArthuriac.c5 os 01jcio.8 erie eee ees 3,000 Beck Manufacturing Co., Penetang........... .. 57,650 Thomas; Murray,) Pontiac. 2-7. 1 eect etl 51,512 JpeMicCoy > Ja. mci st dpe eee Pe os 53,000 Hall & Booth wc. ae eee ee eee 16,000 W. Stewarts. 20 cc. nee cs 8 00 ae eee 29,600 IN. Dy ment a. oin eo gecere rca ssn isso here ee 18,900 GC. AL Milman’ ssi. oye er-) oe) cust sons etree tee eee 15,950 Cy. Cameron s si.c-3 oes Sie Se eae ee Eee 61,200 Hill & Wells}: Michigans sos et)-1ii-te eee 59,700 John 2Drynantios see eee eee eee 38,662 James IDS Shier, Bracebridge. -). 5-1...) eee 6,000 W. Milne; Ethel......2.2..055 sabes ater «ene 10,750 ohn Gray eee eee sos sie Behera tees oa’ 294,550 Holland & Emery, East Tawas, Mich............ 57,200 C. ‘Campbell .:dd0.. .205, 5 eo Re aes 96,875 G. F. Coleman. .2.3)-. 1.0 ieee Sane AOE 33,600 G. Js (Grantiks 22 osc. sieol« cea eee Sse 11,537 S: F- McKannon;, Rorontol. eee eee 10,074 W. Ross, Rat-Portage:..:: ... s.aneseet ee eee 9,600 $2, 308,475 SALE CHIPS. ‘Six hundred and thirty-seven square miles of limits were sold. The largest aggregate price paid for any one berth was $373,650. G. W. Pack, of Alpena, Mich., got it. “T will just try and see how far I can make you go with drops of sweetness,” was one of the many witticisms of the rollicking Peter Ryan. No conditions were stipulated by the Government making it compulsory that the logs be sawed into lum- ber in the province. Despite this fact Canadians were the heaviest purchasers. At the timber sale of 1887, the last held, the highest price paid per square mile was $6,350; the tidy sum of $17,500 was reached in one case at the present sale, Gilmour & Co., of Trenton, being the purchaser. “Why did the limits fetch such high figures?” said John Charlton, M.P.P., repeating a question put to him. ‘That is what a good many of us have been trying to find out. A would-be buyer went all over one limit and figured its top value at $3,000 per square mile. But that same berth brought $17,500 per mile. It was a great sale. oT Je ew Sie 4. is rl ER el me MeO we ewe | hegre we! / ay NovEMBER, 1892 WwW THE CANADA LUMBERMAN VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS. At the National Bulgarian Exhibition at Philipoppolis there is a pavilion of forestry, tastefully constructed of log- wood, and containing various specimens of woodwork and blocks cut from the stems of the enormous trees which still flourish in the remote primeval woodlands of Rhodope and the Balkane. This is a reminder of the ruthless destruction of Bulgarian forests which went on in Turkish time and still continues to some extent, not- withstanding the efforts of the Bulgarian Government to check it. An interesting feature in this pavilion is a portion of one of the wooden tramways which are used for bringing timber down the steep sides of the moun- tains. The stems of young trees supply the place of rails; the felled timber is laid on wooden trollies with small wooden wheels, and descends the mountain at a rapid rate in charge of two or three men, who find a precarious standing-place on a peg which projects over the wheels, and check the pace by working a brake with the foot. Lumbering in Bulgaria. Microscopical investigation has proved that the pores of wood invite the passage of moisture in the direc- tion of the timber’s growth, but repel it in the opposite direction. This fact accounts for a phenomenon which is often noticed, and which puzzles a good many people, namely, why two pieces of timber sawn from the same section of a tree sometimes appear to possess very vari- able degrees of durability. If the wood, say, of a gate- post is placed nght end up, the moisture in the soil will affect it, but the rain falling on the top will do it little harm; if, on the other hand, the butt end of the tree is put uppermost, the top of the post will decay, because the moisture of the atmosphere will penetrate the pores of the wood more rapidly in this position. Many people have noticed that the staves in a wooden tub appear to absorb moisture irregularly, some getting quite sodden, while others remain comparatively dry, and apparently almost impervious to moisture. In this case the dry staves are in the position in which the tree grew, while the saturated ones are reversed. A Peculiarity of Wood. Between the Kootenay river and the Rocky mountains, in British Colum- bia, maples are found quite abun- dantly, but compared with the pines and other coniferous timber they are so small as to appear more like shrubs than trees. But on the flat lands of the coast the maple attains great size, being often two and a half to three feet in diameter, though the trunk is often forty to fifty feet in height. The settlers call it the vine maple. The wood is very cross grained, and when dressed resembles bird’s-eye maple quite closely, the grain being really very fine and handsome, and polishes beautifully, but requir- ing considerable labor. It must, in time, be recognized as of value for a furniture or cabinet wood. Back from the coast, in the valleys, may be found vast quantities of common poplar, cottonwood, white birch, alder, willow and yew. Compared with the other timber these species are so small as to not be considered of any value by the explorers, but the time must surely come when they will all be wanted for lumber. That time will come with the building of railroads afd the settlement of the country to the eastward, which is nearly all a comparatively treeless prairie. Some Woods of British Columbia. It is a good thing to point a moral and adorn a tale when opportunity occurs and the moral is of healthful, vigorous growth. The weaklings in morals are of as little use in the world as the weaklings of the forest. It is amusing, however, to notice how far aside, sometimes, the illustrations of the moralist are from real facts, con- ditions and experience. A recent writer on these lines tells us that “the history of the lives of the men who have made their country’s history illustrious shows that they owed their profundity and diversity of knowledge to the labor they were obliged to perform in boyhood. Daniel Webster was obliged to assist in running his father’s saw mill, which he afterwards affirmed was the best school he ever attended. He studied while the saw was cutting through the log.” A lumber contemporary rather spoils the story by remarking: “The young man Wide of the Mark. who undertakes to follow Webster’s example in these times will get beautifully left. The modern saw mill doesn’t afford much opportunity for study, contemplation or anything else while the saw is cutting through the log. There were no shotgun feeds in the time of Webster.” “What a strange underground life,” says Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, “is that which is led by the organisms we call trees! These great fluttering masses of leaves, stems, boughs, trunks, are not the real trees. They live underground, and what we see are nothing more nor less than their tails. Yes; a tree is an underground creature, with its tail in the air. All its intelligence is in its roots. All the senses it has are in its roots. Think what sagacity it shows in its search after food and drink. Somehow or other the rootlets, which are its tentacles, find out that there is a brook at a moderate distance from the trunk of the tree, and they make for it with all their might. They find every crack in the rocks where there are a few grains of the nourishing substance they care for, and insinuate themselves into its deepest recesses. When spring and summer come they let their tails grow, and delight in whisking them about in the wind, or letting them be whisked about by it; for these tails are poor, passive things, with very little will of their own, and bend in whatever direction the wind chooses to make them. The leaves make a deal of noise whis- pering. I have sometimes thought I could understand them, as they talk with each other, and that they seem to think that they made the wind as they wagged for- ward and back. Remember what I say. The next time you see a tree waving in the wind recollect that it is the tail of a great underground, many-armed, polypus-like creature, which is as proud of its caudal appendage, especially in summer time, as a peacock of his gorgeous expanse of plumage. Do you think there is anything so very odd about this idea? Once get it into your heads and you will find that it renders the landscape wonderfully interesting. There are as many kinds of tree tails as there are of tails to dogs and other quadru- peds. Study them as Daddy Gilpin studied them in his “Forest Scenery,” but don’t forget that they are only the appendage of the underground vegetable polypus, the true organism to which they belong.” Brains and Tails of Trees. The intelligent lumberman is inter- ested not only in the trees of the for- est, as they stand there in all their majesty and greatness, but he takes a pleasure in follow- ing their history after they have been felled and again after they have passed from the saw and gone, it is per- haps hard to say, where. Aiming to give an individuality and distinctiveness to the “Views and Interviews” page of the LUMBERMAN, we have discussed questions of this character from time to time. Last month, in propound- ing the problem, “Where does the lumber go?” we showed what a large quantity is used in the manufacture of packing boxes. At another time we have told the story of the lumber employed in the manufacture of spools and shoe pegs. Suppose we trace no inconsider- able number of trees until they reach the shop, and are made into the simple little article of clothes- pins —a necessary article to every housekeeper. “Clothespins,” said a dealer, “are usually made 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 clothespin lengths. Next the turner takes a hand at them, and from him they go to the slatting machine. They are placed in troughs by the operator, the machine picking them up and slatting them. Then they are placed in a 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, turner lathe, drying house and polisher, and costs from $10,000 to $19,000. The little blocks of wood, 5% inches long, are placed on an endless belt, which feeds the blocks auto- matically into the lathe. As the lathe is turned the pin is taken automatically 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 Wood in Clothespins. out of the turn-table by the same appliance that puts the pins on the table. Falling, they are caught in a basket or barrei, 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 fric- tion and contact they become polished.” CHOKE BORE SAW MILLS. HE. saw mill should be in its arrangement the re- verse of a first-class shot gun. at the muzzle, so to speak. Perhaps the most common fault in saw mill construc- tion is to make the actual cutting capacity of the mill in excess of the machinery, appliances and means for dis- posing of the product. Oftentimes the constriction begins immediately be- hind the circular, band or gang. Here the trouble will be with the edger perhaps, which may be utterly unable to take care of the lumber if delivered to it as fast as possible, or if it does so will do its work at the expense of quality. More than one saw mill is losing from 25 cents to 50 cents a thousand on account of poor edging. Sometimes the trimmers are overloaded and either hold back other parts of the mill or do their work with- out proper regard to its character. Sometimes the devices for taking care of slabs or edgings are imperfect, and not infrequently a sawyer will have to stop his carriage for a few seconds until some slab is gotten out of the way of the board which is to follow it. Sometimes the sorting platform is entirely inadequate. But, while one or all of these facts are often found, it is a very rare thing indeed to find a mill so built that the tail end is too much “opened out,” so to speak. The fact seems to be that too much attention is given to the primary machinery and not enough to the others. It may be possible, though hardly conceivable, to have too great a capacity with secondary machines, for such a method of construction would almost invariably result in improving the quality of the product to an extent which would more than pay for the extra expense in- volved.—_The Timberman. 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. It should scatter A THREE CENT STAMP DOES IT. THE SAWMILL OF THE GODS. BY JOEL MOODY. HE saw mill of the gods saws slowly the tree; No matter how hard or how soft it may be, Nor the kind, whether oak, or basswood, or pine, The sawdust comes out of it almighty fine. And noiseless it runs as the hour glass of time; And sharply it cuts, and its work is sublime; For high on Olympus this saw mill doth stand, And ever it runs by an Almighty hand. On the timber of mortals it saweth away; And ever it saws by night and by day; And it faithfully saws up all kinds of wood, The infernal bad and almighty good. Trees, storms and lightning have ruined and rift; Rotten of heart; slimy deadwood and drift; Old haunts of the vermin, where the woodpecker lurks, Are sawed in this mill where the Almighty works. And the buzz saw therein shines bright as the suns Forged by old Vulcan; and like lightning it runs, With this notice above it lettered in chert: “The man who here monkeys gets mightily hurt.” And there an Inspector stands silent and sad, To divide all that’s sawed—the good from the bad. For says an old saw: “‘In the mills of the gods, Between good and bad there’s an almighty odds.” And the one who divides, divideth it well; The rot, shake and slabs he slides into hell; But the sound he saves for the friends of the God, Who shaketh the earth with his almighty nod. And in the divide of the sawed it is well To consider how much may slide into hell; For it seems to your servant singing this hymn, That the part for the gods is almighty slim. Friends, I’m a lumberman and tell what I know; That in poor grades there's hell and profits are low; But we'll find when we get to Jupiter's land, That the profit in ‘‘clears” is almighty grand. 6 THE CANADA HUMES Eayezs NOVEMBER, 1892 PUBLISHED ON THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH — ARTHUR G MORTIMER OFFICE. 75 CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE BUILDING Toronto, ONTARIO TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : One Copy One Year, in advance ............ cece cece e eee eens $1.00 One Copy Six Months, in advance ............-.-.seeeeeeeeees 50 Foreign Subscriptions, $1.50 a Year ADVERTISING RATES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION eS ROBERTSON, =F oe - EDITOR. Tue CanapA LuMBERMAN is published in the intercsts of the lumber trade and of allied industries throughout the Domini >, being the only re- presentative in Canada of this foremost branch of the cuiumerce of this coun- try. It aims at giving full and timely information on all subjects touching these interests, discussing these topics editorially and inviting free discus- sion by others. Especial pains are taken to secure the latest and most trustworthy mar- ket quotations from various points throughout the world, so as to afford to the trade in Canada information on which it can rely in its operations. Special correspondents in localities of importance present an accurate report not only of prices and the condition of the market, but also of other matters specially interesting to our readers. But correspondence is not only welcome, but is invited from all who have any information to com- municate or subjects to discuss relating to the trade or in any way affecting it. Even when we may not be able to agree with the writers we will give them a fair opportunity for free discussion as the best means of eliciting thetrceth. Any items of interest are particularly requested, for even if not of great importance individually they contribute to a fund of information from which general results are obtained. Advertisers will receive careful attention and liberal treatment. We need not point out that for many the CANADA LUMBERMAN, with its spe- cial class of readers, is not only an exceptionally good medium for securing publicity, but is indispensable for those who would bring themselves before the notice of that class. Special attention is directed to ‘‘ WANTED” and “For SALE” advertisements, which will be inserted: in a conspicuous posi- tion at the uniform price of 15 cents per line for each insertion. Announce- ments of this character will be subject to a discount of 25 per cent. if ordered for four successive issues or longer. Subscribers will find the small amount they pay for the Canapa Lum- BERMAN 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 encour- aging us to render it even more complete. RAPID DIMINUTION OF ONTARIO PINE. IN another column will be found a detailed account of the timber limits sold by the Ontario Government on the 13th ult. As in every former instance in which the Government have put stumpage up for auction, the amount of money realized exceeded the Government’s expectations. Looked at from this point of view the sale was no doubt a great success, in the same way that each of the former sales was, at the time it was held, con- sidered a success; but as each of the former sales has been so eclipsed in the matter of prices by the sale suc- ceeding it as entirely to reverse this appearance, it is probable that the same will be the case again, and that the apparently large prices of to-day will look quite small in the near future. Indeed, we look for this result with more certainty now than on former occasions for the reason that our pine timber resources, which a few years ago seemed so great that to attempt an accurate estimate of them was deemed too difficult an undertaking, have since then become re- duced to such small proportions that the end of the whole supply in both Canada and the United States is now plainly within view. While the United States Government has from time to time had estimates made of its total timber resources, nothing of the kind that we know of has ever been done on the part of the Dominion or Provincial Governments ; at least, if any such statistics have been prepared their publication has been so limited that we have never seen them. Now, however, as far as pine is concerned, there is scarcely any need of such action on the part of the Government, for the lumbermen have pierced so nearly through our pine forests with their operations that they have not only made short work of the estimating as far as they have gone, but have reached the point where daylight, so to speak, can be plainly seen showing through from the far side. In the Province of Ontario, while the streams running into the Ottawa on the east have been operated up to their sources by the lumber- men of that district, these have been met at the summit by the western men following up the streams leading into the Georgian Bay. At the same time both Cana- dians and Americans have been busy on the north shore. The Crown Lands Department has at this sale dis- posed of the last timber berths remaining to the Gov- ernment in all this territory to a distance of some three or four miles north of Lake Nipissing. And not only is the whole of this section of country now in the hands of the operators, but it has been, with the exception of the last sold, very largely cut off; so much so that we do not believe there is now left 5% of the pine timber which once stood upon it. To the north of this there is left nothing more than what may be termed the fringe of our once great pinery, and a very straggling fringe it is, containing little or no timber equal in size and quality to what has been cut, and only a small proportion of pine timber of any kind. The pine is there nearing the northern limit of its growth, is decreasing in size, quality and quantity, and the greater part of the country is quite destitute of it. Of the once great Ontario pinery we feel safe in saying not 10% remains. The Province of Quebec is still more depleted, and the great pine states of the Union, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota with an annual output to date of some 7,000,000,000 feet, have, we understand, scarcely got twice that quantity left now. We are merely pointing to the present state of affairs without comment, hoping to inspire a higher appreciation among our own people of the remnant still left us of what has been and is yet one of our greatest sources of wealth and prosperity. LOG DUTY ENQUIRY. A MEMBER of the Globe staff has been visiting the various lumber sections of the Dominion with the view, it is stated, of securing an expression of opinion from those interested concerning the much discussed question of an export duty on logs. This ground has been so thoroughly travelled in these columns during the past two years that it can hardly be said the letters of our daily contemporary, complete and impartial as they have been, have brought forth any facts or information that have not appeared in some shape in the LUMBERMAN. They will prove valuable, however, in reaffirming what is clear to any one who has given the question close study, that if there is any truth in the old saw that every question has two sides it is certainly true of the log duty question. The wide difference of opinion among lum- bermen themselves, indicated in the interviews of the Globe’s correspondent with lumbermen in the same dis- trict and those of different districts, shows that there can be little expectation of a united front being presented by the trade in any agitation for altered tariff conditions. The points visited by the Globe’s representative, at the time of this writing, had been Parry Sound, from which place two letters were written, Midland, Waubau- shene, Ottawa and St. John, N.B. In the first letter we are told that the people of the Georgian Bay district are seriously perplexed over the exportation of saw logs to the United States. This remark is followed by the significant statement, which is the keynote of the whole enquiry, that “there is such diversity of opinion and such a conflict of interest that it is almost impossible to arrive at a conclusion as to what course of action should be pursued, having regard both to vested rights and public welfare.” Lumbermen who are limit owners are “quite satisfied to leave what they consider well enough alone.” They are able under present conditions to dis- pose of the larger part of their manufactured product in the United States market, while, if barred out of this field, they only see stagnation ahead for the Canadian lumber business. We can understand that the towns- people from Penetanguishene to Parry Sound hold only one opinion on the subject, which is that the free export- ation of logs must prove ruinous to these communities. The News of this city, which assumes to speak for the labor interests, has laid special stress on the injurious effect of the large log exportation upon the labor market in these northern towns. It is well in discussing a ques- tion of this character that one should be sure one is right before going too far ahead. The loss to the workingman is not as great as some have stated, as has been pointed out in these columns before, and the President of the Midland and North Shore Lumber Co. touches this point in saying: “By far the largest amount of money is expended and the greatest number of men employed in getting the timber out of the woods. It costs about $7 to bring the logs here, and two dollars to saw them. It must be remembered that the Americans bring over here a large amount of their capital, which they pay out in wages to cutters and drivers.” No lumber town in the province has suffered more from the closing down of its saw mills than Midland. Four large mills are located in that town and not one of them has been in operation for some time. It would be unfair, however, to say that these conditions are due wholly to the exportation of logs to the States. The Ontario Lumber Co. avoid the expense and risk of tow- ing their logs down the Georgian Bay by cutting them into lumber at their mill at French river. And here is Midland’s most serious disadvantage as a lumber centre. The logs are no longer near the mills, and each year the distance between the saw and the logs becomes greater. A second mill in Midland is that operated for a time.by Peters & Cane, and now in the hands of the Western Bank. Their chief difficulty in continuing was that of securing logs to cut. The Emery Co. and Chew Bros., owners of the other two mills, find it more profit- able to export logs to Michigan, and “the premium placed upon the exportation of logs to the United States is no doubt responsible for closing those two mills.” Waubaushene is the home of the large mills of the Georgian Bay Consolidated Lumber Co. Mr. Sheppard, manager of the mills, says his company are opposed to having the export duty reimposed upon logs for various reasons, and chief of these “because the McKinley Bill provides that there shall be added to the United States import duty upon lumber, the amount of export duty imposed upon logs by any foreign country.” His com- pany are owners of limits and also manufacture lumber. They have not sold any logs for export. One-third of their cut of lumber goes to the old country. ; Ottawa lumbermen are practically a unit against the re-imposition of the export duty. Hon. E. H. Bronson, Mr. J. R. Booth and Mr. Pattee were among those interviewed. Mr. Booth owns extensive limits on the Georgian Bay, and might, he said, “be thought to be directly interested in the re-imposition of an export duty, but nevertheless he believed it to be to the general interest to leave things as they were.” “What is more,” added Mr. Booth, “it is surely time to cease this con- tinual change and agitation. It is important to the busi- ness that those engaged in it should know what to figure on.” The New Brunswick letter of the Globe does not deal with the question of duty, but is mainly a review of the lumber trade in the Maritime provinces. The indica- tions for a revival in the lumber trade in these provinces is not considered over bright. The one satisfactory solution to the whole difficulty is free trade in lumber. This proposition does not meet with universal favor among United States lumbermen; but the signal failure of the On-to- Washington agitation of a few months ago to protest against the passage of the Bryan free lumber bill, when less than fifty lumber- men thought it worth their while to trouble Congress about the matter with their presence, may be taken as satisfactory evidence that the American lumber trade have no serious objection to free lumber. Mr. Ullyot, of the Midland and North Shore Lumber Co., thinks “we will be able to get American import duty on lumber taken off.” This view of the situation is not held alone by Mr. Ullyot. The election of Mr. Cleveland to the presidency might bring about free lumber. A BIG JOB. A MONTREAL correspondent, usually well informed on lumber matters, writes: “It is reported that a great syndicate of Michigan lumbermen is aiming at buying out the whole lumber interests of the Ottawa valley. It is a big job to undertake, but western lumbermen do great things, vide prices paid for Ontario limits at the late sale, say equal to $30 per acre, many of which no doubt contain no merchantable timber.” Subscribe for CANADA LUMBERMAN. $1.00 a year. = NoveMBER, 1892 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN | 7 R. David Gillies, M.P.P. for Pontiac, lumber mer- chant at Carleton Place, says: ““The prospects for the winter’s cut are very fair and not too bad at all. The woods are as full of men as there is any need for now. I could take a few more, however, as there are always a number of deserters. The wages are better this year than last and average about $20 per month in the shanties taking the good and the bad together. We shall work earlier this year and stop earlier. There is more work and better work done when there is one foot _ of snow on the ground than when there are three. It is expected that there will be a good demand for lumber and timber.” See ioe er: A local lumberman would like to see a distributing yard at Toronto, similar to that which they have at Lock- port, N.Y. “If we had this, all the lumber cut in the northern part of the province could be brought here and assorted. Then American buyers would need to come to Toronto to make their purchases through middlemen instead of going direct to the mills, where they only take the best and leave the rest for whoever comes along. If Toronto was made a distributing point, as I suggest, all the output of a mill, the good with the bad, would be brought here, and I am confident the millmen would favor it. Some years ago, when this thing was mooted, the Grand Trunk Railway offered to transfer lumber at Toronto consigned to the United States at $5 a car extra, and I have no doubt it would still be willing to do so.” * * * Mr. Berkeley Powell, of the firm of Perley & Pattee, Ottawa, says that there is nothing in the statement which has been published that the demand for white pine in California would make a boom in the Ottawa lumber trade, and that lumbermen who had been hold- ing limits in this neighborhood entirely for the produc- tion of square timber had determined to cut logs to suit the demand. “The matter is absurd,” said Mr. Powell, recently. “There are better pines in California than we have here, and millions of yards of limits. The largest mills in the world are there, including the Puget Sound mills. Mr. Bronson owns and works miles of limits there, and they would not look at our lumber. They really have much more than they can find a market for. The Chilian war has restricted their market, and that makes the output smaller. Even if they had no lumber they would draw their supply from British Columbia, and not from here.” 0 ee ee Hon. Mr. Hardy, speaking of the big timber sale of the 13th ult., after all transactions had been closed, said: “I think nine out of every ten of the lots were bought by Canadians, and mostly Canadian manufactur- ers at that. This secures the result for which there have been some advocates, viz., that the timber should be manufactured in the province. The department was inclined to the opinion that had the manufacture of the timber in the province been imposed as a condition the receipts would probably have been from a quarter of a million to half a million less than they have been. In any case, a large part of the manufacturing takes place in the province, and if the cost of driving and towing be added to the expenditure, there would not be much but the mere sawing left, and that would not add as much to the cost of manufacturing as some appear to think. The actual sawing is not as important a factor in the expenditure connected with preparing timber as some writers upon the subject suppose. Although efforts were made by some of the lumbermen to have this con- dition imposed and circulars were sent out to the lum- bermen of the country and boards of trade asking them to press this upon the Government, not more than half a dozen have written to the department favoring the object sought by the circular, and but one Board of Trade.” Mr. W. Margach, Ontario Crown timber agent at Rat Portage, who was in the city a week ago, says the town is rapidly progressing in population and manufacturing. The lumbering industry this year has been very success- ful, and a greater quantity has been manufactured than in any previous year. This quantity will be over 6o,- 000,000 feet, board measure. There will also be taken out 100,000 cedar posts and 5,000 telegraph poles. There are three mills on the Rainy river which cut about 3,000,000 feet board measure. Two of these supply the local demand. Settlement is progressing quite favor- ably. A large number of the settlers are from the older parts of the province, and are well satisfied. Mr. Mar- gach says that each of such settlers is worth half-a-dozen immigrants who expect to find the land flowing with milk and honey. The demand for labor, Mr. Margach says, is brisk, as large numbers of men are required in the lumber camps. People who do not wish to go into the camps can find employment in taking out railway ties, cedar posts and other timber. Almost all the lum- ber manufactured at Rat Portage is shipped out west, and as the west develops so does the lumber trade. Te Se oe ag Mr. C. J. Haden, a southern lumberman, secretary of the Georgia Saw Mill Association, who spent some time in England recently investigating lumber trade affairs, says: “The difference in the prices paid for large tim- bers and the worked boards is greatly out of proportion to their intrinsic relative value. For example, hewn and sawn pitch pine is worth in the English market to-day from $22 to $32 per thousand superficial square feet, while for flooring and ceiling, dried, tongued and grooved, they pay from $35 to $45 per thousand. Here the difference is from $6 to $12 per thousand in favor of the finished lumber, while in America the drying, dress- ing and matching only cost the manufacturer from $2 to $3 per thousand. Pitch pine is steadily growing in favor for indoor finish in the best houses. It ranks next to the rare woods of Central America in the estimation of London house-builders. White pine from the shores of the Baltic Sea being the cheapest lumber in the British markets, is therefore most generally used for the construction of cheap or tenement houses. A consider- able quantity of pitch pine is being used now in building the decks of sailing ships. However, the Canadian pine is preferred tor this purpose.” ae ee ar A brief personal appeared in the October LUMBER- MAN crediting the naming of Douglas Fir of British Columbia to its finder, David Douglas, a British botan- ist. Edward Jack, of the Maritime provinces, tells of a visit he paid to the home of this botanist a few years ago. “In the flower garden of Scone, one of the finest mansions of Scotland, of which the Earl of Mansfield was hereditary keeper, there stood,” says Mr. Jack, “when I was there a few years ago, a Douglas Fir, which was planted in 1834. It was seventy-five feet high and seven feet in circumference at a height of five feet from the ground. The tree was thus named in honor of David Douglas, who was the son of a laboring man, and was born at Scone in 1798. He was educated at the parish school of Kinnorell, subsequently serving an apprenticeship as a gardener in Scone gardens. He was afterward employed in the Glasgow Botanic garden, where his knowledge of botany brought him under the notice of Sir William Hooker, whom he accompanied in a botanical tour through the Highlands. By Sir William he was recommended to the Horticultural Society of London, and was sent several times to America to ex- amine the plants growing in the neighborhood of the Columbia river. In 1824 he was sent out again. On this voyage he sowed a collection of garden seeds in the island of Juan Fernandez, arriving at Fort Vancouver on the 7th of April, 1825. During this visit he crossed the Rocky Mountains. He then returned to London, where he remained some years, but in 1829, when on a visit to the Sandwich Islands, he was accidently killed by falling into a trap made by the natives to catch wild beasts. There is a pretty monument erected to his memory in his native village, where his talents and virtues are yet remembered.” Just how far the following story is told for political effect I do not know. The LUMBERMAN knows no politics as this term is commonly understood. More- over I am prepared to give politicians credit for a larger share of honesty than is ofttimes placed to their credit. The devil himself is not always as blackas he albeit that Canadian politicians are not supposed to have Satanic any dealings with his Majesty. The story referred to is told by one of the audience present at the Ontario timber sale of the 13th ult., and does r discreditably on a prominent Ontario politician: “I noticed a little thing that escaped the general observa- tion,” said the gentleman in question. “Tom Murray, the Liberal victim of Pontiac, bid $500 a mile on a lot, and then there was a drag. ‘Withdraw, said Hardy quietly, and the faithful Peter obeyed the command of his chief. Later on the parcel was put up once more and Murray bid $200 this time, followed by pause. another ‘Withdraw’ was again the word. Then for the third time the lot was put up and it was bid up to $1,200 a mile and sold. But,” said the gentleman who tells the story, “Hardy, by merely keeping his mouth shut, could have put $10,000 in the pocket of one of the party’s most faithful adherents and no one would have been any the wiser. That shows the scrupulous honesty even of one who has been known as the Wicked Partner of Oliver the Good.” + * & * James Moiles is one of the firm of Moiles Bros., lum- bermen, who have mills at St. John’s Island, in the Georgian Bay district. Mr. Moiles has lumbered in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, the three great pine states of the American union, and consequently has had a considerable experience as a lumberman. He takes a serious view of the exportation of logs to the United States so far as the welfare of Canada is con- cerned. “Few people understand,” says Mr. Moiles, “the extent to which the business of exporting logs from Canada has attained. While the export duties were in force Saginaw lumbermen were towing logs from the American side of Lake Superior as far west as Marquette and from Green Bay in Lake Michigan. These points are both further from Saginaw Bay than Georgian Bay is. The Menomee district on Green Bay is exhausted and Saginaw dealers are consequently obliged to look to Lake Superior and Canada for. their supplies. The extent to which Canada is being drawn upon is shown by these figures: The Saginaw Lumber Co. is putting in Over 20,000,000 feet in the Spanish river; Sibley & Bearinger, 15,000,000; Spanish River Lumber Co., for Polson & Arnold, at Bay City, 17,000,000; Nelson, for his Cheboygan mill, 8,000,000; Park, Woods & Co., for Sauble, Mich., 15,000,000, and E. Hail, of Detroit, for his Bay City mill, 16,000,000. On the Mississaugua river, Gilchrist, of Alpena, has let contracts for 80,000,- ooo to stock his mill, and Howry & Sons will take out 25,000,000. On the French river and Wahapite there are heavy operators. The Emery Lumber Co. are tak- ing out over 50,000,000 for Tawas and Bay City; Hurst & Fisher are going to get out all the logs they can this winter, and next summer they will take out over 50,000,- 000 feet; Captain Bliss will take from French river for his Saginaw mill 16,000,000, and the Moore Lumber @b. about 10,000,000. Further east, William Peters will take out 17,000,000, and Merrill. & Ring about 12,000,000. All these figures represent the quantity of logs being taken from Canadian limits to furnish work for Ameni- can mills. But even this is not all, as I have not included the large quantity taken out by Canadian job- bers for American dealers. A prominent operator tolda Saginaw audience not long ago that they would make the waves of Lake Huron smooth by the enormous rafts of Canadian pine towed over them, and the figures given justify the boast. A conservative estimate places the export of logs for the coming season at 400,000,000 feet, and the business has only fairly started. Before the export duty on logs from Canada was removed by the Dominion Government Michigan mills were beginning to fall into decay, but since the removal of that duty new ones have been put up. Two have been erected at Bay City, one is in course of construction at Detour, Nelson Holland has bought property at Tawas for the purpose of building one there and the cut at Bay Mills, twelve miles from the Sault, has been laigely increased.” 8 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN NOVEMBER, 1892 MICHIGAN LETTER. [Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] OG towing for the season is about completed, and it has been a successful season for our lumbermen. Interest now centres on the operations in the woods during the approaching winter. These will be on a considerable scale in this State, and so far as Michigan lumbermen are concerned the operations in the Canadian woods will be on a larger scale than any previous A very large number of logs will undoubtedly be rafted from Canadian to United States shores next season. year. It cannot be said that our lumbermen captured as many tim- ber limits at the Ontario Government sale, of Oct. 13, as had been expected. We must confess that prices ran high accord- ing to their notion of values, and they found Canadian lumber- men stronger competitive bidders than they had anticipated. Have we not this fact demonstrated that the supply of timber, even in the province of Ontario, is becoming beautifully less? We do not pretend to deny that this is the condition in Michigan. BITS OF LUMBER. The W. & A. McArthur mill, at Cheboygan, has finished operations for the season. The output was about 13,000,000 feet. There was shipped from Cheboygan in September 15,725,- ooo feet of pine lumber, 300,000 feet of hardwood lumber, 6,226,000 pieces of lath, 1,200,000 shingles. The statement is made that 300 Alpena woodsmen will put in work in the Georgian Bay district this winter for Albert Pack, who, as you know, was one of the largest purchasers at the Ontario Government sale of 13th inst. Culler & Savidge, of Spring Lake, are owners of about 200, - 000,000 of pine stumpage along the Spanish river in Ontario, and will begin operating this season with one camp and will tow the logs to Cheboygan to be manufactured. The labor market has seldom been in a better condition. The demand for experienced labor of all kinds for work in the woods is brisk, and an insufficient number of men are offering their services. Wages are ranging from $18 to $28. Merrill, Ring and Co. have shipped a large cargo of lumber utensils to be used in their logging operations in your country. Among the stuff are forty logging sleighs made by a local manufacturer on which the duty of course will bea considerable item. SAGINAW, Mich., Oct. 25, 1892. PICA. OTTAWA LETTER. [Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN. ] ORE accurate figures of the output of lumber in the Ottawa district this season will be obtained a little later, but it is believed that these figures will not fall far short of 450,000,000 feet. One estimate given is as follows: lied epliteoll We Gani doadere Geo dn SoReal by omoGar 75,000,000 IBLOnSOM- and gWVieStOD vn votreiectatete ato sities a eran 45,000,000 lead eyy AiG! IRENGCreeccosononnvocemoadnnoo Code 40,000,000 Brel Onand) Hurdmaneer reece ere 35,000,000 WEG hinO Nn des ah Atm do ciaabe decaasanonbet aan 13,500,000 Wee Masonsand’Somi.t: sa.-.toh tte eee ees aca eee ae 10,000,000 Melachlani Bross,,Ampriorsae- eine seer: 45,000,000 Gilmour and Hughson, Ironsides............... 30,000,000 WinCE dwardswRockland@rcne cee noer ac oe as 40,000,000 Gilliessand'Go: 4 iBraesidesnjtrarecn seta orem 16,000,000 jee Melaren, Buckinghamece- rise eee 15,000,000 Rembrokes umber Cones ace eee ee een 12,000,000 Canada Lumber Co., Carleton Place.......:.... 25,000,000 Ra. Conroy Weschenesens aarsscee cee 10,000,000 NMeCoolyBros., |Mattawat,s- stance aueeelaclelneeee 8,000,000 McCracken and Co., Templeton................ 6,000,000 Melzelian,«Casselmiara-y. oars ee toto 2,500,000 Total number of feet of lumber........... 428,000,000 Nearly all the men have now been sent into the bush for the winter, and, in the opinion of a Chaudiere lumberman, these will count well on to 6,000. A BRIGHT OUTLOOK. A prominent local lumberman, who is credited with a hard, matter-of-fact method of viewing business affairs is authority for He said: ««Some people will tell you the lumber business in Canada has seen its best days, but I know what I am talking about when I tell you the top of the hill has not yet been reached by a long way. Two years ago, when the California redwood pine boom broke out, things certainly looked pretty gloomy. They were able for a time to run cheap railroads into forests, build mills at the terminus, manufacture boards, load them on the cars and run them into New York almost as cheaply as we in Canada the following roseate view of lumber conditions. But the boom has run its It has been found that the red pine does not give the satisfaction, nor is it as suitable for several building purposes as Canadian pine. It is liable to warp, and for that reason is being discarded by those who have been the heaviest con- White pine has stood the test of ages, and once more could get the logs to the mills. course. sumers. Such is now the demand for it that if every stick at the Chaudiere was dry it could be disposed of at a moment’s notice. it is coming back into favor. Never in the history of lumber was This is the result of the re- Another thing that is going to help the white pine trade in this district is the fact that for some time past the square timber trade between Britain and Canada has been dwindling. white pine so much sought after. action. British buyers will now only take the very finest quality for their own sawing. The medium class that found Boards and planks, sawn this side, are taking the place of the poorer As a result of this, men in this district who have been holding limits exclusively for square such a ready sale a few years ago is now at a discount. qualities of square timber. timber have about decided to go into log making. I can’t give you any details yet, but I believe it will not be long before one or more mills, besides Mr. Edwards’ proposed new one at New Edinburgh will be built within three or four miles of Ottawa, to be run by steam. The parties are Ottawa men and there is plenty of money behind them. To my mind there is no doubt of the fact that the business will boom here next year and the mills will run night and day. Times are now good, lumber is in great demand and the demand will have to be filled.” It may be remarked ‘‘en passant” that there are lumbermen in the district who do not hold with the view that the demand for white pine in California would affect in any way the Ottawa lumber trade. This view is enforced by the fact that Mr. Plummer, a Californian agent, is at the Russell trying to sell a district of limits, so far without any marked success. INDIFFERENT LENGTHS. Mr. W. C. Edwards, M.P., proposes to erect a large saw mill on the site of the old McLaren mill. The McLaren limits on the Petawawa, fifty square miles, have been sold by Mr. G. C. Browne to the Pembroke Lumber Company. Lumber shipping has been brisk during the month in antici- pation of the increased winter rates which will come into effect on November 1. Mr. J. R. Booth has confirmed the report that he had bought the Parry Sound Colonization Railway. This may be taken as an indication that the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound road will certainly be built. The new mill for Gilmour and Hughson, on Hull Point, is being pushed ahead with great vigor. Building will be con- tinued during the winter, and will, it is expected, be well advanced by next spring. Messrs. McLaren and Co., of the New Edinburgh mills, are shipping from three to four hundred thousand feet of lumber a week to the American market. The firm is also shipping some very fine British Columbia shingles to the United States markets. A large number of horses are being bought throughout the upper part of Carleton County by the Moore Lumber Co., to work for the winter on the limits of thls concern up the Ottawa River. Shanty teamsters, supplying their own horses, are rather scarce this season. The scarcity of men fit for work in the woods this fall has brought to the market a great array of boys, the great majority of whom come from the province of Quebec. Numbers of these lads may be seen any day around the Ottawa hotels. Judging from their appearance, although arrayed in big soft hats and long clay pipes, they are more fitted for the school room than the hardships of shanty and river life. Cassels, registrar of the supreme court, has been appointed a commissioner to take evidence in an action which is now before the English courts, taken by the Bank of Montreal against William Tucker, J. F. Matthews and the executors of the estate of John Lloyd, Pierce and Co., formerly lumbermen at the Chaudiere, all of London, England, to recover £24,000, loaned by the bank. There is another action for £10,000 against J. F. Matthews, William Tucker and William McGavin. This is on guarantees given to the bank. What has been known as the old Leamy limit at Kazabuse, Ottawa county, has been purchased by Mr. T. Rayotte and two others. This limit, which covers forty-nine square miles, formerly was part of the Egan property and includes mills and a slide. The timber on it has all been felled, but the land in- cludes several unworked mineral lodes, which it is the intention of the new owners to develop. The price paid for the estate was $7,000 cash. The new firm will conduct their business under the title of Rayotte and Co. It was on the slide on this estate that the late Mr. A. Leamey met his premature and accidental death. OrTrrawa, Oct. 27, 1892. On the 7th ult. the saw mill and planing factory of Wood- cock & Ramsden, Mount Albert, Ont., was destroyed by fire. Loss about $4,500; insurance $2,000. PERSONAL. The death of James Leverick, lumber merchant, Port Hope, Ont., is announced. Edward Moore, eldest son of the late David Moore, has been appointed president and acting manager of the Moore Lumber Co., Ottawa, Ont. The CANADA LUMBERMAN was pleased to receive a call during the month from Mr. Wm. S. Noss, representing Her- man Noss, lumberman, York, Pa. A dispatch has been received telling of the death of Mrs. J. S. Chamberlain at the residence of her husband in Burlington, Vt. Mr. Chamberlain was formerly with the Shepard, Morse Lumber Co., Ottawa, Ont. ' Mr. A. Miscampbell, of Midland, Ont., member of the Local Legislature for Simcoe, and a well-known lumberman of the province, is retiring from politics and business to enter the min- istry of the Presbyterian church. Death has carried off, at the age of 72 years, Mrs. Andrew Leamey, relict of the late Andrew Leamey, a well-known lumberman of Ottawa. Deceased was the mother of thirteen children, and was first cousin of Alonzo Wright, the lumber king. The name of W. B. Ives, the Quebec iumberman, member in the House of Commons for Sherbrooke, is mentioned as a possible minister in the reconstruction of the Dominion Cabinet now in progress. Mr. Ives, it will be remembered, was the mover at the last session of Parliament for the reimposition of the export duty on logs, and being defeated, afterwards built a mill on the American side to avoid the duty. Cecilia Judge Ryan, who died at Ottawa a fortnight ago, was relict of the late Roderick Ryan, one of the pioneer lumbermen of the Ottawa. The late Mrs. Ryan, in days gone by, when she, with her husband, resided at Rockliffe, particularly endeared herself to ‘the old-time raftsmen of the Ottawa and Gatineau Rivers, who, when passing up or down these streams, had good SeESOR, to appreciate her motherly kindness. Mr. W. H. Wilson, of Quebec, has crossed the Atlantic to become traveller and salesman for Fairey, Crockford and Co., British lumbermen. An English timber journal says: ‘‘Mr. Wilson has had a life-long experience in the Canadian trade, and is personally known to all the large importers of Quebec timber and deals throughout this country, besides having many friends in Ireland, all of whom will, we are sure, be glad to welcome him once again amongst them.” An old landmark of the town of Warkworth, Ont., has passed away in the person of Mr. Henry Hurl Humphries, who died on the 24th ult., at the age of eighty-nine years. The deceased was one of the pioneer lumbermen of Northumber- land county. He was born at Brixton, near Warminster, Wiltshire, Eng., June 29, 1803. When a mere boy of fourteen he emigrated with his brother William to the State of Maine. He resided at the village of Skowhegan, in that State, for a number of years. He removed to Warkworth in the year 1829, and in 1846 made it his permanent home. THE IDEAL MANAGER. E often find successful managers who are not, strictly speaking, practical mechanics; that is, they are men who have never served an apprenticeship to the trade, and are not experts in the use of tools, yet from years of experience in the office or otherwise they have become so familiar with the details of every part of the business as to be able to judge correctly of the quality and quantity of work that should be turned out by each workman as well as a practical workman. Such men may be properly termed theoretical mechan- ics, and, as a rule, they are men of superior executive ability and systematic in their management, so what they lack in practical mechanical skill is more than made up in executive ability and good management. Some of the most successful manufacturing establish- ments in the country are managed by men of this class. It is not to be understood that a practical knowledge of the business, or that the manager himself is an expert workman, is any detriment to the successful manager, provided he has the requisite executive ability to sys- tematize and direct the work of a large force of men. Where we find a practical mechanic who possesses all these qualifications combined, we find the ideal mana- ger. These ideas, advanced bya writer in the Mechan- ical News, contain considerable truth. Trusdell’s saw mill, Collingwood, Ont., was destroyed by fire on the 18th ult. The mill was worked by Nickerson Bros. Loss about $3,500; no insurance. ; NOVEMBER, 1892 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN ee i Pia NEWS: ONTARIO. —J. S. Clemens, lumber, etc., Preston, has assigned. —The demand for lumber and shingles at Trenton is reported brisk. —Dickenson Bros. are preparing to erect a new mill at Staples. —T. A. Hodgson, planing mill, Ottawa, has assigned to P. Larmouth. —J. Y. Rochester, lumber dealer, Mattawa, has assigned to A. G. Browning. —The Pembroke Lumber Co. have bought the McClymont ‘mills on the Petawawa. —A new lumber company has been incorporated at Hunts- ville with a capital of $42,000. —Mickle, Dyment & Son’s new shingle mill at Severn Bridge is about ready for operation. —A stick of timber measuring 3,200 feet passed by Tilbury Centre a few days ago enroute for Detroit. —Smith and Clark, planing mill, Tilbury Centre, have dis- solved partnership. The business will be continued by R. H. Smith. —Mariott & Lefevre, lumber, Fort William, have assigned. They came from Ottawa and have only been in business about five months. —R. A. Gordon, late of London, has commenced the manufacture of broom handles at Thamesville. They will be for direct export to England. —The Hawkesbury Lumber Co., Hawkesbury, are making large purchases of horses for the winter’s work. An average price of $275 a span is being paid. —Messrs. Gilmour and Co., of Trenton, are receiving the congratulations of the local press for their enterprise and pluck in securing large purchases of limits at the recent Gov- ernment sale. —The extensive limits of Messrs. Thistle, Francis and Cars- well, on the Petawawa River, have been purchased by the Hawkesbury Lumber Co. It is expected that the new owners will operate the limits during the coming winter. —C. H. Brown, manager of the saw mill at Rodney owned by Mrs. Anne Fletcher, of Woodstock, was charged before the local magistrate with selling 6,015 feet of chestnut lumber and appropriating the proceeds. After hearing the evidence the charge was dismissed. —Huntsville people are pleased at the fact that Messrs. Heath, Tait and Turnbull secured two extensive timber limits at the recent Ontario Government’s sale in Toronto, for which they paid $98,000. The firm is thinking of erecting another mill in order to handle the lumber. —A large raft of pine timber which went to pieces east of the Rondeau Point about two weeks ago has been scattered all over the shores of Lake Erie. Seven thousand logs have been harbored at Erie, Pennsylvania. Captain Ellison, of Port Stanley, has been busily engaged in the same work with the steamer Joe Milton, and has secured a large number. —The Keewatin Lumber Co. are beginning work on Tunnel Island, preparatory to their scheme for the utilization of the vast water power of Winnipeg River. The company will expend $350,000 on the island and adjacent mainland during the next two years, with the expectation of making Rat Portage one of the most important manufacturing centres in the Dominion. —It is claimed that Bearinger and Sibley’s big raft of $,000,000 feet, taken care of on Lake Huron during the north- east gale recently, by the tugs Sea Gull, Smith and Parker, is the record tow of the lakes, and if loaded on large, full rigged ocean ships, would take about nine of them to carry it. This represents the greatest economy of floating transportation, only possible on large sheets of protected waterways like the lakes afford. . —Mr. S. F. Washington, acting for the lumber firm of Bradley, Morris and Reid, of Hamilton, bas obtained an interim injunction from Judge Muir, restraining Wm. Young, of Wiarton, from selling or otherwise disposing of 300,000 feet of lumber which Young had contracted to sell to the Hamilton firm at $11 a thousand feet. Young, after signing the contract, it was stated, had refused to supply the lumber, and was selling it to others, while Messrs. Bradley, Morris and Reid, having depended upon the defendant for their supply, could not fill their contracts. —Scott & Cross, builders and lumber dealers, Toronto, have assigned. The liabilities are $9,496, and the assets show an apparent surplus of nearly $500. Thecreditors, all of Toronto, fe a% follows: James Tennant & Co., $4,856; Ontario Lum- ber Co., $968; Tennant & Co. (Quebec Bank), $561; J. & A. Bertram, $854; R. Laidlaw & Co., $439; Donogh & Oliver, $350; S. J. Wilson Co., $248; Cobban Manufacturing Co., $227; Utterson Lumber Co., $226; Gall & Co., $167; Gallo- way, Taylor & Co., $137; Dominion Bank, $185; D. C. Mc- Lean, $94; Reid & Eyre, $69; H. Williams and Co., $89; R. Thomson and Co., $20. under discount, secured by second mortgage on houses on Manning Avenue, $746. Indirect—Dominion Bank paper —The Pembroke Lumber Co. have made a considerable shipment of sample trees grown in the district for the World’s Fair. long, with the following circumference at the butt: White Pine, 22 inches; Tamarac, 22% inches; Balsam, 15 inches; Red Pine, 29 inches; Ash, 18 inches; spruce, 21 inches. The height of the trees, with their circumference at the stump, from which these samples were taken were as follows: White Pine, go feet high, 22 inch at stump; Tamarac, 98 feet high, 26 inch at stump; Balsam, 74 feet high, 18 inch at stump; Red Pine, 102 feet high, 30 inch at stump; Ash 114 feet high, 23 inch at stump; Spruce, 105 feet high, 22 inch at stump. The trees were all in the Petawawa limits of the Pembroke Lumber Co. and the samples are all perfect, and will no doubt form a prominent feature in the lumberman’s section of the Canadian exhibit. —The following is the agreement signed by the gangs of lumbermen engaged by Mr. T. Cavanagh, of Ottawa, and placed at work at Sault Ste. Marie and other points: ‘‘We, the undersigned, do hereby engage to labor for and faithfully serve, in the capacities and at the rate of wages as set opposite our respective names, and drive raft, and go to market on said timber or logs next season. And we represent and say that we understand and are capable of doing the said description of work as specified, and bind ourselves to do the same in a work- manlike manner. We further agree to. forfeit all wages if we leave the employ before expiration of agreement without just cause, or the consent of our employer or foreman; and further, if found not working faithfully, we are liable to be discharged and wages rated in accordance with work performed, and settled with by due bill, payable on the arrival of timber or logs in market.” There are six samples in all and they are each four feet —The season of 1892, says the Pembroke Observer, has broken some records and developed some new methods of doing things. The drives have been unusually late in coming out of the small streams, and those in charge have had to hustle and take advantage of everything that could be thought of, and we have no doubt the experience gained will be profitable in time to come. In consequence of this lateness the square timber men had to meet very unusual conditions on the Ottawa itself, so much so that entirely new methods of getting along had to be adupted in some instances. The first of these was when Captain Dunbar, of the steamer Alex. Fraser, success- fully towed a raft owned by Messrs. R. H. Klock and Co. through the Petawawa Narrows, a feat heretofore considered well-nigh impossible. The raft was in charge of Mr. William Wade, the well-known pilot, and he thinks Captain Dunbar’s feat a highly creditable and important one. ment was tried by Mr. Alick McDonald, another well-known The next experi- pilot. He found the water very low at Grenville, and instead of running the usual channel took his raft through the canal at that place. This novel idea of treating his cribs as vessels proved highly successful, saving both time and money, notwith- standing that he doubtless paid the usual lockage fees. We agree with our informant that it is a cold day when an Ottawa riverman is not able to see his way out of a difficulty. QUEBEC. —The Tourville Lumber Mills Co, has been incorporated at Tourville, Que., with a capital stock of $250,000 to operate lumber mills, cut timber, etc. —King Bros. and Co., lumbermen, Liverpool and Quebec, have transferred the Liverpool branch of their business to their nephew, Mr. Charles Stuart King, who will carry it on under the same title as before. —J. H. Clint, of Quebec, is in embarrassed circumstances, owing to having made large advances to Alex. Fraser and Co., of the same city, recently suspended, and now compromising at twenty cents. It is expected he will be able to make a favor- able settlement. —A timber deal of considerable magnitude has been con- summated in Montreal. A syndicate composed of Messrs. William Mitchell (of Messrs. Church, Mitchell and Fee), David Mitchell, Joseph Patrick, George H. Church and Vivian Burrell have purchased forty thousand acres of spruce, hem- lock and pine limits in the counties of Nicolet and Arthabaska, from the estate of Hall and Pierce. The price has not trans- pired, but it is reported to be very large. It is said to be the intention of the new owners to build a branch line of railway to bring the timber district into communication with either the Dominion Counties railway or with the Grand Trunk at Artha- baskaville. The syndicate contemplate the erection of large mills, and the immediate operation of the newly-acquired limits. This is the biggest timber deal in the eastern part of the province for a long period. NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA. assigned —J. B. Leslie, lumber dealer, Dalhousie, N.S., has assig to E. L. Fisher. —Thomas Bently, a sparmaker, of Halifax, N.S., is import- ing, it is said, Oregon pine for masts. Hitherto white pine has been used, but Oregon is called for by Bently’s customers. MANITOBA AND THE NORTHWEST. —Mr, Thomas Haywood, of Orillia, who recently met Mr, Daniel Sprague, formerly of that town, in Winnipeg, says Mr. Sprague is doing well. He has a Jarge mill and finds a profit- able home market for his lumber. —G. H. Brown and Co., lumber, Winnipeg, have been in financial difficulties for some time and several writs have been issued against them. fifty cents on the dollar. and H. Sarrasin, both at one time connected with the defunct Manitoba Lumber and Fuel Co. The firm is now endeavoring to settle at The partners are George H. Brown BRITISH COLUMBIA. —Webster and Edmonds intend manufacturing pails and tubs at their mill on False Creek. —Rolfe and Goepel will erect a saw mill at Fredericton, West Kootenay district. The machinery is on the way. —The mills of the Upper Columbia Navigation and Tram- way Company at Golden are turning out 18,000 feet of lum- ber a day. So far this year about 1,500,000 feet of lumber has been prepared for the market. —A timber limit at Hemming Bay, operated by the Hast- ings mill, is not without some peculiarities. It is situated one and a half miles from salt water and the logs are conveyed by means of ox teams and a chute a quarter ofamilelong. There is Over 100,000,000 feet of first-class timber on the limit. —The Norwegian barque Benjamin Bangs, 1,118 tons, Capt. Bjonnes, now lying in Vancouver harbor under charter to load lumber at the Hastings mill, will probably load for Montreal. This will be the first cargo shipped round the Horn to eastern Canada from this mill, and her cargo will consist of large tim- ber too big to be conveyed by rail. GENERAL. The car scarcity is still heard in the small towns along Puget Sound. The Great Northern and Canadian Pacific are not hauling any lumber or shingles eastward on account of the moving grain crop. —Only a few of the large lumber firms on the Saginaw river will operate on the Tittabawassee and tributaries the coming winter, and it is estimated that not to exceed 150,000,- ooo feet will be rafted out next season, while some estimates are as low as 100,000,000. —Two giant fir trees in Roseneath woods are said to be the largest of their kind in the world. a Glasgow paper, carefully measured recently by Mr. William Leiper, A.R.S.A., and Mr. John Bruce, a Helensburgh arch- zologist, and their age was found to be between 250 and 300 They were, we learn from years. They were first measured by an authority in 1817, and since that year they have increased in girth from seventeen to twenty-two feet. —Not for some years has there been as much activity in the Both logs and lumber fleets are a frequent sight, and an innovation rafting business on the Mississippi river as this season. in the shape of lumber barges from La Crosse or above to lower points has been inaugurated. It is no uncommon thing for five or six rafts a day to leave Stillwater. Still, down the river, lumbermen are not satisfied, and complain that they cannot get as much lumber as they want and need. —Six dollars and twenty-five cents a thousand for pine tim- ber on the stump in Minnesota is a pretty high figure, but it is the price paid the other day in St. Paul at a sale by the state. It is the highest figure yet recorded for Minnesota timber, and may not soon again be equalled. It was for a section of land and must have been of exceptional quality and unusually well located. Still it indicates that what has been true of Michigan and later of Wisconsin will be repeated in Minnesota. —The largest piece of white oak probably that was ever sawed to order and shipped to New York, is stated by the Recorder to have been thirty inches square and fifty feet long, and measured 3,750 feet, board measure. It weighed 22,500 pounds, railroad standard weight for green oak timber. The tree measured over three and one-half feet in diameter fifty feet from the ground. Another piece was also received at the same time which was twenty-four by twenty inches and sixty feet long. The two pieces made 6,150 feet, and were all that was shipped in two cars which came trom Ohio. 10 aH; 3S ANAS Ae Ae UMBERMAN NOVEMBER, 1892 = —E_ —~ TIMBER WEALTH OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. RITISH Columbia has long been famed for its mag- nificent scenery of mountain and river. Who has not heard of Mount Hooker, a part of the world-famed Rocky Mountains, which in this province reach their highest point, 16,760 feet, with Mount Brown at 16,000 feet and Mount Murchison 15,700 feet, while there are others of nearly the same height. The Fraser river with its many remarkable windings, and the Columbia river, over 1,200 miles in length, flowing finally into the Pacific Ocean, are points of interest not quickly forgotten by the student of history and certainly not by those whose privilege it has been to visit this picturesque cor- ner of the Dominion and view for themselves these strange sights. But British Columbia, we opine, has acquired greater fame by reason of its wonderful timbers than through any other condition, physical or climatical. Canada’s popular elocutionist, Jessie Alexander, has sung its praises, telling how she one day, along with some friends, stood in admiration viewing one of the big trees of Van- couver in which were located six gentlemen waiting to be photographed. Four were mounted, and the others were in a carriage. “The huge tree,” Miss Alexander says, “contained horses, vehicles and men, and yet there was room for our party.” A country on which nature has bestowed such wealth of attractions can live no hermetical existence, and as the Niagara Falls of our own province is sought for by travellers near and far, so we can understand that few take a journey on our national highway, -the Canadian Pacific, without striving to go its full length and include a visit to the Coast. As Canadians, however, we consider this Coast pro- vince with admiration not only from an esthetic side, but as business people, from a strong utilitarian point of The wealth of its mineral and forest resources must bring wealth to our country as a whole. Are we not one united Dominion? The prosperity of each individual part is the prosperity of the whole. Especi- ally the lumbermen of Ontario are interested in British Columbia’s progress, for where better, as our Ontario forests become denuded, can they look, for safer invest- ments, with larger possibilities in the investment, than in this corner of the Dominion? The truth is that a large amount of Ontario capital is already placed in the lum- ber business in that country. We are knit together now by a mutual interest. Few finer and more extensive saw mills are found anywhere than those of the Mc- Laren-Ross Lumber Co., at New Westminster and Barnet, which have been erected chiefly with Ontario capital.. Our news columns of the past few months have recorded the incorporation of the Toronto and British Columbia Lumber Co., with a capital of $1,000,000, and which is composed almost entirely of capitalists of Toronto and neighbourhood, several prominent lumber- men from Barrie being interested. The managing men in many mills of the province in not a few instances hail from Ontario, and in the manufacture of Ontario’s tim- ber obtained the skill and experience that had made their services sought for elsewhere. And experience is a necessity with any workman who undertakes to handle the fine timbers that are grown on the Pacific Coast. It is here that Douglas Fir is found, celebrated for its strength and straightness. It frequently grows over 300 feet high, and has squared forty-five inches for alength of ninety feet. Practically these timbers find no competitor either in our own country or across the border, evidenced in the fact that a growing trade is found for them in California and other points of the United States where Oregon pine had hitherto held the market. Red cedar is fast acquiring a strong position as a commercial wood both at home and abroad. It grows toa large size and is frequently found 200 feet in height and twenty feet in diameter. For inside finish it takes a beautiful polish, and many of the most palatial residences in this section of the Dominion and elsewhere, as well as in the eastern States, are finished in British Columbia red cedar. Not the least essential qualification is its dur- ability, causing it to be largely used in the manufacture of doors and sashes. Only two months ago we gave an account in these columns of the phenomenal growth of the trade in red cedar shingles. This wood would appear to be “par excellence” the material for shingles. view. ———— cbc on re nseccete soe 9 00 ES En ee errr rn 25 00 Bupcmanrseng and DET. 2606... 5 6. see oe eee o ees e neers 20 00 NEMMINRIE male p aie 2 6.02 s.r eaielo/dn ws Fnb viola oes 15 00 Eee ee ae ee 12 00 SEE OME CRIB oo tone ook once ee scope nec orecce II 00 t inch siding mill culls.. g 00 Reecatting............. g 00 1i-zand thicker cutting up 25 00 i inch strips 4 in. to Zin. millrun............-.0..000000 ee 14 00 15 00 OMNES 5 pe Ar fora 5:5 ac saire arrinne oc Il 00 12 00 Oe . BOOED EE EET ee Pere 14 00 15 00 15 00 2 40 1 40 1 90 1 70 YARD QUOTATIONS, Mill cull boards and scantling$10 00 F. M. Shipping cull boards, promis- 11- 2in. flooring, dres'd 26 00 30 00 cuous widths. ..... 13 00 Fé rough 18 00 22 00 stocks . . . 14 00 ‘a ie Scantling and joist, up to 16 ft 13 50 18 ft 15 00 20 ft 16 00 22ft 17 00 24 ft 19 00 26 ft 20 00 28 ft 22 00 30 ft 24 00 dres'd 25 00 28 00 11-4 in. flooring, un- dressed, B.M. . . 16 00 18 00 II- 4in. flooring, dres'd 18 00 20 00 s undres'd 12 00 15 00 Beaded sheeting, dres- ie ee 20 00 35 00 Blaphoantines dres’d, 12 00 XXX _ sawn shingles 32ft 27 00 IIS o oc a 34ft 29 50) Sawnlath...... Ig0 200 BaN50)|pRedi@akarm sp urninl. 30 00 40 00 g{osie Ghee Cfo) || Mews FBG 5 5 oo 37 00 45 00 38 ft 33 00 | Basswood, No.1andz2 28 00 30 00 40 to 44 ft 37 00 | Cherry, No. rand 2. 50 00 60 00 Cutting up planks, 1 White ash, 1 and 2. . 24 00 35 00 and thicker, dry . 25 00 28 00] Black ask, 1 andz. . 20 00 30 00 Me board 18 00 24 00 Dressing blocks . . . 16 00 20 00 Picks Am. inspection. 30 09 “ “6 “6 ce 6c 6e ‘ 6c 3 ‘ 6c OTTAWA, ONT. Orrawa. October 31, 1892. 00 40 00 Pine, good sidings, per M feet, b. m : 00 35 00 Pine, good strips, ce Pine, good shorts, if ss Ef 00 27 00 Pine, 2nd quality sidings, per, M feet, b. CMe eevee ee ee eee eaee 20 00 25 00 Pinesendiqualityastri ps. aah iGo ceCnr ih eerie ee 18 00 22 00 Pine, 2nd quality shorts, se SE Moca eran CIA nO an I5 00 18 00 Pine, shipping cull stock, Se Rs pe Prewitrererdinis Becodona 14 00 16 00 Pine, box cull stock, gs & OS OR OCnOa ann hs II 00 13 00 Pine, s.c. stripsand sidings “ es ei efare a fayevefers erates II 00 14 00 Pine imill culls recesses cies = erate etait nartena, weeele 8 00 10 00 sath gpe ry eet crnsueve serserer eae RTs tey pele els tee ees Tersiateve als vies Sexe clers 160 1 9g0 MONTREAL, QUE. MonrtrEAL, October 31, 1892. Pine, tst qual., per M$35 O@). £O Coy/ORM 5 5G 6 Gb0000 40 00 60 00 bine 2nd ee eee era OONsZ5,00N|MWalnut trcccte eit ai 60 00 100 00 Pine, shipping culls . as Ce) 219) Cr) | OrOiny G5 0000 - » 60 00 80 00 Pine, 4th qual., deals 10 00. 12 00] Butternut....... 22 00 40 00 Pine smillicullsi-s-ese S.CONexONOo) Birch)... es ce I5 00 25 00 SOAS 5b 6 ao ao u IO 00 12 00] Spruce timber... . 13 00 16 00 Henlock lumber... 800 1000] Hard maple... ... 20 00 21 00 Hemlock) timber) .).-) 9/00) 17, 00) Wath 15 00 16 00 1z and 13 feet, ie Ga pppnacpodbeqnocopeiosouedae cou 13 00 14 00 14 to 16 feet, mill run mill cullsout......-.-..s.ss- ssc ee 20 00 22 00 14 t0 10 feet, dressing and! betters. «-.. series cisseirs «ovine 25 00 27 00 14 to 16 feet, Noy x, cullste) iss napen suse Looms usaobasoooEs 16 00 17 00 14 to 16 feet, I en ae WN Kiss cencomacbr 13 00 14 00 10 to 13 feet, ING ICUS rinmceriiet mentee ince oie I0 00 II 0o 14X10 INCHES. Mill run, mill culls out.$20 0o@23 00 | No. rculls........... 16 00 17 00 Dressing and better.. 25 00 35 00] No.2culls........... 14 00 I5 00 1X4 INCHES. Mill run, mill cullsout 17 00 19 00 | No. rculls........... 13 00 14 00 Dressing and better.. 23 00 27 00 | No. 2culls........... I2 00 13 00 1X5 INCHES. 6, 7 or 8, mill run, mill 6, 7 or 8, No. rculls.. 15 00 16 00 culls out......... 19 00 21 00 | 6, 7 or 8, No.2 culls.. 13 00 14 00 6, 7 or 8, drsg and 14 Sor) 24 00 28 00 SHINGLES. XXX, 12 in pine....... 370 39°| KXX, 12 in. ced 375 Clear butts, pine, 12 in.. 2 70 2 go | Clear butt, in. 275 XXX, 16 in. pine...... 300 3 25| XX, 18 in. cedar 20 Stock ‘cedars, sor 6in.. 4 50 5 00| LATH. INO. TyIfin ooo ore win aa ZIdONVIND:: ZpsETAsa ale ove 2%s! dae 2 20 No. i I in Malhelse Raia Na a (oe I 60 | BUFFALO AND TONAWANDA, N.Y. TONAWANDA, N.Y., Oct. 31.—The month closes in lumber with an quproved tone and prices somewhat stiffer. The demand is ye for all grades of lumber. WHITE Res) 2, 14%, 1%andz : BO ie acer 48 00 49 90 | 33 a, And) 3) beers 56 00 58 00 25 BOG ence’. oseee 60 00 62 00 26 < Selects, FONE, Eyre es 42 00 43 0 24 0 II, PO? Is. tose oe 42 00 43 90 BEAN or plese 26 50 24 and 3 in....... 50 0 | Mold dg 1.. 31 00 35 IS Nie SS SOE IEE AB 52 00 | Barn, No. 1, 1oand 12 Fine common, 1 in... 37 00 38 00 liyia kS see Bhs 22 09 23 00 14% and 1% in..... 37 00 38 00 (Anas Sites aoincpe 20 09 2200 PIO de. 6 SDUORB DE 39 900 4000 oy, 2,toand 1zin. 16 50 17 00 2¥% and 3 in....... 39 00 4000] 6and2in. ee 16 oo Abels crestays opetelrcohe)= ial 47 00 No. 3, 10 and 12 in. 14 00 16 00 Cut’g up, No. I,1in. 29 00 3000] 6and8in.......... 3 14 50 1\% to2 in Eee 34 00 35 00 | Common, rin........ 18 00 NOR 2.0 sein) 22 ete 19 00 20 00 1% and1%in...... 17 09 19 09 No. 2,1% tozin.. 25 00 26 00 ay UY aE eas ss 18 00 19 09 No. 3, 1% tozin... 18 00 19 00 BOX. 1xtoand 12 in. (No 3 IMBIRVESY saansaasomros IZ OA@13 00 QUE) eed sie rie Bee) |e GMa i tee 1400 15 00 1x6 and 8 in (No. 3 out) LOY CON Gyan iets sels hitler 14,00 15 00 1x13 and wider...... niet) greohferen| WA COS ae aioe Ta 14,00 15 00 SHINGLES. z8in. XXX, clear... 375 4 00|16in., *A extra...... 250 260 18 in. XX, 6 in. clear. 2 75 | 16in. clear butts..... z 10 LATH ING Sa Tictapeteteteystctaralerereasse oboteistokecessiatelenaseisiels Sees Band Ase 2 25 ALBANY, N.Y. ALBANY, N.Y., Oct. 31.—The month has been a busy one, receipts of lumber running into large figures. A busy time is anticipated until the close of navigation. PINE. 2% in. and up, good........ $55 $60 | 10-in. common............. $15 $16 Hourths'se.va-emsteir eines 55 | 12-in. dressing and better... 28 34 Selectstacciqe assess 50 Common Gb eneaer s=o-eee 15 17 PickingsPsacqs-lriiek ee 45 | 14%-in. siding, selected, 13 ft. 40 45 TIgtol2-Iny LOO elelelalelele -\= 52 55 ‘Common ........-..---.- 15 17 ROWING SSanendcscenosoas 47 50 | 1-in. siding, selected. E oeeceer 38 42 SAI sodokpoeccaacanasc 42 45 Commoners -aeeeore ee 15 17 IES poopasaesoqeso000 37. 40| Norway, clear.:.......-... 22 25 Tain OOM sheers ssjare wae wees 52 55 IDressin pyerieles eee eee 16 18 WO MINS cooanoacsuosenose 47 50 Common =~. -.----------- Ir 15 Selectsimacnccumern ode 42 45 | 1o-in. plank, 13 ft., dressing c. c. Pickings Rasns.-erreen ree 37. 40 and better, Sichea Bee 43: 55 Guttingsupiere years 22 27 | 1o-in. plank, 13-ft. culls, each 23 25 Bracketiplanikyer seteerteri ia 30 35 | 10-in. boards, 13 ft. , dressing Shelving boards, 12-in. up.. 28 32 and better, SCHR EE Ce 28 32 Dressing boards, narrow.... 18 22] 1o-in. boards, 13-ft. culls.... 17 21 LATH. IBS doorgosoosodonosencdoa0s $2130) | S PLUCE ae eels ee alin eee ee 2 30 SHINGLES. Sawed Pine, ex. xxxx..$4 35 $4 50| Bound butts, €x18 ....$5 90 $6 00 Cleaxgbuttsteyeccs ete BLOM sez pele mlocks. meen teen 215 2 30 Smooth, 6x 18....... 5 Me, 5 CS ]| Soaedssesss50595. Toronto, Ont.......... Toronto, Ont.......... Toronto, Ont.......... Wiarton, Ont.......... Montreal, Que.. ae Montrea!, Que... Moodyville, B.C...... New Westminster, B.C. Canterbury, N.B..... Bridgewater, N.S.. Liat eee Ciel 2S ene eee eee [UR Tos) ee ee Parry Sound.......... |Penetanguishene...... g (ar PMO P rs 2.2 e = s/e,cro% she EASA Ceti Miele: ce-siccens rele WSaliondiore os. 2 -.-% |Bracebridge SARS AR artis tate cvs ,crs ee Waubaushene......... EABOPAE Tess ¥0 516, 5.0/0) « Callander, G.T.R. .... Collins Inlet. .......1. (Gal JEP ee eee Cookshire....... |Huntsville and Katrine/Thomson, Robert & Co. .|Cookshire Mill Co. PBODEI alc cke che <1 -iaceietiss -) ate ef si's) \Bronson & Weston Lumber Co..... OTTAWA LUMBER CO......... Perley & Pattee 25. 5.22 33 = Conger Lumber Co............ Parry Sound LumberCo......... Muskoka Mill and Lumber Co., Head Office, Arcade, 24 King st. w., Toronto \McPherson, Schell& Co. ....... \Caldwell, A. & Son........... SPDyMONt de MICK). 20 se as 3 we Barrow Bay Lumber Co., Limited. . |Blind River Lumber Co \Boyd, Mossom & Co.... IDOLLAR, JAMES. io ce visi we [Buxton Bross tele: sete chs 3 eh ste ere |Georgian Bay Consolid. Lumber Co. |Hd. office arcade 24 King st. w., Toronto Carswell, Thistle & McKay...... John B. Smith &Sons ......... Head Office, Strachan Ave., Toronto Collins Inlet LumberCo......... TIRE PEE ba SAITO sot 2 oe so we MMCIN EYE GIy GasAel et ap eral cise\ ei .ev10..0 BRADLEY, MORRIS & REID CO. Heath, Taitand Turnbull....... Keewatin. .....5..-... Dick, Banning &Co........... Rrecwntut....2.-.-..-. Keewatin Lumber & Mfg. Co..... 4 EO fe Lakefield Lumber Mfg. Co. ...... SRIGINEEM pis 2205.5 one a'ae.s yi btile a than Gu fon ag oe. On ceo mone LI Howry, J. W. & Sons eee POI, MAREN ot otin foie tela Felieviel ot etn STITN oo oie i5 os cis 3 5 Longford Lumber Co.... Mount Forest......... Greensides,W.S...... 0 eee Cameron & Kennedy........... _ UR eee Minnesota & Ontario Lumber Co. . |Elmwood, G.T.R......|S. B. Wilson & Son........... Monta 29-62... 2 Campbell,A.H. &Co.......... jy a re ee Sie RONNAN Ws sions Ais e tle le PERSIE orci oo 20.0 Donogi OWEN 6 oie 6 bese i See Victoria Harbor LumberCo....... Moone) g-5.-..-.--1W. NN. MecEdchren & Co........ TE es ae el | James Tennant & Co.......... AS ee Ue eee iS He open oO oe Zuckingham.......... RORSSEOD en eo ahisie eis) «fo |\Chaudiere Stn......... Breakey, John....... Lumber, Wholesale and Retail................. 2 Sawmills, White and Red Pine, Wholesale.... Lumber, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Wholesale.... Saw and Lath Mill, Pine, Wholesale........... Lumber, Wholesale and Retail............+..-- Saw, Shingle and Lath Mills, Pine, Wholesale .. W. Pine Lumber, Lath and Bill Stuff, all lengths. Cheese Box Factory, Pine, Spruce, Cedar ......)......0:.ecccc center ese e eevee Sawmill, Pine, Lumber, Hemlock, Hardwoods. . Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Cedar, Hardwoods...... Saw, Shingle and Heading Mill, Pine, Cedar Oak, Oak Railway Ties, Paving Blocks ...... 2 Saw, Sh. and Lath Mls., Pine, Hem., Bl. Birch Lumber, Shingles, Wholesale ..........-.....-- MR TMDET EVV Glesalerand eRe talllercseteteryerrerstorererstarere|| etetnickoisiaterssteteleteratetertsteveral sai foleiate lalate Waubaushene mill, stm., 200m; Pt. Severn mill, water, 120m InimperawholesalerandsRetatleprienttee ceil ariers|| iecieisertee ci arelaleiisretersveketel te ctsyeieie = Pine only. ........ poadodaovD AboonADdOObRonODOD White and Red Pine Lumber, Bill Stuff, Lath antal Sip VAbsoodocooqpegaguacvendoosusacnpeDs Lumber, Pine, Oak, Ash, Birch, Whol. and Ret. Saw and Stave Mill, Pine, Hardwoods.......... Saw, Shingle and Lath Mill, Timber Lands, -|Lum., Tim., Pine, Hem., Hwds., Whol. and Ret. Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hardwoods... Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods............. Sawmill, Pine, Hardwoods, Wholesale.......... Saw, Lath, Sh. and PI. Mill, Moving Posts, Pine Lumber, Wholesale and Retail................. Sawmill, Pine, Ash, Birch, Oak................ Lumber, Wholesale and Retail................. Exp. and dlr. in Am. Hwds, made to specification Saw and Plan. Mill, Hemlock, Hardwds., Whol. Cherry, White Ash, Hardwoods, Wholesale..... Saw and Plan. Mill, Tim. Lands and Logs, Pine .|Lumber, Wholesale and Retail................. Hardwoods, Shingles; Lath, Handles........... iether eg ina) EEA 635 pososuec lens coeanoUD au 6 ape eyeladenudp at Geeccnoeneecodeade OL MMOOACS Saoun abnoomodos do cuDOnOaNe.d| hobs ubb Moscone booboCUEDsdnEGeuD epimers, VWNOLESAIE) « ciinieeieveiasalauscicietocnisierels einisieraye 3 Saw, Shingleand Lath Mills, White Pine, Whol. UNMIDET VV MLO LESAN edie are’ toiaie siaielelaisi« slelejeis aceleiaisie Lumber, Lath, Shingles, etc., Wholesale........ 3 Sawmills, Lumber, Barrel Heads............. 2 Sawmills, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods .......... Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods, Wholesale. . Saw, Shingle, Planing, Stave and Heading Mill. Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hdwds., Whol. Saw and Planing Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds, Int. Fin, Spruce, Hardwoods, Wholesale...... 4 Sawmills, Oak, Ash, Elm, Pine, Hem., Dim... Sawmills, P. Fin, Spruce, Cedar, Hardwoods... Saw and Planing Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds, -|Montreal.... _..|Dufresse, 0. Jr. & Frere _ ee en aes ea Roberts, Joseph & Fils......... IMontreal........ .|SHEARER & BROWN ......... New Westminster. MOODYVILLE SAWMILL CO..... New Westminster.....|Brunette Sawmill Co.......... |Canterbury Stn. ......|James Morrison & Son......... Bridgewater . “0 .|\DAVIDSON, E.D.& SONS esyscste 5 Saw, Shgle. and Lath Mills, Pine, Spr., Hwds. Steam, Circular and Band Mill Water, Gang and Band, 450m Wat., Gang and Band, Saw 4oom, Lath 7om Water, Gang, Circular, Saw gom, Shingles 7om, Lath 30m 2 Mills, Water, 1 Band, 2 Gangs and 3 Circulars. Circular, 3m Steam, Circular, 4om Steam, Circular, 16m Stm., Band, Cir., S.75m, Sh. 60m PMMbe WW MolesalerAnGeRe bat lerercteteteretsteteteretele state (elotevenetatetsierelstcleletellefelstelshelereier* -le)etrye Steam, Circular, 6m Steam, Cir., Saw 14m, Sh. 20m Steam, Circular, 25m Steam, Circular, 4m Steam, Circular Water, Band and Circular, room Com Stm., Cir., Gang and Band, 140m Com. Com. Steam and Water, Circular, Port- able and Stationery, rom Circular, Gang and Band, 180m Water, Gang, 150m Steam, Circular and Gang, 60m Steam, Circular and Band, 50m Steam, Circular, zoom 2Stm., 2 Wat., Band, Cir., 4om Steam, Circular, 2om Steam, Gang and Circular Steam, Circular, 38m Water, Circular and Gang, zoom Thé Montréal Gar Wheel Go. .... MANUFACTURERS OF... Gharcoal Iron Ghilled RAILROAD WHEELS Lumbermen desirous of being represented in this Directory can obtain information in regard to rates by communicating with the Publisher. TORONTO 20 FRONT ST EAST TELEPHONE 475 UAK TANNED BEL THE J.C.M’LAREN BELTING C2 montreat OFFICES: NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE BUILDING, HONTREAL Works: LAGHINE, QUEBEC We make a specialty of Wheels suitable for the re- quirements of Lumbermen and Street Car Service, and can supply them Bored, Finished and Balanced. CORRESPONDENGE SOLICITED ING _ 14 THE CANADA, UMS 2 RWW NOVEMBER, 1892 = = a Th BAND MILL is to the Lumberman | of to-day ‘What the ROLLER PROCES. was to the Miller of AN ABSOLUTE NECGESSiEi 10 years ago | Few Millers wanted to change, but all have had to change to the Roller System. Those who changed first made the largest profit. The change to the Band Mill decided ON, where can the best mill be secured? We say: “None surpass the Waterous.” In a Band Mill the prime requisites are : Rigidity, to overcome the great tendency to vibration. Strength, to withstand the strain of a 28 to 30 inch feed to the revolution. Properly-proportioned Wheels, to permit high foot speed to saw and at same time to make perfect lumber. To save saws from breaking. Short Saws, without decreasing diameter of wheels, bringing the cut near the upper wheel where saw is least effected by the thrust of log. This is accomplished by reducing space between wheels. Sensitive Tension, prevents over-straining of saws. “None surpass the Waterous.” It combines these features in the greatest degree. Six heavy steel standards connect the upper and lower castings, spreading the strain over a large area, ensuring perfect rigidity and ample strength. Wheels properly proportioned, no overthrow and no breaking of saws from this cause and seldom from any other with our mills. 12-inch space between wheels, as against 36 to 48 in the best American mills, saving 8 to 10 feet of saw at $2.75 per foot, and permitting a much more rapid cut. WE GUARANTEE ITS QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF CUT TO EQUAL ANY MILL BUILT, WITH LESS DETENTION FOR ADJUSTMENT OR REPAIRS. These points conceded, and the responsibility of our guarantee ascertained, Why go to the States for your Band Mills? We do not suggest repairs. (None to our No. 2 mills this season.) Should they happen, however, think how much more easily obtained and less expensive from us than from distant American works. We are told one Canadian lumberman paid over $2,000 this season on repairs for his American band mills. Forty per cent. of this would no doubt be duty and transportation charges. _ You run no risk ordering a Waterous Band Mill. We employ one of the best American bandsaw experts, who is always at the service of our customers. His instructions to purchasers of our mills or their sawyers have enabled them to run satisfactorily without hiring expensive men. Order your mills early and avoid disappointment in the spring. Waterous Engine Works Co., Brantford, Can. NOVEMBER, 1892 THE CANADA LUMBER MAN THE GAMADINN = G\_@ PHOTO-ENGRAVING BUREAU 16 Adelaide St. West, TORONTO We have the most complete establishment in Canada, and by our different ' processes are enabled to make cuts for every and all pur- poses. HALF -TONE CUTS made direct from photos —_____WM our specialty. LINE CUTS for Newspaper and other adver- ——_ tising purposes. Send for Catalogue and Prices. MOORE & ALEXANDER, Props. TEL. 2158 ~ oe OS HINT & PERE MARQUETTE RAILROAD FROM Port Auron and Detroit Is the Short Line to SAGINAN AND BAY GITY (Centres of the vast lumber interests of Michigan) WT. PLEASANT, GLARE, REED CITY BALDWIN, LUDINGTON, MANISTEE AND MILWAUKEE AND MANITOWOC, WIS. The last two named are reached by the Company line of Steamships across Lake Michigan. The line thus formed is a short and direct route from NEW YORK MONTREAL BUFFALO TORONTO to ST. PAUL, DULUTH and Pacific Coast points. | Write either of the undersigned for Folders, which | contain Maps, Train Schedules and a great deal of in- | formation of value to those contemplating a trip to any of the above-mentioned points. W. H. BALDWIN, JR., W. F. POTTER, General Manager. Gen'l. Sup’t. A. PATRIARCHE, Traffic Manager. SAGINAW, MICH. GenerRAL OFfFices: - 93.95.97. NIAGARA| WHOLESALE TORONTO, || x 2) au uw - 4 CATALOGUE w NORTH SHORE NAVIGATION GO. ROYAL MAIL LINE To Sault Ste. Marie and Georgian Bay Ports STRS. CITY OF MIDLAND, CITY OF LONDON, FAVORITE AND MANITOU Running in connection with the G.T.R. and C.P.R., will sail as follows :— The CITY OF MIDLAND and CITY OF LONDON will leave Collingwood every Tuesday and Friday on arrival of G.T i Hamilton, calling at Meaford. Leave Owen Sound Same days at 10.30 p.m. after arrival of C.P.R. train from Toronto, connecting at Wiarton with night train from the south, and calling at intermediate ports to Sault Ste. Marie. -K. morning trains from Toronto and | Steamer FAVORITE will leave Collingwood Mon- | days and Thursdays after arrival of morning trains for Parry Sound, Byng Inlet, French River and Killarney, connecting there with above line of steamers for the | Soo, eturning will make close connection at Midland on Wednesdays and Saturdays with trains for the wath and steamer MANITOU for Parry Sound. Steamer MANITOU will make regular trips from gp mgpoge connecting he trains from the sath, only at Midland on onday, Wednesda Thursday and Saturday for Parry Sound, perenne Ae there with Steamer FAVORITE for Byng Inlet, French Kiver and Killarney, where connection is made with alxwe ‘* BOO" Sine of steamers. Vor tickets and further information apply to an; agents G.T.B. or C.P.B., or to ete C. E. STEPHENS, W. J. SHEPPARD, Sec.-Treas., Collingwood | Manager, Waubaushene A GRHAT LOSS If you have any Pipes or Boilers uncovered you are losing on same at the rate of 60 cents ey if ry year on €a of surface exposed. By having them covered with our MINERAL WOOL SECTIONAL COVERING cent. of this loss. last as long as the pipes. Our covering is the best fuel saver on the market. The saving thus effected in fuel will in one year more than pay the cost of covering, which we guarantee t¢ GANADIAN MINERAL WOOL 60, LID. 122 Bay St, Toronto PETER (JERLAGH & G0. MANUFACTURERS OF Rochester Bros. : COMMISSION AGENTS | Limits bought and sold on commission. Limits tray- elled and carefully prepared. Estimates given. o as = FOR YARDING AND SELLING | ALD KINDSHOR: cet ah se aaaml Wood Goods ROSENBACHER & Co. i CARL GARTNER, Agent Bankers, HamBpuBnRG HAMBURG c. C. CLEVELAND JOM Bertram & Sons CANADA TOOL WORKS DUNDAS, ONTARIO MANUFACTURERS OF WOOD -WORKING MAGHINBRY MAGHINB TOOLS, BTG. WRITE FOR PrIcEs AND CATALOGUE J. L. Goodhue & 60. MANUFACTURERS OF [FATHER BELTING :::: anp LACE LEATHER Danville, Que. ee Ganine GEO. GORMAGK Wholesale and Retail Dealer in ALL KINDS OF LUMBER LUMBER SHIPPED TO ALL PARTS BY RAIL OR VESSEL WHITBY, ONTARIO THE CANAL.» NOVEMBER, 1892 LUMBERMAN Sa 17 J. W. MAITLAND MAITLAND, RI RIXON & CO. OWEN SOUND, ONT. Saw Millers and Lumber Dealers All kinds of Building Material kept in stock LONG BILL STUFF IN ROCK ELM, PINE, GEDAR AAD HEMLOCK Quotations furnished on application H. RIXON J. G. AINSILE———-W. STODART WE MAKE A... ... SPECIALTY OF A. M. DODGE W. J. SHEP! The (seorgian Rag eer 7: Be Gonsolidated law 60. MANUFACTURERS OF PINE LUMBER, BILL STUFF, SHINGLES ano LATh Address WAUBAUSHENE, Ont. Shipments by Vessel or Rail or 24 King St. West, TORONTO ARS Gr SAW MILL ad WOOD-WORKING MAGHINERY ON EXHIBITION 141 TO 145 FRONT ST. IN MY WAREROOMS WEST, “TORCNTO, ONT. Steam Drag Saw; 2 Automatic Sawing Machines Winnie’s Patent Hoop Coiling Machine Improved Stave, Heading and Shingle Bolting Saw | Winnie’s Double Mandrel Hoop Sawing Machine Machine Winnie’s Hoop Pointing and Scarfing Machine 2 Automatic Shingle Machines and Jointers, Hall’s | Winnie’s Double Hoop Planer Patent Log Hauling Jack, Chain and Spool; Log Cars “Grand Triumph” Drop Tilt Shingle Machine Circular and Crosscut Saw Gummers Hall's Patent Shingle Machine and Jointer Smallwood’s Patent Shingle Machine Swing Shingle and Heading Machine New Goldie & McCulloch Shingle Machine Two-block Shingle Mill; Shingle Jointers Shingle Knot Saw and Jointer Lath Mills; Shingle Packers Stave Bolt Equalizer; Foot Stave Jointers New Spoke and Axe Handle Machine Double Edger; Edging Tables Complete “Eclipse” Sawmill; Thomas Dill, maker Four-head Block and Irons for Sawmill Carriage Drag Saw Irons Barrel Headers; Shingle and Lumber Saws John Pickles & Son’s English Surface Planer No. 1 Improved Planer and Matcher; Cant, Gourlay & Co., makers Revolving Bed Surface Planer; Cowan & Co., makers 26-in. Surface Planer; McGregor, Gourlay and Co., makers Four-side Moulder; Goldie & McCulloch, makers “Eclipse” Planer and Matcher; Cant Bros. and Co., makers Four-side Moulder; McKechnie & Bertram, makers Three-side Moulder ; McGregor, Gourlay & Co., Three-side Sticker; Cant, Gourlay & Co., makers makers Cant Bros. & Co., makers Three-side Sticker; C. B. Rodgers | & Co., makers “Pony P Planer; ker Surface Planer; McKechnie & Bertram, makers Pony Planer, 30-in,; Major Hz maker Surface Planer, 24-in.; C. B. Rodgers & Co., makers Pony Planer, 20-in.; McKechr er Surface Planer, 23%-in.; American make Pony Planer, 24-in.; Frank & Co., Stationary Bed Planer; W. Kennedy & Sons, makers Pony Planer, 20-in.; Waterous Engi Surface Planer; McKechnie & Bertram, makers Pony Planer, 20-in.; Josiah Ross, m Sash and Moulding Machine; McKechnie & Bertram, | Pony Planer; A. E. Doig & Co., mal makers Heading Planer; Goldie & McCulloch, makers Cant, Gourlay & Co., makers Buzz Planer or Jointer; Canadia Circular Re-sawing Machine; Cant Bri Circular Re-sawing Machine; H. 3uzz Planer, 16-in. ; Three-side Moulder; Goldie & McCulloch, makers One-side Moulding Machine; n mak American make Pony Planer, 24-in.; McGregor, Gourlay & Co., makers New Improved Pony Planer; McGregor, Gourlay & B. Smith, m Co., makers Circular Re-sawing Machine; McGregor, Gourlay & Pony Planer, 20-in.; McKechnie & Bertram, makers Co., maker New Improved Pony Planer, 24-in.; Cant Bros. & Co., | Tenon Machines, Jig or Scroll Saws, Band-sawing M makers chines, Power and Foot Morticers, Post-boring Pony Planer, New Improved; McGregor, Gourlay & Machines, Swing Cut-off Machines, Saw Tables, Co., makers Shapers, Sand-papering Machines, Pl nd Pony Planer; Cant, Gourlay & Co., makers Moulding Knives, Belting’ (Leather and Rubber). fee I re EY, SEND FOR FREE CATALOGUE geaiI@N Lo, On. Improved “Swing” Shingle ~ Heading Machine W Every Machine is Guaranteed IMPROVEMENTS PATENTED Thé Gheapést GOOd Shingle Machine In the Market Steel Saw Arbor Saw 4o inches diameter Easy to adjust for thick or thin Shingles or Headings Pulley on Saw Arbor to drive Jointer I also manufacture other kinds of Shingle Machines (automatic and hand-feed), Shingle Jointers, Knot Saws, Packing Boxes, Bolters, Drag Saw Machines, Stationary Saw Mills, Portable Saw Mills, Lath Ma- chinery, and in fact a general line of sawmill work, with pulleys, shafting, etc., etc. Waite for Prices . ... F. J. DRAKE BELLEVILLE, ON. 18 THE CANADA LUMBERIVAN NOVEMBER, 1892 DODGE WOOD SPLIT PULLEY’CO. «Wien Doddé Patent Wood Split Belt Pulleys AID Dodge Patent System of Rope Driving b i Our Belt Pulleys and Rope Drives are now in use in the leading Mills of Canada. We supply and erect complete Rope Drives for any power, using von Grooved Pulléys, split or solid. We send expert to give full information and estimates, on application. Correspondence solicited. DODGE WOOD SPiia PULLEY CO. 63 KING ST. WEST, 1ORC Mae F. = EDDAWAY Be Co. TORONTO AGENCY OF WA N af Ee D The Rathbun G0. “Saw mits = Are open to Purchase——— Oak, Arsh, Birch Little Belt and BREAKING Strain 6 In.“CAMEL” HAIR BELT _____- 14,1811bS. Basswood . Me «6 IN, ENGLISH Oak DouBLe LEATHER _ 7,522 - Rocky Mountains ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF and Good Pine Lumber spine kn iL INEN., oF IRE HOSE Gedar and Pine Shingles GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY -MANCHESTER, ~ Py STFRS. XAVIER ST ENGLAN D. Me MOoOnTtT REAL Manufacturers having such for sale are invited to com- | For particu lars write : municate wit ith a M. HUCKINS THOS. WHALEY, President W. E. HUTCHINSON, Sec.-Treas. T. W. WALKER, Agent ge 4Palmer House Block, Toronto The Whaley L umber (0), ,tinite vtia ov gui A suit Gow 2 of HUNTSVILLE, ONT. : F. E. DIXON & GO. White Pine Lumber, Bill Stuff, Lath and Shingles Also HARDWOOD LUMBER pes SOI ERS VCS All Orders promptly attended to First-class facilities for Shipping COP RH SrOMpaHIMGH SO~wireGhy® Star Rivet L_ Bera ika'= HH. OG. ROSS & 00 BELTING Real Estate, Fire and Life Insurance SHIPPING Las SEEN ELy COMMISSION AGENTS YO KING ST. EAST . . TIMBER LIMITS AND FARMING LANDS A SPECIALTY... . Ci Ae eae ‘ROSS” NEW WESTMINSTER, B. OC. IE ‘T oronto DISCOUNTS CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED... ... Box 273 NOVEMBER, 1892 ASOD GY-OiG@-WOYN LUMBERMAN mie ANDREWS DRYER Fommeumoer) lain, shingles, Staves, etc. ULALSTSLILLITLIULELISSEL LES EES OO IR Sn... 212211111170 Fare CALLE WINS I 2. y YE PDLI IVE LL NeraT PTI DEL ILL LLL LLL Loa mamas PEE. APTI ey. S THE ANDREWS ORY KILN N at Ag HAS PROVED TO PURCHAS- =r ———— TK. —— EI i; y A =) i = aay ERS TO DO WHAT IS } = =a 3 j [) ab ‘zB ax GUARANTEED IN SAVING ) Y = : d THEM MONEY IN 3 = =] za — $a Freight, Insurance, Time, Interest, - ap 2 = Expense, Capital, Yard Room, Labor 2 There may be persons who do not appreciate the advantages a=. of the artificial drying of lumber. But the shrewd men, in the man- facture of furniture and other woodwork where reputation would be sacrificed by a lack of proper miterial for good gluing and finishing, recognize a good system of drying as an important element of their success. High scientific authorities and thoroughly practical men are now agreed that the hot-blast and rapid-current systems ARE WASTEFUL, and that steam heat is the only safe means for artificial drying. The mode of applying steam heat most efficiently and TOLL LTD TET DIDDY D TAY TLE L LUT ELD PULLED LEILA UL DIL LULL LDL OLI UDO ILE ILLIA TLLLLELLL LILLLELLL PD PLELELOLPDLEDLLESELOLLILSTIIUIPLIDIDILTILIIELILILSDSSSILILTPHTIIIILIE economically is therefore ON the essential point. The Andrews KG WE S MW iS MW MW Dryer accomplishes this result more surely than any other known This system and apparatus covered by letters patent. sys tem. A-—Drying-Room. BB —Brass Condensing-Walls. CCC— NN-—Brass Gutters for receiving condensed moisture. PPP— Lumber Cars. EE—Down Air-Flues. FF-—Bottom Air-Flue. Sticks between lumber. SS—Double Steam-Coils. T—Auto- HH—Inside Walls, protecting meta! from heat. LL—Lumber matic Steam Fire-Extinguishers. i Arrows show direction of currents of air. SSS eSSSSSSSSSSNSNS on cars. No FAN No ENGINE “WE PUT GREEN SPRUCE No SMOKE No CHIMNEY x No SPECIAL FIREMAN # OR FUEL No EXPENSIVE BRICKWORK No RISK OF FIRE NO CHECKING OR WARPING No CASE-HARDENING IN DRIPPING WITH WATER, AND IN EIGHTEEN HOURS IT WAS DRYER THAN LUMBER THAT + HAD BEEN -STUGK 7UP IN THE YARD ALL SUMMER.” This is the verdict of a Quebec lumber firm, and we can give equal re- sults every time. ae 2) NO EQUAL ‘eal esa Outside View of the Andrews Progressive Kiln, showing Lumber placed crosswise the building, on cars. ~The Andrews Lumber Dryer Has been proved to possess the following points of excellence: ist. That its drying is rapid and perfect. 2nd. That external and internal checking and discoloration are entirely avoided by this method. 3rd. That the drying is done by a CONTINUOUS system and the temper- ature of the kiln is under absolute control at all times. 4th. That our Dryer is free from the varying air currents (always wasteful) incident to all fan and open-draft kilns. 5th. That our drying is done by the slow continuous movement of a large body of slightly-moistened air. 6th. That our condensing surface is so very large as to be adequate to precipitating the moisture of the saturated air with the least amount of movement. 7th. That our piping is tested by high pressure and every outfit is fully guaranteed. DOUBLE FLANGE WHEEL ON CAR WHEEL, DOUBLE FLANGE SECTION OF CAR TRUCK, SHOW- 8th. That by our improved system of drainage the freezing of pipes be- Seat AEE ING AXLE BOX. comes impossible. . SEND FOR CIRCULARS (cae 2 220-) [-————————=-il> ———— STRAP WASHER BOLT AXLE DOMINION DRY KILN COMPANY | CANADA LIFE BUILDING : : : : TORONTO, ONT. BOSO2 CAIN ADA LUMBERMAN NovewBer, 1892 “ E.R. Burns SaW G0. » mitt BX Muska Kn nt we jogo Sigh SF Aa oer Tk ERB ew gt TO" ( TAPER TOOTH “_s LONG SAWS LANCE TOOTH THE DOMINION LEATHER BOARD 60., MONTREAL MANUFACTURERS OF ASSESTOS MILL SORRD FRICTION PULLEY SOARD FOR STEAM PACKING THE BEST FRICTION KNOWN Proprietors Sault au Recollet Paper Mills, making ROOFING, SHEATHING, FLOORING AND LINING FELT THE STURTEVANT 36% “travx Planing Mill Exhausters PROGRESSIVE LUMBER DRY iia Heating and Ventilating Apparatus for all classes of Buildings B. F. STURTEVANT 60., Boston, Mass., U.S.A. jal RR. WILLIAMS, General Agent For THE DOMINION # TORONTO AND MONTREAL l == gt LIBERTY STREET, NEw YORK; 16 SOUTH CANAL STREET, CHICAGO iain BRANCHES : ~ ~ 135 NORTH THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA 8 52 ee oe Use MCCOLL'S “LARDINE” seu IS IN USE IN ALL THE > MoGOLL BROS, & GC TORONTO ===. A. SMITH CO. LIMITED= ae ST. CATHARINES, ONT. Sole eee cere ("an The “SIMONDS” RS The “MER DER” Sq=eh assumes = == eo THE EADERS i CIRCULAR SAWS CROSS-CUT SAWS — = == 0S Ce Oa THE BEST SAWS IN THE WORLD a SS CATHARINE Wone Genuine writhout our Trade Mark : OUR HAND SAWS a ceaeces agente’ - - - REPAIRING PROMPTLY ATTENDED 10 Lil ESTABLISHED 1855 . . . Price List and Discounts on application... INCORPORATED 1888 We Manufacture SAWS of every description. Also GUTTING-BOX KNIVES we ad Mm | | Votume XIII. Nomser v2 TORONTO, ONT., DECEMBER, 1892 { Tenss, $1.00 P MAGNOLIA METAL INS USEF BY Mitta Leadines Governments BEST ANTI-FRICTION METAL FOR High-speed Engine, Dynamo, Rolling-mill, Steamship, Railroad, Saw-mill, Cotton-mill, Paper-mill, Woolen-mill, Silk-mill, Jute-mill, Rubber-mill, Sugar-mill, Flour-mill AND ALL MACHINERY BEARINGS MAGNOLIA ANTI-FRIGTION METAL GO. sc e@ Manufacturers LONDON OFFICE: 75 QUEEN VICTORIA en CHICAGO ee 41 TRADE BUILDIN TREAL OFFICE: H MCLAREN & CO., AGENTS 14 Suga si.; NEW YORK RUBBER BELTING MONARCH, RED STRIP AND LION BRANDS. MANUFACTURED BY THE GUTTA PERCHA & RUBBER MANUFACTURING CO. OF TORONTO. OFFICE, 43 YONGE ST TCRONTO. ‘ “FACTORI ES AT PARKDALE, ONT. WRITE. FOR Discounts. a i Ae Automatic Arc Dynamos and Lamps rae intact inca Direct Current Incandescent Dynamos tees purchasers satisfaction. NO ROYALTY NO DELAYS Alternating Current Incandescent Dynamos eae Ate Ball BMaTITAE a ICh tor eal | FLEPHON FS a NO MISTAKES Transformers of High Efficiency EFFICIENCY, ECONOMY Electric Motors ll Electric Supplies Ait: Ce cals alge | FOR PUBLIG AND PRIVATE LINES - . « NO RENTAL FEES AN ain Hf p All FL ECTRI f | CH] (() IT) | ALL INSTRUMENTS SOLD OUTRIGHT. ESTIMATES CAREFULLY MADE FOR TELEPHONE OUTFITS Send for new pamphlet 9 e | of Motors and new efictrsnt er Peat street, ToRoWTG, ont, C7 As MARTIN & CO., 765 Graig St., MONTREAL ita SHURLY & DIETRICH a. —GALT, soe LS THE ONLY SAW MANUFACTURERS IN THE WORLD WHO EXPORT SAWS IN LARGE QUANTITIES TO THE UNITED STATES = = Ze = a= : = ; = —— ae Ss Z i sin ZZ Si ——> ; = Mona ont = “SEREGOSLP = arpa = SMS: WAN WAN MA AAA NN Werte TV ire = Purr VY YT? SE HROPRETIS OF THE SORE CREMICAL maces i THER : : Our Razor Steel Saws are Uneaualled SERES CANADA DEQOPMOSPD)SOMCZ0 NE DECEMBER, 1892 THE PRESOG BAND SAW MILL CAND SAW-ANLL CARRIAGES HAVING vescott’s Automatic Carriage Offsets ¢ ene Pike SeOul Band Saw Mill in different sizes. Prescott’s «| Direct-acting Steam Feeds Cov eige SAW Weenm= FOR FILING-ROOM oO OnrawA. Can. July 5th, 1892. To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Dear Sirs : MAI This is to certify that the Wm. Hamilton It may interest you Manufacturing Company, Limited, of Peterbor- to know that on June 30th last, in eleven hours, the Band Mill—driven entirely and called the ‘‘Prescott Patent ‘ Band Mill,” also the device for Saw by water—which we got : y, ea Fs : AH i Mill Carriage known as the “Pres- from you sawed | ; cott Patent Offsetting Mechanism,” ough, Ontario, have been licensed to manufac- ture and sell throughout the Dominion of Canada, the Band Saw Mill known ; and by virtue of said license the 4,047 feet 41-inch said Wm. Hamilton Manufacturing OS. cat Pe ae Company possess the exclusive gp ee right to build and sell said ma- 579 « 2 « chines for Canada, the plans for 79 said machines being furnished or | OS Oe Maa. Bs or approved by the undersigned. 106,619 feet. (Signed) Yours truly, PERLEY é PATTEE, D. CLINT PRESCOTT, [copy] Patentee. SEND FOR” ILDUSTRATEDN OAT ATOGUEN Te ne Wm. Hamilton Manufacturing G0.. Ltd. | | | PEt SOP euUeG. ly eas “ Branch Office: VANCOUVER, B.C. DECEMBER, 1892 Pee WY Pea LIN’ S COMPENSATING BALANGE GANG 30S CANADA LUMPBERMAN ’ © © No expensive stone foundation required. 35 | = al ——— —/ — | —— Nn \ => 4 (iD, = ~ ie’ = —s ——— or SS 7) = av) a= fr’ = Mis. i ok | & - peel i | WI tt Lo am oT — bi aE i, it ZZ | nm | | | WA Ss “di = I Sn a7 ie) ) Anas ence Uh tts Send for prices and particulars to TE WA, HANILTON AVANUEAGTORING QONPANY LINITED, PETERBOROUGH, ONT Branch Office: NN AIING @ 7, SC. ‘Joquuny, UL GUIAeS yeols SuLyeur ‘youl YUYS19-OUO JIISE MLS DECEMBER, 1892 J. W. MAITLAND——H. RIXON =e J. G. AINSILE———W. STODAR1 MAITLAND, RIXON & CO. OWEN SOUND, ONT. Saw Millers and Lumber Dealers All kinds of Building Material kept in stock WE MAKE A... -«.- SPECIALTY OF LONG BILL STUFF IN ROGK ELM, PINE, CEDAR AND HEMLOGK Quotations furnished on application a M. DODGE, W. J. SHEPPARD, President. Superintendent, p 60P lll (| JAS: SCODL C. P. STOCKING, Vice-President. Treasurer, >= (onsolidated Lumber 60. MANUFACTURERS OF PINE LUMBER, BILL STUER, SHINGLES ano LATH o 24 King St. West, TORONTO Shipments by Vessel or Rail Address WAUBAUSHENE, Ont. 1OpES5E Or SAWMILL and WOOD-WORKING MAGHINERY ON EXHIBITION IN MY WAREROOMS I41 TO 145 FRONT ST. WEST, TORONTO, ONT. Steam Drag Saw; 2 Automatic Sawing Machines Improved Stave, Heading and Shingle Bolting Saw Machine 2 Automatic Shingle Machines and Jointers, Hall’s Patent “Grand Triumph” Drop Tilt Shingle Machine Hall’s Patent Shingle Machine and Jointer Smallwood’s Patent Shingle Machine Swing Shingle and Heading Machine New Goldie & McCulloch Shingle Machine Two-block Shingle Mill; Shingle Jointers Shingle Knot Saw and Jointer Lath Mills; Stave Bolt Equalizer; Foot Stave Jointers New Spoke and Axe Handle Machine Double Edger; Edging Tables Complete “‘ Eclipse” Thomas Dill, maker Four-head Block and Irons for Sawmill Carriage Drag Saw Irons Shingle Packers Sawmill; Winnie's Patent Hoop Coiling Machine Winnie’s Double Mandrel Hoop Sawing Machine Winnie’s Hoop Pointing and Scarfing Machine Winnie's Double Hoop Planer Log Hauling Jack, Chain and Spool; Circular and Crosscut Saw Gummers Barrel Headers; Shingle and Lumber Saws John Pickles & Son’s English Surface Planer No. 1 Improved Planer and Matcher; Cant, Gourlay & Log Cars Co., makers Revolving Bed Surface Planer; Cowan & Co., makers 26-in. Surface Planer; McGregor, Gourlay and Co., makers Four-side Moulder; Goldie & McCulloch, makers “Eclipse” Planer and Matcher; Cant Bros. and Co., makers Four-side Moulder; McKechnie & Bertram, makers Three-side Moulder ; McGregor, Gourlay & Co., makers Three-side Sticker; Cant, Gourlay & Co., makers Three-side Sticker; C. B. Rodgers & Co., makers McKechnie & Bertram, makers Surface Planer, 24-in.; C. B. Rodgers & Co., Surface Planer, 231%4-in. ; American make Stationary Bed Planer; W. Kennedy & Sons, makers Surface Planer; McKechnie & Bertram, makers Sash and Moulding Machine; McKechnie & Bertram, makers Three-side Moulder; & McCulloch, makers One-side Moulding Machine; American make Pony Planer; Cant Bros. & Co., makers Pony Planer, 30-in.; Major Harper, maker Pony Planer, 20-in.; McKechnie & Bertram, makers Pony Planer, 24-in.; Frank & Co., makers Pony Planer, 20-in.; Waterous Engine Co., makers Pony Planer, 20-in.; Josiah Ross, maker Pony Planer; A. E. Doig & Co., makers Heading Planer; Goldie & McCulloch, makers Buzz Planer, 16-in.; Cant, Gourlay & Co., makers Buzz Planer or Jointer; Canadian make Circular Re-sawing Machine; Cant Bros. & Co., makers Circular Re-sawing Machine; H. B. Smith, maker Circular Re-sawing Machine; McGregor, Gourlay & Co., maker Tenon Machines, Jig or Scroll Saws, Band-sawing Ma- chines, Power and Foot Morticers, Post-boring Machines, Swing Cut-off Machines, Saw Tables, Shapers, Sand-papering Machines, Planer and Moulding Knives, Belting (Leather and Rubber). Surface Planer ; makers Goldie Pony Planer, 24-in.; McGregor, Gourlay & Co., makers New Improved Pony Planer; McGregor, Gourlay & Co., makers Pony Planer, 20-in.; McKechnie & Bertram, makers New Improved Pony Planer, 24-in.; Cant Bros. & Co., makers Pony Planer, New Improved; McGregor, Gourlay & Co., makers Pony Planer; Cant, Gourlay & Co., makers H.W. PHIRIE, tere etere SEND FOR FREE CATALOGUE Improved “swing” Shinglé ~ Heading Machine IMPROVEMENTS PATENTED Every Machine is Guaranteed The Cheapest Good Shingle Machine in the Market Steel Saw Arbor Saw 4o inches diameter Easy to adjust for thick or thin Shingles or Headings Pulley on Saw Arbor to drive Jointer I also manufacture other kinds of Shingle Machines Knot Packing Boxes, Bolters, Drag Saw Machines, (automatic and hand-feed), Shingle Jointers, Saws, Stationary Saw Mills, Portable Saw Mills, Lath Ma- chinery, and in fact a general line of sawmill work, with pulleys, shafting, etc., etc. WNtiiie mon ieticesimatan F. J. DRAKE BELLEVILEE, ONS T# CANADA LUMBERMAN Vorume XIII. NUMBER I2. TORONTO, ONT., DECEMBER, 1892 Jf Terms, $1.00 Per YEAR | Sincie Cores, 10 Cents [Written for the Canapa LuMBERMAN.] FREE LOGS ONLY FOR FREE LUMBER. BY WILLIAM LITTLE. HETHER the policy of allowing Canadian saw- logs to be exported free of duty to the United States, so long as that country imposes a duty upon the lumber made from similar logs, be good or bad for this cates of this policy have yet failed to show a single rea- son for its existence, except that the conditions are so - much more advantageous to American millmen that a few speculators in timber limits may thereby be enabled to get higher prices from them, or from Canadians who like them sell or saw their logs in the States. “Only this and nothing more.” The platitude about Americans employing a large amount of labor in Canada in getting out the logs, an amount much greater, it is said, than the cost of sawing, as I see mentioned in two places in your last issue, has no bearing whatever onthe case. The same, if not more labor, would be employed by Canadians in doing the same work, for all acquainted with the trade know that Americans, by using labor-saving devices and the best appliances, actually employ less labor instead of more in getting out sawlogs; while we are not only deprived of the sawing of our own timber in this country, but of the freighting the product to market and many other incidental advantages; not the least of them being that we should still retain our people in this country who will now follow the logs to the States, and who when once there will no doubt there remain. Having always advocated the freest trade relations between Canada and the United States I have for years endeavored to get the United States Government, in its own interests as well as that of Canada, to remove all duties from lumber, even being willing to exchange “free logs for free lumber.” And knowing as I do the sentiments of the American people on this subject fully as well as any of those who pretend to speak for them, I can safely say that, if our people had insisted on a fair exchange as indicated the American lumber duties would have been removed ere this in exchange for free sawlogs. I should not, however, have troubled you with this communication did I not see that those interested in having matters remain in their present unsatisfactory condition were having themselves interviewed, so as to try to delude the Canadian public through the press with the false idea that if our Government should re- impose the export duty on sawlogs something dreadful would happen, that the Americans would at once retali- ate by enormously increasing the duties on lumber, and such like rubbish. The fact is that the duties on lumber have hardly an advocate in the United States outside of the lumbermen themselves, who have been able to have them retained only by the most scandalous misrepre- sentations of the conditions. Even when the McKinley Bill was under discussion and duties of nearly all kinds were to be raised instead of lowered, the duties on pine lumber were reduced one-half, or from $2 to $1 per thou- sand, the only question being as to what reduction to make or to remove the duties altogether. And this action on the part of the Americans in reducing the duty on pine lumber was not done in our interest in exchange for free logs, as has been falsely stated by those who know better, but solely in their own interest. The committee having this matter in charge after reducing the import rate from $2 to $1, notwithstanding the almost frantic efforts of some American lumbermen, aided, | regret to say, by sore of our own people inter- ested in getting logs to the States free of duty, to have the export duties added to the import duty, properly recognizing the propriety of our Government charging country, it can be confidently asserted that the advo- equivalent duties on the export of sawlogs to what they imposed on the sawn lumber, inserted the following clause to govern the export duty on sawlogs: “Provided that, in case any foreign country shall impose an export duty on pine, spruce, hemlock or other logs, or upon stave bolts, shingle wood or heading blocks exported to the United States from such country “in excess of the duty fixed in this act upon the sawed lumber manufac- tured of the logs heretofore mentioned,” then the duty upon the sawed lumber herein provided for when imported from such country shall remain the same as fixed by the law prior to the passage of this act.” So that, if our Government had not been entrapped, as I insist it was, into throwing off the export duty, this would have been the wording of the McKinley Bill relating to the lumber duties, and there is evidence ex- isting to show that the act was passed with the words I have placed in inner quotations actually retained, but subsequently surreptitiously withdrawn to meet the con- ditions when the United States statutes were printed, as these words appear in the first edition of the United States Tariff Act published by Mr. Downing, of New York, immediately after the act was passed. So we may rest assured that the Americans are not lying awake nights in order to increase the rates of duty they may have to pay on Canadian lumber. And now, if we were to re-impose the export duties, the worst that would happen would be a temporary restoration of the $2 duty on pine lumber, which it is safe to say would no sooner be exacted than measures would be immediately taken by the United States Gov- ernment to remove all duties from Canadian lumber in exchange for free sawlogs. The simple enactment by our Government of a Bill providing for an export duty on sawlogs of double the rate of duty exacted by any foreign country on the lumber made from similar logs, would at once settle the question. The Americans would then have their choice of paying duties upon the lumber and on the logs, or having both free as they might prefer. And now that they want both it does not require much foresight to know the result. This would leave the matter for the Americans to settle among themselves, but if something like this is not done the existing conditions are so manifestly in their favor that we cannot expect either political party to interfere, for they now have to all intents free Canadian lumber in getting free Canadian logs. You no doubt remember that when Mr. Bryan, ot Nebraska, introduced a Bill at the last session of Con- gress to put lumber on the free list, he was waited on by a delegation of lumbermen to protest against his Bill, and after listening to a lengthy argument made by a Mr. Goodyear, an eminent Buffalo lawyer, incidentally lumbering, who depicted the imaginary ruinous results to ensue if this Bill became law he simply remarked: “Well, what of it? It was time now that the American people had their innings, the lumbermen had theirs long enough.” I do not remember the exact words but I do the ideas. Then a Mr. Loud, a lumberman from Michigan, tried his hand at the argument, as you may see, with better effect. His first question was to ask Mr. Bryan what he expected to attain from his Bill? When Mr. Bryan replied: “Just what the Bill asked for, Free lumber.” “Is it free Canadian lumber?” “Ves, free Canadian lumber.” “Well, Mr. Bryan, if that is what you are after we can soon give you all the “free Canadian lumber” you want, as we own the timber in Canada, and there is no duty on the sawlogs on either side, and would you not as soon that we did the sawing in our own country as in Canada; we cannot give you all the ‘free Canadian lumber’ this year, but we can next year and for many years afterwards.” Now, I insist Viz.: that so long as we remain so idiotic as to permit the present conditions to exist, neither Mr. Bryan nor any other American, be his politics what they may, can ask for a change, as they will be at once met by the same argument; and I notice two statements published in the last issue of the LUMBERMAN which will enable Mr. Loud to show that he was able to keep his promise, one of these being that the entire cut of pine lumber by the saw mills in the Ottawa region was about 450,000,000 feet this year, and the other that the amount of sawlogs to be cut this winter in Canada by Americans to stock their miJls in Michigan next year is 400,000,000 feet, or about an equivalentamount. So that, should Mr. Bryan again bring forward his Bill for free lumber he will be in the same false position our silly action before placed him. I stated in a letter last year, which I think you pub- lished, that if this one-sided arrangement, in which the Americans have all the advantages, were to continue there would not be, except for the local trade, a single Canadian saw mill in the Georgian Bay or Lake Huron district in operation in two years time, and I am now satisfied that if our Government will still persist in this folly (for it cannot be characterized by a more accurate term) I will then be found to have proved to be as good a prophet as Mr. Loud has already shown himself to be. MONTREAL, Que., 1892. BY THE WAY. HE CANADA LUMBERMAN was pleased to receive a call from Mr. A. McPherson, of Longford Mills, Ont., a week ago. Mr. McPherson is the owner of a saw mill and shingle mill at Longford Mills. The latter was de- stroyed by fire a fortnight ago, but was fully insured and will be rebuilt immediately. Mr. McPherson is also ar- ranging for the erection of a saw mill and shingle mill at Fesserton. The danger, which has before been hinted at in these columns, is entertained by Mr. McPherson that the cut another season may be so large that a reac- tion in the volume of trade and prices will afterwards fol- low, and the depressed conditions of a few years ago in lumber circles repeat themselves. This may bea pessi- mistic view of the situation, and yet it is only the tight- ening of the brakes sometimes that prevents disaster ahead. Mr. H. R. Herriman, writing from Little Current, Ont., in reference to an item in the November CANADA * LUMBERMAN chronicling the death by drowning of a brother of Mr. Herriman’s, says the facts are these: “On October 20, while I was returning from Little Cur- rent to my mills at Honora (a distance of 14 miles) ina sail-boat, in company with the engineer of the mills and Mr. A. Cadotte, storekeeper, Honora, the boat was cap- sized by a squall, and, after being in the water for over two hours, the engineer and myself were rescued, Mr. Cadotte being drowned in attempting to swim to shore.” Touching on trade matters, Mr. Herriman says: “Lum- bering is very brisk in these parts. There are more men employed in the woods near here on the north shore at the present time than ever before. It is said that McKeown & Glover, jobbers on the Spanish river, have 40,000,000 feet of pine logs on the skids already, and J. Howry & Sons a similar amount on the White- fish. All of the latter and part of the former firm’s cut will be manufactured in Michigan. Large quantities of cedar ties, paving and fence posts are being taken out on the island here as usual. Pulp wood is abundant here, but as there appears to be very little demand for it no one is doing anything with it. The long-looked-for telegraph line will be completed to the island in a couple of weeks, and lumbermen are rejoicing. The railroad is expected to follow next season.” 6 THE CANADA TUS EseZe DECEMBER, 1892 REVIEW OF THE CANAL TOLLS QUESTION. A* article on “The Canal Tolls Question,” against which the charge of uncandor can hardly be made, is to be found in a recent number of The Lake Magazine, a new and creditable candidate for journalistic favor in this country. The writer is Mr. R. S. White, M. P. for Montreal and editor of the Gazette of that city. Taking as the text of his paper article 27 of the Washington treaty of 1871, Mr. White proceeds to briefly review the history and practice of the clause, both as regards Canada and the United States. The system of rebates had its commencement in an Order- in-Council passed by the Dominion Government in the spring of 1884, when a refund of 18 cents per ton was granted on the toll of 20 cents per ton collected upon wheat, corn, peas and other cereals passing down the Welland and St. Lawrence canals for export. It was not until August 23, 1888, that the United States took exception to this procedure, when President Cleveland drew attention to the matter in a message to the Senate ana recommended that “such legislative action be taken as will give Canadian vessels navigating our canals and their cargoes precisely the same advantages granted to our vessels and cargoes upon Canadian canals, and that the same be measured exactly by the same rule of dis- crimination.” This recommendation was not acted upon and nothing more was heard of the matter until October, 1891, when the state Washington moved in the matter, primarily as a result of a memorial of the Lake Carriers’ Association, complaining of the discrimination. The nature and results of the various conferences that have been held between the Canadian and United States governments from that date up to a few months ago, when President Harrison’s retaliatory resolutions were put into force, are too well known by every reader of the CANADA LUMBERMAN to need any recital in these pages. Mr. White shows very clearly that the grain must be carried down the whole length of the Welland and St. Lawrence canals to earn the reduction of tolls, and that these regulations are extended “to American vessels and cargoes equally with Canadian vessels and cargoes.” “Putting aside altogether as paltry and contemptible,” says Mr. White, “any contention that might be based on the fact that Canada has never by legislative enactment consented to give equality of treatment to Americans in her canals, it is indisputable that the artificial water- way between Lake Erie and Montreal is open and accessible to American vessels upon identically the same terms as to Canadians.” Viewing the question broadly, Mr. White is inclined to think that a point can be made against the Dominion Government for having confined the transhipment of grain to Canadian ports. The Government, in an Order- in-Council of date June 17, 1892, states the object of the rebate system to be the encouragement of ocean ship- ping via the St. Lawrence. “I am bound to say,” writes Mr. White, “the Canadian case would be infinitely stronger, indeed impregnable, but for this lapse. : There is some reason for believing that the resort to retaliation by the United States was prompted by the refusal of the Canadian Government to extend the re- bate to grain transhipped at Ogdensburg, and it certainly does seem somewhat anomalous that a policy adopted professedly to encourage an export trade by way of the St. Lawrence should be burked by a regulation requiring transhipment on the Canadian side. While no treaty compact has been violated by Canada, nor the letter of the engagement broken, the spirit of the agree- ment has been transgressed in the withholding of the rebate from grain transhipped at an American point on its way to the ocean vessel.” That the United States Government have on certain occasions been guilty of interpreting the treaty between the two countries in a narrow and petulant spirit is shown in the action of the Federal Government exacting in 1885 “that a vessel arriving in the United States with a cargo from abroad should enter and discharge her cargo at the first port of entry she met.” In entering the United States through the Camplain canal, the first port of entry would be Whitehall, at the northern ex- tremity of the Whitehall canal. “There,” said Mr. Fish, the then Secretary of State, “a vessel arriving with a foreign cargo would be obliged to discharge her cargo, department at If a Canadian vessel had a fancy for navigating the canal further on she could certainly do so and go as far as Albany,” but without cargo. The trouble in this case seemed to have had its seat in a conflict of opinion be- tween the State and Federal authorities. Sometime later, however, to use the language of Mr. White, “the American coon came down,” and instructions were issued to permit Canadian vessels to unload at Buffalo and various other American ports, a change in condi- tions that affected favorably the lumber interests of this country. Mr. White closes his article with the following refer- ence to the recent reprisals of the United States :— “Canada grants a rebate of tolls on all cargoes bound for Montreal or a port east of Montreal, whether the vessels be British or American. The United States grants exemption from tolls to all cargoes through the Sault canal bound to Ogdensburg or any American port west of Ogdensburg, no matter what the nationality of the vessel. Just as the full tolls are exacted by Canada on all cargoes through the Welland canal to American ports, so are full tolls exacted by the United States on all cargoes through the Sault canal bound to Canadian ports. There we have what Secretary of State Foster calls “parity of conditions,” and it is really somewhat difficult to discover in the conduct of the United States any justification for threats and denunciations on_our part. Instead of either whining or menacing, the com- mon sense course is to frankly admit that the Ameri- cans have simply taken a leaf out of our book; to recognize that the policy of reprisals is neither dignified nor profitable; and, conscious that two can play at the game of fence, to honestly seek to establish a large measure of reciprocity in the carrying trade. The Dominion Government has intimated that the discrim- ination in favor of the St. Lawrence route will be aban- doned at the close of the present season, but the United States may fairly be asked for some equivalent for any surrender of the right to control the tolls for the use of the canals. They gave in 1871 mixed transportation by land and water to obtain the reciprocal use of our can- als; they should be asked to restore the privilege of this carrying trade, to enlarge the treaty period for the navi- gation by Canadian vessels of Lake Michigan, and for the transit-in-bond of merchandise through the United States. If reciprocity in the coasting trade can be se- cured so much the better; but in any event the not very dignified game of recrimination and discrimination be- tween the two countries ought to be terminated.” SAWDUST IN BRICKS. XPERIMENTS are being made, says Hardwood, which may result in making a new market for sawdust, at least that from hardwood and perhaps pine and similar softwood dust made by the band and other thin-gauge saws. The experimenters contemplate sub- stituting fifty per cent. in bulk of fine sawdust for the ordinary clay and sand. The clay must first be thoroughly puddled and freed from stones as much as possible, while the sawdust must be run through a fine screen. The two should then be mixed, bulk for bulk, as perfectly as possible, so there shall be no lumps of either. The bricks can then be made in the ordinary way, either by the common machine or by the press. The latter would be preferred, and the heavier the pressure the better the result. After being dried they should be burned in a very slow kiln, but the process should be continued until the sawdust is completely burnt. After the kiln is cooled of, it should be uncovered and the bricks thoroughly wet so the water will run through them. This will carry off all the alkali from the ashes of the sawdust and much of the ash itself. By this process it is claimed a brick can be made which, while of full regulation size and with regular out- line and shape, will be only a little more than one-half the weight of the ordinary brick, while losing less than one-fourth of its crushing resistance; the brick resemb- ling lava in appearance, though not in strength and texture. If such a brick can be made advantageously, its great utility must be readily apparent. It would take the place of the common brick for all purposes where the full strength or hard outside finish is not required. It would answer admirably for all but the outside course in the walls of ordinary dwelling-houses, and other build- ings not intended to supporc great weight; while for inside partition walls, ceiling arches and all similar pur- poses they would be far superior to the ordinary hollow brick now in use, their porous form allowing them to take plaster directly without lath and to retain it with great tenacity. If used for entire outside walls of small houses, all that would be required to render them damp and wind-proof would be a coat of plaster, which would never peel off. A little thought can suggest numberless uses to which such bricks could be put to great advantage. It is claimed they can be made more cheaply than all-clay brick, besides the reduction in weight making a great difference in cost of handling. The experimenters claim also that the principle can be extended to the making of drain tile, rendering it so permeable by water while still quite as durable if properly and sufficiently burned, as to make it much more valuable for drainage purposes. The world moves, and it is not beyond the bounds of reason for these speculations and experiments to result in a valuable discovery. EDGERS AND EDGER MEN. [* the last few years many books have been published with the avowed purpose of teaching filers how to get good work from poor saws; numerous articles have appeared telling sawyers how to secure a large percent- age of wide, clear finish and rift flooring strips from small, knotty logs by proper sawing ; much good advice has been given to foremen as to the fulfillment of the duties appertaining to the station in life to which it has pleased Providence to call them. The trade papers, too, are full of good pointers to general managers as to the best way to successfully conduct a lumber business. All these have been good in their way; but in the mean- time the edger man has stood at his post manipulating the product of the mill as seemed best to him, with no comments made. d There is probably no point in the mill where the profits can be made to disappear at a faster rate unno- ticed than at the edger, and no place where the differ- ence between a competent and an incompetent man stands out so plainly in dollars and cents. An edger man can work his lumber economically as regards material, making no waste, and yet fall many dollars per day below the value which the lumber would have if properly edged. A twelve-inch board is only common if it has a four-inch common strip in it, while, if worked into four inch strips, two-thirds of the amount would be clear, and often clear rift. The writer has in mind an instance illustrating this: A firm which grades its lum- ber closely bought two cars of twelve-inch boxing from a neighboring mill, being short on that particular item. In unloading it a large number of pieces were noticed that had clear strips on one or both edges. Out of cur- iosity, in part, they regraded the two cars, ripping up every piece that could be worked to advantage, and asa result found they had nearly 7,000 feet of clear and star strips from four to eight inches wide. This, of course, was an extreme case, but it shows one reason why some mills fail to make money. It is probably within bounds to say that the product ot nine mills out of ten could be increased from fifty cents to $1 per thousand in value by closer edging. This in itself in a mill of large capacity would amount to several thousand dollars per year. With the large amount of lumber which the edger man is required to put through the machine daily, errors are bound to occur; but there is no part of the mill where close watching is productive of better returns than here. A THREE CENT STAMP DOES IT. O*’ 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. Chas. Ashby, Pontypool, Ont.: Would not be without the CANADA LUMBERMAN on any account. DECEMBER, 1892 VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS. The compression of timber is becom- industry, and the material thus treated is being applied to a variety of useful and ornamental purposes, especi- ally in the field of carving, attractive and artistic designs being thus brought out, pronounced in many cases fully equal, if not superior, to anything ordinarily pro- duced in that line. The wood to be employed in this _ manner is compressed either in its natural condition or after being steamed, and it is found that the hardest, well-seasoned ash timber, say of four inches thickness, n be pressed into about three inches without injuring he fibre. Moreover, it is also found that wood can be upset” the same as iron ; and the increased tenacity of bent and compressed wood of this sort, as compared with the same in the natural state, is declared to be something surprising. In mechanical operations com- gression is now applied to spoke tenons, the work being cribed as very simple and rapid, the tenon properly ed and ready to drive to its place, an increased gs rength being thus added to the wheel which is equal _ to three additional spokes. Compression © eee ing a growing of Timber. Seldom a man cares to pull the mote out of his own eye. He can see the defect in his neighbor’s eye, but his own, he thinks, is clear. It would be well, however, _ were there more looking within on the part of the indi- A recent writer puts the business aspect of _ vidual. the matter bluntly thus: “Those who are continually Perhaps You. complaining of ill luck and the failure of making a suc- cess in life should look for the cause in themselves rather than in the conditions and circumstances which surround them. The man who makes a success of life is gener- ally the one who thinks of his work, while the one who is a failure generally thinks of his wages much more than of his work. Honest and faithful application will ‘win success every time. Look about you and note how true this is with workmen of your acquaintance. The world may owe every man a living, but it is not running round after him to pay it.” A railroad man has said: he demand is tor men who are intelligent and take a keen interest in their work, and, by reading and study, aim to fit themselves for more efficient service.” The woodworker who works on these lines is the man who becomes a credit to his trade. England comes to the front with a new invention of value. A Chelsea manufacturer has brought out an improved form of steam tree-felling and cross-cutting nachine. Since the original patent was taken out for ese machines a number have been sent to all parts of e world. They are mounted upon a strong axle, sup- ported on a pair of wheels of such a diameter as to enable the saw to cut through a tree at a height of about three feet from the ground. This skeleton carriage is d with a pair of shafts, which renders it readily trans- able through the forest. After the tree is felled, the tire machine can be partially rotated upon its axis, so by simply turning a hand-wheel, the saw can be set to cut in a vertical direction, or at any angle between ne horizontal and vertical position. It generally hap- pens, when a Jarye tree falls, that it does not lie flat, as 's branches hold the upper part of the trunk off the d, and so, in order to cross-cut tiees lying in such jons, it is necessary to incline the saw somewhat rom a direct vertical line, which is readily done by the idjus' t. Again, in order to cross-cut through a igh-lying trunk, it is necessary to elevate the saw, or, on the other hand, in the case of a low-lying log, tc I crtess it. To effect this, slotted stays are attached each shaft, the lower ends of the stays being pivoted 9 short stakes driven into the ground. A strong bolt g through shaft takes into the slot in each stay, to h it can be instantly set fast by means of a nut fur- ed with a handle, and thus, by raising or depressing € shafis, the saw can be set at the required elevation mit logs lying in any position. The machine, as ginally constructed, would fell an oak tree ten feet in three or four minutes, and would cross-cut jit ards in about two minutes, but it is expected that oved form, even quicker work is possible. A Tree-Feller. FS . A queer find was that of Antone Hagenlocker. in the employ of the Ansonia [rass and Copper Co., of Waterbury, Conn., and as he placed an extra large lump of soft coal under the boiler he had no thought of what that lump of coal contained. A few minutes later he opened the furnace door again, and what was his surprise to see in the furnace a handsome plant resembling a species of cactus. It was bright red from the heat, every vein in the leaves being defined. He carefully removed it from the furnace without break- ing, and when it cooled it returned to a dull gray color. It rests on a base of coal and there stands out a well- defined petrified plant, but not carbonized so that it burned as readily as did the coal surrounding it. He has shown the formation to many, and nothing like it has ever been seen here. The stock of the plant where cut from the parent stem is well defined. Mr. Hagen- locker is to have it mounted and placed under a glass case. An Engineer’s Queer Find. Antone isan enyincer Sixty-seven thousand dollars in hard cash was recently realized from the wooden floors and rubbish of an old building in New York. For many years previous to last spring the building in question, on Bond street, had been used in the manufacture of Waltham watch cases. Three floors were occupied for this purpose, and in the requirements of the business from $1,000 to $3,000 in gold were melted every day. Last May the firm engaged in this work withdrew from the business, and made arrangements with Glorieux & Woolsey, of the Irvington Smelting and Refining Works, by the terms of which the latter took up the floors in the building, gathered up all the rubbish, and carted the entire lot to the place of smelting. Then the precious refuse was subjected to various processes known to the refiner, with the result that the sum of about $67,000 was realized. “We began the work,” said Mr. Woolsey, “three months ago and completed it a few days ago. There were 60,000 square feet of lumber in the three floors that had lain for nineteen years. We had wagons built especially to carry away the valuable timber. The wagons were so constructed that no particle could drop to the ground, and their boxes were carefully cleaned out after the transportation of each load. The floors were sawed into lengths of four and five feet. Then it was carted to the smelting works at Irvington and burned to ashes. - The latter were sifted, and then by chemical process the gold was brought forth. It was a slow task, but paid well. We turned over to our clients gold to the value of $67,000. We did the work on a percentage, and are very well satisfied.” A Wooden Gold Mine. Straws often show which way the wind blows. We judge men by little things. A blunder is made, an ill- advised word is uttered, and we take the circumstance as an index of the general character of the individual. The judgment may be wrong, but not always. This fact needs to be remembered that human nature is so judged in nine cases out of ten, and it pays one to be on their guard and make as few mis-steps as possible. It is told of Baron Rothschild that he would not do busi- ness with an unlucky man. Touching squarely on the work of the woodworker our contemporary, Woodworker, has this to say along the lines we have suggested: “In small establishments, where the owner acts as foreman and general superintendent, the mill office can be easily neglected. It gives a customer a very poor opinion of business capacity of the owner to see him compelled to look over a lot of dusty books and papers for a needed something. It shows a lack of systematic office work, and inay impress the customer with the idea that the same carelessness extends to all parts of the concern, and that prompt work can not be expected. The office part of a sinall mill should be just as systematically and neatly conducted as in a big concern. It is expected to be the brains of the place and to furnish the “where- with” to keep things moving, and if it is neglected dis- aster may sooner or later follow. It is not expected that every mill-owner whose business will not warrant a book-keeper can keep his accounts as well as a trained Timely Talk. expert; but he can keep them correctly and up to date, so that, though his methods may be crude, they will THE CANADA LUMBER MAT 4 have system back of them. The mill-owner + WNO Can go ‘ G5) into the small office in one corner of the and wit out hesitation produce a complete account of his deal- ings with different parties, is, unless he is deficient some place else, crowding success pretty close.” ALL ABOUT TREES. ba the southern part of Europe 3%,¢ been picked from one tree. The hardest known wood is said to be It turns the edge of any axe, it is claimed. India rubber trees grow wild all over Lee County, Florida. At Fort Myers they ornamental trees. 900 oranges have COCUS W ood. however well tempered, so are the chief shade and In spite of its ice and severe cold, Labrador possesses goo species of flowering plants, species of mosses and lichens. There is a tree in Jamaica known as the “life tree,” on account of its leaves growing even after being severed from the plant. fire can it be entirely destroyed. Horticulturists tell us that the orange was originally a pear-shaped fruit about the size of a common wild cherry. Its evolution is due to twelve hundred years of cultivation. Princeton has two trees which were planted previous to the Declaration of Independence. The sycamores in the dean’s yard were planted in 1767 by order of the trustees, to commemotate the resistance of the Stamp Act. The points of the compass can be told from trees by the following simple observations: The side of a tree on which most of the moss is found is the north. If the tree is exposed to the sun the heaviest and longest limbs will be on the south side. In Turkey, if a man falls asleep in the neighborhood of a poppy field and the wind blows from the field toward him, he will become narcotized, and would die if the country people, who are well acquainted with the circumstances, did not take him to a well or stream and empty pitcher after pitcher of water on his face and body. The Falkland Islands produce no trees, but they pro- duce wood shape. You see scattered here and there singular blocks of what looks like weather-beaten, mossy gray stones of various sizes. But if you attempt to roll over one of these rounded boulders you will find yourself unable to accomplish it. In fact, the stone is tied down to the ground—tied down by the roots, or, in other words, it is not a stone, but a block of living wood. 59 ferns, and over 250 Only by in a remarkable will BIG TREES IN FORMOSA. te a Shanghai native newspaper are the details of the remarkable discovery in the southern part of the island of Formosa of trees that rival in size and beauty the giant redwood trees of California. Ten Chinese merchants of Foochow organized the exploring expe- dition. The vast forests there had never been pen- etrated by traders, but it was known that the country was broken by high and rugged mountains that had very heavy timber. The expedition started from the Chinese port of Samalan. After seven days of hard travel it reached the Hualin river. It found no roads, not even a trail, and in many cases the members jour- neyed for hours along the tracks of wild beasts through heavy timber. Many signs of natives were seen, but the savages were too timid to show themselves. In one of the great forests trees of enormous size and height were found. Ten men, joining their outstretched arms, were unable to clasp the trunk near the ground. They estimated the height at two hundred or more feet. An- other peculiar tree bore red and white flowers as large as an ordinary sieve. The forest life, from the descrip- tions of the Chinese, resembles that of the Amazon. WHERE IT CATCHES. Business Man—You remember that “ad” I had in your paper and took out two months ago. Well, I want to have it put back again. Editor—Why, I thought you said that no one noticed it while it was in. Business man (humbly)—They didn’t seem to until I took it out.—Clothier and Furnisher. DECEMBER, 1892 8 _ THE CANADA LUMBERMAN PUBLISHED ON THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH —BY— ARTHUR G. MORTIMER OFFICE. 75 CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE BUILDING Toronto, ONTARIO TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Copy One: Year, in advance cece -elcleleforet-l-eeicleletefnreinieteisisiere $1.00 Qne. Copy. 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But correspondence i is not only welcome, but is invited from all who have any information to com- municate or subjects to discuss relating to the trade or in any way affecting it. Even when we may not be able to agree with the writers we will give them a fair opportunity for free discussion as the best means of eliciting thetreth. Any items of interest are particularly requested, for even if not of great importance individually they contribute to a fund of information from which general results are obtained. Advertisers will receive careful attention and liberal treatment. We need not point out that for many the CANADA LUMBERMAN, with its spe- cial class of readers, is not only an exceptionally good medium for securing publicity, but is indispensable for those who would bring themselves before the notice of that class. Special attention is duected to ‘‘WanrTED” and “For SALE” advertisements, which will be inserted in a conspicuous posi- tion at the uniform price of 15 cents per line for each insertion. Announce- ments of this character will be subject to a discount of 25 per cent. if ordered for four successive issues or longer. Subscribers will find the small amount they pay for the Canapa Lum- BERMAN 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 encour- aging us to render it even more complete. A WORD WITH SUBSCRIBERS. T has become a fixed rule in newspaper offices that the books should show a clean paid-up subscription list on the opening of each new year. If, perchance, subscribers have forgotten for a time that all first-class journals look for a close adherence to this pay-in- advance system—which is the only sound business system where the cash outlay is as large and continuous as in newspaper publish- ing—they are ready to accept the publisher’s reminder and act accordingly before the old year will have finally passed out of sight. There are some subscribers on the lists of the CANADA LUMBER- MAN who require this reminder at this time. Those who have paid their subscriptions beyond January, 1893, will have no direct interest in this paragraph. All others will receive an account of their in- debtedness in this number of the LUMBERMAN. We ask that they make a point of at once enclosing the amount in an envelope and mailing it to this office. There is no time like the present to attend to a business matter that needs attention. A writer on commercial topics has wellsaid: ‘‘Why is it that men will constantly place in opposition to their greatest endeavors the damnable, retarding influ- ence of a total disregard of the promptness which should mark the discharge of the minor duties in the form of what is too often con- sidered the insignificant details? Here we find a man who would not think of putting off until an indefinite future date the prepara- tion for the meeting of demands upon him in which there was at stake the consideration of hundreds of dollars and his credit with one firm or individual ; but the same man will carelessly cast aside for future consideration fifty seemingly insignificant accounts which are brought before him in the course of one day, ignoring the prin- ciple of life which teaches that the ‘little things make up the sum of living.’ ’’ Wehave no need to remind our readers of the determined efforts being made by the LUMBERMAN to give them a journal that shall in every way creditably represent the large and important trades of which they are members. We shall expect to hear from all concerned promptly. SMUGGLING BY LUMBERMEN. THE charge is made that large quantities of shanty supplies have been smuggled this season from Bay City, Saginaw and other Michigan ports by American lumber- men to various points on the north shore of the Geor- gian Bay. The matter having been brought under the notice of the Commissioner of Customs he has refused to believe the story. On the other hand an officer who has been aboard of one of the large tugs engaged in towing logs to Bay City all season is reported to have said to the correspondent of the Mail at Owen Sound “that almost the whole supplies for the shanties and mills had been smuggled from Bay City and Saginaw by the vessels towing the logs. Some of the tugs, however, refused to carry the goods, which were not landed on the mainland, but on islands, from which they were afterwards removed to shore at night in fishing boats. One steamer brought a full cargo of smuggled goods and landed them at anisland. The officer further states that the number of logs actually cleared from the Customs offices is generally put at about one-third the actual number, and that they are also falsely entered again on the American side.” These are serious statements for a newspaper to make without good reason to believe they aretrue. American lumbermen operating in Canada cannot afford to rest under the imputation they contain. We have been ready to give our American friends credit for business shrewd- ness, and we are just as free to believe them to be hon- est. If smuggling has been going on to any extent whatever, much or little, by any of their number, every honest lumberman should, in fairness to himself, join in a search for the wrong-doers. Our Customs de- partment must necessarily enquire into the matter. The charge is of a double nature (a) that shanty supplies are being smuggled into the country, (b) that with logs exported to the States the entries are falsified and the numbers minimized. The truth or falsity of both statements must be known. FREE LUMBER. THE election of Grover Cleveland to the Presidency has already set United States lumbermen speculating on the possibility of free lumber in the near future. Our Michigan correspondent has something to say on the question in his letter on another page. The Northwest- ern Lumberman, which labored with all its might to de- feat the Bryan bill at Washington in March last, appre- hends that this bill “will be passed by that body at its The people have declared in favor of a reduction of tariff duties, and Congress is expected to act accordingly.” But our contemporary would not ad- vise the withdrawing of hostilities, though it knows the odds are against the On-to-Washington movement. Every manufacturer of lumber is urged to interview his member of Congress on this subject and find where he stands. “The vast lumbering interests of the south and west that are now seeking a profitable market in the northern and eastern states,’ argues the Northwestern, ‘would be seriously crippled by the admission of lumber free from Canada. Lumbermen in this country must rely solely upon their efforts to prevent the passage of a measure that is a menace to the entire saw mill interests.” Another view is expressed by the same journal through its Michigan correspondent in these words: “In con- versation with a lumberman operating quite extensively in Canadian limits, he said that he did not think putting lumber on the free list would greatly affect the north- western market; that the Standard Oil Company now takes 100,000,000 feet annually out of Canada, on which it receives a rebate, and other quantitfes are shipped in bond so that the duties obtained do not amount to a very large sum. And those people who think that if lumber is put on the free list that commodity would be cheapened, he said, would be disappointed. It would not affect the price a mill a thousand feet. The effect, another lumberman said, would be merely to render a considerable portion of the northwestern stock that goes east practically valueless, as at present prices there was very little profit in coarse lumber and with another dollar a thousand in favor of the Canadians, that section would be able to supply the eastern market with cheap grades of lumber.” Agitation and organization to the contrary, notwith- standing, it is more than problematical that a Democratic tariff will place lumber on the free list. winter session. A BIG DEAL IN LUMBER. As we go to press with the December LUMBERMAN we learn that a deal involving several hundred thou- sand dollars has been completed, by which a large part of the property of the Georgian Bay Consolidated Lumber Co. passes into the hands of a wealthy Ameri- can lumbering firm. The controlling interest in the Georgian Bay Lumber Co. is held by Mr. A. M. Dodge, of New York, and who also has a residence at Waubau- shene, the scene of the company’s extensive milling operations. The company, which has a capital of $1,000,000, is one of the wealthiest doing business in the Georgian Bay district, and its limits cover immense q i : areas of country. A large part of its property has been purchased by Merrill, Ring & Co., of Saginaw, Mich., who have an option upon the remainder. Particulars of the transaction are withheld, pending the final comple- tion of the deal. Mr. James Scott, vice-president of the company, when spoken to about the matter, said: “A portion of the property of the Georgian Bay Lumber Co. has been sold to Merrill, Ring & Co., of Saginaw, Mich., and Merrill, Ring & Co. have the option of buy- ing the rest. That is all I feel at liberty to say, as par- ticulars must for the present at least be considered as strictly confidential.” Merrill, Rg & Co. are already large operators of Canadian limits, and in April last they purchased from the Dodge estate 500,000,000 feet of standing timber, 19,000,000 logs afloat and the Byng Inlet mill of the Georgian Bay Lumber Co. EDITORIAL NOTES. THE Canadian Pacific railway is stretching out its arms not only to the uttermost parts of the earth, almost, by its splendid system of steamships, but it has an eye on the railroad possibilities of the United States. News comes of a reported purchase of land by this com- pany at Sioux City, Ia., indicating, it is thought, the in- tention of that corporation to reach down into the Missouri valley by means of the Red Wing and South- ern railway. The Railway Age remarks that “it would be a curious sight to see this aggressive Canadian com- pany reaching a long arm down to the backbone (stomach) of the west and taking traffic from our own direct lines to haul to the seaboard by its roundabout course over foreign soil; and yet nothing that the Can- adian Pacific may do should surprise us now.” WITHIN a period of about three months from August 1 to November 1, Mr. William Renaud, one of the best- known agents of the lumbermen of the Ottawa, has hired not less than 2,500 men. The business of the Renaud’s was established in Ottawa twenty years ago by the late Alexis Renaud, and has been carried on since his demise by his sons William and Nelson. A writer in the Ottawa Free Press says that the majority of the men who are hired for the woods are French Canadians whose ages vary from eighteen to forty. English-Canadians do not care to cut logs but prefer to drive horses instead, and are among the best available help for this class of work. In some cases whole families seek work in the shanty for a livelihood during the winter. Some of the men have been in the woods for fifteen consecutive years. The majority of the timber makers are unmarried lads of from eighteen to twenty-five years. aby a ee 3 Te. ee Ree ee VARIOUS circumstances have combined to give im- petus to the work of the lumbermen in the woods this winter. In the Ottawa section the organization of the Moore Lumber Co. placed a new and strong firm in the field who will operate largely this winter the limits of the late David Moore. The purchase by the Shephard & Morse Co. of the Pierce limits is another influence pro- ducing similar results. They have already sent large gangs of men to the woods. The Hawkesbury Lumber Co. have made all arrangements to operate with char- acteristic energy the limits of Thistle, Carswell & Co. The regular operations of J. R. Booth, Bronson & Wes- ton, the Ottawa Lumber Co., and other large firms in the same territory will be, in nearly every case, on a more extensive basis than formerly. Like conditions exist in the Georgian Bay and north shore districts, the opening of new limits and increased operations of both Canadian and American operators making an exception- ally busy winter in these localities. All this foreshadows a busy season for the saw mills of the province when the winter’s ice and snows will have melted away. Other saw mills not Canadian will also be enriched by this extra activity of the woodman, for, undoubtedly, the towing of logs to Michigan mills another summer will be conducted on a scale never hitherto approached in the country. NDREW McCORMICK, lumberman of Sudbury, states that he has travelled all through the new territory recently sold by the Ontario Government and finds the most of it covered with good pine. The terri- tory yet to be sold embraces all that area which lies between Lakes Huron and Temiscamingue and north of the Canadian Pacific railway. In size it is about as large as that sold, while the amount of timber on it will equal that just sold. At the prices recently obtained the unsold country is worth $2,000,000 at the very least. This is the last of the timber area in Ontario. * * * * The timber of which the new Gilmour mill is to be constructed has something of an historic interest. It is being taken from the famous pine grove on the Gatineau through which the Prince of Wales was driven as the guest of Col. Gilmour in 1860. To facilitate and render more attractive the visit of H.R.H. to the only specimen of the Canadian primeval forest even then existent within easy access of the city, Col. Gilmour had a laby- rinth of pretty drives laid out in the grove. The place, too, has long been associated with the pleasurable mem- ories of picnic parties. Now that it is intended to abandon the Chelsea saw mill, the stately pines in the grove are being felled and sawed into dimension timber for the framework of the new mill. ak (eo ae Mr. John Charlton, M.P., being asked: How about the assertion that if the export duty on logs had not been repealed the Americans would have given us free lum- ber to secure its removal, replied: “The assertion if made betrays lack of knowledge as to the real state of affairs. The truth is that the export duty provoked a feeling of resentment and probably prevented lumber being placed uponthe free list. It was denounced as an unjust and impertinent tax and was used with much effect by the opponents of free lumber. Had there been no export duty in the way the probability of obtaining free lumber would have been greatly increased. Its influence was most mischievous and detrimental to Can- adian interests. The influence of the re-imposition of the export duty upon the free lumber question in the States would probably be so unfavorable as to put free lumber out of the question while the export duty was continued in force. The sentiment in favor of free lumber in the States is strong and gaining, and we can only hinder it by unwise efforts in this country.” | t+ * F “1 don’t look at the mere sawing of the lumber,” says P. O. Byram, of New Brunswick, “as the only benefit our country derives from its forests. We all know that manufacturing our lumber and preparing it for market amounts to about the same as cutting, hauling and driv- ing it to the mills. Every thousand manufactured out of the country robs it of so much labor and consumption. It is labor that builds up the wealth of a country; and if labor's not fostered in our own country the people will go where it is. Further, we know that when our lands are cleared of their virgin wealth, and not settled, they grow up a barren waste. Our forests in all parts of the Dominion are fast becoming depleted. Their pine, cedar and spruce will in a few years be a thing of the past. Spruce to-day has dwindled down to batten logs instead of beautiful deal logs as of yore. The only remedy to stay the progress of this disaster is to exact an export duty. The advantages of this policy would be “Many: Mills would be built, the magnificent streams of the country would be utilized; settlers would be influ- enced to locate where activity prevailed; all supplying assistance to farmers and pioneers and they in turn being helped by them. We have had enough short- ’ legislation playing into the hands of capitalists A encouraging the settlers, farmers and mill- of our country to build up our own country.” THE CANADA LUMBERMAN 9 A gentleman, to whom life in a lumber camp was quite an experience, writing from Napanee, gives the following account of “Hot Hand,” a popular game among the shantymen: “My friend Irvine kindly vol- unteered to take me over to the shanty on Reid’s Creek to see how things appeared at night among the motley crowd that composed the gang. As we drew near our ears were greeted with roars ot laughter, which indicated that some lively game was in progress. On entering we found that a lot of the “boys” (some of them bearded men of thirty and more) were engaged in the diversion known as “hot hand.” A semi-circle of the men stood in front of one seated with a hat in his lap, the victim leaning over with his face in the hat, and his hands, palms out, resting on his hips. While in this position he must receive the vigorous slaps of the men compos- ing the semi-circle until he could “spot” the one who stiuck last. After receiving a shower of blows he would raise his head, and if he could indicate the one who struck last he was aliowed to take his place in the circle and the man spotted became the next victim. The fun consisted chiefly in the mistakes made by the victim in pointing to the one he thought gave the last slap, as some one who did not “make believe” that he gave it by rubbing his hands and assuming the attitude of a striker. An old Irishman assured me that he had often seen this game at Irish wakes. Seven of the shantymen were Oka Indians, whom the boss reported as among the best of the gang. They participated with great zest in the various games of the shanty. In the centre of the shanty was a large fire of pine knots which illuminated the whole interior sufficiently to enable the men to read, play cards or indulge in “hot hand.” Around the sides of the shanty were the platforms on which they slept.in their blankets, the disrobing consisting simply in taking off boots or mocassins. The men were a remarkably healthy lot, not one missing a meal or losing a day through illness occupied this shanty. From a health standpoint this is certainly a good record.” * % & * H. H. Spicer, proprietor of the Vancouver Shingle Mill, B.C., probably the largest manufacturer of shingles in British Columbia, is looking around for a fresh outlet for the product of his mills. He has sent samples of his cedar shingles to Japan and also to South America, but he is not hopeful of cultivating a trade with these com- munities. In Japan labor was too cheap to warrant them shipping them there and in South America the shingles were not used. He had his eye on Ontario and in an interview he said: “I am convinced that Ontario was the market for them, and that a trade would be worked up with that province. At present in Ontario they are using pine, hemlock or eastern cedar shingles, which are much inferior in quality to the red cedar shingles manufactured on the Pacific coast. The prin- cipal requisites in first-class shingles, supposing, of course, that they are properly manufactured, are: First, a good average width (say eight to ten inches), which permits of their being laid more rapidly than narrower shingles; second, that when once laid on the roof they will not curl; third, and most important of all, that they be long-lived, (say thirty to forty years) and, at the same time, afford perfect protection to the building on which they are laid. All of these requirements the British Columbia red cedar shingle possesses, as has been repeatedly proven. Owing to the size of the cedar trees here the shingles can be cut much wider than any east- ern manufactured shingles, and they always lie flat, the climate not having any effect whatever on them. As to their long-lived qualities, buildings can be seen in Vic- toria, New Westminster, Langley, Moodyville and other places in this province that were erected by the Hudson 3ay Company and others twenty to thirty years ago, and covered with red cedar shingles, and without paint are still sound, and will apparently protect the buildings on which they were laid as many years Jonger. The fact that the red ‘cedar shingles have gained such a hold in the Eastern States convinces me that in time they will be used as extensively in Ontario. the only drawback to shipping them in right away being the freight rate.” What are your opinions as to shipping shingles by sail- ing vessels to Eastern Canada round the Horn? Do you think it will ever be done to any extent? “In my opinion,” replied Mr. Spicer, “not many cargoes will be To do this a large capital would be required, and we should have to saw a year ahead to get enough cut, as a ship would carry a tremendous cargo.” kt + & & Mr. J. W. Hendry, late manager for Mr. Peter McLaren, than whom, perhaps, there is no one more thoroughly posted in the lumber business and Canada’s forest wealth, was asked what he thought of the sales of limits recently made by the Ontario Government. “There’s a lot of people,” said Mr. Hendry, “who talk as if these limits brought too big a price, and they say the Michigan men bid them up too high. I do not think the prices paid at all extravagant under the circum- stances. At the present rate of manufacture the white pine trade of this country will be a thing of the past by the end of the present century, or in eight years hence, for lack of material, and should there be any forest fires the time will be shorter. Ottawa Valley produces annually 600,000,000 superficial feet of white pine, most of which goes to the United States. Hewn pine timber has almost ceased to be manufactured, not for want of a market but for want of material. During the past four- teen years the lumberer has been very successful. Ever since the interpretation of Pharaoh’s dream many have shared the belief in septennial crisises, but two such periods have passed the Ottawa lumberer without any calamity. The Ottawa lumbermen are in good financial circumstances and, being owners of one of the finest water powers in the world and possessed of great energy and business ability, they are in a position to put their shoulders under the handspike in some other business, say mining or manufacturing.” In referring to the export duty on logs Mr. Hendry cited Sweden as an instance. ‘An export duty was at first put on and later lumber exportation was prohibited, and the wood was converted into charcoal, and this was used in the manu- facture of Swede’s iron, so that the prohibition was not a very great evil after all. When the timber limits of Ontario now being worked under patent revert to the Crown there will be sufficient timber still on them for the manufacture of charcoal, as in Sweden, and in this manner our iron mines might be developed.” * % * ¥ Hon. H. G. Joly de Lotbiniere, of Quebec, says: “I cannot understand why there should be any doubt as to the wisdom of imposing an export duty on our logs. Many of those, who, with the hope of promoting their personal interest, advocated at one time its removal, are now in favor of its re-imposition. But, let us look at the question as it affects our country at large. In giving us our forest Providence has given us a source of wealth which it is our duty to husband carefully and to turn to the best account. Is it possible that we Canadians should have so little manliness left as to tell our neigh- bors: “Come, cut down our trees, take them away, manufacture them at home and reap the golden harvest. We don’t want it. We have got work enough to occupy us here.” What would have become of England if she had invited the world to come and take away her coals and iron and to manufacture them abroad? We ought to treasure our forests, but how much more ought we to treasure the youth of our country, leaving us every year by thousands to seek work in the United States. Shall we force those who still remain with us to leave us too by sending to our neighbors the raw material, the logs, in the manufacturing of which we can procure work for so many? Send away our logs to the States and our mill-hands must follow them. In other words, while we cannot find employment at home for our own workmen, shall we provide work for those of the United States? Our neighbors want our lumber, they must have it, they threaten us with the imposition of higher duties if we insist upon manufacturing our own timber at home. We cannot complain, it is their right. Perhaps they may carry out their threat. As one interested in the exportation of sawn lumber to the States, and naturally anxious to enter it there under favorable conditions, I appeal to those who are answerable for the welfare and prosperity of our country; I implore them to keep our logs here, and with our logs to keep here those who will earn their living by working them, and should I be called upon to pay a higher duty for my sawn lumber exported to the States, I will then pay it cheerfully.” shipped this way for some time to come. io TEE (CAO ADA OM Seat DECEMBER, 1892 MICHIGAN LETTER. [Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] ILL lumber be placed on the free list? is a question asked by lumbermen with more than ordinary concern now that the Democrats have come into power. Mr. Cleveland’s letter of acceptance of the Presidential nomination is sometimes referred to as very guarded on the tariff question. But, if any one supposes that Grover Cleveland is likely to hedge on this or any other question on which he has strong convictions, and especially after the unmistakable majority of Nov. 8, they may as well be undeceived now as any time. The new president is a man of sound judgment and will doubtless exercise this judg- ment in touching a matter so essential to the welfare of the country as its tariff. Certain changes, however, may be expected very shortly after the new administration assume the responsibilities of office, and the impression of many is that lumber and wool will be among the first commodities to be placed on the free list. Some lumbermen view this aspect of the question seriously fearing that if lumber is made free with- out any restrictive conditions such as are placed in the McKin- ley Bill, that the Canadian Government will take advantage of the situation and meet the agitation in some parts of your coun- try for a re-imposition of the log export duty by promptly plac- ing such a duty on logs coming into this country. Besides, it is contended, in some quarters, that with the one dollar duty now on sawed lumber our lumbermen have all they can do to compete with Canadian cheap grades. Remove this duty and your Canadian lumber would have control of the field in this country. Whilst the situation thus remains unsettled it may be that the lumber trade here will be less brisk than for some time past. This is the fear of some. BITS OF LUMBER. A number of lumbermen from this state are prospecting in the timber sections of Ontario. The lumber season in this state, now closing, has been one of the most satisfactory to our lumbermen for some years. The big planing mill of Ross, Bradley & Co., at Bay City, is undergoing repairs. This concern did a big business during the past season. The North Holland mill is to be dismantled and the machin- ery will be taken to East Tawas and put into the new Holland and Emery building there. The Saginaw Salt & Lumber Co. has purchased 40,000,000 feet of selected logs from the Merrill-Ring Co. to be cut on the Georgian Bay limits of this company. The capital employed in the lumber and planing mills of Detroit, as per a recent census bulletin, cover $1,600,000, em- ploying 1,227 hands and paying $631,736 in wages annually. Rough weather has been experienced on the Huron shore this month. One raft containing 4,000,000 logs for Sibley & Bearinger went ashore north of Alpena and was only released after considerable difficulty. The shipments of lumber at Alpena up to Nov. 1 are as fol- lows: 162,321,000 feet of lumber, 3,901,000 lath, 3,737,000 shingles, 401,000 cedar posts and 552,000 railway ties. Chic- ago has received the bulk of the posts and ties. Lake rates on lumber have made another advance. They are now quoted at $2.50 from Bay City to Buffalo and Tona- wanda, and $2 to Ohio ports. From Saginaw a shilling is added to Bay City rates. Almost any time now we may expect navigation to be closed for the season. O. E. Elesmore, who has recently returned from the Geor- gian Bay district, says Hurst & Fisher, of this state, have twelve camps with 510 men on the pay roll, receiving an aver- age of $22 a month, at work on their limits in that territory. The larger part of this money and that necessary for the pur- chase of supplies is left in Canada. A chattel mortgage has been placed on file by the firm of York and Tillotson. The mortgage is to run a year and is given on the firm’s planing mill property on South Michigan Avenue. It amounts to $59,557.63, and is given to S. G. M. Gates, Daniel Hardin and Col. A. T. Bliss to protect the in- terest of a large number of creditors to whom they owe various amounts. Also a bill of sale to the Saginaw County Savings bank of twenty-one acres of land in this city, west side, given to secure the bank for a note given by Levi Tillotson and York and Tillotson, amounting to $6.200. In justice to York and Tillotson it should be said that their home business is all right and that their factory is doing a good business. The firm is, however, interested in a southern deal with the late C. H. Plummer, whose estate is now in probate, and to guard against any contingency which may arise, the above documents are filed to protect their home business and creditors. There will be no change in the business, which continues as usual without interruption. SAGINAW, Mich., Nov. 26, 1892. Pica. OTTAWA LETTER. {Regular correspondence CaNaDA LUMBERMAN.] T a time when we are hearing on all hands, and from many different parts of the country, of the large numbers of men who cannot find employment, the experience of lumber agents in this section of the Dominion is in striking, and, in- deed, pleasing contrast to these conditions. Captain W. O. McKay, of this city, who in his day has hired many thousands of men for the lumber camps, says it is almost impossible this year to nearly complete the required complement of men for the various shanties in the Ottawa and other lumber districts of the province. In the judgment of this gallant lumber cap- tain, ‘‘any man who begged in these times, if he was able to work, was a useless incumbrance and jail was too good for him.” He has offered $23 and $24 a month for log cutters, and states that if they are anything special they can get even bigger money, and all the way from $15 to $22 a month is offered for the more general class of work ina lumber camp. Mr. C. D. Chitty, another large employer of shantymen, said that he had orders for men for the shanties and could give as high as $26 a month, but the men were not to be had, and for any other class of work they were equally scarce. With the opening of new limits along the streams tributary to the Ottawa, together with the regular bush work, it is estimated that there will be fully 7,000 men in the bush in these districts this winter. The wage bill all told including foremen, clerks and agents, for a period of six months’ work, which is about the average, will be not less than $1,000,000. INDIFFERENT LENGTHS. J. R. Booth is already making arrangements for extensive repairs to Perley & Pattee’s old mill, which he will operate next season in addition to his new mill. Gilmour & Hughson are being placed at considerable ex- pense in the erection of their new mill at Hull point by having to remove a large quantity of sawdust to get at their wharf. Between 100 and 200 men have been despatched from here by Capt. W. O. McKay for work in the shanties of McCormick, Irwin & McLeod, a new firm with shanty headquarters at Orillia. The Ottawa Lumber Co. has closed its mills for the season. Over 10,000,000 feet of lumber were cut, which is far above the average. Shipments throughout the summer were excep- tionally good, conditions that will encourage this concern to enlarge their operations in the woods this winter. Auctioneer I. B. Tackaberry sold this month, from the ro- tunda of the Russell House, 125 square miles of timber limits situated on the Black River, in the Upper Ottawa district, and on Lake Temiscamingue, known as the Latour limits, the property of the Merchants Bank. They were bought by James Russell, of Renfrew, for $19,200. The assignment of T. A. Hodgson, planing mill, is a com- mercial casualty of the month. The insolvent has been in business since 1885. Of late he has experienced some annoy- ance from neighbors who have complained of his mill as a nuis- ance. This fact seems to have prejudiced his business, and, along with a habit of contracting for work at somewhat un- profitable prices, has probably precipitated the present trouble. Liabilities are placed at about $22,000 and assets $18,000. Orrawa, Nov. 26, 1892. BRITISH COLUMBIA LETTER. (Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] E continue to ship lumber to Wilmington, Del., to be used in the building of warships for the United States Government. I have noticed that some of the American newspapers do not take kindly to this intrusion of Canadian lumber into their country for use by the Government of that country. ‘But why not? Who knows better than the shrewd American a good thing when he sees it? And this is where the compliment to British Columbia lumber is evidenced in the present case. A recent shipment for the purpose named com- prised 891,000 feet of sized lumber and four spars, each ninety feet long. COAST CHIPS. Bush fires have fortunately given us very little trouble the past summer. Prices have shown a slight decline since the break in the lumber combine. The Sayward Mill, in Victoria, is to be enlarged to a capa- city of 100,000 feet per day. : The good crops in Manitoba and Northwest Territories will increase shipments of lumber from British Columbia. The cargo of spars to Halifax, N.S., and lumber and timber to Montreal per vessels, is looked upon as the beginning of a new and profitable trade, which is to be desired. An injunction has been served on Messrs. Hughitt & McIntyre, of Victoria, on behalf of the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway company, to restrain them from running logs down the Cowichan river. Mr. W. Cyrs is likely to close a contract with the Brunette Saw Mill Co. for logs on Stave Lake, where the company have valuable limits. Representatives of several of our larger mills who have been spending some time in Manitoba and the Northwest Territories report trade as fair. A boom of logs, chains, and all else was lately lost at Rogers Island, and another at Toby Inlet. These represent almost a summer’s work by the respective owners. The British barque George Thompson is loading lumber for Australia at the Brunette saw mills. She will carry about 1,000,000 feet and sail at the end of thismonth. This is looked - upon as a favorable indication of the trade improving. The Royal City Mills are getting out between 200,000 and 300,000 feet of lumber to be used in the construction of the new Canadian Pacific Co.’s cannery at Lander’s Landing. The same mills are also cutting a special order of extra choice lumber for Montreal. The new saw mill being erected by Messrs. Hammil & White, at Sydney, North Saanich, is nearly completed. The machinery is being furnished by the Wm. Hamilton Manufac- turing Co., of Peterboro, and has already arrived. Another and a larger mill, it is said, will be built by the same concern alongside of the present one for the export trade. The lumbermen of the coast are hustlers. Recently the Sayward mill received an order from the contracter of the drill hall for a number of pieces of timber seventy-eight feet long. There were none in Victoria of the required length. The Say- ward people dispatched a steamer to the logging camp, 200 miles to the north, for a boom of logs, which was towed to the mill. Within seven days after the receipt of the order eleven sticks 78 feet long, 9x6, were cut and delivered at the building. Thomas J. Bentley, of the firm of Bentley & Fleming, Hali- fax, N.S., has purchased a cargo of spars from the Hastings Mill. The spars are to make about 800,000 ft. and 200,000 ft. of cedar for house furnishings. This firm has been purchasing its spars from Boston dealers who had them brought in from Puget Sound, usually by rail. This was found rather expensive and as the cost of spars from Michigan and Central Canada is increasing, his firm thought it would,be more advantageous to come to the Pacific coast and purchase for themselves. They supply almost all the spars used by the Nova Scotia ship- builders, and so long as wooden ships are built the trade will remain. The trade will probably amount to a cargo a year. New WESTMINSTER, B.C., Nov. 22, 1892. NEW BRUNSWICK LETTER. [Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN]. FAIR trade has been done this season in shipments lumber to the United Kingdom and the continent. Up to the present time the shipments to the United Kingdom have been heavier than last year. Very little has been sent to the continent. About 12,000,000 feet more spruce have been shipped to the United Kingdom, and about 3,000 tons more timber than up to this date last year. Freights have been low and a larger proportion of the carrying of lumber has been done by steamers than usual. Almost double as much has been carried by steamers as was carried by wooden vessels. Byram, of Byram Mills, has just started a new lath machine and expects to give employment all winter if, as he says, he can make buckle and strap meet. Not nearly as large operations will be carried on this winter in spruce on Grand River, Salmon River and many other streams owing to scarcity of lumber and cedar operations being curtailed. What is known as the River Plate as also the West India branch of the lumber trade has been very dull. Towards the end of the season the English markets commence to flatten out, leaving a considerable stock of spruce deals and birch logs on hand. The total shipments across the Atlantic from St. John to date this year amount to 129,000,000 feet. Last year they amounted. to 117,000,000. It is thought, however, that owing to the early stopping of shipments there will not be a very great increase shown in the amount of lumber shipped over other years. 5 I have heard of some extraordinary returns shown by shippers. In one case when the cargo was disposed of the shipper had remaining as his profit about seven cents on 1,000 superficial feet of deals. Other cases could be named where the shipper was actually out by the transaction. An increase in shipments, however, over last year, made up to some extent for the reduced profits. Sr. JoHN, N.B., Nov. 22, 1892. DECEMBER, 1892 iit NEWS. ONTARIO. —McLachlan Bros., of Arnprior, will have about 1,000 men in the woods this winter. | —Vigars Bros., Port Arthur, have closed their mill after a very successful season’s work. _-—s- — At Baysville, Muskoka, the saw mill of H. McQuarrie was 9 blown up by a bursting boiler. ? —Taurance Bros., of Walford, have purchased Sutor and _ Gordon’s stave mili at Sutorville. —A gang of twenty men are at.work on the old Picanock’s limits of the Gilmour Lumber Co. _ —M. Brennan & Sons, Sundridge, have put an automatic shingle saw-filing machine into their mill. —Wnm. Belshaw and John Douglas, two builders in Toronto, are missing. Financial troubles are alleged as the cause. —P. Larmonth, assignee, has been instructed to sell by auction the plant and mill of the Hodgson estate, Ottawa. 7G. Merkley & Son, lumbermen, Morrisburg, have dis- solved after a partnership of fifteen years. The senior member of the firm retires. —Wnm. Campbell has been arrested, charged with making false entries in the books of Keyes & Co., lumber dealers, _ “Niagara and Hamilton. —R. Thackeray, planing mill, Ottawa, is shipping to Eng- land. A recent shipment consists of 700 doors and 60,000 feet of mouldings for Liverpool. —Business at Webbwood is brisk, thanks to the activity of lumbermen in the woods in that section. About 800 are at work in the immediate district. —Neil McIntyre will move his saw mill from the roth con. of Kincardine to the 12th con. of Greenock. He will runa stave factory in connection with the saw mill. —Denis McMartin, manager fer the Dickson Co., at Har- _ wood, says that during the season just ended some 10,000,000 _ feet were cut—a large cut for a mill of the capacity. —The estate of Hagerman & Co., of Toronto. who made an assignment, shows liabilities of $39,000. A nominal surplus of $8,500 is shown. Real estate ventures brought the trouble. Oy aime —T. W. Kenny, of Arnprior, has interviewed the Provincial Board of Health officers, asking the Government to send , a physician to the infected section of the lumber camps, where diphtheria is said to be prevalent. = Egansville, some forty miles distant. sent from Toronto. § The nearest physician is at b Zz hi —A noticeable decline in canal traffic between Ottawa and Dr. Hodgets has been Kingston has taken place of late years. Where in other years _ the forwarders used to hire American barges and send lumber and other stuff to the States and Kingston via the canal, they now use their own barges and ship to Montreal and thence up the St. Lawrence. —The schooner Sligo, laden with lumber, started from Con- lon Bros’. dock, Little Current, and just got around the north ____ end of Picnic Island when she ran ona shoal. The tug Frank Reid endeavored to take her off, but it was no ‘‘go,” and the captain was compelled to unload about half his cargo before they could do anything with her. S. G. Parkin and partners, of Lindsay, have begun the con- struction of a new shingle mill to replace the one recently burned. The mill will be 45x100 feet in size; two dry kilns, 60x85 feet; engine and boiler house, 35x35 feet; dynamo room, 25x35 feet; and the office, 20x35 feet. All these build- ings will be constructed of stone and brick, with cement floors __ and iron roofs, and will be as fire-proof as it is possible to make them. The engine room will contain three engines—one to drive the mill, one to drive the fans for the dry kilns, and a large Corliss engine to drive the electric plant. The machinery for the shingle mill will be the latest and most improved, and the total cost of the buildings and plant will be about $30,000. —At the Chancery sitting, at Barrie, on November 8, Hon. Justice Meredith presiding, the case of Heath vs. The Whaley Lumber Co. occupied nearly all day. The plaintiffs and ‘defendants having a quantity of logs to drive on a creek to Vernon Lake, in Muskoka, agreed to do the work in concert, joi sharing the expense. The agreement was reduced to writing, but the plaintiff claims the relative liability was to epend upon the number of pieces, and that the last line ot the written agreement was cither added subsequent to signing it or was not read by the defendants when the two copies were «ing read in comparison and signed. The line in question vd that the sworn Government returns should be the basis Hxetiiement. This was where the two lumber firms split, and he action is brought principally to recover payment of the ference arising out of the two modes of computation. His dship reserved judgment. wf Vg —An Ottawa dispatch says: A new saw mill is now being constructed near Calumet by Messrs. Severe Belanger and Pierre Charette, who formerly operated a mill at Gatineau Point. river this week, and a large force of men are engaged at the work. No effort will be spared to have the mill in working order as early as the season opens in the spring. history of the oldest resident of Gatineau Point have the pros- pects for the winter seemed brighter. Workingmen of all classes are in great demand and at fair wages. The boiler, and part of the machinery went up the Never in the Every other winter a great number were forced to stay around the village Nearly every day employers of labor visit the village looking for men, but none are to be had. pleased. —An Ottawa dispatch to the Mail a week ago tells of the sufferings endured by five shantymen, Jean Thivert, Michael Burke, Christopher Dunn, John T. Hogan and Geo. and Jas. Dogherty who had made their escape from the diphtheria epidemic on some parts of the Madawaska. They set out to tramp it home, although the distance to the nearest railway station, Cobden, on the Canadian Pacific Railway, was eighty miles. idle, but this year every available work is taken up. Business is brisk and everyone feels They had expected to secure financial help at a place called Basin Point, but were unsuccessful, and were obliged to continue their journey on foot. They endured a severe rain and snow storm and when they had reached Cobden were nearly perished with cold and hunger, having had only three meals in three days. Here they telegraphed to their friends and received assistance enabling them to proceed with more comfort the rest of the journey. They say the disease in the camps is ‘‘black diphtheria.” QUEBEC. —J. E. Genereux, a store-keeper and lumber dealer at Matane, is asking the indulgence of his creditors. —The new steam kiln of the Eddy factory, at Hull, com- prises ten departments, each capable of holding 75,000 tubs or pail staves. NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA. —T. Atkinson, Leicester, N.S., lumber, has assigned. —James O’Rourke, lumberman, St. Martin’s, N.B., one ot the members for St. John in the last local legislature, has as- signed. Liabilities $12,000. —The Moss Glen Manufacturing Co., with $25,000 capital stock in 500 shares, are applying for incorporation to manufac- ture lumber, matches, etc., at Moss Glen, Kings County, N.B. —Last blocks, cut from the best rock maple, are being shipped from New Brunswick to the United States. One dealer has about 100 carloads ready for shipment. Some trouble has arisen as to the correct duty to be levied. The American manufacturers claim that it should be twenty per cent. of the American market rate, while the customs authori- ties hold that twenty per cent. of the Canadian market rate is sufficient. The matter is under consideration. —Pickles and Mills, of Annapolis, N.S., are making exten- sive preparations for lumbering this winter. A large gang of men will be employed to log the district around the Paradise waters. Clark and Co., of Bear river, are also preparing to go into the same industry quite heavily. They will employ a large number of lumbermen to get pulpwood and lumber ready for shipment. Owing to low water in the lakes and rivers most all the large saw mills have been closed down for some time. —The story comes of a big cut of lumber at the mill of Alex. Gibson, Marysville, N.B. In ten hours 144,603 feet of lumber passed through one gang, and at six o’clock was piled up in the yard dressed and ready for the market. The larger part of this cut was made in the afternoon, there being only 59,000 feet cut at noon, thus showing that the mill was not running at full capacity. After dinner, Mr. Alex. Gibson, Jr., who was in charge, had more power put on, being determined to put up a record for fast cutting that would stand for some time to The Chatham Advance claimed that Mr. Snowball’s mill, at Chatham, held the record last year for fast cutting, it having cut 93,000 feet of lumber in one day. Mr. Gibson’s mill in five hours almost cut as many feet of lumber as Mr. Snowball’s mill did in one whole day. In the lath mill on the same day 80,000 Jaths were cut by one lath machine. A gentleman who was present states that in four minutes five bunches of Jaths were cut and bunched ready for market. come. MANITOBA AND THE NORTHWEST. —Although the available timber areas in the Northwest Territories are somewhat limited, there is a rapid development going on in the lumber trade in that section. The Eau Claire and Bow River company has cut 3,000,000 feet this year, which is fully up to the average of past years. In addition to this the company cuts about 10,000 lath and thirty cords of wood a day during the season. The company will have between sixty and seventy men in the woods this winter. The limit, consist- ing of 500 square miles, is in the vicinity of Banff. Last year THE CANADA LUMBERMAN ee the season’s work was principally upon the Spray. Most of the limit is reached by tributaries of the Bow, but the haul is becoming longer every year. During the coming winter this company, working in conjunction with the Calgary Water Power Co., will make extensive repairs and additions to the present wing dams on the Bow. Up to this time about $25,000 has been spent upon the river, exclusive of the latter company’s new electric light station, which was completed a short time ago. This sum includes the cost of dams, wing dams and embankments necessary for the storage of logs at the mill. Considerable blasting of rocks in the river has been done in order to facilitate the driving of the logs down to the mill The Calgary Water Power Co. has charge of the planing mill and electric light business in connection with the latter. FIRES AND CASUALTIES. FIRES. Wiseman’s saw mill at Havelock, Ont., was burned a fort- night since. Joseph Cooper’s planing mill, Loss $3,000; no insurance. 3racebridge, Ont., burned. Dunn & Co.’s saw mill, at Grand Bay, N.B., was burned a week ago. The loss is estimated at about $25,000; fully insured. The branch storehouse of the Rathbun Co. at Peterboro, Ont., was completely destroyed by fire the middle of Novem- ber. The building burned was 30x55 and owned by a Mr. Yelland. Loss $800. CASUALTIES. John Rooney, of Coverdale, N.B., was drowned while at work handling lumber on one of the piers at Moncton. A young man named Cook, from near the Severn, was killed in one of the camps of Mickle, Dyment & Son a week ago. Charles Goodhue, an employee in Morrison’s mills, Caribou, N.B., was killed by a railway train. He had been drinking. A woodman named Joseph Fournier has reached Ottawa suffering with a fractured leg, the result of an accident on the Madawaska river. While working in the woods-at the McLachlan Bros. camp, near Sundridge, Ont., Israel Marvis was struck by a falling limb and instantly killed. Wm. Matheson, while assisting at the fire at Wiseman’s saw mill, Havelock, Ont., was struck by a scantling and it is feared his injuries will prove fatal. J. C. Davidson, foreman in Brennan’s saw mill, Sundridge, Ont., will likely have his arm amputated as a result of injuries received by having it caught in the gearing. A man named Murray, employed in Davidson & Hay’s mill at Cache Bay, Ont., dropped dead of heart disease. from Gravenhurst, and was about 55 years of age. He came A Powassan young man named F. Gerher lost his life while at work on Wm. Milne’s new mill at Trout Creek, Ont. He fell off the frame of the mill a distance of twenty-five feet, striking his head on a rock. News has been received of the death of Wm. VanAlstine, of Wingham, Ont., who for fifteen years has resided at Arkona, Mich. Deceased worked the greater part of his time in the woods and it is surmised he was killed. Andrew MacFarlane, foreman of the machine department of the Wm. Hamilton Mfg. Co., Peterboro, Ont., is suffering from a severe hip wound, the result of a fall from a ladder when at work on a window at his house. Wm. H. Crowe, formerly of Peterboro, Ont., who only a month ago accepted the position of foreman in Dowling & Leighton’s cabinet factory at Harriston, met with a terrible accident a fortnight later, having both his hips broken, besides being severely bruised. A shocking fatality occurred a week ago in Buell, Orr and Hurdman’s mill, Ottawa. Joseph Briere, a filer, was caught in a pulley shaft going at four hundred revolutions per minute and carried round and round, his body each time crashing with awful force against the mill floor until his left arm was wrenched from its socket and his body thrown lifeless to the ground. He was 28 and leaves a wife and two children. Two serious accidents occurred in Hurdman’s mill at the Chaudiere. The first was to a workman named Roy, who was fixing a pulley, when he slipped on a roller and his head came in contact with a carriage rope, sustaining a very severe scalp The second accident took place at the far end of the Hurdman yard, and was more serious. Majoire Piche, 22 yrs. of age, engaged in loading timber from the firm’s trucks on to the slides for shipment, was working at a height of over twenty feet from the solid rock below, when a couple of boards slipped and struck him, knocking him off the slide platform to the rock below. It was found that his right arm was broken and that he had sustained a cut in the face and head. wound. 12 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN TRADE REVIEM: Office of CANADA Fete November 30, 1892. THE GENERAL SURVEY. A OTEER year’s business is fast drawing to an end. Anxiety has been apparent throughout the month, both here and in the States, to complete the burden of the season’s shipping before navigation will have closed. Reports from all important centres bring the informa- tion that the stocks of lumber that will remain on the piling grounds and docks to brave the winter’s winds The year has and storms will be infinitesimally small. been a successful one for shippers. Saw mills are about all closed down and the men transported to the woods for the winter. This is the situation in our own country beyond any question. Not for some years has activity in lumber quarters in this respect been more remarkable. The difficulty has been to secure sufficient men to meet the demand, and as a consequence wages are ruling higher than for some years. Of course it follows that with increased activity in the shanties and many new limits opened the cut will be heavy compared with some recent years. And again this condition foretells increased work for the mills in the spring. Altogether the situation in Canada is hopeful, and, with possible excesses avoided, the lum- ber trade of 1893 is likely to run into considerable and profitable figures. Home trade in Ontario is fair with an improved out- look for the spring. Lumber in Toronto is quiet, but this is not disappointing. The tonnage of sailing vessels arriving at Quebec up to Nov. to shows an increase from 221,893 to 307,301 tons, and in ocean steamers an increase from 613,555 to 732,836 tons as compared with the corresponding period of last year. The quantity of timber measured and culled at Quebec during the past three seasons shows an increase this year over 1891, but it falls considerably short of 1890. The figures, in cubic feet, for the three years are as follows :— 1890 1891 1892 Waney white pine......... 5,082,772 1,730,609 2,738,825 Wihitespine:...2.02 22.1. ate: 3,694,742 1,072,002 2,378,825 Reda pinche er ecee ere crr 324,707 41,680 393,701 OVA ayee sts ois Bi oie ye wie cups 1,227,982 679,506 915,913 IE) Vos anon ee apeote cece cae 611,582 488,731 706,843 1\G) Gen Ged eee OR Dee 142,450 101,060 198,806 Birch and maple........... 191,033 133,997 425,797 In British Columbia the situation possesses no unusual features. The export trade is not over brisk, while local trade is fair and improving, particularly from Manitoba and the Northwest. A good trade has been the experience of United States lumbermen with few exceptions. Just now the situation is a little unsettled, owing to possible tariff changes. Denny, Mott & Dickson in their November wood cir- cular, report from London, Eng., as follows: ‘Business during the last month has been fairly steady, though lacking animation. There is a growing conviction that stocks are generally held at a sound level, and although profits continue inadequate, the feeling that business must mend is spreading, and itself tends to create the better developments which are hoped for.” A good trade is reported from Hamburg, Germany. The cholera scare, which affected local trade and traffic, has nearly disappeared and a satisfactory business is anticipated in the future. TORONTO, ONT Toronto, November 30, 1892. CAR OR CARGO LOTS. 7 ih top Gib Enel eereowen sono neenoodsnen nodaencaue 32 00 33 00 rroand «2 dressing and better.,...2067 ccs «ss cieleeecebienws 18 00 20 00 ma end) ig TNT peoceusocsecosnsBacea po sodoboID Lede 13 00 14 00 TAGES TCAARES (poe Sse eceU SE BCOBAG AabOD Aamo deOe aura 6 14 00 15 00 TZ! Ten ON erm en ane nege DOD Una Ee edno aCe soA0cs 12 00 13 00 ESE RAMEE 2 SPINES CUI ty oe craoteso nce nicte Poe ecvetemiminette IO 00 II 00 RL Oran dex2 wml Cills teyaltinteteeel ee eles ete bins Serie eee 9 00 MANCINI ear Aud !PICKS 2). epee tasers iia- ach em ene 24 00 25 00 PANGMGKeSsiiervands Deberpern cise: ere sieietricitetelelecctatere 18 00 20 00 mimanicrs briana Meh we aponsecouasencEne soarcanpedoadede 14 00 15 00 MUNICH ISIa Ine ICOMMMON oorleeieteemer oeinect terse mre oie ieerereie II 00 12 00 rnGi elit Anya Ceacpecocandade uso cee aeapredabononee 10 00 II 00 ToiG@uscalnreim i Giles cagsercaondaueedornandeabeoeeonoo 800 9 00 (Gilles wi Mie cudsocvasendbacunbonce dosecangeunnoneeeneauD 800 9 00 1 1-2 and thicker cutting up plank..............-......... 22 00 25 00 1 inch strips 4 PHB cp eo teem atitaec sondvade Odea DDOCOOeoE I4 00 15 00 I inch strips, COMMON cwicccwicc race cee wssnisviniasisepeneseeses II 00 12 00 THEA NEN MOONE. -/- clei ele-pal-fee eet teeter ecto eee eta oieieiere 14 00 15 00 xz 1-2 inch flooring saree ap dddodecndndancugseaseoosnnAedeA 14 00 15 00 Konesa shingles. 16 inchs. seo eeeecacmee neces 230 240 pemishingles Onc... s, Doovooosocncs 16 00 17 00 LATH. Spruce|by,cangonsccseieaeirisleeeeticieeltieeerk tates 2 50@2 75 SHINGLES. Spruceererereeerarit CoG, 9) || IO toccocndoosnucan000 I 75 Pine, 18 in., extra...... 4.00 4 25 OUTS eoncdacncmeun cc 3) 001 3)25 Pine, clear butts....... Bucom airs ld eoei5 INI@s Hoang wees 200 2 25 Cedar, sawed, extra.... 3 20 3 25 Cypress, No. 1, 18 in... 5 00 6 25 Canadaticlearnert tet 27 sul Canadapnmniter eerie 3 25 Canada, extra, No. 1... 2 00 2 40 OSWEGO, N.Y. OswEco, N.Y., Noy. 30.—The lumber market main- tains the average activity for this period of the year. WHITE PINE. Three uppers, 1%), ae and BANC Jeaonnsvere kate ele ere ero $45 00@46 00 Pickings( 00 ces tales: P| GURUS Ech eteeni eee rat 36 co 38 00 No. 1, cutting up, ‘ SEP mace oatocciicecorencodto Go 3t 00 32 00 No. 2, cutting up, ‘ Manto nie Duoor Odeo 00 23 00 In strips, 4 to 8 Dey selected for moulding strips, 14 to 16 ft. = 00 33 00 SIDING. 1 in siding, cutting up 1% in selected....... 35 00@42 00 picks and uppers... 32 00@39 oo | 1% in dressing....... 19 00 21 00 I in dressing......... Ig 00 21r 00 | 1% in No. 1x culls.... 14 00 16 00 THN Ose Cull Seyret 14 00 15 00|1¥% in No. 2culls.... 12 00 13 00 1 in No. 2 culls...... 1200 13 00)/x in. No3 culls: ....5 IO 00 II ©O IX12 INCH. Taran derOmfectymr tl lectin imeem iie tater ete ett iter 20 00 23 00 12 and 16 feet, No. 1 and 2, barn boards................... 18 00 19 00 TZandyxo)feetsdressingyand) better. (ereer sepsis 26 00 30 00 ry UNL SNe, INIOh DO CU So cgodanoaopsocdandsncosenncancas I3 00 14 00 IX1IO INCH. 12 and 13 feet, mill run, mill cullsout..................-.-+ IQ 00 2I 00 12 and 13 feet, dressing and better....-.---0-.e-eeee+-- a0 25 00 27 oO TKO LANE ORLOMDALN IMD OAC Siatetetstatetetet ts iteteteetetetatete ie iete ett ee tester 17 00 er ehal sei(eGty INH CEN Gnogoqadooanuad o970000b0oC0DGDN AD 15 00 16 00 SPIN! 512) Sig INOp AEM Gon cognoasonanso once socsanoocons I3 00 14 00 TAto ro feet mil ranemill/cullsiout.e eee rnert eer 20 00 22 00 TA ito) xojfeetsidressing and better. ea acer 25 00 27 00 14 to 16 feet, NICs 6 GAN Bia dosoneoasda coe Sanpadungueccsogd 16 00 17 00 14 to 16 feet, WG> BGM Gonanosacodoodboaccounsasoncdaanocc 13 00 14 00 10 to 13 feet, WIGS YGUagocdonsnsgoensacaas0ean ovasnnane I0 00 II oo 14X10 INCHES. Millrun, mill culls out.$20 0o@23 00 | No. rculls........... 16 00 17 00 Dressing and better.. 25 00 35 0o0| No. 2culls........... 14 00 I5 00 1X4 INCHES. Mill run, mill cullsout 17 00 19 oo | No. rculls........... 13 00 I4 00 Dressing and better.. 23 00 27 00 | No. 2culls........... 12 00 13 00 IX5 INCHES. 6, 7 or 8, mill run, mill 6, 7 or 8, No. rculls.. 15 00 16 00 culls out.......-. 1g 00 21 00| 6, 7 or 8, No.2culls.. 13 00 14 00 6, 7 or 8, drsg and bettenra.rersri trite 24 00 28 00 DECEMBER, 1892 SHINGLES. XXX, 18 in pine....... 370 3 90| XXX, 18 in. cedar... . 350 375 Clear butts, pine, 18 in.. 2 70 2 go | Clear butt, 18 in. cedar. 250 275 XXX, 16 in. pine...... 3.00 3 25| XX, 18in. cedar ....190 200 Stock cedars, 5or 6in.. 4 50 5 00 LATH INGE RM bn dO cms oot OG 240 | NO: 23 134 > meer olenene > o + 2a Chin eho oo cd oo go 00 1 80 BUFFALO AND TONAWANDA, N.Y. TONAWANDA, N.Y., Nov. 30.—The extra life that has marked affairs at the lumber docks as the month has progressed has been due, largely, to the anticipated clos- ing of the canal not later than Dec. 5. WHITE PINE. Up’ rs 1,1%,1%and 2 - Shelving, No. 1, 13 in Ree roN oa 49 00 and up, 1 in...... 32 00@33 00 ays. and 3 in 58 oo | Dressing, 1% in...... 24 00 25 00 Zt Sip oappoouanba005 62 00 14x10 and 12...... 26 00 Selectsinimnserenerine 43 00 Le Sh paRONOEDEA YS 24 00 TA, COv2 ee sels 43, 00 AION onacosaaeg0n0 26 50 2% and 3 in 50 00 | Mold st’ps, 1 to 2in.. 31 00 35 00 A Sisoneanogoxca050 52 oo | Barn, No. 1, roand 12 Fine common, 1 in... 37 00 38 oo Ie. ogee 22 00 23 00 14 and 134 in aodec 37 00 38 00 (Gehl Biss sonedn- 20 00 22 00° Foi WorancmecooR nos 39 00 40 00 No. 2, roand 12 in. 16 50 17 00 2% and 3 in.....-- 39 00 40 00 6jandisitoee eerie 16 00 A SiN osoapanoosgede 47 00 No. 3, 10 and 12 in. 14 00 16 00 Cut’g up, No. 1, 1 in. 29 00 30 00 Gyand Sinha eee 13 50 14 50 BA SO Silenooacaee 34 00 35 oo | Common, rin........ 16 00 18 00 INCS 2B, HE Mes coocns I9 00 20 00 1% and AS tone 17 00 19 co No. 2, 1% to2in.. 25 00 26 oo 2: 1D .J..3. ce eee 18 00 19 00 No. 3, 1% toz2in... 18 00 19 00 BOX. 1xtoand 12 in. (No 3 Narrow, tcleveemeinie 12 00@13 00 QUE) ece rake L500 | AG ete tainted te 14 00 15 00 1x6 and 8 in(No. 3 out) E2150) | 1221 nate eee I4 00 15 00 1x13 and wider...... I5 (OO. (267.00))||2) tly. 1-13 14 00 I5 00 SHINGLES. r8uin. XXX, clear... 375 4 00/16 in, ~Avextraee eee 250 260 18 in. XX, 6 in. clear. 2 75 | 16 in. clear butts..... 2 10 LATH NOs) Sis = ae wo eye win bore wim ie oats ota 06s (olla) slnlie fee) hal ae 2 25 ALBANY, N.Y. ALBANY, N.Y., Nov. 30.—A feature of the month is the strength shown in white pine prices. Activity in shipping has prevailed all month. PINE. 2¥% in. and up, good........ $55 $60 | ro-In. common............. $15 = Hiounthsfeneereere eerie 55 | 12-in. dressing and better... 28 DelectSeeeee eee eer ere 50 Comnione pee eee 15 2 IDBERMES coooccsncescunse 45 | 14-in. siding, selected, 13 ft. 40 45 1% to 2-in. good........... 52) 55 Common): .-ereer ene 15 17 Fourths) 3.).fieconite ee 47 50 | 1-in. siding, selected........ 38 42 Se GctSadsecnanngnancaunn 42 45 Commonian-peeeee eee Is 17 PH SAS ag unabocscacoccs 37 40 25 here | ofoldl AAbAE ear ooo OoDS 52 55 18 INOS canawccnoes ovo: 47 5° 15 Selectsitiise-ee cece 42 45 | 1o-in. plank, 13 ft., dressing c. c. Dickingsosnenece rte 37. 40 and better, Gach pee 42 55 Cntting-uplee ener 22 27 | 1o-in. plank, 13-ft. culls, each 23° «25 Bracketiplankorerrneccien 30 35 | ro-in. boards, 13 ft., dressing Shelving boards, 12-in. up.. 28 32 and better, each.....-...< 28 32 Dressing boards, narrow.... 18 22] 10-in. boards, 13-ft. culls.... 17 21 LATH. Pine nace connect an esvertrieien $2' 30'| Spruce’ -arieslismlei eieeeeaets 2 30 SHINGLES, Sawed Pine, ex. xxxx..$4 35 $4 50| Bound butts, €x18 ....$5 90 $6 00 (Clears butts terrae 3) 10) 3/125) Elemlockienmee cet 2.15) 2130 Smooth, 6x18....... 5) 40! (5/60) |) Spruce: penne eee 220 2 30 SAGINAW, MICH. SAGINAW, Mich., Nov. 30.—Business in lumber at this port is dull for the reason that the season’s trade has been so thoroughly cleaned up, that there is, as a matter of fact, very little lumber here to sell. Prices are firm and likely to further increase. FINISHING LUMBER—ROUGH. Uppers, 1, 1% and 1¥%...... 45 00 | Fine common, 1 in..........- 34 00 @ Wanoasaano vvacscosooeqoe 46.00 | 34 and! aah aueeeseenenad 36 00 Selects: mimunrnveesta antec 38 00 Pap Winerdetcs Seana nos ccodane 36 00 TENG 140 doo ong soon0oOOS 40 00''C3 7, Bandon erecta 30 00 2 HilwonveanduopctmeSN oD UROS 40.90 SIDING Clears 348in Gaertn cetera 24 00 or y oe Boporigou doco duncouns Ig 00 Yi Ma gacdecdsoacsascaesoacc 48 00, Je Oi cia eee 35 00 Sa 3S Wels dosnuenooaupaacs 2I 00 ne = "Se in penosat W00s 05 sec I3 00 6 iilananooaoncanobemwacos 4I 00 be Geseeeaorcd Ine asodkic 23 00 TIMBER, JOIST AND SCANTLING. 2x4 to IoxI0, 12, 14 and 16 ft. ee 00 AM isso ocanssoncosqcsndce I3 00 ietenmn DAD Ob ag sdcamenose 5 ezvand: 2Aaftenmeeeeeetenee I4 00 00 For each additional 2 ft. add hr: } 12 in. plank and timber $1 extra ; extra for sizes above 12 in. SHINGLES. KOXEX S/n Climax eee 3, 60)| 18.in Xe (Cull) hee aeons 75 XXX Saginaw XX -shorts.ic eee = eee 2 00 SXeXG Climaxey seein eee bee toon ab soancosae I 25 18 in. 4 in. c. b LATH. Lath, No 1, white pine....... 2 25| Lath, No. 2, W. pine, Norway 1 65 NEW YORK CITY. NEw York, Nov. 30.—A shrinkage in lumber transac- tions is observable as we near the close of the season, and these conditions will probably prevail for some little time WHITE PINE—WESTERN GRADES. Uppers, re Yilnoaepos oa 00@45) 00)|| Box, ine itteeir $13 50@14 00 14%, 1%andz2in.... 46 00 47 00 ‘Dhicker ee eeceree 14 50 15 00 3 and 4 in........ 55 00 58 00] Ccil’ & ea fig. No. 1 40 00 42 00 Selects, 1in.......... 4oveo) Arvoo)| No: 2 2. a-eeeeeeee 00 37 00 I in., all wide...... 4I 00 43 00 No. onickas eee 00 626 00 1%, 1%and2in.... 43 00 44 00 Shelving, No. 1 00 32 00 gyand’ 4 einin tee 52 00 53 00 IN oye ro sg amcrioods > 00 27 CO Fine common, 1 in.. 36 00 37 00 Molding, No. 1. 00 37 00 1%, 1%and2in.... 38 00 40 00 INON Bho ce qoceees 00 636 00 a auMal its Sooaco095 46 00 48 00 Bevel sid’ 'g, clear. 50 23 00 Cains UP, rin. No.1 28 00 30 00 INH Giposasasacbos 00 22 50 Severs coke oe 21 00 23 00 INO origanasge a0 00 620 50 Thick, INO} Xone 29 00 32 00 ING gato dese ceeties 00 17 00 INOS uve waasmx400n 24 00 26 00 Nomayick and No. 1 s 00 25 00 Common, No. 1, 10 UN Osea chreeteicieenre 20 00 22 00 cine thls osuobas 22 00 23 00 | Common............ 18 co 19 00 No Cais aaNeG Sa 20 00 21 00 BOWE SOO OS 17 00 18 oo Coit ek Sopapucs 20 00 22 00 DECEMBER, 1892 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN ee THE MOSSOM BOYD TIMBER LIMIT SALE. UTSIDE of the Government sale of timber limits, held in October last, no sale, for some time, has created wider interest among Canadian lumbermen than that of Mossom Boyd & Co., of Bobcaygeon, which took place at the Mart, Oliver, Coate & Co., auctioneers, Toronto, on November 23. Owing to the death of a member of the firm it became necessary that this method of winding up the business should be adopted. Com- mendable judgment was exercised in making the sale widely known, and following closely after the sale of Ontario Government limits, very satisfactory prices were secured. The property consisted of the limits described below together with certain valuable saw mill property. Davidson & Hay, of Toronto, were large purchasers, securing the whole of the Boyd limits in the Nipissing district. Howry & Sons, of Michigan, who are already large holders of Canadian limits secured a considerable section of the property. The highest price paid per square mile was $11,700, given by Davidson & Hay for part of their purchase. The total purchases aggregated the sum of $771,256.24; Davidson & Hay paying $451,216.66, and Howry & Sons $232,000. The following is a complete description of the limits sold with details of purchase, prices per mile, and total prices in each case :— Lot 1—Timber berth No. 2, covered by license No. 3 of season 1891-2 and license No. 66 of season 1892-3, and occu- pying the space projecting eastward in Lake Nipissing from timber berth No. 11, and that part of timber berth No. 12 sit- uate south of West Bay. This berth is divided into four par- cels as follows: Parcel A—Bounded on the south by the north branch of the French river, on the west by berth 11, on the north by a con- tinuation in a straight line of the south boundary of berth 12, on the east by a line parallel to the east boundary of berth 11, at a distance of six miles therefrom. This parcel, containing an area of 234% square miles, was sold to Davidson and Hay, Toronto, at $6,600 per square mile, or a total of $155,100. Parcel B—Bounded on the north by Lake Nipissing, on the west by berth 12, on the south by a continuation in a straight line of the south boundary of berth 12, on the east by a line parallel to the east boundary of berth 12, at a distance of six miles therefrom. This parcel, containing an area of 1624 square miles, was sold to Davidson and Hay, Toronto, at $7,900 per mile, or a total sum of $131,666.66. Parcel C—Bounded on the south and east by the north branch of French river, on the west by parcel A, on the north bya continuation in a straight line of the south boundaries of berth 12 and parcel B. This parcel, containing an area of 7 %4 square miles, was sold to Davidson and Hay, Toronto, at $11,700 per mile, or a total sum of $87,750. Parcel D—Bounded on the north and east by Lake Nipissing, on the west by parcel B, and on the south by a continuation in a straight line of the south boundaries of berth 12 and parcel B. This parcel, containing an area of 1924 square miles, was sold to Davidson and Hay, Toronto, at $3,900 per mile, or a total sum of $76,700. Lot 2—Timber berth in the township of Sherbourne, covered by license No. 46 of season 1891-2 and No. 7 of season 1892-3, composed of lots 17 to 25 inclusive, in concessions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 inclusive. This berth, containing an area of 10 square miles, was sold to Howry and Sons, of Saginaw, at $7,800 per mile, or a total of $78,000. Lot 3—Timber berth in the township of Monmouth, covered by license No. 42 of season 1891-2 and No. 3 of season 1892-3. This berth is divided into two parcels, the first parcel of which was sold as follows: Parcel 1—Lots 2 to 20 inclusive in cuncession 1; lots 2 to 20 inclusive in concession 2; lots 2 to 20 inclusive in concession 3; lots 2 to 20 inclusive in concession 4; all south of Burnt river of lots 2 to 20 inclusive in concession 5; all south of Burnt river of lots 2 to 20 inclusive of concession 6. This parcel, contain- ing an area of 14 square miles, was sold to Howry and Sons, of Saginaw, at $11,000 per mile, or a total of $154,000. _ Lot 4—Timber berth in township of Glamorgan, covered by license No. 45 of season 1891-2 and No. 6 of season 1892-3. This berth was divided into three parcels, two of which were old as follows: Parcel 1—Lots 1 to 20 inclusive in concession 8; lots 1 to 20 inclusive in concession 9; lots 1 to 10 inclusive in concession 10, and lots 13 to 20 inclusive in concession 10. This parcel, containing an area of 9 square miles, was sold to A. C. Mac- donell at $2,700 per mile, or a total of $24,300. Parcel 2—Lots 1 to 20 inclusive in concession 11, lots 1 to 20 inclusive in concession 12, and lots 1 to 20 inclusive in concession 13. This parcel, containing an area of 91% square miles, was sold to A. C. Macdonell at $3,700 per mile, or a total of $34,533-33- Lot 5—Timber berth in the township of Glamorgan, covered by license No. 41 of season 1891-2 and No. 2 of season 1892-3, composed of lots 21 to 35 inclusive in concession 1; lots 22 to 29 inclusive in concession 2; lots 32 to 35 inclusive in conces- sion 2; lots 22, 24, 25, 29 and 35 in concession 3; lots 22, 23, 25, 29 and 35 in concession 4; lot 23 in concession 5; lots 21, 22, north part 26 and 27 in concession 6; lots 21 to 24 inclusive and lots 27 to 32 inclusive in concession 7, containing an area of 8% square miles, was sold to J. L. Harvey and Son at $2,300 per mile, or a total of $19,550. Lot 6—Timber berth in the township of Snowdon, covered by license No. 43 of season 1891-2 and No. 4 of season 1892-3. This berth is divided into four parcels, of which parcel No. 4 was sold. This parcel contains lots 16, 25, 26 and lots 28 to 33 inclusive in the 12th concession; lots 24, 26 and 33 inclus- ive in the 13th concession; lot 30 in the 14th concession. It contains two square miles, and was sold to A. C. Macdonell at $2,220 per mile, or a total of $4,400. Lot 10—Mill site at south-east bay of Lake Nipissing, com- prising the westerly portion of lot No. 2 in the 27th concession of the township of Himsworth containing 36 acres, and the south-easterly portion of Lot No. 4 in the 28th concession of the same township containing 20 acres, and the southerly por- tion of lot No. 7 in the 28th concession of the same township ; also Island ‘‘E” in Lake Nipissing, lying close to the lands above mentioned. This lot was sold to Alex. Dixon at $450. Lot 14 contained the following lands held under mining pat- ents, viz.: lots 15, 16 and 17 in the tenth concession of the township of Sherbourne, 195 acres. Sold to Walter Gow at $4.75 per acre, or $926.25. In addition to this there were also sold dry pine lands in the township of McKim to J. Stewart for the sum of $3,900. CANADIAN LUMBER IN SHIP-BUILDING. WO facts of interest to lumbermen are recorded in our British Columbia letter of thismonth. Fact one tells of continued shipments of lumber from the coast province to the United States to the order of the U.S. navy. It will be remembered that when the first shipment for this purpose was made American news- papers endeavored to explain away the fact on the ground that a cut in prices had been made to bait the Yank, who dearly loves the almighty dollar, nothwith- standing his record as a protectionist. Even this would have been a compliment to the value of British Columbia timber. But the correct explanation is to be found in the quality of the timber itself. The United States navy have been unable to find any timber'so well adapted to use in the construction of warships as that of the Coast province, and they are buying it because it is the best. For the same reason Bentley & Fleming, of Halifax, N.S., travel all the way to British Columbia to purchase a cargo, having found the material better and cheaper than the Puget Sound lumber, which they had hitherto used. Ours is a country worth knowing. A BIG OPPORTUNITY. THE Tretheway Falls Shingle Mill estate, (a new mill on Muskoka waters) is to be wound up by Sheriff Bettes, of Bracebridge, Ont., whom address for particulars. Here is a big opportunity for a man of small capital, or one wishing to move a saw mill into a good timber country. LOSS OF THE HERCULES. Tue Hercules, which left Midland, Ont., on Nov. 4, loaded with lumber for Sarnia, is a complete wreck and a total loss to She encountered a storm in Michael’s Bay, Manitoulin Island, and the crew had barely time to escape before the boat went to pieces. The cook was her owners, F. McGibbon & Sons. drowned. PERSONAL. Mr. Alonzo Wright, the King of the Gatineau, as his eastern friends call him, is a sufferer from heart weakness. Mr. E. J. Lynn, of Detroit, and J. E. Turner, of Bay City, Mich., were among the callers at the LUMBERMAN office this month. Mr. J. C. Cox, of Liverpool, England, son of the well- known lumber merchant, is one of the most popular of the many popular visitors who spend more or less time in Ottawa. Before leaving for home during the past month his friends at the Capital made him the recipient of a valuable garnet set ina gold ring as a token of regard and esteem. The presentation took place at the Russell, where a pleasant evening of song and speeches was afterwards spent. Mr. Mossom Boyd, of Bobcaygeon, Ont., has spent con- siderable time in the city during the past month in connection with the firm’s sale of timber limits which took. place on the 23rd ult. To a LUMBERMAN representative Mr. Boyd expressed himself as well pleased with the results of the sale. Robert Farley, one of Ottawa’s oldest and most respected citizens, died at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. William Bottomly, the early part of November. He was from 1859 until 1886 Crown Lands agent of the Quebec Government when he retired and was succeeded by his son, Mr. R. W. Farley, of Hull. TRADE NOTES. The ‘‘Camel” brand belting manufactured by F. Reddaway & Co:, Montreal, Que., can with confidence be recommended to manufacturers. It has stood the test of experience and what better test can be asked? The Waterous Engine Works Co., of Brantford, Ont., are having a large sale for their band mills this fall. They report under date of Nov. 26, sale of one large band miil, with steam feed carriage and tools, to Mickle, Dyment & Co. to be placed in their mill at Gravenhurst early in the spring, and another band mill and outfit of tools for Baker & Son, of same place. Dick & Banning, of Winnipeg, Man., will have a com- plete band mill outfit for their mill at that point from the Waterous Co. COMING SALES. Suckling & Co., auctioneers, Toronto, will offer for sale at their warerooms on Tuesday, January 10, 1893, two valuable timber berths on the Wahnapitae river, easily accessible by C.P.R. main line. : At the Russell House, Ottawa, there will be offered for sale on January 12, 1893. a number of valuable timber licenses and limits situate in the Province of Quebec. Particulars are given in an advertisement in these pages. John Irvin, of Brampton, Ont., is advertising by private sale a saw mill and certain quantity of lumber; and ‘‘X,” care of CANADA LUMBERMAN, asks for customers for four berths of virgin timber near the Georgian Bay. The sale of limits by the Crown Lands Department, of the Province of Quebec, takes place at Quebec on the 15thinst. A study of the list of limits as given in our advertising pages will show the importance to be attached to this sale. Mossom Boyd & Co. will have an auction sale of shingle timber at the Benson House, Lindsay, Ont., on Wednesday, December 28. Large quantities of dry pine, lying pine, cedar, etc., suitable for shingles and bill stuff will be found on the berths advertised. NEW PUBLICATIONS. “The Woodworker’s Manual,” by C. R. Tompkins, M.E., a writer whose articles have at various times appeared in these columns, is a treatise upon the best practical methods of con- structing and arranging wood-working plants, together with practical instructions for the care, management and preservation of the machinery. Mr. Tompkins is known not only as a clear and vigorous writer, but he has a practical knowledge of the subjects on which he writes: ina word, when he writes on mechanical topics, he knows whereof he speaks. The work before us comprises sixty octavo pages, and is published by the John A. White Co., Dover, N.H. “Useful Tables for Business Men,” is the title of a hand- book of interest and other commercial tables by C. A. Milliner, that will, we believe, be highly valued by business men every- where. The examples calculating questions in compound interest, annuities, sinking funds, and other like problems are so clear and comprehendable that they come within the grasp of any man having an intelligent grasp of figures. And this is but one of the many commendable features of the book. From large business firms, which have used the book, it carries very flattering commendations. Mechanically the work is a credit to printer and binder. By mail, prepaid, cloth, $1.00; leather, $1.25. C. A. Millener, Deseronto, Ont. Pee EAT VOSS ! If you have any Pipes or Boilers uncovered you are losing on same at the rate of 80 cents every year on each square foot of surface exposed. By having them covered with our MINERAL WOOL SECTIONAL COVERING you will save 85 per cent. of this loss. The saving thus effected in fuel will in one year more than pay the cost of covering, which we guarantee to Our covering is the best fuel saver on the market. GANADIAN MINERAL WOOL GO, LTD. 122 Bay St. Toronto last as long as the pipes. + WILLIAM FOSTER Lumber and Commission Merchant RECEIVER AND FORWARDER OF LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES . . CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED... OWEN SOUND, ONT. I { + WE, © ANAS ZS LUMBERMAN DECEMBER, 1892 WA NTED AND FOR SALE Advertisements will be inserted in this department at the rate of cents per line each insertion. When four ive insertions are ordered a discount of be allowed. s set in Nonpareil type. Adver- 1sertion in the following issue. ‘ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS. ROBERT THOMSON & CO., to. POR, HEMLOCK, Rarthaneditinns j.E DIMENSION LUMBER, x, cedar shingles, piles, sawdust, MURPHY, lumberman, Hepworth ARDWOOD ed n LUMBER BOUGHT, SOLD OR consignment. TUCKER DAVID, merchant, 202 Eleventh Ave., N.Y. MILLS, Tele- NSURANCE—FIRE AND MARINE. manufactories and merchandise a specialty. phone at my expense. R. CUNNINGHAM, Guelph. WHITE BIRCH AND SOFT ELM WANTED. UMBERMEN HAVING 1-IN. RED BIRCH and 1-in. dry Soft Elm, firsts and seconds, for sale, please communicate with W. W. BROWN, 202 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y. STEEL RAILS, ERC: CEVERAL THOUSAND FEET “T” RAILS, 10 nd 20 Ibs. tothe yard. A large quantity 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. TQ EASTERN STATES LUMBERHEN. ey EXTENSIVE HANDLER OF PULP L wood, fir, spruce, canoe birch and poplar, is de- sirous of finding a market for same in the Eastern States—New York or Boston preferred. Is prepared to ship any size required per schooner from Quebec. Parties handling same should communicate with I.C.L., care CANADA LUMBERMAN, EAADA PME FOR SHE. OUR WELL-WATERED BERTHS; VIRGIN timber; all within eighteen miles of the Georgian Apply BOX ‘‘X,” CANADA LUMBERMAN. SAW MILL 200 AGRES LAND FOR OALE HE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS BY PRIVATE sale his one-circular saw mill, equipped with a full line of modern machinery, capacity 15,000 ft. of lumber per day. This mill is situated in the village of Dun- dalk, in the county of Grey, in close proximity to the C.P.R. There is also offered for sale 200 acres of land, heavily timbered with cedar, hemlock and hardwood. Offers are invited for this property together or singly. Will be sold at a bargain. JOHN IRVIN, Brampton, Ont. WANTED FOR CASH. Bay. ELM DIMENSION STOCK A SH AND SOFT cut to exact sizes. Apply for specification, prices, €tc., to P.O. Box 2144, NEW YORK. Auction Sale ——_OF—— Shingle Timber Cr EE: UNDERSIGNED ARE INSTRUCTED THE I by Mossom Boyd & Co. (dissolved by the death of | a partner) to offer for sale by auction, at the Benson House, Lindsay, on Wednesday, 28th day of December, 1892 the itis yer berths withdrawn at their former sale, con- | taining large quantities of dry pine, lying pine, cedar, étc., suitable for shingles and bill stuff, as well as hem- lock and. other woods. For particulars apply to Mossom Boyd, Bobcaygeon, This notice shows the | ved not later than the 27th of or to Messrs. Wickham & Thompson, Canada Life | Building, Toronto. MACHINERY OLLOWING LIST OF NEW AND SECOND- hand Boilers, Engines and General Machinery for sale by The Canada Machinery and Supply Co., Brantford, Ont., dealers in new and second-hand ma- chinery and supplies :— NE ALMOST NEW STEEL BOILER, 54 IN. dia. x 12 ft. long, 65 3-in. tubes, Whitelaw’s make, Woodstock, used about three months. @ xs BOILER, TO BRICK IN, 44 IN. DIA. x_11 ft. 7 in. long, 41 3-in. tubes, in first-class order. (ORS BOILER, TO BRICK IN, 44 IN. DIA. x 11 ft. 8 in. long, 38 3-in. tubes, in first-class shape. @x= BOILER, TO BRICK IN, 40 IN. DIA. x 11 ft. 6 in. long, 36 3-in. tubes, in first-class order. WO 25 H.P. PORTABLE LOCO. FIRE BOX boilers, in good order. NE 20 H.P. RETURN TUBULAR BOILER, to brick in. WO 6H.P. FIRE cheese factories. Gas 4 H.P. UPRIGHT BOILER, ALMOST new. 3 @ x 12x16 SLIDE-VALVE ENGINE, ett's make. HREE 9x12 SLIDE-VALVE ENGINES, WAT- erous, Goldie & McCulloch and Morrison makes. NE 6x10 SLIDE-VALVE ENGINE, REID & Bar make. Ox 6% xg SLIDE-VALVE ENGINE, COPP Bros. & Barry make. WO 5%xg9 SLIDE-VALVE ENGINES, BECK- ett’s make. NE 6H.P. ENGINE, UPRIGHT, with 8 H.P. boiler combined on one cast iron base. (Ga 15 H.P. ENGINE, English make. BOX BOILERS FOR bECK- | My ESB — @xZ AMERICAN MAKE 24-INCH PLANER and matcher in good shape. NE 24-INCH McGREGOR, GOURLAY & CO. make heavy surface planer, almost new. ye. 24-INCH CANT, GOURLAY & CO. MAKE light surface planers, in good order. NE GOLDIE & McCULLOCH THREE-SIDE moulder. @xE ONE-SIDE MOULDER. Te 34- INCH WHEELS BAND SAWING machines. NE ALMOST NEW VERTICAL SPINDLE boring machine, McGregor, Gourlay and Co.'s make. NE ALMOST NEW IRON TOP JIG SAW, Cowan and Co., makers. Gee BLIND SLAT TENONING MACHINE. QR GOOD SHAPER. Si GOOD SAW TABLES. Sale of Timber Limits OR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION, AT OUR warerooms, 64 Wellington street west, Toronto, at two o'clock in the afternoon of Tuesday, January roth, 1893 the following timber limits : Parcel No. 1—Berth No. 40, north shore Lake Huron, area 36 square miles, well timbered, short haul. Parcel No. 2—Berth No. 47, Township of Dryden, area 36 square miles. Both these berths are on the Wahnapitae River, and are very accessible via C.P.R., main line of which crosses Wahnapitae River at Wahnapitae Station on No. 47. Terms and conditions made known on day of sale. For other information apply to Harriet Timmins, Mat- tawa. SUCKLING & CO., Auctioneers. Pi Department of Grown Lands WOODS and FOREST QUEBEC, 15th October, 1892. Notice is hereby given that, conformably to sections 1334, 1335 and 1336 of the Consolidated Statutes of the Province of Quebec, the following timber limits will be offered for sale by public auction, in the sales room of the Departmert of Crown Lands, in this city, on THURSDAY, THE YoTnt DECEMBER NEXT at HALF-PAST TEN, A.M., subject to the condi- tions mentioned below, namely : Upper Ottawa Agency. North half No. 10, 2nd range, block A, 25 sq. . II, range, range, range, range, range, range, range, range, range, block block block block block block block block South North South North South half North South 2nd and 2nd . 10, 3rd 3rd 3rd b tie, ayaa North E 3rd South half No. 12, 3rd range, block A, River Ottawa limits Nos. 572, 34 sq. m.—573, 25 sq. m. —574, 31 Sq. M.—575, 25 Sq- m.—576, 25 Sq. M.—577, 25 sq. m.—578, 25 sq. M.—579, 25 Sq. m.—580, 25 sq. m.— 581, 25 sq. miles.—582, 17 sq. m.—583, 15 sq. m.—584, 32% sq. m.—s585, 25 Sq. m.—586, 25 sq. m.—587, 25 sq. m.—588, 25 sq. m.—589, 25 sq. m.—590, 29 sq. M.—sgI, A, 2 5) ) » 25 Sq. > ; A A A A A A A > ’ NE NEARLY NEW GOLDIE & McCULLOCH tenoner, with double copes. @r= SWING CUT-OFF SAW. NE WOOD FRAME TENONER IN GOOD 24 Sq. M.—592, 25 Sq. M.—593, 25 Sq. M.—594, 25 sq. m. —595, 32 Sq. m.-—596, 19 sq. m.—600, 22 sq. m.—607, 22 sq. m.—608, 26 sq. m.—609, 21 sq. m.—611, 17 sq. m.— 612, 19 sq. m.—Block A, No. 8, 3rd range, 50 sq. m.— Block A, No. 9, 3rd range, 50 sq. m.—River Ottawa limits Nos. 605, 23 sq. m.—606, 23 sq. m.—507, 50 sq. shape. ; NE SET TWO HEAD BLOCK SAW MILL | «, irons. NE SELF-ACTING SHINGLE MACHINE, Waterous make, with jointer. WO UPRIGHT SWING SHINGLE or heading machines, with jointers. @e WATEROUS LATH MACHINE. OR ULL PARTICULARS CHEERFULLY GIVEN upon enqury at the Canada Machinery and Supply Co., Brantford, Ont. ; —ON- HERE WILL BE OFFERED FOR SALE by public auction at the Russell House in the City of Ottawa on Thursday, the Twelfth day of January, 1893 at the hour of half-past two o'clock in the afternoon, the following valuable Timber Licenses and Limits sit- uate in the Province of Quebec. Parcel 1.—License No. 285, known as River Cou- longe Berth A, and License No. 286, known as River | Coulonge Berth B, both of the season 1891-92, con- taining an area of about fifty square miles each. Per- manent numbers of above berths being 233 and 234 of 1873-74. Parcel 2.—Berths Nos. 394 and 395, Black River, containing an area of about fifty square miles each. Parcel 3.—Berths Nos. 138, 139 and 140, Township of Montcalm, River Rouge; 31 and a quarter square miles, Spruce and Pine. The terms and conditions of sale will be made known at the time of the sale. For further particulars apply to Messrs. Gormully & Sinclair, Solicitors, Ottawa, or to W. L. Marler, Esq., Merchants Bank of Canada, at Ottawa. 508, 47% sq. m.—509, 40 sq. mM.—510, 28 sq. m.— 511, 26 sq. m.—River Gatineau Nos. 615, 2834 sq. m.— 616, 29 sq. m. Saint Maurice Agency. Saint Maurice, No. 13 west, 50 sq. m.—Saint Maur- ice, No. 14 west, 50 sq. m.—River Pierriche, No. 1 east, 35 sq. m.—River Trench, No. 2 east, 35 sq. m.— Bostonnais Island, ro sq. m —River Bostonnais, No. 4 north, 25 sq. m.—No, 4 south, 20 sq. m.—Rear River Bostonnais, No. 2 south, 40 sq. m.—Rear No. 3 south, 45 sq. m.—Rear No. B south, 25 sq. m.—Rear River Batiscan, No. 7 east, 38 sq. m.—Rear River Bostonnais, No. C south, 20 sq. m.—River Batiscan, No. 7 east, 24 sq. m. Lake St. John Agency. No. 135, rear Ouiatchouan west, 16 sq. m.—No. 136, rear Oulatchouan west, 20 sq. m.—No. 130, Lac des Commissaires south-west, 24 sq. m.—No. 141, west part River Metabetchouan, 20 sq. m.—No. 141, east part, River Metabetchouan, 17 sq. m.—No. 142, River Met- abetchouan, 25 sq. m.—No. 145, west of Lake Kamam- ingougue, 36 sq. m.—No. 144, south half, River Meta- betchouan, 20 sq. m.—No. 144%, north half, 20 sq. m. —No. 123, River Petite Peribonka, 50 sq. m.—No. 124, 50 sq. m.—Limit canton Ross, 4 sq. m.—Limit canton Kenogami No. 1, 7 sq. m.—Limit canton Kenogami No. 2, 8 sq. m.—Limit canton Dalmas, 21 1-4 sq. m.— Limit River Marguerite No. 169, 32 1-2 sq. m. Saguenay Agency. River Malbaie, No. 1, 54 sq. m.—No. 3, 34 sq. m.— No. 4, 32 sq. m.—No. 5, 38 sq. m.—No. 6, 45 sq. m.— No. 7, 47 sq- m.—No. 8, 24 sq. m.—No. 9, 58 sq. m.—— No, 10, 45 sq. m.—No. 11, 36 sq. m.—No. 12, 42 sq m. —No. 13, 35 sq. m.—No. 14, 37 sq. m.—No. 15, 50 sq. m.—No. 16, 60 sq. m. No. 17, 54 sq. m.—No. 18, 49 sq. m.—Limit township Perigny, 21 sq. m.—Limit Lac des Sables, 4 1-2 sq. m.—Limit River au Rocher, No. 1, 48 sq. m.—No. 2, 58 sq. m.—No. 3, 48 sq. m.—No. 4, 40 sq. m.—No. 5, 40 sq. m.—No. 6, 28 sq. m.—No. 7, 32 sq. m.—River au Rocher Bras N.O., 20 sq. m.—River Manitou, No. 3 east, 32 sq. m.—No. 3 west, 32sq. m.— No. 4, 24 sq. m.—River a la Chaloupe, 32 sq. m.—River la Trinite, No. 1 east, 50 sq. m.—No. 1 west, 50 sq. m. —No. 2 east, 50 sq. m.—No. 2 west, 50 sq. m.—River Petite Trinite, No. 1 east, 14 sq. m.—No. 1 west, 14 sq. m.—No. 2 east, 14 sq. m.—No. 2 west, 14 sq. m.— River Calumet, No. 1 east, 25 sq. m.—No. 1 west, 25 sq. m. ‘: Montmagny Agency. River Noir No. 56, 20 sq. m.—No. 58, 13 sq. m.— Limit township Roux, 16% sq. m.—Limit township Rolette, 22 sq. m.—Limit township Montminy, 12% sq. m. : Grandville Agency. Limit township Parke, 624 sq. m.—Limit township Pohenegamook, 244% sq. m.—River Boisbouscach No. 2, 21 sq. Mm. < Rimouski Agency. Limit township Neigette No. 1, 30 sq. m.—No. 2, 124% sq. m.—Limit township Macpes, 12 sq. m.—Limit | township Cabot No. 2, 15 1-4 sq. m.—Limit township + Matane, 5% sq.m. Township Lepage No. 1, 4% sq. m.—River Kedswicks No. 2, 10 sq. m.—River Causup- cull, 3% sq. m.—Limit township Dalibaire West, 45 sq. m.—Limit township Grand Mechin, 8 sq. m.—Limit township Dalibaire east, 43 sq. m.—Township Romieux west, 41 sq. m.—Romieux east, 41 sq. m.—Limit rear township Romieux No. r, 45 sq. m.—Rear township Dalibaire No. 1, 47 sq. m. Gaspe Agency. ; Limit township Cap Chat east 28 sq. m.—Limit town- ship Cap Chat west, 3834 sq. m.—Limit township Tourelle west, 4144 sq. m.—Limit township Tourelle east, 43 sq. m.—Limit township Christie, 4614 sq. m.— Limit township Duchesnay west, 33 sq. m.—Limit township Taschereau, 54 sq. m.—Limit township Denoue, 19 sq. m.—River Magdeleine No. 1 west, 50 sq. m.—No. 2 west, 50 sq. m.—No. 1 east, 50 sq. m.— No. 1 south, 50 sq. m.—No. 2 south, 50 sq. m.—River Dartmouth, No. 1 north, 19 1-2 sq. m.—No. 1 south, 24 sq. m.—Rear No, x north, 32 sq. m.—River Syden- ham South, 17 1-2 sq. m.—Limit Gaspe North, 12 sq. m.—River Saint Jean South No. 1, 12 sq. m.—North, 14 sq. m.—Limit township Malbaie No. 2, 8 sq. m.— Gaspe Bay south, rz sq. m.—Limit township Rameau No. 2, 21 sq. m. Bonaventure Agency. River Patapedia, 3 1-5 sq. m.—Township Patapedia, No. 1, 8 sq. m.—Petite River Rouge, 5 sq. m.—Limit Millstream No. 3, r2 sq. m.—River Matapedia, No. 1. —Tewnship Milnikek, 15 sq. m.—Limit Assemetquagan No. 1 east, 12 sq. m.—No. 1 west, 12 sq. m.—No. A, g sq. m.—Clark’s Brook, 15 sq. m.—River ReStigouche No. 4, to sq. m.—River Essuminac, 11 sq. m.—Rear River Nouvelle No. 1 west, ro sq. m.—Township Nouvelle, No. 2 west, 9 sq. m.—River Grande Cascup- edia, 35 sq. m.—Limit Joshua Brook, 4 sq. m.—Jona- than Brook, 3 sq. m.—River Petite Cascapedia Branch East, No. 3 west, 14 sq. m.—No. 3 east, 14 sq. m.— River Patapedia Limit East Branch No. 1, 22 sq. m.— West Branch No. 1 west, 26 sq. m.—West Branch No. I west, 26 sq. m.—West Branch No. 1 east, 20 1-12 sq. m.—Patapedia River, main branch, 11 1-4 sq. m.— River Andre, 6 sq. m. Conditions of Sale. The above timber limits at their estimated area, more or less, will be offered. at an upset price to be made known on the day of sale, and will be adjudged to the highest bidder. _ No limits to be adjudged unless the purchase price be immediately deposited in cash or by cheques accepted by duly incorporated banks. The commissioner may in any particular case at the sale impose as a condition that any limits sold will have to be worked within a delay of two years under pain of forfeiture of the license. _ These timber locations will be subject to the provis- ions of all timber regulations now in force or which may be enacted hereafter. _ Plans of limits offered for sale will be open for inspec- tion in the Department of Crown Lands, in this city, and at the offices of the local agents, up to the day of sale, E. J. FLYNN. Commissioner of Crown Lands. P.S.—According to law, no newspapers other than those named by order-in-council are authorized to pub- SCRIBNER’S LUMBER RAD LOG BOOK in it Most complete Book of its ki ever published Gives measurement o all kinds of Lumber, Logs, Planks, Scantling ; cubical contents of square and round timber; hints to lumber dealers; wood measure; speed of circular saws; care of saws; cordwood tables; felling trees; growth of trees; land measure; wages, rent, board, interest, stave and heading bolts, etc. Standard book throughout the United States and Canada. Get the new illustrated edition of 1882. Ask your book- seller for it. Sent post paid for 35 cents. GEO. W. FISHER, Box 238, Rochester, N.Y. or A. G. MORTIMER, Toronto, Can. Rochester Bros. : : COMMISSION AGENTS Limits bought and sold on commission. | Limits trav- elled 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. Communications confidential. 36 Rochester St. Ortawa J. J. TURNER .. Sail, Tent and Awning Maker.. 251 George St. and 154 King St. PETERBOROUGH Canoe, Yacht and Boat Sails made to order. Fits Guaranteed. Every description of Lumbermen’s Supplies and Waterproof Clothing. J.D. SHIBR MANUFACTURER OF Lumber, Lath & Shingles BRACEBRIDGBE, ONT. References given. Perfect DECEMBER, 1892 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN | A CGrood Independent CONDENSER OUR INDEPENDENT CONDENSER kis) AN IPR IE Pinte INV Eo LENT IF YOU ARE WORKING YOUR EN Gait HSE PRESSURE DON’T DELAY, BUT WRITE US PROMPTLY NORTHEY MFG. 00., Ltd. MANUFACTURERS ... TORONTO, ONT. Representative Lumber Manufacturers and Dealers Town StitwastOnk.......... rtawa, Out... %..-... iawn: Ont. -....-... tite eabs..... - Parry Sound, Ont..... Parry Sound, Ont..... Muskoka Mills, Ont. .. Alexandria, Ont....... PAPA. . 255... 0: McPherson, Schell& Co. ...... Almonte, Ont......... he ee Caldwell, A.&Son.......... Lar thl 0 Bare... 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Moodyville, B.C. New Westminster, B.C. : Canterbury, N.B.. Bridgewater, N.S.. - Callander, G.T. R. _|Huntsville and Katrine/Thomson, Robert & Co. : Dick, Banning &Co.......... Keewatin Lumber & Mfg. Co.... .|Toronto.... .|Toronto .... TORONTO 20 FRONT ST EAST TELEPHONE 475 Railway, Express, or = “ nearest Shipping Point ewe SESIRIESS NOTRA WA arsrse 3 jo nskors =, a2 Pveeidels Us U5 6 6 sougtore comes oe Ooceo |Lumber, Wholesale and Retail................. ‘Cjc Sy Oo ae ees ..'Bronson & Weston Lumber Co |2 Sawmills, White and Red Pine, Wholesale.... RO TEA Wo roe gl 2, stein e's OTTAWA LUMBER CO.... . .|Lumber, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Wholesale... . Ottawa.. PERE alee gee! 5 iG Aen eo Geo. o4o Saw and Lath Mill, Pine, Wholesale........... STPENSON ae = isc net «10's Conger Lumber Co...........- Lumber, Wholesale and Retail............... : Parry Sound. . ...|Parry Sound LumberCo......... Saw, Shingle and Lath Mills, Pine, Wholesale . . Penetanguishene Waubaushene.. Calabogie John B. Smith & Sons Head Office, Strachan / Collins Inlet Collins Inlet LumberCo........ Comber ..-..... fe TS PSE ced 7 eee ee Pinkerton . MICE EV IE IN OA icy « «))5) 6 le 6: Hamilton..... BRADLEY, MORRIS & REID CO. Huntsville - . Heath, Tait and Turnbull Keewatin.... Keewatin..... Lakefield .. Lakefield Lumber Mfg. Co. . Sudbury. peo COMMER L OG Vin Niels, oo 0 ow iw oie Sudbury SIMOWAN I> We CeiSODS. 2.6. sete « London..... Gorm wiAamies Aes Fie. «oust ane Longford . Longford Lumber Co.......... Mount Forest. SICETBICESS Wie pS oiel cleo) eerie ciel Norman... ..|Cameron & Kenned .|Norman ..|Minnesota & Ontario Lumber Co. Elmwood, G.T.R......|S. B. Wilson & Son.......... Toronto iGampbell,,A Hs @&iCo. 5 5 os 6 2 |F. N. Tennant \Donogh & Oliver .|Toronto . _.|\Victoria Harbor LumberCo...... Toronto IW. NW. McEachren &Co....... .|Toronto James Tennant & Co......... Wiarton MEY ise iss iW Mieke eae 2 eee Buckingham .. PROBSIDIOB EINE ore tcht. 3 o6 eo. on Chaudiere Stn. (ee Te SPU a Bae one Gee OGD Cookshire. |Cookshire Mill Co. Le |Dufresse, O. Jr. & Frere eal. Roberts, Joseph & Fils SHEARER & BROWN mi ster. festminster. James Morrison & Son Muskoka Mill and LumberCo., Head Office, Arcade, 24 King st. w., Toronto . Georgian Bay Consolid. Lumber Co. Hd. office arcade 24 King st. w., Toronto ...|Carswell, Thistle & McKay..... MOODYVILLE SAWMILL CO. ... |Brunette Sawmill Co......... |DAVIDSON, E.D.&SONS..... Lumbermen desirous of being represented in this Directory can obtain information in regard to rates by communicating with the Publisher. OAK TANNED BELTING THE J.C.M’LAREN BELTING C2 wontreac Power, Style and Daily Capacity W. Pine Lumber, Lath and Bill Stuff, all lengths. .|Cheese Box Factory, Pine, Spruce, Cedar ...... .|Sawmill, Pine, Lumber, Hemlock, Hardwoods.. .|Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Cedar, Hardwoods...... .|Saw, Shingle and Heading Mill, Pine, Cedar Oak, Oak Railway Ties, Paving Blocks ...... .|2 Saw, Sh. and Lath Mls., Pine, Hem., Bl. Birch .| Lumber, Wholesale and Retail................. .|Lumber, Shingles, Wholesale .................. .| Lumber, Wholesale and Retail...............-. nals eosdocunnbedasoe cocunnunosnodo ovation .|Lumber, Wholesale and Retail................. .|White and Red Pine Lumber, Bill Stuff, Lath Eistol sath Gann ap oh antes odoeneUOned Oodmtan .|Lumber, Pine, Oak, Ash, Birch, Whol. and Ret. .|Saw and Stave Mill, Pine, Hardwoods.......... .|Saw, Shingle and Lath Mill, Timber Lands, Hemlock, Pine, Lumber, Hardwoods......... .|Lum., Tim., Pine, Hem., Hwds., Whol. and Ret. .|Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hardwoods... .|Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods............. .|Sawmill, Pine, Hardwoods, Wholesale.......... .|Saw, Lath, Sh. and Pl. Mill, Moving Posts, Pine .| Lumber, Wholesale and Retail .|Sawmill, Pine, Ash, Birch, Oak.. .|Lumber, Wholesale and Retail |Exp. and dlr. in Am. Hwds, made to specification .|Saw and Plan. Mill, Hemlock, Hardwds., Whol. i Cherny) White Ash Hardwoods, Wholesale: /.. .|Saw and Plan. Mill, Tim. Lands and Logs, Pine .|Lumber, Wholesale and Retail................. .| Hardwoods, Shingles, Lath, Handles........... .| Lumber, Wholesale .|Lumber, Wholesale .| Lumber, Wholesale .|3 Saw, Shingleand Lath Mills, White Pine, Whol. a FUELS) NWVIIOLES ALG vest. ye wo rnintesayis, elehsiene nj aie aceses4 -| Lumber, Lath, Shingles, etc., Wholesale........ -|3 Sawmills, Lumber, Barrel Heads............. -|2 Sawmills, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods.......... -|Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods, Wholesale. . .|Saw, Shingle, Planing, Stave and Heading Mill. -|Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hdwds., Whol. .|Saw and Planing Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds, Int. Fin, Spruce, Hardwoods, Wholesale...... -|4 Sawmills, Oak, Ash, Elm, Pine, Hem., Dim... -|Sawmills, P. Fin, Spruce, Cedar, Hardwoods... .|Saw and Planing Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds, | Fir, Cedar, Spruce, Hardwoods.............. *|Sawinlll Pines Elardwoodss..).ccisciere scien es > Steam, Circular and Band Mill Water, Gang and Band, 450m Lath 7om Water, Gang, Circular, Sawgom, | Shingles 7om, Lath 30m _ 2 Mills, Water, 1 Band, 2 Gangs | and 3 Circulars. | Circular, 3m } Steam, Circular, 4om Steam, Circular, 16m Stm., Band, Cir., S. 75m, Sh. 60m Waubaushene mill, stm., 200m; | Pt. Severn mill, water, 120m | Steam, Circular, 6m Steam, Cir., Saw 14m, Sh. 20m Steam, Circular, 25m Steam, Circular, 4m Steam, Circular Water, Band and Circular, room Stm., Cir., Gang and Band, 140m Com. Com. Steam and Water, Circular, Port- able and Stationery, rom Circular, Gang and Band, 180m Water, Gang, 150m Steam, Circular and Gang, 60m Steam, Circular and Band, 50m Steam, Circular, zoom 2 Stm., 2 Wat., Band, Cir., 4om Steam, Circular, 2om Steam, Gang and Circular Steam, Circular, 38m -|5 Saw, Shgle. and Lath Mills, Pine, Spr., Hwds. Water, Circular and Gang, 200m MD The Montreal Gar Wheel 60. . MANUFACTURERS OF.... Gharcoal Iron Ghilled Kal ROnw WHEELS OFFICES: NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE BUILDING, HONTREAL Works: LAGHINE, QUEBEC quirements of Lumbermen and Street C can supply them Bored, Finished and Bz CORRESPONDENGE SOLICITED Ss . ie ee 728s0D CANADA LUMBERMAN DECEMBER, 1892 E HAVE WASTED OUR GRAND NLESS THE BAND E ARE WASTING HERITAGE SUPPLANTS E WILL WASTE... OF PINE... THE CIRCULAR... A 14-GAUGE BAND SAW SAVES OUT OF AN 8-GAUGE CIRCULAR’S SAWDUST PILE 5 ONE-INCH BOARDS ON BVERY2325CUlI-ae OU'll Be Sorry if you start next season without a BAND MILL DISCERN THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES EVERY YEAR’S STOCK YOU WASTE, REDUCES THE PROFIT FROM YOUR TIMBER LIMIT BOUGHT AT SUCH A HIGH PRICE THE CHANGE TO THE 7 BAND IS INEVITABLE Make it Now “NONE SURPASS THE WATEROUS” IN QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF CUT RIGIDITY AND STEADINESS UNDER MOTION TRUE WHEELS SENSITIVE TENSION FAST FEED NO BREAKAGE OF SAWS IN FEWER DETENTIONS FOR ADJUSTMENT OR REPAIRS NOR IN OUR FILING ROOM TOOLS gas YEW CIRCULAR. SEND FOR NEW BAND MILL CIRCULAR AND BOOKLET WATEROUS Baxter" B DECEMBER, 1892 LUMBERMAN 17 THE GANADIAN =Gx_@ PHOTO-ENGRAVING BUREAU 16 Adelaide St. West, TORONTO We have the most complete establishment in Canada, and by our different processes are enabled to make cuts for every and all pur- poses. HALF -TONE CUTS made direct from photos our specialty. LINE CUTS for Newspaper and other adver- ——_ tising purposes. Send for Catalogue and Prices. ‘MOORE & ALEXANDER, Props. TEL. 2158 ee ee. . NT & PERE MARQUEE RAILROAD FROM Port Auron and Detroit Is the Short Line to SAGINAW AND BAY GITY (Centres of the vast lumber interests of Michigan) AT. PLEASANT, CLARE, REED CITY BALDWIN, LUDINGTON, MANISTEE MILWAUKEE AND MANITOWOG, WIS. _ The last two named are reached by the Company line of Steamships across Lake Michigan. The line thus formed is a short and direct route from NEW YORK MONTREAL BUFFALO TORONTO to ST. PAUL, DULUTH and Pacific Coast points. Write either of the undersigned for Folders, which contain Maps, Train Schedules and a great deal of in- formation of value to those contemplating a trip to any of the above-mentioned points. W. H. BALDWIN, JR., General Manager. A. PATRIARCHE, Traffic Manager. SAGINAW, MICH. W. F. POTTER, Genera Orrices: - Gen'l. Sup’t. | CACAUTION EACH PLUG OF THE Myrtle Navy IS MARKED Pe cals. IN BRONZE LETTERS None Other Genuine NEW so ae RY° E —_— iINEF The MONARGH BOILER arenes) ANG HERGULES —— ENGINE Portable from 6 to 70 horse power. Surpass portable steam power heretofore produced for strength, durabil- ity, compactness and the ease with which they can be moved. The 70 horse power can be taken over the roughest roads, or into the forest, and set upas easily and quickly as an ordinary 20 horse power portable engine, and as rm as a brick-set stationary engine. Engines and boilers of every size and description. Rotary Saw Mills, Shingle and Lath Machines, Saw Grinders, Planers, etc. Mill machinery and supplies of every description. Every boiler insured against explosion by the Boiler Insurance & Inspection Co. of Canada. Write for circulars. ROBB ENGINEERING CO., LTD. Successors to A. ROBB & SONS, Amherst Foundry and Amherst, N.S. Machine Works. ESTABLISHED OVER 40 YEARS. FIRE PROOF ROO FING ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FREE METALLIC ROOFING @ .. JIANUFACTURERS, TORONT a THE RATHBUN ~ GOMPANY .. . === MANUFACTURERS OF PEeSseeesean] TERRA COTTA Endorsed by leading Architects ui FIRE-PROOFING For use in Old and New Buildings Absolutely Fire-proof Deadens Noise Does not Crack on application of Heat or Water SOS mys». NOOO NS Oe ee | S we nS Se About as Cheap as Wood or Brick SS aaa Be Weight one-third that of Brick ..... Gives Warmth in Winter; Coolness in Summ er iat IWMICZS@ TONG SEIN 79 Planing, Moulding and Stave Cutting q —=—Sened for Puce £ist— IAD IN DIS we O-ve eF VEZ SNe! Ae PARTNER’S DEATH every partnership there are two factors of great importance— N T the managing brain and the capital employed—and if death removes either the business must suffer. It often happens that the brains belong to one man and the capital to another. If the man- ager dies the capital is worth less than before, and if the capitalist dies and his capital is withdrawn, the manager is crippled. It is clear that each has an insurable interest in the life of the other, be- cause the profits of each depend in part upon the life of both. The firm should, therefore, insure for the benefit of the business on either the ten-twenty plan or the modified natural premium life of the Manufacturers’. These are the plans best adapted to suit the re- quirements of such cases. Let this statement be tested by comparison. The Manufacturers’ Life Ins. Go. Corner Yonge and Colborne Sts., Toronto iO Bethe... | Sturtevant System oF _ FrEATING MALLS 4IID FACTORIES BOSTON : 34 OLIVER STREFI Sa NEW YORK: gt LIBERTY STREET F. STURTEVANT 60 a AT a WRITE FOR ( ATALoGuEs SDREEL PEALE Planing Mill | EXHAUSTERS | FoR Removing Ghips shavings and Sawdust A, a CHICAGO: 16 SOUTH CANAL ST. PHILADELPHIA : = 135 NORTH THIRD ST. _ Boston, Mass, U.S.A A. R. WILLIAMS, Toronto and Montreal GENERAL AGENT FOR THE DOMINION as 18 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN DECEMBER, 1892 DODGE WOOD SPLIT PULLEY CO. 22.2 Doddé Patent Wood Split Belt Pulleys A ITI DOUG Patent SUstem OF Rope Driving ) Our Belt Pulleys and Rope Drives are now in use in the leading Mills of Canada. We supply and erect complete Rope Drives for any power, using Teon Grooved Pulleys, split or solid. We send expert to give full information and estimates, on application. Correspondence solicited. DODGE WOOD SPLIT PULEE Te S83 KING ST. WEST, TORONTO Rae eneeem THe Rati Go, WANTED I \; f 1) = ee | ———Are open to Purchase | a. . om BRAND ce cS SR Oak, Ash, Birch Livtle Belt and BREAKING STRAIN. 6 IN, “Camel” | HAIR: BELT Bia aan) @ ieiTbs, | fRasswood | : Pah Me « 6 IN, ENGLISH: OAK DouBLe Lontnes 27.52% oi 3 | ROCKY Mountains “ALSO MANUFACTURER S OF | and Good Pine Lumber alone fucece ae INEN. LA ! RE. H Ose | oedar an | Pine Shingles | GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY MANCHESTER, © 2s St FAS. 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TORONTO, ONT., JANUARY, 1892 { Tees, 41.00 Pes Wear MAGNOLIA METAL agli NGO) SEmiaNG ates eye Leadines Governments BEST ANTI-FRICTION METAL FOR Met spied Engine, Dynamo, Rolling-mill, Steamship, Railroad, Saw-mill, Cotton-mill, Paper-mill, Woolen-mill, Silk-mill, Jute-mill, Rubber-mill, Sugar-mill, Flour-mill ATS ALI, WEA C ENE Rs BH ARIIIG-S MAGNOLIA ANTI-FRIGTION METAL GO. sie” LOND OF Go REE i HeawnAS “BULLDING "4 Cortland: St., NEW YORK TREAL OFFICE: H. McLAREN & CO., AGENTS RUBBER B MONARCH , RED: STRIP AND LIO BRAND MAN UFACTU RED: BY”, THE GUTTA PERCHA k RUBBER MANUFAC RING ¢ co. Of TORONTO. OFFICE, 43. YONGE ST. TORONTO. : e sf -FACTORIES AT PARKDALE. ONT. Wares: FOR aseunrs Automatic Arc Dynamos and Lamps Ce ee pas yee 25) Direct Current Incandescent Dynamos tees purchasers satisfaction. j cai NO ROYALTY NO DELAYS Alternating Current Incandescent Dynamos pairs on Ball apparatus, which for Hh NO MISTAKES Transformers of High Efficiency oN eee Electric Motors ll Electric Supplies are en ier mee | FOR PUBLIG AND PRIVATE LINES - + + NO RENTAL FEES ay ALL INSTRUMENTS SOLD OUTRIGHT. ESTIMATES GAREFULLY MADE FOR TELEPHONE OUTFITS ei otreandacm ft il ELEGIRIG LI il, i) C. A. MARTIN & CO.., 765 Graig St., MONTREAL 70 Pearl Street, TORONTO, ONT. ese" SHURLY & DIETRICH ##* M\anuraci TURERS OF Miiiahean= a - The ship-building industry has under- eter lai gone many changes. There was a time when the United States were to the fore in wooden ship-building and it was a goodly day for the lumberman. But England came to the front with her stores of iron and cheap coal; iron superseded wood, and American ship-building declined and our neighbor, with all her enterprise, has never been able to surmount the difficulties of that day. Even in what ship-building is now carried on in the States, in so far as lumber is used, it has been discovered that the woods of Canada are preferred to those of their own country and the United States navy is sending to British Colum- bia for supplies of Douglas Fir in place of using Oregon pine. Now it is Scotland’s turn to suffer reverses in ship-building. A census of the yards between Glasgow and Greenock, which has been taken by the Glasgow Mail, shows that in twenty-seven, with 148 berths, there are only forty-nine vessels in course of con- struction; and there is no immediate prospect of fresh orders being booked to cope with the stagnation which has set in. Freights are so low and unremunerative that at every port large numbers of vessels are being laid up by their owners. It is estimated that at the pre- sent moment there are about 500 steamers and sailing vessels tied up in the harbors of the United Kingdom. The causes of this ebb-tide in our commercial prosperity are manifold and complex. The economiser may be able to give a satisfactory account of their origin and to esti- mate the period of their duration. But whilst he is collating his figures and adjusting his conclusions, the community, and the districts within the ship-building area, are face to face with a depression that will work havoc in many homes. The ship-building industry on the Clyde employs, when trade is good, between 50,000 and 60,000 men, and as only about one-third of the build- ing berths are occupied, it follows that fully one-half that number must at present be unemployed. A fair proportion of these have doubtless found work else- where, but when a full allowance is made for migration, there must be over 15,000 workmen idle at this moment. Unless provision has been made for a “rainy day,” pinching poverty will invade many a household before the winter has well begun. A recent article in the North Ameri- can Review, under the heading of “Waste Products Made Useful,” is full of interest as indicating the utilitarian spirit of the age, which aims to find a useful place for all its prod- ucts, good, bad and indifferent. The writer is the Right Hon. Lord Playfair, and he has gathered together a mass of information on the lines suggested by the title of his paper. He shows from what material ammonia is produced, and to what a variety of uses old rags are turned. Some of the choicest perfumes come from the ill-smelling fusil oil; and coal gas is made into beautiful dyes. A lumber contemporary, commenting on Mr. Playfair’s contribution, asks: “May not a way be devised to turn to use the material about the modern saw mill now going to waste? ‘True, we are adopting methods which limit the amount of material which goes into saw- dust and cut down the amount of stuff for the slab pile and the furnaces, but which are still fed so generously that it is apparently more a question of getting rid of the fuel afforded in the present natural processes of manufacture than to merely suppiy them with food. But even this does not suffice. The burner attached to most mills is kept busy, and in large cities the fuel dealers pay a beggarly sum and cart away fuel in almost unlim- ited quantities, while all sorts of ingenious methods are Utilizing the Waste. adopted to make ground with what is unmarketable. Half the ground which is made, too, be it said, is not of value, but the worse for having been made a dumping- place. In the salt region the saw-mill men use their refuse to operate salt blocks, and then sell their salt for little or nothing. Despite all of these expedients the problem of getting rid of the refuse of the saw still a considerable one.” mis is Some more recent attempts have been made in economizing mill refuse in pulp and paper making, and in other ingenious ways. The Rath- bun Company, of Deseronto, Ont., have made, perhaps, as perfect application of this utilitarian doctrine as any concern in the country. Almost nothing in their large wood-working establishment is allowed, it is said, to go to waste; a block of wood the size of a visiting card is turned to account. Sawdust is distilled, producing alcohol for industrial purposes, or combined with clay and converted into terra cotta building material. Even the smoke from the furnaces is subjected to “creative” processes, and valuable commercial products are the re- sult. Yet there is much progress to be made in utilizing the waste of the saw mill, and the men who are giving thought to this question are doing a good work for the lumber industry. MECHANICAL HINTS. E often see engineers when they are about to pack a valve or piston rod, and their packing is a little large, hammer the packing flat, so that it will go into the gland. This is a bad practice, for it breaks the” strands of the packing, cuts them in fact, and does not improve it in any way. Instead of this, just take it to the vise and press or squeeze it out as flat as you wish. It will be more even, will pack better and will not have ruined the properties of the packing. Try it once and see how much better it is than hammering. If the jaws of the vice are too short for your work, you can easily arrange some false jaws for this work, either of hard wood or soft metal. Don’t go working around a shafting with anything that can possibly catch in the belts, pulleys or couplings. If you wear an apron, take it off when at this business, as it is a trap, for if the material does not give way you are liable to go sailing around the shaft, not a very pleasant journey to contemplate. Don’t wear a jacket or shirt with ragged sleeves, or, in fact, any projections that could tempt the revolving set-screws or key-way Of course, no such things should be around a shaft, the day for that is past, but do not be careless even if there are no such traps around the shop. In these days of wooden split pulleys that require no set screws to hold’ them on the shaft, there is little excuse for key-ways or set-screws that lie in wait for victims. When it is neces- sary to use set-screws, as in collars, etc., let them be countersunk, so as to present no projecting heads, let key-ways be filled with wooden strips outside of the pulley, and, in fact, take every reasonable precaution for the safety of the men whose duty calls them around the machinery, and on whom depends the successful running of the plant. There is much unnecessary carelessness in a good many establishments, and much more danger than is necessary to the running of the plant. In one place that the writer knows of they have left the covers off the shaft. couplings, leaving the bare bolt heads and nuts exposed to catch any one who comes near. The cover came with the coupling, but was left off from pure neglect; probably because they did not need it for a driving pulley. It must not be thought that all the blame lies with the foreman or proprietor, for such is not the case, and we often find the men leaving, from pure neglect, things undone, which leave a danger for their companions. For instance, the scaffold may not be put up strongly because the man who put it up thinks it doesn’t need any more nails, or his nail box may be empty and he forgets to go up there again and put in more; then some- body falls and the verdict is: ““Unavoidable accident ;” but there is some one to blame nearly every time. Don’t let it be you. . T. W. Kerr, Ladner’s Landing, B.C.: “Enclosed find one dollar, another year’s subscription to your valuable paper. Iam always pleased to meet it.” oO ‘THOS CANADA TOG inva JANUARY, 1893 PUBLISHED ON THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH — ARTHUR G. 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The successful business man attends to-day to the affairs of to-day. FIRST MONTH THOUGHTS. CORDIAL and hearty New Years greeting is extended by the CANADA LUMBERMAN to its many subscribers in all parts of the world. There’s a new foot on the floor, my friend, And a new face at the door, my friend, A new face at the door. writes Tennyson, and in the company of this new friend may all our friends spend many pleasant and rosperous days. pene * * * * This number of the CANADA LUMBERMAN marks the commencement of the fourteenth year of publication, a record that reflects not uncreditably on the industries for which the LUMBERMAN essays to speak, and we may be permitted to add, nor on the journal itself. Horace Greeley once declared: “The success of a newspaper depends largely, very largely, upon the friendliness and co-operation ofits constituency.” And the LUMBERMAN has reason to believe that its success during these thir- teen years, and more particularly, the enlarged success that has come to it, within more recent years, has been due to the cordial and friendly relations that have always existed between the paper and its readers. We shall continue, during the new-year, to make the LUMBERMAN of increased value to the lumber trade in the broad field it now occupies, and thus continue to merit, by actual doing, the many kind words that are constantly spoken of it. The February LUMBERMAN will be the annual statis- tical number, giving a review of the lumber trade of the past year, and we will appreciate any information that readers can send us concerning this matter from their individual localities. DANGERS OF LUMBERING. ONE of the sad aspects of lumbering is the number and distressing nature of the accidents constantly happen- ing to the workmen employed in the manufacture of forest products. Considering the matter from this point of view we have sometimes experienced a feeling of relief when the period had arrived for the closing down of the sawmills of the country. But it is a question whether the mishaps occurring to those engaged at work in the woods are not as many, and just as terrible, as those that happen within the walls of the sawmills. In the winter woodmen are exposed to risks of work and weather that are only met, often, at the cost of bruised bodies, frozen limbs, and too often death itself. One of the saddest experiences of this winter’s work in Canadian woods, comes from the shanties in the eastern lumber regions, and is embodied in a recent newspaper despatch from Ottawa. John Burns was engaged in one of Mr. J. R. Booth’s lumber camps on the Black river, some 110 miles from Mackey’s station on the C.P.R., and left the camp on December 23rd with the intention of coming home to Ottawa to spend his Christmas holidays. He was met on the road coming down by John Dasser, jogging along. Four days afterwards the unfortunate man was found standing up with his arm around a tree some six miles away from the camp he had left on the 23rd. Mr. Dasser was returning when he espied the unfortunate man, and thinking he was dead, exclaimed, “Why, that’s John Burns, andhe is dead.” “Not dead,” replied the unfortunate man, “but nearly dead.” He was carefully taken into the conveyance and brought to Mackey’s station. On examination it was found that his legs and arms were frozen solid. He had been four days and four nights exposed to the intense frost without any nourishment. He was treated in the Pembroke hospital for a few days, and on Saturday was brought to Ottawa. It is feared the unfortunate man cannot recover. TWO PICTURES OF THE SAW MILL. “THE saw mill,” it has been remarked, “is a potent agent in civilization. To most localities it has brought everything—people, post office, schools, churches, water, electric light and all the luxuries.” This may seem, to the average man, a fanciful picture of anything so ma- terial and thoroughly wooden as a saw mill, and yet one needs only to study with some care the early history of ost newly-settled countries to learn how nearly the picture approaches the reality. Little progress is made in any locality until the forest is cleared, in part, at least, of its native product. The agriculturist, who certainly has a right to rank as a pioneer in the opening up of new settlements, is handi- capped in his work until the woodman has felled the trees, that the virgin soil may be made to bring forth of its fruits. This work of clearing the forest is with difficulty per- formed without the aid of the saw mill, and the saw mill man gravitates to these newer territories as naturally as water courses down a hill. His saw mill may be crude in its construction and methods compared with the more modern mill that will succeed it, but the saw mill is there, bringing with it the good and desirable, and sometimes not a few of the worser and undesirable, things that follow in the train of every agent of civiliza- tion. Sh 85 8h St This is one picture. The saw mill, however, effective as it has proven as an agent of progress, would seem to be, in the present day, often too rapacious in its de- mands and unnecessarily energetic in its methods. The pendulum has swung to the other side, and we are feel- ing some of the hurtful effects that follow when extremes are reached. What is meant by this remark has been pointed out in these columns on more than one occasion. In a brief sentence it was expressed in an article in the-November LUMBERMAN, when, in speaking of the pine resources of this province, we said that the lumbermen had pierced so nearly through our pine forests with their operations that daylight, so to speak, can be plainly seen through from the other side. A few years ago this statement would have been followed in the minds of lumbermen with a big interrogation mark, but to-day it causes no surprise. Not only is it known that these are the conditions, in a large measure, in our own country, but similar conditions exist in Michigan, and will, ap- parently, prove the history of other provinces at no far distant date, as they have of other countries in past days. What is the remedy? Students of forestry have given us more than one panacea for these various ills, and, im- practicable as they may be considered sometimes in their conclusions and propositions, lumbermen, nevertheless, owe these men a considerable debt for the thoughtful study they have given the question. Germany has made forestry almost a science in the exactness of the methods employed in their schools of forestry and in their breadth and comprehensiveness of treatment. A history of the work in France, India and Great Britain is replete with interest, and in this newer land, where the development has been of slower growth, the labors of Prof. B. E. Fernow, chief of the forestry department of the United States Department of Agri- culture, and our own forestry clerk, Mr. R. W. Phipps, of the Ontario Government, are worthy of favorable mention. ; The importance of a study of forestry by lumbermen and agriculturists has lately been emphasized by the publication in a leading German agricultural journal of an article showing most conclusively that the famine that has caused so much distress in Russia recently is due to the indiscriminate cutting down of the forests of that country during the past thirty years, drying up the waters in rivers and lakes and impoverishing the land so that it has become unfit for cultivation. The intelli- gent lumberman will always experience an intelligent interest in the study of forestry. There are remedies outside of forestry preservation that may be employed to secure to the country the full benefit of its forest wealth. Knowing pretty accurately the remnant of forest that remains, government and lumbermen need to go slowly in the disposition of this wealth in the future. Even in the utilization of the waste products of forest and mill, to which some refer- ence is made in another column, greater frugality has become essential. In the marketing of lumber there is no longer occasion to value the products too cheaply. It is one of the fundamentals of political economy that as supplies run short demand increases and prices ad- vance. This is the lumber situation in Canada just now. Mr. Little and those who view the situation from his standpoint would not remain satisfied with only anintel- ligent application of forestry methods, nor with placing a favorable consideration on the timber of the country. They argue with much force that whatever gain is to come from this valuable resource should come entirely to our own people. The timber we cut should be manufactured into lumber in Canadian mills and by Canadian workmen. EDITORIAL NOTES. UNITED STATES capitalists continue to acquire im- portant lumber interests in Canada. An American syndicate, has, within the month, completed a deal with Richard Nagle, of Ottawa, Ont., by purchasing 144 miles of timber limits in the Nipissing district for $150,000. THE opinion is entertained by some that the entrance of Hon. Mr. Ives, of Quebec, into the Dominion Cabinet means an early reimposition of the log duty. What is altogether more likely is that the relief to Canadian lumber interests, which is sought for in some circles, will come through lumber being placed on the free list by a Cleveland administration. The McKinley bill must go, and so far as lumber is concerned the trend of public opinion in the States is strongly in the direction of free lumber. Leading lumbermen from the Georgian Bay district, who have recently been across the border, are reported to have expressed the opinion that this is the view of those who are believed to know something of coming Democratic legislation. WHEN in the office of Messrs. Donogh & Olivera few days ago the LUMBERMAN was shown samples of British Columbia kiln-dried cedar shingles for roofing, the pro- duct of two Vancouver mills. The trade in Ontario who have had an oppportunity of inspecting these shin- gles are, we are informed by Mr. Donogh, favorably impressed with their appearance. They are a clear, bright looking shingle, and it is claimed by the makers that they can be laid with 534 inches exposure instead of 4%. This, if correct, is undoubted economy and materially offsets the extra cost, which is say $2.80 as against $2.50 for Ontario shingles. They are widerand thinner than this province’s products, and for this reason less likely to warp or split. Red cedar shingles are making their way into Ontario. A week ago a shipment of lumber was received by a local dealer in London, containing 60,000 red cedar shingles, and samples of Douglas Fir dressed into flooring. ‘ January, 1893 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN 3 GARLAND, the manufacturer, at Bay City, of saw- * mill specialties, is reported in a recent interview to have said: “Saginaw Bay is not a thing of the past by any means. We are good for years and years yet. Millions of feet of pine is being rafted from Canada and the Lake Superior region and is being sawed at Saginaw and Bay City. You would be surprised to know how cheaply the logs can be rafted down. The cost will not exceed fifty cents a thousand, except occasionally when the rafts are broken in a gale. This very seldom hap- pens, as the logs are locked in the rafts forkeeps. Logs can be rafted cheaper from the north than they can be put in on sleighs or by rail.” * * * It is seldom that wood, which was grown more than four thousand years before the Christian era, is used in the construction of a present-day residence, and yet this happened recently in Edinburgh, where a mantel-piece was fashioned from wood said to be six thousand years old, says an English journal. An oak tree was found in a sand pit at Musselburgh, 13 feet below the surface. Professor Geikie, of the geology chair of the University of Edinburgh, after personally examining the strata in which this oak was tound, said the tree, which was five feet nine inches in diameter, must be at least six thous- and years old, and describes it as a relic of neolithic man. It was in a fine state ot preservation, due to the sand, and was easily workable. * * * * Mr. J. R. Booth, who has known Ottawa for sixty years, and has a thorough acquaintance with its lumber conditions, has said: “The square lumber trade is fast diminishing. There used to be seven large mills paying out nearly three millions, but the trade has now got down until there are only two concerns. Many will live to see the lumber business as it is now, completely done, and now is the time to take advantage of the opportun- ity to secure something in its place. There is no reason why this city should not be the foremost city in the Dominion, and the great advantages being derived trom electricity allow of manufacturing establishments being built all over the city, their power derived from the great water power. The Edison Electric Company de- clined to locate at Almonte because there was only one line of railroad, and Peterborough, from its better facil- ities, secured the industry, and the concern now employs nearly nine hundred hands.” Mr. Booth’s hope for Ottawa is in the extension of its railway facilities. It is a strong statement to make that Ottawa’s days as a lumber centre are numbered, and, coming from Mr. Booth, with his vast lumber interests on the Chaudiere, it is significant. + % & A visitor at the LUMBERMAN office within the past week was Mr. T. Charlton, of the firm of J. & T. Charl- ton, Tonawanda, N.Y., and Little Current, Ont. Mr. John Charlton, M.P., is the resident partner in Canada. “We have not been handling very much Canadian lum- ber lately,” said Mr. Charlton. ‘Southern lumber is coming rapidly to the front in the eastern States and in direct competition with Canadian lumber. In some respects I think it is better than Canadian lumber. Do you know there is a difference of about $2.50 a thousand in lumber sold in Michigan and the same class of lumber in Canada? The higher price is obtained in the States. Of course the one dollar duty makes so much advance, but the extra price comes from the ' existence of a better market creating a competition among buyers. In fact there is no lumber market in Canada, that would tend to bring buyers together. Prices generally are advancing. I do not anticipate any change in the United States lumber tariff before Decem- ber, 1293. The new Congress does not meet until then, unless a special session is called for in the spring of the year and this is not likely. Besides the Democrats are still three short of a majority in the Senate, and the sanction of the Upper House must be obtained to tariff legislation.” k + & & Mr. R. H. Alexander, manager of the Hastings mill, Vancouver, B.C., is of the opinion that the increase in the lumber tariff of Australia was chiefly for revenue purposes, as Victoria was in a very impoverished con- dition at the present time, and the Government had decided to put the tariff on lumber, as that had to be imported. It had been said, that it was a retaliatory measure to the McKinley Bill, which put a tax on Aus- tralian wool entering the United States. That, he thought, might perhaps have something to do with it, but, in his mind, that point had been brought up by the Government to appeal to the popular sentiment, and to assist in passing the measure. The Melbourne lumber- men were also reported to have brought up the proposed changes in order that they might dispose of their large stocks at improved rates, but this, Mr. Alexander thought, was not the cause. If the changes, as now proposed, are passed it will mean a large increase in the price of lumber, and the market will be closed until the present stocks are disposed of. They will then, how- ever, have to purchase from here again, and if a prefer- ential tariff could be secured for Canada it would be of great advantage to the lumbermen of this Province. x % * In last month’s LUMBERMAN there were given the opinions of so experienced a lumberman as W. J. Hendry, late manager for Mr. Peter McLaren, touching some important trade matters. Let me tell you what he has to say on other phases of lumber affairs. ‘The dis- posal of dry pine, that is the pine killed by forest fires,” said Mr. Hendry, “is becoming a live question. With band saws and automatic canters, the logs can be sawed much after the fashion of apple or potato paring. By judicious assortment this kind of product can be profit- ably marketed, the principal defect being worm-holes, but the bark being loosened by the action of the fire, will reduce this risk from worm-holes considerably, as the worms feed on the stringy pulp attached to the inside lining of the bark, and are there protected from their feathered enemies. The La Platte market in South America would take immense quantities of this lumber, its lightness in weight being particularly adapted to the pack-horse transportation of the Argentine confederation. For this timber the government could fairly throw off the crown dues, as the clearing of much arable land would give ampler returns for this concession.” ‘Have you had any experience with fir timber?” Mr. Hendry was asked. ‘Yes, there is the Douglas fir of the west- ern slope of the Rockies, sometimes called Kauri pine, which must hereafter attract greater attention in the markets. It attains a great girth; is non-resinous and non-fibrous, in fact it is of bulbous growth. It is free from all the defects of eastern pine and spruce, but lacks their strength. In the sixties a firm in Vancouver presented a flay pole to her Majesty the Queen, 147 feet long, 14 inches calliper at the butt and ro inches at the top, of Kauri pine, but when it was being placed in posi- tion at Kew Gardens it broke. The chief market for this kind of lumber would be the islands of the Pacific, China, Japan, the Phillipine islands, Australia, New Zealand, the western peninsula of India, Mauritius, Cey- lon and the Cape.” “What could such lumber be used for?” “It is bound to replace sandal wood for tea boxes, and being capable of taking a nice polish, should become fashionable for cottage furniture. Oak is about done, and this Douglas fir will become the leading stave wood for barrel manufacture. It is easy and economical to work and does not contain tannates, like oak, which render packed meats, butter, lard, etc., rancid. In fact pork or beef kept in oak barrels for a lengthened period actually becomes tanned through the action of the tan- nates contained in the oak staves. The probabilities of the stave trade are simply immense and British Colum- bia has a mint of wealth in her Kauri pine forests.” The Latour limits, situated on the Upper Ottawa county and Lake Temiscamingue, the property of the Merchant’s Bank, have been sold to James Russell, of Renfrew, for $16,200, A NEW SAW. NEW saw, says a_writer in Hardwood, require different treatment from that given an old one. Many new saws are ruined in a short time through ignorance of this fact. If the sawmakers’ instructions are carried out, generally, there wil] be but little trouble Often only such items’as guard against changing pin holes, teeth, etc., are observed, while the er ire neglected or overlooked. First, it is necessary to know that if the old saw is running fairly well, it does not by any means indicate that the mandrel and lead are in the right condition for anew saw. It is thought because a saw is new it will overcome much evil by being nicely fittec € maker’s guarantee on it. Let me say to mill men that chances taken. If the old saw is properly kept up, and the mandrel in line, the new one, if right, will run without any re-adjust- ment. But how few mills can be found in this condition. Several things are likely to happen toa new saw. Old ones are generally run with too little lead. This may be necessary from their condition, as previously stated. Now, the new saw will not admit this, and will soon be permanently dished, or otherwise injured, with a lot of blue spots on it. The old saw, lacking this heat to compensate for its lost tension, would not blister, and being partly dished, no immediate change is brought out. The new saw is moved into the log by the guide, and the next filing it is filed into the log. The guide then has to be moved partly back, which is liable to leave the centre nearer the log than the rim. This will cause the saw to heat at the centre, though it runs into the cut at the top. four new saws ruined in two days just this way. Saw collars do not always keep in the right shape, and should be watched closely. I saw The loose one is not so much affected, while the fast one often has its outer edge more or less cramped over by saws becoming hot and dishing. This may be hardly perceptible, but it has a tendency to allow the saw to incline out of the log. The eye of all saws should be reamed a trifle on each side, also the lug pin holes. It requires very close ob- servation to detect any fullness around the stem or pin, but it may often be there, nevertheless. There are few new saws properly filed when sent out from the factory, the log saws especially should be filed right, and instruc- tions given not to change the filing. Then, if the saw does not run right, look for the trouble elsewhere. Be certain that your mandrel is level, with just a trifle lead, with but little end motion, and no side motion in the journals. Also notice that your saw is perfectly flat when tightened on the mandrel. It is not safe to trust to the eye, but use a straightedge. It does not always happen that a new saw is properly adjusted to speed, which is found out best by actual test. Should the saw be too open for the speed, it is best to have the saw lean a little to the log, that is, slightly con- caved; it will not be so hable to dish, but will incline a little into the log, which is all right. An ounce of prevéntion making a pound of cure can be no better applied than to a new saw, and this subject is one that should engross the most earnest attention of the owner, superintendent or foreman every time one is brought into the mill, and saw salesmen shouid be bet- ter posted in the matter and be instructed to always call attention to it whenever they are not positively sure the saw is going into the hands of properly educated par- ties. The observance of these few simple hints may result in avoiding much loss and annoyance. ANOTHER PROFITABLE DEAL. HE McArthur Bros., of Toronto, who have been among the most successful lumbermen in Canada, are now operating in Wisconsin. It will be remembered that recently they sold a body of Canadian timber for $550,000 to Hurst & Fisher, of Michigan, a property that cost them, fifteen years previous, $75,000. Report tells of a profitable sale they have just made of the Ophir Two years ago they paid $7,500 for it, and they have now sold it to the Interna- tional Development Co. for $100,000. Sound common sense and shrewd business foresight, we opine, have played successfully with this prosperous concern. gold mine, near Belleville. 8 THE CANADA LUMBERIMAS JANUARY, 1893 MICHIGAN LETTER. [Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] 4 Rae = lumber year in Michigan will come to a close with operators, large and small, carrying a contented counten- ance. A good years’ business is the record of almost everyone; and it is a long day since the lumbermen went into winter quarters with so little stock on the docks to carry over the win- ter. All are planning for another season’s work, which it is We will be obliged to depend on other sources for our supply of logs and mo — = E = > anticipated will be of a profitable character. it is expected that Canada will furnish the mills here with a heavy contingent. DECLINE IN SHIPPING. A comparative statement of the movement of forest products by water in this district shows the shipments of lumber and shingles for 1892 to have been the lowest in a quarter of a cen- tury. These are the figures as compiled by a local authority ; Lumber. Shingles. TSOSi eh slard akon cys eats 430, 128,000 74,141,105 1031900 ee RIO 474,912,425 86,178,500 ROO iscrs © She tas aieieres aot 487,489,268 130,448,490 iho 1 a SIE IQs OAc 516,629,474 142,661,500 ES72iccacts haters eco sce 492,834,900 87,204,500 ey Bi aceE pened oocoor 452,708, 562 38,521,500 oy CRS aoe aebericig caer 448,707,652 82,164,500 sy inp ehese een ooo USE 445,149,155 117,832,500 lhe '7 Oot eRe aEEMIDE Gormimea.c 455.227,252 105,743,000 10S) PASCO EOS 539,886,074 162,594,250 ESAS tacss Se lta cea 525,282,098 87,699, 380 eye heres Secon UBD Aber 678,298,866 222,602,731 ROSO Mes ckele ae ers 769,573,000 168,145,400 DOS Scecece syeust es teystelaeh 833,059,939 149,816,000 ists ts cig GORE OS NOOe 858, 344,000 176,376,500 POOR eee ais evasion: 778,702,067 164,032,000 LGhYL = Bea ae OapOnE On OC 734,938,460 153,333,000 MOOS tess ieteis . 659,565,000 129,549,005 The tehob eae ree OB ENCE eS 591,013,100 117,494,000 Le oY (untick MORTON 486,285,000 85,698,000 lige BE wD GAG Op Ee OOS 451,391,000 75,892,000 ESSO Peart te oir 432,130,000 98,997,000 USQOse ess Sa Deis ste sob 409,972,000 89,249,000 EON Le ine Sater Coes 404,577,000 80,487,000 USO 2s a sore asia sae 347,866,091 60,547,000 BITS OF LUMBER. Hon. R. A. Loveland, of the Saginaw Salt and Lumber Co., will winter in California. Report has it that G. T. Hurst, of Wyandotte, is negotiating for a large body of Georgian Bay timber. Alpena has manufactured about 177,000,000 feet of lumber this season ; somewhat less than during 1891. A new lake log towing company is likely to be started here, in which Sibley & Bearinger will hold an important interest. The Saginaw Lumber Company has been incorporated with $150,000 capital, to do business in Chicago, by C. J. Beecham, Dwight K. Tripp and Warren S. Morgan. The owners of the Michigan Lumber Co., whose mills at Vancouver, B. C., were destroyed by fire, are H. R. Morse, Harry Morse and Diana Richardson, of Alpena, Mich. L. P. Mason, who has carried on extensive operations in this district for many years, has bought and shipped about 50,000 feet the past season. He has a large interest in Oregon. The mills are pretty well closed down for the season. The Saginaw Lumber and Salt Co. have cut 25,000,000 feet, with 10,000,000 feet cut by other mills. C. Merrill & Co. cut 20,000,000 feet. The Collin & Parker Lumber Co., of Muskegon, Mich., of which W. W. Collin is president and C. H. Parker, secretary and treasurer, have covered their property here with chattel mortgages aggregating $158,000. The capital stock of the company, which has been doing an extensive yard business, is $300,000. President Collin refused to discuss the situation of the company, and it is impossible to learn their standing assets and liabilities. The trouble is said to be a sequence to that of lumberman Crosby of Greenville, who was once interested in the business here. It is stated that the Sage Mill has closed its career. There has been some talk of its being leased and run another season but it is an old style mill and as extensive repairs and improve- ments would be necessary it is hardly likely that anything will come out of it. The mill has made Mr. Sage a good pot of money. He began lumbering on Lake Simcoe, Ont., in 1857, building a mill of 10,000,000 capacity and owning a large body of timber. contracts and for lumber that cost $14 from the tree laid down in New York he obtained $60 and $75 a thousand. to was to buy at the lowest and sell at the highest price. During the war he had some large government His mot- The lumber used in the pontoon bridges by which the army of the Potomac crossed the Rappahannock was cut by Mr. Sage. Owing to his advanced age it is understood that he will retire from the lumber manufacturing business. SAGINAW, Mich., Dec. 27, 1892. OTTAWA LETTER. [Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] Beas in lumber affairs, just at this season of the year, is of a two-fold character. It is a season of quietude, if for no other reason, because the hum of the saw mill machinery is not to be heard. Mills are closed down. But the activity of the saw is only transferred to that of the woodman’s axe, which, if muffled to most ears by virtue of distance, is none the less active. Large work is being done in the woods this winter. It isa season of expectancy, for lumbermen are now, to use a political expression, counting noses; books are being balanced, and the year’s accounting of business is being made. A month later I hope to give you some figures regarding the season’s work, but it is not anticipating too much to say that it will prove the most satisfactory for some years. EDWARDS’ NEW MILL. Most of the mills will undergo repairs during the shut-down term, that they may be fully equal to the work that will await them in the spring. Work on Edwards’ new mill, on the site for so many years occupied by the McLaren mill, is being pushed forward rapidly. Every part of the structure is to be of the most substantial character. The main building will project somewhat further into the river than did the old build- ing, and for that purpose a large quantity of the cliff is now being removed. The outside dimensions of the main building are 130 x 80 feet. It will be fully equipped throughout with the very latest appliances and improvements in the way of machinery, which will comprise two large band saws, one gang, edgers, hashers and butting saws. There will also be circulars operated at the east side of the main building for cutting dimension timber although it is not expected that the circulars will be in position this winter, and the band saws will handle that class of work in the early part of next season. On the west side will be placed lath and shingle saws. The sawing floor will be slightly raised above the present platform to facili- tate the handling of lumber from the saws and in order to reduce the vibration consequent upon the heavy overhead work, the roof will be as light and plain as is consistent with the necessary strength. A large number of hands will be employed, and the capacity is expected to be upwards of 200,000 per day. THE PARRY SOUND RAILWAY. Our people are showing an appreciative interest in the build- ing of the Parry Sound Colonization Railway owned by Mr. J. R. Booth, Ottawa’s big lumberman. A great meeting was held here on 21st inst., in which the feeling of the citizens was strongly in favor of giving Mr. Booth a bonus. The advant- ages to the city would be many and in the opinion of our shrewdest business men it would be the means of making Ottawa, in a comparatively short time, a large commercial centre. This railway is the terminal end of the Ottawa, Arn- prior & Parry Sound railway. Some twenty-five miles of the road have been completed west of Elmsdale, where the road crosses the North Bar branch of the Grand Trunk, and is now in running order. A large number of men are in the woods getting out next season’s supply of logs for the mills in the vicinity of Georgian Bay—one firm alone having 400 men in camp. The lumber manufactured from these logs is now principally barged to the United States market via Georgian Bay, Lake Erie and Tonawanda, but on the completion of the Parry Sound road will seek the all rail route via Ottawa and Albany. Four or five small villages have sprung up along the line and several small saw mills are being built. Large quan- tities of bark, ties, pulpwood, cordwood and hardwood logs are being hauled in for shipment, there being good sleighing in the locality. INDIFFERENT LENGTHS. Mrs. Wood, of the Chaudiere, has signed an agreement to supply ten thousand loads of dry millwood to a number of leading firms in the city. Mr. Levi Booth, foreman for J. R. Booth, has stated that whilst there would be more men going to the woods this winter than last from the fact that the lumbermen had a good season, still there will not be so many men in the shanties as when square timber was largely got out and there were more mills running. The Deschenes mills at Aylmer are undergoing vast im- provements at present, and ere spring they will be classed among the best on the Ottawa. Messrs. Conroy have sixty A new dam is being built in order to obtain more water power, and the flumes into the mill are being deepened. Among the improvements will be a Next season the machinery will run a great men at work on them. new band saw. deal faster than ever, and the cut is expected to be double that of former years. The firm has more men in the shanties this winter and will get out more logs than usual. OTTAWA, Can., Dec. 27, 1892. BRITISH COLUMBIA LETTER. [Regular correspondence CaNADA LUMBERMAN.] O inconsiderable amount of lumber has been exported from this province during the month. We are not securing the volume of foreign trade we should like, and which, out of our great resources, we are well able tosupply. New develop- ments, however, may be taken as mile posts marking the progress that is surely being made. The charter of a ship for the unusal destination of Cochin, China, augurs hope- fully for the extent of the market for Pacific Coast lumber. Increased attention has been given to the United Kingdom trade this year, and as a result more vessels have loaded for this point than in former years. A vessel now loading at Van- couver will make the first trip to Montreal from this port. The British bark Mark Curry, 1,256 tons, is loading lumber for Cork, Ireland. The George Thompson sailed from New Westminster on the 8th inst. for Sydney, N. S. W., with a cargo consisting of 729,792 feet of rough, 26,942 feet of dressed lumber, and 301,000 laths, the value being $7,844. Other shipments might be recorded, but these will indicate not an inactive month’s trade. Business with Australia is unsatisfactory in more ways than one. Depression still hangs over this part of the world limit- ing the lumber trade to be done. Unrest and uncertainty exists in regard to proposed changes in the lumber tariff. It is feared that the change will mean doubling the duty, and British Columbia, as was first anticipated, will not be exempt. If the change is as proposed it is thought that Melbourne will be closed for lumber until present stocks are worked off, which will likely be two years. COAST CHIPS. Troup Bros.’ saw mill, Tranquille, is advertised for sale un- der a mortgage. W. J. Snodgrass, of Le Grand, Oregon, contemplates erect- ing a saw mill at Okanagan Falls, B. C., with a capacity of 25,000 per day. A logger named Max. Seback, employed at McKim’s camp, near Port Neville, who was struck by the limbs of a falling tree about two weeks ago and injured internally, has since died. The lumber village of Moodyville was pleasantly excited a week ago on the occasion of the marriage of Mr. Jas. White, sawyer in the mill, to Miss Randall, daughter of Mr. S. J. Randall, chief engineer. A considerable loss is sustained in the destruction by fire of the mills of the Michigan Lumber Company at Vancouver. On Sept. 8th the planing mill and sash factory of this company were burned, and have not been rebuilt since. The fire that occured this month completely destroyed the saw mill, which was a separate building. The origin of the fire is somewhat mysterious, as the mills have not been operated for seven weeks. The fire broke out about midnight shortly after the watchman had finished a circuit of the works and had gone into the office to eat his lunch. The loss is estimated at $75,- 000, which is covered by insurance to the extent of $32,000. The daily capacity of the mill was 125,000 feet. New WESTMINSTER, B. C., Dec. 22, 1892. THE TALLEST TREES. HE Kew Bulletin tells us that “the tallest gum trees and the tallest trees in the world are found in the gullies of Victoria, several trees having been measured that were more than 4oo feet high, and the highest was 471 feet.” Visitors to the Indo-Colonial Exhibition will remember the size and beauty of other Australian woods, especially of the specimens exhibited in the Queensland court. The finest tree in the world is said to be the Agassiz, one of the Sequoia gigantea, 31 feet in diameter, nearly 300 feet in height, and of remarkable symmetry. At the Paris Exhibition of 1878 there were shown no fewer than 2,530 specimens of wood from India, belong- ing to 906 species and 432 genera. Anda more recent exhibition, that held in Edinburgh in 1884, made us acquainted with the glories of the Japanese woods, and those of the Adaman and Nicobar Islands. Go to the East India docks and you will see the huge logs of padowk (Pterocarpus Indicus), a tree rivalling mahogany in the depth of the colour of its wood and the density of its texture. Here, too, the stinkwood, the Oreodaphne bullata of South Africa, vies, in spite of its ill-chosen name with the teak (Tectona grandis) of Bur- mah and Malabar. Or, if you prefer to see growing timber, cross over to Germany and note the massive beach trees of Hesse Nassau, whose branchless stems contain no less than 19,525 cubic feet per hectare, or . nearly 8,000 cubic feet of timber per acre. January, 1893 THH CANADA LUMBERMAN : 9 hia: NEWS. ONTARIO. —An iron furnace is to be made an addition to the mills of Gillies Bros., Braeside. —The Pembroke Lumber Company’s mills are being thor- oughly repaired for spring operations. '—The steam barge Seguin, the property of the Parry Sound Lumber Co., is reported to have sunk in Lake Huron. —Jno. Milne & Sons, Huntsville, write: ‘‘ Business has been good with us this year, and we will run full blast all winter.” —Cameron & Curry have sold to Edward Smith eight hun- dred acres of bush land in Rochester township, Essex county, for $28,000. —David Miller, Washago, is getting out shingle timber on the Head River, where he has purchased the timber on four hundred acres. —Geo. Buck & Co., saw and shingle mill, Collingwood, have sold their mill to D. G. Cooper. The Messrs. Buck are at present out of business. —A three-masted vessel laden with lumber drifted on a rock near Michael’s Bay, a few weeks ago, and sunk. All the crew were saved except the female cook. —Gropp & Ganshaw, formerly with the Beck Mfg. Co., Pen- etanguishene, have erected and will operate, on their own ac- count, a shingle mill on the Vint Line, Tiny. —Part of the McClymont mill at New Edinburgh is being fitted up by McLaren’s with shingle machinery. It is the in- tention to manufacture shingles there all winter. —A local contemporary says that the cut of logs this winter in the Parry Sound district will be exceptionally heavy. Ship- ping during the season just closed is reported to have been brisk. —A few weeks ago Michael Manigan, of the Deseronto works, Deseronto, with his gang of men, unloaded from cars, placed on rail and stowed on the steamer Reliance 74,174 feet of lumber in one hour and eight minutes. —Rumor has it that the old established firm of McLaren & Company, Ottawa, lumber manufacturers, is on the eve ot transferring its saw mills, timber limits and interests on the Du Lievre and its many tributaries to an American syndicate. —The MacCormack estate of Lemieux, near Casselman, was sold last week by private sale to F. McCaffery, of Nicolet, Que., for 35 cents on the dollar. W. N. Barry, of Chesterville, is putting machinery in the mill, and preparing to operate it next spring. —Information has been received from Cleveland, Ohio, that Mr. John Lumsden, son of Mr. Alex. Lumsden, lumber mer- chant, of New Edinburgh, has been successful in his venture regarding the formation of a company to manufacture the pat- ented machine drill which he invented some time ago, and that there is every prospect of a large and increasing demand. —An evidence of the good-will existing between the Pem- broke Lumber Company and its employees was illustrated in the social gathering held a fortnight ago, at the close of the work of the past season. Employees to the number of about sixty sat down to an oyster supper provided for them by the directors of the company. The chair was occupied by the president of the company, Thos. Deacon, Q.C., and there were also present Hon. P. White, Messrs. C. Chapman, John Beatty and the manager, Mr. John Bromley. Ample justice was done to the bivalves and accessories, followed by speeches and toasts from employers and employees. The latter were represented by Messrs. R. L. West and Joe White. —A factory for making excelsior, or wood fibre, is being started in Chatham by the Ontario Excelsior Mfg. Co., promin- ent members of which are Mr. John Pratt, Messrs. McKeough & Trotter, and Mr. George Marris, of Tilbury; Messrs. Pratt and Marris, managers. The company will make coopers’ stock, such as headings, hoops, etc., and wood fibre—the lat- ter a staple article used by all large furniture firms and also for packing. Already over $3,000 has been expended. The two- storey structure erected fronts seventy feet on Colborne street. The main building is of frame and adjoining is a large brick engine house. Mr. Pratt has patented a new knife for slicing the wood. It has forty knives making fifty revolutions per minute, and great things are expected of it. NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA. —A steam saw mill is being operated at Clarendon, N.B., ~ by John Armstrong. MANITOBA AND THE NORTH-WEST. —Leo Gzetz, of Red Deer, N.W.T., has sold his saw and ing mill to Mr. McMurray, from Manitoba, who will place number of men in the bush to cut logs. BRITISH COLUMBIA. —Murdock A. Morrison, carpenter and builder, Victoria, has assigned. —The Royal City Planing Mills, at New Westminster, are making frequent shipments of car sill timber to the Crossen car works at Cobourg, Ont. —Word has been received from the Parker lumber mill at Belfast, that two loggers, Dave Frasier and Hank Downie, had been attacked by Indians with long knives. Downie had his bowels cut out and died. Frasier received dangerous but not fatal wounds on the face and neck. —A. J. Smith, planing-mill man, Victoria, is in difficulties and has assigned. In 1886 he bought out his partner, Clark, paying him $6,600 for his interest in the business, and since that time Mr. Smith has appeared lax in looking after his affairs. At any rate, he has made an assignment. UNITED STATES. —A steamship line is to be put on between Seattle and Hon- olulu, Sandwich islands, beginning the run on Feb. tI. _—W. H. Greenleaf, the Litchfield lumberman, is credited with the intention of building a shingle mill in the Puget Sound country. —In a shingle mill at Gray’s Harbor, Wash., recently, the entire works were kept running all day on a single cedar stick, which made 188,500 shingles. —Figuring is being done to change W. & A. McArthur’s water mill at Cheboygan, Mich., into a pulp mill; also for building a mill on the lake shore. —A newspaper report from Rolla, N.D., states that promin- ent citizens are involved in the prosecutions for fraudulent timber land entries now in progress. —Not less than 50,000,000 feet of lumber has been shipped out of Duluth Superior this season, far in excess of any pre- vious record, and next year this season’s shipments will be doubled. —Logs to the amount of 18,000,000 feet have been frozen in above the sorting gap of the boom at Marinette, Wis. These will be in readiness to come through for the start of the mills in the spring. —Francis E. Loud, of Weymouth, Mass., died Dec. 13. He was 77 years old, and for nearly fifty years was engaged in the lumber business with Edwin Pratt, under the firm name of Loud & Pratt. —M. H. Wheeler, one of the pioneer lumbermen of Neenah, Wis., is to retire from business. He has been in the lumber business in Wisconsin since 1858. He has sold his camp outfit to other parties. —A saw and grist mill has just been completed on Bartholo- mew creek, Idaho, the saw mill having a daily capacity of 15,000 feet. It was built by the government for the benefit of the Coeur d’Alene Indians. —It is estimated that the cut of spruce logs in New Eng- land and New York state last year amounted to 1,200,000,000 feet. Of this, one-third, or about 400,000,000 feet, was utilized in the manufacture of wood pulp. —This beats the big tree stories. L. B. Courtway, near Goldendale, Wash., raised one potato which made,a dinner for six persons, and enough of the tuber remained for the supper of eight persons. All ate heartily. : —Abundance of snow is reported in the camps in the Meno- minee districts of Michigan. Considerable trouble, however, is experienced by there being no frost in the ground or swamps, and the roads have to be broken out and allowed to freeze be- fore it is possible to do very good logging. —Michigan lumbermen are reported to be buying largely of timber in Northern Wisconsin. Some tracts can be picked up at a low price, considering the demand for lumber and the decreasing supply within a short distance from the mill points. There is a great deal of logging railroad being built in Wiscon- sin this season in order to reach the outlying timber. —The figures compiled by the Puget Sound Lumberman on the extent and amount of standing timber in the State of Washington, show the remarkable total of 300,000,000,000 feet, or to be more comprehensible—ifit be possible in dealing with such big figures—three hundred thousand million feet. In nine of the southern states of this country, in which yellow pine, pitch pine and cypress are grown, the total amount of standing timber is 200,000,000,000 feet. Michigan has only 24,000,000,000 feet of standing timber, according to the report of 1890. —Nicolai Bros’. mill, Westport, near Astoria, Ore., is pecu- liarly situated. It stands 1,700 feet above the Columbia river, a greater altitude than any other mill on that stream. It is surrounded by larch timber, estimated at 75,000,000 feet. The trees will average four feet in diameter at the base, and 75 fect to the lowest limb. The timber is clear on the outside and knotty at the heart. The lumber is used for sash, doors, blinds and interior finish. ible of a high polish. thousand. It is straight grained and suscept- The clear stuff sells from $30 to $504 J 2 The lumber is hauled five miles over a road that cost the Nicolai Bros. $1,000 a mile to build it. FIRES AND CASUALTIES. FIRES. —Robinson & Steen’s mill at Revelstoke, B.C., burned. Loss $10,000; uninsured. A new mill will be built. —Kennedy Bros.’ saw mill, near Sundridge, Ont., was destroyed by fire a fortnight ago. Loss, $3,000; insurance, $2,000. —The shingle mill of T. B. Tait, at Burk’s Falls, Ont., has been burned. for a limited amount only. The loss is considerable, the insurance being Mr. Tait’s camps were fired only a week previous. -~—The main portion of the planing mill of J. M. Green, St. Thomas, Ont., was destroyed by fire on the 23rd ult. The loss is estimated at $6,000 on machinery and $4,000 on stock and building ; insured for $5,000. —McAdam’s camp, of John McQuire’s shanty, at Eddy Lake, on Rathbun’s limits, 11 miles beyond Mattawa, Ont, was destroyed by fire a fortnight ago. The personal belong- ings of some thirty-five men, besides sixty pairs of blankets and other supplies belonging to McQuire, went up in smoke. —Mickle, Dyment & Sons’ large sawmill, at Barrie, Ont., was totally destroyed by fire on the morning of Dec. gth. The season’s cut of lumber was saved. The general opinion is that incendiarism was the cause of the fire ; loss about $25,000; insured for $6,300, divided between Royal and Northern. CASUALTIES. —A shantyman named Lamoreux was crushed to death while piling logs on the Bonnechere river, Ont. —Mack Yoe, while running a saw in Dowling & Leighton’s factory, Hamilton, Ont., lost part of the thumb and third finger. —Jarvis Esterbrook, aged 22, was mangled to death in Hol- liday’s stave mill, near Merlin, Ont. He was caught by a belt and carried into a pulley. —Jas. Gillies, aged 20, employed in Kennedy & Saunders’ planing mill, Pt. Arthur, Ont., is reported to have been drowned in the harbor while skating. —John Brooks, while on a load of lumber taking it to his home, near Huntsville, Ont., was thrown down an embank- ment ten feet deep, and almost instantly killed. —Thomas McCreary, teamster at McLaren’s mill, Ottawa, Ont., may possibly be compelled to have his foot amputated through a team with a heavy load of lumber passing over it. —A man named D. Jackes, from near Orillia, while skidd- ing logs at Armstrong’s camp, about twelve miles from Sun- dridge, Ont., had one of his legs crushed and broken by a log. —Thos. Salmon, of Portage Du Fort, Que., an employee of Bronson & Weston’s depot at Big Lake, who was taken sick at camp, died at the Pembroke hospital, to which he had been removed. —Thomas McCaul, a lumberman employed in Carpenter's camp, near Murillo, Ont., received a terrible gash from a broad- axe in the hands of a fellow workman, in front of whom he was scoring, the whole calf of his leg being laid open by the blow. —Mr. David McLaren, lumberman, New Edinburgh, Ont., has met with a painful accident. While standing on an arm chair to turn on the electric light, the chair over-balanced and threw him headlong, breaking one of the small bones of the wrist and inflicting severe bruises on the ribs. —Wnm. Gehl, an employee in Vaughan’s saw mill, at Pt. Arthur, Ont., fell into a tub of water in the local brewery, where he had gone to return a borrowed chain. After several hours of terrible suffering he died. Deceased was at one time a prominent saw mill owner in Bruce county, but had met with reverses, and accepted the position of sawyer and edger in Pt. Arthur. —A sad accident occurred at Sheppard & Morse’s lumber yard, Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 30, by which Mr. Thomas Hurd- man, a young man aged 21, son of Mr. George Hurdman, was instantly killed, and William Ascher, aged 16, was severely The two young men were checking lumber in a box car for shipment to the United States when the shunting en- gine, through some mistake, struck the train of loaded box cars heavily, throwing the piled lumber on the young men, by which young Hurdman was instantly killed. The box cars are filled with lumber at each end and the space at the doorway in the middle of the cars is left with enough room for a man injured. to load and unload the lumber. It wasin this space the victims were standing when the lumber pitched forward. Both were badly mangled. . io THE CANADA LUMBERMAN January, 1893 TRADE REVIEW. Office of CANADA LUMBERMAN, i December 31, 1892. | THE GENERAL SURVEY. S the closing month of the year, December has not been an over active month for present business Dealers have been engaged shaping affairs for their annual accounting of business, when not interfered with by the holiday and election season. Touching our own province trade has not been very brisk. In western Ontario the volume of business is lighter than in a corresponding period last year. Deal- ers in the smaller towns have bought with remarkable caution the season throughout. They have none of the spirit of speculation, pursuing largely a hand to mouth policy. The cause is not far to seek. Farmers are not disposed to expend money in building operations when wheat is netting them only from 59 to 61 cents a bushel. Local trade within the limits of Toronto continues as Nor is there yet any reason to expect a large revival in the near future. Neither additional houses nor stores will be required for sometime, whilst many of the larger contracts for public and business buildings are about completed. Of Quebec and New Brunswick trade there is nothing special to note. That the season’s shipping is an improvement over the year 1891 is the most encouraging item for comment, and the hope is that it means a fur- ther improvement another year. A fairly good trade has been done in Manitoba and the Northwest. The mills most directly concerned in feeding these territories have had a good season. Canadian trade with the United States grows apace and prices are advancing steadily. The revised price list in this issue under date of Toronto will be an indi- cation to LUMBERMAN readers of the advance that has been made in Canadian forest products within a month. A further increase in some grades may be expected. BRITISH COLUMBIA. Advices from the Pacific Coast indicate that lumber conditions are improving. The South American mar- ket, which had been an important export field for B. C. lumber, is recovering slowly from the troubles and internal difficulties that so terribly jeopardized business in that country some time ago. Not very much can be said of conditions in Australia, where large shipments of Coast lumber are expected to go, but despite the financial depression that overshadows this colony shipments, in fair volume, are being made. So that the hope is that the shrinkage in trade of the year closed, relatively with what might have been done, will be overcome by an improved situation in 1893. The strong element in British Columbia’s lumber business is the high character of its leading timbers, and ordinary conditions being right, its markets will increase in size and widen in territory covered. This fact is illustrated in a recent shipment of lumber to Cochin China, and in the growth of business in Great Britain and also in the United States. Local trade is fair, with some disposition, we fear, to cut prices. UNITED STATES. The one story comes from all the leading lumber markets of the United States of the exceptional small- ness of stocks at the close of the year. No where can it be said that stocks of any volume are on hand and this circumstance—the gulf existing between supply and demand—is having a favorable influence on prices. This condition is further intensified by the demands, especially in the lake markets, for white pine and Nor- way, and prices will certainly advance in the near future. Compared with 1891 the stocks in these lines are much lower. A steady and increasing demand has been shown throughout the season for medium grades of northern pine. And for coarse boards, as well as com- mon and better, there has been a large demand. An anxiety is discernible among mill men and jobbers in the important distributing centres of the east, that if the winters demand is at all active, which it is likely to be, the conundrum will be, where to secure supplies near towards spring. A feature of trade this year has been the hold secured in the northwestern states and also the east, to some extent, for the Pacific Coast lum- slow as ever. ber and Washington shingles. These are products that are destined to occupy no ininor place in the markets of the front in a comparatively short time. Southern pine is obtaining a firmer hold in the east and is a competing product with Canadian white pine. FOREIGN. A recent review of trade considerations in the Timber Trades Journal, of London, Eng., does not present a very hopeful outlook for business for the new year. Conditions throughout 1892 seem to have been so very unsatisfactory and uncertain, that it is hard to meet any- body “who is sufficiently confident to predict an actual rise in spot goods, and even the most sanguine look only for a steady rate in 1893.” Any hope of an advance in prices, entertained by a few, is based on an expected distribution in capital lying idle in land investments, rather than from any general improvement in the indus- trial conditions of the country. This is not the strongest reed on which to rest. Reports from the continent are fairly encouraging. The trade of Germany has been somewhat active during the year closing. Australian conditions are still depressed, and trade with South America, though improving, is doing so slowly. TORONTO, ONT. Toronto, December 31, 1892. CAR OR CARGO LOTS. pe TeHA Shot Clble eho) BUNCAl WEI ood oungoonadaobobsosonDtouKNeOr 33 00 36 00 Txcojandin2idressinpiand| better neces celan trier ets 20 00 22 00 TxXTOPandsx2pmillimuneeee eee eee eee eee ren tener 15 00 16 00 TH sso hael 1 COMM accancaganconcoenunsoneasoonoeonocane 13 00 SoCal 1 Fo AWS CWS socoakanodoncanqoncnsadansqouvoodn 10 00 Ir 00 rixcro;andia2zemulleculls: ty pacers cece einen ante 9 00 ranch'clear’and\ picks hey-aint aes ries aero eer 28 00 32 00 Tunchidressimevandsbette; eee rere een een tenn nn rrr 20 00 22 00 Tinchisiding aml linune eee ee eer eter ec teen nit 14 00 15 00 2 Waa) Sicliofer (oye Ols nano coadanodeccoacacuemaocoennoo0se II 00 12 00 Tinchisidingashtprc ul sae seee peereter ee een eee eet cee I0 00 II 00 resuatvcrohiares frbWll GENS aoacoosnctoneuncavedoqedeenosaonde 8 00 9 00 Gulliscanthingjicet. tees ctemescmec secee clk eee Or eee 8 00 9g 00 1 1-2iand thickericuttingsuplplanksaen herent een nnre 24 00 26 00 re Ho AUSHOS “1 Hho, (0) 3) toy MUU cecuccoeosagosocnocpc ace 15 00 16 00 Teel Gado, COunmMOlMecocdancovocssdnocesvesvesanoaneveds 12 00 13 00 TAr-4unchtHooning hiss cet eed ee eee ee een 15 00 16 00 ToT=2hnch Moorin gaia sascisseecevsia se geese Lea oeee 15 00 16 00 XeXOXG Shin ples) eos N CDi eee er eer cer ert Cere eee 2 40 XEX shingles’xGinehy ieleratelelelotel> Ig 00 21 00 q2\and x3\feet, dressing and better....-2.-+ ce. ces re 25 00 27 00 EXLO, 7460) xO lbarmi bOardSr a miects eer eels viebiaeicsee 17 00 payandurgifeets ING. ti CUL Soreteratetnattelasretttets eater tetotenetetetes | tenet 15 00 16 00 m2\andir3ifeet sNoszictllshrmersst cise senitet eee alert 13 00 14 00 Tato xo feeteemilluran mules outs street ieee ere aie 20 00 22 00 TAitorr6 eet; tdressing andy better. moet ial etter 25 00 27 00 14 to 16 feet, Norcia etre tec erie eerie 16 00 17 oo 14 to 16 feet, INO. 2; CUIISE 4: \cveletecnieeiel-/tos ei ee neet ere rtees 13 00 14 00 Io to 13 feet, Nox 3 icullsie fi derle rte vier Ger peepee 10 00 I1 00 14X10 INCHES. Millrun, mill culls out.$20 00@23 oo | No. rculls........... 16 00 17 00 Dressing and better.. 25 00 35 00| No. 2culls........... 14 00 I5 00 IX4 INCHES. Mill run, mill cullsout 17 00 19 co | No. rculls........... 13 00 14 00 Dressing and better.. 23 00 27 00 | No. 2culls........... I2 00 13 00 1X5 INCHES. 6, 7 or 8, mill run, mill 6, 7 or 8, No. rculls.. 15 00 16 00 GMS ssadcons Ig 00 21 00 | 6, 7 or 8, No.2culls.. 13 00 14 00 6, 7 or 8, drsg and ibetterjermmenadcct 24 00 28 00 SHINGLES. XXX, 18 in pine..,.... 37° 3 90| XXX, 18 in. cedar... . 350 3 75 Clear butts, pine, 18 in.. 2 70 2 go | Clear butt, 18 in. cedar. 2 50 2 75 XXX, 16 in. pine...... 3.00 3 25| XX, 18in. cedar ....1g0 200 Stock cedars, 5 or 6in.. 4 50 5 00 : LATH. ‘s Nonit 0A caw onet specie nett 2065))|UNio.. 25) 57a ao neihe zeae) INGHAM obo 66 Goa o.oo 2 00 BUFFALO AND TONAWANDA, N.Y. TONAWANDA, N.Y., Dec. 31.—The closing month of the year carries a good business record. Trade has been brisk, and of a character that would encourage the opinion that the year 1893 will be a satistactory one for -umbermen. Orders have come to hand freely, some for present shipment and others for shipment later in the new year. Any slackening of trade that was notice- able was that of the final week of the old year, when holidaying was more or less the vogue. It needs hardly be remarked that in many lines stocks are light. WHITE PINE, Up'rs, 1,14, 1% and 2 Shelving, No. 1, 13 in Win bpEnadononobeS 48 00 49 00 and up, 1 in 2prandeayii sti 56 00 58 00 | Dressing, 1% in JOMasgooSoIDIOODO8 60 00 62 00 14x10 and 12 Selectsyer site a-rretelerets 42 00 43 00 136. ee eee IBA (Xe) Solna onaaaco 42 00 43 00 BAAN Vclseete eee 2% and 3 in....... 50 00 | Mold st’ps, 1 to 2in.. 31 00 35 00 Mertlindnanecae pasts 52 00 gk, No. 1, roand 12 Hinecommon, x inl...) 37) 008 38000)||) se neeRee eter fore} 1% and Yi rte ei 37 00 38 00 Gana Sin-e eee (ore) PY it\isgnneeaconodon 39 00 40 00 No. 2, 10 and 12 in. 00 272. and 3 itmsacres 39 00 40 00 Grandin eee 00 A, HDMS esters see eG 47 00 No. 3, 10 and 12 in. fore) Cut’ 3 a No. 1, rin. 29 00 30 00 6 and 8in...... 3 LA (WD) 2 Haoaooeare 34 00 35 00 | Common, rin INOS Phe Thy osu Ig 00 20 00 14% andz¥in...... 17 00 19 00 No. 2,1% to2in.. 25 00 26 00 2: Ras cemertsetcies 18 co 19 CO No. 3, 1% tozin... 18 00 19 00 BOX. 1xroand 12 in. (No 3 | INArTOW tote eee I2 00@13 00 OUE) iv. chyetuerrrees 13 00) [1340 anys acento I4 00 15 00 1x6 and 8 in(No. 3 out) 12 50)|\ 726 eee eees eee I4 00 15 00 1x13 and wider...... 1500) 16)00}|/2 sinlem an een nero 14 00 15 00 SHINGLES. win, XXX, clear... 3°75 4) co!l/x6im., “Avextrasessae 250 2 60 18 in. XX, 6 in. clear. 2 75 | 16 in. clear butts..... 2 10 LATH. INOsr; 4uftyre neers 2 40 ee Ty REO Ae dee I 10 ING@i25/4ift.: sic secrets I 95 * ALBANY, N.Y. ALBANY, N.Y., Dec. 31.—Navigation is closed and business is now done by lumbermen from their up-town offices. Car trade is active,and though the cost of transportation by rail over water rates is from 50 to 75 cents, the winter promise of car trade would augur a brisk business for the incoming months of the new year. White pine of every grade is in demand and an increase in prices in the near future is certain. Supplies of white pine on hand are light. PINE. 2% in. and up, good........ $55 $60 | ro-in. common............. $15 $16 Mouths: . csc ese 55 | 12-in. dressing and better... 28 34 Selects hace hoe sieves cupeleievere 50 Common “here enone a5) x7. Picking sma. .icnieeat 45 | 14-in. siding, selected, 13 ft. 40 45 1 to 2-in. good 55 (Common) aes. en eee ee 15 17 Fourths x 50 | 1-in. siding, selected... 38 42 elects. cnistemian eis iy: 45 Common ...... tem NEGC 0X7 Pickings 40 | Norway, clear.......:..... 22 25 t-in. good 55 Dressipey. my. neces 16 18) Fourths 50 Common yest Tx. x5 Selects): ce eec ees 45 | ro-in. plank, 13 ft., dressing c. c. Rickingsi. eter 40 | and better, each ......; 42 55 Cuttine-upien rete 27 | ro-in. plank, 13-ft. culls, each 23).425 Bracket planka-eeeee eerie 35 | r0-in. boards, 13 ft., dressing Shelving boards, 12-in. up.. 28 32 and betterjieach® \. ost. «ct 28 32 Dressing boards, narrow.... 18 22] ro-in. boards, 13-ft. culls.... 17 21 LATH. Pine. siastoabieppietee eee eioe $2 30. |/Spruce’srec ce eeee ene eee eeeee 2 30 SHINGLES. Sawed Pine, ex. xxxx..$4 35 $4 50| Bound butts, €x 18 ....$5 90 $6 00 Clear buttsineenctattes 3 10) 8 25 | Hemlock... ...seueeee 2°15 -2/30 Smooth, 6x 18 5. 40. 5 60)|' Spruce = ances Louse) SO neaInCwE SAGINAW, MICH. SAGINAW, Mich., Dec. 31.—No complaint can be made of the conditions of trade. The difficulty to be met now is the shortage of stocks. Many firms are entirely sold out, and no one can boast of large stocks on hand. Wholesale trade for the month has been January, 1893 quiet for the reason that there is little stuff to wholesale. Prices are firm and will likely advance. FINISHING LUMBER—ROUGH. _ Fine common, rt in 14 and 1 in 00 [o,0) oo fore) TIMBER, JOIST AND SCANTLING. =A to roxIo, 12, 14 and 16 ft. pi 00 26) Wigadscopaeonaors dounee 13 00 ee a ia roroe fa la 2a 0's fore) 2A Gl ey lates oeioe ono o0n 14 00 < For each peciuonal 2 ft. add tne ; 12 in. plank and timber $1 extra ; extra SHINGLES. 60 | 18 in. X (cull) 2 eaneseinid aga ce 75 POW PRORERGSDONES tciaaid -fepeeane nels 2 00 Ag \|| “IO sokeesbuseavec scopes 1725 oo LATH. 25 | Lath, No. 2, W. pine, Norway 1 65 NEW YORK CITY. New York, Dec. 31.—No immediate activity prevails in lumber circles. Good hopes, however, with reason- able ground for the hope, are entertained of trade in the new year. White pine is in increasing demand and good orders are being placed. Twelve inch boards are scarce and the price shows an advance over quotations earlier in the season. Some agents claim that $3 of an advance may be expected in certain grades of pine within the next few months. No inconsiderable export trade is doing with West Indies and South America, and some parcels are going forward to Australia. WHITE PINE—WESTERN GRADES. Uppers, 1 in....... 44 00@45 00 | Coffin boards........ 20 00 22 00 14%, 1% and2in Ebico 64700) Box, in. <5 -- .)--2i.6- <= #5 50@14 00 and 4 in........ 55 00 58 00 i 450 I5 00 jects, T1N.......... 40 0O 41 00 00 42 00 rin., all wide...... 41 00 43.00 00 37 00 14%, 1% and2in 43 00 44 00 00 626 00 pail ATO on. 52 00 53 00) 00 32 00 Fine common, 1 in.. 36 00 37 00 00 27 00 14%, 1%and2in 38 00 40 00 ©0 37 00 a 46 00 48 00 00 36 00 Cutting up, rin. No.1 28 co 30 00 50 23 00 tne Des -4o8 ae 2I 00 23 00 00 22 50 Dincks Wo, x... -. 29 00 32 00 ©0 20 50 LS 20 eee 24 00 26 00 00 17 CO Common, No. 1, 10 00 25 00 and a2 1H-c...... 22 00 23 00 | 00 22 00 Ct 2) ee 20 00 21 00) panic SGucsasoobes 18 00 19 00 ta ee 17 00 18 00} TRADE NOTES. Mr. Alonza W. Spooner, known the country over for his copperine specialty, has been admitted a partner of the Queen City Oil Co., Toronto, and will be an active member of that fim. His copperine business at Port Hope runs along just the same, with Mr. Samuel Bennett as manager. We learn that the order for the entire outfit of shingle machinery for the new mill now being erected by Parkin & Sons, of Lindsay, Ont., to replace the mill destroyed by fire recently, has been secured by F. J. Drake, of Belleville. There is little danger that the Messrs. Parkins will be disap- pointed in the work that Mr. Drake will do for them. It has been our privilege to examine with considerable care the mill machinery manufactured by Drake. His specialty is shingle machinery, and for years he has brought to bear on his work the strength of a master mechanic’s mind, combined with an inventive turn in dealing with machinery, that is constantly adding improvements to the machines that bear his name. COMING SALES. At the Russel House, Ottawa, on 12th inst., an important sale of timber limits will be held. See ad. On Tuesday, 10th inst., Suckling & Co., will offer for sale at their rooms, Toronto, several valuable timber berths situated on the Wahnapitz river. See ad. An auction sale of a band saw mill will take place on Thurs- day, 19th inst., at Perry Station, on the Canada Southern rail- way. The mill is a No. 2 Waterous. found in our advertising pages. Particulars will be NEW PUBLICATIONS. One of the most prized monthlies that comes to our table _ each month is the Arena, of Boston. This journal is noted for the courage and boldness of its monthly programmes, as well as its moral convictions, which has ever been one of the dis- tinetive characters of this review. By publishing each month strong, short stories, biographical sketches, prose etchings and interesting pen pictures it has won its way into the hearts of tens of thousands of people who have been through these features attracted by its pages. The admirable portraits of leading thinkers and the introduction of fine illustrations when the text has called for them, have also contributed to its ‘popularity, but doubtless the fact that it is in perfect touch with the most advanced, progressive and reformative thought A the age and employs the ablest living thinkers to write for ‘its columns also gives it a prestige enjoyed by no other great IMPORTANT DECISION CONCERNING BAND SAWS. ECEMBER sth Judge McKenna, of the United States circuit court of the northern district of Cali- fornia, handed down a decision that is of interest to manufacturers of band saw mills. Smith, Myers & Schneier, of Cincinnati, O., brought suit against the Vulcan Iron Works, of San Francisco, for infringement of a patent granted to Samuel B. Smith, December 16, 1890, with a result as stated below. The following is reproduced from the patent office Gazette, of December 19, 1890, and will enable machinists to clearly understand the case: 442,645. BAND SAW MILL. Samuel R. Smith, Cincinnati, Ohio. (No Model.) Filed Sept. 24, 1889. Serial No. 324,950. \ Hal \ An ra i eas Hak ‘ re SS t 1 * ' m . LU A \ ‘ ut ' Sed of, ! ' Sse ' i Se ) ' a ‘ ‘ ~~ ia ‘ 1 ‘ ‘ 1 J 1 1 1 " 2 f = H f ' ' ' er ee Bose 4 i 4 Hi 1 ! ‘ « H 1 i i) , ' i ' 1 ‘ ‘ - . . CLAIM—1. In a band saw mill, the combination, with the band wheels and main supporting frame or column, of an in- tegral standard carrying the front bearings of the upper and lower band wheel shafts, paid standard being attached to the front side of said main frame or column between said band wheels, substantially as hereinbefore set forth. 2. The combination, substantially as specified, of the hollow supporting column C, and the hollow casting D D’ D’, cen- trally secured to said column to furnish rigid supports for the front bearings of the upper and lower band wheel shaft. 3. A support for the front bearings of the band wheel shafts, having the flanged horizontal portion D, to be secured to the supporting frame, and the vertical arms D’ D’, cast in one piece with said central portion, the said part D’ being bored to receive the adjustable bearing of the upper band wheel shaft. 4. The combination of the base plate A, cast in a single piece, the column C, having a flanged base to be secured to said base A, the front support for the band wheel shafts, con- sisting of the casting D D’ D*, and shield D*, together form- ing a supporting frame for band saw mills, substantially as hereinbefore set forth. 5. In a band saw mill, the combination of the supporting frame, the vertically adjustable bearings for the upper band wheel shaft, mounted in said frame, the transverse shaft G, mounted on knife edge bearings in said frame, and having arms g g’ secured upon said shaft to support the bearings of said upper band wheel shaft, and the weighted lever K, secured upon said shaft between the knife edge bearings to counterpoise the bearings of the upper band wheel shaft, and provide a sensitive automatic adjustment for the same, whereby the saw is kept at the proper tension, substantially as hereinbefore set forth. 6. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of the supporting frame, the transverse shaft G, having knife iio CANADA TUMBERIMAN i edge bearings yg’ secured in it, the supportir on brackets in said frame, the arms g g’, 1 their outer ends, the hardened steel z adjustment screws g’, | ig through said steps, the vertically adjustabl € upper band wheel shaft, resting upon sa secured upon said shaft, and projectir hre the frame, the rod k upon the outer end of said le <, the cap nut k’ upon said rod, and the removable weig } for 1 purpose specified. 7. In a band saw mill, the combination vertically or axially adjustable support for the rear bearing of the upper band wheel shaft, the said bearing eccentrically pivoted upon top of said support, and means, such as shown, to rotate and at the same time either elevate or lower said bearings, substan- tially as and for the purpose set forth. 8. The combination, in a band saw column C, the tubular bearing h, secu : ing support H, fitted to slide and turn in bearing, the supporting shaft H’, united by screw threaded connection with said trunnien, the up per rear bearings F* for the band wheel shaft, eccentrically secured upon top "of said shaft bearing suj port, and means, such as shown, to rotate said shaft bearing support for the purpose of adjusting the rear bearing of the band wheel shaft independent of the front bearing, substantially as shown and described. g. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of the vertically adjustable supports for the bearings of the upper band wheel shaft, means, such as shown, to simultane- ously adjust said supports to elevate or lower said shaft, the rear bearings F* , pivoted eccentrically upon said rear support, the worm wheel H’, splined upon the rear support, the worm H*, meshing with said worm wheel, and the hand wheel H* to actuate said worm, whereby the reer support is rotated within its bearing for the purpose set forth. 10. In a band saw mill, the combination of the column C, brackets projecting from said column, a rock shaft having knife edge bearings resting upon said brackets, a weighted lever, and two arms g g’ secured upon said rock shaft, with the band wheel shaft and its boxes and rod supporting the said boxes, said rods resting upon the arms g g’ substantially as shown and described. It is declared by the decision that the band saw mills made and sold by the Vulcan Iron Works are infringe- ments upon claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6 and 1o of the letters patent, and that the complainants recover the profits which have accrued from the mills manufactured, and the damages which the complainants have sustained, together with costs of suit. The Hon. E. H. Hea- cock, master in chancery, is appointed to ascertain these profits and damages. The Vulcan Iron Works are per- petually enjoined from making, using, selling or dealing in any band saw machinery containing the invention, improvements, or combinations covered by the claims named above. PERSONAL. Amos Bowen, lumberman, of Quebec city, is dead. Jay Gould, the lion of Wall street, New York, who died during the past month, was a holder of considerable southern pine and cypress. Mr. H. H. Cook, president of the Ontario Lumber Company, with headquarters in Toronto, will, it is said, open a branch office at Tonawanda, N.Y. The wedding is chronicled of Miss Bella Thackray, daughter of the well-known Ottawa lumber manufacturer, to Mr. H. Huron of the interior department, at the Capital. Ephraim Conrad, who died at Philadelphia, Pa., last month, was a member of the pioneer lumber firm at Port Washington, that State, starting in business at that point about 30 years ago. Mr. Clarence Primrose, of Picton, N. S., who has been called to the Senate, in place of the late Hon. Mr. Grant, is a member of the firm of Primrose Bros., lumber and commission merchants. The death of General W. W. Crosby, which occurred at La Crosse, Wis., Dec. 14th, removes another old-time lumberman on Black river. He was born in Blandford, Mass., in the year 1818, consequently was 74 years of age. Ram Chunder Tatt, of Howrah, Bengal, India, is one of many new subscribers whose names have been added to the LUMBERMAN lists during the past few weeks. The LuMBER- MAN subscription lists pretty well skirt the globe. Mr. J. W. Philips, well known throughout Canada and in Newfoundland, died at his residence, Toronto, on 27th ult. Mr. Philips had large financial interests in lumbering in New- foundland. He was at one time an alderman of this city. There died at Ottawa, a week ago, Mrs. John Gunn, who had been a resident of the Capital for fifty-six years. She was wife to John Gunn, who survives her, the oldest lumber culler in Canada, and has for years been connected with the firm of McLaren & Co. Our Michigan correspondent notes the fact that the veteran lumber manufacturer, Mr. Sage, of Saginaw, who is about obtained his first knowledge of the business on Lake Simcoe, in this province, thirty-six years ago. At that time he had a mill of 10,000,000 capacity, and was possessed of large holdings of Canadian timber. retiring from lumbering, I2 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN JANUARY, 1893 WANTED AND FOR SALE MACHINERY Advertisements will be inserted in this department at the rate of 15 cents per line each 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. Adver- tisements must be received not later than the 27th of each month to insure insertion in the following issue. WE WANT ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS. Will pay cash. ROBERT THOMSON & CO., 103 Bay Street, Toronto. pas HEMLOCK, DIMENSION LUMBER, hardwood flooring, cedar shingles, piles, sawdust, etc., write J. E. MURPHY, lumberman, Hepworth station, Ont. ARDWOOD LUMBER BOUGHT, SOLD OR received on consignment. TUCKER DAVID, lumber commission merchant, 202 Eleventh Ave., N.Y. \ JANTED—BY YOUNG MAN —SITUATION as book-keeper, cashier or correspondent; rapid energetic, and thoroughly reliable and experi- enced; competent to take charge of manufacturer's office. Address: ‘‘Accountant,” care CANADA LuM- BERMAN, Toronto. PLANING MILL SHOP AND DRY KILA ORMERLY OCCUPIED BY GALL LUMBER Company; power supplied. Railway siding into premises. worker; N. V. KUHLMAN, 107 Niagara St., in Ct Sale —EMI-PORTABLE SAW MILL AND FOUR hundred acres of land, heavily timbered with birch, maple, elm, hemlock and cedar, in one of the best farming sections of the province. A decided bar- gain. Toronto. Apply to JAMES SLOANE, Melancthon P.O., Co. Dufferin. WANTED FOR CASH Ach and Soft Elm WM OSTLY ONE-INCH, SOME ONE-AND-A- quarter and one-and-a-half inch, strictly firsts and seconds; also commons. Furthermore, Ash and Oak squares from one-and-a-half to four inches thick. Red Birch Lumber, I. and II., all thickness; also Red Birch Squares 5x 5 and 6 x6, ten feet and over long. Address all particulars as to dryness, quality, quan- tity on hand and price, to P.O. Box 2144, New York, Ve TO EASTERN STATES LUMBERMEN. AX EXTENSIVE HANDLER OF PULP wood, fir, spruce, canoe birch and poplar, is de- sirous of finding a market for same in the Eastern States—New York or Boston preferred. Is prepared to ship any size required per schooner from Quebec. Parties handling same should communicate with EGE care CANADA LUMBERMAN, Toronto. GHNADA PINE FUR SALE. OUR WELL-WATERED BERTHS; VIRGIN timber; all within eighteen miles of the Georgian Bay. Apply BOX “X,” CANADA LUMBERMAN. WANTED FOR CASH. SH AND SOFT ELM DIMENSION STOCK cut to exact sizes. Apply for specification, prices, etc., to P.O. Box 2144, NEW YORK. Rochester Bros COMMISSION AGENTS Limits tray- Estimates given. Limits bought and sold on commission. elled and carefully prepared. Some first-class berths on the North Shore of Lake Huron and on the Upper Ottawa now in our hands for sale. Communications confidential. References given. 36 Rochester St. Ortawa J.D. SHIEBR MANUFACTURER OF Lumber, Lath & shingles BRACEBRIDGE, ONT. poLlomiNs LIST OF NEW AND SECOND- hand Boilers, Engines and General Machinery for sale by The Canada Machinery and Supply Co., Brantford, Ont., dealers in new and second-hand ma- chinery and supplies :— NE 10 x 28 ALMOST NEW WHEELOCK engine, rated 41 h.p., without condenser. Ox ALMOST NEW STEEL BOILER, WAT- erous make, 48 in. dia. x 14 ft. long, NE BOILER, TO BRICK IN, 44 IN. DIA. xr ft. 7 in. long, 41 3-in. tubes, in first-class order. NE BOILER, TO BRICK IN, 44 IN. DIA. x 11 ft. 8 in. long, 38 3-in. tubes, in first-class shape. HREE 25 H.P. PORTABLE LOCO. FIRE BOX boilers, in good order. @Qx 20 H.P. RETURN TUBULAR BOILER, to brick in. WO 6H.P. FIRE BOX BOILERS FOR cheese factories. @x 4 H.P. UPRIGHT BOILER, ALMOST new. NE 12x16 SLIDE-VALVE ENGINE, BECK- ett’s make. pve gx12 SLIDE-VALVE ENGINES, Goldie & McCulloch and Morrison makes. NE 6x10 SLIDE-VALVE ENGINE, REID & Bar make. Oz 6% xoq SLIDE-VALVE ENGINE, COPP Bros. & Barry make. TOS 5%xg SLIDE-VALVE ENGINES, BECK- ett’s make. NE 6H.P. ENGINE, UPRIGHT, with 8 H.P. boiler combined on one cast iron base. @Ox= 15 H.P. ENGINE, English make. NE 14 H.P. LEONARD MAKE ENGINE, nearly new. NE 12 H.P. HORIZONTAL PORTABLE EN- gine and boiler on skids; Ames & Co., makers, Oswego, N.Y. N\A = Ox 24-INCH McGREGOR; GOURLAY & CO. make heavy surface planer, almost new. WO 24-INCH CANT, GOURLAY & CO. MAKE light surface planers, in good order. NE GOLDIE & McCULLOCH THREE-SIDE moulder. @ 22 ONE-SIDE MOULDER. we 34-INCH WHEELS BAND SAWING machines. NE ALMOST NEW VERTICAL SPINDLE boring machine, McGregor, Gourlay and Co.’s make. @kZ ALMOST NEW IRON TOP JIG SAW, Cowan and Co., makers. ONE BLIND SLAT TENONING MACHINE. Ox GOOD SHAPER. S& GOOD SAW TABLES. NE NEARLY NEW GOLDIE & McCULLOCH tenoner, with double copes. NE WOOD FRAME TENONER IN GOOD shape. NE SET TWO HEAD BLOCK SAW MILL irons. NE SELF-ACTING SHINGLE MACHINE, Waterous make, with jointer. WO UPRIGHT SWING SHINGLE OR or heading machines, with jointers. ULL PARTICULARS CHEERFULLY GIVEN upon enqury at the Canada Machinery and Supply Co., Brantford, Ont. ONE 12th JANUARY, 1893 HERE WILL BE OFFERED FOR SALE by public auction at the Russell House in the City of Ottawa on Thursday, the Twelfth day of January, 1893 at the hour of half-past two o'clock in the afternoon, the following valuable Timber Licenses and Limits sit- uate in the Province of Quebec. Parcel 1.—License No. 285, known as River Cou- longe Berth A, and License No. 286, known as River Coulonge Berth B, both of the season 1891-92, con- taining an area of about fifty square miles ek Per- manent numbers of above berths being 233 and 234 of 1873-74- Parcel 2.—Berths Nos. 394 and 395, Black River, | containing an area of about fifty square miles each. Parcel 3.—Berths Nos. 138, 139 and 140, Township of Montcalm, River Rouge; 31 and a quarter square miles, Spruce and Pine. The terms and conditions of sale will be made known at the time of the sale. For further particulars apply to Messrs. Gormully. & Sinclair, Solicitors, Ottawa, or to W. L. Marler, Esq., Merchants Bank of Canada, at | Ottawa. Sale of Timber Limits OR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION, AT OUR warerooms, 64 Wellington street west, Toronto, at two o'clock in the afternoon of Tuesday, January roth, 1893 the following timber limits : Parcel No. 1—Berth No. 40, north shore Lake Huron, area 36 square miles, well timbered, short haul. Parcel No. 2—Berth No. 47, Township of Dryden, area 36 square miles. Both these berths are on the Wahnapitae River, and are very accessible via C.P.R., main line of which crosses) Wahnapitae River at Wahnapitae Station on 0. 47 Terms and conditions made known on day of sale. For other information apply to Harriet Timmins, Mat- tawa. SUCKLING & CO., Auctioneers. WANTED SAW MILLS Little Belt ant Rocky Mountains ENCOINE JHUNH3, Ol 5 5 5556 GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY For particulars write J. M. HUCKINS 4 Palmer House Block, Toronto or E. J. WHITNEY Gen. Pass. Agent, St. Paul, Minn. SCRIBNER’S LUMBER AND LOG BOOK OVER ONE MILLION SOLD Most complete Book of its kind ever published UGives measurement o all kinds of Lumber, Logs, Planks, Scantling ; cubical contents of square and round timber: hints to lumber dealers; wood measure; speed of circular saws; care of saws; cordwood tables; felling trees; growth of trees; land measure; wages, rent, board, interest, stave and heading bolts, ete. Standard book throughout the United States and Canada. Get the new illustrated edition of 1882. Ask your book- seller for it. Sent post paid for 35 cents. GEO. W. FISHER, Box 238, Rochester, N.Y. or A. G. MORTIMER, Toronto, Can. J. J. TURNER .. oail, Tent and Awning Maker.. 251 George St. and 154 King St. PETERBOROUGH Canoe, Yacht and Boat Sails made to order. Fits Guaranteed. Every description of Lumbermen’s Supplies and Waterproof Clothing. WILLIAM FOSTER Lumber and Commission Merchant Perfect RECEIVER AND FORWARDER OF LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES . CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED... OWEN SOUND, ONT. G. W. BURNS, SR. LAND LOOKER #2 TIMBER VALUATOR Limits looked after at Reasonable Rates . . SOUTH RIVER, ONT. CAVEATS and PATE N T TRADE MARKS Obtained in Canada. UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN PAT- ENTS A SPECIALTY. Engineering Drawings Furnished. W. J. GRAHAM, 71 Yonge St. Toronto Par ie! Wal WT A PRE MARO RAILROAD FROM Port Huron and Detroit Is the Short Line to SAGINAW AND BAY GITY (Centres of the vast lumber interests of Michigan) NT. PLEASANT, CLARE, REED CITY BALDWIN, LUDINGTON, MANISTEE HILNAUKEE AND KANITONOG, WIS. The last two named are reached by the Company line of Steamships across Lake Michigan. The line thus formed is a short and direct route from NEW YORK MONTREAL BUFFALO TORONTO to ST. PAUL, DULUTH and Pacific Coast points. Write either of the undersigned for Folders, which contain Maps, Train Schedules and a great deal of in- formation of value to those contemplating a trip to any of the above-mentioned points. W. H. BALDWIN, JR., General Manager. W. F. POTTER, Gen’'l. Sup’t. A. PATRIARCHE, Traffic Manager. SAGINAW, MICH. GENERAL OFFICES: - The MONARGH BOILER caentee) ANG AERGULES ENGINE Portable from 6 to 70 horse power. steam power heretofore produced for strength, durabil- ity, compactness and the ease with which they can be moved. The 70 horse power can be taken over the roughest roads, or into the forest, and set upas easily and quickly as an ordinary 20 horse power portable engine, and as Surpass portable firm as a brick-set stationary engine. boilers of every size and description. Rotary Saw Mills, Shingle and Lath Machines, Saw Grinders, Planers, etc. Mill machinery and supplies of every description. Every boiler insured against explosion by the Boiler Insurance & Inspection Co. of Canada. Write for circulars. ROBB noe co., LTD. Successors to A. ROBB & SONS, Amherst Foundry and Amherst, N.S. Machine Works. ESTABLISHED OVER 40 YEARS. CACGTION EACH PLUG OF THE Myrtle Navy IS MARKED ‘TL. éciae IN BRONZE LETTERS None Other Genuine Engines and January, 1893 agree, CANADA LUMBERMA WW OUR INDEPENDENT CONDENSER * | | A Good Independent CONDENSER [Si aus Or Ir A tae Fe yOU Aine WORKING YOUR INVESTMENT MNGrINi, tii PRESSURE DON’T DELAY, BUT WRITE US PROMPTLY NORTHEY MFG. 60., Ltd TORONTO, ONT. MANUFACTURERS ... Representative Lumber Manufacturers and Dealers Town Ottawa, Ont.......... Ottawa, Ont.......... Ottawa, Ont.......... Ottawa, Ont: . 5... -~.- Parry Sound, Ont..... Parry Sound, Ont..... Muskoka Mills, Ont... Alexandria, Ont....... cease, Onl. .......5.. Bobcaygeon, Ont...... Barrie, Waubaushene, Ont.... Calabogie, Ont........ Callander, Ont........ Collins Inlet, Ont...... Comber, Ont Glammis, Ont......... Hamilton, Ont........ Huntsville, Ont........ Hamilton, Ont........ Keewatin, Ont........ Keewatin, Ont........ Lakefield, Ont......... Little Current, Ont..../S Little Current, Ont....|S London, Ont.......... Longford Mills, Ont... Mount Forest, Ont... .|} Norman, O Toronto, Ont.......... Toronto, Ont.......... rare, een’ @stminster, B.C. Canterbury, N.B.. Bridgewater, N S.. {SS See ... SHEARER & BROWN .|MOODYVILLE SAWMILL CO. .-|Canterbury Stn. ..... .| Bridgewater Power, Style and Toronto Toronto.... Toronto .... Toronto Wiarton Buckingham .(Chaudiere Stn......... Ce ES I eee Montreal...... New W estminste 7 |New Westminster. | .|S. B. Wilson & Son _|W. N. McEachren & Co Minnesota & Ontario Lumber Co. ee Tennant Donogh & Oliver Victoria Harbor LumberCo....... James Tennant & Co.......... [UI 8 ek Pir POE IONG eae ReRe ian ae) CADE Cac HONS Breakey, John....... Cookshire MillCo. .... Dufresse, O. Jr. & Frere Roberts, Joseph & Fils .|Lumber, Wholesale and Retail................. Hardwoods, Shingles, Lath, Handles........... S Lumber, Wholesale Lumber, Wholesale Lumber, Wholesale 3 Saw, Shingleand Lath Mills, White Pine, Whol. Muniberye vw UOlesalesteriin)sitceielinelernacicnywyae Lumber, Lath, Shingles, etc., Wholesale........ 3 Sawmills, Lumber, Barrel Heads............. 2 Sawmills, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods.......... Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods, Wholesale. . Saw, Shingle, Planing, Stave and Heading Mill. Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hdwds., Whol. Saw and Planing Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds, Int. Fin, Spruce, Hardwoods, Wholesale...... 4 Sawmills, Oak, Ash, Elm, Pine, Hem., Dim... Sawmills, P. Fin, Spruce, Cedar, Hardwoods... Railway, Express, or ca nearest Shipping Point NAME ERISINSSS Daily Capacity (0 2A se Seands esses Booth, J. R.......222022-0% Lumber, Wholesale and Retail................. Steam, Circular and Band Mill Le a eee Bronson & Weston Lumber Co..... 2 Sawmills, White and Red Pine, Wholesale ....|Water, Gang and Band, 450m Ottawase.:... Bae ae OTTAWA LUMBER CO......... umber, seine oprucemilemlocks wholesale aem|n tech. oonieeeeeeen nine. NREAWAGE. ocrisie.s a= ufeivre PDI Aa Re SlonpoSooS Saw and Lath Mill, Pine, Wholesale ........... Mate Cane and Band, Saw 400m, Lath 7om MUERETSOM 5.0 6 oie. 0:0 26 = ais ConpersCumber Co... 6... - muimbexsayinolesalevandwyetalleene ener eee ttrim| bet hee tne serach tities Parry Sound.......... Parry Sound LumberCo......... Saw, Shingle and Lath Mills, Pine, Wholesale ..|Water, Gang, Circular, Saw gom, Shingles 7om, Lath 30m Penetanguishene...... Muskoka Mill and Lumber Co., Head|W. Pine Lumber, Lath and Bill Stuff, all lengths./2 Mills, Water, 1 Band, 2 Gangs Office, Arcade, 24 King st. w., Toronto ; and 3 Circulars, Alexandria. >. 25%)... :: McPherson, Schell& Co. ....... (CheesesBoxslactory;suine; spruces Cedarncr. |r seein neers seer ser ionte sss «<5 <:p05 0% >< Caldwell, Alig Son's -7. mo. cke\c, o0 2 os Saw and Stave Mill, Pine, Hardwoods.......... Steam, Circular, 6m PMIKOSEON oo och ccc oe lA Oe ids lait O05 ods Ono Oe Saw, Shingle and»Lath Mill, Timber Lands,|Steam, Cir., Saw 14m, Sh. 2om Hemlock, Pine, Lumber, Hardwoods......... Eeamultons<... S2%5.02% BRADLEY, MORRIS & REID CO. .|Lum., Tim., Pine, Hem., Hwds., Whol. and Ret.|............ 002 0eeece eee eee eees Huntsville............ Heath, Tait and Turnbull....... Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hardwoods. ..|Steam, Circular, 25m Huntsville and Katrine Thomson, Robert @&'Co. <, 35... 20.) eo a THEM MONEY IN | UUUUUUUUUUUUU Freight, Insurance, Time, Interest, il Expense, Capital, Yard Room, Labor There may be persons who do not appreciate the advantages of the artificial drying of lumber. But the shrewd men, in the man- HULU NWO UUWU UY facture of furniture and other woodwork where reputation would be sacrificed by a lack of proper m iterial for good gluing and finishing, recognize a good system of drying as an important element of their success. High scientific authorities and thoroughly practical men are now agreed that the hot-blast and rapid-current systems ARE WASTEFUL, and that steam heat is the only safe means for artificial drying. The mode of applying steam heat most efficiently and 4 sss CLALIT SSS MG This system and apparatus covered by letters patent. Drying-Room. BB —Brass Condensing-Walls. CCC— E—Down Air-Flues. FF—Bottom Air-Flue. Sticks between lumber. OR FUEL No RISK OF FIRE NN-—Brass Gutters for receiving condensed moisture. PPP— SS—Double Steam-Coils. matic Steam Fire-Extinguishers. : Arrows show direction of currents of air. economically is therefore now the essential point. The Andrews Dryer accomplishes this result more surely than any other known system. T—Auto- “WE PUT GREEN SPRUCE IN DRIPPING WITH WATER, AND IN EIGHTEEN HOURS IT WAS DRYER THAN LUMBER eT THAT HAD BEEN STUCK UP : IN THE YARD ALL SUMMER.” This is the verdict of a Quebec cae -BOUAL .... The Andrews Lumber Dryer - Has been proved to possess the following points of excellence: That its drying is rapid and perfect. That external and internal checking and discoloration are entirely avoided by this method. That the drying is done by a CONTINUOUS system and the temper- ature of the kiln is under absolute control at all times. That our Dryer is free from the varying air currents (always wasteful) incident to all fan and open-draft kilns. That our drying is done by the slow continuous movement of a large body of slightly-moistened air. That our condensing surface is so very large as to be adequate to precipitating the moisture of the saturated air with the least amount of movement. That our piping is tested by high pressure and every outfit is fully guaranteed. That by our improved system of drainage the freezing of pipes be- comes impossible. SEND FOR CIRCULARS Outside View of the Andrews Progressive Kiln, showing Lumber placed crosswise the building, on cars. lumber firm, and we can give equal re- sults every time. DOUBLE FLANGE WHEEL ON SINGLE TRACK SECTION OF CAR TRUCK, SHOW- ING AXLE BOX. AXLE CAR WHEEL, DOUBLE FLANGE STRAP WASHER aa i BOLT DOMINION DRY KILN COMPANY CANADA LIFE BUILDING ...: TORONTO, ONT. E HAVE WASTED OUR GRAND NLESS THE BAND E ARE WASTING HERITAGE SUPPLANTS E WILL WASTE.. OF PINE... THE CIRCULAR.. A 14-GAUGE BAND SAW SAVES OUT OF AN 8-GAUGE CIRCULAR’S SAWDUST PILE 5 ONE-INCH BOARDS ON EVERY. 32° CUle i ne: OU’ll Regret a you start .* rs, ~ next season without a oURRY : or BAN D IVI ' L. L -CIRCULAR. EVERY YEAR’S STOCK YOU WASTE, REDUCES THE PROFIT FROM YOUR TIMBER LIMIT BOUGHT AT SUCH A HIGH PRICE THE CHANGE TO THE BAND IS INEVITABLE Miake it now ORDER YOUR MILL EARLY BEFORE THE RUSH AND AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT. HAVING DECIDED TO CHANGE, INVESTIGATE THE MERITS OF OUR BAND MILL. ‘‘NONE SURPASS THE WATEROUS” IN QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF CUT RIGIDITY AND STEADINESS UNDER MOTION TRUE WHEELS SENSITIVE TENSION FAST FEED NO BREAKAGE OF SAWS FEWER DETENTIONS FOR ADJUSTMENT OR REPAIRS NOR IN OUR FILING ROOM TOOLS SEND FOR NEW BAND MILL CIRCULAR AND 5\30 BOOKLET WATEROUS canasa” THE CANADA LUOUMBERMAN JANvaARY, 1893 JANUARY, 1893 TH GINDIN CL PHOTO-ENGRAVING BUREAL 16 Adelaide St. West, TORONTO We have the most complete THE CANADA LUMBERMAN NEW & 2N0 qiG@ess nV ILLUSTRATED AV -VeL aE N ERI VAS H W.PETRIE* INS” TORONTO,.CANADAS Patented Solid Web ——~ ——~ Wood Split Pulley establishment in Canada, and by our different processes are enabled to make cuts for every in faction. I have had from twenty to twenty-five years’ experience Alexander Thomson, Bamboo and Art Furniture Manufacturer, Hamilton, writes: ‘¢T find your Wood Split Pulleys give entire satis- They do not slip, and are very handy to put on. pulleys, and I find none so satisfactory as yours, and and all pur- poses. HALF -TONE CUTS made direct from photos our specialty. LINE CUTS for Newspaper and other adver- of —————— tising purposes. am sure they will meet with success.’’ Tie CANT BROS. CoO., Lit. Wood-working Machinery of all kinds GAGs gies unt OA INADA Send for Catalogue and Prices. MOORE & ALEXANDER, Props. TEL. 2158 — Napaneé Oément Works, Ltd. | hee We SS, ONT. STAR "2° PORTLAND CEMENT WNONEH BHITEHER; AND OF NAPANEE CEMENT : : | | PARTICULARLY ADAPTED FOR DAMS, SMOKE-STACKS, FOUNDATIONS, CULVERTS, CIST- } F.REDDAWAY & Co. MANUFACTURER S OF TRADE BRAND OF L’ HAIR BELT _- 14,1811bs. 6 IN, ENGLISH Oak DouBLe LEATHER __7,522 “ ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF Linen. FiRe HOSE MANCHESTER, °$ 5S7STFRS: XAVIER ST, 7s MONTREAL BREAKING STRAIN 6 IN,“CAME re ae ERNS, CELLARS, ETC. LARGELY BEING USED IN THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER CANAL. ENDORSED BY LEADING RAILWAYS AND CONTRACTORS. ENGLAND. | Pe PARTNER’S DEATH | every partnership there are two factors of great importance— N T the managing brain and the capital employed—and if death removes either the business must suffer. It often happens that the brains belong to one man and the capital to another. If the man- ager dies the capital is worth less than before, and if the capitalist dies and his capital is withdrawn, the manager is crippled. It is clear that each has an insurable interest in the life of the other, be- cause the profits of each depend in part upon the life of both. The firm should, therefore, insure for the benefit of the business on either the ten-twenty plan or the modified natural premium life of the Manufacturers’. These are the plans best adapted to suit the re- quirements of such cases. Let this statement be tested by comparison. The Manufacturers’ Life Ins. Go. Corner Yonge and Colborne Sts., Toronto ROBIN & SADLER ) MANUFACTURERS CF f ht} 4 ) ) ) MONTREAL TORONTO . 2518 %2520 NOTREDAME S129 BAY ST, 4a Send for sample of our new SAWMILL BELT &a fas, OSSD & OO. Real Estate, Fire and Life Insurance SHIPPING AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS . TIMBER LIMITS AND FARMING LANDS A SPECIALTY... . Cane Avon: noss’ NEW WESTMINSTE R, B.G. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED Box 273 THE STURTEVANT %% %0# “sears Planing Mill Exhausters ELATE ive Gives over .I0 0 VEBIGRe DIR Y KILNS Heating and Ventilating Apparatus for all classes of Buildin B. F. STURTEVANT 60, Boston, Mass, U.S.A. A. R. WILDIAMS,, Genera Acct For THe DoniNionN # = TORONTO AND MONTREAL OS S> 91 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK; 16 SOUTH CANAL STREET, CHICAGO 135 NORTH THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA BRANCHES: 18 “THE, GAINADD-ZA (TUM SY Ewe Aeris JANUARY, 1893 CANADIAN | UMBERMAN’S DIRECTORY AND. TN DE Ee Ae@ yagi Planing Mills and Sash and Door Factories - ~—©) © O~ Preliminary Arnnouncement : Prompted by the many enquiries constantly being received from the United States, Europe and our own country for a Directory of the Lumbermen and Wood-Workers of the Dominion, we have decided to undertake the compilation of the same at once. The labor entailed in securing from each firm throughout the provinces the information neces- sary to make such a publication invaluable is very large, and we therefore hope that promptness will characterize replies to questions which will be asked through circulars to be issued to the trades interested at an early date. It will be the aim of the publisher to compile not only a reliable and complete ref- erence book, containing the name and address, shipping facilities and class of manufacture of each lumberman and wood-worker, but also to impart other information valuable alike to the manufacturer and dealer. It is premature to announce the exact date of issue of this Directory, as much will depend upon the promptness of those interested in supplying the information asked, but the work will be pushed forward as expeditiously as possible, and we hope to announce its issue not later than September rst, 1893. The next issue of the Lumperman will contain our prospectus, and in the meantime we hope to gather much valuable information. All communications should be addressed DIRECTORY DEPARTMENT. CANADA ALU MiG FE Rone TORONTO-OMT. 1893 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN ART eAGALT MAGHINE KNIFE WORKSP® 7% to sce oo MMMM) Bowne soos om. “& | MACHINE KNIVES | ¥ | Saw Millers and Lumber Dealers ig 3 r Planing, Moulding and Stave Cutting Li f All kinds of Building Material kept in stock mee oe © | spectator LONG BILL STUFF IN ROCK ELM, PINE, GEDAR AND HEMLOCK Pere R JSBUK x 2 GYNCAE: @Nigae Quotations furnished on application The (se0rcian al, Uae, The Rathbun Gompany<2 Vice-President. rer : OQ. DESERONTO, ONT _ Gonsotidated Lumber bo Doors, Sash, Blinds, Stairs DWE LUMBER BIL STIFE. SHINGLES ww LTH o™mesaz= And al kins of House-Fiishing Materials ('CEDAR OIL for Purging Boilers acaress WAUBAUSHENE, Ont. ° 24 King St. West, TORONTO Oia rete: ene eee 4 | c. C. CLEVELAND G. F. CLEVELAND i | Jolin Bertram & Sons | GEO. GORMAGK | | CANADA TOOL WORKS d. L. GOOdue & 60. ). CORM DUNDAS, ONTARIO MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF a K LEATHER BELTING: GE (ttiete ee MACHINE TOOLS, ETC. | anD LACE LEATHER LUMBER SHIPPED TO ALL PARTS BY RAIL OR VESSEL Write ror Prices anv CaTALocue IDZ6oo% se NSF@nslS | WHITBY, ONTARIO _ IMPROVED IRON FRAME ; MADE IN A |e 4 SIZES WITH ENDLESS GHAIN DRIVEN BY INTERNAL FRICTION THE most powerful and smoothest- running Jack Works made. Easy to place in mill. Can be placed on mill floor or on i timbers underneath the floor. | No crossed belt is required. TN Can be stopped or started instantly without a jar. F. J. DRAK mae, 2S Nee Se —— JSIDICVI LAID VO OOO wae cee. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN JANUARY, 1893 E.R. Burns Saw 60.» Lang | TOFONLO ; TORONTO B THIN (2d. BA LIS east Manufacturers a oj o oe _ aut ALL KINDS OF ie fonon Too" | ea STEEL ba ae STEEL youn ws TRADE MARK w T ERBURNs oe wi TOM \ . .\ a. an Nn LONG Saws TAPER TOOTH ae : LANCE TOOTH THE DOMINION LEATHER BOARD 60., MONTREAL MANUFACTURERS OF ASBESTOS MILL BOARD FRICTION PULLEY BOARD FOR STEAM PACKING THE BEST FRICTION KNOWN Proprietors Sault au Recollet Paper Mills, making ROOFING, SHEATHING, FLOORING AND LINING FELT THERES SEY WHER TIME BILE Ronin, Tent The Ration 60 For Yachts, Launches and other Steamers “THE ORIGINAL FIXED WATER LINE PIPE BOILER » ——Are open to Purchase——— Oak, Atsh, Birch NEARLY 400 IN GSE Basswood ee SAFE, RELIABLE, SIMPLE, LIGHT WEIGHT, ECONOMICAL, NO SHOP REPAIRS, SMALL SPACE ; ' b Unapproached for Excellence of Design and Con- and Good Pine Lum er Send for ILLUSTRATED PAMPHLET and other fare ene en or tan ene SERA Nay O85 WITS STENT Gedar and Pine Shingles and Durability. DCTY ENGINE WORKS CO. Send for Circular. 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Prescott’s -«( Direct-acting Steam Feeds OOVERgs SAW TOOLS FOR FILING ROOM CUSY To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Ottawa, Can., July Sth, 1892. oa Dear Sirs : This is to certify that the Wm. Hamilton Manufacturing Company, Limited, of Peterbor- It may interest you to know that on June 30th last, in eleven hours, the Band Mill—driven entirely by water—which we got from you, sawed ough, Ontario, have been licensed to manufac- ture and sell throughout the Dominion of Canada, the Band Saw Mill known and called the “Prescott Patent Band Mill,” also the device for Saw Mill Carriage known as the “Pres- cott Patent Offsetting Mechanism,” 4.047 feet 1-inch and by virtue of said license the’ 85 “ 4K « said Wm. Hamilton Manufacturing : Company possess the exclusive MAI? ee he right to build and sell said ma- Se 2Oy alg ene chines for Canada, the plans for 85,038 Zoos gate ha said machines being furnished or approved by the undersigned. 106,619 feet. (Signed) Yours truly, PEREEY -& PAITEE- D. CLINT PRESCOPT, [copy] -~—E=3onc. f= Patenteée. SenpD FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE TO The Wm. Hamilton Manufacturing 60., Ltd. PETERBOROUGA, ONT. Branch Oraces | VAAMNMCeU Weenie ee N TH CANADA LUMBERMA VoLuME =} NuMBER 2. TORONTO, ONT., FEBRUARY, 1893 J Terms, $1.00 Pex YEAR | Sincie Cortes, 10 Cents Eo aves WHY. An English firm has just contracted with one of the large shipping houses in Quebec for the export of 5,000 standards, St. Petersburg measure, during next summer from Montreal and Charlemagne, equal to 360,000 pcs., Quebec standard, and representing over $250,000. x RK SO An historic change is to be recorded in the formal passing of Perley & Pattee’s lumber mill, Ottawa, into the possession of Mr. J. R. Booth. This mill is one of the oldest at the Chaudiere and made a fortune for the late Mr. W. G. Perley, M.P., and his surviving partner, Mr. G. B. Pattee. Perley & Pattee are not likely to be heard from again as a Jumber concern, as other financial ventures will engage the attention of both Mr. Perley and Mr. Pattee. 2 aga Mr. John I. Davidson has been elected a member of the Council of the Toronto Board of Trade. Mr. David- son will by many, perhaps, be counted as a representa- tive of the wholesale grocery trade, but it is to be remembered that he is also senior member of the large lumbering firm of Davidson, Hay & Co. It will be a matter of regret, however, that lumbering, the largest industry in Canada to-day, was not further strengthened by the re-election of Mr. Jno. Donogh to the Council. He has ever been a most useful and influential member, and directly and actively, by his large whole- sale lumber trade, as distinct from the manufacturer or owner of timber limits, represents the lumber trade of city and country. ae ee The lumbermen of the Pacific coast have some con- cern in the recent tariff regulations of the Australian Parliament affecting lumber exported into that colony. The Southern Lumberman says: “So far the schedule agreed upon includes only Oregon or Washington fir, but it is probable that other classes of lumber will re- ceive the attention of Australian legislators. So far as reported the duties on Pacific coast lumber are as fol- lows: On sizes less than 8 x 2% inches a duty of 5s. per 100 superficial feet is levied. On sizes less than 12 x 6 inches a duty of 2s. 6d. per 100 superficial feet is levied. On sizes 12 x 6 and upwards a duty of Is. 6d. per 100 superficial feet is levied. All logs in rough or undressed of any size, admitted free.” This statement, if correct, lets our British Coluinbia lumber out in the meantime. Kae K 1% An offset to the Bryan Free Lumber Bill has been introduced into the American Congress by Congress- man Wedock, of Michigan. The effect of this bill, says a United States cotemporary, should it become law, would be this: “Should the Canadian government re- impose the export duty on logs, as is threatened from time to time, this government will make a proportionate increase in the duty on lumber shipped into this country. A duty of $1 to $2 on logs would mean a corresponding increase in the duty on lumber. Our Canadian neigh- bors do not want their common grades of lumber de- barred from the markets on this side of the line by any such provision. But the bill is not a law, and in the un- certainty of tariff legislation at the hands of the incom- ing congress, there is not much on which to even base a prediction concerning the fate of the bill. The measure will very generally receiye the approval of the lumber- men of the United States, however.” Evidently nothing Practically hurtful is likely to be the effect of the bill. Just now the chief interest is in what the new admin- istration will inaugurate in the way of tariff reform “when it has become securely settled in power. Any- thing outside of this, at present, is simply playing at legislation. 4 CHARACTER SKETCH. HON. W. B. IVES PRESIDENT OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL. ““Heayen helps those who help themselves.” —Old Proverb. S party government is conducted in the present day we are disposed to look upon certain men as occu- pying certain positions of responsibility and influence, not always because they are just “the man for the place,” but for the reason that they represent some class inter- est that it is deemed desirable to conciliate, or for whose support it is worth making a bid. Thus we speak of one Cabinet minister representing the Orange element, another the Catholic hierarchy; one the temperance people, and he is offset, probably, by a liquor manufac- turer. And similarly commercial interests of various kinds are supposed to have their particular champions within the walls of parliament and the councils of the nation. It may be that injustice is sometimes done our politi- cians by attributing their success in the field of politics to the causes here suggested. However this may be, it is the old story of give a dog a bad name and hang him. The politician, when he is honest, and takes a sincere Hon W. B. Ives. stand on a public question, finds it a hard matter to impress his sincerity upon others. He will have attributed to him, in spite of his sincerity, selfish and sordid motives as the basis of his actions. In the appointment of W. B. Ives, M.P., of Sher- brooke, Que., to the position of President of the Coun- cil, in the Thompson ministry, there will be those who will look upon him as a representative of the lumber industry, because he has been engaged in lumbering, just as some speak of Hon. E. H. Bronson, of Ottawa, as representing the same interest in the Mowat adminis- tration, because he is a prominent lumberman. A broader view, and the view that is more likely to be borne out in the experience of each, is that it is a coin- cidence that the dual position of Cabinet minister and Jumberman applies in the case of these indiyiduals. Rather, too, is it a compliment to the men engaged in the lumber trade that there are those among its members who can worthily hold the honorable positions to which these have been elected. Mr. Ives is not a lumberman in the same sense as Mr. Bronson. Both are owners of saw mills and have a considerable financial interest in lumber. The latter is a lumberman by profession, the profession of the former is law, he being called to the bar in 1% was constituted a Q.C. in October, 1880. M interest in lumber is more of a speculative character, just as we find him director of a railroad company in Maine, and President of the Dominion Cattle Company, of Texas. He evidently has a strong leaning towards commercial affairs, and his legal training is not unlikely to prove a valuable adjunct to his operations along these lines. This interest has, however, gone be- yond the mere investment of capital in the business. For some time he has been a student of tariff condi- tions, and somewhat specially in their relations to the lumber industry. Doing business in the Province of Quebec, where spruce lumber pays a duty of $2 per thousand, going into the States, while logs go free, he has been a sturdy advocate of a re-imposition of the log duty, and has been heard on the question from his seat in Parliament. Mr. Ives was born in the township of Compton, Que., Noy. 17, 1841. On November 17, 1869, he was married to Elizabeth E., only daughter of Hon. J. H. Pope, M. P., Minister of Railways. Mr. Ives first en- tered Parliament in 1878, and has been re-elected at each successive election. Personally he stands well with his friends and is popular and strong in the East- ern Townships, whose interests he has represented in the Commons for fifteen years. A BOOK FOR LUMBERMEN. EADERS of the LUMBERMAN will be interested in the announcement made in our advertising pages of the intended publication of a Canadian Lumberman’s Directory and Index to the planing mills and sash and door factories of Canada. Many enquiries have come to this office for such a work and to meet the call, which, we believe, is general to the lumbermen of the Dominion, the publisher of the CANADA LUMBERMAN now undertakes its publication. Necessarily it envolves a large amount of labor and every possible care. Such a book can only properly serve its purpose by being cor- rect and complete in every detail. Subscribers to the LUMBERMAN can lend substantial aid in this direction by forwarding to the publisher the information asked for in the announcement on page I5 of this month’s LUM- BERMAN. It is to be understood that the Directory will be much more than a directory of the names and nature of the business carried on by Canadian lumber- men, though this feature will hardly be too highly prized by the trade. Therules and regulations for the measure- ment and inspection of lumber at the leading lumber cen- tres of Canada, and those of the United States, where Canadian lumbermen do business, will be embodied in the work, together with information of a practical and useful character to lumbermen and wood workers, not obtainable in collected form in any other book. HERE IS A CHANCE. An unusually good opening exists near Bracebridge for a man of limited capital to secure a first-class shingle mill and plant. The mill is practically new and excep- tionally located. Unlimited timber resources, abundant water power and convenient shipping facilities. Further particulars of the estate may be obtained from Sheriff Bettes, Bracebridge, Ont. NEW PUBLICATIONS. The special illustrated number of Timber, of London, Eng., is a credit to trade journalism anywhere. massive in construction as some of the large timbers it illus- trates. It might appropriately be termed an historical number, as the many illustrations and pen and ink sketches of the lum- ber interests of various parts of the world gives it a special value in this respect. valuable number for future reference. It is, relatively, as We shall certainly keep it on fyle as a 4 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN FEBRUARY, 1893 CANADIAN SHIPPING AND FREE LOGS. BY WILLIAM LITTLE, MONTREAL, QUE. N previous communications, adverting to the ruinous trade condition of permitting Canadian saw logs to be exported free of export duty to the United States, while that country imposes duty on the sawn lumber made from similar logs, I endeavored to show what dire results must be entailed on the general interests of Can- ada: and so ramified are the injuries to be anticipated, I will now refer to one, the shipping interest, which from the apathy with which the subject is regarded by those connected with this trade would hardly be considered as to be at all affected by it. It is now stated that the amount of pine timber to be cut the present winter, in the Georgian Bay and Lake Huron districts of Canada to be rafted across the lakes to supply American saw mills the coming season, is 400,- 000,000 feet, which shows it to be no trifling matter even at the present moment. We see from the published returns that the total amount of sea-going shipments of deals and boards from Montreal the past season was 160,000,000 feet. The amount of pine logs purposed to be rafted to the United States the coming summer, as said above, 400,000,000 feet, is 234 times as much—an amount equal to about 700,000 tons, or more than two- thirds the total sea-going tonnage (1,036,707 tons) of all kinds, steam and sail, entering this port the past season, which amount is to be largely increased in subsequent years till the whole territory is stripped as bare of tim- ber as the lower peninsula of Michigan is to-day. So that if the Americans are allowed to raft our forests across the lakes as is purposed and to make their waters smooth, as they boast they will, towing Canadian saw logs to American saw mills, it is time to enquire what will become of the Canadian shipping interest, which is hereafter to have no part in the handling of the lumber? This is not simply an ordinary question of protection ; it is rather one of preservation or ruin to this great Can- adian interest, of which we have long been so justly proud. These 400,000,000 feet of saw logs to be towed to American saw mills this year, as is said above, means a loss to this interest of 700,000 tons of freight in a single season. And aside from this I would like any of the advocates of this mistaken policy to tell us what industry is to open up for settlement or give freight or business to our Canadian lines in that section of Canada when this tim- ber, the chief resource of this vast territory, is removed? A short ephemeral prosperity while our American cous- ins are transporting the wealth of that section across the water to build up their own country with the industry which nature provided for ours, but which we are want- only discarding as of little value, will be all to be derived from it, soon to end in utter ruin; when the stranger journeying through our country, instead of seeing thriv- ing, busy villages every few miles along his route to brighten the prospect, will behold nothing but the abom- ination of desolation on all sides through its whole extent. Surely there ought to be some grand object gained for the loss to Canada of all these advantages, but so far as I am aware no one has yet been able to discover where or what they are. By our mistaken and mischievous policy we not only do nothing to delay this event, but actually encourage its early consummation by giving a bonus, through our fis- cal policy, to our wealthy and more astute neighbor to enable him, by exceptional privileges, to rid us (“rob” us was the more appropriate term used by one of these American lumber princes when discussing the subject) of our forest property. And to-day when Canadian saw mills are allowed to be burnt down or dismantled new mills are being erected on the American side of the line by those who do not own a foot of standing timber in their own country, to be wholly furnished with supplies from our now alas! entirely too scanty pine forests. As far north even as Lake Nipissing where a number of saw mills have recently been erected, I am told, logs are now being taken out to be sawn in Michigan and to withdraw from their mills their future source of supply. One has only to read the exultation of our neighbors at our folly to realize how serious the case is and how ridiculous we are acting in this matter. Even the partial measure of compensation of free lumber in exchange for free logs we prevent ourselves from obtaining, for when a measure was brought forward in the United States Congress last session by Mr. Bryan, of Nebraska, to put lumber of all kinds on the free list, he was at once balked in his efforts by being told that in so far as Canada was concerned they had already free Canadian lumber in having the logs free of duty on both sides of the line—thereby having to all intent free Can- adian lumber. Since then, of course, no further move in this direction has been made, for no American, let his politics be what they may, but would prefer having the manufacture of the timber in his own country instead of ours. Not only, as I have heretofore remarked, must we lose the manufacture, handling and shipping of our own forest property, but we must lose the laborer as well, for he will be compelled, in order to earn a livelihood, to follow the logs to the States, where he will be told that unless he throws in his lot with them and becomes an American citizen he cannot be permitted even there to employ his labor in further work upon this timber, which, but for our futility, he would have had in abundance at home; for now that the Americans must have our pine timber they would take it as freely in the shape of lumber manufactured in Canada as they are now taking it from us in the shape of logs to be manufactured in the United States. One would think the mere statement of the case would at once cause the Governinent to enquire into the con- ditions and re-impose such export duty on the saw logs as would place the Canadian manufacturer in the dis- tricts named in at least as good a position as the Ameri- can operating his mill with Canadian timber, but I regret to have to say that unless the public demand a change we can only expect this “laissez faire” system to remain till it will be too late to stem the tide, for the American lumbermen have such an enormous advantage under existing conditions that they will continue to employ through the agency of their emissaries in the press and Parliament every means in their power to hoodwink the public in the future as they have so successfully done in the past. It is not only the lake marine that may suffer from this inaction, but the railways and sea-going shipping as well, for a large portion of this trade which is now being diverted from its natural route by rail or vessel to Mont- real and Quebec for shipment abroad—an amount estimated at from 8,000,000 to 10,000,000 tons—will, within five years time, have been towed over to Michi- gan and elsewhere in the United States to swell the trade of American vessels and transportation lines and to lessen by so much that of our own vessels and _ship- ping. But it may be said, if we re-impose the duty on saw logs, the American import duty on pine lumber, now $1- per M, becomes at once $2 (all other lumber duties re- maining the same as before). Well, what of it? Ifthe Americans prefer paying $2 per M duty instead of $1 on pine lumber it is a matter that concerns themselves, for the price here would not be affected. This was clearly shown when the duty was reduced from $2 to $1. Bradstreet’s immediately reported a reduction of $1 per M on Canadian pine lumber in the American market. The reason that pine lumber is not now several dollars per thousand feet higher in price in Canada is that Americans, by getting the logs free of duty, are able to undersell our manufacturers, but with an export duty of $3 per M on pine saw logs, as it should be, they would be compelled to advance their prices this much or leave the trade as it should to be supplied by our lumber now that that they have about used up their own timber from which to make it. The demand is now equal to the supply, and if the Americans cannot furnish it, we can and will. But, however this may be, it is full time we began to consult our own interests, the Americans will, no doubt, look after theirs, and will, at any time, be only too glad to accept free lumber in exchange for free logs. I do not, of course, admit that this would be anything like fair compensation to us, but it would, at least, be something and, at any rate, better than the idiotic con- dition now existing. The Premier has, I am pleased to see, distinctly announced the Government’s policy to be that of “build- ing up home industries and making Canada a great nation ;” the timber industry is the most purely natural home industry existing in Canada, and he has now an opportunity of showing he is in earnest, for if he per- mits its further sacrifice he is trifling with the intelligence of the Canadian people by talking in this manner, for existing conditions are building up the industries of the United States to the destruction of those of Canada—at least this is my opinion. WORN OUT MACHINERY. One a practical lumberman, says the Saw Mill Gazette, can appreciate the immense advantages which arise from the use of good machinery. To the merely technical manufacturer, whose capital accrues large interest through the aid of his employees, it may seem at times unreasonable that machinery, which in his estimation should last forever, rightfully belongs to the scrap pile. A little common sense, and just a bit of mathematical computation, however, will rarely fail to abolish any such illusion. Let us consider, for instance, one of the innumerable cases of “break-down” in our saw mills. Figure up the minutes—or rather hours, for such they are—during a delay in which an old shaft is being repaired and hur- riedly patched up, but only to break again. Those hours, we say, during which a force of probably fifty workmen stand around idle. Figure in black and white how many dollars and cents this delay costs. On the other hand, inquire of your foreman how many thous- and feet of lumber could have been sawed during this brief delay, and figures will prove what heretofore ob- servation failed to notice. If we take into consideration that not only old and worn out shafts, but saws, planers, tools, boilers, furnaces, engines, gangways, etc., break down ever and anon, we find that the delay caused by worn out machinery figures well-up into the thousands of dollars every year; in many cases an amount ample to purchase an entire new outfit. Machinery, the me- chanical servant of man demands as careful attention as can possibly be given, and the time surely comes in its life when age, rust and the effects of everlasting re- pairs render it unfit for further service. A business man who does not discard machinery when it no more de- | serves the name, stands in his own light; and figures invariably prove that such culpable carelessness never fails to beget trouble, unnecessary expense and general loss. THE HOLLOW BLAST GRATE. HAT to do with the refuse of the saw mill is one of the conundrums of lumbering that is not easily unravelled. Especially is the sawdust nuisance a con- stant source of worry. The Canadian Hollow Blast Grate Co., of Essex, Ont., have undertaken to solve the difficulty by the use of the Gordon patents, which, ap- parently, give satisfaction wherever used. The principle of these grates could not well be simpler. It is in fact just the application of the principle of the blacksmith’s forge to the furnace fire, supplying a blast of hot air, sufficient at all times to insure the rapid and perfect combustion of fuel of every sort. The blast grates are 8 inches wide and are cast hollow with the upper surface flat. On the upper side are placed valves through which the air from the fan or blower is equally distri- buted through the fuel and over all the surface of the furnace. The blast grates are placed alternately with the other sawdust grates. No matter how wet or poor the fuel may be it can be burned. Wet sawdust, spent tan bark, fine coal dust and any kind of refuse can be utilized for making steam with as much success as the very best of fuel. Perhaps no system outside of the Gordon patents has so satisfactorily solved the problem of steaming with the fine, compact dust of the band mill. A greatly increased volume of steam is also gen- erated in the boilers. The Canadian Hollow Blast Grate Company present, in an advertisement elsewhere in the LUMBERMAN, a number of testimonials, from various manufacturers who are using the hollow grates, which are certainly complimentary to these grates. To the saw mill man not an unimportant item is the saving that can be made through holding slabs for sale in place of consuming them in the furnace; the sawdust and refuse furnish, in most cases where the blast grate is used, what fuel is required. FEBRUARY, 1893 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN w VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS. Business men are credited, often, with bluntness of speech. Rather let us call it business directness, which aims to get at the facts and true inwardness of things without any nonsense or the circumlocution of the legal profession. The following are three questions from a commercial cotemporary that certainly ‘get there’ rapidly: “Are you going to run your factory this winter, or have you decided to shut down during the severe months? If you are going to run, is your factory a fit place to work when the thermometer shows zero outside? Do you think your employees can do you and them- selves justice working frozen lumber, on frozen machines, with frozen fingers?” Business Bluntness. Timber merchants who are philol- ogers, or who have not forgotten their studies of “Morris’s English Grammar” and “Grimm’s Law,” will be interested to learn on the authority of one who is supposed to have given the subject the necessary study, that the only names for trees common to all the Aryan languages are those for birch and willow, and it has been argued that since the birch is only found in Europe the primitive Aryans must have come from Europe, not Asia. It turns out, however, that the white birch flourishes throughout Siberia, from the highlands of Afghanistan to Japan, and that allied varieties are also found in the mountains of Central Asia and the Himalayas. In Iran and Turkestan, which some have supposed the cradle of the Aryans, these trees are not found. The argument for a European cradle of the Aryans, which is founded on the birch, is therefore a weak one. Evidence From Trees. An interesting experiment is shortly to be made by an English landlord. A British Columbia architect has received orders to prepare plans for lightly constructed houses, such as are built in this country, and a shipment of sufficient material for half a dozen frame houses is about to be sent to England to be erected for the work- men on a large estate. The houses are to be shingled with red cedar shingles in place of thatch. A local paper takes a roseate view of the scheme in the realiza- tion of which, we are sure, it has many well-wishers among Canadian lumbermen. This journal says: “There is no reason why England should not build wooden houses. The climate of the Pacific Northwest is like that of England, and here wooden houses are preferred to brick and stone. Lumber is cheaper than stone or brick, even if freights and insurance are high, and when this idea takes root among the middle classes of Great Britain, we may look for an immense trade from John Bull. At present the imports of timber and lumber into Great Britain amounts to over $75,000,000 per year, of which less than $200,000 worth comes from the Pacific coast. Should the wooden house idea take there will be enough work for all the cargo mills on the coast to supply the demand.” Wooden Houses For England. One will usually think of a clearing house as an adjunct of the banking system of the day. We do not hear of it as identified with ordinary business undertakings, and yet we are told that in Wisconsin there is a clearing house as a feature of the lumber industry of that State. On the Wisconsin river there is an agreement between loggers, mill men and others, which, though unwritten, is most scrupulously adhered to. In spite of the care exercised by the boom companies, the logs of the differ- €nt corporations naturally become mixed in the drive down the river. In pulling the logs from the pond, on the haul-up to the saw, if the mark on the end is ascer- tained to be other than that of the company owning the mill, the usual course pursued is to note the entry on the sawyer’s book of the firm to whom it belongs, and the number of feet it contains. At the end of the sea- $0n each firm notifies its neighbors that it has cut a cer- tain amount of their logs. The neighboring firm follows the same course with other firms, a balance is struck, and whichever firm cuts the most remits a check in payment of the difference. Sometimes it happens that a firm, in finding another’s logs among his own, is indis- posed to saw them and keep track of them, in which A Clearing House For Lumbermen. case they are put to oneside. At the close of the season these firms notify the various owners that they have in their ponds a certain number of their logs, subject to the owner’s orders. One will say these be honest lum- bermen. The theory is that some there be who are more honest than others. The clearing house plan seems workable, and ought to be suggestive, at least with lumbermen who desire to follow the golden rule; and, tradition to the contrary, we believe this is the case with most lumbermen. ESTIMATING STANDING TIMBER. BY H. B. WETZELL, IN ‘“‘HARDWOOD.” Rees are several important things to be considered by those having in view the purchasing of timber, and its early conversion,into lumber. Chief of these are —dquantity, quality, and first cost, of timber; cost to log, or to get the logs to mill; and cost of transportation of lumber from mill to such markets that will readily absorb the output of the mill. The cost to convert the logs into lumber when at the mill, and to place the lumber on cars or vessel, can be ascertained more readily and ap- proximately near to working results, than either of the first-named conditions. If, in addition to the knowledge of the probable aggre- gate amount of the merchantable timber on the tract which is intended to be purchased—and by merchant- able timber we may interpret that term to mean such timber as can be utilized profitably—there can be shown the probable percentage of certain grades of lumber that the timber will yield, one will then have the found- ation or basis upon which an experienced lJumberman or intelligent business man can reach a conclusion as to whether the purchase of such tract would be a profitable venture or otherwise. Many sanguine men often over- look the importance of investigating these primary essen- tials, and suffer loss in consequence. No less interested should be the logging jobber as to the amount of timber on a given area of land, for usually he can log somewhat in the ratio of cost, proportionate to the amount of timber. Frequently the cost of logging is not so carefully con- sidered by those who buy tracts or timber lands at low costs, and remote from transportation facilities, if they buy as an investment rather than for immediate lumber- ing operations, for past experience has shown that they will not have to wait many years until the advance of the lumbermen will soon reach them and the logging problem be solved. The very first thing that a capitalist or lumberman wants to know before he invests in timber is.the amount on a given tract or area of land, and it is of this that I purpose to treat more especially at this time. There are men who, by knowledge gained through years of experience, or on account of their natural abil- ity or adaptability to this kind of work, become very proficient and reliable as estimators of standing timber. Under the names of land lookers, timber explorers, timber experts and other suggestive titles they form a peculiar and distinct class in their occupation in all well timbered and lumbering regions. Many of them have spent most of their lives in the woods and occupied in lumbering operations, and are as much at home in the primeval forest as a wild Indian. They are lovers of nature and in full sympathy with their work. They are keen of vision, with perceptive faculties, to- gether with form, quantity and distance well developed, and these become quickened, intensified and wonder- fully accurate by constant use. Thus by a single glance they are enabled to arrive at conclusions that with oth- ers would require much time to reach by mathematical methods. Generally they are plain men of good com- mon sense, reliable and honest to the core—noble men in the true sense. Their life work amidst the solitude and sublimity of nature, far away from the busy haunts and wiles of men, tend toward honest motive and effort. Their chief schooling has been in the direction of the study of timber, and many of them become remarkably proficient in this branch of education. One of the best judges of timber that I ever knew could not read or write, yet he had the most wonderful memory of things that he had seen and events that oc- curred which came under his notice of any person I have ever seen. And I would rather accept his judg- ment as to the amount of standing timber and its quality on a tract that he had examined, and the cost to log it, than the man having the longest list of degrees of titles of distinction issued from the scientific institutions of the world. While many of these men are uneducated in the popular sense, yet there are capitalists who invest millions of money in timber upon the report and judg- ment of these men, and without verification from any source, knowing full well their ability and honesty. It is somewhat singular that these woodsmen each have their own methods or manner of work and of reaching conclusions and determining results. Few of them follow prescribed or narrow rules, yet quickly adapt new methods or ways to meet new contingencies or unusual conditions which arise in their work. If asked to explain in detail how they arrive at cer- tain conclusions as to the amount of timber on a certain tract or area of land, many would be unable to tell With many their knowledge in this direction seems to be almost of an intuitive character. But there are oth- ers, men of scientific and educational attainments, who, by the use of instruments and mechanical devices and mathematical calculations, measure certain areas on a given tract of land—say an acre here, and an acre there, and again elsewhere—of the best, the medium and the poorest timber, so as to ascertain the average, then care- fully measure the diameter or girth of each tree above a certain size within such measured spaces, by means of tape line, calipers or other mechanical device, then as- certain as near as possible the height of the tree, by quadrant or other device, which can be converted into sawlogs, after which they carefully compute the cubical contents of the tree, or how much lumber it will cut board measure. While this may be a scientific method of reaching re- sults, it is too slow in this fast age to be practical where a large tract of timber is to be estimated. It may do very well where a few trees or limited acreage are to be gone over, but it is slow and expensive in comparison with the experienced woodsmen’s methods, for they can tell at a glance the approximate amount of lumber that a tree will yield, or almost as equally quick will tell how much timber an acre will cut. A man may possess the highest natural and edu- cational mathematical attainments, and yet fail to be a reliable estimator of standing timber, unless he has had some experience in lumbering, or is a judge of the de- fects or faulty character of trees. For due allowance must be made in the calculations for defective timber where it exists, and it is seldom that one examines any considerable tract without finding defective or faulty timber. It is only the trained eye of the experienced woodsman that is capable of detecting the various defects in trees. So faulty and defective are certain kinds of timber growing under peculiar conditions, that often the timber examiner finds the most difficult part of his work to determine the amount of proportion of the unsound tim- ber on the tract under examination. A novice may be able to ascertain approximately by scientific methods the cubical contents of a sound, well formed tree, yet he may be greatly in error in determin- ing by his methods as to how much an acre or a thous- and acres will yield of merchantable lumber if the timber be crooked, hollow, rotten, or otherwise faulty, or where it is of irregular growth. A man may handle lumber for years in a city lumber yard, or even about a saw mill, and be-an expert as to grades of lumber, and yet be en- tirely incompetent to judge of the quality or character of timber in the woods. It is the trained eye of the experi- enced woodsman or lumberman who has spent much of his time in the woods and studied the characteristics of timber, and cut, logged, or otherwise worked in lumber- ing operations in the woods, that is ina measure enabled to determine readily the proportion of sound to that of unsound timber before it is cut. He it is who detects by the peculiar shape of the trunk of the tree, the swoll- en or churn butt, the bulges or protuberances in places further up the trunk, the peculiarly unhealthy color of the bark, the fungus growths, dead or unhealthy top, or other signs which indicate that the tree is either hollow, shaky, rotten, or in the earlier stages of decay, or faulty in some other respects. fon) THE CANADA TLUDMSE EEA FEBRUARY, 1893 PUBLISHED ON THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH a ARTHUR G MORTIME EF OFFICE. 75 CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE BUILDING ToronTo, ONTARIO TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Copy One Year, in advance ........- 22.22... 2. occ ee eens $1.00 One Copy Six Months, in advance ...............-.seeeeee eee 50 Foreign Subscriptions, $1.50 a Year J. S. ROBERTSON, EDITOR. Tue Canapa LuMBERMAN is published in the inter==ts of the lumber trade and of allied industries throughout the Domini. bcing the only re- presentative in Canada of this foremost branch of ihe cuusmerce of this coun- try. It aims at giving full and timely information on all subjects touching these interests, discussing these topics editorially and inviting free discus- sion by others. Especial pains are taken to secure the latest and most trustworthy mar- ket quotations from various points throughout the world, so as to afford to the trade in Canada information on which it can rely in its operations. Special correspondents in localities of importance present an accurate report not only of prices and the condition of the market, but also of other matters specially interesting to our readers. But correspondence is not only welcome, but is invited from all who have any information to com- municate or subjects to discuss relating to the trade or in any way affecting it. Even when we may not be able to agree with the writers we will give them a fair opportunity for free discussion as the best means of eliciting thetre*h. Any items of interest are particularly requested, for even if not of great importance individually they contribute to a fund of information from which general results are obtained. Advertisers will receive careful attention and liberal treatment. We need not point out that for many the CANADA LUMBERMAN, with its spe- cial class of readers, is not only an exceptionally good medium for securing publicity, but is indispensable for those who would bring themselves before the notice of that class. Special attention is directed to ‘‘WaNnTED” and **For SALE” advertisements, which will be inserted in a conspicuous posi- tion at the uniform price of 15 cents per line for each insertion. Announce- ments of this character will be subject to a discount of 25 per cent. if ordered for four successive issues or longer. Subscribers will find the small amount they pay for the Canapa Lum- BERMAN 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 encour- aging us to render it even more complete. STATISTICAL NUMBER. FOLLOWING our usual custom—a custom appreciated, we believe, by our readers—this issue of the CANADA LUMBERMAN is what we term the annual statistical number, containing a review of the lumber trade of the Dominion for the year 1892. All possible care has been exercised to make this review as complete and accurate’ as possible, and the plan has been adopted of giving the record of each province separately, as well as a sum- mary of the whole. We have to thank many readers for their ready response to our letters asking for lum- ber statistics of the year from their districts. The review will be found on pages 1o and 11, and calls for no further comment here. Current markets with prices revised to time of going to press will be found on page 14. HOW TO ‘‘GET THERE.” “Tr might have been” is a refrain that has come home with telling force to others besides Maud Muller. Shrewd business men, as well as this captivating young lady, have learned that “It might have been” is all they possess, sometimes, of what they had hoped would have proven a profitable and pleasing actuality. Illustrations will come to every reader. How many neighbors and friends are living on the dry crusts of the might-have- been, having lacked the prescience to unload in stocks, or lands, or other possessions just at the opportune time. Others are wealthy simply because they seem to have known when to buy and when to sell, the time to hang on, and the time to let go. These experiences have come to not a few engaged in lumbering operations in this country and elsewhere. Men, who are, practi- cally, poor to-day, might have been millionaires, had they foreseen that the timber limits, which not many years since in Canada were obtainable at a compara- tively nominal price, would in a few short years increase largely in price, as has been shown by recent timber sales in this province. Farmers, in many cases, would have little cause to worry over the low price of wheat the past year, had they realized that the various hardwoods so prodigally cut and disposed of in the days of the clearing, would in some instances be hardly obtainable now at any price. Mr. Phipps, government forestry clerk, points out in his last annual report, writing of con- ditions in Kent county, that oak that sold fifteen or twenty years ago at $4.50 per thousand feet could now be marketed at $25 per thousand, and walnut which then only brought $14 per thousand feet would to-day command $100. The following instance, related by an American lum- ber journal, has its counterparts, many times over, in both the States and Canada. This journal says: “A great deal depends on getting in at the right time. A man in this regard can exercise keener judgment than in almost any other direction. Look back at the white pine men. Many of the now millionaires were for years pine land poor. They loaded up with pine and the price stuck right there as if glued. All at once, away it went, rocket like, and there were men who bought, sold and made fortunes all within twelve months, which must have made those who had paid taxes for twenty years or more, think that they were not sharper than a razor. The other day a man said, pointing to a corner in the business centre of the city, that he held that lot for fifteen years, got tired out and let er slide. Two years ago it was purchased and has since been sold at a profit that would permit the seller to retire if disposed to do so. ‘Damn the luck,’ said the old owner as he walked into a bank to get a note discounted.” A Michigan correspondent, of the Northwestern Lum- berman, gives currency to the following story, which is apropos to the present line of thought: “I recently talked over old times with an eastern man who is now out of the business, and he was telling of the days not so long ago when it was easy to make money out of pine land, if one only had the sand to make the pur- chases. One little lot that he instanced was offered for sale in 1882 for $1,100, and the one to whom it was offered did not think enough of it to touch it alone, but induced another person to take half with him at that figure, and in 1889 that same piece sold for $23,500 cash, and was considered cheap at that figure. There is a tract of timber on the Flint & Pere Marquette road, which is now being operated by a Ludington concern, and for which $10 stumpage would not be any induce- ment to them to sell, and yet ten years ago it was in the market at $1.50, and went begging at that, as no one had faith enough in the future of white pine to invest at that figure even. One of the shrewdest and wealthiest lumbermen in this region told me not long ago, that he owed his wealth to his inability to sell his plant some years ago, when pine was depressed and no one would touch it. He tried his best to give it away almost, and while working at this, things took a turn and pine land suddenly became of some value.” We sometimes talk about the success that follows the man who is lucky enough to get in on the ground floor in lumber or other transactions. But experience shows that the faith and grit necessary to keep a man resident of the ground floor, when things around that part of the house are wanting in even the coldest hospitality, are often more required to secure ultimate success, than getting possession in the first place. The law of voluntary, if not compulsory, eviction, applies not unfrequently to the man on the ground floor. How rare indeed is the gift of foresight. TIMBER CHANGING HANDS. SEVERAL important changes in the ownership of Can- adian timber limits have taken place since the last issue of the LUMBERMAN. The Cochrane timber limits on the Coulonge and Black rivers were put up for sale by auction in Ottawa on 12th Jan., at the instance of the Merchants Bank. Many lumbermen were in attendance but only one parcel reached the upset price. This was one hundred square miles on the Coulonge river, which was bought by Wm. Mason & Sons, of Ottawa, for $22,000. The limits of L. N. Timmins, of Mattawa, on the Wahnapite river, sold at Suckling’s auction rooms, Toronto, on roth ult., were bought by Holland, Emery & Co., of Saginaw, Mich. $40,000 was paid for the first berth of 36 square miles, and $10,000 for the other, the pine on the second being ofan inferior quality. S.O. Fisher, of West Bay city, and Joseph Turner, of Bay City, Mich., have purchased 175,000,000 feet of standing pine in the Parry Sound district from Merrill, Ring & Co., of Saginaw, for $350,000. Turner also purchased 200,000,000 feet on the Wahnapite from James T. Hurst, Wyandotte, for $500,000. Fisher owns a similar amount of the latter tract. It is also stated that Mr. Hurst has purchased the standing timber and logs being put in by Sibley & Bearinger in the Georgian Bay District, there being about 50,000,000 feet of logs and timber. This lets Sibley & Bearinger out of Canada. It is very clear from the particulars here given that United States lum- bermen do not lose interest in Canadian forest products, giving a strong coloring to the remark of Congressman Bryan, quoted by Mr. Little in these columns two months ago, that American lumbermen own the timber in Cana- da anyway. ; . EDITORIAL NOTES. WITH the heavy snows this winter there will be no lack of water for the spring drives. This is good news for lumbermen; but the prospect is not without its shad- ing. There may be too much water and if the break up a few months hence should be somewhat sudden it will make things lively on the drives and the men of hetchels, peaveys and pike poles, will have their best skill put to test. AN illustration of what has, more than once, been stated in these columns, viz., that lumbering operations in Ontario are rapidly seeking the interior, as the only place where timber wealth in any degree of richness is to be found, is brought out in a recent remark of Mr. C. Henderson, government bush ranger in the Wahnapite region, that there are now 5,000 men lumbering between North Bay and the Soo. FoR some time Michigan lumbermen have been experiencing the unprofitableness of long credits, and the abuse of credit that is a common practice with some dealers. Our Michigan correspondent points out in his letter this month that the custom has been to sell lumber on sixty and ninety days and then renewals were not unknown. Even with this liberality some men are not satisfied and we are told that a trick of the trade has been to wait for thirty or forty days after a car load has been shipped and then send on a note at ninety days from that date in settlement, thus running the credit, in the first place, into nearly five months. To remedy this and like abuses, Michigan lumbermen are now organiz- ing themselves into an association and intend to reduce the terms of credit. What about long-winded credit among the lumbermen of this Province? The evil exists here to just about the same extent as in Michigan, but our lumbermen have not reached the point of their Michigan brethren and made preparations to put a stop to this unbusiness-like business. Now at the commence- ment of the new year the time is opportune to take the necessary steps in this direction. Who will lead? ONE of the difficulties of the growing scarcity of many hardwoods is instanced in a statement from the Buffalo Express to the effect that hardwood lumber dealers and coopers find themselves unable to obtain bass wood enough to complete work in hand. “Ten years ago,” says the Express, “ Buffalo was visited every day in summer by small Canadian vessels loaded with ‘cooper stuff.’ They come no more, for the Canadian shore on Lake Erie, which used to furnish these cargoes, is denuded. There is already complaint that whitewood, the poplar of the lumberman and the tulip of the bot- anist, is all gone though but a few years ago it was very common timber. Cherry is disappearing, and other and less valuable wood is put in its place. Every year marks a future decline of the business of such lumber producing centres as Saginaw. Now the great pine centres are Georgian Bay, Menominee and farther Lake Superior. Half a dozen years ago the Saginaw district alone supplied the lake trade as completely as all these together do now. Since the denudation of the lake dis- tricts, lumbermen plunge still further into Canada and look to the far south for timber. Canada produces the favorite white timber, but Southern timber is of varie- ties not yet in general use in the North. That it willbe before long is certain.” THE CANADA LUMBERMAN “I R. Thos. J. Vipond, in an encouraging account of the trips of the Str. America between Montreal and Jamaica last year, takes a hopeful view of the trade prospects between the two countries. In his opinion the trade in some important lines needs only to be culti- vated to secure a considerable portion for Canada. “A large amount of white pine,” he says, “is imported, but while nearly all is imported through New York, it is generally Canadian product. It is prepared especially for this market, being cut 12 inches wide.” % + * *¥ A correspondent from Chilliwack, B. C., writes: “I have seen the statement made that the fir timber of the Pacific Coast is lacking in strength forsome uses. From tests made at Tacoma by the Northern Pacific R. R. and also at the Sacramento car shops of the Central Pacific R. R., fir timber has been pronounced stronger and safer than the best eastern oak for car sills.” x * * * Mr. George Sampson, of Ottawa, who has recently returned from the Lake Superior and Georgian Bay sections, says: “The American firms operating in that district are rushing out the logs in great shape and the cut up there for the Michigan saws will be something immense. Great care is being used for the preservation of the timber, the old style of “slashing” down a tree, and then leaving it lying there because some parts of it should prove defective, being totally abandoned.” * * * “For the past ten days, I have been in New York,” said Mr. C. H. Clark, of Burton Bros., Barrie, Ont., whom I met a few days ago. _ “Prospects of lumber trade in the States this year are very bright. Canadians will come in for a share of this trade and prices will be good. Yes, everything is booming in the woods and a large cut will be the result. It is just a question, wel- come as the snow is to the lumbermen, whether we have not had too much this winter. If any great amount of labour in the way of making cuttings becomes neces- sary, because of the depth of the snow, it soon adds materially to the cost of getting out the logs.” oo a Oe eS A prominent Ottawa lumberman says: “Everything is going along in splendid style in the woods. This has been an exceptionally good year for lumbering opera- tions. In the first place we had one of the best falls I have ever seen for making logs and timber and when everything was just in readiness for drawing them to the streams a sufficient quantity of snow comes downto make the drawing perfect. I tell you everything is booming in the woods as far as the Upper Ottawa country is concerned and if the hard weather lasts nearly all the drawing will be done by the first of March. In my opinion there will be about as much taken out of the woods this year as there was last season.” — ae Distance is not looked upon as a serious barrier to trade in the present day. Ontario sends her manufac- tures and commercial commodities to the far-distant province on the Pacific coast, British Columbia; and the Coast province is working hard, and with some degree of success, to get her products into the east. The LUMBERMAN has referred several times to ship- ments of British Columbia cedar and other large tim- bers that have reached central points like Toronto, Montreal and London. During the month I had a con- versation with Mr. W. L. Johnson, shingle manufac- turer, of New Westminster, B. C., who had come to Toronto, and intended visiting other points in the east, with a view of getting coast shingles on the market here. He was not finding it altogether easy work, freight rates being high, and consequently adding to the cost of the shingles in competition with the Ontario shingle. But Mr. Johnson believes that the superior quality of the cedar shingle will ultimately make its use a certainty everywhere. * * & Mr. Geo. R. Nicholson, lumberman, of Alpena, Mich., who spent a few days in the city during the month, said: “The timber woods of Michigan were closed against new buyers. Operators and mill owners have the whole thing bought up and they are manufacturing it. They are sure of making a certain amount and will not sell under that figure. It is true you can buy, but not at any great profit, if at anyatall. In the Canadian provinces lumbermen are not hampered by any such condition of things. That is what caused such keen competition and good prices at the sale of timber limits in Toronto a short time ago. No, there is no possibility of a timber famine as long as the Canadian supply holds out, and it is practically without limit.” + * * * A frequent visitor to Canadian lumber fields is Mr. J. E. Lynn, of Detroit, Mich. Heis a man of titanic proportions and is as fine a specimen of muscular humanity as one might wish to see. He is famous all over the Michigan peninsula for his deeds of daring and feats of strength, some of which would discount Cyr’s performances. Accompanied with a number of lumbermen from the Saginaw Valley, he has been on a prospecting tour this month in the northern woods. “We are after pine chiefly, but will cut and buy any- thing for the matter of that,” said Mr. Lynn. ‘I have been in the lumber business all my life. I began as an axe man and have gone through all the degrees till I’m a past master in the business. Lumbering ain’t what it used to be and never will be again. Trees are getting scarce in Michigan, and when I sometimes think of the waste and extravagance I have seen it makes me shudder.” x * & & The CANADA LUMBERMAN was pleased to receive a call a week ago from Mr. William Little, of Montreal. Few men possess a more intimate knowledge of the lumber situation, both at home and in other countries, than Mr. Little. Forty years ago he was engaged in lumbering with his father on the shores of Lake Erie. In 1883 he visited England and met with many prom- inent lumbermen, including the editor of the Timber Trades Journal, and took advantage of the opportunity to study European conditions. At one time he conducted a lumbering business in Buffalo. The senior Little was a firm advocate of reciprocal trade relations at the per- iod the former treaty between Canada and the United States was in existence. In the judgment of Mr. Little, however, the tendency of the treaty, so far as lumber was concerned, was simply to promote over-production, and reduce prices of Canadian lumber. As a frequent contributor to the CANADA LUMBERMAN Mr. Little is well-known to the readers of these pages. He is an enthusiastic student of forestry and an unwavering advocate of protection to Canadian timber interests. On another page we publish an article from Mr. Little’s pen concerning the effect of tree logs on the shipping interests of Canada. * * * A few days ago I had the opportunity to meet and exchange opinions with Mr. R. B. Currier, wholesale lumber merchant, of Springfield, Mass. Mr. Currier is also vice-president of the Delta Lumber Company, of Detroit, Mich., who have mills at Thompson, on the Saginaw river. Mr. Currier, like many United States lumbermen, finds there is business to be done on his side of the lines with Canadian lumber, and an occa- sional visit to Canada is not without profit. “It is a case,” he said “of finding fresh fields for supplies, some- where, for Michigan lumber is rapidly growing scarce.” Trade he reported as active on the other side of the lines, the year just closed being a prosperous one for the lumber trade. Prices were advancing, and he thought would continue to increase. In reply to the enquiry, whether free lumber would be an outcome of the change of administration in the government of the country, he said that the trend of opinion was undoubt- edly in favour of freer trade relations with other coun- tries and a lowering of the tariff, so far as the States were concerned. Nothing would be done, however, before December, when Congress would meet. He did not think that the one dollar duty on pine materially affected the price in the States, but it was desirable to see the duty on spruce lowered or abolished. hee ee Parliament will make a pose the duty on logs. Dr. Sproule, member for Grey, has secured the following motion on the order paper : “That it is expedient to reimpose the duty on pine an spruce logs.” move this session to reim- ’ 4 c Being interviewed on the matter Dr. Sproule said: “This matter of an export duty is a much vexed one, but I am convinced that it is a serious one for Canada. There will be 40,000,000 cut in the Geor- gian Bay district this year by American firms and the result of that will be far reaching. The Americans use their own axes, their own machinery, and as far as pos- sible their own labour. What few Canadians get work with them would be met by the Alien Labour Law at the boundary if they attempted to follow the logs to Michigan to geta summers work. Many of the Ameri- can firms bring even their own provisions across, though of course a portion of these are subject to duty. In estimating the cost of cutting the stuff I have it from one of the best authorities that it costs approxi- mately $4.50 per thousand feet to get it out in the first place, and'50 cents to get it down the streams. Of that $5 of course Canada gets her share. After i: is taken to the mills the cost of cutting is $2.50 per thou- sand, incidental expenses run up to 25 cents, and another 50 cents to take it from the mills. The feeding of men, cost of machinery and other matters of a similar description may be safely assessed at another $3, so that we have $6.25 for each thousand feet taken to Michigan, not a cent of which is spent in Canada. With 450,000,000 feet going out this year it is not hard to figure up the loss.” * * * Mr. J. T. Schell, of MacPherson & Schell, Alexandria, Ont., and Schell, MacPherson & Co., Sayabec, Que, well- known eastern lumbermen, in forwarding to the CANADA LUMBERMAN statistics of their business of the past year, writes: “I favor free trade with the States because they want our lumber. For the reason that our ship- ments of lumber to the United States are, at pre- sent, at least, but a trifling percentage of the total requirements of the United States trade, the Canadian production cannot be a controlling element in their mar- kets and as a natural result our prices here do not rule, but are ruled by the United States markets. Under these circumstances the United States want our lumber, but at United States prices, and consequently our prices are the amount of the duty less than United States prices, or we pay the duty. On the other hand I believe the fact is generally admitted that the lowering of the duty on pine to $1 did not unfavorably affect United States prices, as some thought would be the case, but on the contrary in many instances was a benefit to United States manufacturers in allowing them a supply of rough stock at cheaper rates while giving a market to Can- adian mills promptly, instead of holding greater quanti- ties here on yard, with slow sale. I consider the benefit, therefore, largely in our favor trom the fact, as I have about said, that our present or probable shipments, are, and would be, but a small percentage of their consump- tion and not a disturbing element in their markets, and as a consequence we would most largely benefit by any removal of duties off lumber, or anything else that naturally finds the United States market its resting place under a duty. Canadians are and have been an- nually paying into the United States treasury over a million of dollars in the shape of duty on its forest pro- ducts alone, that under free trade would go into the business enterprises of Canadians. I am no annexa- tionist in sentiment or expression, and would be opposed to it as strongly as I desire the privilege of being allowed to pay our grand and monumental “national debt of Canada” by Canadians and feel that without the aid of “convincing rhetoric,” or “flowery oratory,” that any lumberman interested in his ledger or day book would agree that by freeing Canadian forest products from duty going into the States for its natural market would be a great help towards enabling Canadians to pay our own debt instead of contributing to the payment of the United States debt as well.” 8 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN FEBRUARY, 1893 OTTAWA LETTER. Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] > po HE Parliament of Canada has once more been called to- gether for the transaction of business, and the echo of the annual fusilade of opening still lingers around Parliament hill, as I pen these lines. What this session may mean to trade and commerce, the developments of the next month will likely foreshadow. The Premier has, in your own city, outlined the policy of the party insome respects, which is to bea loyal adher- ance to the N.P., with such modifications of the tariff as time and experience may have made necessary. This is a door that may be thrown widely open, or on the other hand that can be kept about as tightly closed as the most ardent protectionist would wish. A spirit of unrest, deep and strong, however, exists throughout the country, asking for some change. That this is not confined only to those who are opposed to the pre- sent government is shown by recent utterances of Dalton McCarthy, Mr. Cockburn and other members of the Conserva- tive party. All of which makes very certain change to some extent along tariff lines. Will any change be made in the tariff as affecting lumber? This most interests LUMBERMAN readers. Mr. Ives is now a member of the Cabinet, and Mr. Ives has put himself on record as asking for the re-imposition of the duty on logs. It is known that the Cabinet are not as en- thusiastic on this question as Mr. Ives. Will the responsibilities of office serve to hold the President of the Council down? Rumor says that the lumbermen of the Georgian Bay and other parts will be heard from, with no disposition to have ‘‘nay” said, in favor of re-imposition. On the other hand the influ- ence against any change is strong and powerful; and hitherto this influence has prevailed. Thus the situation stands as our parliamentarians take their seats to commence the session’s work. INDIFFERENT LENGTHS. Bronson & Weston are making extensive repairs to their lath mill. Mr. J. R. Booth expects to have trains running between Ottawa and Arnprior by 13th Feb. Mr. Orr, of Buell, Orr & Hurdman, has disposed of his interest in the company, which will be known in the future as Buell, Hurdman & Co. The firm had a good season’s trade. At a meeting of the directors of the David Moore Lumber Co., (Ltd.), capital $300,000, the following executive officers were appointed: Edward Moore, president and managing dir- ector; C. H. Carriere, vice-president and P. Larmouth, sec.- treasurer. The pending sale of timber limits of the James McLaren estate on the Gatineau has fallen through. An extension of time on the bond was asked by the purchasers, but refused The limits are now held at an advance of thirty per cent. on former offer by the estate. The new Thackray mill, on Spark St., is now fully completed and presents a handsome appearance. it and the seven new houses built by the firm this season reaches nearly $30,000. The firm are busy getting out a lot of stuff for Gilmour & Hughson’s new mill at Hull Point. The amount spent on The shipments of lumber from the district of Ottawa to the United States in bond for export, and for consumption, through the United States consular agencies at Ottawa and Carleton Place for the past nine months were valued at $1,938,692. 74. The shipments from Ottawa since October I were valued at $470,000. Mr. P. Whelan, manager for Messrs. Shepard & Morse, has returned home after a visit to the firm’s shanties on the Kippe- wa. He says that about six weeks ago a man died very suddenly in one of the shanties from natural causes, supposed to be heart disease. Later another of the men became suddenly deranged, wandered away from the shanty, and although the most diligent search was made for him no trace could be found. It is feared that the poor fellow lay down somewhere in the woods and perished. A family quarrel in lumber circles has caused some excite- Mr. W. H. Hurdman, of the late firm of R. Hurdman & Co., has preferred several charges of larceny and embezzlement against his nephew, W. G. Hurd- man, who had been chief book keeper in the firm. It is charged that the defendant had, at sundry times, made sales of lumber to various parties, granted receipts for the proceeds, and appropriated the money to his own use. The accused has been committed to stand his trial at the Assizes which will be held at Aylmer in June next. Bail was granted. ment at the capital this month. The mill of Gilmour & Hughson will contain 1 Wicks gang saw, 2 band mills, twin circulars, 2 double edgers, 2 double trimmers, lath mills and all other adjuncts. They are to be driven by two 30-38 Wheelock engines, being built by Goldie & McCullough at Galt, and the boiler will be an 8 boiler, 6 feet long by 54 in diameter. All the log canting will be done by steam, and the log deck, the feeding apparatus, and all the band mills etc., will be worked by steam. The machine shops, blacksmith’s shop, and electric light shops are now running. The work of construction is to be carried on by Mr. Charles Proper, the well known mill-wright who built Messrs. Buell, Orr, Hurdman & Co’s new mill on the site adjoining the Table Rock. An important judgment has been rendered by Justice Bur- bridge in the exchequer court. H. Bulmer & Co., Montreal, sued the Dominion government in the exchequer court for $200,000. Bulmer & Co. leased certain timber limits and berths from the government in the district once known as the disputed territory. They built mills and began lumbering operations in connection with these limits. The courts ulti- mately decided that the territory belonged to the province of Ontario and not to the Dominion, and consequently Bulmer & Co’s. rights to these limits ceased. Obtaining a petition of right from the crown they took action in the exchequer court for $200,000. This was for prospective profits, etc. If the court would not concede this they asked for compensation at all events for the mills they built and other expenses incurred. Neither of these claims have been granted by the court. Judge Burbridge, however, decided that they had a right to obtain the amount of money they had paid over to the crown in the way of ground rents. This amounts to $5,070, for which sum judgment was given. Orrawa, Can., Jan. 26, 1893. BRITISH COLUMBIA LETTER. [Regular correspondence CaNnaDA LUMBERMAN.] ECENT shipping intelligence as given below furnishes a fairly clear idea of lumber activity in the province. Local trade is not over brisk, but the outlook for the year is good, especially if the anticipated increase of immigration into Manitoba and the Northwest Territories materializes. Our shingle manufacturers are making energetic efforts to place their cedar shingles in eastern Canada. Freight rates are against them, but they believe that the character of the cedar shingle is so much superior to any other shingle manufactured that even at an increased price they will lead the shingle mar- ket anywhere. Shipping news is as follows: The British ship County of Yarmouth, 2,154 tons, Capt. Swanson, has been chartered by the B. C. Mills Timber and Trading Co., Ltd., to load lumber at the Hastings mill for Cork, U.K., at 5os. The British ship Abeona, 979 tons, Capt. Black, sailed from Vancouver to Port Pirie with a cargo for the Hastings mill consisting of 775,140 feet of rough lumber. The cargo was valued at $6,976.30, and the charter rate was 37s. 6d. The Norwegian bark Fritzoe, 1,078 tons, sailed from Vancouver for Callao with a cargo of lumber from the Hastings mill. She had on board 859,532 feet of rough lumber, and 19,728 feet of flooring, making a total of 879,260 feet. The value is $8,031.70. The British bark Mark Curry, 1,256 tons, Capt. Liswell, sailed from Vancouver to Queenston, U.K., with a cargo of lumber from the Hastings mill consisting of 923,055 feet of rough lumber. The cargo was valued at $9,881.95, and the charter rate was 52s. 6d. The British ship County of Yarmouth, 2,154 tons, Capt. Swanson, now at San Francisco, has been chartered by the B. C. Mills Timber and Trading Co., Ltd., to load lumber at the Hastings mill for Cork, U.K.. at 50s. She will carry about 1,800,000 feet, and will load some large timber.. The German ship Katharine, 1.630 tons, Capt. Spille, which was chartered to load lumber at the Moodyville mills for Valparaiso, arrived too late, her charter having ex- pired. She has, however, been re-chartered. The British barkentine Bittern, 399 tons, Captain Stronach, has arrived to load lumber at the Hastings mill for western Australia, on the owner’s account. There are now five vessels loading lumber in the Province; two at the Hastings mill, two at the Moodyville mill and one at Cowichan. COAST CHIPS. W. J. Snodgrass, who is erecting a saw mill at Okanagan Falls, expects to have it completed in about a month. Samuel Rathwell, a mill hand at Revelstoke, was crushed to death beneath the timbers of the new saw mill, a portion of which gave way. Deceased was a single man. The Canada western railway has secured its land grant of 20,000 acres to the mile for 1,200 to 1,400 miles of road. The line will be built from Victoria, B.C., eastwardly through the province, and eventually into Manitoba, and on to Hudson bay. The land grant amounts to 24,000,000 to 28,000,000 acres. The Hastings mill has been closed down-for a few days for repairs. The mill has been running continuously for eighteen months and during that period there has always been a vessel loading. The British barque Highlands, which has just fin- ished loading a cargo from this mill sails in a few days for Montreal. The cargo comprised 896,663 feet of rough lumber. NEw WESTMINSTER, B.C., Jan. 23, 1893. ’ time. —— MICHIGAN LETTER. {Regular correspondence CanApA LUMBERMAN.] ee lumbermen of Michigan, at least an important section of them, have taken preliminary steps to organize them- selves into an association. A meeting was held at Grand Rapids on the 11th inst. The proposed association is not to include retail dealers of the State, nor yet mill men, but only those who are regularly distributing by rail. The object is to protect its members against fraud from unscrupulous dealers, who in some cases make a practice of claiming shortages on lumber received, or raise the objection that the stock is of inferior grade. ‘‘Then again,” said Mr. W. B. Mershon, who is taking an active interest in promoting the organization, ‘“we have printed on our price lists and invoices our terms are 60 or go days from date of bill of lading, whichever the case may be, and yet these people will wait 30 or 40 days after the car has been shipped, and send in a note running 90 days from that In other words, steal $3 or $4 interest. The amount in dispute is not large enough in any case for a law suit.” It is believed there is both the necessity and work for the new association. THE OUTLOOK FOR TRADE. Mr. Mershon, in answer to the question, ‘‘What is the out- look for trade the coming year?” replied: ‘‘ My opinion is that we will have all we can do for the first six months at least. It looks to me now as if the dry stock would all be exhausted 30 days before the new cut is ready for market. There is no doubt but what an immense amount of lumber will be manu- factured this year, but on the other hand the demand has been so great that the yards are running with very small stocks, and it will take a great deal of lumber to stock them up. The box trade is in a good condition, though prices have not been ad- vanced as much as the raw material has been. After midsum- mer I look for lower prices than will rule in the spring, though they may not be lower than they are now, as I believe prices will advance between now and the first of May. Our selling prices are on an average $1.50 a thousand higher than a year ago.” BITS OF LUMBER. Thompson Smith’s Sons, of Alpena, have contracted to cut 12,000,000 feet of Canadian logs that will be towed across the lake. Liken and Bach, of Unionville, have: moved their stave mill from Fairgrove to Winsor, where they have enough timber to last several years. Temple Emery, who recently returned from the centre of his lumbering operations in the Georgian Bay district, brings news of deep snow and very cold weather. Loggers are happy, so far as the quantity of snow is con- cerned, there being over two feet of snow in the woods, but a thaw is very much to be desired to make slipping easier. » Signor Simon Mochre, of Havana, Cuba, who is here for the purpose of purchasing several million feet of lumber to ship to Cuba, is finding it no easy matter to secure the stocks wanted, so scarce is white pine. At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Thunder Bay River Boom Company held here on Wednesday last, the following were elected directors: W. L. Churchill, F. W. Gil- christ, Albert Pack, F. W. Fletcher, W. H. Johnson; E. O. Avery, Thomas Collins. The company delivered 1,504,556 logs during the season. The Saginaw Lumber and Salt Company has extended its corporate existence 10 years, with a paid up capital of $r00,- ooo. The following are the officers for the new year: Presi- dent, R. A. Loveland; vice-president, Otis Shepard ; secretary, R. H. Roys; treasurer, D. L. White, jr.; Board of Directors: R. A. Loveland, Otis Shepard, R. H. Roys, David McLaren, and H. B. Shepard. This company cut 25,000,000 feet of lumber the past season at their mill on Crow Island and 10,000, - 000 feet at other mills; they also made 42,241 barrels of salt. During 1892 the Flint & Pere Marquette railroad hauled 124,700,585 feet of logs, of which 71,449,115 feet were brought direct by rail to the Saginaw river. The others were banked at Midland and Averill, and came through the Titta- bawasee boom, and a small quantity were hauled to Flint. The road has hauled as follows: FEET. 1882s faa aps; se Ries ets Gate eee RO 953294,630 1883) ore. .ce ose erd sos ee eee 153,459;353 T SSA ister ra eis iste ten cas se ey nists ERS Sear 131,589,429 ISSR ie Sleek alee Lac Re). ce 97,712,270 TSSOi ensthnt hyare Ole haaayo Steneed caskceee eee 134,161,236 LEST )6) ssiofekeyeoiop0c8 sa eer e S 215,291,134 Iolo IERO SS ARR eo a ee oS 161,737,305 Rete Ein ot Ue MEL Cache, cha Sears eas 3c 142,835,198 USGO si apitec wafers va ss hae Sake Se eee 123,588,775 iio) Seen ERS EROS. le Osc oe 120,413,987 Ihe eines SO Omnee tdatc cobidiacecdo 124,700,585 Dota eek eishe,icie hereto tener Oe 1,500,784,902 SAGINAW, Mich., Jan. 27, 1893. _ FEBRUARY, 1893 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN fae NEWS. ONTARIO. —Robert Hodden has removed his saw mill to the town line ~ of Tay and Medonte. —A local correspondent reports a great depletion of timber in Onslow township during the past five years. —David Blackley, Hamilton, is organizing a company to manufacture a barrel-making machine invented by W. T. Vale, a Toronto man. —The firm of Heath, Tait and Trumbull, Huntsville, has now become the Huntsville Lumber Co., with Mr. William Trumbull as secretary. —E. Thompson and Sons, of Peterborough, have a consid- erable gang of men at work in the township of Harvey, get- ting out square timber. —The lumber barge Lothair, owned by Robert Thomson and Co., was burned at the dock, Windsor, a fortnight ago. A considerable loss is suffered. —The timber limits situated in the township of Har- vey, and owned by the Lakefield Lumber Company, have been purchased by the Rathbun Co. for $5,050. —D. L. Van Vlack is suing the Toronto Wood and Shiels Company for $2,188. The defendants have also issued a writ against Van Vlack for about the same amount. —The Chatham Manufacturing Company, Chatham, are taking advantage of the excellent sleighing, and are getting out a Jarge quantity of white oak, hickory, ash and balsam. —Mr. Peter Jackson, of Oro, cut from a birch tree a giant hand with a very complete palm. The fingers are only three, and the thumb and middle finger rather slender, but it is quite an odd growth. —The relatives of the young man, Thomas F. Hurdman, who was killed in a lumber car a few weeks ago, will enter suit for damages against the Canada Atlantic Railway eeesny in the sum of $10,000. —Richard Rowe and Alex. Wallace, charged with highway robbery on Thomas O’Brien, a lumberman from the country, were sentenced by Police Magistrate Denison, of Toronto, to six months in the Central Prison for Rowe and three years in the Kingston Penitentiary for Wallace. —The Conroy mills at Lake Deschenes, with its many im- provements and additions, will take rank among the largest mills on the Upper Ottawa next summer. The firm have decided to lay tracks throughout the lumber yards in the spring, and use a small locomotive similar to the one at Buell and Hurdman’s for shunting purposes. —Stephen McGonegal, a jobber for the Rathbun Company on the Mackay limits, recently cut for the Lavant operations sixty-five logs from four trees. From one tree he cut seventeen logs 13 feet and four 16 feet in length; from a second tree he cut seventeen logs 13 feet long; from the third fifteen logs 13 feet long ; and from the fourth twelve logs 13 feet in length. —Mr. Sam. Main, of Webbwood, agent of the Savidge Lumber Co., of Grand Rapids, Mich., has been into the Algoma section lately. His company expects to cut about eight million feet of logs this winter. Moiles Bros., of John’s Island, have the contract of sawing their logs. The firm ex- pects to build a mill of their own on or near the Spanish river this year. —A meeting of the Spanish River Boom Co. was held in the Rossin House, Toronto, a fortnight ago. This company is composed chiefly of Americans who are interested in the trans- port of logs on Spanish River, and the object of the meeting was to take measures as to the better arrangements of transport facilities. Mr. E. T. Carrington, of Spanish River, was president, and Mr. E. W. Arnold, of Albany, secretary. Gen. R. A. Alger, one of the aspirants for the presidential Republi- can nomination, was present, as were also Messrs. Dwight Cutler, Grand Haven, Mich.; William Savage, Grand Haven; James Wilson, Grand Haven; Edmund Hall, Detroit ; Freder- ick T. Norris, Bay City; J. A. Bucknell, Saginaw; R. Harvey, Bay City, and others. —Messrs. A. Tait, of Orillia, A. Heath, of Huntsville, Joseph Tait, M.P.P., and John Waldie, of Toronto, have formed a joint stock company for the purpose of improving the Big East River and its tributaries. The company have purchased all the right, title and interest of the Muskoka Dam, Slide and Boom Co., and has already made extensive improve- ments, such as dams, slides, chutes, etc. The name is, the Big East River Improvement Company. Their object is to enable lumbermen having limits on those waters to float their square timber and logs speedily to the points required. Of course one of the principal objects of most of the members is to enable the Huntsville Lumber Company to bring the pro- duct of their new limits to their mill at Huntsville. But the charter protects the rights of others, and the Ontario Govern- ment will control the amount of toll to be charged, and in other respects will prevent the possibility of the privileges granted this company from being used to the detriment of any. QUEBEC, —H. Lovell and Sons, of Coaticook, are busily engaged in fitting up their mills in the Oxford lumber woods preparatory to their winter cut of clapboards. MANITOBA AND THE NORTHWEST. —McKerlie and Dillingham, lumber dealers, Wawanesa, Man., have assigned. NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA. —A New Brunswick firm is milling five hundred thousand o1 spruce lumber for shipments to St. John’s, Nfld. GENERAL, —One of Maine’s most active and experienced lumbermen says he never knew a season in which so much timber was yarded early as has been this year. —The firm of Gombert and Thompson, lumber dealers, o1 North Tonawanda, N.Y., has been dissolved by mutual consent. James O. Thompson will continue the business. —A large consignment of walnut logs was recently shipped from Galveston, Tex., to Antwerp, where they are to be made into telephone boxes and reshipped to the United States. —The Illinois and Wisconsin Lumber Company is putting in 26,000,000 feet of logs, to stock its Merrill, Wis., mill for next season’s sawing. Crandall, Schultz and Co., of-Chicago, purchased the entire cut for distribution. —An oak tree was recently cut on a farm near Bedford, Ind., which yielded a log 4o feet in length, 6% feet in diameter and 4% feet at the top. The log is without knot or blemish of any kind, and will be exhibited at the World’s Fair. —Chicago’s lumber receipts last year aggregated, in round numbers, 2,200,000,000 feet. The shipments amounted to 2, 300,000,000 feet, leaving a shortage of near 100,000,000 feet, which will have a tendency to continue the prevalent firm prices. —Merriman and Huntingdon, of Minneapolis, the hard- wood firm which began business last summer, will establish a system of retail pine yards on the new extension of the Minne- apolis and Pacific railway, running northeast from Oakes to Bismarck, North Dakota. ; —A resolution proposed by the Portland, Ore., chamber of commerce expressing the approval of the board of all measures calculated to further protect the timber lands of the country and to make additional reservations of the same has been adopted by the national board of trade. —According to the Zeitung, of Cologne, the owner of a cherry tree, which stood on a piece of ground required for the enlargement of the railroad station at the village of Nieder- lohnstein, was recently paid $600 for the tree in addition to the value of the land, and accepted this sum only after a long contention, declaring that the tree was worth at least $900. Therefore, be sure and plant cherry trees. —Chas. Wilson Rowe, who succeeded in swindling a large number of lumbermen in Canada and other portions of the country to an amount estimated at from $50,000 to $100,000, by soliciting consignments on lumber and making no returns therefor, has been arrested and placed under $2,000 bail for trial next month at Philadelphia. The charge under which he is held is for using the mails for purposes of fraud. The Mis- souri Lumber and Mining Company, of Missouri, were mulcted in the sum of $834.68 and others in greater or lesser amounts. PERSONAL. Mr. Amasa Rust, a millionaire lumberman, of Saginaw, Mich., died on the 26th ult. Honorables H. G. Joly and G. W. Allan are vice-presidents of the American Forestry Association. We regret to learn of the death of the little three-year-old daughter of Mr. Jas. Burton, of Burton Bros., lumbermen, Barrie, Ont. Mr. G. H. M. Baker, the popular agent of the Rathbun Company, at Lindsay, Ont., has been united in marriage to Miss Clara Carter, of Picton. On the 25th ult., at the residence of the bride’s mother, Toronto, Michael Robinson, vice-president of the Toronto Wood and Shingle Company, was united in marriage to Delia Mullaney, niece of the late James Beatty, proprietor of the old Leader newspaper of Toronto. The presents were numerous and costly. His many friends mourn the death of Duncan C. Robertson, late of the Bronson and Weston Lumber Co., Ottawa, Ont. Deceased was 42 years of age, a son of the late Donald 9 Robertson, having lived in Ottawa during his lifetime. He was a good scholar, a gold medallist at 15 years of age, and taught school until 1872, when he entered the employ of the Bronson and Weston Company, where he remained until last February, when he suffered from an attack of grippe, followed by a pulmonary disease from which he never recovered. Mayor Beck (the Beck Manufacturing Co.) and - Beck, of Penetanguishene, Ont., entertained a large party wep frie at their magnificent residence on the evening i Jan. 17, the occasion being the twenty-fifth anniversary of their wedding. The gathering closed with a sumptuous sup 1 r served about midnight, at the termination of which Rev. Father Labore in a neat speech proposed the health of host and hostess, w hich met with an appropriate response from Mr. Beck. Mr. Beck is one of the large and popular lumbermen of the Penetang district. FIRES AND CASUALTIES. FIRES. —The new steam saw mill of John F. Pyer and Son, Shel- burne, N.S., was destroyed by fire. Loss $8,000. —The saw mill of J. Lackey, near Markdale, Ont., was destroyed by fire a week ago. Loss, $3,000; insured for $1,900. Mr. Lackey will likely rebuild. CASUALTIES. —Sam McCloughlin, a logger, was killed at Cardora Bay, B.C., by a log falling on him. —A. I). Hanson, of Woodstock, N.B., was killed by a fall- ing tree while logging on the Nockanick. —J. Murray, of Campbellton, N.B., was killed in the woods, 60 miles up the Restigouche, by a falling limb. —A lad named Cleimer had both his legs broken while working in Carlin and Lake’s lumber camp near Calgary, N.W.T. —George Dale, of Hullett, Ont., is suffering from a painful accident caused by the teeth from a saw for cutting logs, lodg- ing in his leg. Blood poisoning is feared. —A painful accident occurred in Hardie’s mill, Lime Bank, Ont., when Hopkins, the foreman got his hand jammed be- tween the saw carriage and a heavy plank. —Frank Phaneuf, of Tilbury North, Ont., when drawing logs on the 13th ult. received a kick from one of his horses, breaking his upper jaw on both sides and knocking out two of his lower teeth. —A report from Maine says a lumbering camp became a prey to the flames at night, and that four men and forty horses were burned to death. Norton Mills, where the fire occurred, is inhabited almost entirely by French-Canadians. —Several horses have been drowned during the past month in the northern lumber territory in consequence of the bad condition of the ice. Among these were a team at Caswell’s camp, a horse at Robinson’s camp, a team of the Midland and North Shore Lumber Co., and Chew Bros. are also said to have been losers. —Word has been brought to Larkensville, Que., that a chopper on the Kippewa had been engaged felling a tree when it split in falling, one half striking the unfortunate man and killing him. There has been neither ice or boating, so they were obliged to bury the poor fellow under a brush pile until further convenience could be had to remove him to his home. —A report comes from the Black river district to the effect that a shantyman named McCann lost a valuable team while on his way to the woods. McCann was employed as a jobber by the Hawkesbury Lumbering Co., and was crossing Lake St. Patrick with a load of sleighs when his team broke through the ice. The extreme cold weather prevented the owner from recovering the animals. TRADE NOTES. We acknowledge the receipt of a desk calendar for 1893 from the Ottawa Lumber Co., Ottawa, one of the tastiest we have seen this year. A number of the celebrated Perkins’ Grand Triumph hand feed shingle machines, manufactured by the Wm. Hamilton Manufacturing Company, Peterboro, are being placed in the new shingle mill of the Parkins Lumber Company, Lindsay. Carl Gartner, the well-known lumberman, of Hamburg, Germany, has opened a branch office of his business in Lon- don, Eng. This branch will occupy itself with selling and buying all kinds of oversea wood goods, as agents only. Mr. Geo. Becker, who has been residing in London 15 years and who has a thorough understanding of the English trade, will have the management of the branch, and associated with him will be Mr. Gartner’s son Emil, and Mr. Carl Peters, who comes from the head office, 10 THE CANADA LUMBEERMANW FEBRUARY, 1893 GANADA’S LUMBER TRADE IN 1892. A Review of the Business of the Year. THE GENERAL SURVEY. O one will read the review of the lumber trade of the various provinces of the Dominion, which follows, without being convinced that 1892, taken altogether, was a fairly good year for the lumber industry, and un- doubtedly a marked improvement on the several years of dullness that had preceded it. In Quebec, where lumber had suffered a discouraging depression for years, bringing the volume of shipping down in a noticeable degree, matters were much improved in many ways in 1892. Mr. Snowball, in his very full review of condi. tions in the Maritime Provinces, is able to paint a brighter picture than he did a year ago when he had to deplore a marked decline in shipping in every shipping point in New Brunswick. The delivery of 1893 and prices are expected to be higher than during recent years. British Columbia’s trade has been less brisk than the lumbermen of this new province had expected, yet a fair trade was done; the possibilities in lum- bering on the Pacific coast are full of promise, and only await an improvement of trade and commerce in foreign export fields, to cause these promises to materialize. Ontario had a good year’s trade shown in an increased out-put, better prices and almost an entire clearing out of stocks at the close of the season. A busy winter is the record of the woods. The abundant snow in all parts of the country is adding to the ease and success of this work. ONTARIO. Reports from LUMBERMAN correspondents in various parts of the province indicate very clearly that 1892 was a much better year for lumber than 1891, and several years previous. In the letters of enquiry sent out from this office several questions were asked and the state- ment made above is based on the replies received. In answer to the question, “ How does the volume of trade compare with the year previous?” ninety per cent of the replies tell of an increase. In some cases this in- crease has not been remarkable, but it has been an in- crease, whilst others have answered in these words, “ Has never been better, ” “ Considerably larger than in 1891,” and similar expressions, indicating an encour- aging improvement. What adds special interest to these replies, are the answers to the question which follows: “Proportionate with size of business done have profits improved or not?” Fully ninety-five per cent are in the affirmative, showing, surely, that the day of doing a lumber business for the fun of the thing, which to a large extent, was, practically, the result for some years past, up to 1891, was not the history of 1892. Then followed the enquiry: “ Whether stocks on hand were as large as those of a year ago.” On this point, with few exceptions, the replies told one story only, either that stocks of lumber on hand at close of year were very light, or “sold out.” The home trade has, perhaps, held its own, and in some cases a slight improvement is reported, but it is perfectly clear that the lumber trade of Ontario would be limited in its character were it a case of selling Canadian lumber to Canadians only. The export trade with the United Kingdom has not shown any great measure of strength, and it is a moot question with lumbermen just how soon lumber will show any sub- stantial signs of improvement in Great Britain. Busi- ness with the United States has grown to large pro- portions during the year, and there can be little doubt but that trade with that country will be further increased in 1893. The Montreal Journal of Commerce says of the lum- ber trade of 1892: “The production in white pine lum- ber of the Ottawa Valley is about 500,000,000 feet, b.m., ot which about 200,000,000 feet went in deals to Europe and the balance in sawn lumber to the United States and South America. The entire capacity of the mills in the Ottawa Valley is about 600,000,000 feet. Operations are now going on in the woods to get out logs to pro- duce about the same amount as last year. There is no chance of any glut in the pine deal market, so holders in Britain have no fears of any decline in prices from an overstock. It is estimated that the coming season’s get- out of Pine timber will be as follows: Ottawa district— 1,500,000 cubic feet square; 250,000 cubic feet waney. Western Canada, Michigan, etc.—about 1,000,000 cubic feet waney. It is estimated that the get-out of oak tim- ber in the latter districts will foot up about 1,000,000 cubic feet. Good oak timber is getting more and more scarce and costly. We understand exporters have paid 51 to 52 cents for new contracts. We understand some of the south-western oak now goes down the Mississippi for shipment at New Orleans. Quite a contract has been given to a Canadian firm for delivery at New Or- leans next season.” QUEBEC. The J. Bell Forsyth Co., in their annual review of the lumber trade of Quebec for 1892, say: “ There has been a marked increase in the arrivals from sea this year, as shown by the Statement compiled by Mr. F. Johnston, viz.: 379 ocean steamers, 753,379 tons, against 313 ocean steamers, 623,858 tons last season, and 346 sailing ves- sels, 307,301 tons, against 251 vessels, 233,327 tons in 1891. While from the lower ports there has been a fair increase, the total arrivals being 570 vessels, includ- ing steamers. It will be observed from this, that the business of the port, comparing it with last year’s statement, has con- siderably increased. Owing to the light imports of 1891 with fair consumption and very moderate stocks, the market in Great Britain improved during the past winter with a decided advance in prices towards spring, consequently vessels were freely chartered for Quebec and the spring fleet was considerable. The arrivals during the summer and autumn were likewise numerous. WHITE PiINE.—The shipping merchants were fairly stocked, and the market opened in the spring of this year with increased demand. As the season advanced prices improved and a number of rafts changed hands at enhanced rates. The demand has been chiefly for good and superior woods, while choice waney of large average girth and long lenial has been very scarce. Asa proof of these remarks we have only to refer to the sale of government timber limits lately held at Toronto, when the competition was so brisk on the part of the manufacturers, that the prices then realized were far in advance of anything yet paid in Canada or in the United States. It will be observed by the returns from the Supervisor of Cullers’ Office that the quantity of timber measured was greatly in excess of last year. The stock now wintering is an exceedingly light one and is largely held by the producers. It is likely that the manufacture, this winter, will not exceed that of 1891-1892, both in western Canada and on the Ottawa. It must be remembered, however, that the quantity then cut was light and the difficulty of procuring choice standing pine is now so great that we look for a further advance in prices, and the bulk of the new wood cannot reach market till the season is well advanced. It should also be borne in mind that last year nearly two millions wintered on the Ottawa river, whereas this year there is not over half a million feet. Taking into account the available supply of square and waney pine in sight there is a difference of forty per cent. less than last year and this shrinkage is largely in waney pine. Thus: Wintered over 1891 at Quebec (about)........ “ce oe Ottawa oe 5,000,000 feet. 2,000,000 ‘‘ 7,000,000 ‘‘ Wintering over 1892 at Quebec (about) inetieee ct ae oe 4,000,000 feet Wintering over 1892 at Ottawa (about) einer: ei-tacvrersteciets 4,500,000 feet —- 4,500,000 ‘“* Showing a reduction of................ 2,500,000 ‘‘ Supply. Export. Stock. 1892 Wancy.. aipye8iay 5300440 { 760) 6s0 Wancy 1891 Woney, ..11740;609 "7155120: 4 3/o48' 898 Waney RED PINE.—The supply has been very moderate, and as we remarked last year, this wood is not in great re- quest and is becoming scarce, possibly a better feeling in the Irish market which has been long hoped for may again cause an increased demand for this wood. Supply. Export. Stock. ieOV nt nite gio Cano g B03, 7 Ole 370,080) ier 359,455 41,680..... PY) BASIS) oo 3.4.0 348,165 Oak.—The demand has been greater than last year and prices have somewhat advanced, the stock wintering in the port is light. As it is well known in England that oak is wintered at Garden Island and Collins Bay and delivered here in May and June, some allusion should be made to it. We hear the quantity at both these de- pots is very much reduced. The wintering stock and estimated production is almost equal to an average ex- port, therefore we may expect prices to rule firm next season. Supply. Export. Stock. TSQ2s. Aieseee seis OUIS OB oo DUANE SMO 550 291,541 LOOM sx ccset otros 679,500.... 897,280..... 522,040 Etm.—The demand has been fair and prices good, the stock wintering is light. As we stated in our last year’s circular, this wood is difficult to procure even at the high prices now given for standing timber. 5 Export. Stock. TSQ2 40 eld rkedtoe TOOL 843) eee 637,800! er 181,811 PSMA SAS 4a 488,731.....657,800 .....102,608 AsH.—It is a wood not in much demand, therefore little has been shipped. Large timber of choice and good quality is difficult to procure. Stock wintering is light. Supply. Export. Stock. TOQ2Q! cteyentiepeee siete 198,806..... gf fefetss®) 630.5 . 49,009 LOOT eae emcee LOT,O00.. 4. 1205320 21,357 BiRcH.—The supply of this wood is ina great measure regulated by prices offered; rather a heavy stock winter- ing. As far as we can ascertain the demand is very slack at present. Supply. Export. Stock IOVS mig Ueto aca oon ATE2uO Wee 345,840 ..... 43,503 TOOTegeeaveE eels WABEOEY? 3 5 5 a.0 149)320 heer 135077, STAVES.—Very little business is now done at the port of Quebec in the shipping of staves. Supply. Export. Stock, MPS obigalogoin | cotogassoo PRA At oese 1892 Punchéon .3... ... 002 oe eee PME@ncosn0006 LO. cyteycaeeee 13). d-apetneeeneee 5 1891 iRuncheon’- a4 Cee eee IH REGS na oc I DEALS, P1NrE.—There has been a large business done in this department of our trade during this season. The quantity of deals sawn at or near Quebec is now limited, © the supply being chiefly from the Ottawa and western Canada, and the bulk of the shipments from Montreal by steamers or by sailing ships, shews only a small stock wintering at this port. Supply. Export. Stock. TSO2' cle heer role 979,796....- 861,945 ..... 142,633 LSQWAS error ete 0835280)n ee 70454722 274,782 SPRUCE DEALS.—Opened as in the spring of 1892 rather heavily, but improved towards the fall of the year. The stock is light and from all accounts we be- lieve the production of logs will be on a very moderate scale this winter. The deal business at the Montmor- ency mills has virtually ceased, as the property has been purchased by the Quebec and Levis Electric Light Company, and the large annual cut from this old estab- lishment will be a thing of the past. Supply. Export. Stock. SOQ rresentacle 3,259,391. ...3,6290.783... 579,558 TOOT eeece ctr 2,955,979... .2,280,049.. . 1,199,950 SAWN LUMBER.—Has been in good demand this sea- son and at advanced prices. The American market is active and prices firm. Pine is quoted at $14 to $18 per 1,000 b.m., and spruce at $11 to $14, according to quality, sizes, etc. Freights opened at 19s. for timber, and 5os. for deals; closed at 15s. for timber, and 35s. for deals. MARITIME PROVINCES. We are indebted, as usual, for the very comprehen- sive report of trade in the Maritime Provinces, which follows, to the annual wood trade circular of Mr. J. B. Snowball, of Chatham, N. B. The season of 1892 proved a fair average one for winter operations and procuring logs. The spring was cold and late, with a much less quantity of rain than usual ; consequently, the brook-driving was slow and expensive, which added largely to the cost of logs. The export from Miramichi for the past season was 95,000,000 super. ft., being the largest shipment since 1889. The merchantable stock wintering at this port, however, is only about 7,000 standards, against 11,000 standards at the corresponding date last year, and in saw logs, 3,000 standards, against 2,000 standards the corresponding date last season. The stock wintering in other portions of the province is computed to be not _ FEBRUARY, 1893 BISOD (SYD OVOP NYSP VGE=pap st MA larger than last season’s ; most of the outports having shipped all their production. The export from Nova Scotia, although slightly larger than last season, was only an average one, and appears to be about the full capacity of export from that province. Shippers anticipate an immediate improved demand from the United States and South American markets, and if their expectations in this regard are fulfilled, the trans-Atlantic export from the province will probably show a considerable decline. The winters in this sec- tion of the province appear to be changing rapidly, but operators in the forest are adapting themselves to the changed mode of getting logs. We have not had any snow up to date, Dec. 31, and but little frost. The out-put of logs on the Miramichi, it is estimated, will be 10% short of last season’s, and this, with the small stock wintering, would denote a reduced export ; it is yet early, however, in the season to make any definite predictions as to the out-put of logs, as it de- pends so largely on the character of the winter. The demand for laths and that class of stock has been better in the United States market than for years past, and the prospects for next season are considered good. If this is realized, the manufacture of palings and staves for the European market will be discon- tinued, as the present low prices of those articles in Europe would not justify their continued production. The New Brunswick Crown Land Commissioners completed their labours in March last, when they sub- mitted their report to the Government of the province, which body now has it under consideration. The ex- tent to which the suggestions of the Commissioners will be adopted by the Government and Legislature will, of course, not be known until after the approach- ing session of the latter body, but the general impres- sion isthat they will be substantially approved. The Commissioners emphasize the discouraging condition of the British and Continental wood markets, and the disabilities under which the New Brunswick trade labours by reason of the excessive stumpage-tax im- posed upon its raw material. They, however, antici- pate the diversion of a great proportion of our future business in wood goods to the United States, which will, if realized, render us less dependent upon the trans-Atlantic markets. The recommendations made favour—amongst other things—greater permanency in the tenure of timber land holdings by operators; a law to encourage the improvement of streams for tim- ber-driving purposes; increased precautions for the protection of our forests from fire and the discontinu- ance of the abuse of our liberal free-grant laws, by which many settlers have, in the past, obtained free lands mainly for the purpose of denuding them of their valuable timber, etc. The heavy import duties imposed by France on all woods have seriously interfered with our trade with that country. Those duties are of two classes, designated as with favoured and unfavoured nations, and while the United States, Great Britain and the north of Europe are classed as favoured, Canada is placed under the unfavoured clause, and our trade is consequently al- fost prohibited. The effect of this discrimination against us is shown in the fact that while our shipments to French ports last year were carried in 38 vessels aggregating 25,646 tons, those of this year required only 17 vessels aggregating 10,776 tons. SHIPMENTS FROM MIRAMICHI FOR 12 YEARS. Sup. feet. Sup. feet. Sup. feet. 1881—12%,000,000 1885—%7,000,000 1889—110,000,000 1882—117,000,000 18%6—72,000,000 1890— 88,000,000 1883—149,000,000 1887—68,000,000 1884—108,000,000 1891— 72,000,000 1888—7 3,000,000 1892— 95,000,000 SHIprers rrom Port of MIRAMICHI, SEASON OF 1892. ‘ Sup. ft. deals, . Shippers. No. Tons scantling,ends Palings Vessels, and boards. J. B. Snowball......... 38 28,443 24,730,591 2,223,360 Wa Richards.......... 23 19,699 17,987,498 W. M. ee 22 18,890 17,722,654 29,000 D. and J. Ritchie........ 23 12,625 12,199,258 a 5 Hutchison........... 14 10,169 9,280,654 94,800 _ G. Burchill and Sons..... 6. 7,199 8,081,000 8A ee 6 4,588 4,745,119 American Spool, Bobbin & emetic Co,.......... ah he FS 22 160,749 A 134 103,565 94,907,523 2,347,160 J. B. Snowball: birch, 170 tons; pine 58 tons. American Spool Bobbin and Shuttle Co., 1,093,733 spool wood pieces. DISTRIBUTION OF ABOVE SHIPMENTS. Sup. ft. deals, Country. No. Tons scantling, ends Palings Vessels. and boards. Great Britany ecer 75 61,632 55,494,073 2,257,575 ireland yay-ciery, terete or 45 32,235 31,267,221 89,585 ACE Napsrerscieterererevererarers 7 4,893 4,073,991 dN 19 (Ce Seem eERS OIG ORIN C 3 1,852 1,770,955 S Pale wicroter sian aieyere srerenauehe 2 1,190 931,542 AMIS IMC coascesdoue sods 2 17030) 153005741 Dotalsis:sevcporareuevsyevs 134 103,565 94,907,523 2,347,160 Great Britain: Birch, 170 tons; pine 58 tons; spool wood, 1,093,733 pieces. St. JOHN SHIPMENTS, IST Dec. 1891 To 1st Dec. 1892. Sup. ft. deals, No. Scantling, ends Tons Shippers. Vessels. Tons. and boards, Timber INISS (Gilosdichoooedace 30 41,120 40,625,217 1,608 Wier Minn Kay ema tier 98 96,834 $2,357,857 1,608 CecomMclkcanieeeneeee 34. 25,250 11,759,200 8,642 J. and L. B. Knight..... 2 2,003 1,787,034 TOtal sieeve Riere Recess 164 165,207. 146,529,309 10,250 DISTRIBUTION OF ST. JOHN SHIPMENTS, 1892. Sup. feet deals, Countries and Ports. No. Tons. scantling, ends Birch Vessels. and boards. (tons.) Africa. cai ciieiciet oertossls 440 420,622 IBarrowyiie cae coisisis esl 8 orcs 2 4,208 4,358,540 BrISLOlse series. sree sees 3 4,114 4,076,810 Continent c-rteecier 6 3,591 3,213,902 Hleetwoodie. ca :- +1 = 8 11,749 11,223,941 Garstonerrtaieer\-ireiiets I 115247/23 1,376,772 EVanwichines sacle. sense I 799 734,547 Ireland bayssarven ap ersiats cists 58 37,936 36,575,871 Wiverpools sss = 39 §©=.-55789 = 48, 703,491 9,348 Wondonserrercs syaus ce 7 9,624 2,052,095 354 Many pontiers-)seyersiers -\ai I 324 385,983 Penarth Roads......... 9 9,607 9,646,679 Scotland Pry secrere ee 3 1,903 1,874,157 225 Shanpnesseeri ree hess 5 6,538 6,760,589 WWialesiitieeicisicvets sseveruccess LOM Li. 20-2 15,125,310 323 Motalsh tracert ar 164 165,207 146,529.309 10,250 SHIPMENTS FROM ST. JOHN TO TRANS-ATLANTIC PoRTS AND COUNTRIES FOR THE PAST I5 YEARS. Total sup. ft. Timber (tons) deals, etc. Birch Pine eyfs) Soae 6 ..... 188,168,610 7,989 2,493 17/0) Soc. cnp Oe 153,279,357 11,548 3,237 TO8O% crs Seca: 215,485,000 16,035 2,441 ifstey (Gere a eanenS 210,281,730 55134 1,734 1882} wre apsisvs a ete 201,413,717 7,576 3,332 TO83) of circular saws}; care of saws; cordwood tables: ; felling trees; growth of trees; land measure; wages, rent, board, interest, stave and heading bolts, ete. Standard book throughout the United States and Canada. Get the new illustrated edition of 1882. Ask your book- seller for it. Sent post paid for 35 cents. GEO. W. FISHER, Box 238, Rochester, N.Y. or A. G. MORTIMER, Toronto, Can. J.D. SHIBR MANUFACTURER OF Lumber, Lath & Shingles BRACEBRIDGBE, ONT. 5 Awe ian RAILROAD FROM Port Auron and Detroit Is the Short Line to SAGINAW AND BAY GITY (Centres of the vast lumber interests of Michigan) NT. PLEASANT, CLARE, REED CITY BALDWIN, LUDINGTON, MANISTEE MILWAUKEE AND KANITOKOG, WIS. The last two named are reached by the Company line of Steamships across Lake Michigan. The line thus formed is a short and direct route from NEW YORK MONTREAL BUFFALO TORONTO to ST. PAUL, DULUTH and Pacific Coast points. Write either of the undersigned for Folders, which contain Maps, Train Schedules and a great deal of in- formation of value to those contemplating a trip to any of the above-mentioned points. W. H. BALDWIN, JR., W. F. POTTER, General Manager. Gen’l. Sup’t. A. PATRIARCHE, Traffic Manager. SAGINAW, MICH. The MONARGH BOILER cPaveotes) ANG HERGULES ENGINE GENERAL OFFICES: - Portable from 6 to 70 horse power. Surpass portable steam power heretofore produced for strength, durabil- ity, compactness and the ease with which they can be moved. The 70 horse power can be taken over the roughest roads, or into the forest, and set upas easily and quickly as an ordinary 20 horse power portable engine, and as firm as a brick-set stationary engine. 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Representative Lumber ManlFfacturers and Dealers Railway, Express, or pe Power, Style and Town nearest ae Point NAME BUSINESS Daily Capacity itawn, Gnt...-...... Oss aS aC nae Booth, Ve openiedclcncretcdek et s)- ile te ce Lumber, Wholesale and Retail................. Steam, Circular and Band Mill ottawa, WO0t.......... One ee oe See eee Bronson & Weston Lumber Co..... 2 Sawmills, White and Red Pine, Wholesale....|Water, Gang and Band, 450m Ottawa, Ont.......... Seisri ee fie = coos, «0:0 OTTAWA LUMBERCO......... enmbereeime,popruce »hemlocks Wholesalerinc|rtcicieee ne eee inane eel = ate Ont. ......... SESAME ayant oa wn Peeve Ee AULECntalaVer cts nie ies ~ = iss Saw and Lath Mill, Pine, Wholesale........... Wat., Gang and Band, Saw 400m, Lath 7om Parry Sound, Ont..... ittersonie eee a iicc. Conger Lumber Co...........-.- eumbers wiholesalerand Retails). ccrsieteiet seen tellers iee olsiccietni= sicseleiedeisie «ras sSeocoses Parry Sound, Ont..... Parry Sound.......... Parry Sound LumberCo......... Saw, Shingle and Lath Mills, Pine, Wholesale ..|Water, Gang, Circular, Saw gom, Shingles 7om, Lath 30m Muskoka Mills, Ont...|Penetanguishene...... Muskoka Mill and Lumber Co., Head/W. Pine Lumber, Lath and Bill Stuff, all lengths.}2 Mills, Water, 1 Band, 2 Gangs Office, Arcade, 24 King st. w. , Toronto and 3 Circulars. Alexandria, Ont....... Alexandria ........... McPherson, Schell ei Conisiicniin. GheeseyBoxsbactonya bine ws pruce,Cedanr tesa: eemeectrencrin reels cles rorstteisisierale Almonte, Ont......... PPRUITIONIEE sors cic ¢ 60.0.5 m0 0 Caldwell, A (GASON Maral cio abeh’= ital felcale Sawmill, Pine, Lumber, Hemlock, Hardwoods. .|}Circular, 3m Barrie, Ont Re 27 inttD (aR one eRe Dymont & whl ST Alan, Gang oe Orono Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Cedar, Hardwoods......|Steam, Circular, 4om Barrow Bay, Ont...... 2 ee ee Barrow Bay Lumber Co., Limited . ./Saw, Shingle and Heading Mill, Pine, Cedar Oak, Oak Railway Ties, Paving Blocks ...... Steam, Circular, 16m Blind River, Ont...... Blind River.....;.:....- Blind River LumberCo......... 2 Saw, Sh. and Lath Mls., Pine, Hem., BI. Birch|Stm., Band, Cir., S. 75m, Sh. 60m Bobcaygeon, Ont Fenelon Falls......... |Boyd, Mossom & Co........... inmnbers Winolesaletandaetailes cca ty- pete sieielayael|ericielsicies stehepereisicimeisiorsictsis ote cei crershele Bracebridge, Ont Bracebridge........... DOLLARS JAMES 25065 5 se ss os umpeprsminelestaWiholesalemrer acer ci) eee |ic mre sienetcrmireis lace cinteeislcvatete e eielcee lo ee DELI o- a. a IBYIELOME STOR G) op atis taste cat's 9) Soa a «6 umber holesalejand ketal: i55 scyesis s/o tis tisarca'|lses savelentaiesn oy stave eietontiatvra’s sisjasaieiera ‘sre Waubaushene, Ont....|Waubaushene......... Georgian Bay Consolid. Lumber Co.|Pine only. .............. 0 cee ceee eee cece eeeees Waubaushene mill, stm., 200m; Hd. office arcade 24 King st. w., Toronto Pt. Severn mill, water, 120m Calabogie, Ont........ ROMA pOPIE foo... . Carswell, Thistle & McKay...... Wiumbepmywiholesalevand ovetarll cry ersctewssetrteralrsts | eanreys efoer esoteric eetosctvatenrcleretelsicketerape Callander, Ont........ Callander, G.T.R. ....|John B. Smith & Sons ......... White and Red Pine Lumber, Bill Stuff, Lath Mead Office, otsacnan Ave., Toronto|) “and Shingles... i. /cc.e0 cee cieewivec eee cece Steam, 2 Circular, 80m Collins Inlet, Ont...... |Collins Inlet .......... Collins Inlet LumberCo......... Bamber eine Oak. Ash --Birchy Whol. and: Retsls: ss cicseliel ie -iale eee sicie ei s)el-ieie1e Comber, Ont.......... (20 Te Se ee AMEE cis Ob ESO 0 + © 00.00 0 0s Saw and Stave Mill, Pine, Hardwoods! 20-0... Steam, Circular, 6m Glammis, Ont......... |Pinkerton ............ MA CITIGyTE SIN) Gov Alore racic 2 ele =) =) Saw, Shingle and "Lath Mill, Timber Lands,|Steam, Cir., Saw 14m, Sh. 20m Hemloc k, Pine, Lumber, Hardwoods......... Hamilton, Ont........ Eiamton, Foc os. wo5% BRADLEY, MORRIS & REID CO. ./Lum., Tim. , Pine, Hem., Hwds. ma holtvandiRe gh |Fy-tmteteratcencrs sietevetatersYate cia svarsiereterete Huntsville, Ont........|Huntsville............ Heath, Tait and Turnbull....... Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hardwoods...|Steam, Circular, 25m Hamilton, Ont. . ..-|Huntsville and Katrine Keewatin, Ont........ iicewatin. /..5205...52 Keewatin, Ont........ A Lakefield, Ont....... iEekeield’ 2555.5 22...- Little Current, Ont... .|S Little Current, Ont. . London, Ont.......... Ja Longford Mills, Ont...|Longford............. Mount Forest, Ont....|Mount Forest... Norman, Ont.......... NWorntan?:53......-... Norman, Ont.......... CO Se Louise, pees... Elmwood, G.T.R...... Toronto, Ont........ -y) Toronto, Ont.......... POMEIEOST Sam soo «5c Toronto, Ont.......... PROSONIO SF ois soy. Toronto, Ont.......... BEMIS fc et» Toronto, Ont.......... PUENTE soit. is ciniaie Toronto, Ont.......... UOT eistorsip a cin ales 2° Wiarton, Ont.......... Waartones so. .6s. sss Buckingham, Que..... Buckingham.......... J Sa foronto....... Baer, Cookshire, Que........ \Cookshire............. Montreal, Que........|Montreal........ Montreal, eee MEMS AL Se ccoe foe aes o> Montreai, Que........ |Montreal.. ‘ Moodyville, B.C....... New Westminster. New Westminster, B.C. |New Westminster. Canterbury, N.B...... \Canterbury Stn. Bridgewater, N.S.. . | Bridgewater . .|Greensides, W.S \DeLaplante & Bowden......... _|Dufresse, O. Jr. & Frere DAVIDSON, E.D. & SONS... . . .|5 Thomson, Robert & Co. ........ AW mill, Pine, Spruce, Hardw Soden EE Dick, Banning oC. pi olid oo ered Saw mill, Pine, Hardwoods, Wholesale.......... Keewatin Lumber & Mfg. Co..... Saw, Lath, Sh. and Pl. Mill, Moving Posts, Pine Lakefield Lumber Mfg. Co. ...... Lumber, Wholesale and Retail................. Soulin, Lie CONS) (on AiSio tio IS OrCNIOne Sawmill, Pine, Ash, Birch, Oak................ Howry, J. W. MI SOnSt een ss Lumber, Wholesale and Retail................. nyilin TEs oly od. combo Doe Exp. and dlr. in Am. Hwds, made to specification Longford Lumber Co........... Saw and Plan. Mill, Hemlock, Hardwds., Whol.|S Cookshire Mill Co. Roberts, Joseph & Fils James Morrison & Son Cherry, White Ash, Hardwoods, Wholesale. .... Pine and Hardwood Lumber, Whol. and Retail. Saw, Shingle, Planing, Stave and Heading Mill. Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hdwds., Whol. Saw and Planing Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds, Int. Fin, Spruce, Hardwoods, Wholesale...... 4 Sawmills, Oak, Ash, Elm, Pine, Hem., Dim... Sawmills, P. Fin, Spruce, Cedar, Hardwoods... Saw and Planing Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds, Fir, Cedar, Spruce, Hardwoods Ste OUD eon Saw mill, Pine, PEAY GW OO Ss. pi ctnttempritelsiwis seis nies « 5 Saw, Shgle. ‘and Lath Mills, Pine, Spr., Hwds. Steam, Circular, 4m Steam, Circular Water, Band and Circular, room |} Cameron & Kennedy........... Saw and Plan. Mill, Tim. Lands and Logs, Pine|Steam, Circular, 4om Minnesota & Ontario Lumber Co. . .|Lumber, Wholesale and Retail.........0- 0, .0ccfecseceesc cesses ccseueeusereues esa TBOUIMC SOs so chelates sis. Hardwoods, Shingles, Lath, Handles........... Steam, Circular, 20m Campben SA He &iC0s 2 oe) te = ei Lumber, NVIHGIE SAI ASE EMC NSO eel oN slit 4 Ns eee Lo ye Ree OSI ATL hol iot ol ciis|.«) siefiellel offele Rim beraW iol esaleyeretasste cts ccc s asreicstete learns, ai[ se sa ale av dyeverete sleruaneiays a wianaverciais Hers sDonogh MOliver fj ..5. erent ss Mumibert, Wholesales’ je-.5 e1cais-. AUR es , TAURI ve and Baan 39 00 40 00 eee aaee o wichorets 18 co 19 00 » January 32; 1893.0 | jetty o LES aes e eet) eyed 0 VO ee os re ees oe AN eet eter 47 00 0. 3, 10 and 12 in. 14 00 16 00 CAR OR CARGO LOTS. Sree according to size and quality . 5 Ly 2 Cate up, No. 1, rin. 29 00 3000] 6and8in.......... iS) 50 15 50 Fer-4 INAcutup and betters ccascus tee ceacelemsmescthesiecis 33 00 3600 SanenEee Ottis = = A N@) DB iMosooscose 34 00 35 00 | Common, rin........ 16 00 18 60 1x10 and x2 dressing and better.........2..0.2-+0+00ceeeees 20 00 22 00 No. 2, 1 Monsasace 19 00 20 00 1% and1¥in...... 18 90 20 00 SS ET Le Lol | eat ieee ee gener ne ee LE SON wee! EE 15 00 16 00 Merchantable Pipe, according to qual. and sp'cfct’n—nominal . $330 $350 No. 2, 14% tozin.. 25 00 27 00 2 AD waist eicie see 20 00 22 00 Re rid kai COMIITLOD: ee ea ee eee 13 00 W.O. Puncheon, Merchantable, according to quality . go 100 No. 3, 14% tozin... 18 00 19 00 BETO: AUG x2 SPLUCe.CUllS. yates Saineteieiniee misteieiteleistersieteveleciels I0 00 II 00 DEALS. 3 BOX. ee aus Re Se yeaa ofaye lo eho iol es svavePorcteerciche eererenes On 2 a Bee arco to ail specification, $rx5 £01 $129 for x8t, $78ito $82 for IXIO aud ee Ne 3 ats: Bea BCGaOGOR 050: a oo ee He PLE Sep et ooo sbaer otesneockan cb eeeeto oe and, and $37 to $42 for 3rd qualit 508 WMagngosecooocess x inch dressing and better..-...- ++. ...+-sesee sees eee eee 22) GD)" Be CY Bright spruce, according to mill erineation, $40 to $43 ae 1st, $27 to $28 aoe JOUS) 31150) 272 38 eae 15 Co x inch siding at Sree ae on OE 14 00 15 00 for andiSasitoloasiforiardeeindisxoltolgan onde 1x13 and wider...... T6100) 187 OO) || 20 erates etree I5 00 18 00 r inch siding GUT Noaponooanees bono sopodbodGacaneapoabe II 00 12 00 3 > 3 TED DRS OMEN GEE NS 3 SHINGLES. 1 inch siding shipycullsss. 08 .cjceoe ech aetiee eer eres I0 00 II 00 SSS 18 in. XXX, clear... 375 4 00|16in., *A extra...... 250 260 eneedne ol GUISE 2 So cettrettesccisee te Meee one ee e ge g 20 BOSTON, MASS. 18 in. XX, 6 in. clear. 2 75 1/38 in. clear butts..... 2 10 end thicker GUAGE WIN PDEs noc accecaccoonSonseanee 24 00 2600 EASTERN PINE—CARGO OR CAR LOAD. IWO> tp Ais pen oncdane 240 250 | No.1, 3)ftas5 eee I 10 1 inch strips 4 in. to 8 in. millrun.........-............--- I5 00 16 00 Nos. 1 2 and 3.....-. $40 00@43 00 | Clapboards, 4ft.,sap No. 2, 4 ft........... 195 1 inch StDs, COMMON. «w/e fe ow cee ee eee eee ne eens I2 00 13 00 é Sete e cect ees eens 28 00 a SS s clear A 0 ‘ SOOO 48 00 50 00 I 1-4 inc ooring ~Jocondodoaucocaodoodd ob coOboaUeoesDbdaO £5 00 16 CO _ 5 vers ceeeareecvene 23 00 20 00 ap, and clear..... oo 1 1-2 inch flooring NCR ee tire re nO Ft Pn Ss PRE eva AY = 00 16 00 Ship's bds and coarse 16 00 16 50 Heart extrac. .<.)- 52 00 Be 00 ALBANY, N.Y. excxeshinglesorr Ov inh we se she cee teciseceencelao roe 2 40 IRGMESgaoncsrassosc0 I2 00 13 50 leanticleatrrierai 49 00 50 00 E PINE. XX shingles Poh ol Na ae MeO COn een OEE cane o aaa I 40 West’rn pine clapbds Bevel siding 6in. clear 23 00- 24 00 2¥ in. and up, good........ $55 $60 | ro-in. common............. $15 $16 1be Cre Ss Rol ig One e BES enon OU Reet Sonne mubnoe dine aenee 215 4 ft. sapextra.... 53 00 Ounchsy., scree e eee ters 55 | 12-in. dressing and better... 28 34 [EECINS 1h (Ora empeS peooe cee cmeeide catroed Goto a amaaaG ares r80 x 85 WESTERN PINE—BY CAR LOAD. _ (AECTSasccscdssosesoeade 50) || (Commoniee eee aae 15 17 YARD QUOTATIONS. (Wippers; mca nerterck $50 00@55 00 | Fine com., 3 and 4 in 42 00 46 00 IBERWES soobodoose00000 45 | 114-in. siding, selected, 13 ft. 40 45 Mill cull boards and scantling$10 00 F. M. 14%, 1% and 2 in.. 52 00 55 00 No. 2,1 ee Finecom. 28 00 30 00 14% to 2-In. good ...........- S2e55 Common). -- cee I5 17 Shipping cull boards, promis- r 1-2in. flooring, dres’d 26 00 30 00 gand qin.......... 60 00 65 00 ry, "1% and 2in... 29 00 31 00 ROMANS A po cqadoldda cos 47. 50 | 1-in. siding, selected........ 38 42 SSE to 13 00 rr «< rough 78 60 22 60 Selects, Tn cee 45 00 48 0o0| No. 1 strips, 4 to 6 a 43 00 44 00 SISTS oo docaooops0nncnde 42 45 Common ...... iS U7 stocks . 16 00 & ee dres’d 25 00 28 00 1%, 1% and 2 in.. 45 oc 48 00 INO: eso eee 36 00 37 00 Picking sancti tee siento 37 40 | Norway, clear. 22 25 Scantling and joist, up to 16 ft 14 00| 11-4 in. flooring, un- geil A Wmosedadode 56 00 59 00 INOS eee 28 00 30 00 POH Fae b modo nadhoosasoane 52 55. Dressing): «:.i.2.2+8 ee eee 16 18 18 ft 15 00 dressed, B.M. . . 16 00 18 00 Moulding boards, 7 to Cut ups, 1 to 2 in.... 24 00 32 00 ourths ews cee tee 47. 50 Common ines eeeeee Fe a <4 oS “ 20 ft 16 00 | r1- qin. flooring, dres’d 18 00 20 00 764 Sins GEE o000 36 co 38 00 | Coffin boards........ I9 00 22 00 Selects ...............5:. 42 45 | ro-in. plank, 13 ft., dressing 2 c. og oO “22 ft 17 00 undres’d 12 00 15 00 60 per cent. clear... 34 00 36 00 | Common allwidths... 22 00 26 00 Dickings Sree een. )- se 37. 40 and better, each veces 55 & « “54 ft 19 00| Beaded sheeting, dres- Fine common, rin.... 41 00 44 00 | Shipping culls,r in... 15 00 15 50 Cutting ips eerotelerereteloets 22 27 | 1o-in. plank, 13-ft. culls, each Ee 25 fe ff «26 ft 20 00 lng 6 5 6 20 00 35 00 14%, 1% and 2in... 41 00 45 00 do 1% in. 15 50 16 50 Bracket plank ............. 30 35 | 1o-in. boards, 13 ft., dressing oo se « 28 ft 22 00 Giaaherdn, areca I2 00 SPRUCE—BY CARGO. Shelving boards, 12-in. up.. 28 32 and better, each.......... 28 32 “ « 30 ft 24 00 | XXX sawn shingles Scantling and plank, Coarse, rough........ 12 00@14 00 Dressing boards, narrow.... 18 22] 1o-in. boards, 13-ft. culls.... 17 21 ne ss <<" 32ft 27 00 per ML, Siete a 260 270 random cargoes.. 14 00@15 oo Hemlock bds., rough. 12 00 13 00 ‘ LATH. C . O. MBO cena Miacasoc Skok en I 25 Sr. Joun, January 31, 1893. zin NG; I eulls gololdioa 14 00 15 00] 114 in Ne 2 cus e I2 00 13 00 1B in. qin. c. b.......2..-.0. I 00 DEALS, BOARDS, SCANTLINGS, ETC. TAInwNO 2ucullSpyyenters 12 00 13 00}1 in. No3culls...... IO 00 II 00 LATH Sprice deals... 1 eee im GO || SORES boards mites oe GIA INGE Lath, No 1, white pine....... 2 25 | Lath, No. 2, “w. pine, Norway 1 65 Pinko oes ieyeies cc Neaes oa ee TE OO!| Eine meee 12 00 40 00 TZ2eANGroMfee taint larctumerylere a etetstate relies keieieteeteltetietelemeiiete tate 20 00 23 00 a ae (Deal GiGbecracagraccencstor 6 oo | Oak Cee ae Oe 40 00 12 and 16 feet, No. 1 and 2 barneboardsteeceree ee een 18 00 19 00 NEW YORK CITY. oe Scantling po--cerreeeerecrere 10 00 eae aes I5 00 25 00 af and 26 feet, dressineyand better... 2... 2... eeee eee eee ze G0 30 00 Cn WHITE PINE—WESTERN GRADES. peas ee aaa 750 , No. Er oie Cosa ian sepia gan 2° 3.00 14 00 Uppers, z Ap aes $44 00@45 00 Coffin boards pees 20 00 22 00 Spruce; extralas-ecsaeeee. $3 So| Spruce No. 1 I 25 12 and 13 feet, mill run, mill cullsout...................... IQ 00 21 00 th ka and 210 io) 4e)0e uh ee Bon in Atieenis fe $37 over 2S SS clear: .azciepiciz deine AuGonlePine seca eee coe eee 12 and 13 feet, dressing and’ better........--...-.....e0e0e 25 00 27 00 iS ; a 42 deere tle D2 ek Begin Ccil’ ae Seay, S Rio N aber pmaINO er nextra sre eee 22s 1x10, 14 to 16 barn boards 17 00 CUSaSs, All wid 2 WGIEC 40)'00. “41 (CO) Cer) DASE. AE Noe ae CEOS ra audiza\fectsiNowxcullss: eames t in., a wae Sho coo 4I 00 43 00 Ne. 2 a isicwaeee eas 35 00 37 fore) PIN EXEXA steelers aeolian $35 00 ||Sprucey extra)... 2... cms. 24 00 12 and 13 feet, No. 2 culls I3 00 14 00 rAd 4 aS Pans ee 43 Oo age aa he SN Gee ze pote DNs 10" (a AAS ane oponenceae 45 00 SS” clearssehactonlslssesals 23 00 r4toxo)feet,pmillixtin) mi llcullsiontee eyestrain 20 00 22 00 Fi Pe es EE see pep ree) GS clving, OS steal BO ese So pnd clears sna or pent. 35 00 “« INotintn ee: ne 6D) TA toro feetsdressing/and better eee Eee eneneen 25 00 27 00 Dae SUDO, Bay HO 2D 3) eS pqrueuearer ore ogo . o) a 5 7] 1%, 1% and2in.... 38 00 40 00 Molding, INO; ere 36 00 37 00 Noo eee i) OD TACO TOMteets Nion x CUlls merrierieiacteiilacieeraemenenneen 16 00 17 00 d 6 8 6 FLOORING, DRESSED. T4to 16 feet, Noi2\cullsekemaceecenceececteetten etree 13 00 14 00 ce SNe POI Nae “46 oo teat B yi ia ae? Tea oe Sane (wake Onin N Ondo ua cctcy e teeton ($2 Call Zits INOb Gheaonaeosesoocuuce HO) 13f6) Toto raifeet, Nowa cullssay.nen sme errr reer eee I0 00 II oO Nove py eae OSE 2 Se = eS No. a Erie sities 28 = eo SEEN OSD Va or- tsicre 402 We GUARANTEE SATISEAGTION OR NO SALE THE GANADIAN FOLLOW BLAST GRATE GO, ESSEX, ONT. A. ALLAN, President J. 0. GRAVEL, Secretary-Treasurer J. J. McGILL, Manager F. SCHOLES, Managing Director Ganadlan RUDDEP GOMpany Capital, $2,000,000.00 Of MONTREAL, TORONTO and WINNIPEG FPSO EIT ANS IO OCNSVI =, FORSYTH — Sbamléss Rubber Belting ObaMl6ss TDG HOSE ; ; ; ——__ “=F These Patents we control for Canada HEAD OFFICES AND FACTORY: MONTREAL SUPBIRIORS © Ade iy, ROBBER GOODS for Mechanical Purposes Western Branch: Corner YoncE AND Front STREETS TORONTO Jo He WALKER, 2229 Winter THIS IS 993-:: WHR = WE DO FOR Ga OWS SMOCIK Ole NEW AND SEOOND-rAND MAOHINERY FOR SAW AND PLANING MILLS IS” BOTH LARGE ANDI WeNR ED: blah M B F RM F N who contemplate making changes or additions to their plant before next cutting season should communicate with H. W. PETRIRE, Tororre, own. Sie ie i | FEBRUARY, 1893 serene AAD Ae OMEeERMAM . E HAVE WASTED OUR GRAND NLESS THE BAND E ARE WASTING HERITAGE SUPPLANTS E WILL WASTE... OF PINE... THE CIRCULAR.. A 14-GAUGE BAND SAW SAVES OUT OF AN 8-GAUGE CIRCULAR’S SAWDUST PILE 5 ONE-INCH BOARDS ON EVER ole GW ie ir ar he ee You'll Regret if You start next season Without a BAND MILL EVERY YEAR’S STOCK YOU WASTE REDUCES THE PROFIT FROM YOUR TIMBER LIMIT BOUGHT AT SUCH A HIGH PRICE THE CHANGE TO THE +N BAND IS INEVITABLE Make it NOW Tal ORDER YOUR MILL EARLY BEFORE THE RUSH AND AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT HAVING DECIDED TO CHANGE, INVESTIGATE THE MERITS OF OUR BAND MiLL AE NUDa yn sis no In Quantity and Quality of Cut Rigidity and Steadiness under Motion True Wheels _—_ Sensitive Tension Fast Feed No Breakage of Saws Fewer Detentions for Adjustment or Repairs Nor in our Filing-room Tools SEND FOR NEW BAND MILL CIRCULAR AND 5\30 BOOKLET WATEROUS Exxziz , Canada. |. 18 THE CANADA LUMBERMAMN FEBRUARY, 1893 ILLUSTRATED MA P-UGL oh NN H W.PETRIE> 9 IS” TO RONTO,-CANADADS rece NEW 8.2% qiggies= ERY “Burp to-payY THEN, -STRONG «ND SURE, SG > HTHY LO, oes aavertisertect apa wf cr the : Atty CONTRACT~ TECORR, 4 Toronto | > will brings you aes es tenders from The The Rathbun Go. ——— Are open to Purchase—— Oak, Arsh, Birch basswood Our New and Good Pine Lumber Saw-dust Grate-bar | Gedar and Pine Shingles 1892 MODEL DOTY Engine Works Co. 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OFFICE 61863 FRONT STW. TORONTO. x pOPLORIE? AT PARKDALE, ONT. WRITE. FOR Discounts. hse _—— Automatic Arc Dynamos and Lamps QUR tecord for the past ten years as J Electrical Manufacturers guaran- Direct Current Incandescent Dynamos tees purchasers satisfaction. P Ask our customers about cost of re- Alternating Current Incandescent Dynamos pairs on Ball apparatus, which for | Transformers of High Efficiency EFFICIENCY, ECONOMY | : . : SIMPLICITY and SAFETY Electric Motors All Electric Supplies aie sapevetted: | —. tt BALL ELECTRIG Lint G0., LUD. Book of Testimonials 70 Pearl Street, TORONTO, ONT. | B. R. BUPNS SaW 60. » E TORONTO Bian | TOFONLO ZW WORKS AT..... Grains By ei is HE TORONTO BLA THIN ip We Ly SILVER oe ‘ ‘ y) SILVER STEEL all lg WeZOlL- ae MARK K PRB Saco ron0tT™ x Pie TELEPHONE | KINDS OF Cian See TO ON Wy J P Wh Circular) ' ny | (\i TAPER TOOTH mets ~ LONG Saws LANCE TOOTH THH CANADA LUMBERMAN .. FEBRUARY, 1893, ‘ie -PRESOG “BAND Srv Mill The le Prescott M Band Saw Mall in different sizes. Oirawa, Gane July 5th, 1892. IS A. == Putt! Dear Sirs: It may interest you to know that on June 30th last, in eleven hours, the Band Mill—driven entirely by water—which we got from you, sawed 4.047 feet 1-inch GS VOM: Ms 2> oie ee Wee = te B5O38 ur 8 106,619 feet. Yours truly, PEREEY. & PAT IEE: SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE TO The Wm. ramilion Manuiacturind 60., Ltd. PETERBOROUGA, ONT. Branch OQrrice: > WeAaNe eevee eae. BAND SAN-WIL CARRIAGES HAVING per Automatic GarviaGe Offsets ‘Prescott’s «| Direct-acting Steam Feeds COVEL'S SAW TOOLS [FOR FILING ROOM Cy To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This is to certify that the Wm. Hamilton Manufacturing Company, Limited, of Peterbor- ; ough, Ontario, have been licensed to manufac- ture and sell throughout the Dominion of Canada, the Band Saw Mill known and called the “Prescott Patent Mill Carriage known as the “ Pres- cott Patent Offsetting Mechanism,” and by virtue of said license the said Wm. Hamilton Manufacturing Company possess the exclusive right to build and sell said ma- chines for Canada, the plans for said machines being furnished or approved by the undersigned. (Signed) D. CLINT PRESCOTT [copy] P atentee Band Mill,” also the device for Saw. = . “ a eas Nh i -T#E CANADA LUMBERMA \ VotumMeE XIV. NuMBER 3. TORONTO, ONT., MARGH, 1893 f Terms, $1.00 Per YEAR | SincLe Cories, 10 CENTS SYMPOSIUM ON THE LOG DUTY. SHALL LOGS BE FREE ? ~ h- FIRST PAPER. . See reference made by the Finance Minister in his budget speech as to the export duty on sawlogs has caused a feeling of great uneasiness among the lum- bering community ; not so much from a fear of anything . being done in the matter as from the tone of uncertainty which it gives to the security of the lumberman’s prop- erty. It is only right that a clear statement should be made giving the views of the majority of the men who have very large interests at stake in this business. Sometime ago a Toronto daily paper sent a representative up to the Georgian Bay to interview mill owners and others and ascertain their views on the question of the re-impo- sition of the log export duty. Many of the large manu- facturers were not seen at all and the men who did ex- press their views on the question were for the most part small mill owners who had worked out their timber, and who were anxious for the re-imposition of the log export duty in order that they might be able to acquire logs at alow figure. But these very same men would be the first to want the export duty taken off after they had acquired standing timber, in order that they might have the largest possible market for their timber, whether in the form of sawlogs or lumber. Apparently there is now an impression abroad that the manufacturers of the Georgian Bay are anxious to have the duty on sawlogs re-imposed, and that those on the Ottawa valley alone are opposed to its re-imposition. This is far from the facts. Lumbermen all over Canada are opposed strongly to the export duty being again levied, or to any talk of it, with the exception of those who have no limits and who can therefore hardly be called lumbermen. If the export duty on sawlogs sent to the United States were re-imposed, the import duty on lumber shipped thither, now $1 per M. feet, would by the pro- visions of the McKinley Act be at once doubled, or raised to $2 per M. feet, and as the price paid for Cana- dian lumber is governed by the United States market, Canadian lumber would be worth $1 per M. less, entail- ing a loss of over a million of dollars annually, in the shape of additional duty, paid into the United States treasury. This state of things could not last, and the result would be that many lumbermen now working their limits would be forced to discontinue doing so, thus throwing a large number of men out of work and depriving the settlers in the back country of the only market open to them for the produce of their farms. In an article in the LUMBERMAN of last month Mr. Little stated that the American buyer paid the import duty on lumber collected by the United States, when he purchased Canadian lumber. This is hardly borne out by the facts. Mill culls, for instance, which are to a large extent what might be termed a standard article, are to-day selling in Bay City at $7 per M., and on the Georgian Bay they only fetch $6, while the freight rates to the eastern markets are the same. If Mr. Little’s theory were correct the Canadian man- ufacturer should get the same price for his lumber as the American now does, but as the American buyer re- marks: “Mill culls from Bay City cost me $9 in Buffalo. I will buy Canadian mill culls if I can get them at the same cost, viz., $6 at the mills, to which add freight $2, and duty $1, bringing it up to $9 at Buffalo. This ap- plies in exactly the same way to all other grades of ~ lumber.” How badly the American lumberman must have our lumber, and have it now, can be judged from the fact that last year the States of Michigan and Wisconsin alone produced about 9,000,000,000 feet of pine lumber, and that the total export of forest products of all kinds for the whole of Canada does not exceed 2,000,000,000, about one-half of which went to the United States. The Canadian pine is such a mere fraction in the American market that it is a matter of small importance whether it goes there or not, and it cannot possibly affect the price of lumber on that market. After limits are once sold by the Crown the quicker they are worked the better for the country, because when work commences fire almost invariably follows and destroys much good timber, causing severe loss to the country by loss of dues, as well as to the lumber- man in the destruction of his timber. Many experts state that there has been more timber burnt on the north shore of Lake Huron than has been cut. There is no doubt that those United States mill owners who have come to this country and invested their money in good faith would be much incensed and undoubtedly obtain legislation at Washington to add the export duty on logs to the import duty on lumber, thus paralyzing the whole lumber business of the Do-. minion. On the other hand, everything now points to a strong probability on the part of the United States taking off the present import duty on lumber, and as soon as that is done almost all Canadian logs will undoubtedly be manufactured in Canada, as on the same basis it will be cheaper to manufacture here (in Canada) than to tow to the other side. The loss of the sawing of logs is not so severe as some people appear to think. On an average it costs $6 to take logs from the stump to the water when they are ready for sawing or towing. Add to this $3 for tim- ber and dues and the total is $9, the approximate cost of average logs on the Georgian Bay. It will cost from $2 to $2.50 to saw, pile and load this lumber, which is the only portion of the operation lost to Can- ada, by towing the logs out of the country instead of sawing them, or less than one fourth of the expense of the operation. As a matter of fact the only place that has been ap- parently hurt by taking off the export duty is Midland, but all of Midland’s trouble is not directly traceable to the removal of the export duty. The mill of the On- ario Lumber Company has been closed down because they find it more convenient to manufacture their stock at the French river than to tow it down the Georgian Bay to Midland. Peters & Cain have stopped sawing. Another firm has not cut any stock this year, as they found it more profitable to sell their logs and get paid in cash for them than to saw them and sell their lumber on time. Thé mill belonging to the Saginaw Salt & Lumber Company has been closed, and they towed their logs over to Saginaw and manufactured them there, but this is the only mill of the lot that has stopped sawing owing to the export duty being taken off logs, and it is more than doubtful whether the re-impo- sition of the duty would induce the owners to again run this mill where it now is. There is also one mill shut down at Parry Sound owing to its owners having sold their timber. As against this it is to be noted that one of the largest purchases of pine recently made, was that by Merrill, Ring and Co., of a large property on the Magnetawan River. This concern has increased the capacity of this mill and is sawing all its timber on this side, and they are of opinion that many other American purchasers will soon do likewise. This firm has also within the past month purchased another mill on the Magnetawan River in order to increase their sawing capacity, and probably with an eye to the import duty being removed in a very short time by the United States. The fishermen of the Georgian Bay are complaining that the bark of the logs is destroying the fish. inclined to doubt this, but if it is true the difficulty would not be got over unless limit holders were also pro- hibited from towing logs from the north to the south end of the bay, which, while it might prevent bark from get- ting into the lake, would not suit Penetanguishene, Mid- land, Victoria Harbor and Waubaushene, all of which draw their stocks from the north. We are The re-imposition of the log export duty by Canada would undoubtedly result in retaliatory measures by the United States, in addition to doubling the duty on Jum- ber, and the whole of the large mills on the Georgian Bay, which are entirely dependent on the United States for their market, would simply have to shut down, as there is only a small margin in manufacturing lumber to-day, and an additional import duty on lumber would turn this into a loss. In fact there is at present a bill before the United States Congress, introduced by Con- gressinan Weedock, of Michigan, providing that the import duty be increased on lumber imported from any foreign country which collects an export duty on sawlogs by the amount .of such export duty. There appears to be every probability of this bill becoming law, and in that event it 1s easy to see what the result would be to the Canadian lumber business. If Canada imposes an export duty on sawlogs, ipso facto, under the McKinley Bill the import duty is $2 per M ; if that export duty on sawlogs is $2 per M., under the Weedock Bill the im- port duty on lumber would be $4 per M., which could have no other result than to close all the mills in Canada manufacturing for the American market. If the raw material of lumber is to be taxed so as to prevent its export from the country, why should other products not also be taxed on the same principle? For years large quantities of square and waney timber have been shipped to England, to be there sawn into boards and planks, but it has never been suggested to put an ex- port duty on this class of timber to force its being man- ufactured here. Why not place an export duty on wheat sufficient to force its being ground in Canada, and thus give large employment to flour mills, barrel factor- ies and the weaving of seamless cotton bags? The reason is simply that it would bring down the value of wheat and make it unprofitable for the farmers to grow it, and the case of lumber is exactly similar. The imposition of an export duty would shut off the only market for at least seventy-five per cent. of all the lumber manufactured on the Georgian Bay and a very large proportion of that sawed on the Ottawa, or in other words close half the mills of the country and throw thousands out of employment. To produce the lumber now exported to the United States an expenditure of $6,000,000 has to be made each winter in wages and supplies, a large amount of which goes to enrich the country stores and farmers in the lumbering districts. Any stoppage of the operations would bear heavily on the storekeeper, the farmer andthe shantyman. The former could not sell their goods and farm produce, whilst the latter could find no work during the long winter months. The fact of the matter is that at present the lumber business is in a good condition, and all it asks is to be left alone and not be interfered with, and while it may seem a loss to allow these logs to go out of the coun- try unmanufactured, if the matter is left to itself there is every indication that the difficulty will be solved sat- isfactorily to everyone by the United States Govern- ment removing the import duty on lumber. As soon as this is done the logs will be manufactured in Canada. With regard to the contention that the Canadian shipping business is being ruined by the logs being 4 3 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN ‘ exported from the country instead of being sawed and then shipped out, the cost of towing logs across the lake is $1.25, and the freight on lumber varies from $1.25 to $2.00. The Canadian boat competes with the American boat for the carrying of the lumber and the towing of the logs, both being open to boats of either nationality, and the only possible loss being the differ- ence between the freight bill and the tow bill. If, on the other hand, the Canadian Government 1m- poses an export duty on logs, the import duty on lumber to the United States rises proportionately, and the tim- ber would be left standing in the woods, as it could not be exported in the shape of either logs or lumber, but the whole lumber business, the most important manu- facture of the country, is completely paralyzed, and the forests stand idle for years a prey to the fiend—a forest fire—which has already destroyed so much valuable property. A. SECOND PAPER. HIS is not the trifling matter many suppose it to be of allowing a few sawlogs to be exported free of duty to Michigan for the use of the people of that State, now that the Jumbermen have about gleaned it of pine timber; it is whether the Government of Canada is to any longer continue to give a bonus equal to $2 per M. to American millmen to encourage them to transfer the manufacture, shipping, etc., of our forest products from Canada to the United States. A trade which, while the export duty on sawlogs was the same as the American import duties on our sawn lumber, amounted to a mere interchange of about a like quantity of sawlogs, has now, under the special advan- tages granted Americans, become of vast and, in its evil effects, alarming proportions. While the exact amount is not yet known, it is reported that nearly 200,000,000 feet of Canadian pine sawlogs were towed over from the Georgian Bay and Lake Huron districts to stock Michigan sawmills last year, an amount equal to double the whole exports of sawn lumber from Quebec to the United States; and it is now computed that the saw- logs to be exported free of export duty this year will amount to fully 400,000,000 feet, or about as much as the entire cut of deals and lumber manufactured by the mills in the Ottawa district last year, and four times the whole exports of all kinds of sawn lumber from Quebec to the United States, every foot of this vast amount to go out of our country to the United States free of any duty whatever, while every foot of our sawn lumber must pay a duty when entering that country. Well may our American friends boast that “they will make the waters of the lakes smooth towing over Canadian saw- logs to stock Michigan sawmills.” That we of Quebec must rely for the future more upon the spruce industry than the pine is evident from the growing scarcity of pine timber, and it consequently behooves us to see that this industry is not needlessly sacrificed. The Crown Lands reports show us that whereas the proportion of spruce to pine taken from Government lands twenty years ago was little over ten per cent., and ten years ago about twenty-five per cent., it is now about forty per cent., which percentage must of necessity increase from year to year as pine timber becomes more difficult to obtain; and as our pine tim- ber is chiefly shipped in the form of timber and deals to the English market, where it has no competitive wood of like value and is little affected by the American lum- ber duties, the spruce of Quebec has not only to com- pete in the English and other foreign markets with similar wood from the North of Europe, but also in the the United States markets with the lower qualities of pine lumber manufactured in Michigan from Canadian sawlogs which by this vicious policy are allowed to be exported to the United States free of duty and there manufactured into lumber at a bonus to the Americans of $2 per M. so long as the logs go free and the Amer- icans exact a duty of this amount on our spruce lumber. It is this condition which in a measure accounts for the difference between the prices obtained by the province of Quebec for spruce limits and the province of Ontario for pine limits at the recent sales of timber limits. The Americans have now no interest in making Can- adian lumber free, for in getting the logs free they not only get free lumber but also the manufacture and ship- ping in their own country, and one can readily conject- ure what effect this must have on the lumber industry of Quebec if the Americans can supply themselves, which they appear determined to do, and will no doubt con- tinue to do, so long as we are senseless enough to per- mit them, with pine sawlogs free of all duty on either side of the line they will not care to purchase much of our spruce lumber on which they would have to pay $2 per M. duty when entering their country, unless at a price so low as to be ruinous to our manufacturers. It is no satisfactory answer to the foregoing to say that the American government, having now reduced the import duty on pine lumber from $2 to $1 per M., and that if we re-impose the export duty on sawlogs the rate of $2 becomes restored to pine lumber imports ; for he American government did not reduce the import duties on pine lumber on our account, nor on account of our removal of the export duty on sawlogs, which might be inferred from the statements made on the floor of Parliament by a gentleman engaged in the business of exporting Canadian sawlogs to the United States, but the duties on pine lumber were reduced at the almost universal demand of the people of the United States for absolutely free lumber; and the restoration of the export duty on sawlogs (which every candid American, even many of those who are engaged in towing over Cana- dian sawlogs to their mills in the United States, admits to be only fair under the circumstances), by increasing the price they would then have to pay for pine lumber, would at once result in an imperative demand by the people of the United States to accept our lumber free in exchange for free logs. The twaddle reiterated by those interested in getting our logs free of export duty, and who unfortunately for us are also interested in keep- ing the American import duties on pine lumber as high as possible, about the Americans retaliating by further increasing the import duties on pine lumber, which they must now have from us in increasing quantities owing to the decreasing supplies in their own country, or that it would irritate them or any one except those who are “robbing” us of our timber, is simply nonsense. Nor does Canada stand to lose anything by the re-im- position of the export duties, as some are so urgently insisting it would by at once restoring the import duty on pine lumber to $2 per M., the same as that exacted on our spruce lumber; for the altered conditions, instead of reducing the price of pine Imber here, as many ignor- antly imagine it would do, would have just the contrary effect of increasing the value of our pine lumber about $1 per M. feet ; for, if the Americans have to pay $2 per M. export duty on the sawlogs they must of necessity increase their prices on the lumber made from these logs to this amount, or what would have about the same effect, cease to manufacture, which would at once in- crease the price by lessening the production. But, whatever may be the resulting effects, the present policy of our Government on this subject being, in so far as Canadian interests are concerned, destructive to our forests—destructive to our manufacturing—destruct- ive to our shipping—destructive to our labor, ruinous and unpatriotic in every aspect, must at once be com- pletely changed if our country is to derive any substan- tial benefit from our forest resources. In asking this we are only asking even-handed justice. If the Americans admit our spruce and other lumber free, they can then have our logs free, but not otherwise. and even then they have advantages which we well know from past experiences they would be chary in granting us under like circumstances. WILLIAM LITTLE. THE DISCOVERER OF STEAM POWER. vente a journal devoted, as the title would indicate, to the subject of inventions and inventors, tells the pathetic story of Solomon Caus, a Normandy scholar, who lived in 1576 and thereafter, and wrote many scientific works, all of which led up to his concep- tion of an idea which resulted in the transformation of his whole life into a tragedy. After pestering the king and the cardinal of Paris, he was ordered to be taken to Bicetre—the mad house—and there shut up. The was done, They had just one way with mad people in those days. They shut them in iron cages and fed them through the bars like wild beasts. They did this to Solomon Caus. For a long time he stood behin those bars all day and called to those who would listen, and to them repeated the story he had told the cardinal. He became the jest of the place. Some of them gave him writing materials, and then, amid the misery of his surrounding, he wrote down his ideals and amused his jailers so much the more. However, it could not be long before such a life, such surroundings, would shatter any brain. In time Solomon Caus was as mad as every one believed him. It was in 1624 that an English nobleman, Lord Wor- cester, went to Paris and visited Bicetre. As he was passing through the great court, accompanied by the keeper, a hideous face with matted beard and hair, appeared at the grating, and a voice shrieked wildly, “Stop !'stop! Iam not mad, I am shut up here most unjustly. I have made an invention which would en- rich a country that adopted it.” “What does he speak of ’ the marquis asked his guide. ‘Oh, that is his mad- ness,” said the man laughing. “That is a man called Solomon Caus. He is from Normandy; he believes that by the use of the steam of boiling water he can make ships go over the ocean and carriages travel by land ; in fact, do all sorts of wonderful things. He has even written a book about it which I can show you.” Lord Worcester asked for the book, glanced over it and desired to be conducted to the writer. When he returned he had been weeping. ‘The poor man is cer- tainly mad now,” he said, “but when you imprisoned him here he was the greatest genius of the age. He has certainly made a very great discovery.” After this Lord Worcester made many efforts to procure the liberation of the man, who, doubtless, would have been restored to reason by freedom and ordinary surrounding, but in vain ; the cardinal was against him, and his English friends began to fancy that he himself had lost his senses, for one wrote to another, “My lord is remarkable for never being satisfied with any explanations which are given him, but always wanting to know for himself, although he seemed to pierce to the very centre of a speaker’s thoughts with his big blue eyes that never leave theirs. Ata visit to Bicetre he thought he had discovered a genius in a madman, who declares he would travel the world over with a kettle of boiling water. He desired to carry him away to London that he might listen to his extravagancies from morning till night, and would, I think, if the maniac had not been actually raving and chained to the wall.” Thus, in Bicetre died the man to whom, after his works were published, many people gave the credit of being the discoverer of steam power, and it is said that from the manuscript written in his prison, Lord Worces- ter gathered the idea of a machine spoken of as a “water commanding engine,” which he afterward invented. Historians have denied that Caus died in prisotn, but there exists a letter written by Marion de Lorme, who was with Lord Worcester at the time of his interview with Caus, which establishes the fact beyond doubt. SIMPLE BELT LACE. In lacing a belt, says an experienced machine man, the lacing should never be crossed on either side. To lace a belt in the manner illustrated herewith make one more hole in one end than in the other so there will be a hole in the middle of one end, which is the place of beginning. Draw the lacing to its middle through this hole, lace each way to the edge and back to the middle again, and you will have a smooth joint. 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. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN uw VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS. An Egyptian scythe, dug up on the banks of the Nile in 1890, and said to be as old as Moses, is exhibited - among the antiquities in the private museum of Flinders Petrie, London. The shaft of the instrument is wood, set with a row of fine flint saws which are securely cemented ina groove. This discovery answers the oft- asked question, “How did the stone-age man harvest his crops?” An Ancient Scythe. A vegetable phenomenon found in the timber limits of Messrs. Booth & Gordon is now on exhibition in Pem- broke, Ont., and will be shown at the World’s Fair. It __ consists of a wonderful protrusion or “growth,” which grew on the trunk ofa birch tree. The trunk below the growth is only of an ordinary size, yet the growth is nine feet eight inches in circumference. This singular ___ growth extends over several feet of the trunk. It is ex- tremely hard and is quite even in surface, although pre- senting the appearance of a lot of great ropes wound in and out of one another. The bark on the growth is not at all like the bark on the natural tree; but is more like a short-grained bark. The growth extends out some- — what like an open umbrella and then tapers away again at the bottom. There is about a foot of the trunk left on each side of the growth, and the whole weighs over seven hundred pounds. Lumbermen who have been in the woods all their lives say that while they have seen miniature productions of the same kind, they neyer saw anything like this, so immense are its proportions. Curious Vegetable Growth. The captains of ships which carry bricks, we are told, have to be very careful. An ordinary brick is capa- ble of absorbing a pint of water. So with a cargo of brick ia the hold serious leakage may quite well go on undetected, for the water that enters is sucked up as fast as it getsin. Where the danger comes from absorption _ by the brick is the possibility of the shipowner not knowing that the absorption has taken place and there- fore, not being prepared soon enough to stop the leak. The power of absorption, if dangerous in some respects, has its strong points. The man who has the faculty of absorption, whether of means or knowledge, is building up strength. But if he does not give out to some extent that which he has absorbed, his strength will be a source of weakness and injury both to himself and others. It is the old story of the talents. Only those which are put to use add other talents to those already possessed. _ The talent that is tied in the napkin gains nothing and rebounds upon the owner. The sponge is useful in ab- sorbing water only as it gives it out again for some use- ful purpose, to take in a fresh supply to be again made use of. We may wreck ourselves and wreck others, if like bricks in the ship hold, our policy is one of individ- ___ual selfish absorption. Powers of ~ Absorption. cto 8 a? ov We have all met the busy, busy man, Busy Men. so busy that he has scarcely time to - eat his meals, and sleep is a matter ____ of indifference to him. He is, in his own judgment, bur- dened with work, and yet, placed alongside of a neigh- bor who, seemingly, has leisure for many things, he does not get through in any one day more than a tithe of the actual work accomplished by the quiet going neighbor. The difference between the two men is in methods of work. A writer on this line has well said: “There is a vast difference between the systematic, methodical, - regular, steady going business man and the one who flies off the handle, and never gets time to properly oil up. The true business man never finds time too pre- cious to waste in frivolous things, but he has always time for a pleasant word for those around him. He works like clock-work, and takes time to get around be- fore he runs down. He keeps his hands busy as well. He never wastes time in long stories and useless talk argument. He works easily and smoothly because he is systematic. He finds time to eat his food with a rel- ish, to sleep and rest, to get acquainted with his wife, play with his babies. He never says: ‘I had no to attend to that little matter, because he is punc- to the stroke. He is like a time-piece well regulated. a If he does go on tick he is punctual to the hour. He strikes ‘while the iron is hot.’ He keeps all his ap- pointments and engagements to the letter, and those with whom he deals know that they can trust and de- pend upon him. He is a good time-piece, and all men look up to him with confidence, that they will never be too late for the train.” Everyone does not heed the injunc- tion of Holy Writ, “Servants be obedient to your masters.” Some- times this disobedience is the outcome of a spirit of in- subordination, a determination to have one’s own way and to resist dictation from others. But with some it is an exercise of personal judgment, believed to be just- ified by the circumstances of the case, and in the inter- ests of the one served. Nevertheless, it is a violation of instructions from one in authority, and where in one case it might prove beneficial, it might at another time prove disastrous. We have this feature of the case very forci- bly illustrated in a story that is told of the Rothschilds. Several years ago these wealthy Hebrews had a large quantity of cotton in New Orleans which they instructed their agents to sell when cotton should reach a certain price. The agent, believing that the price of cotton would go beyond the figure named by his employers, held on till he was able to sell at a price that netted $40,000 more than he would have got for it if he had obeyed his orders from London. He joyfully informed his employers of his success, supposing they would share his satisfaction at the result. Imagine his surprise and chagrin when he received a reply saying in sub- Obeying Orders. stance: ‘The $40,000 you made by disobeying your instructions is not ours. Itis yours. Takeit. Mr. X., your successor, starts for New Orleans to-day.” It may seem difficult at first thought to understand this action. With the greed for gold that influences many men, and which was a strong characteristic with the Rothschilds, there are perhaps few who would have acted as did these millionaires. But as has been remarked by one com- menting on this case, supposing, instead of making the $40,000 by disobeying instructions, that amount had been lost. That was probably the view taken. It was not because of the gain or loss in this particular instance, but because of the loss of dependence in their employe, and the possibility of results from a future disobedience of instructions. It is always well to follow instructions, for, in that case, no blame for consequences is possible. The printer’s rule to “follow copy, if it goes out of the window,” is a pretty good rule to adopt in any business, and, if the agent follows instructions, he is safe in the event of any trouble which may be the result. COOLING A HOT BEARING. E found an engineer the other day hard at work over a hot crank-pin. Not an uncommon thing to find by any means, but this engineer declared he had run engines just like this one before, but this engine was the only one of the lot that would give him trouble. Every time there was a considerable change in the load this pin commenced either to develop an ugly pound or to heat, and while it was cured of the pound by reliev- ing the load, the heating of the crank-pin needed more heroic measures. His assistant had a stream of water on it, but he suggested kerosene and plumbago as better and states that it is the only thing that will cool that bearing down without difficulty. It isn’t a permanent cure, however. But to judge by what was said there was nothing like kerosene and plumbago for a hot box. Another engineer that we know of always asserts that the only thing that will cure a bearing that gives him trouble is white lead and cylinder oil mixed. Black lead and plumbago and oil, he declares, is of no eaithly use. In fact, he so treats all of his bearings, gives them a coat of white lead and cylinder oil. He says it makes the bearing look, after a little while, just as if it had been running all right for years. He was painting some bearing oné day when a hand asked him what he bad, and was told white lead and oil. The helper concluded that was just what he wanted to do, a little painting on his own account, so he quietly appropriated the can of white lead and oil at the first opportune moment. That painting job hasn’t dried yet, and the engineer doesn’t think it ever will, but the helper hasn’t ceased to wonder what was the matter with that paint. It is a very common thing to find mechanics in m who will insist that there is nothing like soft soap to cool down a bearing when its gefs hot, and most of then keep a barrel of soft soap handy for the hot box t always showing up. “I can have a room full of smoke from a hot bearing,” remarked one, “and when I get up on a step-ladder and pour some soft soap on it that settles that hot bearing.” engineer telling once how he got deceived on this soft- soap question. when he sent a boy to the soft-soap barrel, but, ately, next to the soft-soap barrel was “blackstrap and oil,” used to soak the picker straps in, The bearing was smoking pretty badly ¢ 1 one nlied with and the boy brought some of this mixture. It looked like soft soap, and numerous attempts were made to mix it with water, but they didn’t succeed, and finally the whole was poured on the bearing as it was. It tooka long time to cool down that bearing, and every one wait- ing seemed to make it longer, and at the end it dawned upon the mechanic what the trouble was. will go after the soap himself, or remember that soft soap ought to mix with water. As touching on the use of soft soap, an engineer showed us the other day a bearing on a calico printing machine upon which bearing a very heavy load was occasionally placed, and the shaft becomes almost at a low red heat so that it would seem that it must bend. The “only thing” that will cure this bearing is a bar of common soap laid upon it. It seems to take the heat right out of it and allow the machine to run without heating so long as the soap is in contact. It is not safe, of course, to say that a certain remedy is the only one for any particular box, but engineers evidently think so sometimes, and their experience would seem to bear them out. We remember an old engineer once telling how stupid some people were to put cold water on a bearing. “What they need,” he said, “is soapy water. He will find his hands don’t slide over one another very well, because there is no lubricating property in the water. Put in a little grease and you not only take hold of the dirt but you will find out that the soap is a lubri- cant.” And yet another engineer told us of his experi- encé as averse to soap. He said that after using it a little while it cut the brasses. Our own preference is in favor of graphite and oil mixed, though we have used soft soap and water to cool down a bearing quickly. When kerosene is used with the graphite the kerosene gives to the mixture a penetrating quality that allows it to work under narrow spaces. Next time he HOW OFTEN THE SAME COGS MEET. |e former years, when wooden cogs were used in all kinds of gearing, and in wooden wheels as well, the makers were anxious not to have the same cogs come together too often ; because, if both happened to be soft they would wear out the more ‘rapidiy; -or if one was very soft and the other very hard the soft one would wear very rapidly ; either way the wearing would be very uneven, and to secure an even wear on the cogs a fre- quent interchange of relations was desirable and sought after in the construction of wheels. The matter is not so important now, as iron or iron and wood are used for the purpose. Still, undoubtedly, frequent interchanges of relations between the passing teeth or cogs, is of more or less benefit in securing even wear. The rule for determining the frequency of this interchange, or how often the same cogs will meet, is to divide the cogs or teeth of the pinion into the cogs or teeth of the wheel. If the result is even, without a remainder, as four divided into sixteen, the same cogs will meet at every revolution of the wheel. If there be a remainder, divide it into the teeth or cogs of the pinion. If even the quotient shows how often the wheel will revolve between the meetings of the same cogs. If, however, there be a re- mainder, the wheel will revolve between meetings as often as there are teeth in the pinion; and that is the greatest difference that can be obtained under any cir- cumstances. The rule is curious, if not very useful. A Frenchman has succeeded, it is said, in producing an excellent driving belt by parchmenting the leather instead of tanning it. The belts have greater durability and do not stretch. OV THE CANADA LUMBERMAN Marcu, 1893 aoa PUBLISHED ON THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH Se ARTHUR G. 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Special correspondents in localities of importance present an accurate report not only of prices and the condition of the market, but also of other matters specially interesting to our readers. But correspondence is not only welcome, but is invited from all who have any information to com- municate or subjects to discuss relating to the trade or in any way affecting it. Even when we may not be able to agree with the writers we will give them a fair opportunity for free discussion as the best means of eliciting thetrv'h. Any items of interest are particularly requested, for even if not of great importance individually they contribute to a fund of information from which general results are obtained. Advertisers will receive careful attention and liberal treatment. We need not point out that for many the CanaDA LUMBERMAN, with its spe- cial class of readers, is not only an exceptionally good medium for securing publicity, but is indispensable for those who would bring themselves before the notice of that class. Special attention is directed to ‘‘ WANTED” and “Por SALE” advertisements, which will be inserted in a conspicuous posi- tion at the uniform price of 15 cents per line for each insertion. Announce- ments of this character will be subject to a discount of 25 per cent. if ordered for four successive issues or longer. Subscribers will find the small amount they pay for the CanapA Lum- BERMAN 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 encour- aging us to render it even more complete. REVIEW OF THE LOG QUESTION. THE meeting of the Dominion Parliament at the pre- sent time has again brought the question of tariff reform in lumber to the front. Altogether unexpectedly, to many, the matter was touched upon by the Minister of Finance in his Budget speech in a manner not likely to be helpful to this industry. The opinion expressed by our Ottawa correspondent on this point, and which is also voiced in an article on our first reading page, is not, we opine, local only to Ottawa. The Finance Minister, above all others, should not have left this question in an indefinite and untangible shape. From the floor of the House has come two separate mo- tions touching definitely on the lumber tariff. Dr. Sproule has moved “That it is expedient to re-impose the export duty on pine and spruce logs.” This is Mr. Ives mo- tion of a year ago, but the member for Sherbrooke being now a Cabinet Minister he is likely to move with more conservatism than when simply a private member. In view of the announcement made by Mr. Foster we may expect that Dr. Sproule’s motion will be quietly laid aside, in the meantime, as a majority of the House are likely to accept the Minister’s promise of a possible change in the future as sufficient reason for not disturb- ing matters at present. Nowhere else, outside of poli- tics, can men be influenced so readily to put aside in- tended immediate action on the trivial ground that a Minister or a Commission will first consider whether the action is necessary. The appointment of the Royal Commission on the liquor traffic, and the manner in which the Commissioners have handled the question since their appointment, is an illustration in point. Mr. Charlton has introduced a bill on an entirely dif- ferent line. Chapter 33 of the Revised Statutes contained provisions, which established export duties and gave to the Governor-in-Council power to increase, or suspend those duties. The object of Mr. Charlton’s bill is to take this power away from the Governor-in-Council, and to enact that changes shall be made only by and with the consent of Parliament. The member for North Norfolk pointed out that by the action of the Governor- in-Council the duties had been suspended on October 14, 1890, and owing to the declaration of the Minister of Finance in his Budget speech, a feeling of interest and fear prevailed in the minds of many lumbermen, lest this important industry might be hastily dealt with in the re-imposition of the duties. The duties had been first placed at $1, then increased to $2. When the pow- er contained in chapter 33 was assumed by the Govern- or-in-Council the duties were increased by the Governor- in-Council to $3, to the great alarm of lumber interests, and were subsequently placed back again at $2. This seeming want of a fixed principle with regard to the industry had impressed the lumber trade with a fear that the Governor-in-Council might again be induced to take some action which might be detrimental to the lumber trade. There would appear to be no very valid objection to a measure of this kind. It would be a mis- take to take from the Governor-in-Council many of the extraordinary powers that are granted to this authority, but in an industry of the magnitude of lumber, and with conditions as they exist at present, would it not be the safer plan to let Parliament itself deal finally with the question? Mr. Charlton’s bill to amend the Revised Statutes of Canada, chapter 33 and 51 Victoria, chapter 15, will, if made law, accomplish this end. The various phases of the whole question of the duty on logs and lumber are dealt with quite fully in this issue of the LUMBERMAN. We have already noticed a reference to the question in our Ottawa letter. ELI gives opportunity to others to express their opinions on the question, whilst in our news columns and letters information and opinions dealing more or less directly with the subject are printed. Under the title ““Sympos- ium on the Log Duty,” two able papers covering nearly two pages of the LUMBERMAN and dealing, if not exhaustively, at least very fully with the subject from different standpoints, will bear a critical reading. Clearly the question is one on which opinion is divided. A good deal is to be said on both sides. Only one view, however, can be made to prevail in formative legislation. The duty on logs cannot both be on and off at one and the same time. For about two years there has been no log duty. Within that period the lumber trade of Canada has emerged from a condi- tion of severe depression to one of comparative prosper- ity, and with present conditions giving almost certain promise of further improvement. This phase of the question must certainly carry weight with all who think seriously upon the question. LUMBER COMBINES. THE spirit of consolidation that is in the air every- where has struck the lumbermen of Winnipeg and dis- trict. A dispatch of the ist inst. says: A strong syndicate has acquired the interests of all firms, eight in number, operating sawmills and yards at Rat Portage, Keewatin and Norman, and including the Keewatin Lumbering and Manufacturing Co., Dick, Banning & Co., Western Lumber Co., Ross, Hall & Brown, Minne- sota, Ontario Lumber Co., and Cameron & Kennedy. The promoters of the syndicate have ample capital, and will be incorporated under the laws of the Dominion. All the principals in the old ‘companies and firms are given the option of becoming shareholders in the new corporation, and many of them will be selected to con- duct the business affairs of the syndicate. In fact it has virtually been decided to make Mr. D. L. Mather, at present of the Keewatin Lumbering and Manufacturing Company, president of the consolidated mills and yards, and D. C. Cameron, of Cameron & Kennedy, Norman, manager. The aggregate output of the mills on Lake of the Woods is 65,000,000 feet, and this will be increased if the demands of the market are such as to warrant a larger cut. The consolidation of the mills, it is claimed, will effect a great saving in working expenses, in the matter of salaries for travellers, office help, etc., besides preventing much of the loss that has been experienced by lumber dealers involvmg themselves with several mills. The early months of the new year have also witnessed the first steps taken in the formation of a big lumber combine in the States. Charles Vay Holman, Boston; John Ross and Cornelius Murphy, Bangor, are the reported promoters of the deal, the first named being the financial element in the con- cern. The others are extensive mill owners in Maine. The syndicate is said to have secured 30,000 acres of lumber land in Maine, 25,000 acres in Florida, 30,000 in Kentucky and over 200,000 in New York. It pro- poses to put in mills in Maine, Massachusetts, Kentucky, Illinois and New Mexico, and to sell direct to builders. The syndicate is said to have a capital of eighty million dollars. By dealing directly with builders the trust ex- pects to undersell lumber dealers great and small and to fill contracts more expeditiously and more cheaply than can be done by anybody else. 7 At the same time it is not always smooth sailing with the combines. Very nearly simultaneous with the dispatch giving news of lumber men combining comes word that the big book combine organized in 1890 under the name of the United States Book Com- pany, with capital of $5,000,000 has been placed in the hands of a receiver. EDITORIAL NOTES. THE new president of the Canadian Manufacturers’ Association is Mr, John Bertram, of the Canada Tool Works, Dundas, Ont. His predecessor was Mr. W. R. McNaught, whose interest is in the manufacture of watch cases. Mr. McNaught favors preferential trade with Great Britain, and he made this the keynote of his address at the annual meeting of the association a week ago. His concluding words were an appeal to the pat- riotism of the Canadian people, thus: “The national fu- ture of Canada does not in my opinion depend upon the good will of other countries so much so as, under Proy- idence, what her own people make it. If we are but true to ourselves we need have no fear as to what the future has in store for us.” The Government are urged to “grant a subsidy sufficiently large to guarantee the establishment of a fast Atlantic steamship service be- tween this country and Great Britain.” “THIS is not a cold world after all,” remarks the Ban- gor Commercial in giving particulars of the kindness shown by the Redington Lumber Co., of Maine, to a number of men who were taken down with typhoid fever which has been raging in the woods of that section. A hospital was provided for the sick ones, physicians and hired nurses were engaged to take care of them, and the bills amounting to over $500—paid by the company. These men, though working in Maine were Canadians from New Brunswick, and as they commenced to near convalescence, finding that they would be unfit for work for several months, the manager of the company inter- ested himself to secure passes for the men to Vancebro, and then solicited passes from the Canadian Pacific railway, which were cheerfully granted, to take them to St. John, N.B. Itis the rendition of acts of kindness such as this that keeps alive our faith in the goodness of humanity, despite the prominence the newspaper press of the present day gives to the worser side of human nature. ; THE account of the annual meeting of the Western Retail Lumbermen’s Association, given in a Winnipeg letter on another page, should prove interesting reading to the lumbermen of Ontario. There we find a strong, well-organized association doing a good work for its members and conducted in a manner that makes it desirable evidently for most lumbermen in the district to become members. Neither wholesalers nor retailers, hardwood men or those devoting themselves to other lumber interests in Ontario, can manage somehow to join hands in an organization for the mutual benefit of each. In our intercourse with the lumbermen of city and country this matter is frequently pressed upon us in one shape or another. Somebody has made a loss or is possessed of a grievance that it is known could easily have been avoided, or speedily be removed, if lumber- men only consulted more frequently with one another. The necessity for organization is admitted, but organiza- tion does not take place. Perhaps conditions in the west may not be without influence on the brethren in the east. MEE CAN ADA LUMBERMAT HERE are quite a large number of Canadians who are working in the shanties of New York State. Captain W. O. McKay, of Ottawa, the lumberman’s agent, who recently returned from Utica, N.Y., and vicinity on a visit to those shantying regions, states that an average of five feet of snow prevails and proves ex- cellent for hauling. The cut, though, is somewhat re- tarded and the total output from the woods will be poor as compared to previous winters. * * * * Mr. W. Hurdman, one of Ottawa’s big lumbermen, speaks hopefully of the English lumber market. He says: “The unusually early return of English buyers and their efforts to make arrangements for their season’s shippings, betokened a very much livelier season. The English buyers had been here about New Year's instead of the end of February, and had been very busy, and were busy still.” ee ei ee: RO The blunders of our friends across the Atlantic, when occasion requires them to write or talk of Canada, are sometimes quite amusing. I have just had placed in my hand an envelope bearing the address of the publisher of the CANADA LUMBERMAN from a newspaper pub- lisher in England, on which is inscribed the words, “Toronto, Canada, U.S.A.” This ought to be good news for that erratic ex-alderman who in the wisdom of his audacity essayed to lead Canada into annexation with the United States. No, there is much we admire in our friends to the south of us, but we are rather coy of entering into relations as intimate as suggested by the address of our English friend. * + * A fortnight ago I had a pleasant chat with Mr. M. Dougall, of Midhurst, Ont., who is buyer in Canada for Alfred Clapp & Co., wholesale lumber dealers, of Boston, Mass. Mr. Dougall’s interest is in the hard- woods of the Dominion and he is constantly on the wing ready to light on desirable hardwoods of any kind wherever they may be found. He finds hardwood a somewhat scarce commodity, and for all that can be found a good price is to be paid. Mr. Dougall’s father was one of the early settlers in British Columbia, in the days when comparatively little was known of the im- mense timber wealth of the Coast. To the senior Dougall, the son claims, credit is to be given for the shipping of the large flag-pole to. Queen Victoria in the sixties, and which came to grief when being placed in Kew Gardens. Another one was afterwards forwarded to replace the broken pole. Reference, it will be re- membered, was made to this matter by Mr. Hendry in the January LUMBERMAN. ao Se we ube 3 ee 8 “ Despite the fact that I should be jubilant over my recent election,” said Mr. J. Sterling Morton, who will be Secretary of Agriculture in President Cleveland’s Cabinet, “I am troubled. Every day that passes sees the timber producing land of this country reduced by 25,000 acres. There are only 40,000,000 acres of tim- ber left in this country, and at this rate of destruction it will last only a generation. The most important matter that will occupy my attention when I enter the Cabinet as Secretary of Agriculture will be the preparation of national forestry laws, to be presented through some kindly Congressman to Congress. Nearly 2,000 ties are consumed for each mile of railroad track, and they last from two to six years, according to the ballast. Now, what a great benefit would be derived by secur- ng legislation that would make the railroads utilize their right of way to plant trees for their own consump- tion. Think of an arbour reaching from Jersey City to San Francisco, from ocean to ocean. You would be able to travel this distance in an arbour cool and dust- less in surmmer and free from snow in winter were the . lroads to set trees by the side of their tracks.” “There can be no doubt,” said Mr. H. H. Spicer, of Vancouver, B.C,, whom I met ia the city a few days ago, “that it is only a matter of a little time when the cedar shingles of the Pacific Coast will find a large sale in Ontario.” Mr, Spicer is a manufacturer of cedar shingles and to that extent the wish is father to the thought, but the confidence shown by Pacific Coast manufacturers in the quality of the cedar shingle is quite remarkable. “Yes it is true,” added Mr. Spicer, “that just at present we are suffering in British Columbia from over produc- tion inthe manufacture of shingles and as a consequence there has been a good deal of cutting in prices. It is the case that shingles have been sold as low as $1.20 and $1.25 when we figure the cost of production at $1.35 to $1.40. Our market is confined largely to our own province and the northwest territories, whilst our capa- city for manufacturing would enable us to supply a much wider field. We will have that yet. I will spend a few days in Toronto and then go east taking in Ottawa and Montreal and likely reach home by way of the States.” hs ae Mr. W. Ogilvie, surveyor, says of the Athabaska coun- try in the North-West: ‘On the Athabaska, from the mouth of the Pembina down to Fort McMurray, the valley is narrow and from two hundred to three hundred feet deep. In the bottom of the valley there is much spruce and some poplar that would make fair lumber. On the uplands, as far as I saw, there are many places where a similar quality can be obtained, but, as a rule, the trees are much smaller than the people in the east- ern provinces are accustomed to see made into lumber, though they would compare favorably with those used in the other parts of the Territories. From McMurray down to the lake the banks are lower and the valley wider, until near the lake there are little or no percep- tible banks. Here there is much fine merchantable spruce, but unfortunately it cannot be brought to market without the aid of a railway, the streams in the country flowing in a contrary way. This objection does not apply so forcibly to that part of this river above Atha- baska Landing, as all the timber above this point and on Lesser Slave river and lake could readily be floated down to this point, and as it is only about 96 miles from thence to Edmonton by the cart trail, and it is probably the point where the first railway north of Edmonton will cross the Athabaska river, its timber resources stand a chance of being utilized much earlier than those on the lower river. I am sorry to say, however, that long before it will be necessary to resort to this, much of it may be burned, as such is the case along the trail be- tween Edmonton and the Landing. In 1884 I passed over this trail twice and saw many groves of fine spruce, but last summer I saw that much of the best of this timber had been completely burned off. Then the country in the immediate vicinity of the landing was all heavily timbered and much of it is merchantable. Last summer, especially in the Tawasana valley and vicinity, the country resembled prairie nearly as much as the country in the immediate vicinity of Edmonton does. Ga Rape! Gah tye Speaking of the exportation of logs to the United States, Mr. R. W. Phipps, the well known forestry clerk, remarks that there is another side to this question. “Tn lumbering and sawmilling |there are two industries. Getting a log out of the woods is a work of time and employs many men ; cutting the same log into lumber is a matter of a very few minutes and employs very few men. Whether the log goes whole or cut to the States by far the greater part of the labor is pertormed here. The lumbermen are counted by thousands—one firm will sometimes have a very great number and there are many firms. Not so the mill men. Now, as to another point. When a log goes to the States it is all sold and probably all used.” In Chicago, if you purchase kindl- ing wood, you will find it small round bundles of sawed slabs (the outside of the log) and sawed boards (the poor cullings sawed off to get at the good pine). Over this, by the way, they pour a combustible composition. Well, suppose you have ‘been patriotic and saved a cent to home industry by sawing up the whole log here, what are you to do with all but the good lumber? It may be different at some mills, but at points I know of, where immense quantities were at that time yearly cut up, the rough stuff was lost, except what could be used for fuel. I saw one mill where an esplanade had been e of it ten feet deep, solid, which served as a foundation for the real lumber yard. It would have cost more to send it by railto any marketable point in Cz would have sold for there. But it could ha floated to the States. At the same time there were many cars standing in that yard loaded with the choicest lumber for the States and England. As you may suppose, the rough stuff would not be sent to Eng land either. The matter seems clear to ine that whe- ther we sell by the log or by the limit, Ontario is li sold as these are by auction, to get more for the logs than she can possibly gain by having them cut up here. It would be a different matter if this could be called a manufacture. But the cutting of a a sawlog into strips is a very small, a very unremunerative part of the pro- cess of the manufactures to which it goes and is used.” where it t+ # * A good friend from British Columbia is of the opinion that in an interview with W. J. Hendry in the January LUMBERMAN I did injustice to certain lumber interests of that province. I have sometimes referred to this particular page as a “Free Parliament,” where lumber- men, and those interested in matters treated of by this journal, are at liberty to freely express their own opin- ions. Of course the editor will not admit in any part of the paper, information or news that is known to be erroneous ; but the only criterion often he has to guide him in a matter of this kind is the usual good character and reliability of his informants. Now as to “Brunette’s” letter and his criticism of the statements made by Mr. Hendry. “Brunette” says “it is quite evident that Mr. Hendry knows nothing whatever about Douglas fir, as the description of it as given in the article referred to is about as wide of the facts as it is possible to be.” Mr. Hendry had said: “There is the Douglas fir of the west- ern slope of the Rockies, sometimes called Kauri pine; it is NOn-resinous and non-fibrous; free from all the de- fects of eastern pine and spruce, but lacks their strength; is capable of taking a nice polish; is easy and economi- cal to work, etc.” “Brunette” replies: “In sixteen years experience in the lumber trade in B.C. I have never yet heard Douglas fir called Kauri pine. It certainly at- tains to a great girth—Mr. Hendry had said this—but is both resinous and fibrous. It is not quite free from all the defects of eastern pine and spruce, but is very much stronger than either of them and in proof of this it is largely used in car-building in preference to eastern oak. The results of some tests made by some of the officials of the Northern Pacific R.R. at Tacoma lately prove beyond a doubt that Douglas fir stands a greater strain than eastern oak to say nothing of pine. It may takea fine polish, but I have not seen any of it in that shape, and as to being easy to work—well, ask any carpenter out here who has been accustomed to eastern pine. It seems to me that Mr. Hendry has confounded the Dou- glas fir of British Columbia with the Kauri pine of New Zealand, which, I believe, answers to Mr. Hendry’s description in most particulars.” I have given “Brun- ette’s” letter as written, and with his many years’ experi- ence in the lumber trade on the Coast he can certainly speak with authority. Mr. Hendry may not be possessed of the same personal information touching Douglas fir as “Brunette.” This is to be remembered, however, that few men are credited with a more thorough know- ledge of the timber trade of Canada than Mr. Hendry. One thing we may be sure of, that no statements would be made by Mr. Hendry with the purpose of injuring any particular timber interests in the Dominion. It is quite unnecessary for the LUMBERMAN to say that it would not, knowing it, give publicity to any statement that would prove prejudicial to British Columbia’s in- terests. The large share of attention given by this journal to Coast affairs, and the manner in which they have been dealt these columns, is the best reply we can make on the point. It is not im- probable that Mr. Hendry, as suggested by “ Brunette,” has confounded Douglas fir with the Kauri pine of New Zealand. interested in noting the number of newspapers in Brit- ish Columbia that reprinted without comment this inter- view as it appeared in these columns. with in In connection with Mr. Hendry’s views I was w THE CANADA LUMBERMAN MARCH, 1893 OTTAWA LETTER. {Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] - HE announcement made in the Budget speech, that the Minister of Finance would consider, during the year, the question of re-imposing the duty on logs at next session of Parliament, is causing some unrest among lumbermen of the Ottawa Valley. leaders, the problem is to understand their real import. With many statements made by political This is shown in the position taken by the Ministry on the main question of tariff reform. Government supporters, supposed to be within the inner circle, expected that there would be this But the speech of Mr. Foster revealed the fact that the policy now The statement of the Finance Min- ister that a change in the lumber policy of the government is “‘lopping off of the mouldering branches” of the N. P. was ‘‘wait a little yet.” under consideration may be made simply to placate Messrs. Ives, Sproule, Masson and others who are seemingly pledged to reform in this direction, or contrawise something more defin- It is a politician’s statement and The lumber trade shows every sign of a healthy revival after not a few years of ite may be the programme. herein is its weakness and uncertainty. depression, and the Finance Minister assumes no inconsider- able responsibility in throwing into its midst the bomb of un- certainty. Whether the tariff, so far as lumber is concerned, would be improved by any amendment of present conditions, I am not discussing at this time. I simply want to emphasize, and lum- bermen, both opposed and favorable to the re-imposition of the log duty, will, I believe, agree with me, that this policy of hinting, that some day in the misty future some change may take place, is most damaging to every part of the lumber inter- ests. If a change is proposed, Mr. Foster ought to know the true condition of affairs to-day, as well as he is likely to know twelve months hence, and be able to act accordingly. WHAT LUMBERMEN SAY OF THE OUTLOOK. The trade here are quite confident that business the coming spring will exceed that of a year ago. A large portion of the lumber will be sent to the Eastern States, although some firms have already booked large orders for the European markets. Bronson & Weston say: ‘‘There seems to be a feeling among dealers that the trade will be somewhat better than last year. There is a scarcity in dry lumber which may command a natural increase in the price of that class of lumber, but all other will It is not yet known what effect the South American market will We expect to cut about fifteen million feet of lumber this season, about the same quantity as we cut last year.” Mr. J. R. Booth: “‘The spring lumber trade ought to be better than it was last year and prices will not be materially changed from what they are at present. in all probability sell in the region of last year’s prices. have upon trade. There is now very little lumber in the city to meet the early spring demands for shipping. Scarcely any dry lumber can be found as it was all sold early.” Mr. P. Whelan, manager of the Shepherd & Morse lumber company, said there was nothing to prevent the trade being better except there should bea dearth in the United States money market in consequence of the large shipments of gold and silver out of that country to Europe. Another out- break of cholera in New York might also seriously injure trade. INDIFFERENT LENGTHS. Gilmour & Hughson’s new saw mill at Hull Point is rapidly drawing to completion. A large number of men are at present engaged erecting logways for the purpose of hauling the logs from the river into the mill. If the work is not impeded everything will be placed in proper order to begin work at the opening of the spring season. The mill when completed will employ over two hundred hands. It is reported that the Whitney Lumber Co., of Minneapolis, who bought Perley & Pattee’s limits last year, are having Fraser's Opeonogo limits travelled with a view of making a purchase. They talk of making extensive sawmills at Long Lake. Orrawa, Can., Feb. 24th, 1893. BRITISH COLUMBIA LETTER. {Regular correspondence CaNADA LUMBERMAN.] HE newest thing in lumber in the province is the proposed formation of a shingle trust. There has been consider- able over production in shingles on the Coast lately, and as a result prices are being cut. Shingles must necessarily prove an important factor in lumbering here, and, as is often the case, under similar conditions, everyone has supposed there was money for them in the business. Recently a number of men, possessed of only a limited capital, have gone into the busi- ness, and not being in a position to hold stocks over a dull market, they have sacrificed prices. Shingles have been sold as low as $1.15 per M., and a sale of 2,000,000 is reported at $1.25. The actual cost of production is not less than $1.40 per M. and the usual selling price has been $1.75 to $2.00. To overcome like difficulties in Oregon and Washington, a shingle trust was formed there, and it has been, so it is claimed, productive of good results. Iti anticipated that the same remedy will effect a cure here, and that such a combination of leading shingle men will also result in an extension of the trade. SHIPPING NEWS. The German ship Katharine 1630 tons, Capt. Spille, sailed for Iquiqui, with a cargo from the Moodyville Mill, consisting of 827,811 feet of rough, 480,209 feet T and G flooring, and 10,753 feet clear lumber, making a total of 1,318,873 feet, and valued at $14,100. A new charter reported is the American ship Ivy, 1,181, which has been fixed to load at the Hastings Mill for Wilmington, Delaware. This is the sixth vessel to load at this mill for this port, showing that British Columbia can hold her own against the United States in timber. The Ivy is now on her way up here from Portland, Oregon. The terms of her charter are private. COAST CHIPS. W. L. Tait, shingle mill, Vancouver, is putting in a sawmill plant. The Hastings mill which was shut down a month for re- pairs has started cutting again. The owners of the Buchanan mill at Kelso have let con- tracts for $20,000 worth of logs for next season. Jas. Reid & W. A. Johnston, sawmill owners, Quesnelle Mouth, Cariboo, have dissolved, Jas. Reid continuing. The British barque Highlands, 1,356 tons, Capt. Owens, has finished loading acargo of lumber at the Hastings Mill, for Montreal. She has on board 896,663 feet of rough lumber. R. Ward & Co., Ltd., have contracted to send to Austra- lia within the next year something like twenty large shiploads of timber from the Province. It will be for use principally in the mining sections of the Antipodes. , The first industry for Okanagan Falls will be the new saw- mill which is being put in by Mr. W. J. Snodgrass, of Le Grand, Oregon. The machinery is being brought in by way of Seattle, and has passed the customs. It may astonish many to hear that a Puget Sound lumber- It will be interesting to know if the contractor will ship the lumber as Puget Sound or British Columbia cedar. man has to come to British Columbia to buy cedar. A local lumberman has been experimenting on the relative strength of the Douglas fir of this province and oak. The result of his experiments show that the oak was only very slightly stronger than the Douglas fir. This announcement is highly satisfactory to lumbermen generally, as it is expected that there will be a greater demand for Douglas fir. The Pacific Coast Lumber Company are sending to Toronto three fine bundles of shingles as a sample of the class of cedar shingles which British Columbia can supply. As our cedar shingles last three times as long as eastern white pine shingles, no doubt a good trade can be worked up in the east in this line. They can be laid 514 to the weather, which makes them equal in price to pine shingles. They are much more lasting and do not warp. They can be laid down in Tor- onto, Montreal, etc. at $2.90 to $3 per M. New WESTMINSTER, B.C., FEB. 22, 1893. MANITOBA LETTER. [Special correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] HE annual meeting of the Western Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association was held in Winnipeg on 13th inst. The Association, though less than a year organized, isa pretty healthy child. The membership embraces all dealers located on the line of the Canadian Pacific, as far west as Indian Head, and those on the N. P. and other local and branch lines in the province. There was a large representation of members pre- sent The meeting was presided over by P. Aitkins, of Mor- den, in the absence of the president. SECRETARY’S REPORT. G. B. Housser, secretary, submitted the following report: At our annual meeting nearly a year ago we had a membership of 145, of which 130 were active and 15 honorary members. During the year I have received and accepted 60 applications, making a total of 205 members since our organization. Out of this number 30 have been dropped on account of retiring from business or otherwise, thus leaving the member- ship to-day 154 active and 21 honorary members. When mailing notices of this meeting I enclosed a circular asking for some information. About half of these have been returned. Therefore I am not able to-night to give the total amount of lumber used in this province in 1892. However, if the circulars received are a sample of the other half, they show which way the wind blows, as nearly all the replies have no suggestions to offer nor any grievances to air. I have received nearly roo letters since April 1, 1892, and have written as many, if not more. Several of these letters asked if I couldn’t do something to reduce the wholesale price list of lum- ber and have the terms extended from two to three months. I leave this to the honorary members to adjust, believing that they will get all they can but do what is right with us. Several letters complain that there is not enough business where there are two or more yards. My advice has been to buy, or sell to their ccmpetitor. We do not ask the members to stay in the business if it does not pay them. A great many members wish to have their price lists readjusted. This can easily be done by the mem- bers themselves. Each district can change its price list as often as wished, so long as it is unanimous, and a copy of the new list adopted is signed by all the members on the same list and forwarded to the secretary. Blank lists will be sent by the secretary to all members on application when any changes are desired. We have had several complaints during the year against members for selling below the price list. We have endeavored to settle all these com- plaints satisfactorily to the parties interested. We have three which have been acknowledged and are promised to be settled soon. I have delayed further action believing such would be the case. Two are still in abey- ance and one is now being investigated. We have been asked to join the United Associations of Lumbermen, the object of which is as explained in its constitution and by-laws. The mem- bership fee is $25 for an association of roo members and $ro for every additional 100. We would have to pay $35. The next meeting will be in Cleveland next October and we would be permitted to send two delegates, I have promised to bring this question up for your consideration. I have had considerable correspondence with the British Columbia manufacturers about becoming honorary members of our association. The Brunette Saw Mill Company, the British Columbia Mills Lumber and Trading Company and Geo. Cassidy Company are now members and most of the others write very favorably. We expect_to have them all in very soon. I have asked the attorney general to amend the lien act this session. He has promised to give the question his attention. The directors have met three times at special meetings during the year. TREASURER’S REPORT. The following financial showing was made in the treasurer’s report submitted by Mr. Housser : RECEIPTS. Balance on hand April 1, 1892........... $433 30 Memberships teess see lites 610 00 AXmvowenl CHES WIS. 5 caccoccssenaenncoccn 1,250 00 ANONWEN GWUES WOR oneccananaddansdascoes 10 00 Fines/paidsini).scmrrnc hier eek eee eee 106 50 Total. cic stok sap nen ee On ee $2,409 80 DISBURSEMENTS. Postage, telegraph, express, etc.......... S. 5sas Stationery and printing............. 39 50 Brintingyannwali8o 22 eee 100 00 Ernest Fisher and Nelson lien act costs ... 70 00 Wholesale fines paid out................. 31 50 Mravellingvexpense secretary era 172 05 Dinectorswmcetine¢S nee 378 70 Sallany of Secretary. siete eee 600 00 Rent: of halls... cack. gree 5 00 Motalfexpenditt.c aes e eee $1,455 20 Balancelon hand@en eae seeeeaeee $ 954 60 NEW OFFICERS. ; The election of officers resulted as follows: President, Alex. Brown, Winnipeg; vice-president, J. L. Campbell. Directors:—G. B. Housser, Portage la Prairie; R. H. O’Hara, Brandon; John Boyd, Deloraine; J. M. Hall, Winnipeg ; P. Aitkins, Morden. The secretary-treasurer is elected by the board of directors, and a choice will be made shortly. Mr. Housser, who has held the office since the organization of the association, finds it necessary owing to pressure of other work to withdraw, but will perform the duties until his successor is appointed. He has been a model secretary. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS. The association will apply for membership in the United Association of Lumbermen. The following committee was appointed to go before the legislature and ask for amendments to the lien law: J. L. Campbell, T. A. Cuddy, John Dick, A. Brown J. D. Ken- nedy, G. B. Housser, L. J. Ashley. The meeting through- out was of a most satisfactory character and indicates a large amount of vitality among the Jumbermen of this province. WINNIPEG, MAN., Feb. 20, 1893. MICHIGAN LETTER. [Regular correspondence Canapa LUMBERMAN.] TATISTICS of the pine product of the Saginaw River for 1892 show a decline in the output as compared with the previous year, amounting to 50,748,521 feet; at the same time there was a decrease of the amount on hand of 105,064,467 feet. Shingle statistics show the output for 1892 to be 182,- 315,250, as against 222,607,250 for 1891, a decrease for the past year of 40,292,000. Stocks on hand at the close of 1892 were 16,911,000, against 30,486,250, a decrease of 13,575,250. Although the cut of Michigan in 1892 was less than that of some former years, still Michigan remains the Premier lumber State, the product representing nearly one-half the production of the entire Northwest. BITS OF LUMBER. A Bay City estimate says that over 200,000,000 feet of Can- ada logs will come from Lake Superior. y H. S. Mathewson is cutting 500,000 feet of choice maple logs in Roscommon county for shoe last timber. George R. Nicholson, of Alpena, Mich., is in Canada on business connected with his extensive Canadian timber limits. Col. A. T. Bliss, the well known lumberman of Saginaw, has donated $50,000 to Albion college for the erection of a library and memorial hall. : Skilled woodsmen are a scarce commodity in eastern Michi- gan and there is an active demand for help in every section. Lumber firms are being forced to advertise extensively for men for the woods, THE CANADA LUMBERMAN 9 Butters & Peters, at Ludington, are buying hardwood logs at the rate of 100,000 to 150,000 feet a week. They mostly - come from farmers’ cuttings. An increasing quantity of hardwood is being cut in Muskegon territory from year to year. Last season Munroe & Brinen floated down the Muskegon river 1,000,000 feet of ash which brought a good return. The new mill of the South End Lumber Company is almost completed. It is said that the company has contracted with Fisher & Turner to cut 350,000,000 feet of Canada logs at the rate of 30,000,000 feet annually. > Thompson Smith’s Sons, at Duncan City, have closed a deal for 70,000,000 feet of Canadian pine on the Massasauga river about 25 miles north of Thessalon. This firm owns 200,000, - 000 feet of pine in the Georgian Bay district. F. W. Reid & Co., of Eagle mills, are going to ship to the _ World’s Fair their prize load of logs, which with the team, teamster and loaders will be on exhibition during the fair. It consists of 28 16-foot logs, scaling something over 28,000. Richard Nilson wants the A. W. Wright Company, of Bay City, to pay him $15,000. He was in the employ of the company in 1891, and was struck by the breaking of a chain, inflicting injuries which he deems worth the sum asked. The company will let the courts fix the measure of damages. _ The Arthur Hill Company, which is putting in 20,000,000 feet of logs in upper Michigan, will clean up lumbering there another year, unless further timber purchases should be made. The company owns 250,000,000 feet in the Georgian Bay dis- trict, and a syndicate, in which Mr. Hill is one of the heaviest concerned, purchased last season 500,000,000 feet in the Ottawa district, that will be manufactured in Canada for the eastern market. C. K. Eddy & Sons have purchased timber berth 107, on the Spanish river, Ont., including a camp outfit and 5,000,000 feet of logs on skids. The consideration is reported at $100,- ooo. The berth is estimated to cut 30,000,000 feet and there will be cut off this winter 8,000,000 feet. All of this stock will come to Eddy & Sons’ mill at Saginaw. They own a tract of 400,000,000 feet in addition to the last purchase, on Georgian Bay waters. It is believed that the Spanish River Boom Company, which recently met in Toronto and elected officers, has perfected arrangements for the securing of and early supply of logs for the Michigan mills. As you know the company is composed almost entirely of American lumbermen. E. T. Carrington, the newly elected president of the Boom Company has been Secretary and manager of the Rifle River Boom Company ever since its organization, about thirty years ago, and has thereby had sole control; hence he is specially fitted tor the position to which he has been elected. SAGINAW, Mich., Feb. 25, 1893. PERSONAL, Mr. Callaghan, of the Rathbun Co., Deseronto, Ont., has been visiting the lumbering camps north of Minden, Ont. Jean Baptiste, of Three Rivers, Que., head of the large lumber firm founded by his father, the late George Baptiste, a pioneer of St. Maurice district, is dead. A. H. H. Hemming, artist, is on a visit to the lumber camps of the Georgian Bay and Ottawa for the purpose of writing up and illustrating life in the shanties for Harpers’ Weekly. As certain as the year comes round the LUMBERMAN re- _ceives an annual call from Mr. J. D. Barr, of Medonte, Ont. Mr. Barr is one of ye lumbermen, who not only knows how to tun a sawmill, but is the possessor of a head for invention, that may some day enable him to rank with the Stephen- sons, the Howes and others of the world’s great inventors. He is busy at present on a piece of invention that he believes will have an important bearing on the running of the modern Se ewwisiill, __ Of the several American lumber firms operating extensively in Canada, Merrill & Ring, of Saginaw, Mich., are among the largest. This concern, or the members of it, cover a good deal of territory. Thomas Merrill, the head of the concern, _ has been a resident of Saginaw for thirty years, and is one of the most successful operators in the business. His son, T. D. _ Merrill, was born within hearing of the circular saw, as was Mr. Ring. They have a considerable interest in lumber in Duluth. Besides, they operate a planing mill and yard at Toledo, where they will probably handle 20,000,000 fecet or more of lumber the present year. The firm of Merrill, Ring & Fordney own 300,000,000 feet of pine on Georgian Bay ana a mill there of 12,000,000 capacity, the stock of which g0e% to Toledo, and it is understood they will erect another ull in the same district. On the American side the Merrills wn an interest with A. P. Bliss in about 1,600,000,000 feet of THE NEWS. ONTARIO. —J. H. Bowman & Company, planing mill, etc., Dundas, have assigned. —An assignment is made by J. A. & M. Dawson, saw- millers, Windham. —Noble & Davidson, wood-turners, Toronto, have as- signed and the estate is to be wound up. —C. Young, of Young’s Point, is shipping considerable cedar and tamarac to Toronto for paving purposes. —A large elm tree grown on the farm of Joseph Johnston, Culross tp., Bruce co., contained 3,900 feet of lumber. The sawmill of the Rathbun Company at Campbellford, was destroyed by fire on the 23rd ult. Loss $6,000; fully covered by insurance. —A number of creditors mourn over the absence of Levi C. Dick, planing mill man at Fordwich, who was disposed to ex- tend his business beyond reasonable limits. —It is estimated that 150,000,000 feet of logs will come out of Spanish river the coming summer, nearly all of which will be towed across the lake to Michigan mills. —Thompson & Sons, of Peterborough, have five or six teams on the road drawing square timber out of the Oregon settlement in Harvey for Lakefield to be shipped on the G. T. R. for Halifax. The quality of the timber is good. —The new shingle mill of the Parkin Lumber Co., (Ltd.), of Lindsay, is described as a very complete building. The building is of white brick and fire-proof, and contains almost every modern convenience that a manufacturer might wish for. —A local report says: C. H. Merrifield, saw and planing mills, Monkton, is doing a brisk lumber trade. He has 600,- 000 sawlogs in his yard now, and expects double that number before season closes. His stock consists chiefly of pine and ash. —The now mill of Sutherland, Innes & Co., at Coats- worth, is nearly completed. It will be one of the most complete mills in the province, with three boilers, and stave, hoop and heading machinery, and when run to full capacity will employ 75 men. —The other day Geo. Nigh, of Springfield, near North Bay, sold a tree in the bush, which when cut down measured six feet across the stump end and was 60 feet long after leaving a 6-foot stump. The tops when cut into 20-inch stove lengths made about twenty cords of good wood. —The Orillia Packet states that owing to the town council breaking faith with him in the matter of tax exemption, Mr. Tait has decided to remove his new sawmill to some place where pine is abundant. Mr. Tait’s lumber yard here will then be supplied chiefly by the Huntsville Lumber Co. —Stephen McGonegal, a jobber for the Rathbun Company on the Mackay limits, recently cut for the Lavant operations sixty-five logs from four trees. From one tree he cut seven- teen logs 13 feet and four sixteen feet in length ; from a sec- ond tree cut seventeen logs 13 feet long ; and from the fourth twelve logs 13 feet in length. —Robert Stewart, of Guelph, has received one million feet of lumber purchased in the Parry Sound and Muskoka dis- tricts. Some of the lumber was purchased from the limits formerly owned by the Guelph Lumber Co. Mr. Stewart states that there have been three fortunes made on these limits, and that if the first purchasers in Guelph had held on to their investment they would have been very wealthy men to-day. —Currency is given by the local press to the following: Messrs. Gilmour & Co., who operate extensive mills at Camp- bellford and Trenton, have in contemplation at the opening of spring, the building of a railroad or the laying of an endless chain from one lake to another in the Nipissing district, where they recently purchased timber limits for the large sum of $703,699. The railroad or endless chain will be two miles long, and with its accomplishment the company will be able to run all their logs down by way of the Otonabee river, through Peterborough, into Rice Lake and the Trent River, to Campbellford and Trenton. It is said that their limits in the Nipissing district are so extensive and thickly wooded that operations can be carried on for fully thirty years. These mills have, therefore, a long future in store for them. —W. D. Whyte, accountant for the Conger Lumber Com- pany at Parry Sound, was found dead in his room in the St. James Hotel, Toronto, a fortnight ago. He was on his way to Elmira, N.Y., where he was to take a position in the com- pany’s business at that point. A good deal of mystery sur- rounds the unfortunate affair. Whyte was highly respected by his employers and had been with them for some years. The most plausible theory points to suicide, as a 32-calibre revolver was found near where the lifeless body was found. No reasc can be given for the rash act. He leaves a wife ar Confirming the suicide theory in his pocket £ ) ] gold watch and inside the watch was a note which it was to be given to little Davie, his son, when he grew A man named Ostrom who was last seen in his room cannot be found. —In the case of Eddy vs. Spratt Jud has given a decision in favor of the defendant. The dis- pute was in regard to certain Jand in the township of Eardley, covered with valuable timber. Eddy clai hat on which gave to him the more valuable timber and of men on the property to cut the timber. Spratt had Ed men driven off by force, wherefore Eddy sued for injunction to stop the use of force and permit a peaceable acc the timber with the result now noted. QUEBEC. —Mr. Charette, of Charette & Melanger, sawmill operators of Point au Chene, has transferred his interest in the mill to Mr. Alcide Lafortune, of Gatineau Point village, who will take an active working part in the business. —There is an agitation in the lower St. Lawrence for fvr- ther shipping facilities at Rimouski. The following figures will show the amount of business done by the several lumber firms in the Rimouski district, and along that portion of the Intercolonial railway during the past year: Price & Co. handled 125,000 logs or 375,000 deals at Metis, 100,- 000 logs or 300,000 deals at Amqui, and 35,000 logs or 105,000 deals at Bic. Besides this, King Bros. & Co. handled 75,000 logs, or 225,000 deals at Cedarhill, while Shell, McPherson & Co. had 40,000 or 120,000 deals at Sayabec, making 1,125,000 deals to be shipped at the port of Rimouski. MANITOBA AND THE NORTH-WEST. —The liabilities of McKerlie & Dillingham, lumber, Wa- wanesa, Man., are $3,600 with assets about equal. They commenced business in July, 1890, with a cash capital of $1,000. A letter states that the stringency of the money market and the difficulty in collecting accounts precipitated matters. NOVA SCOTIA AND NEW BRUNSWICK. —A good business is being done by A. McMullen at Folly Lake, N.S. yarding about 300 logs per day. Two camps are at work and the crews of men are At another part four crews are logging. The deals are all sluiced to Acadia Mines. Mc- Mullen is after five million feet of lumber this year. —The shingle business in Restigouche county, N.B., is be- coming a great industry. There are about 60 machines now in In winter many portable mills are operated at points not many miles from the railway and the product is hauled to railway crossings or stations. The whole product goes to the United States. operation and the number is ‘steadily increasing. LUMBER DECISION IN COMMERCIAL LAW. FAIRCHILD v. FERGUSON.—R., manager of an unincor- porated lumbering company, gave a promissory note for logs purchased by him as such manager, commencing ‘‘ Sixty days after date we promise to pay,” etc., and signed it ‘“‘ R., mana- ger O. L. Co.” An action on this note against the individual members of the company was defended on the ground that it was the personal note of R., that the words ‘* manager,” etc., were merely descriptive of R.’s occupation, and that the de- fendants were not liable. Held, by the Supreme Court of Canada, affirming the judgment of the Supreme Court of the North-West Territories, that as the evidence showed that when the note was given both R. and the creditor intended it to be the note of the company, and that R. as manager was com- petent to make a note on which the members of the com- pany would be liable, and as the form of the note was suffi- cient for that purpose, the defence set up could not prevail and the plaintiffs in the action were entitled to recover. KIND WORDS FOR THE ‘*LUMBERMAN.” T is not sufficient with many subscribers that they re- mit, promptly, their subscriptions to the CANADA LUMBERMAN, but from them come, at the same time, words of encouragement that are a stimulus to publisher and editor to fresh effort and energy in the future. J. Beddard, Richmond, Que: One dollar for the LumBER- MAN is far too cheap for the good information we get from it. Jno. Dowling, Brantford, Ont.: The CANADA LUMBERMAN is to me a very valuable journal. John Milne & Son, Huntsville, Ont.: We like your paper well. P. B. Lantz, New Ross, N.S.: Your paper is all that is required in news on lumbering business. MacPherson & Schell, Alexandria, Ont.: We have pleasure in congratulating you upon your success in keeping the Luy- BERMAN in front of the army of lumber journals, 10 THE CANADA TOMBE EVE TRADE REVIEW: Office of CANADA LUMBERMAN, February 28, 1893. THE GENERAL SURVEY. N° good reason exists for supposing that general ex- pectations of an increased and improving lumber trade in Canada during 1893 will not be realized. Our Ottawa correspondent sends reports of several interviews held with leading representatives of the trade in that important lumber centre and these all point to improve- ment in ’93 over the preceding year. Information from the Georgian Bay and neighboring districts are indicative of exceptional activity in the woods; prospects are good for an active summer’s work in the mills and a profitable shipping trade. An increased demand for white pine with steadily increasing prices is the news that reaches us from United States correspondents at Albany, New York, Saginaw, and other points. These conditions cannot else than leave a favorable impress on the output of white pine in Canada. There can hardly be any doubt that a large volume of Canadian lumber will be shipped this year to the States at prices that will be sat- isfactory to shippers. The foreign outlook is less hopeful though the refer- ence under this head to the circular of a Glasgow lum- ber firm would seem to indicate a better demand for Canadian lumber, at least in that part of the United Kingdom. Trade in Ontario is likely to be fairly active the coming season, commercial reports giving grounds for believing that the general commerce of the province is improving. No large amount of building will take place in Toronto. It may be expected that British Columbia trade will be enlarged in 1893. Our correspondent at New Westmin- ster reports a large order for B.C. lumber from Australia which is a cheering rift in the cloud that has overhung Australia commercially for two years past. - Quebec and the Maritime Provinces will, we have reason to hope, improve on their trade of the past few years. HARDWOODS. The hardwood market in Canada manifests consider- able activity. The mills working largely on hard- woods are kept busy and satisfactory sales are being made. Buyers who devote themselves chiefly to hard- woods report many lines of stocks scarce and no very abundant supply of hardwood located at any par- ticular spot. The hoop factories and stave mills have become large consumers of elm logs and prices within a comparatively few years have doubled and in some cases nearly trebled. Trade in hardwoods with the United States is constantly growing. Current prices of leading hardwoods will be found on this page. UNITED STATES. Enquiry in the lumber trade concerns the near future rather than to-day. Spring is approaching rapidly, despite a continued abundance of snow, and plans are being laid for the trade of the coming season. The outlook as a whole is promising, though certain condi- tions that were helpful in localities a year ago will not prevailthis year. This applies to Chicago, where the preparations for the World’s Fair last year added very largely to the consumption of lumber. Not only will there be that vacuum to fill, but it is not improb- able that Chicago may experience a certain reaction after the boom of the Fair that will result in a shrink- age of general trade, which would have a certain influ- ence on lumber consumption in the future. But this is local rather than general. This view, however, is not without weight in the judgment of shrewd obser- vers. In the New England territories a measure of dullness in lumber is perhaps most recognized, though the fact that prices remain firm is indicative of confi dence in the future. Stocks in the west are low and a good trade is being done. White pine is scarce and it may be expected that prices willadvance. At points in Wisconsin and along the Mississippi trade throughout the winter is said to have been in excess of that of a year ago, and the prospects are favorable for a further increase. Extra interest is felt in the yellow pine trade and in some points is coming into competition with white pine. In northern consuming centres beyond the Ohio river and east of the Alleghany the consumption of lumber is growing rapidly and yellow pine will per- haps command a lion’s share of the trade. Hardwoods hold their own well and poplar and cottonwoods are in good demand. FOREIGN. The English markets, in the opinion of Denny, Mott and Dickson, of London, Eng., in their wood market report of February, “show no signs of emerging from the consistent dullness of last year, although the cus- tomary arranging of spring and summer import con- tracts has lent some relief to the general monotony. The volume of consumption shows indications of con- tracting rather than expanding and so long as this con- tinues holders must be content to work cautiously, with a view to avoiding losses, rather than to making profits, however small. So far as Canadian trade with Great Britain is concerned a more cheerful outlook is pre- sented in the annual trade circular of Singleton, Dunn and Co., of Glasgow, Scotland. They say: “ Pitch pine timber and Canadian deals during the past year largely took the place of North of Europe red and whitewood logs and deals. The cheapness and excel- lence of sawn pitch pine has enabled it to supercede the Baltic logs, and this not only in the Clyde but very largely too in the other parts of Scotland. Baltic deals, 9 in. and up, x 3, were higher than Canadian deals, and dealers bought the latter c. i. f. much more exten- sively than in former years. It seems probable that this will be repeated, as Baltic 9 x 3 white deals are quoted about similar to the last year’s rates.” There is some hope of an early revival of trade in South Amer- ica and information that comes to us from British Columbia correspondents who have an acute interest in Australian conditions, gives hope that the depression in these colonies has nearly spent itself. TORONTO, ONT. Toronto, February 28, 1893. CAR OR CARGO LOTS. 52 FiC/h So, COKE Ho) aa WISI, on oocuonsaencacucosnoesoGceEne 33 00 36 00 TXTOANC Te dressing and beLters-ney ecetseiee ence erates 20 00 22 00 PaO) Choral 3 sav Aa 6 ooo oaseAnananod Ovo UGdEOUUD DOOD 15 00 16 00 TY ANAL 1}. CONN Nao soacssococsovodsnacnnoueaponvuMenoS 13 00 TXTOandsr2spruceiculls:nerP ree Melee een ee 10 00 Ir 00 sero inalise) sovlll oilloon5ceudscocuseoncoudndsoansteonsaec 9g 00 minchiclearandupicksreren tere Tee oe Eee ete renee eet 28 00 32 00 Tinchidressingvandshetteyeer eee eee eee etree neteree 20 00 22 00 ie SNS ab bayes AMUN TABI C oGindho seabed sone ouODALUANDSOCOeLaD I4 00 15 00 Tiinchysidin ee comMOnE Ee aster er ee te eee een eer II 00 12 00 ig Sholay te btorer Cladhe) CHWS sag condcneccsadundoeodo0scuenboeUS IO 00 II 00 Teel Goby Awl CUWIGsonscarsacesssoceeouneecoopAcaoeos 8 00 9g 00 (Celbleertdbiyss sonoannse conopuco npdgunondovncosenvonsengcs 8 00 9g 00 1 1-2 and thicker cutting up plank..............-.-....... 24 00 26 00 rs Motel SSCS Zh, (Ho) G) Thay eevN SAIN ooa5 voDoen Do IodEsoucoD I5 00 16 00 Tinchistrips common ee eee eee eccrine 12 00 13 00 HIYA Las do paodedanoasdodasnoododacopdponsoaza65 £5 00 16 00 Tal-2:nchlOOnn Sepa ehaeeeeeeyeen ee eee eee eee 15 00 16 00 VOCS Auringes, WO Wi Morasasnoonondeenanodssssoescsaodsc 230 2 40 XX shingles 16inch......... KMbodecuntooDndorodacontenoe I 30 1 40 IEA INICy Shognodogodco tusoaudocoUDUDCHUODOdoCSdoRODEdS 215 IGEN, INOS Aseaocoonab canco;oaseeLsonddnaoboCDoQGDOOBGOOS 180 1 85 YARD QUOTATIONS. Mill cull boards and scantling$10 00 F. M. Shipping cull boards, promis- I1- 2in. flooring, dres’d 26 00 30 00 (CUOUS|WAGTDS enter ein lates 13 00 ms rough 18 00 22 00 stocks . 16 00 « ff dres'd 25 00 28 00 Scantling and Joist, up to 16 ft 14 00] 11-4 in. flooring, un- 18 ft 15 00 dressed, B.M. . . 16 00 18 00 ce Gy «20 ft 16 00 | r1- 4in. flooring, dres'd 18 00 20 00 fc ec «22 ft 17 00 ““ undres'd 12 00 15 00 ef sg ““ 24 ft 19 00 | Beaded sheeting, dres- G oe «26 ft 20 00 Gals can ayo 20 00 35 00 se se ‘* 28 ft 22 00 Clasboardiis, dres’d. 12 00 fe m « 30ft 24 00 | XXX sawn shingles ce € « 32ft 27 00 perm VE Mie) oe. ete 260 270 § sf S934 16920)50)|\Sawinllath. sane weme 2 60 237950) |Redi@ake.i ene 30 00 40 00 G ‘ Site she CO|| Mee “SG Gs oo nb 37 00 45 00 § sf ‘€ 38 ft 33 00 | Basswood, No. 1and2 28 00 30 00 40 to 44 ft 37 00 Cutting up planks, 1 and thicker, dry . 25 00 28 00 ES board 18 00 24 00 Dressing blocks . . . 16 00 20 00 Picks Am. inspection. 30 00 Cherry, No. rand 2. 7O 00 go 00 White ash, 1 and 2. . 24 00 35 00 Black ask, rand2. . 20 00 30 00 HARDWOODS—PER M. FEET B. M. Birch, 1 and aepecie $17 00 $20 Balm of Gilead, 1 & 2. $13 00 00 $15 00 Maple, Adoonba 16 00 18 00} Oak, redorgrey, ‘‘ . 25 00 30 00 @aimyg. . ssa0000 50 00 60 00 Chestnut, 1 and 2. 25 00 3000 Ash, Ss I and 2.. 24 00 28 oo} Walnut, Sa tea | 85 00 I00 00 coblacks -. 16 00 18 00 Butternut, <2). 2) 28100) 30700) Elm, soft, “« .. II 00 12 00} Hickory, cane ACD BCD GeTOCKs os -. 15 00 18 00] Basswood, ‘‘ 16 00 18 00 Oak, white, ‘‘ ... 30 00 35 00| Whitewood, ‘‘ 35 00 40 00 OTTAWA, ONT. Orrawa. February 28, 1893. Pine, good sidings, per M feet, b. Meee verse seers eres ees $32 00 40 00 Pine, good strips, Pine, good shorts, Pine, znd quality 'sidings, per M feet, los bcoorncapEEbenso6 20 00 25 00 Pine, znd quality strips, ef “ec “ “cc Pine, 2nd quality shorts, ce fo cS 18 00 Pine, shipping cull stock, ‘‘ Es eae 16 00 Pine, box cull stock, fe fs 13 00 Pine, s.c. Strips and sidings “ ce a's I4 00 istecs mill ails Ghoodasoboun \odnoadennoapouparSsoaseupese 10 00 IOSTANe sie Wi lod aguadococnBL ano godradtapeoogbanuape Dascane I 90 QUEBEC, QUE. roa QUEBEC, February 28, 1893. WHITE PINE—IN THE RAFT. - cts. cts, For inferior and ordinary according to average, quality etc., meastired offen ancl sce ee lee melee eet e am 14 @ 18 For fair average quality, according to average, etc., measured off. 16 20 For good and good fair average, oe > i. bs i 28 For superior 28 30 In shipping order « ie ee re ‘f 20)) aa Waney board, 18 to 19 inch ne sf ie BE ee a Fi, Waney board, 19 to 21 inch ee . s ef a, RED PINE—IN THE RAFT. Measured off, according to average and quality pono cternanag 545 14 22 In shipping order, g5ito.45ifeet ie in sly A" Utnese er eaceeeee 22) gc OAK—MICHIGAN AND OHIO. By the dram, according toaverageand quality. . . .. . .45 51 ELM. By the dram, according to average and quality, .4 5 1050 feet. -. 30) gue 30 to 35 feet. .25 28 ASH. 14 inches and up, according to average and quality. . . . .30 34 BIRCH. 16 inch average, according to average and quality. . * . .20 23 TAMARAC. Square, according to size and quality . ETO Flatted, neers > STAVES. Merchantable Pipe, according to qual. and sp’cfct’n—nominal . $330 $350 . O. Puncheon, Merchantable, according to quality. . . . go 100 DEALS. Brent according to mill specification, $115 to $123 for 1st, $78 to $82 for and, and $37 to $42 for 3rd quality. Bright spruce, according to mill specification, $40 to $43 for rst, $27 to $28 for 2nd, $23 to $25 for 3rd, and $19 to $21 for 4th quality. BOSTON, MASS. BosTON, Mass., Feb. 28.—There is some difficulty in getting at the true condition of the spruce market owing to the conflicting nature of reports coming from loggers and mill. The story is being circulated in some localities that there is no snow, but the general verdict contradicts this statement. Trade generally is slow with expectations, however, of active building opera- tions this spring and summer, which will give lumber a good stimulus and keep prices firm. EASTERN PINE—CARGO OR CAR LOAD. Ordinary planed 34 inch... nos .-» $9 00 iboardsyapiemmecee $12 00 17-16) inches ee sees 8 00@$ g 00 Coarse No, 5....... 16 00 3 00 56.inch. saree 8 00 8 50 iRlekusewtetenieiarasiere 12 co@$10 50] Clapboards, sapext.. 52 50 55 00 OWSicaoindarpacoona 800 1 Sap clears 0.) osese 50 00 Bop oars tinch... 11 00 Sap, 2nd clear.... 40 00 42 50 Tore epsoobednss 10 50 INOfa eee ee eee 2000 25 00 WESTERN PINE—BY CAR LOAD. (Wippers; xed eit abe 00@53 00 | Fine com., 3 and 4 in 42 00 46 00 1%, 1% and 2 in.. 52 00 55 00| No. 2,1 in. Finecom. 28 00 30 00 3 and qgin..... - 60 00 65 00] 1%, 1% and 2in... 29 00 31 oo Selects, 1 in......... 45 00 48 00| No. 1 SOEs 4 to 6i in. 43 00 44 00 1%, 1% and 2 in... 45 00 48)00)| JNone2eaeeeeereaee 36 00 37 00 apainal Aste auacccas 56 00 59 co No. 5 a ace Rate 28 00 30 00 Moulding boards, 7 to Cut ups, 1 to 2 in.... 24 00 32 00 Ton Clearereniet 36 co 38 00 | Coffin boards........ 20 00 22 00 60 per cent. clear... 34 00 36 00 | Common all widths... 22 00 26 oo Fine common, 1in.... 41 00 44 00 | Shipping culls,r in... 15 00 15 50 14%, 1% and 2in... 41 00 45 00 do 1% in. 15 50 16 50 SPRUCE—BY CARGO. Scantling and plank, Coarse, rough........ 12 0o@14 00 random cargoes.. 14 00@15 oo Hemlock bds., rough. 12 00 13 00 Yard orders, ordinary ” dressed 12 00 I4 00 SIZES fe nicisjeieisisierels 15 00 16 00 | Clapbds., extra, 4 ft.. 32 00 33 00 Yard orders, extra Clear, 14 fe-jcee mete fore) SCS. aoupoavedadr 16 co 18 00 Second clear Clear floor boards IQ 00 20 00 Nov tag een IN@> Bacccoosoooas 16 00 17 00 LATH Spruce: by Cargor wo cic 5. oie eines ereiel< oie cinte sieteter siete sel aes eee SHINGLES. Eastern sawed cedar, Eastern shaved sawed ex trabiseicrernyeecoses $3 25 $340] cedar, rst quality... 5 00 5 25 Clear veperetecsieiisicictae 2.75 3°00 zal quality SAHOO a0 475 AielS yg oo cogauoneod 2525: i240 ard) 8 tree 4 00 G47 INO; Bosacoancs 125 1r50| 4th FOES see eee 3.00 425 Saas INosnseeemeeete I 50 OSWEGO, N.Y. OswEco, N. Y., Feb. 28.—Cold weather is retarding trade to some extent. The general outlook, however, is encouraging. WHITE PINE. Three uppers, 1} Ay. of and 2)inchi. cs eerie iecisteeeneeees $45 00@46 00 Pickings; 3 8S eae einscioceteto eet oes 36 00 38 00 No. 1, cutting up, ‘ MEMES rics) OGD AGO > oOAAi 3% 2 3I 00 32 00 No. 2, cutting up, ‘‘ (fo cntasdelee ep ieee eee eee 2I 00 23 00 In strips, 4 to 8 wide, selected for moulding strips, 14 to 16 ft. 31 00 33 oo SIDING. I in siding, cutting up 1% in selected....... 35 00@42 00 picks and uppers... 32 00@39 00 | 14 in dressing....... 19 00 2I 00 I in dressing......... IQ 00 2I 00 =k in No. 1 culls.... 14 00 16 00 rin No. x culls...... I4 00 15 00 iY in No. 2cutls.... 12 00 13 00 zin No. 2 culls...... 12 00 13 00}]1 in. No3culls...... IO 0O II 00 IX12 INCH. T2and 16 efeets) smi reba a ayetayete rad atepalelaleleieletetetatatel stele tee teanen 20 00 23 00 12 and 16 feet, No. 1 and 2, barn boards..............-..-. 18 00 19 00 12 and 16 feet, dressing and better.............--.--...-«- 26 00 30 00 r2and x6)feet, Nos: 2) Gullsaie ete ciepererayete = eleleterede ele te latte eer I3 00 I4 00 IX1o INCH. 12 and 13 feet, mill run, mill cullsout........-...........05 IQ 00 2I CO 12 and 13 feet, dressing and better 1x10, 14 to 16 barn boards 12 and 13 feet, No. 1 culls.. 12 and 13 feet, No. 2 culls 14 to 16 feet, mill run mill culls out 14 to 16 feet, dressingjand. better... -. <0 see eee 25 00 27 0O 14 to 16 feet, INO. DIGUIIS Fane mnck elec sere iene Ceres 16 00 17 00 14 to 16 feet, Nona! culls ae .icere seicreisiniehs eietetie eee ees 13 00 I4 00 POM MYEPI In Non SONI SS GopsadudadosS assed ona Ssol46aase I0 00 II CO 14x10 INCHES. Mill run, mill culls out.$20 co@23 00 | No. rculls........... 16 00 17 00 Dressing and better.. 25 00 35 00/ No. 2culls........... 14 00 I5 00 IX4 INCHES. Mill run, mill cullsout 17 00 19 00 | No. rculls 13 00 I4 00 Dressing and better.. 23 00 27 00 | No. 2culls I2 00 1300 IX5 INCHES. 6, 7 or 8, mill run, mill 6, 7 or 8, No. rculls,. 15 00 16 00 CUllSiOUb eels tele tele 19 00 21 00 | 6, 7 or 8, No. 2 culls.. 13 00 14 00 6, 7. or 8, drsg and : betters eistenistaeists 24 00 28 00 - ~ > <¢ - Marcu, 1893 ¢ THE CANADA LUMBERMAN 11 P. XXX, 18 in pine....... 3 7° 3 | RXX 8 in. 2 SEER ss oie ~ 359 375 and enquiries indicate that the supply is lighter than Whitechurch, Ont. James Sharp and Hector McKay were are Clear butts ine, 18 in.. 2 70 2 90 ear butt, 18 in. cedar. 2 50 2 75 0 ed in taking d 1 a tree, ich, in falling. came in con- XXX, 16 eee SeocAc 300 3 25] XX, 18in.cedar....190 200 had been supposed. Box boards have run lows and sis 4 pris SOW Eee; BONE EBOsuE,, Cam os gre“, Stock cedars, 5or 6in.: 4 50 5 00 renewed stocks are now being sought by dealers. The tact with another one, and the result was that the first tree : LATH. : j - a seeniddie - P aT ht hays een ; 2 429-eeee F (2a) [Nas SS Senet cee 245 spruce market is fairly active. broke in the middle and the top part fell back over the stump PGA Ess cl wine one 2 00 - Oo GGIS! SVEN QDS, beside which the two axemen were standing. Sharp was SS Ie oy The oo doc ads 00@45 00 | Coffin boards........ 20 00 22 00 killed instantly. BUFFALO AND TONAWANDA, N.Y. 1%,1%and2in.... 46 00 47 00| Box, in..........+++. $17 00@17 50 y oe y 3 and 4 in........ 55 00 58 00 AW NCC Mec BRe aed 50 18 00 TONAWANDA, N. Y.. Feb. 28.—The continued cold Selects, eaineae Sbashon 40 00 41 00 | Ccil’ 8 base, fig. No. x ‘ 00 42 00 THE BANK AGAIN WINS. 4 : : 1 in., all wide...... 41 00 43 00 Zivoseveersone 35 00 37 00 p weather is having a hurtful effect on the lumber trade I Ys 1% and2in.... 43 00 44 00 pif 2 reecaage 24 00 26 00 The Privy Council has allowed the appeal of Bryant, = thili } 1 1 Byandeq iter ees 2 00 00 elving, O. Leawe. > 9 CO 32 OO - 5 Z as there is no possibility of outside work being carried 3 eRe i a 32 2 De ee Ze e # % Powis & Bryant v. La Banque du Peuple and dismissed on; while transportation is naturally impeded. There I Ae aoe ie Ae Molding, IN OFAx ren 36 00 32 the appeal of Bryant, Powis & Bryant y. the Quebec i A = ZiaNG AW esse tea ce 46 00 48 00 Fh yee On An 34 00 36 00 “ : # “ is at the same time a continuous demand for good “No up, rin. No.1 28 00 30 00 Bevel sid’g, clear.... 22 50 2300 Bank. The case is one in which the Geer ec Bank pro- =) co 23 00 Os Ticccscccccsce 22 00 22 50 lumber. A report of the past week tells of an enquiry oo 32.00) No. 20.00.00... 2000 2050 ceeded against Bryant, Powis & Bryant, a large timber i i ren) ers voreoba even 6 for 500,000 feet of coffin stock, with no takers. Prices pilett rd Norway,cl, and No.1 2300 25 00 firm of London, Eng., for paper Rennie for which the keep perfectly firm, and are not likely, from all one can eD Go|) Wa Bevan accacee 2 00 22.00 firm disputed its liability. This is the third trial of the learn from the producing centres, to show any imme- BGS case, the bank getting judgment every time. diate signs of relaxing. WHITE PINE. Up’ = 1,1%,1%and2 Shelving, No. 1, 13 in =. S8308Sapeee $48 00: 50 00 and up,zin...... 32 00@34 00 2 : emda. =~... . 56 00 58 oo] Dressing, 1% in...... 25 00 26 00 Ree. ~~ 60 00 62 00 1Y¥xroand 12...... 26 00 Selects, rin. ........ 42 00 43 00 ae Misdhoocupeeon 24 00 25 00 See 2a... ee ET) Pig} ea) ye ye parsec ogee 26 50 28 00 2% and 3 in....... 50 00 Mold « st’ps, 1 to 2in.. 33 00 35 00 _ i. Leggs 52 00 Bats, No. 1, roand 12 Fine common, 1 in... 37 00 38 00| _siin............... 23 00 24 00 1% and 134 i ees 37 00 38 oo Bena Ge WSS asecgen 22 00 23 00 “hi SSeS 39 00 40 00 No. 2, 10 and 12 in. Ig 00 - 2¥% and 3 in....... 39 00 4900 Grandi@iin ea.) 54. = 18 00 19 00 1 .SS0R pesos 47 00 No. 3, ro and 12 in. 14 00 16 00 Cut’g up, No. 1, rin. 29 00 30 00 6 and 8in.......... 14/50 415/50 14% toz in......... 35 00 37 00 | Common, rin........ 16 co 18 00 Wee x m--...... 19 00 2000 14% and 5 AS ean a 18 90 20 00 No. 2, 1% to2in.. 25 00 27 00 ORIN FA eMac ethers 20 00 22 00 No. 3, 14% tozin... 18 00 19 00 BOX. arent 12 in. (No 3 Narrow 00 EE a die: 0/a's » 14 00] 1% in fore) > rx6and 8in (No. 3 0ut) 13 50 | 13 00 1x13 and wider...... 16 00 18 00] 2 in fore) SHINGLES. moun oeoe, clear... 375 4 00] 16 in., *A extra...... 250 260 18 in. XX, 6 in. clear. 2 75 | 16in. clear butts..... 2 10 LATH. Bees...) 240 2 5, ae Te Fibs ore, vesiarct-/se I 10 MEIER iaccc.0 ss. I 95 Fe a ALBANY, N.Y. ALBANY, N.Y., Feb. 28.—Little business is doing at this point just now for the reason that the lumber trade believe that a waiting policy is the paying policy. Con- - fidence rules that higher prices will prevail at an early date and therefore it would be unwise to part with stocks at present quotations. PINE. 2¥ in. and up, good........ $55 $60 | 10-in. common............. $15 $16 _lT LL ae 55 | 12-in. dressing and better... 28 34 Lr S27) eee Sole (Common obec. oc «cele ots ele 15 17 Wuckigs --.--...---...-- 45 | 1%4-in. siding, selected, 13 ft. 40 45 1¥ to 2-in. good........... 2) Ge | |) @uninto ae aaenoenaancous 15 17 y To eee 47 50| 1-in. siding, selected........ 38 42 tt oe Ra ae 42 45 ommmon tas se -(os cps 15 17 = Pues os <. oo ae val a7 40) Norway; clear............. 22 25 or eee 52 55 PTESSING Oe. aaeieeiee ae 16 18 J) a 47 50° Commons ree. ---- Tx) 9X5 i.) ae 42 45 | 10-in. plank, 13 ft., dressing c. c. ja oo eee 37 40| and better, each yas 42 55 Cutting-up .............. 22 27 | 10-in. plank, 13-ft. culls, each 23 25 eS ee 30 35 | 10-in. boards, 13 ft., dressing Shelving boards, 12-in. up.. 28 32| and better,each.......... 28 32 e Dressing boards, narrow 20 22/| 10-in. boards, 13-ft. culls.... 17 21 LATH. LS ee eee Sera Spree. crcee.ccr o> 9s $2 40 $2 50 > SHINGLES. Sawed eh Xxxx..$4 35 $4 50| Bound butts, €x18 ....$5 90 $6 00 7 hese batts... ...... 310 325 ermloclenn aes lies sn cee 215 2 30 ’ z Smooth, $x eee gn 00 | OPKUCE:. 6. a vc. rise «= o's’ 220 2 30 oa SAGINAW, MICH. « SAGINAW, MICH., Feb. 28.—Speaking in general terms there is no large amount of activity in the lumber market. An impression is strong in well informed cir- cles that a further increase in prices is near by. Lum- ber that sold last season at $14 straight now goes rea- dily at $16, and that quoted at $18 to $19.50 is now held at $20 to $23, while choice would bring $26 to $27.50. 1 lie ¥ — FINISHING LUMBER—ROUGH. pares, 1, 1% and 1%......45 00| Fine common, 1 in........... 34 00 a ee 46 OC 1% and i 1 oe ore ae 36 00 + leren, sin 2 Ee LE) OR ORE 36 00 OO SEE MOON. C72 BS andigiOs «> .se0 5620510 30 00 ¥ DBS orev c ewe essen ser cseces 49°) _ SIDING. _ EA ee 24 00 Ee MIME edits om nivieicis Fea 19 00 Meo cece eee cere ee eeee 48 00 UO AOC eR CAEII Ae Coe 35 00 Pe Ge 2X OO NO 3) iM... spec ew cece de. 13 00 s 0 ae BAT MARIN 5 el ois\e vices wes aipionie oe 23 00 TIMBER, JOIST AND SCANTLING. * 2k4 tO 10x10, 12, 14 and 16 ft.$11 00 IU atte pe ela rol sy lesion 13 00 * 2 Ee 130 BEAL [2A a ioscan sie 14 00 3 - 4 1; 12 in. plank and timber $1 extra ; extra For each additional 2 ft. add for sizes above 12 in. SHINGLES. XXX 18 in. Climax.......... AONS WINCH Noose cs osere ese 75 XXX Saginaw.............. 3 GON RM DUOTES sie pss oso so od on 2 00 MMAK 2-220 ese cee rene 2 25 » Ne, OPED UDOTOOEE 1 25 0 re 1o LATH Lath, No 1, white pine....... 2 25 | Lath, No. 2, W. pine, Norway 1 65 NEW YORK CITY. New York, Feb. 28.—As we commence to approach spring it is becoming quite plain that stocks of many of lumber are scarce and dealers will have to do humping to keep up stock sufficient to meet every The demand for bulk parcels is healthy and grow- White pine is offered only in small quantities LUMBER CASUALTIES. —George Hamlin, a Frenchman, working on the Magni- cippi, Que., was killed by a falling tree. —Jas. Presley has received injuries of the right hand by it coming it contact with the saw at the mill at Kintore, N.S. —Alex. McKechnie, a shantyman, of Lancaster, Ont., and at work on the Ottawa, was recently killed by a falling tree. —Samuel Rathwell, a native of Cavan, Ont., was killed at Revelstoke, B.C., when at work in the big saw mill at that place. —Thomas Ranson, of Lutterworth, Ont., received a severe cut in the thigh from an axe while at work in the woods near Minden. —Alfred Dennis, of Kettleby, Ont., while engaged in felling tamarac was struck on the head by a falling tree and severely injured. —Robert Lackey, while blocking timber in the sawmill at Berkeley, Ont., got his left hand caught by the saw, re- ceiving an ugly cut. —A shantyman named Cleary, working in McLachlan Bros., shanty near Aylew’s Lake, Ont., had his leg broken by the dry stub of a pine tree. —Hugh Kilpatrick, who went from Buckingham, Que., to the Michigan lumber woods a year ago, has been killed by a falling tree near Menominee. —Wnm. Ziegler, of Grey, Ont., was struck in the face while loading logs, receiving a severe gash in the upper lip and loosening a number of his teeth. —John Cronkwright, an employee in the cedar mill, Deser- onto, Ont., was struck on the forehead by the hammer of the pile-driver, inflicting an ugly gash. —George Mann, while leaning over a circular saw in the planing mill of Robert Stewart, Guelph, Ont., adjusting the guide, caught his wrist in the saw and cut it badly. —D. Cooper, a foreman of the Victoria Harbor Lumber Co. at Manitoulin Island, Ont., has died from blood-poisoning, the sequel toa number of boils with which he had been afflicted. —Andrew Perrigo met with an accident when at work in Sellies Bros’. shanty at Round Lake, Ont. His axe striking a branch glanced off and gave him a bad cut on his left foot. —W,. B. Smith, of Comber, Ont., met with a bad accident when loading logs in the woods. The cant-hook slipped, causing a very heavy log to roll on him, jamming him between it and the other logs. —John Kenny, jr., an employee of Haley Bros. & Co., of St. John, N.B., met with a serious accident while removing the belt from a planing machine. Both hands were badly crushed and broken and his face cut. —A son of Zenas Rodenheiser, shingle mill, Summerside, P.E.I., was drowned by falling over an embankment into the milldam. The unfortunate man was blind and had endeavored to grope his way along alone with the result stated. —James Conroy, a well-known jobber for J. R. Booth, Ottawa, Ont, nearly lost his life while loading timber on the Madawaska river. He was struck a heavy blow on the side of the head, but happily it did not reach the temple. He is re- covering. —Frank Paradige is suffering severely from an accident re- ceived at Wilder’s camp, township of Christie, Ont. While assisting to load logs a misplaced one gave way, crushing the lower part of his body beneath the great weight. It is doubt- ful if he will recover. —Thomas Wiggins, a farmer, met with a fatal accident at Baird’s sawmill, Markdale, Ont., by coming in contact with an edging saw which was in motion, but not just then being used. The saw caught him at the ankle going lengthwise up into the body and almost through to the shoulder. Death was almost instantaneous. —A sad accident occurred in D. O’Callaghan’s bush, near A TRADE NOTES. The Gutta Percha & Rubber Mfg. Co., of Toronto, are sending to their customers a calendar of 1893 in the shape of a Mal- tese Cross, and printed in silver and black, silver and wine color, silver and red, each producing a very handsome effect. The business year of this successful concern dates from Feb- ruary to February of each year, and the calendar is modelled on this line. The Cant Bros. Co., of Galt, have just brought out a panel-raising machine which will work panels on one or both sides at one operation. The machine is simple in its design and substantial in its framing. Various cutters can be used so as to produce square, bevel or ogee on the panel desired. The cutters have a drawing cut, thus making the panel perfect- ly smooth. The table moves up and down by handwheel. The machine is fed by hand ‘and every care has been taken to make the machine all that could be desired. The Hastings Shingle Company, whose advertisement ap- pears inthis month’s LUMBERMAN, is one of the new mills re- cently built on the Coast. The specialty is shingles, and the equipment of the mill is well adapted for the manufacture of a good quality of shingles. It is located at Hastings on the main line of the C.P.R. and on the southern shore of Burrard Inlet where the deep water approaches render it a capital shipping point as well, and most convenient for the receipt of supplies of cedar from which the shingles are manufactured. The deter- mination of the company is to excel in shingles. The band mill grows in popularity among lumbermen. The upward jump timber limits have taken this last season makes it imperative that stocks should be cut in the most economical manner. The result is that many of the large mill-owners have placed their orders with the Waterous Engine Works Co. for their No. 2 band mills, using saws 12 inches wide and 14 to 16 gauge thick. Within the past week the Waterous Co. have shipped the second band mill to Davidson & Hay and a third is being shipped to Mickle, Dyment & Son, of Graven- hurst. With the Davidson & Hay shipment there is sent a full complement of band saw tools, eight 12-inch band saws, a heavy timber carriage with the Milne patent off-setting device, a heavy 4-saw edger and a 2-saw trimmer, and with the Mickle & Dyment band mill a heavy steel carriage, a full set of band saw tools and six 12-inch band saws. The eighth band mill for the season was sold to the Campbell Lumber Co., of St. John’s, Nfld., being a complete band sawmill outfit. In other departments this firm also keep busy. A late mail brings a letter from the Pembroke Lumber Co. ordering for shipment in 30 days three boilers 60x 14 and 20x 24 engine, two pairs of oscillating engines for steam feed, several hundred feet of No. 1,075 giant chain for endless haul-up, shafting, pulleys, live rolls, ete. COMING SALES. The mill property of A. McDonald, Point St. Charles, near Peterboro, Ont., is offered for sale by the owners. Also certain limits and logs. Timber limits, mills and water privilege situate in the vicin- ity of Lakefield, are to be sold by public auction at the Snow- den House, Peterboro, on Wednesday, March 15. Alexander Fraser, of Westmeath, Ont., makes the prelimin- ary announcement ofa sale of timber limits on the Georgian Bay waters to be held in Toronto on April 27. Three valuable parcels are offered. Much interest is being manifested in the sale of the Muskoka Mill & Lumber Company that is advertised to take place in Toronto on April 25. The limits are situated on the north and east shores of Lake Huron and are richly timbered with pine. Details of the berths are given in the ad. on another page. The stock of logs at the Essex Centre mills, Ont., amounts to 2,500,000 feet, and that at Gosfield mill to 1,000,000 feet. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN CANADIAN [N\INERAL \WoOoL Co. LTpD.. 4 MINERAL WOOL STEAM PIPE AND BOILER COVERING Saves enough fuel to pay for itself in one season. Is Fire-proof, Frost-proof, Vermin-proof and Indestructible 122 BAY ST.. [TORONTO WANTED AND FOR SALE MACHINERY Wie ertisements w will be i inser sedis in this department at f s per line each insertion. When four i ns are ordered a discount of be allowed. This notice shows the e and is set in Nonpareil type. Adver- be received not later than the 27th of nsure insertio on in the following issue. OLLOWING LIST OF NEW AND SECOND- hand Boilers, Engines and General Machinery for sale by The Canada Machinery and Supply Co., Brantford, Ont., dealers in new and second-hand ma- chinery and supplies — NE BOILER, TO BRICK IN, 44 IN. DIA, x-11 ft. 7 in. long, 41 3-in. tubes, in first-class order. We Ww AN T ALL KINDS OF HARDW OODS. Will pay cash. ROBERT THOMSON & CO., Toronto. OS. BE MLOCK, DIMENSION LUMBER, 90d flooring, cedar shingles, piles, sawdust, . E. MURPHY, lumberman, Hepw orth 3 Bay Street, etc. station, Ont. ARDWOOD LUMBER BOUGHT, SOLD OR received on consignment. TUCKER DAVID, lumber commission merchant, 202 Eleventh Ave., N.Y. Ww ANTED—BY YOUNG MAN —SITUATION :ok-keeper, cashier or correspondent; rapid and thoroughly reliable and experi- worker; energetic, enced; competent to take charge of manufacturer's office. Address: ‘*Accountant,” care CANADA LuM- BERMAN, Toronto. FOR SALE. BOUT A MILLION FEET OF LOGS (AT £ mill) suitable for bill stuff, etc. Mill can be leased to cut them. Address ‘‘Lumberman,” care Canapva LuMBERMAN, Toronto. WANTED FOR CASH Ash and Soft Elm N OSTLY ONE-INCH, SOME ONE-AND-A- i ate arter and one-and-a-half inch, strictly firsts and seconds; also commons. Furtherm: ore, Ash and Oak squares from one-and-a-half to four inches thick. Red Birch Lumber, I. and II., all thickness; also Red ech Squares 5x5 and 6 x6, ten feet and over long. Address all particulars as to dryness, quality, quan- tity on hand and price, to P.O. Box 2144, New York, N.Y. TQ EASTERN STATES LUMBERNEN. N EXTENSIVE HANDLER OF PULP L wood, fir, spruce, canoe birch and poplar, is de- sirous of finding a market for same in the Eastern States—New York or Boston preferred. Is prepared to ship any size required per schooner from Quebec. Parties handling same should communicate with L.C.L., TOPERT ARGE PLANING MILL, WITH SHOP, MA- chinery, kilns, etc., in full running order, corner Niagara and Tecumseth streets, formerly occupied by Gall, Anderson & Co. care CANADA LUMBERMAN, Toronto. Mill 60 x 160; two-storey shop 70x 75; kilns 20x 105. Power supplied. Railway sidings into premises. Apply— N. V. KUHLMAN, 107 Niagara St., Toronto. Notice of Sale BER LIN HE FOLLOWING TIMBER LIMITS ON Georgian Bay waters will be sold by public auction at Toronto on Thursday, April 27th, 1893 The exact hour and place will be announced later on. PARCEL NO. 1.—Berth No. 5 in the Township of Patterson, on Lake Nipissing, near head of French River, 25% square miles, more or less. PARCEL NO. 2.—Berth No. 22 (sale of 22nd Oct., 1885), Township of Dowling, on Vermillion River, known also as No. 87 on map of roth July, 1872, 36 square miles, more or less. PARCEL NO. 3.—Berth No. 16 (sale of 22nd Oct. 1885) on French Reese known also as No, 11 on map of zoth July, 1872, 36 square miles, more or less. Terms and conditions made known on day of sale. r other information apply to ALEXANDER FRASER, Westmeath, Ont. (ONS BOILER, TO BRICK IN, 44 IN. DIA. x 11 ft. 8 in. long, 38 3-in. tubes, in first-class shape. HREE 25 H.P. PORTABLE LOCO. FIRE BOX boilers, an good order. NE 20 H.P. RETURN TUBULAR BOILER, to brick in. WO 6H.P. FIRE BOX BOILERS FOR cheese factories. @xE 12x16 SLIDE-VALVE ENGINE, BECK- ett’s make. Tee 9x12 SLIDE-VALVE ENGINES, Goldie & McCulloch and Morrison makes, NE 64% x9 SLIDE-VALVE ENGINE, COPP Bros. & Barry make. 6} Pew 5%xgq SLIDE-VALVE ENGINES, BECK- ett’s make. (GX 6H.P. ENGINE, UPRIGHT, with 8 H.P. boiler combined on one cast iron base. @Oxz 15 H.P. ENGINE, English make. NE 14 H.P. LEONARD MAKE ENGINE, nearly new. NE 12 H.P. HORIZONTAL PORTABLE EN- gine and boiler on skids; Ames & Co., makers, Oswego, N.Y. Eas — ONE 24-INCH McGREGOR, GOURLAY & CO. make heavy surface planer, almost new. WO 24-INCH CANT, GOURLAY & CO. MAKE light surface planers, in good order. @x= GOLDIE & McCULLOCH THREE-SIDE moulder. Ox ONE-SIDE MOULDER. 1 Pe® 34- INCH WHEELS BAND SAWING machines. NE ALMOST NEW VERTICAL SPINDLE boring machine, McGregor, Gourlay and Co.’s make. @ke ALMOST NEW IRON TOP JIG SAW, Cowan and Co., makers. @xe GOOD SHAPER. Ses GOOD SAW TABLES. NE NEARLY NEW GOLDIE & McCULLOCH tenoner, with double copes. NE WOOD FRAME TENONER IN GOOD shape. WO UPRIGHT SWING SHINGLE OR or heading machines, with jointers. NE ALMOST NEW GENUINE “BAILEY” gauge or handle lathe, with countershaft. NE ALMOST NEW SPINNING LATHE FOR making spun metal work, with countershaft. oe DOWELL MACHINES. NE 20-INCH WATEROUS CHOPPER COM- plete with double elevators, equal to new. ULL PARTICULARS CHEERFULLY GIVEN upon enqury at the Canada Machinery and Supply Co., Brantford, Ont. SEGCOND-HAND MACHINERY FOR SALE One 16x 32 square bed slide-valve engine, shaft 6% x ro ft., fly wheel 108 in. diameter, 8x6 rim, iron pul- ley 108 x 24. One pair of engines, right and left, 16x20, can be used separately or together, with two large pulleys and fly wheel and connecting shaft. Three boilers 48 x 14 with large domes, full fronts and all fittings, fixtures and stack. One 56x14 boiler, comparatively new, has been in use less than a year, and several portable engines from 12 to 20 horse power. WATEROUS, BRANTFORD, GANADA OONEStEF BFOs. COMMISSION AGENTS Limits bought and sold on commission. Limits tray- elled 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. Communications confidential. References given. 36 Rohester St. Ortawa SAW MILL #° TIMBER LIMITS For Sale. HE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS FOR SALE his Mill Property, situated in the town of Peter- boro, known as the Point St. Charles saw mill, together with’ piling grounds, pond, booms, chains, anchors, ropes, horses, harness, wagons, sleighs, shanty and driving outfits. Also, the Galway limits and about 15,000 pieces of logs on Nogeys Creek and Swamp Lake, composed of pine, cedar and hemlock. For all information apply to A. McDONALD, Point St. Charles, Peterboro, Ont. Sale of GANADA PINE TIMBER LIMITS ON THE NORTH AND EAST SHORES OF LAKE HURON. HE undermentioned Timber Berths and Mill Prop- erty will be offered for sale separately, at Public Auction, in the City of Toronto, Canada, on Tuesdau, 25th day of April, 1893 viz.: Berths Nos. ro (sale of 1885) 69, 82, 136, 137 and 174 (the Township of Montgomery), containing in all 247 square miles of Pine Timber Limits in the District of Algoma, which have not been cut upon; and parts of the Townships of Gibson, Wood and Medora, con- taining 77 square miles of Timber Limits in the District of Muskoka, which have been cut over in parts; and the Saw Mill property situate on the Georgian Bay, at the mouth of the Muskoka River. And also (by arrangement with the Collins Inlet Lumber Company) the two following Timber Berths, viz.: Township of Goschen, and Berth No. 59 in the Districts of Algoma and Nipissing, containing in all 72 square miles. All the above Timber Berths water to the Georgian Bay. Mane and full particulars of each of the above prop- erties may be had on application to THE MUSKOKA HILL & LUMBER COMPANY, Toronto, Canada. 24th February, 1893. Manuiacturérs Purse A FREE-FOR-ALL RACE. NO ENTRANCE FEE —qy=—- 2= CO< ma> 402 fe oy ee WT A PERE MARQUETE RAILROAD FROM Port Huron and Detroit Is the Short Line to SAGINAW AND BAY GITY (Centres of the vast lumber interests of Michigan) MT. PLEASANT, CLARE, REED CITY BALDWIN, LUDINGTON, MANISTEE AND MILWAUKEE AND MANITOWOG, WIS. The last two named are reached by the Company line of Steamships across Lake Michigan. The line thus formed is a short and direct route from NEW YORK MONTREAL BUFFALO TORONTO to ST. PAUL, DULUTH and Pacific Coast points. Write either of the undersigned for Folders, which contain Maps, Train Schedules and a great deal of in- formation of value to those contemplating a trip to any of the above-mentioned points. W. H. BALDWIN, JR., W. F. POTTER, General Manager. Gen’l. Sup’t. ‘A. PATRIARCHE, Traffic Manager. SAGINAW, MICH. GENERAL OFFICES: - TE ies ee Marcil, 1893 OUR INDEPENDENT CONDENSER ‘THE CANADA LUMBERIMAT A Good Independent CONDENSER [Se ae homies INVESTMENT teeny OUP WORKING YOUR Be NG@HIN ie liiGeh -PRESSURE DON’T DELAY, BUT WRITE US PROMPTLY NORTHEY MFG. 00., Ltd. TORONTO, ONT. MANUFACTURERS ... Representative Lumber Mankfacturers and Dealers Railway, Express, or Town nearest Shipping Point Gitawa Ont... ..:..... GEAR on. alocista nse sac Oiawa, Ont.......... RONAG AE ec ricico ket. Ottawa, Ont.......... | Che et ls See aa Ottawa; Ont.......... O72 ee es Parry Sound, Ont..... iiersons 5. cecck es esis Parry Sound, Ont..... Parry Sound.......... Muskoka Mills, Ont...|Penetanguishene...... Alexandria, Ont... ,...|Alexandria ........... Almonte, Ont......... J eae See Barrie, anaes... SANBAG ys sis oS > deo 8 a,3 6 Barrow Bay, Ont...... PURASHONES oie or Cascio Blind River, Ont...... Bobcaygeon, Ont...... Bracebridge, Se oS See Waubaushene, Ont.... Calabogie, Ont........ Barrie Callander, Ont........|Callander, G.T.R..... Collins Inlet, Ont...... Collins Inlet .......... Comber, Ont.......... [Ob a a eae Glammis, Ont......... J TEE Hamiltcn, Ont........ ARON... 5.0 penese Huntsville, Ont........ BinieeAe «os ioc 0000 Hamilton, Ont........ Huntsville and Katrine Keewatin, Ont........ MEP OMETAREN Sole Sasi > 2a = Keewatin, Ont........ Jo 2 ee Lakefield, Ont......... Lakefield .............. Little Current, Ont....|Sudbury.............. Little Current, Ont....|Sudbury.............. London, Ont.......... USS ee Longford Mills, Ont...|Longford............. Mount Forest, Ont....|Mount Forest......... la ee ae Norman, Ont a een Louise, Ont. . ..|Elmwood, G.T.R...... Toronto, Ont. 0 ee Toronto, Ont EOMIO oe oot aa vos Toronto, Ont (2. Toronto, Ont. Toronto Toronto, Ont.......... MASI Poo atsie dcuai> .c Toronto, Ont.......... MEMEO 35 aise are clo o no. A SET 6 7s) a 6), a Pere re Buckingham, Que..... Buckingham Re apa ccc ess OUIND oo 5.00 50.0 oe Cookshire, Que........ |\Cookshire....... Montreal, Que........ |Montreal.......... Montreal, SEs ab. |Montreal.............. | Montreai, Que........ Oe Moodyville, B.C....... New Westminster, B.C. | New Westminster. |New Westminster..... Canterbury, N.B...... Canterbury Stn. ...... ,|DeLaplante & Bowden '|Dufresse, O. Jr. & Frere ‘|MOODYVILLE SAWMILL CO. PETA (Si SR 6 lo ooo cro lomo Bronson & Weston Lumber Co..... OTTAWA LUMBER CO......... Perley & Pattee .... Conger Lumber Co...........- Parry Sound LumberCo......... Muskoka Mill and Lumber Co., Head Office, Arcade, 24 King st. w., Toronto McPherson, Schell & Co. Caldwell, A. & Son Dymont & Mickle Barrow Bay Lumber Co., Limited . Blind River LumberCo......... Boyd, Mossom & Co........... DOELARS JAMES I.) sis) cis: sl ene e020 Georgian Bay Consolid. Lumber Co. Hd. office arcade 24 King st. w., Toronto Carswell, Thistle & McKay John B. Smith & Sons .. Head Office, Strachan Ave., Toronto Collins Inlet LumberCo......... SMBH 4S 160 SIO.) oyois) cf ells ovale = Mcintyre, N. & A... BRADLEY, MORRIS & REID CO. Heath, Tait and Turnbull Thomson, Robert & Co. Dick, Banning QOD otal sicko idictte las Keewatin Lumber & Mfg. Co..... Lakefield Lumber Mfg. Co. Conlin, T. & J. Howry, J. ORM ON FASE oo) viral oss ts, aioe ete = Longford Lumber Co........... GOCTIBICER UW iotSsicl evel s) oiieirs ele ovens Cameron & Kennedy........... Minnesota & Ontario Lumber Co. S. B. Wilson & Son F. N. Tennant Donogh & Oliver susie Victoria Harbor LumberCo....... W. N. McEachren &Co........ James Ténnant & Co.......... MAMET L sate ss, cet e ao cue.cls, wie sistent cpy wes," Ross Bros. COORpIie MICOS isi vavexs,s,0%s)e1 oe Roberts, Joseph & Fils SHEARER & BROWN . Brunette Sawmill Co.......... James Morrison & Son......... pridgewater .. nape Bridgewater, a, s./ .|Saw, Shingle and Heading Mill, .|Lum., Tim., Pine, Hem., Hwds., .|Lumber, Wholesale and Retail............,..... .|Lumber, Wholesale -|Pine and Hardwood Lumber, Whol. and Retail. BusINESS Power, Style and Daily Capacity Lumber, Wholesale and Retail................. 2 Sawmills, White and Red Pine, Wholesale.... Lumber, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Wholesale... . Saw and Lath Mill, Pine, Wholesale ........... Lumber, Wholesale and Retail Saw, Shingle and Lath Mills, Pine, Wholesale .. W. Pine Lumber, Lath and Bill Stuff, all lengths. Cheese Box Factory, Pine, Spruce, Cedar Sawmill, Pine, Lumber, Hemlock, Hardwoods. . Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Cedar, Hardwoods...... Pine, Cedar Oak, Oak Railway Ties, Paving Blocks ...... 2 Saw, Sh. and Lath Mls., Pine, Hem., Bl. Birch Lumber, Wholesale and Retail Lumber, Shingles, Wholesale Lumber, Wholesale and Retail 3 IFT OGM cacodaneoocosopocaodnantnadaoaLonoUE Lumber, Wholesale and Retail................. White and Red Pine Lumber, Bill Stuff, Lath ANAC SSNURI EVES plate eis elaine oie a iaiedsiste letaisioiersteisiencie aie Lumber, Pine, Oak, Ash, Birch, Whol. and Ret. Saw and Stave Mill, Pine, Hardwoods.......... Saw, Shingle and Lath Mill, Timber Lands, Hemlock, Pine, Lumber, Hardwoods......... Whol. and Ret. Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hardwoods... Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods.......... Sawmill, Pine, Hardwoods, Wholesale.......... Saw, Lath, Sh. and Pl. Mill, Moving Posts, Pine Exp. and dlr. in Am. Hwds, made to epecincation|: Saw and Plan. Mill, Hemlock, Hardwds., Whol. Cherry, White Ash, Hardwoods, Wholesale. .... Saw and Plan. Mill, Tim. Lands and Logs, Pine Hardwoods, Shingles, Lath, Handles........... Lumber, Wholesale Lumber, Wholesale .... 3 Saw, Shingleand Lath Mills, White Pine, Whol. amibermc yviiolesale sc i-\ oisj-|s\aai sid eivretetevstoveres etetasviane Lumber, Lath, Shingles, etc., Wholesale........ 3 Sawmills, Lumber, Barrel Heads............. 2 Sawmills, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods .......... Saw, Shingle, Planing, Stave and Heading Mill. Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hdwds., Whol. Saw and Planing Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds, Int. Fin, Spruce, Hardwoods, Wholesale...... Sawmills, Oak, Ash, Elm, Pine, Hem., Dim... Sawmills, P. Fin, Spruce, Cedar, Hardwoods... Saw and Planing Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds, Fir, Cedar, Spruce, Hardwoods.............. Sawmill, Pine) Blardwoods, ..cccves cules ceuc ceee DAVIDSON, E. D. & SONS Steam, Circular and Band Mill Water, Gang and Band, 450m Wat., Gang and Band, Saw 4oom, Lath 7om Water, Gang, Circular, Saw 90m, Shingles 7om, Lath 30m _ 2 Mills, Water, 1 Band, 2 Gangs and 3 Circulars. gaan. DOGkS HUG ObaoDNUTe Steam, Circular, 4om Steam, Circular, 16m Stm., Band, Cir., S. 75m, Sh. 60m Waubaushene mill, stm., 200m; Pt. Severn mill, water, r20m Steam, Circular, 6m Steam, Cir., Saw 14m, Sh. 20m Steam, Circular, 25m : Steam, Circular, 4m Steam, Circular Water, Band and Circular, room Himnberswwolesaletanduketailierrctiss sti scicte «|leciiiemicericnicicn cs ciscincre nis cetios Sawmill, Pine, Ash, Birch, Oak................ Steam, Circular, 25m Lumber, Wholesale AGCUR ClalleM a Mitrgete stir aA [Red Guat te AG aS capes Slew § Com. Stm., Cir., Gang and Band, r40om Com. Com. Steam and Water, Circular, Port- able and Stationery, 1om Circular, Gang and Band, 180m Steam, Circular and Gang, 60m Steam, Circular and Band, 50m Steam, Circular, 200m 2 Stm., 2 Wat., Band, Cir., 4om Steam, Circular, 2om Steam, Gang and Circular Steam, Circular, 38m 5 Saw, Shgle. and Lath Mills, Pine, Spr., Hwds. Water, Circular and Gang, 200m Lumbermen desirous of being represented in this Directory can obtain information in regard to rates by communicating with the Publisher. The Montreal Gar Wheel 60. . MANUFACTURERS OF .... Charcoal Iron Ghilled RAILROAD WHEELS OFFICES: NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE BUILDING, MONTREAL Works: LAGHINE, QUEBEC We make a specialty of Wheels suitable for the re- quirements of Lumbermen and Street Car Service, and can supply them Bored, Finished and Balanced. GORRESPONDENGE SOLICITED TORONTO 20 FRONT ST EAST TELEPHONE 475 UAK TANNED BEL 14 THE CANADA LUMBERMAWN THE GANADIAN ~G.@ PHOTO-ENGRAVING BUREAU 16 Adelaide St. West, TORONTO We have the most complete establishment in Canada, and by our different processes are enabled to make cuts for every and all pur- poses. made direct from photos our specialty. HALF -TONE CUTS LINE CUTS for Newspaper and other adver- ——————— tising purposes. Send for Catalogue and Prices. MOORE & ALEXANDER, Props. TEL. 2158 uccess BEGETS uccess HE ONTARIO MUTUAL LI SHOWS A STEADY GAIN In Membership In Premium Receipts In Interest Receipts In New Business In Total Assets and In Net Surplus “Buip To-payY THEN, -STRONG «ND SURE, With * FIRM &ND fiMePre BASE.?? ie =Toronto ep well bring you as lenders fromthe best contractors. 12 DO YOU? 1 i Ys SS | bt & ~ % a@advertisercenrt f é a Gk wr én the ELM, conteacr~ E. teee| —HECORD, Portable from 6 to 70 horse power. steam power heretofore produced for strength, durabil- ity, compactness and the ease with which they can be moved. The 70 horse power can be taken over the roughest roads, or into the forest, and set upas easily and quickly as an ordinary 20 horse power portable engine, and as firm as a brick-set stationary engine. Engines and boilers of every size and description. Rotary Saw Mills, Shingle and Lath Machines, Saw Grinders, Planers, etc. Mill machinery and supplies of every description. Every boiler insured against explosion by the Boiler Insurance & Inspection Co. of Canada. Write for circulars. ROBB ENGINEERING CO., LTD. Successors to A. ROBB & SONS, Amherst Foundry and Amherst, N.S. Machine Works. ESTABLISHED OVER 40 YEARS, SCRIBNER’S LUMBER AND LOG , BOOK (OVER ONE MILLION SOLD WHY = Most complete Book of its kind ever published Gives measurement 0 a_ kinds of Lumber, Logs, Planks, Scantling ; cubical contents of square and round timber; hints to lumber dealers; wood measure; speed of circular saws; care of saws; cordwood tables; felling trees; growth of trees; land measure; wages, rent, board, interest, stave and heading bolts, etc. Standard book throughout the United States and Canada. Get the new illustrated edition of 1882. Ask your book- seller for it. Sent post paid for 35 cents. GEO. W. FISHER, Box 238, Rochester, N.Y. or A. G. MORTIMER, Toronto, Can. FIRE PROOF ROOFING “|LLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FREE. - METALLIC ROOF ING © /MANUFA CTURERS, TORONTC COOPERAGE MATTERS HAVE ABLE TREATMENT IN CANADIAN MILLER” | Enclose ten cents for sample |copy. Address : CANADIAN | MILLER, Toronto. Surpass portable . GANADIAN [_UMBERMAN'S DIRECTORY AND INDEX TO THE PLANING MILLS AND SASH AND DOOR FACTORIES OF, GANADA, .) . 72) ene A’ announced in the last issue of the LUMBERMAN, we are now open to receive subscriptions for the above Directory of the lumber trades. No effort is being spared to make this publication thoroughly complete and reliable in every detail, and it is hoped that all LUMBERMAN subscribers will fill in the following subscription blank and return to this office at as early a date as possible. TO THE PUBLISHER OF THE LUMBERMAN’S DIRECTORY AND INDEX TO THE PLANING MILLS AND SASH AND DOOR FACTORIES OF CANADA: Please Supplyaen;.a eee with’... (ieee copies of the above Directory as soon as issued, for which.......... ..agree to pay Two Dollars per copy. All owners of saw and planing mills, wholesale and retail lumbermen, etc., are earnestly requested to furnish information asked for in following blank and mail same as soon as possible: Card of Enquiry to Lumbermen. Manufacturers of lumber, shingles, lath, staves, headings, etc., will please fill in this blank: Post Offices. toes eee eee Shipping Point: . . = Jassie: ete Dealers in lumber, shingles, lath, etc., will please fill in following blank : Glass of stock handlediti...4.. aoe eee Post: Offices. eines tect ecto eas eaten tote Shipping’ Point:...... 232s eee Owners of planing mills, sash, door and blind factories, will please fill in following blank : Power and styles 205 js) sui o cele oeree oe eleleje vie oie sv eiece «fet lal vehal ele ete ele Class of manufacture: 6 .).05 0. Sytiececcens, ow eared cere, [lect « e)e CIC ene en enna ena Post @ihiceizmcrscrtrses eter tetel erick a eee eee Shipping. Pomtsieee ae eee ee a (Stgned)) «See os it ao eee Ril sé de heehee ont ote o bet 0 Se PIO: PYOVINCE.... os ce os os a ee Address all communications to DIRECTORY ‘DEPARIMENT, CANADA LUMBERMAN, TORONTO, ONT. / ~ Marcu, 1893 01S OD MOP-OiiG-Oep-S LUMBER MAN - 15 Do You Lack Steam’? We Can Help You THE OANADIAN HOLLOW BLAST GRATE A new and novel application of a principle centuries " ms = Ae. = — HUNDRE bs OFT STING NAL LIKE Tit FOLLOWING : old. Step into the nearest blacksmith shop and see it in operation on a small scale. ee Blast G give us a the steam we want anc ne We Omunr BARREL CO., LANSING ; “Their work is simply marvellous. Th: ave the expense of an additional boiler.” DETROIT HOOP STAVE CO “After nearly tw ars’ trial of your H Blast Grz of our boilers we te lave expe ienced rfect tisf Ae not think any pe 1wh them.”—W. T. YOUNG - CO., The Hollow Blast Grate supplies the furnace fire with a blast of hot air sufficient at all times to insure the rapid and perfect combustion of fuel of every sort. It is the only appliance that steams successfully with green or wet sawdust, tanbark or other refuse and r fford t e withone ram Gang Saw M C ls. — i eae “We are greatly plea a with y ur G y waste. steam we require, no ma oie ow Ww Hee » For : ; they are unequalled. STE INHOF F & ¢ ;ORDON A It alone has solved the problem of steaming with Onn. sf me x " consider a saw mill complete with t > t Grate the fine, compact dust of the band mill. AARON "C JORDON, teas OS **T put in aset of your ( ear ago, Regardless of the character of your fuel, we Vondiccpecieatigns. Tspent rate icede of dailass 3 to burn elm sawdust, but without success. I nov irn all my diest: ci can greatly increase the volume of steam gen- rated in vour boilers. See ce Fitted with Hollow Blast Grates and Apparatus. “Cc GeE NTE tea Eales red than I could before with dry wood. a ae you NOTHING 10 TRY THEM FOR INFORMATION, PRICES OR ESTIMATES, ADDRESS E> WE GUARANTEE SATISEAGTION OR NO SHL THE GANADIAN HOLLOW BLAST GRATE GO, ESSEX, ONT. A. ALLAN, President J. 0. GRAVEL, Secretary-Treasurer J. J. McGILL, Manager F. SCHOLES, Managing Director Ganadian RUDDEP COMPANY Capital, $2,000,000.00 Of MONTREAL, TORONTO and WINNIPEG —_MANUFACTURE——_ SUPERIOR CUAL TY RUBBER GOODS FORS Yi eee SbaMlléss Rubber Belting ObaMl6SS TUG HOSE RUBBER BELTING, PACKING, HD Ps cancel HEAD OFFICES AND FACTORY: MONTREAL Jit Western Branch: Corner YonGE AND FrRontT STREETS TORONTO Jepeey WIS i- - “Manager MANUFACTURERS OF Of HUNTSVILLE, ONT, © B6Sb OIA SMINGIES write Ping Lumber. Bill Sturt, Lath and Shingles Made by special machines, which insure smoothness of edge Also HARDWOOD LUMBER e d surf. wi ver ingle. a Pe. see ee oo Tt at butt and top of every shingle All Orders promptly attended to First-class facilities for Shipping BUNDLES FULL SIZE AND COUNT. CLOSE PACKING A SPEGIALTY. TRIAL ORDERS SOLICITED. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED THE daa GOMPANY . Cable Address Cable Address Hamburg: ‘‘ Gardner,’’ London: ‘‘ Freestuff.’’ GARL GARTNER AGENT FOR MANUFACTURERS OF LILLE TERRA COTT | ee “i FIRE- RA COTTA. CANADIAN WOOD GOODS Does not Crack on application of Sieur or For use in Old and New Buildings Water x ¢ ASNAISASA SSL SASS SA HAMBURG, GERMANY : eS LONDON, ENGLAND: + om as Cheap as Wood or Brick SA) SNS Ta) Offiice 8 Union Court, ola Broad St., E.C. ti eight one-third that of Brick ..... Gives Warmth in Winter; Coolness in Summer Kl. Reicheustr, 17-19 and 80 Bishopsgate St., E.C. oe roe aaa +3 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN Marcu, 1893. aA NAGINE KNIFE ORKSH “ArT AND-RIRON @ CO. hav| [ent ‘i id i I VONBDIEDONODDONODS : OWEN SOUND, ONT. Saw Millers and Lumber Dealers All kinds of Building Material kept in stock msreciaty or LONG BILL STUFF IN ROGK ELM, PINE, GEDAR AND HEMLOCK ) ed DAWOI= vet POV Sea SP oe SN 8: Quotations furnished on application The (ora Boal) sent, or nema” The Rathbun Gompany-2 ae eee DESH RONTO., OGM Consolidated Lumber 60. Doors, Sach’ Blinds, Stale PINE INGER. BIL SIE SHINGLES ano LAH = Psa And all kinds of House-Finishing Materials CEDAR OIL for Purvin= je=en—ea—e CoRRESPONDENCE SOLICITED [taal ae a eae 3 Jonn Bertram & Sons ’ J. L. Goodhue & 60 GEO. CORMAGK OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR Planing, Moulding and Stave Cutting —S=—Send for Price List== Aadress WAUBAUSHENE, Ont. o 24 King St. West, TORONTO MANUFACTURERS O DUNDAS, ONTARIO MANUFACTURERS ALL ES LUMBER EATHER BELTING *: ee TS ke pe MACHINERY L ann LACE LE ee LUMBER SHIPPED TO ALL PARTS BY RAIL OR VESSEL WRITE FOR PrIcEs AND CATALOGUE Danville, Que: WHITBY, ONTARIO The Xxx SaW GUMMEP and Sharpencr AAS NO RIVAL HOR VARIETY, CAPACITY OR QUALITY OF WORK OR FOR SIMPLICITY, DURABILITY, CHEAPNESS 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 crosscut) perfectly, giving the teeth any desired pitch or bevel, and making all the teeth exactly alike. Will sharpen*2o0 teeth in an ordinary mill saw in one minute, or Ioo teeth in a shingle saw in four or five minutes. The cut shows outline of mill saw 54-inch diameter. GILMOUR & CO. Lumber Manufacturers and Dealers F. J. DRAKE, Belleville, Ont. : Dear Sir,—Your patent Saw Sharpener is giving us good satisfaction. We average about 100,000 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 ma- chine and sawyer too. It causes also a great saving in files. We now only use about one ten-inch file per week. Before putting in your machine we used about six per week. As re- gards your Improved ‘‘XXX” Shingle Packer—it works first rate and is the only machine we could get that would press tight enough. We consider it the best we ever had. Trenton, Ont., 26th August., 1891. Yours truly, GILMOUR & CO. MANUFACTURED ONLY BY EY J. DBRAK Ea Belleville, Ont.§ — Marcx, 1893 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN E HAVE WASTED OUR GRAND NLESS THE BAND E ARE WASTING HERITAGE SUPPLANTS E WILL WASTE... OF PINE... THE CIRCULAR... A 14-GAUGE BAND SAW SAVES OUT OF AN 8-GAUGE CIRCULAR’S SAWDUST PILE 5 ONE-INCH BOARDS ON EVERY 32 CUT i 2 oe ale) & See Ube ec ak BY ier aus YOU Redr6t if You start next season Without a BAND MILL EVERY YEAR’S STOCK YOU WASTE REDUCES THE PROFIT FROM YOUR TIMBER LIMIT BOUGHT AT SUCH A HIGH PRICE THE CHANGE TO THE ° N GUE GES ak ke if NOW ORDER YOUR MILL EARLY BEFORE THE RUSH AND AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT HAVING DECIDED TO CHANGE, INVESTIGATE THE MERITS OF OUR BAND MiLL “Nn Surpass the Watérouls ” In Quantity and Quality of Cut Rigidity and Steadiness under Motion True Wheels Sensitive Tension Fast Feed No Breakage of Saws Fewer Detentions for Adjustment or Repairs Nor in our Filing-room Tools SEND FOR NEW BAND MILL CIRCULAR AND 5\30 BOOKLET WATEROUS 8222" 18 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN a | Marcu, 1893, - B F. E. DIXON & GO. MANUFACTURERS OF Ta Len Mer 10 NING ST, EAST WRITE FOR T oronto DISCOUNTS Napanéé Gement WOrkKS, Lt. WE Sy OVID D IMJOOOIGsy, QV MANUFACTURERS OF STAR *&°? PORTLAND CEMENT WOME BHATH Es AISES) OF NAPANEE CEMENT PARTICULARLY ADAPTED FOR DAMS, SMOKE-STACKS, FOUNDATIONS, CULVERTS, CIST- ERNS, CELLARS, ETC. LARGELY BEING USED IN THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER CANAL. ENDORSED BY LEADING RAILWAYS AND CONTRACTORS. F.REDDAWAY & Co. MANGE ACTURER S: cor. BREAKING oncin 6 IN,’ ‘CAMEL ain: BELT it ah th 81 Tbs. 6 IN, ENGLISH Oak DouBte LEATHER __7,522 ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF | Linen FiReE HOSE MANCHESTER, § 57 STFRS.XAVIER ST, ENGLAND. ~~ ee | MONTREAL HH. G. ROSS & CO. Real Estate, Fire and Life Insurance SHIPPING AND GBNERAL COMMISSION AGENTS . TIMBER LIMITS AND FARMING LANDS A SPECIALTY... . NEW WESTMINSTER, B.G. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED A.B.C. CopE CapLe Appress: ‘‘R Box 273 eel DONOGH & OLIVER 2396 Nos. 213, 214 and 215 Se Board of Trade Building Toronto, One WHOLESALE DEALERS IN OFFICE Be even & SADLER ye oe OF MONT FEAL 2518.%2520 NOTREDAME S129 BAY ST, 4% Send for sample of our new SAWMILL BELT =a Wi ea SIXTEEN REASONS, AND HOW TO AVIOD THEM BAND SAWS BREAK Being instructions to filers on the care of large band saw blades used in the manufacture of lumber. A book filled with valuable information on the care of band saws. Giving the reasons for breaking; analyzing each reason; giving instructions to dispense with the causes as laid down in each reason; and full details on filing and brazing. The proper styles of hammers to use are illustrated and described, and views of blades showing the blows of the different styles of hammers form an important part of the illustrations. Improper and unequal tension are then treated, and the manner of properly setting irregular teeth is described. In connection with the treatise is a his- tory of the invention, manufacture and use of the saw from its origin to the present time. The work in whole makes an accumulation of information such as has never before been published. The book is printed on fine paper, good clear type, and is handsomely and sub- stantially bound in cloth. It will be sent to any address on receipt of the price, ONE DOLLAR. Address— CANADA LUMBERMAN, Toronto, Ont. THE STURTEVANT PATENT PROGRESSIVE LUMBER DRY [KILN Dries Hard and Soft Wood Lumber Without Warping, Checking or Bluing Phe: <3 Nig STEEL PEAR Sturtevant System f= or WRITE FOR ( ATALoG UES Planing Mill HEATING MAES AND FACTORIES BOSTON : 34 OLIVER STREET NEW YORK: EXHAUSTERS HOR: Removing Ghips Shavings and Sawdust CHICAGO: 16 SOUTH CANAL ST. PHILADELPHIA : gt LIBERTY STREET 135 NORTH THIRD ST. B. F. STURTEVANT 60. Baston, Mass, USA~ A. R. WILLIAMS, Toronto and Montreal GENERAL AGENT FOR THE DOMINION FEBRUARY, 1893 Do OD CANADA LUMBERMATN 4 Se ANDREWS DRYER Bem eumber, Lath, Shingles, Staves, etc. THE ANDREWS DRY KILN eas =~ THIS Ma HAS PROVED TO PURCHAS- WK ZI YZ. ERS TO DO WHAT IS [) Bae = FR GUARANTEED IN SAVING THEM MONEY IN Freight, Insurance, Time, Interest, Expense, Capital, Yard Room, Labor ESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SINS NSSSASA There may be persons who do not appreciate the advantages of the artificial drying of lumber. But the shrewd men, in the man- facture of furniture and other woodwork where reputation would be sacrificed by a lack of proper miterial for good gluing and finishing, recognize a good system of drying as an important element of their success. High scientific authorities and thoroughly practical men are now agreed that the hot-blast and rapid-current systems ARE WASTEFUL, and that steam heat is the only safe means for artificial drying. The mode of applying steam heat most efficiently and economically is therefore now the essential point. The Andrews N \ N Dryer accomplishes this result more surely than any other known This system and apparatus covered by letters patent. system A-—Drying-Room. BB—Brass Condensing-Walls. _CCC— NN-—Brass Gutters for receiving condensed moisture. PPP— y 2 Lumber Cars. #E—Down‘Air-Flues. FF—Bottom Air-Flue. Sticks between lumber. “ SS—Double Steam-Coils. T—Auto- HH—Inside Walls, protecting meta! from heat, LL—Lumber matic Steam Fire-Extinguishers, i Arrows show direction of currents of air. am was arrested. He represented himself as an extensive lumber dealer, and by referring the lumbermen to a fictitious banking firm of Philadelphia as to his financial standing, he ob- tained large shipments of lumber which he sold and never paid for. —The Dicksen Company, Peterboro, have purchased the mills, water power, and other Lakefield property belonging to the Lakefield Lumber Company for $55,000. To the Dickson They will now have room to hold all the logs they require in the waters above Lakefield, and hence they will be able to commence the season’s cutting very much earlier at Lakefield than at either Peterboro or Harwood. The Lakefield mills will be run to their full capacity. The Peterboro mills and the Harwood mills will be operated as usual, and the output of lumber this season will be a very large one. The limits were also offered for sale but were withdrawn at the following figures: Harvey limits, $1,500; Anstruther, $5,000; Burleigh, $2,5000. Company these mills are a very valuable adjunct. QUEBEC. —The Merchants Bank has disposed of 175,000 feet of spruce to the Oswego Manufacturing Company. The lumber formerly belonged to the Thompson Lumber Company, of Calumet, Que. —Wnm. Grimes, of Aylmer, is getting out some fine maple from his land on the Eardley mountains. He sold to J. R. Booth, Ottawa, one stick nineteen feet long, and at the small end it was 24 inches in diameter. Mr. Grimes is selling all this fine timber to J. R. Booth, Ottawa, and R. & W. Conroy, Aylmer. MANITOBA AND THE NORTHWEST. —The partnership existing between W. J. Mathers and f. B. Mathers, of Neepawa, Man., has been dissolved by mutual consent. Mr. Wm. J. Mathers continues the business and with his well-known push, will no doubt make it as successful in the future as in the past. Mr. J. B. Mathers, has pur- chased the stock-in-trade of Mr. A. R. Stevens, retail lum- ber, in Glenborough. Mr. Stevens retires on account of ill- health. NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA. ‘Probably not for years,” says a local correspondent,” “‘has there been such activity in lumbering in the Tatanagouche dis- trict, NES. —The Harris Car Works, of St. John, N.B., have been amalgamated with the business of Rhodes, Curry & Co., con- tractors and builders, Amherst, N.S., and the plant will be removed to Amherst. —A. Dickie has about 9,000,000 feet of logs landed in the Stewiacke river, N.S., which will be brought to his mill throughout the spring and summer. situated about four miles from Lower Stewiacke, are planninga large summer’s work. A. Bigelow, whose mill is —Norman McLellan, of Shulee, N.S., is under arrest, on the charges of inflicting bodily injuries on John Robertson, also of Shulee. lumber woods for Prescott and Gillespie, when they got into a Whereupon, it is stated, McLellan struck Robertson over the back with a handspike, breaking his shoulder blade and inflicting a deep wound on the back of his head, McLellan and Robertson were working in the dispute over their work. ~ 10 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN F RADE REVIEW Office of CANADA LUMBERMAN, | March 31, 1893. J THE GENERAL SURVEY. NTICIPATIONS of a month ago that the demand for lumber would be manifest early in the season are being well borne out by present conditions. Lumber- men feel in good spirits; orders are coming to hand in decent size, and as a prominent dealer remarked the other day to the LUMBERMAN there is at present figures some profit in the business. The cut of logs in the woods the past winter was heavy, and the mills will have abundance of work this summer. Asa matter of fact the cut of not a few mills was contracted for before the timber had been felled. Mills in the Ottawa district have largely disposed of the entire season’s cut at good prices. Lumbermen in New Brunswick are anxious to see the treaty with France ratified as this will give an important outlet for their lumber. British Columbia looks for a good season’s local trade and some improvement in export. So far as Toronto is concerned building permits already granted are of fair size, and whilst no large trade is expected, the season will be an improvement likely on last year. Country trade is improving. UNITED STATES. Standing on the threshold of the spring and summer trade it must be said that not for several moons has the outlook been more cheery for lumber. Reports from the leading lumber centres in all parts of the country tell of a growing demand for stocks, and prices for many lines, and emphatically so, for white pine, hard and constantly stiffening. In the large cities of the Union building operations are likely to be beyond the average, with, so far as one can forsee, the labor market in a more con- tented condition than has been the case other years. In its way it is quite ‘funny to note how the tables are turned: Sellers are as saucy as a hog on ice, whilst buyers have to do the coaxing to secure anything nearly what they want. Careful observers do not think that there is any likelihood of the supply crowding the de- mand, not, at least, until late in the fall. FOREIGN. Keeping line with conditions on this side of the Atlantic some improvement, though less marked, is dis- cernable in the lumber market abroad. A brighter out- look is reported from South America and Canadian lumbermen, both those of the Ottawa district and in British Columbia, look forward to increased shipments this year. Opinions vary somewhat touching Australia. Anticipations a month ago pointed to an improvement in these colonies, but later reports are not just as hope- ful. Yet, that financial affairs in Australia are mending, though slowly, Seems pretty certain. Advices from Great Britain are more reassuring than hitherto, though the remark of Denny, Mott & Dickson, in their wood market report of March, is that “all attempts to galvanize trade this year have fallen miserably flat.” The log crop in Scandinavia is believed to have come below the aver- age of former years and this fact is having a favorable influence on pine goods in the London market. HARDWOODS. The hardwood market shares in the general improve- ment that marks the lumber market generally this spring. A correspondent in western Ontario, who operates largely in hardwoods says that trade was, perhaps, never better. Shipments to the United States are increasing most encouragingly. Dealers in the States complain of a shortage in stocks of nearly all staple hardwoods. English reports speak of mahogany and whitewoods as in active demand. TORONTO, ONT. Toronvo, March 31, 1893. CAR OR CARGO LOTS. 1x10 and 12 dressing and better.......-....+..--.4......10, oar Ss ea LMEORANG C25 THI LiNIit.. «ic: neue ae 17 00 Pen AN Is (COMMON) 42.2 05 (e), naene Ae oe 13 00 1x10 and 12 spruce culls wa 00 1X10 and 12 mill BU ewe oF ne 9 00 1 inch clear and picks.... 32 00 e CAR OR CARGO LOTS—CONTINUED. 1 inch dressing and better.......-...--.+-.-0+-eseeneeeess 20 00 22 00 EK MNGH Siding: willl TUM wee wins ele elec ele ase eye nde lel eleleletcta erste I4 00 15 00 1 inch siding Common..5.:.< <4... + ss eee sence nent II 00 12 00 Z inch siding: ship culls. 0... 0c. cme eee ele ee miele sine yee 10 00 II 00 TEMAS Gheles FAN CN ee ooncunn SecbeoouNHocuopAmoASceons 9 00 10 00 Gulllscantlineans ce. decrincee ere see eite lett ert beans 8 00 9 co 1 1-2 and thicker cutting up plank..............++..s6s05- 24 00 26 00 r inch strips 4 a Like Solas Heeb Mahl soooshouasoAganesasunses I4 00 15 00 MELLLGHS Eri pss COMMON ee eek ee eee eer teer iit II 00 12 00 rae C/ Wiel Niilollett tn qnoHO ANS noo waka OND Aca coscasoonedG 45 00 16 00 Terestinchitloorin ear eae ons enti eesti terete 15 00 16 00 LOOK Goh HA Wade caancannootuonoonnasasapecovavens 230 2 40 ), OSA a ESM 5 da con acseoomaounsngnsasuesacoDdnCOD ESCM uEAO: IEA WN o> Magmenerobe Gov bos conbpadBaanousAdudugpnasooun 215 WEIS INO Ang euRosooddasdanduonpeocoDNmo dS Ageasasno cos 180 1 85 YARD QUOTATIONS. Mill cull boards and scantling$10 00 F. M. Shipping cull boards, promis- I I- 2in. flooring, dres' d 26 00 30 00 CUOUS Widthsiny ste) 13 00 | rough 18 00 22 00 Stocks = = = 16/00)! )e: se dres'd 25 00 28 00 Se cantling and joist, up to 16 ft 14 00| 11-4 in. flooring, un- 18 ft 15 00 dressed, B.M. . . 16 00 18 00 fe ce «* 20ft 16 00 | r1- qin. flooring, dres'd 18 00 20 00 OG @ Serie 17 CO undres’d 12 00 15 00 SS iy “24 ft 19 00 Beaded sheeting, dres- ‘ £ We eats ey Owen | | Sacha 5 ca 8 20 00 35 00 os a «« 28 ft 22 00 Glasiearcnes dres'd. 12 00 EC ss “* 30ft 24 00) XXX _ sawn shingles we So <32\ft 27) 100) per Mile wr ee 260 270 G of F) 34 ft) 29)50)|| Sawnllathi). enen. F 2 60 23 50)|) Red Oak -«. - . = = 30:00 40/00 G f OS Aasie se OO || WS 5 5 a 5 cs 37 00 45 00 U ie ‘* 38 ft 33 00 | Basswood, No. rand2 28 00 30 00 § «40 to 44 ft 37 oo | Cherry, No, rand 2. 70 00 gu oo Cutting up planks, 1 White ash, rand 2. . 24 00 35 00 and thicker, dry . 25 00 28 oo | Black ask, 1and2. . 20 00 30 00 ue board 18 00 24 00 Dressing blocks . . . 16 00 20 00 Picks Am. inspection. 30 00 HARDWOODS—PER M. FEET CAR LOTS. Ash, white, 1 to2in..$18 00 $20 00 | Elm, soft 1 ‘ 1%$11 00 $12 00 Ei) 229 itol4e) 20100) 244100) poem U8 2) 63 tz coy etaoo uG eae, sy 8 4 16 00 ©18 co YO ile i iY I5 00 16 00 BHA Shy = 17 00 20 00 ae Ms Tp) ees LA NOOMNTONOO) sas ET Nascaee « Bx8 20 00 22 oo | Hickory 134) 2-1 2ehoon goloo «red x ‘“ Y% 2000 22 00/ Maple t | £99124 516).00) §7/100 aie DB Sh, 22.69 AY ie) os Ze eACE NE LOOT ONOO “yellow 1 ‘‘ 4.. 14.00 15 00 | Oak,redjpnz ‘‘ 14% 22 00 26 oo Basswood x ‘“‘ 1% 15 00 16 00 My nz eed ee 25 kOOMES 0100) « re) ine, 245) (os) 1113) (lo) “white “1 “11% 28 00 3000 Butternut x ‘‘ 14% 23 00 25 00 OS Ay As OOO as Oo fe Py veel Is too) Zs} (o9) “quart'd 1 “2. 48 00 5200 Chestnut x ‘* 2.. 25 00 30 00] Walnut D3 185)00) x00]00 Cherry 1 ‘* 1% 50 00 60 00} Whitewood 1 ‘‘ 2.. 3200 3600 Be 2 ‘*4.. 60 00 65 00 OTTAWA, ONT. Orrawa. March 31, 1893. Pine, good sidings, per M feet, b. CMe eee nee eee rete sees $32 00 40 00 Pine, good strips, ge eae OS Nea oman Rand dau died 27 00 35 00 Pine, good shorts, ne ns re Sevateas cnyate leon aie faeelslslaa Eceeter 20 00 27 00 Pine, 2nd quality sidings, per M feet, b. sMe eevee eee cece 20 00 25 00 Rines}2ndiquallity7stripsy) iii ae inrE se Cerer ee rere 18 00 22 00 Pine, 2nd quality shorts, 4 ns JY paaGomnd Sie soe 15 00 18 00 Pine, shipping cull stock, ‘‘ fs SOD are seers 505 14 CO 16 00 Pine, box cull stock, ff “ Pte Aaskhvnancgouss II 00 13 00 Pine, s.c. strips and sidings ss * CO sai aderrctepaeks II 00 14 00 Pine; ‘millocull’s 92. seuss atte eit piel cee ne Oca eee rae 8 00 10 00 Lath; per Mimic laceitito cnr marietta setter ech errr 5.36 (1) 38 (fo) QUEBEC, QUE. QvuEseEc, March 31, 1893. WHITE PINE—IN THE RAFT. cts. cts. For inferior and ordinary according to average, quality etc., measured Offi. jane Gee eee oe One OEE EEE 14 @ 18 For fair average quality, according to average, etc., measured off. 16 20 For good and good fair average, ‘‘ 23 27 For superior Be fs ee i“ MS By Jo) In shipping order ee s ts oe Fey 28 Waney board, 18 to 19 inch - fe i ot ee O MESO) Waney board, 1g to 21 inch fs = uw oH Oe LS RED PINE—IN THE RAFT. Measured off, according to average and quality, PA nanan ab piiG C4 022 In shipping order, gy toigsfeet se Mg SOS MN se enyererteease 22 30 OAK—MICHIGAN AND OHIO. By the dram, according toaverageand quality. . . .. . . 45 51 ELM. By the dram, according to average and quality, 451050 feet. . 30 32 § 30to 35 feet. + 25 28 ASH. - 14 inches and up, according to average and quality. . . . . 30 34 BIRCH. 16 inch average, according to average and quality. . * ..20 23 TAMARAC. Square, according to size and quality . Cre ak deste rte ko 2G 19 Flatted, 4 5 5 18 STAVES. Merchantable Pipe, according to qual. and sp'cfct’n—nominal . $330 $350 W.O. Puncheon, Merchantable, according to quality. . . . 90 190 DEALS. Bright, according to mill specification, $115 to $123 for rst, $78 to $82 for 2nd, and $37 to $42 for 3rd quality. Bright spruce, according to mill specification, $40 to $43 for rst, $27 to $28 for 2nd, $23 to $25 for 3rd, and $19 to $21 for 4th quality. BOSTON, MASS. Boston, Mass., March 31.—Considerable lumber is moving and prospects are good for the early spring and summer trade. EASTERN PINE—CARGO OR CAR LOAD. Ordinary planed | “S34 inichresd. sees $9 00 boardseu,--Pe renin 12 00 btreende) slaXel Ye, Saodona 8 c0@$ g 00 CoarseiNio. Sus. eee. 16 00 SCM SGC lscagascanse 00 8 50 Refuse .... ....... 12 00@$10 50| Clapboards, sap ext.. 52 59 55 00 Outs ie asnesae ene 800 1 Sapiclear. .-er-e 50 00 3oxboards, 1 inchi.. *11 00 Sap, 2nd clear.... 40.00 42 50 Teuucheene sence 10 50 NON Tins oases 20 00 25 00 . WESTERN PINE—BY CAR LOAD. Uppers, TMM eiisies/sie.s 52 00@53 00 | Fine com., 3 and 4 in 42 00 46 00 14%,1% and 2 in.. 52,00 55 oo | No, 2,1 in. Finecom. 28 00 30 00 _3 and 4in eoneoJmD he 60 00 65 00} 1%, 1%and 2in... 29 00 31 00 Selects, HOM TSG apacae 45 00 48 oo | No. x strips, 4 to6in. 43 00 44 00 1%, 1% and 2 in.. 45 00 48 00| No. 2 37.00 Sra ainie ree . 56 00 59 00| No. 3 30 00 Moulding boards, 7 to | Cut ups, 1 to 2 in.... 24 00 32 90 rn sity CAKE I aan 36 00 38 00 | Coffin boards........ 20 00 22 00 _6o per cent. clear... 34 00 36 oo | Common all widths. . 22 00 26 co }'ine common, t in.... 41 06 44 00)| Shipping culls,1 in... 15 00 15 50 14, 1% and 2in... 41 00 45 00 | do 1Y in. 15 50 16 50 APRIL, 7203) SPRUCE— Y CARGO. Scantling and plank, Coarse, rough.......- 12 00@14 00 random cargoes.. 14 00@15 00 Hemlock bds., rough. 12 00 13 00 Yard orders, ordinary ““ “dressed 12 00 14 00 BS. daconpatoaash 15 00 16 00 | Clapbds., extra, 4 ft.. 32 00 33 00 Yard orders, extra Clear abit cee 30 00 31 00 BUGS apannbartar dn 16 00 18 00 Second clear...... - 24 00 26 00 Clear floor boards 19 00 20 00 INR) Hi nto barony 550 23 00 26 00 INO: Genesee ts 16 00 17 00 : LATH MI PIUGENDWACANE Ost tetate tale bebe ceteteta eta ee etethets ete tates eta ete eee 2 50@2 75 : SHINGLES. Eastern sawed cedar, Eastern shaved sawed Oats Bdadnuaousds $3 25 $3 40 cedar, rst quality... 5 00 5 25 OI 906 snaporoeed DUR 3 end quality DassanbSa 475 2G S is =, niete selene ae 225 2 40 Src) 0 eee 4 00 Girl INeh sesso 5 TZ 5 S| 4th fE MS er eae 300 425 Spice Nomis aries 1 50 OSWEGO, N.Y. OSWEGO, N.Y., March 31.—With the opening of nav- igation signs of a good season’s trade are nog wanting. 8 g WHITE PINE. Three uppers, 1 Yas, 1% and 2 inch Pickings, No. 1, cutting up, | No. 2, cutting up, ‘ ©0 23 00 In strips, 4 to 8 ae, selected for moulding strips, 14 to16ft. 31 00 33 00 SIDING. i in siding, cutting up 1% in selected....... 35 00@42 00 picks and uppers... 32 00@39 oo | 1& in dressing...... . 19 00 21 00 Tim) dessin geile 19 00 21 00/1 in No. rculls.... 14 00 16 00 mabe IN, me UMN, coos 14 00 15 00]1% in No. 2cuils.... 12 00 13 00 TINO, 2B OOS 5 55500 12 00 13 00]1 in. No3culls...... 10 00 II oO 1X12 INCH. r2jand/ x6) feet, mill Oneill sale teyer laterite 20 00 23 00 12 and 16 feet, No. 1 and 2, barn boards..............-..-. 18 00° 19 00 12 and 16 feet, dressing and better................--ssee-s - 26 00 30 00 TAA MOC INOS SMa snanoceessarnnobess Gols ee tee 13 00 14 00 IX1o INCH. izjand. x3) feet. million, ull cull stout. eter ee Ig 00 21 00 12 and 13 feet, dressing and better.....-.....05.ss.0sseoee 25 00 27 00 EXO LANLO RT ONDALIDOATGS cietsteie lle eerie estate Boson aias 17 00 12 and 13 feet, No. 1 culls......... PERRO NA QIAO 00 a7 15 00 16 00 12\and 13 feet; No: 2:cullsi. ce acs eee 00 14 00 14 to 16 feet, mill run mill cullsout................ 00 22 00 14 to 16 feet, dressing and better.................. 00 27 00 r4)toix16)feet, Nowa culls... eet oe eee 00 17 00 TH (0) (een INO AGUNG oc on cocc veda ouen sis for atebols alate eee 00 14 00 Toto) 1g) feet INios eg Cuil Si cee ym eters tereysle «iota Ee alate ele + 10 00 I1 00 14x10 INCHES. Millrun, mill culls out.$20 00@23 00 | No. reulls........... 16 00 17 00 Dressing and better.. 25 00 35 00] No. 2culls...... cece. 14°60 35 G0 1X4 INCHES. Mill run, mill cullsout 17 00 19 co | No. 1 Gulls. ene eer 13 00 14 00 Dressing and better.. 23 00 27 00 | No. 2culls........... 12 00 13 00 IX5 INCHES. _ 6, 7 or 8, mill run, mill 6, 7 or 8, No. 1culls.. 15 00 16 00 GullSjoulbereeeter 19 00 21 00] 6,7 or 8, No.2 culls.. 13 00 14 00 6, 7 or 8, drsg and better! oancaceemer 24 00 28 00 SHINGLES. XXX, 18 in pine....... 379 3 90| XXX, 18in. cedar... . 350 3 75 Clear butts, pine, 18 in.. 2 70 2 go | Clear butt, 18 in. cedar. 2 50 2 75 XXX, 16 in. pine...... 3.00 3 25| XX, 18in. cedar ....190 200 — Stock cedars, 5 or 6in.. 4 50 5 00 LATH. Nona 1f ethene 2:65 | No. 2;8re (sepa eeen etry Mebane oa 6000 00% 2 00 BUFFALO AND TONAWANDA, N.Y. TONAWANDA, N.Y., March 31.—Business 1s not at present terribly brisk, but dealers have every confidence that a large trade will be done this season. White pine is a premium article these days. Little of it to be had and prices high. WHITE PINE. Up’ = 1,1%,1%and 2 Shelving, No. 1, 13 in ssege ane escl nha eee 50 00 and up,1in...-.. 32 00@34 oo Be and 3 in 58 oo | Dressing, 1% in...... 25 20 26 00 rae erent ae Oae 62 00 14x1o and 12...... + 26.60. Selects,er im. seen ene 43 00 Aa osenosa3 08> 24 00 25 00 TA 10) DB Wolo nacorcce 43 00 2 in. Sedans 2 - 26 50 28 00 2% and 3 in 50 00 | Mold st’ps, 1 to 2 in.. 33 00 35 00 Ax in aeons is 52 00 Bas No. 1, toand 12 Fine common, 1 in. 37.00 “3800 | ANE eee eee 23 00 24 00 1% and 272 Malbein oe 37 00 38 00 Gand puees sated . 22 00 23 00 Mls odcoos ape oor 39 00 40 00 No. 2, 10 and 12 in. 19 00 Ahertl 8s aoneean 39 00 40 00 Giand8 in... se 18 co 19 00 A, AUD ete ste ecoe 47 00 No. 3, 10 and 12 in. 14 00 16 00 Cut'g up, No. 1, 1 in. 29 00 30 00 6 and 8in.. BY (92 Wscscoooe 35 00 37 00} Common, rin.. 5 WIGS By 2 licngense 19 00 20 00 14% and1¥%in...... 18 00 20 00 No. 2, 1% to2in.. 25 00 27 00 2) IN|. «vos aceeeneies) 2ZONOO 220G0! No. 3,14 to2in... 18 00 19 00 BOX. IXIO and 12 in. (No 3 Nartow s.r). «epee 13 00@14 00 reir icine 14 00 | 134) IDs « traces lee sees POO NET BNGO iO ant STAN: 3 out) 13. 50} D360 iN. ee eee 15 00 18 00 1x13 and wider...... 16 00. -18)00)|/2) inks tes eee eee 15 00 18 oo SHINGLES. " 18in. XXX, clear... 375 4 00] 16in., *A extras. 70. 92) 50) 2160 18 in. XX, 6 in. clear. 2 75|16in. clear butts..... 2 10- LATH. INICH tig.7 ks codoonedsd 240 2 = (No: -1y0s) fit teeter I 10 NIG BLN eas aceoacs 1 95 F ALBANY, N.Y. ALBANY, N.Y., March 31.—Navigation is opened and > shipments of lumber are commencing to move out. Piices for white pine show remarkable firmness, with the probabilities of a further advance. Demand is large, and all indications point to a brisk and profitable season’s trade. PINE. 2% in. and up, good........ $58 $60 | ro-in. common..........:.. $15 $16 IMM AING cas cdoaas pircoe eos 58 | 12-in. dressing and belie 5A 3 34 SelectSiaseemeeah serie 50 Common) -shu ese eee 15 17 PICking Sireeeai eisai 45 | 14-in. siding, selected, 13 ft. 40 45 TWA (de) PEL, ffelelsl so ananoeaud Bo SS Gommon) 2... see o. TS. CR) MAINS GaosasasedascunUS 47 50 | 1-in. siding, selected........ 38 42 Selectstacnnccicsnaarnt sie 42) «4s; Common. ...o.i...nno Ree 15° 37, ICS yocesacosoccasse 37. 40] Norway, clear.... 3, 2 Teh FAC yan eae aN ahsein ts 52) 55 Dressing ....--. --- 16) 28 IMeyir lols: Hm aoe beoo met ee So 47 5° Common ,.- acne ~ Ts SelectSmrce-eeser eee se 42 45 | 1o-in. plank, 13 ft., dressing c. c. PICKIN ES getters iciicie sesetspos < 37. 40 and better, each ....... 42 55 CGWaYZEU) goto Aan suonas 22 27 | 10-in. plank, 13-ft. culls, each 23° 25 Bracket Planki pace sie 30 35 | ro-in. boards, 13 ft., dressing * Shelving boards, 12-in. up.. 30 32 and better, each........ «+ 28 320m Dressing boards, narrow.... 20 22} 10-in, boards, 13-ft. culls... 17 a APRIL, 1893 Eee CANADA sie NSE as LATH. _ LOE ons doo oe SS SaeShes Seal PS) ga aanesennnd Jo $2 40 $2 50 SHINGLES. Sawed Pine, ex. Xxxx..$4 35 $4 50] Bound butts, €x 18 ....$5 90 $6 00 Clear butts .. . TON 325) | PELemIOGK oh) -)a)= -012/=)<18i-1 1° 215 2 30 Smooth, 6x 18 ty (eS) Oe Gee eee ee 2 20 2 30 SAGINAW, MICH. SAGINAW, MIcH., March 31.—Stocks of pine are light enough to make sellers quite indifferent to pushing sales. Large quantities of pine are contracted for ahead of the cutting. Prices are downright hard. There is no large amount of stock going out because there is little offering. ? FINISHING LUMBER—ROUGH. Uppers, 1, 1% and 1¥%...... 45 00 | Fine common, 1 in........... 35 00 ° 7: 4o8 Se 46 oc iy, pic 14 tase asnenDn 36 00 2, 2S. on ee 40 00 BD WNeacnaghssaeobosanonsacs 36 09 o1 aon) oo eee eee Ai 9) || (C5 vf, HearehG\itjo boomoooecone 30 00 Me clelaici~ sos sic eles e ss 41 90 SIDING. QUERIES Questions and answers are eee under fre He a nee of charge, and all are invited to avail themselves of this column. Correspondents need not give their own name for publication, but it must be made known to the editor. Anonymous communications will find space in the waste basket. H. Suppose you are called upon to No. 29. SETTING A SLIDE VALVE. —D. Master Steam Fitter, says: adjust a slide valve on an upright engine 1/32-inch lead on top | and 1/16-inch lead on bottom; after ascertaining by the usual means that the eccentric rod connection is the right length, ad- just the valve so as to equalize the lead on both ends, then in- crease the lead 1/64-inch on the bottom, revolve the eccentric around on the shaft until you decrease the lead on the bottom to 1/16-inch; you will then find you have 1/32-inch on top. For instance, you have %-inch on both ends; you increase the bottom 1/64-inch by lengthening the rod; you then have 9/64- inch lead on the bottom and have decreased the top to 7/64- inch. If you now revolve the ‘eccentric on the shaft, away from the crank enough to decrease the lead on the bottom to 6/64-inch, you will find 2/64-inch or 1/32-inch on top and 1/16-inch on the bottom. If this rule is strictly adhered to it will simplify the setting of valves requiring more lead in the bottom than on the top. No. 30. CONCERNING WEAK BoILers.—A correspondent, X.Y.Z., takes no stock in the theory that old and weak boilers give way easily. This is risky doctrine—as risky as the weak boiler. If he wanted a bomb-shell that would explode with great violence he would not take the shell of an egg nor a scooped-out pumpkin-shell to serve as a covering for his dyna- mite; he would take the strongest material he could get, so A few grains of powder in his gun-barrel behind a leaden ball makes a great explosion and may cause sad destruction: but he may hold the same amount of powder on the palm of his open that when the break should come it would come all at once. hand and touch it off with a coal, producing only a s-w-i-s-h— A weak boiler is like the famous buzz “Don’t fool with a buzz Don’t fool with a weak boiler. and no damage at all. saw and the advice is applicable: saw.” No. 31. A FOAMING BOILER.—We would like very much to know the cause of a ‘‘foaming boiler,” as we are nearly handicapped with ours. We have tried everything we can think of, such as ‘‘blowing off” the boiler, changing river water for well water, putting fat pork and potatoes in the boil- er, but the last state seems worse than the first. Perhaps some of your subscribers can help us out of the difficulty. We should be everlastingly grateful to those who can name a cure for it.—T. & J. Gibson, Wroxeter, Ont. No. 32. ECONOMY IN FUEL.—Could you or some of your subscribers who use steam for motive power give the writer some information about improvements in building in boilers with a view to economy of fuel. I understand there are sev- eral patents held for improved boiler settings, but do not know where to obtain information regarding them; also where any of them are in use successfully. This is a question which I pre- sume a good many millers are interested in, and the informa- tion may be of general use to all.—G., Richmond, Ont. No. 33. LocaAL LUMBERMAN.—Can any of your readers give me a concise plan for tallying logs brought into a country sawmill by its customers? Our customers are the neighboring farmers, who may bring in during the season all kinds of timber, maple, elm, bass, hemlock, pine, etc., and as the number is large at times, a plan that would save much turning of the leaves of a book outside in stormy weather would obviate the difficulty. NEW BRUNSWICK CROWN LANDS. ACCORDING to the commissioner of Crown Lands for New Brunswick, whose annual report has recently been placed before the Legislature now in session, the total receipts from crown lands for 1892 were $128,319.60, of | which $96,072.74 was stumpage fees and $18,843.83 mileage on timber licenses. The total revenue of the province is less than $700,000, which makes the revenue from timber sources about one-fifth of the whole. $8,261.96 was expended during the year for scaling, col- lection and the protection of crown timber lands. A THREE CENT STAMP DOES IT. eipt 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. Welch, in CX Lup! AND SINGLE Steam — AND POWER Pumps O)Q— If you require a pump for any duty, of the latest and most improved pattern, and als close pices, WRITE GS ORGriEX M'FG GO. LIMITED ON TE. IN cS DORON Oi. - THE CANADA LUMBERMAN APRIL, 1893 FIRES AND CASUALTIES. FIRES. —Our old friend P. Falls, N.B., has had his grist and sawmills completely destroyed by fire. In a letter to the LUMBERMAN he says: ‘I lost all in this world except the clothes I had on, boots and no coat or hat, but enough of life and That is genuine grit. overalls, courage to try again.” —Adam Clark’ was burned to the ground a few weeks ago. s sawmill at Alvinston, Ont., ,—The sawmill of Jas. Covert, of Belmont, Ont., was destroyed by fire a fortnight ago. CASUALTIES. Klayes, woods near Neustadt, while in the Ont., —Gotlieb working was struck by a falling tree and killed. —Theodore Beaudoin, of Hull, with a serious accident in Booth’s mill by a piece of shafting falling on his shoulder and Que., met breaking his shoulder blade. __A farmer named Daniel McRae, living near Cornwall, Ont., met his death in a fearful manner. He was driving home with a load o! lumber, and his team ran away, throwing him off, but he held on to the reins and the lumber fell upon him. He was literally torn to pieces under the sleigh and lumber. —John Hayter, an employee of the stave mill at Alvinston, Ont., arrange a belt or pulley was thrown with much force through the building and alighted in close proximity to one of the heading saws. Beyonda few bruises and a sprained ankle he was not hurt. whilst endeavoring to —John McGillivray, a former Canadian lumberman, and a native of Dalesville, Que., was accidently killed at a railroad crossing in Staples, Minnesota, a fortnight ago. Deceased removed from Canada to Minnesota in 1879. —Malcolm McLean, of Glammis, Ont., while felling timber a few days ago, was struck with a on the leg and pinning him fast till such time as he was released by the other men. ately he was not seriously hurt. tree that came backward striking him Fortun- —Albert Townsend was killed a week since whilst loading logs in Hardy township, Parry Sound district, Ont. —Harlin Burns, a Nova Scotia lumberman employed in the yard above Eustis, near Farm- ington, Me., was killed by the logs rolling on him. His age is 55. —A man named Solomon Haine, of New Canada, N.S., week ago. He had been engaged in hauling logs. —Arthur Oston, of N while drawing logs from the bush last week had the misfortune to have his feet badly crushed. dropped dead in the woods a Yewton Robinson, Ont., —A fatal accident took place at the lumber shanties of Messrs. Beland Tewkesbury, Que., a heavy log fell on a man named Jos. Noel, killing him almost instantly. & Martineau, —Geo. Freelarn, an English youth, from Dr. drawn on a log at McAIpin’s saw mill. Barnardo’s home, was killed by being —-Fred. Lawson, of Toronto, who had been working in the lumber camps at Magnetawan died suddenly in the stage while on the way home. —Information has been received by Alex. Bellivean, of Ottawa, Ont., that his son had met with a terrible death in a Michigan lumber camp by being eaten with wolves. As far as can be learned he, in company with a friend, while out hunting were attacked by a band of and although they discharged their rifles into the pack, the wolves overpowered them. to escape them and from there he saw his com- wolves, 3ellivean’s companion climbed a tree panion torn to pieces by the wolves at the foot He fired several shots among the pack, killing five of the tree on which he was perched. wolves, and then his store of ammunition gave out. For several hours the wolves kept around the tree and did not leave until a number of men from the camp came and drove them away. O. Byram, of Grand |} LUMBER OF THE SOUTH. COMPETING WITH THE PRopuCTs OF NORTHERN Woops. A TONAWANDA, N.Y. lumberman draws a doleful picture of the lumber future of that town. said he to a Buffalo interviewer, “were less in 1892 than in any year during the ‘*Our sales,” past twelve that I have been connected with the has seen its best days as a lumber distributing business. In my opinion Tonawanda point.” The lumberman went on to tell how people bought car lots, where formerly ship load lots were sold, and said the practice of shipping direct from Western mills and from the South was cutting into the home trade. He also mentioned that the World’s Fair Commission- ers had made a heavy drain on the Western supply to the extent of 800,000,000 feet, which had had the effect of reducing stocks and keep- ing up prices. The South, in his opinion, is going to cut a large figure in the lumber business. He says: ‘*The supplies of poplar, cypress, cottonwood, long leaf and short leaf yellow pine from the Southern States is yearly on theincrease. The variety and cheapness of Southern lumber is making an impression on the market, and although there is something of a prejudice against it here, it is, nevertheless, making headway. The public schools and other public buildings in Buffalo are now being floored with Southern pine—rift sawed it is called in the specifications. North Carolina short leaf pine is also being used extensively for inside finish, while the long leaf maintains a pre-eminence, it being one of the strongest woods’ that is grown, containing more rosin than any other. Poplar, the best varieties of which come from Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, and some from West Virginia, has also cut into the hardwood trade the past few years. This wood is found to take the stain better almost than any other. It is used for rosewood and mahogany quite extensively, and when properly stained only an expert can detect the difference. Rosewood coffins are largely made in this way. It is also made to simulate walnut, oak, quar- tered oak, cherry, and mahogany, and being cheaper than white pine finds a ready sale.” Asked the question: ‘* Have these Southern woods the lasting qualities of the northern the reply was: longer than any other known variety. varieties,” “Cypress will last The statue of Jupiter, one of the wonders of Italy for the past six hundred years, is made of cypress, and in one of the cathedrals of Rome, is a door of the same material said to be 1,100 years old. Cypress shingles are always reck- oned good for 200 years.” “How about the cost?” “Well, I don’t pretend to give the exact figures, but white pine has been selling at $45 to $50 a thousand feet. Against this you have the Southern yellow pine, the best of which you can buy at $20 a thousand feet. The best varieties of poplar can be had at $35 a thous- and, inferior kinds calling for less. Cypress sells at from $35 to $36 a thousand, the best quality coming from the Gulf States, the Miss- issippi and its tributaries. North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, but the superior grades are located further south. “In North Carolina short-leaf pine is sold at from $8 to $27 a thousand; largely used for inside finish and for boxes. But the best of all woods for boxes, aside from the cypress, is the cottonwood, which sells at from $16 to $23 a thousand. The cottonwood tree grows in the short space of four or five years suitable for lumber, and is, in my opinion, the coming wood. Gum wood, the best of which is found below the 35th parallel, when properly kiln- makes the most chaste of hardwood trimmings, and for artistic work is coming into The product of the South also in- cludes oak, beech, sycamore, ash, and cherry in considerable variety.” It is also grown in dried, demand. WANTED AND FOR SALE Advertisements will be inserted in this department at the rate of 15 cents per line each 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. Adver- tisements must be received not later than the 27th of each month to insure insertion in the following issue. E WANT ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS. Will pay cash. ROBERT THOMSON & CO., 103 Bay Street, Toronto. ARDWOOD LUMBER BOUGHT, SOLD OR received on consignment. TUCKER DAVID, lumber commission merchant, 202 Eleventh Ave., N.Y. OR HEMLOCK, DIMENSION LUMBER, hardwood flooring, cedar shingles, piles, sawdust, etc., write J. E. MURPHY, lumberman, Hepworth station, Ont. ANTED—A SITUATION AS FILER IN A sawmill. Have had niné years’ experience with gang and round saws. Address ‘‘ H,” 3 Maitland St., Halifax, N.S. ANTED—BY YOUNG MAN—SITUATION as book-keeper, cashier or correspondent; rapid worker; energetic, and thoroughly reliable and experi- enced; competent to take charge of manufacturer's office. Address: “ Accountant,” care CANADA LumM- BERMAN, Toronto. FOR SALE. BOUT A MILLION FEET OF LOGS (AT mill) suitable for bill stuff, etc. Mill can be leased to cut them. Address ‘‘Lumberman,” care Canapa LUMBERMAN, Toronto, LUMBERMEN XPERIENCED SHIPPER OPEN FOR EN- gagement middle of May. Good bookkeeper Competent to take charge of References furnished. Address‘‘ Inspector,” care CanapA LUMBERMAN, Toronto. RAILS FOR TRAMWAYS EW AND SECOND-HAND STEEL AND i iron rails for tramways and logging lines, from 12 lbs. per yard and upwards; estimates given for complete outfit. JOHN J. GARTSHORE, 49 Front St. West, Toronto. TO EASTERN STATES LUMBERMEN. N EXTENSIVE HANDLER OF PULP wood, fir, spruce, canoe birch and poplar, is de- sirous of finding a market for same in the Eastern States—New York or Boston preferred. Is prepared to ship any size required per schooner from Quebec. Parties handling same should communicate with I.C.L., care CANADA LUMBERMAN, TO, EER ARGE PLANING MILL, WITH SHOP, MA- chinery, kilns, etc., iv full running order, corner Niagara and Tecumseth streets, formerly occupied by Gall, Anderson & Co. Mill 60 x 160; two-storey shop 70x75; kilns 20 X 105. Power supplied. Railway sidings into premises. Apply— N. V. KUHLMAN, 107 Niagara St., Toronto. FOR SALE WELL-ESTABLISHED, THRIVING LUM- ber business, being one of but two yards in a rapidly growing manufacturing city of 20,000 inhabi- tants, surrounded by a well-to-do farming class. Sales the past year over $70,000, which can be doubled. Capital required about $15,000, Terms easy. Reason for selling, illness of Manager. Address “Good Opportunity,” Care CANADA LUMBERMAN, Toronto. WANTED FOR CASH Ash and Soft Elm OSTLY ONE-INCH, SOME ONE-AND-A- quarter and one-and-a-half inch, strictly firsts and seconds; also commons. Furthermore, Ash and Oak squares from one-and-a-half to four inches thick. Red Birch Lumber, I. and II., all thickness; also Red Birch Squares 5 x 5 and 6 x 6, ten feet and over long. Address all particulars as to dryness, quality, quan- fiyeon hand and price, to P.O. Box 2144, New York, SAW MILL TIMBER LIMITS Eor Sale. HE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS FOR SALE his Mill Property, situated in the town of Peter- boro, known as the Point St. Charles saw mill, together with piling grounds, pond, booms, chains, anchors, ropes, horses, harness, wagons, sleighs, shanty and driving outfits. Also, the Galway limits and about 15,000 pieces of logs on Nogeys Creek and Swamp Lake, composed of pine, cedar and hemlock. For all information apply to A. McDONALD, Point St. Charles, Peterboro, Ont. VALUABLE Imber Lands os OdW Mill FOR SALE AT PARRY SOUND HE MILL IS SITUATED ON THE WATERS of Parry Sound, and has good shipping facilities. The largest vessels or steamers on the lakes can load at the lumber docks. The mill will cut about twenty thousand feet of lumber and twenty-five thousand shingles in ten hours. There are about seven thousand five hundred acres of timber pine, hemlock, birch, ash, oak, spruce, bass- wood, etc. The timber is free of dues. Parry Sound is the terminus of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway, now in process of con. struction. Price : Twenty-five thousand dollars. Terms as may be agreed upon. WM. BEATTY, Parry Sound. DICKSON & even TOWNSEND SALE @zm INGER LIM HE FOLLOWING TIMBER LIMITS ON Georgian Bay waters will be sold by public auction at Toronto, at No. 22 King Street West (Manning Arcade), at 2.30 p.m. Thursday, April 27th, 1893 PARCEL NO. 1.—Berth No. 5 in the Township of Patterson, on Lake Nipissing, near head of French River, 2514 square miles, more or less. PARCEL NO. 2.—Berth No. 22 (sale of 22nd Oct., 1885), Township of Dowling, on Vermillion River, known also as No. 87 on map of roth July, 1872, 36 square miles, more or less. PARCEL NO. 3.—Berth No. 16 (sale of 22nd Oct., 1885) on French River, known also as No. 11 on map of roth July, 1872, 36 square miles, more or less. Terms and conditions made known on day of sale. DICKSON & TOWNSEND, Auctioneers. For other information apply to ALEXANDER FRASER, Westmeath, Ont. Sale of GANADA PINE TIMBER LIMITS ON THE NORTH AND EAST SHORES OF LAKE HURON. HE undermentioned Timber Berths and Mill Prop- erty will be offered for sale separately, at Public Auction, in the City of Toronto, Canada, on Tuesday, 25h day of April, 1893 viz.: Berths Nos. ro (sale of 1885) 69, 82, 136, 137 and 174 (the Township of Montgomery), containing in all 247 square miles of Pine Timber Limits in the District of Algoma, which have not been cut upon; and parts of the Townships of Gibson, Wood and Medora, con- taining 77 square miles of Timber Limits i in the District of Muskoka, which have been cut over in parts; and the Saw Mill property situate on the Georgian Bay, at the mouth of the Muskoka River. And also (by arrangement with the Collins Inlet Lumber Company) the two followi ing Timber Berths, viz.: Township of Geschen, and Berth No. 59 in the Districts of Algoma and Nipissing, containing in all 72 square miles. All the above Timber Berths water to the Georgian Bay. Maps and full particulars of each of the above prop- erties may be had on application to THE MUSKOKA MILL & LUMBER COMPANY, Toronto, Canada. 24th February, 1893. APRIL, 1893 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN MINERAL WOOL Ome iN ali &, TAIN BOILBR GOVERING S CANADIAN /Y\INERAL \UOOL Co., LTD.. aves enough fuel to pay # or it Is Fire-proof, Frost-proof, oth ae and Indestructible 122 BAY ST.. [ ORONTO THE RATHBUN GOMPANY PESSEES Seay Cable Address Hamburg: MANUFACTURERS OF CASS ENS) Endorsed by leading Architects Absolutely Fire-proof Does not Crack on application of Heat or Water Deadens Noise af TERRA COTTA RKE-PROOFING For use in Old and New Buildings “«Gardner.’’ GARL GARTNER AGENT FOR CANADIAN WOOD GOODS HAMBURG, GERMANY : 5 LONDON, ENGLAND aan About as Cheap as Wood or Brick BARS Sa Sasa) Offiice 8 Union Court, Old Broad St., E.C. : 2 hopsgate St., E.C. Weight one-third that of Brick Séene Gives Warmth in Winter; Coolness in Summer HIE MASONS 55 79 pn ee ae ea Representative Lumber Manufacturers and Dealers | at Railway, Express, or Power, Style and | Town |nearest Shipping Point NAME BusINEss Daily Capacity | Ottawa, Ont.......... raat Eeteateisielaicisie > Ona Mal onan a soos eo our Lumber, Wholesale and Retail...............-. Steam, Circular and Band Mill Ottawa, Ont.........- |Ottawa sod spaaddesdn Bronson & Weston Lumber Co..... 2 Sawmills, White and Red Pine, Wholesale....|Water, Gang and Band, 450m | Ofitawa, Ont.......... C)) 2s BS ae OTTAWA LUMBER CO......... Lumber, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Wholesale....].............sseeeeeeeeceeeeeee | Ottawa, Ont.......... ROPE are sos s'si.n cs sins's Rene yice PActecmenoieicieieneioiclciovcn- Saw and Lath Mill, Pine, Wholesale ........... Wat.) Gang and Band, Saw 4oom, | ———_———— } Lath 7om SSS Parry Sound, Ont..... |Utterson Sod bei POS OUEE Conger Lumber Co............ umber pw nolesaletanduketailmayeeaeeerteeicl chereecnncn eee asian Parry Sound, Ont..... Parry Sound.......... |Parry Sound LumberCo......... Saw, Shingle and Lath Mills, Pine, Wholesale .. Wwates Cane Circulas, Saw gom, ingles 7om, Lath 30m Muskoka Mills, Ont...|Penetanguishene...... Muskoka Mill and Lumber Co., Head|W. Pine Lumber, Lath and Bill Stuff, all lengths.|}2 Mills Water, 1 Band, 2 Gangs Office, Arcade, 24 King st. w., Toronto and 3 Circulars. Alexandria, Ont.......|Alexandria ........... McPherson, Schell & Co. ....... CheeseiBoxs Nactorys Pine, spruces Cedar) .1.)1.1-| eee tee oeeeticcoece seienee Almonte, Ont......... |. ATT ORS e RS an aeeeeS Caldwell, A.&Son........... Sawmill, Pine, Lumber, Hemlock, Hardwoods. .|Circular, 3m Barge, Ont. ........-- Baaset cer cee aine ose Dymont & Mickle............ Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Cedar, Hardwoods....,. Steam, Circular, 4om . Barrow Bay, Ont...... | Wiarton 1. = Oe Barrow Bay Lumber Co., Limited . .|Saw, Shingle and Heading Mill, Pine, Cedar | ak, Oak Railway Ties, Paving Blocks ...... Steam, Circular, r6m Blind River, Ont......| Blind River........... Blind River LumberCo......... 2 Saw, Sh. and Lath Mls., Pine, Hem., Bl. Birch]Stm., Band, Cir., S.75m, Sh. 60m | Bobcaygeon, Ont...... |Fenelor Falls......... |Boyd, Mossom & Co........... Ieumber mvyholecalerandeketatleeyrrecrerercisiecreterr | elven stereo eetcio: oie avereioiciovoereisioveraisiove | Bracebridge, Ont...... Bracebridge........... IDOLLAR JAMES Sic s 26 sae = « PSIMDETPOUING IES AVVIO lesa] eam aterateliaveta)sielaletalelerailicyalieieeieiesisieiete setts cleisietereiaicinie minte « | t ere hii... « =< 2 See eae ees a ois 22 LDU, S54 oo dood aaoomed PunbemawnolesalerandwRetailennrcre netic eis latent eet aler veieiaterenielevelaiers cleya\cinye Waubaushene, Ont....|Waubaushene......... |Georgian Bay Consolid. Lumber Co.|Pine only. .............cceeeececeeeeeseeeeres Waubaushene mill, stm., 200m; | Hd. office arcade 24 King st. w., Toronto Pt. Severn mill, water, 120m TJ I 2c Calabogie, Ont........ etiteast= 5.3. _|Carswell, Thistle & McKay...... RrIDeeEW iho contetandiRerc errors ee eee ea ee Nee hicr nae || Pacers MANUFACTURERS OF .... Callander, Ont Callander, G.T. R. John B. Smith &Sons ....... -|White and Red Pine Lumber, Bill Stuff, Lath Head Office, Strachan Ave., Toronto] and Shingles.............seceseeeecetercsees Steam, 2 Circular, 80m Collins Inlet, Ont...... Collins Inlet .......... |\Collins Inlet LumberCo......... umpenp eines OakepAsheibirch, av boljanduhet.|maeenienecicenieers coin nicisiaicieseiye Ghar | | Chill ete 6 eee SoS SUSE ae See BSMRMGy Feiss Col 1Os a) 6 vive 2a) tae eee ae’ Publisher is now open to receive subscriptions for the above Directory of the lumber trades. No effort is being spared to make this publication thor- oughly complete and reliable in every detail, and it is hoped that all MILLER sub- scribers interested will fill in the following subscription blank and return to this office at as early a date as possible. TO THE PUBLISHER OF THE LUMBERMAN’S DIRECTORY AND INDEX TO THE PLANING MILLS AND SASH AND DOOR FACTORIES OF CANADA: Please:supp lyase eee Withee eee copies of the above Directory as soon as issued, for which........... agree to pay Two Dollars per copy. All owners of saw and planing mills, wholesale and retail lumbermen, coopers, etc., are earnestly requested to furnish information asked for in following blank and mail same as soon as possible: Card of Enquiry to Lumbermen. Manufacturers of lumber, shingles, lath, staves, headings, etc., will please fill in this blank: Power, style and capacity of mill:..... Shipping Point: . Dealers in lumber, shingles, lath, etc., will please fill in following blank : Class of stock handled: Wholesale or Retails ..0..2.0-..02-5...04 (Classiofistock handledicnseie seinen Owners of planing mills, sash, door and blind factories, will please fill in following blank : Power and stylez osc le he cheers secie ous 0 nie tne sasne ep oh) = ocean Class:of manufactures. ccc. 6 eee cobs le alele cle cis soo cy Os ole eee Hin ener eee eet Post ‘@ficer Wyo cca sieves o acaiens alone etis cee Shipping Point: ..).). <.c-t.> Oe eee (Signed)! 2c... cmeu ec este islet oe Cette i Cees er huis ieieg ints o0) ahs SA ee PIO; Province... ..3 os .0ce seer Addiess all communications to DIRECTORY DEPARTMENT, CANADA LUMBERMAN, TORONTO, ONT. APRIL, 1893 10 sO2 CAN ADA LUMBERMAN Do You Lack Steam? We Can Help You THE OANADIAN HOLLOW BLAST GRATE HUNDREDS OF TESTIMONIALS LIKE THE FOLLOWING : A new and novel application of a principle centuries old. Step into the nearest blacksmith shop and see it in operation on a small scale. “Your Hollow Blast Grates } give us all the steam we want t recommend them t re CO., LANsinGc, M e canno BARREL ‘Their work is simply marve Phe an additional boiler. DETROIT HOOP STAVE ( ** After nearly two I of our boilers we The Hollow Blast Grate supplies the furnace fire with a blast of hot air sufficient at all times to insure the rapid and perfect combustion of fuel of every sort. years trial of H have experience rsol It is the only appliance that steams successfully with do not think any pe r firm wi ? them.”—W. T. YOUNG & CO., Steam G green or wet sawdust, tanbark or other refuse and “We ; ee ee ae We are greatly pleased with y Grate waste. steam we require, no matter how wet r fue they are unequalled."—STEINHOFF & GORDON It alone has solved the problem of steaming with Ont. the fine, compact dust of the band mill. Regardless of the character of your fuel, we **T do not consider a saw mill complete wit Biz AARON GORDON, DrespeEn, On1 **T put in a set of your Grates a year yond expectation. I spent h 1 can greatly increase the volume of steam gen- —— — = ae So ue Mae wauet, Bue rs it su z s. if ‘bur y dust. J erated in your boilers. Furnace Fitted with Hollow Blast Grates and Apparatus. 2G R_CNAVLOR. Eesce On ; eS IT GOSTS you NOTHING 10 TRY THEM FOR INFORMATION, PRICES OR ESTIMATES, ADDRESS = HE GUARANTEE SATISEAGTION OR NO SALE THE GANADIAN FOLLOW BLAST GRATE GO, ESSEX, ONT. A. ALLAN, President J. 0. GRAVEL, Secretary-Treasurer J. J. McGILL, Manager ~* F. SCHOLES, Managing Director anadian RUDDEP GOMpAny Capital, $2,000,000.00 Of MONTREAL, TORONTO and WINNIPEG 5 —_MANUFACTURE—— SUPERIOR QUALITY ROBBER GOODS for Mechanical Purposes RUBOCR BELTING, PACKING, HOE HEAD OFFICES AND FACTORY: MONTREAL FORSYTH scamless Rubber Belting ObaMléss TUD6 HOSé These Patents we control for Canada i Western Branch: Corner YonGE AND Front STREETS TORONTO (eee ike =) Manage: gees 9 : tam NT 8 gee ot Ruts “Buito TO-D&Y THEN, Fee AND SURE, if PAID TO THE — Longfetteu. —— #2. DO YOU? (Berit S ates = POrt UPON and Detroit [ee “ETS wise sr, pull: Is the Short Line to Ieee icy ° : SAGINAW AND BAY GITY on an ordinary Life Policy of $1,000, | ; ia iy GER Bae ere (Centres of the vast lumber interests of Michigan) No. 1230 during its first 20 years, | £ i ae JA a, CONTRACT~ ices] RECORD, Toronto will bring you | 2 : to best contractors. : | COMMISSION AGENTS eae ———— “FIRE PROOF Limits bought and sold on commission. Limits trav- 5 . < elled and carefully prepared, Estimates given. : Some first-class berths on the: North Shore of Lake 5 e = : Huron and on the Upper Ottawa.now in our hands | Fe | LLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FREE ¥ MT. PLEASANT, GLARE, REED GITY | ished forage y | In 1872....Paid $26.57 In 1882....Paid $13.29 673 ms 2 BB 5 Fac. uns 2.33 BALDWIN, LUDINGTON, MANISTEE MILWAUKEE AND MANITOWOC, WIS. The last two named are reached by the Company line of Steamships across Lake Michigan. The line thus formed is a short and direct route from NEW YORK MONTREAL BUFFALO TORONTO to ST. PAUL, DULUTH and Pacific Coast points. Write cither of the undersi comain Maps, Train Schedu A value to those com above-mentioned points. Ww. JR. | N for sale. | ns : re H cog ted Fh W. F. On Bove tA F G f Communications confidential. References given. ME AL | ROOFING 8) | Cc. ; | y ( ( A. PATRIARCHE, Traffic Manager. RA A PETR ; TURERS, Guneent Ovvices: - SAGINAW, MICA. | ca “TORONTO, CANADA. 36 Rochester St. Ortawa ANF ATERER?:FQRONTO iY zned for Folders, which and much information | ating a trip to any of the | THE CANADA LUMBERMAN April, 1893 afl pili ANIL WORKob ware W. STODAR1 H. RIXON J. G. AINSILE MAITLAND, RI RIXON & CO. cs i OWEN SOUND, ONT. . ; Saw Millers and Lumber Dealers 5 p fl ; All kinds of Building Material kept in stock NT aaa ete cn __ er LONG BL STI ROG LA, ERD HNL ‘ The Georgian Bay «= i288: The Rathbun Gompanye i 6. OG _DESERONTO, Ong Consolidated Lumber 60. Doors, Sack Blinds, Sa PINE INGER, BIL SFE. SHINGLES ayo LATH = "Sree And all Kinds of House-Finishing Materials : CEDAR OIL for Pursine Bema CoRRESPONDENCE SOLICITED GEO. GCORMAGK MACHINE KNIVES t . Planing, Moulding and cue Cutting ——— Send for Price List=]}= aaaress WAUBAUSHENE, Ont. » 24 King St. West, TORONTO | Cc. C. CLEVELAND G. F. CLEVELAND JON Bertram & Sons CANADA TOOL WORKS el: ie Goodhue X 60. Wholesale and Retail Dealer jn DUNDAS, ONTARIO ; MANUFACTU ALL KINDS OF st ae tee A K LEATHER BELTING : K —_) ae LUMBER SHIPPED TO ALL PARTS BY RAIL OR VESSEL ann LACE LEATHER Danville, @ue: MACHINE TOOLS, BTC. WRITE FOR PRICES AND CATALOGUE WHITBY, ONTARIO The xx Saw GUMMer and Sharpener re AAS NO RIVAL > | FOR VARIETY. GAPACITY OR QUALITY OF WORK OR FOR SIMPLICITY, DURABILITY, CHEAPNESS | Will take saws from 6 inches to 6 feet diameter; sets the saw forward one tooth at a time qutomatically; sharpens any saw (rip or crosscut) perfectly, giving the teeth any desired pitch or bevel, and making all the teeth exactly alike. Will sharpen 20 teeth in an ordinary mill saw in one minute, or roo teeth in a shingle saw in four or five minutes. The cut shows outline of mill saw 54-inch diameter. GILMOUR & CO. Lumber Manufacturers and Dealers F. J. DRAKE, Belleville, Ont. : Dear Sir,—Your patent Saw Sharpener is giving us good satisfaction. We average about 100,000 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 ma- chine and sawyer too. It causes also a great saving in files. We now only use about one ten-inch file per week. Before putting in your machine we used about six per week. As re- gards your Improved ‘‘XXX” Shingle Packer—it works first rate and is the only machine we could get that would press tight enough. We consider it the best we ever had. | Trenton, Ont., 26th August., 1891. Yours truly, GILMOUR & CO. MANUFACTURED ONLY BY EJB 42a | Belleville, Ont. —— Teas THE CANADA LUMBERMAN ‘Ss 17 MAKE NO MISTAKE Waterous NO. 2 Band Saw Mil It has more special features to commend it than any other mill GIR DA SNP SIN ESS) From its breadth of frame running full size to upper wheel. iw een SMe Aoi NESS Under motion ; secured by special machinery for turning wheels, and wheels being a ground taper fit to shafts not keyed on. No loose supports to permit of adjustment as in mills with outer bearings. TENSION The most sensitive ; upper shaft being placed in connected boxes hinged to triangular frames, tension weights have only to support wheel shaft and boxes. No friction of bearings or extra weight to overcome. STRAIN ON SAWS 25 % to 75 Z% less than usually put on by. the weights. From a photograph of a No. 2 Band Mill being tested in our works, saw running 10,000 feet per minute. Exposure 2% minutes. Although only set up on blocks, not bolted down, S H () Reale EST SAWS ; yheels 1 stiffness and breadth of bearing of frame, no such was the perfect balance of wheels, and stiffness and b earing ; Betis to fitecn, feet: vibration was perceptible to the eye, nor to the hand placed on the frame. POO SPEED .OrsSA WS The highest attainable with consequent increase of capacity from reasons given above. OES leah The most simple, applicable to almost any carriage, saving expense. Nine—9—No. 2 Band Mills sold this season to some of the largest Lumbermen in Canada. We can still fill a few more orders for early May delivery, as we are running our works 15 hours a day. HAVE ThE BENEEIT OF THE BAND ON THIS SEASON'S GUT ORDER NOW. YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT! Waterous, 4 Saw Ager, iron guides with lever adjustment, iron rollers.. Automatic device for crowding lumber against guides; removable bridge tree, arranged with divided rolls'to allow two men to edge B fa Nn tfo rd ( a Nn ad a atomce. Best Edger in the market. J APRIL, 1893 18 ie ae CANADA LUMBERMAN F. E. DIXON & GO. MANUFACTURERS OF LEA THE Star RE SE TING 7O._ NING ST. EAoT WRITE FOR Toronto DISCOUNTS Napanéé Gemént Works, Ltd. INONETOSLODID WOOOVCS, Gs, MANUFACTURERS OF STAR *8° PORTLAND CEMENT NONE BETTER; AND OF NARANEE OEE INal PARTICULARLY ADAPTED FOR DAMS, SMOKE-STACKS, FOUNDATIONS, CULVERTS, CIST- ERNS, CELLARS, ETC. LARGELY BEING USED IN THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER CANAL. ENDORSED BY LEADING RAILWAYS AND CONTRACTORS. BREAKING STRAIN 6 IN! leaner HAIR. BELT SS, “te ; kk 4 81 Ibs. 6 IN, ENGLISH Oak DouBLe LEATHER __7,522%- ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF... LINEN FirReE HOSE MANCHESTER, 3 57 STFRS.XAVIER. ST, ENGLAND. ~ MONTREAL Tr. GO. ROSS S60: Real Estate, Fire and Life Insurance SHIPPING AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS . LIMBER LIMITS AND FARMING LANDS A SPECIALTY. . . NEW WESTMINSTER, BG. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED 13} (Gs Cor Carte ADDRES “ROSS” Box 273 LDONOGH & OLIVER se Nos. 213, 214 and 215 =e Board of Trade Building Toronto, Onpe WHOLESALE DEALERS IN OFFICE ROBIN & SADLER MANUFACTURERS OF Vit fy NW MONT FEAL TORONTO 2518 &2520 NOTREJAME S129 BAY ST, az Send for sample of our new SAWMILL BELT a ReesSs SIXTEEN REASONS, AND HOW TO AVOID THEM BAND. SAWS BREAK Being instructions to filers on the care of large band saw blades used in the manufacture of lumber. A book filled with valuable information on the care of band saws. Giving the reasons for breaking; analyzing each reason; giving instructions to dispense with the causes as laid down in each reason; and full details on filing and brazing. The proper styles of hammers to use are illustrated and described, “and views of blades showing the blows of the different styles of hammers form an important part of the illustrations. Improper and unequal tension are then treated, and the manner of properly setting irregular teeth is described. In connection with the treatise is a his- tory of the invention, manufacture and use of the saw from its origin to the present time. The work in whole makes an accumulation of information such as has never before been published. The book is printed on fine paper, good clear type, and is handsomely and sub- stantially bound in cloth. It will be sent to any address on receipt of the price, ONE DOLLAR. Address— CANADA LUMBERMAN, Toronto, Ont. THE STURTEVANT PATENT PROGRESSIVE LUMBER DRY [KILN Dries Hard and Soft Wood Lumber Without Warping, Checking or Bluing oanhe.. 4 ~ | Sturtevant System | oF FHERTING | Nw WRITE FOR (_ ATALOGUES IWS S AND | | FACTORIES BOSTON: 34 OLIVER STREET NEW YORK: STEEE FEAGE Planing Mill EXHAUSTERS FoR Removing Ghips shavings and Sawdust CHICAGO: 16 SOUTH CANAL ST. Ts PHILADELPHIA : gt LIBERTY STREET 135 NORTH THIRD ST. B. F. STURTEVANT 60. Boston, Mass, U. S. io ~\ A. R. WILLIAMS, Toronto and Montreal GENERAL AGENT FOR THE DOMINION April, 1893 "THe CANADA LUMBERMAN a Bae ANDREWs DRYER For sumiber, Shingles, Staves, Heading, etc. Trilo os ay ee ERS TO DO WHAT IS FR we Ex GUARANTEED IN SAVING THEM MONEY IN Freight, Insurance, Time, Interest, Expense, Capital, Yard Room, Labor Dy KSI SERANS|> y y Y Yy y y Y Y y j ] Z NNNK epeenedene NNNAN There may be persons who do not appreciate the advantages of the artificial drying of lumber. But the shrewd men, in the man- facture of furniture and other woodwork where reputation would be sacrificed by a lack of proper mtterial for good gluing and finishing, recognize a good system of drying as an important element of their success. High scientific authorities and thoroughly practical men are now agreed that the hot-blast and rapid-current systems ARE WASTEFUL, and that steam heat is the only safe means for artificial drying. The mode of applying steam heat most efficiently and — cond economically is therefore now the essential point. The Andrews EL LETTER. OTS IIIT. EE aaa A mms S Fi S 7 \ S N NS Dryer accomplishes this result more surely than any other known This system and apparatus covered by letters patent. syst em A-—Drying-Room. BB—Brass Condensing-Walls. CCC— NN—Brass Gutters for receiving condensed moisture. PPP— 8 Lumber Cars. EE—Down Air-Flues. FF—Bottom Air-Flue. Sticks betweenlumber, SS—Double Steam-Coils. T—Auto- HH—Inside Walls, protecting meta! from heat, LL—Lumber matic Steam Fire-Extinguishers, ¥ on cars. Arrows show direction of currents of air. y 4 YJ Y 4 Y 4 4 4 Yj No FAN No ENGINE No SMOKE No CHIMNEY No SPECIAL FIREMAN OR FUEL No EXPENSIVE BRICKWORK No RISK OF FIRE NO CHECKING OR WARPING No CASE-HARDENING ‘WE PUT GREEN SPRUCE IN DRIPPING WITH WATER, AND IN EIGHTEEN HOURS IT WAS. DRYER THAN LUMBER THAT HAD’ BEEN STUCK UP IN THE YARD ALL SUMMER.” This is the verdict of a Quebec lumber firm, and we can give equal re- As ai NO EQUAL cqer at Sf Outside View of the Andrews Progressive Kiln, showing Lumber placed sults every time. crosswise the building, on cars, The Andrews Lumber Dryer Has been proved to possess the following points of excellence: ist. That its drying is rapid and perfect. znd. That external and internal checking and discoloration are entirely avoided by this method. 3rd. That the drying is done by a CONTINUOUS system and the temper- ature of the kiln is under absolute control at all times. 4th. That our Dryer is free from the varying air currents (always wasteful) incident to all fan and open-draft kilns. Sth. That our drying is done by the slow continuous movement of a large body of slightly-moistened air. 6th. That our condensing surface is so very large as to be adequate to precipitating the moisture of the saturated air with the least amount of movement. 7th. That our piping is tested by high pressure and every outfit is fully guaranteed. DOUBLE FLANGE WHEEL ON CAR WHEEL, DOUBLE FLANGE SECTION OF CAR TRUCK, SHOW- . E : SINGLE TRACK ING AXLE BOX. comes impossible. SEND FOR CIRCULARS ay _—— as STRAP WASHER BOLT AXLE DOMINION DRY KILN COMPANY CANADA LIFE BUILDING : : : : TORONTO, ONT. 8th. That by our improved system of drainage the freezing of pipes be- APRIL, 1893 ———R. H. SMITH CO.. LIMITED—— Ah; ESTABLISHED 18s5 We Manufacture SAWS of every description. Sole Manuracturers THE BEST SAWS IN THE WORLD Wone Genuine without our Trade Mark OUR HAND SAWS seat Stieoransn °°”: - - - REPAIRING PROMPTLY ATTENDED 10 . . - Price List and Discounts on application... ST. CATHARINES. ONT. The “SIMONDS” » The “LESDER” [Sq=eyemene gy = CIRCULAR SAWS ° CROSS-CUT SAWS = Se INCORPORATED 1888 Felso GUTTING-BOX KNIVES THE DOMINION LEATHER BOARD GO., MONTREAL MANUFACTURERS OF ASBESTOS MILL 5OARD FOR STEAM PACKING FRICTION PULLEY BOARD THE BEST FRICTION KNOWN Proprietors Sault au Recollet. Paper Mills, making ROOFING, SNEATHING, FLOORING AND LINING FELT 1892 MODEL Remington Typewriter DOTY Engine Works Co. TORONTO, Ont. MANUFACTURERS OF Engines and Boilers SEND FOR CIRCULARS SSS — Trprcraace rt i WTA ae > 5 zy — AESSESS een == SSs5 eZ aN i | ! i i i | Unapproached for Excellence of Design and Con- struction, Quality of Work, Simplicity and Durability. #2 MACHINES FOR RENTAL a COPYING DONE OPERATORS SUPPLIED Send for Circular. GEORGE BENGOUGH | MONTS=4L AceNcy: 10-12 Adelaide St. East SPACKMAN & CO. vidas Ges ae aa Tel. 1207. TORONTO 164 St. James Street WRITE FOR PRICES Marine Engines, High Pressure, Compound and Triple Expansion Armington & Sims High Speed Engines for Electrical Work TORONTO AGENCY OF The Rathbun Go. Are open to Purchase—— Oak, Ash, Birch fasswood and Good Pine Lumber Gedar and Pine Shingles a . ‘ Our New SaW-ust. Grate-Dar Best in the market Manufacturers having such for sale are invited to com municate with T. W. WALKER, Agent TORONTO Hoisting and Vertical Engines, all sizes Office Cor. Spadina Ave. and Front Street Use McCCOLL'S “LARDINE® ann AIGR GRADE OTHER MAGAINE OLS e—<« Our GYLINDER OIL scuc."**."= »——e McGCOLL BROS. & OO. - - TORGHaE Patented Solid Web ——— Wood Split Pulley Alexander Thomson, Bamboo and Art Furniture Manufacturer, Hamilton, writes: — a ‘J find your Wood Split Pulleys give entire satis- faction. They do not slip, and are very handy to put on. I have had from twenty to twenty-five years’ experience in pulleys, and I find none so satisfactory as yours, and am sure they will meet with success.’’ Tie CANT BROS. CO., Ltt. Wood-working Machinery of all kinds GAT /Es ON. eG Ae Zs 3% Gents a day_— That isn’t much money, is it? About twenty-five cents a week or so. And a man must be pretty hard up if he hasn’t that much to spend every week. Times are hard, they say; but if they are hard now to your family and yourself, what will they be to your family without you? That’s worth thinking about. We think that no man should be without life insurance when it can be had at such a low rate as 3% cents a day from the Manufacturers’ Life, Yonge Street, corner Colborne, Toronto. Write to us and we will give you all particulars. -. fim | I pK, Paes TORONTO, ONT., MAY, 1893 ASiwcts Gres Cee IN USE BY Maat leading Governments High-speed Engine, Dynamo, Rolling-mill, Steamship, Railroad, Saw-mill, Cotton-mill, Paper-mill, Woolen-mill, Silk-mill, Jute-mill, Rubber-mill, Sugar-mill, Flour-mill AND ALL MACHINERY BEARINGS MAGNOLIA ANTI-FRIGTION METAL GO. sins TREAL OFFICE: rs McLAREN & CO., AGENTS “RUBBER BELTING | MONARCH, RED STRIP AND. LION blac. | MANUFACTURED OFFICE 61863 FRONT STW. TORONTO. - FACTORI ES PARKDALE. ONT. ‘ WRITE. FOR Bischuneaey ! ee tamer and Lamps ee, Direct Current Incandescent Dynamos tees purchasers satisfaction. Alternating Current Incandescent Dynamos pairs on Ball apparatus which for Transformers of High Efficiency EFFICIENCY, ECONOMY Electric Motors ll Electric Supplies SIMPLICITY and SAFETY are unexcelled. — [it BALL ELEGTRIG LIGHT C0, LUD. Book of Testimonials 70 Pearl Street, TORONTO, ONT. E.R. BUNS SaW 60. » ~y 5 or sD Toronto vi J TAPER TOOTH WORKS AT..... sh ia an AS NG BP) YS THIN i aS ee EXTRAREFINED (f° 0 = Aes Hy 1 MADE MARK w T. | TELEPAONE anne Raha Sawe "TOR nr." GrowlaP| A | PEL LONG SAws LANCE TOOTH "THe CANADA) LUMBER EMA May, 1893 ciminsyn oo LERNER Peculiarly adapted to work in large logs handling them without [ danger of breaking & mill frame or head- blocks. By moving Gi, one lever the machine ei. is made to load log on == carriage or roll log on to skids and push on carriage. = ATID i LOG LOADERS Requires no space below floor timbers. Is adapted to a mill sit- ting on the ground or otherwise. Does not injure the timber. | SSS Ser er BS SSS SSS ESET ESE ORS ESE SES ES SS SS SSI PATENT [F-DGING GRINDER OSIM) ISIN = Saw Mills = Shingle Mills ¥ Aoop Mills ¥ Planing Mills ¥ Box Factories , |. = : In Sawmills it¢entegSibs Edgings, Trimmer Ends and Bark. In Shingle Mills it grinds Blocks, Spatts, Waste Shingles, Splints and Sawdust. In Planing Mills it grinds Blocks, Long Edgings, and Ends of Boards. eeeveeseeeseeee eee 88 @ It cuts any kind of wood into coarse or fine chips suit- able to be handled by a Chain Conveyor or Blower; made in three sizes to suit kind of wood to be cut and the way chips are to be handled. Send for Circular and Prices, also For Oliv: :s =z rGatalogue of complete Tine of Sawmill Machinery The Wm, Hamilton Mfg. Go, Lid. “="="scr===* THE CANADA LUMBERMAN VoiumeE XIV. } NUMBER 5. TORONTO, ONT., MAY, 1893 J Terms, $1.00 Pex Year Copies, 10 Cent NGLE MODERN USES OF THE WINDMILL. aN this hurly-burly age we do not give much concern to the history of the past. The mill, we are given to say, cannot grind with the water that is past, and we deal with most affairs of life on this principle. The ever-living present is with us on all occasions and it is the things of the present that chiefly engage our attention. Illustrations are not few, however, that show the import- ance that may be profitably attached to a study of the past. To-day is only a step that we had not taken yes- terday, and to-morrow, when it arrives, will leave to-day in the past. Everything has at some time existed in embryo. Of the progress of plant life, animal life, mechanism, even that creature man, this is true. In an age when the wondrous powers of electricity are becoming more wonderful every day few have any other thought of the windmill than of a very primitive method of creating power that has long since become obsolete. But the windmill has done much for the past and as we shall have occasion to point out further in these remarks, it has a future. “The windmill,” remarks Mr. Robert H. Thurston in an article in the Engineering News, “has helped to make a nation, has aided in the construction of the foundations of pros- perity of more than one great country, and illustrated the steam fountain, the progenitor of all the steam engines, so-called, up to the time of Newco- men. Beckmann points to the fact that windmills were not mentioned by such observing and minute chroniclers as Vitruvius, Seneca and Chrysostom. They were used in Northern Europe at the very commencement of the Middle Ages, and probably some time before. The first of the Dutch mills seem to have been mounted on floats, so that they might be turned to the wind and adjusted as required. Later, and especially in Germany, mills were mounted on posts, upon which they could swivel; and still later Dutch mills were built like those employed by our own fathers and grandfathers in America, with a movable top, which could be turned toward and away from the wind as desired, carrying the sails and shaft with it, turning about its central spindle, through which the motion of the machinery of transmission was car- ried down into the mill below. “There are, according to Mr. Wolff, two principal modern types in successful use, with a number of less well-known variations upon the standard constructions. These two classes are the “side-vane” and the centrifugal has lent picturesqueness to many a landscape which has a more serious interest for the historian and the statesman than for the artist. The “Rise of the Dutch Republic” was due to it, and the wonderful wealth and prosperity of that remarkable people came hardly less through the operation of wind- mills than through the exertion of their talent for commerce and manufactures. The Holland of the Middle Ages, comprised within an area of millions of acres. captured from the fields of ocean and preserved against the assaults of the sea—by wind- mills. Without the windmill, there would have been neither country nor people to set such example to the rising nations. During the last fifty years or more this wonderful race has continued its “impoldering,” and has ravished from the ocean nearly a thous- and square miles of territory per year, “and it has held it, largely by the aid of windmills.” In many parts of the world, as we approach the dawn of another century the windmill is an important factor in material progress. Mr. Thurston says: “Throughout Europe the windmill is still in extensive use, especially in the low countries adjacent to the mouth of the Rhine, where the writer once counted, from the car window, as the train swept rapidly across the fens, seventeen in Sight at one time. In the United States, also, these in- expensive “prime motors” are used in immense numbers, especially for raising water and the minor tasks of the country districts. Mr. Alfred R. Wolff, in his excellent trea- tise on this subject published several years ago, gave tke number which had been manufactured in a single city as above 5,000, and stated that there were hundreds of thousands in operation in this country, doing many kinds of work that may, without serious loss, be performed intermittently, such as pumping and storing water, and grinding grain on a small scale in rural districts. “It is not known when the windmill was first invented. ‘It is claimed by some early writers that it was known to the ancients, but it certainly was not mentioned in the famous work of Hero, in which the first steam engine is described as made two thousand years ago—the proto- type of the modern steam turbine—and in which is WINDMILL USED FOR THRESHING GRAIN. [This mill is on the St. Lawrence River between Pt. Leviand Riviere du Loup. Wheels and sails can be turned in any direction to suit the wind. Power is transmitted along the shaft (the direction of which is stationary) by means of a universal joint. ] governor mills. The first had its vanes set permanently at their best angles for the best states of the weather; while their positions relatively to the thread of the cur- rent is determined by a “side-vane” which revives the pressure of the wind in such a manner as to throw the whole wheel around and away from the wind, if that should become too strong. In the other form, the blades are pivoted on axes running lengthwise, and are turned, as their speed varies, by a governor, in such manner as to have, at every instant, just that inclination to the wind which will give the desired speed of rotation. In moderate winds they are held at an angle of 60 to 80 degrees with the wind; in very high winds they fall almost into the line of its motion. Of these one is a simple and peculiarly durable machine; the other excels somewhat in excellence of regulation, though costing more for wear and tear. As compared with the steam engine and other heat motors, the power of the wind mill is small and its volume large, but it is the most economical of all known motors for many locations, and, in the aggregate, it is doing an enormous amount of work for the world, and is destined to do vastly more, we may be sure, in the future.” A modern use of wind power, the development of which we are likely to hear more of in the future is that proposed by Sir William Thompson years ago—its em- ployment to store electric energy in “storage batteries,” intermittently working with the variable winds, laying in a stock of energy to be afterward regularly and steadily given out in supplying light and power, and possibly heat as well—in short, for all the thousand-and-one pur- poses to which electricity is constantly finding applica- tion. For such work the fitfulness of the winds isa matter of little importance, and their variable efforts employed night and day, yield, later, a large and inex- pensive store of power for transportation, as may be found desirable, and which may find use in every opera- tion of the home and farm, or of the small industries of the cities. TIMBER LIMIT SALES. HE sale of timber limits of the Muskoka Mill and Lumber Company, which took place in the rotunda of the Board of Trade, Toronto, on April 25th, brought together a large number of represen- tative lumbermen from various parts of Ontario, Michigan and other lumber centres. Prominent among those present were T. Bliss, A. P. Bliss, Maurice Quinn, T. W. Howry, Fred H. Howry, D. J. White, jr., C. W. Wells, of Saginaw, Mich.; S. O. Fisher, West Bay City; Jas. T. Hurst, Wyandotte: A. Maltby, Bay City; C. A. McCool, Cartier ; J. D. Shier and A. McLeod, Bracebridge; Mickle and Dyment, Barrie; John Waldie, Jas. Scott, Robert Laidlaw, and many others of Toronto. Mr. Peter Ryan, who conducted the recent Ontario Government sale with so great success, was auctioneer, but his per- suasive wielding of the hammer failed to magnetize intending buyers into buying. In the LUMBERMAN editorial pages is dis- cussed what would seem to be some of the reasons for the apparent unsuccess of the sale. The sales effected were as follows :— Robert Laidlaw, Toronto ; berth 5, Wood, 2% square miles, at $6,600 per square mile, $16,500. Robert Laidlaw, Toronto; berth 4, Me- dora, 5 square miles, at $2,200 per square mile, $11,000. J. D. Shier, Bracebridge; berth 3, Medora, 17 square miles, at $1,500 per square mile, $25,000. Mickle, Dyment & Son ; berth 1, Medora, 4 square miles, at $350 per square mile, $1,400. The berths offered in Algoma were all withdrawn, the reserve bids not being reached. Berth 137,36 square miles, was withdrawn at $5,100 dollars per square mile, $183,600. Berth 82, 36 square miles, was withdrawn at $7,300 per square mile, $262,800. The total proper- ties sold represented the sum of $54,400. The sale of limits of Mr. Alex. Fraser, of Westmeath, conducted by Messrs. Dickson & Townsend, at their rooms, Manning Arcade, on Thursday, April 27th, like the sale of the previous Tuesday, fell flat. The highest bid reached was for berth No. 5, Paterson, 2514 square miles ; $3,530 per square mile was the amount, and the Charles Beck ManufacturingCo., of Penetang, the bid- ders. The properties were all withdrawn. TO BE SYNDICATED. Mr. E. W. Rathbun, of Deseronto and John Bell, Q.C., Belleville, are now on their way to London, England, to conclude the transfer of the big Rathbun interest at Deseronto to an English syndicate—mills, railroads, timber limits, and all the other flourishing industries built up by the Rathbuns on the Bay of Quinte. 4 . THE CANADA LUMBERMAN May, 1893 ONTARIO CROWN LANDS. / ‘HE report of the commissioner of Crown Lands, laid before the Legislature now in session, presents concerning the woods and forests of the province. We are told that the total collections for the year on woods and forests amounted to $2,174,591.38, which includes $I,- 317,798.59 on account of bonuses. The revenue derived from timber dues, ground rent, etc., was $856,792.79. The sawn lumber trade has not been in as prosperous a condition for many years as during that just closed. The demand for all kinds of lumber has been active, es- pecially for the American market, and in sympathy therewith there has been an advance in prices. This satisfactory condition, so far as the American market is concerned, is owing no doubt in part to the reduction in the import duty on sawn lumber, shingles, etc., entering the United States. The duty, which was a specific one of two dollars a thousand, having been reduced to one dollar a thousand, enabled the coarser grades of lumber to be sent to that market at a profit, and thus much of the tree that was formerly not marketable at a profit, and was wasted either by being left in the bush to burn or piled up in the mill-yard to rot, is now taken out and manufactured. The output of pine from the same area of territory will probably be considerably greater than it was before the removal of the duty, as everything that has any merchantable timber in it is now sawn. There has been a demand for Canadian logs for ex- port, to be sawn at saw mills in the United States, but the export has not been as large as has been publicly stated. Should the remaining dollar pe: thousand duty on Canadian lumber imported into the United States be removed at next session of congress, the advantage would all be in favor of manufacturing in Ontario, and it has been represented by those interested that in such case the export of sawlogs would be greatly lessened. A sale of timber berths by public auction was held on October 13th last. The areas sold aggregated 633 miles, and were situated in the Nipissing, Algoma, Thunder Bay and Rainy River districts. Of the total area, 410 miles were in the district of Nipissing on the head waters of the Muskoka, Madawaska and Petawa- wa rivers, a small part of it being within the region proposed to be set apart asa provincial park. It is sur- rounded by licensed lands upon which lumbering is being actively carried on. The region contains a great many lakes and streams, well stocked with fish, while gaine of every kind is plentiful, and it is a great resort for hunting and fishing parties during the summer months. Settle- ment had approached from the Parry Sound district on the west up to the very confines of the pine timber, and overflowed into some of the townships. Considerable squatting had taken place and a number of settlers were resident with clearings, although every effort had been made to discourage people from settling there. No less than four railways are projected, all of which must pass through the territory, and the plans of the right of way of one of them filed in the department showed it to tra- verse the densest pinery of the whole tract. On this line—the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound railway —twenty miles on the west end have already been built, and active construction is proceeding on the eastern end, the intention of the company being to push the construction through as rapidly as possible. The Can- adian Pacific railway, under the charter of the Atlantic and Northwest railway company, are also building a road parallel to and alongside of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Owen Sound railway, on the eastern end of which con- struction is in progress. Under the circumstances stated it was evident that the timber was becoming liable to destruction by fire in the immediate future, and that its early disposal would be prudent and advisable. The sale of a considerable portion of this territory was called for by other considerations. Large sawmills had been erected at various towns, and lumbering indus- tries, giving employment to and supporting considerable populations, had grown up at these points. From time to time it had been represented to the government that the limits from which some of these mills drew their supplies of timber were nearly exhausted, and that un- less other sources of supply were found, some of them would be obliged to shut down for lack of material to saw, and it was urged that these mill owners should be some interesting facts account of given an opportunity of acquiring further supplies of timber by offering this territory, which was tributary to them all, for sale by public auction. From these con- siderations, that is, the exposed condition of timber, the necessities of the mill owners, and the buoyant state of the lumber trade—it appeared that the time had arrived when the territory should be offered for sale as timber berths. Advantage was taken of the holding of the sale to dispose of this territory, to offer two townships and a small part of a township in the district of Algoma, which lay within the mining belt and on which prospecting was actively proceeding—mining locations having been sold in some of them and a number of applications for others have been filed in the department. Those berths in the Thunder Bay and Rainy River districts remaining un- disposed of at the sale of 1890 were also included in the sale, thus bringing the whole area offered up to 633 miles. For the purpose of this sale, two important changes were made. First, the pine timber only was offered for sale; and, second, with respect to the berths in the Nipissing and Algoma districts, the Crown dues, pay- able when the timber is cut, were increased one-fourth, viz.: On sawlogs, from $1 to $1.25 per thousand feet board measure, and on square timber from $20 to $25 per thousand feet, cubic. The attendance of the sale was large and representa- tive of the lumbering interests of Canada and the United States. The prices realized were greatly in ex- cess of those obtained at any former sale, the highest average per mile at any previous sale being $2,859 (ob- tained at the sale in 1887), while at this sale it reached $3,657.18. The total amount realized was $2,315,000, of which the sum of $1,227,665.63 on account of bonus was paid in during the year. Of the 633 miles offered, 564 were purchased by Canadians and 69 by Americans. The Ontario cullers’ act seems to be giving satisfac- tion and to meet the object for which it was passed. During the year just closed ten examinations were held at the different lumber centres of the province, at which 187 candidates presented themselves for examination. Of these, 136 were found qualified and granted licenses. This number, added to the 371 who were licensed last year, makes the staff now available for duty 507, practi- cally all of whom have been able to secure employment during the present winter. The expenditure incident to the holding of the examinations was $934.30: the fees received amounted to $716.25, leaving an apparent ex- expenditure beyond receipts of $218.05. Deducting from this the amount received last year from fees in ex- cess of the cost of examinations and refunds, the net cost to the department of examining these 507 men has been practically nil. The fire ranging system continues to give satisfaction to those availing themselves of its advantages. Owing to the past summer being wet, no great damage was done by forest fires. The total cost of the service was $31,976.38. The service of the year proper, however, cost only $18,362.73, $13,613.65 being carried from 1891, as, owing to the dryness of the autumn of that year and the numerous fires which took place, the accounts were not gll received in time to be checked and paid before the end of the year. The amount refunded by the licenses was $9,993.02, of which $5,919.19 was on ac- count of previous years, and $4,073.33 on account of last year. Since the last report, under the provisions of the last act for the protection of the provincial fisheries, all crown timber agents, forest rangers and fire rangers have been appointed ex-officio officers for the enforce- iment of the observance of this act, and a few additional overseers have been appointed. The revenue from per- mits, etc., was $484. PERFORATED BELTS. N engineer has been enquiring of us as to the value of belts perforated with holes. The argument of the dealer is, that the air is let out through these holes from under the belt, and being thus excluded, atmospheric pressure must be excluded, and the pressure of the atmosphere upon the pulley will help to secure a firmer grip without further tightening. This is on the supposi- tion that the air is carried under the belt in the rush of the belt on the pulley. This engineer does not want to pay for perforated belts if they do not do what is claimed for them, and yet he wants all the adhesion he can get with the least tightening. We do not believe that atmospheric pressure has anything to do with the driving of belts, and has no part in causing them to adhere to a pulley, whether perforated or not. It has been found that at high speed belts do not adhere so well to pulleys as at a slower speed, and this has been claimed due to the air getting between the belt and pulley at the high speed and preventing less adhe- sion from atmospheric pressure. It can be quite clearly demonstrated that the centrifugal force of the more rapidly moving belt counteracts to some degree the adhesion of the belt and causes it to adhere so firmly. This is the cause of this peculiarity, not the taking of air under the belt. PERPETUAL MOTION. have read with much amusement, writes a corres- pondent of Power, the several designs lately described to create motion without expense. I regard them all as mere playthings, which never can have any real com mercial value, from the simple fundamental truth that wherever there is an action there is also a reaction of the same magnitude. In other words, there can be no perpetual motion. But still I am inclined to hang a tail to this doctrine, in the form of a (to my mind, at least,) sufficient argument; namely, because we small things are not brainy enough to know how it could be done. There are manifestations in the physical world which would tend to show that not all motion is dependent on the consumption of heat, to which, under our present limited knowledge of natural laws, we have invariably to resort wherever we want force and motion for any purpose. A lamp-wick will draw up against gravity a considerable amount of a fluid to a height of five or six inches, without consuming any heat in so doing, as care- ful experiments have shown. And it is by no means certain that heat is consumed in the movements of the nutritive fluids of the highest tree, in its capill- aries; nor is there any reason why it should, while a dead wick can do it within certain limits. In spite of all theories, it is not certain that the hea- venly bodies move under compulsion of heat-producing motion. True, we get light and heat from the sun, and itis but natural to suppose that these might, in some way, be helping in our progress through space. But then, the slightest variations in the amounts received would have to show perceptible variations in speed (one cycle compared with another), which is by no means the case. To explain the movements of the heavenly bodies by attraction, repulsion and gravitation needs no pre- sence or influence of heat, no more than does the swinging of the compass-needle under the influence of iron near by. In looking the whole ground over as impartial obser- vers, we are compelled to say that we use heat to pro- duce force and motion only because we do not know of any other way to obtain them in commercially valuable form, and not because there is no other way. As soon as we get far enough to have the natural powers of capillarity controlled so as to raise great amounts of liquids in very short times to a lasting height of only one foot above level, we have a costless power for any well-constructed turbine wheel. But that will be a long way off, as the discovery of so many things will be, in spite of all our little bit of knowledge. I shall always remember what Baron Liebig told us in a lecture at Munich University about thirty-five years ago: “If our earth were to be maintained and moved only by what forces and powers we know of and are able to under- stand, I certainly should be glad for some other place of safety.” Spontaneous (or perpetual) motion is there- fore possible, and occurs as a reality. But to try to obtain it by mechanical, pneumatic or hydrostic means, as they are at command of our limited knowledge at this time, is simply folly. For us, pressure of any kind is accompanied by counter-pressure at all times, at all places, and under all circumstances. A new pen often refuses to work. Stick the point in a raw potato, and it will then write easily and smoothly. ty = a May, 1893 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS. Epping Forest is one of the spots of the United Kingdom that has more than a local interest to English- men. All readers of history have learned of it, while to-day it is intimately associated with the life of Lon- doners as the favorite place of recreation for the people of the world’s metropolis. Some interesting facts and history in connection with Epping Forest are given by Dr. Edward Everett Hale in a recent article in the Cosmopolitan. At the time of the Long Parliament its area was 60,000 acres. In 1882 it was restored to the public. Epping Forest had its origin as a public domain in the fact of its being common land. The right of commonage in England still carries with it a great many privileges for the communities possessing it. In the case of Epping Forest its exercise interferes with the use of the place for public recreation. One right of the commoners is that of lopping, which enables them to lop for fel in fagots any branch not bigger than a man’s finger. This was a great damage to the trees: therefore, under the new regime the people surrender this right for certain other privileges, with a certain sum of money. An Historic Forest. One of the peculiar features of British export trade in lumber is the ship- ment of timber as logs, round and square, rather than as sawed lumber. Recent visitors from this side of the Atlantic to the London and Liver- pool lumber docks give an explanation. Their obser- yation is that lumber that was of the best quality when it left the mill, reached the English dock in an almost unrecognizable condition. Wide, clear boards and planks were split from one-fourth to one-half their length, others were split entirely in half, while others had lost a larger or smaller piece diagonally from one corner, sometimes two corners being missing. In other cases the edges or face had been gouged and battered by letting one piece drop endwise or cornerwise on to another from the hatchway above, while other pieces of first quality stock were marred and ruined except for a thinner thickness, by nail marks in the heels of the stevedores who stowed the lumber in the steamer’s hold. One visitor declares that of a large number of lots of fine walnut, poplar, oak, gum, and other hardwoods, comprising a large portion of the several vessels’ car- goes, hardly one caine out even in fair condition. The only good stock which did not leave the vessel in a greatly depreciated condition was that carried in those vessels which were exclusively lumber carriers, con- signed to a shippers agent who was in a position to enforce the terms of a bill of lading, or else shipped f.0.b. port of shipment, the consignee assuming the risk of collecting damages from the carrier. Logs vs. Lumber for Export. Everyone, and especially those whose work takes them over long distances through woods and forest or across the barren plain, have doubtless noticed that it is im- possible to walk in a straight line unless some obser- vable objective point is ahead of them for which they are making. The invariable tendency is to walk in a circle, and thus it is that many people are lost on a desert or in a forest. A writer in Pearson’s Weekly Says that this circumstance is due to a slight inequality in the length of the legs. Careful measurements of a series of skeletons have shown that only Io per cent. had the lower limbs equal in length ; 35 per cent. had the right limb longer than the left, while in the other 55 per cent. the left leg was the longer. The result of one leg being longer than the other will naturally be that a person will, unconsciously, take a longer step with the longer limb, and consequently will trend to the right or to the left, according as the left or right leg is the longer, unless the tendency to deviation is corrected by the eye. The left leg being more frequently the longer, as evidenced by measurement of the skeleton, the inclination should take place more frequently to the than to the left, and this conclusion is quite borne : by observations made by a number of persons walking blindfolded. Further, on measurement arms, it is found that in 72 per cent the right arm Walking In a Circle. is longer, showing that a considerable majority of per- sons are right handed and left handed. The inequality in the length of the limbs is not confined to any particu- lar sex or race, but seems to be universal in all respects. DEFECTIVE WATER COCK. A foreign paper recently published the illustration given herewith showing a defect common to steam and water cocks. In case such a cock was attached to a boiler blow-off, the nost serious consequences might fol- low if an attempt was made to openit. Better measure all cocks before putting them on dangerous places. PRACTICAL MECHANICS. By C. R. Tompkins, M. E. INCE the introduction of the split pulley, both of wood and iron, the removing of couplings in order to apply new ones or change old ones from one part of the shaft to another is not so frequently called for, thus removing one objection to this as well as all other styles of couplings. The necessary hangers to support the line and the distance from centre to centre of the bearings is another important matter to be taken into consideration. It was remarked not long since, by a writer in a certain paper, that in calculating the strength of shafting, only the torsional strength should be taken into consideration. This we consider an error, from the fact that lateral strength is of as much importance and should enter into the calculations as well as torsional, from the fact that it is not always convenient to locate pulleys in close prox- imity with the bearings, and where such is not the case, if the shaft is deficient in lateral strength, and springs with the stress of belt, it not only loosens it and deprives it of part of its driving power, but also cramps the jour- nals, causing extra friction upon the boxes with loss of power, and frequent heat and abrasion. It is fair, how- ever to suppose that a shaft having sufficient torsional strength to perform certain work will also have sufficient lateral strength, provided the distance between the bear- ings be such that the lateral and torsional strength will be equalized. As we have before stated, it is a safe rule to apply to all shafting, by taking three times the diameter of the shaft in inches, for the same number of feet from centre to centre of bearings. Thus, three times the diameter of a two-inch shaft is six inches, and this, taken in feet, would call for six feet from centre to centre. One of two and one-half inches would call for seven feet, and so on. Now, as much of the power in many mills is consumed or absorbed by the lines of shafting, arising from imper- fect bearings and bad lubrication, it becomes necessary that this part of the outfit should not only be selected with the same care and receive the same care and atten- tion as any other part of the machinery. It is no un- common thing to find at this late day, in some of the older mills, a shaft of three inches in diameter or more loaded down with pulleys of large diameter and sup- ported upon bearings about four inches long, and groan- ing under this weight at a speed of perhaps not over one hundred and fifty revolutions per minute, when a shaft of two or two and one-quarter inches in diameter, if run at a proper speed, with pulleys of not more than one-half the power, so far as the shafting is concerned, and would be more appropriate ; and instead of bearings four inches long, they should never be less than eight inches for shafting up to two and one-half inches. Above that size a fair rule is three times the diameter of the shaft. Post hangers are frequently used in the place of the drop hanger, but the objection to post hangers is not so much in the style of hanger as the objection to the posts, especially where the shaft is hung overhead. In order to place the bearings the proper distance apart the posts are so numerous that they become a serious obstacle to handling the lumber or placing the machines to the best advantage. In some mills, in order to avoid this, both es) post and drop hangers are used; the post hangers being located at each and the drop hanger suspended from the ceiling to support the centre. This is not good prac tice, from the fact that those attached to the post are not materially affected by the settling of the building, while those that are suspended from the ceiling are not only affected by the settling of the building, but the sbrink- age of the timbers also, and it will be found a difficult matter to keep a shaft so arranged in align. Therefore, whenever post hangers cannot be conveniently used upon all the bearings, it is better to dispense with them altogether and use the drop hanger for all bearings. In selecting the hangers it is not only the weight of the hanger that should be taken into consideration, but the strength and convenience of adjusting the boxes is an important item, and it is not always the hanger that contains the greatest number of pounds of cast iron that is really the strongest. Probably what is known as the double-braced hanger possesses the greatest strength for the least number of pounds than any style; besides, this style of hanger has the most convenient method of adjusting the boxes in each direction, so that should the shaft get out of align by the settling of the building or shrinkage of its timbers, it is easily corrected by adjust- ing the boxes without disturbing the hanger. A line of shafting 1s not always as easy of access as a machine standing upon the floor, consequently it is more liable to be neglected, and not as much attention is given to its proper and perfect lubrication. Among the many different devices that have been introduced from time to time for this purpose, the self-oiling box that was intro- duced a few years ago and at one time adopted by nearly all the leading manufacturers, was probably one of the best systems of lubrication that has been introduced. This box was provided with a reservoir below the bear- ing to contain the oil, which was drawn up to the journal by capillary attraction to tubes filled with cotton wick or other fibrous substance. Openings were provided at each end of the box that formed the bearings so that the oil that was drawn up through the tubes to the journal could flow back again into the reservoir to be used over again until it was worn out and become so thick that it would not .flow, then the box and reservoir required cleansing and replenishing with oil, which usually occurred once in from three to four months. But the trouble with this box and no doubt one of the principal reasons why it was abandoned by most of the manufac- turers, as well as many other good devices, is neglect and want of proper attention. If the box were perfectly safe for three months, the chances are it would never be looked after and cleaned in six months, unless it became dry and began to heat, when the box was not only fre- quently spoiled but the shaft badly cut, and the box was condemned by mill owners, and for no other reason than from their own neglect. The glass oiler is another device that has merit in the economical use of oil, and for good lubrication, but like the self-oiling box, it needs care and attention. The principal objection to this is that the fine dust which pervades the atmosphere of all wood-working establish- ments, settles into everything, the glass oiler not ex- cepted, and no matter how perfectly the flow of oil may be adjusted, the tubes are liable to become obstructed with dust and stop the flow, and before one is aware of it the journal is dry and cutting, unless the heat admon- ish the engineer or other person in charge of it of this fact. Perhaps, under these conditions, the box that is now in general use is about as good as any for wood working establishments. This box is furnished with one or more moderate sized reservoirs attached to the cap and pro- tected from the dust by hinged covers. Into these reservoirs may be packed a quantity of waste or fibrous substance to retain the oil, which gradually filters through it, and if these are replenished with oil once a day there is but little danger from heat and abrasion. —The Artizan. Messrs. Steinhoff & Gordon, of Wallaceburg, Ont., manufacturers of cooperage, last year did a business represented by 60,000,000 staves, 12,000,000 hoops, 1,000,000 heads, besides selling 4,000 logs and 8,000 cords of wood and bolts, totaling in value nearly $500,- 000, May, 1893 6 THE CANADA LUMBEHENMEAMN PUBLISHED ON THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH —— A ABTHUR G MORTIMER OFFICE. 75 CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE BUILDING ToRONTO, ONTARIO TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Copy One Year, im advance ............. 2. see eee ee ennne $1.00 One Copy Six Months, in advance .................-eeeeeneeee 50 Foreign Subscriptions, $1.50 a Year ADVERTISING RATES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION J. S. ROBERTSON, - - - EDITOR. Tue Canapa LuMBERMAN is published in the inter=sts of the lumber trade and of allied industries throughout the Domini: ~, being the only re- presentative in Canada of this foremost branch of the vusmerce of this coun- try. 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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 encour- aging us to render it even more complete. WHERE THE LOG DUTY HITS. THE sale of timber berths which took place at the Board of Trade rooms in this city on the 25th ult., a report of which is given in another page, presents some features bearing on the question of the export duty on logs which has been so much discussed lately. The berths on the North Shore of the Georgian Bay, eight in number, were offered by the Muskoka Mill and Lumber Co. and the Collins Inlet Lumber Co. They are admitted to be valuable, many of them with large areas of virgin timber, just what is eagerly sought for by American buyers. Georgian Bay, so near that logs could be delivered from them’ on the waters of the bay in the month of May or early in June. There were a good many Can- adian lumbermen at the sale, and a large contingent from Michigan; yet not one of the berths was sold. Offers were made on two of the berths, but did not reach the reserve bid. On the other six no bids were made at all. Lumber is higher now than it has been for many years ; many Michigan lumbermen are look- ing for standing timber, and yet nothwithstanding all this, the sale was in a way allowed to go by default. An explanation was offered at the close of the sale by Mr. Fisher, of Bay City, Mich. Speaking on behalf of the American lumbermen present, he said that they had come over to buy timber, but wanted a guarantee that no export duty would be placed on logs, as they could not afford to place American money in this country with the risk of it being taken from them again by any legislation. Mr. Foster’s allusion in his budget speech to the demand made by some sections of the country for a re-imposition of the export duty on logs and his promise to reconsider the whole question, has had an unsettling effect on the values of this class of property, and what is wanted now is a permanent set- tlement of the policy of both the United States and this country, so that business can be conducted on a straight They are all of easy access to the ~ basis, and without any disturbing elements cropping up now and again. The amount of money employed in the lumber business is so large and investments are so heavy, that it would only be fair to those interested to have the matter deinitely settled. When Mr. Fisher finished speaking some one in the audience shouted “give us free lumber and we will give you free logs.” This of course Mr. Fisher could not do any more than the sellers could guarantee a continua- tion of the present policy of free logs. At present Canadian lumbermen are at some dis- advantage alongside of the American manufacturer. The Americans can take-logs from Canada without any export duty being charged, saw them into lumber in the United States, and so place their lumber on the market at a relatively lower rate than if manufactured in Canada. This is aside from the advantage they possess in dis- posing of their refuse, to a considerable extent, in con- nection with their salt wells, and the better market, which attracts buyers, produces competition, and as a result increases prices. Whereas the Canadian lumber- man, sawing his logs in this country, and shipping his lumber to the United States, is met by a duty of $1 per M in white pine, and $2 per M on red pine and spruce. The view is held by many Americans that the next Congress will abolish the present duty on lumber altogether. If this is correct it will bea fair and reason- able solution of the whole difficulty. All that Canadian lumbermen want is a fair field and no favor, and surely the much vaunted push and go of their American con- geners would be equal to a fair competition. ETHICS OF DISCUSSION. To employ the language of a wise man of old, whose words are quoted in many different forms of literature, it is true, under perhaps all conditions, that “A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger.” A mealy-mouthed discussion of any subject, even though the sacred cause of religion were in ques- tion, will not be favored by any healthy mind. As we read the purest writers, either sacred or profane, chaste though they be, perspicuity and vigor of expression are not wanting. A “soft answer,” however, need lack none of these points. These remarks, which it is not necessary to amplify to any further extent, are suggested by a letter from Buffalo, signed “ Willard,” published in our ELI page, wherein our correspondent, “Canadensis,” of last month, is brought to book for maligning the good name of Uncle Sam, by saying “The name American is synony- mous with bad faith, the grossest deception and the lowest forms of commercial morality.” This is a strong statement to make, and “ Willard,” we think, has made a good case, individual to Canadensis’ own article, as well as general in its application, when he intimates that this writer weakens what was otherwise a_well-con- structed and clever article by the unnecessary insinua- tion of unfaithfulness against a neighbor. Likely “Willard” himself will admit that his reply is not cast in the most parliamentary terms—perhaps it was in- tended more as a piece of bluff—and it has not been given room in these columns for the purpose of encour- aging this class of discussion. We appreciate the good taste of LUMBERMAN readers too highly to allow any such a practice to grow. It need only be remarked that the more closely one adheres to the ethics of good taste in argument and phraseology the more surely will the object aimed at in the particular topic under discussion at any time be secured. We might apply this comment with some directness to the various trade discussions—the log duty not excepted—that necessarily take place be- tween Canada and the United States. There is too great a disposition to let national prejudices and ani- mosities warp the judgment of disputants on either side. Not only is the dignity of argument sacrificed by the practice, but the force and strength of what is stated is materially minimized. EDITORIAL NOTES. . A COMMUNICATION from Mr. Wm. Little, of Mont- real, Que., on the Canadian pine lumber trade, has reached us too late for publication this month. It will be given place in the June LUMBERMAN. THE Paper Trade and Wood Pulp News, of New York, quotes a contemporary as saying that at the present rate of cutting, the spruce timber in the Adirondack for- ests will not last over ten years. The same paper further remarks: “To an outsider it would appear that the pulp men do not seem to have realized the situation, and have taken feeble measures to supply themselves with ample areas of raw material. They have had an idea that spruce was inexhaustible in the great Adirondack forests, and that they would always get the supply they needed.” Our paper trade contemporary replies to these comments by saying: “The first assertion is doubtless quite true. But the pulp men will hardly allow themselves to be caught unawares. They are, even now, prospecting for spruce timber all over the northern end of this continent, more energetically than did ever a miner prospect for gold in the far west. The obvious resource now is the Canadian forest. The question is, how shall we get it? By annexation, by purchase of timber lands, or simply by buying the cut timber? It is worth studying.” The matter is also worth studying by Canadian timbermen ~ and those interested in the manufacture of pulp. THE great fire in Hull, Eng., a few weeks ago, destroy- ing a million pounds worth of the Wade Timber Com- pany’s property, is in some respects a parallel case to that of the Carnegie Homestead troubles on this side of the Atlantic. Itis an outcome of the recent strike among the dockers of that port just as the destruction of the Carnegie property followed the strike of the Homestead mills. However far justification may be urged for precipitating — the strike, and even though it may be denied in some quarters that the strikers are to be held responsible for the fire, all evidence shows that somehow it is one of the disastrous results that has followed ‘the strike. When we consider the terrible effects inso many different ways of the great strike at the docks on the Thames a few years ago, followed by the Cardiff strike, and now the Hull strike, without making any reference to the Lan- cashire weavers strike just ended after five months stag- nation of mills and men, and turn to this side of the Atlantic, and sum up the cost of the Homestead diffi- culties, the big railroad and the miners strikes a few years before that, not to extend the list any further, it is not to be wondered at that earnest men are asking the question, whether some rational means cannot be adopted to avoid these great losses in life, property, means, and worst still in the moral character and purpose of all concerned. SOME few months ago two communications appeared in our ELI page concerning Kauri pine. British Colum- bia was given as the place of growth by one authority, a statement that was corrected later by a local authority showing that Kauri pine owed its origin to New Zealand, little or none of it growing in the Coast province. From the New Zealand Official Handbook for 1892 we learn that the gum which is exuded from the Kauri tree is an important item of commerce to that country. In 1891, 8,388 tons of this gum, valued at £437,056, were exported to London, Eng. Thirty years ago the Maoris were the — only people who employed themselves in the searching for this gum, which at that time was to be found on or cropping out of the surface of the ground, where, per- haps ages before, forests of kauri had stood. After a few years’ exports the Maoris began to dig for the gum a few inches below the surface. As the uses for it in- creased, its market value rose, and presently Europeans betook themselves to digging for it, until, at the present time, there are probably 1000 whites and 1000 Maoris engaged in the work in Auckland provincial district, where alone the gum is to be found. Hence the output has steadily increased during the last thirty years, not- withstanding that the gum is not being reproduced, except to a very inappreciable extent, in the existi forests, and these are being cut down because of the commercial value of the timber. Within a measurable period of time the gum must cease, although it is ex- pected that, at the present rate, it will take fifty years to exhaust the deposits in the Auckland district. The Gauls, to make handles for their axes, cleft the the wound in the wood had been completely healed. May, 1893 THH CANADA LUMBERMAN - 4 oe is a mistake to suppose,” said Mr. C. H. Clark, representative of the Burton Bros., Barrie, Ont., ‘that southern pine is not coming into competition with northern white pine.” Mr. Clark’s work takes him across the border frequently, where he is constantly mixing with United States lumbermen and has an opportunity to study lumber conditions. At the time of the present conversation he had only returned from the eastern States a few hours. ’ “‘ While it is true,” continued this well-known Canadian lumberman, “that for some uses white pine has no substitute, and certainly not in southern pine, yet the difference in price between the two woods is so large, that southern pine is being made to do service where northern pine would otherwise be used. Lumbering is carried on at much less expense in the south than in the northern districts, and though the dis- tance from the eastern markets is very great the freight ‘rates have been made low enough to make this condition no drawback. And when we commence to talk about a timber famine such a thing seems hardly possible if for a moment one considers the immense tracts of forest yet untouched to be found all through the southern States. These are conditions that in Canada we may profitably consider when disposed to be over dogmatic in the opin- ion that the United States must have our Canadian pine.” Bp SS > 5 John Armstrong, of the lumbering firm of S. & J. Arm- strong, Commanda Creek, says: “I employ about a hun- dred men, and we are getting out 5,000,000 feet for the Ontario Lumber Co. We pay the foreman $45 a month, the cook $35, the choppers, sawyers, rollers and loaders $23, the trail cutters and roadmakers $16 to $20, and the river drivers $35 to $40 a month.” “What do you feed them on?” “Well, for breakfast they get hot pork, beef, potatoes, beans and pancakes, good bread, no butter, but lots of apple sauce, currants, syrup, biscuit cakes and strong tea that would float an ironclad, or good coffee if they prefer it. The noon meal necessarily is eaten in the bush, and is composed of boiled pork and bread chiefly. When they come in at night they get the very best meal that can be got up in the woods. It is similar to the breakfast, with the exception that they commence with big tureens of soup and wind up with cake, pie and pudding. Sunday is as strictly observed in the middle of the wilderness as it is in Toronto; yes, better observed. It would do you good to see them on a Sunday morning after a wash-up, a clean shave anda biled shirt, sit down to the long dining table after it is cleared off and read their Bibles or prayer books. During the day they write their letters, that is those who have any corres- pondence. Some of them indulge in grave and learned religious discussions. Jonah in the whale’s belly, Daniel in the lions’ den, David and Goliath, and the young man Joseph, who was sold by his brethren, are their favorite characters.” ec ae Mr. Hurst, of Wyandotte, Mich, when asked the question, a few days ago, during his stay in the city, “What has become of the proposed American syndicate that was going to buy up our timber limits,” replied, “the possibility of an export duty on logs stopped that.” “Is the fear of an export duty then keeping out Ameri- €an capital” was the next question. “I should think it was,’ said Mr. Hurst. “I know of several sales that have been cancelled just on that account. In one instance the purchaser had up a deposit and sooner than take the timber he forfeited the deposit. If the government gave an assurance that no export duty would be put on logs Canada could have all the capital we have. But under it conditions we don’t care to risk it.” I chatted vith Mr. Quinn and other Michigan lumbermen during E progress of the recent timber sales in this city and all talked the same way. Canadian lumbermen whom I talked think it is simply a game of bluff on of the Americans. It is not the best time of the year to buy limits. Buyers can afford to wait, and in the interval present high prices may recede some, and later perhaps the Minister of Finance will have made up his mind what is best for the lumber trade of Canada. There seems to be little doubt that in the meantime he has created an opportunity for Americans to give a black eye to present Canadian lumber sales. At least this is the thought I found influencing lumbermen, as I moved around among them. Ina word lumber conditions are a bit unsettled and unsettledness never helps business. * * & *¥ A well-known Buffalo lumberman, who signs himself “Willard,” makes this comment on the log symposium that extended through the March and April LUMBERMAN: “T read the symposium in your March issue with inter- est. I disagreed with some statements therein con- tained, but as a whole the articles were fair ones and the facts fairly stated. Your April issue is received, and [ have read the criticism of ‘Canadensis” on the March article referred to above. I beg to say that the latter article is bereft of weight on account of the evident bitterness and narrowness of its author. Such remarks as this: “The name of American is synonymous with bad faith, the grossest deception and the lowest forms of commercial immorality,” and several others indicate that, either he is a fit subject for a lunatic asylum or else that he has not been about the world enough to know decency, worth, upright dealing and integrity from an ash log. My guess is that ‘Canadensis’ has never been one hundred miles from home, or else he is one of those ‘cranks’ who forever imagines that the United States is greatly in earnest and very anxious to annex Canada. Dear Canadensis do not be alarmed, the United States does not want Canada. I am certain that if the matter was voted upon to-day, 99 out of every 100 citizens would say ‘No,’ to the question of annexation. As to your timber, (I doubt if Canadensis ever owned a standing tree) when your last standing timber in the Dominion of Canada shall have rotted, the people, your great, great, great grandsons of Canada can still come to the United States, and purchase their supply.” * % * That there wont be much done in the export shingle trade this year in British Columbia is the opinion of Mr. H. H. Spicer, of Vancouver. “I have just returned,” said he, “‘from a lengthy trip to eastern Canada, the New England States and Manitoba, and that is the opinion I have formed. I find that we cannot compete with the Puget Sound mills in the New England States on account of the duty. If the C.P.R. were to give us a reduction on rates equal to the duty, we could doa good trade, but I suppose that would not paythem. In eastern Canada | found that people have not yet dis- covered that it is cheaper to pay a little more for British Columbia shingles and have a good roof for years, than to buy cheap pine shingles, and have to repair continu- ally. The pine shingles they are cutting now are not so good as they used to be, as all the best logs they are cutting up into lumber. On the whole the year will be a good one for the lumber trade in the east, especially in the Ottawa Valley. In Manitoba too, the outlook is far from encouraging. The dealers have a considerable stock on hand, and I found that just before I got there, a representative of a British Columbia company had been in Winnipeg quoting shingles $2 per M. deliv- ered. Shingles are being sold throughout Manitoba at the ridiculously low price of $2.10 to $2.25 per M. This state of affairs is not only unsatisfactory to the millmen here but also to the dealers, one of whom told me that he would much rather we formed an association and so regulate the price. Why, he told me they would rather pay as high as $2.85 and $3 if they knew a competitor could not buy for less. As it is now they run consider- able risk in buying a carload, as another man may get a cut on prices, and cause them to sell at a loss. I don’t know what the other millmen are going to do, but I shall only cut as few as possible, if these prices continue. I prefer to look on, and watch what the outcome will be.” * % * * Mr. P. Colton, forest ranger and valuator, has been making an examination of the Indian reserve on Lake Nipissing, known as Dukis reserve. It is gorty-seven miles in extent, and is said to be one of the finest timbered districts in the Dominion though Mr. The head of the tribe, Chief Dukis, who resides on the north of Lake Nipissing, had always refused to consider the But it is reported that more recently he has changed his mind Colton was wary in going into particulars. shore matter of parting with any of his patrimony. and it is likely the reserve will be sold. According tothe law governing Indian reserves the property cannot be sold by private sale, but must be put up to sale. Much speculation is indulged in regarding the limit. value of the Men who are supposed to be good judges value the limit all the way from $400,000 to $600,000. quality of the pine is first class and neither fire nor axe has ever touched it, with the exception of one place where a fire got a foothold, a mere strip along the sout! ern boundary. A portion of the limit is on an island in Lake Nipissing and the other portion on the mainland. A great deal of the timber is of the yellow pine variety, the best of the pine species. Mr. Colton says that if it is advertised for sale and thrown open to public compe- tition, with sufficient time given for examination by those desiring to purchase, no Canadian will ever get it. He thinks that several American firms have had their eye on the limit for some time and are only waiting the oppor- tunity to make a bid for it. The limit is so situated that the lumber can be taken to the Georgian Bay with the greatest ease, the French river being the connecting channel between Lake Nipissing and the bay. The cable tugs now getting into general use in the lumbering business can be operated right up to the limits, and the use of these tugs facilitates the getting out of the tim- ber, one hundred fold over the old style of manual labor. * * * # Lumbermen have watched with interest the construc- tion and development of the Manchester ship canal, as it has been supposed that the Canadian lumber trade, as much, perhaps, as any other department of commerce, would be benefitted by this new means of transporta- tion. Mr. John Dyke, the Canadian government agent at Liverpool, Eng., was lately summoned to appear before the select committee of the House of Lords to give evidence, as an expert, touching the influence of the Manchester canal on Canadian export trade. interview afterwards he said a great drawback towards the development of Canadian trade in many articles of produce with the dense mass of consumers of which Manchester is the centre, are the freight rates from Liverpool to Manchester. They are just sufficient, said Mr. Dyke, “to shut out a good deal of Canadian trade and check expansion. With the canal completed, you may note how material the saving would be when the produce is carried direct from Canada to Manchester and there brought within carting distance of the con- sumer.” Speaking directly of the timber trade Mr. Dyke said: “Of the Canadian deals landed at Liverpool by the cattle steamers fully 70 per cent. go to Manchester and district, or through Manchester to their destination. A standard of deals (165 feet) occupies about the same space as a ton of hay, and a ton of hay occupies about ‘the same space as twenty barrels of apples, and the saving in freight would therefore be a material item in the im- ports for the Manchester markets. Wood pulp comes now almost wholly from Norway and Sweden. In 1891 the British imports were 156,464 tons, and in 1892, 190,- 938 tons, of the value of nearly a million sterling. A large proportion of this import from Europe is conveyed from Hull to Manchester and neighborhood by rail for the manufacture of paper, mill boards and other sup- plies used for packing Manchester goods to be sent to all parts of the world. Dimension timber is also used in large quantities for the manufacture of agricultural implements, while the cotton mills take immense quantities of spools and other wooden work which Canada may supply, as well, if not better, than other countries.” * * * *¥ Mr. Eddy, of Hull, Que., says: “Canada’s supply of pulp wood is worth more in dollars than the pine supply in diamonds. The United States pulp mills get more than half their raw material from Canada. If a prohib- itory export duty were imposed, the sterile land from St. John to the Lake of the Woods would be thickly dotted with immense pulp mills and accompanying villages, and United States capital and labor would be introduced very largely.” In an 8 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN May, 1893 OTTAWA LETTER. [Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] HE lumbermen of the Chaudiere are busily engaged com- pleting improvements and repairs in order that their mills may be ready for running as nearly as possible by the first of May. The Perley mill, which is undergoing important improve- ments will hardly be ready for operation before the end of June. Lumbermen generally look for a satisfactory years business. The winter has been favorable to the getting out of a large crop of logs, and in addition to these there are large quantities of logs to be brought down that were stuck last summer on account of the unusual low water in the Ottawa and its tributaries. The cut of the mills will likely exceed that of last year. The fol- lowing estimates are given of the work of several leading firms: Buell, Hurdman & Co. have cut over four hundred thousand logs on their limits this winter. They expect to cut about fifty million feet of lumber this season which is a similar figure to that of last year, although the quantity of logs cut in the bush is somewhat larger than that of 1892. The Bronson firm ex- pect to have a similar cut, both in the bush and at their mill. Mr. J. R. Booth will certainly have a greater output of lumber than he has ever had. The new mill which is expected to be- gin running about July will cut some sixty million feet of lum- ber, which together with the cut of the large mill will make a total cut of about one hundred and seventy million feet. The cut in the bush this and nine hundred thousand logs. season will be between eight INDIFFERENT LENGTHS. The Messrs. Conroy’s are counting on starting their mill at Deschenes on Ist May. Another large water wheel has been purchased by Buell, Hurdman & Co., and been placed in position beneath the dimension shed of their mill. Local lumbermen have been notified that cribs of timber passing down the Ottawa river and through the Grenville canal during the coming summer months must not exceed twenty- eight feet in width. by the passage of rafts of unusual size is given as the cause for Alleged injury to the banks of the canal this order. Messrs. Shepard, Morse & Co. have sold two large rafts of square timber got out in the Kippewa this season. The timber will be floated to Quebec, and then delivered to the purchaser. It is understood that good prices were realized. The two rafts will contain nearly 400,000 feet. This is the first sale of this winter’s cut of square timber. Edwards & Co., whose new mill at New Edinburgh, will be ready for sawing next month, are already under contract to saw 25,000,000. The mill will likely run day and night. A new invention, an air compressor for lifting logs and lumber, is in operation in this mill. This works under the saw table and carts the logs, doing away with a great deal of manual labor. An alligator tug has been despatched by Shepard & Morse to their Kippewa drive. This tug is worked by a steel cable and can not only tow logs on the lake, but can propel herself over the portages that lie between the lakes. Since the intro- duction of these tugs, several of them being in operation last season, a perfect revolution has been worked in the driving of logs, as six men on a tug can do as much as fifty men without one. The tug is worked on the ‘‘cadge” principle, that is the cable is fastened to some object in front and then the machinery ce is set in motion and she propels herself forward, of course carrying with her the load hitched behind. The tug is also- provided with paddle wheels and can run around the lake at a speed of six miles an hour. Mr. John McLatchie, of New Edinburgh, returned to the city a few days ago from an extended surveying trip beyond Klock’s depot at Ross lake. from the Mattawa and Mr. McLatchie’s business was looking He found A peculi- The party travelled 140 miles over timber limits, fifty miles above Ross lake. some fine pine, and birch on a good level country. arity noticed by the party was the almost entire absence of game, only one moose being seen. There are also very few Indians in this section. All the timber from this section comes down the Ottawa. The party on their return trip to Mattawa snowshoed go miles in six days, and the only great inconveni- ence suffered was frozen toes, not one man out of the party of fourteen escaping. The McLachlin Bros., who are to work the Ross limits, are now engaged building a large steamer on Ross lake, which they will be able to portage to the Ottawa river. Orrawa, Can., April 26, 1893. BRITISH COLUMBIA LETTER. [Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] T is with pleasure I have to write of the mills in this vicinity having begun sawing, etc., full blast and with lots of orders on hand and ahead, Every week shipments of lumber, lath and shingles are made to the Northwest. The orders for salmon boxes are very large as a big run of fish are most con- fidently expected. Four new canneries are under construction on the Fraser river, and with the wharves in connection will require considerable lumber. Although reports from Australia are more favorable shippers are still holding back until the financial question is more settled. The British Columbia exhibit to Chicago is sure to attract considerable attention and it is to be hoped will be the means of introducing our woods more largely into eastern Canada and the eastern States. The mills have received several enquiries for clear cedar from the eastern states. When the new Amer- ican trans-continental railways are completed and connected with New Westminster, it will be possible to fill these orders with more ease than at present. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. The following vessels are at Vancouver loading lumber for foreign points: Chillian ship Hindostan, 1,543 tons, Capt. Welsh, loading lumber for Valparaiso. American ship Ivy, 1,181 tons, Capt. Lovell, loading lumber for Wilmington, Del. British bark Natuna, 1,106 tons, Capt. Grahn, loading lumber for Port Pirie. American bark Harry Morse, 1,313 tons, Capt. Herriman, loading lumber for Shanghai. British bark Blair- hoyle, 1,291 tons, Capt. Gray, loading lumber for Sydney. Chillian ship Atacama, 1,235 tons, Capt. Caballero, loading lumber for Valparaiso. Norwegian bark Sigurd, 1,530 tons, Capt. Aase, loading lumber for Port Pirie. British bark Wythop, 1,248 tons, Capt. Edwards, to load lumber for Syd- ney. Hawaii bark John Ena, 2,588 tons, at Cowichan, load- ing lumber for Port Pirie. COAST CHIPS. The Brunette Saw Mill Co. held their annual meeting this month and decided to increase their capital stock from $200,- 000 to $300,000. Messrs. Hamill & White’s mill at Sydney, Vancouver Island, is ready to begin sawing as soon as logs reach the mill. It is reported they have the contract to supply the Victoria & Sydney Railroad with the timber and ties they require, delivery to be- gin when wanted by the railroad, which will be shortly. NEw WESTMINSTER, B.C. April 22, 1893. MICHIGAN LETTER. [Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] N another week, probably, Michigan lumbermen will have got well into the season’s trade and a brisk business is antici- pated. Prices keep up; in some respects they are phenomen- ally high. The mills are calculating on a large cut, no little of which will be of Canadian logs. made for an active season’s towing from Canada, and opera- tions will likely commence about May 1. Preparations are now being PURCHASE OF THE COOK BROS, LIMITS. Rumor is revived here concerning the probable purchase of the Cook Bros. limits on the Georgian Bay by Gen. R. A. Alger, one of our largest white pine operators. One statement is that the deal is practically closed at a figure a little short of one million dollars. This is expected to cover over 500,000,000 feet, with mills, and about 20,000,000 feet of logs. BITS OF LUMBER. The Dollarville Lumber Company at Alpena is reported to have 17,000,000 feet of lumber on hand. The Perry Lumber Company has banked 10,000,000 feet in Canada which is to be towed to Cheboygan to be manufac- tured. Peter McArthur, the resident member here of the firm of McArthur Bros., of Saginaw and Toronto, reports a good de- mand for square timber and prices improving. C. K. Eddy & Son have started their mill ; the entire pro- duct of the mill, about 20,000,000 feet will be handled in the Heretofore from 10,000,000 to 12,000,000 have The firm has not a foot of unsold yard trade. been sold in cargo lots. lumber on the mill dock. Two new lumbering organizations have identified themselves with the town of Mainstee, Mich., viz., the Mainstee Flooring Company, with a paid-up capital of $10,000, and the Babcock Lumber Company, which will devote its attention principally to cedar shingles. Pine is an exceptionally scarce article at Muskegon. Chiefly hemlock is being cut. An operator in hemlock at this point is reported to have said that steps will be taken to bring hemlock logs to Muskegon by water. ‘‘You see,” said he, ‘‘there is any amount of it to the north and east of us, even as far over as the Canada shores. Under modern rafting arrangements logs can be handled for that distance with perfect safety. It will be found a profitable investment,” According to the boom company’s estimate 515,000,000 feet of logs were ct on the Menominee river during the past win- ter. The cut up to the present time, however, will reach about 550,000,000 feet, which with the 40,000,000 feet left over from last season will make 590,000,000 feet to be manufactured dur- ing the season. . The following sales, reported to have been made by the Saginaw Lumber and Salt Company, within the past fortnight, indicate how prices are going. Three million feet were sold to be cut at an advance of 25 per cent. on prices for the same stock in December. Another lot of 1,250,000 feet was sold at $17.50 a thousand. The same grade sold last season at $14.50 to $15. Two million feet has been sold at $22 a thousand and the same grade sold at $18 to $19 three months ago. Probably 30,000,000 feet has been sold within two weeks at these prices. In the yard, trade prices have advanced $3 and $4 a thousand on nearly all grades. The same concern are said to have sold 1,000,000 feet of Norway lumber at $2 increase over last year’s figures and commence cutting at once. The various lines of railroad running into the valley are con- sidering a project which will doubtless be carried into effect, and will solve the problem of log rafts and avoid obstructing the channel of the Saginaw river. Last season the large rafts brought down the lake and from Georgian Bay territory ob- — structed navigation in many instances on the river and at the — mouth of the stream. It is proposed now to extend to the track from Oatka beach a mile or so along the bay and boom all the rafts there, instead of bringing them into the river. Then it is proposed with an endless chain system to hoist the logs on freight cars from the water and deliver them by rail to all mills on the Saginaw river at a uniform freight rate. The — project is entirely feasible and meets with much favor among mill owners. SAGINAW, Mich., April 26, 1893. FRICTION AND LUBRICATION. E often hear of the “co-efficient of friction,” and no doubt many wonder what that means. It is easy to understand with a little explanation. piece of iron and pull it along a plate of iron also. Let the block weigh 10 pounds, and we will hook an ordinary spring balance and pull it along, noting the amount of pull of the scales necessary to move it. Suppose this is I pound, or in other words, it takes 1 pound to pull 1o pounds on this iron plate, and we say the “co- efficient of friction” is I-10 or I. plate and block and try it again. and we find it moves with a pull of % a pound, showing that we have reduced © the “co-efficient of friction” to 1-20 or .05, just half of the former friction. The friction of bearings vary with the conditions under which they run, the metals that run together, the lubrication of the bearings and the load or weight im- posed upon them. For good sound shafting (turned practically true), in good, long bearings, properly lubri- cated and not too heavily loaded, the “co-efficient of friction” will average about .07, varying from .o4 to I. In other words it takes about 7 pounds pressure to move 100 pounds of shafting in good bearings, this will hold good for most shafts in good condition. It will be seen that it pays to have a bearing lubricated and not allowed to run dry as the power required is often doubled or tribled by not having a shaft lubricated properly. This does not mean that it should be spasmodically dosed with oil and then left to run until dry, for this — means an uneven friction, is not economical of oil, nor — is it at all mechanical. When possible have a steady : regular feed, even though it be but a drop an hour, and you will be surprised to know how little oil will run a shaft and keep it cool. If you have no feeding device, then become as nearly automatic as you can yourself, by oil- ing “little and often.” It may take a little time but it will lessen the oil required, will obviate hot journals and” will be more satisfactory in every way. 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. j Let us take a | Now let us oil this = “at . May, 1893 fae NEWS. ONTARIO. —Gilmour & Co.’s mills at Trenton are in operation for the season. —The Parry Sound Lumber Company started their water mill on 17th April, and it is now running to its fullest capacity- —The mills of the Whaley Lumber Co., at Huntsville, commenced running on the 17th ult. —The new planing mill and sash and door factory of Tessier & Co., of Penetang, is in operation, —The sawmills at Hawkesbury are reported to be in full operation, and an output that will aggregate between fifty and sixty million feet is expected. —The drive of saw logs down the Moira river this spring will be very large—about 475,000 pieces, or 60,000,000 feet. Gilmour & Co. will have 265,000 and Rathbun & Co. 145,000. —J. Kendrick, of Ice Lake, Gore Bay, has sold his mill to Mr. Andrew Robertson. Mr. Kendrick has taken a position with the Pickwick Island Shingle Company at Little Current. —Gillies Bros., of Braeside, anticipate a heavy summer’s lumbering. They will do away with the boarding house system and erect some twenty or more cottages for the operators. —The new steam mill of McLachlan Bros., Arnprior, which will rank among the large mills of the province, is now complete. This firm will run their four mills to their fullest capacity. —The following well-known lumbermen are incorporated, along with others, as the Hamilton, Waterdown and Guelph Electric Railway Company, with a capital of $500,000: W. Laking, Jacob Flatt, W. Debors Flatt, and John Ira Flatt, all of Hamilton. —An average of twenty car loads of lumber is now being shipped each day from the yards of the Canada Lumber Com- pany, at Carleton Place. Most of it goes to the Standard Oil Co., of New York. —Rumor has it that Mr. T. H. De Cew, the big lumberman of Essex, will erect at Green Basin, Oregon, in the near future, one of the largest saw mills in Oregon. He will also erect a stave factory at Albany. —Cooper & Stewart are reported to have sold their timber limit and winter’s cut of logs on the north shore of the Geor- gian Bay, to a Saginaw, Mich., firm. The consideration is stated to be $60,000 with the square timber reserved. —What is known as the Old Whistle Mill, on the Ottawa, now the property of the Pembroke Lumber Co., is now under- going important improvements which will make it one of the best equipped dimension timber mills on the Ottawa. —Messrs. John White, ex-M.P., of Roslin ; Robt. Thomson, Hamilton ; John Davidson, of Barrie; T. J. Hamill, J. S. Hatton, of Toronto; W. Bell, of Guelph, and others have been incorporated as the Toronto and British Columbia Lum- ber Company, with a capital stock of $1,000,000, —The Georgian Bay Sawlog Salvage Company, recently incorporated under charter from the Ontario government, have elected the following directors and officers: Charles Beck, Jas. Scott, John Waldie, Douglas L. White and James L. Burton. Mr. Chas. Beck, of Penetanguishene, was elected president and Mr. Alexander A. Wright, of Toronto, secretary. This company expects to be of great service to the owners of sawlogs on Lake Huron and the Georgian bay, to assist in economically recovering lost logs. Half of the stock is yet unallotted so as to give opportunity to sawlog owners to join, as it is the desire of the members of this company that it shall be a mutual working concern, and not one organized for the purpose of profit. QUEBEC. —The quantity of white pine timber which wintered at Quebec is placed at about 4,000,000 feet or 1,000,000 less than the preceding season. The quantity which wintered on the Ottawa is only about 500,000 feet, as compared with 2,000,000 in 1891. NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA. —F. F. Warren, of Grand Prairie, N.B., intends starting a saw and shingle mill in Salmon River district. —Frazer & Maley, of Sheet Harbor, N.S. are erecting a mill at Ecum Secum, Eastern Shore. pally on hardwood. —It is feared that many of the Jumbermen throughout the lower New Brunswick will experience much difficulty this _ Spring in drawing their logs owing to the amount of snow of the past winter. A heavy rain is necessary to save many logs being hung up. It will operate princi- —A cargo of 1,400,000 shingles was shipped a few weeks ago from St. John, N.B., to Portland, Me. About 25¢. a thousand is saved in freight by water. —It is estimated that upward of 100,000 logs will soon be on the move to the booms on the Liverpool river. Large numbers of men are being dispatched to the streams at different points. —The Washington Treasury Department’ has modified the existing regulations as to the entry of lumber sawed in St. John, N.B., from logs cut in Maine, so as to make them less stringent. The Treasury Department has directed that an overrun to 7 per cent. of the measured quantities of the logs sawed into lumber be admitted free of duty into the United States. MANITOBA AND THE NORTHWEST. —The liabilities of Bell Brothers, builders, Brandon, Man., who recently failed, are placed at $50,000. —lIt is said that 7,000,000 feet of lumber will be cut on Lake Winnipeg this summer. This is more than has been cut on the lake in one summer before. —The timber cut of J. A. Christie, of Brandon, Man., on the Assiniboine and Saskatchewan limits, is said to be the finest that has come out of that section. The mills will have all they can do until next November. —The Keewatin and Western Lumber Company, Winnipeg, Man., are asking authority to increase the capital stock from half a million to one million, and to extend the powers of the company for the following purposes: To purchase, acquire, hold, alienate and convey mills, properties, mill sites, water- powers and mills already constructed, and erect, to acquire, hold, charter, build and alienate ships, tugs or barges, requis- ite for the purposes of the company. FIRES AND CASUALTIES. FIRES. —Carler’s shingle mill at Fesserton, Ont., was destroyed by fire on the 18th ult. Loss, $1,200; insurance, $400. —John Milne & Sons’ planing mill, Huntsville, Ont., was burned on the 13th ult. Loss about $12,000; insurance, $8,000. —The sawmill of McKechnie Bros. at Glenroadin, Ont., was completely destroyed by fire a fortnight ago. About 100,000 feet of lumber was burned. Loss, $5,000; insurance, $1,500. —J. Joanist’s steam planing mill, sash and door factory, and lumber sheds at Buckingham, Que., were burned to the ground two weeks ago. Loss about $5,000; no insurance. —The large mill of Burton Bros., Bying Inlet, Ont., was com- pletely destroyed by fire on the 20th of April. This, it will be remembered, was the date of the great wind and rain storm that did so much damage all over the province. This served as an immense feeder to the fire, which hardly stopped until almost the whole village was consumed. Burton Bros. loss is estimated at about $200,000. The mill was one of the best equipped in the province, capable of cutting a large quantity of timber. The cost was given to the LUMBERMAN by a repre- sentative of the firm as $106,000. Besides this about $60,000 worth of lumber was burned, a considerable portion of which was sold and was to have been shipped by vessel to the States within a few days following the fire. Some twenty cottages owned by Burton Bros. and occupied by workmen, and a large general store managed by Peter Potvin, were also destroyed. The insurance is placed at about $120,000. whether the firm will rebuild. To relieve a large number of families who are without food or shelter, provisions have been forwarded from Collingwood to assist the sufferers. It is not known CASUALTIES. —Samuel Johnson, living near Oxford Mills, Ont., has been killed by a falling tree. —Alfred Sherwood was killed in the bush near Woodstock, Ont., while felling a tree. —Ricard Ellis, of Ivy, Ont., while working in a lumber camp near North Bay, Ont., was killed by a falling tree. —Arthur Askey, aged 13, got caught in a belt at Harrison’s sawmill in Norwood, Ont., and was whirled around the shaft and badJy mangled. —St. Victor d’Alfred, a workman in Grondin’s mill, near Buckingham, Que., was instantly killed by being struck with a smokestack which he was helping to erect. —H. Morgan, an employee of the Canoe Company, Peter- borough, Ont., had his right hand lacerated by a circular saw necessitating the amputation of one of his fingers. —Robert Essop, of Cremore, Ont., was drowned on the Shawanga river, Parry Sound district, while climbing a log. Though in sight of a number of comrades they were unable to render assistance in time. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN 9 —Patrick O’Connor was killed in the bush nez Oxford Co., Ont., on the 2oth ult., a large tree being torn up by r Braemar, the roots and crashed down on the shanty killing the occupant. The deceased was employed as a wood chopper. PERSONAL. Mr. John Sharples, the well-known lumber merchant of Quebec city, has been created Legislative Councillor in place of the Jate Hon. John Roche, deceased. Mr. W. Aschenbach, M.E., representative of Ernest Kirch- ner & Co., manufacturers of sawmill machinery, Leipsic, Ger- many, will be present throughout the World’s Fair, at Chicago, in charge of the large exhibit being made by this firm. The death is chronicled of Mr. John Law, took place suddenly a fortnight ago. of Glasgow, Scotland. which native of Ottawa, Deceased was a He came to Ottawa about thirty-five years ago and was engaged in the lumber business for some years, afterwards becoming proprietor of the Caledonia foundry in New Edinburgh. Mr. Finlay McGibbon, lumberman, of Sarnia, Ont., whose death occurred a fortnight since, was a well-known lumberman of the Georgian bay. He was born in the township of Nassa- gawaga, county of Halton, fifty-nine years ago, and when a young man engaged in Jumbering in that section of country. Later when the Georgian bay district began to develop he sold his business in Halton and purchased a tract of several thousand acres of timbered land in the townships of Tiny and Tay, Simcoe Co., and developed a large lumber manufacturing business in Penetang. About twenty years ago he perceived the advantages of Sarnia as a distributing point for the products of his Georgian Bay mills, and became a resident of the town, where he has ever since resided. About four years ago Mr. McGibbon associated with him in business his sons Charles, John, Finlay and David, and the firm has since been known as F. McGibbon & Sons. TRADE NOTES. Attention is directed to the ‘‘ Want” advertisement of Wm. McNally & Co., Montreal, which appears in this issue. The Sandwich, Windsor & Amherstburg electric railway have placed an order with the Waterous Engine Works Co., of Brantford, Ont., for grip pulleys, shafting etc., as follows: 43 ft., of 5% in. shafting with 9 self oiling ball and socket boxes and floor stands. One plain pulley, 45 x 24, two 300 H.P grip couplings, one 350 H.P. grip coupling, and the fol- lowing pulleys: One 86 x 12; one 84 x 12; one 72 x 10%; one 56 x 17; one 54 x 16; one 54 x 22. Messrs. Wm. Gray & Son, the well-known carriage builders, of Chatham, Ont., have just had made for them by the Cant Bros. Co., of Galt, a new machine which will prove specially useful for sanding and polishing the joined bodies of buggies, car- riages and light wagons, and for any other work of irregular curved form. In the centre of a strong iron table, a horizontal disc, 36 inches in diameter, lightly bevelled off towards the rim and covered by a cushioned face of sandpaper, revolves at a speed of 600 revolutions per minute. The disc can be raised and lowered at will, and a fence in the middle enables two operators to work on the machine at the same time from The sandpaper is held in the centre of the disc and on the outside by an iron band, and is easily opposite sides. renewed when worn out. both sandpaper and labor. The machine results in a saving of PUBLICATIONS. The Review of Reviews, American edition, leading articles of which we have had occasion to notice at times in these col- umns, enters on another volume with plans laid for still greater Dr. Albert Shaw, the editor, has shown himself a fitting counterpart to his English chief, and founder of the journal, Mr. W. T. Stead; and in not a few striking respects, we are of the opinion that Dr. Shaw has more exactly met the needs of readers, at least those on this continent. achievements in the future. Rand, McNally & Co., the well-known gazetteer and direct- ory publishers, have just issued a new edition of their ‘‘ Lum- berman’s Directory, Shipping Guide and Reference’ Book.” The work is a large volume of over 600 pages, containing what purports to be a complete directory of all lumber dealers, mill- men, sash and door manufacturers and wood workers in every department of the trade, doing business in the United States Besides this list, which is exceptionally valuable to the trade generally, the book and the several provinces in the Dominion. contains rules for inspection, classification and measurement of lumber in the various states of the Union, and the rules in use in Toronto. And along with these is a digest of the sta- tutes affecting lumbermen and lumbering in different parts of the States. The book bears the marks of careful editing and compilation, whilst typographically and in binding it reflects every credit on the publishers, 10 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN May, 1893 RADE REV TEs Office of CANADA LUMBERMAN, | April 29, 1893. J THE GENERAL SURVEY. LL is activity in lumber circles, at least in Ontario, and lumbermen generally agree that trade for the season will prove active and profitable. A large cut will come from the mills both of the Ottawa and the Geor- gian Bay districts. Not less than 2,500 hands, repre- senting a pay roll of nearly one hundred thousand dol- lars a month, will be in the employ of the mills of the Chaudiere. Prices are altogether firm, and perhaps disposed to further advance. A large portion of the cut of the mills is already contracted for at good prices. The expectation is that logs will be got through the drives this season with less than the average labor, and that along with these will come some logs tied up over the winter. Towing of logs to the Michigan shore will be large. Shipments of lumber to the States will be heavy ; a considerable export to the United Kingdom will take place, and at least a fair trade with South America is assured. Trade in the province will be rather better likely than last year, though it will be carried on with caution. Building operations in Toronto, judging by the permits issued, show some signs of improvement. Correspondence from British Columbia holds out the hope of a fairly good trade this summer, except perhaps in shingles. Conditions in shingles are suffering be- cause of over-production and over-competition. Lumbermen in Quebec and the Maritime Provinces anticipate an improved trade over the past few years, though no little depends on the situation abroad, which improves only slowly. UNITED STATES. Financial circles are disturbed with the silver diffi- culty and the season opens with money stringent. Those who are pessimistic in their opinions contend that things will be worse before they are better. Well, per- haps so. So far, however, as lumber is concerned no untoward influences would seem to hold sway. The past year in lumber was remarkable for its activity, and conditions would seem to indicate that the year upon which we are now entering will be just as active. Though the consumption of lumber for use in the World’s Fair buildings will not be a factor in this year’s trade, reports from Chicago, New York, St. Louis, and other important centres portend a lively year in building. There is this to give strong encouragement: stocks to-day are very light, inadequate for immediate orders. The season is late in opening, and under any circumstances what lumber will come from the saw for some time will be picked up as soon as it is ready. Prices have advanced considerable; whether they will advance further may be a question; that they will not decline immediately, at any rate, is, under present condi- tions, as near a certainty as anything well can be. FOREIGN. An improved tone is to be remarked of the British timber market. Denny, Mott & Dickson, of London, Eng., say: “The enquiry for consumption during March showed generally some slight improvement on that of January and February, and this fact, in conjunction with the exceptional spell of bright weather, has caused a perceptibly better tone in the trade, although we still seem far off any great revival in the manufacturing in- dustries, on which the prosperity of the timber trade depends.” ‘There would seem to be an abundant supply of American woods on the British market, if the results of recent auction sales may be taken as a criterion. California redwood, of which some sales have been made lately at a very low price, is said to have had an unfavorable influence on Canadian pine. It may be said that hope still holds good that the South American market is improving and it will not be long before some- thing approaching the old time activity in this country is to be looked for. HARDWOODS. So far as hardwoods are required for finishing pur- poses in building the end of the season rather than the commencement is more favorable to consumption. And yet hardwoods are used in so many different ways that the demand keeps steady ; in fact, the trade in hard- woods is good. Elm is becoming a scarce article, not alone because of the consumption of this wood by the coopers, but from the fact that it is now being used for many other purposes not before thought of. We hear of commission men who have held contracts for elm finding it necessary to substitute other woods that were lower in price. Birch is in increased demand taking the place to some extent of cherry, which is scarce and high. Basswood is short of supply, and oak is in good demand. TORONTO, ONT. Toronto, April 29, 1893. CAR OR CARGO LOTS. T=4ninCuEIUpsanGibetleneensnten trier trr terete trl teres 33 00 36 00 TX10)and 12 dressingyand betters oa- «sessile -teteie ele elelelel dele 20 00 22 00 Tao) Edel 14 TNA cooasaonoaduddncaosooosnooONLasaoD 16 00 17 00 IxXIoO and E2 COMMON... wee wee nee ee eens ero ee nee sees viene 13 0O 14 00 TATO;ANG m2 Spruce Cullsmam1 eerie anita etter IO 00 11 00 Poocoeael sy etl ebNN S96 Gannon Do oeaeoondnogoaonesadadcos 10 00 II 00 TanchycleamandepickShremrte-tietee certs see ier eerreraar 28 00 32 00 Tainchidressing; and bettererr erie teit nett taste ttte 20 00 22 00 se ooteley Hebierey Teblll THEM 6 os oAacnaoedooadasabadooUoBDDOONNS I4 00 15 00 TAnchisiGin ps COmin ONE hE REE renee eee err II 00 12 00 re ool Aebbores Sovyo) CUMS: oc cocascavooanccooasesacoos0ns00080 II 00 12 00 TAINnch SiGingsmat Wel Stee etd eee eee g 00 10 00 Cullscantling SppoddadAbIcanesou DnOOOMandobaCOyaKERoObD0sG 8 00 9 00 1 1-2 and thicker cutting up plank..............----+.++-- 24 00 26 00 i inch strips 4 in. to Sin. millipun\ 2. eee ee I4 00 15 00 DunchsSerips; cOMmMmMOunee aie eet aeiter tiie yeti erste ier II 00 12 00 Tir-4 unchifloonin genteel eee eee Eee eee Geeeerrere £5 00 16 00 TeT-2yINGDHLOOLINS Sees Ret eter eieGe teeters I5 00 16 00 OOK Goines, HO Thos coanocooanso0vcougacc00nn0ns00000 2308 z140 XEXUshingleswOlnchtseecere eee eRe Lee Eee recone I 30 1 40 LAG es INIGh Hos ndoasboaboccsn denn nooo pUbADSOOOUACADODEDS 215 Math; Nomen srnintpiiconststdantaiktenetes eerie tert. 180 1 85 YARD QUOTATIONS. Mill cull boards and scantling$10 00 F. M. Shipping cull boards, promis- II- 2in. flooring, dres'd 26 00 30 00 cc GG a cuous widths. ..... 13 00 stocks . . . 16 00 Scantling and joist, up to 16 ft 14 00 18 ft 15 00 20ft 16 00 22ft 17 00 24ft 19 00 rough 18 00 22 00 dres'd 25 00 28 00 11-4 in. flooring, un- dressed, B.M. . . 16 00 18 00 I1- 4in. flooring, dres'd 18 00 20 00 undres’d I2 00 15 00 Beaded sheeting, dres- £ sf «26 ft 20 00 SBilo a 5 50 20 00 35 00 28 ft 22 00 Gisneardine. dres’d. 12 00 30 ft 24 00 | XXX sawn shingles 32ft 27 00 per M 34 ft 29 50|Sawnlath..... 0 2 60 IRGl ORV 5 5 og 5 5 = 00 40 00 White “ Basswood, No. rand 2 5 00 30 00 Cherry, No. rand 2 . 00 90 00 White ash, 1 and 2. . as 00 35 00 Black ask, 1 and2. . 20 00 30 00 ce a ce “ec “ce “cc “ec “ “c 36 ft 31 00 38 ft 33 00 40 to 44 ft 37 00 Cutting up planks, 1 and thicker, dry . 25 00 28 00 board 18 00 24 00 Dressing blocks . . . 16 00 20 00 Picks Am. inspection. 30 00 HARDWOODS—PER M. FEET CAR LOTS. Ash, white, 1 to2in..$18 00 $20 00 | Elm,soft 1 ‘‘ 1%4$11 00 $12 00 214 to 4.. 2000 24 00 Ss BO Bee 1 oe) 1G} ©) «black; x "== 136" 16) co! §18)/0o GO" Sroysig ae TOY GV oe) 1) ©) A 14 Birch) sq:,.t) ) bee4ae 37) 00) 20,100 Seabee 14) “3,5 15) 00) 18)00 ay «4x4 ‘* 8x8 20 00 22 00] Hickory 1% “‘ 2.. 28 00 30 00 «red x ‘“S Y% 2000 22 00} Maple I |) << 33% 16)\00) 17,100 Swans 2 ‘* 4... 2200 25 00 & 2) 4 7 OO LSOO “yellow x “ 14 00 15 00 | Oak,red,pni ‘‘ 1% 22 00 26 00 y 4 Basswood 1 ‘‘ 1% 15 co 16 00 a SeUZhe oi 25 00 3000 ie if =) 2)... 16) 00) 18/100 ** white ‘ “1% 2800 3000 3 Butternut 1 ‘‘ 1% 23 00 25 oo ian co 2A eS OROOMERSLGO) ee 2) £3), 8925) 00) 28)100 ‘“quart’'d 1 ““2.. 48 00 5200 Chestnut 1 ‘‘ 2.. 25 00 30 00] Walnut r ‘* 3.. 85 00 100 00 Cher xr ‘* 1% 5000 bo 00] Whitewood 1 ‘‘ 2.. 3200 3600 ie “ 2 6 3 3 2 4.. 60 00 65 00 OTTAWA, ONT. Orrawa. April 29, 1893. Pine, good sidings, per M feet, b. SMe eee ee eee eee e teers $32 00 40 00 Pineszoodlstripss an tan nee Ee Me eener etter eerie: 27 00 35 00 Pine, good shorts, sf Soe Sdndkesovoas whan cuet 20 00 27 00 Pine, 2nd quality sidings er M feet, lpsinbaecosoaccdoooend 20 00 25 00 , 2nd quality sidings, p z Pine, 2nd quality strips, : cs Cte teeters ness 18 00 22 00 Pine, 2nd quality shorts, te ae F igdandbonoandn oes 15 00 18 00 Pine, shipping cull stock, ‘‘ es DrasooonpootoneaeDe 14 co 1600 Pine, box cull stock, oY UoMrnoodoTenOotone II 00 13 00 Pine, s.c. stripsand sidings “ os Weadause vasnodasdba II 00 14 00 Pinevimill&culleem-tcrdeeer ete leicester rer eerie 8 00 10 00 Lath, fol lodll (noitea nop eae ae Soop I OO uD e Cuconoanonddoadeaes 160 190 QUEBEC, QUE. QUEBEC, April*29, 1893. WHITE PINE—IN THE RAFT. — cts. cts For inferior and ordinary according to average, quality etc., measuredioter rer eet icin Reet cee melt cn et rier t ee 14 @ 18 For fair average quality, according to average, etc., measured off. 16 20 For good and good fair average, “ 23. «27 For superior ee ss ns SS ABW In shipping order a es - ef ZO 5 Waney board, 18 to 19 inch gs ss eS se no ep 3 Waney board, 19 to 21 inch ee re ns se Sent 7 AO RED PINE—IN THE RAFT. Measured off, according to average and quality a efets winiateeoetettereepats T4. +22 Inishippingiorder,i35 tol 5 teeta mene siclerte alert fer iaietat 22 30 OAK—MICHIGAN AND OHIO. By the dram, according toaverageand quality. . . . . . .45 51 ELM. By the dram, according to average and quality, 45 Io 50 feet. . 30 32 30 to 35 feet. . 25 28 ASH. 14 inches and up, according to average and quality. . . . .30 34 BIRCH. 16 inch average, according to average and quality. . * . .20 23 TAMARAC. Square, according to size and quality . Oe Wosd oo 6 on ony 19 Flatted, re ONC, Ie ee ac as) 18 STAVES. Merchantable Pipe, according to qual. and sp'cfct’n—nominal . $330 $350 W.O. Puncheon, Merchantable, according to quality. . . . go 100 DEALS. Bright, saceording to mill specification, $115 to $123 for rst, $78 to $82 for- and, and $37 to $42 for 3rd quality. Bright spruce, according to mill specification, $40 to $43 for rst, $27 to $28 for and, $23 to $25 for 3rd, and $19 to $21 for 4th quality. BOSTON, MASS. Boston, Mass., April 29.—The heart of the lumber- man is cheered by the favorable opening of spring trade. Spruce is somewhat scarce. A good quantity of south- ern pine is coming on the market. Prices are firm. EASTERN PINE—CARGO OR CAR LOAD, Ordinary planed Aainche ee aaietouts $9 00 10 oo boardsieee reer $12 00 Tae) hao so5nan 8 00@$ 9 00 (CoarseNow seer I3 00 14 00 Yeunch ss. snes oer 8 00 50 Refuselraeii ibs 12 00@$13 00 | Clapboards, sapext.. 52 50 55 00 OW Seosrommaaacace 800 1050] Sapclear......... 47 00 50 oo Boxboards, Terbelslelaon Fe Bi 307) (ofo) Sap, 2nd clear.... 40 00 42 50 DORON orm eecia cna 950 1050 IN Os ia sate c iene 2000 25 00 WESTERN PINE—BY CAR LOAD. Upper, ie Tac oooeee 952 00@53 00 | Fine com., 3 and 4 in 42 00 46 00 1%, 1% and 2 in.. 52 00 55 00| No. 2, 1 in. Finecom. 28 00 30 00 3 and 4in Pan oanood 60 00 65 090 ry, Ys, and 2in... 29 00 31 00 Selects;su ane. err co 45 00| No. 1 SEDs, 4 to6i in. 43 00 44 0 1%, 1% and 2 in.. 47 0c 48 00 NOs 2) gasenerene 36 09 37 o0- Bland eminem et 56 00 59 co No. ; ahaa natant ayeretete 28 00 30 0 Moulding boards, 7 to Cut ups, 1 to 2 in.... 24 00 32 00 TE MeNClearon ert 36 00 38 00 | Coffin boards........ 20 00 22 oo 60 per cent. clear... 34 00 36 oo | Common allwidths... 22 co 26 oo Fine common, rin.... 38 00 39 oo! Shipping culls,1 in... 15 00 15 50 14%, 1% and 2in... 41 00 45 00 do 1\% in. 15 50 16 50 SPRUCE—BY CARGO. Scantling and plank, Coarse, rough........ 12 00@14 00 random cargoes.. 14 00@15 oo Hemlock bds., rough. 12 00 13 oo Yard orders, ordinary “” dressed #2 00 14 00 SIZES antesuee eis 15 00 16 00 | Clapbds., extra, 4 ft.. 32 00 33 oo Rac soisers, extra Clear, 4. ftsnuneene fore Rapecwin chine 16 co 18 00 Second clear....... 0° Clear eon boards.... 19 00 20 00 Noi): .ceea ene [oom @, Doyoosooraena 16 00 17 00 LATH SS PMU! | DY CALL On alo l= alolelelalel=ta)o) ele elataiele eel elation 2 50@2 75. SHINGLES. Eastern sawed cedar, Eastern shaved sawed Giirinnencsodcqucosn 3.00 $3 25 cedar, 1st quality... 5 00 5 25 cleansppeereias Creer 2E5OmmnouT 5 ond quality Baban D055 475 PINS swanaonbo0s006 225 2 25 grd SE eee 4 00 extta Non desens. = ie Ef) as 5) 4th Ct ee ae 300 3 25 Spruce) Nowae-seee I 50 OSWEGO, N.Y. OswEco, N.Y., April 29.—Navigation is open and the outlook is hopeful for a good season’s trade in lumber. WHITE PINE. Three uppers, 1%, v4 and 2inch.............++. Pree oars Sicie $45 00@46 oo Pickings, =» f8" ES ht yereietelt cistern 36 co 38 oo No. 1, cutting up, ‘ ¢ | | (aaisieises a aE ee eee 31 00 32 0& No. 2, cutting up, “ SE | | srodiecbretete eter eee eee ere 2I 00 23 00 In strips, 4 to 8 wide, selected for moulding strips, 14 to 16 ft. 31 00 33 oo SIDING. I in siding, cutting up 1% in selected....... 35 00@42 00. picks and uppers... 32 00@39 00 | 1% in dressing....... 19 00 2I 00 I in dressing......... Ig 00 21 00/1% in No. rculls.... 14 00 16 oo Tan) Nosaecullsenarer 14 00 15 00|1% in No. 2culls.... 12 00 13 00 rin No. 2 culls...... I2 00 13 00}]1 in. No3culls...... IO 00 II 00 IX12 INCH. m2 yandix6) feet, will aire sete telat eelenee eee 20 00 23 0 12 and 16 feet, No. 1 and 2, barn boards................... 18 00 19 0o 12 and 1x6 feet, dressing and better.......-2.- 001s sseeeeee 26 00 30 00 T2jand x16ifeety No: 2) CUllSeemeealiseeatteel aise eet I3 00 14 00 IXIo INCH. 12 and 13 feet, mill run, mill cullsout.....................- Ig 00 21 00 12 and 13 feet) dressing and better. = tithe eee 25.00 27 0o IX10, 14 to 16 barn boards «:+s0l!s sce ceee eee ee 17 oc T2.and x3}feet, NiO. Cull Sie semiaeees see I5 00 16 oo 12. and 13 feet; No. 2/cllS soi. cetcly-(o atin steel tet teen 13 00 14 00 14 to 16 feet, mill run mill cullsout...........s0sesesseeee- 20 00 22 00 14 to 16 feet, dressing/and) better. «je - ieee nee eee 25 00 27 00 14 to 16 feet, INO? ici sea) eee 16 00 17 oo 14 to 16 feet, No} zicul seer eer eee eee ee eee 13 00 14 00 10 to 13 feet, Noi 3iculls a2) ae eet ents +. I0 00 II 0 14x10 INCHES. Millrun, mill culls out.$20 co@23 00 | No. rculls 00 17 CO Dressing and better.. 25 00 35 00] No. 2culls 00 I5 oO 1X4 INCHES. Mill run, mill cullsout 17 co 19 00 | No. rculls........... 13.00 14 00 Dressing and better.. 23 00 27 oo | No. 2culls........... 12 00 13 00 IX5 INCHES. 6, 7 or 8, mill run, mill 6, 7 or 8, No. rculls.. 15 00 16 oo aullsouteeeene 19 00 21 00 | 6, 7 or 8, No.2 culls.. 13 00 14 00 6, 7 or 8, drsg and better yecrrtterele ir 24 00 28 00 SHINGLES. XXX, 18 in pine....... 370 3 90| XXX, 78 in. cedar.... 350 375 Clear butts, pine, 18 in.. 2 70 2 go | Clear butt, 18 in. cedar. 2 50 2 75 XXX, 16 in. pine...... 3.00 3 25| XX, 18in.cedar....190 200 Stock ‘cedars, 50r 6in.. 4 50 5 00 LATH. IN(ounnse as ceo orotereebic oS 2 65,| Nos 2; 03/{)weeheeemcemel eye ena: ING th witbs ooG ann G00 2 00 : BUFFALO AND TONAWANDA, N.Y TONAWANDA, N.Y., April 29.—There is every indica- tion of serious trouble in Buffalo and Tonawanda between the lumber dealers and the lumber shovers. This is unfortunate, coming on the threshold of spring trade. Aside from this circumstance the situation is encouraging. Lumber is in brisk demand, and none too plentiful. WHITE PINE. Up’ % 1,1%,1%and 2 Shelving, No. x, 13 in $48 Hono modowodnc 48 00 50 00 and up, 1 in...... 32 00@34 00 2 Ets 2} lisp coco, 56 00 58 oo | Dressing, 1% in...... 26 00 28 oo 76 goo soup oda ID 60 00 62 00 14xzo and 12...... 28 00 Selects iainemnetemrecrete 42 00 43 00 TM IM... ee cenw cents 24 00 25 00 BEM (KO a ocd goooM 42 00 43 00 2) in)... teen eee 26 50 28 00 2% and 3 in.. - 51 00 53 00] Mold st’ps, 1 to 2in.. 33 00 35 oO ZA Shlyagoaonncasnood 52 oo | Barn, No. 1, roand 12 Fine common, 1 in... 37 00 38 oo Ue tewiteomeeeeiiee 23 00 24 00 1% and 14 Wloanoc . 37 00 38 00 Gand! Biinemeesccee 22 00 23 00 2 “to cee cinemcints 39 00 40 00 No. 2, 10 and 12 in Ig 00 24% and 3 in....... 39 00 40 00 Grand Clinker cnseee 18 00 19 00 7M og ouecnHbooneD 47 00 No. 3, 1o and 12 in. 14 00 16 oO Cut’g up, No. 1, xin. 30 00 Sete Wena Soc I4 50 15 50 134 tO\2) IM. =» 37 00 | Common, rin 16 co 18 oO No. 2, 1 in 20 00 1 andr¥in.. 18 90 20 CO No. 2,14 to2in.. 25 00 27 00 ARNE Sooo Aso 20 00 22 00 No. 3, 1% to2in... 18 00 19 00 May, 1893 BOX. rxtoand 12 in. (No 3 Narrow 14 00/1 in... 3 50] 1% in... 1x13 and wider...... TOMOG NT OO) win 5)-l- teste ei c/enels SHINGLES. a8 in. XXX, clear... 375 4 00| 16in., *A extra...... 250 2 60 18 in. XX, 6 in. clear. 2 75 | 16 in. clear butts..... 2 10 LATH. IR iach 14 Soaeepoees 2 60 Ne ponceeoooen I 10 LESS OLS (eee I 95 ALBANY, N.Y. ALBANY, N.Y., April 29.—Though the season’s trade is no more than opened, distribution has progressed with sufficient rapidity to materially reduce stocks on hand. Low grades of pine have been the first to become prac- tically extinct. Contracts for the new cut are being made at from $2 to $3 a thousand feet ahead of last year. PINE. 2% in. and up, good........ $58 $60 | ro-in. common............. $15 $16 7 TED DD See 58 | r2-in. dressing and better... 28 34 I lft ost ee Be | Como socaoscosgsasas0 ToL, Picking: 45 | 134-in. siding, selected, 13 ft. 40 45 r¥ te 2-in. good 55 Common aa sone eee oe TS) 27, Fourths 50 | r-in. siding, selected........ 38 42 EES 0025-2 ssc asa as Common aayaae eee IS 17 BERADP Ss ooo oc anes 2 ai 37 40 | Norway, clear............. 22 25 [ll Fifi ye 52) 55) DT eSSIN Gea aece ieee 16 18 JS) ee 47 50 COMING sscsecsposesnsce I= 15 SP 323 0350032 42 45 | 10-in. plank, 13 ft., dressing c. c. PETES peg seaeeeee 37. 40 and better, AGN scecas 2 55 Gnbtne-up ...--... 5.55... 22 27 | 1o-in. plank, 13-ft. culls, each 23 25 iparket plank. .....-...2- 3° 35 | 1o-in. boards, 13 ft., dressing Shelving boards, 12-in. up ...30 32 and better, CEN ea 28 32 Dressing boards, narrow.... 20 22 | ro-in. boards, 13-ft. culls.... 17 21 LATH. BEE teh laatsloicjsisivics ses 2pdOiSPLUCE: dW MIS FOR SALE AT PARRY -coune HE MILL IS SITUATED ON THE WATERS of Parry Sound, and has good shipping facilities. The largest vessels or steamers on the lakes can load at the lumber docks. The mill will cut about twenty thousand feet of lumber and twenty-five thousand shingles in ten hours. There are about seven thousand five hundred acres of timber pine, hemlock, birch, ash, oak, spruce, bass- wood, etc. The timber is free of dues. Parry Sound is the terminus of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway, now in process of con. struction. Price : Twenty-five thousand dollars. Terms as may be agreed upon. WM. BEATTY, Parry Sound. May, 1893 ‘DEE CANADA LUMBERMAN MINERAL WOOL STEAM PIPE AND BOILER GOVERING Saves enough fuel to pay for it Is Fire-proof, Frost-proof, Vermin-proof and Indestructible CANADIAN /N\INERAL \WOOL Co. LTD. # 122 BAY ST.. TORONTO THE RATHBUN 223%. ee RNY ee CARL GARTNER MANUFACTURERS OF = iia % AGENT FOR ap SS S=| TERRA COTTA eee FIRE-PRooFING CANADIAN WOOD GOODS Does not Crack on application of Heat or For use in Old and New Buildings Water - a= HAMBURG, GERMANY : LONDON, ENGLAND: ROSS SSS SSS) y ; About as Cheap as Wood or Brick Sea SS aaaaass Office 8 eee Old he ee Weight one-third that of Brick eft ees Gives Warmth in Winter ; Coolness in Summer So OOO ID) AME EISEN Jay 20 Representative Lumber Manlfacturers and Dealers os | Railway, Express, or x mre N Power, Style and Town nearest Shipping Point NAME BUSINESS Daily Capacity } | = —_ feet... Se Z I Ottawa, Ont.........- MURA omc ersis >)<,0i0 LOAN, ols osospoddeaonna008 Lumber, Wholesale and Retail................- Steam, Circular and Band Mill Ottawa, Ont......... CEs Sepa A eB Beeee Bronson & Weston Lumber Co..... 2 Sawmills, White and Red Pine, Wholesale ....| Water, Gang and Band, 450m Gitta. Ont... ----.5./.. PPt terme c/s 2isisi <<< OTTAWA LUMBER CO......... Ieumber. Pine; spruce, Elemlocks Wholesale} ye -3)|emi > snl cie ieee een cel le) Giaws, Ont.......... |Ottawa Be acipteicieaiae a aisic Rerleys@ieaceee ae craic) siioneietcl fs) ite Saw and Lath Mill, Pine, Wholesale ........... Wat., Gang and Band, Saw 400m, ie = eS | Lath 7om —————— Parry Sound, Ont..... Mtterson <- 2.3. 2 - ~~~ CongersLumberiCos ain c12 1. =e) Paumbersawholesaletandtketarl te ryvere cterese eteiyeiiscel| chstetsiele sfelspsleveie s/s e/sieiotele eieie ste as Parry Sound, Ont..... Parry Sound.......... Parry Sound LumberCo......... Saw, Shingle and Lath Mills, Pine, Wholesale ..|Water, Gang, Circular, Saw 90m, Shingles 7om, Lath 30m Muskoka Mills, Ont...|Penetanguishene ......|Muskoka Mill and Lumber Co., Head|W. Pine Lumber, Lath and Bill Stuff, all lengths.!2 Mills, Water, 1 Band, 2 Gangs Office, Arcade, 24 King st. w., Toronto : and 3 Circulars. Alexandria, Ont....... |Alexandria ........... |McPherson, Schell& Co. ....... @heeseyboxshactonyspeines Spruce Cedarernnre perenne en cieiseaiieerteler eels a Almonte, Ont......... PT Caldwell, A.&Son........... Sawmill, Pine, Lumber, Hemlock, Hardwoods. .|Circular, 3m Baa tonks 2-5). 2.5... JOG T To Ao ane aaa eee Dymontice Mickie. 5. 2.2 2s oe Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Cedar, Hardwoods......|Steam, Circular, 4om Barrow Bay, Ont...... ESOT SS eer Barrow Bay Lumber Co., Limited . .|Saw, Shingle and Heading Mill, Pine, Cedar a Oak, Oak Railway Ties, Paving Blocks ...... Steam, Circular, 16m Blind River, Ont...... [Bhisd Ravers: i: 3 o:2..,0 |Blind River Lumber Co......... 2 Saw, Sh. and Lath Mls., Pine, Hem., Bl. Birch}Stm., Band, Cir., S. 75m, Sh. 60m Bobcaygeon, Ont...... |Fenelon Falls......... Boyd, Mossom & Co........... umber WiholesalevandtRetalliiciertereisitece ste| ecelcicrelnsle oleis aisteaieis eisie nition inate cle Bracebridge, Ont......| Bracebridge. .... Baas DOA) AU Sia etate)e) clisjeile ele = Munbermpshinglesmywibolesalesnypetiricertscicn|erieteisisetcidetidccirae cleieieisetinis: ; e LS eee 2 See PMs sooo on Boao ooo mD umber yholesaleyandsRetallerpyrerie ce crete | eerecisteiste ate ete ate ete inte cle locsie ininiemelere Waubaushene, Ont....|Waubaushene....... .|Georgian Bay Consolid. Lumber Co.|Pine only. .............. 200s esse eee ee nsec eeee Waubaushene mill, stm., 20om; | | Hd. office arcade 24 King st. w., Toronto Pt. Severn mill, water, r20m ... MANUFACTU 2c OE Calabogie, Ont........ (E22 Po eee eae Carswell, Thistle & McKay...... umibers wiholesaleyand@kvetalliervepcrer eran tersterey cil feseseve role celincotakoveiele aie Yaicd= jar eteheus ievete cpsteye | [ANUFACTURERS OF eae Callander, Ont........|Callander, G.T.R. ....|John B. Smith & Sons ........ .|White and Red Pine Lumber, Bill Stuff, Lath c MeaduOncesstrachan Ave:) Loronto|) andi Shingles csj.jse)r + -le-(oi-ln ole) elelelelelels)s}o\vsaieiel Steam, 2 Circular, 80m Collins Inlet, Ont......|Collins Inlet .......... Collins Inlet LumberCo......... Lumber, Pine) Oak, Ash, Birch, Whol) and Ret:|)).) 92. 0.0..+.0--20s+sn-ees- 5 6 | 6 7 Comber, Ont.......... bee Li tins oie CUO 6 4s oo oo UO Saw and Stave Mill, Pine, Hardwoods.......... Steam, Circular, 6m | harcoal ron hilled Glammis, Ont......... PIIKGHHON cess). Fos ‘McIntyre, why Gat geo on co oon Saw, Shingle and Lath Mill, Timber Lands,|Steam, Cir., Saw 14m, Sh. 20m | } Hemlock, Pine, Lumber, Hardwoods......... Hamiltcn, Ont........ Hamilton..... ......./BRADLEY, MORRIS & REID CO. .|Lum., Tim., Pine, Hem., Hwds., Whol. and Ret.|..........-.... 00-0. eee eee eeee Huntsville, Ont........|Huntsville.......... .|Heath, Taitand Turnbull....... Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hardwoods. ..|Steam, Circular, 25m Hamilton, Ont........ Huntsville and Katrine/Thomson, Robert & Co. ........ Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods Steam, Circular, 4m Keewatin, Ont........|Keewatin............. Dick, Banning &Co........... Sawmill, Pine, Hardwoods, Wholesale.......... Steam, Circular Keewatin, Ont........ RP MUAENSN cats. ctatd)s,o0 9.2070 \Keewatin Lumber & Mfg. Co..... Saw, Lath, Sh. and PI. Mill, Moving Posts, Pine}Water, Band and Circular, room | Lakefield, Ont.........|Lakefield......... Lakefield Lumber Mfg. Co. ...... Mr benwiolesaleranduketarlisemrrct tel belastelerter| etietetaleteie rated letereeieleisteielavsisvatelaletnie)= Little Current, Ont... .|Sudbury ee tae RNAI MGV neo). o\s0{ a iin; aye. ys) 9} er") 019 Sawmill; Pine; Ash, Birch, Oak................ Steam, Circular, 25m WH = Little Current, Ont... .|Sudbury Pear OMY.) ow ee OLBs sic. <)'v) shchalle/c Mmber wv olesalerancduls etait rcrersteyset te jeiis etter ell ntirtetelefoleieiels;strietseisyevelsciera) Scistenes io. teen... 5..-.-.+..1GOGON, JAMES . 2. oc cs sc cc eee Exp. and dlr. in Am. Hwds, made to specification] ...........-...e0eeee seen | - Longford Mills, Ont...|Longford . oa |Longford Lumber Co........... Saw and Plan. Mill, Hemlock, Hardwds., Whol.|Steam, Band and Circular, room Mount Forest, Ont....|Mount Forest......... IGreensides Wie Sclet sic ts: oie aeaes © Cherry, White Ash, Hardwoods, Wholesale wi). |e cee ccs scien esses clet ecn renee Norman, Ont......... PeMAEAN a. --. | OAIMCTON Gy Kennedy. 2 2 os eae 2 a Saw and Plan. Mill, Tim. Lands and Logs, Pine|Steam, Circular, 40m Gyasnae Norman, Ont..........|Norman Se get sais |Minnesota & Ontario Lumber Co. . .|Lumber, Wholesale and Retail..........00.00.c)ecccevecececccsveceeeeeeeueees JFFICES: Louise, Ont..... .|Elmwood, G.T.R.... re B. Wilson 4 ae NG CREAN Ce Hardwoods, Shingles, Lath, Handles........... Steam, Circular, 20m. Toronto, Ont.......... Toronto ; sia \Campbell, A. H. Lb GuckGne O Ougupro [Leeper are, MARGE. SOBA Gann ecoucanooTe OG DEte [Ge ha SEoD cra ropes Oome ene eneroed Toronto, Ont........ SEAMINES) sio.o/c1cln'e'o.~)\ =< Aca eR ENMANLE. soya (ala caves eeiayions fesse timose, WiC Ralay .coogas acusbonassonsoonad douboanonpenconpodadnnoodbenode NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE BUILDING, NONTREAL Toronto, Ont...... ..|Toronto..... See DONO Paya, OLIV Er 22) ciens a elie) (6+ Lumber, Wholesale ........... RN ore ST Com. Toronto, Ont..........|Toronto..............|VWictoria Harbor LumberCo....... 3 Saw, Shingleand Lath Mills, White Pine, Whol.|Stm., Cir., Gang and Band, r40om Toronto, Ont.. tA io ee W.N. McEachren &Co........ Brmibers ew nolesale jaecrier cirri fice isles oie Com. Works : LACGHINE QUEBEC Toronto, Ont..........|Toronto et PRIMES LEMNANL Go .COs oe vaire sve ase Lumber, Lath, Shingles, etc., Wholesale........ Com. . ? Waar on,.--.......| Wiarton ........ Pe LISLCTS oe tebcirareclial aie lie! loielciis «folic. c 3 Sawmills, Lumber, Barrel Heads............. Steam and Water, Circular, Port- | able and Stationery, rom r Ako a Samelee SE vTHSSe aan Buckingham, Que.... juckingham...... ROSS IBLOB sind ute asleeN ele (elite coke rai iel's 2 Sawmills, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods .......... Circular, Gang audience 180m Me SS Go Susrelley 22). peels Soe a Hee ee = TR OTONO 000s econ cs ccce DeLaplante & Bowden......... Pine and Hardwood Lumber, Whol. and Retail. quirements of Lumbermen and Street Car Service, and Cookshire, Que. . ... |Cookshire. : Repkenire Mill COs o sre creis oo 0s Saw, Shingle, Planing, Stave and Heading Mill.|Steam, Circular and Gang, 60m can supply them Bored, Finished and Balanced. Montreal, Que... .|Montreal.. _..|Dufresse, O. Jr. & Frere........ Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hdwds., Whol.|Steam, Circular and Band, 50m Montreal, Que Montreal... ..|Roberts, Joseph & Fils......... Saw and Planing Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds,|Steam, Circular, 200m “i | SHEARER &- BROWN Int. Fin, Spruce, Hardwoods, Wholesale...... CORRESPO D Montreai, Que |Montreal.. ; . SHEARER & BROWN ......... 4 Sawmills, Oak, Ash, Elm, Pine, Hem., Dim...}2 Stm., 2 Wat., Band, Cir., 4om_ | Moodyville, B.C. New Westminster. .|MOODYVILLE SAWMILL CO. ... .|/Sawmills, P. Fin, Spruce, Cedar, Hardwoods ...|Steam, Circular, 20m " | N ENCE New Westminster. B.C.| New Westminster. {Brunette Sawmill Co.......... Saw and Planing Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds,|Steam, Gang and Circular SOL ICGITE D Fir, Cedar, Spruce, Hardwoods.............. Canterbury, N.B......|Canterbury Stn. ...|James Morrison & Son......... Sawmulljebines EardwoodsSianeiensiietiiiseicnier Steam, Circular, 38m Bridgewater, N.S.. Bridgewater DAVIDSON, E.D.&SONS...... 5 Saw, Shgle. and Lath Mills, Pine, Spr., Hwds.| Water, Circular and Gang, 200m Lumbermen desirous of being represented in this Directory can obtain information in regard to rates by communicating with the Publisher. UAK TANNED b srmomsresr THE J.C.M?LAREN BELTING C2 montreat TELEPHONE 475 14 SECEY @ ASN ES LUMBER MAIN May, 1893 MACHINERY AN D SECOND- OLLOWING ‘LIST OF NEW hand Boil sale by T Brantford, ada Machinery and Supply Co., lers in new and second-hand ma- chinery ‘ (CYNE > BOILE RICK IN, 44 IN. DIA. x11 ft. 7 in. | ubes, in first-class order. QT)NE BOILER, TO BRICK IN, 44 IN. DIA. x 11 ft. 8 in. long, 38 3-in. tubes, in first-class shape. 5) EP. PORT ABLE LOCO. FIRE BOX r i order. RETURN TUBULAR BOILER, 20 HP. to brick in. [ae 6 H.P. FIRE BOX BOILERS FOR cheese factories. NE 1 16 SLIDE-VALVE ENGINE, BECK- ett’s make. wo oat SLIDE-VALVE ENGINES, Goldie & and Morrison makes. 9 SLIDE-VALVE ENGINE, COPP al make. McCul GINE, a PRIGHT, with 8 H.P. ast irc n base. INE. efelish make. NE 14 H.P. LEONARD MAKE ENGINE, nearly new. ee E 12 H. P. HORIZONTAL PORTABLE EN- 1 on skids; Ames & Co., makers, and b oiler MACHINERY: — NE 24-INCH McGREGOR, GOURLAY & CO. .make heavy surface planer, almost new. a. O 24-INCH E ANT, GOURLAY & CQ: MAKE light surface planers, in good order. & McCULLOCH THREE-SIDE NE GOLDIE moulder. ORE ONE-SIDE MOULDER. WO 34-INCH WHEELS. BAND machines. ngines and General Machinery for | SAWING | NE ALMOST NEW VERTICAL SPINDLE | JR RU NE .. Sail, Tent and Awning Maker.. 251 George St. and 154 King St. PETERBOROUGH Canoe, Yacht and Boat Sails made to order. Fits Guaranteed. Every description of Lumbermen’s. Supplies and Waterproof Clothing. WILLIAM FOSTER Lumber and Commission Merchant RECEIVER AND FORWARDER OF LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES . CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED... OVEN SOuUmD, ONCE PATENTS CAVEATS and TRADE MARKS Obtained in Canada. UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN PAT- ENTS A SPECIALTY. Engineering Drawings Furnished. W. J. GRAHAM, 71 Yonge St. ACiSrgenenge) Perfect } = ; boring machine, McGregor, Gourlay and Co.’s | make. es see: a | NE ALMOST NEW IRON TOP JIG SAW, | Cowan and Co., makers. ORE GOOD SHAPER. = GOOD SAW TABLES. NE NEARLY NEW GOLDIE & McCULLOCH tenoner, with double copes. NE WOOD FRAME TENONER IN GOOD shape. WO UPRIGHT SWING SHINGLE OR or heading machines, with jointers. NE ALMOST NEW GENUINE “BAILEY” gauge or handle lathe, with countershaft. NE ALMOST NEW making spun metal work, with countershaft. FOUR DOWELL MACHINES. NE 20-INCH WATEROUS CHOPPER COM- plete with double elevators, equal to new. s Bore PARTICULARS CHEERFULLY GIVEN upon enqury at the Canada Machinery and Supply Brantford, Ont. Ce. SEGOND-HAND MAGHINERY FOR SALE One right hand 12 x 14 straight line engine, our make run a very short time. One pair of engines, right and left, 16x20, can be used separately or together, with two large pulleys and fly wheel and connecting shaft. Three boilers 48x14 with large domes, full fronts all fittings, fixtures and stack. One 60x 13 ft. 6in. steel boiler, with 64 3141 In. x 13 ft. 6in. tubes, side seams, furnished complete with all fittings, fixtures and stack, boilerand fixtures are in perfect order hay- ing been run but three months. One 56x14 boiler, comparatively new, has been in use less than a year. One right hand iron saw frame, with mandrel, pulley, boxes, three 541in. saws, one 64 in. saw, suitable for steam or independent fric- tion feed. One 3-block heavy saw carriage, Sewry’s make, with | boss dogs, V and flat track, frame and carriage are in good order, have averaged 35,000 to 40,000 ft. per day, only discarded to put in a band mill and carriage suit- able for same. One left hand 3-block light medium sized saw car- riage with V and flat track. Several portable engines from 12 to 20 horse power. WATEROUS, BRANTFORD, CANADA FOR SALE HANDLE LATHE FOR MAKING FORK and rake handles. Inch squares are cut out of slabs, piled one on top of the other in the machine, and it automatically takes the lowest, runs it between the knives and produces the handle without any more attention. secured for all the handles that can be produced with the machine. WATEROUS, BRANTFORD, CAN. GANG SAW FILERS “Tee CAPABLE for the season. Apply to THE MUSKOKA MILL & LUMBER CO., Muskoka Mills, Ont. SPINNING LATHE FOR | boiler made of 6 sheets double rivetted on | 56 to roo teeth in each, and | Contracts can be | c i“ \ ROGB-ARM STRONG ENGINES All parts interchangeable, Governor either Automatic or Throttling. Monarch Economic Boilers Somos oul Portable Durabie MILL MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES, WOODWORKING MACHINERY, ETC. ROGB ENGINEERING GO. LID. AMAERST - - NOVA SCOTIA — THE =— NORTH SHORE NAVIGATION CO. MEN WANTED AT ONCE | | Royal Mail Line of Steamers CITY OF LONDON ..- MANITOU. CITY OF MIDLAND ... FAVORITE.. Running in connection with the G.T.R. and C.P.R., will sail during the season of 1893 as follows : HE CITY OF MIDLAND AND THE CITY OF LONDON will leave Collingwood at 1.30 p-m. every Tuesday and Friday on arrival of G.T.R. morning trains from Toronto and Hamilton, calling at Meaford. Leave Owen Sound same day at 10. 30 p.m., after arrival of C.P.R. train from Toronto, connecting | at Wiarton with night train from the south, and stop- ping at all intermediate ports to Sault Ste. Marie. | Returning leave the Soo at daylight, making railway connections at Wiarton, Owen Sound and Collingw ood. The FAVORITE will leave Collingwood Monday and Thursday, at 1.30 p.m. for Parry Sound, Byng Inlet, French River and Killarney, connecting there with line steamers for Sault Ste. Marie. Returning stop at French River, Byng Inlet and Midland, making connection there with steamer MANITOU for Parry Sound and G.T.R. for south and east, and at Colling- wood with G.T.R for Toronto and Hamilton. Commencing Thursday, May 4th The MANITOU will make regular trips from Pene- tanguishene, connecting with trains from the south only at Midland, every Monday, Wednesday, Thurs- day and Saturday on arrival of G-T.R. from all points south and east for Parry Sound, making connection there with the steamer FAVORITE for Byng Inlet, French River and Killarney, where the latter connects with the line steamers for the Soo. For tickets and further information see folders, or apply to all agents of the G.T.R. and C.P.R., or to C. E. STEPHENS, M. BURTON, Sec.-Treas., Collingwood, Mgr., Collingwood. GANADIAN UMBERMAN’S DIREGTORY AND INDEX TO THE PLANING MILLS AND SASH AND DOOR FACTORIES OF -CANADA. 2 Ua} pace HE Publisher is now open to receive subscriptions for the above Directory of | the lumber trades. No effort is being spared to make this publication thor- oughly complete and reliable in every detail, and it is hoped that all LUMBERMAN sub- scribers interested will fill in the following subscription blank and return to this office at as early a date as possible. TO THE PUBLISHER OF THE LUMBERMAN’S DIRECTORY AND INDEX TO THE PLANING MILLS AND SASH AND DOOR FACTORIES OF CANADA: Please-sup places pee Withtc.c eee copies of the above Directory as soon as issued, for which......... . agree | to pay Two Dollars per copy. All owners of saw and planing mills, wholesale and retail lumbermen, coppers, etc., are earnestly requested to furnish information asked for in following blank and mail same as soon as possible: Card of Enquiry to Lumbermen. Manufacturers ot lumber, shingles, lath, staves, headings, etc., will please fill in this blank: Power, style and capacity of mill? 7. .().2 see eis seis: eile = Dealers in lumber, shingles, lath, etc., will please fill in following blank : Wholesale or Retail: Class of stock handled: Owners of planing mills, sash, door and blind factories, will please fill in following blank : Power and styles ....o: ce 10: os erettobe fo nee ayouaie Shox miofetesalois|sis|v-+ ee ernie afelegsis et ee Classof manufactuel| ei eee ae eee ee elm eee ered de ale eee . leo eONNGSveapoooduo. CoUD SED oGO0N 700000 Shipping) Points) ii. ieleeeeeee Signed) eg... 6c nieve osove Meepapeve eee toe PORES AROS Onc OOEMIARS CRE SoC RING O99 209 RO: PLOVINCE . 6: s+ -c) ee ee Address all communications to DIRECTORY DEPARTMENT, CANADA LUMBERMAN, TORONTO, ONT. 204 © Oa me PRI SS May, 1893 AmEGe CZ AYD ZA. IOUS WEA NI Do You Lack Steam ? We Can Help You THE GANADIAN HOLLOW BLAel Gil HUNDREDS OF TESTIMONIALS LIKE THE FOLLOMING : The Hollow Blast Grate supplies the furnace fire with a blast of hot air sufficient at all times to insure a After having us¢ : 5 = pleasure in saying that u TION the rapid and perfect combustion of fuel of every sort. O! ees Lee il: Paes gig r tion. S eit ) & GORDON, W It is the only appliance that steams successfully with CALEY Le A OEE SERS e now keep a full supply of ste green or wet sawdust, tanbark or other refuse and ing better than we « , C. W. THOMAS, G waste. i eis Glleatistict c : 2 third yre stuff per day than fi It alone has solved the problem of steaming with chong. -MeMACKON & COATES, 1 the fine, compact dust of the band mill. cH he blast Ere right can burn most of the saw-dust z I [ THEY WILL NOT BURN OUT LIKE OTHER GRATES. NO beswathoutsthem) fomidouble the prices — JON G- 4 SAW MILL CAN AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT. THEY WILL are : ONE: ” “1 do not consider a Saw mi cor i SAVE THEIR PRICE IN THREE MONTHS. AARON GORDON, Drespen, O REGARDLESS OF THE CHARACTER OF YOUR FUEL, WE : : =a “I put in a set of your Grates a year ag they pleased me be- CAN GREATLY INCREASE THE VOLUME OF STEAM GENER- Se eee Ore eee Sint Gee Tio a Sige ATED IN YOUR BOILERS. SS = pe entries aiken 2 eed pe Coates Furnace Fitted with Hollow Blast Grates and Apparatus. Sy eS) 9 eae ee ae BUN DIDS ne ee ==> || COSTS YOU NOTHING TO TRY THEM FOR INFORMATION, PRICES OR ESTIMATES, ADDRESS E> WE GURANTEE SATISFACTION OR NO SALE THE GANADIAN HOLLOW BLAST GRATE GO. ESSEX, ONT. A. ALLAN, President J. 0. GRAVEL, Secretary-Treasurer J. J. McGILL, Manager F. SCHOLES, Managing Director Ganadlan KuDDer OOMpany Capital, $2,000,000.00 Of MONTREAL, TORONTO and WINNIPEG Sv YU SOGPIV NSA OpSva——— = SUPERIOR QUALITY ROBBER GOODS FORSYTH al. Parpones scamléss Rubber Belting ocaMléss TUb6 HOSé RUDDER BELTING, PACKING, HUE a nk estate HEAD OFFICES AND FACTORY: MONTREAL Western Branch: Corner YonGE and Front STREETS TORONTO ee NV EIR == =) Manager INT & ERE MARQUEE, ObUAL Results oe : \ re pee RAILROAD ee es | LEI we en FROM Sal tee DO YOU? Port Huron and Detroit, (INTARIQ MITLAL LIFE PRR comes Is the Short Line to ! . _ a HA a cheasiae AE FS inary Li i 1,000 FY ye. Si ie x zt ee | aneeag ee RUT, Conteaer= read } j MI. PLEASANT, GLARE, REED GITY | issued for age 37 : In 1872....Paid $26.57 In 1882....Paid $13.29 24.3 “+ edie Nicer] _ECORR, ais os TH ob | 873... 6. 88 12.33 BALDWIN, LUDINGTON, MANISTEE | 2373+. 26571883 ee We AND | W7S5ivcc «247 11.35 ne MILWAUKEE AND MANITOWOC, WIS. ee a 12.19 ; J ; LB7Siece. - 497292 12.88 | n€ la wo named are reached by the Company 1879,.-- “ 13,02 12.41 | e | at amships across Lake Michigan. pies NL 2A lap r.9r | | The line thus formed is a short and direct route from gana ‘“ maa Ss | ave GOMMISSION AGENTS NEW ee MONTREAL eee | O00 : > TORONTO aa | aaa eee PRO oF. to ST. PAUL, DULUTH and Pacific Coast points. ToraMe ald iio eaten 023-22 ——————— .- FIRE Write either A the undersigned for Folders, which Limits bought and sold on commission. _ Limits trav- é : tain M ws Tra vedules and much information elled and carefully prepared. Estimates given. Fo _ oe Oltpary contemplating, 2 trip to any of the Some first-class berths on the North Shore of Lake : above-mentioned points. : Huron and on the Upper Ottawa now in our hands | & ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FREE for sale. Communications confidential. References given. METALLIC ROOFING W. H. BALDWIN, JR., W. F. POTTER, a°) TRA HW. [ist Heochetion si OWEN YAW /“ANUFACTURERS. TORONTO — a BS | yeneral Manager. Gen'l. Sup't. | A. PATRIARCHE, Traffic Manager. Crsmur Ovvices: - SAGINAW, MICA. | THE CANADA LUMBERMAN_ ; May, 1893 PGE h iif ' Planing, Moulding aa Stave Cutting e = SSreysl sfe50 ISSSISS) ISS PETES HLAY, GAwatenu: W. J. SHEPPARD, Superintende CSP. StOCING == Gonsebiaal Lu ba PINE my BIL sf SHINGLES ano) UAT eee ee Address WAUBAUSHENE, Ont. Joun Bertram & Sons i or 24 King St. West, TORONTO Cc. C. CLEVELAND DUNDAS, ONTARIO WOOD - WORKING. ‘MACHINERY MACHINE TOOLS, BTC. WRITE FoR PRICES AND CATALOGUE 4) L. Goodhue K 60. | EATHER BELTING :: ann LACE LEATHER Dama7imnes@Qine: J. W. MAITLAND-———_H. RIXON J. G. AINSILE ‘W. STODAR1 MAITLAND, RI RIXON & CO. OWEN SOUND, ONT. | Saw Millers and Lumber Dealers All kinds of Building Material kept in stock LONG BILL STUFF IN ROGK ELM, PINE, GEDAR AND HEMLOGK Quotations furnished on application WE MAKE A. . SPECIALTY OF = Tes athbun Gompanyal oO GQ DESERONTO, ONT. Doors, Sash, Blinds, Stairs find all kinds of House-Finishing Materials CEDAR OIL for Purcine ese. CoRRESPONDENCE SOLICITED or, |. | GEO. GORMAGK Wholesale and Retail Dealer in ALL KINDS OF LUMBER LUMBER SHIPPED TO ALL PARTS BY RAIL OR VESSEL WHITBY, ONTARIO CANADA TOOL WORKS IMPROVED IRON FRAME LOG JAOK WITH ENDLESS GHAIN DRIVEN BY INTERNAL FRICTION THE most powerful and smoothest- running Jack Works made. Easy to place in mill. Can be placed on mill floor or on timbers underneath the floor. No crossed belt is required. —— F.d. D without.a Jar. a@ MADE IN 4 SIZES MZ iii ZO i i ] “AR i Za Zz Zhzttte RAKE BELLEVILLE, OGire May, 1893 ANSOW CANADA LUMBERMAN LINK DRIVE CHAIN] ..ccen even your mill. ..FOR.. About... Not having already decided to put ina Benveyors 4O Tons Band, you may con- Transfers : ; ; sider it too late for this mers Seine cin & toc sre | e can erect in your Slashers Extra large quan- § mill at any time during : tities of the summer, one of our Live Rolls No. 2 Band Mills, and Lumber Pilers 15 = ra ra 18 not delay you longer H than a week or ten days. Lumber Sorters 33s (eke: Will not a saving of . : 5-32nds on each cut Giant Chain for Endless Log Jacks Ne an-brdinaty ee more than pay you to : make the change. , Lumbermen appreciate prompt shipments this Capacity of mill is time of year. We can please you. increased rather than PRICES OF LINK BELTING REDUCED. diminished. Sess ge a ere re gS BETTER ORDER AT ONCE To show how fast the band mill is supplanting the circular and gang, it is only necessary to mention that orders to band saw makers from Canadian lumbermen this year will run over 12,000 feet of 8,10 and 12 inch saws, say 255 saws, which at an average of 5 saws to 2 - 2 4 Saw Edger, iron guides with lever adjustment, iron rollers. a mi | 3 in d IC at es 5 O Automatic device for crowding lumber against guides; removable bridge . : . ree, arranged with divided rolls t llow two men t d t once. band mills in operation. pee ene THE MARKET. meee eerre r e Figure up the saving on this Prescott Direct-Acting Steam Feed year’s stock in making each cut Oscillating Steam Feed Engines Dake Patent Steam Feed Engines ee fess than % kerf and the Steel Carriages of Heaviest and Latest Designs kerf you are now making. If seriously considered, you will be compelled to join the rapidly ice seniority, Waterous, Brantford, Canada. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED THE CANADA PLUME EI7GASE May, 1893 F. E. DIXON & GO. MANUFACTURERS OF 5. ~-LBATHBR otar Rivet BELTING 7O KING ST. EAST ‘T oronto WRITE FOR DISCOUNTS Napaneé Gement Works, Ltd. IWE-Geay-D80DD, DW4GOOCS,, soe, MANUFACTURERS OF PORTLAND CEMENT IWISISOW, ISPBACIMMISLS AISOO) Os BRAND OF STA NAPANEE OEMENE PARTICULARLY ADAPTED FOR DAMS, SMOKE-STACKS, FOUNDATIONS, CULVERTS, CIST- ERNS, CELLARS, ETC. CANAL. LARGELY BEING USED IN THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER ENDORSED BY LEADING RAILWAYS AND CONTRACTORS. AEGEROSSee! Real Estate, Fire and Life Insurance SHIPPING AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS . TIMBER LIMITS AND FARMING LANDS A SPECIALTY... . NEW WESTMINSTER, B.G. Box 273 A.B.C. CopE CapLe Appress: ‘‘ROSS” CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED LONOGH & C)LIVER 3e Nos. 213, 214 and°215 Se Board of Trade Building Toronto, Ont. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN OFFICE OBIN& SADLER | () MANUFACTURERS OF - MONTREAL 2 2518'%2520 NOIRE DAME SIXTEEN REASONS, AND HOW TO AVOID THEM Being instructions to filers on the care of large band saw blades used in the manufacture of lumber. A book filled with valuable information on the care of band saws. Giving the reasons for breaking: analyzing each reason; giving instructions to dispense with the causes as laid down in each reason; and full details on filing and brazing. The proper styles of hammers to use are illustrated and described, and views of blades showing the blows of the different styles of hammers form an important part of the illustrations. Improper and unequal tension are then treated, and the manner of properly setting irregular teeth is described. In connection with the treatise is a his- tory of the invention, manufacture and use of the saw from its origin to the present time. The work in whole makes an accumulation of information such as has never before been published. The book is printed on fine paper, good clear type, and is handsomely and sub- stantially bound in cloth. It will be sent to any address on receipt of the price, ONE DOLLAR. CANADA LUMBERMAN, Toronto, Ont. Address— SCRIBNER'S | LUMBER ANDLOG BOOK QVER ONE MILLION SOLD Most complete Book of its kind ever published THOS. MOGRAKEN (Member Toronto Stock Exchange) BROKER & FINANCIAL AGENT DEALS SPECIALLY IN TIMBER LIMITS No. 2 Victoria Street, | Telephone No. 418. TORONTO, ONT. a [ eH SN N Gives measurement 0 a_ kinds of Lumber, Logs, | Planks, Scantling ; cubical contents of square and round | timber; hints to lumber dealers; wood measure; speed of circular saws; care of saws; cordwood tables; felling trees; growth of trees; land measure; wages, rent, board, interest, stave and heading bolts, etc. Standard | book throughout the United States and Canada. Get the new illustrated edition of 1882. Ask your book- seller for it. Sent post paid for 35 cents. | GEO. W. FISHER, | | | Box 238, Rochester, N.Y. or A. G. MORTIMER, Toronto, Can. J.D. SHIBR | MANUFACTURER OF Lumber, Lath & Shinglés BRACEBRIDGE, ONT. | THE GANADIAN =Gr_e PHOTO-ENGRAVING BUREAU 16 Adelaide St. West, TORONTO We have the most complete establishment in Canada, and by our different processes are enabled to make cuts for every and all pur- poses. HALF -TONE CUTS made direct from photos our specialty. LUMBERMEN Your business is helped by . ADVERTISING IN Canada Lumberman Write for particulars LINE CUTS for Newspaper and other adver- ——————. tising purposes. Send for Catalogue and Prices. MOORE & ALEXANDER, Props. TEL, 2158 May, 1893 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN Sie ANDREWs DRYER For Lumber, Shingles, Staves, Heading, etc. A— on cars. No No No SPECIAL FIREMAN No No No CASE-HARDENING Lumber Cars. EE—Down Air-Flues. FF—Bottom Air-Flue. | 8 SI N S . N N y N S) N SASSNN > i RUF AHHFRE ABB HREM This system and apparatus covered by letters patent. g-Room. BB —Brass Condensing-Walls. _CCC— Inside Walls, protecting meta! from heat, LL—Lumber matic Steam Fire-Extinguishers FAN No ENGINE SMOKE No CHIMNEY OR FUEL EXPENSIVE BRICKWORK No RISK OF FIRE CHECKING OR WARPING NN-—Brass Gutters for receiving condensed moisture. PPP— Sticks between lumber. SS—Double Steam-Coils. Arrows show direction of currents of air. HAS PROVED TO PURCHAS- ERS TO DO WHAT IS [) EN a Be ae GUARANTEED IN SAVING THEM MONEY IN Freight, Insurance, Time, Interest, Expense, Capital, Yard Room, Labor There may be persons who do not appreciate the advantages of the artificial drying of lumber. But the shrewd men, in the man- facture of furniture and other woodwork where reputation would be sacrificed by a lack of proper m tterial for good gluing and finishing, recognize a good system of drying as an important element of their success. High scientific authorities and thoroughly practical men are now agreed that the hot-blast and rapid-current systems ARE WASTEFUL, and that steam heat is the only safe means for artificial drying. The mode of applying steam heat most efficiently and economically is therefore now the essential point. The Andrews Dryer accomplishes this result more surely than any other known system. “WE PUT GREEN SPRUCE IN DRIPPING WITH WATER, AND IN EIGHTEEN HOURS IT WAS DRYER THAN LUMBER THAT HAD BEEN STUCK UP IN THE YARD ALL SUMMER.” PeemG.EOUAL .... The Andrews Lumber Druer Has been proved to possess the following points of excellence: {st. znd. 3rd. Ath. 7th. &th. }~DOMi That its drying is rapid and perfect. That external and internal checking and discoloration are entirely avoided by this method. That the drying is done by a CONTINUOUS system and the temper- ature of the kiln is under absolute control at all times. That our Dryer is free from the varying air currents (always wasteful) incident to all fan and open-draft kilns. That our drying is done by the slow continuous movement of a large body of slightly-moistened air. That our condensing surface is so very large as to be adequate to precipitating the moisture of the saturated air with the least amount of movement. That our piping is tested by high pressure and every outfit is fully guaranteed. That by our improved system of drainage the freezing of pipes be- comes impossible. SEND FOR CIRCULARS Outside View of the Andrews Progressive Kiln, showing Lumber placed crosswise the building, on.cars. This is the verdict of a Quebec lumber firm, and we can give equal re- sults every time. DOUBLE FLANGE WHEEL ON SINGLE TRACK Ere a ORC STRAP WASHER NION DRY KILN COMPANY CANADA LIFE BUILDING geal) ad) My YW, 44 SECTION OF CAR TRUCK, SHOW- ING AXLE BOX, CAR WHEEL, DOUBLE FLANGE ———_»,» ss -§-@ To) BOLT AXLE . TORONTO, ONT. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN May, 1893 A. SMITH CO. CNMI De ST. CATHARINES, ONT. Sole Manufacturers — The “SIMONDS” » The “LEADER” | gusWEuasg | CIRCULAR SAWS cRoss-cuT saws = =e THE LEADER DERIO— =—=G=Ks Ke ste 0S ea THE BEST SAWS IN THE WORLD a SC carsnrines Se ree: Wone Genuine without our Trade Mark L iE OUR HAND SAWS siatty;Styteoranisn. <2 - ~~ REPAIRING PROMPTLY ATTENDED 10 JO JEBE Saye “ . - - Frice List and Discounts on application... INCORPORATED 1888 We Manufacture SAWS of every description. Also GUTTING-BOX KNIVES THE DOMINION LEATHER BOARD GO.. MONTREAL MANUFACTURERS OF ASBESTOS MILk BOARD FRICTION PULLEY BOARD FOR STEAM PACKING THE BEST FRICTION KNOWN Proprietors Sault au Recollet Paper Mills, making ROOFING, SHEATHING, FLOORING AND LINING FELT Romonion Tien A I ne tant TRG ROHL and other Steamers —— Are open to Purchase=== THE ORIGINAL FIXED WATER LINE PIPE BOILER Oak, Arsh, Birch NEARLY 400 IN USE Basswood SAFE, RELIABLE, SIMPLE, LIGHT WEIGHT, ECONOMICAL, NO SHOP REPAIRS, SMALL SPACE and Good Pine Lu mber Send for ILLUSTRATED PAMPHLET and other Unapproached for Excellence of Design and Con- di , with hundreds of husiasti * - struction, Quality of Work, Simplicity letters from purchasers and engineers. Gedar and Pine Shingles Li _ DOTY ENGINE WORKS CO << 427 MACHINES FOR RENTAL a MANUFACTURERS Manufacturers having such for sale are invited to con» OPERATORS SUPPLIED SEND FOR CIRCULAR TOrnOmt Ee: @inracs municate with GEORGE BENGOUGH | SPACKMAN g 60. Engines, High Pressure, Compound and Triple Expansion T. W. WALKER, Agent Gee oo 164 St. James Street Armington & Sims High Speed Engines for Electrical Work TORONTO Tel. 1207. TORONTO | Tel. 1189 MONTREAL | Marine, Stationary and Portable Boilers Hoisting and Vertical Engines, all sizes Office Cor. Spadina Ave. and Front Street Use MCCOLL'S “LARDINE” 2, #4 8808 oe” MAGAINE OTLS e—+« Our GYLINDER OIL se\ici*“:"= b——e McGOLL BROS. & GO. - - TORGRIIS Patented Solid Web -——~ 36 Gents a day_— —— Wood Split Pulley | raise ncn money is Alexander Thomson, Bamboo and Art Furniture About twenty-five cents a week or so. Manufacturer, Hamilton, writes: And a man must be pretty hard up if he hasn’t that much to spend: ‘J find your Wood Split Pulleys give entire satis- every week faction. They do not slip, and are very handy to put on. I have had from twenty to twenty-five years’ experience Times are hard, they say; but if they are hard now to your family and in pulleys, and I fin none so satisfactory as yours, and yourself, what will they be to your family without you? am sur they will meet with succss.’’ That’s worth thinking about. I ie CAN I BROS. CO.. Ltd. We think that no man should be without life insurance when it can be had at such a low rate as 3% cents a day from the Manufacturers’ Wood-working Machinery Of all kinds Life, Yonge Street, corner Colborne, Toronto. CGA oe) 5) CAN ADA Write to us and we will give you all particulars. = ease TORONTO, ONT., JUNE, 1893 (erecta tae MAGNOLIA METAL IN USE BY Mian lLeadine Governments High-speed Engine, Dynamo, Rolling-mill, Steamship, Railroad, Saw-mill, Cotton-mill, Paper-mill, Woolen-mill, Silk-mill, Jute-mill, Rubber-mill, Sugar-mill, EB AND ALL MACHINERY BHARINGS MAGNOLIA ANTI-FRIGTION METAL GO. inns” SeaDOs OEFIEE - 75 ORFICE: qx TRADERS’ BUILDING | AGENTS 714 Cortlandt otss NEW YORK UBBER BELTING MANUFACTURED BY THE GUTTA PERCHA & RUBBER MANUFACTURING CO. OF TORONTO OFFICE 61863 FRONT STW. TO RONTO. Z teeth Soke PARKDALE , ONT. Write. For Discounts. —. ft BALL ELEGIRIG LGn? GU. LUD. Book of Testimo 7o Pearl Street, TORONTO, ONT. Automatic Arc Dynamos and Lamps ORE record for the pact ten years as . ectrica anuiacturers aran- Direct Current Incandescent Dynamos tees purchasers satisfaction. Cs i Ask our customers about cost of re- Alternating Current Incandescent Dynamos _,,irs on Ball apparatus, which for Transformers of High Efficiency EFFICIENCY, ECONOMY Electric Motors All Electric Supplies BES TLY Made se Ele are unexcelled. WORKS AT ..... ‘PARIS DALE B. RK. BUPNS SaW 60. » Toronto . of = r [Xs tk yt TELEPHONE ALL KINDS OF RBlasce ot 0 LONG Saws LANCE TOOTH TAPER TOOTH 7 THE CANADA’ LUMBER EAVEAIS JuNE, 1893 THE “BOSS” Patent = lurbine = Water = Wheel ZEROS GAE “BOSS” GORBINE Cy the highest percentage of useful effect for every cubic foot of water used. No swinging gates, no arms, no rods. Sr1x Castines comprise the entire wheel. ae, : The easiest working gate of any wheel made; re- volves on steel balls, therefore, moves without friction. Easily controlled by governor. The ‘‘BOSS ”’ Wheel ... IS MADE IN DRY « SAND MOULD; —— ONE COMPLETE |[— SMOOTH, EVEN CASTING Ye Any deviation from the Most simple, durable, and correct speed, howeverm| efficient of any in use. Cor- slight, affects the action of rects quickly any disturbance the governor upon the gate, and it quickly brings the of motion of machinery driven by water power. speed up or down. to its . proper point. . Write for Water Wheel Circulars and Catalogue of Sawmill Machinery .... The Wm. Hamilton Mig. 60. Lid, “"*"sr2" _ pouring Gibson’s logs into the main stream. T@ CANADA LUMBERMAN VotumeE XIV. NuMBER 6. TORONTO, ONT., JUNE, 1893 BY THE: Wary. T is rather more than a year ago since we recorded in these columns the sale of a considerable portion of the Dodge estate in the Georgian bay district to Merrill, Ring & Fordney, of Saginaw, Mich. It will be remem- bered that the purchase embraced a sawmill, 12,000,000 feet of logs, and 500,000,000 feet of pine. The sum paid was stated to have been $750,000. Subsequently the American purchasers sold part of the timber, but held 350,000,000 feet, and a late report from Saginaw says that they have nowsold this to the Holland-Emery Lumber Company, of East Tawas, the consideration being announced at $700,000. The expectation is that the timber will be taken to the Holland-Emery mill at East Tawas, though it is probable that the local mill will be utilized for part of cut. eK OX Two views of the log duty were brought out in the interview with Hon. Finance Minister Foster and his associates when in the city a few weeks ago. Those concerned in the carrying trade by water were repre- sented by Capt. W. Hall, F. B. Cumberland, J. T. Mat- thews, Capt. Sylvester, A. M. Smith and W. Keighley, who entered a protest against the free exportation of logs as tending to seriously affect the shipping interests of the country. They pointed out that the effect upon their interests of there being no export duty on logs is shown by the fact that whereas last year only 175,000,000 feet of lumber was exported in logs, there is in sight already 455,000,000 feet for export this year, which may be called the third year of the absence of the export duty. When this lumber was cut in Canada the vessels of the United States had an equal right with Canadians to carry it, and did carry a large share. But now when the logs are towed across and cut in Michigan, Cana- dian vessels lose the possibility of carrying any part of it. The absence of an export duty, they declared, points to a continual increase of the exports of logs, and event- ually the closing of all the large mills in Canada except for home requirements. Mr. A. H. Campbell, of the Muskoka Mill and Lumber Company, asked that the government do nothing in regard to the re-imposition of the duty until the lumber manufacturers have had time to discuss the question. ee x Interest in lumbering at this time of the year centres to no small extent in the work of the drives. Just what trade conditions may be at a later period depends to some extent on the ease with which the lumber comes forward the early part of the season. It looks just now as though there would be few, if any, logs tied up this summer, and any that did not come down last year will be brought forward this season with the new cut. All over these conditions seem to prevail, for heavy rains and large freshets have been universal. In the Ottawa district the danger is from a too great abundance of water rather than too little. In the northern districts plenty of water is not wanting, and encouraging reports are reaching us regarding the drives in New Brunswick. It is believed that all of the logs in that district will come out. On the St. John river At is estimated that over 30,000,000 feet of logs are already in the Douglas boom above Fredericton. R.A. Estey, of Fredericton, who has a large drive on the Tobique, has expressed the opinion that every log on that tributary of the St. John would be got out. Logs are running freely at Grand Falls and coming out of all the tributaries farther up. All the small streams tributary to the Nashwaark are The St. John river is several feet higher than at any time last season. All the streams tributary to the lakes in Queen’s county, the outlet of which is the St. John river, will be cleared of their drives without difficulty. On the St. Croix, on the Maine border, one drive is running into the booms and those on other small tributaries of that river are well along. In Albert county the drive of C. and I. Prescott is all out into the main stream. On some of the streams men are being discharged, as the high water enables the logs to be got out with much smaller crews. << «K & In last month’s LUMBERMAN the remark was made by Mr. C. H. Clark, of Barrie, that owing to the steady advance in the price of northern pine, yellow pine was being used in the eastern States for various purposes in building operations where white pine had hitherto held the field against all competitors. In a report from Bos- ton, before us at this writing, we are told that a growing demand exists in that market for southern pine. The Northwestern Lumberman, under the caption of “High Priced Lumber,” discusses this question, remarking that in these days of comparatively high prices for northern pine in the west, we hear much about the abandonment of contemplated building enterprises on that account. Our contemporary does not think there is very much in this objection, for the reason that in the house of the present day where brick, stone and labor are the heavi- est items of expenditure, an additional price for the lumber that is required, does not to an appreciable extent affect the price of the con- tract. But if the difficulty has to be surmounted it is pointed out that there is still plenty of cheap lumber. For joists and scantling there is hemlock, and when hemlock will not give satisfaction for giiders and heavy joists, yel- low pine can be procured at prices not too high to be Te tow employed in first class struc- tures. Whilst, however, other woods may for cer- tain uses, be made to take the place of white pine on the ground of cheapness, it is to be remembered that the better article in any line of commerce will always more than hold its own. When competition reaches its keenest and depression is at its worst it is the lower values that suffer most. The silver dollar may depre- ciate, but the gold dollar never. The case is put this way by the Northwestern Lumberman: “We should not overlook the fact that the recent advance in prices for northern pine has been scored in the midst of increasing competition from southern lumber, which is sold as cheaply as before the advance in northern pine values. This is an important fact, and conclusively shows that the soft pine of the north holds a unique place among the lumber woods that nothing is appar- ently able to dislodge. White pine manufacturers and deaJers can safely invite any competition with full assurance that their lumber will sell freely as long as any remains.” ( OUR SENTIMENTS, TOO. ERE is some advice tendered by Hunt’s Mer- chants’ Magazine : “ According to the character or extent of your business, set aside a liberal per- centage for advertising, and do not hesitate. Keep yourself unceasingly before the public; and it mat- ters not what business of utility you may be engaged in, for, if intelligently and industriously pursued, a fortune will be the result.” A HANDY RULE. HE rule often called “the 6, 3 writer in The Tradesman, is and Io rule,” says a not nearly so well known as it should be, as this would often get men out of scrapes that now bother them. out at the lumber pile and want to cut a piece six feet and have the ends We have only the ordinary two foot rule j square or carpenter’s square, and how shall we get the ends square. If we had one square—we measure down each side an equal distance, but as neither For example: we are long square. with us, no try could end is square we shall have to use our “6,8 and to rule.” We begin by measuring along the straight edge of the board and (supposing it to be a board not exceeding twelve inches) lay off six inches, marking each point, making one point where we wish to cut. Now, measur- ing across the board, we lay off eight inches and make an “arc,” by swinging the rule from the first point. For the final- mark we take ten inches on the rule, and placing one end on the second point we marked, swing it until “ten inches” crosses the arc swing. A line drawn through the first and third points will be at nght angles to the edge of the board. In other words, we form a triangle with a base six inches; a height of eight inches and a hypothenuse of ten inches, which makes a right angled triangle. The cut will show this plainly. It will be seen that it is marked 3, 4 and 5 inches in the ———= A HANDY RULE. cut instead of 6, 8 and 10, but it is the same proportion and may be 12, 16, 20 inches or feet, according to re- quirements. Start with the point marked one and lay off two just three inches from it. Again, using point 1, lay of point 3, which’ 1s just 4 inches from it, and from point 2 measure where the line will cut point 3, when jast 5 inches long. Then draw through 1 and 3 and you have the line at right angles to the edge of the board. It may be interesting to note that this valuable rule, (which is really that a “right angled triangle can be formed by having the sides in the proportion of 3, 4 and 5”) was discovered and published by the Greek philosopher Pythagorus several thousand years ago. THE ENGINE ROOM. T has been said that the moisture from steam will cause whitewash to flake off, and where it falls on the working parts of machinery it will act as will so much emery. As to painting of floors, it had been my practice for a number of years to have the floor of my engine room given a coat of paint twice yearly. The place would look sleek and bright for a few weeks, and then begin to show uneven wear. Parts of machinery moved on the floor would leave their tracks, and the use of soda for washing the boards would cause shading not at all artistic. Planed tongue and grooved lumber without paint may be washed once a week with potash or lye water, and will soon bleach out, and will always present a good appearance. 4 THE CAMA DA Ua ei 20m JUNE, 1893 THE CANADIAN PINE LUMBER TRADE. By Wo. LITTLe. OU have no doubt observed in the discussion that recently took place at Ottawa on the subject of the re-imposition of export duties on sawlogs that Mr. John Charlton, M.P., referred to the present prosperous con- dition of the Canadian pine lumber trade as a reason for not re-imposing the export duties, and many Cana- dian lumbermen, mislead by his remarks, fancy that in some unaccountable manner, it has contributed towards bringing about this condition, whereas a knowledge of the circumstances will show that the free export of saw- logs would have completely prostrated the Canadian pine lumber trade but for the scarcity of pine timber in Michigan. That it has caused a veritable boom of prosperity to the log exporting trade is no doubt correct, and to this extent it has of course been injurious to the Canadian pine lumber trade, as every board manufactured from these sawlogs comes directly into competition in the United States markets with our home manufactured lumber. Even the reduction in the rate of duty on white pine lumber made by the Americans wholly in their own interest from $2 to $1 per thousand feet has hardly any- thing whatever to do with it. The present prosperous condition of the Canadian pine lumber trade is simply due to the fact that the sup- ply of white pine lumber both in the United States and Canada in the season of 1891 fell greatly short of the prospective demand—that in the United States alone in the three great white pine producing states—Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, according to the published re- turns, being about 721,000,000 feet short that season, as compared with the supply of the previous year; this shortage, as you will observe, being about fifty per cent. more than our whole export of white pine lumber to the United States. It is this fact that has brought the Canadian pine lumber trade into a prosperous condition, not the reduction in the rate of the American lumber duty on white pine, and as I have said above, in spite of the injurious effects of the export of sawlogs. Last winter the American lumbermen with their usual heedlessness made every effort to again overstock the market, but they were unable to do so from the scarcity of white pine timber in Michigan, the result being that they succeeded in securing only an ordinary season’s supply, even with the more than 200,000,000 feet of sawlogs gra- tuitously thrown in from Canada, which left the shortage of the previous year still existing; and but for these Canadian sawlogs sawn last year in Michigan the United States stock last fall, instead of being about the same amount short as in the previous year, would have then been near 1,000,000,000 feet short of an ordinary supply, which would have at once placed the Canadian lumber trade, where it ought now to be, in the highest degree of prosperity, no matter what the American duty might be on our pine lumber, for since they want the lumber they would simply have to pay the duty. And here I may say that if the sawlogs which have already been, as it were, bonused away to Michigan, and the 400,000,000 to 500,000,000 feet that are to be rafted over there this year, remained as they should for the profits and industry of our own people, the Canadian pine lumber trade, which is simply fairly prosperous, would now be in the most prosperous condition ever known in its history. But, unfortunately for the prosperity of Canada, so imprudently has our Government acted in this matter in granting these exceptional advantages to foreigners that, now when large profits should be made by Canada and Canadians out of our pine timber resources, it will be found nearly the whole timber, tributary to waters enter- ing the Georgian Bay and Lake Huron, our last really valuable pine timber reserve, 1s held by Americans, who have acquired it at prices less than one-third what they would have to pay for similar timber in their own coun- try, and not one-tenth what it would be worth five years from to-day. And great as is this loss to Canada it is not even the whole loss we must sustain, for most of it has been purchased with the intention of transferring its manufacture, shipping and other advantages from Canada to the United States, so that our people are not to derive from it a tithe of the benefits that a proper governmental policy on this subject would give us. And even now, when these conditions must be well known to every member of the government, possessed of any intelligence, as if it was determined to prevent our people from realizing the advantages to be derived from a scarcity of timber in Michigan, our chief com- petitor in the white pine lumber trade, it is hesitating about re-imposing even the $2 rate of export duty on pine sawlogs, a rate in no way even protective, as it only offsets the United States duties on the spruce, red pine and other lumbers of Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and the spruce, fir and cedar lumber of British Columbia and the west. And we are again this year expected to throw away about a million dollars in revenue on the 400,000,000 to 500,000,000 feet of saw- logs to be exported to Michigan free of export duty this summer, an amount about equivalent to our whole ex- ports of sawn pine Jumber to the United States, there to be manufactured into lumber to compete with our home manufactured lumber on which the Americans still exact duties; thereby not only filling the American market with lumber that would otherwise be supplied by our home product, but doing so with advantages under existing conditions equal to near $3 per thousand feet in their favor, while at the same time depriving our own people of employment in the manufacture, shipping and other industries connected therewith—an imprudent act on the part of the government for which no satisfactory excuse has ever been or can be offered. MONTREAL, Que., 1893. HIGH STEAM PRESSURE. [7 is well settled that engines can be worked with less consumption of steam if run at high boiler pressure, on either the compound or other multiple-expansion system, than at low pressure, and the present tendency in steam-engineering circles is toward an increase of pressure rather than a decrease. What the exact ratio of gain is as the pressure is increased has not been absolutely determined by any experiments of which we have knowledge, says the Engineering Record, but there are sufficient data which may be obtained here and there to make the fact of the increased saving cer- tain. For example, there have been experiments show- ing that a compound engine of the Corliss type, working under 80 pounds pressure, will use from 16 to 17 pounds of steam per horse-power per hour. There are other cases where a similar engine at 110 pounds pressure uses from 13 to 15 pounds of steam per horse-power. Other data are available which show that at 150 pounds pressure the consumption of steam is reduced by triple- expansion engines to 13 pounds, or, perhaps as low as 12.5 pounds. Making allowances for differences in the type and condition of different engines from which data have been obtained, there is ground for the belief that with an increase of pressure from, say, 100 pounds to 150 pounds in the compound engine, with suitable change of proportion to realize the full advantage due to expansion of the steam, there is at least 10 per cent., and, perhaps, 15 per cent., saving in the engine carrying the highest pressure. Without going into refinements there is further reason to believe that between a com- pound engine running at 100 pounds, and a triple-ex- pansion engine running at 150 pounds, both suitably proportioned and loaded, there is a similar gain of at least 10 per cent., and perhaps, 15 per cent., due to the engine working under the higher pressure and greater expansion. These figures are given to show the general feeling among those who are well informed, rather than to define exactly the relative economies; and it may further be added that they are intended to indicate the relation which exists in engines which are in good order and well maintained, and the relative economy only in the consumption of steam. To secure the benefits of high pressure it is necessary to provide extra strength in the boilers, in the steam piping and in the engine itself, or at least in the high- pressure cylinder to withstand the increased strains. It is necessary to employ more stable joints, besides a better class of packing, and the whole equipment must be adapted, in its various details, to resist the stronger forces which are brought to bear upon it. When the plant has been well designed for these special duties, it must, when set to work, be watched with increased care, and bya more skillful class of attendants, to keep it properly maintained, than one designed for low-pressure. The breaking out of packings, and the increased wear of steam valves and pistons in the engine, introduce waste where high pressures are carried, which may be entirely absent where the pressures are limited to those which have been common in the past. Extra wear and tear and depreciation, and the losses of steam and fuel which they cause, are the accompaniments of excessive pressure even when the construction is of the best class, and these, so far as they act, offset the intrinsic advan- tage which might otherwise be obtained. The interest and depreciation charges on the more complicated and expensive plant, the waste of steam referred to, the extra cost of attendance, and the increased cost of re- pairs and supplies, use up at best a large part of the saving of fuel, which can be made by the more econ- omical engine, and these may become, with careless management, even larger in quantity than the entire amount of saving, so that the use of high pressure pro- duces a net loss rather that a gain. Unless those who are intending to profit by employing excessive steam pressures and a propeily proportioned engine, either of the compound or triple-expansion class, are prepared to combat the difficulties in handling the increased forces here briefly alluded to, and make proper allowance for the waste of fuel and current expenditures incident thereto, it is almost folly to expect in the end satisfactory results. : LOSS FROM THE USE OF WORN-OUT MACHINERY. ie is poor economy, says the Scientific Machinist, to continue a tool or machine in use after it has served its time and is ready for the scrap pile. Yet we see it done every day. Machines that will turn out less than half the work that new ones would are being run in many shops and many manufacturing establish- ments. The slow operation is not the only loss. Inferior work, stock spoiled and time spent in rigging and fixing up are to be added—and important additions they make. Often labor less skilled can do with a good machine what can be done only with much more costly help on an old tool. Nor is the machine shop the only place where great loss is entailed by the use of worn-out machines. Some plants are even more in need of attention. The possi- bilities of waste at the source of power are very great. Badly designed furnaces, boilers venerable with age and in execrable condition, defective chimneys, bad steam conditions and appliances, worn-out, shaky engines and incompetent engineers and firemen, are costing manu- facturers enough every year to cut down very materially the aggregate net earnings of all concerns using power. Manufacturers who will go out of their way to save a piece of material worth ten cents and scold their work- men for not looking carefully to economy in this direc- tion will listen complacently to the complaints of their foremen condemning used-up tools, and the recommen- dations of their engineers that repairs, or new purchases of engines, boilers, pumps, injectors, packing, lubrica- tors, etc., be made, and pass them by with the mental comment that “guess if they have served so long, they can a little longer,” or something of that kind, seemingly blind to the fact that the worn out machinery is eating up earnings enough to buy new in a short time. If they looked more to the performance of machinery there would be less complaint of small margins. DRY STEAM. [* is probably only a question of another Io or 15 years before engineers generally will again be using slightly superheated or dry steam, not only in land engines, but at sea and with locomotives. Modern ideas favor the change, and the economy which will be obtained by preventing the large amount of condensation now going on in steam cylinders. The presence of water is acknowledged to be uneconomical and injurious. A steam jacket is only a simple means of raising the temperature of the cylinder metal touched by the steam. Forthe maximum economy it 1s important to increase the temperature of our cylin- ders, and this is precisely the effect of superheated steam, the result being that there is much less conden- sation, j June, 1893 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN wal VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS. The reply of Daniel Webster to the aay young man who sought his advice as me to taking up law has often been quoted. “Yes,” said the learned jurist, “there’s lots of room on top.” How to get there is the bother with many men in various callings. “On every side,” some one has said, “we see the plodding masses following in the old rut, each contending with his neighbor for the scanty herbage within reach of the well-beaten pathway, while just beyond, on either side, are pastures fresh and green. Originality is the ladder which affords an escape from this old rut, which is being worn deeper every day by a constantly increasing stream of plodding, grovell- ing, mediocre humanity. These plodders are found in all kinds of business. They are struggling simply for bread, and many there be who fail to win it. The man who would make a success of a business venture must leave the rank and file, and get off the tread-mill. He must climb out of the rut. He must be an originator of practical ideas, and an independent thinker. He must be able to clearly see a point, and then possess the executive ability to make it. He must possess sense enough to know that he cannot advance . without breaking ranks.” It is not alone men who are lost in the desert or the forest, who walk in a circle. Some men, as the saying goes, trot around from day to day the one little cabbage leaf and imagine that its circumference is the circum- ference of the world. They see nothing beyond it but darkness. Other worlds may have an existence, but to them these are as mysterious as the planet Mars. There are business men built on this plan. It is need- less to say that they have no use for a trade paper dealing with matters connected with their calling. Nothing is to be learned outside of the knowledge they already possess. They know it all. But somehow, just as with the tree whose roots receive no water, a process of general decay gradually sets in. Or, like the farmer who works the same soil from year to year, constantly cropping it, and never feeding it with needed nutrition, the powers of giving forth finally weaken and are event- ually lost. One cannot constantly give out and never take in. The system of reciprocal recuperation and feeding exist all through nature. The man of business, who expects to rise to the heights in the world of com- merce, must widen his horizon, broaden his vision, dig deep, look up and beyond, be ready and expectant of learning something new and valuable every day. There is no such thing in the world of business as living like the oyster, closed up in one’s shell. There are worlds beyond. A Broader View. “A man’s business life is too short,” says a contemporary, “to waste any portion of his time in fretting over any trifling matters of business. If a man has a mind to be annoyed by every little mishap that occurs in his establishment he can keep himself in constant hot water by worrying. There is neither sense nor reason in flying into a fit of passion because some careless clerk breaks a stone fixture, leaves a faucet running, smashes a jug, or commits some other trifling blunder. Constant fretting on the part of employers makes clerks and book-keepers nervous, and in this condition of mind and body they are far more apt to make mistakes than they otherwise would be. Business worry wears a man out very rapidly, and when the habit of fussing is acquired, it is extremely difficult to rid oneself of it. There are men who work themselves into perfect fits of passion over little insig- nificant matters not worthy of serious thought and con- sideration. There are other men who fret because they fear that something unpleasant is going to happen to their business. They may have obligations to meet, a note due at the bank, while their customers cannot be depended upon to help them out of a tight corner, but there is no earthly use of borrowing trouble until trouble comes, and then every enterprising merchant should manfully meet it. There is a great difference in mer- chants. Some wear themselves out before middle life, become irritable, morose, snappish and disagreeable in conduct of a very small business, while other men, Don’t Worry. with vast interests and great responsibilities who are calm: and well poised, patient and nervy, live to a good old age without borrowing trouble or shattering their nerves over trifles.” It has often been remarked that the good a man has done is seldom known until after all that is useful of him here has been consigned to the earth. The critical, yes the cynically critical spirit is strong in human nature, and more effort is given by many to fault-finding than to meeting out words of encouragement and praise to those who have earned these. We would not like to say that individuals or organizations are doing all the good they ought to do for others. The conviction is strong that we all fall short in these matters. Yet much effort is being exerted for the well-being of others that we are often slow to take cognizance of. Directly in the inter- ests of the thousands of lumbermen whose work shuts them up in the bleak forest for about six out of twelve months in the year disinterested efforts are put forth both by our churches and temperance organizations to a degree that we frequently hear nothing about. Work among the lumbermen is a distinct department of W. C. T. U. effort and large quantities of literature are dis- tributed among the camps every winter. A report from the Presbyterian Synod of Montreal and Ottawa before us at this writing shows that during the season just closed 124 camps, 8 depots and 14 stopping places had been visited and that the gospel had been preached and tracts distributed among 4,154 men in the woods. As many as I,!20 volumes had been distributed among men as well as 22,318 tracts. The lumber regions visited were Mattawa, Madawaska, Gatineau, Bonnechere, Pet- awawa, DuMoine, Muskoka, and the shanties in the vicinity of Scott’s lake. It is proposed that next winter two missionaries be engaged during the season, one as heretofore in the Upper Ottawa and Mattawa, and an- other in the Gatineau district. The Good They Do. FIRE APPARATUS FOR A MILL. (e may be handy to know, says a contemporary that about 65 pounds water pressure at a nozzle will be required to throw a one-inch stream 150 feet horizontally with a single length of hose, 70 pounds pump pressure at the nozzle. Seven to nine pounds must be for each 100 feet of hose, and the diameter of the hose used has considerable to do with the result. To maintain 50 pounds pressure at the nozzle and throw water 125 feet horizontally or 79 feet vertically through 100 feet of hose will require 67 pounds pressure at the pump. For 200 feet of hose 84 pounds pressure; 300 feet, 1or pounds; 4oo feet, 118 pounds; 500 feet, 135 pounds; 600 feet, 152 pounds ; 700 feet, 169 pounds; 800 feet, 186 pounds ; 900 feet, 203 pounds; 1,000 feet of hose; 220 pounds pressure will be required. By using the above data when setting up a fire pump, the reader will not be in the predicament a mill owner recently found himself. The pump and connections were erected and upon testing the stream through 300 feet of hose, it was found that sufficient power could not be had at the pump to throw the wate 20 feet beyond the nozzle. MONOPOLIES. Le would seem that modern monopolies are not without their historic ancestors. They have simply evolu- tionized in dimensions and faded in their original modesty. The first concepts were local and limited, every pea having its rink in a special thimble; the latter edition has no such waistband, but has all the planet on which to live and move and have its spoils. The difference between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries in their monopolistic histories is simply a matter of degree. The cockatrice is still in the egg. In the days of the Tudors patents to deal exclusively in particular articles were so lavishly bestowed on courtiers and royal syco- phants that scarcely a commodity remained free. They extended to salt, leather and coal, and only made a respectable halt by the bread basket of the people. Even Lord Bacon, the legal luminary of the times, handed over to a pair of fortunate barons the exclusive manufacture of gold and silver lace, giving the dainty patentees the right to search houses and also to arrest any person alleged to be an interloper in the trade. Is the modern coach traveling the same road? STEAM CEMENT. eae times little occurrences come up in an engin- eers practice where some kind of cement which will stand the heat and pressure of steam can be used to excellent advantage. ing opens up and a stream of steam or water escapes. In such a case it would be most desirable if there was some cement handy which defective spot and would set within a few moments and afterwards remain tight. Many other circumstances often come up where a good cement that would set solid and strong would be found inost useful. the best ways of fixing such things when they occur is to replace the defective by new material, but as this cannot always be done without the expenditure of more time and trouble than is convenient to give it, something that will serve a good purpose instead is desired. A contemporary gives the following recipe for a preparation which, we think, will be found quite useful, as we have often useda cement of similar composition to this : Five pounds Paris white, five pounds red lead, four pounds black oxide of maganese. The whole is to be well mixed and a little asbestos and boiled oil added. This cement will set hard in from two to five hours, and it is not subject to expan- sion and contraction to such an extent as to cause leakage afterwards. Leaks that occur in places which are difficult to get at and remedy, may often be stopped by the appli- cation of a little cement composed of the above materials in about the proportions specified.—Tradesman, Perhaps a blow hole in the cast- could be put upon the To be sure, one of **DONT’S” FOR STEAM USERS, D° not condemn any appliance introduced ostensibly for the purpose of securing economy or safety witbout giving it a fair trial, as some of the most valuable inventions now in use were ridiculed and rejected when first introduced. Manyexcellent “devices” have been con- demned by those having the care of boilers and engines. Do not discountenance any device, invention, adjunct, or arrangement that will lessen your labor, induce econ- omy, and at the same time give a guaranty of safety. Give everything placed in your charge by your employer a fair, impartial trial. Do not allow the boiler front to become filthy or the gauge-cocks to leak and become covered with mud and the salts resulting from impurities in the water, as this would furnish strong evidence of slovenliness. Do not let anything connected with the boiler in your charge run from bad to worse, with the idea that at some certain time you will have a general overhauling and repairing, because an accident may occur at any moment, involving serious loss of life and property. Do not neglect to have a boiler insured when practi- cable, as insurance is generally accompanied by intelli- gent inspection, which furnishes a guaranty of safety to the engineer, owner, or steam user. Do not reject the advice or suggestions of intelligent boiler inspectors, as their experience enables them to discriminate in cases which never come under the observation of persons of a different calling or pursuit. LINKING BELT FOR SLOW MOTION. AS is well-known by all practical men, belting in general use is not well adapted to slow motion uses, or for driving any machine or piece of machinery that has a very slow motion. Nor is it always con- venient to drive such with gear wheels, even if it were desirable to do so, which, as a rule, it is not. Asa substitute for both no better can be found than chain, or what is commonly called “link belting.” It is well adapted to the purpose and as reliable as gear wheels, there being no possible chance to slip or run off the wheels. EXHAUSTION AND ACCIDENTS. les investigations made as to the causes of industrial accidents, not a few of these are traceable to exhausted and overworked labor. Men as yet are not cast iron automatons, nor is there that metallic fidelity in bones and sinews that we find in locomotives and clocks. There is a limit to the vigilance and endurance of the strongest of men, and imposition in that direction is not only a claim on a humane society but an occasional subpoena of the coroner. In many cases of accident the cause is not so much due to carelessness as to help- lessness.—Age of Steel. JUNE, 1893 6 ‘THE CANADA LUMBH RIYA PUBLISHED ON THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH —BY— PAISUINSHSPSr (SS WCS)SLUINOMOMSL OFFICE. 75 CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE BUILDING TorRontTo, ONTARIO 2 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Copy One Year, im advance .............. 20.2 see e eee eens $1.00 One Copy Six Months, in advance ...................-.0ee eee 50 Foreign Subscriptions, $1.50 a Year ADVERTISING RATES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION J. S. ROBERTSON, - EDITOR. THe CANADA LUMBERMAN is published in the interccts of the lumber trade and of allied industries throughout the Dominic nr, bcing the only re- presentative in Canada of this foremost branch of the cuuumerce of this coun- try. 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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 encour- aging us to render it even more complete. LUMBER IN THE LEGISLATURE. THE question of lumber in several different forms occupied the attention of the Local Legislature at the There were a number of enquiries concerning the disposition of and changes in sales of certain berths at the last sale of the local government, and also in regard to the rights of locatees and settlers on lands over which timber licenses extended. A bill to establish the Algonquin National Park of Ontario was introduced by the Commissioner of Crown Lands and carried through its several stages to comple- tion. We deal with this matter in a separate article. A discussion of the government’s timber policy, sessions which closed in this city a week ago. introduced in the following resolution by Mr. Miscamp- bell, gave rise to the leading debate of the session touch- ing lumber: This House disapproves of the policy of disposing of the timber reserves of the province without its approval being first obtained, and is of opinion that the right to cut timber upon the present reserves should be sold under such conditions as will ensure the manutacture of the lumber cut therefrom within the province and more effectually guard against the unnecessary cutting and destruction of the small growing timber on such reserves. The member for Simcoe, in speaking to the question, referred to the valuable assets thé province possessed in its timber resources. And yet these resources were rapidly diminishing under the policy pursued by the government. A heavy drain was being made on the supplies of timber in the large and growing exportation of logs, free of duty, to the United States. It was given on good authority that 180,000,000 feet of logs were towed from the north shore of Georgian bay to Saginaw last year and it was estimated that the exportations of the present season would reach fully 400,000,000 feet. Michigan lumbermen claimed to have 3,000,000,000 feet of standing pine in Canada. In connection with this phase of the situation Mr. Miscainpbell referred to the growing scarcity of white pine in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. It was admitted by Michigan lumber- men that they were touching the end of supplies in that state ; it became absolutely necessary that supplies be sought for elsewhere, and no more convenient or desir- able point was to be found than the forests of Ontario. With no restrictions as to where the lumber should be cut; with no duty exacted on logs exported to the States, and having their own mills in Michigan, with certain advantages over Canada, in respect to cost of manufac- turing the lumber, United States lumbermen had good reason to cast covetous eyes on Canadian pine. In view of these facts Mr. Miscampbell’s contention was that the government should do what was in its power to secure to the province and people the benefits that would come of the manufacture of the timber cut within our own borders. Mr. Clancy said the plain duty of the government was to preserve the resources of the province. He argued that there was an alarming shrinkage in the size of timber cut. To-day they were cutting timber that 20 years ago would have been passed over. The Commissioner of Crown Lands vigorously de- fended the policy of the government. Timber limits were sold as the necessities of the Province called for certain sums of money to cover the expenditure of ptb- lic works. He believed it would be injudicious to adopt the resolution as that would be the means of provoking retaliation from the United States. The international relations between this country and the United States were already strained over the question of duties and it was not for this province to involve us in international troubles. The leader of the opposition, Mr. Meredith, said that whilst there might be something to be said against im- posing an export duty on logs going from the whole of Canada there could be no contention on the part of the United States that the province had not the right to insist that the timber sold should be cut within its borders. The outcome of the debate was foreshadowed in the remarks of the Minister of Education who, replying to the statement made by one of the speakers that the question was being discussed with a strong party bias, argued that nothing else was to be expected as the resolution meant a vote of want of confidence. The vote was certainly on strict party lines standing 48 to 27 and the resolution was consequently defeated. If Mr. Ross’ statement is to be taken as expressing the views of the members generally, whilst not, per- haps, unexpected, it must be regretted. The question suggested by Mr. Miscampbell’s resolution was commer- cial in its character, and aside from the policy enun- ciated, whether the best in the interests of the province or not, ought to have been discussed purely from a com- mercial basis. We shall not easily get at right views of business legislation except as we prepare ourselves to deal with business questions from the point of view of strict business and away from the prejudices of political partizanship. ALGONQUIN PARK AND FOREST PROTECTION. THE bill of the Commissioner of Crown Lands to establish a forest reservation and national park, passed at the sessions of the Local Legislature a few weeks since, gives a practical turn to Canadian forestry. The matter had been under consideration by the government for some years and about a year ago a Royal Commis- sion was appointed to enquire into and report on the matter. This report was laid before the Legislature at its last session. A description of the location of the park has already appeared in these columns. It will be situated in the Nipissing district, embracing about eighteen townships comprising 938,186 acres or 1,300 square niles. Of this 106,000 acres were under water. One important reason for the selection of this territory, said the Hon. Mr. Hardy, was that it had within its bounds the sources of all the considerable rivers flowing into the Nipissing or Muskoka lakes. Those having charge of the park would be able to inaugurate a system of forestry that would be beneficial to the whole province. The terri- tory, in addition to being a splendid fishing ground, was the natural home of the moose, deer, otter and beaver. It was not intended to allow any destruction of these animals, those in charge, however, being empowered to kill destructive animals, such as wolves. In certain portions pertnission would be given for the erection of summer cottages and hotels, and he had no doubt but it would be in time a most popular resort for health and recreation. No fishing, except with the rod and line, would be permitted. One superintendent at a salary of about $800 to $1,000 and four or five park rangers at a salary of about $500 each would be necessary. A $1,000 hut would be erected for the superintendent and ten or fifteen huts at a cost of about $20 each merely for sleeping purposes. This would be about all the cost outside of a few implements. The report of the commissioners indicates an intelli- gent and sympathetic interest in the general subject of forestry. The names of the commission were, Alexan- der Kirkwood (chairman), Aubrey White, Archibald Blue, James Dickson and R. W. Phipps. All have toa considerable extent been careful students of forestry, and they have at the same time a very general knowl- edge of lumbering interests and needs. There is a good deal to be said on the subject of forestry from the scientific and also the national pomt of view. No intelligent lumberman will pretend to say that seri- ous consequences do not come to any country as a result of the too prodigal destruction of its forests. As the Ontario commissioners remarked in their report: “The experience of older countries has everywhere shown that the wholesale and indiscriminate slaughter of forests brings a host of evils in its train. Wide tracts are converted from fertile plains into arid deserts, springs and streams are dried up, and the rainfall, instead of percolating gently through the forest floor and finding its way by easy stages through brook and river to the lower levels, now descends the valleys in hurrying tor- rents, carrying before it tempestuous floods.” With a somewhat rapid denudation of Ontario forests of late years, a national view of the question is one that is coming home to the people with enhanced emphasis. The timber resources of Ontario, and the other prov- inces as well, are among their richest possessions. Should these some day become extinct would not the financial condition of the country become seriously impaired? To many, we know, this question will seem so chimerical that it will not cause them a moment’s consideration. Such a possibility will not come in our time is a frequent setting of the problem. But from the genuinely national standpoint have those of the present day no interest in the conditions of the future? The danger usually in pursuing a study of this ques- tion from either the scientific or national side is that one forgets that when the lumberman invests his thous- ands and perhaps his millions of dollars in the products of the forest it is only by making this product market- able that be can hope for a paying return for his invest- ments. And so far as forestry regulations exact unfair restrictions in the cutting of the standing timber in that measure the considerations of commerce are interfered with. An indication of ee interest lumbermen manifest in the present movement of the government is shown by a letter from Messrs. McLachlin Bros., of Arnprior, who are owners of extensive timber limits m the vicinity of the proposed reservation. They have asked the Com- missioners that the boundaries of the park be so arranged as to take in a number of the townships over some of which they hold the right to cut. The government have included two of these within the proposed boundaties. The land set aside by the government for the Park belongs wholly to the Crown and as a consequence there are no vested or private interest in it to be bought up or dealt with. The field will prove a satisfactory one for experiments in forestry, and lumbermen, no doubt, will watch with interest, the development in this direction. DISCRIMINATION IN RATES. The millmen in the vicinity of Fredericton, N.B., are complaining over an increase made by the Canadian Pacific road in the rate on shingles to American points, in which it is claimed that there is discrimination in favor of other places. The rate from St. John, St. Stephen and St. Andrews is 334 cents ; from Fredericton it is 40 cents, though the distance is no greater. 40 nie June, 1893 5 SEE, ACP GSU SOO RIVERMAN from the Georgian bay district says the water is running so swiftly in the Wahnapitae that the logs go down stream with almost the rapidity of a locomotive under full head of steain. The American firms have nearly all their tugs employed in towing the logs across the Georgian bay to the different ports on the Michigan side. a A prominent Ottawa lumber agent said that he thought a cut of 250,000,000 feet at the Chaudiere mills for the season would be rather below than above the mark. Asked what he estimated the money value of the output at he said he believed it would reach $3,000,000, as the lumber cut would on the average bring $12 per thousand. Asked about how the “drive” was coming out he said everything was doing well. Messrs. Shepherd, Morse & Co. had an alligator tug on the Kippewa and the way this tug brought out a tow of logs astonished all the old time river men. The tug, as its name indicates, works almost as well on land as on water. It is worked by a cable wire and can go across a portage at a fair rate of speed. In the water, when the cable is not used, the tug can ply her paddles and steam along at the rate of six miles an hour. ee ke In the opinion of Mr. Henry Gannett, a member of the geological survey of the United States, there is no fear of the forests of that country giving out soon. He says: There is to-day nearly if not quite as great an area of woodland in the United States as when the white man set foot on our shores. There are not so many square miles of merchantable timber now, as then, but the territory occupied by growing trees is about as ex- tensive as it was 400 years ago, and these trees will in time grow to size suitable for the production of lumber. Some of Mr. Gannett’s statements are quite inconsistent with the general belief that American forests are giving out. He says, for instance, that only about 270,- 000 square miles, or less than one-tenth the area of the country, is artificially cleared land, while to offset this loss there has in recent years been great extension of wooded land in the prairie states as well as in some of the natural tree-growing states. A table is published showing the total area and the wooded area of each state, the figures having been obtained from reports of the census and agricultural department, from official surveys, and in a few cases from careful estimates. As a grand result it is shown that the wooded area in the United States, excluding Alaska, is nearly 1,113,000 square miles. x x & *% It may be that there will be a strike among the mill hands of the Chaudiere within a day or two. The mill- hands are asking for a ten-hour day and a short time since addressed a circular to the mill-owners making this request, and asking for a joint meeting for Saturday, May 27th. The mill-owners made no response to the circular, and the day named has passed without any meeting being held. It is certain that the mill-owners have determined to resist the demand. A member of the firm of J. R. Booth & Co. stated that if a strike did take place it was very probable that the mills would be boarded up for the season rather than acceed to the demands of the men. The only way in which the strike would affect the mill-owners would be that they would have a smaller quantity of dry lumber for shipment next season. Mr. F. P. Bronson, of Bronson & Weston, when spoken to regarding the matter said: “ Let the men strike. We can get along without them. If they really want to strike we will not prevent them.” Mr. Robt. Hurdman, of the firm of Buell, Hurdman & Co., stated that he did not fear a strike. Their mill was now shut down for want of logs, and as it would be some days before they would yet them, it did not matter to his firm whether the men struck or not. The mill-men will hold a Mass meeting to consider the situation. With the record of the strike of 1491 yet fresh in the memory of Ottawa mill-men, and remembering the distress that fol- lowed to wives and little ones, asa result of that monthi’s cessation from work, am I not doing a kindness to fel- low workmen, when I say: “ Boys, go it slow ?” * * & F A cablegram to a leading lumber firm here from their representative in great Britain does not point to a satis- factory state of trade across the Atlantic. The corre- spondent states that in both lumber and deals sales are very dull and hard to negotiate. Great difficulty, he says, is experienced in obtaining the advanced prices which have been paid for this year’s cut. Consumers, he says, in England, are doing very badly, and there is much financial uneasiness. Shippers express themselves as being unwilling to purchase further ahead unless the outlook very materially changes, which he believes is most improbable. The trade on the east coast and Bristol channel has been affected by the recent strikes. The union men who were the original strikers now de- sire to return to work if the non-union men who were brought in from the country to fill their places are discharged, which the employers are refusing to do. It has been hoped, he says, that a new avenue of trade would be opened up in the French market, but the excessive import duties imposed under the new French tariff precludes the possibility of developing the lumber trade in this direction. The recent heavy failures among the Australian banks have caused considerable alarm among shippers, who are on this account in- clined to be more cautious than before. * * * * A correspondent, of Saginaw, Michigan, says: ‘The apprehension exists to quite an extent that the excep- tional activity that has characterized the lumber busi- ness the last few months wiil suffer a reaction before the manufacturing season closes. This feeling no doubt arises from the disturbance in financial circles, and is, perhaps, fostered by the bear element, or lumber buyers, who regard prices as having reached a higher level than the conditions of business will warrant. In other words that prices in manufacturers’ hands are too high to enable buyers to handle the stock at a profit. The tightening of the money market and difficulty in obtain- ing discounts, except on first-class, gilt-edged paper, also exerts an influence favorable to the apprehension referred to. A contraction of credits and disposition to conservatism in financial circles generally affect most branches of the industry, and should these result in a contraction in building trades with a consequent fall- ing off in the demand for lumber it would naturally affect prices. Some think that such large quantities of lumber have been contracted for, and the demand is still so active that no reaction is likely to be felt in time to affect this season’s output. plaint of dull business and banks are chary in dis- counting accommodation paper.” * % * ¥ There is general com- The capacity of the coast mills of British Columbia is placed by Mr. H. H. Spicer, the large shingle man- ufacturer, of Vancouver, at 740,000,000 feet annually, but the annual cut is not anything like this amount, and a large amount of milling capacity is standing idle. Any one of the large mills could cut enough lumber to supply the home trade, and the population east of the mountains is so small that only a limited trade can be done in this direction. The duty prevents business with the States to the south and southeast. The mills have to depend largely upon the export trade to Australia, the west coast of South America and China and Japan, and this export demand has not been nearly great enough to keep the mills going. The two largest mills in the province are closed down entirely. Some lumber has been sent round the Horn to England, and a vessel has recently loaded for Montreal, via the Horn. But the distance is so great that the mills cannot expect much trade from the Atlantic side of the continent, while railway rates across the continent are out of reach for any considerable trade via rail. The completion of a ship canal across the isthmus between North and South America, connecting the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, would, said Mr. Spicer, add millions to the value of British Columbia coast timber, as it would enable British Columbia lumber to compete freely in Atlantic coast markets, both in America and Europe. BERMAN ; NOTES 4x2 QUERIES Questions and answers are inserted under this head free of ct all are invited to avail themsel oA thi lus Corresponde not give their own name for publicati t it editor. Anonymous communications will find No. 36. Buyinc A BoILer.—The advice of the MILLER is not unfrequently asked concerning the ying of a new boiler. Consult a firm of known ability and character is advice we never fail to give. There is no economy in the t purchases of life in trying to save a few cents in cheap and nasty. But the disaster that may befall unwise buying is not the same in all cases. Where a boiler is needed is a case where it is difficult to say what n ay be the out of ‘a penny wise and pound foolish” policy. A writer in 1 Safety-Valve puts the matter tersely in these words: ** If y« want a brick wall built or a well dug, it’s a good pla advertise for bids and let every mason and well-digger in towr compete. The most irresponsible and conscienceless boiler- maker is sure to get the contract, and you'll have no end of trouble with your new boiler. A little consideration will assure you that boilers can not be made for less money than is asked by those who make boilers of standard quality, and who could not afford to deliver a boiler of poor material and faulty construction, because it would injure the reputation of their work and workmanship.” No. 37. CHALK AND GREASY BELTS.—There are many places where leather belts are used so greasy from drippings that can not be well prevented, from flying oil and spray, Or from other unavoidable causes, that they become thoroughly saturated with grease, so much so that they become very ineffi- cient and practically useless unless the grease is washed off or otherwise removed. It is said that a belt so disabled can be best renovated by the use of common chalk. Take a large piece of chalk that will cover the width of the belt, and hold it against it while running. The chalk takes up the grease as it is worn of by the friction of the belt. After chalking awhile, take a scraper and hold it against the belt in such a manner as will scrape the accumulated mixture of chalk and grease all off, and then renew the chalking operation, and keep repeating until the belt is in good working condition, when the cleaning This is a simple remedy, and is by some considered the best way for process can be discontinued until it becomes dirty again. keeping greasy belts clean and in good working condition. No. 38. THINK BEFORE You Acr.—Not a month goes by that we are not reminded, as we worry through some hun- dreds of newspapers, from all parts of the country, of the many accidents occurring in mill and factory—solely through care- lessness. Scores of these are so serious that we are surprised that the carelessness continues, but no sooner is warning sounded on one hand than an accident occurs on the other from almost a like cause. We are moved to write in this strain by a letter from a correspondent detailing and bewailing, as well he might, an accident, the result of simple carelessness, To further illustrate what we have been saying, we shall quote here from that had come immediately before his notice. a forceful paragraph. that has come to our notice in a technical exchange. It is this: ‘‘Prompt action may avert a catas- trophe, but thought as to cause and effect must come a little ahead of action, otherwise more damage than good may follow. I have in mind a young oiler in an electric light plant, who, being in a hurry to fill his oil cups, that he might be relieved for supper, grabbed an oil can in each hand and inserted the spouts on cups with different bearings at the same time. He immediately lost all appetite for supper. Another case, in which a poor fellow lost his life. menced to slip. A heavy belt com- He grabbed a can of resin, and, running under the belt threw a great quantity of the dry resin, some of it in large lumps on the belt, which resulted in throwing the belt from the pulley, which struck him on the head and threw him into the fly-wheel of the engine.” Care, care, constant care, that eternal vigilance that we sometimes talk about, is the only recipe against a continuance of these sad casualities. DAMPERS IN STACKS. E careful of dampers in stacks; use them with care; be sure they are open before starting the fires. The greatest care should be exercised when light fuel is used, for to close a damper with large body of fuel on grate bars will cause flame to impinge on bottom over same, thus concentrating heat on one point of boiler. Many good boilers have been bagged and burned from the same cause. Always try and regulate draft by damper in bottom or front. McCaffrey’s planing mill at Huntsville, Ont., wa burned on 31st ult. Loss, $3,000; no insurance. 8 THEH CANADA LUMBERMAN June, 1893 OTTAWA LETTER. {Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] HE sensation in lumbering circles the past week has been the unusual rising of the Ottawa river. At this writing it is difficult to tell what the outcome will be. Already the water has reached the highest point in seventeen years, since 1876, the year of the great floods. What is being remarked by those who know Ottawa well is that the increase is not gradual as has sometimes been the case, but the rise is in How much further this increase is to continue is the alarming aspect of the case. The fear is that the terrible record of the flood year will be rivalled unless there is a speedy cessation of these rushing, bubbling, troub- ling waters. Lumber interests are being affected in various ways. A boom of the Upper Ottawa Improvement Company has been carried away, and seventy thousand logs sent adrift. J. R. Booth has been obliged to close down his mill for the reason that the water has risen so high logs can no longer be Buell, Hurdman & Co. will likely have to close down if the waters continue to rise. Eddy’s dam is in danger of being swept away, though they have taken the pre- caution of drawing a lot of heavy stone to place there. The water has risen so that the logs separating the government slide for square timber for McKay’s mill race and the other slides for logs have become covered, and there is great danger that they may break at any moment. The possibilities of ser- It is a case of wait and hope leaps and bounds. gotten to the saw. ious trouble are indeed many. for the best. INDIFFERENT LENGTHS. A quantity of logs, which have lain all winter above the Chaudiere Falls, enclosed in a boom, broke away on Queen’s Birthday, and for a time blocked an excursion party by a local steamer. The logs number some hundreds and belonged to the Hawkesbury Lumber Company, witha few the property of Mr. J. R. Booth, R. G. Dunn & Co., in their latest trade report, uses these words in regard to the lumber situation in Ottawa: ‘‘ This year’s lumber season has opened most auspiciously, extremely large sales at good prices having been already reported, espe: cially in square timber, and the opinion has been expressed that if present prospects are realized it will be one of the most successful seasons on record.” An awkward mishap occurred at W. C. Edwards & Co.’s mill at New Edinburgh a few days ago. Shortly before six o’clock, the hour for stopping work, the endless chain, which is used to haul the logs up from the Ottawa river a height of about fifty feet, broke in the centre, and slid down, falling far out into the river. A good deal of difficulty is being exper- ienced in getting it out again owing to the weight of the chain and the condition of the river with sawdust. A large cargo of deals calling for the use of six barges belonging to the Ottawa Forwarding Company have gone for- ward to Montreal, thence to be shipped to the old country. The deals are of fine quality and were sawed last year by Per- ley & Pattee. As a barge carries some 750,000 feet of lumber, it will be seen that nearly 5,000,000 of feet will go by these six barges. Besides this shipment Mr. J. R. Booth was load- ing a number of cars with dry lumber for the American market. Orrawa, Can., May 29, 1893. BRITISH COLUMBIA LETTER. [Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN]. HE Royal City Planing Mills Co. are at present cutting a cargo of lumber which, without exception, will be the finest ever shipped out of British Columbia. The cargo is destined for France, and the ship which will carry it has been chartered and will arrive in port early in July to load. Every stick will be seasoned and free from knots, sap and shakes—in other words, every piece in the cargo will come under the head of ““specially selected.” This will be the first export of lumber from British Columbia to the French republic. is also making some important shipments to Ontario and Que- This company bec. lumber 12 inches square and 69 feet long. The timbers were loaded on two cars, and their beauty even in Westminster, A recent shipment to Toronto consisted of 21 sticks of where such sights are not rare, attracted considerable attention. Several car-loads of heavy canal timbers are to be shipped to Montreal. Nor do the shipments of this Company end here. They are filling an order for St. John, New Brunswick, of extra Each stick is 22% x 24 inches, and 70 feet long, all free from knots or flaws. The logs from which these splendid sticks will be made have been cut at the company’s large spar timber. logging camp, Mud Bay, and will be brought by rail to Port Kells and towed from there to the city. Several carloads of smaller timbers for the same destination have gone forward dur- ing the last few days. COAST CHIPS. The N. P. steamer Victoria left Victoria for the Orient on IIth inst, taking 350,000 feet of lumber for Yokohoma. The saw mills are all busy and expect to be for some time. Their orders for salmon cases are larger than they have ever been, as a large run of fish is confidently expected. The continued wet weather is interfering with their getting logs fast enough to keep running, but the last few days have been very fine and it is to be hoped the summer has arrived. The case of Scott vs. Hastings Saw Mill Co. has been de- cided against the Plaintiff, and the company absolved from all liability in the matter. I mention this because in a former letter I said that Scott had secured damages. The shingle business is picking up, and shipments are stead- ily increasing. Messrs. W. L. Johnson & Co., of Gambler Island, have shipped 1,000,000 feet to Victoria, and 160,000 to” Bowmanville, Ont. This firm had 20 carloads sold to a Chi- cago house, and was commencing to load the first car at Liver- pool, when the shingle combine on the United States side of the line went to pieces, and the order was cancelled forthwith. There is a duty of 30 cents per thousand on shingles going into the United States. Were this removed, Mr. Johnson says, the shingle business would soon be booming in British Columbia. NEw WESTMINSTER, B.C., May 22, 1893. NEW BRUNSWICK LETTER. {Regular Correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN]. | Neen legislation may have an important bearing on the future of the lumber industry of this province. The local legislature, at its late session, passed a bill relating to the leasing of crown timber lands. The term of ten years, the length of the present leases, expires in August. The new bill endeavors to ward off possible speculation in timber lands by providing that a certain average cut must be made by all lessees in respect to all lands held by them. In another section of the bill power is given the governor-in-council to increase at any time the rate of stumpage and mileage on such lands. This is supposed to be a safeguard against possible monopoly. Provision is made in the closing section of the bill for the offering of the leases at public competition, upon condition that they be renewed annually at the pleasure of the govern- ment for a term, not exceeding 25 years. In the course of the debate on the bill the leader of the government stated that there were not less than 2,000,000 acres of splendid timber lands still unlicensed and unbroken. With some the opinion prevails that this legislation may lead to a strong lumber com- bine, and by bidding in the best of the new lands and control- ling the leases it would completely shut out small operators. Under the present system of only ten-year leases 1,250,000 acres are held by ten lessees. Another piece of lumber legislation proposed by the Legis- lature is a bill admitting of the incorporation of companies for the purpose of clearing out rivers, lakes and streams, to facili- tate the driving of logs; such companies to have the right to charge tolls on the lumber drives down the streams cleared by them. The theory is that were the same parties, who might buy up the principle leases, to also control the movement of the logs in the stream, a remarkably strong compact would be made. Sr. Joun, N.B., May 27th, 1893. MICHIGAN LETTER. {Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] hs eee is somewhat active as to the future of prices. There are those who hold to the view that prices have reached the maximum and that it is not unlikely that be- fore long a shrinkage may be expected. In one way it is nat- ural that this view should prevail. Prices for pine have stiffened to so marked a degree in a short space of time that as is the case with a rapid advance in any line of stocks, there is always fear of a rebound sooner or later. And general experi- ence shows that the rebound is almost certain to come, and not unfrequently more sudden than is expected. But there is the contrary fact that stocks continue about as scarce as ever. In fact stocks are just so low that until the new cut comes from the mill, which will be some time yet, shipping interests for the time of the year will fall a good deal below the average. Moreover, the demand keeps up and it is hard to find anyone who does not consider white pine a profitable article of mer- chandise to hold. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. It is some time since this lumber centre has been devastated with as destructive a fire as broke out here on 21st inst. A The spark is said to have started from the chimney of the Briggs & Co.’s factory, on what is known as the Middle ground, and was carried to the dismantled mill plant of Sample & Camp, on the little spark and a strong southwest gale did the work. docks, where there is a number of piles of lumber. Here it found rich food, and in the twinkling of an eye the single spark had grown into a roaring mass of flames, and started on its mad career. Thence the flames leaped to the east side just below Bristol street and north of the City Hall, where are located a large number of buildings, including hose house No. 6, J. E. Winkler’s ice houses, eleven residences on Tilden street, and on both sides of Washington avenue down to Hold- en street were quickly licked up. Then the sparks were car- ried across the old bayou into the premises of the George F. Cross Lumber Co. The planing mill, lumber in the yard, and a dozen tenement houses melted like snow. Next came the Allington & Curtis Manufacturing Company’s extensive plant, and Passott’s old soap factory, all of which were wiped out. Here the fire struck Jefferson avenue, and in an hour some of the finest residences in the city were in ashes. The flames made a clean sweep north to Emerson street, where the fire continued eastward, south of and along Emerson street, toward the city limits. It cut a wide swath on Owen, Howard, Sher- idan. avenues, and other streets east. The Orphan’s home succumbed early, but the inmates were all removed to places of safety. The patients were all removed from St. Mary’s hospi- tal which was in extreme danger for a time, but was saved. The fury of the gale carried the sparks long distances, and at six o’clock the fire had reached the planing mill factory and lumber yards of E. Germain, which were destroyed, as well as a large number of dwellings in that section of the city. The scenes witnessed during these two hours of wind and flame are beyond the power and pen to adequately portray. The excite- ment was at fever heat, and in many instances houses caught fire and were destroyed before the occupants were hardly aware they were in danger. The loss is estimated at a million and a half dollars, with an insurance of about one-half. Fully 1,000 men employed in the factories burned are out of employment, and hundreds of families are homeless, as about 300 buildings were burned. Several deaths by burning have taken place. BITS OF LUMBER. Nearly all the mills of the Huron shore are in operation. The tug Owen, owned by Gilchrist & Fletcher, of Alpena, will tow log rafts from Georgian bay to Alpena. Alger, Smith & Co. have a crew of men under R. J. Ans- chutz, of Tawas, looking pine land on the iron range near Duluth. W. W. Sutherland expects to handle 15,000,000 feet of hardwood lumber this season. Hardwood lumber is in active demand. Captain Ryerse, of the tug Saugatuck, has contracted to tow 10,000,000 feet of logs from Georgian bay to the Cheboygan Lumber Company’s mill, at Cheboygan. The value of the products of planing mills, sash and door and box factories in Saginaw last year was $5,2I0,- 000, employing 2,300 men, and paying in wages for the year $812,000. It is not altogether certain that Ross, Bradley & Co., of Bay City, who were supposed to have completed arrangements to remove to West Bay City, will actually make the change. Certain inducements are being held out to them to remain at the home point. Sibley & Bearinger have 12,000,0000 old logs in the Ocqueoc, which were hung up last season, but are now out and will be taken to Cheboygan to be manufactured. They have also 8,000,000 to come from Georgian bay to Tawas, and will prob- ably purchase 10,000,000 to 15,000,000 more. Lumbering operations have suffered severely from the high state of the water at Menominee. Never in its history has the Menominee river been so high. The logs are piled in one solid jam from 10 to 30 feet high and extend up the river from the upper dam a distance of six and a half miles. In the jam there are 200,000,000 feet of logs. SAGINAW, Mich., May, 27, 1893. SPANISH RIVER. [Special correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] CTIVITY is beginning to show itself in lumber in this district. Logs are coming in fast to the Spanish boom. The water being a good height this spring it is anticipated that all logs will be easily got to the boom. About two hundred million feet are expected to go through the Spanish river boom this season. The Hull Lumber Co. are building a log railroad on their berth and will operate all summer. Culter & Savidge, who are operating on the Spanish river, are erecting a sawmill about six miles west of here on the site of the burned mill, which was at one time used by the Bowswell Company. . : , JUNE, 1893 Men for the drives are being paid higher wages than last spring. The opinion prevails in this district that the long talked of deal between the Cook Bros. and Alger, Smith & Co., of Michigan, for the purchase of the berths, sawmill, and other property of the former, at a sum placed by some as high as two million dollars, is finally off. The American firm had as many as forty men at one time in the woods looking over the pine. SPANISH RIVER, Ont.,.May 26, 1893. HONORA. [Special correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] UMBERMAN readers may not know the name Honora as alumber town. We are just twelve miles from Little Current. Large quantities of cedar are found at this point, which are used for ties, telegraph poles, paving, etc. Probably the largest quantity of cedar is being taken out by Mr. Jno. Collins, foreman for Dr. W. L. Herriman, of Lindsay. The stock has been purchased by Captain S. Fraser, agent for the Cleveland Cedar Co., who have secured most of the season’s out-put of cedar on the Island. The same concern have secured the option until June Ist to buy the property, consisting of 5,000 acres, belonging to Dr. Herriman, which comprises nearly all the cedar, pine and pulpwood in this vicinity; the saw mill, shingle mill and docks, together with four improved farms, are also included in the option, and if the Company purchase they purpose manufacturing shingles here extensively for the American markets. Loading commenced here about the 15th inst., and most of the timber is being sent to Chicago. Capt. Fraser is loud in his praises of the quality of cedar found in this locality. Among others engaged in the cedar business at this point, besides Dr. Herriman, are Wm. Needler, L. W. Ferguson, Irving & Co., and Wm. Idle. It is expected that the sawmills will be idle here this season, as the entire stock of logs has been purchased by J. & T. Con- lon, of Little Current. The new shingle mill of this firm is ready for operation. Honora, Ont., May 23, 1893. PUBLICATIONS. It rarely falls to the lot of any journal to achieve the mar- vellous success that has fallen in the lines of the Ladies’ Home Journal, of Philadelphia. This monthly has to-day an actual circulation of nearly one million, won solely on the merits of the journal itself. The editor Mr. Edward W. Bok is to be congratulated. The latest arrival in the arena of trade journalism is The Canadian Engineer, published in Toronto and Montreal and devoted to the mechanical, mining, marine, locomotive, sani- tary and other branches of the engineering trades. The pro- motors of the new paper have given us a bright, newsy journal and in its special field it ought to find general favor. The Cosmopolitan, of New York, scores a success in repro- ducing in its May number, almost simultaneously with the daily papers, an elaborate description of Professor Gray’s marvellous invention, the Telautograph, which reproduces the handwriting, or the work of the artist, simultaneously, thousands of miles distant from the place where the writer or artist is sitting. The number throughout is very attractive. Mr. Howells’ purpose in “‘The Traveller from Altruria” is, month by month, becom- ing more evident, and is now receiving wide attention at the hands of the critics all over the world. “The Land of the O-O” is a somewhat nondescript title that Mr. Ash Slivers, sr., gives to his book of travels that has recently been published by the Cleveland Printing and Publish- ing Co., of Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Slivers, when he is addressed by his business associates, is known as Mr. C. C. Burnett, president and general manager, of the Sturtevant Lumber Co., of Cleveland, and ‘‘The Land of the O-O” is a description of a holiday trip in the Sandwich Islands. The ordinary man may experience some difficulty in establishing a connection between literature and lumber. hardly run in parallel lines, and yet when one has perused Mr. Burnett's literary effort we think that they will agree with us that he knows how to write an interesting and attractive book. The style is graphic and at times eloquent, and shows a very thorough acquaintance with current literature, indicated by not unfrequent and apt quotations or literary reference. Mr. Bur- nett evidently enjoys travel and in his visit to Hawaii he has found much of interest and worthy of note. A quiet humor runs through the whole work, adding lightness and readable- ness to the book. Fifty well-executed illustrations adorn the look. The typography of the book is first-class and it is bound in tasty cloth, bevel edges. The two vocations THE CANADA LUMBERMAN 9 THE NEWS. ONTARIO, —Geo. Cormack, Whitby, has sold his lumber yard to The Jackson Co. —Business is brisk at the sawmill and stave factory of D. S. Clemens, Winterbourne. —The McKechnies, of Durham, are rebuilding their saw- mill at Glenroaden, recently destroyed by fire. J. J. McNeil, Mayor of Gravenhurst, is to erect a new saw and shingle mill at Edginton, near the line of the Parry Sound Railway. —The Rathbun Company, of Deseronto, have received an order for 5,000 doors from England. They have also been making shipments to Africa and Australia. —A correspondent at Hepworth, Ont., writes: ‘‘Things in the lumbering line are in very good shape in our district this season, so far at least as prices are concerned.” —The estate of Thos. Green & Co., of London, is to be wound up, and the planing mill, employing thirty hands, has shut down. The establishment is to be sold in accordance with the will of the late Thos. Green. —The lumber combine of the Lake of the Woods saw mill men is said to be completed with the Keewatin Lumber Com- pany out of the deal. ger, and J. W. Savage, whose name was mentioned in this connection, is to be one of the directors. will be located at Norman, the store now occupied by Messrs. Cameron & Kennedy to be taken over and adapted to that purpose. D. C. Cameron is to be general mana- The central offices —The assignee to the estate of the Casselman Lumber Co., Ottawa, has notified the creditors that a dividend of 2% per cent. will be paid. The claims filed amounted to $94,983 and the dividend on this after retaining $728 for legal and other fees amounts to $2,374. The largest creditors are the Bank of Commerce, J. G. McKenzie & Co., Montreal; The Rathbun Lumber Co., Deseronto; Frothingham & Workman, Montreal; D. McCormick, Montreal. The estate has still on hand some 40 odd cottages, and about 60 village lots in the village of Casselman. MANITOBA AND THE NORTHWEST. —John Weibe, Gretna, Man., lumber, has assigned. —John K. Ross, lumber, Austin, Man., has sold out to Bright & Wheeler. —J. S. Edmonson, lumber, Pipestone, Man., is reported to have sold out to Crawford & Co. QUEBEC. —A boom belonging to Lindsay & Bailey broke under the waves at Aylmer a week ago, and an immense quantity of logs were swept recklessly over the lake and down with the The lake presents a desolate scene, being strewn for several hundred yards with wreckage. ~ current towards Ottawa. —Joshua W. Collins, who has carried on a lumber and com- mission business in Montreal for several years, chiefly in Amer- ican woods, has assigned. His assets are small and liabilities comparatively large. He has been going behind for some time and is reported to have kept quite a line of notes under discount. The direct liabilities are $6,700 and indirect $7,800. He owes the Kentucky Union Lumber Co., Clay city, Ky., $1,529 and Irwin & Hascall, Goshen, Ind., $991. NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA. —About 40,000,000 feet of logs and cut lumber will come down the Restigouche this spring. The logs are largely cedar. —In Campbellton, N.B., the old firm of A. McKendrick & Son, has dissolved partnership, the senior retiring from business. A. D. McKendrick, jr., has formed a partnership with Henry Connacher, under the style of Connacher & McKendrick. —David Richards’ large shingle and clapboard mill is near- There is now in Campbellton and vicinity six They Lumbermen ing completion. large sawmills and quite a number of smaller ones. have a large stock to manufacture this season. are now up the river bringing on their drives which will be the largest for many years, last year being a favorable one for them. FIRES AND CASUALTIES. FIRES, Bull’s sawmill at Ormsby, Ont., was burned on the 27th ult. Loss $5,000. —The saw mills of Jas. Stark, ot Paisley, Ont., were destroyed by fire on the 21st ult. Loss about $3,000. —The stave and hoop mill of J. B. Coates, at Blenheim, Ont., was destroyed by fire on 22nd ult. About fifty hands were employed. Loss, $2,500; partly insured. —Wagner’s saw mills, Port Elgin, Ont., were totally de- stroyed by fire on 26th May. on plant $3,000 The machinery was new. Loss —Terrible forest fires are raging in the vicinity of Cadillac, Mich, Margridge’s saw mill was burned, and the lumber camp of Louissand’s was also destroyed ; four men burned to death and eight others missing. —Lumber to the value of $5,000 was destroyed by fire on the docks of Fassett & Bellinger, Tonawanda, N.Y., on 26th ult. Every clue thus far, it is said, points to the fact that the lumber shovers are responsible for the fire. Slavenwhite Bros.’ new sawmill at St. Margaret’s bay, Hali- fax county, N.S., with all the machinery and a quantity of fin- ished lumber, were entirely destroyed by an incendiary fire a week ago. burned, and now those that replaced them have been lost. No Last September the firms mills were set on fire and insurance. CASUALTIES. —Henry Fisher had his hand badly cut while running the saw in the mill at Summerhill, Ont. —A man named Fleury became entangled in some belting in a Rimouski saw mill a fortnight ago and was instantly killed. —Andrew Cadieu, of Penetanguishene, was killed in the mill of the Georgian Bay Lumber Co. a week ago by being caught in a pulley. —John Watson, of Thamesford, Ont., while skidding logs at the Ferguson mill, was kicked by a horse near by, and seri- ously, if not, fatally injured. —Frank Burd, a filer in the sawmill of the Parry Sound Lumber Company, had his left arm completely cut off whilst filing on the large circular saw. —Frank McLeod, of Tilbury Centre, Ont., met his death at Sicklesteel’s stave mill, at McGregor, by being caught in a belt and was dragged under the shaft. —Charles Collin, employed in a Calgary lumber camp, was thrown from his horse the other day, and his foot catching in the stirrup, he was dragged to death. —W. D. Ritchie, who has been in the employ of the Bron- son & Weston Lumber Co. for the past thirteen years was drowned while attempting to break a gang of logs. —James McMullen, of Ironsides, Que., was drowned at Chilesen two weeks ago. He was on his way to Gilmour & Hughson’s Gatineau mills, where he had secured work. —While examining a new planer in Bettes & Chaffey’s Mill at Bracebridge, Ont., Geo. Neal got his hand too close to the under cylinder and had it so badly cut and crushed that it had to be amputated at the wrist. —While working at a lath machine in the Pearce Co.’s saw- mill at Marmora, Ont., William Southworth, a boy 14 years of age, was struck by a piece of tin, producing internal injuries, from which he died within 24 hours. —While cutting steel at John Bertram & Sons’ tool works, Dundas, Ont., Mr. Millington was struck on the chin by a piece of hot steel weighing three or four pounds, cutting quite a large gash and burning him severely. —Lindsay Morgan, of Osnabruck Centre, was instantly killed a few days ago while working with a circular saw. The saw while running at a high rate of speed broke and flew froin its fastenings, struck Morgan, cleaving his head, neck and chest. —A despatch from North Bay says a team of horses belong- ing to Mr. John Mackey, of Eau Claire, were hauling a car load of lumber from the mill siding to the main line, when the car started rapidly down grade, and the driver being unable to get them out of the way, they were crushed to death between the car and another standing near the main line. —A sad accident occurred at Kleinburg, Ont., by which a well-known farmer by the name of John Kirts lost his life. He was waiting at Curd’s sawmill for a load of lumber and on going into the mill saw the tail sawyer removing a heavy slab which had just been cut from the slab. Mr. Kirts at once stepped forward to assist the man, and in so doing the slab caught the saw and Mr. Kirts was thrown against the saw. One arm-was severed and a terrible gash was cut in his side. He expired almost immediately. PERSONAL. Mr. George J. Cook, president of the Cook Bros. Lumber Co., has been elected a director of the Bank of Toronto. Mr. R. R. Dobell and Mr. R. M. Cox, of Liverpool, Eng., British lumbermen, well known to the Canadian trade, are at present in this country. 10 "THE CANADA LUMBERMAN JuNE, 1893 TRADE REVIEW. Office of CANADA eee May 31, 1893. J THE GENERAL SURVEY. CTIVITY .is Canadian lumber cen- tres, large and small. The work of the drives is being pursued with comparative ease, and there are few mills that are not nicely into the new cut. In the Ottawa district two or three mills have experienced some difficulty in running because of the unusual rising of the Ottawa river, but this trouble will, at the worst, be only temporary. Those who are believed to know say that 500,000,0co feet of timber have been cut on the Ottawa and its tributaries during the past winter, and as there is little liklizood of any logs being tied up, the cut of lumber will necessarily be large. A consid- erable portion of this cut is already contracted for, making the danger of over-production this season not very likely. Ottawa lumbermen have further guarded against a possible glut in their decision not to run night watches, believing that day work at the mill will be sufficient to meet all requirements. One cannot but commend this decision, for despite the healthy condition of the lumber trade at present, signs are not wanting of possible depression in the future, and few things would hasten this more than an excessive cut of the mills. In the northern lumber territories the mills are busy. Of course a large quantity of logs will be towed to the American side, but it does not seem that this will in any serious measure curtail immediately the operations of the local mills. The trade in New Brunswick are in better feather than they were to be found a month ago. There, as in Ontario, the drives are coming along in splendid shape and an active season’s sawing is expected. Farnworth & Jardine, of Liverpool, Eng., in their current wood circu- lar make this remark of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia spruce deals: “There has been no import dur- ing the month; the deliveries have been fairly satisfac- tory and the stock is now in a moderate compass; still, values rule very low and are difficult to maintain.” A number of ships are loading this month at Miramichi and West Bay and other ports for the United Kingdom. A British Columbia correspondent writes that trade is improving on the Coast. A satisfactory local trade is being done, and shipments for export are fair. Among the vessels loading at B.C. ports this month is one for Marseilles, France, which will be the first shipment of British Columbia lumber to that port. The Heinrich is taking a cargo for Hamburg, Germany, being the second ship ever known to convey lumber from B.C. to that port. Ontario is contributing a fair share to the lumber trade of the country. Nothing very large is to be noted but there is no reasonable ground to complain of dullness. In building operations in Toronto the situation does not change very much. Building, so far as it affects lumber, is quiet. general in UNITED STATES. The stringency in financial circles in the States, resulting during the month in several large failures of commercial and monetary institutions, is not without a depressing influence on lumber. It is only the general strength of the lumber market for the past year, and the especially bright outlook this season, that has averted more serious trouble at the present time. Commerce is an extremely sensitive plant and calam- ity cannot befall it at any one point without the whole tree feeling the effect. _Lumbermen are scanning closely the accounts of customers, and behind them bankers are watching with all their native astuteness the applications made to them for credit and the securities on which this credit is to be based. But this much recognized it is within all the facts to say that the lumber trade of the present is in an encour- aging shape. The demand is satisfactory at all leading centres. Not in all places, nor in every line, is there equal buoyancy of trade, but taking the broad field over business is good. Building operations in New York have not proven as favorable for the consumption of lumber as had been expected earlier in the season, yet a good trade is being done; spruce is least active; while white pine holds its own in price and demand. The cut of Saginaw mills is contracted for months ahead and lumbermen will not budge from the highest prices for any desirable grade of pine. At Albany and Oswego reports reach us of large activity. In the south there is a slight lull in trade. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof—perhaps. The immediate present is bright, but the long-headed lumberman will nevertheless not forget that there are possibilities of breakers ahead, and be guarded and care- ful accordingly. FOREIGN With the lumber trade abroad it is a good deal a case of hoping against hope. Improved conditions no soon- er seem to become apparent before the sky is again clouded and trade continues as flat as ever. In their April wood circular Denny, Mott & Dickson, of London, Eng., announced “a perceptibly better tone in the trade.” The May circular of this firm tells us that the improve- ment felt in Apri! did not after all develop. And so British trade in particular has run for many moons. The contents of a cablegram to a Toronto lumber firm, which is published on the ELI page, reveals a more than ordinary depression in the lumber trade in Great Britain. Information that we have from other shippers confirm in a large measure this view of the situation, conditions that should be taken asa flag of caution by those most interested. There are no indications of improvement in the Australian lumber trade. The demand has been extremely poor, and business on the spot has only been in a few lines. C.S. Ross & Co., in their report, say : “Traders generally fear that the coming winter months will bring with them a great reduction in the volume of business.” South American trade keeps quiet, but with reasonable hope of an early improvement. HARDWOODS. The volume of trade is fair and prices are well main- tained. In the British markets, where lumber generally is dull, Farnworth & Jardine remark, in their May circu- lar, of Canadian hardwoods: “Elm has been more enquired for, but with the stock quite ample. Ash has moved off freely; prices are steady and the stock is moderate. With oak it is difficult to maintain prices owing to the low values now ruling of United States oak.” The hardwood trade in the States is reported to be slacking off, and trade is expected to be quiet for some time. In our own country hardwood men speak encouragingly of present trade. Dry stocks are short in the most desirable lines. Dry basswood is so scarce that manufacturers are being forced to use green. The supply of birch is hardly equal to the demand. Two- inch maple is in strong demand. TORONTO, ONT. Toronto, May 31, 1893. CAR OR CARGO LOTS. TE Maly Croke hay Gheval NAH. Sse sonsnaseaadaononsaeponaca0as 33 00 36 00 TxKIO/Andin2idressingyand| better eerie eee eer enenetnenene 20 00 22 00 rxroyand px2einillixinis eyes ceriech Te een Oconee eter 16 00 17 00 TXTOVANG U2 COMMON) eee Cee Tener ee eree rote 13 00 14 00 TXTOyander2}sprucescullseeeeeeeeeere eee ener tere rre I0 00 II 00 rxrofand:x2 imillfcullsseepecs- cece neon entree 10 00 II 00 TainchycleamandEpicksh yee ELE eee eee seer eect 28 00 32 00 Tinchy dressing andebetter=nse- eerie ee eee eens 20 00 22°00 TAnchssidingwmillerunis-ee eer eee nee ener eee nn I4 00 I5 00 i inchisidingscommonbrn -peerieeenee henner nee eenanee II 00 12 00 x inchisidingashipecullsa.nereneere chee ener eereer eee eine II 00 12 00 ainchisiding mil ltcullsseeteeica-reenr renee renee 9 00 10 00 Culliscantlinggasaconccrcastclacn ether ee cnr 8 00 9g 00 1 1-2 and thicker cutting up plank........................ 24 00 26 00 Fe IN HATS A Tay (OVS Tels oA EAEING S coon seavquaooegounaDode I4 00 15 00 Se saiosy COmINMloga0cg0sedaundnooubacoGonpecdendoons II 00 12 00 1 r-4sinch flooring.) stenastssrie ste ac ieee en eee £5 00 16 00 T-X-2INChMOOLING = ehate- Sf. Se vanes scveraremte mene oeiae 35 00 Pine, good shorts, “ ploregecnocdadeuearcdnnan 27 00 Pine, 2nd quality sidings, per M feet, b.m 25 00 Pine, 2nd quality strips, fe panei 22 00 Pine, 2nd quality shorts, fe ef es 18 00 Pine, shipping cull stock, ne ie cf 16 00 Pine, box cull stock, Ae a 13 00 Pine, s.c. stripsand sidings “ ue a 14 00 Pine} small) cull). .2.,.cre oe abil eo ae eee ate Eee 10 00 Wath; sper (NE33 57. waste «sss aaiseis Seer ce euioeten te lene ee eee I go QUEBEC, QUE. QuEBEc, May 31, 1893. WHITE PINE—IN THE RAFT. cts. cts. For inferior one ordinary according to average, quality etc., measured (Off 0...) +: a102e\nie Biel a eee ee eee eee Eee eens 14 @ 18 For fair average quality, according to average, etc., measured off. 16 20 For good and good fair average, “ 23) a7 For superior £6 ad cs f << 28 ae In shipping order < ae & Be S20 ee Waney board, 18 to 19 inch oe sf es ss &S 630) iG Waney board, 19 to 21 inch ff sf ff £e ‘* 37 4s RED PINE—IN THE RAFT. Measured off, according to average and quality APES, res cacsisteis Sei 14 22 In shipping order, 35to.4sfeet “6. | SS ene 22) 30 OAK—MICHIGAN AND OHIO, By the dram, according toaverageand quality. . . .. . .45 55 ELM. By the dram, according to average and quality, 45lo50feet. . 30 32 “¢ 30 to 35 feet. .25 28 ASH. 14 inches and up, according to average and quality. . . . .30 34 BIRCH. 16 inch average, according to average and quality. . * . .20 23 TAMARAC. Square, according to size and quality . MM SS ep LY: Flatted, a: Je, cet Mogae aga 18 STAVES. Merchantable Pipe, according to qual. and sp’cfct’n—nominal . $330 $350 W.O. Puncheon, Merchantable, according to quality. . . . 90 100 DEALS. Bright, according to mill specification, $115 to $123 for 1st, $78 to $82 for end, and $37 to $42 for 3rd quality. Bright spruce, according to mill specification, $40 to $43 for rst, $27 to $28 for 2nd, $23 to $25 for 3rd, and $19 to $ax for 4th quality. BOSTON, MASS. BosTON, Mass., May 31.—Lumber news is none too cheery at the Hub in contrast with the bright expecta- tions of a month ago. A backward season in the lumber regions is keeping back work at the mills. Building opera- tions are being deterred by the same cause, and this is making conditions further discouraging. Spruce, more probably than any other wood, is being affected by the late season. The New York market is said to be over- stocked and this is not a good thing for dealers here. EASTERN PINE—CARGO OR CAR LOAD, Ordinary planed Sj inch sce eer $9 00 10 00 boardSiseteneeiea $12 00 Gr-26sInCh spear 8 o0@$ g oo CoarseyNowsteeenee I3 00 14 00 Ye inchs. eee eesee 800 850 IRE{USE) Ahanelyeaekeuee 12 00@$13 00 | Clapboards, sapext.. 52 50 55 00 (OXI Gee reed Narostido 8 co 10 50 Sapiclear sane sere 47 00 5000 Boxboards, t inch... 11 25 12 00 Sap, 2nd clear.... 40 00 42 50 YSN Ns sooccacsos 950 1050 No; tec eeeeeee 20 00 25 00 WESTERN PINE—BY CAR LOAD. Uppers) ate see $52 00@53 00 | Fine com., 3 and 4 in 42 00 46 oo 14%, 1% and 2 in.. 52 00 55 00] No. 2, 1 in. Finecom. 28 00 30 00 Brand alien see ee 60 00 65 00 1%, 1% and 2in... 29 00 31 00 Selects; aan seh 43 00 45 00| No. 1 strips, 4 to 6 in. 43 00 44 00 14%, 1% and 2 in.. 47 cc 48 00 INO: 2iinneneceeees 36 00 37 00 Blandi einer ee 56 00 (59 00 INO. 3.cce- eee eee 28 00 30.00 Moulding boards, 7 to Cut ups, 1 to 2 in.... 24 00 32 00 Tari), (clearsem.c 36 00 38 00 | Coffin boards..... - 20 00 22 00 60 per cent. clear... 34 00 36 oo} Common all widths... 22 00 26 00 Fine common, rin.... 38 00 39 00} Shipping culls, 1 in... 15 00 15 50 14%,1% and 2in... 41 00 45 00 do 1% in. 15 50 16 50 SPRUCE—BY CARGO. Scantling and plank, Coarse, rough........ I2 00o@r14 00 random cargoes.. 14 00@15 00 Hemlock bds., rough. 12 00 13 00 Yard orders, ordinary ” dressed 12 00 I4 00 SIZESToe ts eee et 15 00 16 00} Clapbds., extra, 4 ft.. 32 00 33 00 Yard orders, extra Clears ca\sftenicmceraete 30 00 31 00 SIZES) scenic 16 co 1800] Second clear....... 24 00 26 00 Clear floor boards T9)60) /20)/00}!/ NiO. mesireteernte 13 00 17 00 INOS (2ue si eenseeint 16 00 17 00 LATH. Sprite |DYCar gO jxray..0 fare «/o)als]elejn stars tele eisy-les eee eeeee 2 50@2 75 SHINGLES. Eastern sawed cedar, Eastern shaved sawed EXtralsjoiaeme mete eeie $3 00 $3 25 cedar, rst quality...\5 00 5 25 Clear s/.s:3 sic cease 250 275 and quality Seieteeits 475 BTIGS arsi teneseyete ae 225 (2025 3rd. SS) Sakae 4 00 extras NiO; telece ete 50 2175 4th PR ORSSSES - 300 325 Sprite Nov tess eeoee I 50 OSWEGO, N.Y. OswEco, N.Y., May 31.—Conditions are active with a good trade doing and prices firm. WHITE PINE. Three uppers, 1 As, ie and 2ANCH ay waroneem me aeieiee lore ste ele $47 00@49 00 Pickings, SE i nea | ah Te eee Serres iota preset 39 C0 40 00 No. 1 , cutting up, § SO” 0. SE aa cle ee einen eee oan 34 00 35 00 No. 2, cutting up, ES Banco cee eaee ere 24 00 25 00 In strips, 4to8 Biel selected for moulding strips, 14 to16ft. 32 00 34 00 June, 1893 SIDING. 1 in siding, cutting us 1% in selected....... 35 00@42 00 picks and uppers... 32 00@39 oo | 1% in dressing....... 19 00 21 00 1 in dressing......... Ig co 21 00 | 1% in No. ricullseee 14 00 16 00 rin No. 1 culls...... 14 00 15 00|1% in No. 2cuils.... 12 00 13 00 rin No. 2 culls...... I2 00 13 00}]1 in. No3culls...... I0 CO II oO IX12 INCH. eamerantety Oe Es GALL (AWN F< o1<)= = 3 wo we cite ele ee win alsin e aialne 0 00 24 00 x2 and 16 feet, No. 1 and 2, barn boards... 00 20 00 12 and 16 feet, dressing and better.................--..+-- 00 31 00 mamnmirgiterts NG. 26CUllSs 2. oo cere ce ence cies eres 00 616 00 IXIO INCH. "4 12 and 13 feet, mill run, mill cullsout..-................... 21 00 23 00 12 and 13 feet, dressing ATG |. RAR oo oa ae ecb poede 4a08 26 00 28 00 IXxIo, 14 to 16 TSE TERE Co ee oe 18 00 19 00 (2 202 Epes Diy men SS ao ee sean aepeasbocousnesdoe 16 00 17 00 7) DRU TESS ES Gn ESRB AS SaapoecsnscuBesouoreanonoT I5 00 16 00 14 to 16 feet, mill run mill cullsout..................---..- 21 00 23 00 14 to 16 feet, dressing and better..............-.....-+-0+- 26 00 28 00 14 to 16 feet, No. 1 culls 00 18 00 14 to 16 feet, No. 2 culls.. co 18 00 to to 13 feet, No. 3 culls 00 12 00 14x10 INCHES. Millrun, mill culls out.$22 co@25 00 | No. rculls........... 17 00 18 00 Dressing and better.. 27 00 35 00 |,No. 2culls........... 15 00 16 00 1X4 INCHES. Mill run, mill cullsout 17 00 021 00 | No. rculls........... I4 00 15 00 Dressing and better.. 24 00 30 00| No. 2culls........... 13 00 14 00 IX5 INCHES. 6, 7 or 8, mill run, mill 6, 7 or 8, No. rculls.. 16 00 17 00 culls out......... 20 00 25 00/6, 70r8, No.2 culls.. 14 00 15 00 6,7 or 8, drsg and EEE tos oe. 25 00 3000 SHINGLES. XXX, 18 in pine....... 37° 3 90| XXX, 18 in. cedar.. 35° 375 Clear butts, Pine, 18 in.. 2 70 2 go | Clear butt, 18 in. cedar. 2 50 2 75 XXX, 16 in. pine...... 3.00 3 25| XX, 18in. cedar ....190 200 Stock cedars, 5 or 6 in.. 450 500 LATH _ 2 1 Te) SS een BIN OSM aes, Wa rc eniey pone, 2 55 oS oI eee 2 00 BUFFALO AND TONAWANDA, INENE TONAWANDA, N.Y., May 31.—A fair trade is about the best that can be said for lumber. The tangle of financial matters is causing everyone to move slowly Credit is watched closely, and banks are cautious in, their discounts. The labor troubles on the docks are unsettling to trade though not blocking work to any- thing like the extent that had been anticipated. New men are readily found to take the place of the strikers. Prices keep firm, and various lines of pine continue short. WHITE PINE. Up's, 1,1%,1¥%and 2 Shelving, No. 1, 13 in _ 227-5 aS 48 00 50 00 and up, 1 in...... 32 00@34 oo ae 20 UE 56 00 58 00 | Dressing, 1% in...... 26 00 28 co tS ess » w'x'0 60 00 62 00 14x10 and 12...... 28 09 SoS 42 00 43000 ie Ae issn ee « 24 00 25 00 mg tO 2 10. ....22-. BAR AS OO 2 cece a 26 50° 28 00 2% and 3 in....... 5I 00 53.00 Mold : st’ps, 1 to 2in.. 33 00 35 00 Spal. = SdW Mills FOR SALE AT PARRY SOUND HE MILL IS SITUATED ON THE WATERS of Parry Sound, and has good shipping facilities. The largest vessels or steamers on the lakes can load at the lumber docks. The mill will cut about twenty thousand feet of lumber and twenty-five thousand shingles in ten hours. There are about seven thousand five hundred acres of timber pine, hemlock, birch, ash, oak, spruce, bass- wood, etc. The timber is free of dues. Parry Sound is the terminus of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway, now in process of con. struction. Price : Twenty-five thousand dollars. Terms as may be agreed upon. WM. BEATTY, Parry Sound, Lumbermen—_--_= YOUR BUSINESS IS HELPED! BY .- ADVERTISING... SONS GaNaDA LUMBERMAN WRITE FOR PARTICULARS JUNE, 1893 THE 3% Gents a day_— That isn’t much money, is About twenty-five cents a And a man must be pretty hard up if he hasn’t that much to spend every week. Times are hard, they say; it? week or so. but if they are hard now to your family and yourself, what will they be to your family without you? That’s worth thinking about. We think that no man should be without life had at such a low rate as Life, Yonge Street, co insuranc 2y¥ SY, 2 rer Colborne, Toronto. Write to us and we will give you all particulars. cents a day from the Manufacturers’ e when it can be CANADA LUMBERMAN WHOLESALE DEALERS IN OFFICE Nos. 213, 214 and 215 Board of Trade Building LovcaT——— & C)LIVER LUMBER Toronto, Ont. Representative Lumber Manbfactlrers and Dealers — = Railway, Express, or se en Town mestese Shipping! Point NAME BusINESS ra Ont 2.2. Ottawa ceocice see sick Boothewiceltsmcrscn-nenenchenenay atone. 1G snatier, , ore Toronto, Ont.......... a eee Toronto, Ont..........| a eee Toronto, Ont.......... Toronto ........ Toronto, Ont.......... |Toronto.......... Wiarton, Ont.......... WOXALRENE oon cirisvs's 0.32 aki ........-.. | T Meme Ross. | Cookshire, Que........ as shire. et ie _ Montreal, Que........ PRIiKe pane ei oes bale Montreal, HE. bia3 032 Boiteals- 20 So.05 = «2 Montreal, ees ...----|Montreal.. xe Moodyville, B.C ..|New Westminster. New Westminster, B. C.|New Westminster. Canterbury, N N.B. le anterbury Stn. |Greensides, W. S \Cameron & Kennedy .|\Donogh & Oliver |Victoria Harbor Lumber Co i James Tennant & Co \DeLaplante & Bowden _|Cookshire Mill Co. .|SHEARER & BROWN Minnesota & Ontario Lumber Co. Seb SOn) @iSOMs sss le cise ss Campbell, A. H. & Co F. N. Tennant W.N. McEachren &Co........ Miller, B.B BORSIBLOS sch bias oes, oa Win = 7 6 ole Dufresse, O. Jr. & Frere Roberts, Joseph & Fils MOODYVILLE SAWMILL CO. .... Brunette Sawmill Co.......... James Morrison & Son Bridgewater, N. S.. Bridg zewater . |DAVIDSON, E. D. & SONS .|Lumber, Wholesale and Retail Power, Style and Daily Capacity Cherry, White Ash, Hardwoods, Wholesale Saw and Plan. Mill, Tim. Lands and Logs, Pine Hardwoods, Shingles, Lath, Handles Lumber, Wholesale Lumber, Wholesale Mrmbers) Wibolesaleycratcreteys asco erence vbeteets c)eleieleyeu ie 3 Saw, Shingleand Lath Mills, White Pine, Whol. amber, Wholesales. ci tiaciecen i miecn often Lumber, Lath, Shingles, etc., Wholesale 3 Sawmills, Lumber, Barrel Heads 2 Sawmills, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods .......... Pine and Hardwood Lumber, Whol. and Retail. Saw, Shingle, Planing, Stave and Heading Mill. Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hdwds., Whol. Saw and Planing Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds, Int. Fin, Spruce, Hardwoods, Wholesale...... 4 Sawmills, Oak, Ash, Elm, Pine, Hem., Dim... Sawmills, P. Fin, Spruce, Cedar, Hardwoods... Saw and Planing Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds, Fir, Cedar, Spruce, Hardwoods Sawmill, Pine, Hardwoods 5 Saw, Shy gle. and L, ath | Mills, Pine, Spr., Hwds. Steam, Circular and Band Mill Water, Gang and Band, 450m Wat., Lath 7om Gang and Band, Saw 400m, .| Water, Gang, Circular, Saw gom, Shingles gom, Lath 30m 2 Gangs | 2 Mills, Water, 1 Band, and 3 Circulars. Circular, 3m Steam, Circular, 4om Steam, Circular, 16m Stm., Band, Cir., stm., 200m; Waubaushene mill, S. 75m, Sh. 60m Pt. Severn mill, water, 120m ea ar, 6m Stes Ay Olay Steam, Circular, 25m Steam, Circular, 4m Steam, Circular Water, Band and Circular, Steam, Circular, 4om Stm., Com. Com. Saw 14m, Sh, 20m room Cir., Gang and Band, 140m Steam and Water, Circular, Port- able and Stationery, tom Circular, Gang and Band, 180m Steam, Circular and Gang, 60m Steam, Circular and Band, 5om Steam, Circular, 200m 2 Stm., 2 Wat., Steam, Circular, 20m Steam, Gang and Circular Steam, Circular, 38m W: ater, Circula ar Lumbermen | desirous of being represented in this Directory can obtain information in regard to rates by COED EEN O NN with the Publisher. TORONTO 20 FRONT ST EAST TELEPHONE 475 mK TANNED BEL Band, Cir., and Gang, 4om 200m | MB Thé Montréal Gar Wheel 60. .... MANUFACTURERS OF... Gharcoal Iron Ghilled RAILROAD WHEELS NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE BUILDING, MONTREAL Works: LACHINE, QUEBEC We make a specialty of Wheels suitable for the re quirements of Lumbermen and Street Cz can supply them Bored, Finished a ar Service, and and Balanced. CORRESPONDENGE SOLICITED THE J.C.MSLAREN BELTING C2 wontrear 14 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN June, 1893 _ MACHINERY _ RELOW ING LIST OF NEW AND SE COND- iB ines and General Machinery for Machinery and Supply Co., in new and second-hand ma- _It z 3-in. tubes, in first-cla ass | order. 2 TO B RICK IN, 44 EN. DIA. x 11 38 3-in. tubes, in first-class shape. HREE 25 EoPOR TABLE LOCO. FIRE BOX boilers, in good order. z= ute NE 20 H.P. RETURN TUBULAR BOILER, to brick in. a WO 6H.P. FIRE BOX BOILERS FOR cheese factories. NE 12x16 SLIDE-VALVE ett’s make. WO ox a SLIDE-VALVE ENGINES, Goldie & McCulloch and Morrison makes. NE SLIDE-VALVE ENGINE, Bros. & Barry peaked ENGINE, BECK- COPP 64%x9Q ett s mz ake. AEs : 4 9 cee 6 H.P. ENGINE, UPRIGHT, with 8 H.P. boiler combined on one cast iron base. OE 15 H.P. ENGINE, English make. NE “1, H.P. LEONARD MAKE ENGINE, nearly new. NE 12 H.P. HORIZONT. AL PORTABLE gine and boiler on skids; Ames & Co., mz tee Oswego, N.Y M4° HINERY :— GR 24-INCH McGREGOR, GOURLAY &1CO. make heavy surface planer, almost new. WO 2s-INCH CANT, GOURLAY & CO. MAKE light surface planers, in good order. NE GOLDIE & McCULLOCH THREE-SIDE moulder. (OR ONE-SIDE MOULDER. WO 34-INCH WHEELS BAND SAWING machines. - : Rees ()NE ALMOST NEW VERTICAL SPINDLE boring machine, McGregor, Gourlay and Co.’s make. ORE E ALMOST NEW IRON TOP JIG SAW, Cowan and Co., makers ON E GOOD SHAPER. SS GOOD SAW TABLES. NE NEARLY NEW GOLDIE & McCULLOCH tenoner, with double copes. NE WOOD FRAME TENONER IN GOOD shape. WO UPRIGHT SWING SHINGLE or heading machines, with jointers. oe as NE ALMOST NEW GENUINE “BAILEY” gauge or handle lathe, with countershaft. NE ALMOST NEW SPINNING LATHE FOR making spun metal work, with countershaft. Eo DOWELL MACHINES. OR NE 20-INCH WATEROUS CHOPPER COM- plete with double elevators, equal to new. ; pare PARTICULARS CHEERFULLY GIVEN upon enqury at the Canada Machinery and Supply Co., Brantford, Ont. SEGCOND-AND MAGHINERY FOR SALE One right hand 12 x 14 straight line engine, our make run a very short time. One pair of engines, right and left, 16x20, can be used separately or together, with two large pulleys and fly wheel and connecting shaft. Three boilers 48x14 with large domes, full fronts all fittings, fixtures and stack. One 60x 13 ft. 6in. steel boiler, with 64 3% in. x 13 ft. 6in. tubes, boiler made of 6 sheets double rivetted on side seams, furnished complete with all fittings, fixtures and stack, boilerand fixtures are in perfect order hay- ing been run but three months. One 56x14 boiler, comparatively new, use less than a year. One right hand iron saw frame, with mandrel, pulley, boxes, three 54in. saws, 56 to 100 teeth in each, and one 64in. saw, suitable for steam or independent fric- tion feed. One 3-block heavy saw carriage, Sewry’s make, with boss dogs, V and flat track, frame and carriage are in good order, have averaged 35,000 to 40,000 ft. per day, only discarded to put in a band mill and carriage suit- able for same. One left hand 3-block light medium sized saw car- riage with V and flat track. Several portable engines from 12 to 20 horse power. WATEROUS, BRANTFORD, CANADA FOR SALE has been in HANDLE LATHE FOR MAKING and rake handles. Inch squares are cut out of slabs, piled one on top of the other in the machine, and it automatically takes the lowest, runs it between the knives and produces the handle without any more attention. Contracts can be secured for all the handles that can be produced with the machine. FORK WATEROUS, BRANTFORD, CAN. GANG SAW FILERS WO CAPABLE MEN WANTED AT ONCE for the season. Apply to THE MUSKOKA MILL & LUMBER CO., Muskoka Mills, Ont. ey: TURNER .. Sail, Tent and Awning Maker.. 251 George St. and 154 King St. PETERBOROUGH Canoe, Yacht and Boat Sails made to order. Fits Guaranteed. Perfect Every description of Lumbermen’s Supplies and Waterproof Clothing. WILLIAM FOSTER Lumber and Commission Merchant RECEIVER AND FORWARDER OF LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES . CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED... OW EM SOUND; ONE: TE NT CAVEATS and TRADE MARKS Obtained in Canada. UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN PAT- ENTS A SPECIALTY. Engineering Drawings Furnished. W. J. GRAHAM, 71 Yonge St. MOLOLEGS ROGB-ARMSTRONG ENGINE All parts interchangeable, Governor either Automatic or Throttling. Monarch Economic Boilers IDjSSranessow1eel Portable Durable AND SUPPETES,; MACHINERY, MILL MACHINERY WOODWORKING ETC. ROBB ENGINEERING GU. LID. AMAERST - - NOVA SCOTIA —THE —— NORTH SHORE NAVIGATION CO) Royal Mail Line of Steamers CITY OF LONDON . MANITOU. CITY OF MIDLAND -+- FAVORITE... Running in connection with the G.T.R. and C.P.R., will sail during the season of 1893 as follows : ee CITY OF MIDLAND AND THE CITY OF LONDON will leave Collingwood at 1.30 p.m. every Tuesday and Friday on arrival of G.T. R. morning trains from Toronto and Hamilton, calling at Meaford. Leave Owen Sound same day at 10.30 p.m., after arrival of C.P.R. train from Toronto, connecting at Wiarton with night train from the south, and stop- ping at all intermediate ports to Sault Ste. Marie. Returning leave the Soo at daylight, making railway connections at Wiarton, Owen Sound and Collingwood. The FAVORITE will leave Collingwood Monday and Thursday, at 1.30 p.m. for Parry Sound, Byng Inlet, French River and Killarney, connecting there with line steamers for Sault Ste. Marie. Returning stop at French River, Byng Inlet and Midland, making connection there with steamer MANITOU for Parry Sound and G.T.R. for south and east, and at Colling- wood with G.T.R for Toronto and. Hamilton. Commencing Thursday, May 4th The MANITOU will make regular trips from Pene- tanguishene, connecting with trains from the south only at Midland, every Monday, Wednesday, Thurs- day and Saturday on arrival of G-T.R. from all points south and east for Parry Sound, making connection there with the steamer FAVORITE for “Byng Inlet, French River and Killarney, where the latter connects with the line steamers for the Soo. For tickets and further information see folders, or apply to all agents of the G.T.R. and C.P.R., or to C. E. STEPHENS, M. BURTON, Sec.-Treas., Collingwood, Mgr. Collingwood. CANADIAN IUMBERMAN’S DIREGT AND INDEX TO THE PLANING MILLS AND SASH AND DOOR FACTORIES OE GANAIDAS ene ine: Publisher is now open to receive subscriptions for the above Directory of the lumber trades. No effort is being spared to make this publication thor- oughly complete and reliable in every detail, and it is hoped that all LUMBERMAN sub- scribers interested will fill in the following subscription blank and return to this office at as early a date as possible. THE LUMBERMAN’S DIRECTORY AND INDEX TO THE PLANING MILLS AND SASH AND DOOR FACTORIES OF CANADA: : | TO THE PUBLISHER OF t ’ ' ‘ Pleaseisupply==es S2With ea copies of the above Directory as soon as issued, for which............ agree to pay Two Dollars per copy. All owners of saw and planing mills, wholesale and retail lumbermen, coopers, etc., are earnestly requested to furnish information asked for in following blank and mail same as soon as possible: - Card of Enquiry to Lumbermen. Manufacturers ot lumber, shingles, lath, staves, headings, etc., will please fill in this blank : Powers style and! capacitysofsmilll siete eee ees (1 betel ee Class of manufactur: 0.000.002.0046 b ne oe paistew sles ele coe 2 8 sale oe Post Omicels. ue cs ashen elereeael een Shipping Point?\.>... 25.96 — = eee Dealers in lumber, shingles, lath, etc., will please fill in following blank : WiholesalevorsRetalll:seeeeee ete eee Class of stock handledii3e2 50s Post Offices: scum eee eet: eke Shipping Point): \. «2.0 «ese eee eee Owners of planing mills, sash, door and blind factories, will please fill in following blank : } Power and style). fcc «cic ooo wieloreie ete wie eos ee 06 e (eif0) 6) fe se) eral se ROR ee Class of manufacture) ...c.:6.:0c0s Sent ata eee ws os oir oe ole o byale 5 se eee ene Post ‘Ofice: stare. cee ete ion oe eres Shipping Pomt: ... . ee. eee (Signed) cies ne wn cree eee PRR ae cs Ss tetera Oe eee awe edie Rise husiibers ls wee 6 Se ee PO. Province. .... i. ..25. . een 5 Addiess all communications to DIRECTORY DEPARTMENT, CANADA LUMBERMAN, TORONTO, ONT. JuNE, 1893 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN Do You Lack Steam r We Can Help You THE OANADIAN HOLLOW BLAST GRAT The Hollow Blast Grate supplies the furnace fire | = HUNDREDS OF TESTIMONIALS LIKE THE FOLLOWING : with a blast of hot air sufficient at all times to insure = r having use c have the rapid and perfect combustion of fuel of every sort. \ fte pieasure in OF THE AGE. W TEINHOFF & GORD ‘They are a complete tion, It is the only appliance that steams successfully with We now keep a full green or wet sawdust, tanbark or other refuse and anetiioineabercersrh —_ erate bat C. W. THOMAS, G . “They give us full satisf . . one third more stuff per day t It alone has solved the problem of steaming with Oe EG tree acer 7 rea the fine, compact dust of the band mill. “The blast grate can burn most of the - be without them for double t ONT. THEY WILL NOT BURN OUT LIKE OTHER GRATES. NO SAW MILL CAN AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT. THEY WILL SAVE THEIR PRICE IN THREE MONTHS. REGARDLESS OF THE CHARACTER OF YOUR FUEL, WE CAN GREATLY INCREASE THE VOLUME OF STEAM GENER- ———— SS ATED IN YOUR BOILERS. me: == |] COSTS YOU NOTHING 10 TRY THEM E= WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION OR NO SALE HAGEN, v do not consider a vy mill AARON GORDON, Dresps O “T put in a set of your Grates yond expec I spent hundred to burn elm sawdust, but without cee I now rT “Sak | can keep up better steam pressure thar USSE C. E. NAYLOR, I FOR INFORMATION, PRICES OR ESTIMATES, ADDRESS THE GANADIAN HOLLOW BLAST GRATE GOL, ESSEX, ONT tation. x, ONT. SS R i A. ALLAN, President Capital, $2,000,000.00 POTERIOR QUALITY BBER GOODS for Mechanical Purposes RUDDER BELTING, PACKING, HOSE. = J. 0. GRAVEL, Secretary-Treasurer J. J. McGILL, Manager SSW PDISOOITF ALS IOONSOT———= ‘ A i amill Ph HEAD OFFICES AND PAGHORY. - MONTREAL Western Branch: Corner Yonce anp Front SrrREETS TORONTO EUR) eC) Bd ane Manager F. SCHOLES, Managing Director Ganadian RuDDEP GOMpany Of MONTREAL, TORONTO and WINNIPEG FORSYTH scamless Rubber Belting ocaMléss Tube HOse These Patents we control for Canada ee: ta NT & DERE MARQUETTE RAILROAD FROM Port Huron and Detroit Is the Short Line to SAGINAH AND BAY GITY (Centres of the vast lumber interests of Michigan) MI. PLEASANT, GLARE, REED CITY BALDWIN, LUDINGTON, MANISTEE AND MILWAUKEE AND MANITOWOC, HIS. The last two named are reached by the Compan line of Steamships across Lake Maaccan. ie The line thus formed is a short and direct route from NEW YORK MONTREAL BUFF TORONTO to ST. PAUL, DULUTH and Pacific Coast points. Write either of the undersigned for Folders, which omtain Maps, Train Schedules and much information A value to those comtemplating a trip to any of the above-mentioned points. W. H. BALDWIN, JR., General Manager. W. F. POTTER, Gen'|, Sup’t. A. PATRIARCHE, Traffic Manager. Crmmun. Ovvices: - SAGINAW, MICH, AAGtual Results NET PREMIUMS PAID TO THE ONTARIO TRL on an ordinary Life Policy of $1,000, | No. 1230 during its first 20 years, issued for age 37: In 1882,...Paid $13.29 oO | OONESLEP BPOS. "PS COMMISSION AGENTS Limits trav- Limits bought and sold on commission. Estimates given. elled and carefully prepared. Some first-class berths on the North Shore of Lake | Huron and on the Upper Ottawa now in our hands | for sale. Communications confidential. References given. 36 Rochester St. Ortawa | ore Res | SCRIBNER’S xy om LINRER ADL THON See gu OE LION Su complete Book of its kind ever published ise { nN Most Gives measurement 0 Planks, Scantling ; cubical contents of squa s; grewth of trees; lanc d, interest, stave and heading bolts, et book throughout the United States and the new illustrated edition of 18 s seller for it. Sent post paid for 35 cents. GEO. W. FISHER. 8, Rochester, N.Y. Box 23 | or A. G. MORTIMER, Toronto, Can. < FIRE PROOF ROOFING =| LLUSTRATED:CATALOGUE FREE METALLIC ROOFING © /MANUFACTURERS. TORON a THE CANADA LUMBERMAN JUNE, 1893 : GALT MACHINE KNIFE WORKS) * es ie. waaay “MAITLAND, RIXON & CO OWEN SOUND, ONT. MACHINE KNIVES HINE KN Saw Millers and Lumber Dealers Planing, Moulding and Stave Cutting All kinds of Building Material kept in stock’ PETER Hay, 45 ont |e Soe note | he Rathbun Gom pany~8 GARL GARTNER 6. G __DESERONTOS, ON AGENT FOR MANUFACTURERS OF CANADIAN WOOD GOODS Doors, Sash, Blinds, Stairs : se find all kinds of House-Finishing Materials IIE. Ee 6d stain cart, OW Baa 2.0. | CEODAR OIL for Purging Boilers Kl. Reicheustr, 17-19 and 80 Bishopsgate St., E.C. W. STODART CoBRESPONDENCE SorrerrEep | Cc. C. CLEVELAND G. F. CLEVELAND J. L. Goodhue & 60. MANUFACTURERS OF [FATHER BELTING :::: anp LACE LEATHER 5BeboursUUles @ Ele GEO. GCORMAGK Wholesale and Retail Dealer in ALL KINDS OF LUMBER LUMBER SHIPPED TO ALL PARTS BY RAIL OR VESSEL Jolin Bertram & Sons CANADA TOOL WORKS DUNDAS, ONTARIO WOOD - WORKING MAGHINBRY MAGHINE TOOLS, BTC. WRITE FOR PRICES AND CATALOGUE WHITBY, ONTARIO Dauntless Shingle and Heading Machine [copy.] *. WILL make more Shingles per day than any self-acting machine with vertical saw in existence, and more |. Shingles from the same |. quantity of timber. Linpsay, May 18th, 1893. Mr. F. J. Drake, Belleville. Dear Sir,—The shingle machine we bought of you over a year agois doing well. Last year we averaged over 32,000 shingles per day all through the season. We did not lose 15 minutes’ time from all stoppages, and all repairs so far have not cost soc. We ex- pect to make a still higher average cut this year. All our other machinery purchased from -| you is as good as the shingle machine. Your drag saw, with friction drive, cannot ‘| be beaten. We run ours 180 strokes per minute; with 6% ft. saw it would easily NN PoE TN TAE FRAME .. Is of Iron throughout, very | heavy and rigid, strongly bolted |. and braced. make blocks for two shingle machines. ‘| The splitter, with balance wheel 4 feet .| diameter, weighing 1,000 lbs., is perfect and runs without the least jar. The iron frame shingle jointer with 4o-inch saw is the only good jointer we ever saw. In fact, all your machinery, line shaft, pul- THE CARRIAGE— .. Is very light and strong, made of forged Cast Steel Plate, running on steel ways or tracks. Will take in a block 18 inches wide and 1g inches long, adjustable for 16-inch or 18-inch | shingles. leys, etc., give us the best satisfaction. We expect to require another mill in a few days, and, if we do, will send you the order for complete outfit. Truly yours, M. Dovey. P.S.—If any one wants tosee a good work- CAPACITY FROM 25,000 TO 50,000 PER DAY ing shingle mill send them to me.—M. D. 2 Fd ee wanurscTurer of SAW, SHINGLE AND LATH MACHINER® BELLEY Lee eo Ne, — Jone, 1893 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN 17 “Non6 SUPDASS. WaTEROUS" oY gs NO. 4 STEEL \\ It has more special features to commend CARRIAGE \W iG chan anyother Band DOUBLE ACTION \V FRICTION SET WORKS NO LOST MOTION GREAT STIFFNESS - from its breadth of frame w PERFECT STEADINESS - under the greatest speed ie TENSION = = - the most sensitive STRAIN ON SAWS — reduced 25 % to 50 7 SHORTEST SAWS - Dyes atOMmlsmeet FOOT SPEED OF SAWS - the highest attainable OFF-SET TO CARRIAGE the most imple, applicable to almost S any Carriage BAND SAW TOOLS _ the best and latest improved, the lar- gest line _ one of the best, at the service of our BAND SAW EXPERT customers, to put saws right and teach your sawyer how to handle the saws | y ¥- QE. “Start Right ORDER : The Waterous No. 2 ee. eal BAND SAWMILsL ST Not having already de- cided to put® inva, ene you may consider it too late for this season. We can erect in your mill at any time during the sum- mer, one of our No. 2 Band Mills, and not delay you longer than a week. Will not a saving of Eee2nds On cach Cub sOmears ordinary circular more than pay you to make the change. Capacity of mill is. in- creased rather than dimin- ished. BETTER ORDER AT ONCE WATEROUS SS = Ss \\W BRANTFORD HIGH TACHINERY CANADA JUNE, 1893 Napanee Osment, Works, Ltd INA PAN BE eee Ss ena STAR“? PORTLAND CEMENT WONE BETTER; AND OF NAPANEE OEBMENE ARTICULARLY ADAPTED FOR DAMS, SMOKE-STACKS, FOUNDATIONS, CULVERTS, CIST- ERNS, CELLARS, ETC. LARGELY BEING USED IN THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER CANAL. ENDORSED BY LEADING RAILWAYS AND CONTRACTORS. _ . MANUFACTURER S. Ae TRADE ==-14,1811bs. HER 7,622 BREAKING STRAIN-O IW, “CAME — «6 INE Ss, XAVIER ST, MONTREAL - H.G. ROSS & CO. Real Estate, Fire and Life Insurance SHIPPING AND GBNERAL COMMISSION AGENTS . TIMBER LIMITS AND FARMING LANDS A SPECIALTY. . . NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. Box 273 A.B.C. CopE CasBLeE Appress: ‘‘ROSS” CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED THE RATHBUN GOMPANY ... MANUFACTURERS OF Se TERRA COTTA Endorsed by leading Architects BAND SAWS BREAK SIXTEEN REASONS, AND HOW TO AVOID THEM Being instructions to filers on the care of large band saw blades used in the manufacture of lumber. A book filled with valuable information on the care of band saws. Giving the reasons for breaking; analyzing each reason; giving instructions to dispense with the causes as laid down in each reason; and full details on filing and brazing. The proper styles of hammers to use are illustrated and described, and views of blades showing the blows of the different styles of hammers form an important part of the illustrations. Improper and unequal tension are then treated, and the manner of properly setting irregular teeth is described. In connection with the treatise is a his- tory of the invention, manufacture and use of the saw from its origin to the present time. The work in whole makes an accumulation of information such as has never before been published. The book is printed on fine paper, good clear type, and is handsomely and sub- stantially bound in cloth. It will be sent to any address on receipt of the ‘price ONE DOLLAR. —— Address— CANADA LUMBERMAN, Toronto, Ont. ROBIN & SADLER MANUFACTURERS .OF 251822520 NOTREDAME 91129 BAY ST. az Send for sample of our new SAWMILL BELT =:s EVERY LUMBERMAN WANTS IT CENTS 35 BUYS IT OOribner’s Lumber and 100 Book ©” & © SAVES T Absolutely Fire-proof Deadens Noise on FIRE = PROOFING = Myles SAVES MSTHKES Siva Does not Crack on application of Heat or y For use in Old and New Buildings Water : aa About as Cheap as Wood or Brick SAS SaaS Weight one-third that of Brick ..... Gives Warmth in Winter ; Coo'ness in Summer BRIMFUL OF EVERY-DAY, Address : ‘ PRACTICAL INFORMATION THE CANADA LUMBERMAN, Toronto $$$ (Member Toronto Stock Exchange) BUYS BROKER & FINANCIAL AGENT PHOTO-ENGRAVING BUREAU “Buip to-pay THEN, -STRONG ND SURE, With » FIRM &ND fiMPLe BaxSE.?? | ~ DO YOU? LC Pe THUS 0. | : \ davertisercent | yy w én the | CONTRACT~ TECORD, | Toronto | ~ will bring you | fenders fromthe best cortractors. Lumber, Lathe Shingles = BRACEBRIDGE, ONT. | BSH WES GRAIN TABLES The book contains more valuable information and 34 fa : oI ‘ ‘ useful tables for Farmers, Millers, Traders and others Pe Lge + 7 than a imilar book of its kind ever published, be- | 1 sides acomplete Ready Reckoner showing the B IF ng z value of articles or lbs. from one to 500; from a quarter of a cent to $2.00. Also tables for Grain, Hay, Rent, i Board, Wages, Interest, etc. : Write for sample copy. THE CANADIAN MILLER, Toronto, Ont. J.D. SHIR TANUFACTURER OF DEALS SPECIALLY IN TIMBER LIMITS No. 2 Victoria Street, Telephone No. 418. TORONTO, ONT. 16 Adelaide St. West, TORONTO We have the most complete establishment in Canada, and by our different processes are enabled to make cuts for every and all pur- poses. HALF -TONE CUTS made direct from photos = === —————. our specialty. peel LINE CUTS for Newspaper and other adver- ————————_ tising purposes. Send for Catalogue and Prices. MOORE & ALEXANDER, Props. TEL. 2158 ; June, 1893 ‘THE CANADA LUMBERMAN mee ANDREWS DRYER For Lumber, Shingles, Staves, Heading, etc. HAS PROVED TO PURCHAS- Z = ERS TO DO WHAT IS —— = : [) FR GoEN GUARANTEED IN SAVING WZ WZ a ———E———— es THEM MONEY IN —— ee 5 = aa —— | NW hd bg ! NNN NANNANNANSA | | | NN Freight, Insurance, Time, Interest, Expense, Capital, Yard Room, Labor Mt lt NNANK | N There may be persons who do not appreciate the advantages of the artificial drying of lumber. 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Baughman, of Indianapolis, Ind., has issued a fourth edition of his ‘‘ Buyer and Seller,” a hand-book of lumber tables that are invaluable to anyone engaged in the lumber trade. Besides rather more than one hundred pages of these tables considerable space is given up to rules for flooring and siding, suggestions when ordering lumber and much other practical matter. The book is bound in full leather, limp, with finger index. “The Georgian Bay” is the title that James Cleland Hamilton, M.A., L.L.B., has given toa neat little work of nearly 175 pages, recently published by James Bain & Son, Toronto. The contents—matter of the book was originally embraced in a series of historical papers read before the Canadian Institute, Toronto, and deals with the inhabitants, mineral interests, fish, timber and other resources of this district of country so familiar to every lumberman. A well executed map and numerous illustrations embellish the work. Mr. Hamilton holds the, pen of a picturesque and ready writer, and possesses an intimate acquaintance with literature that gives a delightful freshness and beauty to many of the scenes pictured in the book. Those who may as yet have found it inconvenient to visit the Georgian bay territories will easily find tbemselves transported there in imagination when reading this book. Mr. Hamilton’s position as chairman of the historical section of the Canadian Institute is a guarantee of the value of the present work from an historical point of view, which is perhaps the most important. ; “Ontario’s Parliament Buildings, 1792 to 1892,” by Frank Yeigh, private secretary to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, is a book that will take prominent rank among the historical works of the Dominion. It was an opportune time, just on the com- pletion of the magnificent pile in the Queen’s Park, in which all Cntarioans, and indeed Canadians from whatever province, have much pride, to take a retrospect of provincial legislation for the past century. Mr. Yeigh has shown large industry in the collection of historical incidents and facts related to the subject matter of the book and has compressed into this one volume a mass of data that will be new to not a few Cana- dians, who doubtless consider themselves well-read on the affairs of their country. To the general reader the information will be, in no smal] measure, entirely new, and to everyone it must be very valuable. The book is written in an easy, sketchy style, that marks whatever comes from Mr. Yeigh’s pen, and contains many illustrations of prominent legislators and of different places of meeting of the legislature during the past hundred years. Bound in cloth and well printed. The Williamson Book Company, publishers, Toronto. Trade Review, St. John’s Nfld.: Lumber is arriving in large quantities daily, both from Canada and the local mills. Owing to the number of new buildings going up the demand is very brisk, and the price is still stiff. large business. Jury, 1893 ite NEw S, ONTARIO. —J. F. Lillicrop has opened a lumber yard at Lakefield. —Wnm. Grier, of St. Patrick, is putting shingle machinery into his sawmill. —Harmon Gilmore, shingle and planing mill, Vittoria, has assigned to J. H. Johnson. —White & McCreary, sash and door manufacturers, Arn- prior, have assigned to Ephraim Mohr. —The C. Beck Manufacturing Co., Penetang, have their two mills running to their fullest capacity. —A log came down the Gatineau river drive for Gilmour & Hughson, which measured 3 feet 10 inches in diameter. —J. McLaren & Co., Wakefield, are having a survey made with a view to having a branch of the G.T.R. run up to their mills. —Carruther & Shaw’s shingle mill at Penetang, is doing a It is contemplated fitting the mill up as a complete planing mill. —McLaren’s mill at New Edinburgh has commenced running. The mill is not a very large one, there being only four gate saws together with some circulars, but it has always been remarkable for the large cut that it makes. —Log driving in the vicinity of Deux Revieres is about completed for the season. Wm. Fitzsimons, agent for J. & B. Grier, has delivered a fine drive of dimension timber at Gordon creek, and G. A..Fraser has come forward with a drive from Antoinne creek. —The Keewatin Power Co., capital $1,000,000, incorpor- ated by Alex. Fraser, lumberman, Westmeath; Wm. Gibson, M.P., Richard Fuller, Hamilton; John Mather, of Ottawa, and W. H. Brouse of Toronto, to furnish hydraulic and elec- tric power from the Winnipeg river and establish factories, dwellings, and so forth, is gazetted. —aA large number of men are engaged in Eddy’s old planing mill at the Chaudiere removing the floor to make ready for the putting in of machines for a paper mill. The building is a very large one and it will take a long time to fit it up and have it ready for work. The water power will have to be changed around and new beams put in some places. —Capt. W. H. Kelly, well-known as the former skipper of the tug Matilda on the Ottawa river, but now of Montreal, has completed the purchase of some 1,600 logs, lying at Little Moose creek, from the Casselman Lumber Company. These will be made into boards and will be shipped by the Canada Atlantic Railway, via the South Nation river. —Seaman & Newman, of Wiarton, have built a large raft of square timber for the approaches of the Canadian Soo Canal. Its entire length is 180 feet, 25 in width and about 14 feet deep, 11 feet of which is under water. It contains 750,000 feet of hemlock square timber and is built in two cribs, so bolted together that it will be almost impossible to break it up. —wW. C. Reid, lumber merchant, of Fergus, was committed for trial at Guelph, on a charge of attempting to buy counter- feit money. The case was worked up by Provincial detectives Rogers and Greer, upon information furnished by Major Percy Sherwood, of the Dominion police. Two of Reid’s letters to “A. B. Morgan,” a supposed New York green goods man, were returned to the dead letter office and a decoy letter from the detectives had the effect of landing Reid. —Sad is the case of William Reardon, a man who has been in the hospital at Toronto since February and who is probably disabled for life. He was sent here from the mills of the Ontario Lumber Company in“Western Algoma with both feet frozen. Reardon lost the use of his feet in saving a French-Canadian boy from being frozen to death shortly after the deep snows settled on the lumber woods last winter. The lad ran away from the mills, but was tracked and followed some sixteen miles by a few of the men who knew he would freeze to death if he stayed away. The boy was recovered but Reardon had his feet frozen. There were no medical appliances at hand and when the man’s feet thawed out some of the toes had to be removed by his fellow workers with ordinary tools. He grew worse and had to come to the hospital, where nearly all the toes were amputated. He is there yet and will be a cripple for life the doctors say. QUEBEC. —Lepherin Perrault, builder, Montreal, has assigned, owing about $18,000. We was a railway contractor until two years ago, when he started up as trader and builder, —The White Wings Ship Company, has been formed at Quebec with a capital of $12,800 to build a wooden vessel of 399 toms to trade to New York, Kiver La Platte, Rio Grande do Sal and other South American ports. —A lumber dealer in a moderate way at L’?Assomption for the last five years, Oswald Chaput, has arranged a cash com- position with his creditors on liabilities of about $4,000. He is reported to have been before unsuccessful, while at Valley- field in the grocery business. —A despatch from Three Rivers says: The lumbermen of this locality are highly incensed at the delay in obtaining their lumber for sawing owing to the slowness of the officials in having the various bonuses distributed. It is also owing to the action of the federal government in curtailing the allowances of cash, generally voted for lumbering operations on the St. Maurice. Heretofore $11,000 has been voted, but this season only $6,000 are allowed. The lumber operations at the mills have been put back for more than two weeks. NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA. —W. H. & J. Rourke, lumber dealers, St. Martins, N.B., have compromised at 50 cents on the dollar. —The steam sawmill, owned by Levi Dinsmore & Sons, and recently burned at Noel, N.S., will probably be built this summer, as only half of the season’s logs are cut. —The Forest Holme has sailed for Garston with a heavy cargo including 1,834,716 feet of deals and battens, 55,710 scantling, and 136,965 lath. She was loaded by W. M. Mackay. —The mills at St. Martins, N.B., are all at work. White, Fownes & White got their drive of 4,000,000 out, and are running night and day. Mosher & Co. got out 2,500,000 and other smaller mills about 1,000,000. —Nathaniel Wilson, a well-known lumberman and farmer of McNamee, Parish of Ludlow, N.B., was found dead at his log landing, near hishome. The deceased was alone, putting ina landing of logs when he was struck on the head with a skid and instantly killed. His dead body was found by two young men. He was about 48 years of age and leaves a widow and three children. —The Norwegian bark, Benjamin Bangs, reached Halifax, N.S., from Vancouver, B.C., after a voyage of 165 days. She has inaugurated a new trade—the shipment of spars, etc., from the Pacific coast to this region. Her cargo, consigned to Bentley & Fleming, is valued at $25,000, and the freight was $11,000. It consisted of 194 Oregon pine masts, 100 feet long and 12 to 30 inches in diameter; 50,000 feet pine plank; 30,000 feet pine flooring; 80,000 feet red cedar; 50,000 feet spruce flooring; 250,000 red cedar shingles and 10 monster pieces pine timber 45 feet long. FIRES AND CASUALTIES. FIRES. —Schliehauf Bros.’ stave factory, West Lorne, Ont., was totally destroyed by fire 20th ult. Loss about $4,000. —The building and machinery of Davidson & Hay’s mill at Cache Bay, Ont., was badly damaged by fire a few weeks ago. —C. P. Holton, lumber and sash factory, Belleville, has been burned out. Loss about $8,000 ; insurance $2,000. Mr. Holton has been a great sufferer from repeated visitations of fire to his property. It was but nine months ago since the big fire took place in his lumber yard, whereby a loss of $17,000 was incurred. He will at once rebuild and resume business. CASUALTIES. —R. Manning, employed on the Rathbun Company’s drive, fell off the boom above the slide at Kinmount, Ont., and was drowned. —Michael Cleary had both legs broken while working on Fraser’s drive on the Petawawa, Ont., death following the severity of his injuries. —A man named Augustin Royer, a millman at Bertrand’s sawmill in Clarence township, had three fingers cut off by the circular saw. —Joseph Dube, a laborer, while at work at Hortubuise’s mill at Cassellman, Ont., had one of his arms accidentally cut below the elbow. —A young man named Drake, whose home is at Baysville, Ont., was drowned a week ago in the south branch of the Muskoka river with a gang of men driving logs for Mickle & Dyment. —Alexander McDonald, employed in Mickle, Dyment & Sons’ sawmill, Gravenhurst, Ont., received severe injuries while attempting to put a belt on a pulley. His head and arms were badly cut and bruised, —Herman Woodland, 15 years of age, had his clothing caught by one of the chains in Booth’s mill, Ottawa, and before he could extricate himself was drawn against a circular saw and killed. A verdict of accidental death was returned by Coroner Mark’s jury. —Albert Hein was drowned at Eganville, Ont., whilst en- deavoring to draw back a log that had lodged on the face of the dam into the mill pond. —A riverman named L. Cole, and hailing from Dacre, Ont., and working on McLachlin Bros.’ extensive drive near Egan- ville, had his arm jammed between a rock and the end of a log, almost severing it. It was afterwards amputated. —Frances Paron was drowned near the Quinge rapids on the Ottawa; and Thomas Newall, while trying to run the rapids of the Madawaska on a sawlog forfeited his life for his foolhardi- ness. Both men were employees of Bronson & Weston. STRENGTH OF SHAFTING. T is generally pretty well known that a shaft will transmit power in proportion to its running velocity, and, therefore, the faster a shaft runs the lighter it should be within reasonable limit. The use of extremely heavy shafting is not advisable under any circumstances unless actually needed to perform the work required. That there should be an ample margin of strength no one will deny, but shafting multiplies in strength so rapidly as sizes increase, that the unenlightened are apt to make the selections much too large when aiming at only strength margin. To show how easily uninformed mechanics may make mistakes of that kind, it is only necessary to say that a three-inch shaft has nearly three and one-half times the transmitting strength of a two- inch shaft. None unaware of the fact would ever guess at that difference and may fall into the error of selecting a three-inch shaft to safely do the work of a two-inch. THAT BAND MILL ACCIDENT. HE Waterous Engine Works Co., Brantford, Ont., write of the accident that occurred at J. D. Shier’s mill at Bracebridge: ‘‘The band mill was speeded by us when we left it in Mr. Shier’s mill, at 390 revolutions per minute, and it had run in this way for six or seven weeks. The week previous to the accident Mr. Shier increased his boiler capacity and then speeded up his engine, and as a result the band mill was run 420 revolutions per minute. It was tested here to 450. An examination of the remains after the accident in endeavoring to ascertain the cause, revealed the fact that the governor belt was tightly twisted round the engine shaft, the lace holes being torn out at the ends. This was direct circumstantial evidence that the governor belt had broken and the engine had run away, increasing the speed to such an extent that the band saw fly wheel, already put to its limit or probably beyond, could not stand it. They were not sawing at the time, turning a log. The accident might have been avoided by having a stop motion on the engine, which would have stopped it immediately the belt broke. Mr. Shier’s damages will probably not exceed $500, and he will probably be running again inside of 10 days. What we wish to do is to correct the impression that the band mill was at fault. The accident was one that could have been avoided had proper pre- cautions been taken with the engine, and one that is liable to hap- pen at any time where the speed of the engine is uncontrolled.” BOILER SETTING. RewNG seen a way of setting boilers which is new to me, I send the inclosed sketch, writes a corres- pondent of Power. The bridge wall is run up to within 12 inches of the boiler, and the opening is only 34 O0000000000 C0D000000000Wy Yffy 00000000000 yf j Y) y YY fj 1 /7/) Y Yi yy) Y Yip MMU BOILER SE'LTING. inches wide—being proportioned about as shown in the sketch. The boiler is 54 inches in diameter by 14 feet long. If the boiler is ever burnt or blistered I think it will be at a point just over the bridge wall. Besides, I am of the opinion that this setting materially reduces the heating surface of the boiler shell. 10 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN : FRABE-REWIEME Office of CANADA LUMBERMAN, | June 30, 1893. J THE GENERAL SURVEY. HE annual reports of the leading banks of the Dominion, which have been published within the present month, all speak in hopeful terms of the lumber trade. It is encouraging to remark that the general trade of the Dominion is reported to be in quite a satis- factory condition. No great expansion has taken place, but the leading trades appear to have gathered strength and are being managed on a careful and conservative basis. Of lumber, however, it is remarked that an increase has taken place, and whilst it is explained that the cost of the product will be greater than last year, owing to the increase in cost of supplies and a higher price paid for labor, this is more than offset by the ad- vance in price. The manager of the Bank of Commerce makes use of these words: ‘“ Many of our customers have contracted for the whole of their summer’s output; and, unless financial troubles in the United States interfere very seriously with consumption, a very much larger amount of money than usual will be returned to us for lumber alone.” Continuing the report says: “The cut of sawlogs in the Ottawa district, and the stock held over from last season, are about the same as last season, but owing to the handsome advance in price the yield in money will be materially larger. Indeed, the output as a whole is said never to have been sold to yield a higher price. The amount of squared white pine timber is about the same as last season, while the waney timber is about doubled. At the moment the market is very dull and the outlook not so bright as for lumber. The market for deals, however, is all that could be desired. The conditions, both as to lumber and timber, in other districts, are not materially different, except that, apart from sawlogs cut in Canada by Michigan firms, to be sawn in Michigan, a considerable quantity of sawlogs taken out by Canadian firms have been sold in Michi- gan, instead of being sawn into lumber in Canada, as heretofore. It is to be hoped that before very long the demand from the east and better railroad facilities will make it more profitable to cut all these logs in Canada, instead of towing them across lake Michigan. Perhaps, indeed the scarcity of white pine lumber may have the effect of removing the duty within the next year or two.” The one remark of continued dullness in the local lumber trade is to be made. Building records show a falling off in Toronto of the volume of operations of half a million dollars in the first five months of 1893, as compared with a corresponding period in 1892. And contractors say that competition has brought down prices to such a figure that not in twenty years have the building trades been in a more unsatisfactory condition. In the other provinces, Quebec, New Brunswick and British Columbia, nothing remarkable is to be noted during the month. UNITED STATES. The one danger probably that menaces the lumber trade of the United States at the present time is a con- tinuation of the panicky feeling that has prevailed in the republic for some months. Lumber itself is in a healthy condition, but a feeling of uncertainty cannot touch the finances of the country without the most stable and prosperous lines of business being affected. Lumber is not seriously crippled, yet the pinch is being felt and several good sized lumber failures during the month are causing some anxiety. Aside from this one influence the situation is encouraging. Mills are busy, the drives with a few exceptions are coming along nicely, and if orders have slacked off during the month much of the cut of the mills for the season has been already placed and prices keep firm. FOREIGN. Business in Great Britain, in the terms of Farnworth & Jardine’s wood circular, Liverpool, Eng., continues quiet, the demand sluggish and values generally unsatis- factory. Stocks are quite ample and in some articles too heavy. The arrivals from British North America for the month of May are given as 14 vessels, 11,400 tons, against 17 vessels, 12,975 tons during the corres- ponding month last year, and the aggregate tonnage to June rst from all places during the years 1891, 1892, 1893, has been 80,644, 87,400 and 72,626 tons respect- ively. Denny, Mott & Dickson, in their monthly circu- lar say: “The apathetic tone, to which trades are be- coming accustomed, continues. There is little encour- agement to augment stocks on this side so long as the poor demand for consumption gives so little indication of improvement.” No very encouraging intelligence reaches us from Australia, South America, or other for- eign points. HARDWOODS. June has been rather a quiet month for hardwoods. So far as the United States is concerned the report is that neither buyers nor sellers are doing much, prefer- ing to hold off and learn more of the possibilities of the future. In our own country there is nothing special to note. TORONTO, ONT. ToRONTO, June 30, 1893. CAR OR CARGO LOTS. 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TAnchidressingyand|ipetten. ere eee PEE eee scre reer 20 00 22 00 TAnchisidingsmillpruns eee Pee eee eee eee een neers 14 00 15 00 Tinchisidingacommonsre-ee eee CHEE En eee cr Eerie II 00 1200 minchisidingyshipicullstererree eter eter ree rier etree II 00 12 00 THNChesiding emi llacul| Saeed ecee eee eee arte e tart g 00 10 00 Gulllscantling acess acer eitireicen tilt ten eteiere 8 00 9g 00 1 1-2 and thicker cutting up plank..............-.+.+.++.- 24 00 26 00 1 inch strips 4 in. to 8 in. mill run............---.seeeee eee 14 00 15 00 1 inch strips, common......... == LOO) 82700; 1 1-4 inch flooring. . a 16 00 Tar-2iinchi Mooring seem eerie eer terrier rere 16 00 KX shingles! 'r6ysinchis speech eee leet 250 2 60 XXFshinglesiz6inch "17-year reece nt fo) 52 (Se) IEEVa We INKob > igbaoseDoocoa daqdoaDadonpooDdOnQORMoODDOgDONGD 215 ILE INOS Bon ca aaasd0 dong DDD anOH OH DODaZObADSOODDNI00NND 180 1 85 YARD QUOTATIONS. Mill cull boards and scantling$10 oo . M. Shipping cull boards, promis- II- 2in. flooring, ‘dres'd 26 00 30 00 cuous widths. ..... 13 00 rough 18 00 22 00 stocks . . . 16 00 ss es dres’'d 25 00 28 00 Scantling and joist, up to 16 ft 14 00} 11-4 in. flooring, un- 18 ft 15 00 dressed, B.M. . . 16 00 18 00 gs sf «20 ft 16 00} r1- qin. flooring, dres’d 18 00 20 00 cf i SS 22 ft 17 00 “* undres’d 12 00 15 00 se i “ 24 ft 19 00 Beaded sheeting, dres- o ES +5) i260 20) 00)| ee ISeCiei earns 20 00 35 00 ac fs “28 ft 22 00 Gia dres’d. 12 00 gs se «30 ft 24 00 | X sawn shingles se oe “¢ 32ft 27 00 pe INI 5 55 oo 260 270 § sf “ 34ft 29 50)| Sawnlath. ©. <= © 2 60 Fey GO)\| INGO 6 5 6 6 5 6 x 00 40 00 £ gs CesoiitagrecollMWihitcmsmr mca tire 00 45 00 f ay *¢ 38 ft 33 00 | Basswood, No. 1and 2 Bs 00 30 00 s «40 to 44 ft 37 00 | Cherry, No. rand 2. 00 go 00 Cutting up planks, 1 White ash, 1 and 2. . Bs 00 35 00 and thicker, dry . 25 00 28 00} Black ask, 1and2. . 20 00 30 00 board 18 00 24 00 Dressing blocks . . . 16 00 20 00 Picks Am. inspection. 30 00 HARDWOODS—PER M. FEET CAR LOTS. Ash, white, 1 to2in..$18 00 $20 00 | Elm, soft 1 ‘ 1%$11 00 $12 00 24 to 4.. 20 00 24 00 cease py Wey 1) Go) 1} OD “ black, 1 ‘‘ 1% 16 00 18 00 o srock, 1 § x{or4oo) 16"00 Birch si a3 ee “cc 1 “ 8 WSs. 4.. 17 00 2000 : 1% ‘ 3.. 15 00 18 00 ce “4x4 “8x8 20 00 22 00] Hickory 1% ‘‘ 28 00 30 00 «red x ‘f ¥% 2000 22 00| Maple rt ‘' 1% 16 00 17 00 Seog pies 2| ““ 45% 22/00 25) 00 ef 2) iS 4) 17/100! =18)(00) “yellow 1 ‘* 4.. 14 00 15 00 | Oak,red,pn1 ‘‘ 14% 22 00 26 00 Basswood 1 ‘‘ 1% 15 00 16 00 “ a “ 4.. 26 00 3000 re 1% ‘ 2.. 16 00 18 00 “white ‘1 “ 1% 2800 3000 Butternut 1 ‘‘ 1% 23 00 25 00 oh oboe “ 4-. 30 00 3500 GS 2) <°°3.8 25,00) 28 oo “quart’d 1 ‘“‘ 2.. 48 00 5200 Chestnut 1 ‘“*2.. 25 00 30 00} Walnut 1 ‘*3.. 85 00 100 00 Cherry I 144 50 00 6000] Whitewood 1 ‘ 2.. 3200 3600 oe 2 4.. 60 00 65 00 OTTAWA, ONT. OrrTawa. June 30, 1893. Pine, good sidings, per M feet, b. Meee cere erence eee e ee ees 40 00 Pine, good strips, a ey cTafete ra forefoPetstcrevetaverers eee 00 Pine, good shorts, ce Se Rivonie malo eioeteeete 3 00 Pine, 2nd quality sidings, per M feet, b.m. 25 00 Pine, 2nd quality strips, fe 22 00 Pine, 2nd quality shorts, af ie sf 18 00 Pine, shipping cull stock, ‘‘ ee se 16 00 Pine, box cull stock, se Hf sf 13 00 Pine, s.c. strips and sidings a fs 6 14 00 Pinesmillcull ascents eerie eerie ener 10 00 Lath, noe nba cboncdedonnondeddbenboodon0e do Recreate - 160 149g0 QUEBEC, QUE. QUEBEC, June 30, 1893. WHITE PINE—IN THE RAFT. cts. cts, For inferior and ordinary according to average, quality etc., meastired [Off -/.31c cicielsisizi\etolnisie om oinieloietiete ae eteerou icone 14 @ 18 For fair average quality, according to average, etc., measured off. 16 20 For good and good fair average, “‘ 23. «27 For superior te ff WU ie « 28 30 In shipping order es ut i nS ep) Bs Waney board, 18to1ginch ‘ or os ss Bg a4 18°36 Waney board, 19 to 21 inch 6 fs sf = MS 7G) RED PINE—IN THE RAFT. Measured off, according to average and quality snisiatata svat raters etree 14 22 In shipping order, g5itomgs feet f° fe NEE a on. Seater 22a I30) OAK—MICHIGAN AND OHIO. By the dram, according toaverageand quality. . . .. . .45 51 ELM. By the dram, according to average and quality, 4510 50 feet. .30 32 «30 to35 feet. .25 28 JuLy, 1893 ASH. 14 inches and up, according to average and quality. . . . .30 34 BIRCH. 16 inch average, according to average and quality. . * . .20 23 TAMARAC. Square, according to size and quality . SC Flatted, at ia,-065) fey) calhgye eae a STAVES. Merchentable Pipe, according to qual. and sp’cfct’n—nominal . $330 $350 : W.O. Puncheon, Merchantable, according to quality. . . . go 100 DEALS. Bright, according to mill specification, $115 to $123 for 1st, $78 to $82 for end, and $37 to $42 for 3rd quality. Bright spruce, according to mill specification, $40 to $43 for 1st, $27 to $28 for 2nd, $23 to $25 for 3rd, and $19 to $21 for 4th quality. BOSTON, MASS. BosTON, Mass., June 30.—News has come to this port that logs are hung up in some of the eastern rivers for want of water and there are mills that fear they will suffer for want of supplies. Orders are not large, yet a comfortable trade is being done. EASTERN PINE—CARGO OR CAR LOAD. Ordinary planed EV Nonnogc 53505 $9 00 10 00 boardsierieerres $12 00 TT-TONinch irre 8 9 00 Coarse No. 5....... 1300 1400| inch........... 800 850 IRATWESs nad nogodoc0 12 00@$13 00 | Clapboards, sapext.. 52 50 55 00 (ONGSssosanncgos0056 8 00 1050 Sap clearsuyneeeee 47 00 5000 Boxboards, 1 inch... 11 25 12 00 Sap, 2nd clear.... 40 00 42 50 YOO Xoo do00000600 950 1050 INO.stn eee eee 2000 25 00 WESTERN PINE—BY CAR LOAD. Uppers, 1 in........ $52 00@s53 00 | Fine com., 3 and 4 in 42 00 46 00 14%,1% and 2 in.. 52 00 55 00] No. 2,1 in. Finecom. 28 00 30 00 Brand igunienlar- este 60 00 6500| 1%,1%and 2in... 29 00 31 00 Selects, 1 in......... 43 00 45 00| No. r strips, 4 to6in. 43 00 44 00 14%, 1% and 2 in.. 47 oc 48 00 WS Beancocsccoss 6 ayevaGl 7h itleonoooeac 56100) )59)00) || NOs ieee ene Moulding boards, 7 to Cut ups, 1 to 2 in.... TON ECleater sje 36 co 38 00 | Coffin boards........ 60 per cent. clear... 34 00 36 oo | Common all widths. .. Fine common, rin.... 38 00 39 oo} Shipping culls, x in... 14%, 1% and 2in. « 41 00 45 00 do 1% in. 15 50 16 50 SPRUCE—BY CARGO. Scantling and plank, Coarse, rough........ 12 00o@14 00 random cargoes.. 14 00@15 oo Hemlock bds., rough. 12 00 13 oo Yard orders, ordinary “” dressed 12 00 14 00 sizes 16 oo | Clapbds., extra, 4 ft.. 32 00 33 00 Yard orders, Glear,v4i ft cere 30 00 31 00 sizes 18 00| Second clear....... 24 00 26 00 Clear floor boards 20 00 NO: Deereee eee 13 00 17 00 No. 2 17 00 LATH Sprucelby/cargon-...- /leeieilesieelele ee seem Tete ites carhetettens 2 50@2 75 SHINGLES. Eastern sawed cedar, Eastern shaved sawed extrabiepeemieereie 300 $3 25 cedar, 1st quality... 5 00 5 25 Gleantrey-eeiececrictes 250 275 and quality......... 475 ite ananAS Dass 225 225 3rd ee Cuceion.t05 400 extra No. r......... 150 2 75 |) 4th) oo 300 325 Spruce No. 1......... I 50 OSWEGO, N.Y. OsweEco, N.Y., June 30.—Notwithstanding the finan- cial depression, lumber remains active, shipments have continued satisfactory and prices steady. WHITE PINE. Three uppers, 1%, I ie and 2'inchis,..225 sesaeererts Lida teee $47 00@49 00 Pickings, No. 1, cutting up, ‘ ne No. 2, cutting up, ‘ oe 4. In strips, 4to8 wide selected for moulding strips, 14 to 16 ft. 32 00 34 00 SIDING. 1 in siding, cutting up 1% in selected....... 35 00@42 00 picks and uppers... 32 00@39 00 | 1% in dressing....... "Ee 00 21 00 I in dressing......... Ig co 21 00| 1% in No. 1 culls.. es co 616 00 tin No.1 culls...... 14 00 15 00|1¥% in No. 2cuils.... 12 00 13 00 1 in No. 2 culls...... 12 00 13 00]1 in. No3culls...... I0 00 II oO IX12 INCH. 12/and)16) feet; mill) run): <)oiev- Hamilton, Ont Keewatin, Ont Keewatin, Ont Lakefield, Ont Little Current, Ont. Little Current, Ont.... London, Ont Longford Mills, Ont... Mount Forest, Ont.... Norman, Ont.........- Norman, Toronto, Ont..... Toronto, Ont Toronto, Ont Toronto, Ont.......... Toronto, Ce ee Montreal, Que Montreal, Que.... Montreai, Moodyville, B.C...... New Westminster, B.C. Canterbury, N.B...... Bridgewater, N.S... “Gestapo LSS Ae ere Power, Style aa D aily Capacity Steam, Circular and Ff Wat., ( Lath 7om Mills, Water, and 3 Circulars. Steam, Circular, 4om Steam, Circular, 16m Stm., Band, (Chie Waubaushene mill, Steam, Circular, 6m Steam, Circular, 25m Steam, Circular, 4m Steam, Circular Water, Steam, Circular, 4om able and Stationery, Circular, Steam, Circular, 200m 2 Stm., 2 Wat., Steam, Circular, 20m Steam, Circular, 38m Railway, Express, or NSS = Shipping Point Name ZUSINESS MPPAMPT cals siciescidee 8 Pepe re US i-O) aye) a alee d so GLOMOEOROROED Lumber, Wholesale and Retail................- (Oiawar ecco cess Wie GONG. . 5.5 6 sce s Lumber, Wholesale and Retail........ J RR ep epne POIGID SPE ATMIED 5 foliss) sii) «co Licence: o> Exp. and dlr. in Am. Hwds, made to specification PENIOURG ci2. sec gee 3s \Longford Lumber Co........... Saw and Plan. Mill, Hemlock, Hardwds., Whol. |Mount Forest......... STECTSIOCE UW ott oliasicielctasers:clelore Cherry, White Ash, Hardwoods, W holesale.:... Normaft. ..|\Cameron & Kennedy........... Saw and Plan. Mill, Tim. Lands and Logs, Pine Norman... .|Minnesota & Ontario Lumber Co. .| Lumber, Wholesz ale and) Retailers nets Elmwood, G.T_R......|S. B. Wilson & Son........... Hardwoods, Shingles, Lath, Handles........... .|Toronto .. : Campbell, A.H. &Co.......... Embers Wibolesale © ov. fe lemyer vss sieleln cinisiers o ajeiore eee ee ii Mp RONMANG, Fg. a 06 de os en Darmibersmwiholesalexectcretersisiste cis eieieeetereis ae sia Resniiee oeeeeeee 2 Donogn: & Oliver .. 2. sae ess umber, Wholesales). <)- sh ete oie eee eu ea eS i ii |Victoria Harbor LumberCo....... 3 Saw, Shingleand Lath Mills, White Pine, Whol. Toronto...... ‘lw. N. McEachren &Co........ Pumper; .Wbolesale:- ic). ..cheee aceon hates 1 OAT ..\James Tennant & Co.......... Lumber, Lath, Shingles, etc., Wholesale........ .|Wiarton........ OY CU aa 3) lon, Oca on Sho eo 3 Sawmills, Lumber, Barrel Heads............. Buckingham .. : Sos BYOB Naess aie eta cnare ret 2 Sawmills, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods .......... BID eea WIR Os oisie:a's. nid «id'a's DeLaplante & Bowden...... -|Pine and Hardwood Lumber, Whol. and Retail. . \Cookshire. . . .|\Cookshire MillCo. ....... -|Saw, Shingle, Planing, Stave and Heading Mill. Montreal... .......|Dufresse, O. Jr. & Frere Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hdwds., Whol. -|Montreal.. Sesac |Roberts, Joseph & Fils......... Saw and Planing Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds, Int. Fin, Spruce, Hardwoods, Wholesale...... ; |Montre = Ee ee |SHEARER & BROWN ......... 4 Sawmills, Oak, Ash, Elm, Pine, Hem., Dim... _\New Westminster. MOODYVILLE SAWMILL CO. ... .|Sawmills, P. Fin, Spruce, Cede ur, H ardwoods AEE New Westminster. Brunette Sawmill Co.......... Saw and Planing Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds, | Fir, Cedar, Spruce, Hardwoods.............. Canterbury Stn....... James Morrison & Son......... Saw mill, Pine, Hardwoods ale data eketetatatl ters) os cYaxwory oversee Bridgewater - DAVIDSON, E.D.&SONS...... 5 Saw, Shgle. and Lath Mills, Pine, Spr., Hwds. Wz ater, C ircule ur yang and Band, .|Circular, 3m Steam, Cir., Saw 14m, Com Stm., Cir., Gang and B. Com. Com. 3and, Cir. 3and Mill Water, Gang and Band, 450m Saw 4oom, .| Water, Gang, Circular, Saw gom, Shingles 7om, Lath 30m 1 Band, 2 Gangs S. 75m, Sh. 60m stm., 200m 3 Pt. Severn mill, water, 120m Sh. 20m 3and and Circular, room and, 140m Steam and Water, Circular, Port- tom Gang and Band, 180m Steam, Circular and Gang, 60m Steam, Circular and Band, 50m 5; 40m Steam, Gang and Circular and Ga ung, 200m Lumbermen desirous of being represented in this Directory can obtain information in regard to rates by communicating with the Publisher. mK TANNED BEL TORONTO 20 FRONT ST EAST TELEPHONE 475 Thé Montreal Gar Wheé! 60. ... MANUFACTURERS OF .... Charcoal Iron Ghilled RAILROAD WHEELS NEW YORK LIFE INSURANGE BUILDING, MONTREAL Works: LACHINE, QUEBEG We make a specialty of Wheels suitable for the re quirements of Lumbermen and Street Car Service can supply them Bored, Finished and Balanced. >» ang GORRESPONDENGE SOLICITED THE J.C.M°LAREN BELTING C2 montrea 14 THE CANADA LUMBER MAWN JuLY, 1893 MACHINERY ~ Borrow ING LIST OF NEW AND SECOND- hand Boilers, Engines and General Machinery for sale by The Canada Machinery and Supply Co., Brantford, Ont., dealers in new and second-hand ma- chinery and supplies -— NE BOILER, TO BRICK IN, 44 IN. DIA. x ir ft. 7 in. long, 41 3-in. tubes, in first-class order. NE BOILER, TO BRICK IN, 44 IN. DIA. x 11 ft. 8 in. long, 38 3-in. tubes, in first-class shape. HREE 25 H.P. PORTABLE LOCO. FIRE BOX boilers, in good order. NE 20 H.P. RETURN TUBULAR BOILER, to brick in. SI TA 6H.P. FIRE BOX BOILERS FOR cheese factories. NE 12x16 SLIDE-VALVE ENGINE, BECK- ett’s make. ENS gx12 SLIDE-VALVE ENGINES, Goldie & McCulloch and Morrison makes. @x= 64% xg SLIDE-VALVE ENGINE, COPP Bros. & Barry make. WO 5!4x9 SLIDE-VALVE ENGINES, BECK- ett’s make. NE 6H.P. ENGINE, UPRIGHT, with 8 H.P. boiler combined on one cast iron base. ORE 15 H.P. ENGINE, English make. NE 14 H.P. LEONARD MAKE ENGINE, nearly new. NE 12 H.P. HORIZONTAL PORTABLE EN- gine and boiler on skids; Ames & Co., makers, Oswego, N.Y. SS — (Me 24-INCH McGREGOR, GOURLAY & CO. make heavy surface planer, almost new. pe 24-INCH CANT, GOURLAY & CO. MAKE light surface planers, in good order. NE GOLDIE & McCULLOCH THREE-SIDE moulder. oC ONE-SIDE MOULDER. WO 34-INCH WHEELS BAND SAWING machines. NE ALMOST NEW VERTICAL SPINDLE Spore machine, McGregor, Gourlay and Co.’s ONE ALMOST NEW IRON TOP JIG SAW, Cowan and Co., makers. oO GOOD SHAPER. Se GOOD SAW TABLES. NE NEARLY NEW GOLDIE & McCULLOCH tenoner, with double copes. NE WOOD FRAME TENONER IN GOOD shape. WO UPRIGHT SWING SHINGLE OR or heading machines, with jointers. NE ALMOST NEW GENUINE “BAILEY” gauge or handle lathe, with countershaft. NE ALMOST NEW SPINNING LATHE FOR making spun metal work, with countershaft. Eo DOWELL MACHINES. NE 20-INCH WATEROUS CHOPPER COM- plete with double elevators, equal to new. pos PARTICULARS CHEERFULLY GIVEN upon enqury at the Canada Machinery and Supply Co., Brantford, Ont. SECOND-HAND MACHINERY FOR SALE One right hand 12 x 14 straight line engine, our make run a very short time. One pair of engines, right and left, 16x20, can be used separately or together, with two large pulleys and fly wheel and connecting shaft. Three boilers 48x14 with large domes, full fronts all fittings, fixtures and stack. One 60x 13 ft. 6in. steel boiler, with 64 3% in. x 13 ft. 6in. tubes, boiler made of 6 sheets double rivetted on side seams, furnished complete with all fittings, fixtures and stack, boiler and fixtures are in perfect order hay- ing been run but three months. One 56x14 boiler, comparatively new, has been in use less than a year. One right hand iron saw frame, with mandrel, pulley, boxes, three 54in. saws, 56 to 100 teeth in each, and one 64in. saw, suitable for steam or independent fric- tion feed. One 3-block heavy saw carriage, Sewry’s make, with boss dogs, V and flat track, frame and carriage are in good order, have averaged 35,000 to 40,000 ft. per day, only discarded to put in a band mill and carriage suit- able for same. One left hand 3-block light medium sized saw car- riage with V and flat track. Several portable engines from 12 to 20 horse power. HATEROUS, BRANTFORD, CANADA FOR SALE HANDLE LATHE FOR MAKING FORK __and rake handles. Inéh squares are cut out of slabs, piled one on top of the other in the machine, and it automatically takes the lowest, runs it between the knives and produces the handle without any more attention. Contracts can be secured for all the handles that can be produced with the machine, WATEROUS, BRANTFORD, CAN. GANG SAW FILERS WO CAPABLE MEN WANTED AT ONCE for the season. Apply to THE MUSKOKA MILL & LUMBER CO., Muskoka Mills, Ont. FOR SALE 50,000 Acres well-selected Timber Limits N COAST DISTRICT OF BRITISH COLUM- bia, close to tide water, together with a complete Saw Mill Plant. This valuable property can be bought at a bargain and on easy terms. For information apply to or correspond with H. H. SPICER, Vancouver, B.C. AN ARTICLE FOR LUMBERMEN AND. LOGtERO IN THE JUNE NUMBER OF SCRIBNER’S MAGAZINE RTHUR HILL, President of a Sagi- A naw Lumber Company, who began his career as a landlooker, has written the truest and most graphic ac- count ever published of LIFE IN A -LOG- GING CAMP. DAN BEARD, the well-known artist, made a special journey to a great lumber camp last winter to sketch the SHANTY Boy at work. Twenty of his realistic pictures appear in this article. Among them : THE SWAMPER THE LAND LOOKER CHOPPER AND SAWYER SHANTY BOY WITH CANT HOOK SNAKING A LOG WITH SKIDDINGTONS DINNER HOUR THE SKIDWAY A LOG TRAIN A MOSS BACK COOK’S DEVILS SUNDAY IN CAMP A BANKING GROUND 2 This article is in the series on MEN’S OCCUPATIONS, which will run through the year, and includes The Sailor, The Actor, The Printer, The Journalist, and The Machinist. Each article elaborately illustrated. 25 GENTS A NUMBER $3.00 A YEAR CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS 743 BROADWAY, NEW YORK — THE — NORTH OnORE NAVIGATION GD Royal Mail Line of Steamers CITY OF LONDON ...- MANITOU... CITY OF MIDLAND - FAVORITE... Running in connection with the G.T.R. and C.P.R., will sail during the season of 1893 as follows: HE CITY OF MIDLAND AND THE CITY OF LONDON will leave Collingwood at 1.30 p.m. every Tuesday and Friday on arrival of G.T.R. morning trains from Toronto and Hamilton, calling at Meaford. Leave Owen Sound same day at 10.30 p.m., after arrival of C.P.R. train from Toronto, connecting at Wiarton with night train from the south, and stop- ping at all intermediate ports to Sault Ste. Marie. Returning leave the Soo at daylight, making railway connections at Wiarton, Owen Sound and Collingwood. - The FAVORITE will leave Collingwood Monday and Thursday, at 1.30 p.m. for Parry Sound, Byng Inlet, French River and Killarney, connecting there with line steamers for Sault Ste. Marie, Returning stop at French River, Byng Inlet and Midland, making connection there with steamer MANITOU for Parry Sound and G.T.R. for south and east, and at Colling- wood with G.T.R for Toronto and Hamilton. Commencing Thursday, May 4th The MANITOU will make regular trips from Pene- tanguishene, connecting with trains from the south only at Midland, every Monday, Wednesday, Thurs- day and Saturday on arrival of G-T.R. from all points south and east for Parry Sound, making connection there with the steamer FAVORITE for Byng Inlet, French River and Killarney, where the latter connects with the line steamers for the Soo. For tickets and further information see folders, or apply to all agents of the G.T.R. and C.P.R., or to C. E. STEPHENS, M. BURTON, Sec.-Treas., Collingwood, Mgr. Collingwood. GANADIAN IUMBERMAN’S DIREGTORY AND INDEX TO THE PLANING MILLS AND SASH AND DOOR FACTORIES OF "CANADASS 0 cae Ee Publisher is now open to receive subscriptions for the above Directory of the lumber trades. No effort is being spared to make this publication thor- oughly complete and reliable in every detail, and it is hoped that all LUMBERMAN sub- scribers interested will fill in the following subscription blank and return to this office at as early a date as possible. TO THE PUBLISHER OF THE LUMBERMAN’S DIRECTORY AND INDEX TO THE PLANING MILLS AND SASH AND DOOR FACTORIES OF CANADA: Pleasessupoly ase eae With... 2S copies of the above Directory as soon as issued, for which............ agree to pay Two Dollars per copy. All owners of saw and planing mills, wholesale and retail lumbermen, coopers, etc., are earnestly requested to furnish information asked for in following blank and mail same as soon as possible: Card of Enquiry to Lumbermen. Manufacturers ot lumber, shingles, lath, staves, headings, etc., will please fill in this blank : Power, style and capacity of mill:..... Dealers in lumber, shingles, lath, etc., will please fill in following blank : WholesalevorsRetarllie aye eee eee Class of stock handled: Owners of planing mills, sash, door and blind factories, will please fill in following blank : IHN TISENMGUSOISS Toonpconcdlodolanude waveocdadiovonds ov PPR IAGO mada coco SoeeSo 30 Classiofemanutactuke terete PMI CGA GD OK GoGoLdr > BS nals Bost‘ Office: area eestor ree Shipping Point). soca @-t eae eee (Signéd) oss 050). .. Heiemieveaieercssh <6 Ses: eee BR Anisdeie e!4cserght: «216.315 (oe tee ae PO; Province... 0 - Meee Sipe So ee oad Addiess all communications to DIRECTORY DEPARTMENT, CANADA LUMBERMAN, TORONTO, ON® Jury, 1893 ACIS OD, OP-ONO-QOr:N LUMBERMAN BRAND REGISTERED ST SS Se ee mom bEAND OEMENT Our own manufacture and unexcelled. Its use is authorized by Province of Ontario and Toronto City Engineers. Quality GUARANTEED, and always the same. The Rathbun GOv F. REDDAWAY & CoO. MANUFACTURERS OF MANUFACTURERS, Deseronto, Ont. WORKS AT NAPANEE MILLS 14,1811bs. 6 IN, ENGLISH Oak DouBLe LEATHER __7,522 MANUFACTURERS OF HOSE 57 STFRS. XAVIER ST, MONTREAL BREAKING STRAIN 6 In.“CAMEL’ HAIR BELT dé ad ALSO Linen FirRe MANCHESTER, ¢ ENGLAND. meen IOoS> & OO. Real Estate, Fire and Life Insurance SHIPPING AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS . . TIMBER LIMITS AND FARMING LANDS A SPECIALTY. . . NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. Box 273 EVERY LUMBERMAN 3 WANTS IT SOribner's LUMDEP and Ld Book —_ 7 So SAVES TIMB SAVES MISTAKES SAVES MONEY A.B.C. Cope Caste Appress: ““ROSS” CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED CENTS BUYS IT Address : THE CANADA LUMBERMAN, Toronto BRIMFUL OF EVERY-DAY, PRACTICAL INFORMATION 45 CENTS ©~ FISHER’S RAIN TABLES “Burp to-vayY THEN, -STRONG AND SURE, itn *& FIRM «ND MPLE Bx&xS£.”? —L —192 PAGES G he book contains mor ter aad s Ss ae eed vATHY \L0 vee aa. Hay, Rent, aay # ie ee 6. mt % cadvertiserent gape 5 fim et Gki mw tin the THE CANADIAN MILLER, E Leopy Toronto, On. | & od 4 MIA CONTRACT TECORD, | x} ot; a = Sey S J.D. SHIBR ¢ | Toronto | 72 & Spee ; i will bring you | tenders fromthe | best contractors. er, Lath & Shingles ‘ACE BRIDGE, ONT. SIXTEEN REASONS, AND HOW TO AVOID THEM Being instructions to filers on the care of large band saw blades used in the manufacture of lumber. A book filled with valuable information on the care of band saws. Giving the reasons for breaking; analyzing each reason; giving instructions to dispense with the causes as laid down in each reason; and full details on filing and brazing. The proper styles of hammers to use are illustrated and described, and views of blades showing the blows of the different styles of hammers form an important part of the illustrations. Improper and unequal tension are then treated, and the manner of properly setting irregular teeth is described. In connection with the treatise is a his- tory of the invention, manufacture and use of the saw from its origin to the present time. The work in whole makes an accumulation of information such as has never before been published. The book is printed on fine paper, good clear type, and is handsomely and sub- stantially bound in cloth. It will be sent to any address on receipt of the ‘price, ONE DOLLAR. : Address— CANADA LUMBERMAN, Toronto, Ont. -) MANUFACTURERS OF ROBIN & SADLER oe v MOEATREAL 2518 &2520 NOTREDAME S129 BAY ST. azz Send for sample of our new SAWMILL BELT =a POROUS TERRA COTTA Proved by actual and thorough tests to be the best fire-proofing material in use. Unequalled for making buildings, vermin, heat, cold and noise proof. For partitions, costs no more of brick. than brick; weight, one-third that THE RATHBUN COMPANY ::: panies MANUFACTURERS, DESERONTO, Onr. THOS. MOGRAKEN Tie own PHOTO-ENGRAVING BUREAU BROKER & FINANCIAL AGENT 16 Adelaide St. West, TORONTO DEALS SPECIALLY IN TIMBER LIMITS No. 2 Victoria Street, Telephone No. 418. TORONTO, ONT. = We have the most complete establishment in Canada, and by our different ' processes are enabled to make LLs cuts for every > PLANING f- and all pur- |) Mices é poses. | HALF-TONE CUTS made direct from photos == ———— our specialty. LINE CUTS for Newspaper and other adver- = Hsing: purposes: Send for Catalogue and Prices. MOORE & ALEXANDER, Props. TEL, 2158 16 SH=S0D CANADA LUMBERMAN JULY, 1893 GALT MAGHINE KNIFE WORKS Ar al MACHINE KNIVES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR Planing, Moulding and Stave Cutting —=——Send for Price List| eae Y “COAL feng Cable Address London: ‘‘ Freestuff.’’ Cable Address Hamburg: ‘‘ Gardner.”’ GARL GARTNER AGENT FOR CANADIAN WOOD GOODS 69 HAMBURG, GERMANY : Offiice K1. Reichcu_tr, 17-19 LONDON, ENGLAND: 8 Union Court, Old Broad St., E.C. ard 80 Bishopsgate St., E.C. J. W. MAITLAND———~H. RIXON J. G. AINSILE MAITLAND, RI RIXON & CO. OWEN SOUND, ONT. Saw Millers and Lumber Dealers All kinds of Building Material kept in stock WE MAKE A v-sbectat o LONG BILL STUFF IN ROGK ELM, PINE, CEDAR AND HEMLOGK Quotations furnished on application The Rathbun Gompany-< 6 _G._PESERONTO, Ola Doors, Sash, Blinds, Stairs find all kinds of House-Finishing Materials ‘ YVYENERERED DOORS a Sspeeiaaaa ‘W. STODARY J. J. TURNER .. oail, Tent and Awning Maker.. 251 George St. and 154 King St. PETERBOROUGH WILLIAM FOSTER Lumber and Commission Merchant RECEIVER AND FORWARDER OF LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES Canoe, Yacht and Boat Sails made to order. Perfect Fits Guaranteed. . . CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED... Every description of Lumbermen’s Supplies and Waterproof Clothing. Ov HN SO Uses CyNGies CoRRESPONDENCE SOLICITED CAVEATS and PATE NT TRADE MARKS Obtained in Canada. Lumbermen —_ YOUR BUSINESS IS HELPED BY 2eee Ae » ADVERTISING - UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN PAT- ENTS A SPECIALTY. Engineering Drawings Furnished. W. J. GRAHAM, 71 Yonge St. MSS TOTOUgS) Gavan’ [nie *, WRITE FOR PARTICULARS Dauntiess Shingle and Heading Machine | a WILL make more | Shingles per day than | any self-acting machine | with vertical saw in existence, and more Shingles from the same | quantity of timber. | Ga ae ane ae | THE FRAME ... Is of Iron throughout, very [copy.] Linpsay, May 18th, 1893. Mr. F. J. Drake, Belleville. Dear Sir,—The shingle machine we bought of you over a year ago is doing well. Last year we averaged over 32,000 shingles per day all through the season. We did not lose 15 minutes’ time from all stoppages, and all repairs sofar have not cost 50c. We ex- pect to make a still higher average cut this year. All our other machinery purchased from you is as good as the shingle machine. Your drag saw, with friction drive, cannot be beaten. We run ours 180 strokes per minute; with 61% ft. saw it would easily make blocks for two shingle machines. The splitter, with balance wheel 4 feet diameter, weighing 1,000 Ibs., is perfect heavy and rigid, strongly bolted and runs without the least jar. The iron and braced. frame shingle jointer with 4o-inch saw is the only good jointer we ever saw. In TAE CARRIAGE——* .. Is very light and strong, made of forged Cast Steel Plate, running on steel ways or | tracks. Will take in a block 18 inches wide and 19 inches long, | adjustable for 16-inch or 18-inch | shingles. fact, all your machinery, line shaft, pul- CAPACITY FROM 25,000 TO 50,000 PER DAY leys, etc., give us the best satisfaction. We expett to require another mill in a few days, and, if we do, will send you the order for complete outfit. Truly yours, M. Dovey. P.S.—If any one wants to see a good work- *ing shingle mill send them to me.—M. D. FATENTEErAND: 2: MANUFACTURER OF iF. Jd. DRAKE! : SAW, SHINGLE AND LATH MACHINERY Bei Sv lve eng Jury, 1893 Do You Lack Steam? We Can Help You THE OANADIAN HOLLOW BLA! GRATE HUNDREDS OF TESTIMONIALS LIKE THE FOLLOWING : THE CANADA LUMBERMAN 1 The Hollow Blast Grate supplies the furnace fire — ees with a blast of hot air sufficient at all times to insure the rapid and perfect combustion of fuel of every sort. “After having used your pleasure in aying that in our op OF THE AGE. We would r tion.” —-STEINHOFE “They are a complete succe doing more t We now keep a full supply of steam dust, doing better than we C. W. THOMAS, Gorpon, On? ‘ rio? } FHE IN ild not be witt & GORDON, W It is the only appliance that steams successfully with green or wet sawdust, tanbark or other refuse and waste. grate bars. ’- ““They give us full satisfaction in every respect : : one third more stuff per day than former They « It alone has solved the problem of steaming with ations.”—-McMACKON & COATES, Tivvury Cr the fine, compact dust of the band mill. “The blast grates started all right and g can burn most of the saw-dust and keep up = tean Iv THEY WILL NOT BURN OUT LIKE OTHER GRATES. NO price."—JOHN G. ROCK, Br SAW MILL CAN AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT. THEY WILL SAVE THEIR PRICE IN THREE MONTHS. be without them for double the HAGEN, ONT. “IT do not consider a saw mill complete without Blast Grate AARON GORDON, Dresven, Onv. REGARDLESS OF THE CHARACTER OF YOUR FUEL, WE = 2 = WW “T put in aset of your Grates a year ago, and they pleased me be- CAN GREATLY INCREASE THE VOLUME OF STEAM GENER- —$—SS— == = DOUG G EEE Aven) lt pens hindkeris of dollars ai sass cones taers ATED IN YOUR BOILERS. Ras a el eae Fes JPL ST SEE Sa TOT EC ie AC amon Ee Furnace Fitted with Hollow Blast Grates and Apparatus. A SY Ba ST EIN tl C. E. NAYLOR, Essex, Onr. FOR INFORMATION, PRICES OR ESTIMATES, ADDRESS THE GANADIAN HOLLOW BLAST GRATE GO, ESSEX, ONT. J. 0. GRAVEL, Secretary-Treasurer == |] COSTS YOU NOTHING 10 TRY THEM => WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION OR NO SALE A. ALLAN, President J. J. McGILL, Manager F. SCHOLES, Managing Director Ganadlan Rubber GOMpany Capital, $2,000,000.00 Of MONTREAL, TORONTO and WINNIPEG SEE RIOR QUALITY ROBBER GOODS for Mechanical Purposes RUBOCR BELING, PACKING, nD ——__MANUFACTUREH—-~ ty |, i ‘i [| ll | HEAD OFFICES AND FACTORY: MONTREAL TORONTO {Poo BONS Ae iI Gl Bl Kaa sanaar Manager Western Branch: Corner YoncE AND Front STREETS FORKS Mir . Seamless Rubber Belting Seamless Tube Hose These Patents we control for Canada PS ¢ :) HIN & PERE MARCUETE RAILROAD FROM Port Huron and Detroit Is the Short Line to ~ SAGINAW AND BAY GITY (Centres of the vast lumber interests of Michigan) I. PLEASANT, CLARE, REED CITY BALDWIN, LUDINGTON, MANISTEE WILNAUKEE AND KANITOKOC, HIS, The last two named are reached by the Company line A Steamships across Lake Michigan. The line thus formed i is a short and direct route from NEW YORK MONTREAL BUFF TORONTO to ST. PAUL, DULUTH and Pacific Coast points. Write either of the undersigned for Folders, whict omtain Maps, Train Sche nd much informatior value to those contemplating above-mentioned points. W. H. BALDWIN, JR., General Manager. W. F. POTTER, Gen'l. Sup’t. A. PATRIARCHE, Traffic Manager. Gennnar Ovvices: - SAGINAW, MICH, “Alctual Results NET PREMIUMS PAID TO THE NARI UTR Ut on an ordinary Life Policy of $1,000, No. 1230 during its first 20 years, issued for age 37: In 1872....Paid $26.57. In 1882....Paic 3 oe 26.57 88 ed ar a oR WPEI a Seon NADA. RAT | elled and carefully prepared. OS Sok oes Rooliester Bros : : COMMISSION AGENTS ROOFING Limits bought and sold on commission. Limits trav- Estimates given. Some first-class berths on the North Shore of Lake Huron and on the Upper Ottawa now in our hands for sale. Communications confidential. References given. 36 Rochester St. Ortawa | | Planks, Scantling; cubical contents of square and SGRIBNER’S LUMBER BND LOG sail | BOOK mat MMS! OVER ONE MILLION SOLD AEN Most complete Book * of its kind ever published Gives measurement 0 a_ kinds of Lumber, Iogs, timber; hints to lumber dealers; wood measure i of circular saws: care of saws; cordwood tables; felling trees; grewth of trees; land measure; wages, rent, | board, interest, stave and heading bolts, etc. Standard | book throughout the United States and Canada. Get Ask your book- cents. the new illustrated edition of 1882. seller for it. Sent post paid for 35 GEO. W. FISHER. Box 238, Rochester, N.Y. or A. G. MORTIMER, Toronto, Can. : FIRE PROOF ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FREE METALLIC ROOFING © MANUFACTURERS. TORONTO 18 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN A FEW SUGGESTIONS .+-.-+ REGARDING THE SUCCESSFUL ...... DPulnd of Lumber, Shingles, Héadind, 666. —— y ! JuLy, 1893 faultless and others worthless. Arguments may be convincing to those who have had experience, and yet bear no weight with those who have not. It is a fact accepted by all, however, that lumber can be dried without injury if the passage of the interior moisture to the surface precedes or keeps pace with surface evaporation. If the operation is uniform and extends to all parts of the material, uniform results will be obtained without warping, twisting or injury. Restrict the application of heat to one side or one edge of a board, for instance, and it will be unevenly dried and left in a warped, crooked and strained condition. Hasten the surface evaporation without expediting the escape of interior moisture proportionately, and the exterior will contract more rapidly than the interior, and checking and injury will result. Heat will drive the interior moisture to the surface, but too much heat or too little or an uneven application of it, 1s disastrous. If evaporation is properly controlled, most lumber one inch or less in thickness will stand a temperature of 100 deg. at the start and an increase of 1 deg. per hour until evaporation is completed. Time is saved by applying as much heat as lumber will stand. We pipe our kilns the entire length, graduating the heating surface so as to increase the tempera- ture 1 deg. to the foot, measuring from cold end. In a kiln 100 feet long with a temperature of 100 degrees at the receiving end, this gives 200 deg. at the unloading end. Whether temperature be higher or lower, and kiln loaded or empty, the graduation of heat remains uniform. Pipes are so placed that the lumber feels the direct radiation of heat. The circulation is upward through the lumber, and downward at sides between brass condensing plates and inner partitions. Thus an absolutely even and progressive heating is secured. A circulation lengthwise of kiln is wholly avoided, a humid or saturated atmosphere can be maintained about lumber while heating up, and during the entire process heating precedes evaporation. As might be expected, the highest results are obtained, and never anything else. We avoid engines, fans, chimneys and additional heating rooms, having a natural and perfect circulation in a vertical direction, the only one that will secure even heating. The kiln is fire proof and more durable and sightly than any other. The last degree of economy is reached as we supply only the heat absorbed by the lumber, and that lost on the condensing plates. Among those who have bought and used all the kilns that have come upon the market, certain facts are accepted as satisfactorily proven. Ist.—That condensing kilns have a clear advantage over all ventilating systems of 30% to 50 % in running expenses—fuel and attendance. 2nd.—That lengthwise or horizontal currents of hot air in a long kiln cannot possibly be made to heat or dry lumber evenly. If entrance and departure is at top of kiln, the body of heat will be at top, and bottom lumber will mildew. If entrance and departure be at bottom under the two end cars, the heated current will rise in centre taking a rainbow shape. An augur would be better adapted to rounding and truing billiard balls than such a current to even heating and drying of lumber. 3rd.—That all fans, blowers and power methods of creating circulation are worse than useless, because expensive, dangerous and destructive to even circulation. 4th.—That properly graduated heating appliances placed the entire length of kiln so that lumber will feel direct radiation of heat, is the only stable or unvarying or satisfactory means of securing or maintaining a progressive system of heating in a lumber dryer. In conclusion, we can say this, we are prepared to give a valid guarantee to each purchaser, that our kiln will do more work in less time, at less expense, and in better condition than any other. When any other kiln will fill this guarantee, we will refund the cost of ours. We shall be pleased to furnish plans and estimates. Believing that purchasers need no other inducements than our guarantee, our references and our prices, we leave them to call on us, if they desire an interview instead of sending an agent to them, unless in exceptional cases. We shall be glad to have you call on us, and if you will to have you make our offices headquarters while in the city. |" is a difficult matter to set forth in a brief communication the reasons why some kilns are 322 SEND FOR, DESCRIPTIVE GIRGULARTOR EME crane ANDREWS LUMBER DRYER | ‘TORN lO, Joie ——s Jury, 1893 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN See NORE WS DRYER For Lumber, Shingles, Staves, Heading, etc. DCS. 2) ste ee ERS TO DO WHAT IS [) nee be a GUARANTEED IN SAVING THEM MONEY IN Freight, Insurance, Time, Interest, Expense, Capital, Yard Room, Labor There may be persons who do not appreciate the advantages of the artificial drying of lumber. But the shrewd men, in the man- facture of furniture and other woodwork where reputation would be sacrificed by a lack of proper mtterial for good gluing and finishing, recognize a good system of drying as an important element of their success. High scientific authorities and thoroughly practical men are now agreed that the hot-blast and rapid-current systems ARE WASTEFUL, and that steam heat is the only safe means for artificial drying. The mode of applying steam heat most efficiently and g y U; y Y; Y Y Z eZee LLL PLL LLL LILLIE e Cc o n 0 m 1 Cc al l y 1 = th € re fo re n o Ww t h e € s Ss € n t 1 al Pp Oo 1 n t no gh h € A n d re Ww s WG MS WL S \ “9 Dryer accomplishes this result more surely than any other known This system and apparatus covered by letters patent. system Z A-—Drying-Room. BB—Brass Condensing-Walls. CCC— NN—Brass Gutters for receiving condensed moisture. PPP— sf 0 Lumber Cars. EE—Down Air-Flues. FF—Bottom Air-Flue. HH—Inside Walls, protecting meta! from heat, LL—Lumber on cars. Sticks hetweenlumber. SS—Double Steam-Coils. T—Auto- matic Steam Fire-Extinguishers, ? rrows show direction of currents of air. No FAN No ENGINE No SMOKE No CHIMNEY No SPECIAL FIREMAN OR FUEL No EXPENSIVE BRICKWORK No RISK OF FIRE No CHECKING OR WARPING No CASE-HARDENING “WE PUT GREEN SPRUCE IN DRIPPING WITH WATER, AND IN EIGHTEEN HOURS IT WAS DRYER THAN LUMBER THAT. HAD BEEN. STUCK VUP IN THE YARD ALL SUMMER.” This is the verdict of a Quebec lumber firm, and we can give equal re- — * NO EQUAL mene 72, #8 Outside View of the Andrews Progressive Kiln, showing Lumber placed sults every time. crosswise the building, on cars. The Andrews Lumber Dryer Has been proved to possess the following points of excellence: fst. That its drying is rapid and perfect. 2nd. That external and internal checking and discoloration are entirely avoided by this method. 3rd. That the drying is done by a CONTINUOUS system and the temper- ature of the kiln is under absolute control at all times. 4th. That our Dryer is free from the varying air currents (always wasteful) incident to all fan and open-draft kilns. Sth. That our drying is done by the slow continuous movement of a large body of slightly-moistened air. 6th. That our condensing surface is so very large as to be adequate to precipitating the moisture of the saturated air with the least amount of movement. 7th. That our piping is tested by high pressure and every outfit is fully guaranteed. DOUBLE FLANGE WHEEL ON CAR WHEEL, DOUBLE FLANGE SECTION OF CAR TRUCK, SHOW- &h. That by our improved system of drainage the freezing of pipes be- Meera GATOS Wwe ehh ae comes impossible. SEND FOR CIRCULARS i eos — | | STRAP WASHER BOLT AXLE DOMINION DRY KILN COMPANY CANADA LIFE BUILDING .... TORONTO. ONT. TEE: CANADA DL UMBE EAE JuLy, 1893 | Se It SII The “SIMONDS” CIRCULAR SAWS Sole Wis Phe ee -- OF . THE BEST SAWS IN THE WORLD Wone Genuine writhout our Trade Mark CO. LIN T EDS ST. CATHARINES. ONT, & “the “LEADER” ———e CROSS-CUT SAWS OUR HAND SAWS ESTABLISHED 1 We 2 Manufacture SAWS of every description. cannot be excelled for Narlehye quality, style or finish . . s . Price List and Discounts on application . ~~ REPAIRING PROMPTLY ATTENDED 10 INCORPOR ATED 1888 Reiso GUTTING-BOX KNIVES. THE DOMINION LEATHER BOARD GO.. ca MANUFACTURERS OF ASBESTOS MILL BOARD FOR STEAM PACKING FRICTION PULLEY BOSRD THE BEST FRICTION KNOWN Proprietors Sault au Recollet Paper Mills, making ROOFING, SHEATHING, FLOORING AND LINING FELT Tit OBERT ND ot TY WATER TUBE MARINE BOILER For Yachts, Launches and other Steamers — “THE ORIGINAL FIXED WATER LINE PIPE BOILER t= NEARLY 400 IN USE TORONTO AGENCY Or The Rathbun Go. ——— Are open to Purchase—— Oak, Arsh, Birch ISasswood | and Good Pine Lumber 1892 MODEL Remington Typewriter SAFE, RELIABLE, SIMPLE, LIGHT WEIGHT, ECONOMICAL, NO SHOP REPAIRS, SMALL SPACE Unapproached for Excellence of Design and Con tae aS ee cee ites eds of ern hh ee tes é = atter, W ; ; struction, Quality of Work, Simplicity letters fro om Pur chasers and engin ae ae oedar and P Ine shingles and Durability. = a eS = DOTY ENGINE WORKS CO. &= MACHINES FOR RENTAL =A OPERATORS SUPPLIED SEND FOR CIRCULAR GEORGE BENGOUGH | — SPAGKHAN & GO. 10-12 Adelaide St. East | 164 St. James Street Tel. 1207. TORONTO | Tel. 1189 MONTREAL ufacturers having such for sale are invited to com municate with T. W. WALKER, Agent TORGNLS = Office Cor. Spadina Ave. and Front Street MANUFACTURERS Man SUS! SIDING OF, Iago iarine mAtieS High Pressure, Compound and Triple Expansion Armington & Sims High Speed Engines for Electrical Work Heise and Vertical Engines, all sizes GEO. GORMAGK Wholesale and Retail Dealer in ALL KINDS OF RUMBER LUMBER SHIPPED TO ALL PARTS BY RAIL OR VESSEL | Cc. C. CLEVELAND J. L. Goodhue & 60. MANUFACTURERS OF | FATHER BELTING @% anpD LACE LEATHER IBEbewoUVIE VQ. G. F. CLEVELAND JOM Bertram & SONS | CANADA TOOL WORKS DUNDAS, ONTARIO Marine, Gemenaty: and Portable Boilers MANUFACTURERS OF WOOD - WORKING MAGHINBRY : MACHINE TOOLS, BTC. WRITE FOR PRICES AND CATALOGUE Patented Solid Web —— Wood Split Pulley Alexander Thomson, Bamboo and Art Furniture Manufacturer, Hamilton, writes: “» Water zWheel ——— SSS eS GAE “BOSS” GURBINE IVES the highest percentage of useful effect for every cubic foot of water used. No swinging gates, no arms, no rods. Sr1x Castings comprise the entire wheel. YC e The easiest working gate of any wheel made; fe- am volves on steel balls, therefore, moves without friction. Easily controlled by governor. Hi | tl : 66 99 ae i a The “BOSS - ‘t m7 Wheel e e e oe ss at a IS MADE IN DRY : 2 a DOD) = ONE COMPLETE F| = : ae : _ \ SMOOTH, EVEN CASTING \ | Yi — cent HT e = panna Water Wheel Governor Any deviation from the | correct speed, however | slight, affects the action of | the governor upon the gate, and it quickly brings the | speed up or. down to its | Most simple, durable, and efficient of any in use. Cor- rects quickly any disturbance of motion of machinery driven by water power. . proper point. . Write for Water Wheel Circulars and Catalogue of Sawmill Machinery .... The Wm. Hamilion Mg. Go., Lid. “see THE CANADA LUMBER MAN VotumeE XIV. NuMBER 8. TORONTO, ONT., AUGUST, 1893 jf Terms, $1.00 Pez YEAR | Since Corigs, 10 Cents SHARP SAWS. HE saw is of very early origin in the history of man, as many of the ancient structures could not have been built without it. The British Museum contains _ saws known by their stamp to have been made two thousand years before the Christian era. They have frequent mention in Scripture, noticeably in Samuel, 1083 B. C., and in Isaiah, 742 B. C. In the Stone Age saws were made by securing pieces of flint for teeth in wooden handles, with bitumen, and similar articles have been used by other people. The Japanese make their saws like cleavers, with their teeth pomting toward the handle. The circular saw and other improvements probably came in late in the eighteenth century. All work in wood is done either by sawing or cutting, and sawing is only a different way of cutting. The teeth of a saw work like a series of chisels, and a chisel- shaped tooth is the best for a rip saw in theory. In practice, however, the slender point of such a tooth will break away before knots of hard wood. A very different tooth is needed for cutting across the grain, as the work here is more difficult, requiring the teeth to be filed well back for cutting from the sides of the point, in order to sever across the grain of the wood. The length and size of saw teeth must vary for the various kinds of wood, requiring to be shorter and smaller in harder wood. Seven to ten teeth to the inch is about the right size for general purposes in hand saws. The same rule applies to the angles of the teeth, the angle being less thrown forward for harder woods, either in crosscut or rip saws. The set of the teeth should be no wider than is required to make the saw run smoothly, as more than this makes needless work. The set must be wider in green or sappy or soft and springy woods than in the opposite. Rubbing the saw with an oily rag helps by lessening the friction, also by preventing rust, -and further, a saw should be chosen which tapers thinner to the back. In buying a saw get from the make of some reputable firm, one with a thin blade, dark color, hung right and tight in handle, one that rings clearly when tapped, and bends evenly when sprung to either side, and with handle thoroughly dry and unsprung, as that springs the blade out of true. Get all your set from the tooth and none from the blade, as this strains and distorts the blade. A good saw set is better than hammer and punch in the hands of a beginner. Set the saw before filing, and in cold weather warm the saw to prevent the teeth breaking when set. The back saws have very small teeth and generally need no setting, as the filing gives sufficient. Backed saws frequently become warped and buckled if used roughly. This is caused by a blow on the centre of the back, causing the blade to slip into the back at that point. Remedy by tapping lightly on the ends of the back until the ends are drawn in even with the centre. Lay the stuff on benches; if thick rule on both sides and turn frequently to prevent the saw wandering. Keep your eye above your hand, or you may be misled. Keeping open the crack with a wedge assists both in the cutting and steering process. The teeth should have been filed evenly, as if longer on one side they mislead the saw in that direction. The rip saw is easiest to file, as being level on the points of the teeth it is simply filed straight across the blade, with the file held level from point to heel, and at the proper sidewise tip to give the upper angle or pitch to the teeth. Take hold of the tip of the file with the left hand so as to secure steady work, and file only on the push stroke, as this will give you better work and greatly save the file. The crosscut saw is harder to file than the rip, owing to the teeth requiring a point. With _ file in hand, as above, and saw in trim, proceed as above, only with the file at the proper sidewise angle to the blade to give the point required by the tooth. File one side first, then reverse the saw in the clamp and proceed as before, giving the same pitch to the teeth, and the work is done. The great requisite of a filer of saws is carefulness in all the particulars. As soon as the tooth is brought to its proper level stop at once, or you will do much harm to your work. No definite rule can be given for size of teeth, as wood that is either soft, green, or in a lage stick or log, requires a larger tooth for clearance than is needed in the reverse conditions. In hand saws the farmer will get the best use from the smaller teeth, as they will saw in both soft and hard woods. Compass saws and all of that class do better work filed square on back of teeth as in the rip, and a slant in front as in the crosscut saws, as they are required to part wood in all directions. The V tooth in large crosscut saws should be slightly longer than wide. The M tooth of itself cuts powerfully into the wood, but is regulated in its depth by the alternate cleaner, which is filed enough shorter to give the tooth a proper hold and no more. In selecting a file, choose one with an even, whitish color, as this denotes evenness of temper. Also choose one with the name of the maker upon it if you want the best, as the makers only put their names upon their first-class files. If there is a difference in weight be- tween those of the same size, select the heavier, as they are generally better. The boards for filing should be about four inches wide, hollowed out to fit over the handle, top edge rounded to give room for filing, and long enough to permit screwing them together just be- yond the point of the saw. Saw sets for general use are best provided with a set screw to regulate width of set. The cheapest form, next to the hammer and punch, which are entirely to be recommended, is simply a little square of steel with handle of the same, and with differ- ent sizes of notches along the sides. Where care is taken to use this on each tooth alike, no better set is required. LINING UP AN ENGINE. By RoserRT GRIMSHAW IN MILLING. HERE are few things which show the care and ability of an engineer or of a machinist more than this matter of lining up. Some call to mind the old proverb that every hair of a carpenter’s head is an eighth of an inch in diameter, owing to the fact that the average carpenter will work to an eighth of an inch where almost every other mechanic would work to a hair’s breadth. Others seem to appreciate the fact that a very slight variation at the cylinder end of the engine may amount to a great deal at the crank pin. The first thing to do is to see that the foundation is level and firm ; second that the engine bed is as nearly level as is practical to get at with the aid of levels and sighting strips. The bed must be leveled, both length- wise and crosswise. If it is so in these two directions it will be in every diagonal direction also. The longer the level used, the more accurate the result that can be got. For cross-leveling, where there is not a chance to use a long level, the sighting strips will often come in very handy. They are simply long and absolutely straight and parallel strips of wood (preferably cherry) of equal width and used in pairs. Being laid crosswise on the engine on the guides, at opposite ends, as far apart as possible, and one of them being shown to be perfectly horizontal by the application of the level, the other should sight fair with it at both ends. A very slight twist will bring one end or the other, or both, of one of the strips, ont of line with the other. The circularity and parallelism of the cylinder bore having been proved by a piece of stout wire, pointed at hoth ends, and just as long as the diameter of the bore, the cylinder must be shown to be level, if it is a hori- zontal engine (and we are talking now only of horizontal engines), by the application of the level. The truth of the flanges may be tested by a steel square and the level ; this is desirable in those cases where the guides are on a distance-piece bolted to the cylinder. The flange faces may be plumb, yet skew horizontally with the cylinder-bore; this cannot be shown by the plumb, square or level; and either of these faults is a most serious one, which does not happen once in a hundred times, but which, when it is found to be the case, gives so much trouble at first and afterwards as to call for being remedied by the builders—that is, in those cases where the guides are bolted to the flanges, or the cylinder bolted as in the Porter (so-called tangye, pattern. The guides may be tested for level by the level. If they are level and the cylinder-bore is cir- cular, parallel and level, the guides, if level lengthwise and crosswise, will be parallel with the cylinder axis and at right angles with the cylinder-flanges. If the guides are higher at one end than at the other, it will be shown. by the level. If they are askew, that may be shown by the sighting strips. To be sure that the guides are in line with the cylin- der-bore there are two ways, one to be sure that they are square with the face of the flange which bolts to the cylinder and which constitutes one cylinder head. If, the cylinder flanges are square with the bore and the guides are square with the face of the head, then the guides will be parallel with the cylinder bore. Where this distance-piece construction is not fol- lowed, the guides will have to be lined with the cylinder- bore by a cord passing through the centre of the bore, being there held at the rear or “out” end by a strip wedged into the bore, and passing at the other end of the bore through a spider made of metal for the purpose, or of wood for the special occasion, this line being pro- longed as far as possible beyond the crank. If the shaft when laid in its bearings is higher at one end than at the other, that may usually be shown by the level, or by a plumb held against the crank web or disk—this last, however, assuming that the crank is truly at right angles with the shaft centre. If the shaft is no higher at one end than at the other, but is out of square with the cylinder-bore in a horizontal plane, that may be shown (assuming that the crank is at right angles with the shaft) by applying a sighting-strip horizontally to the face of the crank web or disk and sighting a point at a known distance from the cylinder- bore; this being determined by T-squares from the centre-cord. The crank-pin will show, by being further from the centre line when on one of the dead centres than on the other, whether or not the crank is at right angles crosswise to the cylinder-bore in the horizontal plane. The shaft-bearings can be tested independently of the shaft, with the latter removed, by drawing a cord through the centres. The piston-head must be made exactly central with the cylinder-bore, and the cross- head made at the proper height with the latter, and also square with it and with the guides. To recapitulate: The following are the points to which suspicion must be directed and where correction must be removed for them if they are not found correct : Cylinder-bore—Level. Front Cylinder Flanges—Plumb and at right angles with the cylinder-bore. Guides—Level lengthwise and crosswise ; parallel with the cylinder-bore ; at right angles to the cylinder-bore; at right angles to the cylinder flange. Crank—Level ; at right angles with the cylinder-bore ; at the same height with the cylinder-bore. Piston—Central with the cylinder-bore. Crosshead—Central with the cylinder-bore, at right angles throughout, and at the proper height, 4 THE CANADA TUM eH RE Weezer Aucusr, 1893 WOODS OF THE WORLD. HE papers read at the Forestry Congress of the World’s Fair have been the means of imparting a large amount of information concerning various woods from many divergent parts of the world. British Guiana. British Guiana, according to Hon. J. J. Quelch, has g,o0o square miles of forests, and some of the trees grow 300 feet high. Among the specimens shown were 150 different kinds of woods, but only four of these are known commercially in America. One admits of a very bright polish closely resembling gilt. Greenheart is valuable for ship wood, as is also mora, the latter grow- ing 300 feet tall, and almost universally hollow. Wal- latia is used for shingles and cooperage, the natural oil in the wood protecting it from the water. Hitherto British Guiana has imported considerable white pine from America, but native woods are now taking its lace. P Mexico. The paper on Mexico was written by Lauro Viadas and Romulo Escobar, and says that walnut, cedar, ebony, oak and mahogany are found in abundance in that country. A very common tree is the soap tree, the fruit of which is used for soap. Colonel Amee, who read the paper on Mexico, showed the photograph of a big tree, and told the story that an Indian once climbed 50 feet up the tree and was drowned in the water that had collected between the branches. Australia. The total forest area of New South Wales, said Hon. J. P. Hudson, superintendent of the exhibit from that country, is estimated at about 21,000,000 acres, and we have 1,013 forest reserves proclaimed covering a total of over 5,600,000 acres, sub-divided in 25 districts each having resident foresters and travelling inspectors whose duty it is to safe-guard these forest reserves. In 1891 the forest department expended $119,375 upon the north- ern reserves for the conservation of red cedar and for other purposes. As in the United States, so also in New South Wales, Arbor Day has been appointed on which the children of all the public schools plant trees. We have also a state nursery consisting of over 1,200, 000 trees, representing over 250 kinds of timber. We have practically three classes of timber country, divided into open forest, scrub and brush, these forests producing no less than 630 different kinds of timber of economic value. The finest description of hardwood timbers grow on the ridges and hill sides. Iron bark has a tensile strain about twice that of English oak and is extensively used for girders, bridges, wharves and whenever great weights are to be carried, and for railroad ties it has no equal. Spotted gum thrives the best on poor soil. It is a handsome wood, capable of high polish, bends readily and is used for joists, etc., and in ship building. The heart wood is also very valuable for paving purposes. Blue gum and blooded gum are especially prized for wheelwrights’ works. It is also good for paving blocks, wharf decking, etc. Stringy bark, so called from the fibrous nature of its bark, is a good building timber and is used extensively for paving blocks and is expected to some day play a part in paper making. Tallow wood is a grand tree, growing to a great height and size and makes excellent framing. It is a favorite timber for making floors, shipdecks, wharves, etc. Mountain ash is especially adapted to coopers’ work, being free from taste or stain, white and easily worked. Turpentine timber is unequalled for wharf-piles, being proof against marine worms and not affected by salt water. These are but samples of our many valuable timbers which grow in what I call open forests. The red cedar is our royal wood and is beautiful enough to adorn any building erected in these days of great architectural triumphs, and will hold its own with any wood of the world. It is extremely durable, as shown in the Forestry Building by a section of a large cedar log which had been felled and exposed to floods and the elements for more than twenty years without appreciable decay. The cedar flitches shown in the Forestry Building are merely of the ordinary quality and not selected for any other purpose than to show it in its ordinary commercial aspect. Rosewood is most beautiful for furniture and interior finish and is destined to become extremely valuable. Black and red bean are fancy timbers, especially desirable for fine joiners’ work, which are exemplified in the door and architraves in the Forestry Building which have withstood changes of climate and been transferred for thousands of miles without affecting the joints. There are suites of furniture in the Manufacturers’ Building made of these woods. The beech is a tree of noble proportions and is in great demand for house building and the fitting up of railway Carriages, etc. Our brush forests cover a considerable area of the country along the coast and contain tall and graceful ferns reaching a height of 60 feet. They also contain cabbage palms, fig trees and some of the most useful as well as ornamental hardwood trees, such as silky oak, tulip wood and ash. One of the principal trees is colon- ial pine, which grows to a height of 200 feet and is used for building purposes. Grey Iron Bark has a resistance to breaking strain 50 per cent. higher than English oak. Full grown trees usually average 100 feet clear of limbs. Although our timber resources are so great, we import considerable - quantities chiefly from New Zealand, South Australia, the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. West Africa. In the opinion of Alfred B. King, commissioner from Liberia, some time will go by before much will be known of West African forests. The coast territory had been completely devastated and was now covered with a new growth of timber. The palm, which is said to be the “shittim” wood of Holy Writ is very abundant. For commercial uses this wood is of little account, the fibre being used for certain purposes. Thirty-seven different kinds of hardwood grow in the forests of West Africa. Mahogany, black gum and rubber hold a foremost place. Canada. The forest interests of the Dominion were presented in an address by Prof. Wm. Saunders, of Ottawa. “Tn order to gain an intelligent insight into the sub- ject of tree growth and forest distribution in Canada with its enormous area and great diversity of climate,” said Mr. Saunders, “‘a brief description of the present conditions of the several provinces and territories must be given.” “Beginning at the eastern extremity, we have the pro- vince of Prince Edward Island. It is about 150 miles long, deeply indented by bays. A large proportion of the land is under cultivation. In the wooded parts, the principal trees are white and black spruce, and Ameri- can larch, with some elm and oak. The uncleared land is tound chiefly at the northern end of the island where some lumbering is carried on. No tree planting has been undertaken here beyond that of tests of a few varieties of western trees, most of which appear to do well. “Tn Nova Scotia, with 20,600 square miles of land and New Brunswick with 28,200 square miles, there are large quantities of spruce, hemlock, larch, pine, oak, elm, maple, beech and birch. With so much wooded land, it is not to be expected that any very general feel- ing in favor of tree planting should exist. Lumber makes up about two-thirds of the total exports. “Continuing westward, we have the province of Que- bec, covering 228,900 square miles. This has vast tracts of forest lands and a large proportion of the trees which form the staple of the woods in the eastern and central states flourish in Quebec. Laws have been enacted to regulate the cutting of timber, which prevent the felling of small trees. Stringent regulations are also enforced for the prevention of forest fires. Inspectors appointed by the provincial government visit the lum- bering camps from time to time and see that the forest laws are enforced. No very general sentiment in favor of tree planting exists. “The province of Ontario has an area of 228,000 square miles and contains large forests which are a source of much revenue to the provincial government, and timber forms one of the most important articles of export. The trees are cut under regulation and super- vision of forest inspectors. In many of the older settled districts sentiment in favor of tree planting exists. Many years ago a law was passed in Ontario which provided for the payment of a bounty for all trees planted on the highways. Arbor Day is also observed. “Manitoba is situated in the centre of the continent and covers an area of about 74,000 square miles. The principal timber is poplar, with some white elm, green ash, box elder, mossy cup oak, the latter formimg a scrubby growth in most parts of the province. White spruce is also found over a limited area. The northern part of Manitoba is covered with trees large enough to be used. “The northwest territories, which adjoin Manitoba and in many respects resemble that province, consist of four provincial districts: Assiniboia with an area of 90,000 square miles ; Saskatchewan, with 107,000 square miles; Athabasca, with 105,000 square miles, and Alberta, 106,000 square miles. The greater part of the southern portion, from the United States boundary north for about 200 miles, is flat or rolling prairie, a large propor- tion of it being treeless. Wherever the settlers have located in this great stretch of about 1,000 square miles there is an eager desire to obtain and plant trees and tree seeds, and it is within this area that the chief efforts of the government have been exerted to encourage tree planting. “The Province of British Columbia contains some 380,000 square miles, a large proportion of which is heavily timbered. Within the part west of the coast range 100 to 150 miles wide and 700 miles long, with its mild and moist climate, the annual growth is much greater than it is in most parts of the world; hence there is no liklihood of any scarcity of timber for gener- ations to come and there is not much sentiment among the people in favor of tree planting except in certain lines. There is a little hardwood of any sort, and with a view to supplying this want, experiments are being carried on in growing hardwoods of the east, especially hickory, ash, elm, cherry, black walnut, butternut and white and red oak. “ Reference will now be made to the methods which have been adopted to stimulate tree planting on the western plains through the Agency of the Dominion Experimental Farms. Seven years ago parliament passed an act which gave the government power to establish free experimental farms in different parts of the Dominion. The chief of these was to be near Ottawa and the other four were to be branches, or subsidiary farms ; to be located, one in the maritime provinces, one in Manitoba, one in the northwest territories and one in British Columbia. The areas of these farms range from 310 acres to 1,100 acres. “While experiments are being carried on in every department of agriculture and horticulture, tree planting has claimed a large share of attention. Extensive shelter belts and clumps of trees have been planted on the experimental farm at Ottawa to ascertain the rate of growth of the different varieties in that part of Canada and the conditions under which they thrive best. The site selected for the location of an experimental farm in Manitoba is near the town of Brandon in the Assini- boine Valley. “The site of the experimental farm of the northwest territories is at Indian Head in the district of Assiniboia, 183 miles west of Brandon. The land was flat, bare prairie, on which no trees grew whatever. On both of these farms shelter belts 100 feet wide have been planted along the western and parts of the northern boundaries. Large clumps have also been put out at other parts of these farms. The trees have been planted five feet apart each way. “To demonstrate the advantage of shelter for the growing of small fruits and tender crops, hedges and wind breaks are formed of from two to three rows of hardy trees. These are of box elder, elm, ash and sev- eral varieties of Russian poplar and willow. Nearly all of these are attaining good growth and under their influence a much larger quantity of snow is collected each winter on the land adjacent which protects tender plants from the winter cold and supplies to the soil in AucustT, 1893 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN ar, the spring considerable quantities of needed moisture. The box elder is perhaps the best tree for this purpose. Seed planted early in the spring will germinate the same season, and after the second year the growth is very rapid and they soon make a close shelter belt. “To enlist the co-operation of the farmers settled on the north-west plains it was decided to distribute through the mails to all who would apply for them packages containing 100 assorted seedling trees for tests. The dis- tribution of packages of trees and bundles of cuttings of Russian poplar has been continued each year, and as a result 8,000 to 10,000 settlers have received packages. “Tests of a large number of European and eastern trees on the western farms result in a very few of them succeeding, as they succumb to draught or cold and their places have been filled by the hardier native woods. After much experience the following trees and shrubs are among those recommended for planting on the plains. Box elder, white spruce, Russian poplar, Euro- pean elder, white and yellow birch, willows, poplar, American elm and mountain ash. American Hardwoods. A valuable and most comprehensive paper on Amer- ican hardwoods was read by Mr. O. S. Whitmore, editor of Hardwood. He found an excuse for the relentless war waged upon the hardwood forests of the country when the country was first being peopled, but he depre- cated in vigorous terms the shameless waste and destruction that has gone on of late years in many lead- ing states. There is less danger of an early extinction of the pines and other conifers than of the hardwoods, for the real destruction of the former only began with the advent of the circular saw, 50 years ago, while that of the hardwoods began two centuries and a quarter earlier and has been continued ever since with ceaseless energy of a great and growing nation. The vast forests of native hardwoods are being depleted at an alarming rate. The New England and the four old middle states have practically been stripped of the original forest. Ohio and Indiana have been practically cut over in 50 years. Southern Michigan and southern Wisconsin have shared the same fate. But these four States, being mainly agricultural, lack the recuperative power of the eastern manufacturing ones. While the hardwood area of New England is at present apparently on the increase, through the decline of agriculture, the remaining hardwood forest of the four last mentioned states are rapidly disappearing, with little or no sapling growth taking their place. The land once cleared re- mains so. A quarter of a century ago those four states, with Illinois added for some species, supplied the entire markets of the country, save the meager quality of sapling stuff cut in the east, and sent no inconsiderable amount to Europe. To-day they are importing from the south more than they export to other states. Plant trees, Mr. Whitmore said, should be the national injunction; plant them upon the millions of acres, of unclothed or denuded lands unfit for any other purpose, and plant even the less valuable kinds—the basswood and the cottonwood. Ail lovers of our beautiful hard- wood forests must acknowledge it is none too soon to begin this work if we would save the land from the unlovely aspect of a treeless waste. Other Papers. A paper on the woods of the Northwestern United States was read by Prof. L. F. Henderson, of Washing- ton ; on the Argentine woods by the commissioner of the Argentine Republic, and cultivation of the cocoa by Hon. Harry Vincent, commissioner for Trinidad. The sub- ject of Forestry from various standpoints was dicussed in several different papers presented to the congress. Of these we shall have something to say elsewhere in the LUMBERMAN. A’ apparatus has been constructed for telephoning simultaneously over telegraph wires. The system has been in operation for some time on the telephone line from Budapest to Szegedin, a distance of 121 miles. The results were satisfactory. The apparatus can easily be inserted in a telegraph circuit and used at once. It is said that simultaneous telegraphy along the wire doesnot in the least interfere with telephoning, and that the effects of in- duction and all disturbing noises are completely removed, TELEPHONING OVER TELEGRAPH WIRES. VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS. This is an age when the enterpris- ing citizen sees—or believes he sees —‘ millions in it.” At any rate he is ready to take his chances on some scheme with the hope of extracting the millions. It is an age of gigantic schemes, and, as the American Artizan remarks, the advancing years seem to produce an increase rather than a diminution in the number of such schemes. ““We have all heard,” this journal says, “of the scheme for expending $40,000,000 in the construction of a mon- ster dam in the vicinity of Newfoundland that would turn the gulf stream back on itself and give New Eng- land a tropical climate so that the Granite State boys could climb palm trees to shake off the succulent cocoa- nut on their own bleak hill-sides, while the Rhode Islanders would offer scant encouragement to the peri- patetic Italian banana vendor, as each and all of them would have a banana tree in close proximity to his own back porch. A more recent scheme is the bridging of the English Channel between Dover and Calais. It is said that this scheme has gone so far that a company has been formed to secure the necessary concessions from the British and French Governments. The cost of the bridge is some such bagatelle as $240,000,000, The latest scheme is one for roofing London and other large cities, and thus doing away with the umbrella trust. The projector has not yet considered any such vulgar and insignificant detail as the matter of cost, and hence has not enlightened the public on this point. Such schemes are, of course, largely visionary, but they indicate a tendency to grapple with the most stupendous undertakings that is ina manner characteristic of the nervous and progressive age in which we live.” Big Schemes. Engineers engaged in irrigation are often called upon to carry out strange projects, among which blasting holes for trees is the most peculiar. All trees send their roots after moisture, and in places where the surface of the ground is dry, water can only be found some distance below the surface. The soil, in such cases is sometimes loosened to a depth of 8 or Io feet, to enable the under- ground development of the trees to proceed more easily. The holes are made generally by means of 30 per cent. dynamite, in charges of about half a pound each, where the ground is nothing but earth. A hole about six feet deep is first made in the ground with a crowbar ora 2-inch augur, A piece of fuse is connected with a stick of dynamite and the latter placed in the bottom of the hole, which is then filled with dry sand. If no sand is at hand, any soil may be used, provided it is tamped well into the hole with a wooden stick. When the charge has been fired the ground will be loosened some distance below the bottom of the hole and for many feet around. There is little or no danger from the explosion, as the ground only heaves a little and no dirt is thrown. After the explosion a hole about two feet square and deep is dug and filled with surface mold and some fer- tilizer, in which the trees are planted. When water from an irrigating ditch is allowed to freshen the ground it naturally collects in the parts loosened by the dyna- mite, forming little reservoirs, from which the trees absorb moisture long after the surface layers are dry. Blasting Holes For Trees. The one stupendous problem before which the student of social problems stands appalled is the deplorable condition of the masses. There is much in these conditions to test his faith in the final happiness of humanity. Perhaps we should not wonder that in his hours of desperation a sigh goes up for a return of the days that have gone. But what of these days? Here is one view of the situation given by Engineering, of London, Eng.: “It is when we compare the condition of the poor of to-day,” says Engineering, “with that of previous ages, that we see how much the inventor has done for humanity. To know how hard life must have been before the advent of machinery, we have only to imagine a family set down on an island, and called upon to provide all their food and clothing without the aid of modern mechanical appliances—to plow and reap; to thrash, winnow and grind; to raise cattle, to kill and dress them; to shear, card, spin and weave their wool; Humanity’s Debt. to make and mend their clothes, to provide soap, can- dles, tools, cutlery, earthenware, paper, pencils, nails, medicines, leather, boats, ropes, and the thousand and one things that are needed in a home. Evidently it could not be done, even if labor were continued from dawn to eve, and then extended far into the night; and this under favorable conditions of a yeoman’s family, without rent to pay. How much worse must it have been under the exactions of a feudal landlord! thirds of what we consider necessaries must have been omitted from the list of that day, and to sore toil must have been added scanty fare and insufficient clothing.” Two- “ Blood will tell,” so physicians say of the human family. Mr. H. B. Wetzell, in the Tradesman, discusses the relationship of blood, or good breeding, if you will, in the trees of the forest. He leans to the view that there is an explanation to be given for the peculiarities to be found in trees, and that the nature of cultivation and the haps and mishaps that have sometimes over- come the parent tree will have their influence on the progeny that shall come from this tree. Mr. Wetzell says: “ Not long ago I sawed a poplar log, and after taking off the first slab noticed that the wood had a dark purplish color, growing deeper in color as we entered further into the fog, until the whole centre of the log was almost inky black. The log was free from wind shakes and cracks, and I could not understand what was the cause that produced this strange thing. We turned the log over, and after entering nearly half way through found distinct marks of an edged tool, for a piece of the tree had been cut out and removed, and fermentation and decay followed. Afterwards the wound healed over and new wood to a depth of nearly two feet had covered the spot. My belief is that an Indian or early pioneer more than a hundred years ago had cut this wedged shaped hole with a tomahawk—for a com- mon sized axe could not have done it—and possibly with such an instrument, and at a certain season of the year when the sap of the tree was vigorous, the tree became poisoned. Now it would be a matter of inter- est to know what influence, if any, that tree had upon the trees of which this was the parent. The things of nature are constantly undergoing change. Evolution is the order of natural law. New types, races and species appear and then disappear, and others take their place.” Blood in Tree Culture. The quality of shrinking in dry air and swelling under the influence of moisture is so intimately connected with our ideas of all kinds of wood that it is very diffi- cult to accept suddenly the idea of a timber that is unaffected by water, as far as dimensions are concerned, either when absorbing or evaporating it, says the Indian Textile Journal. Such, however, is the case with a description of timber known as “ Billian,” which grows plentifully in Borneo, and is famous for its strength and durability both on sea and on land. Without being the heaviest known wood, for it weighs 60 pounds per cubic foot, against lignum vitze 83 pounds, boxwood 80, ebony 74, and African oak 62 pounds, it has a breaking strain 1.52 times that of English oak, while its weight is only 5 per cent. greater. Compared with Burmese teak, it is 62 per cent. stronger transversely, and II per cent. heavier. Billian or Borneo ironwood is a hard, durable wood of a dark-brown color. When seasoned it turns to a deep red, and with long exposure becomes as black as ebony. It resists the toredo navalis (so destructive to timber in salt water) and the white ant, and is almost indestructible. Its breaking strain is the highest of any known wood, and it is extensively used for sleepers, beams, piles, and for any construction requiring strength and durability. Does not Shrink. EXTENSION OF THE TROLLEY. HE legislature of New York has appropriated $10,000 for the purpose of conducting experiments on the Erie Canal to determine the feasibility of the application of the trolley system to canal transportation. The sawmill dogwood bark at everything, and it made the mistake of its life when it tried to chew up a steam nigger. Were it alive now, it woodent do so any more. 6 Es CANADA LUMBERMAN AUGUST, 1893 Eoanicae ON THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH a ARTHUR G MORTIMER OFFICE. 75 CANADA LIFE.ASSURANCE BUILDING Toronto, ONTARIO TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Copy One Year, in advance ............... 2. scence cence $1.00 One Copy Six Months, in advance ...............--..-eeee eens 50 Foreign Subscriptions, $1.50 a Year ADVERTISING RATES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION EDITOR. J. S. 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Subscribers will find the small amount they pay for the Canapa Lum- BERMAN 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 encour- aging us to render it even more complete. RAILROADS AND LUMBERING. THE railroad, though not an uncommon affair to the eyes of the present generation, is yet comparatively a modern invention. In some parts of the world, India and Russia, for example, where railroad building is one of the developments of recent years, the railway train is almost as great a novelty as was Stephenson’s “ Puffing Billy” in the days of the first construction of the loco- motive. And railroad building on anything like a stu- pendous scale, where the network of the iron rail has wormed its way into the most distant parts of the coun- try, is confined largely to this newer world, whose enterprise and growth is being heralded to all parts of the civilized globe to-day by the medium of the big fair in the big White City of the west. The lumberman owes much to the railroad for the facilities it affords in moving the products of the forest. The growth in this direction is such, as is shown by the shipping returns from important lumber centres like Saginaw, as to make its inroads into shipping by water, a matter of serious concern to vessel owners. In the twelfth annual review of the Saginaw Board of Trade we are told: “Ten years ago the lumber output was moved almost exclusively by water, while at the present time the railroads carry the greater portion of it. In 1892 more than 850,coo,c00 feet of lumber were moved out of the Saginaw river on lake craft, while for the season of 1892 the shipments only reached 347,000,000 feet.” And the figures for the present season so far would indicate that the falling off will be still more marked. Railroads are now built into the interior of the forest and are proving a valuable means of lessening the labor of logging operations to an appreciable degree. But railroads serve the lumberman not only in the transpor- tation of his products and in opening up new and extend- ing markets already established, but they are one of the large consumers of lumber in every country where rail- road building is carried on. Just what the consumption of lumber is in the building of railroad carriages themselves it is a little difficult to say, but we can under- stand that the figure must be very large. In answer to circulars sent out lately to railways in the United States we learn the round total of timber consumed for ties alone in that country is 516,000,000 feet, and 80,000,000 are annually required for renewals. Including bridges and trestle work the annual consumption of timber on railways is computed at 500,000,000 cubic feet, requiring the cutting of the best timber from 1,000,000 acres of forest land a year. To meet this demand, it is com- puted, that the area to be preserved for this purpose would probably exceed 50,000,000 acres, or more than 1o per cent. of the present forest area of the United States. As railway managers prefer “hewn” ties, and “one to the cut from small trees” the number consumed by railroads, or 20 per cent. of the total annual con- sumption, is taken from the young growth. Then 60 per cent. of all the ties are oak, the most valuable of all timber. Reliable investigation shows that in the Ken- tucky forests, where 4o per cent. of the natural growth is white oak, the new growth of oak is only 5 per cent. after the land has once been cut over for ties. This is one phase of the railroad question in its relationship to the lumber trade, and shows where, at least, part of the lumber goes. The railways of the country are good customers of the lumbermen; the lumbermen are good customers of the railways. The railways do not always treat their lumber customers in the most liberal spirit, especially if there is no compet- ing railway to give them trouble. But this is another phase of the railroad question in its relations to lumber, which, however, we shall not follow up in the present article. BEFORE TOO LATE. THE words of caution to business men expressed by Mr. Clouston, general manager of the Bank of Mon- treal, in his annual address to the shareholders, are worthy of being “ posted up in some conspicuous place” in every office, store, factory and mill, or wherever men do business. They are not the words of an alarmist. No attempt is made to shake confidence in the commerce of the country. On the contrary, it is very clearly pointed out that Canadians have large ground for encourage- ment in the shape they find trade and commerce. But we are simply warned that these conditions can be spoiled if we do not take into consideration other con- ditions that also have an existence. “The coming year,” Mr. Clouston tells us, “must be a year of caution, also a period of economy, and that applies to governments, cities, and municipalities as well as the commercial community, for we have been spending too much money ; too much in subsidies to railways ; too much 1n expensive works ; and there has been too much good money wasted.” Around about us financial affairs are perturbed. In Australia no release comes to the stringency in money, and wreckage of monetary institutions that have brought disaster, broad and deep, to that country within the past twelve months. Not since 1873, their own journals tell us, have financial conditions in the United States been in a more depressed and uncertain state. There, troubles might to a large extent have been obviated, if “governments, cities and municipalities, as well as the commercial communities” had conducted their affairs on the lines that it is suggested will prevent Canadians from falling into a similar snare. No matter how bright may be the prospects, if the drain on current capital is too large, a crippled treasury soon follows. This is where Australia stumbled. She has been spending money as a government and muni- cipally for years far in excess of her ability to realize on the expenditure in any reasonable period. And when this is the policy of governments the individual citizen is invariably led into similar extravagances. Canadians have not themselves been free from these faults, though we have not been hit in the manner of other countries. Let us see that we do not invite the disaster which in being forewarned we may escape. EDITORIAL NOTES. THE department of justice at Ottawa has decided that the Dominion government has no right to grant exemption from the general law against the pollution of rivers. Just what effect the decision may have on the sawdust in the Ottawa it may be interesting to watch. THE lumber region about Ashland, Wis., has some- thing of a reputation for waney pine. A fortnight ago, the Mississippi Valley Lumberman says the Canadian steamer Orion reached that port from Kingston for the express purpose of loading up with Ashland pine, taking away with her some 35,000 feet of timber. These tim- bers are to be taken directly to Liverpool, from King- ston, to be used in the construction of English merchant vessels and men of war. The captain of the Orion stated that he could take the timber directly from Ash- land to Liverpool were it not that the Orion would require more coal than could be put on there. Some of the timbers loaded were not less than sixty feet long and two feet square. THE shingle business on Puget Sound is in bad shape, fully one-third, if not one-half, of the mills in the state of Washington being idle. A correspondent of a lumber cotemporary puts it that “They are idle, because it pays them to be, not because there has been a slump in the demand.” There is good reason to believe, how- ever, that there is a slump in price. This is what has been the matter with the shingle business on the Sound for some time. There are, as this same correspondent admits, too many shingle men who are “between the devil and the deep sea.” Shingle manufacturing has been overdone. The effort to keep up prices by means of a combine has proved a failure, and now, with a heavy stock, ye Pacific Coast shingle man is going to try and round things off some by closing down on manufacturing for a while and dispose of the stocks already manufactured THE British Columbia correspondent of the LUMBER- MAN tells us this month of the hopeful possibilities of the lumber trade on the Coast. In several new direc- tions, it would appear, a demand for coast lumber will, before long, be secured. A likely development that is not mentioned by this correspondent is contained in a step taken through the Rathbun Company agency in British Columbia. Mr. J. B. Spence, of Ceylon, has been making an examination of various woods that might be thought suitable for tea boxes. Out of these he has selected Douglas fir, which, in his opinion is a long way superior to the wood now obtained in Japan. A trial shipment of shooks has been placed with the Rathbun company to be used for this purpose. Shipments can be made direct from British Columbia to Ceylon, and as the tea trade requires about 1,000,000 boxes yearly, there are large possibilities in the trade. THE impression is general among United States lumbermen that if the booms in which logs are to be towed from the Georgian Bay to Michigan are to be made subject to duty when coming into Canadian waters that the practice will have a serious effect on towing operations. Controller Wallace, when the matter was laid before him, held that the booms, if of United States construction, should pay duty on their first entrance, but agreed to leave the decision to the department of justice. The Marine Record, of Cleveland, Ohio, com- menting on the case, says: “Should the ruling be en- forced, it will drive American tug owners, and to a large extent American lumber dealers, out of the Canadian trade.” Mr. E. F. Carrington, who visited Ottawa on behalf of Bay City lumbermen, is reported to have said on his return, that “it is simply a matter of opinion whether the booms are dutiable or not. The law of both countries, Canada and the United States, provides that a duty must be paid on manufactured timber when taken from one country to another. The Canadian govern- ment is disposed to look upon log booms as manufac- tured timber, inasmuch as they have been bored to make chain holes. The matter is held in abeyance until representatives of the two countries can come to some agreement. If this agreement is not reached, logging from Canada will be seriously handicapped.” On the question of whether United States tugs should be allowed to do sorting work in Canadian waters the Controller has decided that such work must be done by Canadian tugs. AuGusT, 1893 TE CANADA LUMBERMAN HO is there that cannot join in the refrain of the old song, “The mistakes of my life have been many?” Weall make mistakes, only some blunder more frequently than others. I am not going to tap this question, how- ever, from the moral side, though a layman, as much as a preacher, might say a good deal from this point of view. I have had the thought come to me at this time through a suggestion from a cotemporary that a blunder account might, with interest and profit, be opened in the ledger of most business men. “A blun- der account,” this writer remarks, “should, if properly kept, throw light on a good many things in connection with a business. Some travelling men might not seem so valuable if all their mistakes were charged up to them, and the factory might be held toa stricter account if the mistakes of the foreman were properly entered up, while the proprietor himself might sometimes have a particular entry against his name.” I believe readers will go with me when I say that such an account could find an appropriate place in the ledger of those engaged in lumbering in almost any branch. It would prove valuable in intelligently explaining many items that get on to the unfortunate side of the profit and loss account. ee a 2 Ie J. S. Larke, executive commissioner for Canada at the World’s Fair, writes the LUMBERMAN as follows: “T had a short visit from Mr. A. de Haan, of the arm of Haan & Zoon, Beltweg, Amsterdam, Holland, who are very large box-makers and consumers of lumber in that city. I took him down to our exhibit of lumber and timber, and he seemed to think there would be a very considerable market in Holland for our cheaper grades of lumber, such as spruce, tamarac and balsam, with some hemlock. The competition would be between the pine of Norway and this lumber, which would be suit- able for boxes and other purposes. The firm will be glad to hear from any lumbermen in Canada who may see a prospect of business.” + * & OF Mr. W. R. Noss, representing Herman Noss, lumber- man, York, Pa., was in Toronto on business a fortnight ago. Mr. Noss is a regular visitor to this city, his firm doing considerable business in Canadian lumber. He says there can be no doubt that the financial disturb- ances in the United States are being felt in lumber circles. He instanced the case of a considerable quan- tity of lumber placed on one of the piling grounds in his own state which it was impossible to move just now. The lumber was not, as the term is generally understood, a drug on the market; nor was there any depreciation of price, but simply no one was in a humor to do business until the financial horizon became clearer. Bankers were pursuing a very conservative course, and in the case of dealers who leaned too largely on the banks, they would of course feel the pinch. Peewee or ae It is quite useless, | take it, to close one’s eyes to the fact that the money troubles of our neighbors across the border are having a depressing influence on the: lumber trade of both Canada and the United States. If noth- ing worse is happening, and I do not think values have declined to any large extent, these troubles are having the effect of staying operations that would otherwise be active. As the old adage runs, it is money makes the mare go, and when there is little money moving there is little go in the business mare. “One effect of the financial depression,” says an American lumberman, “is noticed in the suspension of pine land deals. It is said that the bottom of the stumpage market has suddenly dropped out, and that there is scarcely a deal on the tapis. This is particularly noticeable in Canadian stumpage. It is stated that there is not a crew of land- lookers in the woods in Canada, and that very little, if anything, would be done until the financial clouds roll by. Money for large deals is difficult to be had even if Operators were inclined to invest and just now they are not.” * * & & A lumber dealer from Albany, N.Y., in conversation with a newspaper correspondent told the following story of the growth of the Albany lumber market. “Fifty years ago,” he said, “there were hardly more than half a dozen lumber dealers in Albany whose business en- titled them to be called wholesale merchants. One of our modern lumber firms will do more business in one season than all of those did in the aggregate forty or fifty years ago. Froma small beginning Albany devel- oped into one of the leading lumber marts of the country. In the early history of the business the Albany dealers received their supplies in the shape of logs. These came down the streams of northern New York in rafts and were sawed into lumber by Albany mills. The principal sources of supply now are Canada and the northwestern states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. A few years ago Saginaw supplied the bulk of the white pine handled in Albany, but now supplies come from the Lake Huron shore, from Georgian Bay, upper Michigan, Ashland and Duluth. Forty years ago the gross annual sales of Albany dealers did not exceed $1,500,000 ; now there are single houses that do business to very nearly if not quite that amount. Then a dealer felt supremely happy in a little six by nine shanty, fur- nished with $20 worth of fixtures and would consider a man a prodigal who would invest $500 in a structure for business purposes. Now the dealer sits in his Gothic or Corinthian office, elegant and commodious, with modern conveniences that his predecessor never dreamed of.. This is the way of the world in this mod- ern age of progress.” * * t% tr It has been alleged that the towing of logs in the Georgian Bay to the extent that has become a practice for a few years past is having a hurtful effect on the fisheries of that district. In one way this is not a lum- berman’s question and yet clearly if the statements that are made be correct the government in giving full con- sideration to the subject cannot but take cognizance of them. I have always believed that in the consideration of any question nothing is gained by hiding facts, or even what may only be alleged facts. Common sense, like water, finds its level, and is quick to scent a line of argument that is weak or false. Taking this view of matters I give here certain statements recently made by a writer in the News regarding the subject of towing and fishing: “The greater part of the rafts in which these logs are taken across Lake Huron are made up near French river. In heading for the gap leading into Lake Huron from Georgian Bay they cross longitudin- ally a reef covered with shallow water extending east- ward from Lonely Island. About that reef there existed at one time the best fishing grounds in Georgian Bay. But for five or six years past immense rafts consisting of fifty to sixty thousand pieces have been passing over this section of the bay. When the logs left French river they were covered with the natural bark; but in crossing the water every particle of bark had rubbed off and a great portion of it was deposited in the fishing grounds referred to. So great is the deposit left that the worms on which the white fish feed have been largely destroyed by it and the fish have either died in consequence or removed elsewhere. But this is not all. The bark, while held in suspense in the water, plays havoc with nets of fishermen. So great is the damage thus caused, indeed, that fishing operations are practi- cally suspended on the first of September in each year, although the close season does not begin until Novem- ber first, because the bark driven about by the equinoc- tial gales ruins nets left in the water while the fall storms are on. As a result of the shortening of the season and destruction of the fishes’ food the catch at Squaw Island station, which eight years ago went as high as 800 tons in a season, now barely reaches 350 tons. Allowing logs to be sent away in the round is not only ruining the Canadian sawmilling interests, but destroying the upper lake fisheries as well. The govern- ment should re-impose the export duty on logs and thus protect two great natural industries of the country.” i 7 NEWS AND NOTES. A loss of $1,200 by fire, was incurred at Bartlett’s planing mill, Cambellford, Ont., on 25th ult. The Canada Eastern railway, running between Chatham and y; g Fredericton, N.B., is now managed by Mr. Alex. Gibson, the well-known lumberman. Jerry Cowick, a shanty foreman in the employ of Mr. J. KR. 300th, Ottawa, Ont., was drowned in the river Dumoine, Upper Ottawa, a week ago. The Sutton Lumber & Trading Co., of Euculet, B.C., has been organized with a share capital of $100,000. W. J. Sutton, Wm. Sutton and J. E. Sutton are the first trustees. Wm. Beatty’s sawmill at Parry Sound, Ont., was totally destroyed by fire on Sunday, 23rd ult. The lumber docks, tramways and houses in connection were all saved. Loss, about $10,000; partly covered by insurance. George D. Prescott, who recently bought an extensive tract of timberland in Albert county, N.B., is building three large driv- ing dams on the West river. It is estimated that the property contains 12,000,000 feet of standing timber. An office provided for at the last session of parliament, and to be known as Dominion government inspector of timber cutting and timber shanties, has been filled by the appointment of Mr. George L. Chitty, who was for twenty years in the em- ploy of the Gilmours, and is spoken of as a capable man. A Bank of England note is not of the same thickness all through. The paper is thicker in the left-hand corner, to enable it to take better and sharper impression of the vignette there, aud is also considerably thicker in the dark shadows of the center letters and under the figures at the ends. Counter- feit notes are invariably of one thickness throughout. It is estimated that over 2,500,000 logs are on their way down the Ottawa to the Chaudiere. The Kippewa is one mass of logs for two miles from its mouth, and they are passing down to the main stream at the rate of from 30,000 to 40,000 aday. The counting of these logs is all done by one man, who it is said can count 30,000 logs a day with ease, and when put to it can count 40,000. News has been received at Ottawa of the drowning of a young raftsman, of Hull, Mr. Theophile Cabana, together with a companion at Des Roches Capitaines on the Ottawa river between Des Joachims and Two Rivers. The rapids at that place are said by old rivermen, to be far the most danger- ous on the whole Grand river. Cabana with five other men was on a crib of square timber when it suddenly was caught in the current running over the falls. The other four managed, in some miraculous manner, to escape. Next month, for ten days, commencing September 4, the Toronto Industrial Exhibition will be in full swing. Manager Hifl has visited the World’s Fair and various Ameri- can cities, and has bagged the strongest attractions to be found Recently on the continent. The industrial, mechanical and agricul- tural departments will be largely augmented this year. Alto- gether a very special effort is being put forth to make the exhibition vastly superior to anything hitherto attempted by the Toronto Industrial. It is to the credit of President Withrow and his associate directors to say that they do not attempt anything without succcss. Mr. Chitty, of the Indian department and Mr. L. Laughran, of Ottawa, left last night for Bay City, Mich. They are sent by the government to measure a boom of logs at that city got out in the Indian reserve on Vermillion river. It seems these logs were taken out by a man named Robinson and sold to an American firm who commenced towing them away. No return was made to the Dominion government as should have been done as the logs were cut on the Indian reserve, and Indian reserves are completely under the control of the Dominion government. When the fact of the logs having been taken to the United States without any returns became known, the government at once placed a seizure on them until their exact measurement could be ascertained. Mr. Hector McRae, of Ottawa, has acquired the control of a patent, from a German, of a process for the treatment of beech and birch woods, which is likely to prove of very great value. It consists in the treament of birch and beech wood, in plank and otherwise, by which the heart and texture are preserved solid, safe from splitting, by which at least 40 per cent. of wood has been hitherto lost during its seasoning. The process also iucludes a thorough staining of the wood, in color from a bright oak to mahogany. The process takes from three to four days. There are thousands of acres of birch and beech lands in Eastern Canada which will be largely increased in value by this important discovery. Mr. McRae has had erected a structure on the mill premises of Mr. D. O’Connor, Bank street, Ottawa, for the treatment of wood for cabinet purposes. It is now in use on the first supply. Aucust, 1893 OTTAWA LETTER. [Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] LD. BINGHAM is enthusiastic over the quality of logs that are coming from the drives this season. He says that in his 19 years’ experience on the Gatineau he never saw such fine logs as those now on the way down to be sawn in Gilmour’s mill at Gatineau Point. There are thirty thousand logs 16 feet long, and their diameter at the small end is about 27 inches, Edwards & Co. have a lot of fine logs coming down, but they are not so large almost double the size of the ordinary log. as Gilmour's, which were cut in a virgin limit. INDIFFERENT LENGTHS. W. C. Edwards & Co. are enlarging their piling grounds. Gilmour & Hughson’s new mill at Hull Point will commence running, it is expected, about the 15th of next month. The E. B. Eddy Co.’s large planing mill at the Chaudiere is rapidly being transformed into a paper mill. The Hawkesbury Lumber Co.’s drive of logs are running out at the mouth. The first boom was commenced on roth inst. Wm. McBeth, of Saginaw, Mich., is in the city superin- tending the placing of machinery in Gilmour & Hughson’s new mill at Hull Point. Death has claimed Mr. Robert S. Montgomery, one of the early residents of Ottawa, and who at one time was engaged in lumbering in these parts. A large raft of 187 cribs of fine square timber of Klock’s is one of the river departures of the month. Old rivermen say it is one of the best that has come down the river for some time. Ed. Bourque, a bright Ottawa Bourque, of this city, has been appointed lumber inspector of the West Bay City Manufacturing Company, Mich., a concern which does a very large business. boy, son of Mr. S. The Bronson & Weston Lumber Company have all their drives out of the tributary streams in the Ottawa, except that from the Madawaska. There are a large number of logs be- longing to McLachlin Bros., and other companies, which will be sorted out in the deep water before being sent down the Ottawa. This drive is never out before August. Men are also employed under Mr. David Ring constructing a little railroad line from the shores of one of the lakes. George Richardson, a man who came down from the woods a week ago, and who was stopping with friends on Lisgar Street, accidentally fell over the cliff at Major’s Hill Park, directly opposite the old brewery. distance of about 25 feet, and then dropped almost straight down fully 30 feet, to the road beneath. stones broke his fall, and thus he was saved from a terrible death. His head was badly cut and his body severely bruised, but he was not unconscious when picked up. He rolled down the slope a Some bushes and Shipping in lumber at the Chaudiere yards is becoming more brisk. A new dock is being constructed at the wharf opposite Booth’s large mill, which will afford better facility to barges loading in that place. Since the floods in the spring this wharf has not been used for shipping, but now that it is built up with fine new lumber, barges will be brought up there instead of crowding into the little inlet on the Hull side of the Suspension bridge. The repairs will be finished in a short time. A large number of barges are waiting for loads of lumber. There are eight American barges below the Queen’s wharf, and about the same number on the Hull side. Orrawa, Can., July 27, 1893. BRITISH COLUMBIA LETTER. [Regular correspondence CanaDA LUMBERMAN]. NE is hardly wrong in the opinion that for a year or more the lumber trade of the Pacific Coast has in several im- portant respects been restricted. I need only refer to the financial disturbances in the markets of South America, and the more recent and severe and continued financial depression in Australia as material causes producing these results. A little time, however, is all that is required to restore these mar- kets to their old-time life and importance. But what pleases British Columbians most, perhaps, when the question of their lumber resources is under discussion, is the undoubted possi- bilities that the future will certainly develop. Reference has been made several times of late in these letters to the very favorable impression our lumber is making in the British mar- kets. And the better it becomes known the stronger this im- pression grows. We are again reminded of this fact from an article that appeared in a recent issue of the Western Weekly News, of Plymouth, Eng., bestowing unstinted praise on the good qualities of British Columbia lumber that has reached that port. The News says: ‘‘ Probably the best timber ever imported into Plymouth arrived last week in Cattewater from Vancouver, British Columbia. The timber varies in length S THE CANADA LUMBERMAN from 30 to go feet, is sawn all four sides, and is perfectly straight and even. It is admirably adapted for the construc- tion of ships and yachts and building purposes. The vast forests which fringe the western coast of North America pro- duce the finest timber in the world, and they are ‘worked’ by companies with as much energy as Cornish mines.” A SIGNIFICANT SHIPMENT. The recent arrival at Montreal of the bark Highlander, from Vancouver, with a cargo consisting of 697,000 feet of Douglas fir, and 200,000 feet of cedar.boards, has, I am informed, created unusual interest in lumber circles in the Eastern metropolis. The cargo was consigned to J. & B. Grier, of that city, this firm retaining about two-thirds of the cargo, and the balance will be shipped to Glasgow, Scotland. NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C., July 22, 1893. NEW BRUNSWICK LETTER. [Regular Correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN]. T is a long way around from British Columbia to the Maritime Provinces. Lumbermen from the Pacific Coast, however, do not intend to allow distance to be a barrier in placing their splendid timbers in these provinces. The story has already been told in LUMBERMAN columns of the arrival of British Columbia timber, for ship-building, in this section of the Dominion, and this trade we are hoping has only commenced. Another indication of trade between these two corners of confederation is found in the visit here this month of George Cassidy, a large lumberman, of Vancouver, B.C. Mr. Cassidy is a native of Miramichi, and some six years ago operated a small mill at Chatham. This fact gives a pleasurable zest to his coming among us just now. Mr. Cassidy is anxious to see the woods of his adopted province take a good hold in his old home. He is showing minature samples of doors, sash, etc., made of cedar that are quite captivating in their beauty to the trade here. Mr. Cassidy has already done business in New Brunswick, and also in Boston, and trusts his present visit will lead to a larger development of this trade. SEASIDE SPLINTERS. Seeley’s Mill, at Greenwich, recently destroyed by fire, will be rebuilt. Vessels are in great demand to take cargoes of sawed lumber from points at head of Bay of Fundy. Coastwise freights have advanced 25 cents on lumber to Boston and 5 cents on laths to New York. Four cargoes, embracing 4,206,635 superficial feet of deals and 293,851 feet of ends, were shipped to Great Britain, from Parrsboro, N.S. The sale of timber licences of crown timber lands, which is advertised for August 29th is being looked forward to with much interest by lumbermen. It is not unlikely that lumber- men from the other provinces may take a hand in the sale. Str. JouHN. N.B., July 25, 1893. MICHIGAN LETTER. {Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] [eeu of the business situation at the leading lumber points in this State shows no little stagnation. Mills, it is true, are fairly busy, and logs are arriving in large quan- tities, but selling and buying are at a low ebb. This is a reaction from the bright conditions at the opening of the season, and is chargeable to the generally disturbed financial conditions throughout the country. We may expect that com- mercial operations will be conducted on a limited scale, cer- tainly, until after the action of Congress in August is clearly understood. This does not mean any serious collapse in lum- ber. Disaster will doubtless occur to some extent, for in every trade there will be found some who cannot withstand even a slight storm. present time in a healthy and vigorous condition, and while the shrinkage in operations that will take place will be a dis- appointment to everyone, it is not anticipated that any trouble in lumber will go beyond this. Happily the lumber trade is at the BITS OF LUMBER. The mills at Menominee are running overtime. 450,000 feet of deals have been loaded at Manistee, for ‘Quebec. Rather better than a dollar in excess of last year’s prices for similar stock was secured. The steam barge Clinton takes a load of Elm timber for Quebec. This makes five loads shipped from this point this season. : Sibly & Bearinger have been successful, after much labor, in securing a raft of 2,000,000 feet of logs that went ashore last fall in a gale at North Point, near Alpena, while being towed from Georgian Bay. The logs have been towed to Alpena and will be used by the Minor Lumber Company. Three towing associations are employed in bringing logs from up ovr own lakes and from Canada. The rate on logs from Georgian Bay is $1.50 a thousand, and no losses have been incurred so far this season. Thomas Pitts, of Bay City, is an addition to the many lumbermen of this State, who are this year securing their sup- plies of logs from Canada. The Saginaw Lumber and Salt Company have received some large rafts this month from the Georgian Bay territories. Albert Pack, of Alpena, has re- ceived over 8,000,000 feet of logs so far from the Canadian North Shore. E. Jenning’s shingle mill at Pinconning is cutting 35,000 a day, and during the last six months the output has been 9,000,000 shingles. A new heading mill has just been built to be operated in connection with the shingle mill at a cost of $5,000 dollars. An excelsior mill with 26 machines is also operated in connection with the shingle and hoop plant. Mr. Jennings operates a force of 57 men. He has recently pur- chased 3,680 acres of timber near Vanderbilt, which will stock the plant for a number of years. SAGINAW, Mich., July 28, 1893. BOILERS. HE causes of deterioration in boilers is varied. In some districts, the feed-water contains an excessive quantity of salt, or of acid or it is taken from copper mines or artesian wells. All these are detrimental to the good condition of a boiler. The feed-water should be the best obtainable, and many explosions have been caused by negligence in this respect. Boilers should never be set in damp places, for external corrosion is injurious. The introduction of a fresh supply of water is, owing to the rapid generation of gases and the sud- den excess of pressure, another fruitful cause of explo- sions. For the same reason an explosion sometimes takes place when the engineer, discovering low water, raises the safety-valve and starts the engine; it relieves the pressure of steam, causes the water to rise and strike the heated parts, and steam in consequence is heated over-quickly. It would materially decrease the risk of explosions if the following points were always observed: There should at all times be a sufficient quantity of water. There should never bea higher pressure of steam than ~ can be helped; the pressure allowed by the inspector should under no circumstances be exceeded. The boiler should be allowed to cool down before being refilled. Before starting the fire, it is well to try the water gauges and to see that the water is at proper level in the glass gauge. Glass gauges and gauge cocks should be kept in per- fect order; the openings should never be allowed to stop up. Otherwise, owing to the quantity of scale and sediment, one is apt to be deceived as to the real water- level. The safety-valve should be kept in perfect working order, be lifted and oiled at short intervals, to prevent corrosion, and occasionally it should be ground in. If the steam gauge and safety valve are found not to correspond, the former should be tested, and if defective, repaid without delay. The steam gauge should not be exposed to much heat. The pipe should be so arranged that the con- densed water will act on the gauge and not the steam direct. There should be a small cock to prevent the freezing of condensed water in cold weather. The boiler should be cleaned often, and after each cleaning, it should be examined internally so that any defectiveness in the braces, fire-box, crown-sheet, or other part should be discovered and rectified at once. Water should not be put into a boiler at low tempera- ture. It is best to use feed water heaters or injectors, which, in the long run, are economical, and add to the boiler’s lease of life. The feed-pumps should be kept in good order. A stop-valve should be put between the check-valve and the boiler, so that the former may be easily exam- ined at any time. Finally, the best safeguard against the risk of an ex- plosion is to take great care in keeping every part of the boiler thoroughly clean and in good working order. - AucustT, 1893 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN . 9 Ride iN eS. CANADA. —A new sawmill is to be erected at Warren, Ont. —C. Young, of Young’s Point, Ont., is running his mill night and day. —Alex. Dubriuil, lumber jobber, Matawatchan Tp., Ont., has assigned to F. M. Devine. —The lumber mills of the Sanderson Company, Brandon, Man., are running a large business. —Campbell & Ferguson, lumber, Melita, Man., have dis- solved; Campbell & Campbell continue. Alex. Fraser, of Westmeath, Ont., has a fine lot of timber running out at the mouth of the Petawawa, and has com- menced to raft up. —Messrs. John Smith & Sons, lumber merchants, Callendar, Ont., have installed an arc and incandescent electric light plant for lighting their mills and yards. —H. W. Freeman, of Jordan River, N.S., has purchased all the personal and real property of the firm of S. Freeman, of that place and intends carrying on a lumber trade in the vicinity. —Booth & Hale’s square timber shipped by rail from Stur- geon Falls is now being rafted up at Papineau. It consists of two rafts and it will be on its way to the Quebec market about August 10. —An Ottawa dispatch says: Messrs. Carswell, Barnett & Mackey have a large raft of square timber lying at the mouth of the Petawawa. They intend to keep it there until they can get a market for it at good prices. —The Central Counties railway has moved 21,000,000 feet of lumber from Hawkesbury to Glen Robertson, to go forward to the American market by Canada Atlantic railway during the past seven or eight months. The lumber comprised about half of last year’s cut of the Hawkesbury Lumber Company. The remainder of the cut was shipped by boat. —The Katrine Lumber Company, with a capital of $55,000, is applying for a charter to the Ontario government. The operations of the company are to be carried on in the city of Hamilton, and in the district of Parry Sound, Ont. Robert Thomson, William Wallace Belding, Joseph Charteris Thom- son, Thomas Meaney and Albert Waters Belding are to be the first directors of the company. —‘‘We have it on good authority,” says the Rat Portage Record, ‘‘that the water power now used by Dick & Banning’s sawmill is to be purchased by a United States company, who intend to build one of the largest sawmills in this vicinity. Four members of the firm have been exploring the Rainy River district for timber, and have, it is said, located over 200,000, - 000 feet of timber since the first of May and they say there is lots more in sight. They intend to build their sawmill in the course of next winter, and will start work early next spring.” —Judge Deacon had an interesting case before him at Pem- broke a few daysago. Mr. Alex. Gordon, lumberman, of Pem- broke, Ont., sued Lawrence Ryan,who lives near Almonte, for $200 for breach of contract. Ryan hired Gordon seven teams at $1.25 per day to work in the shanty, drawing logs. Gordon paid railway fare to Mattawa which cost him $95. The men and horses reached the shanty on Saturday, but left the work on Monday following, of their own sweet will and hired with another man. The teams were engaged for the winter. After a two days’ hearing Gordon won, getting $165. —The Canadian Lumber Company, of Elmira, N.Y., who applied a month ago for a temporary receiver to take charge of the business, find their affairs in a very satisfactory shape. The trouble arose directly out of the failure of the Elmira National bank, where the concern kept their account. The liabilities are only about $150,000, whilst the assets are $208,- ooo, and of a character that cannot, it is claimed, lose by shrink- age more than $10,000. The president of the company is Mr. W. H. Pratt, the principal of the Conger Lumber Co., who with his fellow directors undertakes to see that every dollar owing is paid. A better assurance of a successful outcome of the trouble need not be given. as usual, The business will be continued GENERAL. —David Dobie, West Superior, Wis., has contracted to put in 25,000,000 of logs a year for the Weyerhaeuser syndicate. The contract is to run ten years, and it is reported the com- pensation will be $4.50 athousand. The pine is in Douglas coanty, and it will require the building of 25 miles of railroad to transport the logs to St. Croix Lake. —John B. K. Blain, a prominent lumber merchant of Wash- ington, D.C., while suffering from a hallucination, climbed to the roof of his house and took a running jump into the street below, apparently under the belief that he was diving into a pool of water. His death was almost instantaneous. He leaves an estate valued at over $200,000. —Curly pine is to be had by the millions of feet in Western Louisiana, and at very cheap prices. Its use for lining a lady’s boudoir, a smoking room, or a dining room in a private house, or in saloons or public halls has been practically de- monstrated. —A great many of the finest foreign oaks are said to be planted in Delaware. A large Spanish oak, eight feet in diameter at the base, was recently cut down near Georgetown, that state, and from this giant was squared a stick of timber sixty feet long and two feet square from end to end, ° —‘‘The smallest in years,” is the remark applied to the ship- ments of lumber by the water route from the Saginaw river during June. Only 16,952,000 feet went by water from Bay City as compared with 39,780,000 for the same month in 1892; and 9,610,000 feet went from Saginaw against 16,600,000 in 1892. Saginaw shipped 2,100,000 lath and 1,100,000 shingles, and Bay City shipped none of either. FIRES AND CASUALTIES. FIRES, The McLaurin sawmills at Lachine, Que., were destroyed by fire. Thomas Burns’ sawmill at Kingston, N.B., was burned on 12th July. No insurance. : The sawmill of A. E. Cullis, Auburn, Ont., was completely destroyed by fire a fortnight ago. July roth, the sawmill of John Whiteside, Huntsville, Ont., was burned to the ground. Loss, $10,000; insurance, $3,000. A disastrous fire occurred in the stavemills of D, H. Taylor & Sons, on July 7th, destroying a large quantity of staves and lumber. A fire broke out in McGarvin’s sawmill, Chatham, Ont., on 18th ult., reducing the building to ashes. Loss about $6,000; insurance, $500. The statement that has appeared in the press that the Davidson & Hay mill at Cache Bay, Ont., was partly destroyed by fire a month ago is wholly incorrect. On the contrary the firm are about to put in an electric plant and will run their mill night and day. CASUALTIES. D. Clarke, a sawyer at Masson’s mill, Ottawa, Ont., lost two of his fingers by a saw a week ago. Rufus Manning, of Fenelon Falls, Ont., was drowned at Kinmount, while at work on a drive of the Rathbun Company. Patrick Dwyer, while engaged on a drive for the Dickson Company, Peterboro, Ont., slipped into the water and was drowned. Pat Keough got his jaw splintered when at work in Richard- son’s sawmill, Elora, Ont., being struck with a piece of broken machinery. John McGee, employed in a mill at Chatham, Ont., lost two fingers and the thumb of his left hand by carelessness around a buzz saw. A. Melvin, a pioneer settler of Chaffey, Ont., while at work in McConachie’s mill on the Portage, lost his entire right hand by coming in contact with a saw. A workman named Amyot got his hand caught in the knife of the buzz planer in Thackray’s mill, Ottawa, Ont., and lost the end of his thumb. Gottlieb Dunhausen, when working a planer in Wilson’s sawmill at Louise, Ont., caught his clothing in the machinery and received frightful injuries of the bowels. Samuel Rufflub had his left arm nearly torn off at the shoulder, and his left leg badly lacerated by being caught in a belt at Ferguson’s mill, near Nipissing Village, Ont. Jos. McKenzie, of Deux Revieres, Ont., a hand on one of the Sheppard & Morse Lumber Co.’s rafts, was struck by a train and mangled in a fearful manner, dying from his injuries. Matt. Comely, engaged as logman on the steamer Victoria, while getting out a boom of lumber on the Safety Bay Lumber company’s mill, Norman, Ont., was drowned by falling off the boom. Alexander McDonald, employed in a Gravenhurst sawmill, was caught in a belt and received severe injuries, all his cloth- ing being torn off and his body badly bruised. It is thought he will recover. While bathing in the Petawawa on the afternoon of 18th ult., Alexander Barnet, second son of A. Barnet, lumberman, of Renfrew, Ont., was seized with cramps and was drowned in five feet of water. Nelson Sanderson, a shantyman, who had been on a heavy spree, while sitting on a bench in front of a hotel in Ottawa, Ont., rolled off the bench on to the sidewalk and expired almost immediately. PERSONAL. Mr. Andrew Miscampbell, M.P.P., the well-known lumber- man, of Midland, Ont., has again been nominated to contest East Simcoe in the Conservative interests. Wm. H. Depencier, an aged and well-known citizen, of Kemptville, Ont., is dead. lumberman and spent much time rafting on the Kideau. For many years he was an active A pretty wedding took place in Ottawa a fortnight ago when Mr. H. J. Friel, of the department of public works, was mar- ried to Miss Aggie, youngest daughter of Mr. Richard Nagle, lumberman. Mr. Wm. J. Mathers, of Neepawa, Man., a well-known lumberman of the Prairie Province, has joined the benedicts. The happy bride was Miss Ada M. Wittsie, of Brockville, Ont. Congratulations. THE NORTHEY MANUFACTURING CO.’S NEW PREMISES. The Northey M’fg. Co., of this city, manufacturers of pumping machinery, have just completed and equipped a new factory at the King street subway. A representative of THE LUMBERMAN recently paid a visit to the new works, and was taken in hand and escorted through the premises by the cour- teous secretary-treasurer of the company, Mr. J. E. Pell. The main building is laid out on the most approved modern lines, and divided into three wide bays of about 30 feet each. This building is 250 feet long, and the pattern shops, brass foundry, boiler house, pattern storage, offices and subsidiary buildings are ona proportionate scale. The side bays are to be used for the small tools, and the centre bay for the heavier tools, erecting, testing, etc. This division is equipped with surface and overhead trans- portation machinery of the latest and best description, working in connection with private switches from the Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk railways. The handling and shipping facili- ties are thus most complete. The tool equipment includes the best special modern machines for single and duplex pump manufacture, turning and boring machines, gang milling machines, screw and turrett machines, etc, Fuel gas is used for boiler firing, heating of factory, forges and brass melting pots; electricity for lighting factory and working travelling crane. This is by far the best equipped and largest hydraulic works in Canada, and turns out work which commands a large and ncreasing sale. HOW FIRES START. {PE origin of fires is often mysterious, and in mills and factories, when no other cause can be assigned they are usually charged to “spontaneous combustion” —usually another name for somebody’s careless- ness. But fires do sometimes originate curiously. Thus, it is related that in one instance, where some waste, which had been used with mineral oil, had been thrown into a safe place, an insect crawled through it, and then, carrying some pieces of the oily fibre sticking to his body, made his way to a gas jet. The cotton fibers which adhered to him caught fire, and he dropped, blazing, to the floor, setting the building on fire. In another case, a quantity of waste was said to have been ignited by the friction of a belt running close to it. This, however, may be considered doubtful. The fric- tion of a belt against soft cotton is by no means of a nature to produce great heat, and a much more rational explanation is to be found in the supposition that an electric spark passed from the belt to some conducting substance through the cotton, which is ignited on its way, as sparks of frictional electricity can easily do. In fact, the electrical effects accompanying the running of large belts are quite important, and it is probable that more than one fire has been due to them. Sparks can be taken by the finger from almost any large belt in motion, and an instance is related where an ingenious engineer, by fixing a metal comb near the belt, succeeded in drawing off enough high-tension electricity to enable him to light the gas jets in and about the engine room without matches, by simply touching them, after turning on the gas, with a wire connected with the comb. ae The sawyer certainly should always have a s(w)age look on his face and be fond of saws(w)age. to | THE CANADA LUMBERMAN AUGUST, 1893 TRADE REVIEW. Office of CANADA LUMBERMAN, July 31, 1893. THE GENERAL SURVEY. ‘| tae individual mention that we have given below of the United States and foreign lumber markets reflects quite fairly the condition of the lumber situation at home and abroad. We would not have it supposed that there is anything like a panic in lumber, for this is not the case, and such conditions would be in sudden contrast to the activity that existed in lumber, especially in Canada and the States, a few months ago. As every- one knows, monetary affairs in the States are in a somewhat unsettled state, and this influence has extended itself out to every branch of commerce, lum- ber not excepted. There has been no depreciation of values in lumber, for lumber stands as well to-day, almost, as three months ago; no circumstance has arisen to cause the opinion that the sanguine diagnosis of the lumber situation the early part of the season was over-esti- mated. Things are simply stagnant because, until the financial sky is cleared, people do not want to trade. A signal illustration is this of the place that money, using the term in its best economic sense, occupies in the finan- cial fabric. The relationship of the Canadian and United States lumber markets to each other makes depressed conditions in the one country sympatheti- cally felt in the other. Summarizing local.conditions in different parts of the Dominion, it may be said, that in Ontario dullness pre- vails; in Quebec, shipments are less than a month ago, lumber that is ready for shipment at Montreal is being held back because of dull trade abroad. New Bruns- wick, where considerable trade is found in New York, Boston and other American cities, is feeling the effects of the money stringency in the States. In British Columbia a fair local trade is doing, but quietness exists in export lines. FOREIGN. In their wood circular of current date Farnworth & Jardine, of Liverpool, Eng., say: “The arrivals from British North America during the past inonth have been 26 vessels, 20,530 tons against 16 vessels, 16,261 tons during the corresponding month last year, and the aver- age tonnage to this date from all places during the years 1891, 1892 and 1893 have been 135,095, 120,- 989 and 107,217 tons respectively.” Of current business they say, “Throughout the month business has been quiet and the demand inactive, values remain stationary and stocks are sufficient.” Our advices from London, and other sources touching trade in the United Kingdom are along similar lines. Neither in South America nor from Australia does very cheerful news of the situation come. UNITED STATES. The lumber trade of the United States is meeting with not a few commercial vicissitudes as a result of the continued monetary depression. Quite a few failures are reported, and it is feared that others are yet to come, if there is not a speedy easing of money matters. The effect of the depression on immediate business is to make everything very quiet, the most solid and conserv- ative houses not caring to push trade. TORONTO, ONT ToronTo, July 31, 1893. CAR OR CARGO LOTS. ALA MACHEN ANC | DEbbeK ssc ecisie o/s aiosate «sick nOEOEE 33 00 36 00 ixro;and 12 dressing and |better,...¢2.ose+ ses seen lee nee oe 20 00 22 00 rxro gander ze mill lintimaes yesteeict-tenciete eae nner 16 00 17 00 EXT OFANGLED |COMMON 1.1012 ai tere cfoale ele vic ndcee area eee 13 00 14 00 EX OANG x2 Sprice|Cullsis cee cals se bec. ie Jereeietoee thane ne I0 00 11 00 ExLOlander2smillWomlist sec chp ctesimat wiscisisiie eee eee 10 00 If 00 PinehClearand pieks isa cee oaenc oon ede cece eee eee 28 00 32 00 qaineh dressing and better tess saie eoers se aoe cece ee teeee 20 00 22 00 minchisiding *millgeums eer oe seeks nook te eR ae 14 00 15 00 minchisidingicommony sey eeeeesee ee oae cece e eee I2 00 13 00 ranch sidingiship eallsvctsc-peconaster osteo bee II 00 12 00 minehisiding smillcillsé 24 t.7 ose) eee cee eee ee eee Ln 9 00 10 00 Cullseanitling? i: sects ces Soe eee ene eee 8 00 9g 00 1 1-2 and thicker cutting up plank -.. 24 00 26 00 1 inch strips 4 in. to 8 in. mill run................. «.. I4 00 15 00 BINH Strips, (COMMON. seeeee anes. Lee en eee eee 12 00 13 00 Rete“ inch Mooring, is var peat eos ersionets Gino sats 16 00 Ere 2isich fl OOLING,+/.1-1c/aek,etieeeinnn ce CoE EE Eo eeEne 16 00 XXX shingles, 6 AD CHb2.s vie sctottepte ees 5 oe ee ee as 250 2 60 xX shingles CO ANCH ne a ek, SRT EC 150 1 60 ZAET TS IN GFR wc ors BN oto s(ahs aloe «2 eg SE a et ES 215 1LaC, In ee Ce Ses ene SIRS ET re 180 1 85 YARD QUOTATIONS. Mill cull boards and scantling$10 00 Shipping cull boards, promis- F. M. II- 2in. flooring, dres’'d 26 00 30 00 cuous widths. ..... 13 00 me rough 18 00 22 00 16 00 sf ss dres'd 25 00 28 00 Scantling and j joist, up to 16 ft 14 00/ 11-4 in. flooring, un- 18 ft 15 00 dressed, B.M. . . 16 00 18 00 20 ft 16 00] r1- qin. flooring, dres’'d 18 00 20 00 22ft 17 00 undres’'d 12 00 15 00 24 ft 19 00 | Beaded sheeting, dres- 26 ft 20 00 Salis oh 56 20 00 35 00 28 ft 22 00 Clanhoarding, dres’d. 12 00 30ft 24 00 | X sawn shingles 32ft 27 00 per M 34ft 29 50| Sawnlath..... : 2 60 Redi@akiime irae 30 00 40 00 White “ 3 Basswood, No. rand2 28 00 30 00 Cherry, No. rand 2 . White ash, 1 and 2. . Black ask, rand2. . 20 00 30 00 “cc “ “cc “ “ec “ce “6 “ec “ 36 ft 31 00 38 ft 33 00 40 to 44 ft 37 00 Cutting up planks, 1 and thicker, dry. board 18 00 24 00 Dressing blocks . . . ‘ “ec Picks Am. inspection. 30 00 HARDWOODS—PER M. FEET CAR LOTS. Ash, white, 1 to2in..$18 00 $20 00 | Elm, soft x ‘‘ 1%$11 00 $12 00 214 to 4.. 20 00 24 00 a BY Ban 1) CS) 1G} Ce) “black, rt ‘‘ 1% 16 00 18 00 rock x ‘“* 14% 14 00 1600 Birch, sq., 1 “‘ 4.. 17 00 2000 eee 14% “* 3.. 15 00 18 00 5 “4x4 “8x8 20 00 22 00] Hickory 1% ‘‘ 2.. 28 00 30 00 “red x ‘“* Y% 2000 22 00 | Maple tr *' 13% 16 00) 27/00 7 roy EAE 2) Ane zoo 25100) ss Zin Av t7 ROOM SOO “yellow 1 ‘“‘ 4.. 14 00 15 00] Oak,red,p'n1 ‘‘ 1% 22 00 26 00 Basswood 1 ‘‘ 1% 15 00 16 00 ee CF OA BSC =O) cf TGs 16 00 18 00 “white “‘z ‘1% 2800 3000 Butternut 1 ‘‘ 1% 23 00 25 00 DO oo FO CO. 25 OO) se a 3 OR eo a3 Co ““quart’d 1 ‘ 2.. 48 00 5200 Chestnut 1 ‘‘2.. 25 00 30 00} Walnut T= 38-) 85800) 100100 Cherry t ‘1% 50 00 60 00} Whitewood 1 ‘‘ 2.. 3200 3600 09 2 ‘*4.. 6000 65 00 : OTTAWA, ONT. Orrawa. July 31, 1893. bine’ Boed sidings, per M feet, b. PMs ieee reece eee eee eee $32 00 40 00 ine, ‘Zood'strips;,” 9) Sle) SS Rs cnincoteh Ricteretaen ite 27 00 35 00 Pine, good shorts, ‘* uw ey enn A NOE ansion acon icnra 20 00 27 00 Pine, 2nd quality sidings, per. M feet, b. -Me evs eee esse eee eee 20 00 25 00 ie, aGla@malisy cess, 9 OO sg uuaosccans 18 00 22 00 Pine, 2nd quality shorts, y ie Oe ODS O0e Sood ROOD 15 00 18 00 Pine, shipping cull stock, ‘‘ eS Dba dasaonnouadaoodo 14 CO 16 00 Pine, box cull stock, : ms e odes Aaoaansc abode II 00 13 00 Eine, Ss. cstaes ANG Siding Sts. oe eee ore Coen eM SnD nee II 0O 14 00 ane mull iculll. Aura ticianehersisioe isis Pieteeietelersteteioe ieee ebro cee 8 00 10 00 athtspereieererer rere reriet ddsadouansnsdacabonodausoeNS 160 1 90 QUEBEC, QUE. QuEBEC, July 31, 1893. WHITE PINE—IN THE RAFT. cts. cts. For inferior end ordinary according to average, quality etc., MEASUKEATOfli mec Reo een eC n inn 14 @ 18 For fair average quality, according to average, etc. , measured off. 16 20 Hor coed audeeod fair average, a a : 2327 or superior Af $ sao) In shipping order ‘ ps _ 2 y 29 «35 Waney board, 18 to 19 inch 30 ©36 Waney board, 19 to 21 inch cs * uy ee Cm RED PINE—IN THE RAFT. Measured off, according to average and quality ayecafetatefarateeee sees LAn 22) In shipping order, B5toas feet Wik R Bol eatinccrmeliomeree 22 30 OAK—MICHIGAN AND OHIO, By the dram, according toaverageand quality. . . . . . .45 51 ELM. By the dram, according to average and quality, 4510 50feet. . 30 32 30 to 35 feet. . 25 28 ASH. 14 inches and up, according to average and quality. . . . .30 34 BIRCH. 16 inch average, according to average and quality. . * . .20 23 TAMARAC. Square, according to size and quality . dec gad. amo dae yy 19 Flatted, a ClOMoro SMe deo o Ly 18 STAVES. Merchantable Pipe, according to qual. and sp'cfct’n—nominal . $330 $350 W.O. Puncheon, Merchantable, according to quality. . . . go 100 DEALS. Bright, according to mill specification, $115 to $123 for 1st, $78 to $82 for 2nd, and $37 to $42 for 3rd quality. Bright spruce, according to mill specification, $40 to $43 for rst, $27 to $28 for 2nd, $23 to $25 for 3rd, and $19 to $ox for 4th quality. BOSTON, MASS. BosTON, Mass., July 31.—Prices have shown a slight advance during the month. Western pine is in good demand. Shingles are dull. EASTERN PINE—CARGO OR CAR LOAD. Ordinary planed S4uincheeereeeen $11 00 11 50 Iboardsicn cree $12 00 I-LO Inches eels 9. 52@$10 00 CoarsewNows eer 16 00 9g. inchiit..e sence 8 so g 00 INSTES ooousasccans 13 00 Clapboards, sapext.. 52 50 55 00 QOutstiree percent 8 50 9 00 Sapiclearseeeeeaer 47 00 50 00 Boxboards, 1 inch... 12 75 13 00 Sap, 2nd clear.... 40 00 42 50 Veinchyrierterere ae II 75 1200 INO.0x Pacceoane 20 00 25 00 WESTERN PINE—BY CAR LOAD. Uppers, TAM saci “$52 00@54 00 | Fine com., 3 and 4 in 42 00 46 oo 1%, 1% and 2 in.. 52 00 55 00| No. 2, rin. Finecom. 28 00 30 00 3 and 4 in panonuoass i 60 co 65 00 1%, 1¥ and 2iN... 29 00 31 00 Selects\x lint 45 00 47 00! No. rstrips, 4 to6in. 43 00 44 00 1%, 1% and 2 in.. 45 00 50 00 INOy Oboucssdeason 36 00 37 00 Z)Eul /\ M5q0000000 56 00 59 00 ING -Glososousasaas 28 00 30 00 Moulding boards, 7 to Cut ups, 1 to 2 in.... 24 00 32 00 76 Thy OEE 4 cca0 36 00 38 00] Coffin boards........ 20 00 22 00 60 per cent. clear... 34 00 36 00} Common all widths... 22 00 26 oo Fine common, rin.... 38 00 43 oo} Shipping culls, 1 in... 15 00 15 50 14%,1% and 2in... 41 00 45 00 do 1% in. 15 50 16 so SPRUCE—BY CARGO. Scantling and plank, Coarse, rough........ 12 00@14 00 random cargoes.. 14 00@15 oo Hemlock bds., rough. 12 00 13 00 Yard orders, ordinary ““ “dressed 12 00 14 00 SizeSieeri een eer 15 00 16 00 | Clapbds., extra, 4 ft.. 32 00 33 00 Yard sorders, extra Clear anitornseere 30 00 31 00 SAR bOgDOGS00 16 00 18 00 Second clear....... 24 00 26 00 Clear aor boards.... 19 00 20 00 INCH. Waseosnodcoen 13 00 17 00 INRA Sococuesaaos 16 00 17 00 LATH. Spice DyiGANCO: je raliossjel-loe:aisleis-eiete ieee clini eee aieeieteree ice 2 50@2 75 SHINGLES. Eastern sawed cedar, Eastern shaved saved extra cedar, 1st quality... 5 00 clearaepenteeerte 2nd quality baos FOdoS 475 Ost Hontooassadn0sD ee een Bee annG 4 00 extra No. 1 4th wer dnadhosbe 3.00 3.25 Spuige Noise ener 1 50 OSWEGO, N.Y. OsWEGO, N.Y., July 31.—Trade is holding up fairly well under generally depressed financial conditions. WHITE PINE. Three uppers, 1} As, me and RANCH sj. kts. hele Stee eB REE $47 00@49 00 Pickings, . ~) "gif, NES Ree Senne eee ae 39 00 4000 No. 1, cutting up, ‘ oF adicatelneebieeee he peices seme 34 00 35 00 No. 2, cutting up, ‘‘ oh ol Ah hehe aoe Reet rt 24 00 25 00 In strips, 4 to 8 wide, selected for moulding strips, 14 to16ft. 32 00 34 00 SIDING. = 1 in siding, cutting ME 1% in selected....... 35 00@42 00 picks and uppers... 32 00@39 00 | 1% in dressing....... 19 00 2I 00 TUNKG Lessing epee Ig 00 21 00 a: in No. 1 culls.... 14 00 16 00 1in No. x culls...... 14 00 15 00|1¥% in No. 2cuils.... 12 00 13 00 tin’ No.2 culls*....0- 12 00 13 00}1 in. No3culls...... 10 00 II 00 IX12 INCH. r2vand x16;\feet, mill) run-macme sooner cee erotr ener enee 21 00 24 00 i2/and/16 feet, No; 1 and! 2; barn boards..-----l- eee eee 19 00 2000 r2jandix6sfeehidressingvandsbettet=en eee re Err rer eerere 27 00 31 00 r2'and\16)feet; No: 2 cullsi.re eee eee eer neeen ee 15 00 16 00 1X10 INCH. i2andin3 feet millixun, mllicullsonte seer eater se eee 21 00 23 00 T2jandin3:feetsdressime; and! betters een eee rer eee ene 26 00 28 00 IXTO;,14/to/x6)barn\ boards#)1.-b)--lene eerie ele eee eee 18 00 19 00 r2:andirs feet; (No: aculls...-vsre eniscine ee enoeer ben eee 16 00 17 00 r2iandin3:feet)) Noso.cullss.n eee eee eee teehee ores I5 00 16 00 TAitoodectamilliminumallicilsoutemeeeeeeeeer eee 21 00 2300 TAitopr6ifeets dressingands betters ere eee rere ne: aeeee ree 26 co 28 00 Ta toin6;feet, No. rcullsa.msceteme elem eee cieeicaeeere 17 00 18 00 14 (to-16;feet, No: 2\cullsee.. .ieijn-e acme clement ee Ee eeeee 15 00 18 00 Toitomg feet; No. 3 culls. ee enon eee eee eee eneen II 00 1200 14X10 INCHES. Millrun, mill culls out.$22 co@25 00 | No. rculls..........- 17 00 18 00 Dressing and better.. 27 00 35 00| No. 2culls........... 15 00 16 00 1X4 INCHES. : Mill run, mill cullsout 17 00 21 00 | No. rculls........... 14 00 15 00 Dressing and better.. 24 00 30 00] No. 2culls........... 13 00 14 00 IX5 INCHES. 6, 7 or 8, mill run, mill 6, 7 or 8, No. rculls.. 16 00 17 00 CIIS{OME reteset 20 00 25 00| 6, 7 or 8, No.2 culls.. 14 00 15 00 6, 7 or 8, drsg and : betters. ck nincjec 25 00 30 00 SHINGLES. XXX, 18 in pine....... 37° 3 90| XXX, 18in. cedar... . 3 50 3 75 Clear butts, pine, 18 in.. 2 70 2 go] Clear butt, 18 in. cedar. 2 50 275 XXX, 16 in. pine...... 300 3 25| XX, 18in. cedar ....190 200 Stock ‘cedars, 50r 6in.. 4 50 5 00 LATH. INOS3, (0 4ao ys nyetena tes eieuetous 205) i 25) Toke sea Seve ues MOST MMS on Gods oo 50 2 00 BUFFALO AND TONAWANDA, N.Y. TONAWANDA, N.Y., July 31.—The labor troubles be- tween lumber shovers andemployers, which have dragged along for some months, are now happily ended, and have resulted in a complete cave in of the men. Their loss has been heavy, but it is to be hoped the experience will-be profitable. Business is no ways active, the tend- ency being towards quietness. WHITE PINE. Up’ a 1,1%,1%and 2 Shelving, No. 1, 13 in NeGE ODA Gate 50 00 -and up, 1 in...... 32 00@34 00 ae: and 3 in 58 00} Dressing, 1% in...... 26 00 28 00 PB VAD ed Sel evecotaalesstateoe 62 00 14x10 and 12...... 28 00 Selects, rin. ... 43 00 EG! ANsce ics .. 24 00 25 00 14 tol2 sinh). 43 00 ZAM) /ate seer eee esa 28 oo 2% and 3 in 53 00] Mold st’ps, 1 to 2in.. 33 00 35 00 AVM oracietee cece itiee 52 00 | Barn, No. 1, roand 12 Fine common, 1 in... 37 00 38 oo Nef: e eee 23 00 24 00 1% and 134 in ome 37,00, 38 co||| 6:andU8/tnew neem 22 00 23 00 2) Nyc. acnpee eine 39 00 40 00 No. 2, 10 and 12 in Ig 00 : inggadbbadeonnage 47.00) ‘(6.and/8;ins Weeeeee 18 00 19 00 snodnoodsnade 47 00 No. 3, 1o and 12 in. 14 00 16 00 Cut’ Fs ae No. 1, rin. 29 00 30 00 6.and 8m. Jee eceeee 14 50 15 50 IH (40) 2 Nog cocabes 35 00 37 00 | Common, rin........ 16 00 18 00 Nowa yarn eee 19 00 20 00 14% andi in...... 18 90 20 00 No. 2, 14% to2in.. 25 00 27 00 21 cecheeeeReee 20 00 22 00 No. 3, 1% to2in... 18 00 19 00| ~ BOX. Ix1o and 12 in. (No 3 INarrow..a:h eee 13 00o@14 00 ponsnaKsooon 14 00) | 13f "ink... o.men ee ee eR OO aeneOS A eHdeONG: 3 out) 1350) | 36 inne seam 15 00 18 00 1x13 and wider...... 16 00, 198)(00))|)2) in\eeceice enieeeee eee 15 00 18°00 SHINGLES. 18 in. XXX, clear... 375 4 00| 16in., *A extra...... 250 260 18 in. XX, 6 in. clear. 2 75| 16in. clear butts..... 2 10 LATH, INob ra vitae 2 60 ela Ty iit cenlaeeeerss I 10 INOS 2554 ft ce ricietine I 95 ALBANY, NiY- ALBANY, N.Y., July 31.—Lumber business is decid- edly dull. That is a blunt way of stating the situation, but it is a fact. Prices nevertheless keep firm and there is little attempt to force sales. PINE. Zin. and up, good........ $56 $60 | ro-in. common............. $15 $16 INOS Bagosoowosaqbabo. 58 | r2-in. dressing and better... 28 34 SelectSeeremmeecee eee 50 Common i. aceeeeeee se Is 37 Pickings!) senescence 45 | 14-in. siding, selected, 13 ft. 4o 45 DZ to 2-in. good. ec. cen 52 55 Common) -)- 3-5 see see 15 17 Fourths 50 | r-in. siding, selected........ 38 42 Selects . 45 Common ....... oe aK5 RY, Pickings . 5 40 | Norway, clear 22 25 1-in. good 55 PESSINE | siejnic ele D eee eee 16 18 Fourths 50 Common .......-.+....-< II 15 SelSctsii inc isaeeeccererns 45 | ro-in. plank, 13 ft., dressing c. c. Pickings 40 and better, each ....... 42 55 Cutting-upmeereeeenne ere 22 27 | 1o-in. plank, 13-ft. culls, each 23° «25 Bracketiplankgeiescrciieer 30 35 | 10-in. boards, 13 ft., dressing Shelving boards, 12-in. up.. 30 32 and better, each.......... 28 32 Dressing boards, narrow.... 20 22] 10-in. boards, 13-ft. culls.... 17 25 LATH. PIN € Paniferciax creme some ease $240) [Spruce meee ener $2 40 $250 SHINGLES. Sawed Pine, ex. xxxx..$4 35 $4 50| Bound butts, €x 18 ....$5 90 $6 co Clear, butts. 3°10, 3 25)|| Memlock)n. cue. owen 215 2 30 Smooth, 6x 18....... 5 50005 (60)! SS PLUG = iieeeiecr see 220 2 30 SAGINAW, MICH. SAGINAW, Mich., July 31.—The situation is a wonder- ful change from that of the opening of the season. Then buyers were full of anxiety to buy, and sellers Aucust, 1893 could not meet their wants quickly enough. Now stolid indifference is the rule. No one seems anxious to buy. LUMBER—ROUGH. FINISHING 2 Fine common, 1 in..........- 35 00 Uppers, 1, 1% and 1% = TS SS Sagas oes r% and 1% in... 36 00 Selects, 1 in 2 ian sda naeo aes .36 90 1% and 14 C, 7, 8 and g in 30 00 TT Seer eee SIDING Seno GS SS eeromsoae Al, @ay||. (GS lesacocsanenaboopOnue Ig 00 ip Iblasteseisoaasseepocsde 48 00 EM cps SOR OUE CNS ODS AP SODO 34 00 SPOS WATE 10, «(21S sain eels. ates Zn @)|| ING. tas Allooemoqonaoondaoce 13 00 2 IOS t aoe eet 40 00 CE RBA el Biche AS Gye So aIrS 23 00 TIMBER, JOIST AND SCANTLING. om to 10x10, 12, 14 and 16 ft. oe foro) Bow itr sees e nr aries 13 00 "23565 Sa poen ee oseganes ZR Gu@ 2 iesd-goggoncanes 15 00 00 For each additional 2 ft. add er: 12 in. plank and timber $1 extra ; extra for sizes above 12 in. SHINGLES. memexertim, Climax... <2... .-- 3 (OR || 25 ey >< (GUM ps sooqosne50008 I 00 MOONS SACINAW.. ~~... 2... 0.0 Diz || MOO GeOWSoosocsscnoe 30080 2 25 BERSIIMNAK:. sce eee es 2 25 ».Or6 Sp odducod sucatasnogone I 50 nin: C.D... ss == I 25 LATH. Lath, No 1, white pine....:.. 2 35 | Lath, No. 2, W. pine, Norway 1 65 NEW YORK CITY. New YORK, July 31.—No one is running after busi- ness. The wholesaler is careful to whom he sells, and buyers are just as careful in buying. Such is the influ- ence of the financial stringency upon the lumber mar- kets here. WHITE PINE—WESTERN GRADES. Uppers, “gh eee ari 00@45 00 | Coffin boards........ 20 00 22 00 1%, 1%and2in.... 46 00 47 00 | Box, in.............- $17 00@17 50 AMMA HUNT 3, CIN ie THE CANADA LUMBERMAN Aucus?, 1893 —— TIMBER 1,000 YEARS OLD. XPERTS seem to be divided as to which jarrah or karri— of the two hardwoods of Western Australia is the most durable. scientific journal says that jarrah wood piles two feet two inches square, driven 33 years ago at the Large Bay pier, were found, on examin- ation, to be as sound as the day they were put in. Some specimens of karri avood taken from a fence were recently sent to London, and, though the wood has been underground A speci- for 25 years, it was perfectly sound. men of jarrah wood under similar circum- stances showed serious decay. Timber of tamarisk wood has been found perfectly sound in the ancient temples of Egypt in connection with the stone work, which is known to be at least 4,000 years old. In some tests made with small squares of various woods buried one inch in the ground, the fol- Birch and aspen decayed in three years; willow and horse-chestnut in four years; maple and red beech in five years; elm, ash, hornbeam, Lom- bardy poplar in seven years; oak, Scotch fir, Weymouth pine and silver fir decayed to the depth of half an inch in seven years, larch juniper and arbor vite were uninjured at the lowing result has been obtained: expiration of the seven years. The redwood of California has the quality The root of the brier is the only wood which does not burn of being nearly fireproof. when exposed to the fire. Cocus-wood is the hardest known wood; oak is the strongest. The heaviest British wood is that of the box- tree, which sinks in water. Hornbeam is the strongest and toughest wood for mechanical use. The strongest American wood is the nutmeg hickory; the most elastic, the Tamar oak; the heaviest, the blue wood of Texas. In situations so free from moisture that we may practically call them dry the durability of timber is The roof of Westminster Hall is more that 450 years old. In Stirling Castle are carvings of oak, well preserved, over 300 years of age. Scotch fir has been found in good condition after a known use of 300 years, and the trusses of the roof of almost unlimited. the basilica of St. Paui’s, Rome, were sound and good after 1,000 years’ service. in fresh water is Wood constantly wet equally as durable. Piles were dug from the foundations of the old Savoy palace in a per- fectly sound state after having been down 650 The piles of old London bridge were found sound and perfect 800 years after they years. were driven. A BIG BARREL. ape: biggest barrel in the world, made of staves of wood, is at Heidelburg, un- doubtedly, but in Arizona there is a larger barrel carved by Nature and from solid stone. It is a peculiar rock formation, about 200 feet high, and the top of it is at least 2,000 feet above the valley. It can be seen for miles be- fore the traveller gets to it, and its appearance is most deceiving. A large fissure on the side forms a bunghole. It does not look like a barrel unless seen from the plain; on all other sides it is simply a rugged rock. It is a soft granite formation of volcanic origin, and is crumbling to pieces. But it has had its pre- sent form for centuries. FIVE THOUSAND SHINGLES AN HOUR. N attraction for lumbermen at the coming Toronto Industrial Exhibition will be the exhibit of shingle machinery to be made by F. J. Drake, of Belleville, Ont. hard to Lum >ermen say it is the Drake shingle machines, and Mr. Drake is going to put the question to test by running his machines daily and will undertake to cut not less than 5,000 shingles in a given hour. beat A gang of men will be on the grounds throughout exhibition week for the purpose of showing these machines in operation. A | HOW TO OBTAIN DRY STEAM. HEN putting up a steam pipe between boiler and engine, says the Stationary Engineer, it should be made to slope slightly toward the engine, so that all the water and condensed steam will be carried forward, as it cannot be made to run back against the flow of steam; for water once in the pipe must flow forward, and if no outlet is provided it must travel through the cylinder of the engine. The water can be kept from the engine by putting a separator or water catcher in the horizontal pipe near the last end before it reaches the engine. A small pipe will lead from this back to the boiler, trapping the water before it reaches the cylinder. By the use of this simple arrangement, the steam supplied to the cylinder will be much dryer and give better results in doing the work; it will also remove the injury to the engine on The pipe leading back to the boiler need not be larger than 34 account of entrained water. or I inch for engines of 100-horse power or less. If a water glass forms a portion of the return pipe it will show that a surprising amount of water is returned from the steam pipe to the boiler, the water would otherwise have gone through the cylinder, requiring a greater amount of lubrication, assisting or causing leaks, and presenting a possibility of great danger to the engine. In boiler tests, the steam which is condensed in the pipe and the water carried off by priming, is often cre- dited to the coal, when a large portion of it is due to priming effects. The condensation of steam in the steam pipe is much greater than is generally supposed, and is always so much that great economy in fuel would be obtained if the pipes were cov- ered with some good non-conducting substance. The different forms of separators employed in steam pipes serve an excellent purpose in pro- viding dry steam only to the engine, but if the steam pipes were well covered, the work re- quired of the separator would be reduced, in many cases, much more than one-half. HOW CIRCULAR SAWS ARE MADE. HESE saws are now made of cast steel specially manufactured for the purpose. An ingot heated to the requisite temperature is reduced to the proper thickness in powerful rolls. The plate is then centered and a circle inscribed upon it, after which it is passed to the shearer, who reduces it to a circular form. The centre hole, says Work, is then bored. It is then handed to the toother, who punches out the teeth round the edge, after which they are rough filed, or ground on an emery wheel, to take off the burr left by punching. The rough saw is now again heated in a large furnace until it is of a bright red color. It is then plunged in a bath of sperm oil, The oil is then partly cleaned off, and the rest burnt off which makes it hard and _ brittle. in the furnace to give the saw the required temper. When cold the saw is hammered on a steel-faced anvil until it is straight. It is next ground between vertical grind- stones revolving in opposite directions, and then polished with emery on a large revolving disc. Once more the hammer-men take it, and strike it with smooth-faced hammers on an anvil, as before, until it is absolutely straight and true and has acquired the proper tension which allows for expansion while the saw is revolving at work. The teeth are now set, alternately right and left, to allow for clearance when sawing timber. They arethen sharpened by being filed on the fronts and tops of the teeth, which operation completes the manufacture. _——eeEeeEeeeeE WHAT GIVES OUT. HE arms of pulleys as they are usually constructed have but little to do with the centrifugal strain upon the rim, and, so far as observation may go, it is quite evident that when a pulley is thus broken the rim is the part that first gives, and but few cases have come under observation where it was otherwise. WANTED AND FOR SALE Advertisements will be inserted in this department’at the rate of 15 cents per line each 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. Adver- tisements must be received not later than the 27th of each month to insure insertion in the following issue. — E WANT ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS. Will pay cash. ROBERT THOMSON & CO., 103 Bay Street, Toronto. OR HEMLOCK, DIMENSION LUMBER, hardwood flooring, cedar shingles, piles, sawdust, etc., write J, E. MURPHY, lumberman, Hepworth station, Ont. ANTED—A SITUATION AS TILER IN A sawmill. Have had nine years’ experience with gang and round saws. Address “‘ H,” 3 Maitland St., Halifax, N.S. ANTED—BY YOUNG MAN—SITUATION as book-keeper, cashier or correspondent; rapid worker; energetic, and thoroughly reliable and experi- enced; competent to take charge of manufacturer's office. Address: ‘‘Accountant,” care CANADA LuM- BERMAN, Toronto, WANTED ASSWOOD LUMBER, BY CAR OR CARGO. Offers invited. Address ‘‘ Baswood,” care of CanapaA LUMBERMAN. COMMISSIONS HE ADVERTISER CAN SECURE BIG prices for black ash, basswocd, elm and maple in New York and surrounding markets, best of references given. Send lists of stock on hand. No shipment on consignment. Bona fide orders sent you before ship- ment. Address ‘‘ Commissions,” MAN. care of CANADA LUMBER- SAWYER WANTED. Must be Mill runs NE used to cutting Dimension Timber. used to Automatic Saw Sharpener. summer and winter. Apply with references to SHEARER & BROWN, Montreal, Que. BRITISH COLUMBIA TEAM, SAW AND PLANING MILL FOR sale at a bargain. Inland country business. Capacity ten thousand feet per day. Machinery all in good order and new in 1889, by Goldie & McCulloch and McGregor & Gourlay, Galt. The whole, including 4 acres, mill, dwelling and boarding houses, smith shop, and over $2,000 worth of stock, tools, etc., for sale for $8,000, being far less than value. For particu- lars apply to A. J. BORILL, Langley Prairie, B.C. LUMBERMEN 4 XPERIENCED SHIPPER OPEN FOR EN- gagement Good bookkeeper and correspon- dent. Competent to take charge of mill. References furnished. Address‘‘ Inspector,” care CANADA LuM- BERMAN, Toronto. RAILS FOR TRAMWAYS ING AND SECOND-HAND STEEL AND iron rails for tramways and logging lines, from 12 lbs. per yard and upwards; estimates given for complete outfit. JOHN J. GARTSHORE, 49 Front St. West, Toronto. 10 EASTERN STATES LUMBERMEN. N EXTENSIVE HANDLER OF PULP wood, fir, spruce, canoe birch and poplar, is de- sirous of finding a market for same in the Eastern States—New York or Boston preferred. Is prepared to ship any size required per schooner from Quebec. Parties handling same should communicate with I.C.L., care CANADA LUMBERMAN, ‘Toronto. FOR SALE HANDLE LATHE FOR MAKING and rake handles. Inch squares are cut out of slabs, piled one on top of the other in the machine, and it automatically takes the lowest, runs it between the knives and produces the handle without any more attention. Contracts can be secured for all the handles that can be produced with the machine. WATEROUS, BRANTFORD, CAN. FOR SALE A STEAM GIRGULAR SAWMILL ITH DOUBLE EDGER AND BUTTING saw, capacity 15 to 20 M feet per day; 40 horse power boiler and engine, lumber and wood cars, steel rails on lumber track, horses, wagons, harness, sleighs, blankets, boom chains, driving plant; blacksmith’s anvil, forge, bellows, vice, with all necessary tools for repairs. Everything in good order and as good as new. Also too acres of good land, with dwelling and boarding house, office, stables, sheds, etc. This pro- perty is situated on a good navigable stream, with an almost unlimited supply of black ash, basswood, soft elm, red birch, maple, hemlock, pine, etc., and is a rare chance, there being no opposition in buying stock, present stock being cut now. For. full particulars apply to M. C. H., FORK CANADA LUMBERMAN, Toronto, Ont. WANTED FOR CASH. SH AND SOFT ELM DIMENSION STOCK 4 cut to exact sizes. Apply for specification, prices, etc., to P.O. Box 2144, NEW YORK. WANTED FOR CASH Ash and Soft Elm OSTLY ONE-INCH, SOME ONE-AND-A- quarter and one-and-a-half inch, strictly firsts and seconds; also commons. Furthermore, Ash and Oak squares from one-and-a-half to four inches thick, Red Birch Lumber, I. and II., all thickness; also Red Birch Squares 5x5 and 6x6, ten feet and over long. Address all particulars as to dryness, quality, quan- tity on hand and price, to P.O. Box. 2144, New York, © AUCTION SALE — oj == CANAD A. t TINBIR Lol N ORDER TO WIND UP THE AFFAIRS OF “The Georgian Bay Consolidated Lumber Com- pany,” the following Timber Berths will be sold by public auction in the City of Toronto, during the early part of August next. Berths Nos. 44, 45, 60 and 61, each containing 36 square miles, more or less, tributary to the Wahnapitae River. Berths (south halves of 41 and 49), each containing 18 square miles, more or less, situated on Lake Wahna- pitae. These Limits are in the District of Nipissing, on the North Shore of the Georgian Bay. The waters of Lake and River Wahnapitae empty south into the French River, thence into the Georgian Bay. The licenses give the right to cut all kinds of timber. The ground rent is $3.00 per square mile, and the Crown dues are $1.00 per thousand feet b. m. for pine saw ogs. Notice will be given later on of the time of sale, and the terms and conditions will be made known on the day of sale. THE GEORGIAN BAY CONSOLIDATED LUMBER C0. 24 King Street West, Toronto, April 2nd, 1893. Toronto, Canada. CANADA (PROVINCE OF NEW BRUNSWICK) SALE OF TIMBER LIGENSES Covering a large portion of the Crown Lands of the Province. HE RIGHT OF LICENSE TO CUT AND carry away all classes of timber or lumber from the principal timber lands of New Brunswick, will be ofecd for sale at the Crown Land Office, Fredericton, -B., on Tuesday, August 29th, 1893 and following days. The timber licenses to be sold will cover an area of about 4,400 square miles (or 2,800,000 acres) of Crown Lands. These Licenses will be for one year, with the right of renewal for a term of 25 years from the 1st day of August, 1893, on fulfilment of all conditions of License. Licenses will be offered at an upset price of $8.00 per square mile, and conditions being complied with, may be renewed from year to year during the term, on payment of $4.00 per square mile; this mileage being in addition to stumpage dues. The stumpage payable on lumber to be cut has been fixed for the present at the following rates : per M. On Spruce, Pine and Hardwood Saw sup. ft. LoS «...s;¢ -te,2 soto eet eet $1.00 Cedar Logs. qureuceeeree ae a-eeete -80 Hemlocksiccietaeeetieeieic eee «40 Other lumber as per regulations. Copies of the regulations to govern this sale, and any further information required, may be had on ap- plication to L. J. TWEEDIE, Surveyor General, or W. P. FLEWELLING, Crown Land Office, Lumber Agent. Fredericton, New Brunswick, r4th July, 1893. FOR SALE 50,000 Acres well-selected Timber Limits N COAST DISTRICT OF BRITISH COLUM- bia, close to tide water, together with a complete Saw Mill Plant. This valuable property can be bought at a bargain and on easy terms. For information apply to or correspond with H. H. SPICER, Vancouver, B.C. e : AucGusT, 1893 LAE CANADA LUMBER MAN 4 Gents a day— iC — That isn’t much money, is it? About twenty-five cents a week or so. & () iB | V E R And a man must be pretty hard up if he hasn’t that much to spend ; = —=—= every week. WHOLESALE Times are hard, they say; but if they are hard now to your family and DEALERS IN yourself, what will they be to your family without you? That’s worth thinking about. OFFICE ’ We think that no man should be without life insurance when it can be Nos. 213, 214 and 215 oe had at such a low rate as 3% cents a day from the Manufacturers’ | Board of Trade Building Life, Yonge Street, corner Colborne, Toronto. Write to us and we will give you all particulars. Toronto, C) nt. ‘ Representative Rumber Manufacturers and Dealers | Railway, Express | Power, Style and = y; xpress, Or a = ower, Style anc Lown Inearest Shipping Point| NUE BUSINESS Daily Capacity Ottawa, Ont.........- | TRS ee aa GOR Soar ‘Booth, 1 fist ae Gneraveny to ONO FCM eG Lumber, W holesale ae Reetaileer cream .|Steam, Circular and Band Mill Ottawa, Ont......... CHa AP es Soe aeee an Bronson & Weston Lumber Co..... 2 Saw mills, White and Red Pine, W holesale...; Water, Gang and Band, 450m lu Te OC Tue SES 0. | OTTAWA LUMBER CO......... Lumber, Pine, Sprucesiemlockswholesalenerr|tpereenerniir eer rinentrieee Onawa, Ont..<...-... Ottawa acco c- deste iPerleyi@iPattee = -00-) 6 «cio se) = Saw and Lath Mill, Pine, Wholesale Sartre ....|Wat., Gang and Band, Saw 4oom, = : = — | Lath 7om SS ==> = Parry Sound, Ont..... MUSEXSOIN- = = <= c-Si \Conger Lumber Co............ Lumber, Wholesale and Retail............... sllocannoodbapbaspousbocnoopeeandrc Parry Sound, Ont..... Parry Sound :-...-...- jParry Sound LumberCo......... Saw, Shingle and Lath Mills, Pine, Wholesale ..|Water, Gang, Circular, Saw gom, Shingles 7om, Lath 30m Muskoka Mills, Ont...|Penetanguishene......|Muskoka Mill and Lumber Co., Head|W. Pine Lumber, Lath andyBill Stuff, all lengths.!2 Mills, Water, 1 Band, 2 Gangs | Office, Arcade, 24 King st. w., Toronto and 3 Circulars. Alexandria, Ont.......|Alexandria ........... McPherson, Schell& Co. ....... GheesesBoxactonys eines spruces Gedani | pee eee see einer S68 OnE Almonte, Ont.....-.-- LATS Soup esseaeas Caldwell, A. &Son........... Sawmill, Pine, Lumber, Hemlock, Hardwoods. .|Circular, 3m SS eee Barrie ee. - . Dymont MAN CKIE Rs thie ona ay 6 awmill, Pine, Spruce, Cedar, Hz ardwoods...... Steam, Circular, 4om Barrow Bay, Ont...... TESS DIM AG eee Barrow Bay Lumber Co., Limited . .|Saw, Shingle and Heading Mill, Pine, Cedar Oak, Oak Railway Ties, Paving Blocks cone Steam, Circular, 16m Blind River, Ont...... Blndieiwer=- =. .s.<5,.- Blind River LumberCo......... 2 Saw, Sh. and Lath Mls., Pine, Hem., Bl. Birch|Stm., Band, Cir., S. 75m, Sh. 601.1 Bobcaygeon, Ont...... Fenelon Falls.........|Boyd, Mossom & Co........... ie umber, Wilt lecalleta ri clbe eet] Peete pe nar te a eas 9 ee Bracebridge, Ont...... Bracebridge. a DOLLAR. JAMES o2.)5 cco nas Lumber, Shingles, Wholesale .................. Bare; Ont......-.-.-. Baths cas civisie sto ac IBUTLONUBIOS Siete. 6.6) coe cleric: eiemsi eve Lumber, Wiholesalevandukeerallenniceritc erase loo tter, eter c ne eee enn Waubaushene, Ont....|W aubaushene..... 2ae Geos ey compel. Lumber Coz||Pinetonly sneer eh erinsaa orem earn: Waubaushene mill, stm., 200m; Hd. office arcade 24 King st. w., Toronto Pt. Severn mill, water, 120m TIIRACTITIR ERC . Calabogie, Ont........ \Calabogie ..... .|\Carswell, Thistle & McKay...... umber, Wholesale and! Retailers sisciiar sete cecil nic ieiea stole eee ene nen. - MANUFACTURERS OF... Callander, Ont...... : —— G.T.R. ....|John B. Smith & Sons ......... White and Red Pine Lumber, Bill Stuff, Lath | Head Office, Strachan Ave., Toronto} and Shingles.............-..02eeeeeeeeeeenee Steam, 2 Circular, 80m | Collins Inlet, Ont...... \Collins Inlet ..........|Collins Inlet LumberCo......... (umber, bine Oak))Asht Birch, Whol) and) Retsil. eer. meh ie celeineieeee ec | Gh = Comber, Ont.... SS MCOMIDEE. ‘<5.0,2.5 coe FeO TS SAR GLa Ge cig Goo Saw and Stave Mill, Pine, Hardwoods sisrarapre rolensys Steam, Circular, 6m arcoal Iron Chilled ae ake eee Pinkerton) os... -.-...| McIntyre, N.& A... cc cee ns Saw, Shingle and Lath Mill, Timber Lands,|Steam, Cir., Saw 14m, Sh. 20m Hemloc k, Pine, Lumber, Hardwoods......... Hamiltcn, Ont........|Hamilton............. BRADLEY, MORRIS & REID CO. .|Lum., T im., Pine, Hem., Hwds., WiholvandURietin 3 ac cristo eieiavel oistereetermereicetereratete's Huntsville, Ont........ Pinmitevile 4. . Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods............. Steam, Circular, 4m Keewatin, Ont........ Rieemateie...-s..-.... Dick, Banning WSO eesti etieh el tata) aheu inp ie Sawmill, Pine, Hardwoods, Wholesale.......... Steam, Circular —————— —— = Keewatin, Ont........|Keewatin..... ae |Keewatin Lumber & Mfg. Co..... Saw, Lath, Sh. and Pl. Miill, Moving Posts, Pine|Water, Band and Circular, room | Lakefield, Ont.........|Lakefield . .......-|Lakefield Lumber Mfg. Co. ...... Uy umber, Wholesale and Retail......... Little Current, Ont... .|Sudbury : Brendel tees Sai ai een en Saw mill, Pine, Ash, Birch, Oak S , Circular, 25 Little Current, Ont... .|Sudbury Howry, J. W. &Sons.......... Lumber, Wholesale and Retail...........+..+-. “yes | London, Ont.........-|London... POP ASOKON 0) AINEST, oisiiat as fois) ss. 0) 00. © Exp. and dlr. in Am. Hwds, made to specification]..............0+0+secsseeee eee =e Longford Mills, Ont. ..|Longford . ../Longford Lumber Co........... Saw and Plan. Mill, Hemlock, Hardwds., Whol.}Steam, Band and Circular, room Monnt Forest, Ont... Mount Forest. PIGTERNBIBES IW ei cise a) nisin c) 6 eicel lee GCheny,) WihitevAsh Hardwoods swiholesalesenialmeee se ceteciineceinenennieraee | Norman, Ont.. Norman Cameron & Kennedy........... Saw and Plan. Mill, Tim. Lands and Logs, Pine|Steam, Circular, 4om | Norman, Ont..........|Norman ..|Minnesota & Ontario Lumber Co. . .|Lumber, Wholesale and Retail........... SH An abba pun carahcecrinciniocen 5 Cen OFFICEs: Louise, Ont.... _...|Elmwood, G.T.R.. Ss. ee une LW sgeaicho cecnele Hardwoods, Shingles, Lath, Handles.......... Steam, Circular, 20m. | Toronto, Ont..........|/Toronto .|Campbell, A. H. De. ea 6 oo Geo. 6 [urn Der vAVVOLeSall © pepeversrtesctex-cereneTe seer select eas eeete Fell Ponate earshot zaicteNe abe ere aaa ie euaran ake aie Toronto, Ont......-...|/Toronto.... IM eR ONNANG) 5 ais c) sic) 6s cls. LST eee MMe) LENGE woe aon celnoee Ga beep aOe oat A baodme pbemady ote dase ddace tc. or NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE BUILDING, MONTREAL Toronto, Ont..........|Toronto.... women = eda Rp ee OA 2 umber awbholesalemtyeccnte eet ee Com. Toronto, Ont.........- Toronto ....|Wietoria Harbor LumberCo....... 3 Saw, Shingleand Lath Mills, White Pine, Whol.|Stm., Cir., Gang and Band, 140m Toronto, Ont.......... Toronto W.N. McEachren &Co........ ium bers aW holesalesa-sitimteicio- Goa oneiien Com. 4 4 | WORKS: LACHINE QUEBEC Toronto, Ont...... ...|Toronto : James Tennant & Co.......... Lumber, Lath, Shingles, etc., Wholesale...... .|Com. es ’ Wiarton, Ont..........|Wiarton.. : PE ee LS NG beech Ore en CRC ME GTC 3 Sawmills, Lumber, Barrel Heads............. Steam and Water, Circular, Port- pe ae - : > : able and Stationery, Lone We make a specialty of Wheels suitable for the re Buckingham, Que..... ,uckingham .. ROGE BIOS eanete leis ais) ele ike Olds 2 Sawmills, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods.......... Circular, Gang and Band, 180m i E : Toronto = ae 05 DeLaplante & Bowden. 3 ee Pine and H ardwood Lumber, Whol. and Retail. : quirements of Lumbermen and Street Car Service, and Cookshire, Que. / .. (Cookshire. Pockshire BISCO 5. Sis vis as Saw, Shingle, Planing, Stave and Heading Mill.|Steam, Circular and Gang, 60m can supply them Bored, Finished and Balanced Montreal, Que -|Montreal.. _.|Dufresse, O. Jr. & Frere........ Saw mill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hdwds., Whol.|Steam, Circular and Band, 50m : ; Montreal, Que........|Montreal.. Roberts, Joseph & Fils......... Saw and Plz aning Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds,}Steam, Circular, 200m ; $ rare GEE & EROWN Int. Fin, Spruce, Hardwoods, Wholesale...... | Montreai, .|Montreal.. : ARER & BROWN ......... 4 Sawmills, Oak, Ash, Elm, Pine, Hem., Dim...}2 Stm., 2 Wat., Band, Cir., 4om_ | Moodyville, Ss New Westminster. MOODYVILLE SAWMILL CO. .... Sawmills, P. Fi in, Spruce, Cedar, "Hardwoods ... Steam, Circular, 20m f COR RESPON DE NOE New Westminster, B.C.| New Westminster Brunette Sawmill Co.......... Saw and Planing Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds, Steam, Gang and Circular SOLIOCITED Fir, Cedar, Spruce, Hardwoods.............. , | Canterbury, N.B......|\Canterbury Stn. ...|James Morrison & Son......... Sawn, ines bard wood Siete terial siete siete ee Steam, Circular, 38m bridgewater, N.S.. Bridgewater |/DAVIDSON, E.D.&SONS...... 5 Saw, Shgle. and Lath Mills, Pine, Spr., Hwds.| Water, Circular and Gang, 200m | Lumbermen desirous of being represented in this Directory can obtain information in regard to rates by communicating with the Publisher. UAK TANNED BELTING zeae THE J.C.M’LAREN BELTING C2 vontreat 14 THE CANADA IU MBE RIAN AucusT, 1893 _ MACHINERY _ OL LOWING LIST OF NEW AND SECOND- hand Boilers, Engines and General Machinery for sale by The Canada Machinery and Supply Co., Brantford, Ont., dealers in new and second-hand ma- chinery and supplies :— NE BOILER, TO BRICK IN, 44 IN. DIA. XTII ft. 7 in. long, 41 3 -In. tubes, in first- class order. NE BOILER, TO BRICK IN, 44 IN. DIA. x it ft. 8 in. long, 38 3-in. tubes, in first-class shape. HREE 25 H.P. PORTABLE LOCO. FIRE BOX boilers, in good order. NE 20 H.P. RETURN TUBULAR BOILER, to brick in. WO 6H.P. FIRE BOX BOILERS FOR cheese factories. NE 12x16 SLIDE-VALVE ENGINE, ett’s make. WO 9x12 SLIDE-VALVE ENGINES, Goldie & McCulloch and Morrison makes. BECK- NE 64% xg SLIDE-VALVE ENGINE, COPP Bros. & Barry make. WO 5%xg SLIDE-VALVE ENGINES, BECK- ett’s make. NE 6H.P. ENGINE, UPRIGHT, with 8 H.P. boiler combined on one cast iron base. (Jee 15 H.P. ENGINE, English make. NE 14 H.P. LEONARD MAKE ENGINE, nearly new. NE 12 H.P. HORIZONTAL PORTABLE EN gine and boiler on skids; Ames & Co., m Aci Oswego, N.Y Mee Nes — NE 24-INCH McGREGOR, GOURLAY & CO. make heavy surface planer, almost new. WO 24-INCH CANT, GOURLAY & CO. MAKE light surface planers, in good order. NE GOLDIE & McCULLOCH THREE-SIDE moulder. ORE ONE-SIDE MOULDER. WO 34-INCH WHEELS BAND SAWING machines. Gee ALMOST NEW VERTICAL SPINDLE boring machine, McGregor, Gourlay and Co.’s make. NE ALMOST NEW IRON TOP JIG SAW, Cowan and Co., makers. OR GOOD SHAPER. Ee GOOD SAW TABLES. NE NEARLY NEW GOLDIE & McCULLOCH tenoner, with double copes. xz WOOD FRAME TENONER IN GOOD shape. WO UPRIGHT SWING SHINGLE OR or heading machines, with jointers. - NE ALMOST NEW GENUINE “BAILEY’ gauge or handle lathe, with countershaft. (ee ALMOST NEW SPINNING LATHE FOR making spun metal work, with countershaft. pou R DOWELL MACHINES. (ORS 20-INCH WATEROUS CHOPPER COM- plete with double elevators, equal to new. Ee PARTICULARS CHEERFULLY GIVEN Co., Brantford, Ont. SEGOND-HAND MAGHINERY FOR SALE. One right hand 12 x 14 straight line engine, our make run a very short time. One pair of engines, right and left, 16x20, can be used separately or together, with two large pulleys and fly wheel and connecting shaft. Three boilers 48x14 with large domes, full fronts all fittings, fixtures and stack. One 60x 13 ft. 6in. steel boiler, with 64 3% in. x 13 ft. 6in. tubes, side seams, furnished complete with all fittings, fixtures and stack, boiler and fixtures are in perfect order hay- ing been run but three months. One 56x14 boiler, comparatively new, has been in use less than a year. One right hand iron saw frame, with mandrel, pulley, boxes, three 54in. saws, 56 to 100 teeth in each, and one 64 i in. saw, suitable for steam or independent fric- tion feed. One 3-block heavy saw carriage, Sewry’s make, with boss dogs, V and flat track, frame and carriage are in good order, have averaged 35,000 to 40,000 ft. per day, only discarded to put in a band mill and carriage suit- able for same. One left hand 3-block light medium sized saw car- riage with V and flat track. Several portable engines from 12 to 20 horse power. WATEROUS, BRANTFORD, CANADA J.D. SHIBR MANUFACTURER OF Lumber, Lath « Shingles BRACEBRIDGBE, ONT. upon enqury at the Canada Machinery and Supply boiler made of 6 sheets double rivetted on | — THE NORTH SHORE NAVIGATIONGO) Royal Mail Line of Steamers CITY OF LONDON ..- MANITOU... CITY OF MIDLAND ... FAVORITE... Running in connection with the G.T.R. and C.P.R., will sail during the season of 1893 as follows : HE CITY OF MIDLAND AND THE CITY OF LONDON will leave Collingwood at 1.30 p.m. every Tuesday and Friday on arrival of G.T.R. morning trains from Toronto and Hamilton, calling at Meaford. Leave Owen Sound same day at 10.30 p.m., after arrival of C.P.R. train from Toronto, connecting at Wiarton with night train from the south, and stop- ping at all intermediate ports to Sault Ste. Marie. Returning leave the Soo at daylight, making railway connections at Wiarton, Owen Sound and Collingwood. The FAVORITE will leave Collingwood Monday and Thursday, at 1.30 p.m. for Parry Sound, Byng Inlet, French River and Killarney, connecting there with line steamers for Sault Ste. Marie. Returning stop at French River, Byng Inlet and Midland, making connection there with steamer MANITOU for Parry Sound and G.T-.R. for south and east, and at Colling- wood with G.T.R for Toronto and Hamilton. Commencing Thursday, May 4th The MANITOU will make regular trips from Pene- tanguishene, connecting with trains from the south only at Midland, every Monday, Wednesday, Thurs- day and Saturday on arrival of G-T.R. from all points south and east for Parry Sound, making connection there with the steamer FAVORITE for Byng Inlet, French River and Killarney, where the latter connects with the line steamers for the Soo. For tickets and further information see folders, or apply to all agents of the G.T.R. and C.P.R., or to Cc. E. STEPHENS, M. BURTON, Sec.-Treas., Collingwood, Mgr. Collingwood. WEBSTER’S INTERNATIONAL Entirely New. DIC TIONAR V Abreast of the Times. ——— A GAEEA ELLE The successor of the “Unabridged.”’ | Ten years were spent revising, 100 editors employed, and over £300,000 expended. Everybody should own _ this Dictionary. It an- swers all questions concerning the his- tory, spelling, pro- nunciation, and meaning of words. A mi in Itself. Italso gives the facts often wanted concerning eminent persons, ancient and modern; noted ficti- tious persons and places; the countries, cities, towns, and natural features of the globe; translation of foreign quotations, words, phrases, and proverbs; etc., etc.,etc. This Work is Invaluable inthe household, and to the teacher, scholar, pro- fessional man, and self-educator, The Globe; Toronto, says :— ¢ _ This new dictionary is the best book of its kind in the English language. For every family, the members of which have mastered the art of read- ing, its purchase will prove a profitable investment. The Times, Hamilton, says :— It may well be pronounced the best working dic- tionary and the cheapest book in the world, and should be in every school and family in Canada. Have your Bookseller show it to you. G. & C. Merriam Co. @ Publishers, Spri eld, Mass.,U.S.A. 7 ergy ea MEaess WEBSTER'S (&¥~Do not buy cheap photo- graphic reprints of ancient editions. (Ge Send for free prospectus containing specimen pages, illustrations, ete. INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY FISHER’S GRAIN TABLES 192 PAGES—— The book contains more yaluable information and useful tables for Farmers, Millers, Traders and others than any similar book of its kind ever published, be- sides being a complete Ready Reckoner showing the value of articles or lbs. from one to 500; from a quarter of a cent to $2.00. Also tables for Grain, Hay, Rent, Board, Wages, Interest, etc. Write for sample copy. THE CANADIAN MILLER, Toronto, Ont. UMBERMAN'S DIREGTORY AND INDEX TO THE PLANING MILLS AND SASH AND DOOR FACTORIES OF CANAD AG=: 2c 5. aana ae eee CANADIAN HE Publisher is now open to receive subscriptions for the above Directory of ‘le oughly complete and reliable in every detail, and it is hoped that all LUMBERMAN sub- the lumber trades. No effort is being spared to make this publication thor- scribers interested will fill in the following subscription blank and return to this office at as early a date as possible. TO THE PUBLISHER OF THE LUMBERMAN’S DIRECTORY AND INDEX TO THE PLANING MILLS AND SASH AND DOOR FACTORIES OF CANADA: Please supply above Directory as soon as issued, for which to pay Two Dollars per copy. All owners of saw and planing mills, wholesale and retail lumbermen, coopers, etc., are earnestly requested to furnish information asked for in following blank and mail same as soon as possible: Card of Enquiry to Lumbermen. Manufacturers ot lumber, shingles, lath, staves, headings, etc., will please fill in this blank : Power, style and capacity of mill: Dealers in lumber, shingles, lath, etc., will please fill in following blank : WholesaleiorsRetailic v4... sis ae eee Glass-of stock handledgses= sees eee ee Owners of planing mills, sash, door and blind factories, will please fill in following blank : Power and styles). is.00s cise sie ess nee eile ove aes) =o lal im oll ate lobes ake eee Se Class of manufactures: . 05 cece wie cies schcem, due ete ysi ene ious cn) sere oles) enone ae ee Rost Office: crea scents ete or aeons ere Shipping Pomt: .: 222. o. seseee eee te (Signed) ieavirc. .. Momigsraeretsteretas => oe: Sena ee 6 cia aide Sinica w Bue oye 8 cess SO er EG: Province. « Lai «bao eg oe Addiess all communications to DIRECTORY. 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Its use is authorized by Province of Ontario and Toronto City | CUSREEM Engineers. ngineer REASONS, AND HOW TO WORKS AT ’ MANUFACTURERS, | AVOID THEM NAPANEE MILLS 6 ( lI] () | Deseronto, Ont. | Quality GUARANTEED, and always the same. Being instructions to filers on the care of large band saw blades used in the manufacture of lumber. A book filled with valuable information on the care of band saws. Giving the : reasons for breaking: analyzing each reason; giving instructions to dispense with the F. RE D DAWAY &e Cc O e causes as laid crow in each reason; and full details on filing and brazing. The MANUFACTURERS OF | proper styles of hammers to use are illustrated and described, and views of blades showing the blows of the different styles of hammers form an important part of the illustrations. Improper and unequal tension are then treated, and the manner of properly setting irregular teeth is described. In connection with the treatise is a his- tory of the invention, manufacture and use of the saw from its origin to the present time. The work in whole makes an accumulation of information such as has never before been published. ; The book is printed on fine paper, good clear type, and is handsomely and sub- AMEL HAIR BELT _____. 14,1811bS. stantially bound in cloth. It will be sent to any address on receipt of the ‘price, ONE DOLLAR. uc « 6 IN, ENGLISH Oak DouBLe LEATHER _ _7,522 ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF Linen FiRE Hose [ie MANCHESTER, 57 STFRS. XAVIER ST, ENGLAND. MONTREAL Address— CANADA LUMBERMAN, Toronto, Ont. ROBIN & SADLER a MANUFACTURERS OF H.G. ROSS & CoO. Real Estate, Fire and Life Insurance SHIPPING AND GBNERAL COMMISSION AGENTS . TIMBER LIMITS AND FARMING LANDS A SPECIALTY. . . ALB. - oe | 2518 &2520 NOTREDAME S129 BAY ST, cane EOE nosss NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. y u az Send for sample of our new SAWMILL BELT =a CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED aidteia nate Box 273 eis ae 55 “swe _.. Architectural “Terra (ones soribner's Lumber and Log Book ee tal in Red, Buff or Brown. PESTO 3 Large stock on hand of Strings, Panels, Caps, Basses, SK Tiles, Crestings and Finials. SAVES TIME SAVES MISTAKES SAVES MONEY | WORK PROMPTLY EXECUTED AND SATISFACTION ASSURED 3RIMFUL OF EVERY-DAY, Address : | y) 0 PRACTICAL INFORMATION THE CANADA LUMBERMAN, Toronto | THE RATHBUN GOMPANY, BSBPONLO, Nt. | THE GINDI Ce PHOTO-ENGRAVING. BUREAU 16 Adelaide St. West, TORONTO “Burp to-payY THEN, -STRONG «ND SURE, Wit * FIRM &ND fAmPLe BxSE.?? We have the most complete establishment in Canada, and by our different processes are enabled to make NR AUSTRNG CES BESO OR All parts interchangeable, Governor either : = on hcomtatoc pallies i s9.4tt ane = -) ~ ie ww ea TEL, 2158 Automatic or Throttling. Gi i wr ta the oe cuts for every . ° gk. Jory and all pur- Monarch Economic Boilers Heat CONTRACT = Hoconomical | hy TECORD, HALF - TONE CUTS made direct from photos Se ae ee se Aw ~=~ToroNto THOS MGOGRAKEN Se Garepeneitys a — Si = : ‘ ° MILL MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES, = Wad BL Ae ge ca (Member Toronto Stock Exchange) LINE CUTS for Newepene, and ce ee WOODWORKING MACHINERY, os MF: contractors..| BROKER & FINANCIAL AGENT Pe PE ee ER ETC. | te | DEALS SPECIALLY IN TIMBER LIMITS aide seks ey pa ROBB ENGINEERING (() {)) | | No. 2 Victoria Street, MOORE & ALEXANDER, Props. f rf | | Telephone No. 418: TORONTO, ONT. AMAERST - - NOVA SCOTIA AucustT, 1893 THE CANADA LUM BERMAN 17 Do You Lack Steam? We Can Help You THE GANADIAN TOLLOW BLAST GRATE HUNDREDS OF TESTIMONIALS LIKE THE FOLLOW! The Hollow Blast Grate supplies the furnace fire with a blast of hot air sufficient at all times to insure ““After having used yo NG: > 8 ME) — = pleasure in saying that in our of e THE I ENTIOD the rapid and perfect combustion of fuel of every sort. ed veces eee OF THE AGE, We-would not be without then under == ii tion.’—-STEINHOFF & GORDON, W 'é) It is the only appliance that steams successfully with green or wet sawdust, tanbark or other refuse and waste. “They are a complete success, doing / keep a full supply of steam u x better than we could with dry woo —C. W. THOMAS, Gorpon, O “They give us full satisfaction in every respect. ea . ° one third more stuff per day than formerly. They exceedex ré It alone has solved the problem of steaming with ations, ——MeMACKON & COATES, TiiuumeC, sate the fine, compact dust of the band mill. ““The blast grates started all right and giv f can burn most of the saw-dust and keep up steam w. I wou be without them for double the price.”—JOHN G. ROCK, Bs HAGEN, ONT. THEY WILL NOT BURN OUT LIKE OTHER GRATES. NO SAW MILL CAN AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT. THEY WILL SAVE THEIR PRICE IN THREE MONTHS. REGARDLESS OF THE CHARACTER OF YOUR FUEL, WE “I put in a set of your Grates a year ago, CAN GREATLY INCREASE THE VOLUME OF STEAM GENER- ————— = : —— = yendiexpecietion. & lspent mundseds of dollar ATED IN YOUR BOILERS. ———— = 0D burn elm sawdust, but without success. “I do not consider a saw mill complete without Blast Grates. AARON GORDON, Drespen, On $1 E> |T COSTS YOU NOTHING TQ TRY THEM FOR INFORMATION, PRICES OR ree eee ae = WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION OR NO SALE THE GANADIAN FOLLOW BLAST GRATE GO.. ESSEX, ONT. A. ALLAN, President J. 0. GRAVEL, Secretary-Treasurer J. J. McGILL, Manager F. SCHOLES, Managing Director Ganadlan Rubber Company Capital, $2,000,000.00 Of MONTREAL, TORONTO and WINNIPEG —_—_MAWNUFACTURE—_— SUPERIOR QUALITY ROBBER GOODS for Mechanical Purposes ROK Vita ocaMless Rubber Belting ObaMless Tube HOSE These Patents we control for Canada HEAD OFFICES AND FACTORY: MONTREAL ] ’ Western Branch: Corner YoncE anp Front STREETS TORONTO Jee ib - - Nianager Pe AMA «oo NT & PERE MARQUETTE. "'OUUA! esuts NET PREMIUMS RAILROAD PAID TO THE FROM Port Auron and Detroit Is the Short Line to SAGINAW AND BAY GITy on an ordinary Life Policy of $1,000, Comics « ¢ vast lumber interests o ichige i i trees; grewth of trees; land measure; wages, rent, (Centres of the vast lumber interests of Michigan) No. 1230 during its first 20 years, frees growth ot eee ene ee eee Sener My PLEASANT GLARE REED) CITY beUEA MOU BERS! 2 book throughout the United States and Canada. Get J d : the new illustrated edition of 1882. Ask your book- In 1872....Paid $26.57 In 1882....Paid $13.29 | seller for it. Sent post paid for 35 cents. BALDWIN, LUDINGTON, MANISTEE iy 2657 | BB es | i aoe , ) 8 ee Ties a we ; ~ AN - ; SGRIBNER’S LUMBER AND LOG \\,, BOOK (| OVER ONE MILLION SOLD . Most complete Book \ of its kind ever published Gives measurement 0 a kinds of Lumber, Logs, Planks, Scantling ; cubical contents of square and round timber; hints to lumber dealers; wood measure; speed of circular saws; care of saws; cordwood tables; felling GEO. W. FISHER. seed Dae 3 A iitads let 11.35 | _ oe ae a ae eee rete MILHAUKEE AND KANITONOG, HIS rye... obs BBB a5 | Box 238, Rochester, NY. ‘ I877.550 —— 10,06 elcot -) Mipauifey | | : ay oe : The last two named are reached by ee Company 1878. ate a 17.32 1888. pias i 12.88 . | or A. G. MORTIMER, Toronto, Can. line of Steamships across Lake Michigan. 179 faa te! 382 see P09 ae | ¢ line thus formed is a short and direct route fro 1880... 12.65 BGO. + He aah =e aS eee | 1 == ee eee ce _ + COMMISSION AGENTS BUFFALO TORONTO : ee Ft : or i, to ST. PAUL, DULUTH and Pacific Coast points. Total Paid in 20 years... .$321.29 — . FIRE PROOF he undersigned for Folders, which ules and much information nplating a trip to any of the hose above-mentioned points. W.H. BALDWIN, JR., W. F. POTTER, G zemeral Manager. en'|. Sup't. A. PATRIARCHE, Traffic Manager. Cemeen, Ovewces: - SAGINAW, MICH, | . . . . . . | , | Limits bought and sold on commission. Limits trav- elled and carefully prepared. Estimates given. > Some first-class berths on the North Shore of Lake D | Huron and on the Upper Ottawa now in our hands ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FREE ‘ cm METALLIC ROOFING © ORO ha N ZB MANUFACTURERS. TORONTO Communications confidential. References given. 18 THE CANADA Aucust, 1893 : LUMBERMAN GALI MAGHINE KNIFE WORKSbs MACHINE KNIAgeS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR Planing, Moulding and Stave Cutting —=—Send for Price List PRETER HCAY, GAamwagena: Cable Address London: ‘‘ Freestuff.’’ Cable Address Hamburg: ‘‘ Gardner.’’ GARL GARTNER AGENT FOR CANADIAN WOOD GOODS 69 LONDON, ENGLAND: 8 Union Court, Old Broad St., E.C. and 80 Bishopsgate St., E.C. HAMBURG, GERMANY : Offiice Kl. Reicheustr, 17-19 J. W. MAITLAND———~H. RIXON J. G. AINSILE MAITLAND, RI RIXON & CO. OWEN SOUND, ONT. Saw Millers and Lumber Dealers All kinds of Building Materiai kept in stock LONG: BILL STUFF IN ROGK ELM, PINE, GEDAR AND HNL Quotations furnished on application The Rathbun Gompany< 6. G__DESERONTO, Ona Doors, Sash, Blinds, Stairs And all kinds of House-Finishing Materials VENEERED DOORS a speeiatey ‘W. STODAR? WE MAKE A... «- SPECIALTY OF WILLIAM FOSTER Lumber and Commission Merchant | J. J. TURNER | .. sail, Tent and Awning Maker.. 251 George St. and 154 King St. PETERBOROUGH RECEIVER AND FORWARDER OF | LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES Canoe, Yacht and Boat Sails made to order. Perfect Fits Guaranteed. . . CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED... Every description of Lumbermen’s Supplies and Waterproof Clothing. OVW HIT SONCNALKO), GS yAse, W. J. GRAHAM, 71 Yonge St. CoRRESPONDENCE SOLICITED CAVEATS and PATENTS TRADE MARKS Obtained in Canada. Lumbermen __. YOUR BUSINESS IS HELPED BY See ate ADVERTISING as | UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN PAT- ENTS A SPECIALTY. Engineering Drawings Furnished. GaNan eae AVSSSEaNGS) e*s WRITE FOR PARTICULARS Dauntless Shingle and Heading Machine - WILL make more Shingles per day than | any self-acting machine | with vertical saw in existence, and more Shingles from the same | quantity of timber. aN fa EAE RANE .. Ils of Iron throughout, very bs i) i Va at [copy.] Linpsay, May r8th, 1893. Mr. F. J. Drake, Belleville. Dear Sir,—The shingle machine we bought Last year we averaged over 32,000 shingles per day all through the season. We did not lose 15 minutes’ time from all stoppages, and all repairs so far have not cost 50c. We ex- pect to make a still higher average cut this year. All our other machinery purchased from you is as good as the shingle machine. of you over a year ago is doing well. Your drag saw, with friction drive, cannot be beaten. We run ours 180 strokes per minute; with 6% ft. saw it would easily make blocks for two shingle machines. The splitter, with balance wheel 4 feet diameter, weighing 1,000 lbs., is perfect heavy and rigid, strongly bolted and runs without the least jar. The iron and braced. frame shingle jointer with 4o-inch saw is the only good jointer we ever saw. In fact, all your machinery, line shaft, pul- THAE CARRIAGE —_—_-> .. Is very light and strong, | made of forged Cast Steel | Plate, running on steel ways or | tracks. Will take in a block 18 | inches wide and 1g inches long, adjustable for 16-inch or 18-inch shingles. leys, etc., give us the best satisfaction. CAPACITY FROM 25,000 TO 50,000 PER DAY We expect to require another mill in a few days, and, if we do, will send you the order for complete outfit. Truly yours, M. Dovey. P.S.—If any one wants to see a good work- ing shingle mill send them to me.—M. D. | F. J. DRAKE! CAFENTBE_.AND... MANUFACTURER OF SAW, SHINGLE AND LATE MACHINES BE LiLye VY [ieee ae ier. AucustT, 1893 THe CANADA LUMBERMAN A FEW SOGGESTIONS ...... REGARDING THE SUCCESSFUL ..... 3 DPulng Of LUMDEP. Shinglés, Heading, 666. — emacs ee |" is a difficult matter to set forth in a brief communication the reasons why some kilns are faultless and others worthless. Arguments may be convincing to those who have had experience, and yet bear no weight with those who have not. It is a fact accepted by all, however, that lumber can be dried without injury if the passage of the interior moisture to the surface precedes or keeps pace with surface evaporation. If the operation is uniform and extends to all parts of the material, uniform results will be obtained without warping, twisting or injury. Restrict the application of heat to one side or one edge of a board, for instance, and it will be unevenly dried and left in a warped, crooked and strained condition. Hasten the surface evaporation without expediting the escape of interior moisture proportionately, and the exterior will contract more rapidly than the interior, and checking and injury will result. Heat will drive the interior moisture to the surface, but too much heat or too little or an uneven application of it, is disastrous. If evaporation is properly controlled, most lumber one inch or less in thickness will stand a temperature of 100 deg. at the start and an increase of 1 deg. per hour until evaporation is completed. Time is saved by applying as much heat as lumber will stand. We pipe our kilns the entire length, graduating the heating surface so as to increase the tempera- ture 1 deg. to the foot, measuring from cold end. In a kiln too feet long with a temperature of 100 degrees at the receiving end, this gives 200 deg. at the unloading end. Whether temperature be higher or lower, and kiln loaded or empty, the graduation of heat remains uniform. Pipes are so placed that the lumber feels the direct radiation of heat. The circulation is upward through the lumber, and downward at sides between brass condensing plates and inner partitions. Thus an absolutely even and progressive heating is secured. A circulation lengthwise of kiln is wholly avoided, a humid or saturated atmosphere can be maintained about lumber while heating up, and during the entire process heating precedes evaporation. As might be expected, the highest results are obtained, and never anything else. We avoid engines, fans, chimneys and additional heating rooms, having a natural and perfect circulation in a vertical direction, the only one that will secure even heating. The kiln is fire proof and more durable and sightly than any other. The last degree of economy is reached as we supply only the heat absorbed by the lumber, and that lost on the condensing plates. Among those who have bought and used all the kilns that have come upon the market, certain facts are accepted as satisfactorily proven. 1st.—That condensing kilns have a clear advantage over all ventilating systems of 30% to 50 % in running expenses—fuel and attendance. 2nd.—That lengthwise or horizontal currents of hot air in a long kiln cannot possibly be made to heat or dry lumber evenly. If entrance and departure is at top of kiln, the body of heat will be at top, and bottom lumber will mildew. If entrance and departure be at bottom under the two end cars, the heated current will rise in centre taking a rainbow shape. An augur would be better adapted to rounding and truing billiard balls than such a current to even heating and drying of lumber. 3rd.—That all fans, blowers and power methods of creating circulation are worse than useless, because expensive, dangerous and destructive to even circulation. 4th.—That properly graduated heating appliances placed the entire length of kiln so that lumber will feel direct radiation of heat, is the only stable or unvarying or satisfactory. means of securing or maintaining a progressive system of heating in a lumber dryer. In conclusion, we can say this, we are prepared to give a valid guarantee to each purchaser, that our kiln will do more work in less time, at less expense, and in better condition than any other. When any other kiln will fill this guarantee, we will refund the cost of ours. We shall be pleased to furnish plans and estimates. Believing that purchasers need no other inducements than our guarantee, our references and our prices, we leave them to call on us, if they desire an interview instead of sending an agent to them, unless in exceptional cases. We shall be glad to have you call on us, and if you will to have you make our offices headquarters while in the city. — I 6 Paes Ca ee =e yea son ges aendaete sents: Og a kis OEE .— wae Oe FOR DESCRIPTIVE .CIRCUERAR OF .THE *.-.°--. ANDREWS LUMBER DRYER a SSE SQN —, Se A SHESSHESSK SSS =~“ SIs Ps ae , SSRIS Fe oy ey Moss TeIOw To, ‘Oar THE CANADA LUMBERMAN AUGUST, 1893 A. SMITH CO., LIAITED=———— ema Sash). ST. CATHARINES. ONT. Sole Manufacturers rr ~ ROME BS The “SIMONDS” » The “LEADER” | x CIRCULAR SAWS ° CROSS-CUT SAWS THE BEST SAWS IN THE WORLD Wone Genuine without our Trade Mark OUR HAND SAWS stanty Stic cranes 2? - - - REPAIRING PROMPTLY ATTENDED 10 LL | : ES ad 1855 . . . Price List and Discounts on application... " INCORPORATED Hea We Manufacture SAWS of every description. Also GUTTING-BOX KNIVES | THE DOMINION LEATHER BOARD 60., MONTREAL MANUFACTURERS OF ASBESTOS MILL SORRD FRICTION PULLEY SOARD FOR STEAM PACKING THE BEST FRICTION KNOWN Proprietors Sault au Recollet Paper Mills, making ROOFING, SHEATHING, PEOOn NG AND LINING FELT z TORONTO AGENCY OF SEND FOR CIRCULARS 7 ~<—S< SSS f HA i Oak, Fesh, Birch : Ss <> sa \- Basswood ant Good Pine Lumber 1892 MODEL DOTY Engine Works Co. pee style) TORONTOHOR. MANUFACTURERS OF Our New Un nae for Excellence ‘of Design and Con- ston, Quality of Work, Simplicity Saw-dust Grate-Dar cedar and Pine Shingles and Dur. ity. f Best in the market sang HINES PR Re ae Gros p We WRITE FOR PRICES . pares SEE oe soca ,com GEORGE BENGOUGH | SPAGKMAN h 60 Marine Engines, High Pressure, Compound and Triple Expansion T.W. WALKER, Agent | Armington & Sims High Speed Engines for Electrical Work TORONTO Adela oe pee Eh Sg OT ; lige Marine, Stationary and Portable Boilers Hoisting and Vertical Engines, all sizes Office Cor. Spadina Ave. and Front Street Tel. 1207. TORONTO Tel. 1189 MONTREAL | | Cc. C. CLEVELAND G. F. CLEVELAND JON Bertram & Sons GEO. GORMAGK CANADA TOOL WORKS J. L. Goodhue Xx 60. Wholesale and RMS Pag ae pce ey MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF Ew BE WOOD - WORKING MAGHINBRY K ee tnes Bleed ine K LUMBER SHIPPED TO ALL PARTS thes 8 ann LACE LEATHER Danville, Que. MACHINE TOOLS, BTC. WR FOR PRICES AND CATALOGUE WHITBY, ONTARIO Patented Solid Web -—— —- Wood Split Pulley F. E. DKON Alexander Thomson, Bamboo and Art Furniture Manufacturer, Hamilton, writes: ‘JT find your Wood Split Pulleys give entire satis- a a | , - F . faction. They do not slip, and are very handy to put on. I have had from twenty to twenty-five years’ experience B = a N G in pulleys, and I fin none so satisfactory as yours, and am sur they will meet with succss.”’ The CANT BROS. CoO., Ltd. 7O KING ST. EAST Wood-working Machinery Of all kinds WRITE FOR T oronto GALT) OMA Czenee Reaching ; MANUFACTURERS OF Votume XIV. | TORONTO, ONT., SEPTEMBER, 1893 NuMBER o. J MAGNOLIA METAL ING USE SB Mites Leadine Governments High-speed Engine, Dynamo, Rolling-mill, Steamship, Railroad, Saw-mill, Cotton-mill, Paper-mill, Woolen-mill, Silk-mill, Jute-mill, Rubber-mill, Sugar-mill, Eloueall AND ALL MACHINERY BHARINGS ewe IVI AGNOLIA METAL Co. sms = _ 74 Coritines St NEW YORK ONTREAL OFFICE: H. McLAREN & CO., AGENTS RUBBER BELTING MONARCH, RED STRIP AND LION BRANDS. MANUFACTURED: BY THE GUTTA PERCHA & RUBBER MANUFACTURING co, OF TORONTO. AT PARKDALE, ONT. OFFICE 61863 FRONT STW.TO RONTO. - FACTORIES Write For Discounts. i UR record for the past ten years as Automatic Arc Dynamos and Lamps 0 Electrical Manutacturers guaran- Direct Current Incandescent Dynamos tees purchasers satisfaction. : Ask our customers about cost of re- Alternating Current Incandescent Dynamos _ pairs on Ball apparatus, which for ; =| EFFICIENCY, ECONOMY Transformers of High Efficiency Saray) aid GATOR. Electric Motors All Electric Supplies are unexcelled. —. [it BALL ELECTRIG Ucn GD., LID Book of Testimenials 70 Pearl Street, TORONTO, ONT. B. RK. BUPIS oaW 0. eto ’Phone 5120 eS STEEL Fastest CUTTING v-% Cr “ik mn SIRT _< MONTREAL, Que. ] MARK “By NY MADE ON! URN 5 Sin ae bs Craig Cab 0 0 f\ 0-0 S&S &E.R.BURNS Grosscut Saw Handle THE STRONGEST, MOST DURABLE AND EASILY ADJUSTED HANDLE EVER INVENTED ASK YOUR AARDWARE MERCHANT FOR IT oy OCA MAESTOUNI Noon gnonoen oaccdecdsooasnaeenanconoonn I 60 Tath;, WNO bra fre ricis cictteritnine teem icetarrenitcoe ee ere ee eee 215 ILA INOS ob oo0one odo odo oun oN bod oOdOEnHO Gano bOOGOSOUD TuSOMrecS YARD QUOTATIONS. Mill cull boards and scantling$10 00 Shipping cull boards, promis- F. M. II- 2in. flooring;dres’d 26 00 30 00 ing cuous widths. .... *, 13 00 rough 18 00 22 00 stocks . . . 16 00 Ss ui dres'd 25 00 28 00 Scantling and Joist, up to 16 ft 14 00] 11-4 in. flooring, un- 18 ft 15 00 dressed, B.M. . . 16 00 18 00 66 ce “ 20 ft 16 00] z I-gin. flooring, dres’'d 18 00 20 00 a gt ‘¢ 22 ft 17 00 “| undres’d 12 00 15 00 i 6 “24 ft 19 00 Beaded sheeting, dres- G a eo Adie FO OS|) S805 5 a 5 20 00 35 00 ce sf ‘28 ft 22 00 Glapboardine: dres’d. 12 00 a nf *" 30ft 24 00} X sawn shingles 6 es ‘« 32 ft 27 00 per Minas -omrine 260 270 f Us = 34it729)50)|Sawnilath) essen 2 60 23050) Redi@alanarmr iene 30 00 40 00 G ee MS aie ae OO || Wate! 555 5 Go 37 00 45 00 ‘ oe “e c: 38 ft 33 00 | Basswood, No. rand2 28 00 30 00 ‘ “ 40 to 44 ft 37 00 Cutting up planks, 1 and thicker, dry . 25 00 28 00 ee board 18 00 24 00 Dressing blocks . . . 16 00 20 00 Picks Am. inspection. 30 00 Cherry, No. rand 2. 70 00 go 00 White ash, x and 2. . 24 00 35 00 Black ask, rand2. . 20 00 30 00 HARDWOODS—PER M. FEET CAR LOTS, Ash, white, 1 to2in..$18 00 $20 00 | Elm, soft x ‘‘ 1%$rr 00 $12 00 24% tO 4.. 20 00 24 00 Oe 2 = 32) 12/100) 13/160) “black, 1 ‘* 1% 16 00 18 00 see ay 1% 14 00 16 00 Birch, sqz, st) 04 eet 7 1Ccomszo1oo a 1% ‘*3.. 15 00 18 00 ge “4x4 ‘8x8 20 00 22 00| Hickory 1% “ 2.. 28 00 3000 SE red xs 2020100221100 Maple t ‘* 1% 1600 17 00 aa 2 "4.82200 25 00 2 * 4.. 17 00 18 00 “yellow x1 “‘ 4.. 14 00 15 00| Oak,red,p’nt ‘“‘ 114 22 00 26 00 Basswood 1 ‘‘ 14% 15 00 16 00 fe oe ““4.. 26.00 3000 uo 1% “2.. 16 00 1800} ‘white “1 ‘1% 2800 3000 Butternut 1 ‘‘ 1% 23 00 25 00 Se Ge 4.. 30 00 3500 ee 2 ‘* 3.. 25 00 28 00 “quart’'d 1 ‘“‘2.. 48 00 5200 Chestnut 1 ‘* 2.. 25 00 30 00] Walnut r ‘** 3.. 85 00 10000 Cherry rt ‘1% 50 00 6000} Whitewood: ‘‘ 2,. 3200 3600 ee 2 ‘*4.. 6000 65 00 OTTAWA, ONT. Orrawa. August 31, 1893. Pine, good sidings, per M feet, b. SMe eee ence teeter ee eaes $32 00 40 00 Pineseoodistrips; ish eales | esieperccte ast tiie ater 35 00 Pine, good shorts, ef BE Nea cc ble eeate als Dleseie mae ee 27 00 Pine, 2nd quality’ sidings, per M feet, b.m 25 00 Pine, 2nd quality strips, ss oR 22 00 Pine, 2nd quality shorts, Ne “ ee 18 00 Pine, shipping cull stock, 6 “ sf 16 00 Pine, box cull stock, x sf es 13 00. Pine, s.c. strips and sidings “ oe gs 14 00 Pines imi icull se csacceeastemae octets eislshree et EEE EERE eee 10 00 I go Teathy (pers /eteicre sc ate snie syeleiseieie sel velar sel dete el ee ee 2 x60 QUEBEC, QUE. QuEBEc, August 31, 1893. WHITE PINE—IN THE RAFT. cts. cts. For inferior and ordinary aceorlings to average, quality etc., measured: Off ch) onl eth co ete om oy ES Flatted, ss Mi oO ES 18 STAVES. Merchantable Pipe, according to qual. and sp'cfct’n—nominal . $330 $350 W. OO. Puncheon, Merchantable, according to quality. . . . go 100 DEALS. Brights according to mill specification, $115 to $123 for rst, $78 to $82 for end, and $37 to $42 for 3rd quality. Bright spruce, according to mill specification, $40 to $43 for 1st, $27 to $28 for 2nd, $23 to $25 for 3rd, and $19 to $21 for 4th quality. BOSTON, MASS. BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 31.—The lumber trade of the Hub is decidedly dull. EASTERN PINE—CARGO OR CAR LOAD, Ordinary planed b/d Nennsoooneas $1r 00 11 50 boards renee $12 00 TI-16 InChe sees 9 52@$10 00 (Coarse) Noms peeeeee 16 00 bp wle Wemeaoonacc 850 goo Refuseva.cenrenee 13 00 Clapboards, sapext.. 52 50 55 00 (Oi GraccncaanaG cand 8 50 9 00 Sapiclears peepee 47 00 5000 Boxboards, 1 inch... 12 75 13 00 Sap, 2nd clear.... 40 00 42 50 YSN s0caccs080 II 75 12 00 INO: ie ieiesteiete ete 20 00 25 00 WESTERN PINE—BY CAR LOAD. Ujppersy er ines. eeeee oe 00@s54 00 | Fine com., 3 and 4 in 42 00 46 00 14%, 1% and 2 in.. 52 00 55 00} No. 2,1 in. Finecom. 28 00 30 00 BENG ANA: coonos9c8 60 00 65 00 1%, 1% and 2in... 29 00 31 oo Selects sr uinn teeer 45 00 47 00|/ No.1 SRS 4 to 6i in. 43 00 44 00 1Y%, 1% and 2 in.. 45 00 50 00 NOS Ag dascacosscs 36 00 37 00 Sandeq@inee eee 56 00 59 00 No: 3)cs coer 28 00 3000 Moulding boards, 7 to Cut ups, 1 to 2 in.... 24 00 32 00 EX Cleatyleletls 36 00 38 00 | Coffin boards........ 20 00 22 00 60 per cent. clear... 34 00 36 oo | Common allwidths... 22 00 26 oo Fine common, rin.... 38 00 43 0o| Shipping culls,r in... 15 00 15 50 14%,1% and 2in.., 41 00 45 00 do 1% i in. I5 50 1650 SPRUCE—BY CARGO. Scantling and plank, Coarse, rough........ I2 00o@14 00 random cargoes.. 14 00@15 oo Hemlock bds., rough. 12 00 13 00 Yard orders, ordinary “” dressed 12 00 14 00 SIZES Heisler 15 00 16 00} Clapbds., extra, 4 ft.. 32 00 33 00 Yard orders, extra GClearsva fits neice 30 00 31 00 SIZES eaeyers eisisincins 16 00 18 00 Second clear....... 24 00 26 00 Clear floor boards 19 00 20 00 WO Fe sanggncwnacc 13 00 17 00 INO: $2Varpteeriere clic 16 00 17 00 LATH. Sprllcelbyicare Oneill alevciaisleisloloketereteeieets 2 50@2 75 SHINGLES. Eastern sawed cedar, Eastern shaved sawed Oxtrasiiidscmes kesios 3.00 $3 15 cedar, 1st quality... 5 00 Olcics sanoguontaanan 2550) 9275 end quality......... 475 Evite nop eodnonagp nee 2 00 3rd EO Si eidicniotee 4 00 extra NOs teens 150 175| 4th i Won eae 3.00 3.25 Spruce: Notas. sneeeiee I 50 OSWEGO, N.Y. OsweEco, N.Y., Aug. 31.—Nothing very bright can be said of lumber here any more than at other points. WHITE PINE. Three uppers, 1% 2 2 and B INC s..0 Risers Ohistetsle eineleeeh eer $47 0o@49 00 Pickings,,.. ., “6 /* §© ~~ A accrue sete eee eas 39 CO 40 00 No. 1, cutting up, § iC anne Selcee eee Bee Ea 34 00 35 00 No. 2, cutting up, “bec SR See eee 24 00 25 00 In strips, 4to 8 Ds selected for moulding strips, 14 to16ft. 32 00 34 00 SIDING. I in siding, cutting up 1% in selected....... 35 00@42 00 picks and uppers... 32 00@39 00 | 1% in dressing....... 19 00 2I 00 I in dressing......... Ig 00 21 00 1% i in No. 1 culls.... 14 00 16 00 1 in No.1 culls...... 14 00 15 00/1 in No. 2cuils.... 12 00 13 00 1 in No. 2 culls...... 12 0o 13 00]1 in. No3culls...... I0 00 II 00 IXI2 INCH. r2landin6) feetsumill numeri eee ee ieee eee 21 00 24 00 12 and 16 feet, No. 1 and 2, barn boards...........-......- Ig 00 20 00 12 and 16 feet, dressing and better.................--+-++- 27 00 31 00 T2vanGdexO feeksvNiOsi-2 CU ]S herein elal=telal=ietstsioteletelraisiateeene ene « I5 00 16 00 IX1Io INCH. 12/and x3 feet, millirun; mill cullsout:. 9. 52-2. =. ss ese 2I 00 23 00 12 and 13 feet, dressing and better..............+0-eeeeeee 26 co 28 00 EXLO; LAO} LO barn sDOALGS|saepereletelsieleleetelebicke(eleelelete ieee eta 18 00 19 00 12 and 13 feet, No. rculls.. 16 00 17 00 12 and 13 feet, No. 2 culls......... I5 00 16 00 14 to x6 feet, mill run mill cullsout..............-...-----= 21 00 23 00 14 to 16 feet, dressing and better.............+-2+.s+eseues 26 co 28 00 MAStO NTO] Leet NOs ulus essere eterstererrteteteretelteteieteterteleletatietetetels 17 00 18 00 14 (to xO}feet; Nona culls semen eemenineiecieicerisieen I5 00 18 00 TOitoraiteet,NOnGiCUl seit nrateties aletieliniotee ees telela te eieterreeeiee II 00 1200 14X10 INCHES. Millrun, mill culls out.$22 oo@25 00 | No. rceulls........-.- 17 00 18 00 Dressing and better.. 27 00 35 00| No. 2culls........... 15 00 16 oO IX4 INCHES. Mill run, mill cullsout 17 00 21 co] No. rculls........... T4 00 I5 00 Dressing and better.. 24 00 30 00] No, 2culls.........+- 13 00 14 00 1 & SEPTEMBER, 1893 1X5 INCHES. 6, 7 or 8, mill run, mill 6, 7 or 8, No. rculls.. 16 00 17 00 eallsont. -%o... 20 00 25 00| 6, 7 or 8, No.2 culls.. 14 00 15 00 6, 7.or 8, drsg and EP Soahaaspoae 25 00 3000 . SHINGLES. XXX, 18 in pine....... 37° 3 90| XXX, 18in. cedar.: .. 350 3 75 Clear butts, pine, 18 in.. 2 70 2 go | Clear butt, 18 in. cedar. 2 50 2 75 XXX, 16 in. pine...... 300 3 25| XX, 18in. cedar ....190 200 Stock cedars, 5 or 6in.. 4 50 5 00 LATH. UD. SD Seige: OSaoeeaone As \| INCE OD, Bo 6.0 aba cleo Oo 255 J. oy RODS Ne ag oes anemenes 2 00 BUFFALO AND TONAWANDA, N.Y. TONAWANDA, N.Y., Aug. 31.—The closing days of the month have witnessed some acquisition of strength. This is due, doubtless, to the improved feeling in finan- cial circles. The hope is that these conditions may con- tinue. When we say this much, however, we must, at the same time, write of a very dull market for the month. Sales few; prices firm. WHITE PINE. Up’ = 1,14%,1%and2 Shelving, No. 1, 13 in 2 qos Sessa 48 00 50 00 and up, rin...... 32 00@34 00 2% and 3 i03...... 56 00 58 00} Dressing, 1% in...... 26 90 28 00 UTE ws ciee cs wos ss 60 00 62 00 14x10 and i2...... 28 00 Selects, rin. ........ 42 00 43 00 TSO PLN. eelels doers oot. 24 00 25 00 ee tO? UM. 5s =< 42 00 43 00 Cy St eeemeacadaonde 26 50 28 00 2e-and 3 in....... 5 00 53 00} Moldst’ps,1 to 2in.. 33 00 35 00 ERE tas aicis & ac 52 oo | Barn, No. 1, roand 12 Fine common, 1 in... 37 00 38 00 I spree ayspsiiels eee 23 00 24 00 ae and 1 j nates 37 00 38 00| 6and 8 in......... 22 00 23 00 2b See eee 39 00 40 00 No. 2, 10 and 12 in. 19 00 3 in. 42 425525 Seee 47 00 Gland) Bein. i. ews 18 00 Ig 00 Sete aes 35 47 00 No. 3, to and 12 in. 14 00 16 00 Cave up, No. I, Tin. 29 00 30 00 Grand (Sitti == /yeeicics= 14 50 15 50 SoA 2 Nie 22s) 2 = - 35 00 37 00 | Common, rin........ 16 00 18 co LE Oe ee 19 00 2000 1%, and 134 in Retires 18 90 20 00 No. tee in. De C2) (ONC sy) | eee oronee ee 20 00 22 00 No. 3, 1% tozin... 18 00 19 00 BOX. txtoand 12 in. (No 3 Lem eaogecuacooe 13 00@14 00 TS eee SEP THMOOUN EO AM 2 aiahaacls iets clea si 15 00 18 00 1x6 and 8 in(No. 3 out) Ta al | 656 1 ees cane 15 00 18 00 1x13 and wider...... LOROME TS OO ||'2 0 A. .).c- oie cise bce 0 15 00 18 00 z SHINGLES. 18 in. XXX, clear... 375 4 00| 16in., *A extra...... 250 260 18 in. XX, 6 in. clear. 2 75 | 16 in. clear butts..... 2 10 LATH, Lt ae) See PARIS Z47 07) || NOs 25,3) fits, viola) oven. oc I 10 _ LN oe ee I 95 ALBANY, N.Y. ALBANY, N.Y., Aug. 31.—Dealers have pretty well abandoned the hope of any improvement in trade this season. It is now too near a close. Almost absolute stagnation describes present trade. No one is buying; no one seems anxious to buy. Money fortunately is easier and there is not the same difficulty in obtaining discounts as was the case a month ago. Prices for lum- ber, notwithstanding the depression, show no signs of igs out. PINE. 6 $60 | 10-in. common............. $15 $16 58 | 12-in. dressing and better... 28 34 50 Conimanee. ese s cent 15 17 45 | 1%-in. siding, selected, 13 ft. 40 45 55 SEAM Noire esos Fo eats 15 17 50 | 1-in. siding, selected........ 38 42 45 Common 17 40 | Norway, clear 25 55 Dressing 18 50 Common 15 ’ 45 | 10-in. plank, 13 ft., dressing c. c. i 40 and better, each ....... 42 55 Cutting-up 27 | 10-in. plank, 13-ft. culls, each 23 25 Bearket plank oo. oss 30 35 | 10-in. boards, rit, dressing Shelving boards, 12-in. up.. 30 32 and better, ‘Zhe 28 32 Dressing beards, narrow.... 20 22 | 10-in. boards, 13-ft. culls.... 17 21 = LATH. a Pee SZeAG SPUUICE oa. :e)s oo cso $2 40 $2 50 SHINGLES. Sawed Pine, ex. xxxx..$4 35 $4 50| Bound butts, €x 18 ....$5 90 $6 00 IS EE ein wie noe oe $)f0\ 3.25) Hemlock... ..2..00.+: 215 230 Smooth, 6x18....... BESO SOO | SPUCe 65 soc sce ces eas >: 220 2 30 SAGINAW, MICH. SAGINAW, Mich., Aug. 31.—Trade is dull; the whole situation is stated when we say that much. Holders of stocks are holding them, customers being few. But no disposition is shown to break prices. Those who own the lumber are in most cases able to hold on. The change from that of three months ago, when everyone wanted lumber, is very marked. At the same time the belief is firm that lumber is all right and those who pur- sue the holding-on policy will find it is true that all things come to those who wait. FINISHING LUMBER—ROUGH. 4d 83 s0000% 45 0 Fine common, x in oo 1% and 1¥% in.. sot 1,1% 24 +49 OO TIMERE, OBS AND SCANTLING. en 12, i: oa) a ok POL EE EEE 13,00 i arr 130\ 22 and BENE Spec ecb ker ee 15 90 empo: 12 in, SHINGLES. NENONG Brrr Clima ns ee oleae oo. ay Cota adsorber Se Se aA cemronnAde 1 00 XSRONG Sapinawey encanta ae Be AO eXoe SHOLES: s\5:0/027/-1> oie mei | XX Climax ROE A Ta 2 25 »,O.5 Br RO ACEO DEO Care I 50 | TONIM ee ANL Me Com Ds eieersitas ne nen I 25 LATH. Lath, No 1, white pine....... 2 35 | Lath, No. 2, W. pine, Norway 1 65 NEW YORK CITY. NEw YORK, Aug. 31.—Perfect dullness overshadows the lumber market of the metropolis. Buyers are born of necessity only. The trade are hopeful that the finan- cial situation will improve, but it must be confessed that as yet not so much as a rumbling of this better day is being felt by lumbermen here. Whilst certain prices are supposed to be current, it is yet difficult to say that any figures are absolutely fixed. Much depends on local conditions from day to day. WHITE PINE—WESTERN GRADES, Uippers)) 0 ine. 1 2 944 00@45 00 | Coffin boards........ 20 00 22 00 14%,1% and 2in, = LG) Ray ¥67 Co)|| lstoes, Slsoeeanoconooes $17 00@17 50 3 and 4 in........ 55 00 58 00 Wicker (vive eiewisre- 17 50 18 50 Selectsmuginky itera se 40 00 41 00 | Ccil’g, base, fig. No. 1 40 00 42 00 I in., all wide...... 4I 00 43 00 INi@> Eaccodcoccace 35 00 37 00 1%, 1%and2in.... 43 00 44 00 IN@h!) 2 meseaocoaeTs 24 00 26 00 Srandl 45 inte « 52 00 53 00 Shelving INO Neier er 30 00 32 00 Hine common, 1 in.. 36 00 37 oo PGGDCORTACCOO 25 00 27 00 1%, 1%and2in.... 38 00 40 00 Molde. Nova estas 36 00 37 00 gyal dea nodeodas 46 00 48 00 WO.” Gisnooganedses 34 00 36 00 Cutting up, rin. No.1 28 00 30 00 | Bevel sid’g, clear.... 22 50 23 00 ING) “2 cceaqneboens 2I 00 23 00 ING Ti Gacacancadod 22 00 22 50 Mhicks Noy ese 29 00 32 00 INO, @dcarooodocace 20 00 20 50 WG. 2 Oooocapneoce 24 00 26 00 INKob. Teimuoomonpacda 16 00 00 Common, No. 1, 10 Norway,cl,and No. 1 23 00 25 00 andiix2) inl...) <0: 22 00 23 00 Is 12 ononcononbas 20 00 22 00 NG, “2 sesosnoeeepe 20 00 21 00 | Common............ 18 00 1g 00 ING@y - Btoonchaodooe 17 00 18 00 NEWS AND NOTES. Peter Shaw, of Norvar, Ont., owner of sawmill, died August 23. The shingle mill of John Manion, West Luther, Ont., burned ; loss $500. Genelle Bros., sawmill, Tappin Siding, B.C., have dissolved; J. Genelle continues. A young man named Gideon Kelville had his leg badly crushed in Booth’s new mill, Ottawa, Ont., a week ago. A new field for timber has been found, says an English trade paper, and it is somewhere up in the Russian domains of Siberia. It is stated that Mr. Joseph Cartier, a rich Canadian of Ludington, Mich., is about to purchase the extensive lumber mills now belonging to Hon. Louis Tourville, at Louiseville, Quebec. Mr. Alexander Bryce, a partner of the late firm of Bryce Bros., lumbermen, Toronto, died at Fort Worth, Texas, the latter part of August. Jobn Hann & Son’s mill and lumber yard, at Ten Mile Lake, near Rosseau, Ont., was destroyed by fire on 28th August. Loss about $3,000; no insurance. Michael Tierney, an Indian, was killed and eight others badly injured at the Vermillion river, near Pembroke, Ont., through the breaking of a boom of logs. ; An incipient fire occurred among the lumber piles of the Export Lumber Co., and Cox, of Liverpool, Eng., in Ottawa, a few days ago. No serious harm was done. Vincent Dechine, employed as a river driver by Mickle, He fell off a boom and being unable to swim drowned before Dyment & Co., was drowned in the Severn a week ago. assistance reached him. § At Rat Portage, Ont., Mather’s lumber mill, while engaged oiling the machinery, was Andrew Clegg, a mill-wright in caught between two cog wheels and smashed to pieces instantly. So great was the strain as his body was passing through that it forced a pressure of 1,500 pounds, breaking some bolts and stopping the mill. The stoppage was the first intimation of Clegg came from Port Hope, Ont. the accident. was unmarried, thirty years of age, and TRADE NOTES. Mr. F. J. Drake, shingle machine manufacturer, Belleville, Ont., regrets that he will not be able to make a display of his machinery at the Industrial Exhibition, as had been announced, being so crowded with orders that these demand all his time and attention. A half-page advertisement of the Eastman Lumber Company, Eastman, Que., in this month’s LUMBERMAN, will be of inter- The machines advertised have the endorsement of practicall umber- men who know whereof they speak. The Eastman Company is known as one of the most responsible firms in the province of (Quebec. est to all engaged in the manufacture of lumber. BQISOD CANADA LUMBER MAN i STH AM Pe) Vee Duplex AND SINGLE Steam AND POWER Pumps QO— If you require a pump for any duty, of the latest and most improved pattern, and aupelosey prices, WRITE GS NORTHEY MFG CO. ——_; IMITBD TORONTOS ON ‘THE CANADA. LUD SH EIA SEPTEMBER, 1893 A BAND SAW IN HIS MOUTH. T is a fortunate thing for man and the rest of the animal kingdom, naturalists have told us, that no large wild animal has a mouth con- structed with the devouring apparatus built on the plan of the insignificant-looking snail’s mouth, for that animal could out-devour any- thing that lives. The snail itself is such an entirely unpleasant, not to say loathsome crea- ture to handle, that few amateur naturalists care to bother with it, but by neglecting the snail they miss studying one of the most inter- esting objects that comes under their observation. Anyone who has noticed a snail feeding on a leaf must have wondered. how such a soft, flabby, slimy animal, can make such a sharp and clean-cut incision in the leaf, leaving an edge as smooth and straight as if it had That is due to the The snail eats with his tongue and the roof of his been cut with a knife. peculiar and formidable mouth he has. mouth. The tongue is a ribbon which the This tongue is in reality a band saw, with the teeth The teeth are so small that as many as thirty thous- snail keeps in a coil in his mouth. on the surface instead of on the edge. and of them have been found on one snail’s tongue. They are exceedingly sharp, and only Not ex- actly only a few of them, but a few of them comparatively, for the snail will probably have a few of them are used at a time. four thousand or five thousand of them in use at once. He does this by means of his coiled tongue. He can uncoil as much of this as he chooses, and the uncoiled part he brings into service. The roof of his mouth is as hard as bone. He grasps the leaf between his tongue and that hard substance and, rasping away with his tongue, saws through the toughest leaf with ease, always leaving the edge smvoth and straight. By vse the teeth wear off or become dulled When the snail finds that his tool is becoming blunted, he uncoils another section and works that out until he has come to the end of the coil. Then he coils the tongue up again and is ready to start in new, for while he has Deen using the latter portion of the ribbon, the teeth have grown in again in the idle portions—the saw has been filed and reset, so to speak and while he is using them, the teeth in the back So I think Iam right in saying that if any large beast of prey were fitted with such a devouring apparatus as the snail has, it would go hard with the rest of the animal kingdom. part of the coil are renewed. CUTTING OF TIMBER. URABILITY of timber is increased by timely cutting. Even white birch cut in July and August in full leaf will remain sound for two years or more. Cut in March it will hardly last through the season. White birch will make fairly durable bean poles if cut in midsummer. Dr. Jabez Fisher, of Massachu- sett’s grape farm, uses chestnut logs for trellis stakes, and contracts that the trees shall be cut in late summer when in full leaf. The stakes are also stronger. Water seasoned lumber is durable probably because the water washes out the destructive acids of the sap. Logs cut in winter that cannot be sawed until there is danger of decay and damage from insects are safely preserved if thrown in the mill pond. NO SMOKE. RECENT German invention for the pur- pose of preventing smoke when coal is used as fuel consists in reducing the coal to a powder and feeding this to the furnace with an air blast. The coal so prepared ignites at once upon entering the furnace and gives an intense flame. The dust does not fail, but floats in the furnace chamber and is entirely consumed. There are no ashes, and it is said there is no smoke from using coal in this shape. The fire can be regulated the same as when oil isused, and jt can be started or extinguished at pleasure. PLENTY OF OAK. AK is sometimes referred to as a timber that will some day in the near future take rank as one of the scarce woeds of the country. In the opinion of the Timberman, of Chicago, taking the oak family as a whole, it will always be in supply, as long as a man occupies North America. Oak is said to be about the most common timber that grows. In its various varieties it supplies about forty of the 420 species of wood in the United States, and it is probably only exceeded in amount by the cone bearing trees, which include such as the pine, hemlock, spruce, fir, etc. It is possible that if the exact figures were at hand, oak might even surpass these, for it grows almost everywhere that trees are found. Certain kinds are of particular value. White oak is the favorite of all and is being more rapidly cut away than others, though all varieties have their uses. Where exceptionally well located or of especially fine quality, it may have a higher price as standing timber, but its quality is so great and widely distributed that very The measure of its value on the market depends mainly on the cost of getting it to the mills and of manufacture. high prices are not to be anticipated. These will continue to be the chief elements in its cost for many years to come, and we apprehend this generation will not see the permanent price much higher than that which prevailed during last year. ADVERTISING IN TRADE JOURNALS. PROMINENT and very successful manu- facturer was recently asked why he did all his advertising through the leading trade journals and never sent circulars or put up posters, says Drainage Journal, and re- plied: ‘‘Men who do not read their trade papers and keep posted in their business are usually poor customers. If I sell them a good lot of machinery, they do not know how to use it, and report it a failure, or we have to run after them, lose time and money, to get But those who read and are posted know how, and Such men would not read circulars if I were to mail circulars to them. them a going and make the sale stick. succeed. They see my ‘ad.’ regularly in the trade paper and know that I have an established business, and when they want anything in my line, write me, and don’t whine about prices, or what time they can get from others, but buy, try, and have no trouble, and pay the bill. Give me such a class of customers as I get by such judicious advertising all the time.” — ———————— PLANNING BUILDINGS. HEN you are about to build, rebuild, enlarge or remodel your saw, lath, planing or shingle mill, or your sash, door and blind factory, or any other wood-working plant, don’t go about it wrong end foremost. It is a wrong way to go about it by putting up a building of any sort or size, and then trying to force your outfit of machinery into the mis- shapen building. You begin wrong when you begin without a plan. First, lay out what capacity you need. Then arrange your ma- chines so that you secure the best possible When all this is done, complete the scheme by building a suitable cover for the economy. plant. Ignorant owners go at it the other way. Instead of putting all the care and attention on the machines, transmission, boil- ers and engines, they put up a building first. Very naturally, they find their buildings of the They really give second place to what should have first place in their cal- wrong shape or size. culations. The result isan unsatisfactory plant. YOU ARE INVITED. The Magnolia Metal Company, which sells its metal all over the world, extends to its friends an invitation to visit its exhibit at the World’s Fair ; it-can be found at Section No. 10, column E 53, where all people who are interested m the running of machinery with the least amount of friction are most welcome, PILING SAP LUMBER. HE location where lumber is piled, and its surroundings, have much to do, says Mr. W. B. Henry, in the Wood Worker, toward aiding or preventing stained lumber. Where it is piled on low, wet or damp ground, or in hollow places, or surrounded by tall buildings or dense growth of timber, where there is not free circulation of air, one may expect damage from sap-stain unless the greatest care be taken. My experience and observation have been that one of the best methods to prevent sap- stain is to get the lumber cross-piled as soon as possible after it leaves the saw. The piling sticks, or the timbers upon which the lumber is to be cross-piled, should be raised high ‘enough so that there may be a clear space of 18 to 24 inches between the ground and lumber. In lumber 12 feet long there should be three of these cross-bearing timbers, and with good pitch to allow the free carrying off of water or evaporations from the lumber. A pile of lum- ber should never be allowed to sag in the middle, for in so doing it not only prevents the free carrying off of the moisture, but carries from both ends towards the middle, where congestion ensues and sap-stain results. In the centre of each pile of lumber I always leave a space of 12 to 18 inches for an air space or chimney; the sides of this space are carried up from bottom to top with almost plumb-line precision, or at least as much so as the sides of the piles. The air beneath the pile finds this chimney to act as a funnel and escape-valve for the moisture beneath the piles, as well as in the lumber itself throughout the pile. Narrow pieces or strips should be used for the lumber to rest upon in the building up of every layer in the pile. Strips from three to six inches in width is probably the best width, and if they are over, all the better. The widest board or plank should be put at the edge of the pile or the edge of the chimney, and there should be sufficient space left between each board or plank—owing to the thickness and width of the lumber—so that they are not crowded too closely together, for the main object throughout is to give plenty of ventilation and free circulation of air. When the pile is finished it should be well covered, and all the better if the lumber used for covering be at least two feet longer than that in the pile, so that the roof may carry the water beyond the ends of lumber piled. Other piles should not be allowed to be nearer than six feet, and better yet if eight feet distant. With these things carefully carried out, one will seldom have much badly stained lumber, unless the conditions be unusually bad, or with kinds of timber with which I have never had much practical experience in handling. I have never used unslacked lime thrown under and around the piles of lumber during hot weather, but have been told by those who have used it that it is an excellent preventive of sap-stain- ing. The lime doubtless absorbs or dries up the dampness of the ground, and to some ex- tent the lumber, but unless the lumber be piled somewhat in the manner I have mentioned, I do not think lime of itself would keep the lumber bright. Several years ago it was suggested to me that by piling the sap-side—that is, the side of the board or plank next to the bark or the outside of the log, always turned up, and the heart side turned down, that one would have little stained lumber. As no plausible scientific the- ory was advanced, or that I was slow to believe, I did not readily adopt it. But others who claimed to have tried it, assured me of the good resuits, and during one month in winter time, and one month in mid-summer I piled the grades of selects and fine common, two grades having the most sap in white pine lumber, one pile being careful to turn the sap side up, and in the next pile just as it came, whether sap side or heart side, then the next pile sap side up, and thus alternating in that manner, The piles contained 12,000 to 16,000 feet, owing to the lengths of the lumber. There was, during all the time this lumber remained in pile, from 3,000,000 to 5,000,000 fect in the yard, so that the surrounding conditions were about the same. This sap lumber was allowed to season until — in good shipping condition, and then shipped out to fill orders as they came in. If there was not enough to fill an order from one pile, it would be taken from the next, but I could see no difference in the brightness of the sap between the one pile or the other, nor in the — weight of the lumber. There was no sap-stain in any of the lumber, and I attributed it more to the manner in which it was piled, in accordance with the method I had adopted, than to turning the sap side of the board up. THE OLD AND THE NEW. ACHINERY, says the Age of Steel, has so far changed conditions that in the planing mill, the furniture factory, the cabinet shop, and in all other kinds of wood-working plants, the differences between the old methods ‘and the new are little less than revolutionary. The room for ingenuity has been eminently favorable to its development, the working of wood into artistic forms requiring a wide range of special apparatus, and insisting on devices that in an economical and practical sense had to keep pace with changing demands and con- © ditions. The work done by some of these mechanical appliances is little less than phe- nominal, involving the most intricate and div- ersified operations, and doing the same with a precision and accuracy unequalled by the most expert mechanic. To name any as distinct from the rest would seem to be an invidious comparison, it being enough in the general sense to say that in every specialty of wood- working the ingenuity in device is simply re- markable. In planers and moulding machines, in sawing and tenoning apparatus, in boring and mortising work, in lathes of all kinds, in scroll and band saws, in shaping, friezing, sand-papering and polishing contrivances ; and, in fact, all the way from a hotel toothpick to the figure-head of a steamship, or the exquisite carvings that adorn the temple or the palace, the work of the brainless tool is supreme. CATERPILLARS OF WOOD. NE of the querest things found in New Zealand, Tasmania and other parts of Australasia, is the world-famous wooden cater- pillar. This wonderful animal plant is a fun- gus, a spheeria, which grows to a height of seven or eight inches above the ground, gener- ally in a single stem, round and thickly cov- ered with brown seed, the whole ending ina curved worm-like point. It is usually found growing at the roots of a particular tree, the “‘rata” of the natives. ’ When this singular plant is pulled up, its single root is found to be the exact counterpart — of a large caterpillar, one from three to four inches long, and which although it preserves and exhibits every detail of such worms, dis- section proves it to be only a woody, bulbous root. Intelligent persons of the countries named, as well as English, American and French naturalists who have been sent to report on this wonderful vegetable product, say that — it is formed in the following unique and curious A large species of moth feeds on the © “rata” tree; the grub of this moth burrows in the ground; the seeds or spores of the spheeria fungus find lodgment between the scales of the grub’s neck, strike root and completely turn the interior of the creature into segments of solid wood. Rf In every case the shell or skin of the cater- pillar is left intact, no small rootlets puncturing it at any point except at the eye, where hair- like roots protrude, giving the woody worm a very fierce expression, manner: SEPTEMBER, 1893 THE CANADA LUMBERM AN 3% Gents a day_— ee : That isn’t much money, is it? About twenty-five cents a week or so. st () ie | V E R ee And a man must be pretty hard up if he hasn’t that much to spend SUES ees / WHOLESALE Times are hard, they say; but if they are hard now to your family and DEALERS IN yourself, what will they be to your family without you? That’s worth thinking about. OFFICE See & Q) We think that no man should be without life insurance when it can be Nos. 213, 214 and 215 had at such a low rate as 3% cents a day from the Manufacturers’ Board of Trade Building Life, Yonge Street, corner Colborne, Toronto. Write to us and we will give you all particulars. Toronto, C nt. Representative Lumber Manbfacturers and Dealers | 4 Railway, Express, or A Sa eS Power, Style and Base nearest Shipping Point Name BUSINESS Daily Cz ape Mi He) Ottawa, Ont.........- UAW Arcs anes ~ oc ReDIn, USI soe Sooo ooenoo06 Taber: W fener ae Real Saypestein ee stomterae ele |Steam, Circular and Band Mill itawa;, Ont... ..-.: iprawets- pcre <4 7-(-'-121-)- |Bronson & Weston Lumber Co..... 2 Saw mills, White and Red Pine, Wholesale ....)Water, Gang and Band, 450m Witags, Out. 55.22. | CUS R Sane oepenaes OTTAWA LUMBER CO......... Lumber, Pine, Spuuicesaemlock#iw:holesal ermcellmcierjete reer eteletsieie eta cietenel= Ottawa, Ont.......... OWE Bass ecgeqosodess Redleyicge aterm enmemtneienerel men cireite Saw and Lath Mill, Pine, Wholesale ...... ...-|Wat., Gang and Band, Saw 4oom, —- = Lath 70m SS i Parry Sound, Ont..... JESS) Ane eee oe PONPer sm per COls versie acrchovelehe rs Waubaushene, Ont.... Na aubaushene......... a oie BayaConsolid dampen CO Pine) onlyeesie os isis BUNCHER : see Waterous ana Boss TRIMMER Improves the Shingle appearance of M achines your lath, increasing = = sike —————— : = i sales SEPTEMBER, 1893 THE CANADA LUMBERIMALN TC, INOcoes. a OC). Real Estate, Fire and Life Insurance | SHIPPING AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS POROUS TERRA COTTA| Proved by actual and eet tests to be the best fire-proofing material in use. Unequalled for making buildings, vermin, heat, cold and noise . TIMBER LIMITS AND FARMI Ls proof. 4 a : 3 : La Omer For partitions, costs no more than brick; weight, one-third that Caste Appress: “ROSS N FoW W ESTM INSTE R, B. ‘Ss of brick. ‘ CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED Be SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PARTICULARS THE RATHBUN COMPANY::: |gQ “F. REDDAWAY. & Co. >: Manuracturers, Drsrronto, ONT. | aR ea Const tt aoe (OF es ROBIN & SADLER MANU-FACTU RERS- SOE: L’ HAIR BELT z 1 18ilbs. 6 iN, ENeuist ‘Oak Dovpre mgpese Deg 20% OF. MONTREAL TORONTO. 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COMMISSION AGENTS oe | ae we ieee NEW YORK MONTREAL | =e | BUFFALO TORONTO es Total Paid in 20 years... .8921.29 | to ST. PAUL, DULUTH and Pacific Coast points. | aes om RE PRO .°) a Beets titer aad gl on commision Linnistrav: | Write either of the undersigned for Folders, which | tind as ved, “Mainiiiescwent ee a a a a a aes |) COMtain Maps. Train Schedules:and much, formation Fe » - of value to those c mtemplating a trip to any of the | Some fir 1s on the Ne wth Shore of Lake , YL) above-mentioned points. Haron and on the U pp per Ottawa now in our hands W. H. BALDWIN, JR., W. F. POTTER “fLLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FREE General Manager. Gen’'l. Supt. METALLIC ROOFING © A. PATRIARCHE, Traffic Manager. for sale. Communications confidential. References given. 36 Rochester St. ORAS | | MANUFACTURERS. TORONTO GENERAL Orrices: - SAGINAW, MICH. 18 THE CANADA UDG BivVeAIk SEPTEMBER, 1893 ——— STAR ——— PORTLAND CEMENT Our own manufacture and unexcelled. REGISTERED BRAND Its use is authorized by Province of Ontario and Toronto City Engineers. Quality GUARANTEED, and always the same. The Rathbun Oy “(GALT MAGHINE KNIFE WORKOb [Peels aa MACHINE, — OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR Planing, Moulding and Stave Cutting —=— Send for Price List| 3 Sd DHCD Se ww SANS ee, Oe, MANUFACTURERS, Deseronto, Ont. WORKS AT NAPANEE MILLS H. RIXON J. G. AINSILE———W. STODAR? J. W. MAITLAND MAITLAND, RI RIXON & CO. OWEN SOUND, ONT. Saw Millers and Lumber Dealers All kinds of Building Material kept in stock LONG BILL STUFF IN ROGK ELM, PINE, GEDAR AND HEMLOCK Quotations furnished on application The Rathbun Gompany~ ONG. CAVEATS and TRADE MARKS Lumbermen _.. © YOUR BUSINESS IS HELPED BY . 50 . ADVERTISING - soe PATENT Obtained in Canada, UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN PAT- ENTS A SPECIALTY. Engineering Drawings Furnished. W. J. GRAHAM, 71 Yonge St. Gani LURREEEEAN Aeosorantse) eo’. ~=e*s WRITE FOR PARTICULARS Dauntless Shingle and Heading Machine - WILL make more Shingles per day than any self-acting machine with: vertical saw in existence, and more Shingles from the same quantity of timber. Ca aN EN NN THE FRAME .. Is of Iron throughout, very {copry.] Linpsay, May 18th, 1893. Mr. F. J. Drake, Belleville. Dear Sir,—The shingle machine we bought of you over a year ago is doing well. Last year we averaged over 32,000 shingles per day all through the season. We did not lose 15 minutes’ time from all stoppages, and all repairs so far have not cost soc. We ex- pect to make a still higher average cut this year. All our other machinery purchased from you is as good as the shingle machine. Your drag saw, with friction drive, cannot be beaten. We run ours 180 strokes per minute; with 6% ft. saw it would easily make blocks for two shingle machines. The splitter, with balance wheel 4 feet diameter, weighing 1,000 lIbs., is perfect heavy and rigid, strongly bolted and runs without the least jar. The iron and braced. frame shingle jointer with 4o-inch saw is TAE CARRIAGE— .. Is very light and strong, made of forged Cast Steel Plate, running on steel ways or tracks, Will take in a block 18 the only good jointer we ever saw. In fact, all your machinery, line shaft, pul- leys, etc., give us the best satisfaction. We expect to require another mill in a few days, and, if we do, will send you the order for complete outfit. Truly yours, inches wide and 19 inches long, adjustable for 16-inch or 18-inch | shingles. \ CAPACITY FROM 25,000 TO 50,000 PER DAY M. Dovey. P.S.—If any one wants to see a good work- ing shingle mill send them to me.—M., D. CRPENT EE TAND Ss, sec MANUFACTURER OF (F. Jd. DRAKE! SAW, SHINGLE AND LATH MACHINERY — BELLEVI@Le Eons SEPTEMBER, 1893 THE ANDREWS DRYER Ewiemneer, Shingles, Stayes, Heading, etc. F OOS. REST amas amen Z LALZCTZLLE Gf zezZTLLLLTTITTTTER, FELZLTLITZLIIETTG WS MG S N Mg This system and apparatus covered by letters patent. e j y Z Z Y 4 y % Aj 4 % 4 % y A-—Drying-Room. BB —Brass Condensing-Walls. _CCC— NN-—Brass Gutters for receiving condensed moisture. PPP— Lumber Cars. EE—Down Air-Flues, FF—Bottom Air-Flue. Sticks between lumber. SS—Double Steam-Coils. T—Auto- HH—Inside Walls, protecting metal from heat, LL—Lumber matic Steam Fire-Extinguishers. \ on cars. Arrows show direction of currents of air. No FAN NO ENGINE NO SMOKE NO CHIMNEY No SPECIAL FIREMAN OR FUEL No EXPENSIVE BRICKWORK No RISK OF FIRE No CHECKING OR WARPING THAIS POTN OEE Freight, Insurance, Time, Interest, Expense, Capital, Yard Room, Labor HAS PROVED TO PURCHAS- ERS TO DO WHAT IS GUARANTEED IN SAVING THEM MONEY IN There may be persons who do not appreciate the advantages of the artificial drying of lumber. But the shrewd men, in the man- facture of furniture and other woodwork where reputation would be sacrificed by a lack of proper miterial for good gluing and finishing, recognize a good system of drying as an important element of their success. High scientific authorities and thoroughly practical men are now agreed that the hot-blast and rapid-current systems ARE WASTEFUL, and that steam heat is the only safe means for artificial drying. The mode of applying steam heat most efficiently and economically is therefore now the essential point. The Andrews Dryer accomplishes this result more surely than any other known system. “WE PUT GREEN SPRUCE IN DRIPPING WITH WATER, AND IN EIGHTEEN HOURS IT WAS DRYER THAN LUMBER THAT HAD BEEN STUCK UP IN THE YARD ALL SUMMER.” No CASE-HARDENING tome BOUAL ..-.. crosswise the building, on cars. The Andrews Lumber Dryer Outside View of the Andrews Progressive Kiln, showing Lumber placed This is the verdict or a Quebec lumber firm, and we can give equal re- sults every time. Has been proved to possess the following points of excellence: Ist. That its drying is rapid and perfect. 2nd. That external and internal checking and discoloration are entirely avoided by this method. 3rd. That the drying is done by a CONTINUOUS system and the temper- ature of the kiln is under absolute control at all times. 4th. That our Dryer is free from the varying air currents (always wasteful) incident to all fan and open-draft kilns. sth. That our drying is done by the slow continuous movement of a large body of slightly-moistened air. 6th. That our condensing surface is so very large as to be adequate to precipitating the moisture of the saturated air with the least amount of movement. 7th. That our piping is tested by high pressure and every outfit is fully guaranteed. 5 , : : OUBLE FLANGE WHEEL ON 8th. That by our improved system of drainage the freezing of pipes be- Eee Ai ae I ae comes impossible. SEND FOR CIRCULARS STRAP WASHER TAZ palgjine CAR WHEEL, DOUBLE FLANGE SECTION OF CAR TRUCK, SHOW- ING AXLE BOX, AXLE ee al b BOLT DOMINION DRY KILN COMPANY CANADA LIFE BUILDING . TORONTO, ONT. THE CANADA LUMBERMAT SEPTEMBER, 1893 eta Gas, A. SMITA CO. ESTABLISHED 1855 We Manufacture SAWS ar every description. The “SIMONDS” OUR HAND SAWS Sole Wie rae ee CIRCULAR SAWS - OF = The “LEADER” | oueecee CROSS-CUT SAWS THE BEST SAWS.-IN THE WORLD Wone Genuine without our Trade Mark cannot be excelled for Neel) quality, style or finish . ~~ REPAIRING PROMPTLY ATTENDED 10 - Price List and Discounts on application . LIMITED =e ST. CATHARINES, ONT, INCORPORATED 1888 Riso GUTTING-BOX KNIVES - THE DOMINION LEATHER BOARD 60.. MONTREAL ASBESTOS MIL BOARD FOR STEAM PACKING 1892 MODEL Remington adhd Unapproached for econenes of Design and Con- struction, Quality of Work, Simplicity and Durability. 42% MACHINES FOR RENTAL && OPERATORS SUPPLIED SEND FOR CIRCULAR “ GEORGE BENGOUGH _— SPACKMAN & CO. eee a East | 164 St. James Street CANADA TOOL WORKS MANUFACTURERS OF JON Bertram & SONS DUNDAS, ONTARIO WOOD - WORKING MAGHINBRY MACHINE TOOLS, BTC. 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GORMAGK ALL KINDS oe LUMBER LUMBER SHIPPED TO ALL PARTS BY RAIL OR VESSEL WHITBY, ONTARIO Patented Solid Web ——= ee SS Wood Split Pulley Alexander Thomson, Bamboo and Art Furniture Manufacturer, Hamilton, writes: ‘¢T find your Wood Split Pulleys give entire satis- faction. They do not slip, and are very handy to put on. I have had from twenty to twenty-five years’ experience in pulleys, and I find none so satisfactory as yours, and am sure they will meet with success.’’ Tit CANT BROS. CO., Lit Wood-working Machinery of all kinds GALT, -ONa., §@ 7aNeAwze TORONTO AGENCY OF The Rathbun 60.. ——Are open to Purchase—— Oak, Arsh, Birch Basswood and Good Pine Lumber Gedar and Pine Shingles Manufacturers having such for sale are invited to com municate with T. W. WALKER, Agent ‘LOR ONER®S Office Cor. Spadina Ave. and Front Street Wholesale and Retail Dealer in F. E. DIXON & GO. MANUFACTURERS OF obar Rivet LBATHBR BELTING 70 KING ST. EAST WRITE FOR DISCOUNTS T oronto | f B/) J) i Sane | } TORONTO, ONT., OCTOBER, 1893 { Texas, $1.00 Pex Year MAGNOLIA. METAL Nea ————————— Jester one Leading Governments BEST ANTI-FRICTION METAL FOR High-speed Engine, Dynamo, Rolling-mill, Steamship, Railroad, Saw-mill, Cotton-mill, Paper-mill, Woolen-mill, Silk-mill, Jute-mill, Rubber-mill, Sugar-mill, Flour-mill FEILGO) ZOO, IVONS)SOOVLODSHS DS)IDY-VSVOVCS ES imme ee, Gy] 7. WIR TAT, C@. meu “ag aes eS & CO., AGENTS 14 Seer oe N EW VERA ee —— == —————s S252 ——— RUBBER BE MONARCH, RED STRIP AND. LION: BRANDS. MANUFACTURED BY | THE CUTTA PERCHA k RUBBER MANUFACTURING. C0. OF TORONTO. OFFICE 61863 FRONT S?W, TORONTO... - a a FACTORIES. AT PARKDALE, ONT. are Waite FOR ‘Discounts. eae | eee i UR record for the past ten years as Automatic Arc Dynamos and Lamps o Electrical Manufacturers guaran- | Direct Current Incandescent Dynamos BECP Ee eee EAL SiA CAO | s Ask our customers about cost of re- | Alternating Current Incandescent Dynamos pairs on Ball apparatus, which for | | | Transformers of High Efficiency EFFICIENCY, ECONOMY | : ? ; SIMPLICITY and SAFETY Electric Motors All Electric Supplies Dratinerceticd: a. BALL ELEGERIG Gh? CU, LUD. Book of Testimonials 7o Pearl Street, TORONTO, ONT. E.R. Burns SaW 60. a ‘T ORONTO ‘Phone 9120 EXTRA REFINED oe SILVER STEEL oo EASIEST ~<87,, FASTEST our Oe Up SAW Sy. MADE nt: ANS Saw co.TORONT® | MONTREAL, Que. LSS THE SZ &-R- BURNS SNe Grossout Saw Handle |z | Zo) eo THE STRONGEST, MOST DURABLE si ; | | ( ) | j AND EASILY ADJUSTED HANDLE EVER INVENTED | pe Pe (O1 ©) Y/ vie AAV, o? ASK YOUR KAARDWARE MERCHANT FOR IT ollé ST. PAUL STREET ——F - Patented June 26th, 1893 .-.:.: =" THE CANADA LUMBERMAN Ocroser, 1893 THE “BOSS” Patent = Turbine = Water = Wheel — oO OOOO ae’ — ——, —~, <—", SSeS RRR GUE “BOSS” GURBINE| aa t IVES the highest percentage of useful effect for ewems cubic foot of water used. No swinging gates, TOW | == ~=S arms, no rods. Six Castines comprise the entitemmaea™ | Wr The easiest working gate of any wheel made; re- volves on steel balls, therefore, moves without friction. Easily controlled by governor. ion : —a AHO The ‘‘“BOSS”’ Wheel . IS MADE IN DRY 7 SAND MOULD; thes | ONE COMPLETE He SMOOTH, EVEN CASTING | Me ———I Improved Water Wheel Governor. lini << \ Ye ip, mT QS Any deviation from the correct speed, however efficient of any in use. Cor- DMS WN ir slight, affects the action of rects quickly any disturbance fA Most simple, durable, and AN Ty UTP VG IN the governor upon the gate, MCSE) erp) 3) and it quickly brings the i speed up or down to its of motion of machinery driven > by water power. =. proper point. To WML, Ca . Write for Water Wheel Circulars and Catalogue of Sawmill Machinery .... The Wm, Hamilton Mig. Go., Lud. “==seneve™ \ bares Elie peu" % 1 CANADA LUMBERMAN VotuME XIV. NuMBER to. TORONTO, ONT., OCTOBER, 1893 J Terms, $1.00 Per YEAR | Since Cores, 10 Cents BY THE-WAY. ULP wood operators are proving more conservative in their methods of dealing with the forest product than has been the custom with holders of pine. Realizing that the annual consumption of pulpwood is growing enormously we are told that operators in pulpwood in northern New York have posted notices at places where the product is delivered for sale or shipment, to the effect that no wood will be received that is less than four inches in diameter at the smaller end. This, it-is thought, will prevent the cutting of small-sized poplar and spruce, and thus save waste of growths that are not much larger than staddles. The practice is in striking contrast to the slaughter of the innocents in the pine forests of both the United States and Canada. The capacity of pulp mills in the States has increased from 72,000 tons twelve years ago to 700,000 tons a year, call- ing for 3,500 cords daily to feed them. Relatively the growth has been nearly as marked in this country. E. B. Eddy, of Hull, has developed this branch of his business to large proportions during the past few years. And word reaches us of the erection of~a large pulp mill at Milton, N.S., at a cost of $30,000, and of an- other at New Germany at a cost nearly as large. Can- ada is rich in spruce, yet the suggestion here to wise economy is worthy careful heeding. POG 5 OS AK Where brick and stone buildings are on the increase in most parts of our own land, for various obvious reasons, not the least, in the large cities, because of danger of fire, it is interesting to observe that in differ- ent parts of Europe, wooden buildings are becoming increasingly the vogue. Wooden buildings for Ireland is a recent suggestion which has been received with favor in many parts of the Emerald Isle; the latest development comes froin the Reviera, where it is thought they would afford far less danger than stone buildings in case of danger. A company has been formed at Pegli, some little distance trom Genoa, to lay out a small town, the villas being imported from Sweden. Beams, flooring and roofs are exempt from duty, but doors, window frames and carved woodwork pay a duty of 13 lire per too kilos. Another custom that 1s favor- able to lumbermen in European cities, and in con- trast with a growing custom in Canadian and American cities, is the construction of wooden pavements, where here we are using more and more asphalt and other forms of concrete. ee 5K Men will make mistakes. There are few who don’t. The foolishness is in not profiting by the mistakes made. Experience ought to be made valuable and yet it is the case that one may place too great importance on the experience of the past. The lumber trade has suffered before to-day from over-production, and for the past few years dealers have carefully avoided a repetition of the blunder. Now there has come an unexpected depres- sion in the trade. Greater quantities of lumber than had been anticipated will be carried over the winter, and the policy would appear to be to level up these conditions by curtailing the cut the coming winter. This would appear a wise decision. But is it? It would be a seri- ous blunder to find the stock of logs cut come largely short of the demand that would exist in the spring. This may not, on the surface, seem probable, and yet it is a view that is taking a strong hold of some lumbermen. It is a case where a careful ‘weighing of many probabilities is needed on the part of lumbermen, And now is the time to do the weighing. USE AND ABUSE OF BELTING IN SAWMILLS. (Pee use of belting is one of those subjects that can be discussed to almost no end in a journal devoted to a consideration of mechanical affairs. To the saw- mill owner it is a subject of very practical importance for, as the Southern Lumberman remarks, no institution pays out more for belting than the sawmill. Such belts, our Nashville cotemporary goes on to say, are naturally subjected to severe use from exposure, dust and grease. The nature of the work is very severe and belts should run as slack as possible to do their work. Only belts of ample width over larger pulleys can be run slack with- out slipping. The unequal work and severe strain put on belts running saws, etc., necessitates that the belt be protected from dust. This can generally be done by the use of hoods or other means. Oils and dust are the belts’ worst enemies. There is no institution that uses or wastes the oil as a sawmill does. By centrifugal force and other mechanical influences, oil 1s transmitted to belts and soon ruins them. On rubber belts the gum peels off with lumps accumulated on the pulley and in spots on the belting. The rubber surface was put there for adhesion and strength and when destroyed the belt is damaged. It is astonishing the amount of waste in belting about a mill from carelessness in the fastenings. In many cases the life of a new belt is partly gone before it has become adjusted. It is put on either too tight or too loose—the latter most frequently, and with its powdered surface, it has but little adhesion. The belt is expected to perform its function and is allowed to slip ; the edge is badly worn, damaged and stretched, and often the belt is run off the pulley and great damage done. Care should be exer- cised to get a belt right; if the right tension is not had, no chances should be taken. The practice of punching large holes and pulling the lace through two or three times for “strength,” is really weakness, and the belt will not run as long as it would if small and closer holes were punched and the hinge lace used. A belt will run for years with this lace on line shafts, without replacing, It is astonishing how men will be contented with replacing lacing every few months, wearing out and wasting belting, when it can be made to last nearly twice as long. Good belting should be used by men who take some care of belting. Small pulleys are hard on belts, and, where steel rim pulleys can be had, it will be found more economical to in- crease the size of the pulley over cast iron, thus reducing the demand on the belt through increasing the velocity. We often see good gang edgers with too small a pulley. The result is never satisfactory. It is simply a tight belt and hot bearing, with 50 per cent. more outlay for belts than would be required with a larger pulley. Fast belts require neat fastenings, and where the skill at hand can not make a belt practically endless at the joint greater speed can not be successfully used. Good rubber belting is superior to leather, but, as the quali- ties differ much more than that of leather, mill men are often put off with a second grade asa substitute for an extra quality. If there is any objection to good rubber belting I have not found it. It is better balanced and will run truer on the pulleys, which always adds to the life and adhesion of the belt. Belts should be kept as free from dust as possible. It will pay mill men to protect their belting. A belt should not require any oil if protected and is not over- taxed. The rubber surface is damaged by any kind of foreign substance. On saw mandrels the pulley should be half the diameter of the saw. On fast mills nothing less than a 36-inch pulley should be used. The trouble in heating is often caused by excessive tension. No belt should be allowed to slip, as it will run to one side and injure the rubber. Many mills throw away hundreds of dollars annually in belting, and are contented, as is the fashion. A practical inill man, some time back, remarked that he added two inches in width when he could in replacing belts, and found his belt bill fast decreasing. A few dollars more outlay, and a little care and protection to belting will save many dollars yearly in the belting bill and as much or more from delays. Such expenses as these and a multitude of others, are what prevent many in the saw milling business from “ working to figures.” edge as well as the surface in SAW-GRINDING WHEELS. N English authority says: “The peripheral velocity of discs for saw sharpening is from 4,000 to 6,000 feet per minute. The disc, before being put on its man- drel, should be examined to see that it is perfectly flat. Care must be taken that it does not fit too tightly on the mandrel. Wooden collars or India rubber should be inserted between the disc and the flanges or washers should retain it in place, and these must not be too tightly screwed up. Neglect of these precautions is oftener a source of fracture than any inherent defect in the disc itself. A well-made and mounted disc, properly worked, and running from six to nine hours a day, will last some three months, and will gullet, sharpen and top on the average 200 deal-frame saws each day of nine hours. It is found in practice that the action of the disc on the teeth hardens the cutting points, with the result that the saws last longer when machine than when hand-sharpened. No sawmill can be fully equipped which is without a saw-sharpening-machine; it pays when there is only one frame or saw-bench. A great. economy is effected in labor and files—a man with the machine will do as much work as six sharpening by hand simply. In respect of the cost of files it may be said that this is almost entirely saved, each disc costing only a few shillings, and lasting in constant work for two or three months. Some workmen are so skilled in the use of the machine as to be able to turn out the saws topped ready for working. Another great merit of the machine is that the tooth spaces or throats can easily be maintained at a uniform depth, so that not only does the saw work better and quicker, but less power is required to drive it, and the risk of buckling in regulletting or — toothing it, which is necessary when the teeth are per- mitted to become stunted or stumpy, is absent. ALWAYS A GOOD REASON. [* is indisputable that the number of boiler explosions in this country is alarmingly great, and it is equally true that a boiler does not explode without there being a very good reason for it—a very good reason and a very simple one. There was a time when it was believed by many that there were hidden causes for boiler explosions, and a rather flourishing, if not remunerative, business was done in the theoretical manufacture of some mysterious gas that could never be made to materialize except just at the time when no one had time to detect its presence, and the boiler went to pieces. There are, perhaps, still a few left who believe in the gas theory of boiler explosions, but their number is very small indeed, so small as to make no_ impression on current opinion. An overwhelming majority of engin- eers at the present day believe that if the cause of a boiler explosion is looked after in the right way, it will be found without the necessity of making some old gas theory do service, or inventing a new one; without bringing into the argument any unaccountable or unheard-of action of the water, or in any way going outside of what plain people can understand. 4 ‘THE CANADA I Oise EuWezsms OcTroBER, 1893 A LUMBER LESSON FROM MICHIGAN. BY WILLIAM LITTLE, MONTREAL, QUE. iS corroboration of what I have already written you on the subject of the export’ duty on saw- logs you will find, in the Saginaw Board of Trade Review for 1892, a number of object lessons that must dispel any doubts if such existed in the mind of any Canadian of the serious mistake made by the Govern- ment in removing the export duties from logs and the imprudence of not immediately re-imposing them. This review clearly shows what I have already informed you, that the cost of towing and risk attending the existing method of draining away our timber, instead of being as claimed by interested parties expensive and hazardous, is just the reverse, and also that the Saginaw district of Michigan is now almost wholly dependent on Canada for supplies of white pine timber to stock its sawmills. You are, I presume, aware that the chief source of profitable industry of Saginaw, now said to be a city of 62,000 people, has been the white pine lumber trade— this city annually producing about one half of the lum- ber sawn on the Saginaw river—and the great question was what could be done when the pine timber tributary thereto and on which its prosperity depended became exhausted, as is practically the case. This question you will see has now to the satisfaction of the Saginaw lum- bering industry been successfully solved by the repeal of the export duty on logs by the Canadian government. And for this solution the compiler of the review does not even require us to open its pages, for it is disclosed on the outside cover where a map is presented showing the city of Saginaw at the head of Saginaw Bay, Mich., having a dozen or more railway and vessel routes diverg- ing therefrom, and you will find the source of pine timber territory that is expected to furnish supplies necessary for her sawmills, not as might be supposed in Michigan or even in Wisconsin or Minnesota, but actu- ally in two sections of the Georgian Bay district of Canada, where everything is elucidated by those three portentious words — “Pine Timber Region,” thereby intimating in the plainest possible manner entire dependence on Canada for future supplies of white pine timber. And lest there should be any doubt in this matter we are informed, as you will see on page 11, that from this source, and by the existing method of log towing, are supplies for many years to come to be ob- tained to sustain the sawmilling industry of Saginaw, where it states: “Although the pine log supply has been diminishing during the past ten years, in the terri- tory reached by the rivers tributary to Saginaw, a new source of supply has been opened in the Georgian Bay and Lake Superior districts, and the rafting of logs upon the great lakes to the Saginaw river mills, which was _ regarded a few years ago as impracticable, has now become one of the permanent business interests of the Saginaw Valley. The rafting of logs across Lake Huron is rapidly increasing each year, as experience has demonstrated that the new method of using bag- booms for this purpose is entirely safe. Those who are best acquainted with this industry assure us that it is only in its infancy, and that the Saginaw river mills will be supplied for many years to come in this way.” This is, however, inerely the introductory lesson, other practical ones are to be found within, represented by three nicely executed photographic illustrations. The first on page 30 represents A TUG-BOAT PUFFING AWAY in front of a dark looking object covering a vast ex- panse of the lake and resembling in the distance a pear shaped island, which a close observation discloses to be about 50 acres in extent and to consist of 5,000,000 feet of Canadian pine sawlogs on their way across the lake to satisfy the insatiable maw of the Michigan sawmill. And rafts of a much larger size even than this one are by no means uncommon, for those of 10,000,000 feet have been safely towed through the lakes. In this con- nection it may not be amiss to give the statements made in this review which show that towing rafts through the lakes is not attended with either the cost or the risk that was claimed by an hon. gentleman engaged in the busi- ness in his speech in Parliament last session, where it says: “The business of rafting logs on the lakes has been successfully conducted for many years on Lake Huron, immense quantities have been handled. The invention of the bag-boom has made log-towing on the lake practically as safe as on the river, and by this means rafts of 3,000,000 to 5,000,000 feet each are brought to the Saginaw river. The picture on page 30 represents one of Sibley & Bearinger’s rafts on Lake Huron, containing 5,000,000 feet of logs. The repeal of the export duty on logs, exacted by the Canadian government, greatly stimulated the rafting of logs across Lake Huron to Michigan mills the last two years. In 1891 no less than 80,000,000 feet were brought to the Saginaw river and in 1892 a much larger quantity came over as figures below will show—184,500,000 feet.” From the foregoing we may reasonably assume since “‘log towing on the lakes is practically as safe as on the river,” that the risk of log towing amounts to a mere trifle, while the immense size of the rafts that are thus safely and successfully towed over greatly reduces the cost of towing, so that investigation will probably show that, instead of $1.50 for lake towing, 5oc. for river towing, and 75c. for risk, or $2.75 per thousand feet, as was stated by the hon. gentlemen in his speech in Parliament, the whole cost of towing and risk did not much, if at all, exceed $1 per thousand feet, instead of $2.75, as stated. In this particular instance probably Soc. per thousand feet covered all cost of towing and loss on the 5,000,000 feet contained in this raft. Referring to this subject the July number of THE CANADA LUMBERMAN contains the following: ‘““A writer in a recent number of the Manitoulin Expo- sitor, published in Little Current (Georgian Bay Dis- trict) expresses himself in vigorous fashion, thus: Last year 175,000,000 feet of lumber was exported in logs (actually over 250,000,000 feet) and this year there is to _be 455,000,000 feet taken over to the States, showing that the annual shipment is increasing. This may look well, but how does it affect our country? In the first place, if these logs had to be manufactured in this country we should hear the busy hum of sawmills all along the shores of the Georgian Bay, see thousands of men busily engaged in these mills, see little villages in a prosperous condition and everybody enjoying life. Again, the fact of logs being towed across the lakes materially affects the shipping and the work to be done by Canadian vessels. This means a HEAVY LOSS TO VESSEL OWNERS in our country. As it is now, our mills are to a great extent shut down and standing there rotting, men are complaining of hard times and no work, the merchants in the towns have a great difficulty in getting a living, and on the whole the country is dead. No wonder that there is such an exodus from our country of the best of Canada’s sons.” And concludes: “By all means put on the duty and save our pine.” The foregoing is no fancy picture, but is patent to the observation of anyone who may take the trouble to enquire into the conditions. Not only are mills being shut down but every few weeks we hear of mills being burnt down, no doubt from the carelessness or indiffer- ence of those owning such property, which are thus made valueless by the direct action of the Government in legislating as it has done in the interest of foreigners. For our next object lesson we have on page 50 the representation of a Saginaw sawmill apparently actively at work converting the logs into lumber, and said to give employment to 150 men for six months in the year. The product of the 26 sawmills operated last year in Saginaw is given at 321,831,312 feet. (This is, of course, exclusive of the product of the mills at Bay City and elsewhere on the river which cut 386,633,715 feet, and made a total product for the Saginaw River of 708,465,027 feet) which is equal to an average cut of about 12,250,000 feet for each mill, or to the out-turn from 2% rafts such as represented. The 455,000,000 feet of sawlogs, equal to 91 such rafts, purposed to be towed over to Michigan this year from Canada, being over 40 per cent. more than the entire cut of the Saginaw City mills last year, would conse- quently give employment to 37 such mills, and turn out an amount of lumber greater than our whole export of white pine lumber to the United States last year, so that you may see this is not the trifling matter that ignorant or interested parties try to make it appear. I know that hon. gentleman scoffed at the idea that any such quantity as 455,000,000 feet is to be towed over this year, but the same gentleman ridiculed the state- ment made that anything like 200,000,000 feet had been towed away last year, when here we find it stated that the Saginaw River district alone received last year from Canada 184,500,000 feet, or within eight per cent. of this whole amount, without taking into account the large receipts of Canadian sawlogs at Alpena and Cheboygan, which are extensive manufacturing points, and situated only one-half the distance from 2Canadian sources of supply, or those rafted to other points in Michigan and elsewhere; so that it would be found, if correct figures are obtained, that the QUANTITY OF PINE LOGS EXPORTED to the United States from Canada last year was over 250,000,000 feet, instead of 200,000,000 feet, which was said to be excessive. Then we have the third and last object lesson which if properly considered is of even greater importance than the others, for it represents an immense manufac- turing establishment covering several acres in extent surrounded by piles of lumber to be converted into the many useful articles for which lumber is a prime neces- sity, and which is said to give employment to over 300 men for twelve months in the year, mostly skilled mechanics. A tabulated statement mentions that such factories of which there are 18 in all—the one represented being, however, of greatest extent—employ 2,302 persons, as compared with 1,890 employed in the 26 sawmills, 292 in the 15 shingle mills and 296 in 8 furniture factories, and turn out products to the value of $5,208,634, the sawmills, $4,824,826, shingle mills, $330,592 and furni- ture factories $374,500, or a total of 4,780 men employed turning out wood products valued at $10,738,552. On a similar basis the products of the 455,000,000 feet of sawlogs to be exported from Canada free of export duty this year would give employment to 6,650 men and produce products of the value of over $15,000,000, a sum in excess of one-half our whole exports of forest pro- ducts. I do not, however, claim that the value would be so great as this, for the compiler of the review has probably included the value of the lumber which entered into the other manufactures, but it would reach a value of at least $10,000,000, instead of less than $2,000,000 expended in getting out the logs, and this last amount would be spent in like manner in this coun- try whether the logs were manufactured here or else- where. So that our country is deprived of this amount of profitable industry, and a large additional amount in the subsequent traffic to railways and vessels of these manufactured products, which is now wholly lost to us not only without any valuable compensation, but with direct injury to our own manufactures. In my opinion it is in this manufactured condition the products of our forests should leave our country, not in that as at present of immense rafts of pine saw- logs, of which we have only a limited supply, and from which our people derive neither employment nor revenue. The artist has not favored us with any illustration showing the condition in which that part of our country is left whence these logs were obtained which give Saginaw all this business prosperity, for THIS BEING CANADA’S INTEREST in the matter did not of course concern Saginaw, but it would no doubt be found to be in that state as an intelli- gent observer recently remarked one of our western cities might find itself under certain conditions, “with its whole insides jerked out,” and nothing but the abomination of desolation remaining. Under condi- tions such as those now existing, wherein Michigan lumbermen have advantages over our home operators in the Georgian Bay district of fully $3 per thousand feet, one need not go so far to find the reason why new mills are being erected in Michigan to saw Canadian logs, while many of those in Canada are allowed to be closed down or cremated. Almost identically unsatisfactory conditions exist in the Canadian pulp industry, which was beginning to OcToBER, 1893 - Meee CANADA LUMBE RMATN 5 become a very important one, tor we find that, in the Eastern Townships and on streams entering the St. Lawrence River, as well as in the Georgian Bay and Lake Superior districts, large amounts of spruce and other pulpwood are being likewise exported free of ex- port duty to the United States, while heavy duties are ex- - acted on the American frontier on any pulp exported from Canada; so that on all sides we are frittering away our heritage of timber with little benefit to our own people, when a proper policy on this subject would at once make us masters of the situaticn, since our American neigh- bors have now so far exhausted their immediately available supplies of white pine and spruce timber, from which to make lumber and pulp, that they must in the future depend largely on Canada for such material, and we would be enabled to get satisfactory prices therefor, instead of as we have heretofore been simply hewers of wood for others, whence our country barely derived compensation for the labor expended in our efforts “to get rid of the timber.” Apart, moreover, from the serious loss to Canadian labor in being deprived of its manufacture, there is, in the transfer of such a vast amount of manufactured timber to the United States—an amount that would give employment to fifty ordinary Canadian mills—a loss of revenue to be sustained this year of probably a million dollars, when all logs and pulp wood are included, while at the same time our railways and vessels are wholly deprived of any participation in the freighting of these products, sufficient to give a railway traffic of 50,000 car loads or a vessel tonnage of 700,000 tons in a single year ; every foot of this not only to give employment to American mills, but go to swell the traffic of American railways and vessels, and to stock the American market with the great amount of lumber and pulp made from our timber, to supplant an equal amount that would otherwise be profitably supplied by our own manufac- tures. Not only is this policy ruinous to our own people, but it is unjust to the Americans to allow it to be continued any longer, for it is leading them into expenditures that will be valueless when it is changed, as soon it must be, and in justice to all it should be now. In connection with this subject, as it was a matter of debate in Parliament, I may here state that the preten- sions made by some persons Of a great amount of American whitewood (called yellow poplar) still existing in the United States, which was to be a substitute for our white pine, do not appear to be based on a correct knowledge of the situation, for at the recent meeting of the Poplar Manufacturers’ Association, the Secretary, Mr. A. H. Winchester, gives estimates made largely from personal explorations, and places the total United States’ supply of merchantable poplar timber available at 6,500,000,000 feet, and adding small and remote tim- ber, the whole not to exceed 10,000,000,000 feet, which is less than the amount of pine timber cut in a single year (1890) in the three states, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. And he directly scouts any supposition that this wood exists in such quantity as to furnish A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE WHITE PINE, for he says: “No remark is so irritating to one who knows the true condition of the poplar field as the one we so often hear as to poplar being the coming substitute for white pine when the fact is, as we see it, that the last poplar log will have become a tradi- tion before the output of white pine has been materially curtailed. Every day sees us looking for new uses for poplar, when we cannot supply our existing demands, Our grand poplar field is obliterated. Stranded, de- tached bunches of stumpage remain, but are fast disap- pearing.” Here also permit me to say that fresh evidences are constantly appearing to show how limited our own supplies of white pine arebecoming. In the last Crown Lands Report of Ontario, the Hon. Mr. Hardy clearly shows that nearly the whole remaining timber reserves in the Nipissing district south of the Ottawa and east of the Georgian Bay have been sold, for although he does not so state it, yet this is evident from a consideration of his remarks, for he says: “Of the total area (of limits sold), 410 miles were in the district of Nipissing on the headwaters of the Muskoka, Madawaska and Petawawa rivers, surrounded by licensed Jands upon which lumbering is being actively carried on.” For when you consider that the waters of the Muskoka flow into Georgian Bay, while those of the Madawaska and Petawawa run to the Ottawa, and that the most valu- able of those limits were purchased with the intention of taking the timber across this height of land to the waters of the Trent flowing into Lake Ontario, and as he says, they are surrounded by licensed lands upon which lumbering is now being actively carried on, it becomes at once apparent that the whole intervening country, up to the headwaters of these rivers, has been overrun by our lumbermen for supplies of white pine timber, and this last block of limits is now to be lum- bered on. There is then left in that province only that portion bordering on Georgian Bay and Lake Superior, from which the Michigan lumbermen are now deriving a large amount of their supplies, together with insigni- ficant patches here and there in the Lake of the Woods district on islands and in small groves, most of which is tributary to waters flowing into Hudson Bay, and being in many instances of little greater value than the Banksian pine (cypress) of this province, which has hitherto been considered valueless. In rear of the streams on the north shore from which the Michigan mill men are now getting stock, the character of the country is correctly represented in the same report by Mr. John McAree, O.L.S., who made an exploration along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway for 79 miles, from Woman River to Windermere, when he says: “The timber is that which is common to this whole northern country, viz.: spruce, tamarac, banksian- pine, white birch, balsam, poplar, cedar, etc., and exten- sive fires appear to have swept over the country in former years, so that over most of the land that we saw the trees are of second growth and small in size.” And lest it might be thought that his failure to men- tion the white pine was an oversight he says, in con- cluding his report: “I beg leave to add by way of addenda that we saw not more than two score trees of red or white pine in the whole survey.” And this is unfortunately for us the character of most of the country of which an hon. gentleman informed Parliament, THE ONTARIO GOVERNMENT, with that wise regard for the future which has charac- terized almost all its policy, has resérved out of its entire area of timber limits, 150,000 square miles,” and which are to “furnish supplies for three hundred years !” The fact is the more this matter is enquired into the more serious appears the effects of our lack of any judi- cious policy on the subject of our timber, which we have frittered away in the past in a manner that has not been incorrectly styled wanton vandalism, while our present policy, which includes the evils of the past, actually offers a premium to strangers to “rob” us of what little pine timber is left, and the Canadian public supinely looks on with apparent indifference at this national suicide. While by no means desirous of depreciating in any way the value of our country’s resources, my own judg- ment assures me that they are not so great that we can afford to sacrifice one of the most valuable we possess —the timber—without reasonable compensation, which we have been doing in the past and which, I regret to have to add, weare still doing with apparent satisfaction on the part of both government and the people. A CONSUMING TOPIC. OME one in Germany has lately revived’ the old idea of using coal in the pulverized form for the prevention of smoke. This idea comes up at frequent intervals, but never amounts to anything except considerable talk on the subject. The frequency with which this plan is advanced shows the desirability of smokeless combustion, but as there are numer- ous devices on the market at the present time, which, if applied and intelligently handled, will give smokeless com- bustion with soft coal, there is no necessity for a scheme which involves the handling of the fuel three or four times. more than at present. THERE is only one wood known to be better for pump stocks than poplar, and that is cucumber, a kind of magnolia, and not very plentiful. VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS. The dangers that lurk in the air form A Pinch ee the subject of an essay by M. de Nansouty on “The Atinosphere of Large Towns and Micrography.” He points out the increased pollution of the air in Paris from the factories worked by steam machinery. An analysis of dust and rain particles reveals thata remarkable collection of divers objects may be absorbed at every breath in the street of a large city; silex, chalk, plaster, pulverized rock, char- coal, hairs, fibres, vegetable refuse, starch, pollen cells, etc. A specimen of dust collected from furniture on the third floor of a street in Rennes contained all this and nearly three million bacteria in addition. dust (about fifteen grains) in movement in the streets encloses about 15,000,000 bacteria. A gramme of Stories have been told of experiments made in bread-making from sawdust, and it is possible that in Russia, when dread famine has threatened its thousands, and the inhabitants have been glad to eat bread made of the bark of trees, that a loaf of sawdust bread might be accepted. But further than this the stories of sawdust bread-making are very mythical. It is from an English- man, however, in Sussex county, that comes the information that owing to the scarcity of fodder in that part of the country cart-horses are being fed on a mix- ture of one-half fresh elm saw-dust, the other crushed oats and bran. They heartily enjoy it, so it is said, and appear to thrive upon it. Fable has depicted the horse fed on shavings, though we never learned that he thrived on the diet. Sawdust, it may be expected, will no longer be procurable at about the cost of carting it away. Sawdust as Horse-Fodder. A glance at the news pages of the LUMBERMAN each month will tell its own tale of the number and serious nature of the accidents that occur in the various saw and planing mills of the country. What to do till the doctor comes is worth knowing and may often mean the saving of a life. An emergency surgeon, says the Tradesman, should exist in the person of the foreman of every shop or factory where accidents are liable to occur. “He should be required to know enough of surgery to give the injured employe immediate and tem- porary relief until skilled aid can be summoned. If an artery is cut, the foreman, or some one else in the shop or factory should know how to apply a tourniquet to stop the flow of blood and perhaps save a life. A work- man may be prostrated with heat; may have a finger, hand or a foot mashed, and a little timely knowledge may save a great deal of suffering and, possibly, fatal results. It will require but little time and study for anyone to acquire sufficient knowledge of surgery to be of great help in an emergency. A foreman is hardly fitted for his duties unless he possesses some knowledge of the simple forms of surgery that can be usedin a case of accident.” Emergency Surgeons. A mining expert sent to investigate some Arizona properties for Denver capitalists recently returned and re- ports the finding of a most remarkable natural bridge, formed by a tree of agatized wood, spanning a canyon forty-five feet in width. The tree had at some remote time fallen and become imbedded in the silt of some great inland sea or mighty overflow. The silt became in time sandstone and the wood gradually passed through the stages of mineralization until now it is a wonderful tree of solid agate. In after years water washed and ate away the sandstone until a canyon forty- five feet in width has been formed, the flint-like sub- stance of the agatized wood having resisted the erosion of the water-flow. Fifty feet or more of the tree rests on one side and can be traced, but how far its other side lies buried in the sandstone cannot be determined with- out blasting away the rock. The trunk visible above the canyon varies in size from four feet to three feet in diameter. Where the bark has been broken and torn away the characteristic colors of jaspar and agate are seen. To the naked eye the wood is beautiful. Under a micro- scope or miner’s magnifying glass the brilliancy of the colorings is clearly brought out in all its wondrous beauty. Tree of Solid Agate. Ba THE CANADA LUIMMBERMAN ’ OcropER, 1893! PUBLISHED ON THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH So IMQSINSQONSL 1S WCSVSIBHOMODIS OFFICE. 75 CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE BUILDING Toronto, ONTARIO TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Qne-Copy One: Year, in: advance 52.506 c00 koe cnc vials ele ease $1.00 One Copy Six Months, in advance ..................ccceceeees 50 Foreign Subscriptions, $1.50 a Year ADVERTISING RATES Fu RNISHED ON APPLICATION _ ROBERTSON, = E Epiror. Tue CANADA LUMBERMAN is published in the interccts of the lumber trade and @fjallied industries throughout the Domini: >, being the only re- presentative in Canada of this foremost branch of the cuusmercs of this coun- try. ‘It aims at giving full and timely information on all subjects touching these_interests, discussing thes= topics editorially and inviting free discus- sion by others. Especial pains are taken to secure the latest and most trustworthy mar- ket quotations from various points throughout the world, so as to afford to the trade in Canada information on w hich it can rely in its operations. 2SEe correspondents in localities of importance present an accurate report not only of prices and the condition of the market, but also of other matters specially interesting to our readers. But correspondence i is not only welcome, but is invited from all who have any information to com- municate or subjects to discuss relating to the trade or in any way affecting it. Even when we may not be able to agree with the writers we will give them a fair opportunity for free discussion as the best means of eliciting the trr*>. Any items of interest are particularly requested, for even if not of great importance individually they contribute to a fund of information from which general results are obtained. Advertisers will receive careful attention and liberal treatment. We need not point out that for many the CANADA LUMBERMAN, with its spe- cial class of readers, is not only an exceptionally good medium for securing publicity, but is indispensable for those who would bring themselves before the notice of that class. Special attention is directed to ‘‘ WANTED” and “For Sate” advertisements, which will be inserted in a conspicuous posi- tion at the uniform price of 15 cents per line for each insertion. Announce- ments of this character will be subject to a discount of 25 per cent. if ordered for four successive issues or longer. Subscribers will find the small amount they pay for the Canapa Lum- BERMAN 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 encour- aging us to render it even more complete. FREE LUMBER. ARE we to have free lumber? A dispatch from Wash- ington a few days since, purporting to outline the pro- gramme of the Committee on Ways and Means, places lumber-on the free list. The words of the report are these: “ Timber, hewed and sawed and unmanufac- tured.” Just what this may mean is a little uncertain without a.clearer definition of the terms. It has been pointed out by Mr. H. H. Cook, of the Ontario Lumber Company, in an interview on another page, “that lum- ber is only lumber up to a thickness of two or three inches. Beyond that it is timber.” In any have nothing more than the suggestion of the Ways and Means Committee naming the articles, that they are prepared to see on the free list. Congress must yet deal: with the whole question and the modifications may be few or many. This is to be said, however, that be- fore any announcement was nade by the committee the impression had been growing steadily stronger that lum- ber would, almost certainly, be made free. This has been taken for granted even in those lumber sections where it could hardly be said that the wish was. father to the thought. The matter has been one of concern to Michigan manafacturers, and a lumber correspondent from Saginaw, discussing the subject, anticipating that Congress would abrogate the dollar duty, intimates that the only way “for the Michigan and other manufac- turers who ship lumber east to meet this Canadian competition will be to reduce the wages of the men to the same scale as that paid by the competing Canadian manufacturers.” Doubtless there is some attempt in this statement to show to congressmen the unwisdom of taking any step, that would be prejudicial to the labor- ing classes, who, of course, have votes. The view, nevertheless, has been quite generally entertained by United States lumbermen that free lumber was coming. Tariff reforin is in the air, and the position taken by the Democratic party at the Cleveland election, clearly pledges it to changes that will be in the direct line of more liberal trade relations, A tariff battle is soon case We to be fought at the polls in our own country. The Liberals are pledged to a removal of protective duties, and. to the cultivation of freer trade relations with the people to the south of us. The Conservative party has been the party of high tariff, and its Ministers in their late stumping tours have told us that they have no intention of deviating from the principles of the National Policy, yet they are prepared to modify the tariff. More than this the Premier has stated in his Belleville speech, so far as the United States is concerned, “that if they are disposed to make fair tariff concessions, based on legislation, these fair tariff concessions will be re- sponded to in a proper spirit by the Canadian govern- ment.” The promises from either side of politics, there- fore, plainly point to a relaxing of trade relations with the neighboring republic. The sentiment of the people of the country, if one may judge by the intelligent and studious interest shown, as much by one class of the community as the other, the business or the rural, is keeping fully abreast with the programme of the politicians, and we do not know but what the people are in the advance. Writing specifically of lumber, however, in which our readers have a direct interest, a careful study of the question from all sides, and it cannot be said, in anything the LUMBERMAN has written on the question, that an un- fair bias has been shown in any one direction, would seem to make very clear that lumbermen, whether owners of limits or inanufacturers, are prepared to accept free lum- ber asa fair solution of the duty problem. Even Mr. Wim. Little, of Montreal, from whom we publish a valued article this week, and who has strong and intelligent con- victions on the side of protection to our forest products, has intimated that he would be willing to accept a policy of “free logs, free lumber,” as a means of leveling up the injustice that he believes exists under present conditions. EDITORIAL NOTES. NEWFOUNDLAND is to manufacture pine lumber for the British markets. Mr. W. F. Sterrit is having a com- plete rotary sawmill placed in the interior of a pine district in the island and believes he can manufacture pine for export with profit. Log driving is claimed to be easy, the mill being located in a part where pine is abundant; and the lumber is to be floated without any great labor toa seaport for shipment. The winters are also considered favorable, not being severe and though late in making the start, Mr. Sterrit expects to get in a month’s work with a crew even yet before the winter sets in. EVEN with the severe financial depression across the line, and the talk of lumber being sympathetically slow, some large sums of money are being paid for timber limits in Canada, showing a strong confidence in the real position of the lumber trade. Within the past fortnight a big lumbering deal has been completed, when the timber limits in townships of Anstruther, Cavendish and Harvey, in Peterboro’ county, known as the Scott limits, were sold to J. W. Howry & Son, of Saginaw, Mich., for $450,000. These limits were in litigation about 15 years, and were bought nearly four years ago by the Dickson Company. The limits com- prise about 105 square miles. It is expected that the lumber will be worked by the new owners on mills recently purchased near Bobcaygeon. Messrs. Howry are already large owners of Canadian limits. Wuat the three lumber merchants from Turkey say of Canadian lumber—their utterances are given on the ELI page of this issue of the LUMBERMAN—is a flatter- ing compliment to Canadian forest products. Our lum- ber first came under their notice at the Canadian exhibit at the World’s Fair, where they had an oppor- tunity of examining the timber exhibits of all countries. And their preference for Canadian timber is decided after having made a critical “look all around.” An earnest of their desire to make their decision of practi- cal service to their business is found in their visit to the lumber mills of the Ottawa and the effort they have since put forth to secure such freight rates as would make it profitable to become customers for Canadian lumber. Canada has every reason to feel satisfied at the high place her native products of all kinds have taken at the World’s Fair, To what extent tariff regu- lations can be made to help to a widening of the markets for these products is a question that cannot be too carefully considered by our people. More than once there has been talk of Michigan manufacturers importing lumber from Canada, a prac- tice, that as a lumber cotemporary has remarked, may seem like bearing coals to Newcastle. It has remained, however, for W. B. Mershon & Co., the extensive plan- ing mill men and box manufacturers, of Saginaw, to make of the proposition an actuality. During the past month this firm brought 393,659 feet of lumber from French river, valued at $4,723.91, and on which they © paid a duty of $393.66. The Mershon Company have been buying lumber in Duluth and other West Superior points, but the great distance was more than an offset to the Canadian duty. So that the Saginaw firm has demonstrated to their own satisfaction that notwith- standing a duty of one dollar a thousand there is money to even a Michigan manufacturer in importing lumber from this country. The fact would seem to give strength to the contention that the States must have our lumber, duty or no duty. There is another view of the question suggested, also: To what extent might not the exporta- tion of manufactured lumber to the States be extended, if the lumber, as are logs, were altogether free of any tax? THE New Brunswick sale of timber licenses, which was in progress as the LUMBERMAN was on the press for last month, fell much short of what had been anti- cipated. The sale took place at Fredericton. The licenses offered covered 4,400 square miles or 2,800- ooo acres of government timber, and nearly everything was sold. The sales realized $72,961, and the leases hold for 25 years. Of the total $6,000 is for new berths not sold at the last sale. In 1883 the old berths real- ized $38,000 for a ten-year lease. At the same rate they should have realized $95.000 less the discount for : oe present value, or nearly $28,000 more than they did for the 25 years. In the main the sales were confined to a few hands. Senator G. B. Snowball came in for 438 square miles, paying an average of $15 a square mile. The Bank of Montreal, which was forced into the bidding in an effort to protect itself, paid $7,179 for ten berths of varying size, aggregating between 50 and 60 miles at about $130 a mile. Ernest Hutchinson, of Miramichi, was one of the new bidders, securing about 240 miles at a price of over $10,000. A contrast of this sale, as also that of Quebec, with the Ontario crown lands sale, all held within a year, is very marked. Minister Hardy was in extreme good luck. INDICATIONS point to a severe winter in the States for the laboring classes. It is well known that in all large cities at the present time the plaint of the unem- ployed is fast becoming serious. The statement has been made in the press that in Chicago alone there aré 70,000 fewer people under employment to-day than when the World’s Fair was first opened. The explanation is probably to be found in the reaction from the inflation that existed in all classes of business when the Fair was projected. Everywhere, the anticipations of even those who were moderate in their expectation of results from the Fair have been largely discounted, whilst those who went wildly mad in their anticipations of the big things that were sure to take place may well ask themselves, where am J at? What will take place when the Fair is closed will give thoughtful citizens of the Republic much concern. The depression from all accounts, will be felt in part in lumber circles. The word from Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin is that there is comparatively little call for men for the woods, and that wages will range from $5.00 to $8.00 a month less than a year ago. The highest wages offered now is said bya Michigan correspondent of the Northwestern Lumberman to be $14 to $20 a month against $18 to $28 a month last year. The effect of these conditions, if they continue to prevail, which seems altogether likely, is almost certain to be felt in Canada. Our Ottawa correspondent in his letter this month intimates that few men have as yet been employed for the shanties for the reason that an influx is anticipated from the States, and wages will thus be lowered. Fewer men and lower wages would seem to be the outlook, ee ey roy CAIGADA LTUMBEPRMAN ._ = 7 a this page have appeared not a few stories of peculiar finds, and strange growths in trees and woodlands. The following from Ottawa I may give as a fitting addition to the others. A curiosity was discov- ered lately by Mr. Robert Burland while walking by an inland lake on Mr. Booth’s property at Brittannia. A tree of peculiar appearance was found to have a chain fastened around it, the wood having grown so completely over the iron as to cover all but a few loose links at the end, which the growth of the bark had almost obscured. The chain had evidently been placed there many years ago to preserve a valued young tree irom splitting apart and had held its grip while the woody growth had spread all over it in the progress of perhaps half a century. Mr. Burland secured the iron-bound section of the tree and will preserve it as a memento of his lake-side meanderings. *¥ * * “The lumber stringency is relaxing,” said Mr. Thos. Meaney, manager for Robert Thomson & Co. “I wasin Buffalo, Tonawanda and other points daring the month and found things much easier than a month earlier. What is very satisfactory to lumbermen is the continued firmness of prices. There does not appear to be any disposition to break prices. It is not unlikely, however, as a result of the monetary scare, that there will be less work in the woods the coming winter than had in the first place been planned.” 2p eS A Southern lumberman, Mr. Henry J. Lutcher, of Orange, Texas, has been delivering himself on the tariff question, and is one of the men who is not afraid of Canadian competition injuring United States lumber markets. “As far as the lumber business is concerned,” he said, “I do not believe that the tariff makes any dif- ference to the lumbermen one way or the other, except perhaps, to a few immediately adjoining Canada; but the standing timber of this country is disappearing altogether too fast, and in behalf of the people of the country I would be in favor of a measure which would let the Canadian timber and lumber in so as to save our own resources.” x &£ & * A Michigan lumberman, who owns many millions of feet of Canadian timber, discussing the probable placing of lumber on the free list by Congress is reported to have said, that to put lumber on the free list, cutting off the duty at present levied, would not lessen the cost of lumber to the consumer a single cent, but that dollar taken off would be added to the price of Canadian stumpage, and would thus enhance the value of his holdings to the extent of the duty removed, as well as that of tvery other Canadian timber owner; and he could, therefore, view the prospect of free lumber with the greatest equanimity. To those who own timber in the States, the cutting off of the slight duty on imported lumber would stimulate competition, and the result would be a decrease in wages to meet it. He was willing to pay the duty on his Canadian timber when he should get ready to market it in the states, in order that labor here might derive the benefit, and for that reason only. =, ee i eg A scribe of the Northwestern Lumberman has been sizing up Mr. Claude McLachlan, of McLachlan Bros., of Arnprior, Ont. “He is a quiet gentleman,” says the writer of the Windy City, “but a mighty keen observer, withal.” Speaking of the number of people attending the Fair, Mr. McLachlan said: “1 think it safe to say that there are every day fully as many people—visitors —in Chicago outside the fair grounds as inside. I stop Palmer House and at the boot-blacking stand | giving an average of 600 shines a day as against 150 in ordinary times. The men who would have picked up an item of information of that kind, thinks the North- western, are very few. Mr. McLachlan says the finan- cial squeeze has not yet affected Canada, and the lumber output of this year will be fully up to the average, but he looks for a material falling off next season. The McLachlan mills at Arnprior, as everyone knows, are among the most extensive in Ontario. OF tue us as Hon. Theo. Davie, Attorney General of British Col” umbia, said to an interviewer recently: ‘The province of British Columbia is so closely identified with Wash- ington, Oregon and California that the slightest depres- sion or increase in business affairs affects both Vancouver and Victoria to a remarkable extent. What the people of our province would appreciate would be the abolition of the American tariff on lumber and coal. The com- merce between the United States and British Columbia is large, constantly increasing, and were the tariff laws repealed to a certain extent, the trade between the two countries would be greatly benefitted. An overwhelming majority of our people do not want to be annexed to the United States, but they do want to establish a closer commercial relationship with the United States. The commerce between Australia, Asia, Europe, Central and South America and British Columbia and Puget Sound has assumed gigantic proportions in the last ten years. By the united efforts of the State of Washington and our province the trade of the western world could be made to pass between the Straits of Juan de Fuca, anda great commercia! metropolis will center in this Northwest territory.” * % & ¥ Three prominent lumber merchants of Beirout, Turkey, Abdalah Sayih, Nicola Sahion and J. F. Aftinus, who have been visiting the World’s Fair were very much impressed with the Canadian exhibit of lumber, and a few weeks ago visited Ottawa to ascertain what arrange- ments might be made looking towards an opening of trade between the two countries. Mr. J. F. Aftinus, who is spokesman of the party, said: “The three of us are lumber merchants from Turkey and have an exhibit at the World’s Fair. We think the exhibit of Canadian lumber at the fair is ahead of any country in the world, and we were advised to come on to Ottawa, as it was the greatest lumbering city in Canada, as we hope to build up a trade between this country and our own if reason- able shipping rates can be had. We supply all Syrian Turkey and part of Egypt with lumber, most of which we get from the north of Russia. Every year we sell more than a hundred shiploads of lumber, 35 ship loads being sold in the city of Beirout alone. No Canadian lumber reaches us at all, but we want to get Canadian spruce and pine. We do not require any hard lumber because we have the olive and the oak at home. If we can open a trade with Canada it will be greatly in the interest of both countries.” * % % % “This season,” says a prominent lumber shipper, of Ottawa, “has been the poorest for many years. There has been absolutely nothing doing in the lumber trade to the United States, as well as to the English market, compared with other years. Since, however, an improve- ment has taken place in the former the fall rush may make up slightly for the sammer slackness. The firms across the line who have purchased the cuts for the past season will take all their lumber away but not so quickly as they would if the market had been brisker. Next year’s cut in the Chaudiere mills will likely be somewhat curtailed owing to the fact that their yards are full. The piling grounds everywhere around the city have been filling up all season so that several new-properties have been purchased. The depression of this summer may cause a double rebound, which will take all the lumber that can be cut next year on the Canadian side, for the Americans are a queer people, by no means dis- posed to low spirits, and next season may see a boom in the lumber trade, as wellas in all branches of commerce. The large American lumber yards owned by the middle men in different states are pretty well choked, so that they could stand a big boom next summer. Just now Bronson & Weston have orders from their Stewz yards for over one-half a million feet of lumber to be shipped part to Rouse’s Point, and a yreat deal to Bur- lington, Vt. Many of the other lumber firms have im mense orders which will take them a long time to fil) In several of the yards there are not nearly men enough to handle the lumber, and many are Jeaving every day some for the shanties and others for the country where the crops are being reaped.” epee “At the time I was in New York and other United States lumber points the early part of September,” said Mr. C. H. Clark, of Barrie, “business men wv ing severely undeér the financial depression. There was no moving business, and yet nobody was breaking his ere smart- heart over conditions. The feeling was general that the depression would only be temporary. There would be some after-claps, of course, and some one would be hurt, but so far as lumber is concerned, confidence is strong.” “Do you know,” continued Mr. Clark, with enthusiasm, “I have been studying conditions in Wash- ington territory and watching developments in that part of the country. I think I know something of that country and believe it has a great future before it. The lumber supply is almost unlimited. As far west as Chicago I found the cedar shingles of Puget Sound, and with the favorable freight rates that are being secured I see no reason why shingles and lumber from that point cannot be laid down at Albany, Buffalo and Chicago with pro- fit to all concerned. Talk about a timber famine; there is supply enough in Washington to last for a few gener- ations yet.” I reminded Mr. Clark that so far as the present was concerned lumber, and eSpecially the shingle market, was very rocky in the very part of country he named. Shingle men had been over-produc- ing to such an extent that the bottom wonld seem to have completely fallen out of piices, and there are some nice stories going of the slaughter that has been made. It is stated as an instance in point that there are lying at the one little port of New Whatcom, Washington, alone, millions of feet of lumber and millions also of shingles, that are at present as they have long been, unsaleable in default of a market. * * * * Referring to the announcement made in the daily press that the committee on Ways and Means, at Wash- ington, had decided to place lumber on the free list, Mr. H. H. Cook, of the Ontario Lumber Company, said: “As I interpret the message, it does not remoye the duty from our lumber. The report says, ‘timber, hewn, sawed or unmanufactured.’ Lumber is only lumber up to a thickness of two or three inches. Beyond that it is timber. Americans need our timber; they cannot do without it. -They need it for their dock buildings and so on, and Canada can supply far better timber that they can. It is very kind of them to take the duty off our timber, which they cannot do without, and by enscons- ing themselves behind their limited Michigan lumber resources, exclude our lumber. I consider the move is only one of advantage to themselves and not Canada. Of course there is a large timber export trade done, but the Americans have always profited by it. They ex- clude our lumber, because they can saw their own. They will not allow us to compete with any industry they themselves can carry on, but just as soon as their timber supply falls short, they are only too glad to remove a duty that will enable them to scoop in our timber.” Mr. J. B. Smith, wholesale. lumber dealer, said: ‘The removal of the lumber export duty, if lum- ber were to be included, was a most desirable change, and would doubtless serve as a stimulus to the trade. It will likely add to the price of lumber per thousand feet, just the amount of the duty, which 1s $1 on white pine, and $2 on red pine” said Mr. Smith. “The export trade has been very dull of late. After paying the ex- port duty, American dealers could not afford to pay Canadian dealers enough to make it pay them toa ship if they could find a ready market in Canada. Now, if the duty is paid to the seller instead of the Government, it will have the effect of making Canadian lumbermen anxious to place their lumber on the American market. No.doubt the. removal of the duty will greatly increase the export trade.” ~ THE CANADA LUMBEHRMAWN OCTOBER, 1893 OTTAWA LETTER. [Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] HE feeling is growing that the financial depression that has prevailed in United States lumber markets for a few months will not affect conditions here as seriously as was anti- cipated a month ago. Reports from across the border indicate that confidence is being slowly restored and with it an increased At the same time lumbermen are moving cautiously so far as work in the woods for the approaching The city is full of shantymen; a num- ber of camps have been started and the men dispatched, It is anticipated that if demand for lumber. season is concerned. yet a holding-off policy prevails. the cut is light in the States, as is likely to be the case, that a number of the unemployed will drift to Canada and Besides the disposition is to further wait events and learn how large the there will be a slump in wages for the winter. demand may be for lumber. Of men already sent to the woods, there are 85 for the Sheppard & Morse Lumber Co., 40 to the Kippewa for Buell, Hurdman & Co., 46 to the Quinze for the Moore Lumber Co., and 41 for Bronson & Weston. W. C. Edwards & Co. have also made a start in the despatch of an advance gang of six men to Bois Franc. INDIFFERENT LENGTHS. A foreman for the firm of R. H. Klock & Co. states that they have taken out 4,600 pieces of square and ‘‘waney” tim- ber this season on the Quinze river. The sum of $30,000 is said to have been paid by Alex. Gor- don, for a 36-mile limit in the Wahnapatae river, Neeland township, purchased from Andrew McCormick. An addition to W. C. Edwards & Co.’s mill at the Rideau Falls, on which contractors have been working all summer, will hardly be completed in time for cutting this season. The statement that there will be little or no square timber cut in the Ottawa district this winter is denied by lumbermen here. The stock at Quebec is already pretty well moved. The old Perley & Pattee mill at the Chaudiere, now the pro- perty of J. R. Booth, and which has been thoroughly remodelled and improved, is now cutting at full blast. It has four large band saws, two Wickes’ gates, and two large twin circulars. OTTAWA, Can., Sept. 26, 1893. BRITISH COLUMBIA LETTER. [Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN]. OME disappointment has been occasioned by the news that the Nicarauga Canal Company has suspended operations and might possibly go into liquidation in consequence of a failure to obtain a further loan of less than $500,000 for present emer- gencies. British Columbia lumbermen have been watching with interest the progress of this canal movement, for with its completion would come no doubt an important development of our export trade in lumber. As has been pointed out in your columns on another occasion the journey from Victoria to Great The proposed Nicarauga canal route would shorten this distance nearly one-half. But another danger has threatened the building of the canal and escape from it may possibly come through the precipitation of the first. Strong effort has been put forth by United States capitalists to obtain sole control of the canal. It would be calamitous to British interests to have this proposed highway controlled absolutely by a foreign power. Britain is about 16,000 miles. The canal should be open to the mercantile shipping of all nations and on equal terms. The present crisis will likely mean the employment of British capital in the enterprise and the accomplishing of this end. . COAST CHIPS. The last week has been rainy, but it is to be hoped our ““ wet season ” has not set in yet. Both export and local trade are quieter than when I reported last month, but Australia shows signs of improvement. Messrs. Kirkpatrick & Tupper, shingle manufacturers, of Vancouver, have dissolved. Thomas Kirkpatrick continues alone. McSween Bros., the Stave River loggers, have sustained a loss of $600 in the destruction of one of their camp _ buildings by fire. The Brunnette Sawmill Co. lost part of boom of logs in a storm. The same company are loading the American barkentine Hilo, for Sydney. She will carry about $00,000 feet. The first fire loss in wood-working establishments, for a long time, occurred to-day, when the Pacific Coast Lumber Co. had their dry kiln destroyed and the shingles with which it was filled. The dry kiln was heated by steam from the sawmill. The American four-masted schooner William Bowden has been chartered by R. Ward & Co. to load lumber at Victoria for Adelaide, Australia. She will load at the Sayward Mill company’s mill. This is the first vessel to load lumber at Vic- toria for a foreign port. We are hopeful that the visit of Hon. Mackenzie Bowell to Australia will result in increased business between this province and the Antipodes. Opportunity was taken of the presence of the Minister of Trade and Commerce with us during the month, en route for Australia, to give him a few pointers that may be helpful to him and us in his mission. NrEw WESTMINSTER, B.C., Sept. 25, 1893. NEW BRUNSWICK LETTER. - [Regular Correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN],. IRCH is a lumber that has experienced a bad year. The larger part of the stock goes to England, and the de- mand has been poor. The season will close with a consider- able stock carried over. One of the busy places of Nova Scotia this year is Lower Stewiacke, where Dickie’s sawmill is located. He has done a large business. Dating from October Ist, the winter deck load law comes into force. This will reduce the carrying powers of vessels, making nearly $500 less freight for a vessel of 1,000 tons. George Prescott, formerly of Eastport, Me., has purchased a large lumbering and milling property at West River, Albert Co., and is making improvements in anticipation of a busy winter. Alexander & Crowe, of Portaupique, N.S., are putting a shingle machine into their sawmill on the Portaupique river. The mill cuts about 1,000,000 feet of lumber, and 600,000 lath per year. The first cargo of lumber for South America ever sent from Mirimachi river is leaving here by the Cormorant, being loaded by Wm. Richards. A number of vessels are loading for the United Kingdom. It has been anticipated that the cut next winter will be very much less than that of a year ago. Wm. H. Murray gives it as his opinion that the cut on the St. John river will pro- bably not be better than one-third of last year. On the where 115,000,000 feet was cut only 21,000,000, possibly 23,000,000, will be cut this year. American side of the river, The following is given as an estimate of last year’s logs still hung up: Stetson, Cutler & Co., 10,000,000 ; A. Cushing & Co., 5,000,000; G. R. Warner & Co., 9,000,000 ; W. C. Purves, 1,000,000; W. H. Murray, 10,000,000. The Fredericton Boom Company expect before the season closes to have all the corporation logs in and rafted, a total of between 130,000,000 and 140,000,000 feet. The total cut on the St. John and its tributaries, accepting the above estimate of what is hung up, is about 200,000,000. This is exclusive of Alexander Gibson’s of 30,000,000 on the Nashwaak. St. JOHN, N.B., Sept. 21, 1893. MICHIGAN LETTER. {Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] ONDITIONS of trade have improved within the month. The depression is by no means entirely removed, but a more hopeful feeling prevails. Banks have relaxed their purse strings and it is easier to secure discounts than it was a month ago. it is too late in the season for business to recover itself, it is expected, that there will be a fair call for lumber this fall. Prices still keep firm. It is hardly safe, however, to say more than this. The old boom is by no means on again, and Con- gress is still in session. Not only is there the silver problem to solve, but there is also tariff reform to be taken in hands. Commerce at the best is sufficiently uncertain to remain sensi- Lumber and shingles are in larger demand, and though tive to almost any change. BITS OF LUMBER. Mershon & Co. are purchasers of several million feet of Canadian lumber. The Arthur Hill Company say that they will not cut a stick of their Canadian holdings this winter. Bay City suffers a serious loss in the destruction by fire of Eddy, Avery & Eddy’s mill plant, which had a capacity of 28,- 000,000 feet annually. About 150 men are thrown out of em- ployment. Since the recent large fire of Eddy, Avery & Eddy’s saw- mill, at Bay city, a number of insurance companies have in- structed their local agents to withdraw their lumber and saw- mill business, The Tittabawassee Boom Company has closed its work for the season. It is estimated that the concern has handled 110- 000,000 feet. The charter of this Company expires very shortly and will not be renewed. A fire at Bay City on 13th inst. destroyed 2,500,000 feet of lumber. Salling, Aanson & Co., of Grayling, and Fisher & Co., of Bay City, were the owners. The fire was of an incen- diary origin. The loss is $100,000. Shipments of lumber by lake from the Saginaw river are rapidly declining. For August they touched bed rock being the smallest since the early days of lumbering in this state. They were less than one-third of the shipments for August of last year. Colonel Owen Bowers, of intelligence office fame, says that there is very little demand for help of any kind. The very highest wages offered for woodsmen is $20, against $28 a year ago, and one hundred men were wanted last year against ten at present. Michigan lumbermen will be losers by the recent failure of Bell, Cartright & Co., of Cleveland, Ohio. Among these are : Wylie Bros., of this city, and Eddy, Avery & Eddy, of Bay City, aggregating about $15,000. C. K. Eddy, & Sons have sold large quantities of lumber to Bell, Cartright & Co., but say that every claim had been paid in full. Michigan mill men, who hold limits in Canada, are making preparations for the winter’s work. A gang of 40 men has left Alpena for the Georgian bay district, and the statement is made that Col. A. T. Bliss has five camps running and will put in 15,000,000 feet of logs, which will be brought to the mills here. C. K. Eddy & Sons, who have likewise an interest in Canadian timber, have started camps, and they expect in future to rest largely on Canada for their supplies. F. W. Gilchrist, of Alpena, intends to erect a shingle mill near his lumber mill the coming winter. He claims that many of the logs brought from Canada have defects which make them useless for lumber, but a considerable portion of them can be used for shingle timber. At present such logs have to be cast adrift, as most of the shingle mills running are above the dam, and the shingle logs cannot be manufactured at them. The new mill will be available in manufacturing what at pres- ent is almost worthless timber. “‘The largest deal here this season ” is reported from Mus- kegon, in which Gow & Campbell sold to W. B. Hutchinson, of Michigan City, Ind., 3,000,000 feet oflumber. Speaking of the lumber trade to-day, Mr. James Gow said : ‘‘ We consider this an important deal just at this time. A short time ago we sold a million feet to another Michigan City man. If the Boom Company delivers all our logs this fall we will not be able to cut them before it freezes up. About half our stock has been cut. If they will give us the logs I can sell the lumber and get the cash for it too.” SacInaw, Mich., Sept. 27, 1893. CANADA AND THE WOOD PULP TRADE. HE Gazette, of Niagara Falls, N.Y., is authority for the statement, that there is a movement on foot along the border ‘‘hereabouts,” among paper and pulp manufacturers, to _ agitate for the removal of the duty on wood pulp on the part of the United States Government. A letter in circular form has been sent to a large number of pulp manufacturers in Canada and papermakers in the United States asking for a small contribution, say $25 a firm, to estab- lish a fund to defray all expenses of such a campaign at Wash- ington. ‘* It is doubtful,” says the Gazette, ‘‘if manufacturers on this side will make such a move which has its inception in Canada unless certain concessions are granted on the part of the Canadians. In the first place, regarding most of the wood pulp which comes into Canada, the mills are controlled by American capital, and, strange as it may seem on the face of it, the Americans are not eager to have the duty removed.” A well-known pulp manufacturer, who resides not very far away and has a mill in Canada, said: ‘‘ It is immaterial to us whether the United States Government takes off the duty or not. As far as I am concerned, I would just as soon go on paying duty, for I fear if it was removed the effect would be to demoralize the wood pulp market and the prices would not be maintained. Canadians would then rush over and try to dis- pose of their surplus stock in our market.” SAVING THE REFUSE. A woop concrete is now being made in Germany from wood waste—chips, shavings and sawdust—mixed with casein, calcined limestone, glycerine, sodium silicate and linseed oil. The composition is pressed in molds and left to harden. When dry, it is hard and solid, and can be sawed, planed and polished. Plain or fancy woods may be taken and, if desired, stained before use, ‘ OcToBER, 1893 Fre NEWS. CANADA, ~ —McLaren’s mill at New Edinburgh, Ont., which has been closed down for a month has commenced sawing again. —Thos. Hale, of Pembroke, Ont., expects to take out about 150,000 cubic feet of timber from the Kippewa district the coming winter. —Five million feet of lumber to British ports and two car- goes to South America were shipped from St. John, N.B., a fortnight ago. —Mr. Andrew McCormick has sold thirty-six miles of his timber limits on the Wahnapitae river to Mr. Alexander Gor- don, for $30,000. —Mickle, Dyment & Co.’s fine new mill at Severn Bridge, Ont., is about ready for operation. The full capacity of the mill will be about sixty to seventy thousand feet a day. —Michael D. Lynch, of Douglas, Ont., foreman for John MeKay, at Eau Claire, is authority for the statement that no Jumbering operations will be carried on at that point this winter. —The Harbor Commissioners, of Montreal, Que., are ask- ing for tenders for 4,000 cubic feet of square pine timber, 5,500 running feet of round and flat pine timber, and 45,000 lineal feet of round and flat hemlock timber. —A recent gale played havoc with a number of rafts. The Charlton and Niagara were taking a huge raft of 5,000,000 feet from Georgian Bay to Michigan, but were obliged to cuta $3.000 tow line and the raft went on the rocks in Georgian bay. It was picked up, however. —The following are current river freight rates: Quebec to _ Montreal, sawed lumber, pine and spruce, $1; tamarack, $1.25 a thousand feet; Quebec to Burlington, Whitehall and Plattsburg, $1.50; to New York, $2.50; from Batiscan to Burlington, Plattsburg and Whitehall, $1.40. " —The number of vessels on the registry books of Canada last year was 7,007, with a tonnage of 964,129, a decrease in the year of $1,364 tons. The vessels registered by provinces are as follows: New Brunswick, 969; Nova Scotia, 2,778; Quebec, 1,404; Ontario, 1,345; P. E. Island, 195; British Columbia, 246; Manitoba, 78. —A sale of 32 square miles of timber has been made to the Whaley Lumber Company, Huntsville, Ont., by the M. Bren- nen Company. The property consists of 18 square miles in Bethune Township and 14 miles in Sinclair Township. The limits have been worked for the past five years. The Brennen Company has two more berths left. The price is said to be somewhere about $20,000. —Gilmour & Co., of Trenton, Ont., are making preparations for the coming season’s operations north of Minden, Ont. They are removing the old timber slide at Stephen’s mill, Stanhope, and intend building a new one at_that point; they are also intending to improve the waterway to run their logs and expect to utilize the waters of Hollow Lake to carry their logs through the Gull River waters. —The quantity of square timber measured and culled at Quebec to date is given as follows : Waney white pine, 2,126,- 038 cubic feet; white pine, 919,364; red pine, 293,718; oak, 993,769; elm, 555,287; ash, 158,159; birch and maple, 140,- g09. The figures for 1892, during the same period, were: Waney white pine, 2,220,045 cubic feet; white pine, 1,607, 469; red pine, 333,269; oak, 807,672; elm, 644,197; ash, 193,060; birch and maple, 425,164. These show a consider- able falling off for 1893. —The Georgian Bay and Lake Huron Salvage Company is the title of a new organization formed for the purpose of pro- tecting sawmill men from dishonest persons who have been in the habit of gathering stray logs, obliterating the marks of the owners, and claiming the logs as their own. The new company intends patrolling these waters, gathering together all broken up rafts, sorting the logs according to their marks, and returning them to their rightful owners. Mr. Charles Beck, of Penetang, is president, Mr. A. Caden- head, of Midland, manager, and Mr. A. A. Wright, of Tor- onto, secretary-treasurer. —Gilmour & Co., of Trenton, Ont., who have extensive timber limits on the Muskoka waters, will solve the difficulty of getting their logs to the mills at Trenton, over ‘‘The Height of Land,” separating the Muskoka and Trent waters, by the construction of a system of log jacks, combincd with a sluice- yay, by which the logs may be expeditiously portaged from ne water to another. The work is one of considerable mag- nitude and calling for a large amount of mechanical skill. entire length of chain necessary to bring the logs into ction is 5,740 feet, or nearly 14% miles of heavy chains. The ystem of jacks will have a capacity of 10,000 logs per day, THH CANADA LUMBERMAN 9 The Wm. Hamilton Mnfg. Co., of Peterboro, are con- tractors for the work. GENERAL, —Russia makes about 30,000,000 wooden spoons annually. —Sibley & Bearinger, of Saginaw, Mich., are reported to have sold 8,000,000 feet of umber recently to eastern parties. —The receipts of lumber at Buffalo for the season have been 166,647,871 feet, being an increase over 1892 of eleven million feet. —The sawmill of the Anoka, Minn., lumber Co., was burned a week ago; loss, $75,000. Four horses were also burned. —Three different lumber firms—from Portland, Seattle and Tacoma, respectively—are now investigating the feasibility of locating mills at Ocosta. ‘ —A. C. Ladd, a noted lumberman, of New Orleans and a member of the Mechanics’, Dealers and Lumbermen’s ex- change of that city, is dead. —New York city is receiving a large amount of southern pine lumber. The receipts from Aug. 25 to Sept. 10, were 25 car- goes, scaling, 10,917,052 feet. —The annual meeting of the United Associations of Lum- bermen will be held at Cleveland, Ohio, beginning Tuesday, Oct. 3, at 10 a.m., in the Hollenden hotel. ' —It is stated that a young woman is employed as a packer in a shingle mill at Getcheli, Wash., and that she can pack as well and as many shingles as the average man. —It is reported that the big mill of the North Wisconsin Lumber company, of Hayward, Wis., will shut down at once pursuant to the resolution adopted by the Mississippi Valley Lumbermen’s Association, at Minneapolis. —A\fter two years’ trial with pine, oak and greenheart in the Suez Canal Co.’s arsenal basin at Port Said, it has been found that while the pine and oak are almost entirely destroyed by the “‘taret,” or borer worm, the greenheart has suffered no injury whatever. The wood is a native of British Guiana. —Lumbermen in the vicinity of Seattle, Wash., believe that the Canadian Pacific will get control of the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern, perhaps in connection with the Northern Pacific, in which event the Great Northern would have formid- able competition in the lumber and shingle business of the Sound. —Fifty years ago 25 per cent of the logs entered at the large sawmills in the state of Maine was returned to the rivers as waste in the state of slabs. Now there is scarcely a foot of it wasted; modern inventions have found a way to utilize everything, and the surplus seldom gets in advance of the demand. —The great Manchester (England) ship canal is open at last —at least itis open from Ellesmere port and the full-rigged ship, Fort Stuart, of 2,313 tons, has loaded a cargo of salt for Calcutta, thus practically initiating the foreign trade of the canal. This is the canal in which Canadian lumbermen are not without an interest. —G. Bixbee, president of the Navarro Lumber Company, Cal., says the failure of the lumber concern is a natural conse- quence of the over-production that has been going on for a number of years. He suggests as a remedy there should be a combine to limit the output of lumber and regulate prices. Competition is now excessive. His views are also entertained by other lumber dealers. —At its annual meeting the Mississippi River Logging Com pany decided to curtail its log input from 330,000,000 feet last year to 275,000,000 feet the approaching logging season. Last year over 300,000,000 feet were carried over, making the total amount on hand at the beginning of the sawing season 630,- 000,000 feet. This year 175,000,000 feet will be carried over, making the available stock next spring 450,000,000. —September is said to have been the dullest month ever exper- ienced in lumber in the California district. Receipts have been very small; only 45 lumber vessels have arrived. The Puget Sound district, including Portland and the Columbia river, has sent 5,359,491 feet, Humboldt bay 1,239,526 feet, and Mendo- cino county 1,524,069. But 4 mills out of 14 in Mendocino county are running, and these may shut down at any time. FIRES AND CASUALTIES. FIRES. —The sawmill belonging to W. H. Whinster, Strathclair, Man., was destroyed by fire on rgth ult. It.is said the loss is covered by insurance. —A planing mill owned by W. B. Derbyshire, of West Port, Ont., was destroyed by fire a fortnight ago. Loss about $2,500; insurance, $1,500. —Appleyard’s sawmill at Keldon, Ont., was destroyed by fire 16th ult. —Young’s sawmil] at Wiarton, Ont., was destroyed by fire the early part of September. —A. C. Gordon’s planing mill, Dutton, Ont., was destroyed by fire the first week of September. Loss about $5,000; insurance, $1,000. CASUALTIES. —A, boy named Haines had one of his fingers cut off by a buzz saw in Cane’s factory, Newmarket, Ont. —Peter Lalonde, of Mechanicsville, Ont., is likely to die from injuries received by the bursting of a butter saw. —Zephyr Lacasse, East Templeton, Que., was killed by a falling tree when at work chopping on the Du Moine. —A young man named Lugo had his leg broken in Sheppard & Morse’s camp at Bois Franc, being struck with a log. —A bad accident occurred at Conlon’s Camp in the Parry Sound district, whereby Moses Poderil had his leg broken in two places. —A young man named Collins had his leg badly crushed while rolling logs at Sutherland & Innes’ mill, Wheatley, Ont. The limb had to be amputated. —A serious accident happened to a German boy named Bucher, who was trying to put a belt on a pulley in Carruthers & Shaw’s shingle mill, Penetanguishene, Ont. The belt slipped and threw the boy on the saw, cutting his forehead, shoulder and arm. PERSONAL. John Watt, of the Brunette sawmill, New Westminster, B.C., was married last month to Miss Jessie A. Drummond, a young lady recently arrived from Scotland. Mr. Allan C. Mackay, of Renfrew, Ont., son of Wm. Mc- Kay, lumberman, of Ottawa, has taken to himself a bride in the person of Miss Maggie Wilmot, of the Capital. The marriage is announced of Miss Florence A. Shaver, daughter of J. A. Shaver, a well-known lumberman, of Ancaster, Ont., to Rev. W. E. Hassard, B.A., of Bruce Mines, Ont. Miss Mina Hurdman, daughter of Ottawa’s well-known lumberman, Mr. W. H. Hurdman, was married a fortnight since to Rev. W. H. Stevens, pastor of the Methodist Church, Grenville, Ont. R. A. Stark, nominee for the Commons for North Grey, in the Prohibition interests, is a well-known sawmill owner, and is reeve of the township of Derby. He is an active supporter of the Patrons of Industry. Dr. Mark, of Ottawa, has shipped to White River, a small station on the C.P.R., beyond Port Arthur, a house, 18 by 12 feet in dimensions, built in sections to be used as a vestry and study for a young Methodist minister who is to take charge of a church recently erected there. The nearest sawmill to White River is 300 miles away and the nearest place where lumber is sold is 169 miles distant. The doctor also sends a bell to ring the people to church. On September 10, Zaida Diana Arnold, beloved wife of Mr. E. B. Eddy, of Hull, died at the family residence, after an illness of some duration. Deceased was highly esteemed for her personal worth and many charitable acts in the community where she had been for so many years a resident. She was a native of Bristol, Vermont, where the remains were interred. The expressions of sympathy to the bereaved husband have been many and marked. Captain W. O. McKay, well-known to every shantyman in the Ottawa Valley, died at Ottawa, on 18th ult. Deceased came of a historic Scotch family, which mingled with the French by inter-marriage. His grandfather was descended from a Highland clan, and was known as Captain Louis Eus- tache McKay, who fought among the Loyalists in the Rebellion ot °37, and who was afterwards awarded a government pension up to the time of his death. The late Mr. McKay was the son of William Adolphus McKay, a widely-known general mer- chant, of St. Augustine, county of Two Mountains, and was born on March 4, 1845, leaving him in his forty-ninth year at the time of his death. In 1866 he removed to Ottawa, entering the lumber agency of Renaud Bros., as clerk. Afterwards he became a partner of Mr. Ed. Chevrier, subsequently purchas- ing ex-Ald. Lauzon’s present hotel on Murray street. Some time afterwards he sold out to the present owner, and became proprietor of the Richelieu hotel, Sussex street. His hotel was the mecca of many shantymen, both when coming down from the woods and when looking for engage- ments to go up. The proprietor was known personally to hem all. _ 10 THE CANADA I GiMoSa 2 BIVZezM OCTOBER, 1893 TRADE REVIEW: Office of CANADA LUMBERMAN, | September 30, 1893. J THE GENERAL SURVEY. HE lumber situation shows an encouraging improve- ment over the conditions of a month ago. Only the one story of a decided depression could be told then and lumbermen were feeling blue. The clouds have rolled away in part within these last 30 days. The silver bill, the primary cause of the trouble in the States, has been repealed by Congress, and this fact has helped to establish confidence in monetary quarters. True the Senate are still fighting over the measure, but in such a manner as to make clear their weakness, and they must eventually bow to the undoubted desire of the people. Where it was almost impossible, even with good security, to obtain funds to carry on current business a month ago, banks are now loaning money with much greater freedom. Discounts are scanned with a good deal of care, but yet there is not that general refusal to accept paper, that had been the practice of bankers. At the leading lumber centres we are told that fair ship- ments are being made, and though the time is short be- tween now and the close of the season, and it cannot be expected that the shrinkage in trade of the previous months will be over-taken, yet something worth while will be accomplished and stock books at the end of the year will show a fair volume of trade. Prices are remaining about the same with perhaps a slight dispo- sition to cut when money in hand is shown, but not to the extent of affecting the market generally. It will not be uninteresting to watch events and study the likely effects of the summer’s trade on that of an- other season. A question for immediate decision is the work in the woods for the approaching winter, and it seems probable that this will be considerably curtailed. Larger quantities of lumber than had been expected will no doubt be carried over the winter and the argu- ment is that to keep prices where they are to-day, and where it is hoped they may remain, the wise policy is to circumscribe the cut in the woods. Along with the work of the woods comes the question of wages. Un- employed labour in the States is running into large numbers and it is quite certain that the rate of wages for shantymen will be much less than a year ago, which means, of course, that the cost of production will be proportionately lower. It is possible that this fact may influence the size of the cut. In Canada trade of the month has been fair. The year will not have been a bad one, taking it altogether, though less in volume than was counted on in the early spring owing to the depression in the States. Ontario lumber trade is little altered. British Colum- bia is doing a fair trade only. In Quebec and the Maritime Provinces there is a feeling of quietude. British markets, and other foreign markets, are not show- ing any large measure of activity, thus affecting export trade. UNITED STATES. The money stringency that was prevalent in every part of the States a month ago has, in a large measure, disappeared, and with it the complete stagnation that was the only feature of lumber markets at that time. There is more hopefulness to-day. Banks are prepared to loan money and discounts are easier. This is all obviously helpful to current business. Lumber is moving that no force could move before. But this renewed activity has come at the tail end of the season and too late to re-create many plans for building and manufac- turing that were bursting forth earlier in the season. This necessarily tells of a light season when the period of counting noses will have come. The hope is for the future, and what this will be must depend on events that are only now in an embryotic state. Let perfect confi- dence be restored and the lumber trade will not find itself so seriously hurt by the depression of these recent months. It is worthy of note, and encouraging, that the disposition to hold prices firm continues steadily with very little in the shape of a break anywhere. FOREIGN. It is not an easy matter to make a diagnosis of the British lumber markets that will possess any lasting quali- ties. Seemingly a revival of trade will be at hand, but the announcement is barely off the press, before the old dullness has returned. Denny, Mott & Dickson, in their monthly wood circular, talked of a hopeful outlook in July, but in the September circular they say: “ The more hopeful. outlook in July has been appreciably dimned during the past month, the general demand having been very poor. The dearness of money, with the attendant curtailment of credit, and the strike in the coal trade, have had a disquieting effect and checked any real confidence in a near expansion of trade.” Of Canadian timber the same circular notes: “The im- ports to this market continue to be very moderate. Both square and waney yellow pine find a fair market. Oak and elm find little enquiry, but if the importations continue on the present limited scale there should be little risk to those who buy for winter stocks.” Better conditions prevail in Liverpool than in London, where we learn the sawmills are full of work, and a good demand is found for cargo stocks. In South America business is improving, and word comes of some ship- ments to the West Indies, that would indicate apparently an improvement of the business situation there. It can hardly be said that there is any marked improvement in business in Australia. ; TORONTO, ONT. TORONTO, September 30, 1893. CAR OR CARGO LOTS. 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FAW 3 ooo cone teusscsncasnons 14 00 15 00 ie HCO SAYS, COMME Ms no ac oncanoobonsucsannonednDCocneNae I2 00 13 00 Sf BML MUNCION NOLO MIN n ne pcodboDOdSaa00duaODDORancondOaNdDLEDS 16 00 TET- 20 NCHMLOOKING LL ieee vee cleo eee eee 16 00 OOK SumMsles, FO Tins -caooosvocosocoueosoaumanveacecne 250 260 OC AA SS UMS Ne co onodcocoosnescond0nooeacasoacaess I50 1 60 ILA) INIOh téanooononneanatooadaocuosanousosoaooobousancaDS 215 ILEKIO, IN@s Aavosscaovsscus bo ssosssconosuoooeNsooUnanecuon ve Blo) ae fag YARD QUOTATIONS. Mill cull boards and scantling$10 oo F. M. Shipping cull boards, promis- I I- 2in. flooring, dres’d 26 00 30 00 COOUS VPCMITG 6 oo 0 6 13 00 re rough 18 00 22-00 stocks 16 00 fs x dres'd 25 00 28 00 Scantling and joist, upto 16 ft 14 00] 11-4 in. flooring, un- 18 ft 15 00 dressed, B.M. . . 16 00 18 00 ut Se “20 ft 16 00 | r1- qin. flooring, dres’d 18 00 20 00 ie 4S pepz2iite7 ROO ““undres’d 12 00 15 00 ot s “24 ft 19 00 | Beaded sheeting, dres- G a “26 ft 20 00 Sela 6 a 6 6 20 00 35 00 ef ee “28 ft 22 00 Gupiondne, dres’d, 12 00 es SS *" 30ft 24 00 | X sawn shingles 6S sf ppt a arch eee 22 «30 OAK—MICHIGAN AND OHIO. By the dram, according toaverageand quality. . . .. . .45 51 ELM. By the dram, according to average and quality, 451050feet. . 30 32 ‘30 to 35 feet. . 25 28 ASH. 14 inches and up, according to average and quality. . .. .30 34 BIRCH. 16 inch average, according to average and quality. . * . .20 23 TAMARAC. Square, according to size and See een. 5 8 Flatted, Peeters sony Ge ce co 25) 18 STAVES. ’ Merchantable Pipe, according to qual. and sp’cfct’n—nominal . $330 $350 W.O. Puncheon, Merchantable, according to quality. . . . go 100 DEALS. Bright, according to mill specification, $115 to $123 for 1st, $78 to $82. for 2nd, and $37 to $42 for 3rd quality. Bright spruce, according to mill specification, $40 to $43 for 1st, $27 to $28 for 2nd, $23 to $25 for 3rd, and $19 to $21 for 4th quality. BOSTON, MASS. Boston, Mass., Sept. 30.—It is thought that business — shows a slight improvement. Prices, however, for pine have declined somewhat. Hemlock and spruce have improved a little. Shingles are in fair demand. EASTERN PINE—CARGO OR CAR LOAD. Ordinary planed 34 inchyciee ee eee $950 1150 board Si-jier esti $11 00 ©6112 00 Ti-16 s0CDenpeeret 8 59@$10 00 ‘Coarse No: 52... = 16 co ©6916 50 o 1OCha ee eeeee 8 so g 00 Refuses paytetue ste 1zo3. 11 50| Clapboards, sapext.. 52 50 55 00 (KGa sennorsonends 7 50 8 50 Sapicleare- cesar 47 00 5000 Boxboards, 1 inch... 11 75 12 00 Sap, 2nd clear.... 40 00 42 50 YES see connos os 975 1000 INO: eee 2000 25 00 WESTERN PINE—BY CAR LOAD. Uppers, TSBs yer te $52 00@54 00 | Fine com., 3 and 4 in 42 00 46 oo 14%,1% and 2 in.. 52 00 55 co} No. 2,1 in. Finecom. 28 00 30 oo 3 and 4in sdacdooncn 6000 65 00| 1%, 1%and 2in... 29 00 31 00 SECS) 30 ele sos senor 45 00 47 00| No. rstrips, 4 to6 in. 43 00 44 00 IY, 1% and 2 in.. 48 00 50 00 INOS 2iev eee 36 00 37 00 Bj Alstdl’ (ilocos aosoed 56 00 59 co NO.) 3). asec 28 00 30 00 Moulding boards, 7 to Cut ups, 1 to 2 in.... 24 00 32 90 Te ey Cleans te 36 00 38 00 | Coffin boards........ 20 00 22 00 60 per cent. clear... 34 00 36 oo | Common allwidths... 22 00 26 oo Fine common, rin.... 38 00 43 00} Shipping culls,z in... 15 00 15 50 14%, 1% and 2in... 41 co 43 00 do 14% in. 15 50 16 50 SPRUCE—BY CARGO. Scantling and plank, Coarse, rough........ 12 00@14 00 random cargoes.. 14 00@15 oo Hemlock bds., rough. 12 co 13 00 Yard orders, ordinary «” dressed 12 00 I4 00 SIZES pe cee 15 00 16 00 | Clapbds., extra, 4 ft.. 32 00 33 00 Yard -orders, ‘extra Clean ae feo tee 30 CO 31 00 SIZES) oo se. gee 16 00 18 00 Second clear....... 24 00 26 00 Clear, floor boards Ig 00 20 00 NOs ageacertenets I3 00 17 00 i formar den coiae cana 16 00 17 CO LATH. Spruce ‘by Cargo sq 0): wielaie:c)e acorns @eta)4 eee eee ee eee 2 50@2 75 SHINGLES. Eastern sawed cedar, Eastern shaved sawed extrac ere ae $2 50 $2 75 cedar, rst quality... 5 00 Clear fine a te setae 250 2.75 end quality ieee 475 pnclsiac nanoncdanesn 175 see grd) 1 SS Ree eee 3 85. 4%oo Grdial INO; stscocadses E2505 Brass 4th ieee news 3°00 3.25 Spruce Nor. -sseeeer I 50 OSWEGO, N.Y. OswEGo, N.Y., Sept. 30.—Business remains quiet, with shipments light. WHITE PINE. Three uppers, 1%, 1% and 2:inch «is < 23s gee eee eee $47 00@49 00 Pickings, = St eRe eee 39 00 4000 No. 1, cutting up, ‘ MAME Deo Seen se ascoon soc 34 00 35 00 No. 2, cutting up, ‘‘ cE asda ie eee eee 24 00 25 00 In strips, 4 to 8 wide, selected for moulding strips, 14 tor6ft. 32 00 34 00 SIDING. I in siding, cutting up rf in selected....... 35 00@42 00 picks and uppers... 32 00@39 oo | ry in dressing....... IQ 00 21 00 Fe 301 GhRESIINERS So oguas 19 00 21 00 | 1% in No. rculls.... 14 00 16 00 Tein NiOsnteCUlISte rte 14 00 15 00/1 in No. 2cutls.... 12 00 13 00 tin No. 2 culls...... 12 00 13 00}1 in. No3culls...... IO 00 II 00 IX12 INCH. ©0 24 00 00 20 00 00 31 00 00 16 00 IXIO INCH. 12 and 13 feet, mill run, mill-culls out... so. ase 2I 00 2300 12 and 13 feet) dressing and better 00 28 00 IxIo, 14 to 16 ‘barn: .boatdss.c.cc i etee eee 00 19 00 z27and»rgifeet,, Nios at CUll Ss eee eee eee ere Sic ©0 17 00 r2jand=x3 ‘feet, (No: 2)culls\.))1..0 eee eee eee eo 16 00 14 to 16 feet, mill run mill culls out 00 23 00 74)to) 16 feet dressingyand) bette rsn eisai eee eae 26 co 28 00 14 to 16 feet, No, Toculls. ais: 17 00 18 00 14 to 16 feet, No: 2/cullls). -.5.)..2).see see eee eee 15 00 18 00 moto rg feet, (Non 3) culls. oo. -cielse eee II 00 12 00 14X10 INCHES. Millrun, mill culls out.$22 o0@25 00 | No. reulls........... 17 00 18 00 Dressing and better.. 27 00 35 00| No. 2culls.......... . 15 00 16 00 IX4 INCHES. Mill run, mill cullsout 17 00 21 00 | No. rculls........... I4 00 15 00 Dressing and better.. 24 00 30 00 | No. 2culls........... I3 00 I4 00 ; : IX5 INCHES. 6, 7 or 8, mill run, mill 6, 7 or 8, No. rculls.. 16 00 GullSiouteemeeente 20 00 25 00 | 6, 7 or 8, No.2 culls.. 14 00 1 6, 7 or 8, drsg and 2 ee ; ; a better’... sme. = 25 00 3000 SHINGLES. XXX, 18 in pine....... 3 79 3 90| XXX, r8in. cedar... . 350 3-75 Clear butts, Pine, 18 in.. 2 70 2 go| Clear butt, 18 in. cedar. 2 50 275 XXX, 16 in. pine...... 3.00 3 25] XX, 18 in. cedar ....2190 200 Stock ‘cedars, 50r 6in.. 4 50 5 oo LATH. NOR Seo ot oo OOO peo 275) No. (2; 23405, 2S oie 255 INCRE seokeeS a obo pool Os 2 00 BUFFALO AND TONAWANDA, N.Y. ‘ TONAWANDA, N.Y., Sept. 30.—Business is fairly active compared with that of a month ago. Greater OcToBER, 1893 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN . 11 confidence prevails. Sales are of course smaller in vol- ume compared with a corresponding period a year ago, but this is expected in view of the financial depression. There is a healthy demand for lath and shingles and thick, common and box. WHITE PINE. Shelving, No. 1, 13 in 4 f i : Ss 1 1%, 1% and 2 | E and up, 1 in. Soar 32 00@34 oc oo | Dressing, 1% in...... 26 70 28 00 00 14X10 ANOKA arses 28 09 f: fore) Ve Nee os - Seen 24 00 25°00 ‘ fore) TT tleetockOEnetine 26 50 28 00 ; fora) Mold st’ps, 1 to 2in.. 33 00 35 00 foe) Bary, No. 1, toand 12 ‘ (oo) | 9 ee ea nee Speen co 24 00 oo 6 aaa 8 in ©0 23 00 | foe) No. 2, ro and 12 in. Ig 00 oo Gand Bins... s22e6 18 00 19 00 fore) No. 3, roand 12 in. 14 00 16 00 [ove} 6 and 8in.......... 14 50 15 50 | = to2 in. eas enews = = iS Ez i aa Norway, clear oo. 20.20.3225 22 25 q 55 Dressing Se et ets o 16 18 50 Sominaiie set ose 2 II 15 45 | ro-in. plank, 13 ft., dressing c. c. (eee 37 40| and better, each jus: 42 55 ores ed eieteiaal= == 22 27 | 10-in. plank, 13-ft. culls, each 23 25 ' Bracket planks. 5-22... 0. 30 35 | r0-in. boards, 13 ft., dressing ; Shelving eons 12-in. = 30 32| andbetter,each.......... 28 32 f Dressing boards, narrow - 20 22] 10-in. boards, 13-ft. culls:... 17 21 f LATH. RE ee $240) Spriice =. 2)... 2... $2 40 $2 50 SHINGLES. Sawed Pine, ex. xxxx..$4 35 $4 50| Bound butts, €x18 ....$5 go $6 00 Clear butts .......... 2 Oe) 0 oo: ee 215 230 Smooth, 6x 18....... 550 5 Sn nae See 220 230 SAGINAW, MICH. SAGINAW, Mich., Sept. 30.—While there is an improved feeling in most lumber markets for the past few weeks, it cannot be said that Michigan shares in this impression, or fact, whichever it may be, to any large extent. Transactions are few and insignificant. Lumbermen are spending some time discussing the future of prices, and the continued inactivity is due in part to the fact that these people cannot just satisfy themselves what the future will be. Not a few hold to the view that prices will decline. At present prices show no apparent sign of weakening, but those who be- lieve they know say that spot cash will help to make more favorable figures for the buyer. FINISHING LUMBER—ROUGH. Uppers, 1, 1% and 1%...... 45 00| Fine common, 1 in........... 35 00 EE ee ee 46 oc | log ar with a blow that send it rit and throw it through the roof of the It is the best sort of discipline for re- It will take them tory or stubborn logs. off the carriage as well as put -them on, turn them over into any desirable position and per- One such form many other wonderful feats. er” does just about all the work that two yians can do, including cant-hooks and rolling block. It is not satisfactorily demon- strated that the steam nigger increases the sed of the mill’s operations beyond what is accom] lished by two lively men standing on prepared to turn the log when neces- sary, but the pay of the two men is done away with and there is nobody to swear back at the sawyer when he does not give time to do the work. To see the steam nigger in its best, or worst state, one should visit some of the mills. up north where they are cutting up logs which are coming in from land that is being thoroughly cleaned up; logs of all sizes and of all shapes. There the nigger is in its element and most gleefully and enthusiastically performs its work. A stranger in a sawmill is inclined to think that it is some captive from the infernal regions which has been trained thus to do this arduous work. HE forests of-Germany cover 13,900,600 ha. of ground, that is, 25°7 per cent. of the total area of the Empire; this amounts to 0.28. for every inhabitant. According to the ownership, we may distinguish forestland -be- longing to the State and the Crown, 32.7 per cent.; to various communities, 15.2 per cent. ; endowed institutions, 1.3 per cent.; societies, 2.5 per cent.; and private individuals, 48.3 per cent. The forests are stocked to the extent of 65.5 per cent. with evergreens, and 34.5 per The varieties of timber are represented in percent- age of area covered as follows: Firs, 42.6; 22.6; larch, 0.3; beech, 14.7; birch, cent. with deciduous trees. individual pines, alder, and aspens, 3.3; tan-bark oak, 3.1; copse, 3.1; and young forest, 6.5. The most prevalent variety is, accordingly, the fir, which occupies more than half the forest-area of Prussia and nearly half of that of the German Empire. In German forestry two methods of procedure in propagation are used. In the one, the trees are raised from the seed; in the other, from shoots from the roots and trunks of full grown trees. The rents of forest-lands are so adjusted that the income may represent an interest of 2 The state forests of Saxony yield the largest pro- to 3 per cent. on the capital invested. ducts, the reason for which being essentially that the country is densely populated and pos- It holds, as a general rule, in German forestry that half sesses a highly-developed industry. TORONTO .. 20 FRONT ST EAST “TELEPHONE. 475... of the gross income is required to cover oper- ating expenses. Of late an attempt has been made to raise the net proceeds of the forests The State for- ests and most of the private ones are managed by more exhaustive operation. by a staff of scientifically and practically trained men. (here are special schools for forestry in Eberswald, Minden, Tharandt, Aschaffenburg, etc.; at some of the universities also, instruc- tion in forestry is given. The forests of vari- ous communities are placed under state control. This arrangement is generally recognized in Germany as a necessity proved to be such by a history of their forests. The authority of the Government extends to a general supervision of the property and methods of operation, and toa control of the disposal of the products. Private forestry is to-day almost free from any State supervision and subject to no legal con. trol other than that which the general good requires. The supervision is stricter in the South and more liberal in the north, especially in Prussia. Timber is exported from Germany | to France, Belgium, Holland, Great Britain, Switzerland and Denmark, and the export of wooden wares to Russia and America is con- siderable. In proper appreciation of the importance of the forests from an economic and climatic standpoint, within the last few decades through- out Germany the conversion of barren belts of land not adapted to agriculture into forest-land has begun; and it is believed that the time when the area of these forests will have bee greatly increased now no longer lies in an indefinitely distant future. OVERSTOCKING OAK. Se E few years ago the oak manufacturers of the United States were unwise enough to overstock the market for quarter-sawed stock. Wisdom prevailed last year and every mill-man who sawed oak, we are told, profited Hardwood, of Chicago, is afraid that the folly of three years ago is going to be re- by it. peated again. If so, dealers are warned to expect trouble. An over-supply of quartered stock this season will surely demoralize the market clear through. It will not only affect quartered, but plain sawed as well in sympathy. With oak cheap, all other hardwood finish If all the quarter-sawed oak now being rushed out will fall off ina corresponding degree. was strictly first-class stock, the danger would not be so imminent, for the amount of such has a natural limit. But experience teaches that whenever there is a rush by the mill men to stock up with any particular kind, the grade is invariably lowered, and advices from mill points show that this is already the case, and that the new stock at many places is not up to last year’s in quality. This is to be regretted, as the oak men closed last year with every- thing in their favor, demand being rather better than supply, and quartered stock selling itself at the mill at remunerative prices. The only demand thus far this spring has been for first-class dry stock, in white oak. Red quartered is not in any sense in extra or even good demand, and should be sawed only as there is an actual call for it. THE OLDEST TREES. IE Soma cypress of Lombardy is, we be- lieve, the oldest tree of which there is any authentic record. It is known to have been in existence in 42 B.C. There are, however, many trees for which a vastly greater antiquity is claimed. The Senegal baobabs—some of them—are said to be 5,000 years old. The bo tree of Anuradhapura, in Ceylon, is perhaps the oldest specimen of another very long-lived species; it is held sacred upon the ground that it sprang from a branch of the identical tree under which Buddha reclined for seven years while undergoing his apotheosis. The oak is well known to be a long liver, and there are specimens still standing in Palestine, of which the tradition goes that they grew out of Cain’s staff. The hawthorn, again, some- times lives to be very old; there is said to be one in Cawdor Castle of an ‘‘immemorial age.” The cedars of Lebanon may also be men- tioned, and there are, according to Dean Stan- ley, still eight of the olives of Gethsemane standing, ‘‘whose gnarled trunks and scanty foliage will always be regarded as the most affecting of the sacred memorials in or about Jerusalem.” KEEP THINGS SHARP. NE of the most important admonitions to the apprentice in woodworking, is to keep When things seem to be going all wrong in the work, when the tools as sharp as possible. the pattern won’t come to suit you and the wood seems extra hard, just grind your chisel up in good shape and whet it down to a fine edge, and see if the work don’t go better than you expect. We know from experience that this little piece of advice will be worth consid- erable to some of the boys if they will only follow it, and some may say that the tools ought to last over five minutes without being Perhaps they ought to do this but perhaps they don’t, and it will be policy even ground. then to try this simple remedy, only don’t overdo the matter and expect them to work by themselves, if you only have them sharp enough, for I have never been able to get them sharp enough for this. Be cautious about using the oil stone, as the writer has seen many tools stoned to death by an injudicious use of the oil stone, when not necessary and then using it in the wrong manner. TERRESTRIAL GRAVITY. HE mean density of the earth has been studied by a French physicist, M. Berget, by means of a new instrument—the gravimeter of M. Mascart. U-shaped glass tube, containing a column of This apparatus consists of a mercury balanced against a small quantity of hydrogen gas in such a way that slightly vary- ing effects of gravitation will cause the mercury to move in the tube, as in the thermometer or By this delicate device M. Mas- cart believes he has obtained some evidence of barometer. a variation in the gravity of the earth. M. Berget made his computations of the mean density from the difference in effect upon the apparatus of the earth’s attraction with the attraction of a lake and when the lake had been emptied of its 320,000 tons of water. A number of trials have led the experimenter to place the mean density of the earth at 5.4, the estimate of M. Cornu, by the method of Cay- endish, being 5.5. IN A HOLE. CCORDING to the Engineering News the Columbian Exposition had cost $23,867,- 752 to August 7 for construction and adminis- tration. The gate receipts to the same date were $3,447,037, and from _ concessions $1,178,546. The daily receipts from all sources are about $80,000, and the average daily expenses $15,000, leaving a net daily revenue of $65,000. The auditor, in his con- densed balance-sheet of July 31, charges to construction account a total of $18,819,198; to general and operating expenses $4,957,870, and to preliminary organization $90,674. This does not include the outlay of the States, cities, individuals and corporations of this country and those of foreign exhibitors. These added would swell the cost to about $35,000,- ooo. The fair will be a loser, considered as an investment, merely. REAL EFFICIENCY OF THE BOILER. M UCH importance is attached, and properly SO, says a writer in Power, to low uptake temperature in steam boiler tests and steam boiler practice, but the fact must not be lost sight of that the real efficiency of the boiler is the difference between the furnace temperature divided by the former value. A low uptake temperature can be had with very poor effici- ency by maintaining a low rate of combustion and a comparatively cool furnace, while a con- siderable increase in uptake temperature can be afforded ir the rate of combustion and fur- nace temperature is correspondingly increased. It is to this fact that tests with comparatively high uptake temperature, when the reduction of temperature has been by absorption in the heating surface, will give the best results. PUBLICATIONS. As an illustration of the money paid to writ- ers as soon as they acquire a reputation, the September Cosmopolitan contains less than eight thousand words for which the sum of sixteen hundred and sixty-six dollars was paid. Ex-President Harrison, Mark Twain and William Dean Howells are the three whose work commands such a price. Frank R. Stockton has written the story of ‘How I Wrote ‘The Lady, or the Tiger?” for the next issue of The Ladies’ Home Journal, and tells what came of the writing of the fam- ous story and the condition of his own mind at the present time, of the correct solution of the problem whether the lady or the tiger came out of the opened door. COMING SALES. In our advertising pages will be found the announcement of Perley & Pattee, of an ex- tensive auction sale, at Ottawa, on January 24 next. The lots to be offered comprise all told 1,338 square miles and are to be disposed of in ten parcels. The limits are located in good pine belts and the rivers and streams from them are in good condition for driving and are all tributary to the Ottawa river. N ING MONTREAL OcrosER, 1893 IISGODy GYOSGAIOI LUM Ex WA N 13 REAMER LUMBER CO." FoNOGH-- > WHOLESALE DEALERS IN ‘ot ()LIVER WAITE PINE. 7 WHOLESALE DEALERS IN = ALS 09 S— OFFICE ae HARDWOODS Nos. 213, 214 and 215 > Board of Trade Building 4| Park Row «* New York Toronto, Ont. Representative Lumber Manufacturers and Dealers Railway, Express, or Power, Style and Town nearest Shipping Point SIS BUSINESS Daily Capacity Ottawa, Ont.:........ Ottawa 25.55-0:55..965% LOS Vo Melo 6 G00 0.0100 B00 OO Lumber, Wholesale and Retail. Misiorred aaa waean |Steam, Circular and Band Mill ee Ottawa, Ont.........- Oitagmatens sees. Bronson & Weston Lumber Co..... 2 Saw mills, White and Red Pine, Wholesale . gate, Gang and Band, 450m a a ee Ottawa, Gut.-..5-.-.-. | Os 2s iclhen Sopgedscosee OTTAWA LUMBER CO......... Lumber, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Wiholesal ery. fclltevira eoscen enter acoain ce trercbernetsins = Parry Sound, Ont..... Wetersonie cea. 2.21-1-1's Congér Lumber Co............- [amber Wholesdlevand| Retail s.aeeers Sy. jenelhGa.cee Aa ck boo sa so toncde: Parry Sound, Ont..... Parry Sound.......... Parry Sound LumberCo......... Saw, Shingle and Lath Mills, Pine, Wholesale . | Water, Gang, Circular, Saw gom, . Shingles 7om, Lath 3om Muskoka Mills, Ont. ..|Penetanguishene...... Muskoka Mill and Lumber Co., Head|W. Pine Lumber, Lath and Bill Stuff, all lengths.}2 Mills, Water, 1 Band, 2 Gangs Office, Arcade, 24 King st. w., Toronto and 3 Circulars. Alexandria, Ont....... Milexandria’ .. 5. .ccssc 8 ‘McPherson, Schell & Co. Persian dare herse Boxsbactory whine. spruce sedan jerky msc sera ne © cis cis sscustente ers archaeon Almonte, Ont......... Almonte-....-...-...-| |\Caldwell, A. & Son Sawmill, Pine, Lumber, Hemlock, Hardwoods. .|Circular, 3m Basie Oni. =... ..- ar .|Dymont & Mickle Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Cedar, Hardwoods...... Steam, Circular, 4om Barrow Bay, Ont...... i Barrow Bay Lumber Co., Limited . .|Saw, Shingle and Heading Mill, Pine, Cedar Oak, Oak Railway Ties, Paving Blocks ...... Steam, Circular, 16m Blind River, Ont...... Blind River. .......... Blind River Lumber Co......... 2 Saw, Sh. and Lath Mls., Pine, Hem., Bl. Birch) Stm., Band, Cir.,S.75m, Sh. 60m | Bobcaygeon, Ont...... Fenelon Falls......... Boyd, Mossom & Co........... Lumber, Wholesale and DEUS CI id. Sees Saas 2 (CCR Se a a Se BamicOnt.-.-------- LLESWie- sceleie Beg aB Eee IPTER PDS Oy A OLOLD Ho 0 BIOLonO MumbermyioolesaleyandpRetailkrrrcecmetir cea titieten caeccicice arise ne etic ras Waubaushene, Ont....|Waubaushene......... Georgian Bay Consolid. Lumber Co.| Pine only. Se CLT OF Cree eee Ce EE Waubaushene mill, stm., 200m; Hd. office arcade 24 King st. w., Toronto Pt. Severn mill, water, 120m .... MANUFACTURERS OF == Calabogie, Ont........ CAE SOR Baa aaa Carswell, Thistle & McKay...... umbermWabolesalerands Retarlicqace. vatrecnese orl teeter vera want seine nisse parol exera ste Callander, Ont........ Callander, G.T.R. ....|John B. Smith @ Sonsiciia sce tos White and Red Pine Lumber, Bill Stuff, Lath | Mean Office, otrachan Ave:, Loronto|| andiShingles:< occ. vie deted cei e ci enews seine Steam, 2 Circular, 80m | a Collins Inlet, Ont...... \Collins Inlet .......... Collins Inlet LumberCo......... Lumber, Pine, Oak, Ash, Birch, Whol. and Ret.|........ 2.0... 00. 0e00seceeeeee Charcoal Iron Chilled Comber, Ont.......... OFT a as See LST OR Ss 232305 corcoschone uo lo.e Saw and Stave Mill, Pine, Hardwoods Kae semen Steam, Circular, 6m | Glammis, Ont......... | Pinkerton Sco deacssse Mcintyre, Wh Gos ano boos ow oO Saw, Shingle and Lath Mill, Timber Lands,|Steam, Cir., Saw 14m,Sh.20om | Hemlock, Pine, Lumber, Hardwoods......... | Hamiltcn, Ont........| Wamilton.........-.-. BRADLEY, MORRIS & REID CO. .|Lum., Tim., Pine, Hem., Hwds., Whol. and Ret.}.............00.cceecceeceeeeee | Huntsville, Ont........ iHontsville ... 2... ..... Heath, Taitand Turnbull....... |Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hardwoods...|Steam, Circular, 25m Hamilton, Ont........ {Huntsville and Katrine|Thomson, Robert&Co. ........ Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hardw oods |Steam; Circular, 4m Keewatin, Ont........ |Keewatin Dick, Banning &Co........... Sawmill, Pine, Hardwoods, Wholesale.......... Steam, C ircular we Keewatin, Ont........ | Keewatin Keewatin Lumber & Mfg. Co..... Saw, Lath, Sh. and Pl. Mill, Moving Posts, Pine} ae ater, Band and Circular, room | Lakefield, Ont......... | Lakefield Lakefield Lumber Mfg. Co. ...... |Lumber, Wholesale and Retail | Little Current, Ont....|Sudbury...... ...|Howry, J. W. & Sons |Lumber, Wholesale and Retail London, Ont.......... |London Eee ink ..-|\Gordon, James..... | Exp. and dir. in Am. Hwds, made to specification| Longford Mills, Ont. ..| Longford Longford MBE COs 2 cc acters ere 6 cl |Saw and Plan. Mill, Hemlock, Hardwds., Whol.|Steam, Band and Circular, room | = Norman, Ont.......... (De ee \Cameron & Kennedy See Tete cee ete |Saw and Plan. Mill, Tim. Lands and Logs, Pine|Steam, Circular, 4om Norman, Ont.......... |Norman.............. 'Minnesota & Ontario Lumber Co. . .| Lumber, WiHolesalevand! Retails Wh Rae Ate MyM tks Ba keene Louise, Ont........... Elmwood, G.T.R...... iS. B. Wilson &Son........... Hardwoods, Shingles, Lath, Handles........... Steam, Circular, 20m. OFFICES: Tonto, Ot. oe.. <- +s Ue aioe earache alals |\Campbell, J NS, 3: eC A Ot ee wholes sagt EUS Soro DEMO E sco Sonos lb bAt ae nice cae oO bE Baoan rae Toronto, Ont.......... SRSWNLIN Soo hope cc to ee Tennant oo Gucea DRaroRD ea to umber OIE AIC ooncpoosposnogmodpuadana5 o0| sui addbogdoncandconopuoooubEdo Toronto, Ont.......... (Oe ee MONO p Nee OLVEr «aioe oa. 8 Sie Wimbertiwiholesale mass. ssc suchas ae eeu ok Com. NEW YORK LIFE INSURANGE BUILDING MONTREAL Toronto, Ont.......... 7 oy 2 Victoria Harbor LumberCo....... 3 Saw, Shingle and Lath Mills, W hite Pine, Whol.|Stm., Cir., Gang and Band, 140m | , Toronto, Ont.......... Semantics... ++ 825 iW. N. crore CIRO ee tens aie |L umber, WihGlesale #55 asthe osas sin aamint eee |Com. Toronto, Ont.. phive James Tennant Co |Lumber, Lath, Shingles, etc., Wholesale. .|\Com. Wiarton, Ont MAEAERD Ste ony oo = sin 21 2'o'> PETS pa kee 8 yee eC mE ee 2} Sawmills, Wumber Barrel) Heads ss... -e oo. |Steam and Water, Circular, Port- WORKS : LAGHINE QUEBEC able and Stationery, rom / Buckingham, Que..... Buckingham.......... RESDAIS IU NE Plevna, ‘svamel cere ce Zo. 8 2 Sawmills, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods .......... Circular, Gang and Band, 180m POROUS 9 50553208 one, EERIE ise ias 5 tas = DeLaplante & Bowden......... Pine and Hardwood Lumber, Whol. and Retail. We make a specialty of Wheels suitable for the re Montreal, Que........ | a ie Dufresse, O. Jr. & Frere........ Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Efemioc k, Hdwds., Whol. \Stea im, Cire ular and Band, 50m lMatirementstofuleint ands Montreai, Que........ Je) SHEARER & BROWN ......... 4 Sawmills, Oak, Ash, Elm, Pine, Hem. Dine Stm., 2 Wat., Band, Cir., 4om q imbermen and Street Car Service, and Moodyville, B.C.......| |New Westminster. .... MOODYVILLE SAWMILL CO. .. . .|Sawmills, P. Fin, Spruce, Cedar, Hardwoods. . | team, ie ulz ar, 20m can supply them Bored, Finished and Balanced. New Westminster, B.C. |New Westminster..... Brunette Sawmill Co.......... Saw and Planing Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds,|/Steam, Gang nd Circular F =. rae Fir, Cedar, Spruce, Hardwoods.............. Canterbury, N.B...... Canterbury Stn. ...... ames Morrison Ollie caretru-ie tenons sawmill; Pine, Hardwoods... cise c.ne sree ns Steam, Circular, 38m Bridgewater, N.S.. -|Bridgewater .......... DAVIDSON, E. D. & SONS We Aires oe 15 Saw, Shgle. ‘and 1b ath Mills, J Pine, Spr., _Hwds. We ater, Circular and ( Gang, 200m CORRES PONDE NGE Lumbermen desirous of being represented in this Directory can obtain information i in eed HD pares eiby, communicating, with Bathe Publisher. SOLIGCI TED 13% Gents a day. That isn’t much money, is it? About twenty-five cents a week or so. MinéFal WOO! PIDG @« Boer CA ee Times are hard, they say; but if they are hard now to your family and If you want to save fuel Z f 7 yourself, what will they be to your family without you? ‘ s “ dry steam cs ie distance ‘ AINERAL WOOL That’s worth thinking about. wi So to prevent condensation. : , k ; p Id f d SEGTIONAL ’ We think that no man should be without life insurance when it can be cold water pipes rom ripping COVERING had at such a low rate as 3% cents a day from the Manufacturers’ “ “ “ “6 ‘ “ freezing Life, Yonge Street, corner Colborne, Toronto. HE best non- aati. is the cheapest covering. Mineral Wool heads the Write to us and we will give you all particulars list as a fire-proof non-conductor. Hand pressed coverings are poor non- | conductors, and are therefore the most expensive in the end. A good pipe covering is one of your best investments. It is false Every Lumberman_wants it 35 cents buys it economy to have uncovered pipes, as you are just paying the coal man what} the covering man should have, and only ashes to shew for it. Give the matter I ’ your consideration, it means money to you. P| Her Ss LH] 6/ all Oj 0 We also carry full lines of Asbestos Goods, and Mineral Wool for fire- 2 proofing, deadening of sound, insulation, etc., etc. Send for Pamphlet. SAVES TIME SAVES MISTAKES SAVES MONEY CANADIAN MINERAL WOOL GO. LID. - (26 BAY ST., TORONTO Pe cme RoR Address: é 4 J) PRACTICAL INFORMATION THE CANADA LUMBERMAN, Toronto 14 THE CAN ADA IL OM Bin Ra MGA NS OCTOBER, 1893 WANTED AND FOR SALE 1 this department at When four da discount of | Xi JE WANT ALL KINDS OF HARDWOODS. Will pay cashe ROBERT THOMSON & CO., 103 Bay Street, Toronto. Fors HE mec DENSE LUMBER, ing, cedz es, piles, sawdust, etc., mee ae <. “MU RPHY, Taher Hepwo orth station, Ont WANTED ASSWOOD LUMBER, BY CAR OR CARGO. Offers invited. Address ‘‘ Baswood,” care of Canapa LUMBERMAN. UMBER AND SHINGLE MILL FOR sale in the Village ef Dundalk; this is good new -horse power =e will run lumber and Shingles at same time; plenty of stock can be bought in the locality for four or five years at a reasonable rate. Apply to JoHN IRw1N, Brampton, Ont. COMMISSIONS HE ADVERTISER CAN SECURE BIG prices for black ash, basswocd, elm and maple in New York and surrounding markets, best of references given. Send lists of stock on hand. No shipment on consignment. Bona fide orders sent you before ship- ment. Address ‘‘ Commissions,” care of CANADA LUMBER- MAN. LOGGING TRAMWAY FOR SALE About three miles of 251b. T-Rail; 12 Logging Cars complete, and a Shay Locomotive N GOOD CONDITION, FOR SALE ON AD- vantageous terms. For further particulars apply to JOHN J. GARTSHORE, 49 Front Street West, RAILS FOR TRAMWAYS iron ene ae ae ays atl lo: gging aces from 12 lbs. per yard and upwards; estimates given for complete outfit. JOHN J. GARTSHORE, 49 Front St. West, Toronto. SAW AND OHINGLE MiLL INOS SAQVHT At Proton Station on the G.P.R. Containing 3% Acres of Land Mill capacity from 10,000 to 15,000 feet per day HE PROPERTY IS SITUATED IN ONE of the best hardwood districts in the country. Two small houses, stable, etc., on the property. Mill can be seen at any time. Terms easy. For full particulars apply 235 QUEEN STREET EAstT, Toronto VALUABLE PINE TIMBER LIMITS Se | 12 MILES OF PINE TIMBER LIMITS a 3 to be disposed of by a Public Auction Sale at Ottawa, Canada, on the 2Ath of January, 1894 Full particulars furnished on application to PERLEY & PATTEE, Ottawa, Canada. WANTED FOR CASH. Vee AND SOFT ELM DIMENSION STOCK i cut to exact sizes. Apply for specification, prices, etc., to P.O. Box 2144, NEW YORK. [Se WANTED FOR CASH Ash and Soft Elm N OSTLY ONE-INCH, SOME ONE-AND-A- i quarter and one- and.a- -half inch, strictly firsts and seconds; also commons. F urtherm ore, Ash and Oak squares ‘from ene ond aa to four inches thick. Red Birch Lumber, I. and II., all thickness; also Red Birch Squares 5 x 5 and 6x6, eS feet and over long. Address all particule irs as to dryness, quality, quan- a on hand and price, to P.O. Box 2144, New York, = = = <== eee eee NT 4 PERE NARUC RAILROAD FROM Port Auron and Detroit Is the Short Line to SAGINAW AND BAY GITY (Centres of the vast lumber interests of Michigan) NT. PLEASANT, CLARE, REED CITY BALDWIN, LUDINGTON, MANISTEE AND MILWAUKEE AND MANITOWOG, WIS. The last two named are reached by the Company line of Steamships across Lake Michigan. The line thus formed is a short and direct route from NEW YORK MONTREAL BUFFALO TORONTO to ST. PAUL, DULUTH and Pacific Coast points. Write either of the undersigned for Folders, which contain Maps, Train Schedules and much information of value to those contemplating a trip to any of the above-mentioned points. W. H. BALDWIN, JR., W. F. POTTER, General Manager. Gen’l. Sup’t. A. PATRIARCHE, Traffic Manager. SAGINAW, MICH. GENERAL OFFICES: - Are you Interested IN FLOUR, MEALS, MILL PRODUCTS OF ANY KIND, OR GRAIN? Then you cannot Do without the CANADIAN MILLER. A sample copy sent on application. Address CANADIAN MILLER, Toronto Actual Results NET PREMIUMS PAID TO THE on an ordinary Life Policy of $1,000, No. 1230 during its first 20 years, issued for age 37: In 1882.. -Pa uid $13.29 In 1872 --Paid $26.57 it ieboad 26.57 1883. --- 12.33 I sare eZ OSS, WV ogg © a3 (ele) 1g etme der7i mp AoG 2 Tests 18 fe 20.65 Wsshoon Co ines I 29:56 1887 BERG) I bn SHEE LOGS. cell enn 2.85 I PSL FO2 MOBO sy of this coun- try. It aims at giving full and timely information on all subjects touching these interests, discussing thes= topics editorially and inviting free discus- sion by others. Especial pains are taken to secure the latest and most trustworthy mar- ket quotations from various points throughout the world, so as to afford to the trade in Canada information on which it can rely in its operations. Special correspondents in localities of importance present an accurate report not only of prices and the condition of the market, but also of other matters specially interesting to our readers. But correspondence is not only welcome, but is invited from all who have any information to com- municate or subjects to discuss relating to the trade or in any way affecting it. Even when we may not be able to agree with the writers we will give them a fair opportunity for free discussion as the best means of eliciting thetreth. Any items of interest are particularly requested, for even if not of great importance individually they contribute to a fund of information from which general results are obtained. Advertisers will receive careful attention and liberal treatment. We need not point out that for many the CanapDA LUMBERMAN, with its spe- cial class of readers, is not only an exceptionally good medium for securing publicity, but is indispensable for those who would bring themselves before the notice of that class. Special attention is directed to ‘‘ WANTED” and “For SaLe” advertisements, which will be inserted in a conspicuous posi- tion at the uniform price of 15 cents per line foreach insertion. Announce- ments of this character will be subject to a discount of 25 per cent. if ordered for four successive issues or longer. Subscribers will find the small amount they pay for the Canapa Lum- BERMAN 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 encour- aging us to render it even more complete. OSS mms THE WORTd OF WOOD PRODUCTS. “No business could be done were the goods given away,” is a colloquial expression of tradesmen, employed often to denote the extreme dullness of business at particular times. In such times it may not be a case of price or quality; simply there are no buyers. Not at all times is it want of money that may cause this dearth in business. The seasons may cause it, or changes in custom. One does not buy coals in mid- summer, nor straw hats in midwinter. - Usually, how- ever, when business men talk of the apparent impossi- bility of moving trade they mean that there is not money to move things with. Then comes the hour of trial to the man who may be working on a small capital, or whose credit mark is in the wrong column of Bradstreets. The temptation at these times is to lose money in order to get money. (Goods are sacrificed ; prices are cut. And when one merchant follows this plan he compels others to adopt a similar policy. All this may occur without one 1ota of reason, save the pressure of financial obligations. Lumber has been depressed for several months and sales have been hard to make. ascendent, but as the depression continues, the question is being asked, willformer prices continue to be main- tained? Similar rules will operate with lumbermen that we have illustrated as operating with tradesmen gener- ally. Those who can hold out over the dull period will not break prices, but‘ as the tension continues, it Prices had been on the becomes hard for the weaker ones to hang on. It is not without an appreciation of this fact that the LUMBERMAN would enjoin upon all in the trade to test their powers of endurance to the utmost. More, we are inclined to «think, than with any other branch of com- merce, there is no reason to force any break in the prices of wood products. It may be argued that with the activity of the early spring prices became unduly Is that the case? Prices advanced, it is true, and remained very firm and fixed. But why not? With some of our natural resources it is difficult to estimate just what these possessions amount to. It is so inflated. with coal and minerals, and products that lie hid in the bowels of the earth. Forest products are above the ground, and within easy view, so to speak, of the naked eye. The science of lumbering has reached a point where it can be very closely estimated how much standing timber exists in a given district. In many parts of the United States, and in most parts of Ontario, the supply is so far on the short side, that the work of computation and stock-tak- ing is comparatively light. Different, too, to many pro- ducts of the soil the young pine cannot be planted in the spring time, and keep pace with the ear of corn in reaching maturity. Trees from 100 to 150 years old, as one has patly said, cannot be duplicated at the asking. Need more be said to show the logical sequence of holding fast to present prices for lumber? Forest lands, as we deal with the forest in this country, must advance. EDITORIAL NOTES. FEW men in Canada have shown a more intelligent interest in forestry than Hon. Mr. Joly, of Quebec. A recent proposition to the farmers of his province is that they should cultivate the walnut tree, as has been done in some of the Western States. They require a deep, rich soil and want little attention, after planting. THE efforts to make life more cheerful and improv- ing for the thousands of men all over the country who spend their winters in the lumber camps continues an important part of the work of the W.C.T.U. and other philanthropic institutions. At the meeting of the National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, re- cently held in Chicago, Mrs. Upham, superintendent of this department of work, reported that quantities of literature had been distributed, and work done by mis- sionaries, in the lumber camps of Wisconsin, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Maine, Michigan, Vermont, Massa- chusets, Pennsylvania, California, Texas and Washing- ton. In Canada similar work is carried on by the W.C.T.U., and also by various church organizations. A LUMBER cotemporary takes the cheery view of the financial depression that after all “there can be no entire stoppage. People must be fed, clothed and housed ; railroads and steamboats must keep moving, and everything made wholly, or in part, of wood will decay or wear out, and must be renewed or repaired, and so long as this condition lasts there will be some movement of lumber.” This is a good deal like the way a literary cotemporary announces the title of two articles in a recent issue, (a) “‘ Why do not literary women marry?” (b) “But they do marry?” So it is with lumber. ‘ People must be fed, clothed, housed, etc.” But in the meantime, they remain satisfied, perforce, with their present state, and as a result lumber remains dull. REPRESENTATIVE WEADOCK’S bill in reference to the lumber duty is now before the Ways and Means Committee of Congress. It provides that in case any foreign country shail impose an export duty upon saw- logs, pulpwood or other raw products designed for the use of American mills or factories, import duty upon the product of sawlogs, pulp wood and other forest pro- ducts of the kinds upon which the export duty is im- posed, such as lumber and pulp wood, shall, when imported into the United States from such country, be increased by a sum equivalent to the amount of export duty, and if the article is on the free list a rate of duty equivalent to the export duty shall be imposed upon it. It is observable that the bill is not now, any more than when talked of before, some months ago, giving rise to serious discussion or consideration by the lumber press of the United States. If any importance is attached to the bill the policy is one of a “still hunt.” THE financial troubles of the Nicaragua Canal Con- struction company, to which reference was made in our British Columbia letter of a month ago, have at last resulted in its bankruptcy. It will be an unfortunate affair if the present difficulties should lead to a perman- ent abandonment of the project. If it is only a case of the work being transferred from United States capitalists, who have been ambitious to control the scheme, and foreign capital and influence is enlisted, the immediate trouble will not be an unmixed good. The new route that will have been opened out when the canal is com- pleted ought not to be left in the control of any one nationality. Its commercial possibilities are such that the route needs to be left open to the world free from any possible restrictions or arbitrary regulations. The lum- ber trade, as we have before pointed out, and especially © the lumber interests of British Columbia, have a very lively interest in the construction of this route. THE announcement is made of the formation of a strong concern at Winnipeg, Man., incorporating Dennis Ryan, of St. Paul, Minnesota, miller; William Travers Creighton, of Rat Portage, miller; William Robert Dick, of Winnipeg, miller; Mary Banning, of the same place, miller; John Alexander McRae, of Niagara Falls; James Malcolm Savage, of Rat Portage, miller; Doug- las C. Cameron, of Norman, miller; Walter Ross, of Rat Portage, miller; Richard Hall, miller; and Matthew Brown, miller, for the following purposes, viz.: The pur- chasing and manufacture of timber into logs, lath and lumber of every description ; to manufacture pulp, paper and articles to be made from paper or pulp; to purchase and operate steamboats, tugs, barges or other vessels ; to acquire stock in other similar companies as the con- sideration for goods, wares or merchandise sold to such similar companies in the ordinary course of business, the operation of the said company to be carried on throughout the Dominion of Canada by the name of the Ontario & Western Lumber company (limited), with a total capital stock of $1,000,000, divided into ten thous- and shares of $100. THE Tradesman, a journal that gives an intelligent interest to lumber matters leans strongly to the view that the forests of the United States are being rapidly depleted. The United States sells its forest lands at $2.50 an acre, lumber companies indirectly acquiring a square mile of land for little over $1,600, while the timber on it is often worth $20,000. The French goy- ernment forests return an average profit of $2.50 an acre annually from timber sales, or 2%4 per cent. interest on the value of the land. The United States now owns only enough forest land to provide a continual timber supply to its present population, if forests are managed and lumber used as in Germany. The United States is exactly in the position of a man making large drafts on and using up an immense idle capital, which, if properly invested, would return an interest sufficient for his expenditures. In 1880the government of Bavaria sent an expert forester to study the timbers of the United States, who stated: “In fifty years you will have to import your timber, and as you will probably have a preference for American kinds, we shall now begin to grow them, in order to be ready to send them to you at the proper time.” IN the construction of railway ties an enormous amount of lumber has been consumed every year. But the fear has been that as iron has taken the place of wood in ship-building, steel or iron would become the substitute of wood products in the manufacture of railway ties. The Railway Review. has a paper from a French engineer, in which this notion is discouraged. In the judgment of this expert not much progress has been made in the direction of procuring a satisfactory tie made from steel or iron. Leaving out the question of first cost, the expense of maintenance in metal ties in any line where there is heavy traffic is so great as to be almost prohibitory. The ordinary style of steel tie is hollow with the opening down, but such a tie is very difficult to thoroughly tamp, and while it will answer for a time, it eventually packs the material within it into a solid core which resists tamping and injures the adjacent ballast. The result of experience in the use of metal ties is said to be that no line having heavy traffic at high speed has yet succeeded in using them with any satisfaction. According to this specialist, the ideal metallic tie will be shaped much like the wooden tie, with a flat under surface, or with a prismatic section. But as yet nothing satisfactory has been designed. This tells of a continued heavy drain on the forest resources and good business for a long time ahead for that branch of the lumber trade interested in the cutting of timber for railway ties. - NOVEMBER, 1893 BWSODMOy-QIG-GOr% LUMBERMAN 7 LUMBER shipper from the Maritime provinces, queried as to the outlook for trade, said: “Spruce boards are worth only $10 to $12 in Boston, and lath $1.75 to $2—and there is nothing doing. Brokers —my agents there—tell me not to ship any more. They don’t want it. The market is sick and disorganized. Some dealers told me that they believed the worst had yet to come, for there is a lot of paper that is simply being renewed. Money is easier in one sense, and the banks are able to discount, but nobody cares to take the paper for fear it will not be met. One man told me he made a sale at sixty days at a cut rate because he wanted the money. When the sixty days expired all the customer could do was to give him a note at four months. This is characteristic of the trade as it has been and is at present.” * * * ¥ Queer finds in lumber continue to multiply. One of the oddest is seen in the cutting of a shingle bolt from Novar, Muskoka, in the possession of Mr. John Hall, lumber dealer, city, showing a knot of peculiar form. The cutting is 6 x 4, pointed at one end, trian- gular in shape. The knot isa perfect picture of a female form, with head, arm, breasts and body, showing a red dress with brown cloak and hood or cap to match. Itis a most singular piece of natural wood. * * * # Alderman Bailey has been spending a month’s holidays at Aird’s Island at the mouth of the Spanish river, Georgian bay. Hesays: “The lumber interest in that district is very flat. The reason given for that is the existing depression in the United States. All the mills have vast quantities of stock cut, and at some of the large mills there are miles of lumber ready for ship- ment. In consequence of this slow demand the mills have already shut down and the hands have gone out to the bush for the winter. The wages of the men have also been cut down, and altogether the outlook is not by any means bright.” * + & Thomas Hale, the well-known lumberman, of Pem- broke, says that there are excellent prospects of the Quebec market becoming cleared of timber next spring for the first time in many years. As a consequence those dealing in square timber this year would no doubt find a ready sale for it. It was not likely that the mar- ket would be flooded, as operations this year would be conducted on a limited scale. He estimated that very little over one million cubic feet would be turned out this season, while in the middle of October last year that amount alone was cut. Operations were slow in commencing this fall. He doubted if his gang on the Kippewa would not be the first to start. * * & W. H. Rowley, secretary-treasurer of the E. B. Eddy Manufacturing company, Hull, says that his firm were out of the lumber trade altogether. They had closed down the sash factory, which was the last remaining link, and had torn out all the machinery, which they intended to sell. The old sash factory building they were turning into a third paper mill for the manufacture of paper from pulp. They were now busy putting in $62,000 worth of machinery, and would be running as soon as they could possibly get things in order. Both their old mills are running day and night. Last year the firm’s wages amounted to $329,000, and with the new mill they would be very much increased for the comin Car. BY a SR Wm. Little, of Montreal, who has been visiting Chicago, is reported to have said to a representative of the Timberman that his wish was that the present American yovernment would repeal the duty on lumber, not because it would benefit the Canadian market materially, but viewing the inatter from a purely forestry standpoint. Mr. Little participated in the Forestry Congress which was in session. Referring to the present condition of the lumber trade in the Dominion, he said that as the lumbermen of his section depended largely on New York and neighboring territory, the stagnation now existing in that locality affected them most severely, business being extremely quiet. He anticipated an improvement, however, in the early future. * % * * The redoubtable Edward Farrar, the boss negotiator of reciprocity treaties between Canada and the United States, has turned up this time in Montreal, and has caused to be sent to the Chicago Tribune a reported re- port of an interview revealing the nature of his visit to Quebec, and which I notice is being printed by some lumber cotemporaries. He is represented as having been sent to Montreal as the special agent of Secretary Carlisle, of the Cleveland Cabinet. Mr. Farrar states that there is an earnest desire on the part of the Demo- crats to conclude a treaty with Canada, which would include all natural products. Lumber would naturally be affected by any such change. A meeting of the Cabinet is to be called to consider any suggestions which Mr. Farrar may lay before them. It has to be remembered that all this is a dispatch to a United States paper. Perhaps the Cabinet will confer with Mr. Farrar—perhaps. * *% * * William Baldwin, an old Ottawa boy, has returned from Oregon, where he has been lumbering for some years. It was fully three hundred miles back from the coast that Mr. Baldwin lived. As for lumber he says there is plenty of it not unlike our Canadian pine found in the Ottawa valley. The Oregon pine which grows to such enormous proportions is a fine wood but hard to The valleys of the Rockies, some of which afford the richest of soil for farming, have failed this year to bring forth their accustomed large yield. Wheat, the principal grain crop, has been a complete failure on account of a long drought which lasted during the hottest part of the summer. It is selling for thirty cents a bushel. A large amount of oats is being raised on some of these farms this year. This crop, it is said, is rapidly advancing. Rye and barley are not grown to any great extent. The root crops have also been somewhat of a failure this year on account of the drought. The mining industry is para- lyzed so far as silver is concerned. A large number of fine silver mines have had to close down altogether and others are badly shaken. During the summer, however, a number of old gold mines have been re-opened and these are being worked continually. There was a good fruit harvest, Mr. Baldwin says, including all the berries and apples. General business is at a standstill in Ore- gon, every branch of industry being shaken ‘by the un- certain condition of the American money market. * * & In the ELI page of the September LUMBERMAN there appeared the statement of an Ottawa gentleman pur- porting to give figures showing the amount of money that had been made in the purchase and sale of timber limits by various Canadian lumbermen. Mr. J. K. Ward, of Montreal, who was named as one of the lucky ones, contradicts the statement so far as he is concerned, in these words: “I am referred to as having bought a limit near Lake Expanse during the Mercier regime for three dollars a mile, which I now hold at $1,000 per mile, etc. As this is entirely at variance with facts please allow me to correct it. About twelve years ago I bought (during the Chapleau adininistration) at public competition the limit referred to above, for which I paid $300 per mile, not $3,as stated. This can be easily verified by referring to the books in the Crown Land Department in Quebec. I may say that I never acquired a foot of Crown Lands either directly or indirectly for myself during the Liberal regime, and whatever the fallen chief may have to answer for, it will not be, as far as | am cognizant, giving away the Crown domain to Jumbermen for political or other reasons. On the con- trary, the trade has considered that it has been harshly dealt with by the late Government, which raised the ground rent 50 cents, and dues on logs, etc., 30 cents per 1,000 feet higher than paid for the same thing in saw on account of gum. Ontario. The law is that all public Jands for ibe purposes are sold at public auction to the highest bid ders. Some holders of limits have made money b transferring their licenses. Many, no doubt, have de money, but you Can Casily been a bonanza ” A young man from Ottawa, who is now clerking at Atkinson’s creek, among the wilds of the Gatineau, gives the following picture of shanty life in that district: “Arrived safe and sound, after a tramp of nearly forty miles. We stayed at the Kazabazua Friday night and had breakfast there Saturday morning. Walked fifteen miles on Saturday over the roughest road you or anyone else ever laid eyes on. We y night, all tired out. Ate a good big supper of fat pork (about three inches fat and quarter of an inch lean. Went to bed at 8 p. m. and was up at 3.30 a.m. and on “ater 1 wer saturday got to Ousiers the road to the farm some eleven miles, where we arrived at 11 a.m. Sunday. Stayed there till yesterday 6 a.m. and walked to camp fifteen miles with ninety pounds on my back and worked all afternoon in camp. I have not been asked to cut any roads yet and don’t intend to if I can help it. I have had three good feeds of pork and beans and they are good. I ate about twice as much as any Frenchman in the shanty. There are forty-two men in camp now with about ten more to come. Sunday was not Sunday at all; it was more like Rockliffe on Saturday. We had two fiddles going all afternoon and evening and the Frenchmen were more than dancing. The foreman is an Irishman and a very fine fellow and comes from the Pickanock. I had to go to the Hibow depot last night for some papers I wanted to use and that added six miles more to the list. Again I was there this morning before you were thinking of getting out of bed. That was before breakfast and we had breakfast at 4.30. It is very cold at nights and mornings, and there has been ice over the little puddles. Our shanty is very cold as it has not yet been filled in with moss. We are drying the moss now and will have it filled in by the last of next week. You may not get this letter for a week or two but you must consider it has to be carried nearly sixty miles by different people going in towards the first post-office. some here.” It is very lone- * * * * Howsuccessful men made their first start in life isa inat- ter of interest to most everyone. I have been learning something of Mr. J. R. Booth, who stands head of the list, it is generally claimed, among the several big lum- bermen of the Chaudiere. Thirty-eight years ago Mr. Booth came to Ottawa and with a prescience that has been borne out by subsequent transactions he saw in the great water power of the Chaudiere the possibilities for lumber and manufacturing. In company with Mr. Soper he built his first shingle mill on the site of his present big mill. beginning he has reared a collosal fortune, the fruit of downright pluck, indomitable energy, unwearing industry, and the close application of first-class business talents. That was his first venture, and on that small As an illustration of Mr. Booth’s great foresight and faith in the country of his birth, it is related of him that he astonished the lumbermen during the prevalence of hard times between 1874 and 1879. There was a general want of courage among limit holders. They thought that the bottom had dropped out of the lumber market, and it was going to keep that way, and as a matter of course took the earliest opportunity of dispos- ing of their limits. When these limits were put up at auction, Mr. Booth was always there to bid, and the lumbermen were astonished. But Mr. Booth paid no attention to their astonishment. He had faith in the lumber industry, and bought limits right and left, and now they are worth five times the amount he paid for them and in the meantime he has cut all the logs off them he required for his business. In 1881 he threw himself into the building of the Canada Atlantic and in a very short time the road was constructed and at once took a first place amongst Canadian railways. Those who know the man best say the Parry Sound will be in complete running order from the Sound inside of three years. It will be news to some people to know that Mr. Booth is a Canadian, born in Sheffock, County of Waterloo, sixty-five years ago. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN - NoveMBER, 1893 OTTAWA LETTER. (Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] HERE is at the present time a fair amount of activity in A considerable quantity of lumber is being shipped both by rail and barge. One shipper, however, is authority for the statement that although trade was good, The Export Lumber Co. is doing a brisk business from their Rochesterville yard, lumber circles. yet, it is not nearly as brisk as last year. and the Shepard-Morse Co. are shipping large orders to Bur- lington and New York City. Whilst a good many men have already been despatched to the woods the impression is general among the trade that the monetary depression of the past sum- mer will have the effect of reducing the cut in the woods the com- ing winter. It would appear quite certain that American firms owning limits in Canada will do comparatively little cutting, and already some of the results are observable here in the number of Michigan shantymen who are seeking work. INDIFFERENT LENGTHS. Gilmour & Hughson’s mill in Hull has been equipped with an electric plant. The river boats, as the season draws near to an end, are being kept busier than they had anticipated. The Rathbun Lumber Company, who purchased the lumber in the Perley & Pattee piling ground on each side of the acqueduct are removing it to the Company’s piling grounds in Rochesterville. A number of barges are at the basin here and want to go into the dry dock, but cannot secure ship carpenters competent The work is of a very particular kind, bolting and such, and the barges will have to to do the repairs they are in need of. be sent elsewhere to have it done. R. Thackeray has carried off substantial honors at the World's Fair having been awarded a diploma for his exhibit of sash, doors, blinds, frames, turning and joiners’ work, and in addition a gold medal for the superior and artistic workmanship displayed in preparation of the same. A large party of citizens, consisting of the Mayor, aldermen, heads of various civic departments, and others partook of the hospitality of Ald. Bingham, a few days ago at that gentle- man’s lumber camp on the Gatineau some three miles from the mouth of the river. cooked in shanty style. They went for a ‘‘snack” of beans Five laige rafts of square timber are laid up foxthe winter at the head of the Calumet, near Bryson. These rafts belong to A. Barnet, Barnet & Mackie, Klock and A. Fraser. They will come to Quebec early next spring. None of the booms on the upper Ottawa have been closed, so that logs are now running down tributary streams. have been made lately at Instead of allowing carts to load A number of improvements Conroy’s mills at Deschanes. blocks from the mill the refuse wood is all carried away by The carts now load dry fire wood instead of soaking wet as it used to be. Another great improvement has been carried out in the arrangement of carriers which run from the butting tables outside the mill. By this means the labor of sorting is saved. tramways to a distance where it is piled. OTTAWA, Can., Oct. 28, 1893. NEW BRUNSWICK LETTER. {Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN]. a W. KENNEDY, formerly of Buctouche, intends erecting * asawmill, and going into the lumber business, in New- foundland. . John McLoggan, of Newcastle, on the Miramichi, has entered the lumber commission business in Boston. James Hayes has purchased a sawmill on St. Mary’s river, near Sherbrooke, N.S., and will cut for the British markets. He formerly ran a shingle mill at Charlo, N.B. Lumbermen of Nova Scotia are finding an improvement in A shipment of 600,000 feet was recently sent from Apple river by Mr. Chas. T. White, one of the largest operators of these parts. the South America lumber markets. Alfred Dickie, at his steam sawmill, at Lower Stewiacke, is cutting 55,000 feet each 24 hours. The mill is running night and day. The cut this season will run nearly 10,000,000 feet of lumber, besides 8,000,000 laths and about two car loads of box boards. Young Bros. & Co., of which firm Mr. C. W. Young, of St. Stephen, is a member, the largest lumber operators in Cumberland, Nova Scotia, will make the largest out- put this year. They will cut 10,000,000 feet of long lumber and 7,000,000 laths at River Hebert and Newville, Nova Scotia. St. JouN, N.B., Oct. 23, 1893. LITTLE CURRENT. [Regular Correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN]. | Pasneta es is not going to be as brisk here as last winter. Howry & Sons, our largest operators, are going to work only two small camps, as they calculate that will clean off the balance of their timber here. They shipped this week most of their lumbering kit, including horses, etc., to Peter- boro’, as they intend operating on their limits in that vicinity this winter. The steamer City of London, of the North Shore Navigation Co., made a special trip to the Whitefish River after these supplies, and was loaded to her fullest capacity with them. The sleighs belonging to this company have each 12 ft. bunks. Mr. Treat, foreman of the shingle mill, went to Buffalo last week to get a complete gang of experienced shingle makers to run four machines. i The amount of cedar taken out here on the island this winter will be about as usual. Mr. Collins, foreman for W. L. Herriman & Son, has his camps completed. They will take out over 100,000 pieces of cedar in ties, poles and posts, be- sides 1,000,000 feet of pine and 2,000 cords of shingle timber. J. & T. Charlton & Co. are going to take out their usual cut—5,000,000 feet. Their limit is at the mouth of the White- fish river, and, consequently, they have very little expense It is rumored that J. & T. Conlon have secured more pine, and will be taking out a large stock this winter. They have lately sold their season’s cut of lumber, and the mills are now running again to the full capacity. driving logs. LITTLE CURRENT, Ont., Oct. 18, 1893. MICHIGAN LETTER. {Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] HE lumbering season is drawing rapidly to a close with the feeling among the trade that the business done is nothing to brag about. The black eye that monetary conditions gave business a few months ago is still causing trouble. Confidence, in part, has been restored, but not to the extent of helping business this season in any large degree. up with lumber and the cut of logs will undoubtedly be affected The docks are piled asa consequence. I understand that Michigan lumbermen owning limits in Canada will do comparatively little in the woods the coming winter. BITS OF LUMBER. Hargrave & Co., of Bay City, are in receipt of another large raft of Canadian logs. The cut at Menominee is said to compare favorably with a corresponding period of 1892. Col. A. T. Bliss, of Saginaw, will cut 15,000,000 feet in Canada this winter. He also will lumber near Coleman. J. T. Hurst, of Wyandotte, who is interested with several Bay Cityans, has let contracts for cutting 30,000,000 feet in the Georgian Bay country. Arthur Hill, of Saginaw, will cut 10,000,000 feet of logs to clean up the timber held by him adjacent to Sault Ste. Marie. He will cut no logs in Canada this year. Henry Stephens & Co., at St. Helen, have closed down their mill, having exhausted the stock tributary to it. The mill has been in operation about fifteen years. Pitt & Co., of Bay City, are operating to considerable extent in Canadian logs, having so far brought over about 20,000,000 feet. They are much pleased with the quality of the stock. C. Merrill & Co., of Saginaw, have not put an axe into the woods as yet, and the head of the firm says they may not put ina log. The firm has over 15,000,000 feet of lumber on hand. Camps have been started in the Georgian bay territory by the Saginaw Lumber & Salt Company, but this strong concern will only put in enough to stock the company’s own mill which will be about 25,000,000 feet. The Tittabawassee Boom Company has suspended operations for the season, with the smallest output in 30 years, the amount falling far below the smallest predictions at the commencement of operations, and only 15,000,000 feet hung up. The shipments of lumber this season from the Saginaw valley are 117,553,000 feet less than those of last season, and 220,395,000 feet less than those for the same period in 1890. It is hardly probable that the total water shipments this season will reach 200,000,000 feet. Rust Bros. & Co. will finish the timber owned by them The output of the mills on the Saginaw river with which the Rusts have been connected is estimated at over 1,000,000,000 feet since their first mill was erected here in 1863. tributary to Saginaw waters this season. The Ayres Lumber and Salt Co. are in financial difficulties, having executed a mortgage to Eben R. Ayres in trust for the use and benefit of the company’s creditors, amounting to $61,- 993-13. There is about $20,000 due to the creditors which is not mentioned in the mortgage, so Mr. Ayres says, and as the assets greatly exceed the liabilities, they will be paid in full. It will continue in operation. The Democrat, of Cheboygan, says there will be 150,000,000 feet of lumber sawed at that place this season, and possibly 160,000,000 feet, a larger amount than was ever sawed at Cheboygan before. Besides this the output of shin- gles and lath has exceeded the record, and the first shipments of leather and staves have been made. The Democrat does not think the hard times have struck Cheboygan. SAGINAW, Mich., Oct. 26, 1893. BRITISH COLUMBIA LETTER. [Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.] UR shingle and lumber interests have of course suffered trom the general depression, but British Columbia shingles have certainly not been used at any time instead of coin for payment of lumbermen’s debts. Such, however, according to the West Coast Lumberman, of Tacoma, has been the case across the border in Washington, where, it is stated shingles are being sold at an unnecessary sacrifice, whilst ‘‘ butchers, grocery men, machine houses, etc., have been taking shingles from their debtors, until it looked as though shingles could pass current in Washington, the same as coon skins did in Indiana.” The Lumberman quaintly adds: The rumor that shingles were being thrown in contribution boxes and that ministers were taking them on salary account seems to be unfounded. This was doubtless a yarn started by some man who failed to bring his orthodoxy west when he came, LUMBER EXHIBITORS. The annual exhibition of the Royal Agricultural and Indus- trial Society was held here during the last week of September. All the sawmills and wood-working establishments in this The Pacific Coast Lumber Company obtained first prize for shingles. The New West- minster branch of the B. C. M. T. & T. Co. exhibited a cedar plank 2 in. thick, 40 in. wide, and too ft. long; a fir plank, 1% in. thick, 52 in. wide, and 100 ft. long, which attracted considerable attention even here, and what would have been said had they been seen at an eastern fair? The Brunette Sawmill Company had some very fine mantels on view which have been sold in eastern Canada and England. COAST CHIPS. locality were large exhibitors. A practical man suggests that our mills or lumbermen might add to their other manufactures that of Venetian blinds, out- side shutters and like goods. Trade keeps holding its own. The B. S. Mill company loaded another vessel for Australia in September and have one now loading for the same destination. f Sample shipments of rough cedar are being sent to Japan by the Empress of India. If the result proves satisfactory large further consignments will be made, thus adding desirably to Canadian export trade in Japan, which is yet but small. NEw WESTMINSTER, B.C., Oct. 20, 1893. *-PERSONAL. > G. M. Merkley, of the planing mill, Morrisburg, Ont., was married the early part of October to Miss Emma Miekle, of Marietown. Congratulations. The LUMBERMAN extends congratulations to Mr. H. H. Spicer, the big shingle manufacturer, of Vancouver, B.C., on the occasion of his recent marriage. The fair bride was Miss Anna Matilda Hart, a well-known resident of Van- couver. Henry B. Frey, a millionaire lumberman, of Minneapolis, has taken to himself, for the third time, a wife in the person of a pretty Norwegian girl of twenty-three, who has acted as his housekeeper for the past three years. The bride is said to be not only remarkably pretty, but also bright and clever, despite her humble birth. TRADE NOTES. The Waterous Engine Works Co., of Brantford, Ont., are known to deal liberally with their customers, but when the printer in their advertisement of last month made them intimate that a saving of 50% was to be secured in placing an order for a band The types should have — read 5%, which at the low prices of the Waterous band saws would mean a decided saving. saw now, he was a little too generous. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN, $1.00 per year. Subscribe. ‘fe ™? > grt eal NovEMBER, 1893 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN 9 THE NEWS. CANADA. —Conroy’s mills, Ottawa, Ont., are now lighted by elec- tricity. —Two lumbermen at Collin’s Inlet, Ont., quarrelled, when one man seized an axe and split open the head of the other, death resulting from the blow. —Thos. Henry Jones, accountant of the Quebec Bank, Que., is dead. He wasason of Horatio Nelson Jones, in his life time a prominent ship-builder and lumber dealer, of Quebec. —W. H. Macalpine, lumber, Montreal, Que., whose assign- ment is reported, started in February 91 and never made much headway. He owes $17,000, and his wife is a creditor for between $7,000 and $8,000. Other creditors are Dupuis & Co., $1,097, and the Rathbun Co., $908. —D. Gareau, a lumber dealer of the Upper Ottawa, at Aylmer, Que., has abandoned his estate for the benefit of his creditors. Liabilities about $5,000. A lawsuit is threatened from the fact that before the abandonment a portion of the estate had been seized and advertized for sale. —McRae Bros. & Co., of Ottawa, Ont., have a gang of men at work clearing away the debris, in order to build their new mill at Calabogie. Besides the circular saw, they intend to have a shingle and a lath saw. It is expected that the shingle mill will be ready to start in the early part of the winter. —Pickard & Rowan, of Hepworth, Ont., have, by mutual consent, dissolved partnership and have formed a new firm composed of Thos. Pickard, T. A. Pickard and Wm. Rowan, who have bought a mill which is situated at Owen Sound, also a limiton the Bruce peninsula from J. E. Murphy, of Hep- worth. —A census bulletin recently issued by the Canadian Govern- ment shows that the workers in wood in the Dominion number 78,604; in stone, 30,856; in wood and stone combined, 10,201; and in metals, 49,476. The number of carpenters and joiners is 45,760; stone masons, 10,312; and painters and glaziers, 10,202. —Chew Bros., of Midland, Ont., are cutting lumber for the Sault canal. The mills of Victoria Harbor, Penetang, Mid- land and Bobcaygeon are all engaged filling orders for square timber for the canal. Inspector Perkins is quoted as saying that there are yet three barge loads to be cut this autumn, and the chances are some one will have to go to the woods, if not British Columbia, before the order can be completed. GENERAL. —The saw and shingle machinery houses of Portland, Ore., complain of quiet times and slow collections. —The damage done by forest fires in some parts of Wiscon- sin will necessitate a larger cut than was expected. —One of the leading companies operating in lumber in eastern Oregon is the Oregon Lumber Co., which is owned and con- ducted solely by members of the Mormon church. —Up to a fortnight ago, the Menominee River Boom Com- pany had sorted 375,000,000 feet of logs. This is 80,000,000 feet less than the amount sorted up to the same date last year. —Reports from Albany, N.Y., are to the effect that the lumber market of that city continues flat, and there is little in the situation to warrant a brisk fall business in the two months remaining before the close of navigation. —Recently men have been looking over the Fire steel river, in Ontonagon county, Mich., with a view of cleaning it out for log driving. It is said that about fifty million feet of pine is tributary to that stream and will, in the near future, be cut and driven down to Lake Superior. —The H. R. Duniway Lumber Co., of Portland, Ore., has made an assignment. The assets and liabilities are stated to each equal about $100,000. The business will be continued in charge of a receiver. The cause of the assign- ment is attributed to the monetary stringency. —A Swedish statistician has estimated that the extent of forest destroyed by fire in Norrland during the last 10 years is no less than 74,000 hectares—about 185,000 acres. Most of these conflagrations are caused by camp fires, which are left smouldering, whilea great many others are due to incendiarism. —It is estimated that the total amount of lumber sawed this season by the Minneapolis sawmills is 413,000,000 feet against 43,724,624 last year. This shows a reduction of fully one- sixth of the production of last season, which together with the 42,000,080 that was destroyed by the big fire in August, cur- tails the available lumber in the market at Minneapolis by 24.2 per cent. of last year’s figures. —For the third time a suit has been entered against W. S. Hill, of Minneapolis, for damages arising from the death of George Kuroy, a four year old boy who was killed by falling lumber. The first time the case was brought up it was thrown out by the grand jury, and the second trial found a disagree- ment among the jury. The outcome of the present trial is awaited with considerable interest. The boy’s parents ask for $5,000, claiming that the lumber had been piled in a danger- ous manner. —The report of Surveyor-General Grossman for the first nine months of 1893 shows a large falling off in the amount of lumber handled at Bangor, Me., thus far this year as com- pared with the output during the corresponding period of 1892 and 1891. It is as follows: 1891 1892 1893 (DyryApinercteerjeris te steyere 11,030,051 13,633,861 11,905,597 Green pine 3,837,400 3,438,881 2,799,908 SORES soocovce «+++ 91,949,693 78,856,934 56,700,089 Vemlock set Crmesssite sis. 17,753,979 21,360,957 20,259,279 iRotalsieem rl ee 124,571,123 117,290,643 91,664,873 —Notwithstanding the financial depression in the United States there will not be a decrease in rail shipments of either lumber or shingles this year in the Puget Sound District. Up to Sept. 1 the shipments of shingles aggregated something over 900,000,000 against less than 1,000,000,000 for the entire year in 1892. The lumber shipments up to Sept. 80,000,000 feet. The shipments during the year 1892 footed up 105,000,000 feet. So it will be seen that the rail trade will show up all right this year. I run over The cargo movement, how- ever, will show a decrease, some say of 50,000,000 feet. FIRES AND CASUALTIES. FIRES. —The sawmill and stave factory of Ament Bros., Brussels, Ont., was destroyed by fire in October. Loss, $7,000; insurance, $2,000. —The planing mill owned and occupied by James McDon- ald, at Oakville, Ont., was completely destroyed by fire about ten daysago. Loss about $3,000; insured. —A sawmill owned by John McConachie, at Peninsular Portage, Ont., 7 miles from Huntsville, Ont., has been burned, also about 500,000 shingles. Loss, $3,000; no insurance. CASUALTIES. —Two men in J. R. Booth’s mill, Ottawa, Ont., received severe bruises through being caught in certain unprotected shafting. —J. W. Asselstine was the victim of an untoward accident while working in the Sash factory at Deseronto, Ont. His left hand came in contact with the saw and the two forefingers were cut off, while the thumb and another finger were also badly scratched. —Albert Fournier, employed in Conroy’s lumber yard at Deschene mills, Ottawa district, fell from the top of a moving tramway lumber car, a wheel striking him on one side of his body breaking a number of ribs and causing other serious injuries from which he died half an hour afterward. —A peculiar and serious accident occurred at Daniel Hen- nick’s sawmill, Seaforth, Ont. Fred. Rudolph, who was running the saw, fell under the fly-wheel and in its revolutions the flesh between the shoulder blades was as completely roasted as though done with a hot iron. One of the small bones was also broken. His case is serious, but his physician hopes to be able to pull him through. PUBLICATIONS. We have received a copy of a pretty song entitled ‘‘ Deal Gently with the Erring,” published by F. W. Helmick, 265 Sixth Avenue, New York. “‘The Psychology of Crime,” by Henry Wood, is a notable feature of the October Arena, which also contains able contri- butions on religious, social, political and economic issues. The Arena fully maintains its position as the review which most clearly voices advanced thought and progressive ideas. The Review of Reviews almost more than any other journal seems to meet the needs of every class of readers. Its contri- buted articles from many of the ablest writers of the day are always timely. We do not know where a more perfect ‘digest of current affairs is to be found than in its editorial discussions of public events, whilst its summary of the contents of all the magazines is as unique as it is comprehensive and intelligible. From out of the large number of trade journals, that reach this office, English, American and Canadian, we can easily give the special Fall number of the Canadian Grocer, pub- lished by the J. B. McLean Publishing Co., of Toronto, a foremost place. The lithographed cover is handsome, whilst the letterpress and illustrations reflect great credit on printer and engraver. The contents are specially suited to the trades represented, and embrace a wide range of topics, telung of painstaking care and ability of the editor. The record of the Cosmopolitan Magazine since the price was reduced to 12% cents a copy is unprecedented in the his- tory of magazine journalism. After 211,000 copies of the September number had been sold the News companies had orders for 50,000 which they were unable to supply. The publishers do not yet know what their real circulation is, owing to the limited capacity of their presses; but machinery i being put in place which will supply an edition for December exceeding 300,000, and during that month it will be possible to determine just how many Cosmopolitans the public will buy. Home brates its tenth birthday by an attractive jubilee number, With its November issue the Ladies’ Journal cele- which is crowded with good things. Frank R. Stockton tells how he conceived and wrote his famous story ‘‘ The Lady or The Tiger.” Professor H. H. Boyesen writes of ‘‘Mr. Howells : Morgan Dix, D.D., of Trinity Church, gives a portrayal of ‘‘ The Society Woman of To-Day.” Amelia E. Barr has a strong article in answering the question ““Why do Not Literary Women Marry?” which Octave Thanet cleverly supplements in a brief article, ‘‘ But They Do Marry.” Robert J. Burdette is at his best in pointing out what, in his opinion, is ‘‘The Taskmistress of Woman,” while Will Carleton suggests his best poems in ‘‘ Captain at Close Range.” Rev. Young’s Thanksgiving,” which is accompanied by a character- istic illustration by Alice Barber Stephens. THINGS TO REMEMBER ABOUT SHAFTING. Don’t buy light hangers and think that they will do well enough, when your own judgment tells you that they will spring. Remember that shafting is turned one-sixteenth inch smaller than the normal size. Cold-rolled and hot-rolled shafting can be obtained the full size. i The sizes of shafting vary by quarter inches up to 3% inches. The ordinary run of shafting is not manufactured longer than from 18 to 20 feet. For line shafts never use any that is smaller than 1 11-16 inches in diameter, as the smallest diameters are not strong enough to withstand the strain of the belts without springing. The economical speed of shafting for machine shops has been found to be from 125 to 150 revolutions per minute, and for wood-working shops from 200 to 300 revolutions. A jackshaft is a shaft that is used to receive the entire power direct from the engine or other motor, which it delivers to the various main shafts. Keep the shaftings well lined up at all times, and this will ward off a break down and avoid a waste of power. Know that the pulleys are well balanced before they are put in position, as a pulley much out of balance is quite a sure method to throw shafting out of line. Look at the pulleys and see that they have been bored to the size of the shaft and prevent smooth running. If possible, apply the power to a line of shafting at or near the centre of its length, as this will enable you to use the light- est possible weight of shafting. Hangers with adjustable boxes will be found to be the most convenient for keeping the shafting in line. Keep your drip-cups, cleaned, and do not allow them to over- flow or get loose. Have a supply of tallow in the boxes; in case of accidental heating it will melt and prevent cutting; this rule, while good for general use, applies particularly to special cases where there is a supposed liability to heating. Never lay tools or other things on belts that are standing still, for they may be forgotton and cause a breakdown when the machinery is started. Don’t attempt to run a shaft ina box that is too large or too small, as you will waste time and fail to secure good results. A loose collar held bya set-screw will cause the collar to stand askew, and it will cut and wear the box against which it runs. In erecting a line of shafting, the largest sections should be placed at the point where the power is applied. The diameter can then be gradually decreased toward the extremities remote from this point. Don’t put loose bolts in plate couplings, as this will give no end of trouble in cutting, shearing and the wearing away of the bolt holes. Don’t think that because been well erected, and you oil it regularly, that it will never need any inspection or repairs. Don’t try to economize in first cost by having long dis- tances for a well-supported shaft will always do the best work; short shafts are surest to be straight and remain so.—American Engineer. your shafting has between hanging, 10 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN NovemsBer, 1893 FRADE REV Eas Office of CANADA LUMBERMAN, | October 31, 1893. J THE GENERAL SURVEY. S the active season for lumber hastens to a close the disposition is to make the most of all business that comes along. Shipments are hurried forward before navigation closes, and the rail trade 1s pushed before the difficulties of snow and frost hamper this method of locomotion. these lumber trade has been fairly active during the month. It is a time, as it were, when the ends of business are gathered up, and a clearing of the decks, to use a nautical expression, takes place. On the Chaudiere we hear of a good deal of shipping, not a little to the United States, despite the depression, and of fair quantities going to South America. Relatively there will be greater activity in the woods in Canada the coming winter than in the United States, and yet a conservative feeling prevails among lumber- men in regard to the work to be done. Across the border it seems pretty certain that the supply of shanty- men will far exceed the demand. Lumbermen of the North Shore and Georgian Bay districts have done a rather steady business, affected certainly by the depression across the border, but not as much as might have been expected. Home trade in Ontario is slow. Little building is doing and the complaint is of money being hard to get. With an anticipated revival of business in Australia and South America, lumbermen of British Columbia are looking forward to an improving trade. Local trade is only middling In the Maritime provinces, taking the month through, there has been a good deal of shipping, and lumbermen and millmen are not disposed to complain terribly of the condition of trade. Farnworth & Jardine, in their Liverpool Wood Circular, say of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia spruce and pine deals: “The import has been moderate, viz., 8,401 standards, against 9,185 stan- dards in 1892 and 10,382 standards in 1891 corre- sponding time; the deliveries have been fair, and the stock remaining over may now be considered moderate; notwithstanding this, prices during the month have slightly given way, although late sales show a little recovery. Pine deals are seldom en- quired for.” For reasons UNITED STATES. It is beginning to be felt that the hopes enter- tained a month ago of a revival of lumber trade in the United States this fall are falling far short of realiza- tion. With a likely settlement of the monetary diffi- culties, with which Congress has been wrestling, busi- ness looked up in September, but the revival has not extended through October. At most leading points the complaint is that the distribution of lumber is falling considerably short of that of a year ago. The look now is forward to the spring which is not without some signs of encouragement. FOREIGN. Not from any source do we get encouraging news of the British lumber markets. Farnworth & Jardine, of Liverpool, in their wood circular for October say : “We have no improvement to report in the tone of our market, which continues exceedingly dull, and although a fair quantity of the import has gone direct from the quay into consumption, the values realized have been disappointing, and stocks of all articles are quite ample.” Of Canadian woods the circular says: “Of waney pine the import has been heavy, but. the bulk has gone direct from the quay into consumption; values have been maintained ; the stock is sufficient. Square pine has been imported moderately, there is no improvement in the demand, and the late sales have been at lower rates. Red pine has moved off very slowly ; there is no change in value, and only large wood is saleable. Oak has come forward too freely ; first-class wood continues to move off at satisfactory prices, but the stock of inferior is accumulating, and is too heavy. Ash has been im- ported in excess of the demand, prices are easier, and the stock is too large. Pine deals have come forward more moderately; there is no improvement either in the demand or value, and the stock, although con- siderably less than at the same time last year, is quite sufficient.” Denny, Mott & Dickson, in their current London circular tell a similar story to their Liverpool congeners in the trade. They say : “Business during the past month has shewn no tendency to improve, and the underlying feeling for some time past that the turning to the long lane of stagnation must be near at hand, is losing its sustaining power in face of the great blow in- flicted on the leading industries of the country by the unhappy strike in the coal trade—a blow which must re-act on the consuming power of the community. Whether the timber trade will be seriously involved in the financial embarassments which promise to be brought about, should the remaining quarter of the year fail to show some improvement in trade, remains to be seen, but there can be little doubt that, notwithstanding the return to cheap money, the strain is getting increas- ingly severe on holders of small means, and the outlook is rather ominous, unless a revival of trade is nearer than seems now apparent.” From Australia comes word of an easing up of the money market. The monetary stringency, which has been long and severe, 1s showing signs of improvement. During the period of depression lumber stocks were allowed to run very low, and now a period of stocking up, to some extent at least, is becom- ing a necessity. Favorable reports are also received from South America, and within the past month several fair shipments were sent from Canada to South Ameri- can ports. HARDWOODS. The trade in hardwoods, particularly in the States is largely in a demoralized condition. The Northwestern Lumberman says: “Reports from the eastern markets indicate that the season’s accumulations of the hard- woods are now being urged on the markets in quantity sufficient to cause a severe pressure on prices. The same is true of western markets, though the effect is less pronounced, perhaps, in the west, because there is little buymg at any price. The time has come when we may look for a crisis in hardwood prices unless there shall be a sudden and considerable rise in consumptive demand. Hardwood mill operators have held out of the market through the season, hoping that affairs would so improve as to give them outlet and relief. They have waited only to be disappointed, and are now inclined to sell product for what it will bring in order to make their January settlements and avoid carrying their lumber into another year.” TORONTO, ONT. Toronto, October 31, 1893. CAR OR CARGO LOTS, TE UPA, GMs Wye) BNE! WSO Pa vo0 vdoe0nr sc; n0e0ensecovataanne 33 00 36 00 rxMojandin2idressingvand| betterment einen 20 00 22 00 Teono) Ell 32) HAW TAIN noo saonecacsanacavedan=sonneecoens 16 00 17 00 BAO EWG! 1D COMMON s onascanogwacamaovagcecncsscosnaanan I3 00 14 00 Iso) Choral 12 Hoyas CUS, coouccccccgoonossnacdsdnonannesae IO 00 11 00 TX1O,andyrajmillicullsaaa vac emer a hee meene IO 00 Ir 00 ENO EAP AINGl WHESanonaccocdsaonsooudondoatessunenne 28 00 32 00 Tsun hidressinedandmbe tte ee eee Esther eee ee ene 20 00 22 00 re UC LV seat TUN Aoaganavoeneaorccosounbouobuasnbon> 14 00 15 00 Te Mon Siebioys GONNA. sooconenaonceanaarepdscszseenanancn 12 00 13 00 1 inch siding ship culls....... PEE Maine HOOT Adoutycosatda II 00 12 00 ren Sebo sol CWS, oo ona nonsdocoroosgusnsueDsaoooons 9 00 10 00 Culllscautlingy |) Seis. Saabs eee eee mon ene erate 8 00 9g 00 1 1-2 and thicker cutting up plank.............. Wee ouobad 24 00 26 00 1 inch strips 4 in. to 8 in. mill run 1 inch strips, common PueV MNO loo banoeoabaroadn bndcadboCooonaDeacuSonoon 16 00 7: n-2!Inchylooring eer inece oes eel OER eee eee eee 16 00 XEXSXSishingles ero che eerie eee nee einer 250 260 » OGG ipl nshwElioseooramagavsacodnsbaaccoasars iamace 150 1 60 Lath, INOS tits tenccee cen ay eee eae ener 215 Lath, NGS Peacedg goscvoesouusoGudUn Ba AdDOOnnsooDeUe COS 180 1 85 YARD QUOTATIONS. Mill cull boards and scantling$10 oo F. M. Shipping cull boards, promis- II- 2in, flooring, dres’d 26 00 30 00 cuous widths... .... 13 00 rough 18 00 22 00 stocks . . . 16 00 a ce dres'd 25 00 28 00 Scantling and j joist, up to 16 ft 14 00} 11-4 in. flooring, un- 18 ft 15 00 dressed, B.M. . . 16 00 18 00 or fe ** 20 ft 16 00 | r1- qin. flooring, dres'd 18 00 20 00 UG ee e22ift 700) ““undres’d 12 00 15 00 a m ““ 24 ft 19 00 | Beaded sheeting, dres- G es “26 ft 20 00 Sed paar 20 00 35 00 re Et “28 ft 22 00 Clasboatine, dres’d. 12 00 fe a “30 ft 24 00 | X sawn shingles aS om «32 ft 27 00 poe IM so a oe 6 260 270 ‘ nf Se 2yis ot) Gay || Sexe 4 6 5 4 a 2 60 23850) Redi@akieu: meme ne 30 00 40 00 f af Ogle a Oey || Wee os 5 on oo 37 00 45 00 . - “38 ft 33 00 | Basswood, No. rand 2 a 00 30 00 N “40 to 44 ft 37 00 | Cherry, No. rand 2 : 00 go 00 Cutting up planks, 1 White ash, r and 2. . fs 00 35 00 and thicker, dry . 25 00 28 00} Black ask, 1and2. . 20 00 30 00 a board 18 00 24 00 Dressing blocks . . . 16 900 20 00 Picks Am. inspection. 30 00 HARDWOODS—PER M. FEET CAR LOTS, Ash, white, 1 to2in..$18 00 $20 00 | Elm,soft 1 “ 1%$11 00 $12 oo «2% to 4.. 20 00 24 00 tet 2 “3., 1200 3100 “black, in 9-2 1% 16\'co) Z8)/00) rock xr ‘“* 1% 14 00 16 00 Birch, sq., 1 4.. 17 00 20 00 &s 1% ‘ 3.. 15 00 18 00 ee ‘4x4 ‘8x8 20 09 22 00] Hickory 1% “‘ 2.. 28 00 30 00 “ red x ‘* Y% 20 00 22 00 Maple t ‘1% 1600 17 00 ae ge 2) 24S 22) .Go) 25800 2 “*4.. 1700 IBiod ‘yellow xr ‘“‘ 4.. 14 00 15 00] Oak,red,p'nrt ‘‘ 144 28 00 30 00 Basswood 1 ‘‘ 1% 15 00 16 00 ef "2 “4... 30:00 32m sa 1% ‘‘2.. 16 00 18 00 ** white ‘ “1% 2800 3000 Butternut 1 ‘‘ 14% 23 00 25 00 eS hha. SE -SOLOO maa e 2) Vaghe 25 (co! 28! 100 “quart'd 1 ‘f 2.. 48 00 5200 Chestnut 1 ‘‘ 2.. 25 00 30 00} Walnut 1, ‘* 3.. 85 00 100 30 Cherry r ‘© 1% 50 00 6000] Whitewood 1 ‘‘ 2.. 3200 3600 ee 2 “4. 60.00 65 00 OTTAWA, ONT. Orrawa, October 31, 1893. Pine, good sidings, per M feet, b. CMe veneers eee eee ee es $32 00 40 00 «c “ce “ “ Pine, good strips, Pine, good shorts, Pine, 2nd quality sidings, per, M feet, lbthacooonataadoancn 20 00 25 00 Pine, end quality strips, a Pine, 2nd quality shorts, on uf <0 nse aca ost atte I5 00 18 00 Pine, shipping cull stock, ‘‘ a CERES ERR ASO ATES 14 CO 16 00 Pine, box cull stock, ae Of reiaecen tee eee II 00 13 00 Pine, s.c. strips and sidings “ cf oer steuci ais vate wight EE II 00 14 00 Pine nal ew lle weer ee ROR COI BGO MEO aLIO.0+ 8 00 10 00 cea thn sep er IMIG. msec) scystoantate opedege tego /elate eye tetedos aetna te eee . 160 siep QUEBEC, QUE. QvuEBEC, October 31, 1893. WHITE PINE—IN THE RAFT. cts. cts. For inferior and ordinary according to average, quality etc., measured) Offs 4:20 ves cu lonaene «esennbe eeRee ee eee 14 @ 18 For fair average quality, according to average, etc., measured off. 16 29 For good and good fair average, - ‘ Ea oS a For superior ‘ F he és 28 30 In shipping order mo ss ee oe E200 45 Waney board, 18 to 19 inch ae i e Ee 30 Tso Waney board, 1g to 21 inch fe «¢ 6 o "37. “40 RED PINE-—IN THE RAFT. Measured off, according to average and quality Peep ra Aceon o Ae 14 22 In shipping order, 35ito.45feet “Es Ben eects eee 22 30 OAK—MICHIGAN AND OHIO. By the dram, according toaverageand quality. . . .. . .45 51 ELM. By the dram, according to average and quality, 4 45,10 50 feck a 308) 32 30 to 35 feet. . 25 28 ASH. 14 inches and up, according to average and quality. . . . .30 34 BIRCH. ¢ : 16 inch average, according to average and quality. . * . .20 23 TAMARAC. Square, according to size and quality . » 40) (hn ala ae Ig Flatted, re APEC os 5) a EH STAVES. Merchantable Pipe, according to qual. and sp’cfct’n—nominal . $330 $350 W.O. Puncheon, Merchantable, according to quality . 90 100 DEALS. Bright, according to mill specification, $115 to $123 for 1st, $78 to $82 for 2nd, and $37 to $42 for 3rd quality. Bright spruce, according to mill specification, $40 to $43 for rst, $27 to $28 for 2nd, $23 to $25 for 3rd, and $19 to $21 for 4th quality. BOSTON, MASS. Boston, Mass., Oct. 31.—A hopeful tone prevails among lumbermen. Sales are made with comparative freedom. Spruce is in fair demand, the opinion prevail- ing that no risk can be taken at present low prices. EASTERN PINE—CARGO OR CAR LOAD. Ordinary planed 34 inches alee eee $ 9 50 boardsijiie vise $11 00 12 00 Tr-16 wch--seeee 8 59 Coarse No. 5......- 1600 16 54 Sencheseerceraee 850 900 IRE RISE yey ieishlanieeee io 50 14 00| Clapboards, sapext.. 52 50 55 00 (Ohi eanenadpodeocdo 7 50 8 50 Sapicleareseeeeme 47 00 5000 Boxboards, 1 inch... 11 00 }=11 75 Sap, 2nd clear.... 35 00 38 00 Zach eeeee 9.75), 10100)|) a NOceee eee 2000 25 00 WESTERN PINE—BY CAR LOAD, Uppers; er inks 352 00@54 00 | Fine com., 3 and 4 in 42 00 46 00 14, 1% and 2 in.. 52 00 55 00| No. 2,1 in. Finecom. 28 00 30 00 3 and 4in dap tonaode 60 00 65 00 1%, "1, and 2in... 29 00 31 00 Selects) im inp dee. 45 00 47 00/ No.1 StS; 4 to6i in. 43 00 44 00 1X, 1% and 2 in.. 48 00 50 00 No. 00 aang “tits nasuacss 56 00 59 00 No. 00 Moulding boards, 7 to Cut ups, 1 to 2 in.... 24 00 32 90 Toe Clear eecir 36 00 38 00 | Coffin boards........ 20 00 22 00 60 per cent. clear... 34 00 36 oo | Common all widths... 22 00 26 00 Hine common, rin. 38 oo 43 00| Shipping culls, in... 15 00 15 50 1%,1% and 2 in. 4I 0O 43 00 do 14% in. 15 50 1650 SPRUCE—BY CARGO. Scantling and plank, Coarse, rough........ I2 00@14 00 random cargoes.. 14 00@15 00 Hemlock bds., rough. 12 00 13 00 Yard _ orders, ordinary “” dressed 12 00 14 00 SIZEST hee hen ne I5 00 16 oo | Clapbds., extra, 4 ft.. 32 00 33 00 Yard orders, extra Clear; ;4; fears 3O 00 31 00 SIZES eervanstceeie 16 00 18 00 Second clear....... 24 00 26 00 Clear floor boards.... 19 00 20 00 INO; reine I3 00 17 00 Oo ereomno nono 16 00 17 00 LATH Spruce by cargone. «scles can chase ocelot nee se 2 50@2 75 SHINGLES. Eastern sawed cedar, Eastern shaved sawed eXtra rine telecine $2 75 $3 00 cedar, rst quality... 5 00 Oe irenbanuocnarcene ean 32550 end quality Romito 3 475 ZUG Si. crete tere ois 75) 2800 ard. PSR caer 385 400 ext ran NOs ccaetsimaei is Tes) ERTS 4th Soe) gio See 3.00 3.25 Series IN@itsectecmres I 50 OSWEGO, N.Y. OswEco, N.Y., Oct. 31.—Pine and hardwood are both in better demand than for some time past. WHITE PINE. Three uppers, 15, 1% and ZANCHEeie omice sels eee $47 00@49 00 Pickings, = § “0 ~S8 o9 loos iene eee 39 ©CO 40 00 No. 1, cutting up, * BON lh a Satitdeeh Oe ee eee 34 CO 35 00 No. 2, cutting up, es In strips, 4to8 ae selected for moulding strips, 14 to 16 ft. 32 00 34 SIDING. 1 in selected....... 35 co @42 r¥ in dressing....... 19 00 21 1% in No. 1 culls.. 14 i in No. 2cuills.... 12 00 13 I tn No 3 culls...... Io 00 If 1 in siding, cutting BY picks and uppers... 32 00@39 00 TMUGnessinewen teenies Ig 00 2I 0O DanjeNowx cnllssnyisicte Iq 00 I5 00 XinWNo; 2 cullsvaene I2 00 13 00 season will mark one of the dullest for years. NovemMBER, 1893 IXI2 JNCH. TERUG CES ea el ee 2% 00 24 00 x2aud 26 feet, No. x and 2, barn boards..............0000 Ig 00 20 00 12 and 16 feet, dressing and better............-..22--0000+ 27 00 31 00 LE ALLE PSS EL, SIC 0 SS ee re I5 00 16 00 IXro INCH. 4 z2 and 13 feet, mill run, mill cullsout....................-. 2I 00 23 00 meaantisfert, dressina and! betters... .sssc 02 .ccecens even 26 00 28 00 paemmaren 4x2, TON ATEL, OATS oss oo ceca etnies ae estes wieecryerevenie 18 00 19 00 Ma AUMNS RT OIE TIN Cee Ee MENG cary at ciel i Sele ale wiels a: eisic sce 3: Sseiohe’s ‘wie 16 00 17 00 TE Dal SPEER INGE Bretillss 52 5o00 dasscgnosa5uspandneacoDe I5 00 16 00 meto x6 feet, mulliran mill cullsout....... 0.0.6. .2ee seen 21 00 23 00 34 to 16 feet, dressmg and better..............0.0.00 cee ces 26 00 28 00 To JE afr Se SFr iin Ce eee eee 17 00 18 co SPRGIGMECE GING S1CUIIS: cose. cc sic: cols cysie ins aye eraietalhee cals here I5 00 18 00 RSEESIRTES CE ENING SHCCLIS Solel eo foyel coo scetaioleteiaia:« sich Svebssareie’s “aaivle Il 00 12 00 14X10 INCHES. Millrun, mill culls out.$22 oo@25 00 | No. rculls........... 17 00 18 00 Dressing and better.. 27 00 35 00| No. 2culls........... 15 00 16 00 IX4 INCHES. Mill run, mill cullsout 17 00 21 00 | No. rculls........... I4 00 15 00 Dressing and better.. 24 00 30 00| No. 2culls........... 13 00 I4 00 IX5 INCHES. 6, 7 or 8, mill run, mill 6, 7 or 8, No. rculls.. 16 00 17 WUS Ob. <5... 88 20 00 25 00] 6,7 0r8, No.2culls.. 14 00 15 6, 7 or 8, drsg and better 5... s3 25 00 30 00 SHINGLES. XXX, 18 in pine....... 3 7° 3 90| XXX, r8in. cedar... .3 50 3 71 Clear butts, pine, 18in.. 2 70 2 90| Clear butt, 18 in. cedar. 2 50 2 71 XXX, 16 in. pine...... a Io 3 30| XX, 18in.cedar ....1 90 200 Stock cedars, 5 or 6in.. 4.50 5.00 LATH wt: Soo 6: 65 5 ae PeAOUMN Ga 2h Tyree S aes re woe, 2 25 nde 6) Se! I 80 BUFFALO AND TONAWANDA, N.Y. TONAWANDA, N.Y., Oct. 31.—The season is coming to a close here with dullness marking trade. Through- out the entire month business has dragged. A fair demand exists for pine, but generally shipments of any size are unknown. Piices do not change, and this is the most favorable feature of the month. WHITE PINE. Up’ = 1,1%,1%and2 Shelving, No. 1, 13 in date atta tes lee 5 $48 00 50 00 and up, 1 in...... 32 00@34 oc Be: and) % iis 3s: 56 00 58 00 | Dressing, 14 in...... 26 00 28 00 4 UM... - 26. e cess. 60 00 62 00 14%xzo0 and 12...... 28 00 peers, ae =. 22... 38 00 40 00 AS a eae 24 00 25 00 ye Ae eee 40 00 4200 BOAT ate one ese 2 26 50 28 oo 24 and 3 in....... 51 00 53 00! Mold st’ps,1 to 2in.. 33 00 35 00 righ Shee ee 52 00 eel No. 1, roand 12 Fine common, rin... 35 00 3800] .in............... 23 00 24 00 i). nn obnoeencodnes I 00 XXX Saginaw......... tN 40 leone SHOLES natel see icret ores nea eRe EXOXG lime aceasta ehet |........withy en above Directory as soon as issued, for which to pay Two Dollars per copy. All owners of saw and planing mills, wholesale and retail lumbermen, coopers, etc., are earnestly requested to furnish information asked for in following blank and mail same as soon as possible: Addiess all communications to DIRECTORY DEPART Nas CANADA LUMBERMAN, TORONTO, ON THE CANADA LUMBERMAN 2 G WRITE US ON THE om SUBJECT = OUR NEW CATALOGUE WILL SOON ‘BE* READY _. Aa __ aUceWING) Tees eee e2le : loMOMsacnes 5-32 10C ‘ ec Compare your circular and gang saws with the above gauge, and estimate the amount you would save each season. By cutting your stock with 14-15 or 16 gauge Band Saw—either gauge thoroughly practical. The Band will cut 1-8th —say 7-64. Your circular, if 6 gauge, will pro- bably cut 21-64. The saving is enormous. You cannot afford to continue the waste. Don’t hesitate to put in a Band. Improved Band Mills, Saws improved in steel, temper and manufacture, improved tools reducing the amount of skilled labor required to keep saws in order, all combine to make the running of a Band an easy matter to what it was a few years ago. WATEROUS. BRANTEFEORD. 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Dear Sir,—The shingle machine we bought o° y.u over a year ago is doing well. Last year we averaged cyer 32,000 shingles per i »y all through the season. We did no lose 15 minutes’ time from all stoppages, all repairs so far have not cost 50c. We « ex -| pect to make a still higher average cut this ‘| year. All our other machinery purchased from -| you is as good as the shingle machine. Your drag saw, with friction drive, cannot | be beaten. We run ours 180 strokes pe with 6% ft. saw it weuld easiiy minute ; mike blocks for two shingle machines Vhe splitter, with balance wheel 4 feet diameter, weighing 1,000 Ibs., is perfec: | heavy and ngid, strongly bolted | ‘| and runs without the least jar. The iror and braced. frame shingle jointer with 4o-inch saw is the only good jointer we ever saw. In fact, all your machinery, line shaft, pul- THE CARRIAGE = 8 .Is very light and strong, sade of forg red Cast Steel Plate, running on steel ways or tracks. Will take in a block 18 inches wide and 19 inches long, | adjustable for 16-inch or 18-inch shingles. Se CATLENT EE AND... MANUFACTURER OF ———— CAPACITY FROM 25,000 TO 50,000 PER DAY leys, etc., give us the best satisfaction. We expect to require another mill in a few days, and, if we do, will send you the order for complete outfit. Truly yours, M. Dovey. P.S.—If any one wants to see a good werk- M.D. ing shingle mill send them to me. 1F, d. DRAKE}———— SAW, SHINGLE AND LATH MACHINERY Be _Le Ww we. Se - wae ae VotumeE XIV. NUMBER II. TORONTO; ONT;, DECEMBER, !695 THE ORGANS ON THE LUMBER TARIFF. THE Globe and Empire, representing opposite views on tariff matters, have given editorial space to a discussion of the question specially as touching lumber. The changes in the lumber duties proposed by the Ways and Means Committee of Congress, are, in the judgment of the Globe, among the most important directly affecting Canadian trade. “All lumbermen” says the big Yonge street daily, “remember the boom that followed the reductions made by the McKinley Act, and the proposed changes will be still more effective in the same direction. Of course, the line between manufactured and so-called unmanufactured articles was necessarily drawn without system or reason.” Having given particulars of lumber duties and the McKinley tariff the Globe then says: “ The proposed tariff makes a clean sweep of the duties on lumber and wood of all kinds. The free list includes logs and unmanufactured timber, round, square or sided, firewood, hand bolts, heading bolts, stave bolts and shingle bolts, hop poles, fence poles, railroad ties, ship timber and ship planking, timber hewn and sawed, and timber used for spars and in building wharves, timber squared or sided, sawed boards, planks, deals and other lumber, pine clapboards, spruce clapboards, rough, hewn or sawed blocks for various manufacturing purposes, laths, pickets and pal- ings, shingles, staves of wood of all kinds and wood unmanufactured. The benefits of these changes will be felt chiefly in the Eastern States, where the people almost entirely depend on Canada for their supply of lum- ber. The present tax is heavy on many of these lines. On blocks for hubs and other purposes it is 20 per cent., on staves Io per cent., and on pine and spruce clap- boards it is $2 and $1.50 a thousand, respectively. Canadian lumbermen will also share in the benefits, as the freedom will enable the people of the Eastern States to become greater consumers of their products. This class of goods is put on the free list, on condition that no export duty be imposed by the exporting country, on the articles mentioned. Anexport duty imposed onany of them will subject the entire list to the present Ameri- can duties, when imported from the country imposing such duty. This, it is hoped, will settle the agitation for a Canadian export duty on loys. On manufactured or planed lumber there is still a diity of 25 per cent. This is more than sufficient to perpetuate the expensive neces- sity of unloading and reloading at the border, and of carry- ing lumber through Canadain its heavy and bulky form. The people of the Eastern States will still be paying, not taxation tothe Government, but the price of wasted labor in Canada and at the border. A_ smaller tax that would be paid would lighten the burden and at the saine time make a contribution to the revenue. The money taken from them by the impost might as well be spent in employing men to dig holes and fill them up again. Yet the protection theories are dying with encour- aging rapidity.” The Empire points out that such strong pressure is being exerted by the owners of Southern pineries upon Congress as against the free admission of sawn and manufactured lumber to the United States that the pre- sent duty upon Canadian lumber may be retained. “In such event” says the Government organ, “the only thing to be done by our Government, as foreshadowed by Mr. Foster the other day, is to seriously consider the question of reimposing the duty upon logs. At present, under the free removal provision, immense quantities of logs are annually towed from Canada to the mills in Michigan and Wisconsin. Mr. Aubrey White, of the Ontario Government service, bas reported this draught at 250,000,000 feet, but prominent lumbermen say that «Ye,900 900 feet will be the better estimate, Then if the country gains nothing else it will have such profit as may come from the sawing of the logs upon this side, and the American owner, who for some years past has been busily depleting Canadian forests, will stand upon the same plane as the native lumberman. The owners of Canadian limits who live in the northern states are in favor of free lumber. They have lost so much by tows breaking away and by the wreck of boats that they would much rather prefer to saw the logs on their own limits. But while they can get logs into the States free of duty they would have to pay the impost duty upon lumber shipped from this side. Therefore while the question of the free entry of lumber 1s in abeyance in the States some of them regard with disfavor the proposition to reimpose the duty upon exported logs. If the Ameri- can Government grants free lumber, all well, but if it does not then Canadian interests should be protected. If our forests must be sacrificed, and they furnish the only timber supply upon the continent worth speaking about, then Canadians should have the full advantage. Left to the Ontario Government, which is always im- pecunious and seldom economical, the timber lands would be stripped in a few years by foreigners and all the return which would be got would be a few figures in the annual report of receipts and expenditures. It, thereiore, behooves the authorities at Ottawa to regard closely the progress of the Wilson Bill through Congress and, if free lumber is not accorded Canadians, to force American lumbermen who own limits upon this side to cut their lumber on their own limits and to employ Canadian hands to do the work.” LUMBERMEN’S VIEWS ON THE TARIFF. LSEWHERE in this issue of the CANADA LUMBER- MAN we have discussed the proposed changes in the United States lumber tariff. Below willbe found the views of prominent lumbermen in various lumber centres. Mr. H. H. Cook, of the Ontario Lumber Co., said: “ As the law stands to-day if Canada imposes an export duty on saw logs, the Americans will charge us an import duty of $2 a thousand feet, board measure. We now pay $1 a thousand feet. By the draft tariff manufactured lumber, from Canada, or foreign countries, will be admit- tedfree. Ifmanufactured, it will pay a duty of 25 cents per 1,000 feet. Unmanufactured lumber means sawn lum- ber; manufactured lumber means lumber that is planed and made ready here for building purposes. Should the talked-of export duty on saw-loys be imposed, we would have to pay $1 per 1.000 feet. The McKinley bill took off $1 on condition that there should be no export duty on saw logs. In my opinion, such an export duty would be most unfortunate for the Canadian lumber trade. If the new tariff were to pass, it would be a great thing for Canada’s lumber trade. 1 don’t think there will be any- thing more about this proposed export duty. not.” I hope “ ] never was in favor of an export duty on logs,” said Colonel John I. Davidson, ex-President of the Board of trade, andof the firm of Davidson, Hay & Co, lumbermen. “] never was in favor of it, and I trust that in the face of the abolition of the American duty on lumber, no export duty will be put on logs by Canada. I was pleased to see that the new bill is intended to take off the duty on timber. It will prove of the greatest possible benefit to the Canadian trade.” Mr. David Gilmour, Jumberman, Ottawa: “The lumber- men of Ontario just now are not saying much but keep on sawing wood. Your or five years ago free pine lum- ber would have been regarded asa great boon. To-day here’s not many of us who care whether or not it is Terms, $1.00 Pex YEAR | Sincie Corigs, 10 Ce» made free. We have the pine, and the Americans are The abolition of the duty will give us a market for the poorer grades of pine lumber. If the Yankees want the higher grades the duty of $1 per thousand does not cut much figure, in fact it has not kept them from buying so far A few years ago we thought the taking off of the export duty was a blow at our industry. regarding it in a different light. New Brunswick and Eastern Quebec will be the chief beneficiaries, as they will be enabled to market their spruce.” forced to buy from us to supply their own market. Since we have got to Mr. John Donogh, (Donogh & Oliver) believes the proposed changes in the tariff would be beneficial to Canada. As he read the newspaper reports he took it that unmanufactured, that is sawn, lumber would be free. On manufactured, that is planed lumber, there would be a duty of 25 cents per 1,000 feet if there is no export duty on logs. If there should be such on import, the duty would remain as at present, $1. He did not expect the Government would impose an export duty on logs now : there would be nothing to be gained by it. The pro- posals now made will tend to open still more the eastern and central markets of the States to the Canada lumber trade. The reduction two years ago of $1 a thousand made a wonderful difference to the Ontario lumber trade, for it opened up a market for the coarser grade of lumber. The new tariff ought to be still more bene- ficial. I do not see what object American purchasers of timber would have to gain now by towing their logs. They would saw them on the Ontario side if the duty were taken off.” Mr. William Hurdman, Ottawa: “A decidedly good move, I am glad to hear, for it means better things for the trade. The striking off of that $1 on unmanufac- tured lumber don’t mean that the Canadian mauufac- turers will get the whole dollar to themselves. The American buyer will likely get half and the lumbermen here the other 50 cents. With regard to the manufactured lumber, the change will have the effect of causing more lumber to be dressed here, and consequently will give more employment.” Mr. G. B. Greene, manager of the Upper Ottawa Im- provement Company, said: ‘Reducing the duty on planed lumber will certainly be beneficial, inasmuch as it will give more employment and keep our planing mills employed all winter as well as summer.” Mr. John Bryson, M.P., of Fort Coulonge, Que., said: “I am glad to hear that the duty is taken off the unmanu- factured lumber, and it should be the same with the manufactured, on which I see they retaina duty. It will undoubtedly be beneficial to the trade here. My idea is to do away with all duty on timber.” Mr. E. B. Eddy, of Hull, says that despite the general reduction of United States duties, the Canadian Govern- ment should reimpose the export duty on logs. “ Put on the duty on spruce logs,” says Mr. Eddy, “and the Americans must pay the duty and keep on buying our logs. They have no logs of their own worth talking about. The mills in ‘New York State are getting 7o per cent. of their logs from Canada. The spruce trade is going to be the future lumber trade, not pine. Put the duty on spruce and you will make miles of spruce tand in Ontario and Quebec worth millions which to-day are not worth the bite of the bumble bee.” Mr. Hiram Robinson, president of the Hawkesbury Lumber Company, is not enthusiastic over the proposed changes in tariff. He says the changes may spur Canadian business slightly at present, but that they mean the more rapid destruction of Canadian forests for the preservation of the U.S. It will give the Americans cheaper lumber at the expense of Canada, 6 THE CANADA LUMSBE RIVE. : DECEMBER, 1893 THE BY-PRODUCTS OF SAWMILLING. N the early days of lumbering in this country lumber- men could, with some reason, perhaps, exercise less or more prodigality, both when at work in felling the tree and likewise when cutting it into lumber. At a more remote time when the primary matter was to clear the land, that it might be seeded down to provide sus- tenance for man and beast, there was little else to do than to get rid of the timber in the quickest way pos- sible, which was usually to cremate it. Time has worked many changes, and the small economies of business need to be exercised to-day by the lumbermen as much as by any other class of business men. Under the caption of “By-Products of Sawmilling” a writer in Hardwood enlarges quite profitably on this subject. He says: “The average operator of a sawmill relies for his profit on the good lumber he is able toturn out. He measures the chances of loss and gain wholly by the percentage of clear stock his logs will cut, and the price of such lumber in market. The mill culls are waste anyway, and if he gets within a moderate percentage of the cost of his common and shipping culls, he congratulates himself upon his closeness in figuring and economy in operating his mill. His profits necessarily depend upon his ability to get enough for his high-grade lumber to cover the greater part of the cost of his logs and all his profit. “Tt is not difficult to figure out something ahead in this, by assorting his lumber so that it will run well to good, but such liberality not uncommonly defeats itself, for when the stock gets into market, and is inspected under the buyer’s severer construction ofthe rules, the unlucky shipper very likely finds that he has a heavy freight to pay on much of it that will not bring cost at the delivery point. More than one saw mill enterprise that promised fairly enough in the beginning has landed the owner in bankruptcy because the timber would not make enough clear lumber to carry it. And are they not falling around us every day for alike reason? “This result is largely due in nearly every case to the neglect of the by-products of the saw mill. Many mill operators look upon anything but lumber as unworthy their attention, and so they run everything that will not make boards or plank or dimension stock that is fit to ship into the conveyor and up the incline, to the slab pile or refuse burner. “Thousands—yes, millions of dollars of as good profit as was ever made has been thrown away in this fashion, and few that lost it could tell where it had gone. They may know that they got back for their lumber less than the timber and sawing cost, and that their operation as a whole was a losing one, but they do not realize that the gain which would have served to turn the scale might readily have been made out of the stuff they burned up to get out of the way. “No saw mill man can be said to have fully mastered his business until he has learned that every cent he is able to get out of stock that will not bear shipment, or sell at a prout, isso much made. It all goes to swell the profits, because the stuff must be made in order to make the good lumber of which it is the refuse. All the by-products of the saw mill have this advantage, that they are the savings from what is practically worthless, and hence their cost represents only the labor put into them after they pass the saw. It is the conversion of the useless into the valuable, and so long as the bare expense of the manipulation costs less than the value of the resulting product, there is money in it. “This is a matter which has received more attention in the pine mills than among those sawing hardwoods, for one reason because the former are larger establish- ments as arale, and are operated ina more scientific way. With many hardwood producers, the sole prob- lem they undertake to solve is to get a certain quantity of logs into such shape that they are marketable, and to get the money for them. Their prime object does not seem to be so much to make the largest possible profit, as to turn their investment into cash quickly. This is a condition made necessary sometimes by the limited capital available, but it rapidly grows into a habit, and many never get beyond it. They begin and end their career as saw mill men without developing the scientific side of their business at all, being content with merely buying trees and logs, cutting them with more or less economy into boards and plank, and burning everything that will not make such lumber. “The notion is widely prevalent among such opet- ators that small mills are incompatible with the require- ments of economy, and that in order to take advantage of the chances for profit in the close utilization of material a big mill with all imaginable appurtenances is a necessary prerequisite. This a mistake. The man cutting five or six thousand a day is just as able to take care of the waste as one cutting four or five times as much, The writer has in mind now a little single circular mill, located at a place which it has practically created, and where there is no other business, cutting from six to eight thousand feet a day, where the principle of work- ing up the waste is carried out in detail. Besides the regular outfit of machinery, it has a band saw for mak- ing felloes, a sawing table, a lathe for making chair legs and for turning wood into various irregular shapes, cross-cut saws, etc. The result is that no cull stock 1s shipped from this mill, and what is left of the slabs and edgings needs very little grinding to make it as fine as sawdust. The owners have no difficulty in realizing a good profit from rather inferior logs, and their books show that a good deal of it comes from what they save out of the waste. “Tn some large mills what is ordinarily regarded as the refuse becomes the basis of a distinct business. The waste is sold by the saw mill man at a certain price, small of course, and the buyer takes it and works it up. Every piece big enough to make a pill-box is saved and utilized, and even when the cost of the material is added a good profit remains. In many cases this plan of utilization will prove practicable and eco- nomical, relieving the mill man of the details attending the working up of his refuse stock, and furnishing another man with the means of making money. “Another way is for the mill operator to furnish the machinery and the stock, and let out the job of working it up on shares or at an agreed price for the product. A shrewd, enterprising mechanic can usually be found who will gladly supply the skill, push and all needed help in keeping up the department for an interest in its results. By such methods as these, and others that will suggest themselves to a practical mill man, a deal of good money may be recovered from the slab pile that now represents nothing but loss to the owner. The machinery for working up wood into small shapes is not expensive, and it does not require such skill in handling as to make it difficult to secure competent men to oper- ate it. “The hardwood mill men are fortunate in having a larger variety of by-products than pine, where they are mainly lath and pickets, small pieces of pine being of little use for anything but kindling. But hardwoods of nearly all kinds can be worked up very closely, and made to yield a handsome revenue. They are used in so many shapes, and so largely in small pieces, that attention to the utilization of everything about a hard- wood mill becomes of first importance. All mill owners cannot adopt the same plan, of course, but all should have some method of working the refuse into valuable by-products, as they may if they will but give the subject proper study. “When everything possible has been made in the way of small articles of wood, there will still remain some- thing of value in the residue—the sawdust, bark and chips that go into the furnace or the refuse burner. All this is material, just as good as an entire tree, for the manufacture of the numerous products derived from the destructive distillation of wood. “In several places already large works are in oper- ation turning out such things as wood alcohol, creosote, acetate of lime, pitch, ether, wood oil, and other things which sell readily and bring prices that show a large profit over the cost of making. There was an exhibit of an apparatus for this work, and of its products, in the Forestry Building at the World’s Fair, which showed that remarkable results can be obtained with a compara- tively small investment and at little cost. Figures are given in connection with it which indicate a profit of $5 on the carbonization of one cord of wood, allowing $2 as the cost of it, and a further margin if the wood-tar obtained is re-distilled. Using the refuse of saw mills, which could be placed in the apparatus as cheaply as in a refuse burner, the margin ought to be large enough to make the process one of value to lumber makers. Pos- sibly all mill owners might not find it practicable or advisable to carry the utilization of their waste material to this extent, butymany ofthem might do so to their own profit and to the general advantage of the business.” _ BOILER EXPLOSIONS. By. E. W. Lockwoop, IN ‘‘ TRADESMAN.” PE fundamental cause of explosion in steam boilers when traced to its origin is most generally found to be the result of foul and dirty boilers. By reason of mud, sediment and scale, the engineer is unable to properly secure the results desired, he must consequently force things, and as a result the shell of the boiler is over- heated, expansion causes scale to give way, and the water striking the overheated plates creates a reactio which suddenly produces a strain upon the boiler. Something must give way and an explosion is the result. All this is due to the fact that the boilers were foul and in an unfit condition to do the work required of them. I lay down as a text this one fact: keep your boilers clean and you will have overcome the primary — cause of explosions. The world is constantly securing the results of brain energy of thinking men ; improvements are daily being made ; there isa constant and steady advance along the whole line of mechanical construction, which — in the past decade has been so great that it is almost impossible to enumerate. Those improvements and inventions which have secured the most satisfactory results have been the simplest in construction and operation, and comparatively inexpensive to the user when the risk and loss of time are fairly considered. One of the simplest in construction and operation for use in steam boilers, and the only one which will keep steam boilers absolutely clean and furnish pure water, has passed beyond the era of experiment and is an accomplished and recognized fact, and is the only appliance in the world which does and will do complete work to this end. Such an appliance is of inestimable value to the engineer, as it enables him to have complete control of his boiler and secure from it the best results possible and that without risk or danger. The boiler being kept clean gives to the engineer a sense of security which he can never feel when operating foul and dirty boilers, and the time is not far distant when the demand for security from loss and risking of lives of engineers will become so strong that the pro- ” prietor of any establishment, who, from a miserable par- simoniousness, shall fail to have the life of his engineer properly protected in this and all other directions, will be looked upon by all right-thinking citizens as a criminal, and I am much mistaken if he shall not be so’ considered under the law. TO COVER SUCTION PIPES. [' 1s a very good plan to cover the end of the suction pipes to pumps or injectors, and, in fact, it is very necessary in most cases, unless the water is very clear, as it does not take much to clog up an injector, especi- ally a small one. But do not make the mistake of put- ting a flat screen over the end of the pipe, as this does not give opening enough for the water to flow through. — This must be very plain when we think the wires of which the screen is made occupy a portion of the space — that the pipe covers, and, besides this, there is the fric- tion of the water passing through the numerous holes — through the screen, which is considerable if the water is passing at a great velocity. To be sure, at slow speed the friction may not be noticeable, but as the speed or velocity increases, it is very noticeable and must be taken account of or trouble will ensue from not having sufficient water for your pump or injector. The best form ofa screen ina place of this kind, and the one — recommended by injector makers, and others in similar — business, consists really in a hemisphere of brass wire netting, the diameter of which is the same as the pipe which it covers. This makesa very cheap screen and one which gives a good margin for the friction of the water and tor the clogging up of the holes in the screen by — floating particles of dirt in the water. DECEMBER, 1893 / THH CANADA LUMBERMAN > 7 VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS. There are certain peculiarities which not only affect mill operatives, but mechanics in other trades. One of the first things that is impressed upon the young man who learns a trade, says the Woodworker, is the neces- sity of good habits, such as punctuality, order in the way in which he does his work, neatness in finish, etc. Comparatively few persons, however, save those specially endowed by nature, succeed in exemplifying, in he best manner, the idea of order until they have gone hrough a long course of discipline. Very fortunately their affairs for a considerable period are in such a con- Orderly Disorder. dition as to merit the term “systematic disorder.” Take it in the matter of the keeping of their tools. Instead of having an apartment of some kind with a place for everything and everything in its place, their tools will be in various places and so scattered about that gather- ing them together for any purpose whatsoever is a mat- ter of no small labor. ‘“ Orderly disorder” is the term perhaps that describes the condition in which they keep things. Now disorder of this kind is worse than the usual form, for ordinary disorder is so baneful that sooner or later an effort is made at reformation ; but orderly disorder on the other hand frequently deceives the victim into believing that he is orderly, so it remains unchecked and works the greatest harm. According to a recent report ef a visit to the cork forests of Spain and Por- tugal made by M. Hickel, of the fores- try department of France, the area of the Spanish cork forests is estiinated by the Forest Department of that country at about 620,000 acres, dis- tributed as follows : Gerona, 198,000 ; Huelva, 134,000 ; Caceres, 80,000 ; Seville, 74,000 ; Cadiz, 55,000 ; Ciudad Real 28,000 ; and Cordova 23,500 acres, the remainder being in ten provinces, of which the principal are Bada- joz, Jaen, Malaga and Toledo. The cork-tree is only found in any considerable quantities in the northern provinces of Burgos, Santander, Zamora, Salamanca, Avila and Saragossa. As regards the volume of produc- tion, it appears difficult of estimation, more especially in the absence of any data relating to the home consump- tion. Some idea may be formed when it is considered that the quantity of prepared cork exported to France in 1891 amounted to $5,811 hundredweights, representing about 172,000 hundredweights of raw cork. Cork in the rough is represented by a quantity of about 20,000 hun- dredweights, thus making a total. of about 200,000 hundredweights. To this amount must be added the total quantity devoted to home consumption and the amount exported which does not pass through France. According to the Spanish trade accounts, the total value of the cork exported from Spain to all countries in 1891 was $5,370,000. Some Spanish authorities have estimated the total quantity produced at 275,000 hun- dredweights. As a cork-producing province Gerona holds the first rank in Spain, and Barcelona the last. The cork forests of Catalonia are concentrated in these two provinces. As regards the yield of the Portugese cork forests, the trade returns of that country show for the year 1890 a total export of 453,650 hundredweights of cork in the rough and 42,427 hundredweights of cork manufactured. European Cork Forests. The rapid advances that have been made during the past ten years, both in the practical application of elec- tricity to the service of mankind in the knowledge of the principles of thg science, have brought us in the opinion of S. F. Walker (in the London Electrical Engineer) to the point at which we are obliged to ask our- selves, What is electricity? If the advance is still to continue? Up till very recently, notwithstanding the wonderful guesses that have been made by those not actually engaged either in the study or the practice of electricity, and the closer and closer approximations that have been made by those mathematicians who have given attention to the subject, it may fairly be said that we knew absolutely nothing as to what the mighty force we dealt with was. And, in addition to this, it has not been necessary that we should know what electricity What is Electricity ? was, so long as we were thoroughly cognizant of what it could be made to do. As far as the writer is able to understand the matter now, electricity is simply ° motion of the molecules of the different systems which are the subjects of electrical action, just as heat, light and sound are, and the only difference between these forces 1s the rate of the motion. The motion of sound, as we all know, is comparatively slow; that of heat and light very rapid. That of electricity would appear to be somewhat between the slow motion of sound and the rapid motion of the heat waves, whose motion is slowest. And it would appear that the wonderful adaptability which electricity shows for every kind of work is due entirely to the position which its rate of motion occupies in the scale of the energies. It would also appear that the reason this wonderful agent lay dormant for so many ages, and is even now only partially developed, is very largely, at any rate, because we have no sense which responds to the particular periods of vibration com- prised within the electrical range. The writer will conclude this brief notice by remarking that heat currents would be far more efficient than electric currents if we could make use of them as we do the latter, and that, as he before remarked, the reason electricity is such a useful agent appears to be because its rate of vibration is sufficiently high to admit of rapid transmission, yet not sufficiently so to be destruc- tive. It only becomes destructive when it is trans- formed into heat. HEATING BY EXHAUST STEAM. ee idea is very prevalent that it is expensive to heat a mill or factory by exhaust steam, says a paper devoted to steam matters. By this we mean that many mill owners, superintendents and shop hands believe this to be true, and this belief is founded on the fact that it is often expensive in practice ; but we maintain that where this is the case it is due to an improper appli- cation of the system and not because the system itself is defective. A few days ago we indicated an engine there the whole of the exhaust steam is used for heating the feed-water. Under these conditions there is but one pound back pressure above the atmosphere ; and even with a heavier load this was increased but little. At not a very great distance from where this engine is located there is another, where the exhaust from it is used for the same purpose, but in this case the back pressure amounts to nearly fifteen pounds above the atmosphere, simply because the arrangement of the pipe is defective. The idea is that the exhaust steam must have free access to the atmosphere, and where the pipes which convey it do not incline downwards from the engine, suitable drips must be provided. If this is done, it matters not whether the exhaust pipe is ten feet or 5,000 feet, so far as creating a back pressure is con- cerned. When some inen put up pipes for steam heat- ing, it seems to be one of their objects to save in the first cost of pipe as much as possible, without much regard to what the results will be when they come to put them to practical use. This is worse in the case of heating by exhaust steam, for a small exhaust pipe means unnecessary back pressure, and this in turn means an increased forward pressure on the piston, which means more steam used, and more steam means more fuel, which costs money. Thus we can reason from cause to effect in a way that any one can under- stand if they will give it a little consideration. Suppose the steam is to be carried from the engine room to the mill where it is to be used, the distance between the two buildings being 50 feet. Now, if we are to use live steam, the pipe in this open space should not be any larger than is actually needed to convey the necessary amount of steam, in order that the passage may be made as quickly as possible, to avoid excessive condensation ; but if exhaust steam is to be used, then the pipe should be as large as the size of the cylinder calls for, or else the increased back pressure will far overbalance the benefits derived from a rapid passage of the steam. In either case they should be well pro- tected from the cold air. - Valves and elbows are an obstruction, as a matter of course, but not to such an extent as some engineers would have us believe, provided they are large enough for the duty required and the valves have a full open- ing ; or, in other words, if the passage through the valves is equal to the capacity of the pipe. If the exhaust steam will not go through the pipes in the s tem with a light pressure, out the of the trouble and apply a remedy in an intelligent manner. yo" study cause WOOD TOOL BELTS. O= of the largest items in the bill expenses, aside from knives and cutters, is belting, says a writer in the Age of Steel. It is only necessary to look over the pile of old and so-called worn out belts to be found in almost every wood-working establishment, to satisfy one that not one in ten of the belts that are thrown aside as worthless are half worn out, but are simply rotten and spoiled by bad use and neglect. There are sO many causes that contribute to destroy a belt before it is half worn out that it is impossible to enu- merate them all. One of the most fruitful causes is iin- proper tension. A belt is just as liable to be injured by running it at too great tension as by running it too slack, but some operators are never satisfied unless it is strained to its utmost strength, while others will never take up a belt so long as it can be coaxed to remain on the pulleys. In some cases of over-tension, however, it may not be wholly the fault of the operator. The driving pulleys may be too small, or too narrow face, to trans- mit the necessary power without submitting the belt to a ruinous tension. In such cases the only effectual remedy is to substitute either a pulley of greater dia- meter upon both the machine and line shaft of the same face, thereby increasing the speed of the belt or sub- stitute a pulley of the same diameter, but wider face, thereby increasing the power. In many cases, where there is ample belt power at a proper tension, belts are neglected and allowed to run too loose, and slip and burn. The operator should fully understand that the slipping of a belt generates heat, and heat has a tendency to rot the leather, just in pro- portion to the temperature. Another practice to be con- demned is, whenever a belt becoines loose and begins to slip, instead of taking it up at once, to begin to dose it with rosin, machine oil, soap or anything else that may come to hand. Such materials may cause the belt to adhere to the pulley for the time being, but soon cease to act, and the belt is left in a worse condition than before. A belt of proper size and proportion to transmit the power required at a tension not exceeding too pounds to the inch in width, should last and do good service until it is worn down to one-half the original thickness. of running DANGEROUS PRACTICE. T is always dangerous, says Locomotive, to calk leaky joints, or screw up nuts, about boilers that are under pressure, and many accidents result from doing so. The other day we learned of an accident of this kind. The engineer undertook to tighten upa leaky cap ona sec- tional boiler while the boiler was under steam pressure. A slight twist did not seem to do any good, so he gave the cap a good, vigorous wrench. Immediately steam and boiling water began to pour out, increasing in quan- tity every instant. He could not get away quickly enough and was severely scalded all over the upper part of his body. His assistant was down ina pit in front of the boiler and was immediately overcome by the scalding cloud. The assistant was dead when the cloud had subsided enough to allow of his removal. DON’T PUT IT OFF. Dene let anything connected with the boiler in your charge run from bad to worse, with the idea that at some certain time you will have a general over- hauling and repairing, because an accident may occur at any moment, involving serious loss of life and property. NOISY OIL FUEL. 2 oil is to be the future fuel for steam making, some inventor who will devise an easy way to get around the noisy part of the burning, will be a benefactor if he doesn’t make a cent, says an exchange. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN, $1.00 per year. Subscribe. Hi rl peas ADA LUMBERMAN DECEMBER, 1893 PUBLISHED ON THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH oe AR TLEW Seq WESVSINOWODISL OFFICE. 75 CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE BUILDING Toronto, ONTARIO TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : One: Copy OnesYear in advance). css eee $1.00 Gne\Copy Srz Months; inladvantetn.2.4-2. ase ese ee 50 Foreign Subscriptions, $1.50 a Year ADVERTISING RATES Fu RNISHED ON APPL ICATION fe S: Soman - - EDITOR. Tue CanADA LUMBERMAN is published in the inters ts of the lumber trade and of allied industries throughout the Dominion, being the only re- presentative in Canada of this foremost branch of the< commerce of this coun- try. 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There is not an indiv idual in the trade, or specially interested in it, who should not be on our list, thus obtaining the present benefit and aiding and encour- aging us to render it even more complete. FREE LUMBER BILL. ON another page of the LUMBERMAN we publish the views of a number of prominent lumbermen on the pro- posed changes in the United States tariff making lum- ber in a large measure free. We also place elsewhere the editorial comment of Empire and Globe, as repre- sentative of the two great political parties holding op- posing views on the tariff question. The subject has been promirfent in the trade discussion of the month. About the middle -of November a des- patch from Ottawa contained the announcement that the Government were seriously considering the matter of re- imposing the duty on logs, and alarm was felt in certain lumber quarters, and there were members of the trade who did not hesitate to express themselves strongly on the imprudence of this disturbing element being thrown into business at the present time. It was not many days, however, before news came from Washington that the Ways and Means Committee had brought down their long-expected tariff bill, and in this lumber was placed on the free list. The exception is made of manufactured or planed lumber on which a duty of 25 per thousand will be exacted. Otherwise the bill,as covering the requirements ofa free lumber bill, is quite complete. Spruce, which had been taxed before, is on the free list, and by this step what was considered by many an invidious and inexplicable distinction in the tariff as between pine and spruce, has been removed. Whilst lumbermen are in some measure still divided in their opinion on the benefit, if any, likely to come to Canada from the proposed changes, there is no doubt that the measure is in a very general sense accept- able to the Canadian trade. The Finance Minister, Hon. Mr. Foster, has said himself in a recent interview that any movement in the direction of re-imposing the log duties would be contingent upon the United States continuing their present heavy duties on Canadian lumber and pulp. The proposition is now in a different direction, and the bill, if it becomes law, will have re- moved the end for action by the Canadian Govern- ment. The bill may not become law, and certainly not with- out opposition from the lumbermen of the Southern States and some other points. But the committee have no doubt weighed the case carefully, and late despatches state that the disposition in Congress is to hurry through the measure, so that in its various details it may become law in March. Quite likely by issue of the LUMBERMAN some developments may have taken place and a more perfect knowledge obtained of the exact interpretation Any views from our readers will gladly be given place in these columns. another of the measure. EDITORIAL NOTES. SHINGLE men in the Puget Sound country have ex- perienced some difficulty lately in securing cars enough on the Northern Pacific. The trouble is being overcome by the completion of the Soo line, which gives the Canadian Pacific a line of its own to Minneapolis and St. Paul, enabling it to haul lumber and shingles east. A DULUTH despatch reads : “ Careful estimates show that 235,000,000 feet of logs, are being cut this winter by the lumbermen of this district, besides some 50,000,000 feet that are put in by local men for outside mills, the Meyerhausers, the Rat Portage mills and others. About 124,000,000 feet of logs are on hand, giving about 350,- 000,000 feet for the mills next summer.” J. W. Howry & Sons, of Saginaw, Mich., who re- cently bought a large tract of timber near Peterboro’ Ont., itis said, erect a saw mill at or near Peter- boro’, and by building a short line of railroad will con- nect with a line running to Toronto, and will move the manufactured product to market that way. They are at present building two large shanties near the Peterboro’ limits, and will give employment to a large number of will, men. WitH the enormous railway development now going on in South Africa it is believed that there might be a good demand for Australian woods for sleepers and other purposes. Mr. Walter D. Davis, of Western Australia, who has recently been in South Africa push- ing trade in Western Australia jarrh and karri timber says he obtained at Durban a photograph of some piles, formed of karri wood, showing them to be as sound and solid as when driven in twelve or fourteen years ago. OTTAWA lumbermen are rapidly completing plans for the winters work. Messrs. Bronson & Weston have nearly all their men up the river which they will send this year except positions for a few of their reliable mill hands. ‘Their shanties are on Big Lake, Schyan, Rock- liffe, Mattawa, Quinze and the northern tributaries of the Madawaska. There are two shanties in each of these districts. Mr. J. R. Booth continues to send up large gangs of men to his valuable timber limits in the Nipis- sing district. Mr. Booth’s other shanties are pretty well scattered. Messrs. Buell, Hurdman & Co. will have about the same number as last year scattered in their different shanties up the river. THE loss of the steamer Fraser on Lake Nipissing, to which reference is made in news columns, was a lumber casualty of more than ordinary sadness. There is a pleasure in all this sadness, however, in noting the very ready and kindly manner in which the owners of the vessel, Messrs, Davidson, Hay & Co, haveset about to relieve the bereaved relatives. they have had much practical sympathy extended to them byresidents of Torontoandelsewhere. Wm. Ryan, commission merchant, Toronto, subscribed $200 ; W. R Johnston, wholesale clothing, Toronto, $100; Messrs. Geo. S. Thompson & Co., lumber merchants, Lindsay» $100 ; and others besides these have been thoughtful in a like direction. Storekeeper Douglas, who was one of the drowned, left a widow and six children. Two of his daughters have been placed in the position occupied by their dead father at Cache Bay. our In this work of love CONSIDERABLE interest has been manifested in the sale of timber limits at the Crown Land Office, Fred- ericton, N. b., during the past month. Among the pur-_ chasers were the Muskcka Mill & Lumber Co., of Toronto, who acquired rather more than 200 miles of lunits. Other buyers were Kilgour Shives, A. E. Alex- ander and George Moffatt. ENCOURAGEMENT is given to lumber shippers in British Columbia by Mr. J. A. Curtis, of New South Wales, who has been visiting the Pacific coast, and whose views on lumber matters are given in our ELI page. He says that ten-elevenths of the lumber that reaches that Australian colony comes from the United States. He would like to see the sister colony Canada control the major part of this trade. It is pointed out, however, that in order to do this British Columbia lum- bermen must improve their methods. The lumber will need to be more carefully cut and dried, and doors and other articles must be made in a style to compete with those made in San Francisco. This is a condition of success in any business and we have no doubt that our western brethern will do all that is needed in these respects. A MECHANIC who has occupied a numberof responsible positions, in which he had followed others in conducting — manufacturing operations, and been obliged to accept — things pretty much as he found them, shaping his course largely to suit what had been previously done, got to wishing finally that some day he might happen to be the first man in a new enterprise where he could lay out things according to his own ideas, and havenone of what he regarded as the mistakes of others to either continue or correct. He finally secured such a place, and after some experience in it, declared that he had never before — fully understood the difficulties of the pioneer, his multi- tudinous chances for mistakes, and for leaving the bars 4 down for future criticism by others. He now thinks it is easier to follow after others, do as well as you can, and then have your predecessors to blame for shortcomings ; all of which again illustrates the truth that each man best appreciates the difficulties of his position, can in the nature of things never fully appreciate the difficulties of others, and is apt to conclude that they haven’t any to speak of. THE fact that a number of United States lumbermen owners of considerable timber limits in Ontario, met to- gether in the city a few weeks ago, gave rise to less or more speculation by the newspapers as to the purpose of the meeting. These might have come together for consultation touching various matters of business in which they would have a common interest, but a des- patch which was immediately sent broadcast throughout Canada and the United States stated that it was the unanimous opinion of the meeting that the duty imposed — on Canada on lumber imported into the United States: should not be disturbed. A Michigan correspondent of the Northwestern Lumberman commenting on the report remarks: “The report may be true, but if the retention of the duty will have the effect of inducing the Canadian Government to reimpose the export duty on saw logs, there is no question that Saginaw valley lumbermen who depend upon Canada for logs will not stick for the reten- tion of the $1 duty on imported Canadian lumber. At least this opinion is expressed by a number who have been seen on the subject. And it seems to be the opinion among them that if the lumber duty is retained, it will result in some action on the part of the Dominion au- | thorities to prevent the continued export of logs.” This comment, taken along with the statement made by the Hon. Mr. Foster that if lumber isnot made free by Con- gress the Dominion Government are likely to re-impose the log duty, seems to size up the situation just about as it exists. Among those present at the meeting in ques- tion were A. K. McIntosh, of the Shepard & Morse Company, of New York and Burlington, Vermont ; E. T. Canington, of Bay City, president of the Spanish River Lumber Company ; H. A. and J. F. Batchelor, of Saginaw ; Thomas Cranage and S. G. M. Gates, Bay City ; Green B. Peck, of Cleveland, Ohio; John M. Howry, Col. T. A. Bliss, and John Quinn. the represen- tative ef ex-Gov. Alger. WRITER ina lumber contemporary criticises the proposed method of an Ottawa firm of seasoning beech and birch. Having déscribed the method he then says : “ After all is done, this wood is neither beech, nor birch, nor walnut in appearance. Neither has it taken on any new quality that makes it superior to either beech or birch, both of which are handsome woods, or that makes it equal to walnut. These bogus, imitation, arti- ficial, counterfeit and fillered woods make a lover of fine natural grains, hues and other characteristics very tired, in fact, fatally tired.” * * * “We are busy cutting railway ties and shingles,” said Mr. W. J. Brooks, of Grimesthorp, in the Algoma dis- trict, “and are finding a demand for all we can cut. I have no thoughts that the cedar shingles of British Columbia will come into serious competition with our pine shingles. I have an idea that the cedar shingles of the coast are injured by the process of kiln drying that seems necessary to them.” * -- ar * The statement is made in a trade contemporary that a United States lumberman who has devoted some con- sideration to the question of lumbering in Canada be- lieves that the main opposition to the export of logs free of duty from the Georgian bay district to Michigan mills comes from mill owners in that district, for the reason that at present there is very little demand for the product manufactured in that section. Eastern buyers will not visit isolated miils for stock if they can avoid it, prefer- ing to purchase at large manufacturing centres. The Canadians think if the logs did not go to Michigan the mills in eastern Michigan would be forced out of com- mission, the American owners of Canada limits would be forced to erect mills in Canada, and in this way a trade would be built up. tons ED An Ottawa millman has placed the output of the Chau- diere sawmills this season at 200,000,000 feet, distributed as follows : pe NS) El Ease The old Perley & Pattee mill ie Bronson & Weston................ Ree e AMARA AS BOK os 5 sooo seco siete as os ee eer eee Wa enemas 6. Mill... -.........:-- The mills would close down about the first of Decem- ber, he thought, and he considered the outlook in sawn lumber for next season as fairly good. He believed the Chaudiere men will have as many men cutting logs in the woods this year as last, and wages he thought would be about the same. < *£ & * The timber limits of the Nipissing district have been inspected during the past few weeks by a number of Buffalo capitalists, who have been under the guidance of Mr. Geo. S. Thompson, of the firm of G. S. Thomp- son & Co., whose headquarters in the timber business are at South River, Lake Nipissing. The party con- sisted of Mr. Geo, W. Partridge, ex-president of the Buf- falo City Council, Ald. John Kamman, Mr. Frank L. Bapst, and Mr. Edward Beck. Mr. Partridge said: “We are going to Lake Nipissing at the instigation of Mr. Thompson, and have reason to believe that there are good chances for investment there. We intend go- ing to Powassan and across Lake Nipissing into the timber district. If we find that everything is as we ex- pect we will accept the free grant rights given by the Canadian Government, which consists of 200 acres for married men and too for single. Should we decide to invest it will be necessary for us in future to spend about six months of the year in Toronto.” tt & & When the Hon. Mr. Foster, a fortnight ago, intimated in a newspaper interview that the Government were likely to re-impose the export duty on logs, the Ottawa lumbermen were quick to protest against the step. Alex Fraser, of Westmeath, said “It would be an act of mad- ness to put an export duty on logs now.” G. B. Pattee remarked : ‘‘ Imposing an export duty on logs is not the way to induce the United States Congress to give us free lumber.” Said a member of Buell, Hurdman, Orr & Co.: “We are not favorable to a policy that would drain our pockets.” Hon. E. H. Bronson, M.P.P. said : “Such a step would involve a serious loss to lumbermen, and would limit the output considerably. It would also necessitate a reduction in the staff of employees and very likely a reduction in wages. It means a loss any way you look at it.” Mr. Levi Crannel states that the re- imposition of an export duty on logs would mean a loss of at least $250,000 a year to the lumbering industry of the Ottawa valley. + & F Mr. J. A. Curtis, who has been engaged in the lumber- ing business in New South Wales for thirty years, is jast now visiting in British Columbia. To an interviewer he said that during 1892, not one of the best years, about 22,000,000 feet of lumber were imported to New South Wales from Puget Sound and other United States ports. “There is no reason,” said Mr. Curtis, ‘‘ why all or most of the lumber used in New South Wales should not come from British Columbia. We are Britishers over there, and consequently would prefer to deal with Britishers, The object of my trip is to endeavor to arrange with British Columbia mills to supply us with lumber. I have had one shipment from here, but it was not equal to Tacoma lumber. There was a great deal of sap in it and it appeared to be carelessly cut. The lumber is just as good as the best, and I think I will probably make arrangements with some mills. They will be able to remedy the defects when pointed out to them. You might also supply some of the doors used in Australia, which comes from San Francisco. San Francisco doors are made of sugar pine which is expensive. Cedar doors should be just as good and could be supplied more cheaply. But they must be made of the same style, as the people have become accustomed to it.” Mr. Curtis will visit the different mills of the province during his stay and expects to make arrangements with them. * * * * Chatting a few days ago with Miss Lillian Phelps, the talented lecturer of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, I learned something of the work of this excellent organization among the shantymen of the Ottawa dis- trict. JI am told that the society employs a missionary at an outlay of $50 a month to spend the winter around the camps, holding religious services on Sundays, and as occasion throughout the week will permit. A good deal of time is also spent in conversation with the men in their shanties after the business of the day is over and in reading to them, an exercise that is much appreciated, especially when the missionary is a good reader, a quali- fication that is sought for in such an office. It had been the practice to send tothe camps quantities of news- papers for the men to read in spare time. Experience has shown, however, that the men did not always possess the reading habits to select from the papers as wisely as had been hoped for. The difficulty has been very suc- cessfully overcome by the ladies, though at a good deal of labor, by making selections of stories, sketches and illustrations from the papers before they are sent to the camps, and having them made up into scrap books on linen. |! am told that the shantymen take a large amount of enjoyment out of these cleverly-constructed scrap albums. As is the case with not a little work of a philanthropic character its more pertect develop- ment is hampered for want of sufficient funds. I believe that lumbermen appreciate such work as the W. C. T. U. are doing for their employees, and, whilst it has not even been suggested to me, I have no doubt that Miss Phelps and her co-laborers would appreciate any assistance that would come to them for this work. t+ & & “Ves,” said Mr. W. C. Edwards, the genial Rockland lumberman and M. P, for Russell county, “ the old Mc- Clymont milling property, the site of one of the first saw THE CANADA LUMPEERMAN 9 mills in the Ottawa valley, now belongs to our firm. The property is valuable to us, being near our new mill on the western side of the Rideau river. It has been in the market for some time, but the transfer apreement was completed on Monday last.” Asked as to the price paid, Mr. Edwards declined to name it. The McCly- mont property in New Edinburgh includes the old woollen mill, the saw mill and grist mills at present run by the McKay Milling company, and office on the otber side of Sussex street at the end of the second New Edin- burgh bridge. The present sawmill was built in 1872 and is consequently an old mill, yet by no means the most aged The passed through the bands of many diffierent owners, and has undergone but little change since the time of its in- ception. For the past few years the McLaren estate has controlled the mill, but their Gatineau Jimits being all sold to W. C. Edwards & Co. they had great difficulty in securing logs sufficient to keep the saws going. This year the mill did not run for more than six weeks, when it was compelled to close down for scar- city oflogs. All three of these concerns are run by water power secured from the Rideau. The fiume into the saw mill underwent extensive repairs this past sum- mer and is now in better shape than for years past. The eastera channel of the river is said to be the deepest although the difference is not very much. The western channel generates power for the new mil on the site of the McLaren mill which was burned a couple of years ago. Mr. Edwards controls the power of the Rideau river on both channels, thus guaranteeing power for all his concerns which might be cut off under other circum- stances. The McLaren lumber which is piled on the lately purchased property, will be removed during the present winter. Mr. W. C. Edwards would not say what his intentions were concerning his recent purchase, but it seems to be understood that the present industries will continue at least for some time to come. The property is valued at over $100,000. in this neighborhood. sawmill has Be sie. 1 SE How true it is that business is made up of details. And yet it is equally true that it is the details of business that are constantly neglected by business men. A con- tract is taken and before the contractor is half way through with his work he discovers that a mistake has been made. He looks into his figures again, with a little more care than he did the first time, and finds that in certain details, in place of making careful calculation he took things for granted and now finds himself out. As a writer has said in a clipping that has come under my notice, he “guessed” that certain things were all right, but did not attempt to square his guesses with facts. To illustrate this.the writer says : “ One day last week I saw two sets of figures on one contract. One of the men who figured understood his business, and his figures were to acent. The other one guessed at the cost. Their figures were not far apart, for the job was not large. The guesser’s bid was below the exact figurer’s bid, and he got the job. He has since told me that “there is no profit nowadays in this line of work.” The other man assured me he knew “exactly how much Mr. Guesser would lose on the job.” His figures agreed almost to a cent with what the “ lucky ” bidder confessed he was “out” on the work. These two men represent the two classes of mechanical workers, those who fai] and those who succeed. These classes are distinct. The guessers “get the work at any figure.” They soon do enough work to lose all they possess. The exact figurers “get a fair profit or let the job go to someone else.” They may work less, but they make a profit on all they do, and they soon do little enough to roll up a good bank account. It may sound paradoxical to say that one man succeeds in getting so much work that he fails, and another succeeds in getting so little that he grows rich, but there are enough examples of both to prove that the seeming paradox covers an important business truth. The man who is master of the details of his business is a powerful competitor. He knows when he reaches the point in bids below which he will not, cannot go. His guessing competitor has only one limit in view. He aims to go below his competitor, no matter how low the competitor sets his figures. How many men can tell to which class they belong.” io THE CANADA LUMBERMAN DECEMBER, 1893 ~ OTTAWA LETTER. {Regular correspondence CanapA LUMBERMAN.]} INTER dullness has not yet settled down on the lumber district of the Ottawa. In fact there has been a good deal of stir throughout the month, and ship- ments have been going forward with fair alacrity. There is an improvement in the South American mar- kets and one firm has been busily engaged shipping a cargo of 12-inch stock, about 1,250,000 feet, to Buenos The freight will run something under $9.00 a thousand. Shipments for a good part of the month have averaged 2,000,000, feet a day. Many of the mills are still running, though there is a general desire on the part of the men to get off for the woods. For road cut- ters, from $14 to $16 a month was offered, according to the men ; for teamsters $16 and $18, and choppers from $18 to $22. Ayres. INDIFFERENT LENGTHS. Senor Achilles Chiesa, lumber dealer of Rosario, in the Republic of Argentina, South America, has been visiting in Ottawa, and believes there is good oppor- tunity to develop the lumber export trade with his country. It is estimated that about goo barges have carried lum- ber cargoes from here this summer, which will represent in the vicinity of 250,000,000 feet that has gone forward by water, while about 100,000,000 feet so far has gone forward by rail. The depositing of mill refuse in the Ottawa will give rise to further litigation in the case of J. Ratte, who claims that his business as boatman has been seriously interfered with from this cause. He is suing the Chau- diere mill men for $30,000, which he claims is the dam- ages his business has sustained. Ina previous suit Ratte recovered $3,500. The result of this suit is looked for- ward to with considerable interest all over Canada where mills are located on navigable rivers, as it will establish a precedent as to the right of mill men to deposit their sawdust and mill refuse in these rivers and streams. The logs which broke loose from the Deschenes boom in the gales of last spring and went over the Chaudiere falls, have all been picked up and towed to land. Some one thousand and five hundred belonging to Buell, Hurdman & Co. have been stacked opposite Nepean point in large piles ready to be drawn up to the mill pond this winter. There are also about five hundred in the boom at Duck Island which will be drawn up this winter by the same firm. The other logs which went over the falls, some thousand in number, belonged to a firm down the river, and have long ago been delivered to their respective ponds. OTTAWA, Can., Nov. 27, 1893. NEW BRUNSWICK LETTER. {Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN]. | Sele ties are being bought in the province for the New York Central railway. George Hubbel, represent- ing the railway company, and George Keefer for a New York lumber firm, are here in connection with the business. A saw and shingle mill is being erected at Andover by Thos. Gosline. F. W. Sweezy, sawmill, Nappan, N.B., has assigned. estate 1s a small one. The Amos Oxley, of River Phillip, N.S., intends putting up a lumbering mill on the Sugar Loaf. Elias S. Weeze, for many years a leading lumber operator in Kings Co., having a mill at Penobsquis, is dead. There has been shipped to St. Pierre island, near Newfound- land, 235,205 feet of boards, by Miller & Woodman. It is very generally conceded that this year’s cut on the Miramichi will not reach one-half the cut of last year. Clarke, Skilling & Co., of Glasgow and Boston, have pur- chased a site near Newcastle, on the Miramichi, and purpose erecting a mill to cut spool wood. The mill will run summer and winter. Considerable shipments are being made to the United King- dom. Three cargoes have been shipped within the past week by Alex. Gibson, and one each by W. M. Mackay and George McKean. On the 16th inst. a fire broke out in rear of Humphrey & Trites’ sawmill, at Petitcodiac, and in. very short time the mill, together with large piles of different kinds of lumber, was totaily destroyed. Cause of fire supposed to have been hot box. Loss probably in the vicinity of $15,000. Richards & Hickson’s mill at Newcastle, is to be fitted up next year for sawing long lumber, the manufacture of shingles to be curtailed. It is believed by some that the production of shingles in the province has been overdone. It is not thought that much encouragement will be found in lumbering this winter. Hundreds of men, it is anticipated, will not be able to get work at all, and good choppers would be glad to get $13 per month. The average wages are $17 as against $20 last winter. The official report of the Fredericton Boom Company shows the following amount of lumber rafted last season : ISHAM Ae, sosdgangacuouonenaouabosaeanne sc 139,300 Pine” 60s ccc cord ashy secre tay tt ede eee 7)375)100 Cedar c.is sa eiieckse heen Ree oer ae PRR 21,628,220 = Ho Soy meaning oa scr Ho pnoteon uobsTeese ade 109,411,160 Totale.h oeerdepee tien ee ree 138,553,780 St. JoHN, N.B., Nov. 24, 1893. MICHIGAN LETTER. {Regular correspondence CANapA LUMBERMAN.] WO conditions are paramount in lumber in the Saginaw district : (a) decided dulness in trade, (b) unquestioned stability and firmness in prices. These are not usually con- When business sags, prices, ordinarily, show a sympathetic depreciation. Why this is not so in Saginaw is a question that is giving rise to various opinions among lumbermen here. Mr. Mershon says that probably 50,000,000 feet of lumber have been brought from Duluth and Canada by Saginaw yard, planing mill and box factory men for the simple reason that they could lay the lumber down at their mills cheaper than they could buy sounder stock at home. This condition gives ground for the contention that Saginaw prices are abnormally high considering the state of trade. The contention of those who hold the lumber is that there is nothing in the present depression to warrant a break in lumber prices; that an anticipated revival of business in the spring will prove this, and, fortunately, the men who own the lumber are strong financially, and can afford to hold on. Less sanguine men are predicting not simply that there will be no boom in the spring, but that there will be a further comitant conditions. decline. Business will not recover as speedily as some may think from the present depression. Time will show who is correct. One thing is quite certain, that logging operations will be less brisk than a year ago. This is shown in the over- stocked condition of the labor market, in a shrinkage of wages, and a depreciation in charges for supplies. Lumbermen will reap the gain in a reduction in the cost of logging operations for the winter. A CUTE LOG STEAL, The story is being told of a slick log stealing job on the Saginaw. About two weeks ago a raft of 1,800 logs from Georgian Bay was towed at night to the mill boom of James Patterson of this city. The raft was the property of Hitchcock & Bialy, of Bay City, and contained approximately 200,000 feet. A man representing himself as L. E. Smith, of Bay City, went to S. W. Tyler & Son, Saginaw lumbermen, to whom he stated that he was the agent of the firm who owned the logs, and that they had been sold to James Patterson, who found himself unable to pay for them as agreed, and, therefore, he desired to sell them to Tyler. The story was given an air of plausibility by the fact that one end of the raft rested on Pat- terson’s boom, and so Mr. Tyler told Smith that he would take the logs, and advanced a small sum of money for towing purposes. S. W. Tyler & Son arranged with the Michigan Lumber Company to saw the logs, and they were taken to that mill and work was at once begun on cutting them. In the meantime a man engaged in the log towing business happened to be in Hitchcock & Bialy’s office at Bay City one day and mentioned that he had lately been to Saginaw and had there seen some logs with the firm’s mark on them. Of course Hitchcock & Bialy had not sent any logs to Saginaw as they had needed all they had purchased and were in the market for more. They at once went to Saginaw, and after some search found their logs at the Michigan Lumber Company’s mill. Ninety thousand feet of logs had already been converted into lumber, and both lumber and logs were seized on a writ of replevin. A warrant is out for the thief, but at last accounts he had not been apprehended. The robbery is regarded as one of the most impudent and bold of any ever attempted in the lumber business of this section. BITS OF LUMBER. A light output of cedar is anticipated in Northern Michigan this winter. Colonel Bliss, of Saginaw, has closed up the mill run by him at Carrollton. Not a few mills along the Saginaw are still in opera- tion. Sibley & Bearinger, of Saginaw, will harvest about 2,000,000 feet of logs adjacent to Duluth this winter. The largest shipment of lumber by one concern this season to November 1 is that of 70,000,000 feet from the Kirby- Carpenter mills. Turner & Fisher, of Bay City, will stock their new mill, | known as the South End Lumber Company, with 20,000,000 _ feet of Georgian Bay pine. Wylie Bros., who have been large manufacturers of shingles for a score of years, will convert their shingle mill into a band saw mill. They say there is no money in shingles. Where the Michigan Central, Mackinaw division, and the Flint & Pere Marquette, handled 311,000,000 feet of logs last winter, the work this season will, it is expected, be comparatively light. There is very little sale for hardwood lands in Northern Michigan just now. A party who owns 23,000 acres in Missaukee county alone, and large tracts in other localities, states that there is practically no demand. Flatt Bros., a Canadian firm, have a large force near Pori getting out square timber for shipment to England. Over 1,500,000 feet have been skidded. They also have several camps on the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic road in Onton- agon county. The larger part of the logs brought over to these shores _ from Canada by J. W. Howry & Sons have been manufactured at the mill of Green, Ring & Company. This firm count on banking in Canada the coming winter about 20,000,000 feet, which will be about the same output as last winter. H. G. Emery, one of the well-known Jumbermen of West Bay City, has been stricken with paralysis at Mobile, Ala. Some years ago Mr. Emery invested in southern pine with Mr. H. W. Sage, and considerable of his time has been given to operations in that part of the Union. Hopes are entertained of his recovery. A number of disastrous fires have occurred with Michigan lumbermen lately. On 5th inst., a large quantity of lumber on the dock of Melchers & Nerreter, on Crow Island, was destroyed. Loss about $16,000; insurance, $8,000. The sawmill of S. M. Lear & Co., one of the largest lumber plants of the Saginaw river, was also completely wiped out by fire. The shipments of lumber and other forest product from this port by water during the month just passed amounted to more than that of any other month this season. Of lumber there were 12,000,000 feet ; 700,000 shingles ; 400 cords of sawdust ; 855 cords of slabs and 15 tons of barrel staves. The ship- ments of lumber during the season have reached a total of about forty-five million feet, which is a very small figure for the lumber business in this city. The lake shipments from the port of Menominee the present season to the first of November, according to the custom house record, were 180,000,000 feet, and from the port of Marinette 215,000,000 feet, making a total of 395,000,000 feet. The Kirby-Carpenter Company has, in addition to its lake ship- ments, sent out upward of 30,000,000 by rail, which added to other rail shipments by other mill companies brings the total shipments of lumber from the Menominee river to November 1 up to not less than 500,000,000 feet. Judging from present appearances and the extensive fleets of lumber carriers that are arriving, the total shipments at the close of navigation will reach at least 600,000,000 feet. SAGINAW, Mich., Nov. 25, 1893. —_—————— BRITISH COLUMBIA LETTER. {Regular correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN.]} HE shingle manufacturers and dealers of the Puget Sound district have, I understand, formed an organization, which they hope may be worth more to them than some pre- vious efforts in a similar direction. All must put up a forfeit, dealers and manufacturers, and this factor in the combine is expected to keep possible refractory members in the traces. A canvas is to be made of the whole trade in Washington and ~ Oregon so that there may be perfect unanimity in the step. Conditions of the agreement are to go in force at the first of the year when prices for 1894 will be adopted. Shingle men of British Columbia will watch with some interest the outcome of this combine. Prices here have been anything but satis- factory, but there has been nothing approaching the demorali- zation that has existed among the cedar shinglemen of Uncle Sam’s domain. A strengthening of conditions there will no doubt be helpful to conditions here if they can be made to prevail. ‘two toes, and a third partially, while chopping. DECEMBER, 1893 COAST CHIPS.. A. Grant has started a wood planing establishment in Van- couver. The R. C. P. Mill Co. and B. S. Mill Co. keep shipping to our Northwest. The American schooner Salvador has sailed from Brunette mills for Adelaide. Daniel McIntyre, lumberman, Duncans, has assigned to Philip Chapman Butts, also of Duncans, lumberman. Legal action is likely to be taken against a local logging company for damage caused in Central Burnaby by the dam- ming of the lake. Local trade continues very quiet, but export is improving. The Hastings mill, Vancouver, has a number of charters com- pleted, and will be kept busy most of the winter. Capt. Libby, manager of the Puget Sound Tow Boat Asso- ciation, is spending a short holiday with us after an absence of five years. He says lumber business on the Sound is very dull at present. A new lumber company has just been formed and registered “The Burrard Inlet Red Cedar Lumber Co.” The mill will be built on Burrard Inlet: J. N. Kendall, of saw mill fame, is the builder. It will most likely be a band mill. The Buse saw miil, at Hastings, with all buildings and ap- purtenances, has been sold to a syndicate of Japanese. The purchase price was 45,000 yen. These Japanese have extensive timber limits on Howe Sound, and on their property there is considerable hardwood, including oak. This they intend to cut into dimensions suitable for shipping to Japan. New WESTMINSTER, B.C., Nov. 20, 1893. FIRES AND CASUALTIES. FIRES. —Robert Bram had his arm badly mangled in Young’s saw- mill, Wiarton, Ont. —The sawmill of Wm. Milne, at Ethel, Ont., troyed by fire on 18th ult. was des- —Murray Bros, of North Bay, Ont., had their sash factory and two million feet of lumber destroyed by fire. —The shingle mill at Magog, Que., owned by Boright & Manson, of Mansonville, has been destroyed by fire. —The steam sawmill of T. G. McMullen, at Ryan’s Creek, N. S. has been burned to the ground. Loss about $3,000. CASUALTIES, —A young man named Godburt, an employee of Gilmour & Hughson’s mill, Hull, Que., has had a leg broken in two places. —Solomon White, a saw filer in Gilmour & Co.’s mill, Trenton, Ont., was severely crushed between a lot of logs, and injured internally. —A young man named John Lebeck, belonging to the township of Wilberforce, was killed at Davidson & Hay’s mill, at Cache Bay, Ont. —A young man named Boucher, employed in Booth’s large mill, Ottawa, Ont., was severely bruised by a load of lumber falling on him. —The sawmill at Norvar, Ont., which has been operated by the Dominion Bank for the past season was destroyed by fire a fortnight ago. Loss $2,000. —A painful accident happened at Bronson & Weston’s mill at Ottawa, Ont., by which a young man named Duquette lost four fingers of the right hand. —A man by the name of Sharkey, who worked in one of Gilmour's shanties, was killed a few days ago by the falling of a limb that struck him on the head. —Cleophus Charon, who was at work in the Hawkesbury Lumber Co.’s shanties near Dieux Rivers, was drowned a fortnight ago while playing on some logs. —John Firth, an employee in Davidson & Hay’s mill, at Cache Bay, Ont., while working at a lathe machine was struck in the face by a splinter, it penetrating about two inches into the brain. —A man named Leroux while working on one of the high- est lumber piles in J. R. Booth’s yard, Ottawa, Ont., slipped on a thin coating of ice, and fell, breaking one leg and sustain- ing severe internal injuries. —The hospital at Ottawa contains a number of sufferers who have been brought to the Capital from the various lumber camps. Among these are: J. Gagonon, from Wahnapitae, who is suffering from an ugly cut from an axe having severed F, Cote is here from Bronson & Weston’s camp, four miles out, suffering from an injured back, having been struck by a falling tree. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN 11 SV tte Al cy,, CANADA, —Moiles Bros., John’s Island, Georgian Bay, cut 16,000, 000 feet of lumber the past season. —Mickle, Dyment & Son are erecting a new machine shop in connection with their mill at Severn Bridge, Ont. —The revenue from Quebec crown lands has increased under the present administration from $623,997 to $999.722. —Neil McLean and Alex. Gow, of Fergus, Ont., will oper- ate a portable sawmill in Eramosa township this winter. —John Doig, of Tuckersmith Township, Ont., has pur- chased a portable sawmill, and will operate it in the district. —George Wilson, of Wilson’s Corners, a village some fifteen miles up the Gatineau, is building a saw mill on the Blackburn Creek. —The Schulu Lumber Co. have purchased the mill and lumber property of N. N. Bentley at Five Islands, near Parrs- boro, N.S. —Drake & Co., Selkirk, Man., have sold their saw mills, logs, etc., at Rice River, Lake Winnipeg, to Messrs. Robinson & Co. —Work onthe mills of Dunn Bros., at Grand Bay, and W. H. and J. Rourke, at St. Martin’s, N.S., is being pushed ahead with vigor. —McLeod & McCormack, of Peterborough, are sending a large number of men into the woods, paying from $18 to $22 a month with board. —Arch McMullen, of Folly Lake, N.S., who got into financial trouble last mid-summer, has effected a settlement with his creditors. —The Hawkesbury mills is becoming one of the big lumber- ing concerns of Eastern Ontario, the cut this season having run up to 50,000,000 feet. —Wnm. Goodwin, who had his hand cut off a few days since by falling on a circular saw at the lumber mills at Digby, N.S., is dead. He was seventy years of age. —The sawing season in the Norman district is now over, the last mill to close down being that of the Western Lumber Company, formerly Cameron & Kennedy’s at Norman, Ont. —H. B. Mitchell, who proposes building a large saw mill at Selkirk, Man., next spring, reports everything in readiness to commence a heavy winter’s work in the camps at Lake Win- nipeg. —J. Bower, formerly of Paisley, Ont., is now a partner with G. L. Keeling, of Cargill, the firm doing business at Warren under the name of Keeling & Bower, as manufacturers of lum- ber, lath and shingles. —W. H. McAlpin, lumber merchant, Montreal, Que., bought in his stock recently at 63c. on the dollar. Ald. Savignac purchased book debts for 23%c. on the dollar. McAlpin will resume business. —The number of vessels clearing from Quebec to Nov. 3 shows a decrease in sailing vessels of 118,903 tons, as com- pared with last year, while in the tonnage of ocean going steam- ships there was a slight increase. —It is said that Capt. Robinson, who has several mills on Lake Winnipeg, will consolidate them and build one large mill at Selkirk on the Red river, to which the logs will be towed from points along the lake. —M. M. Boyd, of Bobcaygeon, Ont., has purchased 9,980 acres of timber limits at Nitinat, from H. R. Morse. Mr. Boyd has also purchased the West Bay sawmill, from Drake, Jackson & Helmcken, executors of the Heathorn estate. C. R. Peterkin, planing mill, Toronto, has a 14-in. leather belt made more than twenty years ago by F. E. Dixon & Co., and which is still in operation and used in driving his main shaft. Says a good deal for the Dixon belting. —The statement is made that the Grand Trunk railway will shortly extend the Victoria Branch to the Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound railway to reach the large areas of birch and maple forests, which have been comparatively little worked in that district. —McdArthur’s saw mill, at Birtle, Man., has closed after one of the largest season’s work ever done there, cutting about 75,000 ties and nearly two million feet of lumber. The outfit for the lumber camp have gone to the woods for the winter, where they expect a heavy season’s cut. —E. W. Dolloff, saw-mill, Magog, Que., is an absentee, and a meeting of creditors is to be held to appoint a curator to his estate. He was formerly at Fitch Bay, but last spring succeeded Taylor & Beech at Magog. He has not done well, having been sued in several instances within the last few months. Liabilities are not large. —McConachie & Co. are rebuilding the shingle 1 portage near Huntsville, Ont., on the ruin of the mill recently burned. —J. Whiteside, of Huntsville, Ont., has shipped six hors sleighs, and a Jot of other lumber supplies to Duluth, Minx where in connection with others he will take out about 15,000,- ooo feet of logs in what is known as the iron range district north of Duluth. —A Midland dispatch says : ing to Merrill & Ring that went adrift a few weeks ago has been gathered into small booms in sheltered spot His company is erecting a $15,000 mill. ** The large tow of logs belong- be towed to Michigan this year because of the difficulty in g y ) securing storm booms. The gathering of the logs was made g g g with difficulty and hardship. —The Sable River Milling Company have erected a port- able sawmill at Mitchell’s Brook, between Port le Bear and Port Jollie, N.S., and have contracted with Mr. Thos. Nicoll, of Mahone Bay, to saw and place on the wharf at Port le Bear one million feet of lumber. The concern have a number of men at work in the woods. —A Rat Portage correspondent of the Winnipeg Commer- cial says : ‘‘ One by one the different saw mills in this vicinity are closing for the season. The Keewatin Lumber Co.’s mill has shut down, and the others will follow. The season’s cut with them all has not been as great as former years, as there seems a slight depression in the lumber trade. The lumbering firms in Rat Portage and Norman, which are co-operative, will This means that Rat Portage and the vicinity will harbor a not send any men to the lumber camps this winter. large number of idle men this coming winter unless they find employment elsewhere.” —A despatch from Burk’s Falls, Ont., says: ‘* Messrs. Mc- Cormick and McLeod have taken from the Emery Holland Lumber Co. a contract to take out of the township of Burton and Ferrie this fall and winter, from thirty to thirty-five mil- lion feet of sawlogs. They have sublet contracts to jobbers who will operate seven camps in the township of Burton and ten in the township of Ferrie. about 300 men and the contractors about 150 in two camps The jobbers employ at present they are operating in township of Ferrie. In a short time jobbers and contractors expect to increase their force to 600 Messrs. McCormick & McLeod will make their head- quarters at Ahmic Harbor. men. —The failure of the Toronto Wood and Shingle Company is proving a rather mixed-up affair. The assets figure at about $110,000, while the liabilities amount to $150,000 or there- abouts. The Toronto Bank is the heaviest creditor, holding, it is alleged, the company’s paper for between $50,000 and $100,000. Wm. J. Keiran, the company’s manager, together with Mrs. Kieran and Edward E. Rush, executed a guarantee to the bank on the 30th of September, 1892, for this amount. Upon this guarantee the bank have filed a writ against the members. Another writ in this case is issued against W. M. Buchanan, of Thamesville, Ont., for $3,000 damages and an injunction. Mr. Buchanan had just sold 875 cords of wood to the company on their promissory note. He supposed that he could now retain the wood, and the writ has been issued for possession of it. Henry Barber has been appointed liqui- dator of the company. —The loss of the steamer Fraser, belonging to Davidson & Hay, lumbermen, on Lake Nipissingon, Nov. 7, was one of the most calamitous accidents of the past shipping season. A total of sixteen men lost their lives by the accident. Mr. John Adams, of Toronto, one of the survivers, has given the following account of the accident. He said: ‘*‘ Some time after the departure of the boat from Callender heavy volumes of smoke were noticed coming up from between the smokestacks, and on the manhole above the boiler being opened to locate the trouble, the bursting all hands back from the opening. time the boat was a mass of fire. engines was given but no response came, the engineer being probably already suffocated by the heat. Only one boat could be lowered, that on the port side, the heat already The yawl drove In an incredibly short flames A signal to reverse the too intense to permit of the other being worked. was lowered, and several men got in her, but her bow striking the revolving paddlewheel they were all thrown into th= water. Some, however, including Adams, managed to make the scow, and picked up all whom they could reach. soon after this that Captain Burritt came to the rescue of the exhausted men. Captain Carr and Mate Barbeau endeavored to hang by the anchor at the bow, but they could not hold on, and one by one they gave up the effort, and dropped off.” The boat was engaged in taking timber supplies to the lum- ber camps of the firm, and the accident will cause them considerable trouble in completing the work before navi- gation closes. The loss is a heavy one to the owners, the insurance of $6,000 not nearly covering the entire loss. It was 12 F THE CANADA LUMBERMAN TRADE REVIEW. Office of Can: ADA LUMBERMAN, ; November 30, 1893. J THE GENERAL SURVEY. USINESS, as the year draws to an end, is always in something of a state of uncertainty. There is the natural anxiety in regards to the outcome of the yearly stock-taking and striking of the trade balance for the year. This anxiety is accentuated this year by the de- pressed conditions of the past summer, especially in the United States lumber markets where much Canadian stock goes. The volume of trade was no doubt curtailed by the depression ; itcertainly figured less than the antici- pations of early spring, when everything started off with a boom. Whether, taking the season throughout, trade will show any marked abridgment compared with other years isa point that will be more accurately reached when the annual summarizing of events has been finally completed. Then there is the natural speculation to- wards the close of the season as to the probabilities of the new season’s trade, and on this point, while lumber- men realize that the next few months might alter con- ditions considerably, yet the impression is favorably en- tertained that a good spring trade will be done. Mills generally are closed down, and “to the woods ” has been the order of the month. Logging operations will be less than last year and yet will not be circum- scribed to any great degree. Logging in the United States will, relatively, be carried on with less vigor than in Canada. Lumber values in Ottawa are improving. For thick lumber prices are $2 to $4 a thousand feet higher than last year’s rates and fifty cents more than a month ago. Local trade throughout Ontario is quiet. Late returns of the quantity of timber measured and culled by the Supervisors of Cullers’ office at the port of Quebec show a falling off in almost every kind of tim- ber. For instance, there was only 2,460,541 feet of waney white pine, as compared with 2,659,166 feet in 1892 ; 1,120,697 feet of white pine, as compared with 2,310,081 feet in 1892 ; 393,391 feet of red pine, against 392,196, feet in the previous year ; 573,079 feet of elm, against 198,806 feet ; 158,285 feet of ash, against 198,896 feet, and 140,909 feet of birch and maple, against 425,- 927 feet. Inthe item of oak alone there was an increase, the figures being 1,150,087 feet for the present year, as against 915,913 feet last year. In New Brunswick trade is quiet with preparations for only a limited cut in the woods this winter. Of im- ports of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia spruce and pine deals to the United Kingdom, the current wood cir- of Farnworth & Jardine, of Liverpool, Eng.. says : “ The import has been in excess of the same time in the pre- vious two years, viz., 7,809 standards, against 4,891 standards in October, 1862, and 6,199 standards in 1891, the bulk of the recent arrivals have gone direct from the quay into consumption, prices, however, show little im- provement, and the present stock is quite sufficient for the probable demand during the next few months. Pine deals are dull of sale.” British Columbia trade is fair. UNITED STATES. ' Rather more buoyancy has existed in lumber during the month than for some months previously. To some extent this has been a result of the nearness of the clos- ing of navigation, making shippers anxious to get out supplies as speedily as possible. There have been large shipments from Michigan and Wisconsin ports to Buffalo and Tonawanda. It is not thought that stock to be carried over the winter will be unnecessarily heavy, perhaps not more than will be required to meet a fairly active winter and spring demand. The new tariff bill, placing lumber on the free list, is causing some anxiety ; of this we have something to say elsewhere. FOREIGN. There is good reason to believe that trade in South America is improving, and lumbermen are likely to feel the effects at an early day. Australian conditions are mending, though slowly. English correspondents con- tinue to write despondingly. Denny, Mott & Dickson, of London, Eng., say : “ Business during the past month has presented little feature for comment. The delay of any real revival in trade is producing a monotonous apathy, which leaves little room for speculation, excepting, indeed, as to how long the strain can be borne by those whose resources are not sufficiently strong to make them independent of profits—at least, until the “ sur- vival of the fittest” once agai gives the painstaking trader a reasonable return for his time and capital.” Of Canadian timber the same firm say: “ The demand for oak and elm has been of the scantiest description, square yellow pine is also difficult to move but there has been sufficient enquiry for first-class Waney to justify moderate consignments to this market, whilst still prac- ticable, as none of this timber remains in first hands.” Farnworth & Jardine, Liverpool, Eng., report in their wood circular of Canadian woods : “ Yellow pine tim- ber : Waney pine has moved off freely, and prices are maintained. Square is in dull demand and prices are easier ; the stock of both is sufficient. Red pine has come forward too freely, the demand is very slow, and the stock is too heavy. Oak has been imported more moderately ; the deliveries have been large, and consist chiefly of 1st class wood from Quebec; several large railway companies having taken their supplies during the present month ; prices are firm. The stock of this class of wood is moderate. Ash has been imported in excess of the demand, which is only moderate: there is no change in value, and the present stock is now much too heavy. Pine deals have been imported freely ; the deliveries, however, have been fair, and prices are un- changed ; the stock, although less than the same time last year, is quite ample.” TORONTO, ONT. Toronto, November 30, 1893. CAR OR CARGO LOTS. se HH Healy ial hoy Aol WALI sonocansosvcngucsosc00creuaeone 33 00 36 00 rmrojandimnaidressingand betteue ere eer eee eer ete 20 00 22 00 TE) CLOG 309 TOWN ssanacoppososuuodobaseaasoesoAs4o0D 16 00 17 00 THO) Aael WO COMIC ooanocsovsnsasadpadoguHoncosadDoUteS 13 00 14 00 Ixro and reispruceiculls:j-c..~ mer tele da ree eee Pre le) 198 (fo) Terojandin2 smUleCullS seem oet ee tccicn ete netics 10 00 II 0O Tanchicleamand@pickS a nacrarach cree tele eee 28 00 32 00 Tainchidressingyandmbettent meee ee tees e eee 20 00 22 00 MInchisidingeuentineee ene eRe eee Eee eeceee rere I4 00 15 00 Talnchisidingacommonkh ret eeeEe CeCe EEL rE erent errr I2 00 13 00 re sooVSlal S(ahiares avg) CUS. oococoaduaassonnonedcosouebooonuSs II 00 12 00 Te On Seobings sev CWS. 65 apg anooosaoocosoonGouenDoODGEnE 9 00 10 00 Culllscam cling masses eee eee eee ee Ene eee eerie 8 00 9g 00 1 1-2 and thicker cutting up planks). acne seins coe clone 24 00 26 00 x inch strips 4 in. to 8 in. mill run.......................-. I4 00 15 00 NAS, Colm Menaaccasboanccsocdcsddcscusounescaue I2 00 13 00 TPL 4HINCHWLOOLIN Spree tee loser eet aeerieersee ee eee te 16 00 Ti 1-2 inch MOOrin Bias saages were weitere are Meteo atocbeateeete eee 16 00 MOXSKG shingles x6ninchs.itece scl lost ieee ae eee eee 250 2 60 KERUshingles xr6linchishe. ieee eee eile eee eee 150 1 60 ILEVI INICY atonnoopoanodeadunnoDooodonoonduosHodndoonUaNaS 215 Wath se Noi) eect Gielen icr cette ence tetiseeien ty 1180) ess YARD QUOTATIONS. Mill cull boards and scantling$10 oo F. M. Shipping cull boards, promis- I I- 2in. flooring, dres’d 26 00 30 00 GUS ACh 5 5 a a 6 6 13 00 rough 18 00 22 00 stocks . . . 16 00 ce ce dres’d 25 00 28 00 Scantling and Joist, upto 16 ft 14 00| 11-4 in. flooring, un- 18 ft 15 00 dressed, B.M. . . 16 00 18 00 a6 es “20 ft 16 00 | r1- qin. flooring, dres'd 18 00 20 00 rs ns << 22ift 17,100 ““ undres'd 12 00 15 00 cs sf “24 ft 19 00 Beaded sheeting, dres- 6 ee OC ASE BOC} als 5 an oc 20 00 35 00 ob ee 28 ft 22 00 Gicheine: dres’d. 12 00 @ os * 30ft 24 00 | X sawn shingles cs af 32{t 27 00 per!iMi.c scone 260 270 0 es Somg4att 29) 50)|\;oawnilathy = yeie same 2 60 231150) edi @aleeaaramrai ear ee 00 40 00 : fe Sie Bye We) || NAW Og gs oo 00 45 00 G nS ‘« 38 ft 33 00 | Basswood, No. 1and 2 28 00 30 00 ‘ “40 to 44 ft 37 00 | Cherry, No. rand2 . 00 gv 00 Cutting up planks, 1 White ash, 1 and 2. . By 00 35 00 and thicker, dry . 25 00 28 00 | Black ask, 1 and2. . 20 00 30 00 gf board 18 00 24 00 Dressing blocks . . . 16 00 20 00 Picks Am. inspection. 30 00 HARDWOODS—PER M. . $18 00 $20 00 FEET CAR LOTS. Ash, white, 1to2in. Elm, soft 1 ‘ 1%$11 00 $12 co 2% to 4.. 20 00 24 00 oe ce 2a 0 ts I2 00 13 00 “ black, 1 ‘‘ 1% 16 00 18 00 “ rock 1 ‘a 14 00 1600 ease “ GG ce we OG Birch, sq., 1 4.. 17 00 20 00 : 1 ‘** 3.. 15 00 18 00 # « 4x4“° 8x8 20 00 22 00 | Hickory 1% “ 2.. 28 00 30 00 “ red x ‘* ¥% 2000 22 00] Maple 1 “° 11% 16 00 17 00 Oy SER 2h 5584022) 00) "257100 5 Bahl 17 00 18 00 ‘yellow 1 ‘‘ 4.. 14 00 15 00 Oak,red,p'nx “11% 28 00 30 00 Basswood 1 “ 1% 15 00 16 00 Ht ae 4-. 30 00 3200 OC 1% ‘‘ 2.. 16 00 18 00 “white ““r ‘1% 2800 3000 Butternut 1 ‘“‘ 1% 23 00 25 00 SO EOE SESE ROOM 35100 OG 2 ~* 3.8 25) 00) 28/100 “quart’d 1 ‘‘ 2.. 48 00 5200 Chestnut r .§£2.. 25.00 3000 Walnut I <= 3... 85 60) 10000 Cherry 1 ‘‘ 1% 50 00 60 00} Whitewood: ‘“‘ 2.. 3200 3600 ce 2 §5 48601100) 165) (60 OTTAWA, ONT. Orrawa, November 30, 1893. Pine, good sidings, per M feet, b. Mee ieee reece ects eee eee $32 00 40 00 Pine, good strips, i, MEE rite n bate ontaroncaccs 27 00 35 00 Pine, good shorts, “ s Bnei Auicandh sosac cron duon 20 00 27 00 Pine, 2nd quality sidings, per M feet, b. SMe eevee e eee e eee e es 20 00 25 00 Pine, 2nd quality SErIDS; | ee eee er emtecure ances 18 00 22 00 Pine, 2nd quality shorts, Ps Ae PSHE oss ccd 5 soc 15 00 18 00 Pine, shipping cull stock, ‘‘ os NER Ee ada coor 14 CO 16 00 Pine, box cull stock, enn oes i nenboponnarodhs II 00 13 00 Pine, s.c. Strips and sidings oe ih SE Sis tea ssa oti aeitielh ata II 00 14 00 Desh arnillirsee aio) bsonc saul das doobbancnododscotoaodooter 8 00 10 00 Heaths per tiVites geste vaste pelt talevoo tefl faraee tees Remnants 7) TOOz seamgo DECEMBER, 1893 QUEBEC, QUE. OvrEzsc, November 30, 1693. WHITE PINE—IN THE RAFT. : cts. cts. For inferior and ordinary according to average, quality ete., IMEASUKEM [OTs cares tisae Shes tts a eRe en ee eee 14 @ 18 - For fair average quality, according to average, etc., measured off. 16 20 For good and good fair average, “* 25: See For superior ge BE ef Sf ‘28 ae In shipping order ge “ as ee Meee Me = Waney board, 18 to 19 inch ss ee AS 54 6 30. - 360 Waney board, 1g to 21 inch “ " oA s 3h 4 RED PINE-—IN THE RAFT. Measured off, according to average and quality Seb ratisetion ee 2A eee In shipping order, Etromoveets ta tips. 6) verre eae ane 22). 30 OAK—MICHIGAN AND OHIO, By the dram, according toaverageand quality. . . . . . .45 51 ELM. P By the dram, according to average and quality + 45 1osofect . . 30 32 2 30 to 35 feet . 5 8 ASH. 14 inches and up, according to average and quality. . . . .30 34 BIRCH. . 16 inch average, according to average and quality. . * . .20 23 TAMARAC. a Square, according to size and quality: a Lie oe, ch seo 19 Flatted, Sym ay) se 18 STAVES. Merchantable Pipe, according to qual. and sp’cfct’n—nominal . $330 $350 W.O. Puncheon, Merchantable, according to quality. . .. 90 100 DEALS. Bright, according to mill specification, $115 to $123 for rst, $78 to $82 for 2nd, and $37 to $42 for 3rd quality. Bright spruce, according to mill specification, $40 to $43 for rst, $27 to $28 for 2nd, $23 to $25 for 3rd, and $19 to $21 for 4th quality. BOSTON, MASS. Boston, Mass., Nov. 30.—Not very much reason exists for complaint of the month’s trade. The demand for hardwoods has been quite large. . EASTERN PINE—CARGO OR CAR LOAD. Ordinary planed 4 inch’ nce eee $ 9 50 OaxdSiteystereteerese II 00 12 00 LI-XO MCN. eee 8 50 Coarse No. 5.....-. 1600 16 51 Ye inchics oo CW O je and property by taking out one of our Are your Water Gauges free and in good working order ) Is your Safety Valve working properly @ Inspection and Insurance Policies. Representative Lumber Manbfacturers and Bealers LMR CK WH | Railway, Express, or | Power, Style an Town Inearest Shipping. Point} NAME BusINESS Daily. eae Ottawa, Ont........-- Ottawa..............- HEWAUN, Wale 6 go bo cg oo moeoaC Lumber, Wholesale and Retail................. Steam CirculananieandeNtill 2 = ee Ottawa, Ont........- Gttawamerc.ces-menee Bronson & Weston Lumber Co..... 2 Sawmills, White and Red Pine, Wholesale ....|Water, Gang and Band, 450m Ottawa, Ont.........- Ottawarnce soc penne |OTTAWA LUMBERCO......... Lumber, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Wholesale..:.).,0..............+.-++ tae Te © Parry Sound, Ont..... UWrtterson cae eeee ene |Conger Lumber Co..........-- ambemawiiolesaleandshetallenct eee et thee Meet ne ner nnene: tenner herent v Parry Sound, Ont.....|Parry Sound.......... |Parry Sound LumberCo......... Saw, Shingle and Lath Mills, Pine, Wholesale ..|Water, Gang, Circular, Saw gom, hingles 7om Muskoka Mills, Ont...|Midland.............. ‘Muskoka Mill and Lumber Co., Head|W. Pine Lumber, Lath and Bill Stuff, all lengths.|2 Sate Water, Sees Gangs | Office, Arcade, 24 King st. w. Toronto and 3 Circulars. 4 Alexandria, Ont.......)Alexandria ........... |McPherson, Schell CHM Moo oo 65 CheesesBoxsHactonyay bine Spruce Cedarmanennll hae eneee eter en eee tnineTte Almonte, Ont.......-- ivan 5 ns oa |Caldwell, Ae & Sons nee ee Sawmill, Pine, Lumber, Hemlock, Hardwoods. .|Circular, 3m Barrie, Ont=- -.--~---- Pbbraters. 2S ara \Dymont MedMickle's.5 on ae eee Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, ‘Cedar, Hardwoods... ... Steam, Circular 4gom Barrow Bay, Ont...... Wiartors -6 . 5.) -mnn5n- Barrow Bay Lumber Co., Limited . ./Saw, Shingle "and Heading Mill, Pine, Cedar : : ; : Oak, Oak Railway Ties, Paving Blocks). Steam, Circular, 16m Blind River, Ont...... BlindgRiverte pees ee Blind River Lumber Co......... 2 Saw, Sh. and Lath Mls., Pine, Hem., BI. Birch|Stm., Band, Cir., S. 75m, Sh. 60m Bobcaygeon, Ont...... Fenelon Falls.........|Boyd, Mossom & Co..........- Lumber, Wholesale and Retail ; ; oF a eR : Barrie, Ont...........- Barrie 2s cocnc ose ores UUi*MUIIC sho oooodoodDanD Lumber, Wholesale and Retail... a Waubaushene, Ont....|Waubaushene......... Georgian Bey; Conse rome Co. ||Pine only wcEe eka watinanes cane eee eee bene Waubaushene mill, stm., 200m; M | omce arcade 24 ing st. Ww oronto V 44 cere ANUFACT R ) S . eailissic, (Dilicnsases- CAPT scnoescscose Carswell, Thistle & McKay...... Lumber, Wholesale and Retail... .0.5- 0. Ph Sere a ey cee Ue aaa Callander, Ont......-.. Callander, G.T.R. ..../John B. Smith&Sons ......... White and Red Pine Lumber, Bill Stuff, Lath Head Office, Strachan Ave., Toronto} and Shingles..............-..cecceeeeeseeeen Steam, 2 Circular, 80m | . Collins Inlet, Ont...... SrilNTE THE o-caceacos Collins Inlet LumberCo......... Lumber, Pine, Oak, Ash, Birch, Whol. and Ret.|...... ee oe Ga ene ike Gharcoal Iron Ghilled Glammis, Ont......... Pinkerton-per eer Mcintyre, IN. GAs cs 3 es) 0 Saw, Shingle’ and Lath Mill, Timber Lands,|Steam, Cir ., Saw r4m, Sh. 2om Hemlock, Pine, Lumber, Hardwoods oie Hamilten, Ont........ familtonsseec cess: BRADLEY, MORRIS & REID CO. .|Lum., Tim. , Pine, Hem. , Hwds. 3 Wholband@Retigccasnnnmecer onan a aaa Huntsville, Ont.......- Minntsvilles. S236 Heath, Tait and Turnbull....... Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hardwoods. ..|Steam, Circular, 25m Hamilton, Ont........ Huntsville and Katrine Thomson, Robert & Co. -.-.5... Sawmill, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods............. Steam, Circular, 4m ; Keewatin, Ont........ Ceewati Dicks Banning & Co aoe 4 60006 Soca Fes Hardwoods, Wholesale.......... Steam, Circular 3 Keewatin, Ont........ eewatin Lumber 5 (Do co 00 6 aw, Lat and Pl. Mill, Moving Posts, Pine} Water, Band and Circul. Lakefield, Ont. Lakefield Lumber Mfg. Co. ...... Lumber, Wholesale and Retail................. ihe Pee ae on ps ee Little Current, Ont... --|Howry, J. W. & Sons. 22... 2. Lumber, Wholesale and Retail................. London, Ont.........- ...|Gordon, James.............- Exp. and dlr. in Am, Hwds, made to specification ; Longford Mills, Ont... Longford Lumber Co..........- Saw and Plan. Mill, Tim. Lands and Logs, Pine!S Norman, Ont.........- I Minnesota & Ontario Lumber Co. . ./Lumber, Wholesale and Retail................. Louise, Ont... nt a |Elmwood, G.T.R...... S. B. Wilson &Son....... bop Hardwoods, Shingles, Lath, Handles........... Steam, Circular, 20m. Toronto, Ont......... Warren; €2P:R° ...... The Imperial Lumber Co., Limited. . Pini erecta taictret cee AN) hcl eee | |80 M. per day, Stm., 2 Cir. Saws x Toronto, ae .....|Cache Bay, Ont....... Davidson, Hay &Co........... W. Pine, Lath, Shingles, Dim. Timber, Car Sills)Stm, 2 Band, Cir. & Gang, 140m OFFICES: Reranto, One me | Lantana ee IS. J. Wilson & Co. .......... .|Pine and Hardwood, Wholesale................ Steam, Circular, 15m. Toronto, Ont........:- KRorontoeen. ieee aoe RRS Whe Biomneie 5 oo gop 0dD0DaS Lumber; Wholesale ics... .3/c: cence tiene eons |e RCE RoR eREE DEE eeereet er NEW YORK LIFE INSURANGE BUILDING MONTREAL Toronto, Ont..-...-.... HE OLONtOs. «2% -- tea sae |/Donogh a OUR? Gaocoobda000 Wumberawibolesaleyen ee heer en er eemeteentt: Com. ’ Toronto, Ont.......... MOVOMEG es eyelets nats |Victoria Harbor LumberCo....... 3 Saw, Shingleand Lath Mills, White Pine, Whol./St Cir., G dB Toronto, Ont.......... iorontoy--7 scsi el |W. N. McEachren &Co........ Lumber, Wiholesale 3 ).-4 4c-ccee renee ee eee a Cait i Gane ae eae Toronto, Ontsssnsces: IRs) scopsuseeoeaoes \James Tennant & Co.......... Lumber, Lath, Shingles, etc., Wholesale........ |\Com HORKS : LACHINE, QUEBEC Wiarton, Ont..........|Wiarton.......-..-... Wists Wo ooegaonooo 0046 8 3 Sawmills, Lumber, iBarreljileadS Peers Stm. Wr. Cir., Port. & Sta., 1om Buckingham, Que.. |Buckingham.......... |Ross IBYOS'S tose tehor cote stad elie cote he ie 2 Sawmills, Pine, Spruce, Hardwoods .......... Circular, Gang and Band, 180m Toronto, Jootic nue ee wee eee ecraee (Deraplante Sahih es Gio Oce Ou arora Pine aa Boe eon Lumber, Whol. and Retail. We make a specialty of Wheels suitable for the re Montreal, Que.. UpMontrealet =: sees .|Dufresse, O. Jr. WO o GoGo at 4 Sawmi ine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hdwds., Whol.|St Circul d Band, i s - pane Gue eine ee RE pea pee oaee Feet ies Oak. AS. Heer er [ ae Seen oer ang: pas ee of Lumbermen and Street Car Service, and Moodyville, B.C ...| New Westminster..... MOODYVILLE SAWMILL CO. .... Sawmills, P. Fin, Spruce, Cedar, Hardwoods . |Steam Circular 2om can supply them Bored, Finished and Balanced. New Westminster, B.C. |New Westminster. .... Brunette Sawmill Co.......... |Saw and Planing Mills, Sash, Doors and Blinds, Steam, Gang and Circular bos ie , : ] 7 mee Fir, Uae? Sess Hardwoods arapeme raters eiarentete Canterbury, N.B... anterbury Stn. ......| ames Morrison OM a ede ee as Sawmi ine, lelenoh are caboabosnnccnceoaune St Circul 8 3ridgewater, N.S.. . 1B ridgewater .......... DAVIDSON, E.D.& SONS p 00000 5 Saw, Shgle. and Lath Mills, Pine, Spr., Hwds. Water Giaulatand Gang, 200m CORRESPONDENGE LAY B SI CoE ue being represented in this s Directory ¢ can obtain information in regard to rates by communicating with the Publisher. SOLICITED 3% Gents a day_— | That isn’t much money, is it? About twenty-five cents a week or so. And a man must be pretty hard up if he hasn’t that much to spend Mineral Wool Pipe »« Boller Govering. = “"=""=* Times are hard, they say; but if they are hard now to your family and \ i 7 i >] ? If you want to save fuel : . | yourself, what will they be to your family without you: «“ re dry steam at long distance c - | AINERAL WOOL | That’s worth thinking about. to prevent condensation : i. eal SECTIONAL | We think that no man should be without life insurance when it can be cold water pipes from dripping had at such a low rate as 3% cents a day from the Manufacturers’ A ¥ of ee freezing COVERING | Life, Yonge Street, corner Colborne, Toronto. : Write to us and we will give you all particulars. HE best non-conductor is the cheapest covering. Mineral Wool heads ae | list as a fire-proof non-conductor. Hard pressed coverings are poor non- SR ST conductors, and are therefore the most expensive in the end. Every Lumberman wants it 45 cents buys it A good pipe covering is one of your best investments. It is false economy to have uncovered pipes, as you are just paying the coal man what ° 9 the covering man should have, and only ashes to shew for it. Give the matter your consideration, it means money to you. We also carry full lines of Asbestos Goods, and Mineral Wool for fire- proofing, deadening of sound, insulation, etc., etc. Send for Pamphlet. SAVES TIME SAVES MISTAKES SAVES MONEY CANADIAN MINERAL WOOL GO. LTD., - 126 BAY ST., TORONTO PR RACHICAL INFORMATION . ‘THE CANADA LUMBERMAN, Toronto DECEMBER, 1893 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN POROUS TERRA COTTA| Proved by actual and foroush tests to be he: nest fire-proofing material in use. Unequalled for making buildings, vermin, heat, cold and noise proof. For partitions, costs no more than brick; weight, one-third that of brick. SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PARTICULARS THE RATHBUN COMPANY Manuracturers, Drsreronto, Ont. H.G. ROSS & CO. Real Estate, Fire and Life Insurance SHIPPING AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS . TIMBER LIMITS AND FARMING LANDS A SPECIALTY. NEW WESTMINSTER, B.G. Box 272 A.B.C. CopE Cas_e Appress: ‘‘ROSS” CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED J.D. SHIBR MANUFACTURER OF Lumber, Lathe Shingles BRACEBRIDGEB, ONT. THOS. MCORAKEN (Member Toronto Stock Exchange) BROKER & FINANCIAL AGENT DEALS SPECIALLY IN TIMBER LIMITS No. 2 Victoria Street, Telephone No. 418. TORONTO, ONT. F. REDDAWAY & co. MANUFACTURERS OF BREAKING Strain 6 In.“Camer’ HAIR BELT oe ailbs. 6 IN, ENGLISH. Oak DouBLe LEATHER _ 7,522 ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF LineN FiRE HOSE MANCHESTER, 57 ST FRS. KAVIER ST, ENGLAND. $ MONTREAL - HARD-MOUTHED HORSES AND PULLERS CONTROLLED WITH ABSOLUTE EASE. RUNAWAYS IMPOSSIBLE. This statement is now repeated by thousands who have purchased it ad BRITT’S AUTOMATIC SAFETY BIT. This Bit, by an automatic device, closes the horse’s nostrils HE CANNOT BREATHE, AND MUST STOP SAFETY FROM RUNAWAYS ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED WITH THIS BIT Any horse is liable to run, and should be driven Cy with it. By its use ladies and children drive horses wen evald not hold witb the old style bits. Y Send for illustrated pamphlet containing testi- } monials from all parts of the world, and earnest @% and candid expressions about the BRITT AUTO- ¥ MATIC SAFETY BIT and its resistless but harmlessand humane power ©& in subduing the most vicious horses and controlling the most stubborn pullers and onic runaw ays. The only bit in the world that is endorsed, advocated, used and sold by the Society | for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1 The Highest Authority. DR. L. P, BRITT, 37 CoLLece PLACE, NEW YORK. | | H. P. EGKARDT & GO. WHOLESALE GROCERS Lumbermen’s Supplies a specialty HP. ECKARDT & GO. - Correspondence solicited d FRONT ST. EAST, TOROMTO BAND SAWS BREAK ie Ge SIXTEEN REASONS, AND HOW AVOID THEM TO Being instructions to filers on the care of large band saw blades used in the manufacture of lumber. A book filled with valuable information on the care of band saws. Giving the reasons for breaking; analyzing each reason; giving instructions to dispense with the causes as laid down in each reason; and full details on filing and brazing. The proper styles of hammers to use are illustrated and described, ‘and views of blades showing the blows of the different styles of hammers form an important part of the illustrations. Improper and unequal tension are then treated, and the manner of properly setting irregular teeth is described. In connection with the treatise is a his- tory of the invention, manufacture and use of the saw from its origin to the present time. The work in whole makes an accumulation of information such as has never before been published. The book is printed on fine paper, good clear type, and is handsomely and sub- stantially bound in cloth. It will be sent to any address on receipt of the price, ONE DOLLAR. Address— CANADA LUMBERMAN, GANADIAN UMBERMAN’S DIREGTORY AND INDEX TO THE PLANING MILLS AND SASH AND DOOR FACTORIES OF CANADA. HE Publisher is now open to receive subscriptions for the above Directory of Toronto, Ont. | the lumber trades. No effort is being spared to make this publication thor- oughly complete and reliable in every detail, and it is hoped that all LUMBERMAN sub- scribers interested will fill in the following subscription blank and return to this office at as early a date as possible. TO THE PUBLISHER OF THE LUMBERMAN’S DIRECTORY AND INDEX TO THE PLANING MILLS AND SASH AND DOOR FACTORIES OF CANADA: 1893 Please supply | above Directory as soon as issued, for which | to pay Two Dollars per copy. All owners of saw and planing mills, wholesale and retail lumbermen, coopers, etc., are earnestly requested to furnish information asked for in following blank and mail same as soon as possible: Addiess all communications to DIRECTORY DEPARTMENT, CANADA LUMBERMAN, TORONTO, ONS iS THE CANADA LUMBERMAN DECEMBER, 1893 DID_YOU_KNOW IT? vas as dry asa bone, and with- as many checks or warps as the same A very important feature of the “Andrews”’ Kiln | es so much steam over that of any m. y may refer any one you like to us, or send wn to inspect, and wecan satisfy them that | nnot be beat. Yours truly, | EASTMAN LUMBER CO. | = ye DEAR SIR, => CHATHAM, ON’., August 25th, 1893. A. G, Mortimer, Esa.. Manager Dominion Dry Kiln Co., Toronto, Ont. The “Andrews” dry kiln, which I purchased from you has now been in operation over a month, and is so perfectly satisfactory that I cannot say | enough in its favor. I use very little steam and my staves come out as dry as a bone, and are not in any way injured by warping or discoloration. Yours truly, (Signed) N. H. STEVENS => Time | Gapital Fea Ee o« ANDREWS DRYER Yard Room Freight Oe Nearlu 500 Kilns = already - in Successful Operation , eee | ne = 1 a ig i f! UNTIL] ) ue : . ee << : a(n nL = : \ \ ih, N WW \\ \ \\ Ly \ WY Ss \ Y =~ ee!) 'N \\ ff i = \ | Mi \! 4 \ com a mi Uti! We have lately completed arrangements with E. P. Atzis & Co., of Milwaukee, to build the above Band mill for the Canadian trade. We consider it the best American mill at the present time, and customers can rely on securing an exact counterpart of the Allis Mill in every particular. Our new Band Saw Catalogue will be out of the printer’s hands by the first of December, when we shall be pleased to send you one. We are building a full line of the most improved Band Saw Tools, Carriages, and Steam Mill Machinery. WateRous ENGINE WorkKS Oo. Brantrorp, Gan. THE CANADA LUMBERMAN DECEMBER, EMBER, 109) 5 PETRIE’S LIST oF VOOD-WORKING MACHINERY Sawmil TT Out utfits, complete Steam Drag Saw Band Mill for Logs Automatic Sawing Machines Wood Yard and Cordwood Machinery Log Haul Ups : Bull Wheel Rigs, complete Sawdust Conveyors Drag Saw Irons Edgers and Slab Saw Rigs Drop Filt Shingle E Double Gang Edgers Saws Swing Slab Saws Foot Power Scroll Saws Band Sawing Machines Stave Bolt Re-Sawing Machines Two Block Swing Shingle Machines Single Knot Saws Shingle Jointers Shingle Packers Self-feed Lath Machines Stave Heading and Shingle Bolting Stave Cutters Barrel, Hoop and Heading Machinery Little Giant Planers and Matchers “Improved Pony Planers Stationary Bed Planers “Hib Machines Axe-Handle and Spoke Lathes Gauge Lathes Clothes Pin and Match Machinery Veneer Cutting Machines Excelsior Machines Cheese Box Machinery Bung Machines Gate Scroll and Jig Saws Bracket Band Saws Hand and Foot Power Band Saws Box Nailing Machinery Planers and Matchers Shingle Machines Shingle Mill Machines Double Surfacers Revolving Bed Planers Jointers or Buzz Planers Stroke Jointers~ Daniel’s Planers Shimer Matching Heads Moulding Knives Moulding Machines Cutter Heads Blind Machinery dgers Equalizers English Planing and Thicknessing Power and Foot Mortisers — Shaping Machines Rip and Crosscut Saw Tables Circular Re-Sawing Machines Relisher and Wedge Cutters Door and Sash Tenoners Wood Turning Lathes Boring Machines Dove-tailing Machines Sand Papering Machinery Dowell Machines Improved Saw Arbors Circular Saws for all Wood Working Machinery Belting, General Mill Supplies, Shafting, Hangers, Pulleys, Steam Fittings, etc. Hh WAREIRIE sts eae SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. ADDREss: 141 t0 145 Front St. West, (Adjoining New Union Passenger Station) TORONTO Patented Solid Web -——=~ Wood Split Pulley ————e SSS Alexander Thomson, Bambo facturer, Hamilton, writes : “T find your Wood Split Pulleys give entire satisfaction. They do not slip, and are very handy to put on. from twenty to twenty-five years’ find none so satisfactory as youts with success. Tie CANT BROS. CO., Wood-working Machinery of all kinds eA es. (SIN. o and Art Furniture Manu- I have had experience in pulleys, and I , and am sure they will meet obar Riv Lif. ‘ WRITE FOR DISCOUNTS CAN ADA F. E. DIXON & GO. MANUFACTURERS OF ———-_ BATHBR | ————_BBLTING 70 KING ST. EAST T oronto 1892 MODEL Remington ae Unapproached for Excellence of Design and Con- struction, Quality of Work, Simplicity and Durability. &= MACHINES FOR RENTAL 4h OPERATORS SUPPLIED SEND FORCIRCULAR | GEORGE BENGOUGH | SPAGKMAN & GO. ABs Adelaide St. East 164 St. James Street | Tel. 1207. TORONTO Tel. 1189 MONTREAL | Nos. 213, 214 and 215 DONOGH—= & (LIVER 3 se WHOLESALE DEALERS IN OFFICE Board of Trade Building Toronto, Ont. LUMBER TORONTO AGENCY OF The Rathbun 60. ——Are open to Purchase——— Oak, Fesh, Birch Basswood and Good Pine Lumber Gedar and Pine Shingles Manufacturers having such for sale are invited to com - municate with T. W. WALKER, Agent ARSISISIOGNS) Office Cor. Spadina. Ave. and Front Street B.R. MOWPY & SON MANUFACTURERS OF x Shingle Machinery a Specialty AND SHINGLE REPAIRING PROMPTLY AND GAREFULLY EXECUTED SAW MILL MAGHINERY The “BOSS” f Shingle Machine j i Manufactured by us is acknowledged by practical men to be The Best Machine MILL on the aS =| md Gravenhurst, Ont. & '¢ es ¥ wh if 4 Bay oA! un rhs be ra rt eS \ Se AAR fl ca if , : » , 6 a ei 7 ved aoe ew yal + St nition es. ment ¥ ‘ 1 wt < howe prpehens * } oy a+ bso ‘ 25 ay Nee oot Bk eee bes eh) oe - igs dy \ : : \ rt 4 {ne ; | Pe Clty aa a it Sky Fie ene “4 ee anti / - + \ hate bees kan 4 Lagi Piavnileang ie . Js ec tee abe ena ye. wi] - 0 Dea: voieyicuh Meith A TY pee 8 Uy a olone ocpret apt Sy Le by i oe OR, +P wands beh akteeage tw, oe et bebe retiet caper ¢ prea vem Lyi) ole ness } Mathes Mi hes Vos Lt C . ; ’ bah Pata: th i oi Aedes Tati water ry tt iy Roar Aiatigr i bore , ; aie : eee! Said R a ies " ii ish i i neuramne a t ‘ ‘ nie h . Tesi tht Beeline wate HSA ays) Ho vai!) 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